History ThatOneAttack / RhythmGame

** Both RockBand 3's DLC and GuitarHero 3 contain [[DragonForce "Through The Fire]] [[BrutalBonusLevel and Flames"]] as an infmous ThatOneBoss but where does the song's most infamous part come in? The Intro (a ridiculously rapid HOPO run that lasts over 12 seconds), of course!

* ''OsuTatakaeOuendan'' and ''EliteBeatAgents'' have their fair share of examples: the last section of "Shanghai Honey" on Insane (notes spread out all over the place and designed to mess up those who assumed Insane was just a mirrored Hard chart), "Jumpin' Jack Flash" and its infamous third verse (ridiculous clusters of notes with spinners interspersed), and, of course, the last 14 notes of "Countdown" (be prepared to go from full-health to fail in 2 seconds!).

** Walk up to any drummer that has seen the drums-expert chart to all of CoheedAndCambria's DLC and start singing "Cold as winter's [[ThatOneBoss guns of summer]] point and watch them run".

* In ''VideoGame/GrooveCoaster'' for iOS, any pattern involving notes that have to be hit in rapid succession, as the game will refuse to recognize any presses if at least one finger is down on the touchscreen. This means songs like [[VideoGame/{{Darius}} "VISIONNERZ"]] (Hard) and [[Music/{{VOCALOID}} "magnet"]] (Hard) become extremely hard to get No Miss let alone Full Chain on, as using one finger to mash these patterns can be tiring and alternating hands can result in the aforementioned issue.[[note]]This doesn't apply to Beat notes, which also involve tapping the touchscreen repeatedly but don't have to be tapped at a specific rate, or the arcade version, as the game will recognize button presses on one Booster even if the other Booster is being pressed down.[[/note]]

* ''{{DJMAX}} Technika'': [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NiFHl3snp04#t=1m35s Son of Sun (SP)'s]] end segment. GO GO GO GO GO--'''GAME OVER.''' Some people have even made montages of fellow players failing the song.

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* The original Guitar Hero
** Due to the EarlyInstallmentWeirdness of the HO/PO system, any song which has an extended string of HO/PO's qualifies, with notable examples being:
*** "No One Knows" by Queens of the Stone Age
*** "Bark At The Moon" by Ozzy Osbourne
*** "Symphony of Destruction" by Megadeth

* Guitar Hero II
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Cherry Pie" by Warrant
*** "Free Bird" by Lynyrd Skynyrd
*** "Them Bones" by Alice in Chains

* Guitar Hero Encore: Rock the 80s
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Because, It's Midnite" by Limozeen
*** "Police Truck" by The Dead Kennedys

* Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Before I Forget" by Slipknot
*** "Holiday In Cambodia" by The Dead Kennedys
*** "One" by Metallica

* Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Mama Kin" by Aerosmith
*** "Toys in the Attic" by Aerosmith

* Guitar Hero World Tour
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Beat It" by Michael Jackson (Guitar Only)
*** "Dammit" by Blink-182 (Drums only)
*** "Freak On A Leash" by Korn (Vocals only)
*** "Hot For Teacher" by Van Halen (Everything except vocals)
*** "Love Removal Machine" by The Cult (Guitar only)
*** "Obstacle 1" by Interpol (Drums only)
*** "Satch Boogie" by Joe Satriani (Guitar only)

* Guitar Hero: Metallica
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "One" by Metallica (Guitar only)
*** "Fight Fire With Fire" by Metallica (Vocals only)

* Guitar Hero: Smash Hits
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "YYZ" by Rush (Bass and Drums only)
*** "Mother" by Danzig (Drums only)
*** "Caught In a Mosh" by Anthrax (Drums only)
*** "Raining Blood" by Slayer (Everything except Vocals)

* Guitar Hero: On Tour series
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Rock The Night" by Europe
*** "La Bamba" by Los Lobos

