Line #9 VideoGame/TroverSavesTheUniverse


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2	''Trover Saves the Universe'' is an ActionAdventure game created by Squanch Games, a new studio formed by Creator/JustinRoiland, the co-creator of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty''. It was released on May 31, 2019 for UsefulNotes/Playstation4, with the [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] version released for June 4th, 2019, and features extensive [=VR=] support. A VR standalone version was released for Platform/OculusQuest on June 28th, 2020.
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4	The game's meta-humour begins with the ''actual'' protagonist being [[AudienceSurrogate an unnamed, unseen Chairorpian, a member of the humanoid species who never leave their seat]], and who puppeteers the titular Trover through the same sort of gamepad you would be using to play the game in real life. You are doing this in order to retrieve the two dogs stolen by Glorkon the Abstainer, who [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext placed them into his eyeholes]] in order to finally gain the power he needs to fulfil his dream of destroying the universe. The other Abstainers are not cool with that, however, and so they provide Chairorpian with Trover, as there's nothing better than an Eyehole Monster for freeing your dogs.
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6	It only gets weirder from there.
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8	In 2021, Creator/ImageComics began publishing a ''ComicBook/TroverSavesTheUniverse'' series written and illustrated by Tess Stone.
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10	!! Tropes present in Trover Saves the Universe:
11	* AerithAndBob: Along with names like Trover, Glorkon, and Doopy Dooper are also completely mundane names like Micheal and George.
12	* AlienBlood: Some of the aliens have this, such as the aliens on the mushroom planet exploding with blue.
13	* AlienCatnip: The power babies are basically drugs to Trover, and even Trover himself admits that.
14	* AlienSky: Some planets have a green sky. [[spoiler:The color of the sky becomes extremely relevant to one level's story.]]
15	* AndYourRewardIsClothes: ...not ''quite''. If you manage to reach HundredPercentCompletion through finding all of the green power babies, the end of the game will have Trover [[spoiler:trigger your controller's rumble pack. At maximum. Helpful hints will be provided on where to hold it.]]
16	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Whenever Trover is jumping, a marker will appear to show where he'll land.
17	* BadWithTheBone: Many of Glorkon's clones fight you with bone swords - as in, they wield a StockFemurBone that doesn't appear to be sharpened at all, with a small version of one acting as a crossguard.
18	* BalloonBelly: Flesh World has a section where you have to feed a FatBastard who continuously demands food. This results in him getting bigger and bigger, [[PopGoesTheHuman until he eventually explodes]].
19	* ButThouMust: All of the sidequests. No matter what you do, you ''will'' wind up trying to rescue pets and recover siblings. [[spoiler:And they are ''always'' going to die.]]
20	** Parodied with [[spoiler:Doopy Dooper, who gives you increasingly silly box-moving tasks, culminating in one that is impossible. The boxes must instead be used as stairs to progress - and you can do this from the beginning, which earns you an achievement.]]
21	* ChargedAttack: One of the power babies grants this ability.
22	* ComicBookAdaptation: In 2021, Creator/ImageComics began publishing a ''ComicBook/TroverSavesTheUniverse'' series written and illustrated by Tess Stone.
23	* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: [[spoiler: The paranoid janitor in the Important Cosmic Jobs DLC spouts ridiculous rantings about conspiracies, all of which are patently ridiculous... unless you've finished the main campaign, in which case the one about everyone being dead and mysteriously ceasing to be in heaven makes a lot more sense...]]
24	* CuttingTheKnot: If you spend enough time trying to solve the tree button puzzle in Schleemy World, Trover will impatiently request you to have him smash the door down.
25	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Most characters will ramble on and on, phrasing the same information differently over and over again if you let them. One almost wonders if the dialogue was written by [[WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls Mojo Jojo]] at times.
26	* DialogueTree: There are moments where you get to answer with yes and no, and the dialogue will branch as a result. There'll also be minor consequences later on in the game.
27	* DoubleJump: One of the skills Trover can get by placing the right power baby into his eyehole.
28	* DullSurprise: Every single character in the game talks with almost no inflection, on top of sometimes even stammering or stuttering when trying to say whatever they have to say. Of course, since this is a Creator/JustinRoiland work, it's deliberately improvisational.
29	* EvenEvilHasStandards: The final boss calls you out for [[spoiler:tearing apart Trover's corpse to disable his puzzle barrier]].
30	-->'''Final Boss''': You gotta be fucking kidding me, you fucking sociopath. You fucking [[spoiler:used your friend's decapitated head to take the shields down around my world merging machine]] - the fuck is matter with you?!
