Jazz2 Episode 2

[Newspaz]

This must have been noticed by a lot of people before. But I found out only tonight, so I guess a lot of other people haven't noticed it before either.

Anyway, compare these and you'll see what I'm talking about.
http://newspaz.hypermart.net/j2episode2.gif http://newspaz.hypermart.net/btf.jpg

[Trafton]

I believe that it was intended. There are a lot of parodies of various pop culture icons in Jazz 2, as subliminal as some of them may be.

[Newspaz]

Originally posted by Trafton
I believe that it was intended.

Well, uh yes, that was the point. That's why I posted it over here.

[Unhit]

LOL! Did not know that. Weird. How did you find it out?

[defalcon]

The episode with Jazz on the bike is a ripoff of some old rockstar, who posed in the exact same manner on a purple bike, he had the afro and all.

And the Shareware picture is a ripoff of Doom.

[Unhit]

I bet the third episode pic is also ripped from somewhere.

Defalcon, could you post those pics to compare?

[Newspaz]

Originally posted by Unhit
LOL! Did not know that. Weird. How did you find it out?

Well, I was just looking through the game. And I thought those flames at Jazz's feet looked familiar :).

[defalcon]

No image server. ;p

[Unhit]

Heh. I did not even know that movie poster :).

[Blackraptor]

OK, now I did NOT now that

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

My favorite was the one with Jazz dressed as a hippy.

I also at one point made my own eposode titled "Fractured Harey Tales" which had Spaz pointing his gun at a fairy godmother.

[Bobby aka Dizzy]

While we are on the subject of those episodes and where they come from take a look at this.

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000002L68.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg http://www.jazz2online.com/junk/jazzepisode1.gif

Oh, by the way, the artist who made this album is Prince or the Artist Formerly Known as Prince which is why Nick used this since the first episode is called Formerly a Prince.

[defalcon]

Yep Bobbt, that's the one I was talking about. :)

[Unhit]

Cool :).

[Haze]

For those who didn't know almost the entire Jazz Jackrabbit game series is based upon spoofing other well known franchise. Such as games, movies and folklore.

Who didn't notice:
- the similarities between Sonic and Jazz Jackrabbit 1
- the similarities between episode graphics and movie posters
- the levelnames parodying movienames

...and upcoming the Star Wars parody in JazzGBA? (though they've pushed the parody a bit to far there)
Jazz is all about parodies and making fun. That's why I tried keeping that spirit up in the new Hideout. :)

[~SPLASH~]

LOL! All this time I thought it was so obvious, but it seems not everyone knew about these clear episode parodies :D Back To The Future Trilogy is IMO one of the best movie serie ever created...

Oh, and while we are at it, did ANYONE notice that the final episode represents Donkey Kong Country, and the demo episode DOOM? :roll:

[ShadowGPW]

Originally posted by Newspaz
This must have been noticed by a lot of people before. But I found out only tonight, so I guess a lot of other people haven't noticed it before either.

Anyway, compare these and you'll see what I'm talking about.


doh! Soz to say but all the episodes are from movies or games :)

I knew this sinds eh.. the Shareware :S

As told before Jazz was sinds the first game a parodie fan :)

[Sjazz]

Yeah, and the last episode is a parody of Donkey Kong, I believe. What about TSF?

[Newspaz]

Originally posted by ShadowGPW
doh! Soz to say but all the episodes are from movies or games :)

I knew this sinds eh.. the Shareware :S

As told before Jazz was sinds the first game a parodie fan :)

Well, I don't think it's to doh since many people over here didn't see it yet :P.

[Sun Fun Dude]

I noticed the Back to the future and Doom ones in a few seconds after I first played Jazz2.

[4I Falcon]

Like SFD, I immediately recognized the Back to the Future and Doom parodies. (What's that face in Devan's torso in the demo pic?) That Artist Formerly Known as Prince parody is a new one on me, though.

Frankly, the Episode 4 pic reminds me of Commander Keen 6, when that one-eyed alien was salting Keen's head. Probably not quite the best reference, but a general idea of sorts. But, the O in "Monkey" has the somewhat-trademark star in the middle, as does "Donkey" in "Donkey Kong."

