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Gary Has His Reasons

Gary Has His Reasons

Heard 20 reasons why Gary won't grab that

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How to unlock the Gary Has His Reasons achievement in Broken Age - Definitive Guide

Objects that can be triggered at any time
1) Shay - "Gary is programmed not to grab his master. It is one of the primary rules of robotics."
2) Spoon - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that talk back."
3) Any of the Mom/Dad Orbs - "Gary doesn't want to grab that any more than I do."

Friendship Circle Mission - you can access this room again after meeting Marek
4) Any of the three sets of Controls - "Gary likes grabbing controls but not fake ones."
5) Beanbags - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that might pop."
6) Creature - "Gary doesn't give hugs."

Avalanche Mission - you can access this room again after meeting Marek but you can only get #7 and #9 during the mission.
7) Room Door - "Gary doesn't like to grab things without handles."
8) Banana Split - "Gary is worried he might start an avalanche if he grabs that."
9) Trapped Creatures - "Gary won't pull them out. He's unsympathetic to their plight."

Runaway Train Mission
10) Sleeping Bridge Man - "Gary can't reach that."

Shay's Room
11) Shay's Bed - "Feel like grabbing some shut-eye? Gary doesn't get that joke."
12) Vent before it is opened - "Gary doesn't like to grab things with weird little screws."
13) Deflated Shay Doll - "Gary is uncomfortable with that material."
14) Inflated Shay Doll - "Gary worries his sharp embrace might be lethal to little lazy me."

Star Weaver's Room
15) Star Tapestry - "Gary doesn't want to grab that. He dislikes the texture of synthetics."

Kitchen
16) Knife in inventory - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that aren't child safe."

Avalanche Room - using Gary on the bananas will get the same response as #8
17) Icecream Dump Truck - "Gary prefers to grab frozen yoghurt."
18) Whipped Cream Gun in inventory - "Gary thinks that's too messy to grab."

Friendship Circle Room
19) Crochet Hook in inventory - "Gary doesn't grab things that might snag."

Hallway with the Train and Moon Doors
20) Trash Chute - "Gary doesn't like to grab trash."

Trophy Room
21) Any of the objects on the shelves - "Gary doesn't like to grab things of a personal nature."

Marek's Room
22) Creature containment - "I bet Gary would be really good at grabbing helpless creatures, but these have already been grabbed."

Core Room
23) Fusion Orb - "Gary doesn't like to grab slippery things."

Outside the Ship
24) Unopened Hatch - "I can tell Gary wants to get in there but his grabbin' claws are too thick to pry open that hatch."

Credits go to: Punkyliar - https://www.truetrophies.com/t106321/gary-has-his-reasons-tr...
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14 Jun 2022 13:04

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I did 20 of these but didn't get the achievement.
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By Apostle92627 on 12 Dec 2022 22:14
Achievements in this game are unreliable. I had unmissable story achievements fail to unlock on my first playthrough. Just failed to unlock this one too. Just gotta start over and try again I guess.
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By Sky Pony on 25 Feb 2023 00:33
After get your present after walking outside the ship, go to the Ice Cream situation and open it. You'll get Gary. So at every possible situation, use it and hear an excuse why he isn't going to grab.

If you hear just the phrase: he won't grab that, that's not it. Use it in another thing until you're presented with an humorous reason why it isn't going to grab that. Repeat it 20 times.

I unlocked it before Phase 1 finishes.
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25 Jan 2018 03:30

Shay Act 1

This trophy is missable. You need to use Grabbin' Gary on 20 objects/persons and hear Shay give 20 different reasons as to why he can't use Gary on that object. You must get Gary during the fake missions at the start of the Act. If you wait until after you meet Marek, you will have missed too many opportunities to get the trophy. Apart from the Runaway Train mission, you can only complete each of the other three missions twice. I advise that you complete the following mission first.

To get Gary during the fake missions, select the Foreign Body mission. Walk to the right and press cn_X on the tentacled plant to receive a Present. You then need to use the Present on Shay to be able to open it and receive Grabbin' Gary. You can do this during the Avalanche or Friendship Circle missions when Shay is able to explore the room that he is in.

