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Putt-Putt Joins the Circus

Developer(s) Humongous Entertainment
Publisher(s) Infogrames
Release Date(s) July 11, 2000
October 4, 2013 (iOS)
Genre(s) Point-and-Click, Adventure
Platform(s) Windows 95 - Windows 7, Mac OS 9 - 9.2.2
Engine SCUMM
Input device(s) Keyboard and Mouse

Putt-Putt Joins the Circus is the sixth game in the Putt-Putt series and was released in 2000. It is the last of three games to feature Nancy Cartwright as the voice of Putt-Putt.

Plot[]

In the game, Putt-Putt and his dog, Pep, are going to BJ Sweeney's Big Top Circus in Apple Valley. They hopped on Roll-Along Cassidy/Englebert Goodstock, a circus train after a goat ate Putt-Putt's ticket. When they reached Apple Valley, everything was in chaos for BJ Sweeney, the ringmaster. The circus' five main acts: Honko the Clown, the Flying Porkowskis (Herb, Pearl, and Hammy), Phillipe the Flea, Reginald the Lion, along with two tiger sisters, Terri and Marie, and Katie Cannonball, and all the minor acts: Marvin the Marvelous, Eunice the Unicycle, Francine the Hippo High-Diver, Ivan the Semi-Strong Van, Sebastian the Juggling Seal, and Belobrodnik the Ballet Dancing Bear are having serious problems.

Putt-Putt and Pep also meet new friends like Lester the Flea Janitor, Bart the Peanut Cart, Hank the Security Car, and Bette Bandwagon, along with his old friends, Baby Jambo and Mama Mombassa (two elephants from Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo). Putt-Putt needs to help all his new circus friends, so they will practice and finally perform under the Big Top on the opening night. It becomes a "huge success".

Gameplay[]

The player takes control of Putt-Putt with the goal of helping five main acts and having fun along the way. The game is played by using the mouse to interact with the environment. By clicking on various areas called click points, the player can collect items, talk with other characters, and watch entertaining animations. Items are collected to help the player solve puzzles. The game contains three different areas to explore around the circus like the animal tent, north, or west areas.

Characters[]

Items[]

Locations[]

Mini-Games[]

Voices[]

Trivia[]