What's with Commander Keen and his obsession with being called Commander Keen, instead of Captain Keen (Keen 4)? Last time I checked, Captain was a higher rank than Commander. (That's why, when I mentioned to Firefox that I was going to promote him from Captain to Commander at the end of E:JF, he said that doesn't make sense, considering the preceding fact. Well, actually, he went into some long lecture about the ranks on Star Trek, and how Picard ranks higher than Riker, or whoever, blah, blah, something, something else. I wasn't really listening anyway. [Before anyone asks, I scrapped the idea soon after Firefox told me that. Don't expect anything of that sort at the end of E:JF. <_< {shifty eyes}]) Wouldn't it be better to be thought of as a higher rank than you actually are? :confused:

TSF is an illustration by Noogy. 'Nuff said. The good Dodrill thought the three Jackrabbits flying high above on their airboards -- especially Spaz, who doesn't look too confident of his balance... :lol: -- would make a good cover pic, which is why it was used as both the box design (last I checked, anyway...) and the episode intro. Although, I don't understand what that diamond in Jazz's hand has to do with anything...

Now all we need to find out is where the parody came from for the Flashback episode pic, and then our heads will be even more full of useless knowledge than exactly twenty-four days, six hours, and forty-three seconds ago. Yay. :D

As for Jazz itself being a parody... *cough* Sonic *cough* (Not saying that Sonic is better than Jazz, of course. Jazz beats Sonic on all fronts. After all, I don't see Sonic toting a gun, do you?)

DoH is the end boss of Arkanoid ][. Anyone remember that game?

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

Although, I don't understand what that diamond in Jazz's hand has to do with anything...

Well, the main powerup Jazz was collecting in JJ2 WAS diamonds... I just assumed it was one of those.

[Trafton]

The diamond is there because the original title for TSF was actually The Diamond Files (or was that The Diamond Edition?)

[Fawriel]

Originally posted by Batty Buddy
Que Passa!!!!




Well, the main powerup Jazz was collecting in JJ2 WAS diamonds... I just assumed it was one of those.
Eeeh,not that...

1.point:TST was originally been called"Diamond Edition".
Hence the diamond.

2.point:The main goal of JJ2 is eating Devan and getting Eva's diamond back so Devan can't build some weird weapon...(which was later rebuilt and used in CTF it seems...:confused: )

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

The main goal of JJ2 is eating Devan

{Homer inpression} Mmmm... Devan... (drool drool)

/\:lol:/\

(PS: I know you mean BEATING Devan, but that typo was just too good to pass up...)

[defalcon]

Originally posted by Piccolo
Eeeh,not that...

1.point:TST was originally been called"Diamond Edition".
Hence the diamond.

2.point:The main goal of JJ2 is eating Devan and getting Eva's diamond back so Devan can't build some weird weapon...(which was later rebuilt and used in CTF it seems...:confused: )
Piccy! I thought you KNEW about JJ2! The device is a TIME MACHINE. ;)

41 Falcon: The thing in Devan's torso is a demon. In the DOOM picture the monster's stomach has a hole in it, and thus in the episode picture...hole with demon. :p

[Stijn]

Point is that the time machine was NOT destroyed. In the ending movie, Devan got electrocuted (or something) but the time machine wasn't.

[Unhit]

Originally posted by Trafton
The diamond is there because the original title for TSF was actually The Diamond Files (or was that The Diamond Edition?)

Devan lost it in the epilogue or however you call that final movie :p.

[Fawriel]

Originally posted by defalcon
Piccy! I thought you KNEW about JJ2! The device is a TIME MACHINE. ;)

41 Falcon: The thing in Devan's torso is a demon. In the DOOM picture the monster's stomach has a hole in it, and thus in the episode picture...hole with demon. :p
Oh.Well...oops?:p

1.Devan gets the hole in the game as well when he transforms to a dragon...
2.The guy in there looks a lot like Bubba or Bilsy to me...
3.My theory is that Devan kinda sold his soul to those guys and they lent him those transform powers...would explain that,ne?^^
4.@Batty:Ooooooops! XD

[Batty Buddy]

Que Passa!!!!

In the ending movie, Devan got electrocuted (or something) but the time machine wasn't.

Well, Devan didn't just get electricuted, he was also buried in a cave in, and (To add insult to injury) had a stilactite fall on him... I guess we just assume that since he was IN the time machine at the time (No pun intended) that it was crushed as a result...

... Nevertheless, even IF the thing was in a salvigable shape, Devan couldn't power it without the diamond. His time traveling days are over unless he's able to develope a better power source, and considering the beating he took (Remember, In Jazz 1: You never take on Devan Mono a mono like you do in Jazz 2.), I doubt he thinks all that trouble is worth it.

[Violet CLM]

Originally posted by Batty Buddy
(Remember, In Jazz 1: You never take on Devan Mono a mono like you do in Jazz 2.)

True.. you generally fight some weird creature or Devan in a tanklike thing. Episode 6 ends with a giant Jazz clone, not Devan, and C has Devan in a submarine like thing which is probably the easiest boss in the game.