31	* ExpendableClone: Glorkon fully embraces the trope, as most of the enemies you face are his clones of some sort.
32	* {{Expy}}: Trover and his boss have character silhouettes and voices that are almost 1:1 recreations of WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty.
33	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], and ''not'' PlayedForHorror. There seem to be several types of people in this setting who have empty eyesockets (but who seem to somehow be able to see just fine nonetheless), into which certain types of creatures can be inserted in order to gain various powers. It MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext.
34	* FluffyCloudHeaven: [[spoiler:Everyone ends up here when you and Trover accidentally destroy the universe. [[{{Deconstruction}} It's clearly intended to feel weird to the player]] that everyone is guaranteed eternal bliss after death, rendering mortal life meaningless.]]
35	* GenreShift: The Important Cosmic Jobs DLC has no combat, and revolves around more involved puzzle solving and collectible hunting.
36	* GottaCatchEmAll: The green power babies. You need to get every last one of them if you want to see the [[UnlockableContent bonus ending]], but they're not always easy to spot. Prepare to slice through every bush, peek behind all the corners, and stare at the game's environment until your eyes start to cross.
37	* GrievousHarmWithABody: [[spoiler:Your final weapon/tool in the game? ''Trover's severed head.'']]
38	* HostileShowTakeover: Jopo Mode replaces Trover with a random weirdo named Jopo. All instances of Trover's name in dialog are deliberately clumsily replaced with Jopo's. The mode also alters the game's title screen with a piece of paper taped over it, implying that the mode is Jopo's own doing.
39	* KickTheDog: Glorkon mocks the protagonist that using his dogs as a power source hurts them.
40	* LaserBlade: Trover wields what essentially amounts to a purple lightsaber.
41	* LivingBattery: Glorkon kidnapped the dogs so that he can use them in this manner. Trover does the same with the power babies. In both cases, it only works when placed in a being's eyeholes. Moreover, since power babies grant Trover his unique abilities, and he only has two eyeholes, swapping one for the other includes the baby being replaced getting ''eaten'' by the one you put in its stead.
42	* ALongTimeAgoInAGalaxyFarFarAway: It's a universe full of different aliens but no humans or Earth.
43	* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Glorkon's]] motive is to create his "one true love".
44	* MotorMouth: While everyone talks a lot as per usual for a Justin Roiland work, Trover tends be the most guilty with how often he rambles to your character.
45	* NegativeContinuity: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] in the Important Cosmic Jobs DLC, which appears to ignore the main campaign's ending [[spoiler: until the paranoid janitor spouts his theory that everyone's secretly dead, and swears that he was relaxing in a jacuzzi in heaven one moment and back in his crummy job the next.]]
46	* NeverTrustATitle: [[spoiler:Let's just say that the universe winds up as the ''opposite'' of saved. Everyone's okay with this.]]
47	* NoFourthWall: Expect the characters, namely Trover, to point out that they’re in a video game often.
48	* RareCandy: Green power babies add additional hearts to Trover's health bar once enough have been collected.
49	* SadisticChoice: The first level gives you a choice between killing a {{Jerkass}} alien that EatsBabies along with a bunch of pregnant women, or killing an obnoxious, albeit innocent alien who just had his family eaten, all for the sake of retrieving an important crystal. [[spoiler: Then it turns out that the entire choice was pointless as the crystals are scattered around the planet.]]
50	* ShieldBearingMook: Some of Glorkon's clones carry spiky shields.
51	* SirSwearsALot: Pretty much ''everyone'' swears a ton.
52	* StylisticSuck: Most of the dialogue has an uneven delivery, making it sound improved. It's very reminiscent of the "Extradimensional Cable," episodes of ''WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty.''
53	* SwordLines: Purple lines appear through the air whenever Trover swings his weapon. Justified, since it's essentially a purple lightsaber.
54	* TeleportersAndTransporters: The warp pods act as these.
55	* TheWatcher: This is the deal with the Abstainers, who observe everything happening in every reality. They only have this ability when they are together; they lose it when Glorkon goes bad, having [[spoiler:discovered via his Abstainer powers that his ideal lover will never exist unless he makes her exist by forcibly creating her homeworld.]]
56	* ToothyBird: The Abstainers all have teeth, and somewhat resemble birds.
57	* WhatTheHellHero: Some ambiguous dialog at the first upgrade station will lead to Trover killing the upgrade guy's pets instead of the wild monsters he meant, prompting this reaction.
58	* WombLevel: The entirety of Flesh World, obviously.

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