  • The game made its debut at E3 2000.[1]
  • This was the last game that allows changing Putt-Putt's color and keeping it.
  • According to some leftover files, the title of this game was going to be "Putt-Putt Saves the Circus". It was changed because it was too similar to Putt-Putt Saves the Zoo's title, thus the fact that the actual title of this game is similar to Putt-Putt Joins the Parade. 
  • This is the only Putt-Putt Junior Adventure game to have more than one song sung by various characters (when clicked on an object that prompts a song to play).
  • It has been rumored that this is the final Putt-Putt game in the Junior Adventures series, although Putt-Putt: Pep's Birthday Surprise was released in 2003 as part of the Junior Adventures series.
  • This was the last HE game to have the Junior Adventures logo.
  • In the game, there are a few things with their color like Putt-Putt's:
    • In the entrance to the Big Top Circus, we see the car with the red and white-striped propeller hat and the pink female car with the hat that has a flower on it.
    • In the Target Practice mini-game, we see the hippo's face paint.
    • In the Titanic Tightrope mini-game, we see the stars in the yellow balloons and the solid balloons.
    • At the end of the game, we see the rest of the balloons with their color.
  • When the female wagon says, "And popcorn, don't you know?", the bulldozer gets covered in the snack accidentally.
  • When the bulldozer accidentally gets covered in popcorn, only his eyes appear.
  • Putt-Putt's emotion is affected by Katie Cannonball kissing him. This means he has a crush on her.
  • Cartown music plays in the Cartown Railroad and the BJ Sweeney area.
  • Flea Tent music plays in the Center Ring, the Backstage Area, and the area where Ratso and Catnip are.
  • Bette Bandwagon music and High-Dive music play in the Practice Cannon.
  • In the demo, the Infogrames logo is missing.
  • Putt-Putt has different exclamations for each character when helped:
    • Honko the Clown: "Wowie zowie!"
    • The Flying Porkowskis: "Oh boy!"
    • Phillipe the Flea: "This is great!"
    • Reginald the Lion: "Great!"
    • Katie Cannonball: "Hey!"
  • After Putt-Putt says a phrase based on the act being helped, he checks the list again, four more times.
  • After Putt-Putt helps Honko the Clown, the Flying Porkowskis, or Katie Cannonball, as the last act, he says, "Wow! Now all the main acts are ready! Hot ziggety!" with Pep barking slowly outdoors.
  • After Putt-Putt helps Phillipe the Flea, as the last act, he says that with Pep barking slowly in the Center Ring.
  • After Putt-Putt helps Reginald the Lion, as the last act, he says that with Pep barking slowly in the Animal Tent.
  • When the car crowd claps, cheering is not used, but noisemakers from a party are used.
  • After BJ Sweeney says, "Welcome one and all to the opening night of the Big Top Circus! We have a really big show tonight and we couldn't have done it without the help of a very special guest, Putt-Putt!" in the spotlight, but only in the dark part of the circus, the lights come on. As soon as the lights come on, a drum hit plays during the car crowd's claps and noisemaker sounds play afterwards for the first time, still during them, even though the circus is not dark anymore.
  • After Putt-Putt says, "Wow! Now all the main acts are ready! Hot ziggety!", Pep barks at a slow speed, not at a fast speed.
  • In Apple Valley, Putt-Putt says, "Wow!" before saying, "I can't believe I'm at the circus!", "I'm actually inside the Big Top!", "Mr. Sweeney said that Phillipe the Flea from his flea act needed some help.", "That must be exciting!", "What was that like?", "That must be Honko the Clown!", "I'll definitely look for him.", "I'd better hang onto it.", "That pit sure is deep.", and "Now all the main acts are ready!".
  • When you click on the entrance to the Animal Tent for the first time, Putt-Putt says, "Here we go, Pep!".
  • When Putt-Putt enters the BuzzSaw area for the first time, he says, "This must be where they do all the construction for the circus!".
  • When Putt-Putt enters the toolshed for the first time, he says, "Whoa! This must be where Mr. Sweeney keeps all the tools to fix things for his Big Top Circus.".
  • After Ivan drinks his power shake, he becomes emotionless. After that part, a boing sound, a jumping sound, a trumpet sound, or a whistle sound is heard.
  • When Putt-Putt sees Cassidy/Goodstock for the first time, he says, "Hey, it's a goat. He sure is cute.".
  • Near the end of the Under the Big Top song, the bulldozer, female wagon, and young blue car have straw hats like the delegates from Pajama Sam 3: You Are What You Eat From Your Head To Your Feet do.
  • When the Under the Big Top song ends, the bulldozer and female wagon get angry at the young blue car, who smiles and laughs.
  • When Francine dives in Reginald's costume, we see a cutscene of BJ Sweeney, looking confused and seeing one that looks like a whale spout.
  • In the cannon part, when Putt-Putt says, "Here goes nothing.", he jokes.
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Open sesame!" to the closed tent, it is a reference to the story of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves.
  • Putt-Putt says, "Now all I have to do is help the clown, the fleas, the trapeze artists, the cannonball act, and the lion." just like in Putt-Putt Travels Through Time, where he says, "Now all I have to do is get Pep, my lunchbox, my calculator, and my history report/essay.".
  • When Putt-Putt goes to the Target Practice, the default music is Finale Mini-Games.
  • When you teleport to the Peanut Challenge in debug mode, Putt-Putt will always say, "Hi there, I'm Putt-Putt." and Bart will always say, "Hi, Putt-Putt, it's nice to meet you. I'm Bart the Peanut Cart." instead of him saying, "Get your peanuts! Get your fresh hot roasted peanuts!" and Putt-Putt saying, "Mmmm. That sounds good.".
  • When you click on Bart for the first time without showing the form, Bart will always say, "Get your peanuts! Get your fresh hot roasted peanuts!" and Putt-Putt will always say, "Mmmm. That sounds good." instead of Putt-Putt saying, "Hi there, I'm Putt-Putt." and Bart saying, "Hi, Putt-Putt, it's nice to meet you. I'm Bart the Peanut Cart.".
  • When you teleport to the Peanut Challenge in debug mode after using the security form on Bart, the only thing Putt-Putt says first is, "How much are you selling your peanuts for?".

