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[['''Mousehunt]]''' is a passive game. The player (Hunter) arms his or her trap and baits it with cheese and then sounds the "Hunters Horn" every 15 minutes. Every time the player sounds the horn he is taken on a hunt and has a possibility of catching a mouse. For each mouse the player catches, he gets a unique reward, which is a certain amount of points and gold.

As of February 2012, ''MouseHunt'' has 302 different breeds of mice. Some of them, when caught, will [[Randomly Drops|drop loot]], which will be essential as players progress through the game. Along with this, there are 60 Special Event/Rare Mice, some of which are released for a short period during occasional events. These mice might drop a special kind of cheese, called Super|Brie+ (SB+), cash prizes, and many other in-game prizes.

{{quote| Mice who make this mistake and underestimate the power of this bazooka's 3-snowball-per-second firing rate will very quickly find themselves buried in a pile of their own yellow snow.}}

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: The Dragon mouse can be caught only by the Ice Maiden.

* [[Added Alliterative AppealAlliteration]]: The [[Sand Worm|Big Bad Burroughs]] mouse.

** The Eclipse Mouse, if you have the right weapon. With a description stating that it is [[Dark Is Edgy|darkness and fear itself]], it sure doesn't put up much of a fight if you wield the {{spoiler|Ancient Box Trap}}. In fact, his difficulty rating is "Effortless" is you do so -- theso—the lowest possible.

* [[Arrows Onon Fire]]: The Desert Archer and Crimson Ranger.

* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: The Aboninable Snow Mouse, and the Yeti Mouse.

* [[Caped Mecha]]: The Sandtail Sentinel.

* [[Casanova]]: The Romeo mouse.

* [[ClarksClarke's Third Law]]: The description for charmbits, the stuff that makes up charms.

{{quote| "Some say they are impossibly small nanites, while others state that they are condensed magic, experts suggest it is likely a combination of them both."}}

* [[ColourColor-Coded for Your Convenience]]: The three tribes of mice, Elub, Nerg and Derr are Blue, Green and Red respectively.

* [[The End of the World Asas We Know It]]: The Digby scientists fear the Onyx stone and the ACRONYM could bring this about. The Acolyte Mouse also tried it once.

* [[Enthralling Siren]]: The Siren mouse.

{{quote| The Siren mouse sings a song that welcomes hunters to a grim, watery fate. [[Death Byby Irony|Never have jagged, sharp rocks sounded so good!]]}}

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Penguins]]: The Penguin Mouse, although it's more of a mouse in a canvas penguin suit (that is less than suitable for penguin activities).

* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: The Elven Princess mouse. The flavor text for this mouse seems baffled by their abundance, suggesting that they come from a kingdom which appoints many princesses... or they're simply off their rockers.

* [[Everything's Squishier Withwith Cephalopods]]: Kraken Chaos trap. Also, the Squeaken mouse.

* [[Everything's Worse Withwith Bears]]: The Bear Mouse and the Polar Bear Mouse.

* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: You hunt for mice in this game.

{{quote| ''This greedy little mouse managed to infiltrate'' Hit Grab HQ ''by disguising himself as one of'' the developers. ''Capturing this mouse will return the'' stolen code to Hit Grab, and you'll be rewarded with a special Hit Grab gift! ''This mouse is available around'' [[Mousehunt]]'s Birthday.<br />

{{quote| With the slightest touch, they can concentrate enough force to destroy any obstacle. }}

* [[Fun Withwith Acronyms]]: The "Arcane Capturing Rod Of Never Yielding Mystery", also known as the A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. It's pretty much a [[Superpower Lottery]], what with the ability to [[Impaled Withwith Extreme Prejudice|impale]] mice, [[Taken for Granite|petrify]] them, or [[Ret-Gone|erase them from existence]]!

* [[Gotta Catch Em All]]. There are over three hundred different types of mice in the game, ''not'' including the rare/special event mice. Happy hunting!

