History YMMV / RustysRealDealBaseball

* EnsembleDarkhorse: Pappy Van Poodle only appears in the main story as a failsafe if the player pays full price for Rusty's products without using items to haggle down the price, and if the player ''does'' go through the story as intended, Pappy is only alluded to in the epilogue. In fact, he was so obscure and so scarcely-documented that Googling him in English turned up zero results for nearly 6 years. However, this exact lack of coverage led to him becoming hugely popular among the game's fans after Polygon writer Nick Robinson posted [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAxEhs1IVTI a video]] about how unknown he was.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The myth, the legend, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAxEhs1IVTI Pappy Van Poodle]] -- a Nintendo character ''so obscure'' he managed to evade any mention online and resulted in zero results using the English Google for nearly 6 years.

* UncannyValley: The Ultra Machine-headed people.

* GuideDangIt: If you don't know the right things to say to Rusty, be prepared to fork over a bunch of Donuts in order to get the key-marked games down to the lowest as possible (which is when the price tag is listed in all red, plus if the pup comments that it's really as low as he can haggle).

* UnwinnableByInsanity: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The haggling system is what advances the plot; the player is expected to obtain key items, which they then give to Rusty in exchange for discounts. As such, if the player ''refuses'' to haggle and goes through the (surprisingly difficult) process of playing full price for the minigames, Rusty doesn't receive the items he needs for the plot to progress. However, he'll get the items anyway through a cutscene where Pappy von Poodle obtains them for him.

* GuideDangIt: If you don't know the right things to say to Rusty, be prepared to fork over a bunch of Donuts in order to get the key-marked games down to the lowest as possible (which is when the price tag is listed in all red, plus if the pup comments that it's really as low as he can haggle)

* UglyCute: Rusty himself. He looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] if he were an ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Animal Crossing]]'' villager.
* TheWoobie: Rusty used to be a great baseball player. Now his life is in shambles, his marriage is failing, and his business is failing because kids are more interested in video games than baseball. Thankfully he gets better as the game progresses.

* TheWoobie: Rusty used to be a great baseball player. Now his life is in shambles, his marriage is failing, and his business is failing because kid are more interested in video games than baseball. Thankfully he gets better as the game progresses.

* UglyCute: Rusty himself. He looks like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Homer Simpson]] if he were an ''[[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing]]'' villager.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The haggling system is what advances the plot; the player is expected to obtain key items, which they then give to Rusty in exchange for discounts. As such, if the player ''refuses'' to haggle and goes through the (surprisingly difficult) process of playing full price for the minigames, Rusty doesn't receive the items he needs for the plot to progress. However, he'll get the items anyway through a cutscene where Pappy von Poodle obtains them for him.

* OlderThanTheyThink: Nick Robinson originally thought he was the first person to document the existence of Pappy van Poodle since he couldn't get any search results. However, he soon found out that Pappy was posted on Website/{{Miiverse}} in 2017, and discussed in a Japanese blog post six days after the game was released.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The myth, the legend, Pappy Van Poodle--a Nintendo character ''so obscure'' he managed to evade any mention online and resulted in zero results using the English Google for nearly 6 years.

* UnwinnableByInsanity: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. The haggling system is what advances the plot; the player is expected to obtain key items, which they then give to Rusty in exchange for discounts. As such, if the player ''refuses'' to haggle and goes through the (surprisingly difficult) process of playing full price for the minigames, Rusty doesn't receive the items he needs for the plot to progress. However, he'll get the items anyway through a cutscene, where Pappy von Poodle obtains them for him.

* EnsembleDarkhorse: The myth, the legend, Pappy Van Poodle--a Nintendo character ''so obscure'' he managed to evade any mention online and resulted in zero results on Google for nearly 6 years.

* UncannyValley: The Ultra Machine-headed people.

* EnsembleDarkhouse: The myth, the legend, Pappy Van Poodle--a Nintendo character ''so obscure'' he managed to evade any mention online and resulted in zero results on Google for nearly 6 years.

* HateDumb: The pay-per-level mechanic has predictably attracted a lot of hate pre-release and shortly after release. It began to dissipate, though, when the ultimately low price of a perfect run ([[ExpositionFairy which the pups will gladly help you achieve]]) was discovered.

* UncannyValley: The Ultra Machine-headed people in the first game.

* HateDumb: The pay-per-level mechanic has predictably attracted a lot of hate pre-release and shortly after release. It began to dissipate, though, when the ultimately low price of a perfect run was discovered.