* Guitar Hero 5
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "21st Century Schizoid Man" by King Crimson (Guitar and Drums only)
*** "American Girl" by Tom Petty (Guitar only)
*** "Fame" by David Bowie (Vocals only)
*** "No One To Depend On (Live)" by Santana (Drums only)
*** "What I Got" by Sublime (Vocals only)
*** "Younk Funk" by The Derek Trucks Band (Bass only)

* Band Hero
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include:
*** "Let's Get It Started" by ''Music/TheBlackEyedPeas'' (Vocals Only)
*** "Turn Off the Light" by ''Music/NellyFurtado'' (Vocals Only)

* Guitar Hero: Music/VanHalen
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include:
*** "Hot for Teacher" by Music/VanHalen (Everything But Vocals)
*** "I Want It All" By Queen (Guitar Only)

* Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include:
*** "Bloodlines" by ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} Dethklok]]'' (Drums Only)
*** "Ravenous" by ''Atreyu'' (Guitar Only)
*** "Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" by ''Music/TheDillingerEscapePlan'' (Drums Only)

* Guitar Hero Live
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include:
*** "Love Bites (So Do I)" by ''Music/{{Halestorm}}''
*** "I Have a Problem" by ''Music/{{Beartooth}}''
*** "That Fire" by ''Music/BlackTide''
*** "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" by ''Music/MyChemicalRomance''
*** "Edge of a Revolution" by ''Music/{{Nickelback}}''
*** "According to You" by ''Orianthi''
*** "Round and Round" by ''Music/{{Ratt}}''
*** "Them Bones" by ''Music/AliceInChains''
*** "Tears Don't Fall" by ''Music/BulletForMyValentine''
*** "Creepin'" by ''Music/EricChurch''
*** "Rock the Night" by ''Music/{{Europe}}''
*** "Freedom at 21" by ''Music/JackWhite''
*** "Rip and Tear" by ''L.A. Guns''
*** "Bulls in the Bronx" by ''Music/PierceTheVeil''
*** "Children of the Night" by ''Music/{{Survivor}}''
*** "Lonely Day" by ''Music/SystemOfADown''
*** "Lonely Girl" by ''Tonight Alive''
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* In ''VideoGame/PumpItUp'', Starian's [=S07=] chart[[note]]the Hard chart before the series started using difficulty numbers for chart names[[/note]] is infamous for having four simultaneous jumps at the end which consist of all four diagonals, and due to the design of arcade pads, cannot be simply hit with both feet unlike most triple notes (which usually have the center panel thrown in; players can just step on the center panel and one of the other panels with one foot and the remaining panel with the other foot); the player ''has'' to use their hands unless they happen to have really, really big feet. Quite surprising for a chart that's only in the single digits.

* [[VideoGame/RockBand Caprici Di Diablo's]] third guitar solo is even faster than the rest of the song. Dozens of other songs in RockBand and VideoGame/GuitarHero have their own That One Attack, but many can be faked through using star power. Unless it's at the start, like in Foreplay\Long Time, or a long "attack", like the drumming climax of most TheWho songs, or there are two such attacks, like Green Grass and High Tides on guitar (like in many RPG examples, except you're ''guaranteed'' to get hit with it twice in a row).

** Battle mode of the PS2 games can also throw modifiers at you ''in the middle of a song''. One popular tactic for the computer to wield is putting 2 of the 4 arrows on Sudden, or putting every other beat on double speed. These are MUCH harder to read than they sound.

* In ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', any time the music stops playing for an extended period of time mid-song before continuing. ''Rhythm Tengoku'' has Cosmo Dance (Space Dance 2) which has a good 7 or 8 seconds of second silence before the song continues in which the Pa-pa-pa-PUNCH following it has a tighter timing than before. ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'' has [[ThatOneLevel Working Dough 2]] where you must hit the beat while the music isn't playing at all at one point, even the bass that normally accompanies the silence in this particular stage. If you're playing for a Perfect, these will likely end the streak, but what places these in ThatOneAttack territory is that these parts count ''individually'' in their home games as part of a Superb score. Screw one of those up and you can kiss the Superb goodbye. Both of these return in ''Rhythm Heaven Megamix'' and are the portions of the song that nets you a star (basically a big score boost), so the pressure is still very much on for the Superb even with the SequelDifficultyDrop.