{{quote| The Alchemist mouse of the Elub tribe uses scarce and secretive ingredients from the ocean to create an elixir of life which possesses grand healing properties.}}

** On 2010's April Fools' Day, the developers released a news post, telling Mousehunters, among other things, that they have created a [[Frankenstein Random|Mouse Generator]]. The mice are given supposedly random names made of numbers and alphabets. They are, however, links to a [[Rickroll]] and a [[Muppet]] version of the Bohemian Rhapsody. They also claimed to have made an "Invisible" power-type mouse, known as the "Stealth mouse", with a picture of the "Invisible"-power trap that could catch them. Using a program, somebody found a rather glitchy-looking mouse in silhouette form from the Stealth mouse. And now the joke is an ascended joke -- thejoke—the Stealth mouse and the decrypted silhouette are both present and catchable in the King's Gauntlet!

* [[Hot Chick Withwith a Sword]]: The Mystic Queen.

* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: The Heat Bath trap.

* [[Kill Streak]]: Happens in the Fiery Warpath. Defeating many of the same type of mouse in a row will cause more of them to retreat. Unfortunately, the Warmonger is [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]] -- once—once you get a streak of 7 or more he will send out a Gargantuamouse who will end your streak regardless of whether you catch it or not.

{{quote| The Mystic Queen is a silent, cold-blooded killer, connected to her King and the rest of the team by mind link. Her moves are smooth, even calm, but one blow from her silent sword is enough to split one of the Technic King's war machines in two. Unlike all other members of the Mystic Team, the Queen needs no defender. With the ability to throw, spin and manipulate her sword using only her mind, she is the determining factor in many battles.}}

* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Dracano. Home to the one of the strongest mice, the [[Our Dragons Are Different|Dragon]] mouse. (It should be noted that Hunters themselves are immune to environmental effects). A limited-edition, high-luck base (the Magma Base) is formed from lava extracted from Dracano and is [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|exactly what you would expect]].

* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: The Dojo Sensei acts as this to the Master of The Dojo, the [[Big Bad]] of [[Wutai|Furoma]]. Formerly hiding in the shadows, these extremely powerful [[Old Master|Old Masters]]s teach and instruct the Master of the Dojos.

* [[Metal Slime]]: Rare mice, most notably the Black Widow mouse, Mobster mouse, and Leprechaun mouse. Even with Super|Brie+ they are hard to attract, let alone catch.

** The Nugget mouse may also count as well -- itwell—it appears as often as a Shelder, another very rare mouse. It also drops quite costly or rare loot such as the Drillbot parts, which can be assembled into the Digby Drillbot (costs slightly more than 400,000 gold to buy from a Trapsmith) and either used or returned for a refund of 70,000 gold.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The Zombot Unipire Mouse, natch.

* [[Not So Harmless]]: They're just mice -- exceptmice—except that most of the higher ranks have every intention of taking over the kingdom and possibly enslaving or slaughtering the inhabitants.

* [[Our Goblins Are DifferentWickeder]]: Goblin mice.

* [[Our Mermaids Are Different]]: The Mermouse.

* [[Playing Withwith Fire]]: Many of the Marching Flame units tend to use fire-based attacks, especially the Mages.

* [[Punny Name]]: The Missile Toe Mouse. No wonder "he couldn't understand why anyone would kiss while their toes are subject to laser guided missile attacks"...

* [[Self-Imposed Challenge]]: There are [[Mousehunt]] groups dedicated to this, such as the [[Mousehunt]] Century Club, where players catch 100 of each type of mouse.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The Master of the Dojo mouse looks like what you'd get if [[Dragonball Z|Super Saiyan Goku]] wore [[Street Fighter|Akuma's]] bead necklace and then got turned into a [http://www.facebook.com/Jacob.Johnson.art/posts/212631652115795 mouse].

