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Plok's special power lies in how he can launch any of his limbs at will to damage enemies. Once the damage has been done, they return to Plok until he decides to attack again. Another integral use of this ability is using it to solve puzzles that involve having to "sacrifice" one of Plok's limbs to activate switches. Once a limb hits a switch, it is placed on a hanger that may be right next to the switch or several screens away. If he loses all his limbs, he becomes a defenseless bouncing ball-thing. With an amulet found halfway through the game, he can collect shells and use their power to transform into a buzzsaw when he jumps.

 

 

Unfortunately, ''Plok'' was released right when colorful platformers were facing a massive backlash, and it quickly fell into obscurity.

 

 

 

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* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The American box art shows Plok sporting a noticeable scowl. This is never seen in-game.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Plok is quite protective of his grandpappy's flag.

* [[Bonus Boss]]: All the bosses become this in Child's Play, since they only show up when getting a continue just before the point at which you'd normally fight the bosses. The Penkinos were very obviously designed to work like this, since the previous level practically gives the player one.

* [[Bonus Stage]]: Hitting certain HP-restoring fruit when they're at their maximum size will take you to bonus stages (instead of just destroying them), which allow you to collect tons of shells or warp 2-3 levels ahead.

* [[Detachment Combat]]: Plok can fire out both his [[Rocket Punch|arms]] ''and'' legs at the enemy.

* [[Fake Difficulty]]: The Fleapit in its entirety. Every stage involves a new and different vehicle, most of which have touchy controls and hard-to-use weapons.

* [[Giant Spider]]: Womack Spider.

* [[Identical Grandson]]: The only thing that differs Plok from his grandpappy is a mustache.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The boss [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Rockyfellow]] is a [[Captain Obvious|monster made of rock]].

* [[Monochrome Past]]: The flashback levels, which also use silent film-style title cards and piano music.

* [[Mook Maker]]: The aforementioned Budd.

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Many people actually never get to complete the game without the help of an emulator. Who would've thought a [[Surprise Difficulty|cute-looking game would be hellishly hard]]?

* [[Noob Cave]]: The Cotton Island levels.

** Also, Rockyfellow.

* [[Retraux Flashback]]: The Grandpappy Plok dream sequence (see [[Monochrome Past]] above).

* [[Turns Red]]: Almost all the bosses.

** The [[Wolfpack Boss|Penkinos]] are [[Four Is Death|four]] flying, penguin-like things that drop damaging stars down on Plok. When low on health, they will drop those stars in rapid succession.

* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: Again, the Fleapit, where each level puts Plok behind the wheel of a different vehicle that arguably ''cripples'' Plok (in exchange for letting him fly or jump wide gaps or whatever the stage calls for).

* [[Warp Zone]]: Due to any save system (even passwords) being absent, the developers placed a number of warps around Cotton Island, allowing players to skip through those levels as fast as possible.

** The [[Dual Boss|Bobbins Brothers]]. That's the first time you fight them. The second time (which is actually in a [[Retraux|flashback]]), you have to fight '''''THREE''''' of them with Plok's grandpappy.

** The Penkinos also count.

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