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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 [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 (Music)|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.
* ''Alkaline Trio vs. Hell'' -- The three members of Alkaline Trio get run over while taking [[Rose McGowan]] home from a bar, and show up at the Pearly Gates. There, [[God]] tells then that, if they want a second chance at life, they have to go down into Hell and kill the Prince of Darkness himself, [[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe|Skeletor]]. No, really -- Skeletor, not [[Satan]]. In addition to serving as a standalone game, ''Alkaline Trio vs. Hell'' served as a preview of sorts for the upcoming second game in the series, released later in 2003.
* ''Emogame 2: The Epic Quest Continues'' -- A year after the events of the original game, the cast of ''[[Friends]]'' have [[Evil Diva|formed a band]] so that they could use the combined power of [[MTV]] and [[Subliminal Seduction]] to force a soulless, corporate materialism onto the world, and it's up to our band of plucky emo heroes to save the world from yuppie [[Brainwashing]].
* ''The Anti-Bush Game'' -- Jason Oda created this game in the run-up to the 2004 election in response to what he saw as the [[The War On Straw|corporate greed, warmongering and religious fanaticism]] of the [[George W. Bush]] administration. It features [[Hulk Hogan]], [[Mr. T]] and [[He -Man and Thethe Masters of Thethe Universe|He-Man]] going on a righteous rampage to claim the five keys to activate [[Voltron]] and take down Dubya. Sadly, it looks to have been taken down (perhaps as a result of Bush no longer being in office), as the link to it from the website is [[Dead Link|dead]].
 
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 [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).
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* [[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:
{{quote| '''Geoff:''' Dude, this is boring. Change it.<br />
'''Matt:''' Yeah. I can't believe they canceled the ''[[DawsonsDawson's Creek]]'' marathon for this lame-ass show. }}
* [[Big "Shut Up!"]]: A [[Running Gag]] in the first two games.
* [[Bowdlerize]]: After the anti-Bush game got media attention, a scene with Voltron having sex with the Statue of Liberty was changed to Voltron knocking the statue off its pedestal and taking its place, a scene with [[Ronald Reagan]] mocking his Alzheimers was altered to remove Reagan, and the [[Mandy Moore]] fingerbang minigame was removed.
* [[Brown Note]]: Jeremy Egnik plays music from The Promise Ring's godawful ''Very Emergency'' album in order to prove his claim about emo guys having ovaries.
* [[But You Screw One Goat!]]: The first game features [[Limp Bizkit|Fred Durst]] raping a donkey, while the second has him [[Sequel Escalation|doing so with Puddle of Mudd]] [[Crosses the Line Twice|to form a man-train]].
* [[The Cameo]]: Many, including the characters from ''[[G.I. Joe]]'', Enid and Rebecca from ''[[Ghost World]]'', Pete Wrigley from ''[[The Adventures of Pete and Pete|Pete and Pete]]'', and a truly colossal number of [[Emo (Music)|Emo]] musicians (most of whom are playable characters).
* [[Christian Rock]]: [[Creed]]'s [[Not Christian Rock|tenuous relationship with the genre]] is parodied in the first game. Before fighting them, Scott Stapp asks you if you think it's cool to be a Christian. If you reply yes, then he goes on about how Creed is totally a Christian band. If you reply no, then he denies that Creed is Christian, claiming that "With Arms Wide Open" is about a stripper.
* [[Cut His Heart Out Withwith a Spoon]]: At the start of the first game, Chris threatens to "skull-fuck [Steven Tyler] with [his] huge cock". {{spoiler|And then he actually does it. [[Crosses the Line Twice|And then he marries Steven Tyler's severed head, which is still stuck to his 62-pixel-long dick.]]}}
* [[Do Not Adjust Your Set]]: In the first game, Steven Tyler announces his kidnapping and rape of The Get-Up Kids to the heroes by hacking their TV set. In the second game, Enrique Iglesias tries the same thing, only for them to change the channel.
* [[Emo]]: Of course. Parodied throughout, with the "emo quiz" in the first game and [[The Reveal]] as to what makes guys emo.
* [[Evil Diva]]: The [[Friends]] Theory in the second game is an entire band of them.
