Day of the Tentacle:Remastered - Achievement Guide

Just a basic achievement hunting guide.

Introduction

I've been really excited ever since I heard that there would be a remastered edition of Day of the Tentacle, it has always been my favorite adventure game of all times, so you can imagine that I was quite hyped when I found out that there would also be achievements in this game. Since there isn't a guide to getting all of them yet, I decided to write one of my own. Any mistakes or inaccuracies are due to stupidity, ignorance or excitement. Keep in mind that this is still a work in progress and contains massive spoilers. So let's get to work!

Achievements collected by simply playing the game

Rap Sheet: Trespasser - Find Fred's basement workshop : Open and enter the clock in the lobby.


Not Raised in a Barn - Close a door : Probably could be any door, but you will get this one automatically for the door on the first floor that you have to close to get to the car keys.


Rap Sheet: Thief - Pick up 15 things that don't belong to you : Simply collect 15 different items in and around the mansion.


Only Hoagie Can Make a Tree - Create a cherry tree - Paint the Kumquat tree red in the past.


Only George Can Destroy a Tree - Destroy a cherry tree : Convince George Washington to chop down the "cherry" tree.


Games History Major - Play Maniac Mansion : Start playing Maniac Mansion on Weird Ed Edison's computer.


Obvious, Really... - Make it rain : Start washing the car in the past.



Rap Sheet: Yegg - Open the safe : Open the safe in Fred's office.



Rap Sheet: Kleptomaniac - Pick up 30 things that don't belong to you : Simply collect 30 different items in and around the mansion.


Novelty Enthusiast - Get all six novelty items: Collect the chattering teeth, exploding cigar, fake barf, flag gun, vanishing ink and the gun lighter.



Windsock it to Me - Change the flag : Put the tentacle diagram from the future on to the table near the seamstress in the past.


Moronic drone - Get a job : Give the Help Wanted sign from the present to Red Edison in the past.


Costume Quest - Clothe Laverne in the costume : Put on the foolproof tentacle costume in the future.


Rap Sheet: Vandal - Deflate Oozo : Stab Oozo with the scalpel.



WWSCD? - Climb through the chimney with all three kids: Climb through the chimney in the past, present and future.


Chateau Eau Neaux - Make vinegar: Open the time capsule in the future after putting the wine into it in the past.


Don't Try This at Home - Microwave the frozen hamster : Throw the loveable little ice block into the microwave in the future.


It's an Honor Just to Compete - Enter the human contest: Talk to the blue tentacle in the future to get a nametag for good old cousin Ted.


Coffee Achiever - Wake up Dr. Fred: Pour the real coffee through a funnel into Dr. Fred's mouth.


Of Course It Would Still Weigh the Same - Get a tiny sweater: Collect the sweater from the future after dumping enough money into the dryer in the present.


Oh Right, I'm Playing a Cartoon!- Make a skunk: Paint some Booboo-B-Gone TM onto the fence in the future to "Pepé Le Pew" yourself a skunk.


Olive Branch - Return the stamp album to Weird Ed : Return the stamp album after Ed throws it at you.



Rap Sheet: Cheat - Disqualify Harold : Use the fake barf with Harold.



Behind Every Great Man Is a Quality Roadie - Red makes a super battery with only a little help from Hoagie: Bring Red Edison all the ingredients for the super battery.


It's an Honor Just to Compete But Winning Is Better - Win the human contest : Make sure Cousin Ted wins in every category.


Dialog Puzzles Are Hard - Get Fred to sign the contract: Trick Fred into signing the contract by pretending it's a doctor's note.


Number One - Power Hoagie's Chron-o-John: Connect the charged super battery to Hoagie's Chron-o-John.


Flush - Acquire a diamond: Use a phone after earning 2 million dollars and seeing a commercial on TV.


Rap Sheet: Adventure Gamer - Pick up 45 things that don't belong to you: Be a real adventure gamer and pick up pretty much everything you can find in and around the mansion.


You Suck - Vacuum up a hamster: Use the vacuum cleaner in the future to catch an escaped rodent.


Number Two - Power Laverne's Chron-o-John Connect Laverne's Chron-o-John to the running generator with an extension cord.


Yesterday's News - Defeat Purple Tentacle yesterday: Finish the game by tricking the slimy purple dude, you know you want to.

"Missable" achievements and stuff you probably have to be lucky to find

Dude, It's Like, Cannibalism -Hoagie eats a Hoagie : While in the past just wait until Hoagie's idle animations reach him eating a nice hoagie.


And Then the Universe Explodes - Try to mix the decaf and caffeinated coffees: Try to use the decaf with the normal coffee.


Mental Patience - Play the whole game without skipping a cutscene Don't be impatient, it's a classic, dudes!


...Take on the Words! - Sit through the end credits: Again, just a little patience, let the end credits have their moment of glory.


That Only Works With Alligators - Try to flush the hamster: Try (unsuccessfully) to let the hamster have a bath in a Chron-o-John.


Are You My Mummy? - Talk to Dead Cousin Ted with all three kids: Annoy Cousin Ted by talking to him in the past, present and future.


Voiding the Warranty - Try to put something metal in the microwave: Just try to throw the fork into the microwave.


And Then the Universe Implodes - Try to mix the disappearing ink with Booboo-B-Gone: Try to use the disappearing ink with the Booboo-B-Gone TM.



