Death, Jr. is a handheld video game for the PlayStation Portable. It is notable in that it was the very first PSP game ever shown publicly and advertised as a killer-app. It is also going to be made into a feature film as well. It was released to fairly mediocre reviews and noted for numerous problems about the camera, gameplay and uninspiring graphics, but was praised for its Tim Burton-esque themes and quirky characters. Slightly more well-received was the comic book adaptation by Gary Whitta and Ted Naifeh, which includes two three-issue miniseries. Image File history File links Deathjrbox. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... Backbone Entertainment is an independent video game development company with offices in Emeryville, California and Vancouver, British Columbia. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Konami Corporation ) (TYO: 9766 NYSE: KNM SGX: K20) is a leading developer and publisher of numerous popular and strong-selling toys, trading cards, anime, tokusatsu, slot machines and video games. ... is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... Action-adventure games (British English: arcade adventure) are video games that combine elements of the adventure game genre with various action game elements. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games in the United States. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and currently manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... A UMD The Universal Media Disc (UMD) is an optical disc medium developed by Sony for use on the PlayStation Portable. ... A handheld video game is a video game designed primarily for handheld game consoles such as Nintendos Game Boy line. ... The PlayStation Portable , officially abbreviated as PSP) is a handheld game console released and currently manufactured by Sony Computer Entertainment. ... A killer application (commonly shortened to killer app) is a computer program that is so useful that people will buy a particular computer hardware, gaming console, and/or an operating system simply to run that program. ... Timothy Tim William Burton (born August 25, 1958) is an Academy Award-nominated American film director, writer and designer known for his off-beat and quirky style. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Gary Whitta Gary Gaz Whitta (born July 21, 1972) is an English screenwriter, author, game designer, and video games journalist. ... Ted Naifeh is an American comic book writer and artist that gained notoriety for his elegant illustrations in the goth romance comic Gloomcookie. ...

The game, movie, and comic book are about the teenage son of the Grim Reaper, named DJ. His father tried many times (all of them failed) to stop his son from creating chaos at every school he has been in. Now is DJ's last chance. If he creates chaos one more time, he'll be sent to military school. He meets his new friends at this school: Pandora, a girl with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder and a thing for locked boxes; Stigmartha, a girl who bleeds from her hands whenever she's nervous; Smith and Weston, conjoined twins who are very smart and conjoined at the head; The Seep, an armless, legless, foul-mouthed kid in a vat; and The Dead Guppy, a character who speaks for himself. Death, personified is an anthropomorphic figure or a fictional character who has existed in mythology and popular culture since the earliest days of storytelling. ... There are three types of military academies: High school level institutions (up to age 19), university level institutions, and those only serving to prepare officer cadets for commissioning into the armed services of a state ( such as RMA Sandhurst ). United States usage The term Military School primarily refers to (middle... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ...

The friends go on a field trip to a museum, where they find a locked box that Pandora wants opened, so DJ opens it to impress her. Unfortunately, all hell breaks loose and demons run amok. It's up to DJ to stop them, revert the town back to normal, all the while making sure dad doesn't find out! “The Inferno” redirects here. ...

In the game you have a variety of guns ranging from pistols to a rocket launcher. The controls are simple. You move around with the analog nub and attack people with the square and circle buttons. There is a lot of emphasis in the game on the combos which can be achieved by linking attacks to each other very soon. Death Jr. is a fairly short game with short cut scenes and various enemies. It is worth noting that although Death himself, DJ's father, appears on the cover of the game's case, he does not actually appear in-game.

Main Characters

DJ

DJ (aka Death Jr.) is the teenage son of the Grim Reaper. He has had many cats which he knows by number because he always ends up killing them. He loves his dad, Death, but he thinks he is treating him like a baby. His dad Death tries hard to stop him from creating trouble at every school he has been to (including killing half of his sixth class by accident at his last school) but has failed every time. He uses the student reaper scythe, and has killed several demons with it. He has a crush on Pandora (his sweetheart). He doesn't realise he and the others are that much different from normal people, he just sees people by what they are like inside. Death Jr. is kind and brave. He will never give up on anything that happens.

Pandora

Pandora is a cute, smart little goth girl with obsessive-compulsive disorder, meaning she cannot look at a box without opening it. She finds a box in a museum class trip and she could not open it so as she walks away, Death Jr. opens it with his scythe to impress her, but it unleashes Moloch the main demon. She has a crush on DJ (her sweetheart), who accidentally kills her when using his father's scythe. Death eventually brings her back to life. She knows a lot about locks, and can open almost anything. She doesn't know trouble but it sure knows how to find her.

The Seep

The Seep is a foul mouthed, limbless foetus in a vat. He is sarcastic, rude, cruel, and selfish, and he stinks. In the game he is pushed around by Stigmartha, but in the comic he has robotic tank treads. His diaper is frequently removed so Pandora can use the pin as a lock pick, causing grief to both him and Marty. He seemingly leaves the museum before the battle with Moloch, but returns in time to save the day by running over Moloch's robe. In the game his soul is trapped in Suburbia.

Smith and Weston

Smith and Weston are two twins joined by the head. Because they are both intelligent and share one large brain, they are born inventors. In the game, they help upgrade DJ's weapons. Smith has a laid-back attitude, while Weston is more of a gentleman.

Stigmartha

One of DJ's classmates who also goes out of the tour group. She is cautious, and is often the one who tells the rest of the group to leave things alone. She has holes in her hands that bleed whenever she worries. It only happens once when the gang is about to open the box. She is smart and is often considered as outsider to the rest of the gang because she likes school, and wants to become a journalist when she grows up. She also writes the paper about what they learned at their class trip to the museum.

Dead Guppy

The last and the least. This character speaks for himself. As long as he is rebelling, he is a rebel. And oh yeah, he's dead. Dead Guppy. R.I.P.

Moloch

The main villain of the game, who manipulated DJ into stealing his fathers scythe, so he could carry out his plans to take over the world, and hold Pandora in his skeleton chest.

See also

• Death, Jr. and the Science Fair of Doom
• Death, Jr. 2: Root of Evil

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External links

• Official site
• Death, Jr. at MobyGames