History VideoGame / MadWorld

* BloodSport: [[GladiatorGames Death Watch]].

* DeconstructionGame: Of [[UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000 the very type of entertainment it displays]]. The people that enjoy watching it are shown to be cruel and almost outright amoral (the closest thing to an exception is [[spoiler:Lord Gesser]], and it's only because Deathwatch has become a spectator sport for gambling, not because of the innocent people that die to set it up), and the cutscenes outside the plot keep reminding the player just how horrific the events that had to take place to set up Death Watch were and how terrible the people setting it up were.

** If you thought ''VideoGame/{{Manhunt}}'' was bad... the sole reason why ''[=MadWorld=]'' got away with what ''Manhunt'' couldn't is because the former is RefugeInAudacity while the latter is fairly realistic in its extreme violence.

* HyperspaceMallet: Just how does Jack's chainsaw fit in his arm? RuleOfCool.

* ImColdSoCold: The game works this trope into the form of a song, aptly titled "So Cold", which takes over the previously boastful boss theme halfway through the final fight. Funnily enough, this is actually a SubvertedTrope as this is [[TurnsRed where said boss gets even more dangerous]].

* IronicName: The first boss of the game is a total behemoth of a man that's several times bigger than Jack, and is named Little Eddie.

%%* LightningBruiser: [[spoiler:The Black Baron...]] in every sense of the word.

* ProductionForeshadowing: An advertisement for The Gates of Hell can be found in the subway. [[VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}} The game that bar appeared in]] was still in development at the time of this game's release. Said game then made a reference to ''Madworld'' in return, when visiting The Gates of Hell, coincidentally. And then in ''Anarchy Reigns'', the stylish witch then meets Jack and the others.

** The Black Baron has some nazi connotations due to his lightning tattoos across his body and his hair has dual lightning bolts designed into them, which closely resemble the Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts. His name is also in reference to Michael Wittmann A.K.A "The Black Baron". Wittman was a German Waffen-SS tank commander who was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, which made him one of Germany's top-scoring panzer aces. Finally, he [[spoiler:is a white guy who tries to be as offensive for the black people as possible.]]

* SickeningCrunch: The sound designers clearly put a ''lot'' of effort into the sound effects for causing grevious bodily harm to people.

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The player can simply walk up to the {{Mooks}} and beat them up to kill them, but that awards barely any points required to proceed. Instead, you are encouraged to kill the enemies in increasingly crueler ways, such as impaling them with objects scattered around the arena before shredding them with a meat grinder, preferably while getting other mooks to die at the same time.

** [[spoiler: Black Baron is a subtle example, at first he's shown to be a stereotypical pimp who is then revealed to be the Deathwatch Champion. His design has a lot of Nazi imagery; his jewellery (which looks like "88", which is a political term for "Heil Hitler"), his lightning tattoos, and his hair have lightning bolts designed into them, which closely resemble the Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts. Kreese Kreely's comment also indicates that The Baron isn't actually black, which reflects the racist ideals of the Nazi regime. His name is also in reference to Michael Wittmann A.K.A "The Black Baron". Who was a German Waffen-SS tank commander who was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, which made him one of Germany's top-scoring panzer aces.]]

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** During the boss battle with Jack's EvilTwin Kojack, Kreese will comment that Jack is [[ScrewYourself ramming himself against himself]] and adds that it's the most violent masturbation ever. Howard will then giggle and discretely say that's nothing.
** Kreese recollects the time he slid down a wire and shredded his hands, saying he couldn't jerk off for two days. When an astounded Howard questions how it took him only two days to heal, Kreese nonchalantly replies that it took four weeks to heal, [[BreakingInOldHabits he just had no willpower]].
** During Jack's battle with [[spoiler:the Black Baron]], Kreese will crack a joke that Howard flogs the sausage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Howard then excitedly proclaims that he lives for leap years.

[[caption-width-right:325:[-''[[BraggingThemeTune Jack, Jack\\

It don't matter who's wrong or right]]''-]]]

** Nothing compares to the GagBoobs of Elise. Which the commentators love commenting on.

* SexyWalk: Mathilda sways her ass with every step. She could give lessons to VideoGame/{{Bayonetta}}.

** [=RinRin=] is among the more conservatively-dressed of the two female bosses, but her UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}-inspired outfit still shows of a lot of skin, [[ShesGotLegs mainly her legs.]] Also, her Power Struggle looks like she is riding Jack.

* SpiritualSuccessor: The game is made by a bunch of ex-Clover Studio developers and takes a ''lot'' of influence from its "parent" ''VideoGame/GodHand'', featuring shout-outs around every corner. Notable mentions include the finisher for the HornyDevil boss and the ''entire'' final boss fight, which references the Devil Hand fights like ''crazy''.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Almost everyone in the game is a horrible person in some way, [[spoiler:even Leo]]. Jack is only ''barely'' better than most of the people surrounding him.