Rap Sheet: Fraud - Try to alter the contract with Booboo-B-Gone: Try to use the Booboo-B-Gone TM with the contract.


I'm Sure He'd Never Notice - Try to swap the textbook with the stamp album: Use the textbook with the stamp album while it's lying infront of Weird Ed Edison.


Rap Sheet: Forger - Try to sign the contract yourself with the quill pen: Try to use the gold plated quill pen from the past with the contract.


That Joke Never Gets Old - Squirt five different people with disappearing ink: Use the disappearing ink on 5 different NPCs (Cousin Ted counts!).



You Call That a Hint? - Try to wash the dirty car with the brush: Waste your time by trying to wash the car in the present.


Now You're Pushing It - Try to microwave the hamster again after he's thawed out: Make everybody wonder about your sanity by trying to microwave the hamster again after he is thawed.


Missing Pink - Try to mix the red paint and the Booboo-B-Gone: Show everybody that you're an artist by trying to mix the red paint with the Booboo-B-Gone TM.


Most Annoying Guest Ever - Ring the front desk bell 100 times: Yup, ring the effing bell a 100 effing times...


Can't Win and Chew Gum at the Same Time - Laverne tries the chattering teeth on her human during the human show: Instead of using the horse teeth on cousin Ed in the future, try the chattering teeth from the present.


That Should Have Worked - Hoagie uses battery with Chron-o-John instead of plug: Instead of connecting the battery to the plug try to use it on the Chron-o-John itself.


Master Plumber - Flush 50 objects through time: Okay this one is/was a bit frustrating if you flush things manuall. Instead of putting things into the Chron-O-John one by one, just pull the items you want to flush onto the portrait of the character you want to flush them to, do this 50 times.

Alas, Our Lazy Speechwriters Didn't Cover This - Talk to Washington, Jefferson, or Hancock while they're outside: Instead of getting the feather as soon as Washington, Jefferson and Hancock jump out of the window visit them near the Chron-o-Johns and try to speak to them.


ESRB Violation - Laverne thinks about eating the cat: After you caught the cat in the future, try to use the fork with/on it.


Music Appreciation Award - Reach yesterday without turning the stereo off: I'm not a hundred percent sure if you have to leave on the stereo in Green Tentacle's room all game or if it is enough to turn it on just before complete all the tasks needed to get Laverne and Hoagie back. I left it on during my second playthrough, just to make sure.


Energy Conscious - Turn off the television: Turn off the Television after seeing the advertising for the diamond.


We're All Brothers - Ask the IRS agents if they're related: After they abduct Dr Fred, talk to the IRS agents in the attic and ask them if they're related.


OCD - Get all other achievements in the game: If you do all of these achievements this one should just pop up with the second to last one, congrats you 100-percented one of my all time favorite games and a must-play classic adventure. Good on you!

Maniac Mansion related achievement

Chef - Cook the hamster in Maniac Mansion (Don't try this at home, kids!): Don't worry, you won't have to play through all of Maniac Mansion to do this (even though you might enjoy it!). You will need to open the microwave oven place the hamster inside, close the door and turn it on. To get the hamster, you need to get past the Green tentacle on floor 2, to do that you need the wax fruits (first floor on the left in a room with painting supplies) and the fruit juices (storage room to the right of the kitchen on the ground floor). Give those to Green Tentacle and he will let you pass. Go up one floor and take the third door you see, you will enter Ed Edison's room. Try to take his hamster, he will take your player into the dungeon, while that is happening switch to another character that you hid near Ed's room and grab the hamster. Finish the poor thing in the kitchen and you'll have your achievement. (If at any time you get caught you can exit the dungeon with one player character as long as you have at least 2 characters in the dungeon: underneath the left most window is a loose stone that you can push with one character and then quickly switch to another standing in front of the exit on the right

Random stuff

I just wanted to thank LucasArts for making one of the most entertianing games of all times (besides all of their other great games) and DoubleFine for showing this gem to at least one if not more new generations. Thanks for reading and I'll just be moseying along now!

[-=DVF=-De-Guvnor]

adora are you in the room with the sleeping man, not the depressed comedy goods maker?

[Lany]

For the Music Appreciation Award, you don't need to play it throughout the whole game, you can just start playing it before taking back Hoagie and Laverne.
For the Energy Conscious I can't turn the TV off for some reason? It just keeps playing the ad.

[Taumpy Tearrs]

Thanks for the guide. I would move WWSCD? to the missable section. You don't have to climb through the chimney with Hoagie to complete the past.

[-=DVF=-De-Guvnor]

Great guide, but heres a couple of things to update: Dialog Puzzles are hard, can be any solution by asking Dr Fred at the right time - I had a joke about those old record club by mail fleeces. Sign this or renew for another year! Also, I think as Moistly said , that Olive Branch is missable, there's no need to return it to progress.

[Red Shift]

Thanks for the guide, just one thing... should 'Olive Branch' be in missables?

[DALCOhstangultion]

In the Maniac Mansion Achievemen for nuking the hamster, only certain characters can actually do the deed. I did it with Razor. It looks like Syd is the only other one who can do it.

[Gato]

NP, thanks for the guide.

[INEEDMYPADDLES]

Done, thanks again!

[INEEDMYPADDLES]

Thanks, gonna fix that asap!

[Gato]

You're missing "We're All Brothers" and "Energy Conscious"