* [[George Lucas Throwback]]: The final levels of the two main games (especially the second one) were throwbacks to old-school [[Metroidvania]] games. Most of the third game was going to follow the Metroidvania format, along with a few segments that homaged ''[[Contra]]'' and ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|The Legend of Zelda]]''.
* [[G.I. Joe]]: In ''Alkaline Trio vs. Hell'', you team up with them.
* [[God]]: Appears in the form of Bob Sagat in ''Alkaline Trio vs. Hell''.
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* [[MTV]]: The entire second level of the first game takes place in MTV Studios in [[Big Applesauce|Times Square]], with the [[Boss Battle]] being fought on the ''TRL'' set. The climax of the second game's first level, meanwhile, is set at the Video Music Awards.
* [[New Age Retro Hippie]]: Given a [[Take That]] in the second game. The player character gives a speech to a pair of these, slamming them for using the imagery of the [[The Sixties|'60s counterculture]] as an excuse to smoke weed, sell stuff and not shower.
* [[Nonstandard Game Over]]/[[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything]]: At the end of the second game, you get the opportunity to rename [[Emo (Music)|Emo]]. If you choose a word that would insult the genre (e.g. "shit", "gay", "stupid"), you get a black screen with "game over" in small text.
* [[Outrun the Fireball]]: The end of the second game's second level, where the Mall of America is being blown up.
* [[Double Standard Rape (Male Onon Male)]]: A gag that is used multiple times throughout the series.
* [[The Reveal]]: Why are emo guys emo? Because they have ovaries. These ovaries work to prevent emo from becoming mainstream by causing good emo bands to either break up or start releasing crappy albums (usually around the time of their third album). Jimmy Eat World threw off this balance by having their ovaries removed, allowing them to stay good and successful long enough to become mainstream.
** And emo girls? [[Squick|They have penises.]]
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** The Mandy Moore fingerbang minigame, which gets progressively more complex<ref>a simple push of a button in the first game, moving the mouse up and down in ''Alkaline Trio vs. Hell'', and alternating, and shifting, button presses in the second main game</ref> as the series goes on. Concept art for the third game featured Mandy as a [[Horny Devils|succubus]], meaning that the gag likely would have continued.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: In the second game, Brett Detar is one of these, tagging along with the group until they can admit that they wish they were as cool as he is.
* [[Take That]]: The games sling tons of them at every target in [[The Nineties|late-'90s]]/[[Turn of the Millennium|early-2000s]] popular culture, including ''[[American Idol]]'', [[MTV]], Hot Topic, [[Point and Laugh Show|point-and-laugh]] [[Talk Show|talk shows]], SUVs, pop music, [[Reality TV]] and, of course, [[Emo (Music)|Emo]]. ''The Anti-Bush Game'' is also a pair of giant middle fingers raised at [[Strawman Political|the right wing of American politics]].
** The demo for the third game included jabs at iPods and [[Friending Network|friending networks]].
* [[Unintentional Period Piece]]: Playing these games is like stepping back in time to 2002-03, what with all the pop culture references, '80s kid show nostalgia, [[Emo (Music)|Emo]] treading the line between "underground" and "mainstream", and [[MTV]] [[Network Decay|still, at the very least, basing its reputation around music videos]].
** The fact that the third game had become one of these to the mid-'00s, [[Vaporware|before it had been released and after that period of time had passed]], ultimately led Jason Oda to cancel it.
* [[Vaporware]]: ''Super Emogame III''.
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* [[Weapon of Choice]] / [[Abnormal Ammo]]: All of the characters throw seven-inch EPs at enemies.
** In the anti-Bush game, they flow American flag stars.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: Some of the concept art for the third game showed an [[Murder Simulators|ultraviolent]] ''[[Grand Theft Auto]]'' parody (''Grand Theft Omaha'' -- [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000|the most violenterest level eva!]]), levels that homaged ''[[The Legend of Zelda (Franchise)|Zelda]]'' and ''[[Contra]]'', the main characters battling in [[After the End|a post-apocalyptic world]], and a boss fight against [[Ashlee Simpson]], who is [[Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever|mutated into a giant spider]].
* [[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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