[Fawriel]

Originally posted by Unknown Rabbit
True.. you generally fight some weird creature or Devan in a tanklike thing. Episode 6 ends with a giant Jazz clone, not Devan, and C has Devan in a submarine like thing which is probably the easiest boss in the game.
The easiest boss in JJ1 is IMO some turtle you fight in a bonus level hidden in Diamondus...
You fight it as a...oh...waitasec...I got it...not.:p
Now who wants to kno how these darn birds are called?XD

[Iam Canadian]

The bird is known as Hip-Hop. And I believe the face in Devil Devan's torso in the demo pic is Bubba. (It makes sense, considering Bubba is the demo ep boss). And I think the time machine was destroyed. After all, the thing did explode after Devan got shocked.

[Blackraptor]

Ahem, offtopic



SPAMMERS1111111111111111111111111
if u want to talk about jj1 so badly, make a new thread

[JanusJackrabbit]

The flashback episode isn't really a parody. It just has lots of hippie stuff (like the sign that says "Berk or bust!")

[Ax Man]

Janus, what about Alice in Wonderland?

Don't make me pull up images of the Cheshire cat in JJ2. You know it's there. Not to mention the Mad Hatter and other Alice in Wonderland refrences.

Infact, I say that episode is a direct parody of Alice in Wonderland and a few songs by a few 60's artists. Notably whoever wrote White Rabbit.

[defalcon]

Originally posted by Iam Canadian
The bird is known as Hip-Hop. And I believe the face in Devil Devan's torso in the demo pic is Bubba. (It makes sense, considering Bubba is the demo ep boss). And I think the time machine was destroyed. After all, the thing did explode after Devan got shocked.
It's not Bubba. It's one of the little red demons with pitchforks, Bubba looks different. ;P

[Stijn]

Oh wait, it was destroyed. If you look at the ending movie you will see the time machine exploding and lots of dust and stuff.

[Newspaz]

Originally posted by Fl@$h
Oh wait, it was destroyed. If you look at the ending movie you will see the time machine exploding and lots of dust and stuff.

Yep, a train runs over it.

[MoonBlazE]

Did anyone saw this too? (http://www.geocities.com/xxzarchxx/eva.html)
Well, I didn't. You proably have found it before me on www.jazzjackrabbit.com, but I found it in the press.zip you could download.
Well, I wanted to post it as a reply instead of a hole thread, and this thread did fit.

[Fawriel]

Originally posted by Moonblaze
Well, I wanted to post it as a reply instead of a hole thread, and this thread did fit.
Not really,or is that pic a parody I don't kno of?:p

Anyways,neat pic actually,altho she doesn't look one bit like the Eva we kno...
And no,I din't kno it before!^-^


*claims this page in the name of cool parodies and for Goldy and himself PLZ THX !!!!!111111 =))))))))))))))))*


(Fawriel:PLZ THX-edit)

[Violet CLM]

Originally posted by Ax Man
Janus, what about Alice in Wonderland?

Don't make me pull up images of the Cheshire cat in JJ2. You know it's there. Not to mention the Mad Hatter and other Alice in Wonderland refrences.

Infact, I say that episode is a direct parody of Alice in Wonderland and a few songs by a few 60's artists. Notably whoever wrote White Rabbit.

Actually, Psych is in Episode 2, A Jazz in Time. Flashback has Diamondus, Tubelectric and Medivo in it.

[4I Falcon]

Originally posted by defalcon
41 Falcon: The thing in Devan's torso is a demon. In the DOOM picture the monster's stomach has a hole in it, and thus in the episode picture...hole with demon. :p

FARGUS-MONKEY!

Would you stop doing that?! My name is 4I FALCON! NOT 41! GOOD GOD!

I am going to mercilessly and painfully drill into all of your heads that I am not 41... I R 4I!

BTW, the hole in the middle of the Cyberdemon (Doom ][ title screen) is his internal musculature and circuitry. Just so ya know.

They blow up so nicely.

Also, that funkular episode was a direct ripoff of AiW. It's supposed to denote what people see when they get high. o_O

Edit: hoo dear, just realized what an efil reviver i r too... >_>

[Spotinik]

I only saw these jazz 2 episode pic rip offs by now..I didn't know they were ripoffs @_@..also, I have played Jazz 2 several times, and beat it several times, in the ending squence, truth is , the machine explodes, and Devan just gets electraucted by Jazz's gun laser, and well..I have played Jazz 1, but never beat it..the last episode is so hard to beat, -_-. plus, I liked Jazz 2 more than Jazz 1 because, in Jazz 1, you could only use Jazz, and in Jazz 2, you can choose from many characters and morph into a bird, frog...and such....and...wait.....what's that CC game? I never heard of it..

