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The Darkside Detective is a retraux point-and-click Adventure Game published in 2017 by Spooky Doorway.Francis McQueen is a detective in the Twin Lakes police department tasked with handling cases involving the occult and other spooky nonsense, accompanied by the loyal but dimwitted Officer Patrick Dooley. Several of his cases involve the Darkside, the Dark World that presents a distorted reflection of reality.The game features blocky pixel art reminiscent of games from the 1980s heyday of point-and-click adventures like Police Quest. Each case is a self-contained chapter that takes place at a single location, though plot points and characters recur.The second game in the series, The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark, was released in April 2021, with seven new cases to solve. In September 2021, a trailer promising three new cases was released. |
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Headphones Equal Isolation |
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Headphones Equal Isolation: One of the passengers on a subway train that's suffered a detour into another dimension is a young man wearing headphones, who doesn't respond when McQueen attempts to question him. McQueen speculates that he might not even have noticed the situation the train is in. |
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Visible Silence |
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Visible Silence: "..." is McQueen's response when he's rendered speechless by one of Dooley's leaps of illogic. Also what Dooley says if you try to initiate a conversation with him while he's unconscious. |
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Photo-Booth Montage |
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Photo-Booth Montage: McQueen and Dooley do one in the photo booth at the mall, although the blank-face pixel art means you have to imagine the faces they're presumably pulling. |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed |
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No Celebrities Were Harmed: One of the city's notorious former inhabitants was the mobster Al Caphoney, who got away with many years of organized crime only for tacks evasionnote (he swerved in the road to avoid a sharp object, and was arrested for dangerous driving) to be his downfall. McQueen pauses in the middle of explaining all this to claim that any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. |
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Arbitrary Skepticism |
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Arbitrary Skepticism: McQueen has no trouble accepting the existence of ghosts, gremlins, alternate universes, werewolves, lake monsters, etc., but he doesn't believe in Bigfoot, an inconsistency he immediately lampshades. |
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Officer O'Hara |
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Officer O'Hara: Officer Ghouley has an Irish Funetik Aksent and wears an old-fashioned uniform of the time period when this trope was common. |
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Totem Pole Trench |
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Totem Pole Trench: Used by three kids as part of a monster disguise to fake a Bigfoot sighting. (Played with a bit, in that they discover that they can't move around without falling over.) |
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Tempting Fate |
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Tempting Fate: A case where things actually turn out better than expected. If the player attempts to buy a subway ticket using the occult coin from the Darkside, McQueen says that there's no way in Hell it will work and he's going to do it just to prove the point. Not only does it work, the machine dispenses a valid ticket for the Darkside subway, removing an obstacle. |
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Religion of Evil |
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Religion of Evil: One of McQueen's unseen cases involved busting up the Brotherhood of the World's End, which worshiped a being called Gruel the End-Timer and sought to bring about the end of the world. |
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Ignoring by Singing |
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Ignoring by Singing: Agent McScream, after he decides he's had enough and isn't going to help McQueen any more. |
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The Man in the Mirror Talks Back |
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The Man in the Mirror Talks Back: During an excursion to the Darkside, McQueen looks in a mirror and remarks, "Looking good, Frankie!" His reflection tells him that actually, he's been letting himself go lately. |
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Deadly Game |
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Deadly Game: The missing people turn out to have been abducted to the Darkside where they're forced to compete in a deadly gameshow that mostly involves trying not to get eaten by various horrible monsters. |
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Alice Allusion |
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Alice Allusion: The case revolves around a little girl called Alice who has gone missing after going through a magical portal and getting trapped in another world. |
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I Owe You My Life |
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I Owe You My Life: Played for laughs with the Mysterious Stranger who rescues McQueen in the Darkside. He reveals that he owes Dooley an enormous life-changing debt of gratitude... for what the ensuing dramatic flashback reveals to have been a very minor kindness. |
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Stealth Pun |
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Stealth Pun: The occupant of one of the police holding cells is a rat. McQueen explains that he's in protective custody for informing on his criminal colleagues.note (i.e. ratting them out) |
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Commercialized Christmas |
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Commercialized Christmas: A TV in the electronics store window is showing an ad in which Santa exhorts children to make their parents prove how much they care by buying expensive presents. |
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Can't Take Anything with You |
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Can't Take Anything with You: The mystery involves people disappearing into thin air, leaving Empty Piles of Clothing behind. McQueen's investigation establishes that they're being abducted by teleporter, which apparently doesn't take clothes — and sets up the audience to expect that when McQueen himself is teleported, he's going to arrive naked. In the event, he arrives wearing the same uniform all the other abductees are already wearing — apparently, the teleporter is capable of teleporting a person out of one pair of clothes and into another. But then, when they're all teleported home, the uniforms stay behind, and McQueen arrives home naked. |
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Mistaken Identity |
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Mistaken Identity: When McQueen and Dooley visit the harbourmaster's office, where it's very dark because the power's out, she mistakes them for locals, thinking Dooley in his police uniform is one of the local postal workers. The misidentification persists even after McQueen gets the lights working again. |
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Mall Santa |
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Mall Santa: The Santa at Twin Lakes Mall is abducted and replaced by The Krampus, who proceeds to spread chaos. This being Twin Lakes, it turns out he's the actual, real Santa, not just an old guy in a costume. |
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Identical Twin Mistake |
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Identical Twin Mistake: At the beginning, McQueen meets up at the match to find what looks like Dooley in wrestling gear and face paint. Little does he know that the wrestler is not Dooley but rather El Doolio, who has a Mexican accent and meets up with El Dectivo. Even with all that evidence, however, McQueen remains unconvinced. It is not until the end of the episode when the real Dooley shows up for the match, albeit a little too late, to find him with the wrestler who has been mistaken for him this whole time. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_246f70c6 |
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The Freakshow |
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The Freakshow: According to a poster, the carnival has one, which features a beardless lady, a man descended from apes, and a half-man-half-the-other-half-of-the-same-man. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_259dc974 |
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Haunted Castle |
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Haunted Castle: Castle Dooley is initially presented as one, complete with omnipresent rain storm and a local warning the protagonists not to go any closer. However, if pressed for more information, he admits he's just putting on a show because the tourists appreciate it, and it turns out the inhabitants of the castle are all perfectly nice. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_25e18c14 |
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Mythology Gag |
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Mythology Gag: A vacant shop in the black market has a "To Let" sign over the name of the former tenant, but enough is visible to make out that the former shop was named 'Spooky Doorway', which is also the name of the game's developer. |
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Hurricane of Puns |
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Hurricane of Puns: The bookshelf in the carnival proprietor's office, which contains books such as Predicting the Future by Claire Voyant. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2937826d |
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Dark World |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_294df577 |
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Dark World: The Darkside, a dark and distorted version of the real world that lies beyond certain magical portals. |
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Limited Wardrobe |
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Limited Wardrobe: Dooley starts out the adventure in the same police uniform he always wears, even though he's on holiday in a foreign country; there's even a lampshade hanging of the fact that he's wearing his gun holster (and it appears to have his gun in it) in a country where that wouldn't be allowed. Subverted later when he changes into a robe for his coming-of-age ceremony. |
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Yet Another Baby Panda |
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Yet Another Baby Panda: When McQueen goes on television to appeal to the public for information about Dooley's disappearance, his segment is immediately followed by a fluff piece about a squirrel that can do arithmetic. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2acd8fe4 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2b88a383 |
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Grave Humor |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2b88a383 |
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Grave Humor: The inscriptions on the headstones in the graveyard are punning homages to the game's lead programmers and designers. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2b88a383 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2bfb1856 |
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Beard of Evil |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2bfb1856 |
comment |
Beard of Evil: McScream and Ghoulie, McQueen and Dooley's Evil Doppelgangers, have a goatee (in classic Evil Twin tradition à la Mirror Spock) and a handlebar moustache respectively. McScream is also balding. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2bfb1856 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2c490738 |
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Empty Piles of Clothing |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2c490738 |
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Empty Piles of Clothing: The case involves people disappearing into thin air, leaving empty piles of clothing behind. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2c490738 |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2c490738 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2d50bb66 |
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Perp Sweating |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2d50bb66 |
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Perp Sweating: McQueen has to improvise an interrogation room at the mall because he can't leave to take the suspect back to the precinct house. Fortunately, the electronics store sells a desk lamp perfect for shining in a perp's face. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2d50bb66 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2e0c6c38 |
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Eskimos Aren't Real |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2e0c6c38 |
comment |
