The "Max's head is a horrible, scary place" appreciation thread!
ENJOYING THE RIDE, SAM?
HA...HA...HA...HA...HA...
But seriously, folks, what's your favorite part about finally getting to see what goes on in that fuzzy, messed-up little noggin? The slightly creepy flashes of images that we mere mortals are probably not meant to see? The floating objects that seem to exist both in and outside of time and space? The debilitating night terrors this will inevitably cause?
As for me, my favorite thing is how Sam's tie turns into a fish on the roof of Bosco Labs, and absolutely no where else that I found.
HA...HA...HA...HA...HA...
But seriously, folks, what's your favorite part about finally getting to see what goes on in that fuzzy, messed-up little noggin? The slightly creepy flashes of images that we mere mortals are probably not meant to see? The floating objects that seem to exist both in and outside of time and space? The debilitating night terrors this will inevitably cause?
As for me, my favorite thing is how Sam's tie turns into a fish on the roof of Bosco Labs, and absolutely no where else that I found.
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In the very first scenes of the game, when Skun-ka'pe is sucked into the Penal Zone, you can see that Skun-ka'pe is wearing an oversized viking hat (or a big pot with horns). That made me laugh, too.
My favorite random object gags were, as noted, when they appeared to be worn by the other characters. The fish tie was one of my favorites, as well as the swim floatie Sam wears at one point (IIRC, it was in front of the Hard Luck Pawn Shop).
Another thing I noticed -- and I'm pretty sure it's a coincidence, though a pretty disturbing serendipitous one at that -- is what you see in Max Mode at Straight and Narrow. There, he sees Sam standing in a frying pan. Which I figured was just as random as, say, the floating fortune cookies.
... Then Max mentions regretting that he and Sam didn't get buried in the rubble right after
Then it all made sense. Even the fish tie.
Next thing you know, we'll find out Banang's actually made from ... lagamorphs. *shudder*
It was the boat from ToMI5... and inside it was bessie the cow! :P
On my third playthrough I noticed a little bug: when I picked up the teleportation power, I didn't use it, and I entered the
How did you do that (if indeed you did)?
Actually, I think you cannot enter the Moleman Processing Room before you pick up the Teleportation Power, but after you pick it up you can... either that or it was a bug.
I'm thinking it's a bug. Although that hunch is based on someone else saying he/she wasn't allowed to go in there because the Brain wanted Sam & Max to demonstrate teleportation to him -- apparently the same response as when you try to exit the ship without using the power. Can anyone confirm?
Which can be problematic if I read some reports about "black screens" when teleporting to Stinky's phone on the bridge with Stinky's phone in your inventory (never tried, just heard about it...)
The brain will not let you get in unless you pick up the teleportation tool first. I'm not sure if you have to use it once before entering the moleman processing chamber too.
The song is "Up up and Away". And the joke is that sometimes when you sing to a dog, it howls with you.
and it sounds just like the song from embarrassing idol.
Note to self: When traveling through Max's mind, keep your eyes shut.
Also, I don't remember the brain telling me to teleport even once. Apart from when it released the toy I guess.
Since Jake says the cutscene appears when you teleport from the bridge, does that mean you can miss it entirely? That's a shame.
You COULD miss it, but the Brain begs you to try it.
The brain didn't beg me. I went to get the phone, then straight to the mole chamber and teleported out. Had I not gone back for something I didn't even do in the end, I wouldn't have gone back into the ship until the Stinky incident. Does the brain still beg you at that time? Seems like I would have used the power so many times in between, it would be pretty weird.
I am 98% sure being able to enter moleman processing without teleporting atleast once is a genuine bug in the game...
I went through the mole processing chamber and teleported out, but later when I went back in, the brain wouldn't let me leave unless I teleported. Then I got the cutscene.
Ah, yeah, but you didn't really have a reason to go back right? I did it totally by accident.
Although I guess it would still have begged you if you hadn't teleported from there by the time you get there with Stinky. Still would have been weird since you'd have teleported several times since then, including twice from the mole processing room right next to it, but maybe you'd do it to shut it up or something.
I don't know if it's a bug, but I don't really have a problem with the fact you can go into the mole chamber. I probably would have completely forgotten I could go in there if the brain had prevented me from investigating. Or I would have though it wasn't possible to go inside or something.
It would be better (I feel) if you got the cutscene the first time you teleport in that act, no matter where you are or where you're going, but maybe it was harder to program that way?
Same reason why the Max Engagement scene only runs at BoscoTech for example...