History VideoGame / TAGAP

* CollectionSidequest: You can collect penguin dolls in ''2'' and "faries" in ''3''. The latter are translucent and hard to see unless you're overdosing, and can be collected only in that state.

* HarmlessFreezing: Averted in ''3'' - organic enemies who are frozen by the Cryogun are considered dead, and fall into pieces when they thaw.

-->Paola: "I bet you've never seen graphics like these before."
-->Pablo: "[[DamnedbyFaintPraise I'll give you that, I haven't.]]"

* VideogameRemake: Completing ''TAGAP 4'''s main story unlocks "TAGAP +" mode, which is a remake of the first half of the original ''TAGAP'', but using the mechanics of the new game.

* MushroomSamba: Overdose on TAGAP and this will happen, complete with green penguins bouncing around the level and replacing regular penguins. [[spoiler:One level in ''2'' even has you go through an entire level while stoned.]]

* EverythingsBetterWithPenguins
* EvilCounterpart: The Nemesis in ''4'' is this to Pablo. While Pablo escaped before his modifications and conditioning were complete, the Nemesis is completely modified, fully armored, and totally loyal to Glowenko's cause.

** The final battle against [[spoiler: Primo]] in ''3'' also qualifies, using many of your weapons, but with a twist: [[spoiler:he'll use slightly-improved versions of the [[CallBack second episode]]'s weapons, which makes sense since he was the villain of that game]].

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: The final boss of ''3'' uses a contained singularity (a gigantic white-and-purple swirling sphere) as background.
* ArmorIsUseless: Subverted - enemies with armor tend to be more resistant than enemies who don't. Additionally, Pablo himself can acquire some decent armor through ''3'': each piece increases his health by at least 20%.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Apparently the weather controlling satellites were designed for "Fight global warming, ecological terrorism, and getting the weather predictions ''right'' for once".

** The final boss in ''3'' also qualifies, using many of your weapons, but with a twist: [[spoiler:he'll use slightly-improved versions of the [[CallBack second episode]]'s weapons. This is because he's General Primo, the BigBad from said game]].

** [[spoiler:The Warlord himself was this. He was anti-war, but decided to personally lead a recon mission anyway. If Earth was hostile, he would've gotten useful intel for the upcoming war; if it wasn't, he could've personally testified the fact in order to prevent the war]].

** In ''3'', destroying something generates one or two pieces of scrap, which are used as ammo for the [[ImprovisedWeapon Scrap]] [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Gun]]. More importantly, destroying all security cameras in a map opens up a secret room full of supplies.

* SlippySlideyIceWorld: Antartica in the first game. Downplayed because it isn't much slippery (probably because the characters are penguins).

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Primo and the other rockhopper penguins.

* GrotesqueCute

* NintendoHard

** This presumably also happens to the Nemesis in ''4'', since he's [[spoiler:Pablo]].

* ElementalWeapon: The [=AMM01=] in ''TAGAP 4''. It starts out with the "Heat Core", which doesn't actually give any elemental property to your weapons (besides the [=ChemThrower=]). However, you can later acquire the "Frost Core" and "Electro Core", which allows you to freeze and stun opponents respectively; the former is more effective against organic enemies but ineffective against robotic ones, while the latter works in reverse.

*** The Smartgun (3) is a Assault Rifle with the ability to steer the shots by clicking on the screen.

** [[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrower]]: Present in 1 and 2. By consuming more fuel, it can set the ground on fire to create flaming barriers.
** Pistol: Both the Pulsegun (3) and the Uzi (1, 2) are weak weapons with limited clip size, but infinite ammo, effectively acting as the EmergencyWeapon.

*** The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Rocket Launcher]] (1,2) shoots rockets, which travel either in a straight line or follow the mouse cursor.

* ElementalWeapons: The [=AMM01=] in ''TAGAP 4''. It starts out with the "Heat Core", which doesn't actually give any elemental property to your weapons (besides the [=ChemThrower=]). However, you can later acquire the "Frost Core" and "Electro Core", which allows you to freeze and stun opponents respectively; the former is more effective against organic enemies but ineffective against robotic ones, while the latter works in reverse.

So far, three games have been released:

* ''TAGAP 4'' (upcoming): This game explains a certain incident that happened during ''3''. Due to a dimensional anomaly, Pablo ends up in an alternate timeline - one where Doctor Glowenko successfully conquered Earth with his army of cybernetically enhanced penguins. Pablo now needs to stop the evil scientist (again) and find a way home.

** The third game has instead "Hard", "Harder", "Hardcore!" and "Necrophilissimo!". Needless to say, 3 suffers from SequelDifficultySpike.

* CaffeineBulletTime: Overdosing on TAGAP causes this, as well as various hallucinations.

** At the beginning of the third game, Pablo gets kidnappen after a night party, therefore he's completely unarmed.

** In ''3'', Funky Penguins with bow-ties are mooks, while those with regular ties are full-on Elite Mooks. The latters have armor (vastly more health) and the ability to use gadgets (grenades, shields, or shock bots).

*** The Plasma Gun (1,2) acts as an [[JackOfAllStats Assault Rifle]], with the ability to generate shields.
*** The Smartgun is a Assault Rifle with the ability to steer the shots by clicking on the screen.

*** As explained below, the OMG-20k's secondary fire acts as a room-clearing attack.
*** The Yellow Ray Of Death in 3 has a similar function, but doesn't use ammo nor health. Instead, it has a 30-seconds cooldown.

