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[[File:Gex_the_Gecko_1554.jpg|frame|The [[Switching to GEICO|original]] Gecko [[Mascot]].]]
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▲'''''Gex''''' was a platformer franchise featuring a gecko who entered TV and movie themed worlds. The first entry, the simply titled ''Gex'', was a 2D platformer for the 3DO, and later the Playstation 1 and Sega Saturn. The next installment switched to 3D platforming, with ''Gex: Enter the Gecko''. It was released for the [[PS 1]] and N64. The N64 port is noted for cutting out several levels due to space constraints and lacking cutscenes the game previously had (though to be fair, it featured one level that the [[PS 1]] version lacked). The final entry, ''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko'', was again released on the [[PS 1]] and N64 (which did not have any of the FMVs).
Despite being fairly successful and its developer continuing most of its other franchises from the era into the next (and expectations that it ''would'' make the leap), the franchise ended with the release of the last game in 1999 and has not resurfaced. It is also not remembered widely, unlike many other [[PS 1]]-specific franchises; the creators of Official Playstation Magazine even expressed [[Old Shame|shock and embarrassment that they had put the third game on their cover!]]
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* [[All There in the Manual]]: There's a LOT in the manual of the first game that isn't in the short intro before it.
* [[Aloha Hawaii]]: Gex lives in Maui.
* [[Anvil on Head]]: A stage hazard for the Toon TV stages in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'' and the New Toon Land stage in the original ''Gex''. Hazards include anvils, safes, weights, fat ladies, and kitchen sinks. Also lampshaded by Gex:
{{quote|'''Gex''': "What is it with cartoons and anvils?"}}
* [[Auto-Scrolling Level]]: The "Congo Chaos" level. Stepping on a switch early in the level activates the auto-scrolling. It stops at the end of the level (and you ''can'' backtrack if you want to).
* [[Big Bad]]: Rez.
* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]: The Cemetery world (''Gex'') and Scream TV (''Gex: Enter the Gecko'').
* [[Big Fancy House]]: Gex's mansion.
* [[Bonus Level]]: A staple of the series.
* [[The Cameo]]: Nikki from ''[[Pandemonium (video game)|Pandemonium]]''.
* [[Catch Phrase]]: "[[Tail Slap|It's tail time!]]"
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Gex can be thought of as one, seeing as how his references are usually irrelevant to the situation at hand. One of his quotes even involve random barking.
* [[Collection Sidequest]]: One in each game. It's a platformer released in the nineties so this is a given.
* [[Conveyor Belt of Doom]]: Appears in Rez's stages in the original game and ''Enter The Gecko''.
* [[Crosshair Aware]]: Done beautifully on ''Gex: Enter the Gecko'' with the final boss, Rez. After a while, the perspective switches to Rez's eyes (while you still control Gex) with Rez firing rockets after he locks on to you.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Gex has his moments.
* [[Egopolis]]: Rezopolis.
* [[Evil Laugh]]: Rez during his boss fight.
* [[Far East]]: Kung Fuville and Kung Fu Theatre.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The collectible remotes in each game are necessary to unlock new levels.▼
* [[Goomba Stomp]]: Only works when Gex is preparing a [[Spring Jump]]. Otherwise you get hurt.▼
* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Happens a surprising amount, particularly in the third game.
** Lake Flaccid. Ummm...
*** A sign in that area prohibits "premarital Gex
** "I'm flaming! In the... Manly way." Okay...
** "I feel like Lester the Mo-Gexter." ... No comment.
** And let's not forget the Caligula references in the desert level.
▲* [[Goomba Stomp]]: Only works when Gex is preparing a [[Spring Jump]]. Otherwise you get hurt.
* [[Imaginary Friend]]: "The Mayor"▼
▲* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: The collectible remotes in each game are necessary to unlock new levels.
▲* [[Imaginary Friend]]: "The Mayor".
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: Each game as a fire power-up.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Gex gets the girl in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'' and ''Gex 3: Deep Cover Gecko''. Both women are human, while Gex is a gecko.
* [[The Jeeves]]: Alfred.