Goofs[]

  • Although BJ Sweeney told Putt-Putt that he will receive free tickets for life, it was inconsistent and nonsensical that the reward became different, even after Putt-Putt helped out. Since this is true, why would Putt-Putt receive a different reward for helping the main acts when he lost his ticket in the first place?
  • It is suggested that the events in this game take place after Putt-Putt Travels Through Time, which was released in 1997, three years before this game was released. However, one of the radio announcements talk about Mr. Firebird being sucked into his Time Portal, which was never intended to happen because as promised, the Time Portal would be closed for good (which of course did happen at the end of the mentioned game).
  • When the bulldozer sings "When the circus comes to your town" and "Looking forward to pink lemonade..." his brim is red instead of yellow.
  • When Putt-Putt is in the Center Ring before the button is pressed at the end, BJ Sweeney's eyebrows are missing.
  • When the radio says, "You'll see Mrs. Airbag spin the wheel for a chance at winning a set of custom gold-plated hubcaps.", the captions say, "You'll see Mrs. Airbag spin the big wheel for a chance at winning a set of custom gold-plated hubcaps.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "Well, howdy, Putt-Putt.", the captions say, "Howdy, Putt-Putt.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "Say, would you be able to find something to move this goat off the track?", the captions say, "Say, would you be able to find something to move this goat off of the track?".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "I'm gonna be late if that ol' goat doesn't skedaddle pretty quick.", the captions say, "I'm gonna be late if that goat doesn't skedaddle pretty quick.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "How's about you moseying off my tracks?", the captions say, "How about moseying off my tracks?".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I think I'll hold onto them.", the captions say, "I think I'll hang onto them.".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "All my five main acts are crying mutiny and the other acts are having problems too.", the captions say, "My five main acts are crying mutiny and the other acts are having problems too.".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "You ever think about joining the circus, Putt-Putt?", the captions say, "Ever think about joining the circus, Putt-Putt?".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "Well, you could do anything...", the captions say, "You could do anything...".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "My daddy was in it and my granddaddy before him.", the captions misspell this as "amd".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I think I can do it too!", the captions say, "I thinks I can do it too!".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "It sure is exciting to help out at the circus and meet all the acts before the big show.", the captions say, "It sure is exciting to help out at the circus and meet all of the acts before the big show.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I wonder what's the matter?", the captions say, "I wonder what the matter is?".
  • When Marie says, "No way, no how, Reggie.", the captions say, "No way, no how, Reginald.".
  • When Marie says, "Reggie believes everybody comes to the circus so they can ooh and aah over the costumes.", the captions say, "Reggie believes everybody comes the circus so they can ooh and aah over the costumes.".
  • When Terri says, "...he seems to be giving up hope.", the captions say, "...seems to be giving up hope.".
  • When Belobrodnik says, "So, did my favorite little car find something to see fleas on fur?", the captions say, "So, did my favorite little car find something to use to see fleas on fur?".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "The magnifying glass I have will be the perfect thing to use to find Phillipe the Flea in Belobrodnik's fur.", the captions say, "The magnifying glass I have will be the perfect thing to use to find Phillipe in Belobrodnik's fur.".
  • When Belobrodnik says, "God, I feel so much better.", the captions say, "I feel so much better.".
  • In the US dub, when Baby Jambo says, "I'm traveling with the circus this summer and guess what?", the captions misspell this as "travelling".
  • When Baby Jambo says, "What do you think, Putt-Putt?", the captions say, "So, what do you think, Putt-Putt?".
  • In the US dub, when Baby Jambo says, "It's so fun traveling with the circus.", the captions misspell this as "travelling".
  • When Baby Jambo says, "Mama Mombassa says I'm gonna be an artist when I grow up.", the captions say, "Mama Mombassa says I'm gonna be an artist when I grown up.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Hope I like this!", the captions say, "I hope I like this!".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I better not try to go back there until I can get the signature on the backstage security form.", the captions say, "I better not try to go back there until I get the signature on the backstage security form.".
  • When Hank says, "I'm sorry, but I'm not authorized to sign that.", the captions say, "I'm sorry, Putt-Putt, but I'm not authorized to sign that.".
  • When Bart says, "I'm sorry, but, ah, I can't sign that.", the captions say, "I'm sorry, Putt-Putt, but, ah, I can't sign that.".