Eskimos Aren't Real: Dooley believes in alien visitations and government conspiracies, but thinks germs are a made-up thing that only happens in movies. |
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| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2f75473 |
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Number of the Beast |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2f75473 |
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Number of the Beast: The chapter selection screen is in the form of a screen on McQueen's computer, running V 6.66 of its operating system. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_2f75473 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_33fa230b |
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Your Princess Is in Another Castle! |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_33fa230b |
comment |
Your Princess Is in Another Castle!: After the Krampus has been defeated and Santa rescued, the "Case Closed" caption appears and the usual outro music plays — and then there's a shout for help from offscreen, and there turns out to be one more puzzle to solve. |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_33fa230b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_352151a3 |
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Recursive Reality |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_352151a3 |
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Recursive Reality: At one point, McQueen is in the Darkside and finds a photograph, which he describes as showing you, the player, playing a video game in which a man in a trenchcoat is looking at a photograph. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_352151a3 |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_352151a3 |
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Genie in a Bottle |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_38424ebb |
comment |
Genie in a Bottle: McQueen encounters a genie whose lamp has been found by a tourist staying at the motel. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_38424ebb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_38424ebb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_38424ebb |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_39ed1c8a |
type |
Conspiracy Theorist |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_39ed1c8a |
comment |
Conspiracy Theorist: Dooley has tendencies in this direction, and runs his own conspiracy blog. Being Dooley, his conspiracy theories are things like "the moon is fake" (not the moon landings, mind you — the moon itself), "Columbus faked the America landings" (he says there's no evidence America actually exists, and Twin Lakes is actually in a secret location in the Alps), "the government is pumping dihydrogen monoxide into our homes", and "the government is a mass hallucination caused by chemicals put in the water by the government". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_39ed1c8a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_39ed1c8a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_39ed1c8a |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3adca595 |
type |
Namesake Gag |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3adca595 |
comment |
Namesake Gag: Dooley claims that a portrait in the town library depicts Theodore Library, inventor of the library. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3adca595 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3adca595 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3adca595 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3caeadf3 |
type |
See-Thru Specs |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3caeadf3 |
comment |
See-Thru Specs: With the addition of the appropriate occult symbols, a View-Master toy becomes an artifact that lets the possessor see and hear ghosts. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3caeadf3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3caeadf3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3caeadf3 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3e682843 |
type |
Lampshaded the Obscure Reference |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3e682843 |
comment |
Lampshaded the Obscure Reference: After an incident involving a nightstand with a woman's screaming face in one of the drawer knobs, which comes out of nowhere and contributes nothing to the plot, Dooley remarks that anybody in the audience who doesn't know what it's a reference tonote the Twin Peaks episode "The Condemned Woman" is going to be very confused. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3e682843 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3e682843 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3e682843 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3eb0f889 |
type |
Pun-Based Title |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3eb0f889 |
comment |
Pun-Based Title: Each chapter has one, playing on either a famous film name or a police-related phrase. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3eb0f889 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3eb0f889 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3eb0f889 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3ece9e25 |
type |
Konami Code |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3ece9e25 |
comment |
Konami Code: A newspaper has the headline "Computer Stock Goes Up, Up, Down, Down, Left, Right, Left, Right, B, A, Start". McQueen adds that he regrets having read it out loud, because it feels like a magical incantation to him and now he's going to worry about what it did. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3ece9e25 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3ece9e25 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3ece9e25 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3f0e0236 |
type |
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue... |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3f0e0236 |
comment |
Roses Are Red, Violets Are Blue...: The trash can in the librarian's office contains a draft of a notice saying: |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3f0e0236 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3f0e0236 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_3f0e0236 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_413f7922 |
type |
Vampires Hate Garlic |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_413f7922 |
comment |
Vampires Hate Garlic: Played with; garlic is a reverse-vampire's favorite food. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_413f7922 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_413f7922 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_413f7922 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_41411451 |
type |
One-Word Vocabulary |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_41411451 |
comment |
One-Word Vocabulary: The zombies can only say "Brains!" with a variety of inflections, but are able to convey meaning to anyone who knows the language. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_41411451 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_41411451 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_41411451 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_420081bf |
type |
Alien Sky |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_420081bf |
comment |
Alien Sky: On the Darkside, the sky is full of sinister purple energies and Giant Flyers. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_420081bf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_420081bf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_420081bf |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_437511de |
type |
Crappy Carnival |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_437511de |
comment |
Crappy Carnival: The carnival is rundown, the skill games are rigged (although the operator insists that's only to make the puzzles more interesting), many of the mechanisms are broken down (and the operator of the ferris wheel is pretty casual about the fact it's got people trapped in the upper cabins), the freak show consists entirely of non-freakish people like a beardless lady and a half-man-half-the-other-half-of-the-same-man, and the refreshment stand only sells "vegan hotdogs" (a bun with nothing in it). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_437511de |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_437511de |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_437511de |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_45bc787c |
type |
Mundane Wish |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_45bc787c |
comment |
Mundane Wish: At the black market, a woman ponders what wish she'll ask for from a wish-granting automaton — wealth? world peace? — before deciding that what she most wants is a really big trifle. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_45bc787c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_45bc787c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_45bc787c |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_46d7e20a |
type |
Sustained Misunderstanding |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_46d7e20a |
comment |
Sustained Misunderstanding: Dooley sees a greenhouse and asks what kind of perverted exhibitionist would live in a house where anybody could look in at any time. McQueen's attempt to explain that it's a house for plants just results in Dooley becoming convinced that plants are perverted exhibitionists. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_46d7e20a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_46d7e20a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_46d7e20a |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_47fa30cf |
type |
Emotion Eater |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_47fa30cf |
comment |
Emotion Eater: There is a variety of vampire that drains emotions from people (and a corresponding reverse-vampire that projects its own emotions onto people around it). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_47fa30cf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_47fa30cf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_47fa30cf |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4864031b |
type |
Informed Attractiveness |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4864031b |
comment |
Informed Attractiveness: Dooley thinks the villain is very attractive. She has exactly the same featureless pixel art face as every other character. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4864031b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4864031b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4864031b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48b9731f |
type |
Paper-Thin Disguise |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48b9731f |
comment |
Paper-Thin Disguise: An enormous, green, non-humanoid monster apparently successfully disguises itself as a human with nothing but a wig. (Then again, the only person it needs to fool is Dooley, who is not noted for his keen observational skills.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48b9731f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48b9731f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48b9731f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d |
type |
Funetik Aksent |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d |
comment |
Funetik Aksent: Officer Ghouley's Irish accent. Members of the Plinkman family have an Oop North accent, rendered phonetically. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_48d9e12d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_492d19c |
type |
Playing Games at Work |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_492d19c |
comment |
Playing Games at Work: Examining Officer Murakami's workstation at the precinct house results in McQueen remarking that Murakami has achieved a new high score in "whatever he's playing" (and Dooley complaining that he's never going to catch up when McQueen keeps making him work during work hours). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_492d19c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_492d19c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_492d19c |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4af55b78 |
type |
Credits Gag |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4af55b78 |
comment |
Credits Gag: The credits roll begins with credits for Francis McQueen as Detective Francis McQueen, Patrick Dooley as Officer Patrick Dooley, and "Vivian Moonman, very real actor" as "The Rest of the Cast". There's a credit for Gozer the Gozerian as "On-Set Extraplanar Entity". The credit for Best Boy is followed by one for "Boy Who Was Just Okay" and another for "Best Cats". There are also parodies of the standard legal disclaimers. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4af55b78 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4af55b78 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4af55b78 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4c083756 |
type |
Signed Up for the Dental |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4c083756 |
comment |
Signed Up for the Dental: McQueen asks a monster what brings him to Twin Lakes, and he claims it's because the city has great dental — even though, as McQueen immediately points out, he doesn't have any teeth. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4c083756 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4c083756 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4c083756 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4e6fe81 |
