Day of the Tentacle (Video Game 1993)

A disembodied tentacle is accidentally exposed to nuclear waste, giving it human abilities and an ambition to take over the world.

Directors:

Dave Grossman, Tim Schafer

Writers:

Wayne Cline (manual), Ron Gilbert (characters),

Stars:

Denny Delk, Jane Jacobs, Nick Jameson

Cast

Credited cast:
Denny Delk	...	Hoagie / Purple / Green / Doctor Tentacle / George Washington (voice)
Jane Jacobs	...	Laverne / Irish Maid (voice)
Nick Jameson	...	Doctor Fred Edison / Doctor Red Edison / Zed Edison / Dwayne / John Hancock / Man in Ski Mask (voice)
Ginny Westcott	...	Betsy Ross, Nurse Edna (voice)
David Traylor	...	Ed Edison / Zd Edison / Ben Franklin / Cigar Salesman / Thomas Jefferson (voice)
Peggy Roberts-Hope	...	Edna Edison / Zedna Edison (voice)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Richard Sanders	...	Bernard Bernoulli (voice)

Storyline

Doctor Fred Edison is an eccentric scientist who lives with his bizarre family in his centuries old home, somewhere in New England. One day, his pets, genetically engineered tentacles by the names of Green and Purple, come across waste being dumped into a creek. While Green stays away from it, Purple takes a taste of some of it and is mutated, giving him limbs as well as superhuman intelligence. Driven mad by the sudden power rush, Purple sets off to conquer the planet and replace the human race with tentacles. However, Fred captures them, and thinking Green may have been exposed as well, regretfully decides he must euthanize them. Fearing for his life Green sneaks out a telegram to his old friend, nerdish college student Bernard Bernouli. Bernard, bent on rescuing Green, sneaks himself, his med student girlfriend Laverne, and roomate, Hoagie, off campus and drives to the mansion, where Purple and Green are both set free and Purple escapes to go on a rampage. Deciding the only way to ...

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Plot Keywords:

tentacle | diamond | mad scientist | time travel | nerd | 

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Genres:

Animation | Adventure | Comedy | Sci-Fi

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Also Known As:

Der Tag des Tentakel

Box Office

Budget:

$600,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

LucasArts Entertainment Company

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

As in many LucasArt games, this game features several references to Star Wars. Most obvious are the calendar with the Darth Vader picture in Dr. Fred's office (if you look at it, Bernard remarks that "it's a calendar from my favorite movie"); Bernard's exclamation while reading the dates off the quarters he is picking up ("Ooh! 1977!" The year of Star Wars' release); the Stormtrooper helmet in the room where Bernard finds Green Tentacle; and several lines of dialogue (e.g. "Help us, Dr Edison. You're our only hope!").

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Quotes

Bernard: Just what is it you have against humans anyway?
Purple Tentacle: Humans are our oppressors! They made us live in this horrible motel! They created us in ungainly forms so we could not rise against them! Try walking around with your legs tied together and glue on your shoes, you'll see what I mean!

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Crazy Credits

At the end of the credits, the Lucasarts logo is seen. Then a golden tentacle hops over, scares off the golden man and takes his place.

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Connections

Referenced in Indiana Jones and the Infernal Machine (1999)

User Reviews

The best adventure game of all time

I remember buying this game at a trip I did. There it was: A new Lucas Arts game! I have played most of their previous games like Indiana Jones, Maniac Mansion and so on and I bought it instantly. I couldn't wait to get back home to play it. The graphic both amused and amazed me. The plot was great and playing it was funny as hell. After I finished the game, I was somewhat sad. I put it away and hoped I would forget all about how the game was solved and now, "some" years later, I got it as a present from my cousin in a Lucas Arts game box (christmas of 2003). I have not had time to play it until recently, and although I remember a lot of the puzzles, I have forgotten most of it, so the plan worked ;) - Day of the tentacle is a all time hall of fame for adventure games. No doubt. Two thumbs up. WAY up! Pure class.