Poker Night at the Inventory: Difference between revisions

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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Heavy is updated from ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'''s 50s-60s stylized setting, but only updated to about the mid-80s (he listens to Huey Lewis and believes [[Purple Rain]] is recent), while Strong Bad and Tycho talk over computer setups and internet sites.

* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: The items you win during the bonus rounds can be used in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]''.

** [[Double Subverted]] with the Iron Curtain. It's an all-new weapon for Team Fortress 2!... but is statistically identical to the default minigun, and therefore purely cosmetic.

** Strong Bad whenever asked about his "[[Red Boxing Gloves|boxing gloves]]."

{{quote| '''Strong Bad:''' '''[[This Is Sparta|THESE. ARE. MY. HANDS!]]'''}}

* [[Big No]]: Strong Bad will occasionally let this go when he gets eliminated.

* [[Biting the Hand Humor]]: Strong Bad brags he [http://www.telltalegames.com/videos/btbchapter2ex stole the source code] for ''Strong Bad's Cool Game For Attractive People'' from "those Telltale chumps." He constantly berates Telltale throughout the game - probably because [http://www.telltalegames.com/videos/btbchapter3 he's had a lot of bad experiences with the developers].

* [[Bowdlerization]]: The Fruit Fucker from ''Penny Arcade'' appears on an unlockable table, except it's renamed as "Fruit Friend". Even if the swears are uncensored, it still appears as "Fruit Friend".

* [[Brick Joke]]: The Banang joke, which has a tendency to show up in recent Telltale games series, makes a return here. Max, obviously, doesn't take hearing the world again very well.

* [[Butt Monkey]]:

** Artie Flopshark, deceased, who according to Max was beaten up for various perceived offenses including collecting money for a charity marathon, teaching the "nonexistent" variant [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_card_poker#Omaha_hold_.27em Omaha], and winning a poker tournament in an attempt to pay off his mortgage. This may have something to do with the "Deceased."

** [[Wallace and Gromit|Monty Muzzle]] is perusing books on the second level.

** And of course, [[Tales of Monkey Island|Winslow]] is the host.

** Trixie Trotter from the new [[Back to The Future]] game by Telltale is seen entering a secret room just as Winslow appears.

* [[Character Tics]]: After the first patch of the game, the four characters will perform certain actions (either while betting or when the community cards are dealt) which can give away what kind of hand they have. Some (like {{spoiler|Strong Bad slamming his head against the table or Tycho slapping himself}}) are obvious, while others (such as {{spoiler|Heavy's flaring nostrils or Max's twitching hands}}) are a bit more subtle.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: All of the characters to some extent, but Max's mind is definitely bobbing around higher up in the clouds than the others'.

* [[The Computer Is a Cheating Bastard]]:

** Possible to invert this. Due to how Max picks up his cards when the cards are first dealt, and the dynamic camera angles during conversations, it is possible to accidentally sneak a peek at what he has.

* [[Feigning Intelligence]]

{{quote| '''Strong Bad:''' Nothing intimidates your opponents like a heavy dose of ''think-hard''! ''[squints his eyes and groans while Heavy watches, confused]''}}

** [[The Hero]]: The Player

** [[The Lancer]]: Strong Bad

** Heavy actually gets so happy about the red hair that Tycho has to protest, "You can't ''have'' her." Heavy then gets a ''really'' angry look on his face, to which Tycho squeals "...maybe we could work something out?" Way to stick up for your loved ones there, Tycho.

*** [[Curb Stomp Battle|After hearing what happened to the BLU Engie, can you really blame him?]]

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]:

** Strong Bad, as can be expected. Notable examples include making fun of Penny Arcade's site traffic while pimping off his own, despite Homestarrunner.com not having updated at all in several months, as well as his constant <s>lack</s> '''stream''' of ladies.

* [[Imagine Spot]]: One of the Heavy's losing a hand is him flipping the table and massacring the players. Immediately afterwards, he sternly asks for a new hand to be dealt.

* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: When Tycho is eliminated, he'll head to the bar and remain there for the rest of the tournament.

** The Heavy keeps referring to Strong Bad as "Tiny Heavy." His explanation does not amuse Strong Bad.

** Max calls the Heavy "Mr. Weapons."

* [[Mythology Gag]]: Sometimes, upon losing badly on a hand, the Heavy may say, "[[What Is This Feeling|I do not understand this... ]]''[[What Is This Feeling|burning ]]''[[What Is This Feeling|I feel.]]" One of the Heavy's domination lines in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' is, "The burning you feel? It is ''shame.''"

* [[Noodle Incident]]:

** Another dialogue starts with Strong Bad making fun of the spikes in Tycho's hair, and somehow ends with the all-too-relevant [[Perverse Sexual Lust]] moment.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Pre-ordering the game nets the Heavy a poker visor for use in ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]''.

* [[Obligatory Swearing]]: Tycho brings this with him to the table, though this'll be the first time the other three have appeared in any form of media with the word "fuck" uncensored. There's an option in the menu to turn bleeping of swears on and off. At least one Tycho swear is left bleeped even with the censors off.

*** [[Word of God]] says that the line Matt Chapman actually said was "bleeped-up bleep."

*** Which is exactly what the subtitles say (Tycho's swearing is always ****'d out, whether censors are on or off).

** Really, all of the characters aside from Strong Bad have committed murder, and [http://hrwiki.org/wiki/Crimes_Committed_by_Strong_Bad#Attempted_Murder even he attempted murder]. Unsuccessfully, but still.

* [[Phrase Catcher]]: Heavy tells Max, "You crack me up, leetle bunny," as a reference to Sam's famous "You crack me up, ''little buddy''."

* [[Product Placement]]: Lampshaded and parodied when Strong Bad will mention "HOMESTAR RUNNER DOT COM," then urge Max to plug "DOUBLE U DOUBLE U DOUBLE U DOT TELL TALE GAMES DOT COM SLASH STORE."

* [[Psychotic Smirk]]: Tycho, especially when he loses a hand.

** When Tycho asks Heavy about whether or not he receives any "good drops" from killing others, Heavy goes into a short, almost out of character speech on how killing others sometimes makes him feel bad, or gives him nightmares. He then quickly switches into another, wide eyed speech about hats, proclaiming [[Valve Software|they are the best.]]

* [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: The Office music from Sam & Max, the main theme from the ''The Devil's Playhouse'', the theme to ''Dangeresque'', Trogdor's theme, the ''Team Fortress 2'' Main Theme, and More Gun can be heard playing at the Inventory, each with a heavy country swagger to them.

** Played with by Tycho if the Player is eliminated on a bad beat by another character, suggesting this reaction if Tycho was in the Player's place.

{{quote| '''Tycho:''' Man, if I were you, I'd be ''sweating'' hate. It'd froth from my mouth and nose. It'd be like that movie, ''[[There Will Be Blood|"There Will Be Froth."]]''}}

** Max's reaction to Tycho's speech on giraffes and in the same vein, Strong Bad's reaction to Tycho's speech about hedgehogs.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: Minor example: Tycho is noticeably deflated and depressed if he loses before the other players (he seems to consider you a [[Worthy Opponent]] if you beat him in the showdown), and he has the funniest [[Oh Crap]] faces.

* [[What Would X Do]]? - When pondering his next move, Tycho sometimes asks himself what Gabe would do. He then decides it better to keep the pants on.

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Heavy enjoys Russian Literature and a nice Peach Bellini. In between, he also tells inappropriate anecdotes about tearing off an Engineer's fingers and points spinning mini-guns over the poker table.