type |
Your Brain Won't Be Much of a Meal |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4e6fe81 |
comment |
Your Brain Won't Be Much of a Meal: When Dooley is trapped in a crypt with a group of zombies, they seem strangely uninterested in eating him. When McQueen asks one of the zombies why, she replies, "Brains!" (Which isn't that helpful, since she has a One-Word Vocabulary, but in this case the obvious interpretation might be the correct one.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4e6fe81 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4e6fe81 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4e6fe81 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4f99072c |
type |
Merit Badges for Everything |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4f99072c |
comment |
Merit Badges for Everything: It's a running gag about the Bloodwolves, Twin Lakes' scouting organization, that whenever Dooley's Bloodwolf pack are in a potentially dangerous or frightening situation (such as "lurking outside a dark, spooky cave" or "abandoned in the snow on Christmas Eve") one of them will note that there's a merit badge for that. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4f99072c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4f99072c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4f99072c |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4fff0dfe |
type |
Sarcasm-Blind |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4fff0dfe |
comment |
Sarcasm-Blind: Dooley. His response to McQueen's sarcastic "Uncle of the year, here" is "Where? Do you think he could give me pointers?" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4fff0dfe |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4fff0dfe |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_4fff0dfe |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5009999d |
type |
Painting the Medium |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5009999d |
comment |
Painting the Medium: When the Arch-Druid explains that her staff is a shillelagh, McQueen's attempt to repeat the word is spelled phonetically to show that he's mispronouncing it — and specifically mispronouncing it in the way somebody might from reading it in the Arch-Druid's dialog box, rather than pronouncing it as if he'd heard it in conversation. The Arch-Druid then helpfully sounds out the correct pronunciation. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5009999d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5009999d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5009999d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_504e271f |
type |
But Thou Must! |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_504e271f |
comment |
But Thou Must!: The game's settings screen includes a setting for "Police Corruption", which is "On" by default. Clicking on it changes it to "Still On". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_504e271f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_504e271f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_504e271f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_50f50a5e |
type |
Donut Mess with a Cop |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_50f50a5e |
comment |
Donut Mess with a Cop: The whiteboard in the briefing room of the precinct house is covered in writing that proves on closer inspection to be the donut and coffee rota. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_50f50a5e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_50f50a5e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_50f50a5e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_510e5a9 |
type |
Sassy Black Woman |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_510e5a9 |
comment |
The Sassy Black Woman who runs the diner commenting that she'd be shrugging dismissively if the programmers had given her a shrug animation. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_510e5a9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_510e5a9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_510e5a9 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_525478f9 |
type |
Consulting Mister Puppet |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_525478f9 |
comment |
Consulting Mister Puppet: The cashier in the toy store has become delirious from long hours under the mall's artificial lights, and believes the giant teddy bear near the counter is holding him captive. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_525478f9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_525478f9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_525478f9 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5401e7ac |
type |
Daywalking Vampire |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5401e7ac |
comment |
Daywalking Vampire: It is said that reverse-vampires actually prefer to be out and about during the day, although it happens that the one reverse-vampire to have appeared in the series so far has only appeared in night scenes. (This may say more about the hours McQueen keeps than about the reverse-vampire, however.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5401e7ac |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5401e7ac |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5401e7ac |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5521ed05 |
type |
No Animals Were Harmed |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5521ed05 |
comment |
No Animals Were Harmed: The end credits report that no pixels were harmed in the making of the game, but some of the programmers did get carpal tunnel. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5521ed05 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5521ed05 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5521ed05 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_558f5da6 |
type |
Cryptic Conversation |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_558f5da6 |
comment |
Cryptic Conversation: Nearly everything Agent McScream says is this, and usually ominous as well as cryptic. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_558f5da6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_558f5da6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_558f5da6 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_55d40fce |
type |
Three Wishes |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_55d40fce |
comment |
Three Wishes: McQueen and Dooley encounter a genie who has to grant three wishes before it can return to its own realm. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_55d40fce |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_55d40fce |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_55d40fce |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5798bfbf |
type |
Reassigned to Antarctica |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5798bfbf |
comment |
Reassigned to Antarctica: Dooley was assigned to the under-resourced and disrespected occult division because his flakiness got on too many nerves in the regular force. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5798bfbf |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5798bfbf |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5798bfbf |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_57bde9be |
type |
Smart Cop, Dumb Cop |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_57bde9be |
comment |
Smart Cop, Dumb Cop: McQueen is intelligent and focused, while Dooley is a ditz who often seems only vaguely aware that he's a police officer, let alone what they're investigating. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_57bde9be |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_57bde9be |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_57bde9be |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5889ca1d |
type |
Mineral MacGuffin |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5889ca1d |
comment |
Mineral MacGuffin: The Sunstone. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5889ca1d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5889ca1d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5889ca1d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58970413 |
type |
Coincidental Broadcast |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58970413 |
comment |
Coincidental Broadcast: One of the things that can happen if you turn on the radio is a breaking news bulletin about the events McQueen is investigating. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58970413 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58970413 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58970413 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58e117b4 |
type |
Pirate Parrot |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58e117b4 |
comment |
Pirate Parrot: One of the Dooley ancestors took to sea as a pirate, but she didn't have a parrot so she improvised by painting a pigeon red and green. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58e117b4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58e117b4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_58e117b4 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b19cc1b |
type |
Air-Vent Passageway |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b19cc1b |
comment |
Air-Vent Passageway: McQueen gets to do some actual duct-crawling as part of a shout-out to Die Hard. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b19cc1b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b19cc1b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b19cc1b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b2e1e5e |
type |
Fake-Out Fade-Out |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b2e1e5e |
comment |
Fake-Out Fade-Out: After the Krampus has been defeated and Santa rescued, the "Case Closed" caption appears and the usual outro music plays — and then there's a shout for help from offscreen, and there turns out to be one more puzzle to solve. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b2e1e5e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b2e1e5e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5b2e1e5e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d0dd7b3 |
type |
Wasteful Wishing |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d0dd7b3 |
comment |
Wasteful Wishing: McQueen encounters a genie who enlists him to ... encourage ... the genie's current master to wish for trivial things, because the genie is trapped on this plane until all three wishes have been used up. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d0dd7b3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d0dd7b3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d0dd7b3 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d7cfc66 |
type |
The Jeeves |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d7cfc66 |
comment |
The Jeeves: The butler at Castle Dooley is a very proper English butler (named Butler), who is devoted to the family he serves. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d7cfc66 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d7cfc66 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5d7cfc66 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5e7c0ab7 |
type |
Kleptomaniac Hero |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5e7c0ab7 |
comment |
Kleptomaniac Hero: McQueen has a pragmatic attitude toward making off with other people's stuff that might be useful later. (However, he disapproves of Dooley's suggestions on the subject of making off with stuff that might be worth some money.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5e7c0ab7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5e7c0ab7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5e7c0ab7 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1 |
type |
Time Skip |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1 |
comment |
Time Skip: A year has passed since the end of "Baits Motel". Dooley is still missing, and the Darkside Division has been shut down. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_60414102 |
type |
Zombie Apocalypse |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_60414102 |
comment |
Zombie Apocalypse: The city's dead are reanimated as a side-effect of a sinister ritual. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_60414102 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_60414102 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_60414102 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6056f853 |
type |
Homoerotic Subtext |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6056f853 |
comment |
Homoerotic Subtext: Dooley describes McQueen as "a Dooley by common law", which could be interpreted as meaning that the two of them are in a committed relationship (or at least that Dooley thinks they are). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6056f853 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6056f853 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6056f853 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_613fa807 |
type |
Identical Twin ID Tag |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_613fa807 |
comment |
Identical Twin ID Tag: Barry and Larry look identical except for the colors of their shirts and one of them has slightly more hair. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_613fa807 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_613fa807 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_613fa807 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6293c185 |
type |
Sequel Hook |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6293c185 |
