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| 3 | [[caption-width-right:350:"[[FlatWhat I...wh...I just. Whaat.]]"]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | The series where it's almost as good, if not ''better'' to fail than to succeed, and here's why. |
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| 7 | |
| 8 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 9 | |
| 10 | !!General: |
| 11 | [[folder:Running gags]] |
| 12 | * The teleporter that Henry keeps getting. In ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Crossing the Pit]]'', it teleports him ''into'' the pit. In ''Breaking the Bank'', it teleports him into the wall, [[HelpImStuck leaving him stuck in it]]. In ''Escaping the Prison'', it teleports him into a police training ground, where he gets shot. In ''Stealing the Diamond'', it transports him into the air ''above'' the museum ([[ThrowTheDogABone three feet above the museum]], but Henry still got a scare out of it. The remaster puts him way higher, [[DamnedByFaintPraise but it still works anyway]]). In ''Infiltrating the Airship'', it teleports him into some kind of white void of nothingness. In ''Fleeing the Complex'', it teleports him to the ''VideoGame/{{Starcraft}}'' universe, where he ends up in the middle of a group of [[Characters/{{Starcraft}} Protoss Zealots]] performing a doomed ZergRush against a Protoss Colossus. |
| 13 | -->'''FAIL Screen (Bank)'''[[note]]exclusive to the remaster; the original didn't have FAIL Screens[[/note]]''':''' It's emergent technology. [[BlatantLies I'm sure it will get better!]] |
| 14 | ** Adding to the hilarity are Henry's increasingly negative reactions as he becomes aware of how unreliable the teleporter is. In ''Diamond'', he is noticeably nervous as he tries it. In ''Airship'', Henry already knows the teleporter will fail and [[DeathGlare glares at the player]] [[WhatTheHellPlayer for making him use it.]] In ''Complex'', he just looks sad and resigned to his fate. In ''Mission'', [[RunningGagged he outright refuses to use it]] and [[RageBreakingPoint just angrily smashes it on the ground after staring at the device for a moment, knowing all too well where this is going]]. |
| 15 | *** When he does that, the teleport function goes absolutely bananas... [[ThrowTheDogABone and finishes by warping him straight into the vault he was hoping to infiltrate]]! In other words? The teleporter ''only works '''when it's broken.''''' |
| 16 | *** What's more, is that the room where Henry gets to use the teleporter in ''Mission'' is a CallBack to ''Crossing the Pit'', with all of the fails being almost the same except for the teleporter. So it's possible that Henry remembers the horror of the teleporter as far back as his earliest outing of ''Crossing the Pit''. |
| 17 | ** ''Airship'' is the only game where the teleporter fail does not hurt Henry in any way. Unfortunately, it runs out of power after sending him into the void, meaning he has no way to get back... |
| 18 | * Another humorous running gag is the various gadgets reviewed by Gadget Gabe. Every single one of them works [[ExactWords exactly as advertised]]… but never in a way that actually helps Henry. |
| 19 | ** The Opacitator in ''Prison'' makes its user intangible and capable of passing through solid objects. When he uses it, Henry falls through the floor… and then all the way to the center of the Earth. |
| 20 | ** The Liquidificator in ''Diamond'' turns its user to liquid. When Henry liquefies himself, he just splashes to the ground, unable to do anything. |
| 21 | ** The Transdimensionalizer in ''Airship'' allows its user to visit alternate dimensions. Henry reduces himself to one dimension and is unable to flip the switch again due to limited movement. |
| 22 | ** The Shadozer in ''Complex'' turns its user into a shadow... thereby leaving them incredibly vulnerable to being wiped from existence when the light source is covered by clouds. |
| 23 | *** The real kicker? While Gadget Gabe lampshades it by admitting that the Shadozer is not that good, it's very easy to be WrongGenreSavvy and assume that this one will succeed. |
| 24 | ** Four of them in ''Mission'': |
| 25 | *** The [=Infini3=] is a cube that can store anything, no matter the size, and is said to have infinite storage. Problem is, after Henry loads one single item in it, it becomes full and has to make room by releasing ''an entire ship''. It has infinite storage, but only for one item. The Fail Screen berates Henry for buying it used. |
| 26 | *** The [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Leafmöde]] can turn any object it touches into a leaf. Henry accidentally drops it on the station's floor, turning the whole thing into a leaf, leaving him trapped inside. |
| 27 | *** However, the [=SuccPak=] works as intended, sucking all of the Toppats' goods into a pack. The description says, "[[Film/WaynesWorld It certainly does]] [[{{Pun}} suck!]]" even though it works extremely well. |
| 28 | *** That also applies to the Swapper.[[note]]Unless you count the Toppat member falling over as he no longer has a railing to lean against, but that doesn't affect Henry.[[/note]] |
| 29 | * The [[DynamicEntry Charles]] option from multiple games, starting from ''Airship''. |
| 30 | -->'''Charles:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IdxZ_mrXHXo Alright, here I come!]] ''[singing]'' Dah dah darrah dah darratatatataaa! ''[cut off by FAIL]''\ |
| 31 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint Hey, look! Charles is here!]] |
| 32 | ** He does it again in ''Complex'': |
| 33 | --->'''Charles:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RHLDFYnptbE I've got the perfect plan.]] ''[singing]'' This is the greatest plaaaaaan! ''[cut off by FAIL]''\ |
| 34 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[CallBack Not again!]] [[LampshadeHanging You should know better!]] |
| 35 | ** He does it [[RuleOfThree yet again]] in the Government/Dead route of ''Mission'': |
| 36 | --->'''Charles:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYdZh8BbNlQ Y'know what? Naw. This calls for some bold action.]] ''[singing his IAmSong]'' I'm the bold action MANNN! |
| 37 | --->''[[[CrazyEnoughToWork Charles successfully smashes through the hull with both himself and Henry living to tell the tale]]]'' |
| 38 | --->'''Charles:''' [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat I've always wanted to do that.]] |
| 39 | ** And on another route in ''Mission'' (namely, the Executive/Allies one), ''Henry'' can do this too! The best part? He has the look like he always wanted to try this, making the answer to the FAIL Screen a resounding yes. |
| 40 | --->'''Reginald:''' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzgl7FD2blc Just you wait 'til my friend gets here.]]\ |
| 41 | '''Vance Kite:''' [[SarcasmMode Yeah, sure]]… ''[cue Henry's DynamicEntry and cut-off by FAIL]''\ |
| 42 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[WhatTheHellPlayer Who do you think you are?]] [[LampshadeHanging Charles?]] |
| 43 | * The FAIL Screens constantly referring to Henry as [[YouAreFat fat, fatty, fatso]], and so on every time he falls off due to his weight. And the {{irony}} is, Henry isn't fat. His weight in the trailer of ''Complex'' is listed at [=110lbs/50kg=]. The FAIL Screen only calls Henry fat [[ItAmusedMe just to take the piss out of him]]. That or it's another CallBack to ''Crossing the Pit'', where the original fail involving the plank made it break at the middle point due to Henry's weight. |
| 44 | * Henry's [[AmusinglyAwfulAim absolutely horrific aim any time he picks up a gun]] or any kind of projectile weapon. The only time he hits his target with a gun is when he does a 'super precision shot' to steal the rocket in ''Stickmin's Space Resort''. Otherwise he can't hit the broad side of a barn. He misses every single shot with an automatic rifle in ''Stealing The Diamond''. Misses four shots that have a 95% hit rate and bounces a cluster of bombs that return right back to him in ''Completing The Mission''. Shooting Ellie with a sniper rifle by accident in ''Fleeing The Complex'' and worst of all, letting a grenade roll right back to him, blowing him up in ''Escaping The Prison''. All of these are so improbable they're hilarious. |
| 45 | [[/folder]] |
| 46 | |
| 47 | !!Pre-''Mission'' games: |
| 48 | [[folder:''Breaking the Bank'']] |
| 49 | '''Fails''': Well, FailureIsTheOnlyOption, after all... |
| 50 | * [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Every option]] available in ''Breaking the Bank''. They all end in a ''very'' humorous failure. Special mention goes to the disguise option, which gets Henry into the bank vault. Unfortunately, [[YankTheDogsChain he activates the bank's security system as soon as he escapes the bag]]. Oh well, better luck next time. |
| 51 | ** The cherry on top is Henry's expression. He doesn't look scared or sad that he's getting arrested; he just looks annoyed like he's thinking, "This isn't very nice." |
| 52 | * ''[[UpdatedRerelease The Henry Stickmin Collection]]'' gives a new FAIL to the shovel option in ''Bank'': Henry pulls out a shovel and digs straight down, only to encounter and puncture something solid underground. He pulls out his lighter to get a better look at it, [[OhCrap which is revealed to have]] '''[[OhCrap GAS MAIN]]''' [[OhCrap written on it]]. [[StuffBlowingUp Guess what happens next.]] |
| 53 | -->"[[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Never dig straight down]]." |
| 54 | ** Bonus points for the car alarm it sets off - which you can click on for an achievement |
| 55 | ** The original fail is pretty good, too; Henry digs into a tunnel, onto some tracks, and gets hit by a train. |
| 56 | * A new FAIL for the wrecking ball has him about to use it, but a guard notices that something's up. What truly sells it, however, is [[AntiClimax Henry moving out without further incident]]. |
| 57 | * In the original, Henry tries to detonate some explosives; when the detonator fails, he has the bright idea to [[TooDumbToLive closely examine the explosives to check what went wrong]]. |
| 58 | ** In the remake, he positions the last explosives in a pile... and accidentally knocks off a round bomb, [[EpicFail which then falls on the detonator Henry left nearby]]. Cue a gigantic explosion. |
| 59 | [[/folder]] |
| 60 | |
| 61 | [[folder:''Escaping the Prison'']] |
| 62 | '''Sneaky Escapist/Sneaky Ending Route''': |
| 63 | * One of the first options for the route is to use the file on the window. Choosing to do so has Henry jump out the window, only to fall many stories down. |
| 64 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' Protip. Look before you leap. |
| 65 | * The moment Henry hides in the closet, one of the options given is a belt of grenades. Choosing them has Henry throw one of the grenades out at the guards... [[ExplosiveStupidity only to let it roll back into the closet.]] |
