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No, it's not a ''[[Super Mario Bros]]'' game. [[What Could Have Been|Alas....]]
''Plumbers Don't Wear Ties'' is a rare Western example of the [[Visual Novel]]. Released for the 3DO, the game is a [[Covers Always Lie|self-proclaimed]] [[Blatant Lies|full motion video]] but little more than a slide show of [[Random Events Plot]], featuring "[[Pizza Boy Special Delivery|a plumber]], [[
The game is supposedly [[Eroge|erotic]], as you take control of "[[Dating Sim|an Interactive Romantic Comedy]]". In reality, it feels pretty much like a DVD scene-selection, with [[No Sidepaths No Exploration No Freedom|few options and little impact]] on the story no matter what you choose. Moreover, [[But Thou Must|deciding an option that doesn't help the plot move along the desired ending it's considered a]] [[Nonstandard Game Over|game-over]], even when the option you choose is under no condition bad, [[No Sidepaths No Exploration No Freedom|leaving the player with no real control of what's going on]].
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You can watch [[The Angry Video Game Nerd (Web Video)|The Angry Video Game Nerd]]'s take on it [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyaF_gCKWsI&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL here], or, should you wish to torture yourself, there's (sort of Not Work Safe) [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjMAG5IDnek&feature=related playable version on YouTube].
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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Amy, the woman John's mother tries to force on him.
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** Which is funny, since it's the only non-violent option you are giving. [[Unfortunate Implications|This could lead to the conclusion that unless you are violent, you are gay]].
** This is funnier when you remember John's mother asked if he was gay in the beginning, and said "Thank Heavens!" when he said no. Yet John still asks Thresher "Would you like to meet my mother?"
* [[Good Morning, Crono]]: Twice, near the beginning. First, John is woken up by a call from his mother. After that conversation ends, Jane is woken by a call from her ''father!''
* [[Hilarious Outtakes]]: Inverted every way from Sunday. The actor playing John botches his line, and he and the crew laugh about the lame mistake - but they kept it in the game, ''not as an outtake''. They just kept rolling! GAAAAAH!
** This ''may'' have been an intentional [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] joke, but that still certainly doesn't make it funny.
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* [[Interactive Narrator]]: The narrator can shout at you, other narrators... [[Sarcasm Mode|it's an interactive treat]].
* [[I Want Grandkids]]: John's mom pressures him into marrying because she wants grandchildren. Jane's dad does the same thing.
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* [[The Law of Conservation of Detail]]: Broken. Broken into millions of tiny, tiny pieces.
* [[Logic Bomb]]: The game is 17-rated, but one part is 18-rated. [[But Thou Must|But you need to play this part to finish the game]]. So... how can a 17 year old possibly play the game and complete it?
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{{quote| '''John''': Ma, I'm a plumber, and plumbers don't wear ties!}}
* [[Violation of Common Sense]]: {{spoiler|You have to go through the choice of the boss forcing Jane to take her clothes off, which gives you a ''negative score''.}}
* [[What the Hell, Player?]]: The narrator will not always agree with what you're doing.
** Sometimes he will say that even if you pick a ''different'' route.
* [[You Bastard]]: After [[Railroading]] you into "the hairball takes advantage of the situation" option and serving up a healthy dose of [[Moral Event Horizon]] and [[Mood Whiplash]] the game has the naked chutzpah to call you a "perverted monster". And it happens elsewhere, too.
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