History VideoGame / TheCrackpetShow

** Cockroach the Builder flips off at the player on his boss splash.

** Cockroach the Builder appears to be a reference to ''WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder'', going by the name, the boss' construction theme, episode title ("Can We Fix This?"), and achievement name ("Can't fix this").

* LimitedSoundEffects: Every enemy with a jump attack will also share the same croaking sound from the toad enemies.

''The Crackpet Show'' is inspired from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' and ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'', as it mixes the premise of cartoon animals being killed gruesomely from the former and the roguelite top-down gunplay from the latter. The player (up to four multiplayer) picks one of the eight Crackpets to play as[[note]]Bunny, Cowie, Rusty (rooster), Sharky, Crocodile, Panda, Goat, or Pig.[[/note]] and one of the classes for their starting weapon and item. The main campaign is designed like a TV show, with seasons representing worlds and episodes representing levels. An episode consists of randomly-generated stages that branch differently and each can be either the basic "kill all enemies" stage without any reward or provide something special, requiring the player to work with what the episode spits out in the current run. The player can also fight minibosses, but in general all episodes end with a major boss fight. The player can earn [[ExperiencePoints Fame]] to earn Upgrade Coins to be used for weapon/item/perk upgrades, Likes for the current run's currency used to buy at shop stages, and Trophies to unlock sponsor support to ease gameplay. Weapons, item, and perks are removed upon failing/clearing an episode, though the player may be able to mitigate somewhat like using a Stash stage to store a copy of their equipped weapon for a later run.

** A few do not even have to be the same species. Sludgeswine's derivatives include the minibosses Slimekoala and the Koala Duo, as well as a normal enemy that shares the same similarity: firing bouncy projectiles in a SpreadShot.

** The wizard monkeys have the ability to spawn local {{mook}}s.

* StationaryBoss: Ass in Glass and Whack-a-Ctopus do not move from their spots in their fights.

** Both Epix Mole and Mole in the Hole pop out of the ground to attack before hiding, just like the earthworms.

* SetAMookToKillAMook: The Meat Boys perk allows the player to randomly pull this off. Upon an enemy's death by the player with this perk, it may be reanimated into a zombie ally that fights for you.

** Marked is a DamageIncreasingDebuff on the affected enemy.

* UnnecessaryCombatRoll: Averted, as dashing is necessary to avoid bullets, enemies, or traps that might be too fast to outrun. Pits also cannot be passed through without dashing, which is already made clear in the tutorial.

* MadScientist: Lionstein, the Episode 11 boss, is a lion in a typical labcoat.

* CognizantLimbs: The Whack-a-Ctopus fight has its tentacles fought first, each of them having its own LifeMeter. Once they are taken out in this phase, the boss' head pops out and it keeps using its tentacles (still with individual health bars) for attacks. Destroying the tentacles in this phase is at least optional, though recommended considering each of them fires bullets and the two front ones are placed right in front of the boss' head.

** The Junk Queen spawns toy monkeys to mess with the player's aim, even more so once she TurnsRed.

* AwesomeButImpractical: As the game demands quick reactions, any weapon with a slow cooldown is this if it is the only thing in a player's hands.

** Inverted with the bats. Bats are first encountered in Season One, but the boss and miniboss versions appear in Season Two. Same for the huggers, as their boss version appears on Season Three.

** Inverted with the bats. Bats are first encountered in Season One, but the boss and miniboss versions appear in Season Two.

* PowerUp: Power-up stages will reward players with a drinking fountain (in the form of a gigantic canned drink) that will boost either Fame obtained, Likes obtained, or damage output for a few stages.

* FlippingTheBird: Bunny is depicted flipping the middle finger on his official artwork.

* AnvilOnHead: Appears as an item that inflicts heavy damage to any enemy the player is currently aiming at.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The audience members can be killed by your own shots. There is even an achievement for killing 999 of them.

* RandomNumberGod: Being a roguelite game, it is a given. Not just in stage progression (and this is not even touching Endless mode), but also unlocking skins and upgrading weapons/items/skins. To elaborate on the latter, the player is given two random things to upgrade. Once one is picked, it moves on to the next two random items and the player repeats the process until the player runs out of Upgrade Coins.

* WeirdCurrency: Likes (like Website/{{Facebook}}'s Likes) are this game's currency, obtained from killing enemies, as bonus from clearing a Social stage, or selling a currently held weapon. Of course, these are mainly used in the shop stages. Appropriately, achievements related to collecting Likes in a single run are named after social media terms such as "Influencer".

* GrossoutShow: The game uses a grotesque artstyle that would not be out of place of a 90's violent cartoon and is not afraid to display all sorts of BodyHorror for the boss designs (ex. Wormy Cat is a gigantic cat with monstrous worms on its back). The game also utilizes ToiletHumor both from the player characters (via certain perks) and certain enemies, like one critter that lobs bullets ''from its butt hole''.

** A CartoonBomb item is called VideoGame/Bomberman. It even functions similarly to the bombs in that game.

* EpicFail: The player can induce this to themselves by using the Stimpak, normally an item that gives a power up at the cost of leaving their HPToOne, while only having the last heart remaining. This instantly kills their Crackpet, and there is even an achievement for it!

* MookMaker: The turkey enemies lob bullets that spawn malformed chicks that crawl toward the players.

* TertiarySexualCharacteristics:
** Crocodile, one of the two playable female characters, wears a pink bow and has long eyelashes.
** The goldfish that upgrades the player's weapons/items/perks has a pink bow attached to her glass helmet.

** Stun stops the affected enemy temporarily.
** Glue/Freeze slows down the affected enemy.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The crowd can be killed by your own shots. There is even an achievement for killing 999 of them.

** Then there is the Random Gun, which fires a random weapon bullet every shot.

''The Crackpet Show'' is inspired from ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' and ''VideoGame/EnterTheGungeon'', as it mixes the premise of cartoon animals being killed gruesomely from the former and the roguelite top-down gunplay from the latter. The player (up to four multiplayer) picks one of the eight Crackpets to play as[[note]]Bunny, Cowie, Rusty (rooster), Sharky, Crocodile, Panda, Goat, or Pig.[[/note]] and one of the classes for their starting weapon and item. The main campaign is designed like a TV show, with seasons representing worlds and episodes representing levels. An episode consists of randomly-generated stages that branch differently and each can be either the basic "kill all enemies" stage without any reward or provide something special, requiring the player to work with what the episode spits out in the current run. The player can also fight minibosses, but in general all episodes end with a major boss fight. The player can earn [[ExperiencePoints Fame]] to earn Upgrade Tokens to be used for weapon/item/perk upgrades, Likes for the current run's currency used to buy at shop stages, and Trophies to unlock sponsor support to ease gameplay. Weapons, item, and perks are removed upon failing/clearing an episode, though the player may be able to mitigate somewhat like using a Stash stage to store a copy of their equipped weapon for a later run.

** Tank focuses more on distracting multiple enemies. The user is equipped with a Shotgun and a Taunt to get enemies' attention. This only matters while playing multiplayer.

* RandomNumberGod: Being a roguelite game, it is a given. Not just in stage progression (and this is not even touching Endless mode), but also unlocking skins and upgrading weapons/items/skins. To elaborate on the latter, the player is given two random things to upgrade. Once one is picked, it moves on to the next two random items and the player repeats the process until the player runs out of Upgrade Tokens.

* RandomlyDrops: If a stage rewards something, like say, a weapon, whatever the player gets is random. And since the player can only equip up to two weapons and one item, decisions for a run are vital.