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* [[Anime Hair]]: Tomba, to an extreme.
* [[Anime Hair]]: Tomba, to an extreme.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The True Evil Pig in the first game. Partly justified, since his boss battle is identical to the previous ones, hence luck based.
* [[Anticlimax Boss]]: The True Evil Pig in the first game. Partly justified, since his boss battle is identical to the previous ones, hence luck based.
* [[Back Tracking]]: Expect to do a lot of this if you want to get [[Hundred Percent Completion]]. In both games.
* [[Back Tracking]]: Expect to do a lot of this if you want to get [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]. In both games.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Tomba and Baron.
* [[Badass Adorable]]: Tomba and Baron.
* [[Bag of Spilling]].
* [[Bag of Spilling]].
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** You're bound to miss a lot on your first playthrough due to this trope, and during your second playthrough [[Guide Dang It|(If you aren't using a guide)]] you're going to be scared to even touch anything that isn't plot-related.
** You're bound to miss a lot on your first playthrough due to this trope, and during your second playthrough [[Guide Dang It|(If you aren't using a guide)]] you're going to be scared to even touch anything that isn't plot-related.
** Make sure that you have ''every'' sidequest you want to do completed in Tomba 2, because once you enter the door with the Evil Pig Gate, time will stop and you can only finish the main story.
** Make sure that you have ''every'' sidequest you want to do completed in Tomba 2, because once you enter the door with the Evil Pig Gate, time will stop and you can only finish the main story.
* [[Luck Based Mission]]: All the boss battles in 1 are this. Essentially, you have to toss the pig inside the giant, rotating bag in order to seal it away.
* [[Luck-Based Mission]]: All the boss battles in 1 are this. Essentially, you have to toss the pig inside the giant, rotating bag in order to seal it away.
* [[Making a Splash]]: The Water Pig in ''2''
* [[Making a Splash]]: The Water Pig in ''2''
* [[Meaningless Lives]]: On the first game. Was thankfully averted on the next one.
* [[Meaningless Lives]]: On the first game. Was thankfully averted on the next one.
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* [[Playing With Fire]]: The Fire Pig in ''2''
* [[Playing With Fire]]: The Fire Pig in ''2''
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The Evil Pig Bags to...
* [[Plot Coupon]]: The Evil Pig Bags to...
* [[Precision Guided Boomerang]]
* [[Precision-Guided Boomerang]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Judging by the dialogues in 2, it seems like the True Evil Pig is this. He even refers to his battle with Tomba as a "play".
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]: Judging by the dialogues in 2, it seems like the True Evil Pig is this. He even refers to his battle with Tomba as a "play".
* [[Puzzle Boss]]: Besides the Evil Pigs, a few normal enemies also count.
* [[Puzzle Boss]]: Besides the Evil Pigs, a few normal enemies also count.
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* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: What Tomba does to the Evil Pigs.
* [[Sealed Evil in A Can]]: What Tomba does to the Evil Pigs.
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: "It's a fire hammer. It's a hammer with the power of fire."
* [[Shaped Like Itself]]: "It's a fire hammer. It's a hammer with the power of fire."
* [[Shout Out]]: Possibly coincidential, but an early task in the first game requires the rescuing of [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Literature)|seven dwarves]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: Possibly coincidential, but an early task in the first game requires the rescuing of [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (Literature)|seven dwarves]].
* [[Smurfette Principle]]: Only one of the evil pigs in the first game is female, and no it's not the Pink Pig. It's actually {{spoiler|the Navy Blue one}}. [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy|I bet you didn't see that coming]].
* [[Smurfette Principle]]: Only one of the evil pigs in the first game is female, and no it's not the Pink Pig. It's actually {{spoiler|the Navy Blue one}}. [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy|I bet you didn't see that coming]].
* [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]]: Kujara Ranch under the Evil Pig Curse in ''2''
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: Kujara Ranch under the Evil Pig Curse in ''2''
* [[Speaking Simlish]]: Arguably in the first game. The second game was fully voiced.
* [[Speaking Simlish]]: Arguably in the first game. The second game was fully voiced.
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: The second game
* [[Super Drowning Skills]]: The second game

Revision as of 14:54, 26 January 2014

Tomba!, known as Tombi in the UK and Europe and Ore! Tomba in Japan, is a cult-favorite adventure series composed of two games starring a pink-haired jungle boy. Tomba must fight the Evil Swine, who have turned the world into a much darker place through the power of their own evil magic, using platforming skills across a fairly large game world.

The game is notable for its quest structure, in which you receive points for every objective completed, instead of just simply going from one point to the next as is the case with many platformers. Also, the plethora of hidden objectives made this a kind of Platformer-RPG fusion.

Two games were released for the Play Station:

  • Tomba!
  • Tomba! 2: The Evil Swine Return (known as Tombi 2 in the UK and Europe and Tomba: The Wild Adventures in Japan)

The series contains examples of the following tropes:

 Quick! Tabby went missing! She was captured by the Evil Pigs because they wanted her necklace for no reason whatsoever! You've got to save her by capturing them in colored purses! You may also deviate from your objective to do ridiculously unnecessary quests that add nothing to the story whatsoever, like transporting cement in a trolley, washing oversized chickens up, and guiding a worm through a series of booby-trapped seesaws so it can eat a leaf!