History VideoGame / Reelism

** Most of the music throughout Reelism is taken from the 16-bit generation, such as from the {{UsefulNotes/SNES}} or the [[UsefulNotes/SegaGenesis Sega Mega Drive]].

** The boss theme used during the Wizard battle is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wADZ8AIPGwA "War Like Requiem"]] from [[VideoGame/ThunderForce Thunder Force IV]].

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Bosses die like this, as do robotic enemies, the former being a ChainReactionDestruction. In addition, the “Birthday Party” reel makes all enemies explode when killed.

** An NPC in the Cop Shop is turning himself in for the crime of... giving a Nintendo game an 8/10, referencing the reactions to reviews such as the TropeNamer for EightPointEight, Gamespot's ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTwilightPrincess'' review that gave it such a score.

* TheGoomba: Bronies from ''Reelism'' and the hand puppets from ''Reelism 2'' have no attack. The weakest enemies that ''can'' attack are the ''Strife'' [=NPCs=], who only have a melee attack.

* IKnowMaddenKombat: The "Sportsball" reel in the second game, featuring a baseball bat, a football that lets you tackle other enemies, and a basketball with an explosive dunk.

It was first released towards the end of 2011, and has recived three expansion packs since. It was also awarded a [[http://www.doomworld.com/19years/best2.php Cacoward near the end of 2012]].

''Reelism 1'' can be downloaded [[http://thekinsie.com/reelism/ here]], while ''Reelism 2'' can be downloaded [[https://reelism.dog/ here]], and both require [[http://www.osnanet.de/c.oelckers/gzdoom/ GZDoom]] and a copy of ''Doom II: Hell on Earth'' to play.

In the end of March 2020, [[https://forum.zdoom.org/viewtopic.php?f=19&t=68021 Kinsie announced that he is developing Reelism 2.]] Version 1.0 was released on April 15, 2022.

*** The Roulette Revolver is an innocuous-looking revolver that fires different ammunition every time it is reloaded. Said ammunition can be blanks, harmless LudicrousGibs, regular pistol shots, desert eagle slugs, rockets, {{bee|BeeGun}}s, energy beams, or ''{{car|fu}}s''.

** In ''Reelism'', Motherfucking Wizard's OneHitKill attack is to drive into you with his monster truck. In ''Reelism 2'', he can do the same thing, but with his new (and smaller) ice-cream truck.

*** One of the default maps takes place on a busy highway with cars traveling down both directions that will instantly kill most things in their path.

* ColorCodedWizardry: The Wizard enemies in the sequel wear a color-coded robe. As you can expect, red ones attack with fire.

** ''Reelism 2'' continues this trend, featuring such bosses as a trio of deathmatch players on dial-up (with the shoddy connection issues that implies), the same Motherfucking Wizard who is now reduced to driving a smaller ice-cream truck, and ''a giant ape dressed up as Abraham Lincoln''.

* GoombaStomp: Can be done by enemies and players alike when falling from a high place in the sequel.

* AbnormalAmmo: The Dog Launcher in the sequel shoots friendly dogs.
* AllThereInTheManual: An HTML manual is included with the Reelism 1, with descriptions for all the reel effects and bosses. Reelism 2 replaced it with an expansive in-game help menu

* {{BFG}}: The "HYPERPOWER!" reel allows these to spawn. Even the TropeNamer.

* CarFu: The Wizard in a Monster Truck's deadliest attack (as in, a OneHitKill) is to simply lunge at you with his Monster Truck. Likewise, the sequel has him do the same with his new ice-cream truck.
** The Sequel allows you to return the favor with one of the Roulette Revolver's possible firing modes: an entire car.

* DistaffCounterpart: Parodied by the boss Ms. The Jerk, which is a pink version of The Jerk that can actually be killed.