| 66 | -->'''Henry:''' (''throws grenade'') [[OhCrap WHAT THE—?!]] (''[[CurseCutShort explosion]]'')\ |
| 67 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[SarcasmFailure Uhh... I don't even know what to say about that one...]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | '''Lawyered Up/Legal/Lame Ending Route''': |
| 70 | * The ending. Henry walks out of the courthouse and takes a deep breath... only to immediately go chasing after a passing armoured car. He only took a few moments of being cleared of all charges to go right back to criminality! |
| 71 | ** Even better? He's chasing after the car ''on foot'', and ''somehow'' managing to keep up with it! |
| 72 | |
| 73 | '''Badass Bust-Out/Badass Ending Route''': |
| 74 | * Choosing to try and turn a corner when running from the guards will result in Henry [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosBrawl randomly tripping and falling on his ass]]. |
| 75 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' lol Brawl reference! :D\ |
| 76 | ''Achievement Unlocked: lol Brawl Reference'' |
| 77 | |
| 78 | '''Other''': |
| 79 | * Choosing the rocket launcher at the beginning has Henry fire a rocket out of his cell. However, [[AttackBackfire it redirects back to him]] after going through a U-pipe and makes contact with him [[EyeScream in the eyes]] before exploding. |
| 80 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' Uh... [[EpicFail way to aim, buddy]]. |
| 81 | * Shawn Sean's bio is this in comparison to most others: |
| 82 | -->''This is his first day back from a nice vacation.''\ |
| 83 | \ |
| 84 | ''[[YouBastard You ruined it.]]'' |
| 85 | [[/folder]] |
| 86 | |
| 87 | [[folder:''Stealing the Diamond'']] |
| 88 | '''Intruder on a Scooter/Aggressive Ending Route''': |
| 89 | * Henry's attempt to throw a sticky [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Plasma Grenade]] at a helicopter-riding [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 Sniper]] results in the grenade getting stuck to his hand [[BoomInTheHand before it explodes]]. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome There's a reason sticky grenades are usually shot from launcher guns after all...]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | '''Unseen Burglar/Undetected Ending Route''': |
| 92 | * Henry's attempt to do a [[VideoGame/FZero Falcon Punch]] results in [[EpicFail the attack fizzling out]]. The guard promptly points the gun at him. |
| 93 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' Only one man is capable of the Falcon Punch. |
| 94 | * Near the end of this path, Henry has to find a way past some guards with the diamond in tow... [[AntiClimax or he can just eat some cheese]]. |
| 95 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[FlatWhat Wha-W...]] [[WhatTheHellPlayer Why..?]] [[LampshadeHanging ...Seriously..?]] |
| 96 | * Attempting to jump and run with the diamond at the last leg of the game results in Henry LettingTheAirOutOfTheBand as he drops to the ground with the extremely heavy diamond. |
| 97 | * Trying to snap the final guard's neck results in Henry [[StaircaseTumble falling down a nearby flight of stairs]]. |
| 98 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[Webcomic/SweetBroAndHellaJeff I told you man. I TOLD you about stairs!]] |
| 99 | * Trying to shoot him with his own gun doesn't work because Henry ''[[ATeamFiring misses every single shot]]''. |
| 100 | |
| 101 | '''Just Plain Epic/Epic Ending Route''': |
| 102 | * The correct option to start this route is to use a pick. Henry starts chipping at the wall, and then a [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} Creeper]] comes out of nowhere and blows up the wall. |
| 103 | * Then, once he's in, you can have Henry grab a gun and try to use it on the guards, only for it to turn out to not be loaded, as it is only a museum exhibit. [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/henrystickmin/images/c/c4/JPE_Gun_Fail_-_Remastered.png/revision/latest?cb=20210222220004&format=original Henry's expression]] (reminiscent of Webcomic/RageComics' "Poker Face") is what sells it. |
| 104 | * In the exhibit adjacent to the Tunisian Diamond's: |
| 105 | ** The [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Poké Ball/Goodball]] option. The binary code even translates to "[[GameBreakingBug fear]] [[GoodBadBugs Missingno.]]" |
| 106 | ** Picking the [[VideoGame/HalfLife crowbar]] results in Henry being pounced by a swarm of headcrabs. |
| 107 | * After you use the Mushroom option, the perspective switches to the Center for Chaos Containment, where one of their employees is tasked with dealing with the crisis Henry unleashed in the museum. One of the options drops a little calculator, that spells out "[[LeetLingo 1337]]" to a pleased Henry. Then, it [[RealityBreakingParadox divides by zero and causes the fabric of reality to disintegrate]]. |
| 108 | * Another option for the CCC is a KillSat with [[MemeticMutation Shoop Da Whoop's face]] on it. |
| 109 | [[/folder]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | [[folder:''Infiltrating the Airship'']] |
| 112 | '''Government Supported Private Investigator Route''': |
| 113 | * Attempting to melt the first airship door with acid upon picking the headpiece results in the acid hitting Henry's legs because of how fast the airship is moving. Similarly, trying C4 will blow the door off in [[ButtMonkey Henry's]] direction, knocking him off the airship. |
| 114 | * When in the gap crossing segment, Charles has the Gravity Bubble option for Henry to get past a gap. Charles attempts to control the Gravity Bubble by pressing either UP or DOWN, but the vague labels confuse him. [[DoubleMeaning Pressing UP may mean either enabling Henry to float because the bubble is going up or crushing Henry because the gravity is increased. Pressing DOWN may mean either crushing Henry because the bubble is going down or enabling Henry to float because the gravity is decreased.]] It's never shown which button Charles presses, but the result is Henry getting crushed in the bubble. |
| 115 | * Henry's attempt to do a Falcon Kick results in him incinerating himself the instant his foot touches the floor. |
| 116 | * The [[ThousandYardStare face Wilhelm Krieghaus gets]] when you use Mind Control. His eyes drift off to the sides of his face like he's ''absolutely'' spaced out. |
| 117 | ** Hacking the doors in the same scene results in a random "door" in the floor flipping "open" and crushing Henry. |
| 118 | * Making an animal noise to Charles. Doing this will give you the "Barnyard Blitz" medal. |
| 119 | -->'''Charles:''' Alright, I've hacked into their power grid. What do you want me to do?\ |
| 120 | '''Henry:''' ''[sheep noise]''\ |
| 121 | '''Charles:''' Okaay… I-I don't understand what that means. |
| 122 | ** In that same event, if you choose "Reroute the power", the power for the obstacle is rerouted to a room where Al Kohaul is developing photos. It's unclear whether the resulting scream is a scream of pain because of [[EyeScream the bright light in his eyes]], or a BigNo because [[InconvenientDarkroomIllumination the photos were overexposed]] (and therefore ruined).[[note]]The subtitles in the ''Collection'' version imply the latter.[[/note]] Either way, it's funny. |
| 123 | ** On that subject, "I don't need your help!" Henry decides he doesn't need assistance and [[LeeroyJenkins runs right through the electrical currents]]. [[TooDumbToLive It doesn't end well at all.]] |
| 124 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[SarcasmMode Good Hustle.]] |
| 125 | * At the point where you need to get past Handsome Harold (the records-holding guard), using the Spook option merely causes him to greet the fake spider with kindness. Seeing him not scared, [[MundaneSolution Henry just knocks him out with the stick instead out of annoyance.]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | '''Relentless Bounty Hunter/Rapidly Promoted Executive Route''': |
| 128 | * Henry has to get past some SlowDoors threatening to close him off from Reginald. [[ToiletHumour He eats some beans and uses the ensuing superfarts to boost past the doors.]] |
| 129 | * Henry can attempt [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender metalbending]]. He manages to ''warp all 4 wings on the airship upwards'', causing it to plummet. |
| 130 | |
| 131 | '''Pure Blooded Thief Route''': |
| 132 | * The start of the route has the expanding foam option. Henry shakes a can of expanding foam to try and open the door, but it doesn't work. He then tries again, only for the can to explode, causing a big foam cloud to form. |
| 133 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' I think it said do NOT shake well. |
| 134 | * Henry [[SidetrackedByTheGoldSaucer getting distracted by the Toppats' copy of]] VideoGame/CivilizationV. The kicker is Cuppa Joe's [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe unamused expression]] upon catching Henry. |
| 135 | * The gap crossing section has a magic pencil option. Picking that will cause Henry to draw a creature (presumably intended to be a hang glider)… which promptly [[GroinAttack hits him right between the legs]]. The fail screen calls that thing a "Nutshot Crawler". |
| 136 | * The correct choice in this section is just… to leap across. Henry jumps into the air and gets carried over because Reginald had to pull some evasive maneuvers at that moment. |
| 137 | -->'''Reginald:''' My apologies, everyone. Had to deploy some evasive maneuvers. Flock of ducks flew by. |
| 138 | * If Henry tries to open the vault door with a [[UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem Power Glove]]… absolutely nothing happens. At least Dave finds it hilarious. |
| 139 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' You look like an idiot… |
| 140 | * One of the final choices is a propane tank. Henry tries to use it to get off the airship, only for him to be blasted off and blown up while the Toppats just look on in disbelief. |
| 141 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[WesternAnimation/KingOfTheHill Hank Hill Quote]] |
| 142 | |
| 143 | '''Other''': |
| 144 | * The Lightning-Quick Larcenist "ending". Henry makes off with a safe from the Toppat Clan's hold. The ending shows the agents congratulating him and opening it. There's nothing but a ''teddy bear'' in it. Captain Galeforce [[FacePalm facepalms]] while Rupert slowly raises an assault rifle at the dumbfounded Henry. |
| 145 | [[/folder]] |
| 146 | |
| 147 | [[folder:''Fleeing the Complex'']] |
| 148 | '''Ghost Inmate Route''': |
| 149 | * Henry gets Isaac Binderson and Heath Stone out of the way by making them fight over who farted, when in reality he simply tossed a whoopee cushion with a rock tied to it on the floor. |
