History Creator / Nitrome

** "Final Ninja" has no blood or gore, just body parts flying every which way in a [[GrotesqueCute disturbing]] [[UncannyValley fashion]].

* DifficultySpike: Practically their SignatureStyle. The first five to eight levels will be pretty easy tutorial levels, but then things get ''crazy''. Averted by some games, though, like Tiny Castle (it's just one level) and Blast RPG (the level system is a bit different).
** In ''Test Subject Complete'', [[spoiler:after recently learning that the professor was murdered, The Machine activates and is actively shooting lasers at you.]]

** "Swindler" is based around being able to rotate rooms/levels.

** The Nitrome Boss plays this straight. (No, not the ''real''-life boss.)

* BossGame: VideoGame/SkySerpents.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist:
** "Fault Line". You're merely sent back to the last checkpoint you accessed, and any fastened fault nodes that hid it are unfastened.

* DemBones: Seen in "Small Fry", "Mutiny", and "Numbskull".

** Your reflection in ''Ditto'' has a slightly out of sync IdleAnimation. [[spoiler:It's a separate entity that eventually leaves you for dead]].

%%* HyperactiveMetabolism: Sushi in "Final Ninja" and tea in "Dirk Valentine".

** Skywire 2 takes this UptoEleven. There's still the robot birds, but now there is a rare kind of robot bird with 4 arms instead of one.

* UpToEleven: Nitrome takes their small retraux games to new heights with ''Gunbrick''. The entire game is played in the tiny 50p x 50p icon! They have a full screen option so you don't scream in pain from the eyestrain, thankfully.

* AnIcePerson: "Jack Frost".
** Also Bad Ice Cream and its sequel.
*** And the sequel to that as well.

* SaveThePrincess: "Tiny Castle". [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Actually, you're just trying to serve her an eviction notice]].]]

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Sushi in "Final Ninja" and a SpotOfTea in "Dirk Valentine".

** We have "Test Subject Blue", which plays out like VideoGame/MegaMan meeting VideoGame/{{Portal}}, then "Test Subject Green", where it's still the same formula, but not long after that we get "Test Subject Arena", where instead of getting a food pill, the blue and green enzyme fight with proton/enzyme blasts.

* AlienBlood: In "Sky Serpents", the titular serpents bleed grey.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The ones in "Sky Serpents" come in different shapes and sizes and their abilities can range from shooting fire, lasers, or slime out of their bodies or being covered in armor, and sometimes they'll look like normal dragons, while other times they'll look more insect-like. There's also one that looks like a boar and another one that looks like a duck.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The ones in "Sky Serpents" come in different shapes and sizes and their abilities can range from shooting fire or slime out of their bodies or being covered in armor, and sometimes they'll look like normal dragons, while other times they'll look more insect-like. There's also one that looks like a boar and another one that looks like a duck.

* BlobMonster: The enzymes in the ''Test Subject'' series.

* HuskyRusskie: One of the protagonists of "Rubble Trouble." He has a tendency to provide powerful explosives with only vague explanations of where he got them.

* ThemeTuneCameo: [[spoiler:The final battle in ''Test Subject Complete'' has the main theme playing.]]

** Your reflection in ''Ditto'' has a slightly out of sync IdleAnimation. [[spoilers:It's a separate entity that eventually leaves you for dead]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Plenty amounts in ''Test Subject Complete'', such as the mention of the "orange goo pie" and [[spoiler:The Machine]].

* ''Enemy 585: The Last Henchman'' (2010): Guide an A.I.-controlled enemy as Turner the Block in this parody of Franchise/SuperMarioBros.

* AffectionateParody: ''[[SuperMarioBros Happy Jump Land]]'' in "Enemy 585".

** ''Enemy 585'' has many to ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros'', consider the layout of the "boss" room at the start.

* ''Super Treadmill'' (2010): Help Billy lose weight on his uncle's Super Treadmill in this retro-styled game.

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: "Avalanche" has a straight one. "Cave Chaos" uses an odd variant: the scenery constantly assembles in front of you and disassembles behind you, forcing you to keep up or fall to your doom. "Super Treadmill" takes place on a treadmill, and you lose if you fall off either side.

* BeYourself: By Day 17 of "Super Treadmill", Billy no longer cares about his weight or the competition, and if he decides to lose it, he'd rather eat healthily and exercise than use the Super Treadmill. Of course, his Uncle Rico is hell-bent on making Billy lose weight on the treadmill...

* BullfightBoss: The final level of "Super Treadmill".

* HourglassPlot: [[spoiler:The ending of ''Super Treadmill'' shows Billy having finally lost weight, while Uncle Rico becomes obese.]]

* InterfaceScrew: "Super Treadmill" and supposedly its {{Spiritual Successor}}s are based on old NES games, so Nitrome has put in occasional TV static and glitches into AV mode.

** One example of said series is turned UpToEleven with "Super Treadmill". The game ''[[InterfaceScrew slows down and fuzzes up]]'' [[InterfaceScrew when too many objects are on the screen, and occasionally even "disconnects from the video port"!]]

** As explained below, the Uncle from Super Treadmill is named [[Film/NapoleonDynamite Uncle Rico]].

* ThinkingOutLoud: Uncle Rico does in Day 24 of "Super Treadmill", summing up his true motive:
--> '''Rico:''' That stupid boy is going to make me lose the bet! I can't afford to lose, the price is too high! I'll make that boy super thin, even if I have to get on that treadmill myself! [[EvilLaugh HAHAHAHAHA!]]

** A tutorial box in a remote place in "Final Ninja" says, "The ninja must be like a snake, sneaking through the darkness, hiding from the light. To never be detected is the way of the [[Franchise/MetalGear solid snake]].".

* LudicrousGibs: "Graveyard Shift" and "Parasite" are straight examples. "Off the Rails" has gore, but no blood, with dead bodies splitting into neatly sliced bits resembling steaks. "Final Ninja" has no blood or gore, just body parts flying every which way in a [[GrotesqueCute disturbing]] [[UncannyValley fashion]].