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[[File:js4g_9795.png|frame|Repsac might jump out at any moment...]]
 
A discontinued though somewhat infamous entry in the ''[[Jump StartJumpStart]]'' series of [[Edutainment Game|Edutainment Games]]. Four years after its release, it was replaced by a new version which was about [[Underground Level|mining]]... or something. In any case, it was not as memorable as this one.
 
As its subtitle might suggest, this game is remembered for its [[Nightmare Fuel]], which was presumably a factor in its discontinuation. Okay, the plot: You are a fourth-grade student who has missed one day of school. While you were absent, the substitute teacher was a [[Wicked Witch]] named Ms. Grunkle who [[Baleful Polymorph|turned all your classmates into monsters]] and imprisoned them on a creepy island where everything looks like it was designed by [[Tim Burton]]. So now [[It's Up to You]] to rescue them, wandering through the [[The Lost Woods|spooky woods]] of the island to find the [[Mini Game|Mini Games]] which provide you with [[Plot Coupon|Plot Coupons]]. Occasionally, an evil ghost named Repsac will pop out of nowhere and force you to answer a question. Answering a question wrong will cost you [[Hit Points|health points]] and losing all your health points will land in [[The Maze|the Labyrinth]].
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* [[Alphabet Soup Cans]]
* [[Beauty to Beast]]: many of the children, especially Tiffany.
* [[Bigger Onon the Inside]]: There's no way Ms. Grunkle's tiny little house could contain all those rooms you have to pass through.
* [[Difficulty Levels]]
* [[The Dragon]]: Repsac with Ms. Grunkle as the [[Big Bad]]
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* [[The Lost Woods]]
* [[Medium Blending]]: The game constantly flips between CGI animation and 2-D animation. For the most part, the main game is pre-rendered CGI while the mini games are 2-D. The main characters (Flap, Ms. Grunkle, etc.) are always CGI. Your classmates look CGI in the opening sequence, but they are 2-D animated in the yearbook and Madame Pomreeda's [[Crystal Ball]].
* [[Missing Episode]]: This version of ''Jump Start 4th Grade'' has not been officially available since [[The Nineties]]. If you want a copy, [[E Bay|eBay]] is probably your best bet.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: They are [[Classical Movie Vampire|Classical Movie Vampires]] who have to [[Cool and Unusual Punishment|solve long division problems]] in order to make it into their coffins.
* [[Pirate Tropes]]: The geography activity is pirate-themed, so it includes a number of these:
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* [[Sinister Silhouettes]]: How the children are shown being changed into monsters in the opening [[Cutscene]].
* [[Themed Cursor]]: As you can see from the screenshot, the game makes the cursor look spooky and ghostly.
* [[Updated Rerelease]]: Two years after its initial release, the game was rereleasedre-released with an onscreen leveling feature (previously leveling was activated by pressing "Ctrl-L") and an in-game map (previously the island map was only included in the user's guide)
* [[Warp Whistle]]
 
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