*** The Thereminiser barely stuns organic enemies, but wrecks mechanical ones. It can also emit a shockwave to keep enemies away.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Pablo picking up the soap in ''3'''s Prison level to lure out one of the keycard carrying guards.

** In ''3'', if you replay a Department, you can skip certain sections and all the end-level boss battles. Additionally, you can get the "complete a Department without dying" achievements even if you skip said sections.

* GoneHorriblyRight: Pablo, in a sense. Glowenko attempted to create an empowered, intelligent cyber-penguin fit to be a general for his army. He succeeded, but it turned out that Pablo was intelligent enough to have a rightful morality and enough power and ability to single-handedly destroy Glowenko's plans.

* Un-Person: The Funky Warden recently implemented capital punishment for high crimes such as treason, which not only means the accused will be physically disintegrated, but all citizenship history and records of their existence will be removed as well.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: The two Mechapenguinators Mark 1 and the one Mark 2 in the first game are the very last obstacles in Glowenko's base. It helps that he was supposed to be the first episode's FinalBoss.

* StandardFPSGuns: Many of the weapons in ''1'' and ''2'' fall into this, although the SecondaryFire function helps somewhat.
** Disintegrator (1): Chainsaw, due to its short range, high damage and self-recharging ammo.
** EMP Rifle (2): Gimmicky (disables shields and robotic enemies). The secondary fire (a gravity field) is pretty much an UtilityWeapon.
** [[FireBreathingWeapon Flamethrower]]: by consuming more fuel, it can set the ground on fire to create flaming barriers.
** [[GatlingGood Minigun]]: with a bonus SentryGun function.
** [[NailEm Nail Gun]] (2): it can also deploy explosive drones that shoot multiple nails.
** OMG-20k: a cross between a {{BFG}} (high damage) and a RailGun (penetrating shots), with an "overload" ability that clears the entire room [[CastFromHitPoints but also damages you]].
** Plasma Gun: [[JackOfAllStats Assault Rifle]] with the ability to generate shields.
** Rocket Launcher: it's both the FPS Rocket Launcher (fast straight-moving rockets) and as the FPS Missile Launcher (slow guidable missiles).
** [[ShotgunsAreJustBetter Shotgun]]: Shotgun, also packed with Grenades (1, 3) or Mines (2).
** Sub-Machine Guns: [[GunsAkimbo Dual]] Automatic Weapons that, due to the really low damage output, act as the [[EmergencyWeapon FPS Pistol]].
** ''3'' tries to avert this by putting some spin in their concept:
*** Pulsegun: Plasma pistol, manually recharged via handle (similar to the Disintegrator from the first game). Used as a fallback weapon to conserve ammo or to farm up pills.
*** Cryogun: The one that fully averts StandardFPSGuns, it shoots freezing liquid in an arc that can freeze enemies, allowing for LiterallyShatteredLives. Additionally, it also can shoot gushes of air that can push away enemies or shatter frozen ones.
*** Exterminator: Rail Gun against organic enemies, EnergyAbsorption against electronic ones.
*** MIRV: It's both the FPS Missile Launcher (three missiles with limited auto-aiming) and the FPS Rocket Launcher (one single unguided cluster, which isn't as damaging as the three separate missiles, but has a bigger explosion - which can [[ArmorPiercing pass through shields]]).
*** Nanogrinder: Another Rocket Launcher, but it is massively more effective against nanoshields, and can rebuild nano-bridges for some puzzles. Not too shabby against standard mooks either, with minimal splash damage.
*** Scrapgun: An ImprovisedWeapon functionally similar to the Shotgun from ''1'', but it doesn't use ammo; instead, it uses scraps taken from the remains of mechanical enemies, vehicles, and heavy weapons wielded by enemies.
*** Smartgun: Assault Rifle with the ability to steer the shots towards a single point on the screen or of a specific enemy.
*** Thereminiser: Energy Gun that barely stuns organic enemies, but wrecks mechanical ones.
*** Yellow Ray Of Death (YROD): Cooldown-based {{BFG}}.

*** A later update adds a new HarderThanHard difficulty: "Challenge Overdose". Enemies are faster and more damaging, and most mooks now wear armor.

** Pedro in ''1'', when fought on foot, uses one of the same weapons as you. In the final fight, he can use almost all the weapons in the game, and he'll (almost) always use the same weapon as your current one. [[spoiler: Also, he uses One-Ups. ''Infinite'' One-Ups.]]. You have to break the rules and [[spoiler: use the Disintegrator, which makes One-Ups useless]].

** Collectible penguins are listed in the order they appear throughout the game. So you have some inkling of which level a certain collectible could be.
** In ''3'', if you replay a Department, you can skip certain sections and all the end-level boss battles. Additionally, you can get the "complete a Department without dying" achievements even if you skip the skippable parts.

* ArmorIsUseless: Subverted - enemies with armor tend to be more resistant than enemies who don't. Additionally, Pablo himself can acquire some decent armor through ''3'': each piece reduces enemy damage by 20% of its original amount.

*** The final level in ''2'' has an enormous circle made of four lights arranged around a central symbol. Each light turns red if you destroy the corresponding generator; you can get an achievement if you replictate [[UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}} the XBox's Red Ring Of Death]].

* HarmlessFreezing: Averted in ''3'' - organic enemies who are frozen by the Cryogun are considered dead, and fall into pieces when they thaw.

* HyperspaceArsenal: Pablo can carry about a dozen weapons (some of which are literally as big as he is) on him plus a thousand ammo for each, as well as a hundred grenades. And he's a naked penguin.