Line #3 VideoGame/ScrapLand


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/scrapland_game.png]]
2	''American [=McGee=] Presents Scrapland'' is a game produced by American [=McGee=], right after his more well-known work ''VideoGame/AmericanMcGeesAlice'', developed by Creator/MercurySteam, and published by Enlight Software and Creator/DeepSilver. It was first released on [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in November of 2004, and on the Platform/{{Xbox}} in 2005.
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4	In this game, you play as D-Tritus Debris, a literally self-made robot who has recently come to the planet Scrapland, and its capital city of Chimera. As soon as he arrives, his matrix is entered into The Great Database, a massive machine that revives any robot that dies, and is assigned a job as a reporter. No sooner does any of this happen than something unthinkable occurs. The Archbishop of Chimera is murdered... and his matrix has been removed from The Great Database, [[KilledOffForReal meaning he can't be revived]]. After this, D-Tritus is contacted by a mysterious robot, who knows that there's more to The Archbishop's murder than what is believed. From there, D-Tritus soon finds himself caught up in a huge conspiracy.
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6	In April 2021, [[https://twitter.com/Enric_Alvarez/status/1387433580427681794 MercurySteam co-founder Enric Alvarez confirmed on Twitter]] that the studio was remastering it for modern [=PCs=]. The remaster was released on December 13, 2021.
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8	!!''American [=McGee=] Presents Scrapland'' contains examples of the following tropes:
9	* AfterTheEnd: Scrapland is actually planet Earth, which has been polluted to the point it can no longer sustain life. After humanity left, only the robots remained. Said robots then built their own society out of the junk and scrap the humans left behind. Hence the name "Scrapland".
10	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Several high-ranking robots in Chimera are murdered over the course of the game in this manner.
11	** The Archbishop has his hot tub heated to boiling levels while he's in it, and when he tries to get out, [[NeckSnap something grabs his head and twists it so his neck snaps]].
12	** [[spoiler:The Chief of Police is weightlifting in his room, when the killer grabs his barbell and forces it downward, snapping his arms in half. Then it takes one end of the barbell and brings it down on his head, crushing it off his body.]]
13	** [[spoiler:The Mayor is shoved legs-first into his own shredding machine.]]
14	%%* {{Cyberpunk}}
15	* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Thanks to The Great Database, any robot that dies can come back to life so long as their matrix is in it.
16	* FantasticRacism: The robots of Scrapland LOATHE humans. This does not bode well for Bill when he arrives.
17	* GrandTheftMe: After D-Tritus is given a program that allows him to hack The Great Database, he's able to overwrite any robot he chooses (except for The Boss and Humphrey), basically using their bodies as if they were his own.
18	* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Vicus]] is killed because he was willing to share the evidence of The Archbishop's murder with D-Tritus.
19	* JustifiedExtraLives: The Great Database revives any robot that dies. You have to pay Bishops to give you extra lives so you don't revive in a holding cell at the police station.
20	* KilledOffForReal: Happens to any robot whose matrix is removed from The Great Database.
21	* PocketDimension: One exists inside The Great Database. It's where the matrix of every robot in Chimera is kept.
22	* RobotRepublic: Chimera is populated and run entirely by robots.
23	* TheScapegoat: As soon as Bill arrives on Scrapland, he's immediately arrested and blamed for all the murders.
24	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Betty is the only female robot in Scrapland.
25	%%* TokenHuman: Bill.
26	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Archbishop, [[spoiler:the Chief of Police, and The Mayor]] are all murdered while their matrixes aren't present in The Great Database, preventing their resurrection. It's mentioned that a robot's matrix is indestructible, so it could still be possible to locate their matrixes and re-insert them. However, even at the end of the game, it's never addressed.

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