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every fishing rod needs a hook, doesn't it? Obby's hairpin is NOT the hook, but I'll be essential in finding it.

What did Obby say when you picked up her lucky kangaroo? "DO NOT LEAVE IT LAYING AROUND!!!", remember? - maybe she means you shouldn't move it around the room too much.

look WELL around the counter

I have the elixir and the passport with the picture on it.  When I try to enter Transylvania I am told I need the Stan.  How do I get it.  I've used the metal pole in the storage room so now I have access to the vent to the HOF.  So how do I get rid of all the people so I can steal Stan.  I have the matches so I am assuming I should create a diversionary fire??

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Disregard the above.  I figured it out and finished the game.  Thanks for a very fun game.  Look forward to your future offerings.

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have you tried playing around with the fallen cupboard?

...is that apart from clearing up the glass, getting the Blues CD and the mintie?

..a passport for the checkpoint?

A photo alone does not make a passport, does it?
You need to combine it with some sort of passport-looking item.
Have you had a look at the newspaper?
Do you have anything to stick the sample passport to your picture?
;)

I got the key and gave it to the clock guard :).

Hmmm, I'll have to go find a paper and something sticky.  And can you give me a hint where in the heck is that elixir, how I can get Balboa to notice the girl so the pressure will be taken off the Blues Brothers, and what the heck does Marty want.

I think I have to get into the room behind Balboa's, but I can't do anything with the lock.  Do I need another key (I have the silver one).  And do I need to get the knife and the cup holder back to the people they belong to?

I'm not doing very well, am I...

also, I can't find a newspaper anywhere.  And where do I find something sticky?

Yes, you DO need another key.
It's inside Balboa's office, but you need to get Balboa to come out before you can go it.
You could try organising some sort of prank within his premises (that cordless phone is there for a reason - but you need to witness a cutscene before you get the phone number).
Do you know much about Romulus O'Whatashame?
Have a CLOSE look at Stan's stand (sorry, pixelhunt...) nad then ask Obby about it.

I read the engraving and got the name, then talked to the girl and she let me read her book twice.  I don't get the verse.  Is it a clue?  I can't see how to organize a prank on his premises.  I tried burning the stage curtains, but that didn't work.  The cordless phone still doesn't work.

The first time you read the book is just for fun. Ask Obby a second time.

Have you taken the mintie? That'd mean you've been through the first cutscene, where Balboa and Shady talk about a secret meeting in Thathurst Sq.

They say "Bouncer will be there". Well, go to Bouncer and talk to him, if you've read the right verse, he'll let you in.

...after reading the engraving on the statue stand and discovered that Obby is poet. But I'm unable to do anything with the books in her room.

Does Obby let you have a look at Romulus' book when you ask her?
From the second time you look at it on, you should be getting the message "Hickory dickory...". That's the password. Talk to Bouncer now at the town square.

Have you give the BB's the CD?
After that, have a look at the suggestion box outside.

I didn't even see the suggestion box at the front desk. Doh!

There's another mintie?  I gave the first one to the little boy.  Maybe I need to slap him around and get it back :)

Bouncer is still in the stage area, not in the square.  I have put the suggestion from Obby in the suggestion box.  I have talked to the Blues Brothers.  I seem to be at a stand still.  Maybe the second mintie is the key?  I haven't seen the cut scene where Balboa talks to Shady.

Sorry, no kids harmed in this game. Although he probably deserves a bit of slapping, there's only one mintie.

I'm pretty sure cutscene #1 does come up when you take the mintie at the computer shop (nobody has complained about it not appearing until today).

Where did you pick up the mintie? Maybe you took advantage of the metal bar "millenium" bug and you're stuck -  ??? - In that case, download, again, the bug is now fixed.

Or maybe the engine just didn't display the cutscene THAT one time...

The cutscene is necessary, because otherwise Bouncer doesn't turn up at the square. You only find out that Balboa is up to something filthy, that Shady is with him (which was sort of pretty obvious from the beginning anyway), that their next meeting in in Thathurst Square (and Bouncer will be there) and that the password is somewhere "near the finishing line".

In any case, a potential breakthrough: Have you solved the pixel hunt at the HOF? - The first time you enter it, Shady seems to be looking at something...

I've given him two ketchup sachets, but having trouble getting a third brand.

in the storageroom there is a box, beside the boxes and in there is a bottle of ketchup

you need to give Ming something valuable, to swap for the cupholder for Hammad. Something perhaps music fans would be interested in.

I know you have to give Reggie a silver key, but I don't know where to get the silver key.

at little ben there isn't just 'a door', there also is a'under the door'.
time to go fishing again

did you give the elixier to Vlad?

....smoke them out. Have you seen the smoke machine that's on top of the fallen cupboard?

In order to get into customs you need to get osama off the door.
He won't be leaving til 3 in the morning - he tells you.
You need to make him believe it's 3 o'clock already.
He doesn't wear a watch. Every time you ask him what the time is, he'll have a look at the city clock with his binoculars.
You probably have to change the time on the city clock. ::)

the metal bar might come in handy

I've done all that (got rid of the Republican guard, etc.  I've gone in and talked to Vlad and even given the elixir to him.  The only thing left is giving him the passport, but I can't find anything sticky to attach my photo.  I even tried to put that burger on it.

Someone above said the sticky stuff was beyond the cave.  I don't see anything beyond the cave.  When you go into the cave, you go into the customs office.  I've looked all around the customs office for something sticky, but can't find anything.  When the person said it's "beyond the cave", you can't GET beyond the cave.  If you walk toward the cave, then you're in the custom's office with Vlad, et al.

..and the sticky stuff is there.

look at all the pictures at customs and pay attention to the messages

I've got the passport & elexir. I've smoked out the HOF & opened the grate with the pole. How do I get in? Or, how do I de-smoke the room?

You need to make a gas mask so you can get in. Then use the mask with the hole.

have a look at that picture of Batman

The hair pin is used on something "awesome" to pick a lock.

You do need the burger box - that'd be the "main" part of the mask
Then you need something to tie it to your face with.

Try to look, use and pick up the fallen cupboard, Gurbish will find a smoke machine.

I need to know what to give to Ming to get the cup holder, I can't get the ketchup from Ming or Hammad, I guess I need to know what to do with ming.

I have given a bottle of ketchup to marty, I guess i need the other two saches for the elixer, I have smoked out the people from the HOF, but figure I need something to go inside like a gas mask so I don't get anthrax, I've given my passport to vlad, I guess I need the elixer then nick it and run.

I somehow got a screw, which just appeared in my inventory, not sure how it got there, I put obby's message in the box, but don't know if anything is supposed to happen, also sometimes when I talk to her again I get a dialog option about the note to put in the box again, but the dialog doesn't finish and you just get the other dialog to look at the poetry again.

It took me sooo long to figure out how to get the magnet and also notice the boxes in the storage room, (they just look like foreground)

I must be missing an object, cause I can't give anything to ming, I thought there might be something behind the curtain at the blues bros but whenever i have any interaction with the curtain it just takes me back out of the room. just a small hint is all I think I need to finish this frustrating (excellent) game.

i can't find the burger box and i can't give the bb album to ming. help please

you get the burger box once you give hammad back his cupholder.

A cupholder signed by Asif is a collector's item. You probably have to give ming another collector's item in return. Can you think of how to turn that BB CD into a collector's item?

To open the massive door you need a key but to get the key you need to make Balboa leave his office.  Try using something located in the lobby area to distract him so you can take the key without his knowledge.