| 150 | * One of the fail options for this part is trying to pickpocket one of the guards, specifically Isaac. Henry winds up taking the guard's spear, shoes, gold coins, a silver ring, a PDA, a receipt for Gamestop, candy, Spell Tome gas, a 10-pound weight, and one of [[VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac Monstro's teeth]]. [[GoneHorriblyRight Unfortunately, the bag is carrying too much stuff and flattens Henry.]] What makes it funnier is the fact that Isaac ''doesn't even notice'' that Henry stole his weapon and shoes. |
| 151 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[LampshadeHanging Did you really need all that? No loot left behind!]] |
| 152 | ** Even better, after Henry collapses from the excess loot, Isaac looks down at his hand, ''just now'' noticing that his weapon isn't there. |
| 153 | ** Clearly, Henry had a Pickpocket skill of 100. |
| 154 | * If Henry tries sneaking out of the complex on his own, he has to get down an elevator shaft. If he tries bungee-jumping, he ends up [[BodyHorror separated from his torso]]. That's kind of what happens when your bungee cord is a normal rope… |
| 155 | * In the Docks segment, Henry can use a [[VideoGame/MetalGear box]] to hide from the guards. They end up using him as a poker table. |
| 156 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' Hey at least [[GoneHorriblyRight you weren't found!]] |
| 157 | |
| 158 | '''Convict Allies Route''': |
| 159 | * If Henry and Ellie try to use the "[[TotemPoleTrench Tall Guy]]" maneuver to get past Isaac Binderson and Heath Stone, they look at each other and instantly prepare to apprehend them. |
| 160 | -->'''Henry:''' Hey buddy.\ |
| 161 | (''The two guards just proceed to point their spear at the duo afterward'')\ |
| 162 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[LampshadeHanging I don't see how being taller was supposed to help there.]] |
| 163 | * Another option is to distract the guards by dancing. Everyone then proceeds to join in, including Ellie (pictured above). She was probably supposed to attack the guards, [[GoneHorriblyRight but she got distracted.]] |
| 164 | ** The FAIL screen's reaction to this is hilarious. |
| 165 | ---> '''FAIL Screen:''' [[FlatWhat I...wh...I just. Whaat.]] |
| 166 | * Another one involves the two using the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiSuperstarSaga Bounce Bros.]] [[EpicFail Which they proceed to botch almost immediately.]] |
| 167 | --> '''FAIL Screen:''' Did you really need to be so extravagant? |
| 168 | * If Henry and Ellie choose to try a judo throw to scale a wall, Ellie anticlimactically slings Henry face-first into the wall with an audible SPLAT. |
| 169 | * In the Hallway Standoff segment, if you choose Henry with a sniper rifle and Ellie with a taser, Ellie turns and shoots Henry with the taser, which results in Henry firing wildly and shooting the guards by sheer dumb luck. |
| 170 | ** One of the fails in the Hallway Standoff has Henry accidentally shoot Ellie in the head with a sniper rifle. [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Sounds]] [[TearJerker sad, right?]] Well, until you click on the instant replay text and [[CrossesTheLineTwice get]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5IUYwzKAQA this.]] |
| 171 | ** Another fail happens when Henry throws a grenade at the guards while Ellie fires a crossbow that results in the grenade getting stuck in one guard. [[OhCrap Realizing what happened]], the guard [[TakingYouWithMe jumps toward Henry, ready to blow him up too]]. |
| 172 | ** The fourth combination is no less hilarious as Henry throws a grenade at the guards and Ellie hits the grenade midair with a tazor. The resulting explosion somehow blows apart ''several floors of the complex''. Lampshaded by the Fail Screen. |
| 173 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Electricity + Grenade = Crazy Explosion apparently.]] |
| 174 | * After that, Henry and Ellie try to sneak out of the complex by disguising themselves as guards. [[GoneHorriblyRight They end up getting attacked by a group of convicts.]] |
| 175 | * When Ellie is captured by Grigori, Henry can make an ugly face for whatever reason. This leads to both Ellie and Grigori giving him an [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe unamused glare]] for it, but it ends up working anyway, as it distracts Grigori long enough for him to get bunked by a passing jeep. |
| 176 | -->'''Grigori''': What, you think that will upset me? Oh, very mature-- ''(gets hit by a jeep)''\ |
| 177 | '''Ellie:''' Thanks... I guess? |
| 178 | * And a fail during the same moment: Henry injects himself with andrenaline and [[ShipTease tries to]] BridalCarry [[ImpliedLoveInterest Ellie]], but due to being, well, [[ButtMonkey Henry]] and the fact that he's going so damn fast, he catches ''Grigori''. After a short {{Beat}}, [[NoNonsenseNemesis Grigori]] sends Henry to the floor face-first. |
| 179 | * Near the end of this route, Henry and Ellie join people in running through a hole in the fence to escape, resulting in everyone trying it falling and possibly dying since they're at the top of a cliff. |
| 180 | ** At the same segment, escaping with Ellie and other convicts by choosing the truck is a failure because after locking themselves in the back, they realize [[WhoIsDriving no one is driving]]. |
| 181 | --->'''Unknown voice (presumably Henry):''' [[DidntThinkThisThrough Um... Who's driving?]] |
| 182 | |
| 183 | '''Presumed Dead Route''': |
| 184 | * When you're in The Yard (Tactical), one of the possible options is entering a building. Little does Henry know that the building has ''[[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy Fazbear]]'' inside it. The fail screen takes the cake. |
| 185 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[TakeThat That wasn't scary...]] |
| 186 | ** On top of that is the "jumpscare" itself. It's a childishly jittery and goofy-looking Freddy giving off a pathetic "eeee" noise that just can't be taken seriously. |
| 187 | * During the Behind the Truck segment, one of the options is to disguise Henry as a snowman. This wouldn't be gut-bustingly hilarious if it weren't for Karl Pinkerton's reaction to seeing Henry: |
| 188 | -->'''Karl:''' ''[[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Frosty's escaping!]]'' |
| 189 | ** The FridgeHorror comedy of the guard's reaction hits with two separate layers; Frosty has been incarcerated at The Wall, and Frosty was ruled as a ''kill on sight'' prisoner due to his actions. |
| 190 | * In the other fail option, Henry uses a sandwich straight out of ''VideoGame/CastleCrashers'' to turn himself beefy. He starts [[CurbStompBattle curbstomping]] the guards until he suddenly turns back to normal as he's wailing on Gnewt Stoneheel. Henry ineffectually throws one more punch at Stoneheel, who promptly [[GroinAttack gives him a swift boot to the yam bags]]. Afterwards, he folds his arms with a 'so there' look on his face. Considering Henry got three powerful blows in to Stoneheel's one, that guard was much more durable than Henry was. |
| 191 | |
| 192 | '''International Rescue Operative/The Betrayed Route''': |
| 193 | * During the Toppat Route, one of your options is to have an undercover agent from the Toppat Clan, [[AllThereInTheManual Wallace Pemberton]], escort Henry to the ship. [[TooDumbToLive He's not very stealthy about it.]] |
| 194 | -->'''Wallace:''' ''[[SoMuchForStealth (very loudly)]]'' [[SoMuchForStealth Henry! It's me! I'm undercover! I'm here to break you out!]] ''(notices everyone's staring at him)'' [[DefensiveWhat What?]]\ |
| 195 | '''FAIL Screen:''' He spent three years undercover… What a waste. |
| 196 | * The final choice in the Toppat route has an option to have Henry use a Magnet to pull himself closer to the Toppat airship, so that he can board it. Instead the magnet pulls the ''entire'' airship ''into the complex'', causing it to crash. |
| 197 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' You see, because the entropy of, uh… Alright, [[VoodooShark I can't BS my way outta this one]]. |
| 198 | * The final choice for the Government route has the option to jump off the edge. In doing so, though, Charles isn't prepared to catch Henry on account of not being informed. This results in both of their deaths. |
| 199 | -->'''Charles:''' Did you just jump off the edge?! Wait, was that the plan? Man, we ''really'' should have coordinated that better. I mean, I was ''not'' prepared at a- ''([[KilledMidSentence gets blown up]])''\ |
| 200 | '''FAIL Screen:''' Report Charles, bad teammate. |
| 201 | |
| 202 | '''Other''': |
| 203 | * One of the options at the beginning of the game is to [[PlayingPossum play dead]]. This results in Grigori calling Dmitri on what to do before throwing Henry out the garbage chute to an actual death. |
| 204 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' Pretty convincing there. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | !!''Completing the Mission'': |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[folder:Executive/Allies Route, Toppat King]] |
| 210 | * As a tense moment is shared between Henry, Reginald, and Right Hand Man, Ellie awkwardly tries to introduce herself. |
| 211 | ** Immediately before, Ellie asks out loud what happened to the [[{{Cyborg}} Right Hand Man]]. He responds with a DeathGlare that lasts for the next two scenes. The funny thing is that, due to how the scene is shot, you don't know if he's glaring at Henry for being the one who caused his injuries... or at Ellie for being rude. |
| 212 | * Henry can try dealing with the government helicopter by punching it. He actually succeeds in sending it past the horizon [[RequiredSecondaryPowers but doesn't survive the ensuing fall by being in mid-air.]] |
| 213 | * Henry can try to use a [[SerialNumbersFiledOff knockoff]] [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} VATS]] to shoot the helicopter pilot. After four shots, each with 95% accuracy, all of them miss. [[EpicFail That's a one in]] ''[[EpicFail 160,000]]'' [[EpicFail situation right there.]] |
| 214 | -->'''Fail Screen:''' [[DeadpanSnarker 95 percent, huh?]] |
| 215 | * Reginald will warn the guards about Henry with complete confidence for his own safety. This is hilarious no matter which option you choose. |
| 216 | ** If Henry abandons him, irony kicks in, both in betraying Reginald's faith, and that Henry is taken out by a Toppat clan member for riding in a government helicopter. |
| 217 | ** If Henry uses the helicopter, he flies straight into the tower. |
| 218 | --->'''Fail Screen:''' [[LampshadeHanging Who do you think you are? Charles?]] |
| 219 | *** Henry and the soldiers’ [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c132e4e8_4ea5_4aa7_837d_1725c2f51b39.jpeg faces]] before his DynamicEntry is also chuckle-worthy. Especially since Reginald is the only one who doesn’t see the impending helicopter. |
