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''SPISPOPD'' (or ''Smashing Pumpkins into Small Piles of Putrid Debris'') is an [[Action Adventure]] [[Puzzle Game]] series developed and published by indie developer [[Hamumu Software]] that started in 1993 with the game of the same name.
 
The first game of the series, ''SPISPOPD'', was made in 1993 in response to an old [[Doom (Video Gameseries)|Doom]] joke revolving around how that game's title caused so much anticipation. ''SPISPOPD'' followed the story of Bouapha the Gourdslayer as he travelled around Pumpkinia to retrieve stolen candles and [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|smash the pumpkins responsible for stealing them]].
 
A direct sequel to ''SPIPSPOPD'', ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131114215709/http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRL SPISPOPD II: Dr. Lunatic]'', was released in 1998, and was the first game in the series played from a [[Three Quarters View|3/4]] [[Two and A Half 2½D]] perspective. Bouapha reprises his role as the player character, but this time, he has to deal with the game's eponymous character: a [[Mad Scientist]] who plans to take over the world by creating a [[Zombie Apocalypse]]. Bouapha must [[Walk the Earth]] and defeat Dr. Lunatic's poker buddies to obtain the four Keys of Lunacy that will allow him to open the front door of Dr. Lunatic's stronghold. Two [[Expansion Pack|expansion packs]] were released for ''Dr. Lunatic'', the ''Expando-Pak'' and ''Fun Pack'', which primarily added more levels and monsters to the original game. ''Dr. Lunatic'' and its expansion packs were re-released in 2011 as a single game, featuring slightly optimised code that improved the game's compatibility with the most modern operating systems.
 
In 2003, a complete overhaul of ''Dr. Lunatic'', titled ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140403103645/http://hamumu.com/game.php?game=DRLSUP Dr. Lunatic Supreme With Cheese]'', was released. ''Supreme'' radically altered the user interface of ''Dr. Lunatic'', with its primary claims to fame being the over-1000 levels a standard install of it has, a ton of [[Unlockable Content]] and an extremely easy to use [[Level Editor|World Editor]] that allows players to create their own levels ([[You Have Researched Breathing|once they have unlocked it]]).
 
The ''SPISPOPD'' series has played an important role in Hamumu Software culture. ''Dr. Lunatic'''s art style and game mechanics, in particular, influenced the look and feel of every Hamumu Software game released until ''Costume Party'' and, to a large extent, defined Hamumu Software as the company that it was until the game's programming code was retired in 2008.
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=== {{tropelist|''SPISPOPD'' smashes the following tropes into small piles of putrid debris: ===}}
* [[Two and A Half 2½D]]: ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. The monsters, characters and projectiles are full 3D models, but the floor textures and walls are made of 2D sprites, the game is played from a fixed overhead view, and Bouapha can only be controlled in the compass directions (although he can be bounced into the air if the correct tile parameters are set).▼
 
