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''" [[Mineral MacGuffin|Skittles are the source of all magic]] (Fancy you not knowing that!) and gathering them is vital to erase the darkness on Lynlora's sky. So our protagonist, [[Meaningful Name|Skye]], [[Jumped At the Call|sets off on a quest]] to return the rainbow to Lynlora, thereby returning Skittles and magic along with it."'' |
''" [[Mineral MacGuffin|Skittles are the source of all magic]] (Fancy you not knowing that!) and gathering them is vital to erase the darkness on Lynlora's sky. So our protagonist, [[Meaningful Name|Skye]], [[Jumped At the Call|sets off on a quest]] to return the rainbow to Lynlora, thereby returning Skittles and magic along with it."'' |
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As you probably have already guessed ''Darkened Skye'' is an [[Merchandise |
As you probably have already guessed ''Darkened Skye'' is an [[Merchandise-Driven|advergame]] (released for [[Game Cube]] and PC) to promote Skittles candies. [[So OK Its Average|The game is generally considered average]], with not that great of a gameplay, fuzzy controls, unwieldy animations, and occasional bugs. What makes the game worth playing is that the company gave [[Protection From Editors|the producers full-freedom]], so the writing team was in [[Stealth Parody|active revolt over the fact that they were making such a game]]—the writing is patently hilarious and so tongue-in-cheek that to this day all they can taste is teeth. |
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* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: The [[Big Bad]] as lampshaded by Draak: |
* [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|He Whose Face May Not Be Glimpsed]]: The [[Big Bad]] as lampshaded by Draak: |
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{{quote| Let's just say he-whose-face-may-not-be-glimpsed and I have ''issues''!}} |
{{quote| Let's just say he-whose-face-may-not-be-glimpsed and I have ''issues''!}} |
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* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: [[Aladdin (Disney)|Princess Jasmine]] tends sheep? |
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* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: The hitboxes usually didn't have much to do with the models...always to your considerable disadvantage. |
* [[Hitbox Dissonance]]: The hitboxes usually didn't have much to do with the models...always to your considerable disadvantage. |
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* [[Idle Animation]]: Leave Skye standing for a few moments and she'll start doing a few things, like stretching her arms out, or examining her staff and then polishing it. |
* [[Idle Animation]]: Leave Skye standing for a few moments and she'll start doing a few things, like stretching her arms out, or examining her staff and then polishing it. |
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* [[Intangible Man]]: Dorian, who appears out of nowhere every now and then to advise Skye. {{spoiler|[[Was Once a Man|He actually became Draak]], but one of Skye's spells keeps conjuring his true form}}. |
* [[Intangible Man]]: Dorian, who appears out of nowhere every now and then to advise Skye. {{spoiler|[[Was Once a Man|He actually became Draak]], but one of Skye's spells keeps conjuring his true form}}. |
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* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Skye, if you rotate the view and see her front while she's running. |
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: Skye, if you rotate the view and see her front while she's running. |
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* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]]'s [[The Dragon|right-hand-man]], who turns out to be Skye's Father, who betrayed Skye's mother after being [[Drunk On the Dark Side|seduced by magic]].}} |
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The [[Big Bad]]'s [[The Dragon|right-hand-man]], who turns out to be Skye's Father, who betrayed Skye's mother after being [[Drunk On the Dark Side|seduced by magic]].}} |
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* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]: The [[Big Bad]] of the game aka Necroth, who turns out to be a {{spoiler|[[Pint |
* [[The Man Behind the Curtain]]: The [[Big Bad]] of the game aka Necroth, who turns out to be a {{spoiler|[[Pint-Sized Powerhouse]] such that Skye has to shrink herself in order to deal with him}}. |
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* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: The Skittles, which are the source of all magical power. |
* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: The Skittles, which are the source of all magical power. |
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* [[Missing Mom]]: Skye's mother, Mariama, who, as far as Skye knows, is just a merchant. She is {{spoiler|actually the leader of the [[La Résistance|rebelling forces]] against the [[Big Bad]], and now a prisoner of the [[Big Bad]]}}. |
* [[Missing Mom]]: Skye's mother, Mariama, who, as far as Skye knows, is just a merchant. She is {{spoiler|actually the leader of the [[La Résistance|rebelling forces]] against the [[Big Bad]], and now a prisoner of the [[Big Bad]]}}. |
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* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: {{spoiler|The vampires in the Gargoyle Realm can only be stopped either by trapping them in their respective caskets with garlic, or using a new spell (obtained in the next level) that kills the undead.}} |
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: {{spoiler|The vampires in the Gargoyle Realm can only be stopped either by trapping them in their respective caskets with garlic, or using a new spell (obtained in the next level) that kills the undead.}} |
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* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Draak, who's some kind of little gargoyle thing. |
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* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: The 3rd soundtrack of the Ogmire world. |
* [[Ominous Latin Chanting]]: The 3rd soundtrack of the Ogmire world. |
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* [[Plant Person]]: {{spoiler|Orlina, the <s>Pancreas</s> Heart of the Forest in Ogmire, who is so depressed she needs to be healed using [[Magic Music|musical bugs]].}} |
* [[Plant Person]]: {{spoiler|Orlina, the <s>Pancreas</s> Heart of the Forest in Ogmire, who is so depressed she needs to be healed using [[Magic Music|musical bugs]].}} |
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* [[Was Once a Man]]: {{spoiler|Draak was originally Dorian, the Gargoyle Steward, who was punished by being turned into a mini-gargoyle after the real Gargoyles were [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] by the [[Big Bad]]. He becomes human again after Skye de-petrifies the Gargoyles.}} |
* [[Was Once a Man]]: {{spoiler|Draak was originally Dorian, the Gargoyle Steward, who was punished by being turned into a mini-gargoyle after the real Gargoyles were [[Taken for Granite|turned to stone]] by the [[Big Bad]]. He becomes human again after Skye de-petrifies the Gargoyles.}} |
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** {{spoiler|Also Skye's Father before he became [[The Dragon]] and a [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]].}} |
** {{spoiler|Also Skye's Father before he became [[The Dragon]] and a [[Voluntary Shapeshifter]].}} |
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* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs]] |
* [[What Do You Mean It Wasn't Made On Drugs?]] |
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