comment |
Sequel Hook: At the end of the case, Dooley is trapped in the Darkside, and a caption appears saying "To be continued..." |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6293c185 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6293c185 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6293c185 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6459cc02 |
type |
I See Dead People |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6459cc02 |
comment |
I See Dead People: One chapter features a boy who can see and hear ghosts. McQueen temporarily acquires the ability as well (and it becomes a running gag that he has to keep stopping to explain what's going on to Dooley, who has no idea why he's suddenly holding conversations with thin air). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6459cc02 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6459cc02 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6459cc02 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_646407bd |
type |
We Named the Monkey "Jack" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_646407bd |
comment |
We Named the Monkey "Jack": McQueen has a new pet cat named "P.D.", which he initially claims is short for "Police Department" but finally admits is actually short for "Placeholder Dooley". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_646407bd |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_646407bd |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_646407bd |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_64b42bc4 |
type |
Christmas Creep |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_64b42bc4 |
comment |
Christmas Creep: McQueen complains that Dooley has been playing Christmas music in the squad car since Halloween, and Dooley says that he got a late start this year. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_64b42bc4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_64b42bc4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_64b42bc4 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_66755d29 |
type |
Author Avatar |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_66755d29 |
comment |
Author Avatar: When McQueen attempts a technological seance to find Dooley, one of the wrong numbers he gets is the game's lead programmer, who refuses to give him any hints about what to do next. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_66755d29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_66755d29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_66755d29 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67677940 |
type |
Giant Flyer |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67677940 |
comment |
Giant Flyer: One can be seen swooping through the Alien Sky of the Darkside. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67677940 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67677940 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67677940 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67c3e83b |
type |
Tinfoil Hat |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67c3e83b |
comment |
Tinfoil Hat: One of Dooley's conspiracy theorist colleagues believes that wearing a tinfoil hat will help keep the Man from tracking him down. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67c3e83b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67c3e83b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_67c3e83b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6a94f84f |
type |
Romance Cover Scene |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6a94f84f |
comment |
Romance Cover Scene: At one point McQueen comes across a trashy romance novel with a standard heroine-and-shirtless-hero cover, except the heroine is Doris the elderly librarian and the shirtless hero is Dooley. An embarassed Dooley explains that Doris made him pose for it as payment for overdue library books. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6a94f84f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6a94f84f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6a94f84f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 |
type |
Meaningful Name |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 |
comment |
Meaningful Name: When you encounter someone named "McPhiend" it's a safe bet she's got something to hide, even before you see how suspiciously she's acting. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6d7026fa |
type |
Punny Name |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6d7026fa |
comment |
Punny Name: The inscriptions on the headstones in the graveyard are punning homages to the game's lead programmers and designers. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6d7026fa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6d7026fa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6d7026fa |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe |
type |
Christmas Episode |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe |
comment |
Christmas Episode: In December 2017, an update added a new chapter, "Buy Hard", in which McQueen and Dooley go last-minute Christmas shopping and end up having to save Santa Claus from The Krampus (and having his reindeer clamped by McKing). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6ef9d3fe |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6fba77ef |
type |
Moon-Landing Hoax |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6fba77ef |
comment |
Moon-Landing Hoax: Dooley believes that not only was the moon landing faked, so was the moon. When McQueen asks him who would do that, he explains that it was the inhabitants of the real moon, which is hidden behind the fake one. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6fba77ef |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6fba77ef |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_6fba77ef |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78270847 |
type |
Curse Cut Short |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78270847 |
comment |
Curse Cut Short: After McQueen checks the station's first aid box and finds that there's nothing in it but laxatives, Officer Banks begins to suggest it's someone's way of saying Twin Lakes' police are "full of sh—" but has to stop in mid-word to answer a phone call. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78270847 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78270847 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78270847 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78d103c3 |
type |
Exposition of Immortality |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78d103c3 |
comment |
Exposition of Immortality: The caretaker seems to be an ordinary human, albeit with some funny habits, but the graduation photo in his bedroom is dated 1809. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78d103c3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78d103c3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_78d103c3 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7d32da92 |
type |
Lost in Transmission |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7d32da92 |
comment |
Lost in Transmission: McQueen manages to contact Dooley with a technological seance device, but the connection starts breaking up and then cuts out entirely right when Dooley starts explaining how to find him. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7d32da92 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7d32da92 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7d32da92 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f67e11 |
type |
The Night That Never Ends |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f67e11 |
comment |
The Night That Never Ends: The Dooley family are traditional custodians of a Mineral MacGuffin that supposedly ensures that the sun will continue to rise. McQueen is skeptical about this, but then the villain of the week steals the Sunstone and the sun immediately goes out, and stays out until McQueen and Dooley restore the Sunstone. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f67e11 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f67e11 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f67e11 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f6a54f2 |
type |
Miranda Rights |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f6a54f2 |
comment |
Miranda Rights: When McQueen remarks that an enormous glowing portal they've just discovered is the number one suspect in the recent weird events, Dooley attempts to read the portal its rights, only desisting when McQueen asks him where he's going to attach the handcuffs. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f6a54f2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f6a54f2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_7f6a54f2 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb |
type |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb |
comment |
Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: The ghost of Enid Blyton disapproves of the other authorial ghosts haunting the library, saying that they're all terrible people like occultists, horror writers, and DIY fanatics. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_808cbaeb |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82518cf7 |
type |
Motor Mouth |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82518cf7 |
comment |
Motor Mouth: Devon the Bloodwolf speaks in long run-on sentences with no internal punctuation, suggesting that it's all coming out in a rush. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82518cf7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82518cf7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82518cf7 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82982bcb |
type |
Evil Doppelgänger |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82982bcb |
comment |
Evil Doppelgänger: Inverted with McKing's Darkside counterpart. Normal McKing is a charismatic jerk jock who picks on McQueen whenever they meet; Darkside McKing is a socially awkward nerd who gets picked on by everybody, is friendly and helpful to McQueen, and idolizes Dooley. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82982bcb |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82982bcb |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_82982bcb |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_863fac26 |
type |
Jerk Jock |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_863fac26 |
comment |
Jerk Jock: Detective McKing, a handsome fellow who's never without an admiring female entourage and gets the lion's share of the police department's resources, but seems to spend all his time either bigging himself up (the filing cabinet in his office contains nothing but photographs of himself) or putting other people (especially McQueen) down. In the Christmas Episode, he takes glee in issuing a parking infringement to Santa Claus. It's suggested that his career success owes more to his connections (aka his marriage to the mayor) than to any actual ability on his part. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_863fac26 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_863fac26 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_863fac26 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8797239c |
type |
Bait-and-Switch |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8797239c |
comment |
Bait-and-Switch: McQueen discovers a "dirty magazine" — a worn and grubby copy of a magazine about household cleaning supplies. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8797239c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8797239c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8797239c |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_884e513b |
type |
Medium Awareness |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_884e513b |
comment |
Medium Awareness: The Sassy Black Woman who runs the diner commenting that she'd be shrugging dismissively if the programmers had given her a shrug animation. Another character remarking that it's a nice night to be standing around in case he's needed for a puzzle solution later. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_884e513b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_884e513b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_884e513b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce |
type |
Mini-Game |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce |
comment |
Mini-Game: Each chapter has a minigame in it somewhere representing a task such as rewiring a junction box, fixing broken plumbing, or picking a lock. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8a8afdce |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8bfd8321 |
type |
Informing the Fourth Wall |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8bfd8321 |
comment |
Informing the Fourth Wall: As usual for the genre, McQueen has a collection of phrases for when the player tries to use an object in a way that won't progress the story. Some of them are police themed, such as "Not on my watch!" and "That would be a rookie mistake." Each episode has its own variants, such as "That's no way to spend Christmas Eve!" and "Nobody's buying that as a solution!" in the Christmas Episode. At one point, he also addresses the player directly for a Recursive Reality moment. In the "Police Farce" chapter, after examining what turns out to be an entirely unremarkable mug, he remarks that he doesn't know where he picked up the habit of commenting on every item in a room. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8bfd8321 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8bfd8321 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8bfd8321 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c30ad0 |
