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![]() Rule of Three: At the start, there are three instructions printed below the floor.Precision F-Strike: "You've manage 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.Painting the Fourth Wall: The instructions and credits are printed beneath the floor of the first level, visible to the player but not the characters.Non-Indicative Name: The Grinning Colossus never grins or even smiles.No Arc in Archery: Averted, though with thrown axes.No points for guessing how to beat the boss. Ludicrous Gibs: Well, some gibs, anyway.Life Meter: The boss has a certain amount of health, but the player has infinite health.Kill It with Fire: You have to burn the rope.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.As for why, that is the realm of Fridge Logic and Epileptic Trees. But of course! You have to burn the rope.Gameplay and Story Segregation: For some reason, you cannot simply cut the rope with the infinite axes the player character carries around.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.Expy: The player character is seemingly an Expy of Kirby.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.Easter Egg: After you read the instructions, right-click.You cannot, however, kill it in this manner. The Computer Is a Lying Bastard: While the instructions claim that you cannot hurt the colossus with your weapons, it is in fact possible.Chekhov's Gun: The torch you pick up halfway through the game plays a vital role in defeating the final boss.Blank White Eyes: The player character.Benevolent Architecture: Lampshaded, just like nearly every other trope on here. ![]()
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