Plague and Treachery on the Oregon Trail: Difference between revisions

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* [[Anyone Can Die]]: As is custom for the game series, to the point where they even had a betting pool over who they thought would die next and from what causes.

* [[Becoming the Mask]]: {{spoiler|Susan initially married Cyrus as a cover, and pretended to be a happy family, only to find that she really ''does'' love him and their children.}}

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{spoiler|Every one of Cyrus' family dies. But he made it to Oregon. And he decides to go on with his life and have many new adventures with the one ox that survived.}}

* [[Celebrity Resemblance]]: Chewbot insists that Waffles sounds exactly like Tracy Morgan's character on 30Rock, and writes his dialog as such.

* [[Cerebus Syndrome]]: Once the family members start dying off, it gets much more dark.

* [[Chocolate Baby]]: Waffles is black. Susan just convinced Cyrus that this is because he was born with a rare skin condition, and has nothing to do with why the only black guy in town laughs at him when he sees him. {{spoiler|Given that his actual (still non-Cyrus) dad is white, she's telling the truth.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Convenient Miscarriage]]}}: Though everyone is too distracted by their newfound cocaine addiction to mind.

* [[Driven to Suicide]]: Baby attempts to crawl away from the wagon to suffer a more dignified death by being roasted in the sun and devoured by vultures.

* [[Enforced Method Acting]]: While riding down the river, to simulate Cyrus riding while blind, Chewbot plays the minigame with his eyes closed.

* [[Tragic Dream]]: Sarah-Jane dreams of being an opera singer, but no one has the heart to tell her how disgusting the sound of her voice is.

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: When the wagon flips over in Snake River, Sarah-Jane immediately tries to drown her mother {{spoiler|in retaliation for Susan doing the same to her as an infant and ruining her life}}.

* [[Video Game Cruelty Potential]]: So many members of the forum voted to ford the Snake River just to drown the whole family at once.

{{quote| ''Think about it. What's more ridiculous than dozens of internet strangers voting on the river-crossing status of a fictional family based on an educational game that was created 30 years ago? Haiku about it.''}}

* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: After nearly drowning in Snake River, Sarah-Jane can no longer return to the fantasy land in her head and pretend reality is the dream.