ToonStruck is an adventure quest developed in 1996 by Virgin Interactive. The main feature of the game is that there is a real hero against the background of drawn graphics.
Everything starts with the fact that cartoonist Drew Blank gets a task from his boss, Mr. Schultz, to draw new characters for the Fluffy-Fluffy Bun-Bun Show. Alas, but the greedy boss demands to finish the work in a tight deadline, so Drew has to stay up late. No new ideas come to him, and he falls asleep. He wakes up to the TV on. In an attempt to turn it off, Drew is drawn into the world he has drawn.
Meeting the king
Waking up, Drew tries to make sense of his surroundings. Suddenly he is attacked by a strange flying saucer, but is saved by Zippy, Drew’s creation. Drew is literally stunned, but he asks Zhivchik for help.Zhivchik himself can’t help Drew, so he takes him to King Hugh, King of Kutopia. He agrees to help the artist if he can help solve the country’s problems. And the matter is the following – there are three countries in this world: Kutopia – the country of good cartoons, full of cute bunnies and bears (everything that, according to adults, children should like); Zlovenia – the country of evil cartoons (reminiscent of the movie “Parallel World”); and Shutland – the country of idiots, where the Warners would like. And so Count Nefarius, ruler of Zlovenia, created the Evilbolt, a machine that turns everything good into bad. And now he’s vilifying Cthopia. King Hugh has managed to get the blueprint of the machine and intends to create the Dobrobolyot – a machine with the opposite effect. And in creating this machine, Drew must help the king. Drew gets the blueprint from the king’s engineer, Brikabrak. He also gets advice that he should look for “contrary” items – items that could be the opposite of the items from the Dobroplane.
Assembling the Dobroplane
When he goes into town, he finds out that a lot of people are in trouble. For example, the baker brothers have a missing brother. And they can’t make butter anymore, so they can’t make dough. And the local bartender is being harassed by a mad mouse. Having solved the “mouse” problem, as well as winning a chain in the arcade, the heroes go on. On the way they meet Fluffy Tail, who complains that he has no popcorn, as well as a scarecrow, who dreams of being fashionable. In the stable, they find out why they’re out of oil – it’s because the Churnetron oil machine is missing an important part. To pass in Zlovenia friends also do not manage – some wolf demands wine from them. So Drew has to fix the express, and he gets to Schutlandia. Although he can’t get through to the Outhouse in Schutlandia, he memorizes a phone number. After making a call from the bar, Drew participates in a quiz. After winning the beans, Drew goes to the PomordamCo store. There, he wins prizes in a vending machine. Using a magnet, he fixes the Churnetron and restarts the butter supply. He uses one block to make dough, giving it to the cook frogs, and uses the other to eliminate the arrogant Jim, the owner of the sports club. After taking him out, Drew pumps up his muscles with the Kachkotron. But while the heroes were in Shutland, Count Nefarius learned about Drew’s appearance, and also ruined the stable. In the stable, the heroes see how things have changed – Marge has become masochistic, Polly is sadistic, and the machine now produces glue.
King Hugh is pleased, and Drew prepares to go home. But the king immediately puts forward new conditions – Drew must make good absolutely all lands, including Zlovenia and Shutland. But Dru refuses these plans. The king is outraged and reveals his true identity – Fluffy Tail. Fluffy Tail calls for the guards, then gets into the Dobroplane himself. He shoots at the heroes, but Drew remains normal, as he is not a cartoon. Zippy, on the other hand, becomes too cute. Meanwhile, Nefarius’ servants infiltrate the castle. Tails taunts Drew with the guards, so he has to escape. As a result, he runs into Nefarius’ servants and they drag him away. And Tails, unable to find Drew, orders Zippy to “approve” the world.
Meanwhile, Drew comes to his senses in Nefarius’ prison. With the help of Miss Fortune, Nefarius learns about Dobrolet. He then leaves Drew, saying that he injected him with a special serum that will turn him into a cartoon. After that, he leaves. Drew is left guarding Piglet the boar. By stealth, Drew incapacitates him. He neutralizes the castle guards and also frees Rey. In gratitude, Rey tells Drew that Nefarius has a special machine that can transport Drew to his world. After getting rid of the guards, Drew makes his way to the top floor. He manages to hypnotize Miss Fortuna with his glasses, and then he forces her to open Nefarius’ office door. Using the crystals he found, Drew manages to get a device to travel between worlds. He then opens the door to Evilbolt. He manages to get into it, but it turns out Nefarius knew of his actions. He offers Drew his cooperation, but he informs him that he has found a traveling machine. Nefarius tries to stop him, and as a result he encounters Hugh (or Fluffy Tail). Drew manages to take down the rulers, after which he shoots the Dobroplane. Zippy becomes normal again, but Dobroplane loses control. As a result, they collide, and Drew and Zippy go down.
He runs to Mr. Schultz and offers to insert his character (Zhivchik) into the show, as he has not had time to fulfill the order. But the director is adamant and literally forces him to draw rabbits. A saddened Drew returns and doesn’t know what to do. Suddenly he hears a strange beeping sound – it turns out to be the device that gave Drew Zhivchik. He makes contact and reports that Nefarius and Tails have survived. He asks for Drew’s help, and Drew agrees. Drew becomes a cartoon and is transported into a cartoon!