  • When Bart says, "I'm so sorry, but there'll be no peanuts going home with you this time.", the captions say, "So sorry, but there'll be no peanuts going home with you this time.".
  • When Bart says, "Those peanuts, sure they can be a challenge.", the captions say, "Those peanuts, they can be a challenge.".
  • When Bart says, "But you knew that, right?", the captions say, "You knew that, right?".
  • When Bart says, "But now you gotta knock down four in a row.", the captions say, "But now you gotta knock down four.".
  • When Bart says, "...but try to knock down five cars.", the captions say, "...but try to knock down five.".
  • When Bart says, "Knock down eight of them.", the captions say, "Knock down eight.".
  • When Bart says, "Knock down nine of them.", the captions say, "Knock down nine.".
  • When Bart says, "Try to knock all ten of them down.", the captions say, "Knock all ten of them down.".
  • When Bart says, "Ready to take another round of the Peanut Challenge?", the captions say, "Ready to take on another round of the Peanut Challenge?".
  • When Bart says, "You want to give it another go?", the captions say, "Want to give it another go?".
  • When Ratso says, "Catnip, how can you tell that peanuts are fattening?", the captions say, "Catnip, how you can tell that peanuts are fattening?".
  • When Ratso says, "So, Catnip, did you hear about the hen that wanted to perform in the circus?", the captions say, "So, Catnip, did you hear about the hen who wanted to perform in the circus?".
  • When Ratso says, "So, this is one you should know.", the captions say, "So, this one you should know.".
  • When Ratso says, "Wendy comes to make us circus stars we'll be ready.", the captions say, "Wendy come to make us circus stars we'll be ready.".
  • In the US dub, when Catnip says, "...what is blue, green, yellow, purple, brown, black, and gray?", the captions misspell this as "grey".
  • When Catnip says, "Because they don't know how to cook!", the captions misspell this as "now".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Maybe it would help me figure out what Honko wants.", the captions say, "Maybe it will help me figure out what Honko wants.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "It sure would make him happy!", the captions say, "It would sure make him happy!".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Noses.", the captions say, "Nose.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Hats.", the captions say, "Hat.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "If they helped me make Pectoro the Strong Van strong, I bet they'd be perfect for Ivan.", the captions say, "If they helped make Pectoro the Strong Van strong, I bet they'd be perfect for Ivan.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "It probably make anybody stronger - not just Ivan.", the captions say, "They'd probably make anybody stronger - not just Ivan.".
  • WHen Putt-Putt says, "Now that I've found pieces of Pectoro's power shake recipe, all I have to do is go and make it.", the captions say, "Now that I've found both pieces of Pectoro's power shake recipe, all I have to do is go and make it.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Maybe I can help you find something to balance with, Eunice.", the captions say, "Maybe I can help find you something to balance with, Eunice.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "...what's that wrench for?", the captions say, "...what's that handle for?".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "...and then I can help you tighten it.", the captions say, "...and I can help you tighten it.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "...but first I need to drive over there to help pull on that wrench.", the captions say, "...but first I need to drive over there to help pull on that handle.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "It would be fun to cross over the high-wire...", the captions say, "It would be fun to cross over on the high-wire...".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I'm going to have to drive around to the other side if I'm going to help pull that wrench to fix that wire.", the captions say, "I'm going to have to drive around to the other side if I'm going to help pull that handle to fix that wire.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I need to get over there to help pull that wrench.", the captions say, "I need to get over there to help pull that handle.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Then you can see if the umbrella works better.", the captions say, "Then you can see if the big umbrella works better.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "And I'm just having the hardest ol' time remembering how to set my little cannon here.", the captions say, "And I'm having just the hardest ol' time remembering how to set my little cannon here.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "It shows how to set my cannon.", the captions say, "It shows how to set up my cannon.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "...but I can only take the risk when the cannon's been set up right.", the captions say, "...but I only take the risk when the cannon's been set up right.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "I do hope you can find those cannon plans.", the captions say, "I do hope you find those cannon plans.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "For the life of me I don't remember how to set my cannon up.", the captions say, "For the life of me I don't remember how to set up my cannon.".
