| “ | "Just hit one of those buttons to deal with this 'pressing' situation."
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| ― Corporal Bill Bullet |
Just Plain Epic, originally named the Epic Way, is one of three endings to the game Stealing the Diamond.
It is one of two endings achievable when choosing “Sneak in” at the start screen.
Plot[]
Deciding to Sneak In to the museum, Henry moves to the building's side. He then attempts to break in from there by going through the wall.
- [X] Shrink Ray - Henry shoots himself with the tool, reducing his size. Locating a small crack in the museum's wall, he moves to enter the museum from there, but is ambushed by a worm. The creature then consumes Henry. (Message: Man, worms are so much more vicious up close!)
- [X] Liquidificator - Using the device, Henry turns himself into water. Instead of being able to bend his molecules to his own will, the forces of gravity causes him to spill into the ground. (Message: What'd you think was going to happen?)
- Pick - Mining into the wall of the museum, a Creeper ambushes Henry and explodes, busting through the wall in the process.
Surviving the blast, Henry soon finds himself in the World War II exhibit of the museum, where Dave Panpa chats with fellow security guard Kurt Dietrich about Henry's escape from the West Mesa Penitentiary (where Dave was once employed at) and the aftermath that came along with it; however, Kurt is uninterested with Dave's story and urges him to shut up. In the midst of the conversation, Henry must find a way to remove the two guards from the area.
- [X] Timeout - If the time expires, Dave attempts to reason with Kurt, wanting to chat in order to have a friend and pass the time. After some time passes, Dave comments that he feels a draft. This causes Kurt to notice Henry at the wall's opening. (Message: This conversation can't be THAT interesting.)
- [X] Gun - Henry steals a gun from a glass exhibit and attempts to fire on the security guards, but it is not loaded. Kurt then points his own gun at Henry. (Message: Quick! Pretend you were joking! ...Good one, right guys?)
- [X] Bomb - Henry tosses the vintage explosive on display, hitting Dave's foot-- but it does not explode. Dave screams in pain and Kurt quickly responds by shooting Henry with his gun. (Message: Why would they keep live bombs in a museum?)
- Plane - Henry throws the model aircraft, which knocks out Kurt. Dave flees to warn a fellow security guard, but knocks himself out when he runs into a pillar.
Advancing further into the museum, Henry finds a security guard, Todd Slimmonds, having trouble staying awake on the job. Hiding behind a pillar, Henry can not make a move when the guard is awake.
- [X] Up to Diamond - Henry makes a dash to the exhibit, but stops in his tracks when the guard awakes in front of Henry. (Message: Hm. Must be a light sleeper.)
- Left to Retro Room - Henry is able to make a quick dash to the retro-games themed exhibit, avoiding detection.
From the exhibit, Henry can also access the Tunisian Diamond exhibit, but finds two guards, Timothy Lewis and Joseph Jo, on patrol.
- [X] Alien - Releasing the alien from its capsule, Henry attempts to commandeer it to attack Tim and Joe, but the alien attacks him instead. (Message: Looks like they don't take kindly to orders.)
- [X] Crowbar - Before Henry could pick up the tool, a swarm of headcrabs fall on top of him. (Message: Man, I HATE it when that happens! (Remastered) / Why does that ALWAYS happen? (Legacy))[1]
- [X] Goodball - Henry initializes a trainer battle with Timothy and Joseph. At the start of the battle, the guards send out Jo, while Henry sends out Missingno, which corrupts the game into causing a blue screen error.[2] (Message: 01100110 01100101 01100001 01110010 00100000 01101101 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101110 01100111 01101110 01101111, meaning fear missingno)[3]
- Mushroom - Henry uses the fungus to grow into a giant.
Now giant-sized, Henry busts into the Diamond exhibit. There is little the security guards can do to stop the gigantic thief. One of Henry's stomps causes a pterosaur to hatch from a prehistoric egg exhibit, which would later take out Alexander Garb, presumably killing him in the process. As a giant, Henry is able to take the Diamond with ease, before the guards use a cannon against him. A cannonball hits Henry and causes him to lose the mushroom's power.
The museum then falls into chaos, which alerts the Center for Chaos Containment. With chaos readings at 10.6, an agent at the CCC, Clyde Jenkins, is given the go-ahead by Corporal Bill Bullet to act on the situation.
- [X] Divide by Zero - A calculator is sent to the museum. When Henry picks it up, a robotic arm divides 1337 by 0 on the calculator, which causes the museum to collapse into the void. (Message: Sorry, I was in the bathroom. What'd I mi- Where'd... Where is everyone?)
- [X] Nuke - The entire museum is alerted to an impending nuclear launch nearby. Henry ponders about his fate, before the nuke goes off-- destroying the museum, and the entire metropolis surrounding it. (Message: Don't feel too bad. He probably camped for the 25 kills he needed to get that nuke.)
- [X] Satellite - Shoop Da Whoop, as a satellite, fires a laser blast which destroys the museum, leaving only a deep crater behind. (Message: I couldn't resist.)
