CarnEvil
Plot
Plot
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The game is set in the fictional town of Greely Valley, [Iowa](/wiki/Iowa "Iowa"). An [urban legend](/wiki/Urban_legend "Urban legend") claims that, if a golden token is inserted into the jester skull's mouth on top of the gravestone of a [ringmaster](/wiki/Ringmaster_%28circus%29 "Ringmaster (circus)") named Professor Ludwig von Tökkentäkker, his haunted [carnival](/wiki/Traveling_carnival "Traveling carnival") will rise from the earth.

The game begins with a group of teenagers taking a hayride tour through the Greely Valley cemetery, courtesy of the local "ghost expert", Spooky Sam. The unnamed protagonist leaves the tour and approaches Tökkentäkker's tombstone to find a golden coin sitting in its slot. The protagonist inserts the coin into the jester's mouth, resulting in the haunted amusement park rising from the ground. Trapped within, they take a shotgun from the [shooting gallery](/wiki/Shooting_gallery_%28carnival_game%29 "Shooting gallery (carnival game)") and uses it to fight off hordes of zombies and other undead monsters in order to escape. After fighting through the [Haunted House](/wiki/Haunted_house "Haunted house"), [Rickety Town](/wiki/Amusement_park "Amusement park") and the [Freak Show](/wiki/Freak_show "Freak show"), they enter the [Big Top](/wiki/wikt:Big_top "Big top") and fights their way through in order to face Tökkentäkker directly aboard his airship.

Soon after killing Tökkentäkker, the protagonist falls from the airship as it explodes. In the morning, they and the only other survivor, Betty, wake up in front of the tombstone, where the token falls back into its slot. The protagonist re\-inserts it into the mouth of the jester, causing it to laugh wickedly as Betty screams in horror.


How do the teenagers get trapped in the haunted amusement park?