[atesoRJOL]

.Jazz1 is worse cause it doesnt have spaz
.Jazz1 is better cause the graphics are 20 times better than those of jazz2 and most of the music better
.The story line is atleast 2 times better than the jazz2 one
.Its as far as I know of, doenst have rip offs
.whatever else I didnt think of

[Newspaz]

Originally posted by atesoRJOL
.Jazz1 is worse cause it doesnt have spaz
.Jazz1 is better cause the graphics are 20 times better than those of jazz2 and most of the music better
.The story line is atleast 2 times better than the jazz2 one
.Its as far as I know of, doenst have rip offs
.whatever else I didnt think of

No rip-offs?! Jazz1 is almost a complete Sonic rip-off.

[Enigma]

Hehe, yea, i remember that comic in the jazz1 manual where sonic said "Somebody get my lawyers on the phone"

[MoonBlazE]

Can someone scan that comic and post it here? Never saw it. ;P

[Bartman]

Wakeman once had the whole comic on Jazz 2 Stuff...but I dont know what happened to that site =/

[defalcon]

Originally posted by atesoRJOL
.Jazz1 is worse cause it doesnt have spaz
.Jazz1 is better cause the graphics are 20 times better than those of jazz2 and most of the music better
.The story line is atleast 2 times better than the jazz2 one
.Its as far as I know of, doenst have rip offs
.whatever else I didnt think of
Eh I'm sorry, I'm just wondering what you've been smoking.

- Jazz 1 isn't 'worse' cause it doesn't have Spaz. It was actually a better SP game than JJ2.

- The graphics of JJ1 were at low res, less detailed, with a far inferior engine. And it has *better* graphics?

- The music in JJ1 is good but I prefer JJ2's music, it's all up to taste and personal preference.

- They both have rather lame storylines imho but yes JJ1's is better.

- JJ1 was a complete sonic rip off.

[dj_rigo]

jazz 1 had some goodies that didn't appear in jazz 2 (what were they thinking) like the 3d bonus stages (the idea was a ripoff of sonic games, but way better).

jazz2 is a bit lame because it had only 2 movies!!! the "you beat the game" one was pathetic, the intro one is way better, it doesn't even have movies between the chapters!!!

also jazz2tsf isn't really a game, it is more like a cheap mod or "standalone expansion pack", it is only one huge storyless chapter!! it should had been an expansion pack, an addon. (obiously not allowing the standard stages be played with lori).

jazz2 failed because it was dull, they could have added cool elements like the frog of the shareware episode in the retail version, 3d bonus stages, more movies. i don't say that the stages are bad, what i say is that they use the same elements in all stages, you can get tired of that sometimes.
the stages are beatiful, but it is boring to always end the stages by reaching the finish, it worked in super mario games, but it doesn't work anymore, they didn't really innovate from jazz1, although multiplayer support is great goodie.

my 2c

[DoubleGJ]

ARGH! That devil in Devan's hole IS Bubba! Don't you see? Bubba is the boss of Shareware, he is small, with sneaky eyes and pink nose! He is the main bad guy in my Devil Dash Jazz2 add-on and he has to do something with Devan! After being beaten in frozen hell, he uses Devan's body to stay alive. But when Jazz crashes Devan's torso Devan morphs into demon giving some of energy to hidden Bubba. The Bubba escapes and we fight with Devan with a hole in belly (look closely at him as event). Does that story sound clear? (heh, I imagined everything myself but I hope Epic was thinking the same).

BTW if you are talking about episode images - JSZ Spaz once drawed a episode-size drawing called "Spaz Nukem". Look at DN3D cover and imagine you see Spaz and that'll be it. :)

[defalcon]

JSZ Jazz, it's not Bubba. It's the demon enemy, with the pitchfork. ;P

[DoubleGJ]

Sorry, but I don't see any pitchfork. :P

[defalcon]

Originally posted by JSZ Jazz
Sorry, but I don't see any pitchfork. :P
The pitchfork isn't there, but that's the demon, silly. Look at the faces. :P

[Bartman]

Thats probably why Jazz has that look on his face, since the pitchfork might be in Devan XD

I remember this one hoax someone made with Spaz's head in devil Devan. Does anybody have it? Its just so hilarious...

[Feline]

Originally posted by Newspaz
This must have been noticed by a lot of people before. But I found out only tonight, so I guess a lot of other people haven't noticed it before either.

Anyway, compare these and you'll see what I'm talking about.


That was obvious. I thought everyone knew that it was a joke.

[DoubleGJ]

You funny little creature, don't play smart. Tell what ripoff is the 3rd episode, eh? I knew about 2nd episode when i first saw it, but 1st was a complete mystery to me. Now it isn't.

[Blackout TRC]

Did you know the Home cooked one is my dad cooking.

[DoubleGJ]

And my dad is familiar to episode 2!!!