There are 24 unique reasons that you can hear. These are the objects that trigger them:

Objects that can be triggered at any time
1) Shay - "Gary is programmed not to grab his master. It is one of the primary rules of robotics."
2) Spoon - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that talk back."
3) Any of the Mom/Dad Orbs - "Gary doesn't want to grab that any more than I do."

Friendship Circle Mission - you can access this room again after meeting Marek
4) Any of the three sets of Controls - "Gary likes grabbing controls but not fake ones."
5) Beanbags - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that might pop."
6) Creature - "Gary doesn't give hugs."

Avalanche Mission - you can access this room again after meeting Marek but you can only get #7 and #9 during the mission.
7) Room Door - "Gary doesn't like to grab things without handles."
8) Banana Split - "Gary is worried he might start an avalanche if he grabs that."
9) Trapped Creatures - "Gary won't pull them out. He's unsympathetic to their plight."

Runaway Train Mission
10) Sleeping Bridge Man - "Gary can't reach that."

Shay's Room
11) Shay's Bed - "Feel like grabbing some shut-eye? Gary doesn't get that joke."
12) Vent before it is opened - "Gary doesn't like to grab things with weird little screws."
13) Deflated Shay Doll - "Gary is uncomfortable with that material."
14) Inflated Shay Doll - "Gary worries his sharp embrace might be lethal to little lazy me."

Star Weaver's Room
15) Star Tapestry - "Gary doesn't want to grab that. He dislikes the texture of synthetics."

Kitchen
16) Knife in inventory - "Gary doesn't like to grab things that aren't child safe."

Avalanche Room - using Gary on the bananas will get the same response as #8
17) Icecream Dump Truck - "Gary prefers to grab frozen yoghurt."
18) Whipped Cream Gun in inventory - "Gary thinks that's too messy to grab."

Friendship Circle Room
19) Crochet Hook in inventory - "Gary doesn't grab things that might snag."

Hallway with the Train and Moon Doors
20) Trash Chute - "Gary doesn't like to grab trash."

Trophy Room
21) Any of the objects on the shelves - "Gary doesn't like to grab things of a personal nature."

Marek's Room
22) Creature containment - "I bet Gary would be really good at grabbing helpless creatures, but these have already been grabbed."

Core Room
23) Fusion Orb - "Gary doesn't like to grab slippery things."

Outside the Ship
24) Unopened Hatch - "I can tell Gary wants to get in there but his grabbin' claws are too thick to pry open that hatch."

Thanks to Slam-Shot-Sam for adding one to the list that I had missed.
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31 May 2015 12:52

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Do the responses from Marek's room not count?

There's:

Bed - "I wouldn't even make a robot grab that."

Creature containment - "I bet Garry WOULD be really good at grabbing helpless creatures. But these have already been grabbed."
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By Slam-Shot-Sam on 13 Jul 2015 14:42
The Creature Containment one will definitely count. I'll add that one to the list. I'm not sure about the bed because it doesn't mention Gary. I'll try it on another account.
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By Punkyliar on 14 Jul 2015 12:13
MISSABLE

Shay - Act One

When you retrieve Grabbin' Gary from the plant out the air lock, use it from the menu on any interactable object in the scene and on the inventory items as you get them. To get this early on, when you are in the cockpit, select the foreign body option. 

The description says 20 but I had to interact with more than 20 items for this to unlock.
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Do the space mission to get the gift. Open the gift to get Gary.

Try using Gary on everything. Eventually, this achievement will pop. Note that you should use Gary on your inventory items immediately upon acquiring them, as you will lose some of them over the course of the act.
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18 Jul 2016 00:00

Missable

This trophy can only be Obtained in Shay Act 1. To get this trophy you need to use the Grabbin' Gary item on different things and hear 20 different responses. This is quite difficult because there are a lot of things Gary doesn't want to grab, but not all of them count, even if the dialogue is a little different. I personally tried to use him on as many different things as I could but below are the list of things I used him on that got different dialogue before I got the trophy.

