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==Plot== As king, Plok resides on Akrillic, a large [[island]] in the fictional archipelago of Polyesta.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=2}} One morning, Plok discovers that the big square flag atop the pole on his house's rooftop has been stolen, prompting him to set out in search of it.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=3}} He spots the flag on Cotton Island from afar and sails there to retrieve it. However, during his search, Plok encounters several impostor flags, including a pair of underpants and a striped scarf, which only frustrate him further.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Beach |quote='''Plok''': Hey! This isn't my flag! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Bridge |quote='''Plok''': What's going on? }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Columns |quote='''Plok''': I've been diddled again! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Log Falls |quote='''Plok''': Gr!! This is making me mad }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Rickety Bridge |quote='''Plok''': Hey! I recognize those! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Crazy Cradles |quote='''Plok''': Oh! Ohh!! Ohhh!!! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island Blind Leap |quote='''Plok''': This has gone beyond a joke! }}</ref> Eventually, Plok encounters the culprits responsible for the fake flags—the Bobbins Brothers, two giant creatures his grandpappy had warned him about. Plok battles the brothers to retrieve his flag.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Cotton Island map |quote='''Plok''': Aha! So it's you Bobbins Brothers who are behind all these shenanigans! My grandpappy warned me about you... / '''Bobbins Brothers''': You'll never get your flag back Plok!... We'll stamp you out for good!}}</ref> After defeating the Bobbins Brothers and reclaiming his big square flag,{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=3}} Plok sails back to Akrillic, only to find the island overrun by "fleas"—two-legged blue insects that hatch from eggs and hop around.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|pp=8–9}} He learns that the flag theft was merely a ruse to lure him away from his island.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': I've been duped! All my flags have been stolen while I was on Cotton Island and replaced by flea flags! }}</ref> Determined to reclaim his home, Plok travels across Akrillic, defeating every flea on the island's surface to restore his kingdom. Partway through the game, Plok places the big square flag back where it belongs outside his home and takes a break, sitting on the foot of a statue of his grandfather, Grandpappy Plok. Reflecting on the situation, Plok wishes he had found an amulet to help him deal with the fleas. He falls asleep and dreams of his grandfather's quest for an amulet 50 years earlier.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic Plok's House |quote='''Plok''': If only grandpappy found that lost amulet / that would help me sort out these pesky fleas / z..zz...zzz / '''On-screen text''': In the very same place fifty years ago grandpappy Plok has also looking for the lost amulet...}}</ref> In the dream, the player assumes the role of Grandpappy Plok, who sails from Akrillic to Legacy Island. Much like his grandson, Grandpappy faces bizarre obstacles, discovers artifacts (including Rockyfella),<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Crouch Hill |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': Bah! It's you!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Mace Cove |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': Hurumph !!! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | level=Legacy Island Fool's Gap|date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': Bah! Humbug! }}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Zig Zag |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': That was heavy}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Sponge Rocks |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': So that's where the left one went}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Swiftly Peaks |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': Gadzooks!}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Log Trail |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': What sauce!}}</ref> and encounters the Bobbin Brothers along with their third sibling, Irving.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island map |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': Why it's my arch foes the Bobbins Brothers!.. I'll wager that they're behind this tomfoolery / '''Irving''': Looking for something old timer?... have you lost something?... yeah, like an amulet? / '''Bobbins Brothers''': Shut Up Irving!}}</ref> After defeating the Bobbin Brothers and Irving, Grandpappy finally uncovers the amulet he had been seeking.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Legacy Island Bobbin Bros |quote='''Grandpappy Plok''': My long lost amulet! / This time I'll put it somewhere real safe..}}</ref> He returns triumphantly to Akrillic. Back in the present, Plok wakes up and discovers that the amulet is hidden at the base of Grandpappy's statue.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic Plok's House |quote='''Plok''': z.zz..zzz / Hey! / What's this? / Grandpappy's lost amulet!}}</ref> Equipped with the amulet, Plok gains the ability to "charge" his buzzsaw jump attack by sacrificing the shells he has collected. With his newfound power, Plok's mission to reclaim Akrillic from the fleas resumes with greater determination.<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': Wow! With this magic amulet I can turn shells into Plok power. The fleas won't know what's hit them!}}</ref> Plok then ventures into various locations around the island, confronting creatures attempting to overthrow Akrillic:{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=13}} Penkinos, a group of inflatable, floating magicians of mysterious origin living in the northern part of the island;{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=13}}<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': While I'm at it, it's high time I sorted out those Penkinos..}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic The Penkinos |quote='''Plok''': Now they know who's king of this island}}</ref> Womack, a spider residing in the island's center whose long legs serve as its weak points;{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=14}}<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': Hmm.. I think I'll pay a visit to that trouble causer Womack spider}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic Womack Spider|quote='''Plok''': I don't think I'll have any more trouble from him!}}</ref> and Rockyfella, the spirit of the island's soil, who resides beneath the mountains in the island's southeast and harbors resentment toward Plok for planting flagpoles in the ground.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=14}}<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': Akrillic will be mine once again if I can just knock some sense into Rockyfella..}}</ref><ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic Rockyfella|quote='''Plok''': I don't know what all the fuss was about}}</ref> After eliminating all the enemies on the island, Plok journeys to the Fleapit, the source of the fleas,<ref>{{cite video game | title = Plok! | developer = Software Creations | date=September 1993 | platform = Super Nintendo Entertainment System |level=Akrillic map |quote='''Plok''': Now to the source of all this trouble..... The Fleapit!}}</ref> where he utilizes various weaponized vehicles.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=22}} He confronts the Flea Queen, the leader who hatched the fleas,{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=8}} using a high-tech "secret Super-Vehicle" equipped with bug spray to defeat her.{{Sfn|Tradewest|1993|p=25}} Following the battle, Plok returns home to rest on his green chair.
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