| 220 | ** If Henry uses the mounted gun, he shoots all of the soldiers and not Reginald out of sheer luck. This causes the helicopter to crash, since no one's at the controls. It's still the correct choice, since it puts Henry in position to deal with a bomb squad trying to disable the rocket. |
| 221 | * Henry can try dealing with the bomb squad with a revolver, cuing multiple [[BulletTime bullet time]] reticles to appear over the guards. One problem: The guards themselves are still moving in normal speed. |
| 222 | * Henry can try stunning them with a boomerang. It comes back and stuns him, too. |
| 223 | * Henry plays a flute. He's really bad at it, but manages to summon a couple of birds to carry him away and take the main bomb part away. |
| 224 | * When surrounded by soldiers alongside the Right Hand Man, Henry can try summoning something to help themselves. He summons a moon-sized [[MemeticMutation shoop-da-woop]] monster, but its intro sequence takes so long that everyone's long gone by the time it's ready to attack. |
| 225 | * Another option in the same segment has Henry and the Right Hand Man use [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor stylish attacks]] to take care of one soldier. This still leaves the rest of them, though. |
| 226 | * The third option that leads to a fail in the same segment is for Henry to pull a LeeroyJenkins and charge at the soldiers while yelling "Henrrrry!" Cue a soldier ''immediately'' gunning him down. |
| 227 | -->'''Fail Screen:''' Oh my god, he just ran in. |
| 228 | * If Ellie tries to take care of Hershell (the armored mook blocking their path) by shooting them, the car swerves off the bridge [[TooDumbtoLive to their doom]], since Ellie was the one driving. |
| 229 | * If Right Hand Man tries to boost them forward, he puts a bit too much energy into it, [[GoneHorriblyRight going right through the ship]]. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Bounty/Ghost Route, Free Man]] |
| 233 | * Henry can try to swing over to the remote to open his cuffs. [[EpicFail He ends up ejecting himself instead.]] [[VideoGame/AmongUs At least he proved he wasn't the imposter!]] |
| 234 | * Henry can try using his inner strength to break the cuffs. This only succeeds in tiring himself out. |
| 235 | * Henry can try using a thunder spell to overload the cuffs, and zaps himself in the process of breaking the cuffs. |
| 236 | * Henry can try picking the lock to his door... except for the fact that the door doesn't have a lock. If you do this over and over again, the game will get more and more annoyed until it finally caves and ''gives'' you a lock to pick… only to come face to face with an armed mook. |
| 237 | -->'''There is no lock to pick...'''\ |
| 238 | '''There is still no lock to pick...'''\ |
| 239 | '''You gotta stop trying this, man.'''\ |
| 240 | '''[[SuddenlyShouting THERE. IS.]] [[PunctuatedForEmphasis NO. LOCK.]]'''\ |
| 241 | '''[[{{Angrish}} Hgnk!! Frrggghhhh!]]'''\ |
| 242 | '''Fine!? You want a lock?'''\ |
| 243 | '''[[RageBreakingPoint THERE! There's your lock!]]'''\ |
| 244 | '''Fail Screen:''' You should've just moved on to something else... |
| 245 | * Henry can try using a melt ray to melt the door, but the [[AmbiguousSyntax melt ray]] just melts itself. |
| 246 | * Henry can try to blast it open with a bomb... until he realized that he can't stay away from the explosion due to being in a small cell and blows himself up in the process. At least the door is open! |
| 247 | -->'''Henry:''' (''{{Beat}}'') [[DidntThinkThisThrough Wait...]] |
| 248 | * In the armory, Henry can grab a [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII big sword]] to deal with the guys outside. He takes one out, only to lodge the sword in the ground, leaving him a sitting duck. |
| 249 | -->'''Fail Screen:''' That's a [[{{BFS}} big boy sword]]. For big boys only. |
| 250 | * He can deal with them with a grenade launcher, [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome only to blow a hole in the wall,]] [[ThrownOutTheAirlock sucking them all out into the vacuum of space.]] The [=FAIL=] screen will even wonder why the Toppats even ''had'' a grenade launcher on their space station, given the obvious problems with using it... |
| 251 | * The fact that the correct choice is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NES_Zapper NES Zapper]] (labeled as a [[LittleUselessGun pew pew gun]]) is funny. The fact that he proceeds to tear through everyone else in his way with it (until he gets to Right Hand Man) is hilarious. |
| 252 | * Right Hand Man has Henry down. Henry can try sweeping his legs, but does little more than hurt his shin against RHM's metal legs. |
| 253 | -->'''Right Hand Man:''' [[NoSell Now that's cute.]] (''[[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Proceeds to beat the living tar out of Henry in return]]'') |
| 254 | * Henry can use [[{{Franchise/Pokemon}} Harden]]. This barely slows down Right Hand Man, as he breaks Henry's head open like an egg. |
| 255 | * Henry can launch a rocket at Right Hand Man. This actually works, but Henry forgets to release the rocket from his nano-suit. |
| 256 | * Henry can try hijacking a satellite to attack the base with. If he picks the yellow one, he'll realize too late that it's a communication satellite. |
| 257 | -->'''Burt:''' We're picking up a data stream from our broadcasting satellite.\ |
| 258 | '''Right Hand Man:''' You don't say...\ |
| 259 | '''Burt:''' Yeah, it just keeps saying "attack attack attack, fire, shoot the laser..." (''{{Beat}}'') Oh, hang on...\ |
| 260 | (''Cut to Henry already killed by Right Hand Man'')\ |
| 261 | '''Burt:''' It just stopped. |
| 262 | ** If he picks the rocket-shaped one, he'll use it to fire a laser. Except the end that opens up is for the back draft. Henry just nuked some random place on Earth, and Right Hand Man is just staring at him like even he can't believe how badly [[EpicFail Henry screwed up.]] |
| 263 | ** If Henry tries going directly back to Earth, he finds out the hard way that his nano suit doesn't protect him from burning up on reentry. The last scene before the FAIL Screen is of Henry's blackened body falling out of the sky. |
| 264 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[Franchise/MortalKombat Toasty!]] |
| 265 | [[/folder]] |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[folder:Government/Rescue Route, Special [=BROvert=] Ops]] |
| 268 | * Right as the mission begins, Charles runs into a [[{{Understatement}} little problem]]. |
| 269 | --> '''Charles:''' Hey, I know we just started and all, but I think I'm getting targeted by a SAM turret? |
| 270 | --> (''[[OhCrap Zoom out to see the massive SAM turret angling its launchers at Charles]]'') |
| 271 | --> '''Charles:''' Yeah— Oh, yeah. [[CasualDangerDialogue You think you can, uh… take care of that for me?]] |
| 272 | ** One of Henry's options is to rip out its wires. [[MacrossMissileMassacre This causes it to fire ALL of its missiles.]] |
| 273 | ---> '''Charles:''' So it kinda looks like the SAM turret's shooting all of its missiles? [[TemptingFate But that can't be right]]. I just want to make sur— |
| 274 | ---> ''(SmashCut to Henry watching [[KilledMidSentence Charles get blown up by the missiles]])'' |
| 275 | ** Or, Henry can try to stomp on it. He does manage to redirect it downwards, but falls directly into its line of sight as he does. |
| 276 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[PyrrhicVictory Saved ya, Charles!]] |
| 277 | ** Or Henry [[SkewedPriorities can just eat a cupcake instead of dealing with the turret]]. |
| 278 | ---> '''FAIL Screen:''' [[WorthIt Worth.]] |
| 279 | *** If you look closely, you'll notice that Henry also eats the cupcake wrapper... AFTER going to the trouble of peeling it off. |
| 280 | ** The correct option is just as funny: he succeeds in disabling the turret by drawing a picture of a cloud and [[CameraSpoofing hanging it directly in front of its camera]]. |
| 281 | * Charles can try and help Henry get from the missile base to the rocket: |
| 282 | ** By choosing "Jet Pod", it crashes into him like a meteorite. |
| 283 | ** He can send in an invisible bridge. Of course, Henry can't see it, and completely misses the bridge. It makes you wonder if Charles even put a bridge there at all.[[note]]WordOfGod states that it's there, and Henry would have found it had he just taken a step or two to the left.[[/note]] |
| 284 | ---> '''FAIL Screen:''' Oh no no no, he didn't put it THERE, silly! |
| 285 | * Once Henry's in the rocket, Charles has a few options to get Henry past the crowded room. |
| 286 | ** He can unleash a subsonic wave to stun everyone in the room. Charles tells Henry to cover his ears, before everyone [[GoneHorriblyRight (including Henry)]] is flattened like a pancake. |
| 287 | ---> '''FAIL Screen:''' Must've set it to eleven. |
| 288 | ** He can stream a parody of ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' outside, and it successfully draws the attention of everyone in the room. [[GoneHorriblyRight Unfortunately, Henry is among the Toppats laughing at the show]], and he stops upon realizing everyone is glaring at him. |
| 289 | ** Charles decides to hack into a robot to distract everyone, including a Toppat whose oversized hat makes him unable to see anything. When he does, it [[MoodWhiplash smashes through its crate, blares rave music, and starts dancing in what's basically his own version of the distraction dance so frantically, it's practically spazzing out]]. Made even more hilarious when you listen to what it's saying. |
| 290 | ---> '''Topbot:''' Yes. Look at me! [[CaptainObvious I am the dancing robot!]] Oh yeah! Check me out! [[AttentionWhore Keep looking over here!]] [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Do not get distracted by other things!]] |
| 291 | * Henry can try disrupting the engine in a few different ways: |
| 292 | ** He can try hitting it with a wrench… only for cartoon logic to kick in and ''[[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 upgrade it]]''. |
| 293 | ** If Henry tries pressing the "Off switch", nothing seems to happen. [[EpicFail Cut to Charles getting vaporized by a massive laser.]] |
| 294 | ---> '''Fail Screen:''' [[AsYouKnow Everyone knows that "Off" stands for "Offence".]] |
| 295 | ** Henry can use a literal RedHerring. [[{{Irony}} It works, progressing the plot.]] |
| 296 | * Henry makes his way to the upper floor, where he sees a bunch of high-class Toppat goons too lazy to do anything about the engine. |
| 297 | ** If he jumps in a painting portal, he gets warped to a level, à la ''[[VideoGame/SuperMario64 Super Mario 64]]'', where the guy whose painting he just jumped into casually greets him before [[JustShootHim just shooting him]]. Complete with faithful recreation of that game's HUD and IrisOut in the shape of a head wearing a top hat (as opposed to Bowser's insignia). |
| 298 | ** If he uses bug juice, he becomes a bug, starts buzzing across the gap, but only makes it halfway before turning back and falling. |