* [[Just for Pun]]: Probably one of the worst offenders.
* [[
* [[
* [[Mascot with Attitude]]: Gex, of course.
* [[Momma's Boy]]: "How could he use that mouth to kiss her mother?"
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* [[Shallow Parody]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Has its [[Gex/Shout Out|own page]].
* [[The Slacker]]: Gex.
* [[Spin Attack]]: Gex's tail whip technically.
* [[Spring Jump]]: Gex's trademark vertical mobility option. There are also jump pads in quite a few levels.
* [[Suck E. Cheese's]]: Gex's mother converted Mission Control into a theme restaurant, ''Space Monkeys'', featuring robotic dancing space chimps.
* [[Super Not-Drowning Skills]]: Played straight in the first game, where Gex swims Mario-style, pressing the jump button to float upwards and not needing any oxygen. In Enter The Gecko, he doesn't need oxygen in the N64 version's titanic level. Averted in Deep Cover Gecko, where Gex has an [[Oxygen Meter]].
* [[Take That]]: Several in Gex's quips. For example:
{{quote|"Commander. They are of a strange species that find Adam Sandler funny."}}
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* [[Third Is 3D]]: Actually, second is.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Flies.
* [[Trapped in TV Land]]: ''Gex''.
* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: Great-uncle Charlie.
* [[Wall Crawl]]: Gex, naturally.
* [[Wuxia]]: Kung Fuville (''Gex'') and Kung Fu Theatre levels (''Gex: Enter the Gecko'').
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=== Tropes appearing in specific titles
== The original ''Gex'' ==
* [[Anticlimax]]: After beating Rez,
* [[Anvil on Head]]: How you defeat the Flatulator, the boss of the New Toonland level.
* [[Auto-Scrolling Level]]: The "Congo Chaos" level. Stepping on a switch early in the level activates the auto-scrolling. It stops at the end of the level (and you ''can'' backtrack if you want to).
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* [[Book Ends]]: The game begins and end with Gex lying around on the couch, surfing the tube.
* [[Collection Sidequest]]: Fly coins.
* [[Cute Ghost Girl]]: Spit N' Puke, the boss of the cemetery level... until you start [[Turns Red|damaging her.]]
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: In the cemetery level, you can fight zombie geckos.
* [[Fartillery]]: How the Flatulator propels himself.
* [[Fireballs]]: Gex can spit them out after getting a fire [[Power-Up]].
* [[Password Save]]
* [[Place Worse Than Death]]: In the horror movie-themed levels, Gex will compare his surroundings to Detroit.
* [[Power-Up]]: The game includes:
** [[Super Speed]] and Super Jump.
** An invincible shield of wind.
** [[Kill It with Ice|Ice spit]].
** [[Shock and Awe|Thunder spit]].
** [[Playing with Fire|Fire spit]].
** [[Heart Container]] (lasting for the current life/level only).
== ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'' ==
* [[Aside Glance]]: Pulls one off at the end when Rex reveals that {{spoiler|he is [[Luke, I Am Your Father|Gex's father]]
* [[Badass Boast]]:
{{quote|'''Gex''': "I'm the ultimate weapon, [[Austin Powers|baby. Yeah!]]"}}
* [[Bear Trap]]: A stage hazard for the Toon TV stages.
* [[Big Boo's Haunt]]: The Scream TV levels.
* [[Bonus Level]]: They are unlocked using silver remotes (they even have "BONUS" written in the TV screen) are all [[Collection Sidequest|collection sidequests]] which unlock gold remotes. Gold remotes are used to unlock more varied [[Secret Level
* [[Briefcase Full of Money]]: How the government recruits Gex.
* [[Camera Screw]]: ''Gex: Enter the Gecko'' has three different camera views to choose from. None are very good.
▲* [[Bonus Level]]: They are unlocked using silver remotes (they even have "BONUS" written in the TV screen) are all [[Collection Sidequest|collection sidequests]] which unlock gold remotes. Gold remotes are used to unlock more varied [[Secret Level|Secret Levels]].