** The Twisted Fiend mouse is based off Gollum/Smeagol from The ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'', in terms of appearance, the fish in its hand (which Gollum smacked against a rock), and the description mentioning something about his "precious".

** One of the Festive Gifts in 2010 was "an oyster with two tickets to that thing you love." If you use the "Look Again" command, they become diamonds. ("Larry's on a horse."!) Both are references to a famous and [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like (Advertising)|eminently quotable commercial]] for Old Spice.

** A book in the trap Zurreal's Folly is called "[[How to Train Your Dragon|How To Tame Your Dragon]]. Next to it is another book called "Let The Hunt Begin", a [[Mousehunt]] fanfic.

** The Nibbler and Crown Collector mouse are tributes to the now-defunct "The Nibbler" [[Mousehunt]] newsletter and the [[Mousehunt]] [[Self-Imposed Challenge|Century Club]] respectively.

** The 2012 Valentine's Day "Forever Alone" mouse is a nod to a popular [[Memetic Mutation|meme]].

* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: It is suggested that Zugzwang is a very knowledgeable person, and his tower has a Chess theme.

{{quote| This particular item is believed to contain the spirit of one of the most feared creatures believed only to be legend.}}

{{quote| Magic this strong can only be bound by a powerful wizard, and even then, it strives for release. Luckily for you, the spells trapped within this book will try to lure in mice in to break the binding... put a trap on it, and you're in business.}}

{{quote| They lie in the conduit, waiting to '''explode''' upon contact with a Rook mouse in Zugzwang's Tower.}}

* [[Technicolor Fire]]: The blue [[Arrows Onon Fire|fire on the arrow]] of the Crimson Ranger.

* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]: How scouts are trained in the Marching Flame army.

{{quote| "Training scouts in the art of hand-to-hand combat is a bit unique in the Marching Flame, though. Rather than spending months on the training grounds, they throw them directly into the first wave of the battle. If they survive, maybe they'll be promoted to something more. If not, there will always be another to step up in its place."}}

* [[Unfortunate Implications]]: The mice are intelligent beings, and [[Final Solution|you're killing them by the dozen]], just because they're a ''"nuisance"''?

* [[Unwinnable Byby Design]]: Consciously averted: the player cannot be trapped or harmed by anything in the game, and even if temporarily locked (by a lack of gold to buy cheese, or by being transported to the Acolyte Realm) it is always possible to get out again.

{{quote| "There are two things known for certain about the Gargantuamouse. The first is that it is the '''only known predator of the Dragon Mouse'''. The second is that only a Warmonger has ever managed to harness its power. If the battle is not going well, a Warmonger will not hesitate to unleash these Draconic beasts."}}

* [[Vampire Vords]]: Mousevina von Vermin's description.

* [[Video Game Caring Potential]]: There are many traps that are "non-lethal". These just make a hunter feel good (or not feel bad) for sparing the mouse they caught.

** Technically speaking, all the traps have [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]. Take the NVMRC Forcefield Trap for instance. Up the concentration of sleeping gas, and the mouse will never wake up. You could rig the Clockapult Of Time to send the mouse back 4 billion years ago, and let it drown in magma and suffocate from the poisonous fumes.

{{quote| Hunters from past and present agree that this small hinge is clearly the most epic way to attach two objects, allowing limited, yet awesome, rotation around a fixed axis.}}

* [[What Happened to Thethe Mouse?]]: [[Just for Pun|It got caught]].

* [[Wild Card Excuse]]: Glitchpaw Mice.

{{quote| Bah, humbug! When the Scrooge Mouse leaves his house, he dampens the Christmas spirit in a wide radius around him. His few hobbies include destroying snowmen with his cane, muttering irritably to himself and kicking over Present Mice to watch their legs flail. The other mice read a story in which a human of similar comportment got his comeuppance from a team of wily ghosts, but so far no spirits have answered their classified ad.}}

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