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=== Tropes Used In This Game Include: === |
=== Tropes Used In This Game Include: === |
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* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the FM Towns version, Leslie's hair was changed from [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]] to [[White |
* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the FM Towns version, Leslie's hair was changed from [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue]] to [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|white]]. |
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* [[Baguette Beatdown]]: You could use the stale baguette from the Bakery next door to kill the [[Killer Rabbit|two-headed squirrel]]. |
* [[Baguette Beatdown]]: You could use the stale baguette from the Bakery next door to kill the [[Killer Rabbit|two-headed squirrel]]. |
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* [[The Bermuda Triangle]]: You simply fly here whenever you want to get abducted by the aliens. This is actually very convenient. |
* [[The Bermuda Triangle]]: You simply fly here whenever you want to get abducted by the aliens. This is actually very convenient. |
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* [[But Thou Must]]: the mind-bending machine has a big switch with two positions that are both labeled "on"... |
* [[But Thou Must]]: the mind-bending machine has a big switch with two positions that are both labeled "on"... |
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* [[Call It Karma]]: The Guru will not help you if you killed Sushi or the Squirrel. [[Screw the Rules I Have Money|Unless you bribe him.]] |
* [[Call It Karma]]: The Guru will not help you if you killed Sushi or the Squirrel. [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money|Unless you bribe him.]] |
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* [[Catch Phrase]]: See Ya. |
* [[Catch Phrase]]: See Ya. |
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* [[Chainsaw Good]]: You find a can of gas ("For chainsaw use only!") in a locker on Mars as an in-joke, with the player character refusing to pick it up because "It's for [[Maniac Mansion|another game]]." |
* [[Chainsaw Good]]: You find a can of gas ("For chainsaw use only!") in a locker on Mars as an in-joke, with the player character refusing to pick it up because "It's for [[Maniac Mansion|another game]]." |
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* [[Money to Throw Away]]: If you make use of The King's lottery number prediction machine, that is! But even then, Zak is doing awfully well for himself despite being a tabloid reporter, if his CashCard balance is to be believed. |
* [[Money to Throw Away]]: If you make use of The King's lottery number prediction machine, that is! But even then, Zak is doing awfully well for himself despite being a tabloid reporter, if his CashCard balance is to be believed. |
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* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: The game represents the eponymous character's eponymous treatment by emptying his set of commands and having them gradually return as he recovers. |
* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: The game represents the eponymous character's eponymous treatment by emptying his set of commands and having them gradually return as he recovers. |
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* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: The Caponians in their hats and Groucho glasses, who also get fooled by the same disguise that Zak later wears. They only see through it in two cases. |
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* [[The Pennyfarthing Effect]]: You won't get an item's name when you mouse over it unless you're using the "What Is" verb. This makes it very hard to distinguish that some of the background objects are usable. |
* [[The Pennyfarthing Effect]]: You won't get an item's name when you mouse over it unless you're using the "What Is" verb. This makes it very hard to distinguish that some of the background objects are usable. |
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* [[Phlebotinum Induced Stupidity]]: The plot revolves around aliens who took over the phone company and are sending out a signal that makes people stupid. |
* [[Phlebotinum Induced Stupidity]]: The plot revolves around aliens who took over the phone company and are sending out a signal that makes people stupid. |
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