conversations.from: system
conversations.value: *Here comes your favourite comedy troupe, the Soda Jerks, in the hottest new film of 1932! Watch their crazy, slapstick antics and try to keep up with their zany, fast-talking gags! You'll laugh so hard you'll spit popcorn on the back of the neck of the woman in front of you! Sorry, ma'am!*
  
  This game will be in the style of a Marx Brothers movie: a crazy plot held together by slapstick sight-gags and rapid fire, humourous dialogue. Each scene will set up another awkward situation that the cast have gotten mixed up in: they'll then be challenged to get out of it in one piece, with maybe a few bucks earned or kisses stolen on the side.
  
  **Protagonists**
  
  Each of the characters gets equal billing in the movie, because this is a *Soda Jerks* movie and the protagonists are each played by a different member of the *Soda Jerks*: even if not all the characters are on the same side all the time, there's always something they can agree on and unite against.
  
  **Schticks**
  
  Strengths & Weaknesses use the same cards in this story: each character has one or two Schticks they use, because that's the Schtick of the *Soda Jerk* who's playing that part. So you might be have "Fast Talk" as both your Strength *and* your Weakness, because your character always does that, even though it doesn't always work well. Your Strength and Weakness can be different though, if there's one thing your character is good at and one thing they're not so good at.
  
  **Supporting Cast**
  
  There are other bit part actors that always appear in the films the *Soda Jerks* make and these are represented by Subplots: they are the minor characters who pop up as adversaries, romantic interests or merely comic foils for your antics.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fast Talk (copy): Run rings around your opponent verbally until they don't know what they're agreeing to.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Petty Crime: Pick a lock, pick a pocket or pull a swift con on someone.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Angry Creditor: You owe them money and they aren't going to go away until they get paid.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Gumshoe: "I'm a private investigator"
  
  "What does that mean?"
  
  "I can't tell you, it's private."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Shyster: "I charge my clients by the hour for legal advice and representation; so far, reading this has cost you a nickel."
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wastrel: "My rich father supports me, on one condition."
  
  "What's that?"
  
  "That I stop telling people he's my father."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Quack: "Take this and call me in the morning."
  
  "What is it?"
  
  "My phone number!"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Bum: "Can you loan me a buck until later?"
  
  "What happens later?"
  
  "I'll ask you for another buck."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Fast Talk: Run rings around your opponent verbally until they don't know what they're agreeing to.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Salesperson: "This vacuum cleaner is so quiet, you won't even know when it's *-click-* SWITCHED ON!!!"
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Runaround: Dive, dodge and duck to get around all sorts of trouble.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impersonate: Pretend to be someone you're not in order to get away with whatever you're up to.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Practical Joke: Your pockets are loaded with joy buzzers, squirting flowers, mouse traps and the other tools of a true horse's ass.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fast Talk: Run rings around your opponent verbally until they don't know what they're agreeing to.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Runaround: Dive, dodge and duck to get around all sorts of trouble.  
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Impersonate: Pretend to be someone you're not in order to get away with whatever you're up to.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Practical Joke: Your pockets are loaded with joy buzzers, squirting flowers, mouse traps and the other tools of a true horse's ass.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Artiste: "I've been told I sing like a bird."
  
  "Sing louder then, I just saw some duck hunters coming this way."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bodger: "I can fix that with one little tap of the hammer... *crunch*... wait, I'll get it this time... *SMASH*... one more try... **KA-BOOM!**"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Yokel: "We've got our own way of doing things out here in the country."
  
  "Yes, I've just trodden in one of them."
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Menial: "Fetch me a coffee."
  
  "Would you like me to roll over and play dead too?"
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fight Dirty: Distract or delay your target by tripping them, slapping them, kicking them in the ass or pulling their hat down over their eyes.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Amorous Dowager: A wealthy, widowed patron of the arts, in search of romance and companionship.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Fight Dirty: Distract or delay your target by tripping them, slapping them, kicking them in the ass or pulling their hat down over their eyes.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Disgruntled Customer: She hasn't got the service she expected and she's pretty darn upset about it.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Wiseass Kid: Someone find this kids parents and make sure they don't have any more!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Bumbling Hoodlum: No matter how hard he tries to look menacing, he always end up being the butt of the joke.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Persistent Cop: He's just trying to do his job but somehow he just can't make any headway on this case.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Money Talks: Smooth over a difficult issue by making a bribe or taking one.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Money Talks: Smooth over a difficult issue by making a bribe or taking one.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Petty Crime: Pick a lock, pick a pocket or pull a swift con on someone.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Sneak: Hide from pursuers or creep past anyone trying to stop you getting by.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Sneak: Hide from pursuers or creep past anyone trying to stop you getting by.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Busk: Sing, dance, play instruments or find some other entertaining way of holding an audience's attention.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Busk: Sing, dance, play instruments or find some other entertaining way of holding an audience's attention.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Do What You Do Best: Use whatever skill or talent is inherent to your Nature.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Do What You Do Best: Use whatever skill or talent is inherent to your Nature. 
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Unwanted Suitor: They are convinced that the two of you were meant for each other, so they'll follow you anywhere.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Snooty Tycoon: A rich snob who just wants all these riff-raff removed at once!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Flustered Manager: He doesn't know what's going on here, but this is supposed to be a place of business, not a circus!
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: That Darn Cat!: Why does it keep following you? And how does it always know where you are?!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: The Colby Estate: This crumbling, sprawling old estate has been home to generations of Colby's, in the same way that a garbage heap is home to generations of rats.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Save Your Bacon!: The bacon is on fire! Do something!
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get Rid of the Evidence: If the Mertons are coming, there are things you'd rather they didn't find lying  about the house...
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Entertaining Felicity: Keep the sport-mad Felicity happy but beware of becoming enthralled in the Merton's scheme to marry her off.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Get that Necklace!: A valuable necklace worth thousands of dollars! Mrs. Merton will be very unhappy if it goes missing.
conversations.from: human
conversations.value: Oblivious Attitude: You treat the world as an amusement park that exists just for your benefit. You often stun opponents with your complete lack of understanding, leaving them thinking it'll be much easier to just let you have your way.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Snooty Tycoon: A rich snob who just wants all these riff-raff removed at once! And who can't seem to shut up about the "great investment opportunity" he's trying to get you to back.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Loud Mouth: Talking way, way, way (way) too much. About anything and everything. All the time.
conversations.from: gpt
conversations.value: Ignore It and It Will Go Away: You are a master of self-deception and can make any serious problem seem like a mere trifle.