History VideoGame / TotalCarnage

* GratuitousGerman: The final boss will occasionally yell words like "Blitzkriegen", "Schnell!", and "Braunschweiger!"[[note]]a type of sausage[[/note]]

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* AnAxeToGrind: Some toxic spills create mooks with large axes. Naturally, the slightest poke by them kills you.

[[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture The year is 1999]], and the evil General Akhboob closes off his country of "Kookistan" to the rest of the world and captures all of the reporters that went to the scene looking for a story. Also, the general is using his base to create mutants, stockpiling weapons and doing other various nasty things, and it's up to the Doomsday Squad ([[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem]]) to go in, destroy the base and capture General Akhboob.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: ''Boy, howdy!'' Your character's muscles put even the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] to shame. But one touch of ''anything'' and you are instant meatsauce. One can say that their super duper muscles are a ''liability'' as it only makes them a larger target -- far more than their ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' counterparts.

%%* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Smash TV''.

* DummiedOut: Over 20 years after the game was released, it was discovered that there were supposed to be ''two'' endings; failing to collect all items in the Pleasure Domes (which in any case can only be done by two players) was supposed to give the "bad" ending where the heroes sit alone (without the ladies) in the Pleasure Domes, whilst collecting everything was to display the "good" ending with the ladies present, but of course without the taunting text. For some reason (probably because getting all the goodies is nearly impossible even with two players), finishing the game always combines the "good" picture with the "bad" text.

** Actually, the bit about "baby milk factory" being a bio-weapons lab might actually be an example of AluminumChristmasTrees rather than a piece of cleverly written satire. During the first Gulf War, the coalition forces [[https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-01-24-mn-1101-story.html did bomb a baby milk factory]], later claiming that they had intelligence showing that the factory was actually used for producing chemical weapons.

* EverythingTryingToKillYou

* NintendoHard: Per arcade standards. This is a LONG (hour-plus) arcade game (most arcade games only take 15-20 minutes tops, depending on genre) in which thousands of enemies, many of which can take hundreds or thousands of hits to kill (especially the bosses) and you die in one poke, where your supermuscles merely make you [[HitboxDissonance a larger target]]. Worse, extra lives and other powerups are harder to get the longer you play, and if you go far enough without continuing, your bombs will eventually ''not'' give you the standard invulnerability. Noted in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CgGH5LO1bY one-credit-clear longplay]], as the player notes that it is "not a game that encourages 1-credit play, due to the fact that you get to keep your score when you continue" and buyins through many continues will get better scores.

* RammingAlwaysWorks -- but only while the hero is invincible.

* ShoutOut: Orcus recycles several of his attacks and part of his cybernetic visual style from the final boss of ''VideoGame/{{Narc}}'', most famously the stream of severed tongues (the staff of ''Narc'' had been bought out by Midway at around the time ''Narc'' was hitting the market, so it's probably not a coincidence).

* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: General Akhboob's insults during the intermissions.

* ElectricTorture

* LudicrousGibs

* NintendoHard: Per arcade standards. This is a LONG hour-plus arcade game in which thousands of enemies, many of which can take hundreds or thousands of hits to kill (especially the bosses) and you die in one poke, where your supermuscles merely make you [[HitboxDissonance a larger target]]. Worse, extra lives and other powerups are harder to get the longer you play, and if you go far enough without continuing, your bombs will eventually ''not'' give you the standard invulnerability. Noted in this [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CgGH5LO1bY longplay]], as the player notes that it is "not a game that encourages 1-credit play, due to the fact that you get to keep your score when you continue."

* WalkingShirtlessScene

* ForceField: Temporarily provided whenever one of the heroes places a bomb.

* {{Gorn}}

* MadeOfPlasticine: You the PC, and all of the humanoid mooks.

* MoreDakka
* MusclesAreMeaningless: ''Boy, howdy!'' Your character's muscles put even the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] to shame. But one touch of ''anything'' and you are instant meatsauce.

%%* NintendoHard

* OneHitPointWonder: The Player Characters and most mooks.