▲* [[Two and A Half D]]: ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. The monsters, characters and projectiles are full 3D models, but the floor textures and walls are made of 2D sprites, the game is played from a fixed overhead view, and Bouapha can only be controlled in the compass directions (although he can be bounced into the air if the correct tile parameters are set).
* [[Three Quarters View]]: ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''.
* [[The All -Seeing AI]]: Averted only in ''Supreme'' on Stealth levels; they cannot see any enemy standing on tiles with a light setting below a specific value.
* [[Bland-Name Product]]: AK-8087, Richie Lich and Zomboni, among other less notable examples.
* [[Broken Bridge]]: Most worlds in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'' have levels that are blocked off until the player completes a certain number of the levels that are accessible from the start, and in the case of the Crazy Asylum of Madness, four Keys of Lunacy (acquired by completing four other worlds) are needed in order to access most of the levels in it.
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* [[Death Ray]]: The Death Beam in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', which is used primarily by Richie Lich and Matilda. It is so strong, it can annihilate the player twice over with one shot.
* [[Denser and Wackier]] / [[Lighter and Softer]]: The first game in the series was the bloodiest and goriest. Later games softened things up to make the series more kid-friendly (such as the removal of blood and an [[Art Evolution]] to [[Garfield]]-inspired graphics), with ''Supreme'' being the least bloody, least gory, densest ''and'' wackiest game in the entire series.
* [[Do Not Run Withwith a Gun]]: ''SPISPOPD'' averts this. In ''Dr. Lunatic'', Bouapha cannot move and fire at the same time (he stops moving whenever he throws a hammer or fires his secondary weapon) and in ''Supreme'', this is the default setting, which can be disabled when firing the character's primary weapon [[Unlockable Content|once you unlock the Move'n'Shoot ability]].
* [[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Dropped a Roly-Poly on Him]]: "Telefragging" in ''Supreme'', which is done by having a monster teleport to the same location as another monster, instantly killing the latter.
* [[Easy Mode Mockery]] / [[Hard Mode Perks]]: In ''Supreme'', your final score in a level is reduced or increased by 25% if you complete a level on Normal or Lunatic difficulty respectively.
* [[Escort Mission]]: In ''Supreme'', any level with Buddy Bunnies is usually one of these. One kind of Buddy Bunny follows a predetermined path, while the other will follow Bouapha around.
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: Autozoids and Traffic. Both have [[Chain -Reaction Destruction|a quite deadly explosion sequence]] when they are defeated.
* [[Everything Fades]]: Anything that is defeated disappears into nothing. [[Stuff Blowing Up|Unless if it was telefragged.]]
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin]]: SPISPOPD is one of the things you will do most of the time in ''SPISPOPD''.
* [[Excited Episode Title|Excited World Title!]]: Spooky Forest! in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''.
* [[Five-Bad Band]]: In ''Dr. Lunatic'', the following are also the game's bosses.
** [[Big Bad]]: Dr. Lunatic (who goes [[One-Winged Angel]] on any poor sap that [[Who Dares?|dares kill him]], preferably in the form of a Super Duper Zombie)
** [[The Dragon]]: The Thing (since it's Hamumu Software's take on ancient Lovecraftian beasts)
** [[Dark Chick]]: Matilda, who is known as the Queen of Chaos.
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* [[Improvised Weapon]]: The Mines and Jetpack in ''Supreme'' can double up as a rear-facing stationary bomb layer and Toaster respectively. [[Badass Back|You can probably see where this is going.]]
* [[Killer Rabbit]]: Doom Bunny in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. Whatever you do, ''do not hit one with a weapon''.
* [[Kill It Withwith Fire]]: Prominent examples include the Toaster, as well as Magmazoids and Scary Scarab.
* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: Any cavern themed world/level is guaranteed to be this.
* [[Level Editor]]: The World Editor in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''; the one in the latter is [[Unlockable Content]].
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: The Death Turret in ''Supreme''. Anything that gets within half a screen's range to just one of these are unlikely to survive the barrage of missiles it unloads relentlessly. The Missile Pack's Rage attack also qualifies, and the player can do this with a Missile Pack just by holding down the secondary fire button.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Dr. Lunatic, the eponymous character of ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''.
* [[Made of Explodium]]: The Boomkin is the living embodiment of this trope. It has 1 HP, and when it sees the player, it will relentlessly charge them and attempt a [[Taking You Withwith Me]] collision. If it is defeated by getting hit from weapons fire, it will still explode and damage the player if they are too close to it.
* [[Making a Splash]]: Sneaky Shark and Wet Willy.
* [[Mirror Match]]: Evil Clone is this to Bouapha in ''Supreme'', albeit with a different-coloured shirt.
