History VideoGame / TheCrackpetShow

* CockyRooster: Rusty is one aggressive rooster. His alternate skins also emphasize his manliness. Yes, even the [[UsefulNotes/KentuckyFriedChicken KFC]] parody skin.

* TurnsRed: All bosses transform into a more aggressive state when their health goes under 50%.

'''''The Crackpet Show''''' is a {{Roguelike}} top-down ShootEmUp by Polish developer Vixa Games and published by Ravenage Games on December 15, 2022 on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, GOG.com, and the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: This game takes place AfterTheEnd, so no humans are seen, only the Crackpets. Note that most of the Crackpets are anthropomorphic animals in one way or another, from the typical anthropomorphic rabbit to a shark on land to weaponized worms, but some retain their real-life animal postures like the hermit crabs and the snails, and some others, like most bosses, are designed as monstrous.

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: Parrot's full body shows him wearing these.

* ActionBomb: The flies fly straight for the players upon spawning. The flies explode when they are close enough to a player or if killed.

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

* ShareTheMalePain: Rusty's SelfHarm during the ButtonMashing minigame is supposed to invoke this. Here, he squeezes his testicle-shaped wattles and he cries in pain.

* FatBastard: Body-Positive Hamster and his derivatives. They are all obese hamsters covered in fast food mess and sitting on flying thrones.

** Bunny is depicted flipping the middle finger on his official artwork. This seems to be his schtick, as the post-credits image shows a photo of him doing just that while running away from a pissed off Crocodile.

** Bunny is the closest in design to being inspired by ''Happy Tree Friends''. Like Cuddles, he is a male rabbit with a soft coloration (the pink coloring even closer to Toothy's light purple). His crazed, different-colored eyes seem to be a inspired from Nutty, who also has a similar eye design.

** One of Piggy's skins makes him resemble [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 a Toy animatronic]], though the main idea is lifted from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' according to the Skin Inspirations news post.

** One of the epic items temporarily binds the user on one spot in exchange for complete invincibility and near-instant firing rate. It is called Franchise/{{Terminator}}.

* CompetitiveBalance: The classes that decide the starting equipment are based on four playstyles:[[note]]Note that a player is free to mix up the loadout by dropping the chosen class weapon, picking another class, then reclaiming the dropped weapon. If the Sponsor skill to equip two weapons is unlocked, this also allows the player to start with two weapons instead of one.[[/note]]

* AllThereInTheManual: Names for the playable characters are not mentioned in-game, but can be found on some other official source, like the Steam trading cards.

* TheGoomba: The rats are the most basic enemies in the game. They are also the easiest to defeat, as their only behavior is chase after players to attack them at close-range with a pointy finger contraption, in contrast with most enemies' ranged bullet shots. However, outside the tutorial, the rats spread bullets upon defeat, so they are not as easy to completely dismiss.

** The wizard monkeys have the ability to spawn local {{mook}}s, including another wizard monkey.

* GrossoutShow: The game uses a grotesque artstyle that would not be out of place in 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''.

** The earthworms only pop out from a random spot on the ground to fire their weapons before hiding back in to repeat the process.
** Epix Mole, Mole in the Hole, and Mole Twin pop out of the ground to attack before hiding, just like the earthworms.

* WorldOfFunnyAnimals: This game takes place AfterTheEnd, so no humans are seen, only the Crackpets. Note that most of the Crackpets are anthropomorphic animals in one way or another, from the typical anthropomorphic rabbit to a shark on land to weaponized earthworms, but some retain their real-life animal postures like the hermit crabs and the snails, and some others, like most bosses, are designed as monstrous.

''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. The game initially came with the first four characters, but later updates added the latter characters.[[/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.

* ADogNamedDog: Much of the playable characters are just named after their species namesake (Crocodile, Panda, Goat, Pig) or sounding cartoony while still referencing their species (Cowie, Sharky). Only exception is Rusty the rooster.

* FrenchMaidOutfit: [[{{Gonk}} Pig]], of all characters, gets a maid outfit skin.

* HappilyMarried: The post-credits screen has a photo of Pig married to a female pig who is just as grotesque as himself.

** One of Pig's skins makes him resemble [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 a Toy animatronic]], though the main idea is lifted from ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' according to the Skin Inspirations news post.

** The female pig on a post-credits photo is basically Pig with eyelashes and a flower on her head.

* 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 a couple are placed right in front of the boss' head.

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

** One of Panda's starting skins resembles [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Pangoro]].

** One of Pig's skins makes him resemble [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys2 a Toy animatronic]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Enemy bullets, no matter the shape, are red to distinguish them from the players' more varied bullets.

** One of the epic items temporarily binds the user on one spot in exchange for complete invincibility and near-instant firing rate. It is called [[Franchise/{{Terminator}}]].