  • When Katie Cannonball says, "Thank you so much for offering to help set up the controls for my cannon.", the captions say, "Thank you so much for offering to help set the controls for my cannon.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I mean, a sack of potatoes.", the captions misspell this as "potatos".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Oh, I can see that.", the captions say, "Oh, I see that.".
  • When Francine says, "...I may be in deep trouble.", the captions say, "...I'll be in deep trouble.".
  • When Francine says, "...and I'll keep practicing.", the captions say, "...I'll keep practicing.".
  • When Francine says, "Nothing's worse than diving in a suit that's too small.", the captions say, "Nothing worse than diving in a suit that's too small.".
  • When Francine says, "...but I was an Inernational Champion in the Hippo Olympics diving competition.", the captions say, "...but I was Inernational Champion in the Hippo Olympics diving competition.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I'll have to keep on the lookout for that power shake recipe, so I can whip one up for Ivan.", the captions say, "I'll have to keep on the lookout for that power shake recipe, so I can whip up one for Ivan.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Then Ivan can lift up that weight and I can grab it." before finding the other half of the recipe, the captions say, "Then Ivan can lift up the weight and I can grab them.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "...as soon as I can find the other half of the recipe and make the shake, that is.", the captions say, "...as soon as I find the other half of the recipe and make the shake, that is.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "...as soon as I make the shake, that is.", the captions say, "...as soon as I go make the shake, that is.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I have to go back to Pectoro's old trailer and whip up the power shake for Ivan.", the captions say, "I'll have to go back to Pectoro's old trailer and whip up the power shake for Ivan.".
  • When Ivan says, "That shake was just what I needed to make me semi-strong.", the captions say, "That shake was just what I needed to make me strong.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I sure hope I can find something for Honko to use as a nose so he'll perform for the circus.", the captions say, "I hope I can find something for Honko to use as a nose so he'll perform for the circus.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "I'm sure that Mr. Sweeney will be happy that Honko's ready for the show.", the captions say, "I'm sure Mr. Sweeney will be happy that Honko's ready for the show.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Sure am glad that Phillipe liked his tent.", the captions say, "I sure am glad that Phillipe liked his tent.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Now all I have to do is help the clown and the lion.", the captions say, "Now all I have to do is help the clown and lion.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Now all I have to do is help the fleas, the cannonball act, and the lion.", the captions say, "Now all I have to do is help the fleas, cannonball act, and the lion.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Now all I have to do is help the fleas and the lion.", the captions say, "Now all I have to do is help the fleas and lion.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "...it ain't the first time.", the captions say, "...it isn't the first time.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "I sure got a heap of sawdust to unload.", the captions say, "Sure got a heap of sawdust to unload.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "...I've been hauling stuff for this here circus for nearly thirty years.", the captions say, "...I've been hauling stuff for this circus for nearly thirty years.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "I could hardly hear myself think with all the ruckus.", the captions say, "Could hardly hear myself think with all the ruckus.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "Once and all, I was pullin' 15 lions in the middle of the biggest cat fight you ever did hear.", the captions say, "Once I was pullin' 15 lions in the middle of the biggest cat fight you ever did hear.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "Well, we must go through 'bout 15 tons of this here sawdust every year.", the captions say, "We must go through 'bout 15 tons of this here sawdust every year.".
  • When Cassidy/Goodstock says, "When animals use it for everything from their beds to their bathrooms.", the captions say, "Animals use it for everything from their beds to their bathrooms.".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "Hmmm... Which act should I try first?", the captions say, "Which act should I try first?".
  • When Putt-Putt says, "The pie tossing act or the trampoline jumping act?", the captions say, "The pie tossing act or the trampoline act?".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "Thanks again for all your help.", the captions say, "Thanks again for all of your help.".
  • When BJ Sweeney says, "...just press the red button.", the captions say, "...just press the red and white button.".

Demos the game uses[]

English (US) and Dutch[]

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References[]

  1. ↑ Humongous Entertainment® Brings the Big Top to CD-ROM with Putt-Putt® Joins the Circus™. Humongous Entertainment. Retrieved 2012-06-03.
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