* [[Circling Stars]]: Happens when you jump straight into a wall (which doesn't do any damage) or get knocked down from an enemy hit.
* [[Cool Shades]]: Puts on a pair during the intro en route to the Media Dimension.▼
* [[Collection Sidequest]]: This is how the [[Bonus Level|bonus levels]] play out in ''Gex: Enter The Gecko''. In the standard levels, it also has you collecting thematic items which change and grant you a 1-UP after getting 30 and 40. Collecting 120 (50 after the second, permanent item change) gets you a silver remote, used to unlock secret levels. The collectibles are:
** [[Bugs Bunny|Carrots]], [[Popeye (comic strip)|cans of spinach]], and TNT [[Plunger Detonator
** Skulls, tombstones, and [[Friday the 13th (film)|hockey masks]] in the horror-themed Scream TV levels.
** Starfish, treasure chests, and necklaces in the [[Titanic]] themed level.
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** Little rockets, laser guns, and mini astronauts for the Rocket Channel space levels.
** Drumsticks, cow's skulls, and mini, blue brachiosauruses in the Pre-History channel.
▲* [[Cool Shades]]: Puts on a pair during the intro en route to the Media Dimension.
* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: The title of the first Circuit central level: www.dotcom.com
* [[Everything's Deader with Zombies]]: Justification for the presence of zombies in the Scream TV levels.
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* [[Improvised Zipline]]: In the Kung Fu Theatre levels.
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]: When Gex eats a [[Incredibly Lame Pun|fire-fly]], he is set on fire and leaves a trail of fire when he attacks. He is also invincible.
{{quote|'''Gex''': "Is it just me or am I [[Chewing the Scenery|ENGULFED IN FLAMES?!]]"
'''Gex''': "[[Flamboyant Gay|I'm flaming!]] In the...manly way."
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: Justification for the presence of ninjas in the Kung Fu Theatre levels, despite being China themed for the most part.
* [[Kaizo Trap]]: If you collect a remote and die before landing on the ground (falling off a cliff, run out of air, etc.) the game will act as if you had died, but will still register that you obtained the remote. Not particularly useful, unless you really don't want to go back to the [[Hub World]], but not very frustrating either since the remote collection still counts.
* [[Kill It with Fire]]: In ''Gex: Enter The Gecko'', creating a circle of fire around an enemy while under the effects of the fire-fly grants an instant kill via rising tower of flame. Notably, this is the only way, asides from its ice counterpart, to dispose of the corpses of zombies (which is not necessary or useful in anyway but is still very cool).
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* [[Lethal Lava Land]]: The Pre-History Channel levels.
* [[Loin Cloth]]: Gex dons one in the Pre-History channel levels.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Rez tries pulling this at the end, though Gex's real father was killed in a rocket explosion. The novelization tries to reconcile this, revealing that Gex's father became Rez as as a result of the explosion
* [[The Men in Black]]: They recruit him to help get rid of Rez again.
* [[Mix-and-Match Critters]]: Mooshoo Pork, the second boss. The upper part of a pig with the bottom part of a cow. Also has a curly mustache and [[High-Class Glass]].
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* [[Savage Piercings]]: Gex has a [[Stock Femur Bone]] attached to his nose in the Pre-History dinosaur themed levels.
* [[Secret Level]]: They are unlocked using gold remotes obtained from [[Bonus Levels]] and bosses. They reward the player with secret cutscenes.
* [[Sequel Number Snarl]]: The previous game in the series is simply called
* [[Sequence Breaking]]: It is possible to skip a large portion of the "Fine Tooning" Toon TV level by jumping on top of a domino and jump kicking past a gap, as shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsYP6vAOr9o&feature=related here.] Normally, you would need to follow the moat river to another section of the level to find a boat which acts as a platform, as shown [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXarmDfvS1g here.]
▲* [[Sequel Number Snarl]]: The previous game in the series is simply called "Gex", and the next game is Gex 3: [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo|Deep Cover Gecko]]...but this game ''isn't'' called Gex 2, leading to confusion for those who missed out on the original (e.g. N64 owners.)
* [[Space Zone]]: The Rocket Channel levels.
