Line #11 Pinball/DevilsDare


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/devils-dare_8909.jpg]]
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3	->'''Devil:''' "You're close...!"
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5	''Devil's Dare'' is a widebody [[PhysicalPinballTables pinball machine]] released by Creator/{{Gottlieb}} in 1982. It was designed by Tom Sczfransky and originally illustrated by longtime [[Creator/WilliamsElectronics Williams]] pinball artist Doug Watson.
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7	As pinball games go, ''Devil's Dare'' is a straightforward design of the era -- hit the drop target banks to enable the Capture Cave and the Capture Pit, then lock two balls for three-ball multiball play. If you score well during multiball, you'll be rewarded with "Multi-mode", an extra multiball round after multiball ends.
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9	''Devil's Dare'' is notable among pinball historians for being Gottlieb's first game '''not''' illustrated by Creator/GordonMorison, Gottlieb's exclusive game artist for a decade. Morrison's ComicBook-style pin-up girls meshed well with Gottlieb's family-friendly image, and Doug Watson's imposing devil artwork (originally accomplied by naked green bat-winged succubi) caused management to balk. While Watson worked on other projects, artist Dave Moore created a minor variation to showcase a four-color glass-printing process. The attention Moore received for the art prompted Gottlieb to reconsider, and they greenlit the project with the modified backglass.
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11	Approximately 3,800 tables were produced, and the majority of them were shipped to Europe without speech support. As such, it's considered something of a rarity in the United States. Fun fact: The pinball table seen in ''Film/WillysWonderland'' is a retrofitted version of this table.
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13	[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Has nothing to do]] with a 2014 {{Retraux}} BeatEmUp of the [[VideoGame/DevilsDare same name]].
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15	!!The ''Devil's Dare'' pinball demonstrates the following tropes:
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17	%%* AlliterativeTitle
18	* BigRedDevil: The Devil, who's large, red, evil-looking, and commands a legion of minor demons.
19	* DemiHuman: The Devil's assorted demons, who have green skin, large dragon wings, pointed tails, and three-toed talon feet (on the males).
20	* EvilEyebrows: The Devil has a pair of evil brow ridges.
21	* FemmeFatalons: The Devil has wickedly curved fingernails.
22	* FireAndBrimstoneHell: The entire playfield is awash in flames.
23	* GoodWingsEvilWings: The green-skinned demons all sport large dragon wings.
24	* HellishPupils: The Devil has green pupils with reptilian slits.
25	* HornedHumanoid: The Devil himself and his attending army of green-skinned followers all have small horns on their heads.
26	* HotAsHell: Doug Watson's [[http://www.ipdb.org/showpic.pl?id=673&picno=46073 original backglass art]] included naked green bat-winged devil girls lounging on the score displays.
27	* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: A mild case; the male green demons have visibly wrinkled wings, bald heads, and three-toed talon feet, while the female demons (on the original backglass art) are beautiful green babes with smooth wings.
28	* TheLegionsOfHell: The various green demons.
29	%%* MachineMonotone
30	%%* NoPlotNoProblem
31	* NonhumansLackAttributes: The green demons lack any sort of genitalia or nipples despite being completely naked.
32	* TakeMyHand: The Devil has this pose on the backglass.
33	%%* SlasherSmile
34	%%* VillainousCheekbones

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