** During Jack's battle with the Black Baron, Kreese will crack a joke that Howard flogs the sausage 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Howard then excitedly proclaims that he lives for leap years.
* DeathWorld: Inverted. Everything in the environment is out to kill, yes. However, most of it is there to kill the opponent. Most of the stuff involved doesn't actually hurt you.

* TheGreys: In the fourth area, there are aliens running away from the stage's normal enemies. [[spoiler:One of them ''is'' hostile to Jack, however: The last boss of Area 66 is a Grey that's piloting a giant robot.]]

* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: Your combos are ranked in terms of degree of violence, from "Standard" to "Ultra".

* JigsawPlot: The whole background behind Deathwatch, why Jack is there, and how the current Deathwatch was put into place.

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:XIII, AKA Lord Gesser, is PlayingBothSides, working under the table with the Deathwatch operators and funding Jack, for the ultimate goal of destroying Deathwatch.]]

** [=RinRin=] is among the more conservatively-dressed of the two female bosses, but her UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}-inspired outfit still shows of a lot of skin, [[ShesGotLegs mainly her legs.]]
** Nothing compares to the GagBoobs of Elise.

* NighInvulnerable: The Black Baron just keeps coming back. [[ResurrectiveImmortality Played for laughs]].

* PermanentlyMissableContent: According to the producers, if you die during the La Lusty Geisha Bistro level, the geisha ''can'' die... and stay dead for the rest of the save file. The only way to save them is to start the game over.

** The Black Baron has some nazi connotations due to his lightning tattoos across his body and his hair has dual lightning bolts designed into them, which closely resemble the Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts. His name is also in reference to Michael Wittmann A.K.A "The Black Baron". Wittman was a German Waffen-SS tank commander who was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, which made him one of Germany's top-scoring panzer aces.

** [=RinRin=] is among the more conservatively-dressed of the two female bosses, but her {{Qipao}}-inspired outfit still shows of a lot of skin, [[ShesGotLegs mainly her legs.]]

** Little Eddie is easily several times Jack's size, wields a spiked ball bigger than Jack's entire body, and is gigantically muscular, but from his behavior, it's clear that he's borderline retarded. Little Eddie loves his big bada-booms!

** Kreese seems to be a case, being a former Death Watch contestant for the muscle part, with not getting Little Eddie's nickname being ironic (or understanding the word ironic, even). He occasionally complains about Howard using big words (most of which aren't very complicated at all) and usually responds to him doing so with threats.

* MemeticMutation: [[InvokedTrope Invoked.]] The commentators discuss "pwned" at one point.

** Bosses tend to get this even worse than the common mooks. The Yokozuna in particular gets beaten up and sawed by Jack, impaled by a dozen or so pointy objects (including a knife through ''his head''), electrocuted until he's smoking, and finally killed after being shot out of cannon towards a mountain, exploding as he hits the peak.

'''Howard''': [[BreadEggsMilkSquick "Why can't you get it out like your brother?"]]\\

* BookDumb: Kreese was smart enough to (technically) survive Deathwatch, but has trouble understanding "big" words and has a violent reaction whenever Howard mentions math.

-->''"And we gon' RIDE!!"''

--> Jack: A mad world, huh? Hm. I'll fit right in.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:Leo, supplying a virus to Deathwatch that allowed it to wipe out the civilians in Varrigan City, planning for the fear to drive up sales for his pharmaceutical company selling a cure.]]
* CrapsackWorld: A world where not only can Deathwatch be set up on a kidnapped island [[spoiler:by one pharmaceutical company]], but a world where apparently this has been going on for centuries. On the other hand, Deathwatch is explicitly for settling conflicts that would lead to a lot more people dying in war, instead of dozens of elite fighters and hundreds of mooks. [[spoiler:The current Deathwatch competition not having any real motive besides the mere spectacle of it all (plus advertisement and profit for that abovementioned pharmaceutical company's viral cure) is what inspires Gesser to help Jack bring the competition down.]]

* DeconstructionGame: Of the very type of entertainment it displays. The people that enjoy watching it are shown to be cruel and almost outright amoral [[spoiler:(the closest thing to an exception is Lord Gesser, and it's only because Deathwatch has become a spectator sport for gambling, not because of the innocent people that die to set it up)]], and the cutscenes outside the plot keep reminding the player just how horrific the events that had to take place to set up Death Watch were and how terrible the people setting it up were.

* {{Expy}}: Big Long Driller is one of Big Bull Crocker. Essentially the same guy with a different mask and weapon.