- Gear - The CCC sends a gigantic robot to the museum, which begins to chip away at the building.
During the robot's destructive rampage, Henry finds the Diamond in between the robot's legs-- deeming it unsafe to recover the gemstone in the chaos, he makes a dash for the exit, and runs as far away from the museum as possible.
While stopping to catch his breath on the road, the Diamond is launched from the museum and lands right next to Henry on the grass. Having completed his heist in a rather unusual fashion, Henry begins celebrating.
Characters[]
- Henry Stickmin
- Mayor Fredrickson
- Konrad Conners (Remastered Only Far Away)
- Billy Barnes (Remastered Only Far Away)
- Worm
- Gadget Gabe
- Creeper
- Adolf Hitler (Picture)
- Joseph Goebbels (Picture, flash version only)
- Dave Panpa
- Kurt Dietrich
- Todd Slimmonds
- Goombas (Pictures)
- Luigi (Picture)
- MissingNo
- Alien
- Joseph Jo
- Timothy Lewis
- Alexander Garb
- Pterodactyl
- Tony Franz
- Clyde Jenkins
- Corporal Bill Bullet
- Shoop da Whoop (Satellite)
- CCC Robot
Italics indicate they only appear in this pathway.
Locations[]
Italics indicate they only appear in this pathway.
Music[]
| Track | Composer/Artist | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Sneaky Menu Loop | Puffballs United | Intro menu (Flash version) |
| 🎧 "Grand Opening" | PuffballsUnited | Opening theme for Stealing the Diamond, remastered. |
| 🎧 "Mushroom Rampage" | PuffballsUnited | When Henry uses the Mushroom. |
| 🎧 "Ego Death
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Xtrullor | Attack of the CCC Robot |
| 🎧 "Run Away"
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PuffballsUnited | Henry flees from the museum and the CCC robot. |
| 🎧 "Preparation 4 War" | Rec0il | Ending theme for the route, flash |
Trivia[]
- In the legacy version, Dave smashes into a pole; In the remastered version, Dave smashes into the pole and then he falls down unconsciously.
References[]
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
After using the Shrink Ray, the sound the worm makes prior to eating Henry is the "WRYY!" scream uttered by Dio Brando, specifically in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future. However, Puffballs has admitted to not knowing this and simply putting the sound in because he thought it was funny.
Minecraft
The Pick, the way Henry uses it to break the wall, and the Creeper coming up behind him are all Minecraft references.
Downfall
In the WWII exhibit, a picture of Adolf Hitler as portrayed by Bruno Ganz can be found.
Rage Comics
The expression Henry makes after the gun fires blanks is the Poker Face.
Metroid
The Alien is a reference to this game, and was even named Metroid in the legacy version, but was changed due to copyright issues.
Half-Life
The Crowbar and the Headcrabs that fall on Henry are both from this game. Additionally, the CCC headquarters and an alarm when the CCC calls the robot use Half-Life and Half-Life 2 sounds in the legacy version.
Pokemon
The Goodball (Called the Pokeball in the legacy version and Greatball in the mobile version) is an obvious reference to the Poke Ball. The fight that plays out is reminiscent of how a battle in Pokemon goes, with the music even being an arrangement of the Gym Leader theme song from Pokemon Red and Blue.
Missingno (Literally "missing number") is a very well-known glitch in Pokemon Red and Blue, that can cause minimal damage to the game data in Red and Blue but can corrupt the save file of Pokemon Yellow.
Escaping the Prison
One of the popup messages that appears during the Goodball option says, "Press the sun in the sneaky ending", hinting to the player that they need to click on the sun at the end of Sneaky Escapist to unlock the achievement there. This reference would be made again in Fleeing the Complex.
Super Mario Bros.
In the Retro Room, a picture of Luigi as portrayed in The Super Mario Bros. Super Show, as well as Goombas, appear. The latter appears to be a mockup of the pictures in Super Mario 64.
The Mushroom is a reference to the Super Mushroom that appears in every Mario game, right down to it being called Super Mushroom in the legacy version, and it turns Henry bigger after eating it. However, given Henry's size after eating the Mushroom, it more closely resembles the Mega Mushroom.
Divide by Zero
This option is a reference to a joke about how, since dividing by zero is impossible, trying to do so would result in cataclysmic events.
Leet
The number 1337 is typed into the calculator during the Divide by Zero option, an obvious reference to this internet slang word.
Call of Duty
This option's fail message is a reference to Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. In the game, if you reach 25 kills in a single life, you can activate the Tactical Nuke, which kills everyone else and results in an instant win.
Camping is a CoD term for hiding in obscure locations to survive longer and therefore execute strategies better.
Shoop Da Whoop
Shoop Da Whoop returns from Escaping the Prison as the Satellite fired by the CCC.
SCPs
Due to similar goals and technology, the CCC, which first appear in this ending, could possibly be a reference to the SCP foundation.
