History VideoGame / RaymanOrigins

* TheShangriLa: Mystical Pique, a snowy mountain with Himalayan-style architecture, prayer flags and meditating fakirs.

** In the E3 demo, there was a level very blatantly inspired by ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}'', complete with [[EarWorm Korobeiniki]]. It could also double as a shout out to ''VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy'', which had a very similar (and just as hard) ''Tetris''-inspired jumping section.

->''"Long ago, the primordial forest, deep and mysterious, witnessed the birth of a man...uh, a vegetable? No, no, no...ah...[[SophisticatedAsHell a thingamajig.]]"''

* HitboxDissonance: All the characters have it, but Globox has it even more.

* AWinnerIsYou: [[spoiler:What do you get for beating the hardest level in the game? A nymph saying a bad pun[[note]]"That was a nightmare! Thanks!"[[/note]] and winking. You can also now take a spring bulb into the background of the credits to beat them up.]]
* {{Acrofatic}}: Globox

* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/# website]] gives some added backstory on some of the characters, such as why Rayman has no limbs (the Nymphs got distracted and lost some of the Lums they needed) and where the Darktoons came from (the Bubble Dreamer had a nightmare for the first time that created them by the dozens).
** The website also reveals that Jano from ''VideoGame/{{Rayman 2}}: The Great Escape'' was created as a product of the Bubble Dreamer's first bad dream.
* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler:You expected an epic fight against The Magician? Too bad, all he does is fly around in a ship and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow up the core of Moody Clouds.]]]]

* ArtShift

* BonusLevelOfHell: The Land of the Livid Dead.

* CloudCuckooland
* CloudCuckooLander: Pretty much everyone, [[spoiler:except The Magician]].

* CreatorCameo: Michael Ancel makes a cameo at the beginning and end of the Dragon trailer.
** [[spoiler:He also shows up in the game, voicing the boss and nymph at the end of Land of the Livid Dead.]]
* CutsceneBoss: [[spoiler:The Magician.]]

* DerangedAnimation

* DummiedOut: The E3 2010 trailer displayed many things not in the final game, such as different types of enemies, including an ant-like creature with a spear, different moves like Rayman using his hair to blow away enemies, and the [[spoiler:Big Mama]] boss battle taking place at Mystical Pique instead of the Land of the Livid Dead.
** When the demo came out, some clever fans found a script for the full game in its files; the script reveals [[spoiler:''why'' The Magician became evil, and his real name, and at least four costumes (Tarayzan, Uglette, a robot Teensie, and The Magician) that didn't make it in.]]

* EverythingTryingToKillYou

* FantasticLightSource: The Grumbling Grottoes has gongs that look like faces. Attacking these lights them up, and protects the player(s) from the deadly gnats.

** Rayman himself, of course

** In exchange for the Lums Rayman collects in each level, the Magician will set some Electoons free. [[spoiler: This implies that he has some of the creatures hostage, foreshadowing his true nature as the BigBad]].
** On the same note, [[spoiler: what would the Magician need the Lums for, if not to power the machines he uses against you in the last area?]]
** In the levels leading to the game's ending, [[spoiler: hitting the Magician's hat will not produce hints, but panicky begging for Rayman to turn back and give up on his journey]].

* {{Gainaxing}}: The Nymphs.

** On completing a level, if the player collects above a certain number of lums, King Teensie will straddle the tube the lums are collected in and stroke it suggestively.

* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere:
** [[spoiler:Golly G. Golem.]]
** [[spoiler:Big Mama.]]
* TheGoomba: Possibly the Darktoons, seeing as they are a reinvention of the Antitoons of the first game, which were that game's 'Goombas'.
* GoombaStomp: One of the many ways to defeat enemies.
* GottaCatchThemAll: You got three Electoon cages in most levels, up to 300 Lums per level needed to get two more Electoon cages, a time trial which you need to beat to get ''another'' Electoon cage, a multitude of Skull Coins in each level, and Skull Teeth, all of which is contribute to getting the true ending.