* ForcedPrizeFight: The whole setup for the game revolves around Deathwatch, an internationally-televised event where murderers and fighters from countries around the world are sent to kill each other to settle diplomatic disputes. [[spoiler:The Varrigan City Deathwatch has no actual reason to be going on and is just killing for the sake of killing, which is why Jack showed up to compete in the first place.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The final Bloodbath Challenge is a repeat of Man Darts, which, as always, has the Black Baron get used to demonstrate how to play. [[spoiler:Guess how Jack finishes off the Baron when he’s revealed to be the final boss.]]
* ForTheEvulz: [[spoiler:The reason that Leo set up the Deathwatch games despite the fact that there were probably more practical ways of advertising his family's cure is because he wanted to personally experience the games for himself.]]

%%* TheCanKickedHim: "Death by swirly. ''Harsh.''"

%%* ClusterFBomb: Unsurprisingly, Howard and Kreese.

%%* CrateExpectations: "Varrigan City is the crate capital of the world!"

%%* IdiosyncraticComboLevels: How many "Ultra Violence"s have you gotten?

%%* KatanasAreJustBetter: [[spoiler:You unlock one when you beat the game.]]

%%* LargeHamAnnouncer: Howard and Kreese.

%%* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:XIII, AKA Lord Gesser.]]

%%* MissionControl: For Deathwatch, Noa; for Jack, Amala.

%%* MurderBallad: Almost every song with vocals.

%% RatedMForManly

%%* {{Sandbox}}: OF [[DoomyDoomsOfDoom DOOM]]!
* ScaryBlackMan: Subverted. The Black Baron gets killed so often and is such an over-the-top, comical character that he's not really scary. However, [[spoiler:when you fight him, the trope gets played straight as all hell when he gets pissed off and "So Cold" starts playing]].
%%* SexyWalk: Mathilda.
%%* SickeningCrunch

** [[spoiler: Black Baron is a subtle example, at first he's shown to be a stereotypical pimp who is then revealed to be the Deathwatch Champion. His design has a lot of Nazi imagery; his jewellery (which looks like "88", which is a political term for "Heil Hitler"), his lightning tattoos, and his hair have lightning bolts designed into them, which closely resemble the Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts. Kreese Kreely's comment also indicates that The Baron isn't actually black, which reflects the racist ideals of the Nazi regime. His name is also in reference to Michael Wittmann A.K.A "The Black Baron". Who was a German Waffen-SS tank commander who was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, which made him one of Germany's top-scoring panzer aces.

%%* UltraSuperDeathGoreFestChainsawer3000: This game ''[[TruthInTelevision actually lives up to this trope]]''.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The commentators don't seem particularly surprised by the [[spoiler:aliens being stored in the secret underground military base beneath Varrigan City]].
* UpToEleven: Beat the game and you unlock [[spoiler:dual chainsaws]].

%%* VillainSong: "Look Pimpin!", "So Cold", and "You Don't Know Me".

A notable feature is the game's distinctive graphical style, which utilizes cel-shading and features only three colors (black for shadows, white for anything that's not shadowed, and red for the [[{{Gorn}} tons and tons of blood]]). This game was the first title made by Creator/PlatinumGames, which includes some of the developers from the now-defunct Creator/CloverStudio, creators of ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'', ''VideoGame/{{Okami}}'', and ''VideoGame/GodHand''. The game was written by Creator/YasumiMatsuno, of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyTactics'' and ''VideoGame/VagrantStory'' fame, along side Ken Pontac and Warren Graff (of WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends fame) and JP Kellams.

** The Black Baron has some nazi connotations due to his lighting bolt hair design, the jewellery of his initials resembles "88", which is a political term for "Heil Hitler", his lightning tattoos across his body, and his hair has dual lightning bolts designed into them, which closely resemble the Schutzstaffel (SS) bolts. Kreese Kreely's comment also indicates that The Baron isn't actually black, which reflects the racist ideals of the Nazi regime. His name is also in reference to Michael Wittmann A.K.A "The Black Baron". Who was a German Waffen-SS tank commander who was credited with the destruction of 138 tanks and 132 anti-tank guns, along with an unknown number of other armoured vehicles, which made him one of Germany's top-scoring panzer aces.

* BlackFace: Black Baron is hinted to be a white man in blackface makeup by the commentators. Due to this, his appearance in ''VideoGame/AnarchyReigns'' is called "Blacker Baron" in reference to him actually being a black man rather than a white man in blackface.

* PuttingOnTheReich: It seems that DeathWatch may have had collaborations with Nazi Germany due to the number of neo-nazis in the game. Since the Nazis were firm believers of eugenics, it's not hard to assume why DeathWatch would find the Nazi party so appealing to them. It's not clear though if the Nazis actually participated in the games, or if DeathWatch took elements from them.

* PuttingOnTheReich: The third boss, Von Twirlenkiller, wears a costume pretty reminiscent of an SS officer uniform.

* TheThemeParkVersion: In-game, Asiantown was made by throwing together a bunch of different Asian motifs, icons, and sterotypes, and is heavily lampshaded. This being a Japanese game made exclusively for Western audiences makes you wonder [[NWordPrivileges who is ribbing who]]?