type |
The Television Talks Back |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c30ad0 |
comment |
The Television Talks Back: A television in the window of the electronics store is showing Dick Brickman presenting a retrospective of the year's news. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c30ad0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c30ad0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c30ad0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c4bafff |
type |
Holy Burns Evil |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c4bafff |
comment |
Holy Burns Evil: Played with; one of the signs that a suspicious character is a reverse vampire is that he owns a collection of holy objects from several religions (which he keeps next to his stash of garlic). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c4bafff |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c4bafff |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c4bafff |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c681acc |
type |
Third-Person Person |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c681acc |
comment |
Third-Person Person: Old Tam the subway worker. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c681acc |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c681acc |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_8c681acc |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9014df71 |
type |
Saying Sound Effects Out Loud |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9014df71 |
comment |
Saying Sound Effects Out Loud: The Zombie Butler in the mansion morns "Snarl", "Snap", and "Zombie noises". Upon hearing the last one, McQueen that they'll "need to audition better extras." |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9014df71 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9014df71 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9014df71 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_90dd217f |
type |
Little Known Facts |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_90dd217f |
comment |
Little Known Facts: All the placards in the natural history museum; for instance, a skeleton has a placard explaining that it's a plastic skeleton thought to be the inspiration for the more recent bone skeletons used by most modern humans. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_90dd217f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_90dd217f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_90dd217f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_92dfffae |
type |
Retraux |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_92dfffae |
comment |
Retraux: The game homages the style of 1980s point-and-click games like Police Quest and Maniac Mansion, complete with blocky pixel art. (The game's options menu includes, as all modern games' options menus must, a setting for video resolution. It starts at "High Def" and goes up from there — and every setting results in the same blocky pixel art.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_92dfffae |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_92dfffae |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_92dfffae |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94332264 |
type |
Busman's Holiday |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94332264 |
comment |
Busman's Holiday: McQueen and Dooley weren't even on a case when they came to the haunted library, they'd just dropped by so Dooley could return his library books. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94332264 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94332264 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94332264 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94eb5311 |
type |
Geometric Magic |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94eb5311 |
comment |
Geometric Magic: Geometric figures with mystic runes around the edges are a recurring way of achieving magical effects. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94eb5311 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94eb5311 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_94eb5311 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_95428daa |
type |
Rite of Passage |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_95428daa |
comment |
Rite of Passage: Dooley has been invited to the ancestral Dooley estate in Ireland to participate in a traditional coming-of-age ceremony marking the transition to adulthood. He's doing it a bit late, being already in his thirties, because his branch of the family fell out of touch with their traditions after they emigrated to America and the invitation got lost in the post. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_95428daa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_95428daa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_95428daa |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_961c6c22 |
type |
Cutaway Gag |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_961c6c22 |
comment |
Cutaway Gag: Dooley is surprised when someone mentions that the camp ground closes over Christmas. Cut away to his Bloodwolf pack, sitting outside a tent in the snow and wondering if Dooley is going to show up. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_961c6c22 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_961c6c22 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_961c6c22 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_978937d6 |
type |
Brand X |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_978937d6 |
comment |
Brand X: One puzzle involves a "JoyChild" portable gaming device, which resembles a Gameboy. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_978937d6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_978937d6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_978937d6 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_97a82530 |
type |
Sewer Gator |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_97a82530 |
comment |
Sewer Gator: Twin Lakes is rumored to have them, although McQueen meets a tourist guide who claims to have invented the rumor because he suspected tourists were getting bored with the city's real monsters. Dooley later meets a real one. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_97a82530 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_97a82530 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_97a82530 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_986bd638 |
type |
This Is a Work of Fiction |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_986bd638 |
comment |
This Is a Work of Fiction: McQueen pauses in the middle of telling the life story of the mobster Al Caphoney to claim that any resemblance to persons living or dead is entirely coincidental. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_986bd638 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_986bd638 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_986bd638 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_98c4ea5f |
type |
Falling Chandelier of Doom |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_98c4ea5f |
comment |
Falling Chandelier of Doom: While exploring the Don's mansion, McQueen and Dooley see a chandelier and immediately note that it would do a lot of damage if it fell on someone. Sure enough, the main puzzle in the mansion involves a monster standing directly underneath the chandelier. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_98c4ea5f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_98c4ea5f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_98c4ea5f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_99b2613a |
type |
Oop North |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_99b2613a |
comment |
Members of the Plinkman family have an Oop North accent, rendered phonetically. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_99b2613a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_99b2613a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_99b2613a |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a50173f |
type |
Follow the Bouncing Ball |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a50173f |
comment |
Follow the Bouncing Ball: With a "bouncing baseball" being a Visual Pun when Dooley sings along to "Turn Back the Clocks". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a50173f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a50173f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a50173f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a692ae9 |
type |
13 Is Unlucky |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a692ae9 |
comment |
13 Is Unlucky: A black market for dangerous magical artifacts is located at Pier 13. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a692ae9 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a692ae9 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a692ae9 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a7d4472 |
type |
Stock Ness Monster |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a7d4472 |
comment |
Stock Ness Monster: There is, of course, one living in one of the Twin Lakes. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a7d4472 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a7d4472 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9a7d4472 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c464123 |
type |
Saving Christmas |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c464123 |
comment |
Saving Christmas: Santa is kidnapped and replaced by a malicious impostor, and after that's all sorted out, Santa discovers his sleigh has been clamped by a traffic cop with no Christmas spirit, and McQueen has to help him solve that problem too. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c464123 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c464123 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c464123 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 |
type |
Hyperspace Arsenal |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 |
comment |
Hyperspace Arsenal: McQueen can carry any number of useful objects in his pockets. Lampshaded by Dooley after McQueen puts an entire car hood in his pocket without apparent difficulty. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9c7e3137 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9cfb804f |
type |
The Krampus |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9cfb804f |
comment |
The Krampus: The villain of the episode, depicted as an anti-Santa who hates children and can be defeated with cookies and milk. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9cfb804f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9cfb804f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9cfb804f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 |
type |
Foreshadowing |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 |
comment |
Foreshadowing: During the performance on the pitcher's mound, Dooley sings that "we need to turn back the clocks", a lyric that foreshadows what he and McQueen need to do when things take a turn for the worse. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d3b4703 |
type |
This Is Reality |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d3b4703 |
comment |
This Is Reality: When trying to obtain access to a shut down subway station, McQueen and Dooley consider leaping the ticket barrier, but decide their insurance won't cover it and they'd better crawl underneath instead; McQueen complains that police work doesn't include the fun stuff that happens in movies. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d3b4703 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d3b4703 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9d3b4703 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e |
type |
Continuity Nod |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e |
comment |
Continuity Nod: The Mysterious Stranger who McQueen meets in the Darkside recalls having met Dooley while he was trapped in the Darkside at the beginning of the game. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9dab0a6e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9ee065ab |
type |
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9ee065ab |
comment |
Horror Doesn't Settle for Simple Tuesday: A calendar shows that it's October, presumably around Halloween time. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9ee065ab |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9ee065ab |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9ee065ab |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f63d4f1 |
type |
Our Vampires Are Different |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f63d4f1 |
comment |
Our Vampires Are Different: There are vampires that feed on blood, and vampires that feed on emotions — and reverse versions of both of those, which don't have any of the traditional weaknesses. A reverse emotional vampire projects their own emotions onto the people around them; the details of how a reverse blood-sucking vampire operates are hurriedly passed over. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f63d4f1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f63d4f1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f63d4f1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f8a12d7 |
type |
Who's on First? |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f8a12d7 |
comment |
