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{{Infobox VG |title= Toonstruck |image= Toonstruck-European-Cover.jpg |developer= [[Burst Studios]] |publisher= [[Virgin Interactive]] |designer= Richard Hare |engine= |released= {{vgrelease|EU=1996|NA=November 31, 1996}} |genre= [[Adventure game]] |modes= [[Single-player]] |ratings= [[Entertainment Software Rating Board|ESRB]]: T (Teen)<br />[[Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle|USK]]: 6+<br />[[Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association|ELSPA]]: 15+ |platforms= [[Microsoft Windows]], [[DOS]], [[Mac OS|Mac]] |media= 2 [[CD-ROM]]s |requirements= [[Intel 80486|486/66]] or equivalent [[Central processing unit|CPU]], 8 [[Megabyte|MB]] [[Random access memory|RAM]], 34 MB available [[hard disk]] space, 2X CD-ROM drive, [[Sound Card]] |input= [[Computer keyboard|Keyboard]], [[mouse (computing)|mouse]] }} '''''Toonstruck''''' is a 1996 [[point-and-click]] adventure game in which, although all the imagery is drawn and [[scan]]ned into the game, the protagonist Drew Blanc (played and voiced by [[Christopher Lloyd]]) is an actual video-captured representation of the actor (the name is a pun, since the character has "drawn a blank" on coming up with a new idea for a character). Drew's sidekick, crudely named Flux Wildly, is a drawn character voiced by [[Dan Castellaneta]]. ''Toonstruck'' also features scan-line [[Data compression|compressed]] [[Full motion video|FMV]]. It was also one of the first video games to include stock music from [[APM Music]], notably the classic "Spooky Scherzo" by [[Sam Fonteyn]]. ==Gameplay== ''Toonstruck'' is a point-and-click adventure game where the player controls Christopher Lloyd's digitised likeness. The game uses extensive [[minimalism]] in its design, with only an inventory icon (represented by a "Bottomless Bag") as an [[omnipresent]] [[Heads Up Display|HUD]]. The pointer key, represented by an animated white-gloved hand, is [[Context sensitive user interface|context-sensitive]], changing icon depending on what it is rolled over. ==Plot== [[Image:Toonstruck 03.jpg|thumb|200px|left|The iconic barn, before it is struck by the Malevolator's beam. Drew can be seen talking to the Carecrow as Flux is walking away.]] Drew Blanc is a [[cartoon]] animator and the original creator of the ''Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show''. This show has been an unprecedented ten year success for his company, but in reality the many cute talking [[rabbit]]s that star in the show sicken him. His self-revered creation, Flux Wildly, a wise-talking and sarcastic small purple character, has been denied the chance of starring in his own show. Drew's boss, Sam Schmaltz (played by [[Ben Stein]]), sets him the task of designing more bunnies to co-star in the ''Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show'' by the next morning. However, the depressed [[animator]] soon nods off, suffering from acute [[writer's block|artist's block]]. He wakes early the next morning to inexplicably find his [[television]] switched on, announcing the ''Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show''. Suddenly, Drew is mysteriously drawn into the television screen and transported to an idyllic [[dimension|two-dimensional]] cartoon world populated by his own creations, among many other cartoon characters. He soon befriends Flux Wildly, and discovers that this [[fiction]]al [[paradise]] is being ravaged by a ruthless new character with a devastating weapon of evil, a flying machine equipped with a [[raygun|ray beam]] that mutates the pleasant, childish landscape and its inhabitants into dark, twisted and mean versions of themselves. He is tasked with hunting down and stopping this madman, thereby restoring [[peace]] and harmony to the land, in return for safe passage back to three-dimensional reality. ===Characters=== Several famous actors provide the voice talent for the game.