* GratuitousDiscoSequence: [[spoiler:When Rayman and co. reach the BigBad, instead of fighting or running away, he starts a rather catchy disco dance. Then Rayman inexplicably joins the groove.]] Can't get much more gratuitous than that!

* HartmanHips: The Nymphs.

* HelpfulMook: The air-blowing birds in the Desert of Didgeridoos. Although they are often placed in such a way to screw you up, their gusts can also be used to reach high places if you maneuver yourself correctly. One Skull Coin requires you to let them hurt you.
** Similarly, the dragon waiters in Gourmand Land. You can [[CraniumRide stand on their serving trays]] and ride them places with no ill effects.

* {{Hobbits}}: The Teensies.

* HotterAndSexier / FanservicePack: [[http://raymanpc.com/wiki/script-en/images/e/e6/RaymanOrigins_003.jpg Betilla]], compared to [[http://raymanpc.com/wiki/script-en/images/0/0f/Betilla.gif the original]].
* AnIceSuit: Helena's dress.

* KingOfAllCosmos: The Bubble Dreamer.

* KudzuPlot: Don't even attempt to make sense of how the game's beginning ties in with the reveal at the end.
** The scrapped script had [[spoiler:The Magician setting up a microphone disguised as a flower to amplify Rayman and friends' snoring, causing the Livid Dead to get angry and invade. This allowed The Magician to distract Rayman and the gang from his true plans. If you look closely in the beginning cutscene, the microphone is still there.]]

* LighterAndSofter[=/=]DenserAndWackier: The game is the least serious in the franchise.

* OneHitPointWonder: Every character.
* [[OriginsEpisode Origins Game]]: Originally. See WhatCouldHaveBeen in Trivia.

* PlatformHell: The Tricky Treasure levels, as well as the Land of the Livid Dead.
** To give you an idea, the former levels require immense precision, the level is usually falling apart as you [[SternChase chase after the treasure chest]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the level seems hellbent on trying to kill you]]. And that's just practice for the [[BrutalBonusLevel Land of the Livid Dead...]]

* RapunzelHair: The Nymphs.
* {{Retcon}}: All of the characters from the first game actually have limbs now (except Rayman himself, of course).

* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: Grand Minimus.

* SexSells: The Nymphs.

** SingingSimlish: This also extends to the background music as well, [[RuleOfFunny funnily enough.]]

* SquishyWizard: Apparently, Globox is a Red Wizard that turned blue from eating a poison berry.

* {{Stripperiffic}}: Betilla and her sisters.
* TempleOfDoom: The Ticklish Temples.

* ThickLineAnimation
* {{Uberwald}}: The Land of the Livid Dead.

* UndergroundLevel: The Land of the Livid Dead.

* TheUnfought: [[spoiler:The Magician.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Slapping was ''expressly created'' for this purpose (you can push your friends into hazards), as [[WordOfGod Michael Ancel]] disliked that other Co-op platformers like ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii'' didn't have a more direct way of screwing with other players.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Following the scrapped plot, the Magician's main goal was to fight Bubble Dreamer, whose nightmares had repeatedly overcome the Glade of Dreams and were a constant threat to its inhabitants.]]

* WombLevel: One boss fight takes place inside a giant dragon's innards that has a huge stream of fire chasing you, and even has the shadow of a realistic beating heart in the background at one point. Easily one of the most {{Squick}} examples of a Womb Level, especially seeing the dragon's reactions to the player(s) damaging its stomach wall.
* TheYoshi: El Moskito.
* YourRewardIsClothes: But most of them are Teensies.
* ZettaiRyouiki: The nymphs.

Released in 2011, ''Rayman Origins'' is a sequel to the long-dormant ''{{Franchise/Rayman}}'' series. As the story goes, it takes place in a world called The Glade of Dreams created by a being known as Bubble Dreamer (Polokus from ''Rayman 2''), who was so attached to his world, that his emotions directly impacted it. Rayman was created by Betilla from the magic of Nymphs to be a guardian of this world.

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: The bulk of the characters have a simple, [[ThickLineAnimation hard-lined]] design, but many bosses have a far more detailed look. [[VisualEffectsOfAwesome They still move just as fluidly as the rest of the characters.]]

