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''Dancing Monster'' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster.

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''Dancing Monster'' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 Platform/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster.
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TRS, removing snark.


''Dancing Monster'' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah, it's that kind of game]].

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''Dancing Monster'' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah, it's that kind of game]].
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* [[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation Amazing Technicolor Person]]: The Princess is still purple after being returned to her proper form.

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Baleful Polymorph was renamed per TRS


* BalefulPolymorph: The monster is a transformed princess.



* {{Curse}}: The princess has two of them: to [[BalefulPolymorph be an ugly monster]], and [[InvoluntaryDance dance forever.]]

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* {{Curse}}: The princess has two of them: to [[BalefulPolymorph [[ForcedTransformation be an ugly monster]], and [[InvoluntaryDance dance forever.]]


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* ForcedTransformation: The monster is a transformed princess.
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* AnArmAndALeg: The monster's arms and legs are the final parts you must remove.

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Not a spoiler, the princess is shown on the box.


* BalefulPolymorph
* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Turns out the monster is a princess under this.]]
* ExcusePlot: [[spoiler: A princess has been cursed to be a monsters that will dance for eternity, and you have to shoot at her body parts to change her back]]. You don't find out about it until you've shot all parts though, and even then there's little to go on.

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* BalefulPolymorph
AnArmAndALeg: The monster's arms and legs are the final parts you must remove.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The top-left corner of the screen specifies a body part you must shoot. Hitting the monster anywhere else does nothing.
* BalefulPolymorph: The monster is a transformed princess.
* CompilationRerelease: ''Fantasy Five'', which includes this game, ''VideoGame/BuffaloRoundup'', ''VideoGame/SaveMeBraveKnight'', ''VideoGame/PhotonReflection'', and ''VideoGame/SpatialBilliards''.
* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Turns out the monster is a The princess under this.has two of them: to [[BalefulPolymorph be an ugly monster]], and [[InvoluntaryDance dance forever.]]
* DifficultyByAcceleration: The game speed can be adjusted on the title screen. Since the whole point of the game is to hit a moving target, faster speed means a higher difficulty.
* ExcusePlot: [[spoiler: A princess has been cursed to be a monsters that will dance for eternity, and you have to shoot at her body parts to change her back]]. back. You don't find out about it until you've shot all parts though, and even then there's little to go on.on.
* HealingFactor: The monster will regenerate its lost body parts if you miss too many shots.
* InvoluntaryDance: The monster is forced to dance, making it hard to hit its weak points.


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* ShowsDamage: The monster's body parts disappear as you shoot them.

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No need to embolden the title


'''''Dancing Monster''''' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah, its that kind of game]].

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'''''Dancing Monster''''' ''Dancing Monster'' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah, its it's that kind of game]].



* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Edvard Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'', albeit with a different rhythm.

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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Edvard Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'', albeit with a different rhythm.rhythm.
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* OurMonstersAreWeird: The titular monster is a purple, elephant-like monster with curved horns, a rat's tail, big ears and a trunk, and finally a long cyan tongue. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Oh, and it wears pants]].

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* OurMonstersAreWeird: The titular monster is a purple, elephant-like monster with curved horns, a rat's tail, big ears and a trunk, and finally a long cyan tongue. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Oh, and it wears pants]].pants with a belt]].
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* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Turns out the monster is under this.]]

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* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Turns out the monster is a princess under this.]]
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[[quoteright:260:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dancingmonster.png]]
[[caption-width-right:260:Let's boogie.]]
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* OurMonstersAreWeird: The titular monster is a purple, elephant-like monster with curved horns, a rat's tail, big ears and a trunk, and finally a long cyan tongue. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Oh, and it werars pants]].
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Edvard Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'', albiet with a different rhythm.

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* OurMonstersAreWeird: The titular monster is a purple, elephant-like monster with curved horns, a rat's tail, big ears and a trunk, and finally a long cyan tongue. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Oh, and it werars wears pants]].
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Edvard Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'', albiet albeit with a different rhythm.
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'''''Dancing Monster''''' is a 1983 game for UsefulNotes/Commodore64 created by Peter Dekany and Denes Baan. In it, you have to shoot at designated parts of the titular monster. [[WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs Yeah, its that kind of game]].

You can see it and all its weirdness [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSl1Io_y6uw here]].
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* BalefulPolymorph
* {{Curse}}: [[spoiler: Turns out the monster is under this.]]
* ExcusePlot: [[spoiler: A princess has been cursed to be a monsters that will dance for eternity, and you have to shoot at her body parts to change her back]]. You don't find out about it until you've shot all parts though, and even then there's little to go on.
* OurMonstersAreWeird: The titular monster is a purple, elephant-like monster with curved horns, a rat's tail, big ears and a trunk, and finally a long cyan tongue. [[ArsonMurderAndJayWalking Oh, and it werars pants]].
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Edvard Grieg's ''In the Hall of the Mountain King'', albiet with a different rhythm.

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