* In ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', any time the music stops playing for an extended period of time mid-song before continuing. ''Rhythm Tengoku'''s Cosmo Dance (Space Dance 2) has a long 5 second silence in which the Pa-pa-pa-PUNCH following it has a tighter timing than before. ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'''s [[ThatOneLevel Working Dough 2]] has a long silence where you must hit the beat while the music isn't playing at all. If you're playing for a Perfect, these will likely end the streak, but what places these in ThatOneAttack territory is that these parts count ''individually'' in their home games as part of a Superb score. Screw one of those up and you can kiss the Superb goodbye. Both of these return in ''Megamix'' and are the portions of the song that nets you a star (basically a big score boost), so the pressure is still very much on for the Superb even with the SequelDifficultyDrop.

* In ''VideoGame/RhythmHeaven'', any time the music stops playing for an extended period of time mid-song before continuing. ''Rhythm Tengoku'''s Cosmo Dance (Space Dance 2) has a long 5 second silence in which the Pa-pa-pa-PUNCH following it has a tighter timing than before. ''Rhythm Heaven Fever'''s [[ThatOneLevel Working Dough 2]] has a long silence where you must hit the beat while the music isn't playing at all. If you're playing for a Perfect, these will likely end the streak, but what places these in ThatOneAttack territory is that these parts count ''individually'' in their home games as part of a Superb score. Screw one of those up and you can kiss the Superb goodbye. Both of these return in ''Megamix'' and are the portions of the song that nets you a star (basically a big score boost), so the pressure is still very much on for the Superb even with the SequelDiffultyDrop.

*** "I Have a Problem" by ''Beartooth''

* [[VideoGame/RockBand Caprici Di Diablo's]] third guitar solo is even faster than the rest of the song. Dozens of other songs in RockBand and VideoGame/GuitarHero have their own That One Attack, but many can be faked through using star power. Unless it's at the start, like in Foreplay\Long Time, or a long "attack", like the drumming climax of most TheWho songs, or there are two such attacks, like [[Music/TheRollingStones Green Grass and High Tides]] on guitar (like in many RPG examples, except you're ''guaranteed'' to get hit with it twice in a row).

** The zig-zagging in Green Grass and High Tides is nothing compared to Satch Boogie. To borrow Guitar Hero 2's loading screen joke for Freebird, "You're looking for "Surf Solo" or "Guitar Solo 2A" in Practice Mode."

** ''Can't Be Tamed'' is a pain on guitar, don't get fooled by the fact that it's a Miley Cyrus song, it's on the "Nightmare" tier for a reason. It's a particularly egregious example, because the song itself has no actual guitar parts(Harmonix charted the solo just for the game) and it starts off really easy, so you're most likely not going to expect to get nailed with a nasty solo section that gives "Tornado Of Souls" a run for it's money.

*** "Rip and Tear" by ''Music/LAGuns''

* It is possible for BMS charts (and their derivatives) to have some degree of randomness, meaning that a cruel charter can have an easy section at one point on one run and then on another run have the same section be replaced with a really difficult section, [[LuckBasedMission and which one gets used being determined by a random number generator]].
** One rather popular song in particular, Jack-The-Ripper, has two: the [[http://youtu.be/2LjRxSR9FWs?t=1m2s stream going to the guitar]] and [[http://youtu.be/2LjRxSR9FWs?t=1m42s this 30-second hell.]]
* Many of the bits from ''BitTrip'' qualify, but some of the worst are the bits that change back and forth from black to white from ''Void''. If you don't get the timing down quickly, you will lose points both from missing black bits and collecting white bits, and you will fail ridiculously fast.
* ''BeatmaniaIIDX'' uses a special LifeMeter system in which you must have at least 80% of your life intact when the song finishes. So how do some charts get FakeDifficulty? By having ridiculous patterns at the very end after a only moderately hard or an outright breather section, often forcing the gauge down to a dreaded 78%. Charts with such BS endings lead to many cases of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY1FCqU5VVg#t=1m25s getting the highest grade on the song and STILL failing it]].