** [[spoiler:When the demo came out, some clever fans found a script for the full game in its files; the script reveals ''why'' The Magician became evil, and his real name, and at least four costumes (Tarayzan, Uglette, a robot Teensie, and The Magician) that didn't make it in.]]

* EvilCounterpart: PlayedWith in the case of Dark Rayman and Glombrox, Rayman and Globox's respective counterparts: the Bubble Dreamer states them as such, but gameplay-wise they're no different from the originals.

* HelpfulMook: The air-blowing birds in the Desert of Didgeridoos. Although they are often placed in such a way to screw you up, their gusts can also be used to reach high places if you manuever yourself correctly. One Skull Coin requires you to let them hurt you.

* PaletteSwap: All of the playble characters play exactly the same. Special mention goes to the Teensies and the Nymphs, who are all the same but with different colors and clothing.

* PigLatin: The nymphs and The Magician all speak in this manner. The Bubble Dreamer speaks in [[ZooM Ubbi Dubbi]].

** One of the boss levels is called [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird "To Bubblize A MockingBird"]].

** One of the Secret areas in the Jibberish Jungles is based off of VideoGame/AngryBirds.
*** The bird enemies and platforms of the Desert of Didgeridoos also resemble their counterparts in Angry Birds. As an added bonus, the music for that world's boss is even ''called'' "The Angry Bird".
** In the E3 demo, there was a level very blatantly inspired by VideoGame/{{Tetris}}, complete with [[EarWorm Korobeiniki]]. It could also double as a shout out to VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy, which had a very similar (and just as hard) Tetris-inspired jumping section.

* UnderwaterRuins: The Angsy Abyss, the ruins of a long lost civilization, which is also now home to several underwater monsters.

* TheReveal: The level called, well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The Reveal!]]

* TheBusCameBack: Betilla, the Magician, Dark Rayman, the moskitoes, the electoons and some ennemies (the hunters, the darktoons, the lividstones and the stonemen) all come back for the first time since the original Rayman game.

* [[OriginsEpisode Origins Game]]: Originally. See WhatCouldHaveBeen in Trivia.

* FloatingLimbs:
** Rayman himself, of course
** Globox has Raymanian legs and eyes.
** The rock monsters are as limbless as they were in the original.

* ShoutOut: [[MiamiVice Miami Ice.]]

* BalloonBelly: Occurs to anyone before they die. As far as the players go, they go pop as soon as it happens in solo, but with two or more players, they keep floating on-screen until someone deflates them, a la ''VideoGame/NewSuperMarioBrosWii''.

** In the E3 demo, there was a level very blatantly inspired by {{Tetris}}, complete with [[EarWorm Korobeiniki]]. It could also double as a shout out to VideoGame/IWannaBeTheGuy, which had a very similar (and just as hard) Tetris-inspired jumping section.

* XMeetsY: ''Rayman'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with a pinch of ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'' and a bit of Creator/StudioGhibli for the scenery.

* XMeetsY: ''Rayman'' meets ''WesternAnimation/TheRenAndStimpyShow'', with a pinch of ''VideoGame/{{Oddworld}}'' and a bit of StudioGhibli for the scenery.

* AWinnerIsYou: [[spoiler: What do you get for beating the hardest level in the game? A nymph saying a bad pun[[note]]"That was a nightmare! Thanks![[/note]] and winking. You can also now take a spring bulb into the background of the credits to beat them up.]]

* AllThereInTheManual: The [[http://raymanorigins.us.ubi.com/# website]] gives some added back story on some of the characters, such as why Rayman has no limbs (the Nymphs got distracted and lost some of the Lums they needed.) and where the Darktoons came from (the Bubble Dreamer had a nightmare for the first time that created them by the dozens).

* {{Anticlimax}}: [[spoiler: You expected an epic fight against The Magician? Too bad, all he does is fly around in a ship and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard blow up the core of Moody Clouds.]]]]

* BeautifulAllAlong: [[spoiler: Big Mama (aka Fée de la Mort) is the final nymph.]]