<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/dos/toonstruck/credits Game credits for Toonstruck]</ref> '''[[Christopher Lloyd]]''' as '''Drew Blanc''' - Drew Blanc is the animator who yearns to make a cartoon about his character, Flux Wildly, but instead has worked ten years on another of his creations, Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun. This show became a great success and since then Drew has grown to hate Fluffy and her cute bunny friends. When trying to come up with new character for the new show 'Fluffy and Friends' Drew is mysteriously drawn into the cartoon world through the television. There he tries to help the helpful Cutopians in an effort to return to his own world. '''[[Dan Castellaneta]]''' as '''Flux Wildly''' - Flux is Drew's favourite creation, a sarcastic and playful purple creation who was never allowed to star in his own show. When Drew is brought to the cartoon world, Flux assists him in helping the Cutopians to stop the evil Count Nefarious. Flux helps throughout the first half of the game, throughout Cutopia, his homeland Zanydu and the malevolands, cracking jokes and can sometimes be used like an item to overcome certain puzzles in the game. '''[[Tim Curry]]''' as '''Count Nefarious''' - Count Nefarious is the most evil character in the cartoon world, residing in his tower, castle, thing, in the malevolands, plotting to take over the cartoon world and turn everyone and everything in it into dark, twisted creatures like those of the malevolands. He sends out his three henchmen to do his dirty work and capture Drew and Flux when he hears of their effort to build the cutifier. '''[[David Ogden Stiers]]''' as '''King Hugh''' - King Hugh is the smiley king of Cutopia. He sends Drew and Flux on a mission to find items for the cutifier in exchange for helping Drew to return to his own world. '''[[Ben Stein]]''' as '''Sam Schmaltz''' - Schmaltz is Drew's boss, who appoints Drew to create new characters for their company's most successful show, The Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun Show. '''[[Tress MacNeille]]''' as '''Fluffy Fluffy Bun Bun''' - Fluffy is the sugar sweet rabbit of Cutopia, whose job is to be the 'cutest rabbit in the whole wide world'. She is Drew's most famous creation, starring in her own show of ten years, but, she is not all that she seems. '''Tress MacNeille''' as '''Ms. Fortune''' - Ms. Fortune is a psychic feline who assists Count Nefarious in his evil schemes, informing him of any possible meddlers in his plan and looking into the future to see what is to come. '''Tress MacNeille''' as '''Marge''' - The sweet cow who makes butter for Cutopia in the barn. '''[[April Winchell]]''' as '''Polly''' - A kindly sheep who hangs around with Marge in the barn. '''Elmer''' - A 'special'(or a dying) horse who lives in the barn with Marge and Polly, never saying a word. '''[[Jeff Bennett]]''' as '''The Carecrow''' - A camp scarecrow who looks after the crows in the fields and yearns for the perfect outfit. '''April Winchell''' as '''Ms. Fit''' - The pretty, ditzy proprietor of the Costumarama in Cutopia. She loves to read. '''[[Dom DeLuise]]''' as '''Fingers''' - The slimy Zanian who left for Cutopia to con the gullible Cutopians in his video arcade. '''[[Jim Cummings]]''', '''[[Frank Welker]]''', and '''[[Rob Paulsen]]''' as '''Dough, Ray and Mee''' - The singing frogs who work in the bakery, baking and selling day-young, fresh, and day-old bread, respectively. '''Jeff Bennett''' as '''Jim''' - The muscled bulldog who owns his own gym in Zanydu. '''Jeff Bennett''' and '''Jim Cummings''' as '''Woof and Warp''' - The owners of Wacme, who provide Zanydu with the finest abuse gadgets for causing one another pain. All their products are tried and tested... on each other. '''Jim Cummings''' as '''B.B Wolf''' - The suave wolf who resides in the Malevoland woods, hosting dinner parties and generally pretending to be sophisticated. '''Jeff Bennett''' as '''Outhouse Guard''' - The dedicated security guard at the Zanydu outhouse, who hasn't left his post for years. '''Rob Paulsen''' as '''Barman''' - The big lump of half-Irish, half-Scottish cheese who owns the pub in Cutopia. '''Jim Cummings''', '''[[Corey Burton]]''', and '''Rob Paulsen''' as '''Feedback, Goggles and Lugnut''' - Nefarious' doodle henchmen, with loss of speech, sight and hearing respectively. They use special-made gadgets, invented by the megalomaniacal Robot Maker, to overcome their losses. '''Corey Burton''' as '''Footman''' - King Hugh's footman, as his name would suggest; who cares about his master more than he'll openly admit. '''Jim Cummings''' as '''Seedy''' - The owner of the sleazy bowling alley in the Malevolands, the only one to ever score a strike with his special 'technique'. '''Tress MacNeille''' as '''Bouncer''' - The gritty bouncer at Seedy's who'll stop anyone from getting in without proper attire. '''Corey Burton''' as '''Bricabrac''' - King Hugh's scatterbrained engineer