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8	! Due to its nature as a sequel, spoilers for ''The Precursor Legacy'' are unmarked. Administrivia/YouHaveBeenWarned.
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10	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/daxter_psp_cover_lite.png]]
11	[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine Half otter. Half weasel. All trouble.]]'']]
12	-> ''"Alright! Everything with more than two legs start trembling!"''
13	--> '''Daxter'''
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15	''Daxter'' is an {{Interquel}} to both ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxterThePrecursorLegacy'' and ''VideoGame/JakIIRenegade''. Released for the Platform/PlayStationPortable in 2006, this game puts players in the shoes of Jak's cowardly sidekick, Daxter. But who said Ottsels couldn't kick butt?
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17	After traveling through an ancient Precursor doorway, Jak and his friends find themselves in a bleak, unfamiliar city. There, he is captured and held hostage by the Krimzon Guard, led by the atrocious Baron Praxis. It's too bad the dictator overlooked a small detail...
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19	Two years after witnessing Jak's capture and narrowly escaping, the little orange ottsel takes a position at a local bug extermination firm in hopes of getting closer to reuniting with his pal. Of course, his fumigation tenure at Kridder Ridder comes with a few hurdles...
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22	!!Tropes Used In Daxter:
23	* ADayInTheLimelight: The game focuses on Daxter's attempts to rescue Jak in Haven City.
24	* BigBad: [[spoiler: Kaeden]].
25	* BigBadDuumvirate: Toward the end of the game, Daxter and Tik run into an averted example involving [[spoiler: Erol and Count Veger]], who are in the middle of a discussion on why a team-up between them isn’t possible, citing [[spoiler: Erol’s experiments with Dark Eco, something Veger cannot tolerate]]. Consequently, this leads to them [[BigBadEnsemble working independently from each other during the events of Jak 3]].
26	* BigCreepyCrawlies: While not all Metal Bugs are physically large, some (Particularly, the ''Altum sonatur'' and Stripe Mine hive queens, as well as [[spoiler: Metal Kaeden]]) absolutely ''dwarf'' human beings, let alone Daxter.
27	* BigRedButton: [[BigBad Kaeden]] presses a switch with one of these to [[spoiler: cause the Kridder Ridder building to explode after finding a bug in there (Daxter’s friend Tik, if you’re wondering) and killing him]].
28	* BugsHeraldEvil: While the insect-like Metal Bugs ''do'' serve as a direct threat during the events of this game, their presence definitely serves as a harbinger to the other Metal Heads getting involved should [[spoiler: Kaeden’s]] plan fail.
29	* CanisLatinicus: The first full-fledged boss, the ''Altum sonatur'' hive queen, derives her name from the phrase “Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum sonatur” (Basically meaning “Whatever anyone says in Latin sounds profound”).
30	* DreamSequence: They are used as mini-games so Daxter can get upgrades.
31	* FamilyBusiness: Kridder Ridder, the last remaining bug-exterminating company in Haven City, is run by Osmo with help from his son Ximon, and founded by the former’s grandfather, the late Ozmar Itchy Drawers III.
32	* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: Kor]], who is [[spoiler: Kaeden's leader]].
33	* {{Interquel}}: The game takes place during the two year gap between ''The Precursor Legacy'' and ''Jak II''.
34	** Pulls double duty by crossing with HowWeGotHere in the form of Daxter regaling his friends with the story of this game's events between ''Jak II'' and ''Jak 3''.
35	* LateArrivalSpoiler: The game already spoils the big reveal of [[spoiler: Kor being a Metal Head]] from ''Jak II'' if you play this game after ''The Precursor Legacy'' but before ''Jak II''.
36	* LighterAndSofter: Than ''Jak II'' and ''Jak 3''. Haven City is brighter and a lot more colorful than in those games, the music is much more upbeat, the swearing is not-existent, there is more humor and quirky characters, and the game focuses more on platforming and melee combat than II and 3.
37	* OldSaveBonus: If the game was connected to a Platform/PlayStation2 with ''VideoGame/JakX'' on the system, you get to unlock bonuses for both games with additional if Daxter has 100% completion.
38	* OneSteveLimit: Osmo’s son (And later Daxter’s good friend) is named Ximon. Near the end of the plot, he and Daxter inadvertently learn from Erol that there is a Krimzon Guard captain, also named Ximon (Rupertikjakmos), who is off-duty during the game’s events, thereby averting this trope.
39	* ShoutOut: The dreams are homages to iconic films from ''Film/TheLordOfTheRingsTheFellowshipOfTheRing'', ''Film/{{Braveheart}}'', ''Film/TheMatrix'', ''Film/TheMatrixReloaded'' and ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''.
40	* UnpronounceableAlias: While it isn’t a character’s alter ego by any means, an attempt by Daxter and Ximon to gain entry into Haven Palace makes a brush with this trope. Specifically, Daxter informs [[TheDragon Erol]] that someone named “Ximon Rupertikjakmos” made a call to clean out a Metal Bug infestation. Although Erol almost denies Daxter entry into the edifice, his reason for doing so is unexpected.
41	-->'''Erol''': Nice try, that call didn't happen. Captain Rupertikjakmos is on leave this month, he couldn't have been the one.
42	* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Said by Daxter after he woke up from his ''Franchise/IndianaJones''-themed dream.
43	* WickedWasps: The Strip Mine Hive Queen, the second true boss, is a dreadfully giant Metal Bug resembling a hornet that terrorizes the Strip Mine until Daxter shows up to defeat her.
44	** Another example would be the rapidly-attacking Flanker mooks.
45	* YourRewardIsClothes: Two of the gold-tier mini game rewards (The ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' and second ''Film/LordOfTheRings'' themed dreams, specifically) equip Daxter with a hat and pants, respectively.

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