When an item runs out of uses and disappears, one of the following explanations is provided.
- Eww ... Your [item] has been reduced to a gooey muck by Elvin the Electric Eel's super zapping powers.
- Oh dear! Your [item] has broken and the garbage monster has claimed it for his own!
- Oh no! Rover the Bulldog has fetched your [item] and buried it deep in the flower bed!
- Oh no, the aliens stole your [item]! But it was broken anyway, so they won't have much use for it.
- Oh no! Your [item] has broken! And the ugly green goblin with the unusual appetite ... has eaten up the remains...
- Oops! Your [item] has been chewed on by the Great Big Fat Blob. Time to throw it away.
- POOF! Your [item] has broken and turned into a pile of pretty, but useless, little shiny things.
- Whee! Your [item] is shredded into lots of pretty colored confetti!
- Your [item] beeps a few times and then self-destructs.
- Your [item] crumbles and falls into dust.
- Your [item] dissolves into bright-red colored smoke.
- Your [item] dissolves into dark-blue colored smoke.
- Your [item] dissolves into jet-black colored smoke.
- Your [item] dissolves into lime-green colored smoke.
- Your [item] dissolves into pink colored smoke.
- Your [item] exploded into a million pieces. Why must everything in this game inevitably explode?
- Your [item] grows wings and flies far, far away.
- Your [item] has been slapped across the time-space continuum by Henry the Trout. Do not try to get it back.
- Your [item] has broken and is no longer of any use. But luckily, there's no need to worry about where to throw it, not when the incredible termites come and eat it!
- Your [item] kicks the bucket.
- Your [item] shatters and falls into pieces!
- Your [item] shrinks to the size of "something little" and is too small to use now, but will make a great souvenir...
- Your [item] starts glowing with a dazzling light and dissolves!
- Your [item] suddenly explodes into tiny fragments!
- Your [item] suddenly goes up in flames and is reduced to ash!
- Your [item] takes a look at you, says "I'll Be Back" in that Arnie voice and runs off.
- Your [item] vanishes in a puff of smoke!