%%* SmartBomb

%%* SpreadShot

** The "Bingo!", "I love it", and "[[TitleDrop Total Carnage!]]" sounds come directly from ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. As well as Mutoid Man's "NO WAY!" if you pick up a fake smart bomb.

* AmericaSavesTheDay: Hammered home by the [[PatrioticFervor presence of American flags]] that both heroes can collect.
** One "hint" in the game tells you to "defend our flag".

* BlatantLies: Akhboob in the beginning. "ALL WE ARE MAKING IS BABY MILK!" Naturally, the "baby milk factory" is a bio-weapons lab.
** He also says "I am a peace loving citizen!" while you fight him- as in while he’s trying to kill you.
* BloodierAndGorier

* DummiedOut / WhatCouldHaveBeen: Over 20 years after the game was released, it was discovered that there were supposed to be ''two'' endings; failing to collect all items in the Pleasure Domes (which in any case can only be done by two players) was supposed to give the "bad" ending where the heroes sit alone (without the ladies) in the Pleasure Domes, whilst collecting everything was to display the "good" ending with the ladies present, but of course without the taunting text. For some reason (probably because getting all the goodies is nearly impossible even with two players), finishing the game always combines the "good" picture with the "bad" text.

* NintendoHard

* [[SchrodingersPlayerCharacter Schrodinger's Villain]]: If any of the Akhboob clones escape, the real Akhboob escapes. Thus, the only way to capture him is to catch all the clones.
** And even then you still have to have unlocked the Pleasure Domes, or else the scrolling epilogue text will claim he escaped anyway.

* SmartBomb
* [[MartialArtsHeadband Soldier's Headband]]

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Smash TV''.
* SpreadShot
* StockAudioClip: The "Bingo!", "I love it", and "[[TitleDrop Total Carnage!]]" sounds come directly from ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. As well as Mutoid Man's "NO WAY!" if you pick up a fake smart bomb.

* StuffBlowingUp: Natch.
* [[spoiler:StupidJetpackHitler]]: Akhboob's true identity.

* DamageSpongeBoss: Both Orcus' and Akhboob's machine forms can take copious amounts of damage before going down. Expect to spend a long time fighting them.
** At least Akhboob is kind enough to use a health bar.

* RecycledSoundtrack: The music that plays within the Pleasure Domes is the "Ten Seconds!" (e.g. the "continue?") music from ''VideoGame/SmashTV''.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: When and if you capture Akhboob at the end, you can return the electric chair favor in kind.]]

** He also says "I am a peace loving citizen!" while you fight him.

* DemonicSpiders: Robotic spiders start appearing in the second mission. There are even spider eggs that hatch if not collected beforehand.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Clubbed into meatsauce and blown up; electrocuted; thrown in the air with [[TorsoWithAView a hole in the chest]]; instant cinders.

* StockAudioClip: The "Bingo!" and "Total Carnage!" sounds come directly from ''VideoGame/SmashTV''. As well as Mutoid Man's "NO WAY!" if you pick up a fake smart bomb.

* StupidJetpackHitler: [[spoiler: Akhboob's true identity.]]

* TorsoWithAView: Stepping on a mine, getting run over, or getting squashed causes the heroes' bodies to fly into the air, allowing the players to see their bloody chest cavities.

* [[ColourCodedMultiplayer Color-Coded Multiplayer]]: Captain Carnage is a white soldier; Major Mayhem is a black soldier. Both VideoGame/{{NARC}} and VideoGame/SmashTV previously had player 1 having light skin and player 2 having dark skin.

* GratuitousGerman: The final boss will occasionally yell "Schnell!" and "Braunschweiger!"[[note]]a type of sausage[[/note]]

--> '''Orcus:''' "My head! My head!" [[note]]That's just his first one.[[/note]]

* WarpZone: Several rotating spirals can take the heroes further into the game.

* EliteMooks: Mr. Butane takes a bunch of hits to kill.

* {{Expy}}: Captain Carnage and Major Mayhem are pretty much the more muscled (and just as [[OneHitPointWonder wimpy]]) versions of the two unnamed ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' contestants.

* MusclesAreMeaningless: ''Boy howdy!'' Your character's muscles put even the [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk]] to shame. But one touch of ''anything'' and you are instant meatsauce.