Who's on First?: McQueen finds an abandoned Magic 8-Ball. Dooley asks what it says. "'Ask again later.'" "Aww, but I wanna know now!" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f8a12d7 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f8a12d7 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_9f8a12d7 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164 |
type |
It's for a Book |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164 |
comment |
It's for a Book: When McQueen has to make a new clay urn from scratch at a pottery wheel, he turns out to be surprisingly good at it. Dooley ask him how he learned to do that, to which he replies has watched the movie Ghost a lot, and then quickly adds that it was as "research" for professional reasons. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a0390164 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a220d528 |
type |
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a220d528 |
comment |
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?: McQueen wonders if it's safe to leave Dooley's nephew unattended in the queue to Santa's Grotto, and Dooley remarks, "It's Christmas Eve in Twin Lakes, what could possibly go wrong?" before acknowledging that that was a foolish question. Magical mischief ensues soon after, with the Grotto at ground zero. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a220d528 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a220d528 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a220d528 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3509d95 |
type |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3509d95 |
comment |
The Password Is Always "Swordfish": The password to the computer rig Dooley uses to scan for alien signals is "password". On learning this, McQueen says it's "as secure as it is surprising". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3509d95 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3509d95 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3509d95 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3597c29 |
type |
Magic Countdown |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3597c29 |
comment |
Magic Countdown: At the climax of the episode, McQueen and Dooley have to fix a problem before a mechanical countdown reaches zero. The countdown is implemented in a way where each time they move to a new location the countdown voice announces the next number, no matter how long they actually spend in that location. The geography of the castle is set up so that the number of locations between where they are when the problem is discovered (in a basement) and where they need to be to fix it (up on the roof) uses up the whole ten-second countdown, with the countdown voice announcing "One" as they arrive on the roof, so if the player does the obvious thing and heads directly for the roof as quickly as possible the countdown will play out in a fairly natural manner. Except that then they will almost certainly discover that they're missing at least one of the objects required to actually solve the problem and will have to climb back down off the roof and go fetch it. No matter how long that takes, when they return to the roof the countdown voice will announce that there is, "inexplicably", still one second remaining. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3597c29 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3597c29 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a3597c29 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a4e9a09e |
type |
Dude, Where's My Reward? |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a4e9a09e |
comment |
Dude, Where's My Reward?: McQueen saves the city from a Zombie Apocalypse, but his achievement is brushed over because the authorities can't or won't accept the supernatural nature of the threat, and instead McKing is given a medal for saving the city even though he's blatantly unable to explain just what he did. Still, at least Dooley thinks McQueen is a hero. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a4e9a09e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a4e9a09e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a4e9a09e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a54534a0 |
type |
Parental Neglect |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a54534a0 |
comment |
Parental Neglect: Alice's father is rich but neglectful, leaving her in the hands of her nanny and initially completely failing to notice that she's disappeared. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a54534a0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a54534a0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a54534a0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a6123b72 |
type |
Enfant Terrible |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a6123b72 |
comment |
Enfant Terrible: Emily, a sweet little girl who enjoys playing with fire and knives. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a6123b72 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a6123b72 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a6123b72 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a62e50b8 |
type |
Scandalgate |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a62e50b8 |
comment |
Scandalgate: Dooley decides there's something suspicious about a gate, and declares he's going to investigate until he discovers what secrets it's hiding. It's going to be Gategate. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a62e50b8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a62e50b8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a62e50b8 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8abe9d1 |
type |
Separated by a Common Language |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8abe9d1 |
comment |
Separated by a Common Language: Discussed. Examining a jar of jelly in the diner's kitchen will cause McQueen and Dooley to talk about the American and international meanings of "jelly". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8abe9d1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8abe9d1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8abe9d1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649 |
type |
I Should Write a Book About This |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649 |
comment |
I Should Write a Book About This: Among the personal items various police officers have stashed in the precinct house's evidence room for safe keeping are McQueen's notes for a comedic video game about a pair of police officers who solve spooky mysteries. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_aabb956 |
type |
Mirror Monster |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_aabb956 |
comment |
Mirror Monster: One of McQueen's unseen cases involved "a woman appearing in mirrors to other women who look exactly like her". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_aabb956 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_aabb956 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_aabb956 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_abdf7d09 |
type |
Weirdness Censor |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_abdf7d09 |
comment |
Weirdness Censor: The incipient zombie apocalypse gets passed off as non-supernatural rioting by everyone except McQueen and Pastor Farrelly. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_abdf7d09 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_abdf7d09 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_abdf7d09 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ac540254 |
type |
Sherlock Can Read |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ac540254 |
comment |
Sherlock Can Read: McQueen and Dooley discover a mysterious blueprint. Dooley says it appears to be for the teleporter they're investigating, McQueen says they shouldn't jump to conclusions without further investigation, and Dooley points out that it has "Teleporter" written at the top. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ac540254 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ac540254 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ac540254 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ad4578de |
type |
Hollow World |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ad4578de |
comment |
Hollow World: Dooley believes in several different Hollow Earth conspiracy theories simultaneously. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ad4578de |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ad4578de |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ad4578de |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b09c818 |
type |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b09c818 |
comment |
"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: When McQueen accuses Nigel of kidnapping Dooley, Nigel replies that that's a harsh word for luring someone to a remote place under false pretences, trapping them inside a lair, and refusing to let them leave. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b09c818 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b09c818 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b09c818 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b33d17a0 |
type |
Sickly Green Glow |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b33d17a0 |
comment |
Sickly Green Glow: Denizens of the Darkside are translucent and glow an eerie green. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b33d17a0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b33d17a0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b33d17a0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b3860333 |
type |
Droste Image |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b3860333 |
comment |
Droste Image: In the dining room of Castle Dooley is a painting of the dining room of Castle Dooley, complete with a smaller version of the same painting (itself containing a smaller version of the same painting, and so on). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b3860333 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b3860333 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b3860333 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b39b84ee |
type |
Fiery Coverup |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b39b84ee |
comment |
Fiery Cover-Up: One of the stallholders in the black market is Mr Wang, whose shady magic shop McQueen investigated in "Don of the Dead". When McQueen asks what happened to the shop, Mr Wang explains that it mysteriously burned down just before the police evidence team arrived to investigate McQueen's allegations against it. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b39b84ee |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b39b84ee |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b39b84ee |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b53077b3 |
type |
Take That! |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b53077b3 |
comment |
Take That!: McQueen and Dooley meet the ghost of Nikola Tesla, who makes a very thinly-veiled and heavily lampshaded comment about his legacy being tarnished by having his name associated with Elon Musk. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b53077b3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b53077b3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b53077b3 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b5496c0c |
type |
Inflating Body Gag |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b5496c0c |
comment |
Inflating Body Gag: The monster of the week is defeated by inciting an allergic reaction that causes it to swell up and float away like a balloon. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b5496c0c |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b5496c0c |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b5496c0c |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b6738eed |
type |
Hint Dropping |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b6738eed |
comment |
Hint Dropping: Dooley sees something he likes in a shop window and tries to hint to McQueen that it would make a good gift. When McQueen is unreceptive to his first, relatively subtle, hint, he starts getting more blatant; his last attempt is a straight-up statement of what he wants that only qualifies as a hint because he says "Hint, hint" at the end. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b6738eed |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b6738eed |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b6738eed |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9918c48 |
type |
Nobody Here but Us Statues |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9918c48 |
comment |
Nobody Here but Us Statues: The villain of the episode turns out to be hiding from pursuit in the hall with the statues of Dooley ancestors. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9918c48 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9918c48 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9918c48 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b99f51b2 |
type |
An Odd Place to Sleep |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b99f51b2 |
comment |
An Odd Place to Sleep: A character who turns out to be a kind of vampire has no bed in his bedroom, only a rack that he apparently hangs from to sleep upside down. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b99f51b2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b99f51b2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b99f51b2 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9d11ad6 |
type |
Self-Insert Fic |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9d11ad6 |
