Hugo's House of Horrors: Difference between revisions

* [[Cutting the Knot]]: In ''Hugo 2II'', you encounter the old man again and it looks like he's going to be asking you a bunch of stupid questions again. Instead, Penelope just knocks him out and continues on.

* [[Jungle Japes]] -: The third game takes place there, where you must save Penelope from a poisonous demise.

* [[Locked Door]] -: A couple.

* [[Misplaced Wildlife]]: In the third game, the South American jungle has elephants, hyenas, and suspiciously African-looking natives.

* [[Monster Mash]] -: Several monsters appear in the first game, most of which are having dinner.

* [[Red Herring]] -: [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] every time.

* [[Schmuck Bait]] -: When you pick up the whistle in the first game, the game asks, "I wonder what the whistle does?". But if you blow it right away and go into the next room, {{spoiler|you get killed by the dog}}. However, the whistle actually ''does'' have an important, positive use in the game.

* [[Shout-Out]] -: The old man in the basement/cave asks you several questions relating to ''[[Lord of the Rings]]'', ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'', and ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. Thankfully, if you never saw them, then [[Read the Freaking Manual|the help text will tell you the answers.]].

** The opening theme music is a mishmash of both the "[[Dragnet]] March" and the synthesizer lick from Boz Scaggs' "Lido Shuffle.".

** In the sequel, Hugo's girlfriend Penelope saves [[Doctor Who|The Doctor]] from a Dalek, confusing the hell out of a lot of stateside players who didn't get the BBC America channel (in fact, a few strategy guides treat it as a [[Non Sequitur Scene]]).

* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]] -: Typically for its genre and era, experimenting with items has a very high probability of resulting in death.

* [[Unwinnable by Design]]: - inIn the second game, woe betide you if you get those matches wet when they accidently drop into the water. The solution is to [[Violation of Common Sense|drop the matches, pick them up, drop them again, pick them up again...]]

* [[You Can't Get Ye Flask]] -: Parodied:

Please say "undo bolt". }}

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