History VideoGame / YouDontKnowJack

--->'''Guy:''' ''[bleep]''-ing cartoon hasn't been ''[bleep]''-ing funny since 19 ''[bleep]''-ing 53!

* AdamWesting: Batman in a couple of questions in ''Volume 3''.

** One of the Question Fifteen songs in ''Volume 2'' is a nod to the theme tune of [[Batman]].

** A question 15 segue in ''Volume 2'' is a nod to the theme tune of [[Batman]].

* '''Snickerclish Restroom'''[[labelnote:translation]]Gibberish Question[[/labelnote]]: Uh-oh! Wes butt tit slime chore...[[labelnote:translation]]Guess what it's time for...[[/labelnote]] I'll give you a nonsense phrase, and you have to tell me what it rhymes with; I’ll give you a little hint to what you’re looking for so you’re not too stumped. Now, remember that the quicker you buzz in, the more money that's at stake, and that there’s no screwing on a gibberish question. As the prize money ticks down, I'll give you up to three clues to help you figure it out. And don’t let the punctuation throw you off.

* '''Fill in the Blank''': Here, you have to type in the answer instead of selecting from four choices.

* '''Dis or Dat''': I'll read you a list of seven things, and for each, I'll want you to tell me if it belongs in category A, or category B (like "A Blaxploitation Movie" or "A Brand of White Bread"). On some "Dis or Dats", I may add "Both" as a third option. If you pick the right category, you get some cash. If you pick wrong, cash is taken away. You have the option to skip if you're not sure, but any that are unanswered when the 30 second time limit expires will cost you. In ''2011'' and ''2015'', unless your opponents are playing online, only one player gets to play for this question; Binjpipe changed the format on us in ''Full Stream'' and allowed everyone to participate.
* '''Three-Way''': Similar to "Dis or Dat" but exclusive to ''Volume 3'', this question is always the 10th question of a 21 question game, and appears sporadically as the 5th question in 7 question games. Here, I'll give you a list of seven things, with ''three'' categories to put them in. The game will flip between the three answers randomly, and you have to buzz in when you see the right one; if you guess incorrectly, you lose cash for every wrong guess. For example, if "Red", "White", and "Blue" are the three-way, the answer to "Egg _____" would be "White". Be careful, however, because the questions may or may not have anything to do with the three-way as a group. Unlike "Dis or Dat", all the players participate in a Three-Way, and a wrong choice doesn't advance the question.
-->'''Old Man:''' Back in my day, we didn't have your fancy online multiplayer thingamawhatsits, we all had to huddle around the same computer. We had "Dis or Dats" everyone could play back then, we called 'em "Three-Ways", and by gum, we were grateful!\\

* '''Wendithap'n''': My partner Schmitty ran this one in ''Louder, Faster, Funnier!''. So, he'll place the "primary" event on the top of your screen and then list a bunch of other events, let's call them "secondaries". While he does that, you've got to decide whether a "secondary" happened before or after the "primary" occurred. Or whether we're such big fat liars that we've listed an event that never happened at all! Sometimes, you might need an order sequence to get through this one, so pay attention.
* '''Roadkill''' (known as '''Coinkydink''' in ''Mock 2''): Find the clue that links two given clues together... and then for a bonus, find out what all the correct answers have in common. Let's just say that paying attention might be a good idea.

* '''Fiber-Optic Field Trip''': This category involves a randomly selected "caller" (pre-recorded phone conversation) who we’ll ask to make a category and question based on their expertise.

* '''Sequel Question''': A question that refers to a previous question. In the games where you pick categories for each question, no matter which category you select, the three categories will refer to the previous question, either as a wrong answer or as an end of question joke. ''Full Stream'' changed the format a bit by having the sequel questions occasionally lead to their own storyline, replacing the normally randomized questions.

* '''Bug Out!''': This Odd-Man-Out-like question exclusive to ''5th Dementia'' unleashes a crapton of bugs in the studio, and your job is to squash the bug that doesn't fit in a certain group. Get it wrong and you lose cash, but get it right and you get paid. If there's more than one player involved, you either pay to your opponent(s) if you're wrong, or your opponent(s) pay ''you'' if you're right. The first six groups range from $100-$600, and the last group is worth bonus money (as in the total value).

* '''Trash Talking with Milan''': Bob brings out his show’s resident English & Grammar teacher, which also happens to be his one and only janitor. This question always has to do with language. Just don’t get too grossed out.

* '''Headbutt''': Bob gives two questions, the answers of which should be combined into one word! Like in Ticklish Testgum[[labelnote:tr.]]Gibberish Question[[/labelnote]] and A Quasi Magnetron[[labelnote:tr.]]Anagram Question[[/labelnote]], he'll also give out clues for each of the things, but unlike those specialties, it's... less frustrating, I'd say. Also, might I wonder why the kids get, like, ten times more dollars than we adults do? Come on, it doesn't make any sense!

