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''[[Full Throttle]]'' was a SCUMM based LucasArts adventure game released in 1995, set in a futuristic world somewhat reminiscent of ''[[Mad Max]]'' and focusing on the [[Badass Biker]] Ben Throttle, leader of the motorcycle gang "The Polecats". After unexpectedly making friends with Corley Motors CEO Malcom Corley while resting at The Kickstand (a biker bar), he's taken out back by Corley's vice-president and confidant, Adrian Ripburger. Ripburger offers him and the Polecats a job to escort the limo to the annual shareholders meeting, but Ben declines out of pride. Faster than you can say "[[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]", Ripburger has Ben knocked out by his private thugs and chucks him in a dumpster, tricking the Polecats into following along with the escort. Ben attempts pursuit to make up for lost time, expecting an ambush for his gang, but finds his bike sabotaged and brutally wrecked on the highway. When he wakes up, he finds he's in a small mechanic's shop belonging to toaster repairman Maureen. She offers to fix his bike for free, as a favor, and also for the pleasure of working on a bike for the first time in a long while. But Ben quickly learns that things are not so simple, as his pursuit of Ripburger and his friendship with Maureen lead him into a greater conspiracy than he realized.

The first solo project of legendary game developer [[Tim Schafer]], ''[[Full Throttle]]'' features more of Schafer's sharp wit and love of heavy metal. It also had full voice acting and at-the-time revolutionary 3D rendering for the biker sequences. In addition, it was the only [[Lucas ArtsLucasArts]] game to make extensive use of licensed music, in this case by "authentic biker" metal band The Gone Jackals. While mostly an adventure game, it also splices in action-based bike fights during the driving sequences. The game is also notoriously short, even by adventure game standards, able to be completed in 10 hours even if you ''don't'' hurry. The game still has a cult following to this day.

* [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]] -: Combine this with [[Badass Biker]] and use liberally for the entire game.

* [[The Bartender]] -: The bartender at The Kickstand has a large nose ring he got on a dare and apparently took an art class. Ben also hits him up for info a few times (literally hitting him the first time).

* [[Biker Babe]] -: The Vultures have several of these as members, {{spoiler|one of whom is Maureen}}.

* [[Bittersweet Ending]] - : {{spoiler|Maureen rightfully inherits her father's company, and Ben and the Polecats are cleared, but Maureen must trade her free biker life for that of a restricted corporate executive... which also [[Did Not Get the Girl|costs her a budding relationship with Ben]], who is last seen leaving her and riding off on his bike.}}.

* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]] -: Ben was knocked out and his unconscious body thrown in the dumpster out back. Then the player can kick the dumpster, thus violating about every single safety warning on the dumpster within the first couple minutes of gameplay.

* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]] -: The Tire Iron.

* [[Clear My Name]] -: About halfway through the plot, Ben and the Polecats are framed for {{spoiler|Malcom Corley's}} murder.

* [[Cool Old Guy]] -: Father Torque;, but you can't beat Malcom Corley. [[Talking to Himself|Both of whom are voiced by the same guy!]]

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]] -: Adrian Ripburger. See also [[Evil Chancellor]] below.

* [[Cozy Catastrophe]] -: Implied, even [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN_SxiP6RZ0 lampshaded], though never really stated. The "Apocalypse" really just got rid of all the annoying authority figures so everyone could ride around on motorcycles looking badass.

* [[Faking the Dead]] -: A mission at the end of the game requires that Ben and Maureen fake their own deaths to Ripburger in order to lure him out of hiding.

* [[False Reassurance]] -: Ripburger sneaks a hint about [[Klingon Promotion|his plans]] in the opening scene. To his credit, his tone sounds more like 'indignant denial' than [[Sarcastic Confession]].

{{quote| '''Corley''': I know your plan, Ripburger. You're waiting for me to die so you can take over my company!<br />

'''Ripburger''': *Chuckling* Sir, that's horrible... I am ''not'' waiting for you to die! }}

* [[Five-Finger Fillet]] -: A hidden minigame.

* [[Genius Bruiser]] -: Several of those bikers are both very [[Badass]] and ''frighteningly'' smart people, not least Ben.

* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]] -: There's a hidden cave you can't get into without some special goggles, stolen from a rival biker. It's also the one case where the v button above cannot be used, [[Guide Dang It|as the biker must be defeated with a certain weapon to get the goggles.]]

{{quote| "This is your moment to shine!"<br />

"We really should put him out--but what a show, huh?" }}

* [[Intrepid Reporter]] -: Miranda; semi-subverted in that [[All There in the Manual|she feels ashamed when she shows signs of humanity]].

* [[Karmic Death]] -: {{spoiler|The crux of Ripberger's plan is his savage beating of Malcom Corley. In the game's finale, Ripburger falls to his death when, after attempting to kill the last of the Corley family and failing miserably, the license plate (belonging to a huge truck) he's holding on to snaps off of the truck. The plate bears the slogan "Can't Beat A Corley".}}.

* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] -: Subverted: the villains actually see through it, but this was planned in order to fake the characters' deaths.

* [[Parental Abandonment]] -: Maureen's father abandoned her when she was quite young, leaving her too depressed to work on anything but toasters up until the events of the game. {{spoiler|Eventually, it's revealed that her father is Malcom Corley, and while he used to maintain a strong relationship with his daughter, he eventually cut it off at Ripburger's advice since she was an illegitimate child.}}.

* [[Perma-Stubble]] -: Ben.

* [[Pixel Hunt]] -: The rock-kicking puzzle near the end -... also counts for a [[Scrappy Level]] for its insanity.

* [[Private Eye Monologue]] -: The quote at the top of the page that opens the game.

* [[Put on a Bus]] -: {{spoiler|Miranda. She asks you to find her publisher, and is never heard from again.}}.

* "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]": Clearing the minefield, featuring a fantastic contradiction between a full orchestra and a cheap plinky-plonk synth.

* [[Riding Into the Sunset]] -: Twice!

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