| 299 | ** If Henry uses the swapper (the correct option), he swaps places with Red Crimson, who's leaning on the railing. Naturally, he falls over when taking Henry's place, leaving him very confused. |
| 300 | * Henry comes face-to-face with Sven, the new leader of the Toppat clan. Sven holds Henry at gunpoint and starts threatening him until his monologue turns into him whining about how much of a pain in the ass it was to take the leader's position. In fact, it's because of this derailment that Henry and Charles can come up with a plan to take him down in the first place! |
| 301 | ** Before noticing that Henry is in trouble, Charles would like to ask about it. Let's just say that he ain't too bright about it. All this still during Sven's monologue. |
| 302 | --->'''Charles:''' Henry? Are you in trouble? If you're in trouble, say "flanksteak". No wait, if you're in trouble say nothing. |
| 303 | --->''(Henry shuts his mouth tight)'' |
| 304 | --->'''Charles:''' Agh, I still can't tell. |
| 305 | --->''(Henry just let out a silent sigh)'' |
| 306 | ** If Charles launches a sleep dart, it doesn't make it through the glass wall, striking it with a dull THUNK. |
| 307 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' Hm. Sturdy glass. |
| 308 | ** Charles can try using a sniper rifle, while also eliminating the possibility of team killing with an infrared scope. In the time it takes him to set up, he loses control of the helicopter. [[DangerDeadpan What follows is Charles trying to wrestle the controls of the helicopter back with all the urgency of a guy who dropped some M&Ms]] [[ThisIsGonnaSuck as Henry looks on, wincing all the while.]] [[BlackComedy Sven doesn't even notice,]] [[FunnyBackgroundEvent and just keeps ranting about his predicament.]] |
| 309 | ** Charles uses a bike horn, by which we mean, a preposterously large horn several times larger than Charles' helicopter, to startle Sven, causing Sven to drop his gun. Henry follows this up with a left hook that immediately [=KOs=] Sven, then proceeds to lock up the rocket like a car on the side of the road, complete with a "chirp chirp" sound as the Toppats are left completely defenseless against the oncoming government forces. |
| 310 | [[/folder]] |
| 311 | |
| 312 | [[folder:Government/Allies Route, Triple Threat]] |
| 313 | * Henry and Ellie can parachute right into the parking lot to start their mission… only to find no weapons. |
| 314 | * If they try going for the control tower, they find themselves outside the tower, unable to get inside. The guy inside casually radios another guy who, after building a tower straight from ''{{VideoGame/Fortnite}}'', snipes the both of them without much fanfare. |
| 315 | * If they try using wings to fly directly to the rocket, they miss their mark and hit the wall, which sends them flying backwards and spiralling through the air like a pair of cheap toys. After a fade to white, it shows the two buried halfway in the ground, legs flailing pathetically in the air. |
| 316 | * Ellie can grab Henry and spin him around to throw him across a gap. He goes all of a few feet before falling to his death. |
| 317 | * Ellie and Henry can try climbing down and running up the ramp on foot. One problem: the ramp is ''incredibly'' long. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome They don't make it more than a fifth of the way there before collapsing from exhaustion.]] All the while, Charles awkwardly calls them to see if they need some kind of help. |
| 318 | * If you keep choosing the "swap" option over and over, Charles will lightly call out Henry and Ellie while they sheepishly smile at each other. |
| 319 | --> '''Charles:''' Hey, that looks like fun but um… Kind of… on the clock here… |
| 320 | * Henry and Ellie shoot themselves out of [[VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry cannonball barrels]] for Charles to pick them up. The results are particularly funny and interesting: |
| 321 | ** Missing the timer causes them to crash into the cockpit. |
| 322 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[LampshadeHanging He came outta nowhere!]] |
| 323 | ** Hitting the "Hand" choice has Charles give them both a high five before they plummet to their deaths. What sells it is Charles' gleeful grin after doing that. |
| 324 | * Henry can try using a "downgrader" to [[PaintingTheMedium make everything look like a rough storyboard]]. Aside from disabling the Toppat goons' guns, it didn't actually offer any kind of advantage, as Henry and Ellie are still beaten senseless. Apparently, not even Henry knew what the device was supposed to do. |
| 325 | --> '''Fail Screen:''' I guess the budget ran out. |
| 326 | * Doubling as a BrickJoke from the previous game, selecting the "Diversion" option in the cafeteria would give Henry and Ellie an epic build-up song… only to begin dancing just like in the picture above once again, which naturally gives the same result as the whole clan starts to dance alongside them, with several other familiar memetic dances thrown into the mix. And since Ellie is helping this time around instead of getting distracted herself, it works![[note]]In case you weren't able to catch and/or get all the references, here's a [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBn1togP_7s video]] acting as a guide.[[/note]] |
| 327 | ** Meanwhile, selecting the "Fusion" option causes Henry and Ellie to perform the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Fusion Dance]] and fuse into Ellry to fight the Toppats in the cafeteria...but the fusion is no match for Kabbitz, who beats them so hard they're sent flying out of the rocket, defuse...and land in a crater in the ''Yamcha death pose''. The Fail Screen message naturally continues the lampooning; |
| 328 | --> '''Fail Screen:''' Normally this goes on for another 3 hours. |
| 329 | * Charles tries to describe his plan to Ellie, since she's confused as to how crashing in with his helicopter is going to help. Henry agrees with Charles, so Ellie's willing to try it, but because they spent so long arguing, the rocket's already launched into space. |
| 330 | --> '''Charles:''' Okay guys, I've got the most awesome plan. I'll crash head-first into the cafeteria window. |
| 331 | --> '''Ellie:''' What do you mean? [[SarcasmMode Like you gonna jump out and smash it with your head]]? |
| 332 | --> '''Charles:''' No, no. With my helicopter. Whatya guys think? I'm ready t- |
| 333 | --> '''Ellie:''' Hold on, I don't... really understand. |
| 334 | --> '''Charles:''' What's not to understand? It's simple. [[TooDumbToLive I fly the helicopter into the window]]. |
| 335 | --> '''Ellie:''' [[LampshadeHanging But… H-How does that help?]] |
| 336 | --> '''Charles:''' ''(sigh)'' I don't really think you get it… Henry, you get it, right? |
| 337 | --> (''Henry raises a thumbs-up'') |
| 338 | --> '''Ellie:''' I guess I'm outvoted then… |
| 339 | -->(''Cut back to Charles, watching the distant speck in the sky that was once the rocket'') |
| 340 | --> '''Charles:''' Umm, [[{{Understatement}} I think it's a little bit… outta range now…]] |
| 341 | --> '''FAIL Screen:''' It would've been amazing, Charles. |
| 342 | * Ellie's plan is very efficient and well thought-out in comparison… or at least, it would be [[NiceJobBreakingItHero if Charles knew exactly]] [[YourOtherLeft what Ellie meant by the "forward-left" booster]]. |
| 343 | --> '''Ellie:''' Alright guys, listen up. I got a plan. Henry and I will overload the engine room causing an explosion. Charles, we'll need you wait outside the auxiliary exhaust by ''the forward-left'' booster. We'll only have about 20 seconds to get out before it blows. |
| 344 | --> '''Charles:''' Alright, I'll be ready. Now hurry! |
| 345 | --> (''Both Ellie & Henry proceed to do just that, only to find Charles isn't around as soon as they get out'') |
| 346 | --> '''Ellie:''' Where is he? |
| 347 | --> '''Charles:''' Alright, I'm in position. Don't see you guys, though… |
| 348 | --> (''Cue flames spewing from the opposite side of the ship with both Henry and Ellie engulfed in it'') |
| 349 | [[/folder]] |
| 350 | |
| 351 | [[folder:Thief/Dead Route, Stickmin Space Resort]] |
| 352 | * At the beginning, we see Icepick awkwardly asking a fellow goon over the phone about the rocket plan, [[LooseLips going over the plan itself in excruciating detail]]. The goon over the phone shows understandable concern for him spilling the beans, but Icepick is sure that it's fine because, in his words: |
| 353 | --> '''Icepick:''' Relax, mate, no one's gonna be listenin' in 'ere. [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough You really fink]] [[TemptingFate someone's gonna try an' steal an entire rocke'?]] You mus' be mental. |
| 354 | --> (''[[InstantlyProvenWrong Henry removes his vagabond outfit behind him without being noticed, grinning]]'') |
| 355 | * How Henry enters the Toppat launch site; [[RefugeInAudacity stopping his scooter]] and [[PolitenessJudo politely asking Kayn, the guard]]. The [[DelayedReaction next scene]] has a sheepish Kayn [[BlatantLies claim that Henry was]] [[NeverMyFault going too fast for him to catch]]. |
| 356 | ** Henry can also attempt to limbo under the gate. [[EpicFail He doesn't even make it halfway back before hitting the gate and]] [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe snapping in half like a twig, complete with wooden sound effects.]] |
| 357 | *** Also, he's hit [[GroinAttack right in the crotch]]. |
| 358 | ---->'''Fail Screen:''' ''That's'' as far back as you can go? |
| 359 | ** Attempting to jump it has Henry fail to clear the gate, breaking his scooter in half and grinding his lower half into nothingness. Judging from his reaction, [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction Henry barely notices]]. |
| 360 | * Icepick is later seen guarding the walkway with Sal Malone. He wants to trade hats with Sal, who claims they're not allowed to trade hats. Then Henry rams into Sal, leaving his hat up for grabs, which Icepick wastes no time in putting on. |
| 361 | * Henry can try plowing through a crate of items. These items just happen to be [[ThisIsGonnaSuck proximity mines]]. |
| 362 | -->'''Fail Screen:''' Hey, that's [[{{Pun}} mine]]. |
| 363 | * Henry can try jumping off a ramp, where he performs a trick. Unfortunately, he then has a run-in with the dreaded [[VideoGame/MarioKart Spiny Shell]]. |
| 364 | -->'''Fail Screen:''' [[Film/AvengersInfinityWar Dread it, run from it… The shell arrives just the same.]] |
| 365 | * Henry needs a way to deal with the shut door. If he tries to drill through it, the drill gets stuck, and he ends up spinning ''the scooter'' around until he flies off. |
| 366 | * To destroy the glass ceiling underneath him on top of the rocket, the hammer is the only item on his person. Henry can either use it to break said glass, deflect the incoming bullet beforehand… [[TooDumbToLive or just hit himself on the head]]. |
