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Interesting that the boss was a threat to the world, given that he's too tall to get out of his headquarters. This seems to be the only place in the game where this particular plot-point is mentioned, however. Saving the World: In the expository theme ("Now you're a hero, you burned the rope and saved us a-all").Rule of Three: At the start, there are three instructions printed below the floor.Puzzle Boss: The Grinning Colossus regenerates his health too quickly to be killed with standard attacks, so the protagonist must instead pick up the fire from either side of the screen and use it to burn the rope supporting the chandelier hanging above the boss.Precision F-Strike: "You've managed to beat the whole damn ga-ame".In addition, at the end of the hall there is a drop from which you cannot jump back up. Point of No Return: The Boss Room has the hall seal as soon as you get to the end.Parody: The game parodies many stock tropes of classic video games, most notably the Puzzle Boss.One-Hit Kill: The chandiler instantly kills the boss.
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Non-Indicative Name: The Grinning Colossus never grins or even smiles.No "Arc" in "Archery": Averted, though with thrown axes.Would you honestly have expected the boss to be killed by burning the rope supporting a chandelier? Minimalist Cast: It's just you and the Grinning Colossus.This has not stopped people from trying to kill it without burning the rope regardless. Lord British Postulate: The game makes it apparent many times that the boss is unkillable without burning the rope.Life Meter: The boss has a certain amount of health, but the player has infinite health.Jump Physics: The protagonist can jump very high.Not the Eye Beams, not touching the boss, not falling from the top floor. By hacking the game it is possible to deplete the entire HP bar using only axes, but the Grinning Colossus still won't die. Healing Factor: The Grinning Colossus will take damage from your axes, but regenerates faster than you can keep up damage.Hammerspace: You can pull billions of axes out of nowhere in sequence.Gratuitous Panning: In the end credits.Girly Run: The protagonist moves this way.Ghost Butler: A wall appears at the end of the tunnel as soon as you enter the Boss Room.Gameplay and Story Segregation: For some reason, you cannot simply cut the rope with the infinite axes the player character carries around.
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Your character is also invincible, meaning the boss cannot harm them.
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Flechette Storm: The main character can do this if you type fast enough.Falling Chandelier of Doom: What happens when you burn the rope.Eye Beams: The Grinning Colossus's signature attack.Then it asks you So What Do We Do Now? that you beat the game. It doesn't explain anything rather, it just reviews the entirety of the game. Expository Theme Tune: A rather strange version of this is seen in "Now You're a Hero," the end credits song.Excuse Plot: Taken to the point that there barely even is a plot.Exact Words: You have to burn the rope, you can't cut it with your axes.Exactly What It Says on the Tin: The title of the game is also the goal of the game.Easter Egg: After you read the instructions, right-click.Developer's Foresight: You actually can deplete the boss's health with the axes through a hack, but the game will still keep the boss alive.Credits Montage: The end credits show a montage of the events of the game.Credits Gag: The credits includes the phrase "Special thanks to Umami".Closing Credits: They play at the end of the game.You cannot, however, kill it in this manner. The Computer Is a Lying Bastard: While the instructions claim that you cannot hurt the Grinning Colossus with your weapons, it is in fact possible.It does however get rid of his torch, forcing him to get another one. Collision Damage: Subverted in that while the protagonist does react to running into the Grinning Colossus, he can't really die.Chekhov's Gun: The torch you pick up halfway through the game plays a vital role in defeating the final boss.Breakout Character: The Grinning Colossus also appears as a boss in other web games Death vs Monsters 2, Anti-Idle: The Game, and Pickory.Bottomless Magazines: You have axes galore in your Hammerspace, but they are completely useless now.