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* [[Truth in Television]]: This trope is the very ''reason'' why beta testing a new unreleased game is an absolute necessity! |
* [[Truth in Television]]: This trope is the very ''reason'' why beta testing a new unreleased game is an absolute necessity! |
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* In ''[[Space Ace]]'', the [[Big Bad]], Commander Borf, has invented an "Infanto Ray", which he plans to use to turn all the residents of Earth into infants, making the planet much easier to conquer. But when he uses it on the hero (before the events of the game) it malfunctions, proving to be somewhat of a boon for Ace as he can switch from his muscular adult self to his teenage, geeky self (more useful than it seems) whenever he wants. The [[Saturday Supercade|animated adaptation]] even has [[The Dragon]] tell Borf the weapon is not ready to be used on humans yet, and a big part of the plot revolves around him trying to perfect it. |
* In ''[[Space Ace]]'', the [[Big Bad]], Commander Borf, has invented an "Infanto Ray", which he plans to use to turn all the residents of Earth into infants, making the planet much easier to conquer. But when he uses it on the hero (before the events of the game) it malfunctions, proving to be somewhat of a boon for Ace as he can switch from his muscular adult self to his teenage, geeky self (more useful than it seems) whenever he wants. The [[Saturday Supercade|animated adaptation]] even has [[The Dragon]] tell Borf the weapon is not ready to be used on humans yet, and a big part of the plot revolves around him trying to perfect it. |
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* In ''[[Pokémon]]'' Porygon is an artificial Pokemon who can travel through cyberspace. While the base form seems to be a success, the Upgrade item - used to evolve it into Porygon2 - was intended to make it capable of space travel, but this seems to be flawed. Porygon2 cannot fly (which severely limits its purpose) and may exhibit motions that were not programmed. The Sword and Shield PokeDex claims it “began using a strange language that only other Porygon2 understand” while the Black and White dex simply says it “failed to measure up.” |
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** The Dubious Disk can be used to evolve it further into Porygon Z, a version intended for extra dimensional travel (possibly the Distortion World, which appears in the Gen IV, the same era where Porygon Z made its debut), but it seems this version is flawed too. Most PokeDex entries on it take note of its “strange” or “odd” behavior, one version claiming it was a failure and another blaming the error on “the incompetence of the engineer who updated its programming.” |
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== Web Comics == |
== Web Comics == |
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