History VideoGame / TakAndThePowerOfJuju

''Tak and the Power of Juju'' is a 2003 video game made by THQ and Nickelodeon for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube and Nintendo GameBoy Advance. It has had two sequels one in 2004 known as VideoGame/Tak2TheStaffOfDreams and one in 2005 called VideoGame/TakTheGreatJujuChallenge.

''Tak and the Power of Juju'' is a 2003 video game made by THQ and Nickelodeon for the PlayStation 2, Nintendo Gamecube and Nintendo GameBoy Advance.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Fauna and Flora
** In the TV series Jeera and Zaria.

* TrickBoss: The second game has you fight [[spoiler:Tralok in his sheep form and a herd of black sheep, before both Tak and him turn into [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragons]] for the real battle.]]

''Tak and the Power of Juju'' is a series of {{platformer}}s that was later adapted into an AllCGICartoon TV series made in 2007 by the Creator/{{Nickelodeon}} network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

The cartoon, which serves as the 24th member of the Franchise/{{Nicktoons}} brand, drops most of the adventure elements from the game and instead focuses on the comedic ones. ''Everyone'' in the show is an idiot, though some are dumber than others. [[RapidFireComedy The gags come fast one after another]], with common sense and even reality taking a backseat. In most episodes (each of which contains two stories) Tak himself is to blame for the problem going on, by causing them or making them worse. Tak is often helped by Jeera, the {{tomboy}} daughter of the tribe's chief. The [[NightmareFuel utterly bizarre]] Jujus are also usually involved. Lok is also in the series, still admired as a hero when he's really just a boastful coward ([[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist not that Tak is much better]].) Some of the jokes [[RefugeInAudacity cross the line of good taste]] occasionally.

!!Tropes seen in games and TV series include:

* AbsurdityAscendant: The TV show is full of this.
* TheAce: Lok is presented as such in the first game... [[ButtMonkey and proceeds to be mocked relentlessly from then on]].
* AllJustADream: The entire second game. OrWasItADream
* AnimatedAdaptation
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Jibolba describes the plight of the Pupanunu people in the first game, he calls the Moon Juju "good, and wise, and pretty." Then he mentions Tlaloc having imprisoned her, and states that Tlaloc isn't good or wise, "and he's ''certainly'' not pretty."

''Tak and the Power of Juju'' is a series of {{Platformer}}s that was later adapted into an AllCGICartoon TV series made in 2007 by the {{Nickelodeon}} network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

No, this is not related to Jujubes candy, nor to the [[NamesTheSame Tak]] from [[InvaderZim another Nicktoon]].

* AbsurdityAscendant: The tv show is full of this.
* AdultsAreUseless: Tv Show
* TheAce: Lok in the tv show

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Chief, Lok, Slog, Zariah and the Pupununu tribe.

* AxCrazy: Chief.
* BalefulPolymorph: Tlalok's sheeping curse. He turns Tak into several different animals in quick succession during the first game's final boss fight.

* ButtMonkey: Tak, Lok, Zariah and The Pupununu Tribe
* CampGay: The Pupununu Tribe
* TheChewToy: Lok

* CloudCuckooLander: Lok and Chief
* DerangedAnimation
* TheDitz: Lok and the Pupununu tribe.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Tak in the TV series
* DumbMuscle: Lok and Slog

* {{Gonk}}: Lok and The Pupununu Tribe.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: One of the episodes in the show, the singer uses the word "gay", though it's used for the original definition.

* IdiotHero: Tak (Tv show only).

* JerkAss: Lok, Cheif, Zariah and The Pupununu Tripe

* MeanBoss: Lok and Cheif.
* TheNapoleon: Tak in the cartoon show, [[spoiler: (considering the tribe treats him poorly)]].

* OddFriendship: Tak and Jeera.
* OnlySaneMan: Jeera.
* RealityIsOutToLunch

* TookALevelInJerkass: Lok bullies Tak in certain episodes of the animated series (as seen in "Bad Luck's Bad" and "Love Hurts").

* WorldGoneMad: Pupununu Village.

The cartoon drops most of the adventure elements from the game and instead focuses on the comedic ones. ''Everyone'' in the show is an idiot, though some are dumber than others. [[RapidFireComedy The gags come fast one after another]], with common sense and even reality taking a backseat. In most episodes (each of which contains two stories) Tak himself is to blame for the problem going on, by causing them or making them worse. Tak is often helped by Jeera, the {{tomboy}} daughter of the tribe's chief. The [[NightmareFuel utterly bizarre]] Jujus are also usually involved. Lok is also in the series, still admired as a hero when he's really just a boastful coward ([[UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist not that Tak is much better]].) Some of the jokes [[RefugeInAudacity cross the line of good taste]] occasionally.

