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{{quote| '''The Town Square'''<br />
{{quote|'''The Town Square'''
You are standing in the middle of a pretty town square in the center of a nondescript England town. Like most any other nondescript New England town, there's not much to see or do here, but maybe you'll find something amusing and enjoyable to do.<br />
You are standing in the middle of a pretty town square in the center of a nondescript England town. Like most any other nondescript New England town, there's not much to see or do here, but maybe you'll find something amusing and enjoyable to do.

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A shiny metal phone booth sits in the center of the square. }}
A shiny metal phone booth sits in the center of the square. }}


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** "Burn Booth" ends with God smiting you with lightning.
** "Burn Booth" ends with God smiting you with lightning.
* [[Everybody Lives]]: Many of the "Happy" endings are like this.
* [[Everybody Lives]]: Many of the "Happy" endings are like this.
* ~Everything's Better With Princesses~: Type "look southwest".
* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Type "look southwest".
* [[Exact Words]]: Some of the endings like to misinterpret commands like "{{spoiler|tie booth}}". This can be confusing to those who try synonyms like "{{spoiler|fix booth}}".
* [[Exact Words]]: Some of the endings like to misinterpret commands like "{{spoiler|tie booth}}". This can be confusing to those who try synonyms like "{{spoiler|fix booth}}".
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Try "Eat". Even the parser comments on how little sense it makes.
* [[Gainax Ending]]: Try "Eat". Even the parser comments on how little sense it makes.
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** Even ''more'' confusing since {{spoiler|"drive" is not one of the recognized commands in the game proper}}.
** Even ''more'' confusing since {{spoiler|"drive" is not one of the recognized commands in the game proper}}.
** This is a shout-out to [[Adam Cadre]]'s ''Shrapnel'', which pulls the same trick.
** This is a shout-out to [[Adam Cadre]]'s ''Shrapnel'', which pulls the same trick.
* ~I Can't Use These Things Together~: Lampshaded; if you try to perform an action with a direction, you get creative bug responses. Waltz <direction>, for example, gets you the response, 'Your new name is Waltzes with Bugs'.
* [[I Can't Use These Things Together]]: Lampshaded; if you try to perform an action with a direction, you get creative bug responses. Waltz <direction>, for example, gets you the response, 'Your new name is Waltzes with Bugs'.
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure]]
* [[It's a Wonderful Failure]]
* [[The Hero Dies]]: A LOT
* [[The Hero Dies]]: A LOT
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* [[Noodle Incident]]: Type in "walk" and the phone booth somehow impregnates you. And you end up in the Gobi desert.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Type in "walk" and the phone booth somehow impregnates you. And you end up in the Gobi desert.
* [[Now What?]]
* [[Now What?]]
* ~Oh God, With The Verbing!~: Type "open booth".
* [[Oh God, With The Verbing!]]: Type "open booth".
* [[Reticulating Splines]]: "Smock my knickers" gives you this phrase.
* [[Reticulating Splines]]: "Smock my knickers" gives you this phrase.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To lots of other [[Text Adventure|Text Adventures]]. And pop culture. And all sorts of other stuff.
* [[Shout-Out]]: To lots of other [[Text Adventure|Text Adventures]]. And pop culture. And all sorts of other stuff.
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* [[Wall of Text]]: You get one by typing "about".
* [[Wall of Text]]: You get one by typing "about".
* [[Weddings for Everyone]]: Yes, one of the endings involves a wedding. In it, you marry {{spoiler|the phone booth.}}
* [[Weddings for Everyone]]: Yes, one of the endings involves a wedding. In it, you marry {{spoiler|the phone booth.}}
* ~You Can't Get Ye Flask~: Some verbs ({{spoiler|love, undo}}) resolve differently depending on whether you specify the phone booth as the target or not.
* [[You Can't Get Ye Flask]]: Some verbs ({{spoiler|love, undo}}) resolve differently depending on whether you specify the phone booth as the target or not.


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Revision as of 10:36, 8 August 2014

The Town Square
You are standing in the middle of a pretty town square in the center of a nondescript England town. Like most any other nondescript New England town, there's not much to see or do here, but maybe you'll find something amusing and enjoyable to do.


A shiny metal phone booth sits in the center of the square.

PUTPBAA is a spinoff of the minimalist Interactive Fiction "Pick Up The Phone Booth And Die" and the differently minimalist "Aisle". Just as in the latter, you can only make one move, and then the game ends. You have a host of other commands to choose from, and each one leads to hundreds of Alternate Endings, each one sillier than the last.

The game can be downloaded here, or played online here.

It has also been "ported" to Uncyclopedia.

PUTBAA uses the following tropes:

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