Thanks to Bucket, Travla and Randomness for this list: LINK

1) Shay
2) Spoon (in inventory)
3) Controls in hug attack room (I just clicked on the first one next to the stairs)
4) Beanbag chair in the hug attack room
5) Creature in hug attack room
6) Trapped creatures during the avalanche mission
7) Sleeping mountain during train mission
8) Empty bed in Shay's room
9) Mom/Dad's orb (any room) (I clicked on the one next to Shay's bed. It was at night and showing is sleeping father's face)
10) Vent in Shay's room before using wrench on it
11) Deflated Shay doll (in inventory)
12) Inflated Shay doll (in inventory)
13) Star tapestry used to travel to different planets
14) Knife (in inventory)
15) Bananas on the mountain (left of where knitted creatures are playing cards) in the avalanche room
16) Dump-truck of ice cream on top of mountain in the avalanche room
17) Whipped cream gun (in inventory) (a user reported game freezing if clicked on during mission)
18) Locked trash bin in the hallway
19) Crochet hook (in inventory)
20) Any item in the trophy room

The trophy should unlock with these. There should be some extra options though the only one I'm somewhat sure of is this one:

21) Shield orb

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There are two “collective” trophies in the game, I recommend killing two birds with one stone and combining their receipt:

"Gary Has His Reasons" - Listen to the reasons why Gary won't miss it.
"Are You Trying To Get Rid of Me?" - Listen to at least 30 Spoon reactions to various objects.

Since you need to beat the game twice to get platinum (the second time is a 1-hour speedrun), I recommend getting these trophies during your first playthrough, when you have no time limit and can complete all the conditions in a relaxed environment. All manipulations are done during the passage of Acts 1 and 2 when playing as Shey. Before receiving the trophies, I arranged all the interactions with Spoon and Gary so that they could be easily completed at once, without running back and forth.

ACT 1

Breakfast
During your first breakfast, don’t forget to get two trophies at once:
"Picky Eater"
"Is Something Wrong?"
(see tips for them).
After taking the spoon, before starting to eat, we begin to “poke” with the spoon:
Spoon - On the Spoon itself (inventory)
Spoon - Shay


To get Gary as quickly as possible, we go through Mom’s missions in the following order:

Fourth mission (in space)
We take a gift in this mission.

First mission (ice cream avalanche)
Let’s unpack the gift and start “using” Gary:
Gary - Shay
Gary - Knitted Creatures Stuck in Ice Cream
Gary - Banana and brownies on the left side of the mountain


Third mission
Gary - Fake Control Panel
Gary - Pear Chair
Gary - Knitted Creature in the center of the room


Second mission (train and sleeping mountain)
Spoon - Mountain
Gary - Sleeping Mountain


You can interrupt Mom’s series of toy tasks in the mission with the train, then you find yourself in your room.

Room Neck
Spoon - Empty bed
Gary - Empty Bed
Gary - Spoon (inventory)
Gary - Computer Ball (father)
Gary - Closed Ventilation Shaft
Gary - Screwdriver (inventory)
Gary - Deflated Doll (Inventory)
Gary - Blow-Up Doll (Inventory)


Room with the Star Weaver
Gary - Star Matter when starting a route

After you use Marek's first star card, missions to rescue creatures will begin. Save your game before completing the first mission to avoid screwing up the Flawless Execution trophy. You need to save all the creatures without missing a single shot.

Trophy room
Gary - Any item in the trophy room

From the trophy room I went to the teleporter, then from the room with teleporters I went to the far part of the ship through the right teleport to the far part of the ship.

Corridor at the back of the ship
Gary - Closed trash can

We walk along the corridor and look into the rooms where there were missions with knitted creatures.

Third mission room
Gary - Crochet hook (inventory)

Second mission room (ice cream avalanche)
Spoon - Pastry syringe before or after taking it
Gary - Pastry Syringe (Inventory)
Gary - Ice Cream Truck


Next we go to the kitchen.

Kitchen
Gary - Knife (on the table)
Gary - Knife (inventory)
Spoon - Knife


If you haven't missed anything, congratulations on winning the trophy "Gary Has His Reasons" ! If for some reason you missed interacting with Gary somewhere, there is another place - in the ship's reactor, that's where we're heading.

