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A game in the ''[[JumpStart]]'' series of [[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]]. |
A game in the ''[[JumpStart]]'' series of [[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]]. |
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The plot is somewhat weird. An [[Uncle Pennybags]]/[[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]] character named Professor Spark for [[Rule of Cool|some reason]] lives in a [[Raygun Gothic]] [[Elaborate Underground Base]] built inside [[The Place|the mountain of the subtitle]]. His daughter Polly is a [[Royal Brat]] who may be best described as a [[Diabolical Mastermind]] version of [[Charlie and |
The plot is somewhat weird. An [[Uncle Pennybags]]/[[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]] character named Professor Spark for [[Rule of Cool|some reason]] lives in a [[Raygun Gothic]] [[Elaborate Underground Base]] built inside [[The Place|the mountain of the subtitle]]. His daughter Polly is a [[Royal Brat]] who may be best described as a [[Diabolical Mastermind]] version of [[Charlie and the Chocolate Factory|Veruca Salt]]. One day, [[Deus Exit Machina|while the Professor is out]], Polly fails a history quiz at school and decides the solution is to use Daddy's [[Time Machine]] to [[Make Wrong What Once Went Right|alter history]], thus making her quiz answers correct. With the help of Botley, a [[Robot Buddy]] who serves as Polly's [[Badly-Battered Babysitter]], you, the player, have to thwart Polly and [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]] before the [[Delayed Ripple Effect]] will ([[Take Your Time|supposedly]]) set in. |
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You can see a [[Walkthrough]] starting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT7CN7eXV4k here]. |
You can see a [[Walkthrough]] starting [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KT7CN7eXV4k here]. |
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** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Because that would create a [[Grandfather Paradox]]. If she gave herself the answers and she passed, she would never have gone back in time to give herself the answers. Or she just didn't think of that. |
** [[Fridge Brilliance]]: Because that would create a [[Grandfather Paradox]]. If she gave herself the answers and she passed, she would never have gone back in time to give herself the answers. Or she just didn't think of that. |
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*** There's also the matter that Polly failed the test, not because she really didn't know the answers, but was bored enough to purposely answer the questions wrong as a joke, only to get mad when she predictably fails due to her teacher not understanding the "joke" of getting the entire test wrong, [[Disproportionate Retribution|thus is what caused her to rewrite history to fit those questions to undo something she did to herself for failed lulz]]. |
*** There's also the matter that Polly failed the test, not because she really didn't know the answers, but was bored enough to purposely answer the questions wrong as a joke, only to get mad when she predictably fails due to her teacher not understanding the "joke" of getting the entire test wrong, [[Disproportionate Retribution|thus is what caused her to rewrite history to fit those questions to undo something she did to herself for failed lulz]]. |
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* [[The End of the World |
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]] |
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* [[Fetch Quest]]: 4 items per robot to answer specific questions to where Polly sent a specific robot. Since there are 25 robots, you'll need 100 items. |
* [[Fetch Quest]]: 4 items per robot to answer specific questions to where Polly sent a specific robot. Since there are 25 robots, you'll need 100 items. |
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* [[Insecurity System]]: The security procedure to open the front door of Mystery Mountain is... literally a game of "Simon". Yeah, brilliant move, Profesor Spark -- ''that'll'' keep out potential thieves and nosy reporters for sure. Okay, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]. |
* [[Insecurity System]]: The security procedure to open the front door of Mystery Mountain is... literally a game of "Simon". Yeah, brilliant move, Profesor Spark -- ''that'll'' keep out potential thieves and nosy reporters for sure. Okay, [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]. |
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* [[Raygun Gothic]]: The whole aesthetic of the game's universe. This includes Polly's school, which for some reason is an Art Deco version of an old-fashioned, one-room schoolhouse. |
* [[Raygun Gothic]]: The whole aesthetic of the game's universe. This includes Polly's school, which for some reason is an Art Deco version of an old-fashioned, one-room schoolhouse. |
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* [[Robot Kid]]: Botley. |
* [[Robot Kid]]: Botley. |
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* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: Polly spends all of the game [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging]] in a room with monitors which display every room in Mystery Mountain. She communicates with you and Botley through various monitors around the Mountain, never meeting you personally -- kind of like [[Star Trek II |
* [[Sinister Surveillance]]: Polly spends all of the game [[Slouch of Villainy|lounging]] in a room with monitors which display every room in Mystery Mountain. She communicates with you and Botley through various monitors around the Mountain, never meeting you personally -- kind of like [[Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan|Khan]]. |
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* [[Temporal Paradox]] |
* [[Temporal Paradox]] |
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* [[Villain Ball]]: Polly hides clues throughout the mansion that you need in order to stop her and even sometimes explains what you need to do to find them. |
* [[Villain Ball]]: Polly hides clues throughout the mansion that you need in order to stop her and even sometimes explains what you need to do to find them. |