History VideoGame / TrioThePunch

* DropTheHammer: Chelnov's weapon as a boss character is a mallet that [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Akane Tendo]] would find excessive.

Except it turns out that the gameplay is merely an afterthought to everything else, and the stages are usually trivial. Instead, the game focuses entirely on attempting to reduce its player to tears of confusion and anguish. Describing the entirety of what makes this game so utterly mindbreaking would be a several paragraph endeavor, but suffice it to say that with the armies of VideoGame/{{Karnov}}, the ([[LostInTranslation almost]]) inexplicable "WEEBLES FALL DOWN!" stage, copious amounts of {{Engrish}}, never-interrupted stage music, battles with pink sheep that curse you, a surprise appearance from Colonel Sanders, and a GainaxEnding that gives ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' itself a run for its money, ''Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me...'' succeeds in its title's plea.

* BigDamnHeroes: Karnov's attacking some defenseless turtle! It's your character to the rescue.[[note]]Possibly this is supposed to refer to the folktale of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urashima_Taro Urashima Taro]].[[/note]] And- oh wait, now it's ''your'' turn to beat up the turtle. But it's okay, it was actually your mentor hiding under a hollowed out turtle shell for no apparent reason. [[LetsYouAndHimFight And now you]] [[SequentialBoss have to fight him.]]

* CelebrityCameo: Colonel Sanders and what appears to be the Queen of England riding a large fish appear as enemies. The former may be a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel the Curse of the Colonel]]. The latter? ...

* {{Engrish}}: Just about every line of text in the game. According to Wikipedia, the Japanese version, while being in, uh, [[ShapedLikeItself Japanese]], ''also'' had unusual grammar, making it a fitting choice for the translation.

* ExplosiveStupidity: At one point, Karnov puts a bomb, hides behind it with his ears covered, then walks back to it and it blows up in his face.

A 1990 UsefulNotes/ArcadeGame, ''Trio the Punch: Never Forget Me...'' is, essentially, madness given video game form. And not merely in the [[WidgetSeries conventional way]], no. It is the scrawling on the walls, babbling incoherently while trying desperately to remember where you placed your arms form of insanity. Created by Creator/DataEast of ''VideoGame/BadDudes'' fame, this game is also a BeatEmUp... or something similar, at least.

* DropTheHammer: Chelnov's WeaponOfChoice as a boss character is a mallet that [[Manga/RanmaOneHalf Akane Tendo]] would find excessive.

* {{Cameo}}: Colonel Sanders and what appears to be the Queen of England riding a large fish appear as enemies. The former may be a reference to [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curse_of_the_Colonel the Curse of the Colonel]]. The latter? ...

* [[CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption "CRUETY" is the Only Option]]: The final level has you beating up a bunch of harmless animals in a park.

* BalefulPolymorph: In the level "Curse of Sheeps", whether you win or lose, you'll be cursed to turn into a sheep for the next stage.

* ShoutOut: The three playable characters appear to be parodies of other videogame protagonists. Rose Sub the barbarian is clearly based on Rastan, Kamakura the ninja reminds of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage'''s protagonist, and Santos could be based upon the VideoGame/BadDudes.

[[caption-width-right:256:[[{{Mondegreen}} "Hot sauce!"]]]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison. There doesn't seem to be any way to cure it except to perform your magic attack. Hopefully you haven't used it by then.

* ShoutOut: The three playable characters appear to be parodies of other Creator/DataEast videogame heroes. Rose Sub the barbarian is clearly based on Rastan, Kamakura the ninja reminds of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfKage'''s protagonist, and Santos could be based upon the VideoGame/BadDudes.

* WidgetSeries: Not that that goes far enough to explain this.

In Japan, the game is considered to be one of the progenitors of ''kuso-ge'', or "crappy games", games known for their astoundingly horrible nature. In fact, the game was [[ItsNotSupposedToWinOscars deliberately designed to be bad]] (and insane), which also qualifies it as ''baka-ge'', or "stupid game".

--> ROSE SUB: That was great!
--> MR. CHIN: Best we ever had!

--> KAMAKURA: Thanks for cheering me up
--> MR. CHIN: Superb

--> SANTOS: I'm faint from hunger
--> MR. CHIN: Well done well done