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The game begins where a great city has since devolved into a nightmarish dystopia, ruled by a bureaucratic and totalitarian government. Heading the government is The President, accompanied by his corrupt and maniacal advisor the BigWig, who enacts excessive taxation (including taxes on breathing and walking) and fear-based propaganda upon the city citizens, including a peculiar warning about a nocturnal beast who feeds upon those who oppose their government's regulations. In the lower levels of the city, relations between humans and Bouzouks have grown to their most tense, giving rise to a group known as the Bouzouk Freedom Party, a terrorist organization who, being natural pacifists, have yet to commit any actual acts of terrorism.
Professor Azimuth, an eminent political and scientific human personality known for his work on manipulating the aging process of cells, sympathizes with the plight of the Bouzouks and becomes determined to help end their oppression. In his research, he discovers the legend of the Schnibble, a mystical entity that is believed to have the ability to cause peace and prosperity to flourish, and begins work on finding a way to unleash it. Word spreads about his work, and Azimuth is hailed as a hero by the Bouzouk community. Unfortunately, word of the Schnibble also reaches the ears of the BigWig. To stave off any chance of a revolution, the BigWig and his thugs storm the home of Azimuth and his young, adopted half-human, half-Bouzouk son
Professor Azimuth barely has time to hide Woodruff before the BigWig breaks into their house, kidnapping the professor and ruthlessly gunning down Woodruff's beloved teddy bear in the process, but not before befitting him with a Viblefrotzer, an invention of his own design that can speed up the aging process (and looks eerily similar to a Sony Walkman). Within seconds, Woodruff ages about fifteen years, finding himself now prepared for an epic quest: rescue his adopted father, avenge the death of his teddy bear by extracting revenge on the evil BigWig and find a way to unleash the Schnibble and bring peace back to the city.
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* [[Limited Animation]]: Parodied when Woodruff places a stone 'A' into an indentation. Instead of showing him doing this, an animator pops up (conveniently obscuring Woodruff) and complains about how hard to animate the scene is, especially because of all the nonsensical words.
* [[Magical Incantation]]: The seven Formulas you learn to use.
* [[Mind
* [[Never Learned to Read]]: Woodruff, having literally just left infancy, doesn't know how to read at the start of the game. One of your first tasks is learning how.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: This game's puzzles are infamously difficult.
* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: The backstory of the game has a shining example: when humans first arrived at the Hill, the Bouzouks decided to scare them off. Their means was a giant statue of an armed, armored Bouzouk warrior. The humans read this as a threat, and the resulting war began a long history of mistreatment for the Bouzouks.
* [[Running Gag]]: The little man who pops up and questions whether you've paid your taxes.
* [[Spell Construction]]: Once you've learned some of the Wisemen's Syllables, you must enter a special screen, where you make specific groups of three Syllables (using some instructions you find in the Bouzouk throne room) to create some magic Formulas.
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: The game can't decide if the native mutants are called "Boozooks" or "Bouzouks". Both spellings are used in different places.
* [[Super Strength]]: Woodruff gets this power once you make the Strength Formula. It also seems to be permanent, as Woodruff doesn't need to repeat the Formula each time he needs to use this power, as he needs to do with all other Formulas.
* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]: Near the end of the game, you acquire a teleportation device, which cuts down a great deal on your backtracking.
* [[Words Can Break My Bones]]: The nine Syllables originally known by the seven Wisemen.
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