Reactor
Gary - Particle before we put headphones on it
Spoon - Headphones for turning off ship shields (inventory)


After that we head to the gateway. The airlock is located in the far part of the ship, we always go to the right.

Space
Spoon - A hatch in space that is needed to control the claws BEFORE using a knife on it.

ACT 2

Shipwreck site
Spoon - Father Neck immediately after meeting him
Spoon - Destroyed ship Neck immediately after talking with Father


Beach
Spoon - C'rol
Spoon - Large cauldron with an unknown brew (before going to Alex)
Spoon - Panting Mayor
Spoon - Broken Hexipel, after it is picked up in inventory


Alex's ship
Spoon - Alex
Spoon - Hexipel Recharging Station


Beach (after meeting Alex)
Spoon - Father Sheya, when he is making paste to repair the ship

The road to the house of woodcutter Curtis
Spoon - Talking Tree
Spoon - Mr. Huggy (Snake) after you pick it up in your inventory
Spoon - Lumberjack Curtis after he shows the mold for casting Cats


Through the hole in the roof we climb the stairs to the clouds.

Staircase to Lightbird
Spoon - F'ther, after he cries

Cloud City
Spoon - Jessie (bluebird with egg), before the egg is broken
Spoon - Vella's Father


From the central part of the city we go to the right.

Spoon - Rocky and M'gee (children selling cupcakes)
Spoon - Vella's Grandfather
Spoon - Cupcake bought from children (in inventory)


We take the cupcake to Vella’s father and let him bite it. We return to Vella's Grandfather.

Spoon - Grandfather's Cane (in inventory)

We return to the central part of the city and go through Jessie's nest to a large tree with fruit.

Tree with fruits
Spoon - DeadEye God Guardians standing by a tree
Spoon - Fruit, after it has been picked up


Returning to Jessie's Nest

Spoon - Broken Egg Shell (in inventory)

We go down the stairs to where one of the Brides is sitting.

Spoon - Vella's Mother, after talking with her and the Bride sewing outfits.

Alex's ship
Spoon - Blue drawing that Alex will give (in inventory)

If you haven't missed anything, congratulations on winning the trophy " Are You Trying To Get Rid of Me?" .
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03 Nov 2015 19:11

The trophy is easy to miss.
Done in the first act. It is necessary to hear 20 specific reactions of the Gary robot to surrounding objects and items in the inventory. There are 21 or 22 such objects in total and some of them are situational, so it is very easy to miss them and you will have to start over. Below is a list of most objects:
  • Shay
  • Empty bed
  • The circle of the screen where the computer appears
  • Screwdriver (inventory)
  • Ventilation shaft before the bolts are unscrewed
  • Deflated doll (inventory)
  • Inflated doll (inventory)
  • Spoon (inventory)
  • Knife (inventory)
  • Creatures stuck in ice cream during the first mission
  • Banana and cakes on the left side of the mountain in the first mission room
  • Ice cream car in the first mission room
  • Pastry syringe (inventory)
  • Sleeping Mountain during the second mission
  • Fake control panel during the third mission
  • Pear-shaped chair during the third mission
  • The creature during the third mission
  • Crochet hook (inventory)
  • Star matter when starting a route
  • Closed basket at the back of the ship
  • Any item in the trophy room
  • The particle on which we put headphones.
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03 May 2015 11:54

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Gary is the robot we receive as a gift during the fourth fun mission, the one in space. It is not necessary to do all the actions as described in the first tip; it is enough to do any 20 from this list
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By Sashadel on 18 Oct 2015 20:26
I was just testing all the new objects for interaction with the robot and the spoon.
The trophies dropped earlier than in the tips - there are probably other variants of phrases.
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By neomtx on 25 Jan 2016 15:30
It’s also worth adding that you need to contact the trash can.
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By skordim on 13 Oct 2015 19:43
Print out the list and cross off the options you complete, it will be easier.

Basically they go in order. I had to spend a whole playthrough for this trophy and the trophy with the spoon and the joke with the tree.
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By AlexIvanovRus on 07 Nov 2016 17:00
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