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{{quote|''Whenever I smell asphalt, I think of Maureen. That's the last sensation I had before I blacked out; that thick smell of asphalt. And the first thing I saw when I woke up was her face. She said she'd fix my bike. Free. No strings attached. I should've known then that things are never that simple. Yeah, when I think of Maureen, I think of two things: asphalt... and trouble.''|Ben's opening monologue}}
''[[Full Throttle]]'' was a SCUMM based LucasArts adventure game released in 1995, set in a futuristic world somewhat reminiscent of ''[[Mad Max]]'' and focusing on the [[Badass Biker]] Ben Throttle, leader of the motorcycle gang "The Polecats". After unexpectedly making friends with Corley Motors CEO Malcom Corley while resting at The Kickstand (a biker bar), he's taken out back by Corley's vice-president and confidant
The first solo project of legendary game developer [[Tim Schafer]], ''[[Full Throttle]]'' features more of Schafer's sharp wit and love of heavy metal. It also had full voice acting and at-the-time revolutionary 3D rendering for the biker sequences. In addition, it was the only [[LucasArts]] game to make extensive use of licensed music, in this case by "authentic biker" metal band The Gone Jackals. While mostly an adventure game, it also splices in action-based bike fights during the driving sequences. The game is also notoriously short, even by adventure game standards, able to be completed in 10 hours even if you ''don't'' hurry. The game still has a cult following to this day.
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* [[All Bikers Are Hells Angels]]
* [[The Bartender]]
* [[Biker Babe]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]
* [[Can't You Read the Sign?]]
* [[Chain Pain]]: One of the biker gangs in the game uses chains as their signature weapon. Ben can acquire one after defeating them.
* [[Chekhov's Boomerang]]
* [[Clear My Name]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]
* [[Cozy Catastrophe]]
* [[Disney Villain Death]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Everyone.
* [[Faking the Dead]]
* [[False Reassurance]]
{{quote|'''Corley''': I know your plan, Ripburger. You're waiting for me to die so you can take over my company!
'''Ripburger''': *Chuckling* Sir, that's horrible... I am ''not'' waiting for you to die!
* [[Five-Finger Fillet]]
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Invoked with the "Can't Beat A Corley" slogan. Turns into the [[Karmic Death]] moment later as seen below.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]
* [[Goggles Do Something Unusual]]
* [[Incendiary Exponent]]
{{quote|'''Announcer:''' "It's the Unknown Avenger--and he's ''on fire''! Well, let's give him a hand, folks. That looks painful!"
'''Crowd:''' *cheers*
* ''no one'' tries to help the man running around on fire in the arena portion of a stadium*
** If it goes on long enough, the announcer has other lines about it.
{{quote|"This is your moment to shine!"
"We really should put him out--but what a show, huh?"
* [[Intrepid Reporter]]
* [[Karmic Death]]
* [[Mega Manning]]
** The fighting sequences are in fact puzzles. With the exception of one biker (the guy using the skull-head flail), every biker is easily defeated by using a specific weapon.
* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]
* [[Motorcycle Jousting]]
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: There's exactly 3 of one specific kind of biker on the road during one segment. You must figure out how to get their goggles. It involves using a specific weapon against them. If you do not use the weapon to defeat them (it's one of only 2 or three that actually work), you will not get their goggles. Pressing v counts as using something other than the weapon you're supposed to use.
* [[No Name Given]]: Ben's last name is never given during the game. The [[All There in the Manual|manual calls him Ben Whatsisname]], (though that's probably a joke) while [[Tim Schafer]] [[Word of God|says his last name is]] [[Character Title|Throttle]].
* [[Opening Monologue]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Perma-Stubble]]
* [[Pixel Hunt]]
* [[Private Eye Monologue]]
* [[Put on a Bus]]
* "[[Ride of the Valkyries]]": Clearing the minefield, featuring a fantastic contradiction between a full orchestra and a cheap plinky-plonk synth.
* [[Riding Into the Sunset]]
* [[Shout-Out]]
** This being [[LucasArts]], there's a couple to ''[[Star Wars]]'':
{{quote|'''Miranda:''' Well, I tracked the guy to Melonweed. But I'm not going near the place! They'd kill me! Get my editor! He's got to get me out of this! Take one of these fake I Ds to get through the roadblocks. My career is riding on those pictures! '''[[Star Wars|Help me, Ben, you're my only hope!]]'''}}
*** Emmet has a tattoo of the Imperial insignia.
* [[Spiritual Successor]]
** A cut sequence from the game (thanks to [[Executive Meddling]]) in which Ben experienced a peyote-influenced hallucinogenic trip would also go on to inspire a later Schafer project
* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]
* [[Swallowed a Fly]]: Ben chats with his old biker gang leader
* [[Terrible Trio]]
* [[Treacherous Advisor]]
* [[Video Will]]
* [[Wrench Wench]]
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