| 367 | -->'''FAIL screen:''' Not much of a brain in there to begin with. |
| 368 | ** Note that, in the other choices (including letting time run out), the sniper keeps trying to shoot Henry. But after Henry bonks himself in the head, [[StunnedSilence the sniper stops firing]]. |
| 369 | * In the final stage of the route, Henry can start the rocket's staging process early. It goes about as well as you'd expect for a harpooned rocket. |
| 370 | ** The Right Hand Man quickly realizes that harpooning a rocket [[ThisIsGonnaSuck wasn't exactly his smartest idea]]. |
| 371 | * Once Henry shoots the harpoon cable with a precision shot, allowing the rocket to fly into space, the camera cuts to Reginald doing a BigNo... but cuts away to the rocket entering orbit about two seconds into it. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Thief/Ghost Route, Jewel Baron]] |
| 375 | * How the Toppats discover Henry's attacking: |
| 376 | --> '''Burt:''' Hey chief? Our satellites have picked up a hostile object.\ |
| 377 | '''Reginald:''' Oh no, is it the government? Have they sent a destroyer after us?\ |
| 378 | '''Burt:''' Uh…\ |
| 379 | (''Toppat broadcast zooms in on Henry riding his modified scooter'')\ |
| 380 | '''Burt:''' [[BluntNo No.]]\ |
| 381 | '''Reginald:''' Well, just shoot it down. |
| 382 | * Henry can make his scooter go lightspeed, except it goes zooming off without him, since he didn't hold on properly. Or as the game puts it… |
| 383 | --> '''Fail Screen:''' You forgot to hold on to your butts. |
| 384 | * After Henry succeeds in getting onto the space station by going mosquito mode, Reginald's reaction to the failure of their weapons system isn't raging at incompetence or the like, but instead: |
| 385 | -->'''Reginald:''' ''Completely missed?! (sigh, [[{{Facepalm}} pinches his nosebridge]])'' We spent so much money on that… |
| 386 | * When at the gap, Henry gets all of the options available to cross it that were available in ''[[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness Crossing the Pit]]''. But the bridge fail is a standout due to just how pathetic it is. The plank Henry uses is too short! Cue it falling straight into the pit, leaving Henry just standing there looking slightly dumbfounded. |
| 387 | --> '''FAIL Screen:''' Measure once, cut twice… wait. |
| 388 | ** If you're wondering, the ''Crossing The Pit'' version had the board be long enough, only to break when the stick figure tried to walk across it. [[BrickJoke And now you know why a handful of fails call Henry fat.]] |
| 389 | * Henry can try and wallclip into the vault to get the emerald. However, he messes up and instead falls through the floor. What sells it is Henry getting stuck in a looping falling animation and falling farther and farther into nothing as the world itself shrinks away above him, complete with the floor being invisible from below. All tropes from a game made with models, despite this game being ''hand-drawn''. |
| 390 | ** Alternatively, Henry can try and smash the vault open… only to put so much into psyching himself up that he [[MadeOfExplodium blows up the whole space station]] [[EpicFail before even getting the chance to try smashing the vault]]. |
| 391 | --->'''Henry:''' Haaaaaaaahhh! ''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!'' '''''HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!!!'''''\ |
| 392 | (''The whole spaceship explodes'')\ |
| 393 | '''FAIL Screen:''' Jeez, calm down. |
| 394 | * If one looks at some of the items in the vault, one will note that there's a drawing in one of the chambers of the ruby that Henry stole in ''Airship'', that also has the word "ruby" written below it. Seems like the Toppat Clan were kind of sore about losing it. |
| 395 | * One of the options for getting the emerald out of the vault is to press the "Eject" button. Pressing it ejects the emerald into outer space. This begs the question as to why would there be an option to ''[[InventionalWisdom eject the vault's treasures into outer space]]'' in the first place, outside of RuleOfFunny. |
| 396 | --> '''FAIL Screen:''' [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The "Eject" button ejects.]] [[DeadpanSnarker Well, whaddaya know.]] |
| 397 | * After stealing the emerald, Henry is faced with the Right Hand Man. Henry can try tossing the emerald at him. Due to a combination of the emerald being really bloody heavy and the Right-Hand Man being much further away than the guard Henry smushed with the diamond back in ''Stealing the Diamond'', things don't go terribly well for him this time. |
| 398 | ** Alternatively, Henry can have a go at the infamous [[VideoGame/MarioParty Chance Time]]. Predictably, it goes badly: the emerald goes straight back to the Right Hand Man, with him and Henry having appropriate animations for the occasion. |
| 399 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[LampshadeHanging Chance Time ALWAYS screws you over.]] |
| 400 | ** Or Henry can just yell… which just so happens to be a variation of the ''[[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Unrelenting Force shout]]''. This ends up ripping apart the whole room and sending everyone into space. |
| 401 | * When faced with the Toppat Clan's KillSat laser, Henry has the option of going Super Henry! He does a flip, the emerald vanishes… [[AntiClimax and Henry gets atomised by the laser]]. |
| 402 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog You need like 6 more emeralds before you can transform into Super Henry.]] |
| 403 | [[/folder]] |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Bounty/Dead Route, Little Nest Egg]] |
| 406 | * While planning an attack on the train, Henry can fire his tank's turret, but the turret itself is angled too high, resulting in the shot flying uselessly into a distant mound. Cut back to Henry pulling off a picture-perfect {{facepalm}}. |
| 407 | ** Henry can also attempt to join the convoy, waving to Icepick on the truck bed in front of him with exciting music building up to a drop in the background. One {{beat}} later, the music stops and Henry is nonchalantly shot in the head offscreen. |
| 408 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoSanAndreas All you had to do was follow the dang train, Henry!]] |
| 409 | ** Even the success is funny due to how abrupt it is. Henry just [[RammingAlwaysWorks plows straight into the side of the train through the gap in the convoy]]. Don't blink, you might miss it. |
| 410 | * With Henry having to move quickly or be ventilated by Blast Connors: |
| 411 | ** He can try jumping through a train window to safety… [[OutOfTheFryingPan or not, since the train is full of angry, gun-wielding Toppats looking straight at him]]. |
| 412 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' …Maybe they didn't notice. |
| 413 | ** Henry can try commandeering the gun truck. He manages to catch the back of it, only for Icepick to slowly push him off with his foot, reacting like he just saw a piece of roadkill caught in the grille. |
| 414 | * When Mr. Macbeth confronts Henry, the player is presented with an ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}''-style battle screen. This alone is funny enough, but in the Act menu, Henry can try and bribe Mr. Macbeth... [[TooDumbToLive with the money that he has yet to steal]]. [[BribeBackfire It ends predictably.]] |
| 415 | -->'''Mr. Macbeth:''' ...This money ain't even yours, kid.\ |
| 416 | (''unavoidable precision-laser attack'')\ |
| 417 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[Memes/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Henry really bribes? No dignity.]] |
| 418 | * With Mr. Macbeth out of the way, now Henry has to make an escape by land, air, or sea. |
| 419 | ** Escaping by land has Henry start driving the train, decoupling everything behind the loot car. But Henry not only goes way too fast, but [[DidntThinkThisThrough it's a one-way ride to the Toppat launch site.]] [[TooFastToStop Henry zooms past and crashes the train offscreen.]] |
| 420 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' Watching you make choices is such a [[{{Pun}} trainwreck]]. |
| 421 | ** Trying to escape by air has Henry set up a spring under the loot car, but it launches so violently that Henry falls straight off it, leaving him and a bewildered Mr. Teal watching as the car goes flying into the distance. |
| 422 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[NoMacGuffinNoWinner There. Now nobody gets to have it.]] |
| 423 | [[/folder]] |
| 424 | |
| 425 | [[folder:Thief/Allies Route, Pardoned Pals/Toppat Recruits]] |
| 426 | * While being trapped by three factions at the beginning, Henry can choose to tie a rope to the trigger of Ellie's RPG to deal with the guards from The Wall. He then pulls the rope right after Ellie threw it up... [[EpicFail while the RPG was pointing at them, resulting in the two blowing up.]] |
| 427 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' What... Was the plan there exactly...? |
| 428 | * One of the option to save Ellie from being captured by the Bukowski twins is to disguise himself and blend in with them, as in… [[PaperThinDisguise literally just put a]] [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 soldier mask on his face]]. |
| 429 | -->'''Henry:''' Hey, brother!\ |
| 430 | '''Konrad:''' [[YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe You serious?!]]\ |
| 431 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh that's]] [[WebAnimation/TeamFabulous2 very convincing.]] |
| 432 | * The corruptick glitches the game out, to the point where it [[PaintingTheMedium brings you back to the main menu]]. [[GoodBadBugs Though there is a notification that brings you back to where you were, it plays the previous scene, but textures are randomly disappearing, Henry and Ellie are constantly T-posing, and the soldiers are repeatedly bugging out.]] [[RefugeInAudacity This is absolutely ridiculous, since this game is completely hand-drawn,]] [[StylisticSuck and the scene portrays bugs typical of a game made with models.]] |
| 433 | ** As an added layer of hilarity, the fail screen even reads {{Fission Mailed}}. |
| 434 | --->'''Fail Screen:''' I... Uh... [[{{Understatement}} I think something went wrong.]] |
| 435 | * Ellie can use a grappling hook to catch Henry from falling, only to pin him to the wall by the hand instead. Henry's reaction to it? He just [[MajorInjuryUnderreaction casually stares at his pinned hand]] [[{{Beat}} for a brief moment]] before screaming in pain. |
| 436 | -->'''FAIL screen:''' [[Creator/TelltaleGames Henry will]] [[CallBack remember that.]] |
| 437 | [[/folder]] |
| 438 | |
| 439 | [[folder:Executive/Dead Route, Toppat 4 Life]] |
| 440 | * At the beginning, Henry hears of the government's siege plans from two soldiers drunk out of their minds. |
