History YMMV / ThimbleweedPark

** Fixing Reyes's watch. [[spoiler:You have to get the tools first (this requires making all four characters throw up on hot dogs, giving Reyes a burger, giving the burger to Sexy Riker, following him upstairs, then waiting for him to return, before shorting out the door as Franklin to let a corporal character inside. And this is considered the easy part. Willie then wants you to change the music to theremin music. You need to use Ray or Delores, Reyes, and Ransome together to solve it. Position Ray/Delores in the station with the theremin record, Reyes outside of Willie's cell, and Ransome on the radio tower. Have Ransome switch the tower off, then switch to Ray/Delores, have her dash into the booth, place the record on a turntable, switch the deck, and then have Reyes talk to Willie before the DJ gets back.]] It's a timed puzzle and extremely difficult to pull off on the first try.

* EndingAversion: Most players and reviewers loved the game and its story, but weren't fond of the [[spoiler:overly self-referential and ultimately unsatisfying]] ending.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The premise of [[spoiler: stopping a malevolent [=PillowTron=] AI from controlling a small town for its own ends]] is an interesting enough plotline on its own... only for said character not making any appearance that isn't through Chuck [[spoiler: and quickly loses all its importance when the protagonists learn they're in an adventure game.]]

* TheUntwist: The main game's twist. [[spoiler: The characters break the fourth wall from the very beginning.]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Who ''did'' kill Franklin and Boris? Where did Franklin's body go? Franklin's casualness with his killer before his offed suggests it couldn't be Chuck or the Sheriff (as he was afraid of them), but he clearly knew who the person was.]]

* TheUnreveal: The main game's twist. [[spoiler: The characters break the fourth wall from the very beginning.]]

* [[TheUnreveal: To some viewers, it's ''very'' obvious that this is a game, given how often the characters break the fourth wall.]]

* [[spoiler: CaptainObviousReveal: The fact that it's in a video game is ''dead-obvious'' from within the first fifteen minutes when the characters ask things like "Should I save my game?" and the plumber brothers say "This game was hard-coded to have no dead ends."]]

* [[spoiler: CaptainObviousReveal: The fact that it's in a video game is ''dead-obvious'' from within the first fifteen minutes when the characters ask things like "Should I save my game?"]]

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A later patch after release cut down on the self-referential in-jokes and TakeThat shots against other game studios after fan backlash, instead relegating it to a flippable option called "[[SelfDeprecation Annoying In-Jokes]]".

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A later patch after release cut down on the self-referential in-jokes and TakeThat shots against other game studios after fan backlash.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A later patch after release cut down on the self-referential in-jokes and TakeThats against other game studios after fan backlash.

* AuthorsSavingThrow: A later patch after release cut down on the self-referential in-jokes and TakeThats against other game studios after FanBacklash.

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the middle of a quiet ending in [[spoiler: the prototype of the game, Edna from VideoGame/ManiacMansion shows up to chase Delores out of the kitchen]]. Other than for a ShoutOut, no other character is encountered.

** Fixing Reyes's watch. [[spoiler:You have to get the tools first (this requires making all four characters throw up on hot dogs, giving Reyes a burger, giving the burger to Sexy Riker, following him upstairs, then waiting for him to return, before shorting out the door as Franklin to let a corporal character inside. And this is considered the easy part. Willie then wants you to change the music to theremin music. You need to use Ray or Delores, Reyes, and Ransome together to solve it. Position Ray/Delores in the station, Reyes outside of Willie's cell, and Ransome on the radio tower. Switch the tower off, then switch to Ray/Delores, have her dash into the booth, place the record on a turntable, switch the deck, and then have Reyes talk to Willie before the DJ gets back.]] It's a timed puzzle and extremely difficult to pull off on the first try.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: Who ''did'' kill Franklin and Boris? Where did Franklin's body go? Franklin's casualness with his killer before his offed suggests it couldn't be Chuck or the Sheriff, leaving the culprit to be either the AI or one of the Sheriff's similar looking associates.]]

** Fixing Reyes's watch. [[spoiler:Getting the tools is easy, but the man wants to change the radio stations music to theremin music. You need to use Ray or Delores, Reyes, and Ransome together to solve it. Position Ray/Delores in the station, Reyes outside of Willie's cell, and Ransome on the radio tower. Switch the tower off, then switch to Ray/Delores, have her dash into the booth, place the record on a turntable, switch the deck, and then have Reyes talk to Willie before the DJ gets back.]] It's a timed puzzle and can be hard to figure out.

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The premise of [[spoiler: stopping a malevolent [=PillowTron=] AI from controlling a small town for its own ends]] is an interesting enough plotline on its own... only for said character not making any appearance that isn't through Chuck [[spoiler: and quickly loses all its importance when the protagonists learn they're in an adventure game.]]

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: In the middle of a quiet ending in [[spoiler: the prototype of the game]], Delores can encounter a maid in the Edmund mansion who chases her out of the kitchen to a ScareChord before vanishing. No other character appears in [[spoiler: the build.]]

* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The premise of [[spoiler: stopping a malevolent PillowTron AI from controlling a small town for its own ends]] is an interesting enough plotline on its own... only for said character not making any appearance that isn't through Chuck [[spoiler: and quickly loses all its importance when the protagonists learn they're in an adventure game.]]

** Getting to the conspiracy nut's secret lair. [[spoiler:Not an easy thing to think of to dump radioactive waste into a puddle. Particularly when it takes playing an old adventure game to know that a pewter cup will hold the waste safely, and there's no reason to think it would suddenly glow when dumped in the water when it wasn't glowing before.]]

* BigLippedAligatorMoment: In the middle of a quiet ending in [[spoiler: the prototype of the game]], Delores can encounter a maid in the Edmund mansion who chases her out of the kitchen to a ScareChord before vanishing. No other character appears in [[spoiler: the build.]]

** Getting to the conspiracy nut's secret lair. [[spoiler:Not an easy thing to think of to dump radioactive waste into a puddle. Particularly when it takes playing an old adventure game to know that a pewter cup will hold the waste safely.]]

** Fixing Reyes's watch. [[spoiler:Getting the tools is easy, but the man wants to change the radio stations music to theremin music. You need to use Ray, Reyes, and Ransome together to solve it. Position Ray in the station, Reyes outside of Willie's cell, and Ransome on the radio tower. Switch the tower off, then switch to Ray, have her dash into the booth, place the record on a turntable, switch the deck, and then have Reyes talk to Willie before the DJ gets back.]] It's a timed puzzle and can be hard to figure out.

* EndingAversion: Most players and reviewers loved the game and its story, but weren't fond of the [[spoiler:overly self-referential and ultimately unsatisfying]] ending.