** Getting three same numbers across the reels will result in a special jackpot bonus.
*** [[spoiler: Getting 1-1-1 will keep spawning lots of colorful Sonics which are ridiculously harmless, like bronies, and which die completely a-la the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog source game]].]]
*** [[spoiler: [[FourIsDeath Getting 4-4-4]] will instantly kill the player four seconds into the round.]]
*** [[spoiler: [[NumberOfTheBeast Getting 6-6-6]] will transform the player into a Cyberdemon during the round.]]
*** [[spoiler: Getting 10-10-10 [[TimeStandsStill will freeze everything]], including the player, until the round ends, complete with elevator music. Fittingly, the reel combination is one of the most frustrating to have otherwise.]]
*** [[spoiler: Getting 9-9-9 executes map script 999, [[CouchGag the effect of which depends on the map played]]. For example, on Reel Stadium it spawns an army of 8-bit football players while a remix of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII One Winged Angel]] plays.]]
** If the round consists of "''HYPERPOWER!''" and "''Crate Shower''", large golden chests will appear. If the player breaks one, it has a chance of dropping a Holy Stone. [[spoiler: If the player then throws a Holy Stone at a boss, it will trigger a secret GainaxEnding.]]
** There is an unused, ominous map called "Dog Hell", which contains 666 dogs and you can only use the starting pistol to survive.
* EatingTheEnemy: The Cutlery in the sequel is an interesting melee weapon that allows you to cannibalize enemies with a fork and knife. You gain a small amount of health for each kill.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The Holy Stone, which is the strongest single-target weapon in the entire mod, is a brick filled with...holes.

* GameMod: Besides this obviously being one, the latest update (as of September 2015) added compatibility for custom reels, bosses, etc. [[http://edthebat.com/doom/reelism/reelism.php See here]].
* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: If you throw a Holy Stone at a boss (using the method above), you will be sent to "Valhalla", where dogs bark in harmony. Yep. After spending a few minutes in paradise, you get sent to credits that spoofs ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3'''s credits.]]

** The World's Most Boringest Ghost, a spectral entity who shoots plasma at you.
** There's Dog Pope. It's a dog wearing a pope hat, who shoots out bees at you when he barks.
** There's [[VideoGame/{{Strife}} MacGuffin]], a gigantic green hobo who breathes fire at you.
** And to top it off, there's a wizard '''who drives around in a monster truck.'''

** The sequel continues this trend, featuring such bosses as a trio of deathmatch players on dial-up (with the shoddy connection issues that implies), the same wizard who is now reduced to driving an ice-cream truck, and ''a giant ape dressed up as Abraham Lincoln''.
* TheGoomba: Bronies cannot attack at all. Same with the hand puppets from the sequel. About the weakest enemies that ''can'' attack are the ''Strife'' [=NPCs=], which are restricted to a slow melee attack.

* HubCity: The sequel has the Reelism city. In this place, you can buy various weapons or power-ups from [=NPCs=], and start the next run.

** The Jerk. This is a giant dark blue reskin of ''Doom'''s Pinkie, which moves very fast, crushes anything nearby in one hit (including other enemies), and is invincible. Fortunately, no other enemies spawn during the round, and it despawns after the round ends, unlike the other enemies which remain inbetween rounds.

* LogicBomb: "HYPERPOWER!" and "Bullet Hoses" together spawns a rifle that fires your entire supply of bullets in one shot. "Gunfinity" gives you an infinite supply of bullets. [[spoiler: If you try to make that rifle fire "infinity" bullets at once, you hear evil laughter, following by the gun exploding, killing you instantly.]]

** Attempting to load "finale" or [[spoiler:"townwar"]] via the console in Reelism 2 will have the former scold you for cheating after seemingly starting out as it normally would, ending with you sent to "Dog Limbo", a white room with nothing but a giant dog on a pedestal. The latter just takes you directly to Dog Limbo.

* OneHitKill: the Jerk Ms. THE JERK and the Wizard while in the Monster truck and the Imp Tank instantly kills anything they touch monsters and players as for weapons the Holy Brick that can be obtained from the super weapon + crate shower reel combo EasterEgg instantly kills any non boss entity it hits except for The Jerk and the 2-2-2 jackpot monster.
* PunnyName: [[DontExplainTheJoke Heh heh, reel, realism, get it?]]

* LethalJokeWeapon: The Roulette Revolver sounds like it's a bit detrimental by the name and the fact that it has to reload, but it can often be one of the best weapons in the game. Each reload is a random projectile, ranging from regular bullets, to plasma bursts, to rockets, all the way to a BFG shot, or ''a whole freaking car''.

** An NPC in the Cop Shop is turning himself in for the crime of...giving a Nintendo game an 8/10, referencing the reactions to reviews such as the TropeNamer for EightPointEight, Gamespot's ''VideoGame/TwilightPrincess'' review that gave it such a score.