| 441 | * As Henry makes his way into the government camp, [[TemptingFate Hayden, a guard, casually bets that the leader of the Toppat clan (Henry in this route) will return and screw up their entire operation]]. Doubles as a BrickJoke when [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/henrystickmin/images/6/67/Screen_Shot_2020-09-07_at_5.28.59_PM.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20200907212958 Hayden makes good on his bet]] later as the government soldiers retreat after Henry, the missing Toppat leader, foils their entire operation. |
| 442 | * Henry tries to get past Madd Ladd, a sniper, by running with a knife. Y'know, since [[VideoGame/CounterStrike running with a knife]] [[WebVideo/PurePwnage makes you go faster. This does not work.]] |
| 443 | ** Henry can try to get past Madd by eating a [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Duplicatorange]]. This splits Henry in two, with one copy falling victim to Madd. The rest of the scene plays out normally, until the FAIL screen brings the scene to an abrupt halt: |
| 444 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' Wait, this isn't the original Henry. We're not gonna follow some COPY! |
| 445 | ** Henry uses a lagswitch to get past Madd. Cue the bewildered Madd shooting Henry three times in a row as he runs in place with no visible effect, only for him to snap to the other end of the field at the third shot. |
| 446 | ---> '''Madd:''' …Did I get him? |
| 447 | *** This becomes a BrickJoke if you use the Hijack option next: You see Madd examining the area where Henry was, trying to find the body. And then Henry runs him over as he goes careening off the cliff. |
| 448 | * One of the options for hijacking the Big Boy tank is to watch a walkthrough… which involves Henry watching a ''[[NoFourthWall Let's Play of his own game]]''. That alone would be funny enough, but it's a Fail, because the Let's Player is ''[[StylisticSuck so incredibly bad]]'' (a look at the like/dislike ratio will reveal that the video [[FunnyBackgroundEvent has 4 likes to 35 dislikes]]) that not only is Henry not helped, he ends up being stuck in a loop of [[ShapedLikeItself watching the video ramble on while choosing the Walkthrough option]] over and over, until ''the player'' [[OverlyLongGag gets bored and clicks out]], at which point the Fail Screen reveals a running tally of how long you were watching it. |
| 449 | ** It's noted that while the footage is clearly in a loop, the scrolling of the timer essentially gives the illusion that the whole thing is part of a greater fail and there is a punchline and/or achievement at the end (there isn't), unaware that ''the loop '''is''' the punchline''. Many streamers who picked this for the first time were caught unaware and were noted to have wasted a lot of time watching this fail alone. One player decided to test how long it can go by putting a '''''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88v2DNrjcNw 15 hour]]''''' version of it. |
| 450 | ** In fact, the achievement is to click out of it as fast as possible, meaning that all of the YouTubers and Streamers [[EpicFail were wasting their time!]] The name of the achievement? ''Speed Run.'' |
| 451 | ** The cherry on top is Henry's expression on the actual fail screen, like he's silently judging you for how long it took you to figure it out. |
| 452 | * If Henry tries and just drive Big Boy, he does manage to make it go…backwards and right off the cliff he just climbed up. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and he forgot to signal! Sheesh!]] |
| 453 | [[/folder]] |
| 454 | |
| 455 | [[folder:Bounty/Rescue Route, Master Bounty Hunter]] |
| 456 | * The intro is a protracted ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' reference, with opening credits... except that most of the crew is the same man, and with a big [Missing] sign for the "[[ScheduleSlip Motivator]]." |
| 457 | * Every time you get to pick, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duPOdRgeFGU the fourth option is, inexplicably, Dance Off]] (which, incidentally, is the default dance from ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}''). The first and second time, Henry is shot by a guard or the Right Hand Man. The third time, the Right Hand Man punches him in the face so hard that his face implodes. The fourth and final time has [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext a tank fly in from nowhere and smash straight into Henry,]] [[WhatTheHellPlayer as if the game is now completely sick of your crap.]] The real kicker is how the FAIL screen keeps getting progressively more annoyed with the player. |
| 458 | -->'''First time:''' ''Do not.''\ |
| 459 | '''Second time:''' ''Cease.''\ |
| 460 | '''Third time:''' ''No.''\ |
| 461 | '''Fourth time:''' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting STOP IT!!!!!!]]''''' |
| 462 | * Henry could try sneaking past the first guard, which would have worked [[NoFourthWall if it weren't for the UI letting Kayn know that someone was sneaking around nearby]]. |
| 463 | * Henry can also try CQC… but the guard knows just a bit more, and proceeds to choke Henry out (by mashing the choke button) and toss him out the checkpoint window. |
| 464 | * The convert option, the right one, using the "Wololo" chant from ''VideoGame/AgeOfEmpires''. Kayn converts to the Stealth team's side and spouts random words from ''Age of Empires'', including "Narwini" ("crazy" in Polish) and "Erectus" ("erect" in Latin). |
| 465 | * As Henry and his crew dogpile the Right Hand Man, a bunch of the Toppat Clan members are ecstatic that everyone's doing a dogpile, and just join right in. Seeing this, [[NoNonsenseNemesis Right Hand Man]] just nonchalantly pushes everyone off afterward, including the Toppats themselves. |
| 466 | * When facing off with the Right Hand Man, Henry can play Rock Paper Scissors with him. [[NotSoAboveItAll Right Hand Man actually seems to play along]], [[SubvertedTrope until he turns his hand into a laser canon to fry Henry on the spot]]. |
| 467 | * Henry can try to self-destruct to take down the Right Hand Man. The resulting explosion is smaller than Henry himself. |
| 468 | * How does Henry beat the Right Hand Man? By using [[CycleOfHurting an inescapable fighting combo]] (that's only made up of two different moves, to add insult to injury). [[OverlyLongGag This goes on for so long, they end up traveling a good ways up the rocket's ramp before the Right Hand Man is finally defeated]]. |
| 469 | ** Even funnier if you remember the "Climb Down and Run" Fail from the ''Triple Threat'' route, where Henry and Ellie collapsed from exhaustion about a quarter of the way up the ramp, yet Henry kept up the fighting combo for longer. |
| 470 | * Whether you pick "Finish Him" or "Ocarina" at the ramp, Ali Gene will say the ''exact same words'' in response: |
| 471 | --> ''Yo, we iz needin' like a new bossman.'' |
| 472 | [[/folder]] |
| 473 | |
| 474 | [[folder:Government/Dead Route, Valiant Hero]] |
| 475 | * When Charles tries to get Henry aboard the space station, he can try and get Henry over by shooting him over in an air bubble. Unfortunately, it moves so slowly that Henry is dead of asphyxiation long before he even arrives at the station. [[CaptainOblivious All while Charles keeps casually chatting, completely oblivious to Henry's newfound corpsehood.]] |
| 476 | -->'''Charles:''' It's also really sturdy, so you don't have to worry about it popping on you.\ |
| 477 | (''Henry is now seen checking his watch'')\ |
| 478 | '''Charles:''' Unfortunately, it doesn't move very fast… still working that one out.\ |
| 479 | (''Henry is choking from the lack of oxygen'')\ |
| 480 | '''Charles:''' Don't worry, I'll keep you company 'til you get there, shouldn't be a problem.\ |
| 481 | (''Henry is now dead'')\ |
| 482 | '''Charles:''' What kinda movies ya like?\ |
| 483 | '''FAIL Screen:''' You used up all the air already? You glutton. |
| 484 | * Attempting to breach the station's hull with the hot knife has it pop out of the side of Henry's helmet and drift far out of Henry's reach into space. |
| 485 | -->'''Charles:''' (''as the knife is floating away'') It's a knife that's so hot it can cut through any material.\ |
| 486 | (''{{Beat}}'')\ |
| 487 | '''Charles:''' (''disapprovingly'') You dropped it, didn't you?\ |
| 488 | '''FAIL Screen:''' [[CallBack Butterfingers?]] |
| 489 | ** Charles' earlier blunders have probably caused no small amount of exasperation to players, making the fact that ''Charles'' is exasperated with ''Henry'' for once all the funnier. |
| 490 | ** Side note; clicking on the text provides possibly the biggest reference to ''Film/SpiderMan2'' to date. |
| 491 | --->[[Creator/AlfredMolina Butter-]] [[Website/{{YTMND}} Pizza!]] ''(giant, screaming Henry face appears)'' '''''[[SuddenlyShouting NO]]''''''''''[[BigNo OOO]]''''''''''[[Creator/TobeyMaguire OO-]]''''' |
| 492 | * Picking Charles has the [[DynamicEntry expected result]]. Right before Charles makes impact, Henry looks around in a panic before bracing for impact as the shadow gets bigger. The difference? [[CrazyEnoughToWork This time, it isn't a fail.]] |
| 493 | -->'''Charles:''' (''after falling from his spaceship onto the catwalk beneath the core, where Henry already is'') I've always wanted to do that. |
| 494 | ** Another thing can also happen. You can play the game in fullscreen mode (which makes the game [[GameBreakingBug crash]]), and play this route, if you choose Charles, he will crash the space vehicle, but before the impact happens, the game can crash and make an incredibly hilarious coincidence. |
| 495 | * When aboard the space station, Henry and Charles are faced with a door blocking their escape. Charles says that he thinks he can hack it open. After a while of buzzing and typing noises, Charles turns back to Henry and shrugs: |
| 496 | -->'''Charles:''' Yeah. I have no idea what I'm doing.\ |
| 497 | '''Henry:''' (''{{disapproving look}}'')\ |
| 498 | '''FAIL Screen:''' bruh. |
| 499 | ** Attempting to lift the door open will result in [[BlackComedy Henry getting his spine crushed by the heavy door, while Charles screams from getting his hands stuck]]. |
| 500 | --->'''FAIL Screen:''' Are you lifting with your back? |
| 501 | * When choosing an escape pod, one choice will have a Toppat already in it, who panics and starts mashing buttons. This activates the "reverse thruster" on the escape pod, which flattens Henry and Charles against the wall. |
| 502 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' [[WesternAnimation/TheEmperorsNewGroove Why do they even HAVE that lever?]] |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Government/Ghost Route, Cleaned 'em Out]] |
| 506 | * The intro has Henry listen in on Government communications. |
| 507 | ** The value of the Toppats' stolen valuables combined, estimated by the Government, isn't an actual money value; the comms device just reads: "A LOT". |