* [[The Stinger]]: {{spoiler|See [[Top Ten List]] below}}.
* [[Tennis Boss]]: The first boss.
* [[Thirteen Is Unlucky]]: In order to get a Red Remote in the second horror themed level, it is necessary to activate a switch which makes a clock strike thirteen.
* [[Top Ten List]]: {{spoiler|Gex goes through one at the end of the game explaining why "It's cool to be me, Gex." as a [[The Stinger|stinger]]
* [[Translation Train Wreck]]: Made fun at in "Samurai Night Fever", where there is an advertisement for a deal on subtitles, 2 for 1.
* [[Under the Sea]]: The majority of the N64 exclusive Titanic level.
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* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]:
{{quote|'''Gex''': "Last time I was here I was dressed as a woman. Yes!"}}
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Almost all of level names are puns:
** [[Hellraiser|"Smellraiser"]]: The first Scream TV level.
** [[Gilligan's Island|Gilligex Isle]]: The first boss level.
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** [[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|Texas Chainsaw Manicure]]: The second secret Scream TV level.
** [[Honey, I Shrunk the Kids|Honey I Shrunk The Gecko]]: The second Circuit Central level.
** [[Poltergeist (film series)||Poltergex]]: The third non-secret Scream TV level.
** [[Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla|Gexzilla vs. Mecharez]]: Third boss battle.
** [[Saturday Night Fever|Samurai Night Fever]]: The second Kung Fu Theatre level.
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* [[Anachronism Stew]]: Just in case you were somehow expecting an accurate portrayal of ancient Egypt in the "Holy Moses!", there's a metal hot dog stand at the entrance.
* [[An Asskicking Christmas]]: The "Totally Scrooged" level.
* [[Anti Frustration Feature]]: Levels where you can fall down and are forced to redo a long segment come with mini- checkpoints to go back to where you fell (
* [[Bad Santa]]: Evil Santa acts as a [[Tennis Boss]] in the "Totally Scrooged" level.
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: The wolf enemies in the Fairytales TV level are [[Subverted Trope|fairly harmless]], but [[Double Subversion|take the most hits out of all the non-boss enemies in the game.]]
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* [[Captain Obvious]]: Alfred is like this sometimes.
{{quote|'''Alfred''': [[Talk Like a Pirate|"Hwah, sir. Them treasure chests contain treasure."]]}}
* [[
* [[Circling Stars]]: A returning trope from ''Enter The Gecko''.
* [[Dem Bones]]: Skeletons appear in the Mythology Network channel "Mythstories" level as well as the "Cutcheese Island" level.
* [[
* [[Everything's Better with Chickens]]: There presence in the "Organ Trail" level.
* [[Everything's Better with Penguins]]: You can hit penguins for fly coins in the "Totally Scrooged" level.
* [[Messy Pig]]: The reason they appear in the "Mythstories" network.▼
* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: You fight taxidermied bears in the "Clueless In Seattle" level.
* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: Now we have [[Christmas Elves]], taxidermied bears, billiard balls, fleas, man-eating lawnchairs, exotic blunderbuss-wielding stereotypically British hunters, mummies, Anubis clones, faces coming out of walls, giant locusts, giant spiders, nasty drill sergeants... and that's barely half-way through the game.
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: Rex is a T-Rex.
* [[Gang Plank Galleon]]: The Buccaneer Program level "Cutcheese Island". [[Non-Indicative Name|Despite the name, the level does not take place on an island at all.]]
* [[Gatling Good]]: You can use stationary gatling guns in the Army TV "War is Heck" level.
* [[Ghost Pirate]]: An enemy on the "Cutcheese Island" level.
* [[Gotta Catch Them All]]: Remotes, fly coins, and bonus coins which unlock levels(varies), an extra remote(100), extra health(25), and [[Bonus Levels]] respectively(varies).
* [[Grave Humor]]: The tombstones in the "Organ Trail" level are fairly spiteful.
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* [[Heroic Albino]]: Gex when he's a vampire.
* [[Hub Level]]: The Gex cave.