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* [[Muzzle Flashlight]]: Weapons fire from the Toaster or Missile Pack in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'' will illuminate the tiles around the fired projectiles. Probably something that should not be done on Stealth levels in ''Supreme''.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: The very presence of pumpkins as monsters, usually in secret levels, in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', as well as candle collection being a secondary objective in the latter. In addition, one of the SPISPOPD keychains is a rocket, Bouapha's form of transport to the next level in the first game.
* [[Never Say "Die"]]: The final world in ''SPISPOPD'', H***. In addition, whenever the player's health reaches 0 in ''Supreme'', the Record Book adds it to the number of ''"Defeats"'' for that profile.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: ''SPISPOPD'' and ''Dr. Lunatic''. ''Supreme'' averts this somewhat with difficulty levels, although given that players are free to create worlds with [[Fake Difficulty]], this is subjective.
* [[No Plot, No Problem]]: ''Supreme''. The story is still there, but defeating the [[Five-Bad Band]] is now an optional extra.
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* [[Rule of Cool]]: ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'' live on this trope.
* [[Say My Name]]: KONGOR!! and PUMPKIN! in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. KONGOR!!, in particular, is ''very'' verbal about it.
* [[Scratch Damage]]: The Eensy Weensy only has one attack, which does 1 HP damage.
* [[Set a Mook Toto Kill Aa Mook]]: The Mind Control Ray in ''Supreme''. It only has one round of ammunition, but for a full minute or until it dies, an enemy that is hit by it will be invulnerable to the player's attacks and will go to town on other enemies it sees.
* [[Shout -Out]]: Several, to [[Doom]]:
** The title, which originated in online discussions prior to the release of Doom in which people jokingly discussed what the ''next'' big game would be.
** The first game's final boss, the Spider Pumpkin, is pretty obviously based on Doom's Spider Mastermind.
** The ending sequence of earlier versions of the game (later versions just made a generic "You Win!" screen after each world) had Bouapha returning to Earth only to find that the pumpkins had already invaded, just like Doom's ending.
* [[Slippy -Slidey Ice World]]: Icy Mountain in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', but especially in ''Supreme'', where many levels feature thin or [[Frictionless Ice]].
* [[Sphere of Destruction]]: The Mines' Rage attack in ''Supreme''. An expanding ''[[Chain -Reaction Destruction|ring chain]]'' of explosions from the player makes it one of the most powerful Rage attacks in the game.
* [[Stat -O -Vision]]: The Monster Scanner in ''Supreme''. It even shows [[Description Porn]] when a monster is hit by its projectiles the very first time.
* [[Status Buff]]: Acquired through various powerups in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: Across the entire series, the player character dies instantly if they touch a water tile...
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* [[The Same but More]]: Splatter Mode in ''Supreme'', which increases the size and quantity of all particles in the game.
* [[Title Scream]]: ''SPISPOPD'', when it finishes loading.
{{quote| '''"Ssssssmashing Pumpkins into Sssmall Piiiles of Puuuutrid Debris!"'''}}
* [[Turns Red]]: Matilda in both ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. {{spoiler|Her head must be destroyed three times. On the second round, her head's protective hide falls off, allowing her to fire her Death Beam faster; at the same time, her tail projectiles have a slightly increased effective range. On the final round, her skull and mouth is blasted away, rendering her unable to fire her Death Beam, but causing her tail projectiles to have an ''insane'' range that makes close-up attacks near-suicidal.}} In ''Supreme'', Dozer the Dozerian's front grille gets blown off when it is down to half of its maximum health, {{spoiler|revealing a gigantic [[Wave Motion Gun]]}}.
* [[Unlockable Content]]: ''Supreme'' contains many additional locations and features that are usually unlocked with coins. Even the ''[[Level Editor|World Editor]]'' is unlockable content!
* [[Victory Pose|Victory Sphere of Light]]: Upon collecting all the brains on a level in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme'', the player character will yell a [[Victory Quote]] and illuminate the area around them.
{{quote| '''Bouapha'''/'''MechaBouapha''': ''"I'M KOOL KAT BAD!"''<br />
'''Lunachick''': ''"Whoohoo!"''<br />
'''Dr. Lunatic''': ''"[[Evil Laugh|Huhuhuhu]]! Get 'im boys!"''<br />
'''Happy Stick Man''': ''"Happy Stick forever!"''<br />
'''Shtupid Shroom''': ''"[[Big Yes|YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!]]"'' }}
* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: Some of the Gallery Goals require the player to do this. {{spoiler|Drowning with an Energy Barrier active, for instance, or walking unarmed into a crowded animal enclosure to touch a star at the far end.}}
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* [[You Have Researched Breathing]]: The World Editor and Move'n'Shoot ability in ''Supreme''. [[Unlockable Content|You need to spend coins to get both.]]
* [[Zero Effort Boss]]: A villainous example in the form of the eponymous character in ''Dr. Lunatic'' and ''Supreme''. He has no attacks, very little life and runs from the player.
** {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: He is also [[Classic Video Game "Screw YousYou"s|hard-coded]] to revive as the [[Climax Boss|Super Duper Zombie]] the moment you defeat him.}}
 
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