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* [[Blind Idiot Translation]]: There are a lot of fake "bad translation" elements; "Gun" is always pluralized as "gun's", and people who use "gun's" are "gun'sbrasters", because they can "brast" things out of their "gun's".
* [[Bonus Boss]]: Ghastly Darklord.
* [[Boring but Practical]]: Charles' Double Team is one of the first moves you have access to, isn't too flashy, but is easily one of the most damaging moves he has in his arsenal as well as one of the least expensive to use, especially after acquiring the [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword|Infinity Plus One B-Ball]]. The same applies to Hoopz as well, as his Gun's Slay inflicts way more damage than Trickgun Assault, and costs three times as less.
* [[Buffy -Speak]]: "Quit Vidcon? Yeah/Nah"
* [[But Thou Must]]: Lampshaded at least once, when an NPC tells you he could tell you were a friend and if you'd answered "foe" he wouldn't have believed you.
** Another exchange: "Will you promise to kill raffleson?" "Nah" "Saying no is simply not an option!" (Despite that you hardly know who Raffleson or the guy telling you to kill him are).
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* [[Crutch Character]]: Don't get too used to Vinceborg's uncanny ability to kill entire waves of enemies with his [[Eye Beams]].
* [[Crystal Dragon Jesus]]: Clispaeth.
* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] \ [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: The Chaos Dunk.
* {{spoiler|[[Dating Sim]]}} (Good lord) Applebottoms.
* [[Depending On the Artist]]: Within ''the same game'', many characters are depicted as looking radically different in their different sprites. Between Balthios's portrait, overworld, and battle sprites, his hair goes from [[White -Haired Pretty Boy|long and white]] to short and black to short and white, respectively. Also, Hoopz's overworld sprites look nothing like how he does in-battle and in his portrait. Put simply, Cyberdwarf is the ''only'' character who has any degree of correlation between sprites and picture. Invoked from the start, where Hoopz turns into the "generic basketball player" sprite and back when showing Barkley his skills.
* [[Developers Room]]: {{spoiler|It's located in scenic Hell.}}
* [[Development Hell]]: Years have passed since this game came out, and Episode 2 ''still'' doesn't exist. Given all the other jokes at video gaming's expense, this is probably deliberate.
* [[The Dragon]]: Michael Jordan.
* [[Dual -Wielding]]: Eventually Charles learns to dual-wield basketballs by double-dribbling, allowing him to perform normal attacks twice in a row and doubling his power.
* [[Duel to The Death]]/[[Duel Boss]]: Barkley v. Jordan.
* Easter Egg: Jordan's theme is {{spoiler|Sweet Georgia Brown}}, just in a minor key and played slowly on a synthesizer.
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* [[Enemy Without]]: {{spoiler|Shadow Barkley}}.
* [[Everything Fades]]/[[Stuff Blowing Up]]: Dying enemies randomly choose between the two.
* [[EverythingsEverything's Better With Dinosaurs]]: {{spoiler|Shadow Barkley's true form is... Charles's head on Diablo from ''[[Primal Rage]]''.}}
* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Vinceborg}}.
* [[Fallen Hero]]: Michael Jordan plays this role, especially given that ''[[Space Jam (Film)|Space Jam]]'' is considered canon.
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* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: "Vidcons, dad."
* [[Infant Immortality]]: {{spoiler|Hoopz during the Chaos Dunk.}}
* [[Infinity Plus One+1 Sword]]: Shimmerglobe.
** Also, {{spoiler|after obtaining both the Hell B-Ball and Shimmerglobe, Barkley will [[Dual Wield]] them.}}
* [[Inn Security]]: {{spoiler|If you rest in the nearby inn after defeating Ghost Dad, he will come to you and thank you for helping him rest in peace.}}
* [[Informed Ability]] - Barkley can supposedly perform the Verboten Jam and the Chaos Dunk, but never actually does it during gameplay. (Given what the Chaos Dunk [[Weapon of Mass Destruction|does]], he might simply refuse to use it in combat despite being capable of it.) {{spoiler|Shadow Barkley}} does use the Verboten Jam against you when you fight him, having no moral qualms with it, unlike Barkley. It is a [[One -Hit Kill]] on anyone it hits regardless of equipment or stats, making it [[Gameplay and Story Integration|actually as powerful as you are told]].
** Actually, reading the descriptions of some of Barkley's abilities during combat would imply that all of Barkley's special moves are Verboten Jams, which would make it more of a fighting style than a single special move.
*** The term seems to be used inconsistently in homage to badly translated JRPGs.
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* [[Never Got to Say Goodbye]]
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: If you quit and restart the game after losing money gambling, the gambler will come up to you, take all your money, and auto-save the game.
* [[Non -Indicative Name]]: The soundtrack's metadata is full of vaguely obscene, badly typed nonsense, most of which has nothing to do with the music at all (with a few exceptions like '[[Blatant Lies|Hilarious]] [[Dark Reprise|Georgia Brown]]', [[Blue Dragon|'jesus christ the guy from deep purple sang this']], and the simply titled [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|'sad']]).
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]: Hell. Also, the normal game over screen does not make any sense at all.
** {{spoiler|Kurt Cobain}}
* [[No Time to Explain]]: The cyberdwarf says this about taking Hoops to the church. However, before doing that you do have time to complete an unrelated dungeon.
* [[One -Winged Angel]]: The final boss's second form. The less said about it, the better. Also, the first form is {{spoiler|a literal example... which is a reskin of the final form of [[Final Fantasy VI|Kefka]].}}
* [[Only Sane Man]]: Barkley frequently comes off as this, and when he's doing something insane, Balthios takes the role.
* [[Our Demons Are Different|Our Delmons Are Different]]: They differ from ''demons'' because they can use the [[Final Fantasy VIII|Junction System]], while demons get a "Level 2 Imp Summon".
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* [[Sword of Plot Advancement]]: The Hell B-Ball.
* [[Tagline]]: [[Final Fantasy IX|You don't need a reason to help people.]] Are you ready to slamjam? Also, "If you can't slam with the best, then jam with the rest" and "This game is canon".
* [[Take That]]: Among other things, it mocks [[Fan Dumb]], [["Stop Having Fun!" Guys]], [[Furry Fandom]], and the [[Otaku]] subculture.
* [[Take Your Time]]: There's no urgency to find the diabetes cure for Hoopz.
* [[Theme Music Power -Up]]: The first phase of the final boss fight is a [[Title Theme Drop]], which is a remix of the theme from ''[[Space Jam (Film)|Space Jam]]''. A riff can also be heard during Charles's flashback to the first Chaos Dunk.
* [[Too Awesome to Use]]: The {{spoiler|Golden Potato, acquired from the optional Ghastly Darklord boss, which does enormous damage to enemies but can only be used once.}}
* [[Trademark Favourite Food]]: Duergars rely entirely on Dunkaroos and chemical potions for sustenance.
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