| 508 | ** As soon as Henry hears of the easy theft target, he looks at the camera with the most incredible smug face. Even better, that face is his bio picture for ''Mission''. |
| 509 | * If Henry tries to get on the train by hiding in a box, the nearby Toppat goons reenact the disguise cutscene from way back in ''Bank''… only to not be bothered to load the box, leaving without Henry. |
| 510 | -->'''Filbert''': How did we lose one?\ |
| 511 | '''Thomas''': I think we should throw it in the cart, just to be safe?\ |
| 512 | '''Filbert''': (''{{Beat}}'') ''...Nah!'' |
| 513 | * Henry can try taking a seat on the train to blend in. If he does do, he almost immediately gets noticed by a Toppat member, who asks him to move since he was saving that seat for his friend. Said friend happens to come back ''right'' at that moment, questioning why Henry is in his seat. The cherry on top of this is the [[OhCrap expression on Henry's face]] when he realizes the situation he's in. |
| 514 | * If Henry pretends to be a mannequin in order to avoid detection, a Toppat goon named Thomas Chipz, thinks he's a novelty coatrack and decides to have a little fun with it: |
| 515 | -->'''Thomas Chipz''': Woah, look at this crazy coatrack! ''(Picks up Henry)'' Oh, look at me! I'm a little hat holder person. Ooo, can I take your hat? ''(Leans Henry out the window)'' Ooooo, I wonder what's out the window? Hahahaha- ''(Henry gets decapitated by a passing tree branch)'' Awww, it broke.\ |
| 516 | '''Fail Screen:''' Press F to pay Respects. |
| 517 | ** Even more hilarious is that pressing the F key during this actually causes you to [[LiteralMetaphor literally pay Respects.]] |
| 518 | * After Henry jumps out the window, he notices a tunnel approaching. If he tries to get back in, one of the Toppat goons from before will have already closed the window again. Cue GlassSmackAndSlide. |
| 519 | --> '''Fail Screen:''' [[{{Pun}} The window of opportunity has passed.]] |
| 520 | * If Henry tries using [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Leafmöde]] to collect the Toppats' stuff, he'll accidentally drop it on the floor, ''[[RefugeInAudacity turning the entire shuttle into a tiny leaf]]''. |
| 521 | * If Henry tries using the Infini³ (which was advertised to house ''multiple parallel universes' worth of space''), he'll put one helmet inside, before the Infini³ becomes full. Then, it automatically makes room by spawning a freight ship through the rocket. The FAIL Screen admonishes Henry for buying used. |
| 522 | [[/folder]] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | [[folder:Executive/Ghost Route, Toppat Civil Warfare]] |
| 525 | * When Henry is forced to WalkThePlank, he can choose to use a chainsaw to cut the plank in half. He fully expects [[WrongGenreSavvy that his half will stay airborne and the other half will fall, just like in cartoons]]. Naturally, it doesn't work that way. |
| 526 | ** Even funnier when you realize, even if it did work like that, [[DidntThinkThisThrough Henry would have been stuck there]]. |
| 527 | ** What is also funny is that even if the series ''did'' consistently operate on cartoon logic, the joke wouldn't have worked anyway since Henry botched the gag (sawing the plank himself instead of getting Ellie to do it). |
| 528 | * When Henry uses [[VideoGame/SuperMarioOdyssey Toppy]] to possess Floyd Winters (the Toppats' prison guard) to free his loyalists, Geoffrey [[ComicallyMissingThePoint doesn't believe the Henry-possessed-Winters is indeed Henry]] and throws him off the Airship. Also a bit of Fridge Humor, as Geoffrey's bio states that his large head makes it difficult for him to see. |
| 529 | -->'''Geoffrey:''' What'd you do with Henry?!\ |
| 530 | ''(Cut to Henry being thrown off the airship)''\ |
| 531 | '''Fail Screen:''' They could tell you don't look like Henry. What, you think all stick figures look the same?? |
| 532 | * The [[VideoGame/TheSims Mind Crystal]] option has Henry select what to do from a ''Sims''-style menu, but runs into a case of ArtificialStupidity. Winters can't find a way around the hat left on the floor, and then defaults to the action of aiming a gun at Henry. |
| 533 | -->'''Floyd/FAIL Screen:''' [[SpeakingSimlish Ugh! Schalooob!]] |
| 534 | * The Save State is seemingly just another fail at first use, as it shows Henry getting shot Ellie. [[CrossestheLineTwice Very infamous, right?]] However, [[BrickJoke if you selected Load Save from the Thief/Ghost route afterwards]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9-hMGY0Pcc instead of looping back to the original menu, you get sent straight to here instead]]. |
| 535 | * One of Geoffrey's plans, dubbed "The Good Gents", has Henry and his loyalists barge into the cockpit of the airship to confront Ellie directly. Considering that Right Hand Man is there with her, [[CurbStompBattle this goes just as well as you'd expect]]. |
| 536 | -->'''Right Hand Man''': I've had '''enough''' of this! (''shoots an {{eye beam|s}} at the loyalists, killing Henry and Geoffrey'') |
| 537 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' What!? That's OP! They better be nerfing that in the next patch! |
| 538 | [[/folder]] |
| 539 | |
| 540 | [[folder:Bounty/Allies Route, Capital Gains]] |
| 541 | * The route begins with Ellie abruptly stopping outside of the Wall, incredulously asking Henry why they're still riding on their dinky motorcycle. |
| 542 | --> '''Ellie:''' [[LatetoTheRealization Wait, you have a TANK!?]] |
| 543 | * The intro sequence is so over-the-top, it's hilarious. First, we get a slow-mo shot of Ellie and Henry about to crush an unlucky Quincy Tattlemuffin to death with their tank, followed by Fred Worst coming out with a ''[[RuleOfCool turret that launches swords]]'', all while dubstep blares in the background. |
| 544 | ** If they choose to fire, Fred mocks them for missing before realizing that their shot just blocked off the train tunnel. Cue MassOhCrap moment for literally all of the Toppats. |
| 545 | ** If they choose to hunker, Ellie dives straight into the cabin with Henry, which is pitch-black inside. |
| 546 | --->'''Ellie:''' We should've just done this from the beginning.\ |
| 547 | (''CRUNCH'')\ |
| 548 | (''Cut to outside, where it's revealed that the tank is now embedded in the side of a mountain, having plowed straight into it'')\ |
| 549 | '''FAIL Screen:''' Nice tank. Only way to see is to be looking out the top. |
| 550 | * If Ellie tries using [[Franchise/StarWars the force]] to move the cart, she succeeds… [[GoneHorriblyRight in launching it past the stratosphere]]. Henry's incredulous expression is what sells it. |
| 551 | --> '''Fail Screen:''' We get it. You lift. |
| 552 | * A fake option screen comes up [[FreezeFrameBonus for just a few seconds]] just before the Right Hand Man shows up, with the [[SelfDeprecation options]] being "Obscure Reference" (with the picture being a minimalist worm with a cigarette), "Your Suggestions" (represented by a [[TakeThatAudience trash can]]), and "Really Dumb Option" (Henry picking his nose). |
| 553 | * In the final choice screen, Henry can choose to use a needle to pop the balloon holding the money cart with him and Ellie on it in an attempt to drop Right Hand Man with them… even though RHM is capable of flying, which naturally results in the car crashing to the ground with only the duo. The Right Hand Man is flabbergasted when he sees Henry take out the needle, and even remarks on what an idiot Henry was for thinking that would work. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:Executive/Betrayed Route, Revenged]] |
| 557 | * The fails on this route are usually as dramatic as the correct choices, but using Gun Forme against the Right-Hand Man will have him FlashStep behind Henry and rip him in two with a KamehameHadoken. Not funny in itself, but what does RHM say before killing him? |
| 558 | -->'''Right-Hand Man:''' [[MemeticMutation Nothing personnel, kid.]] |
| 559 | * The Spirit Forme fail is one giant ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' reference and contains quite a bit of in-jokes; the most notable being that the subtitles saying they're using "spirits", but the voiced dialogue indicates that they're clearly using Stands, and the Stands in question ([[TropeName Reference]] and Bottled Time, respectively) are voiced as [[Music/TenaciousD Tribute]] and [[Music/JimCroce Time in a Bottle]], referencing how [[Main/WritingAroundTrademarks Stand names would often be changed overseas]]. When Reference uses its ability, its {{Kiai}} ends up being "FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE FAILURE". It even ends with a SuspiciouslySimilarSong of [[Music/{{Yes}} Roundabout]], which by itself was one of the earlier [=JoJo=] memes to surface in the west. |
| 560 | -->'''FAIL Screen:''' That doesn't seem right, but I don't know enough about anime to dispute it. |
| 561 | ** Anyone who can speak Japanese will be either laughing hard or scratching their heads at the hilariously terrible Japanese the characters are speaking throughout: |
| 562 | --->'''RHM:''' Hontou ni fisuto na stop me? |
| 563 | ** Henry is seen smugly doing [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind the Torture Dance]] as Reference prepares to kill Right Hand Man. Unfortunately, Bottled Time is ''not'' given to him by his cybernetics like Reference is for Henry. |
| 564 | * On the Absorb fail, which results in Henry exploding, you can watch it again as an ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}''-styled play of the game from Right-Hand Man's perspective. |
| 565 | * If Henry picks the baseball bat against Right Hand Man Reborn's finishing move, Henry successfully bats the massive ball of energy out of the stratosphere... whereupon it goes into orbit with the Earth and completely goes around it before re-entering the atmosphere in a direct course towards Henry from behind. To add to this, the dramatic music as Henry and RHM Reborn fight fades as the energy ball gets batted into orbit, only to fade back in when it approaches from behind Henry. |
| 566 | ** Right after Henry bats away the ball, we cut to the Right Hand Man staring at it go, [[JawDrop with his mouth open]], [[NotSoStoic completely speechless]]. |
| 567 | * Henry using the Airship to kill Reginald. As in, [[DidntThinkThisThrough Henry literally holding Reginald in front of the Airship]]. |
| 568 | * Henry can try to re-enact the moment where Reginald dropped him off of the airship but with their roles reversed, complete with the same dramatic music, until [[AntiClimax Reginald opens a parachute in his hat to break his fall]], with him calling reinforcements to shoot Henry down shortly after. |
| 569 | -->'''FAIL Screen''': Looks like his hat has gotten a few upgrades! |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
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