*** "Rip And Tear" by Music/LAGuns
*** "Bulls In The Bronx" by Music/PierceTheVeil
*** "Children Of The Night" by Music/{{Survivor}}
*** "Lonely Day" by Music/SystemOfADown
*** "Lonely Girl" by Music/TonightAlive

** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Let's Get It Started" by The Black Eyed Peas (Vocals only)
*** "Turn Off The Light" by Nelly Furtado (Vocals only)

* Guitar Hero: Van Halen
** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Hot For Teacher" by Van Halen (Everything but Vocals)
*** "I Want It All" By Queen (Guitar only)

** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Bloodlines" by Dethklok (Drums only)
*** "Ravenous" by Atreyu (Guitar only)
*** "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants" by The Dillinger Escape Plan (Drums only)

** Songs that have a notable ThatOneAttack include
*** "Love Bites (So Do I)" by Music/{{Halestorm}}
*** "I Have A Problem" by Music/{{Beartooth}}
*** "That Fire" by Music/BlackTide
*** "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" by Music/MyChemicalRomance
*** "Edge Of A Revolution" by Music/{{Nickelback}}
*** "According To You" by Music/{{Orianthi}}
*** "Round And Round" by Music/{{Ratt}}
*** "Them Bones" by Music/AliceInChains
*** "Tears Don't Fall" by Music/BulletForMyValentine
*** "Creepin'" by Music/EricChurch
*** "Rock The Night" by Music/{{Europe}}
*** "Freedom At 21" by Music/JackWhite

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** Playing Free Bird in Guitar Hero II, one of the loading screens is "you're looking for "Gtr solo i" in Practice Mode."
** Guitar Hero III had the infamous battle mode. You're in trouble if the boss hits you with Lefty mode, which mirrors the display of the notes. Lefties don't get off easy, they get hit with Righty mode instead.
*** For those who play on lower difficulties, Difficulty Up is a nasty one. If you get hit with it during one of the harder songs- especially the solo of "One" by Metallica- you will die ''fast''.
*** The "Double Notes" attack can be virtually instant death on the higher difficulties, particularly if you're hit with it in the middle of a fast solo.

* [[VideoGame/InTheGroove Determinator]] is a fairly difficult but manageable song. Except for one little part that makes you move around the pad at the rate of 14.7 stomps per second. If you're not sure how fast that is, it is very, very fast. (Example [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSOHpSZcHoA#t=01m05s here]]; the fast part starts at 1:16.)

** Playing Free Bird in Guitar Hero II, one of the loading screens is "you're looking for "Gtr solo i" in Practice Mode."
** Guitar Hero III had the infamous battle mode. You're in trouble if the boss hits you with Lefty mode, which mirrors the display of the notes. Lefties don't get off easy, they get hit with Righty mode instead.
*** For those who play on lower difficulties, Difficulty Up is a nasty one. If you get hit with it during one of the harder songs- especially the solo of "One" by Metallica- you will die ''fast''.
*** The "Double Notes" attack can be virtually instant death on the higher difficulties, particularly if you're hit with it in the middle of a fast solo.
** The zig-zagging in Green Grass and High Tides is nothing compared to Satch Boogie on GHWT and RB [as DLC]. To borrow Guitar Hero 2's loading screen joke for Freebird, "You're looking for "Surf Solo" or "Guitar Solo 2A" in Practice Mode."

* ''VideoGame/{{maimai}}'' has Garakuta Doll Play Master. Near the end of the song, you get lots of slides that jump everywhere on the screen. This section is so hard [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjI-VZbPzaY someone made a tutorial solely dedicated to explain that section.]]