comment |
Self-Insert Fic: Guylight fan Doris is said to write fanfic in her spare time; what kind isn't explicitly stated, but might be hinted at by her Guylight poster showing the heroine swooning in the hero's arms — with Doris's face pasted over the heroine's. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9d11ad6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9d11ad6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_b9d11ad6 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_baee5ffa |
type |
Circular Reasoning |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_baee5ffa |
comment |
Circular Reasoning: One of Dooley's conspiracy theories claims that the government is a mass hallucination caused by chemicals in the water. Who puts the chemicals in the water? The government, of course! |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_baee5ffa |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_baee5ffa |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_baee5ffa |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bc5dbc0e |
type |
Mirror World |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bc5dbc0e |
comment |
Mirror World: Whenever McQueen enters a portal to the Darkside, the Darkside location is flipped left-to-right from its Brightside equivalent (among other, sometimes more obvious, changes). |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bc5dbc0e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bc5dbc0e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bc5dbc0e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bd3b726e |
type |
Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bd3b726e |
comment |
Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad: A feature of the Darkside. At one point, a denizen of the Darkside visiting the normal world tells McQueen that she's scared out of her wits because there are no Giant Flyers swooping through the skies, nobody is being pursued by shadow-men, and "nothing, and I mean nothing is on fire!" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bd3b726e |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bd3b726e |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bd3b726e |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bedecc55 |
type |
Scout-Out |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bedecc55 |
comment |
Scout-Out: Dooley is involved with a local scouting organization called the Bloodwolves. He mentions that they were originally affiliated with the Boy Scouts until "the mayor failed to pay the dyb-dyb-dyb tax". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bedecc55 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bedecc55 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bedecc55 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bf609406 |
type |
New Meat |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bf609406 |
comment |
New Meat: Officer Fresche Fish, who arrives for her first day on the same day as the city is caught in the grip of a Zombie Apocalypse. Two more experienced officers make a side bet about whether she'll live to the end of the day. (She survives.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bf609406 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bf609406 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_bf609406 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c16b3149 |
type |
Going by the Matchbook |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c16b3149 |
comment |
Going by the Matchbook: One of the people McQueen interviews hands over a matchbook from the club he was partying at on the night in question. The club itself is irrelevant — except in that the nature of the club gives an insight in the the nature of the person—but McQueen later uses the matches themselves to throw light on the matter when the case takes a dark turn. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c16b3149 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c16b3149 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c16b3149 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c19bdbe1 |
type |
Good Cop/Bad Cop |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c19bdbe1 |
comment |
Good Cop/Bad Cop: In a rare moment of self-awareness, Dooley describes McQueen and himself as "good-cop, how-is-this-guy-still-a-cop". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c19bdbe1 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c19bdbe1 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c19bdbe1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 |
type |
Fun with Acronyms |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 |
comment |
Fun with Acronyms: The wrestling promoter is the Entertaining World of Wonderful Wrestling!, or EWWW! for short. Lampshaded by the woman running the merchandise stand, who notes that people are understandably reluctant to buy drink holders with "EWWW!" written on them. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c25c7890 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c28f97b8 |
type |
Indian Burial Ground |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c28f97b8 |
comment |
Indian Burial Ground: The gate attendant at the camp ground claims it was built on the site of a massacre, and is haunted by the unquiet spririts of the Indians who died there. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c28f97b8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c28f97b8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c28f97b8 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c505d6ec |
type |
Missing Reflection |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c505d6ec |
comment |
Missing Reflection: A vampire's graduation photo shows a group of apparently-empty graduation gowns and caps standing in a row with nobody visible wearing them. (Apart from one reverse-vampire, who is fully visible.) |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c505d6ec |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c505d6ec |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c505d6ec |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c8a8c595 |
type |
Retirony |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c8a8c595 |
comment |
Retirony: Parodied. There's a retirement party for an officer who's retiring in three days. When he asks why they're not having the party on his last day, another officer explains that they didn't want to risk missing out on a party if he got killed two days before retirement. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c8a8c595 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c8a8c595 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c8a8c595 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c9597a03 |
type |
Self-Deprecation |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c9597a03 |
comment |
Self-Deprecation: After the below mentioned "jelly" discussion, McQueen states he'd "hate to be a non-American trying to capture even a loose glimpse" of American culture, which is Spooky Doorway (an Irish company) poking fun at the obviously non-American spellings and terminology in a game set in America. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c9597a03 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c9597a03 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_c9597a03 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_cca8c07b |
type |
"Metaphor" Is My Middle Name |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_cca8c07b |
comment |
"Metaphor" Is My Middle Name: Bloodwolf Emily claims that Danger is her middle name. One of the other Bloodwolves retorts that it isn't, it's just what people always write on her paperwork. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_cca8c07b |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_cca8c07b |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_cca8c07b |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d0d8df59 |
type |
Lightbulb Joke |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d0d8df59 |
comment |
Lightbulb Joke: McQueen attempts to tell Dooley a joke about how many police officers it takes to change a lightbulb, but is defeated by Dooley's literal-mindedness. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d0d8df59 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d0d8df59 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d0d8df59 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d34cbda2 |
type |
Implausible Deniability |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d34cbda2 |
comment |
Implausible Deniability: Dooley finds a gnome in the garden, and asks if it's a real gnome or just a decorative garden statue. It tells him that it's just a decorative garden statue. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d34cbda2 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d34cbda2 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d34cbda2 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d38a4a3 |
type |
Identically Named Group |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d38a4a3 |
comment |
Identically Named Group: Candopher Candyman, on introducing himself, says 'Candopher' is an "old family name", then goes on to reveal that this means everyone in his family, male and female, is named Candopher. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d38a4a3 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d38a4a3 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d38a4a3 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d8cad890 |
type |
*Cough* Snark *Cough* |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d8cad890 |
comment |
*Cough* Snark *Cough*: When McQueen mentions that he's not been on the subway much because he prefers to take a cab, Dooley's reaction is a cough that sounds a lot like "snob". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d8cad890 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d8cad890 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d8cad890 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d99a228f |
type |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d99a228f |
comment |
Unusually Uninteresting Sight: By the time he winds up having a conversation with an enormous green lake monster, McQueen has become so blasé about supernatural events that he doesn't even comment on the fact, leading to the monster actually pausing the conversation to check that he's noticed that it's a talking lake monster. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d99a228f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d99a228f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_d99a228f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc3d72e6 |
type |
Something We Forgot |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc3d72e6 |
comment |
Something We Forgot: The episode ends with McQueen and Dooley remarking that they feel like they've forgotten something, and a cut to Dooley's nephew, who they tied to a chair when he was under the villain's mind control and is still tied up because they got sidetracked before they got around to untying him. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc3d72e6 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc3d72e6 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc3d72e6 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc579c91 |
type |
Contrived Coincidence |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc579c91 |
comment |
Contrived Coincidence: McQueen and Dooley are pulled off supernatural duty and sent to deal with a series of minor break-ins and disturbances because the rest of the force is busy dealing with a citywide riot. The minor incidents all turn out to be part of a pattern that leads to McQueen discovering the supernatural cause of the rioting. Lampshaded by Dooley. Also inverted. A solution to one puzzle is very blatantly requires the cutting of a rope, but upon rummaging through the nearby kitchen, McQueen notices that he somehow cannot find a single knife, pair of sissors, or any other sharp object for that matter in any of the cupboards and drawers, and calls it "convenient inconvenience". |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc579c91 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc579c91 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_dc579c91 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e2d457 |
type |
The Ditz |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e2d457 |
comment |
The Ditz: Officer Dooley. When he was a boy he wanted to be an astronaut until he realized astronauts have to go into space. As a man, his ability to put a coherent thought together hasn't improved much. At one point, he comments that he's never understood the point of fire alarms, since surely alarming a fire would only make it more dangerous. Half the time, he seems only vaguely aware that he's a police officer, and even when he can remember that he doesn't seem to notice anything weird about the stuff they deal with. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e2d457 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e2d457 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e2d457 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e491684a |
type |
Odd Job Gods |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e491684a |
comment |
Odd Job Gods: When Dooley is trapped in a crypt with a gang of mafiosi, examining the statue in the crypt will produce the information that it depicts the patron saint of being trapped in a crypt with a gang of villains. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e491684a |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e491684a |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e491684a |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5ac364f |
