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3[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{Tagline}} It's fast. It's furious. AND IT FIGHTS BACK!]]'']]
4->''"Now you die, comrade!"''
5-->-- '''General Yagov'''
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7''F-14 Tomcat'' is a 1987 pinball game designed by Creator/SteveRitchie, programmed by Creator/EugeneJarvis, and released by Creator/WilliamsElectronics.
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9As a pilot of the Navy's F-14 Tomcat, nicknamed "Hitman", your goal is to engage and destroy the evil Russian General Yagov and his fleet. Shoot down all seven of his planes, then defeat the maniacal Yagov himself. But stay on your guard -- you'll need your best reflexes to fight off the Yagov Kicker, which suddenly launches pinballs straight down your flippers. Lock three balls to start a four-ball multiball blitz, then make three safe landings on the Launch Ramp to collect the jackpot. For even higher scores, get a Hot Streak going to build the bonus multiplier, then spell TOMCAT to collect the Hot Streak Bonus.
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11''F-14 Tomcat'' is noted for being the first pinball game to include a ball save feature, referred to in this game as "Flight Insurance".
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13A digital version of ''F-14 Tomcat'' was available on ''VideoGame/ThePinballArcade'' before the license to all Williams/Bally tables expired on July 1, 2018.
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15!!''F-14 Tomcat'' demonstrates the following tropes:
16%%* AcePilot: "Hitman".
17%%* AngryFistShake: Yagov does this on the playfield.
18* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The "Flight Insurance" ball-saver, the first of its kind in pinball, activates briefly whenever the kickback on the left is shot (and also for a period of time at the beginning of the final ball if you have done poorly). This was put in just in case the ball jumps the flippers when kicked by that Yagov Kicker, which is known to happen.
19* BeardOfEvil: General Yagov, the BigBad, is depicted with a beard on the upper playfield.
20%%* BigNo: General Yagov yells this when you defeat him.
21* TheComputerShallTauntYou: Yagov frequently taunts "Hitman" -- and, by proxy, the player.
22-->'''Yagov:''' You can't win!
23%%* CoolPlane
24%%* ExcusePlot
25%%* EvilLaugh: Yagov's got a memorable one.
26* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Even after killing Yagov, he'll still taunt you if you lose the ball under certain circumstances. Perhaps it's his spirit messing with "Hitman" out of spite?
27* GloriousMotherRussia: General Yagov and his men are stereotypical Soviet Russia antagonists pitted against the PlayerCharacter, who's a member of the United States Navy. The playfield art depicts one member of the enemy squadron [[EvilLaugh laughing maniacally]] near a hammer and sickle, while losing the ball down the outlanes plays a Russian-sounding tune [[TheComputerShallTauntYou as a form of mockery]].
28* GoodColorsEvilColors: On the playfield, "Hitman" is dressed entirely in white, while Yagov wears a dark-green flight jacket and a black helmet.
29* HairMetal: The soundtrack revels in its loud, bombastic, party-hard heavy-metal roots.
30* HaveANiceDeath:
31** When you drain the ball down the outlanes, a Russian jingle plays, ending with Yagov shouting, "[[ThatRussianSquatDance HEY!]]"
32** Losing your final ball prompts a special soundbite to play depending on where it falls:
33*** If the ball drains down the middle, Yagov taunts you directly.
34-->'''General Yagov''': "Now you die-die-die-die-DIE! Ah ha ha ha ha!"
35*** If the ball heads down the outlanes, "Hitman" audibly dies.
36-->'''Hitman:''' I'm hit! I-I-I-I-I ''[explosion]''
37* LargeHam: Yagov's voice actor[[note]]Creator/MarkRitchie[[/note]] delivers his lines in a markedly over-the-top fashion.
38* MadLibsDialogue: A variant. Once the Release is lit, some of the dialogue is pieced together from other voice clips in the game.
39-->'''Hitman:''' I can't -- lock on.
40* MilitaryAlphabet: Yagov's forces are identified as Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Fox, and Golf, followed by Yagov himself.
41* MirroredConfrontationShot: [[PlayerCharacter "Hitman"]] and [[BigBad Yagov]] face each other on the upper playfield.
42* OneManArmy: "Hitman" fights General Yagov and his men alone.
43* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: The player character is only identified as "Hitman".
44%%* ProgressiveJackpot
45* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The high-score music is the U.S. Navy anthem "Anchors Aweigh". Making a safe landing during multiball plays the last two measures of the same song.
46%%* RatedMForManly
47* ScoreMultiplier: Hitting the gates above the inlanes and shooting the upper orbit raises the bonus multiplier.
48* SpellingBonus: Spell T-O-M-C-A-T to light the locks for multiball.
49* StuffBlowingUp: In addition to all the explosions in the game, hitting the flippers before launching a ball causes the game to light the flashers and play more explosions.
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