* '''Nocturnal Admissions with Cookie Masterson''': So, I had a really weird dream after eating some food late last night. It’s uncannily similar to the plot of a movie or TV show I just watched, and standing in for some of the characters are my cats Poopsie and Mayonnaise, as well as my Mom, [[ShapedLikeItself played by my real Mom]]. So, what did I watch that caused me to have such a weird dream?
* '''Cookie's Fortune Cookie Fortunes with Cookie "Fortune Cookie" Masterson''': *munch munch* Alright, let's see what my fortune says... "THIS QUESTION WILL BE BASED ON THE VAGUE ADVICE FOUND IN THIS FORTUNE COOKIE." [[LampshadeHanging Hm, meta.]] Alright, well, if I really am basing this question off my fortune cookie fortune, then [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment what's the answer to this question based on my fortune cookie fortune]]?
* '''Order Question''' (A.K.A. "[[LongTitle It's The Put The Choices Into Order Then Buzz In And See If You Are Right... Question!]]"): And I'm giving away an extra $1,000 if you get this one right. Put this list of three items in order, from FIRST to LAST: X, Y, Z.
** X, Y, Z;
** Z, Y, X;
** X, Z, Y; or
** Y, X, Z.

* '''Foggy Facts with Old Man''': Oh, great. My "good acquaintance" Old Man somehow wandered into the studio again. He likes to remember things from his past, but his memory's not quite what it used to be. So we're gonna need you to figure out what he's talking about, based on the vague description he gives.

* '''Data Mining''': A question prompt of a line of computer code will lead to this question. Binjpipe needs your help identifying user data, and they will provide three search queries that one of the four possible answers would likely input. (The sequel to Funky Trash.)
* '''Player’s Choice''': Binjpipe will interrupt our regularly scheduled question and ask you, the audience, to choose one of two possible question categories. The categories might not be what you expect, but I had nothing to do with these - I’m just doing what they told me to do, alright?!
* '''Binjpipe Recommends''': A question prompt of a terrible marketing slogan from those Binjpipe folks will lead to this question. Binjpipe is determining user preferences, and they will provide a user’s past viewing experience and four possible answers to determine the best possible preference for the user. (The sequel to Nocturnal Emissions.)
* '''Octopus, Coffee, Queen Elizabeth, or Frankenstein?!''': One of these is the correct answer to this question.

** Frankenstein (either the doctor or the monster. This is specified during the intro bumper for the question.)

At the start of a multiplayer game (except in the Facebook version and ''Full Stream''), I'll also hand out one screw to each player. Any time you think one of your opponents doesn't know the answer to a question, you can use your screw to force that player to answer. In ''The Ride'', you get the chance to engage in "FlakJack" by flooding the screen with screws, destroying any chance to get the question right. Any money the "screwee" loses for getting it wrong then goes to you... but if they get it right, ''you'' get screwed, and the amount they win for a correct answer comes out of ''your'' score. We changed the screw rules up in ''Full Stream'' and allowed more than one person to obtain a screw at a time, along with removing the limits. Remember, you only get one screw per game; use it wisely.

Oh, also, [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/53755/you-dont-know-jack we actually had a physical game made from Tiger Electronics]] back in the day when toys like that were relevant. Was kinda cumbersome though since you had to use cards[[note]][[{{ExpansionPack}} Expansion Packs]] for TV, Movies, and Sports are out there...somewhere.[[/note]] and type in the code for the questions. And we're talking just ''regular'' questions too--Yeah, I know, right--No Dis-Or-Dats, no Gibberish Questions, the syrup and sprinkles and cookie bits that topped the vanilla we're left with. Not even the big banana that was the Jack Attack! (Thanks for the appetite, whoever wrote that...) But hey, if you didn't have the PC games, it was a... semi-cheap alternative. ''Four''-player, too!

Anyway, have a [[Characters/YouDontKnowJack Character Page]]. And remember...

** For those not in the know, the SpinOff ''[=HeadRush=]'' has a real-time system calendar on your computer, so that whenever you start the game, Baby Diva will comment on which [[UsefulNotes/AmericanHolidays holiday]], equinox, or solstice you're celebrating in as an EasterEgg; be it [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve/Day]], UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Passover, Easter, AprilFoolsDay, Earth Day, May Day, UsefulNotes/CincoDeMayo, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]], Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, UsefulNotes/{{Christmas|InAmerica}}, Kwanzaa... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or even your own birthday]]! What a huge DevelopersForesight!

*** Just try and let the computer pick a name for you.

** Can you guess what the [[ClusterFBomb most likely response]] to the Gibberish Questions was, assuming you weren't actually trying to correctly answer them, and given the game's target audience? Yeah, and so did the developers, and their response is listed under WhatTheHellPlayer below.

*** For example, one of the questions on ''The Ride''‘s Language floor is, "If you had to type the subject of this question, what word would you type?" [[labelnote:Answer]](The correct answer is "you".)[[/labelnote]]

** In games that included the Fiber-Optic Field Trip or similar questions, if the category leading to them was chosen as the 10th question of a 21-question game, an extra question would be added afterwards (using the question 10 segue) to add to the idea that the caller / celebrity was still thinking of their question.