type |
Fauxtivational Poster |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5ac364f |
comment |
Fauxtivational Poster: In an office in the Darkside, McQueen encounters a version of the classic "Hang In There!" poster where the kitten has been reduced to a skeleton. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5ac364f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5ac364f |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5ac364f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d |
type |
Unexplained Recovery |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d |
comment |
Unexplained Recovery: Discussed. One of the residents at the retirement home used to play a Red Shirt in SpaceHop, getting killed every episode and then showing up again alive and well without explanation at the beginning of the next episode. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e5d8460d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 |
type |
Suspiciously Specific Denial |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 |
comment |
Suspiciously Specific Denial: A motel guest calls room service for a meal and is informed that the kitchen is closed "but not because of rats or anything like that". (It is in fact because of rats.) The guest remarks on the specificity of the denial. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e624f0e8 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e6cca0 |
type |
The Mall |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e6cca0 |
comment |
The Mall: The setting of the episode. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e6cca0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e6cca0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e6cca0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e7a2c0c4 |
type |
Masked Luchador |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e7a2c0c4 |
comment |
Masked Luchador: El Doolio has a luchador style outfit, in contrast to the other wrestlers, who are mostly parodies of WWF stars. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e7a2c0c4 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e7a2c0c4 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_e7a2c0c4 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ea0d06f0 |
type |
Bookcase Passage |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ea0d06f0 |
comment |
Bookcase Passage: There's one in the Horror section of the town library, leading to a secret room containing the librarian's collection of contraband occult texts. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ea0d06f0 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ea0d06f0 |
featureConfidence |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ea0d06f0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_eaa10414 |
type |
Misspelling Out Loud |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_eaa10414 |
comment |
Misspelling Out Loud: Dooley announces that his guard is up — "U. P. P., up." |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_eaa10414 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_eaa10414 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_eaa10414 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ecf4f7ce |
type |
Constantly Curious |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ecf4f7ce |
comment |
Constantly Curious: One of the Dooley family ancestors was abducted by The Fair Folk as a child, but they let her go unharmed after she drove them mad by asking "Why?" about everything. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ecf4f7ce |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ecf4f7ce |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ecf4f7ce |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f05444a4 |
type |
Once per Episode |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f05444a4 |
comment |
Once per Episode: Some kind of puzzle minigame. McQueen and Dooley arriving at the entrance to somewhere dark and probably dangerous, and Dooley making some excuse to wait outside while McQueen goes on alone. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f05444a4 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f05444a4 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f05444a4 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f1f29b07 |
type |
Hugh Mann |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f1f29b07 |
comment |
Hugh Mann: Norm Bearson, who runs a stall on Pier 13, appears to be a bear dressed in human clothes, but is in fact — he asserts every other sentence — a perfectly ordinary human like yourself. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f1f29b07 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f1f29b07 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f1f29b07 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f2bd0945 |
type |
Closet Geek |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f2bd0945 |
comment |
Closet Geek: McKing is revealed to be an AV tech student. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f2bd0945 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f2bd0945 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f2bd0945 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f57372a1 |
type |
Bizarro Universe |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f57372a1 |
comment |
Bizarro Universe: The Darkside World have elements of this. It an exact mirror of the Brightside World, there is a "Brightside Division" to deal with non-supernatural phenomena intruding upon Darkside, and you're supposed to perform songs for buskers when you encounter them. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f57372a1 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f57372a1 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f57372a1 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f591365a |
type |
Surfer Dude |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f591365a |
comment |
Surfer Dude: Pastor Farrelly. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f591365a |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f591365a |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f591365a |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f5b7b990 |
type |
Verbal Backspace |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f5b7b990 |
comment |
Verbal Backspace: When a witness mentions having visited a strip club called Belle's, Dooley remarks that he has happy memories of the place, then clocks McQueen's disapproving reaction and backtracks, claiming he has no idea what the witness is talking about. Something about bells? |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f5b7b990 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f5b7b990 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f5b7b990 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f8b3fa5d |
type |
Our Werewolves Are Different |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f8b3fa5d |
comment |
Our Werewolves Are Different: One of McQueen's unseen cases involved a "lycan-toupee", a wig made out of werewolf hair that turned anyone who wore it into a werewolf. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f8b3fa5d |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f8b3fa5d |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f8b3fa5d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f9c17447 |
type |
The Remnant |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f9c17447 |
comment |
The Remnant: The gravedigger in the cemetery took the job after crashing his plane there during the War. He doesn't get out much, and is apparently unaware that the War is over. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f9c17447 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f9c17447 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_f9c17447 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fabef10f |
type |
Don't Explain the Joke |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fabef10f |
comment |
Don't Explain the Joke: While visiting the Bloodwolves camp, McQueen makes a joke about the situation being "two tents", then attempts to explain it when he doesn't get a laugh. His audience is even less impressed with the explanation than with the joke. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fabef10f |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fabef10f |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fabef10f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fb17af62 |
type |
Rhymes on a Dime |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fb17af62 |
comment |
Rhymes on a Dime: The Krampus. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fb17af62 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fb17af62 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fb17af62 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fbd285b7 |
type |
Comically Missing the Point |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fbd285b7 |
comment |
Comically Missing the Point: There's a sequence where Dooley is traveling by himself, without McQueen, and meets several sinister and/or supernatural creatures without noticing anything amiss, before encountering an innocent group of maintenance workers and jumping to the conclusion that they're agents of a sinister conspiracy. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fbd285b7 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fbd285b7 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fbd285b7 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fc151e9d |
type |
Department of Redundancy Department |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fc151e9d |
comment |
Department of Redundancy Department: News anchor Dick Brickman's default mode of speech. "This is Twin Lakes FM featuring me, Dick Brickman, bringing you 'Dick Brickman Presents The Weather' with me, Dick Brickman." "Dick Brickman here, reporting from here — the place I am — to you — wherever you are." |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fc151e9d |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fc151e9d |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fc151e9d |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb |
type |
Brick Joke |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb |
comment |
Brick Joke: The monster of the week is defeated by sending it floating away into the sky. Some time later (there are still a few problems to sort out even after that), the episode ends with a shot of Santa's sleigh flying through the air, and the monster floating past in the background. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe0330fb |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe42181f |
type |
Selkies and Wereseals |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe42181f |
comment |
Selkies and Wereseals: There's a seal at the harbor which sings in English. This falls so far below the protagonists' weirdness threshold that they don't even question it, but given the myth-infused Irish setting one possible explanation is that it's a selkie. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe42181f |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe42181f |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_fe42181f |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_feb72f62 |
type |
Literal Genie |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_feb72f62 |
comment |
Literal Genie: At the end of the chapter, Dooley remarks that he's having fun on his vacation and wishes he never has to go back to work. He's overheard by a well-meaning genie who attempts to grant his wish by trapping him in the Darkside. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_feb72f62 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_feb72f62 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_feb72f62 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff02c236 |
type |
15 Puzzle |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff02c236 |
comment |
15 Puzzle: A variation of the puzzle appears as a rewiring minigame. |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff02c236 |
featureApplicability |
1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff02c236 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff02c236 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff2ad942 |
type |
You Put the "X" in "XY" |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff2ad942 |
comment |
You Put the "X" in "XY": McQueen is not much of a fan of modern gadgetry; he says of himself, "I put the 'no' in technology." |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff2ad942 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff2ad942 |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
hasFeature |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_ff2ad942 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
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ItemName |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
comment |
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| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
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1.0 |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
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| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |
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The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
| The Darkside Detective (Video Game) / int_name |
itemName |
The Darkside Detective (Video Game) |