who creates the blueprints for and builds the cutifier. '''Jeff Bennett''' as '''Robot Maker''' - The mechanical man who creates machines for Nefarious and dreams of machines ruling the world. '''Jim Cummings''' as '''Snout the Ogre''' - Drew's allergy-prone guard at Nefarious' dungeon. '''Jeff Bennett''' as '''Spike''' - A demented clown whose brain is frazzled and driven to insanity for Nefarious' amusement. '''Frank Welker''' and '''Jim Cummings''' as '''Gator Guards''' - Count Nefarious' castle guards used to attempt to keep Drew within the castle. They also like to goof around. ===Locations=== '''Cutopia''' - The home of all the happy and adorable cutopians. Cutopia is bright and [[simplistic]], with a bakery, an [[Irish pub]], a costume shop and a [[video arcade]] in the town centre. King Hugh's castle overlooks Cutopia with a barn and fields lying on the outskirts. '''Zanydu''' - Flux's homeland. Zanydu is colourful and wacky, with a gym, an outhouse (purely for fish-flushing), Wacme (a shop selling abuse technology like that of [[Acme Corporation|ACME]] in the [[Looney Tunes]]) and the way outback, a parody of the [[Australian Outback]]. '''Malevolands''' - The dark and adult part of the cartoon world, with Nefarious' [[castle]] looming in the distance. Here you can find a [[bowling alley]], a robotics shop and a prison. ==Reception== {{VG reviews | title = (PC) <!-- Aggregators --> | GR = 75.14%<ref>http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/199065-toonstruck/index.html</ref> | MC = <!-- Reviewers --> | 1UP = | G4 = | GI = | GamePro = | GSpot = 8.8/10 | IGN = 7.0/10 | rev1Score = | rev2 = [[GameTrailers]] | rev2Score = <!-- Awards --> | award1Pub = | award1 = | award2Pub = | award2 = | award3Pub = | award3 = }} Although receiving mostly positive reviews from game critics, the game wasn't overly successful due to the rise of new 3-D games and poor marketing.<ref>http://www.destructoid.com/the-games-that-time-forgot-toonstruck-26055.phtml</ref> [[IGN]] gave the game a rating of 7.0 out of 10 with a user rating of 10.0.<ref>http://uk.pc.ign.com/objects/008/008675.html</ref> [[Gamespot]] gave Toonstruck a score of 8.8 out of 10.<ref>http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/adventure/toonstruck/index.html?tag=result;title;0h</ref> [[IMDB]] users have given an average vote of 8.4 out of 10.<ref>http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117940/ratings</ref> ===Legacy=== [[Image:Toonstruck2 wildwest.jpg|thumb|200px|left|One of the scenes from the unreleased sequel.]] The released version of ''Toonstruck'' contained less material than originally planned. Shortly before the [[beta (software)|beta]] version was released, the game was divided in half. The removed material, video and animations from the first game were to be released as a sequel; however this material was never released. A number of the unused backgrounds, animations and pictures remain on the internet.<ref>http://www.lauraj.net/portfolio/GameArt/Toonstruck/Toonstruck.htm Laura Janczewski's artwork</ref> Keith Arem, a developer who currently owns the right to Toonstruck 2, is planning to release a full version of Toonstruck which would include the second half of the game. But since he needs "tremendous fan support" to justify its release and get funding, there is a petition for the release of Toonstruck 2.<ref>[http://www.petitionspot.com/petitions/toonstrucktwo Petition for Toonstruck 2]</ref><ref>[http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=140186316013394 Toonstruck 2 petition group on Facebook]</ref><ref>[http://twitter.com/ToonstruckTwo Toonstruck 2 petition Twitter account]</ref> A Toonstruck fan group is currently attempting to develop a sequel to the game, currently known as "Toonstruck 2".<ref>http://www.toonstruck2.com Toonstruck 2 page</ref> {{clear}} ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *{{moby game|id=/dos/toonstruck}} *{{GameFAQs|type=/computer/doswin|num=199065}} *{{imdb title|id=0117940|title=Toonstruck}} *[http://web.archive.org/web/19970615123655/www.vie.com/immersives/toonstruck/index.html Original Toonstruck website] [[Category:1996 video games]] [[Category:Adventure games]] [[Category:DOS games]] [[Category:Point-and-click adventure games]] [[Category:Video games developed in the United States]] [[Category:Windows games]] [[de:Toonstruck]] [[es:Toonstruck]] [[pl:Toonstruck]] [[fi:Toonstruck]]
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