* BizarroEpisode: [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Love Hurts and Beauitful Girls]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: We got [[DuRaRaRa Celty]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]], and [[PinkyAndTheBrain Brain]] in a comedy show.
** The games feature JasonMarsden as Tak, while the show has him voiced by Hal Sparks, best known for playing the cult leader Zoltan in ''DudeWheresMyCar'' and for his role in the gay drama ''QueerAsFolk''.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork: Ironic that the show was meant to come first but delays booted the games ahead instead while they tried to get the show up and running. Three games in, the show finally premiered in 2007...and Nickelodeon did jack all to promote it. Eventually it got put on Nicktoons Network and, after one last game, was quietly cancelled and faded into obscurity.

* TreeBuchet: used in the game.

* WorldGoneMad: Pupununu Village

* TheNapoleon: Tak in the cartoon show, [[spoiler: (considering the tripe treats him poorly)]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: We got [[Durarara Celty]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]], and [[PinkyAndTheBrain Brain]] in a comedy show.

* HeyItsThatVoice: We got [[BloodPlus Saya]], [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBrothers Brock Samson]], and [[PinkyAndTheBrain Brain]] in a comedy show.

* HeyItsThatVoice: We got [[BloodPlus Saya]], [[TheVentureBros Brock Samson]], and [[PinkyAndTheBrain Brain]] in a comedy show.

* AdultChild: Lok and Slog sometimes.

* BreakingTheFourthWall

* PaintingTheFourthWall: The first game opens with Jibulba summoning a mighty Juju to guide Tak through his adventure. This turns out to be the player. Jibulba marvels at the "power stick" the player holds, and the "mystic box" the player watches him on, noting that it is clearly "the most important thing in your hut."

** The games feature JasonMarsden as Tak, while the show has him voiced by Hal Sparks, best known for playing the cult leader Zoltan in ''DudeWheresMyCar''.

* AdultChild: Lok and Slog sometimes
* AffectionateParody: The tv show's characters
** Chief looks a drugged-up version of [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Great Mighty Poo]] and plays a similar role to [[SpyroTheDragon Moneybags]] (minus the conning).
** The antagonist version of Lok looks like a drugged-up version of [[CrashBandicoot Dr. Neo Cortex]] and plays a similar role to both [[VideoGame/{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} Chapion Bomber]].
** The Pupununu Tribe look like dugged-up versions of [[{{Rayman}} the Hoodlums]] and play a similar role to [[SuperMario the Shy Guys]].

* BlamEpisode: [[TheyChangedItNowItSucks Love Hurts and Beauitful Girls]]

''Tak And The Power Of Juju'' is a series of {{Platformer}}s that was later adapted into an AllCGICartoon TV series made in 2007 by the {{Nickelodeon}} network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork

** The antagonist version of Lok looks like a drugged-up version of [[CrashBandicoot Dr. Neo Cortex]] and plays a similar role to both [[{{Kirby}} King Dedede]] and [[VideoGame/{{Bomberman}} Chapion Bomber]].

* TheChosenOne: Jibulba names Lok as the Mighty Warrior of the Pupanunu People's Prophecy at the start of the first game. He's wrong. It's Tak.

* DumbMuscle: Lok and Slog

* FetchQuest: The ''entire'' first game is a long string of fetch quests.

** The games feature JasonMarsden as Tak, while the show has him voiced by Hal Sparks, best known for playing the cult leader Zoltan in ''DudeWheresMyCar''.

* TreeBuchet: used in the game.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Powder Canyon and Numa Dunes change the game from a platformer to ''Tony Hawk''-style extreme sports. Similarly, the boss fights against Pins and Needles later in the game take the form of fighting on ostriches or a DanceDanceRevolution-style dance-off.

''Tak And The Power Of Juju'' is a series of {{Platformer}}s that was later adapted into an AllCGICartoon TV series made in 2007 by the {{Nickelodeon}} network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Traloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

''Tak And The Power Of Juju'' is a series of {{Platformer}}s that was later adapted into an AllCGICartoon TV series made in 2007 by the {{Nickelodeon}} network. In the game, Tak is a boy who is the apprentice of a jungle-dwelling tribe's Shaman. When the tribe's patron Juju (god), The Moon Juju, is captured by the evil shaman Tlaloc, she is supposed to be rescued by a prophesied hero. But the tribe's greatest warrior, Lok, was also turned into a sheep by Tlaloc. So Tak gets sent in a series of quests to find the means to restore him to normal. It eventually turns out that it was Tak himself who was the hero all along. The game has had four sequels so far.

** Cheif looks a drugged-up version of [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Great Mighty Poo]] and plays a similar role to [[SpyroTheDragon Moneybags]] (minus the conning).

* AxCrazy: Cheif.

* CampGay: The Pupununu Tripe

* CloudCuckooLander: Lok and Cheif

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: The tv show.