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Mons are cool. We know this. But what about robot mons combined with humor that pokes fun at the RPG genre? This is the basic premise of ''Robotrek'', known as ''Slapstick'' in Japan, released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]]. It tells the tale of the young son of Doctor Akihabara, whose family has just moved to the village of Rococo. All is not well in the world as the Hackers are trying to take over the world with robots, and it's up to this young lad to stop them with his robotic servants that he himself made, called [[Captain Obvious|"Robots"]].
Though the "Save the World" plot didn't blow many minds, ''Robotrek'''s gameplay was a refreshing change of pace. The game included a great deal of [[Character Customization]] for a
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The first town has one.
* [[Adam Smith Hates Your Guts]]
* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The Japanese box art has the main character with a backpack full of scrap reading a book. The American box art is of a foreboding space station - which spoils the last few hours of the game.
* [[Artificial Human]]:
* [[Axe Crazy]]: A Robot with an Axe is a thing to be feared. See [[Disc One Nuke]]
* [[Back Stab]]: Attacks from behind do more damage.
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: Mice. Later, you can [[Voluntary Shapeshifting|become a mouse at will]] with the right invention.
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* [[Cutscene Incompetence]]
* [[Disc One Nuke]]: If you have some money and know what you're doing, you can make a Lvl 9 Axe fairly early in the game.
** You can also upgrade said axe to the third iteration, which at
** Before the third boss fight, you gain access to a powerful hit all ranged weapon that shoots lighting. It's also very easy to upgrade this to
** To get an idea of how broken axes are in the game, a critical hit with the three-hit-combo macro from the backside will '''ONE SHOT NEARLY EVERY BOSS'''.
* [[The Doll Episode]]
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* [[Pamphlet Shelf]]: You learn to make new items from scratch by reading books, so you'll be checking out every bookshelf you find. There's even a hidden library that contains one of each volume in the game.
* [[Party in My Pocket]]: Literally, since the player's robots are contained in capsules.
* [[Preexisting Encounters]]: Random encounters are of this variety. Though in many cases, the enemies don't appear until you get close to their hiding places. And a few are invisible.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Oh, one of the endgame weapon is a blade that shoot fire birds? Now, where did we [[ActRaiser|see]] [[Soul Blazer|that]] [[Illusion of Gaia|before]]?
** Made by the same developers. So it's somewhere between an Author Allusion and a [[Running Gag]].
* [[Translator Microbes]]: At one point, you must craft an item that allows you to speak with animals. And when you get turned into a mouse (see [[Baleful Polymorph]] above), you can automatically communicate with other mice (while still understanding humans as well).
* [["Wake-Up Call" Boss]]: Meta Crab and Big Eye. Meta Crab introduces the fact that from here on, everything the player did to attack the other enemies without much in the way of retaliation is ineffective (i.e.
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