* BroadStrokes: The game applies some visual and story {{Retcon}}s to the first game to fit in with the rest of the franchise, as well as bits of ''2'' and ''3'', such as ''3'''s Land of the Livid Dead looking much less peaceful, but things seem to have largely happened in the same way as they did in the previous games, aside from the Rabbids, whose entire presence [[CanonDiscontinuity are completely ignored]].

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Rayman, Globox and the Teensies end up right back where they started when they destroy The Magician's energy core.]]

* CloudCuckooLander: Pretty much everyone, [[spoiler: except The Magician.]]

* CoolOldGuy: The Bubble Dreamer. CoolShades? Check. BubblePipe? Check. BadassBeard? Check. Laidback attitude? Oh, most definitely.

** [[spoiler: When the demo came out some clever fans found a script for the full game in it's files, the script reveals ''why'' The Magician became evil, and his real name, and at least four costumes (Tarayzan, Uglette, a robot Teensie, and The Magician) that didn't make it in.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: Fée de la Mort's monster form]] complete with multiple eyes, tentacles and huge mouth lined with sharp teeth.

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Magician. [[spoiler: His real name is [[PunnyName Ales Mansay.]] ]]

** [[spoiler: It turns out that the Magician is a big fan of Mr. Dark, as he is seen with several posters of him in his lair.]]
-->[[spoiler: '''The Magician''': I always wanted to be like Mr. Dark: Mysterious, Dark! ...Um, Dark and mysterious!]]

** In a few water levels you have to stay in the light of angler fishes to avoid dying.
* FairySexy: Betilla, well as her sisters. The instruction manual doesn't call them the "Bodacious Nymphs of the Glade" for nothing!

* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:The Magician was bullied a lot at magician school, and thats why he's evil.]]

** On completing a level if the player collects above a certain number of lums, King teensie will straddle the tube the lums are collected in and stroke it suggestively.

** [[spoiler: Golly G. Golem.]]
** [[spoiler: Big Mama.]]

* GottaCatchThemAll: You got three Electoon cages in most levels, up to 300 Lums per level needed to get two more Electoon cages, a time trial which you need to beat to get ''another'' electoon cage, a multitude of Skull Coins in each level, and Skull Teeth, all of which is contribute to getting the true ending.

* HeelFaceTurn: For some reasons, Dark Rayman is a playable character and fights by Rayman's side.

* HollywoodToneDeaf: [[spoiler: Fée de la Mort's theme song.]]

* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler: The Magician appears to become friendly again for a dance scene...only to flee for a last stand.]]
* ItsPronouncedTroPAY: "Pronounced Looms, as in ilLUMination, and not Lums, for dumb"
* KingOfAllCosmos: Bubble Dreamer.

** The scrapped script had [[spoiler: The Magician setting up a microphone disguised as a flower to amplify Rayman and friend's snoring, causing the Livid Dead to get angry and invade. This allowed The Magician to distract Rayman and the gang from his true plans. If you look closely in the beginning cutscene, the microphone is still there.]]

* LoweredMonsterDifficulty: The Stonemen from the original game gets this hard. They were invincible, takes five hits to stun them and resuscitate after a few seconds like Skelerexes but here they just vanish in one hit like most enemies in this game.

* MickeyMousing: Many, many levels use this. The game's intro make a long, funny scene using it.

* MythologyGag: There are numerous references to the first two games, such as Moskito and the Electoons, as well as the Glade of Dreams and [[spoiler: Dark Rayman as an alternate costume.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Good job snoring so loud you woke the dead and [[spoiler: giving all the Lums to the bad guy, Rayman!]]
* NintendoHard: Probably not as much as the original game, as Michel Ancel wanted to make sure the difficulty curve wasn't too brutal, and because you have infinite lives as well as frequent check points death isn't very punitive, but you will still die ''a lot''. The second half of the game has some near ''VideoGame/MeatBoy''-level sequences.

* PerkyGoth: Goth Teensy and [[spoiler: Big Mama's true form.]]
* PigLatin: The nymphs and The Magician all speak in this manner. The Bubble Dreamer speaks in [[ZooM Ubbi Dubbi]]

** To give you an idea, the former levels require immense precision, the level is usually falling apart as you [[SternChase chase after the treasure chest]], and [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the level seems hellbent on trying to kill you.]] And that's just practice for the [[BrutalBonusLevel Land of the Livid Dead...]]