** As mentioned in the DevelopersForesight example, typing in [[PrecisionFStrike "Fuck you"]] in the Gibberish Question box always yields a shocked reaction of some sort from the host, followed by what is at least a massive hit to the player's score. If a second player does it, [[spoiler:nothing happens, since the host doesn't find it original any more]]. Doing it a third time [[spoiler:makes the host give up and quits the game, booting the player(s) back to the desktop]].

* DevelopersForesight: You get custom remarks depending on the date and time you play, and even if a given player never buzzes in. Some versions will [[ThisLoserIsYou mock your lack of social life]] if you're playing a one-player game on a weekend night.

* SurpriseCreepy: One possible playthrough of ''Full Stream'' would have the Question 4our category be "This Question Is Computer Generated". If this is so, Round 2 would be dominated by questions related to false realities, culminating with TheReveal that [[spoiler:there's an AssimulationPlot going on revolving around Binjpipe itself]].

** For those not in the know, the SpinOff ''[=HeadRush=]'', has a real-time system calendar on your computer, so that whenever you start the game, Baby Diva will comment on which [[UsefulNotes/AmericanHolidays holiday]], equinox, or solstice you're celebrating in as an EasterEgg; be it [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve/Day]], UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Passover, Easter, AprilFoolsDay, Earth Day, May Day, UsefulNotes/CincoDeMayo, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, [[UsefulNotes/AllHallowsEve Halloween]], Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, UsefulNotes/{{Christmas|InAmerica}}, Kwanzaa... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or even your own birthday]]! What a huge DevelopersForesight!

** For those not in the know, the SpinOff ''[=HeadRush=]'', has a real-time system calendar on your computer, so that whenever you start the game, Baby Diva will comment on which [[UsefulNotes/AmericanHolidays holiday]], equinox, or solstice you're celebrating in as an EasterEgg; be it [[NewYearHasCome New Year's Eve/Day]], UsefulNotes/MartinLutherKingJr Day, Super Bowl Sunday, Groundhog Day, Valentine's Day, Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day, Passover, Easter, AprilFoolsDay, Earth Day, May Day, UsefulNotes/CincoDeMayo, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Father's Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day, [[AllHallowsEve Halloween]], Election Day, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Black Friday, Chanukah, UsefulNotes/{{Christmas|InAmerica}}, Kwanzaa... [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or even your own birthday]]! What a huge DevelopersForesight!

-->'''Announcer:''' This episode of You Don't Know Jack is brought to you by... Lactose John's Ladies of the Evening! Come teet... uh... '''meet''' our girls!

** [[spoiler: Question 8: That Weird Feeling You're Missing Something That's Very Important, a Gibberish Question which says "Yes, ape the Tim you may shun" and the clues explain he's trapped outside of reality and he's got to "escape the simulation".]]

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Subverted; one of the sponsors in ''Facebook'' is "Tim Simian: Chimp Mechanic", a [[IncrediblyLamePun monkey business]] that specializes in fixing cars with trained chimps rather than proper workers. Most of its customers, however, [[RealityEnsues aren’t impressed]].

* YoureDrinkingBreastMilk: The "Mother's Milk" commercial.

** [[spoiler: Question 9: Escape the Simulation, Cookie is suddenly transported to a weird cube with liquid that's pouring through to reach his head, and you have to find the volume of the cube.

** [[spoiler: Finally, the Jack Attack, "Escape the Simulation" with the last category being "Here's the Truth about You Don't Know Jack Full Stream" which explains that Cookie is in danger and Binjpipe has a terrible secret. Cookie in the end questions why he can't stop hosting his game, and attempts to escape and write a note saying to stop Binjpipe, but he is suddenly reset.

* DummiedOut: The first version of the iOS game. Jellyvision announced that this was done to replace it with a completely redone version.
** Some of the lines in ''The Ride'' are either really obscure or buried in the data files alive. Such as this one for the announcer:
--->''Welcome back to the show!''
** Then there's the infamous Fill-In-The-Blank question featuring [[spoiler:'''shadow puppet of a duck''']] which was intact in ''Louder! Faster! Funnier!''’s Foolin’ Around episode, but got cut from ''Mock 2'', since the latter was a console release. If you browse around the game's files, though, there are chances that you will see [[spoiler:'''shadow puppet of a duck''']] written in all caps.

* BilingualBonus: In ''Full Stream'', the question intros for 7 and 10 are in French and Spanish, respectively (the French phrases rotate from game to game).
** The Facebook commercial for "Discount Interpreters," where the "Russian" interpreter only speaks French and the Spanish interpreter speaks Chinese.

* AllThereIsToKnowAboutTheCryingGame: Invoked. One of the commercials is for the "Movie Ending Phone", a hotline that tells you the endings to various films so you don’t have to sit through them. The endings to ''Film/TheUsualSuspects'', ''Film/{{Se7en}}'', ''Film/{{Fargo}}'', ''Film/PrimalFear'', ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'', ''Film/{{Scream 1996}}'', ''Film/CitizenKane'' and ''Film/ThelmaAndLouise'' are casually spoiled. The ad does have the courtesy of not explicitly mentioning which movies they're for, though.