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{{Game infobox
|name = Touch of Death
|image = [[File:Touch of Death cabinet.png|200px]]
|platforms = Arcade
|players = 1
|appearance = "[[Moaning Lisa]]"
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'''''Touch of Death''''' is a video arcade game, seen at the [[Noiseland Video Arcade]] and at the [[Zip Zap and 'Za Pizza Arcade]].

== Description ==
[[File:Touch of Death gameplay.png|thumb|left|250px]]''Touch of Death'' is a fighting game. Evidently, it is a more mature game as the game cabinet has the word "death" written in red characters that resemble blood spatter and underneath the title is an attacking {{w|ninja}}.

=== Gameplay ===
Typical for arcade fighting games, in ''Touch of Death'' the player uses the controls to perform various moves on his/her opponent. Successful hits inflict damage. When the opponent has taken a fatal amount of damage, the player can perform a finishing move (the titular "Touch of Death") which kills the opponent and causes the opponent's ghost to rise up out of his body.

== History ==
When [[Bart]] signed up for karate lessons at [[Akira Kurosawa]]'s [[Springfield Martial Arts Academy|dojo]], he found Akira's teaching style to be boring and used the money for the lessons to play ''Touch of Death'' instead. He later bragged that "Touch of Death" was a move he had learned during his lessons, and threatened to use it on [[Lisa]]. The deception backfired (and Bart was caught out) when [[Dolph]], [[Jimbo]] and [[Kearney]] stole Lisa's saxophone and played keep-away with it. Lisa then sicced Bart on the bullies, warning them that he knew karate. Not really having any karate skills, Bart was at a loss and ended up being hung from a basketball hoop by his underwear.<ref>"[[When Flanders Failed]]"</ref>

''Touch of Death'' has also been seen at various places and occasions around [[Springfield]], such as at [[Wall E. Weasel's]] during Bart's birthday party.<ref>"[[Radio Bart]]"</ref>

== Behind the Laughter ==
*''Touch of Death'' is a parody of arcade fighting games in general, most likely of the ''{{w|Street Fighter}}'' series.
*Although the game's premise and gameplay bear a strong resemblance to the ''{{w|Mortal Kombat}}'' series, it cannot specifically be a parody of that franchise, as ''Touch of Death'' first appeared on ''The Simpsons'' in 1990 and the first ''Mortal Kombat'' game didn't come out until 1992.
**Later in "[[When Flanders Failed]]", to cover for skipping karate class, Bart bragged about learning to rip out a man's heart, which became the fatality for the character {{W2|Kano|Mortal Kombat}} when ''Mortal Kombat'' was released.

== Appearances ==
*{{ep|Moaning Lisa}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
*{{ep|Radio Bart}}
*{{ep|Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood}}
*{{ep|Flaming Moe}}
*{{game|The Simpsons Game}}

== References ==
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[[Category:Video games]]
[[Category:Arcade games]]