* FloatingLimbs:.

** Globox has Raymanian legs, and eyes.

** [[http://www.raymanpc.com/wiki/script-en/images/3/3b/Char-bubble-dreamer.png The Bubble Dreamer]], AKA [[http://gfx.gaminator.tv/data/characterPicture/483/483.3.jpg Polokus]], got quite a makeover from Rayman 2. {{Handwave}}d as the Bubble Dreamer being able to [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift]].
** The magician and the photographer are now teensies.
** The Land of the Livid Dead was shown to be a peaceful, tranquil area in ''Rayman 3''. In this game it looks creepier and a bit more like an archetypical depiction of Hell.

* RevisitingTheRoots: Like the title suggest, the game's intentions was bringing back some elements from the first game.

* SequenceBreaking: After you die eight times in a row, the games allows you to go to the next level. Of course some levels are unskipable like the one where you get new abilities and the Boss areas but speedrunners heavily use this trick as you only have to get 130 electoon points in order to go to the Moudy Cloud.
** It's even possible to complete the game with only 50 electoons. When you reach the "Riding the Storm" level for the first time, you can use the multiplayer mode in order to kill yourself eight times then you go to the next level wich means you have skipped the entire second half of the game! [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sudTCol3c8A Here how to do it.]]

** One of the boss levels is called [[Literature/ToKillAMockingbird "To Bubblize A MockingBird"]]
** One of the secret cages in Mystic Pique is a reference to the Franchise/DonkeyKong.
** One of the Secret areas in the Jibberish Jungles is based off of Angry Birds.

** DeathMountain: The Mystic Piques where monks meditate, and sacrifice peas to the bubble dreamer. it also leads to Moody Clouds.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Following the scrapped plot, the magician's main goal was to fight Bubble Dreamer, whose nightmares had repeatedly overcome the Glade of Dreams and were a constant threat to its inhabitants.]]
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:The Magician was bullied at magician school a lot, so to take revenge he wants to destroy the world.]]
* WombLevel: One boss fight takes place inside a giant dragon's innards that has a huge stream of fire chasing you, and even has the shadow of a realistic beating heart in the background at one point. Easily one of the most {{Squick}} examples of a Womb Level, especially seeing the dragon's reactions to the player(s) damaging it's stomach wall.

** [[https://youtu.be/a3lC99gqWp8?t=1m32s In one of the E3 2010 Trailers]], Rayman used his hair to blow Betilla's skirt (and she avoided a PantyShot, thanks to a MarilynManeuver). Despite Betilla holding his skirt, she apparently was enjoying it! This scene was scrapped from the game.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: A minor example, but they managed to sneak the word "badass" into the manual.

Released in 2011, ''Rayman Origins'' is a sequel to the long-dormant ''{{Franchise/Rayman}}'' series. As the story goes, it takes place in a world called The Glade of Dreams created by a being known as Bubble Dreamer (Polokus from Rayman 2), who was so attached to his world, that his emotions directly impacted it. Rayman was created by Betilla from the magic of Nymphs to be a guardian of this world.

* GratuitousDiscoSequence: The Magician's theme; it even makes a disco ball appear!

This game started life as a downloadable title for the UsefulNotes/XBox360 and PlayStation3 but as it grew in size and scope it is now sold as a [[http://www.destructoid.com/rayman-origins-is-now-a-retail-title-coming-this-holiday-200612.phtml full retail game]] on the two aforementioned consoles, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}}, UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, PC, [[UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS 3DS]] and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita. It also has 4-Player Co-Op, though it was removed from the portable versions.

* EverythingsFunkierWithDisco: The Magician's theme, it even makes a disco ball appear!

* RaymanianLimbs:.
** [[TropeNamer Rayman himself, of course]]

* {{Retcon}}: All of the characters from the first game actually have limbs now (except [[RaymanianLimbs Rayman himself, of course]]).