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* [[Acceptable Targets]]: Postal 2 lets you shoot Islamic (Hindu?) terrorists, [[Moral Guardians]], the game's developers, and shotgun-wielding rednecks, among others. The expansion also includes a PETA-like organization.

* [[Alternative Character Interpretation]]: The first game suggests that the Dude is some sort of [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]; however, the presence of a moving truck outside your house in the first level has led some to conclude that he's snapped because he was foreclosed upon.

** Confirmed by Postal III's intro.

* [[Catharsis Factor]]: To varying degrees. Postal 1's atmosphere may repulse or disturb players. Otherwise, the sequels play this straight.

** Postal III features [[Uwe Boll]], kill-able in the same way you could kill Gary Coleman in Postal 2.

** The game's initial start-up screen is the developers blatantly stating that this type of violence should stay in the game and not be played out for real.

* [[Excuse Plot]]: Everyone is your enemy and you want to kill them all because... well, that bit was excised so it wouldn't get in the way so much. You're probably just deranged.

** Postal III is really just about the Dude trying to escape Catharsis, as it's not much better then Paradise.

* [[Game Breaker]]: The likely reason that the ''Apocalypse Weekend'' expansion does not have a multiplayer component is that the new melee weapons are so much more effective than, well, every other weapon in the game.

** The cats and dogs in S&M gear near the end of Apocalypse Weekend.

 

* [[Crosses the Line Twice]]: The opening scene alone undoubtedly offended MANY people and is the main reason why the film was barely given any sort of significant theatrical release.

* [[Squick]]: Dave Foley's penis makes an appearance in all its uncensored glory.

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