* [[Improvised Zipline]]: In the "Cutcheese Island" level.▼
* [[Incredible Shrinking Man]]: In "Clueless In Seattle", Gex needs to shrink to do some minigames on a trophy bear head, a kitchen sink, and a billiard board, because...[[Shallow Parody|magnifying glass]]?
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Oh so much. If not Gex's lines then some of the titles. If not those then we get gems like these:
{{quote|'''Sign in Lake Flaccid''': "No Premarital Gex"}}
* [[Instant Ice, Just Add Cold]]: Rex starts out in an ice cube. Push him near a fire and [[Harmless Freezing|he's as good as new]].
▲* [[Improvised Zipline]]: In the "Cutcheese Island" level.
* [[The Jeeves]]: Alfred obviously.
* [[Kangaroo Pouch Ride]]: Gex goes for one in the first [[Bonus Level]]: Marsupial Madness.
* [[Killer Robot]]: An enemy type fought in the Anime Channel level: "When Sushi Goes Bad
* [[Mad Bomber]]: One mission in the Superhero Show level has you defeating the mad bomber.
* [[Masked Luchador]]: Gex dresses as one for the first boss fight versus a wrestler.
* [[The Maze]]: A mild example with the hedge maze in "Clueless In Seattle".
* [[Medley]]: The music to "Totally Scrooged" is a medley of various Christmas songs: "Jingle Bells", "Hark the Herald Angels Sing", and "Frosty the Snowman" (played in a minor key to give it a sinister sound).
▲* [[Messy Pig]]: The reason they appear in the "Mythstories" network.
* [[Mummy]]: An enemy in the "Holy Moses!" level. Can turn into a tornado, oddly enough.
* [[Money to Burn]]: One mission in the Gangster TV level requires you to burn piles of [[Counterfeit Cash|funny money]].
* [[Mythology Gag]]: One of the secret levels ("Braveheartless") references another [[Crystal Dynamics]] game: [[Akuji The Heartless]].
* [[Never Smile At a Crocodile]]: You ride a crocodile in one of the [[Bonus Level
* [[Non-Indicative Name]]: The "Cutcheese Island" takes place on a galleon stranded in the middle of nowhere. Also there is [[Just for Pun|no farting involved.]]
* [[Not Quite Flight]]: Gex can glide when he wears an outfit equipped with a cape. This includes the vampire costume and the red riding hood costume. He can also get this ability in his [[Power Suit]] in the Anime Channel level as well as from a superpower gained from a super power booth.
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* [[Powered Armor]]: Gex puts one on in the Anime Channel level. It looks like a stereotypical mecha and allows him to [[Not Quite Flight|glide]]. It does not, however, [[Armor Is Useless|reduce any damage.]]
* [[Scary Scorpions]]: Seen in the "Organ Trail" level.
* [[Secret Level]]:
* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]: The "Totally Scrooged" level.
* [[Snowball Fight]]: How the elves attack you in the "Totally Scrooged" level.
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* [[Tennis Boss]]: Evil Santa and the [[Mad Bomber]] There is also an enemy in the "Organ Trail" level who can only be defeated this way.
* [[Theme and Variations Soundtrack]]: Nearly every piece of music in the third game is based on one theme, merely arranged in different ways depending on the environment.
* [[Toilet Humour]]: One objective in the "Organ Trail" level is to "visit the world's largest mound of poop" because... [[Shallow Parody|westerns are filthy]]?
* [[Wall Master]]
* [[The Wild West]]: Parodied in the "Organ Trail" level.
* [[A Worldwide Punomenon]]: Continuing the trend from ''Enter The Gecko'':
** Again see the [[Shout-Out]] section for puns referencing other works.
** Holiday Broadcasting channel: "Totally [[The Scrooge|Scrooged]]".
** Random signs in front of the doors in the "Organ Trail" level say "[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Itznot Mine"]].
** There is a huge dog dish with the name "Fefido" at the top of a [[Jack and the Beanstalk|beanstalk]].
** The title of one [[Bonus Level]]: "War and Pieces".
** The Superhero Show level "Superzeroes".
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