Day of the Tentacle: Difference between revisions

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* [[Badass Mustache]]: The Mustached Tentacle who guards the mansion in the future. Described as a persistent human-hunter.

* [[Bad Dreams]]: Dr. Fred doesn't sleep because he has recurring nightmares of a ruinous business decision he made years ago.

* [[BANG Flag Gun]]: Needed to solve one of the puzzles.

* [["BANG!" Flag Gun]]: Needed to solve one of the puzzles.

* [[Bad Future]]: Tentacles have (somehow) taken over the world, and they keep humans as pets or slaves.

* [[Beard of Evil]]: The Purple Tentacle has one in the future.

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* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: The ten Purple Tentacles blocking the Sludge-O-Matic in the finale are arranged in a manner you need to recognize to work out the solution. {{spoiler|The solution is a bowling ball.}}

* [[Don't Try This At Home|Don't Attempt to Revive a Frozen Hamster in a 20th Century Microwave]]

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The first time the player meets Dwayne, he is attempting to shoot himself in the head. Fortunately, [[BANG Flag Gun|he fails at this just as he fails at everything else in life]].

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The first time the player meets Dwayne, he is attempting to shoot himself in the head. Fortunately, [["BANG!" Flag Gun|he fails at this just as he fails at everything else in life]].

* [[Dual World Gameplay]]: The three characters are in three different time periods and they have to work together to solve the problem.

* [[Efficient Displacement]]: Bernard falls off the roof (for a second time) and leaves a Bernard-shaped hole in the ground.

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* [[Satire]]: All of the Founding Fathers are noticeably different from the way history tends to portray them.

* [[The Seventies]]: Ted's room in the future mansion is filled with 70's objects such as a lava lamp and an Elvis lamp. Ted even wears a leisure suit.

* [[Shout Out]]: Many, as it is customary in [[Lucas Arts]] games. For instance:

* [[Shout-Out]]: Many, as it is customary in [[Lucas Arts]] games. For instance:

** ''[[Star Wars]]'', with a Darth Vader calendar and a Stormtrooper helmet around. The number for the TV shopping channel is 1-800-STARWARS ([[Lucas Arts]]' customer support number at the time).

*** "Help us, Dr. Edison. You're our only hope!"

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* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: Green Tentacle is last seen [[Bound and Gagged|tied up]] and at the mercy of an army of Purple Tentacles.

* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough]]: Dr. Fred tells Laverne and Hoagie that he tied up Purple Tentacle in the basement. Lucky no-one's stupid enough to let him go..... (See [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]].)

* [[With Friends Like These]]: Bernard considers Cousin Ted as his friend, despite Ted being an inanimate mummy. If the player tries to make Bernard harm Ted, he'll refuse by saying this is not the way to treat friends. Yet, {{spoiler|this doesn't prevent him from painting him red, throwing him brutally inside an attic with a rope, and using him like a dummy to pose as Dr. Fred}}.

* [[With Friends Like These...]]: Bernard considers Cousin Ted as his friend, despite Ted being an inanimate mummy. If the player tries to make Bernard harm Ted, he'll refuse by saying this is not the way to treat friends. Yet, {{spoiler|this doesn't prevent him from painting him red, throwing him brutally inside an attic with a rope, and using him like a dummy to pose as Dr. Fred}}.

** You know what they say: it is the mark of true friendship to aid in your friend's wacky schemes to save the world. Ted simply can't refuse to help out, you know?

* [[Worrying for The Wrong Reason]]: Just before Bernard and his friends are sent to the past by Doctor Fred: