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''[[Emo Game]]'' is a series of free [[Adobe Flash|Flash]] games made by Jason Oda between 2002 and 2004. All of them can be accessed and played [https://web.archive.org/web/20131206195904/http://www.emogame.com/ here.] There are four games in the series:
* ''Emogame 1: A Get-Up Kidnapping!'' -- The original, released in 2002. The emo band The Get-Up Kids gets kidnapped by [[Aerosmith|Steven Tyler]] to be sodomized in his dungeon, and a group of [[Emo]] rockers set out to save them, going on an adventure through [[Suburbia]], [[MTV]] Studios and Steven Tyler's dimension of evil that reveals the true origin of emo kids.
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The games are [[George Lucas Throwback|16-bit-style]], action-adventure side scrollers that parody both popular culture and the [[Emo Music|Emo]] music scene. Most of the humor is derived from its over-the-top portrayal of media figures and TV shows, as well as in-jokes for emo fans, [[Shout-Out|shout outs]] to [[The Eighties|'80s]] and [[The Nineties|'90s]] kids shows, and its willingness to [[Crosses the Line Twice|cross every line of decency]] to make the player laugh.
A third game in the series, titled ''Super Emogame III'', was announced in early 2005, and was originally planned for a 2006 release. Updates were released on occasion (including a demo), and it was planned to be on a music CD that would be available through the website. It has since entered the status of [[Vaporware]], with Jason Oda putting a notice on his website saying that, with the game an incomplete mess with [[Unintentional Period Piece|mostly outdated humor]], it will probably never see the light of day. The game's site used to be accessible [https://web.archive.org/web/20100227085552/http://superemogame.com/v1/ here] for a look at [[What Could Have Been]], but sadly, it's down (and the Wayback Machine doesn't work with its Flash-heavy page).
Jason Oda is still making games, which can be viewed through his website, [http://starvingeyes.com/ Starving Eyes].
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* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[Jimmy Eat World]] in the first game. The reason they had for removing their ovaries ([[It Makes Sense in Context|just go with it]]) actually makes sense -- they wanted to keep making good music without breaking up, even if it meant making emo mainstream. The player character's criticism of them basically boils down to "[[It's Popular, Now It Sucks]]" more than anything -- he even grudgingly acknowledges that the music is still good, and that the only reason he doesn't like it is because of the airplay it gets. Of course, knowing this game, this was most likely intended as a parody of elitist music fans who think that music can't be both popular and good at the same time.
* [[Bait and Switch]]: The second game looks like it's going to recycle the plot of the first game, with Enrique Iglesias [[Do Not Adjust Your Set|hacking into the TV set]] to announce that he has kidnapped the band Saves the Day to rape them. A few seconds later, the people watching reply:
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'''Matt:''' Yeah. I can't believe they canceled the ''[[Dawson's Creek]]'' marathon for this lame-ass show. }}
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the first two games.
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* [[What the Hell, Player?]]: In the first game, if you engage in the [[Hot Coffee Minigame]] with an [[Jail Bait|underage]] Mandy Moore, [[Schmuck Bait|you get arrested for statutory rape]] (represented by your currently-selected character dying).
* [[Who Writes This Crap?]]: Shortly before facing [[Creed]] in their shit helicopter, the player character remarks:
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* [[Writing Around Trademarks]] / [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]]: ''Gloriously'' averted, with TV shows, brand names and celebrities being called out and [[Take That|skewered]] by name. It's a wonder that Jason Oda not only hasn't been sued, but is now being hired to make advergames for many of these companies.
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