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The series didn't last very long before falling to the wayside, mostly because they didn't quite live up to the popularity of Humongous' other games. Indeed, they are not as well remembered as the point-and-click [[Adventure Games]] or the [[Backyard Sports]]. That said, they still have their own following in the Humongous fanbase.

* [[Compilation Rerelease]]: The games were repackaged into the "Junior Field Trips Collection" in 1997, two years after their initial releases.

* [[Dummied Out]]:

** ''Let's Explore the Airport''

*** The game has [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHImE6WEnn8 several] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUDjAoFj5do unused] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnbLkfku7TE scenes] that can be triggered by adding "Attitude=1" to the game's INI file. The most popular is Buzzy burping, followed by him saying, "Now ''that's'' a lotta gas!''

* [[Holiday Mode]]: All three of the games have special things set for if you have a birthday entered in the INI file (explained in the help file), but ''Let's Explore the Farm'' takes it a step further and has special things set for Halloween and Independence day. On Halloween, you will see a Jack-o-Lantern in front of the farmer's home, and on the Fourth of July, the farmer's chimney shoots fireworks.

* [[In-Series Nickname]]: Two of them. They often just referred to them as ''The [Location]'' and the Junior Field Trips.

* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: Lost Luggage in ''The Airport'' takes this to an extreme in Level 99. There are several chutes all of the same type, where if you put a suitcase down one it could come out of any of the other five. It gets even worse when you see how not only is the chute they come out of random, but the direction they come out is random too. [[Kick the Dog|There is no way to stop a suitcase from going into the wrong colored basket if it doesn't go your way.]] [[Fake Difficulty|The odds are stacked against you in every conceivable way]], making it nigh-impossible to beat it. If you actually do manage to beat it, you get sent back to Level 1.

* [[Pop Up Video Games]]: One of the main gimmicks.

* [[Shout-Out]]: '''So many.''' ''The Airport'' seemed to be the most fond of this, especially in the waiting room:

** "Paging Mr. [[Where's Waldo|Waldo]], Mr. Waldo, where are you?"

** "Would the owner of a [[Fatty Bear|teddy bear with red overalls]] please come to the Lost and Found?"

* [[Technology Marches On]]: Many airplanes featured in ''The Airport'' are long gone from airlines. Also, airports have vastly evolved since the game's initial release; the security is much different, for example.

 

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