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▲'''''[[Ear Worm|ITS TRICKY TO ROCK A RHYME TO ROCK A RHYME THAT'S RIGHT ON TIME ITS TRICKY! IT'S TRICKY!']]''''
A series of snowboarding games by made by [[Electronic Arts]]. It shares some similarities in style and mentality with the ''Tony Hawk's Pro Skater'' games, but places the action and snowboards (and later skis) and takes even more liberties in realistically portraying the actual sport in favor of a more arcade, over-the-top experience.
The series is inspired by the [[Real Life]] sport of "boardercross", a mix of snowboarding and motocross. In reality, though, it's about a bunch of outrageous characters riding down a series of outrageous tracks doing outrageous tricks at outrageous speed. As you might have guessed from the overuse of the adjective "outrageous", the series is at the arcade end of the Sliding Scale of
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* '''''SSX''' (2000):'' The first game in the series, and one of the launch games for the [[
* '''''SSX Tricky''' (2001):'' The second game, ''Tricky'' was arguably the high point for the series. It took its still somewhat modest predecessor and turned the craziness [[Up to Eleven]] by [[Flanderization|Flanderizing]] the entire cast and including so-called Übertricks, in which boarders pull their board off their feet and use them in suicidal acrobatic maneuvers, ranging form
* '''''SSX 3''' (2003):'' Took the basic gameplay features of ''Tricky'' and set all racing events on the creatively-named Big Mountain, thereby introducing a [[Wide Open Sandbox]] mechanic. As a result, the track diversity suffered somewhat and the general quirkiness of ''Tricky'' was played down a notch. However, some fans consider it to be the best game in the series.
* '''''SSX On Tour''' (2005):'' Reduced most of the crazy cast to simple cameos and instead included a pretty restrictive Create-a-Boarder mode. Plus, the game added skiers(!) of all things, changing one of the basic concepts of the series. The fanbase was not all that pleased.
* '''''SSX Blur''' (2007):'' A [[Wii]]-exclusive title, the general consensus is that this game, while not bad (it still received very positive reviews), is worse than its predecessors due to rehashed tracks and somewhat inaccurate motion controls.
* '''''SSX''''' ''(2012):'' Originally called '''''SSX: Deadly Descents''''', an "[[Darker and Edgier|extreme]]" reboot of the franchise for next-gen consoles, the game plays more like a [[Spiritual Successor]] to SSX Tricky. The World Tour mode focuses around rival teams of snowboarders competing to be the first to board on the world's most inhospitable places such as the Himalayas and Antarctica. In
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* [[Acrofatic]]: Luther.
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Elise's profile on SSX Tricky lists her favourite movie as ''[[
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Elise Riggs.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: Psymon.
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* [[Badbutt]]: Since Tricky is E-rated, some of the characters have that "[[Gosh Dang It to Heck|Can't swear, but REALLY WANT TO]]" issue; Elise in particular (she seems to think that [[Large Ham|SHOUTING EVERYTHING MAKES HER AWESOME]]).
* [[Bald Women|Bald Woman]]: Seeiah.
* [[Bigfoot, Sasquatch, and Yeti]]: Bigfoot and the Yeti are ''both'' playable in ''3'' as "NW Legend" and "NE Legend", respectively.
* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: JP speaks French, Kaori speaks Japanese, and Marisol speaks Spanish.
* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Rahzel Brown's commentary in ''Tricky''.
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"Call your mama in the room and show her how great you are." }}
* [[Canon Foreigner]]: Marty was a character who replaced Mac in the games released for the European market. According to canon, Marty is Mac's cousin who lives in Germany.
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** In-universe, Psymon. Legend has it he went nuts after trying to do a motocross jump over some power lines and not quite making it. In SSX 3, he prefers riding on the ''outside'' of the gondola.
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: Brodi in ''Tricky''.
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* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The 2012 game was going to be this, but the final result is less so.
* [[Disco Dan]]: Eddie in the second and third games.
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* [[Gratuitous English]]: Averted mostly by Kaori, who only speaks Japanese except for on the character select screen.
* [[Guest Fighter]]: Stretch from EA's ''NBA Street'' games is playable in ''3''.
** [[Super Mario Bros.|Mario, Luigi, and Princess Peach]] are playable on the Gamecube version of ''SSX on Tour''.
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Not literally, but by his own account Moby is "Half man, half amazing, all Moby!" In a more literal sense, some of his costume options paint him as a werewolf. Seriously.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Much of the cast in ''Tricky'', but most are exclusive to that particular game.
** David Arquette (Eddie)
** Macy Gray (Seeiah)
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* [[Institutional Apparel]]: A staple of Psymon's alternate costumes.
* [[Intercontinuity Crossover]]: DJ Atomika would eventually show up in [[Burnout|Burnout Paradise]]. Unfortunately, he did so with 80% less entertaining dialog.
* [[
* [[Jerkass]]: Luther. He is so much so that only JP is willing to be friends with him.
* [[Jiggle Physics]]: As applied to [[Funny Afro|Eddie's afro.]]
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* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Luther and Nate are both extremely large and powerful, and due to their size and weight have a distinct advantage in the downhill races.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: Several in ''3'', courtesy of DJ Atomika from EA RADIO BIG, including the "orange cat incident", the "dreaded snow snakes", and various Big Mountain events from before the game.
* [[Gimmick Level]]: Each of the Deadly Descents in ''SSX 2012'' are focused around a particular hazard that serves as the stage's name: [[Hair
* [[Oddball in
* [[One Hundred Percent Completion]]: In ''SSX 3'', getting gold on all the races, getting gold on all the freestyle events, finishing all the "Big Challenges", buying all the outfits and everything else from the stores, and finding all of the hidden snowflakes.
** {{spoiler|And all you get is a Yeti.}}
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** Canadian Psymon Stark often says "SASKATOON!" while hitting a particularly big air.
** Elise: "Canadian girls kick butt!"
* [[Plot
* [[Pretty Fly for
* [[Psycho Electro]]: Psymon doesn't have electric powers, but his erratic mental condition is the result of being electrocuted by powerlines during an ill-advised BMX stunt.
* [[Put
** Eddie was also brought back for ''SSX 2012'', as free [[Downloadable Content]].
* [[Real Song Theme Tune]]: A remixed version of Run-DMC's "It's Tricky" for ''SSX Tricky''. See also [[Crowning Music of Awesome]].
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* [[Sequel Escalation]]: How big can the Übertricks get? How over-the-top can the courses get?
* [[Ship Sinking]]: In SSX On Tour, the developers decided to push Mac and Kaori away from each other.
* [[Shout
* [[Spelling Bonus]]:
** In ''Tricky'': Successfully completing six Übertricks spells out T-R-I-C-K-Y, which grants unlimited boost until the end of the current event.
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* [[Totally Radical]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: In ''Tricky'', Psymon and Moby couldn't stand each other. In ''3'', Moby's mellowed out enough to become this with Psymon.
* [[Wearing a Flag
* [[Wide Open Sandbox]]: In the third and fourth games.
** Also present in ''SSX 2012''. [[The Dev Team Thinks of Everything|Ridiculously high cliffs on the edges of the tracks are meant to keep you somewhat on them]], but if you get enough air-time and send yourself in the right direction...
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