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* AlienAbduction: The Hybrid take this UpToEleven, as they've managed to abduct almost all of the human race.

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* AlienAbduction: The Hybrid take this UpToEleven, up to eleven, as they've managed to abduct almost all of the human race.

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* ActionBomb: The Hybrid bomb flies.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Captain Miller.



* ColonelBadass: Alan Strickman.
* CoolShip: The Mother Earth, formerly Synderion's Temple-ship.

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* {{Mooks}}: The Hybrid thralls.

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* RedshirtArmy: The UEN Combat Marines.

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* BaldOfAwesome: Captain Miller.



** The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Captain Nils and his team.]]

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** The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Captain Nils and his team.]]team]].



* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. When Diabolus [[spoiler:slaughters Nils' team and destroys the Glimpse of Hope with three million people on board,]] Dem ''immediately'' goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.


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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Dem goes on one against [[spoiler: Lord Diabolus after he reveals his slaughter of Nils' team and then orders the destruction of the Glimpse of Hope]].
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* AGodIAm: The Hybrid Pantheon consider themselves to be gods, and want to share that gift with humanity, whether or not they want it.

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* AGodIAm: AGodAmI: The Hybrid Pantheon consider themselves to be gods, and want to share that gift with humanity, whether or not they want it.

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* ActionBomb: The Hybrid bomb flies.



* ColonelBadass: Alan Strickman.



* OldSoldier: Colonel Strickman is 65 and no less capable of kicking ass for it.



* SharpenedToASingleAtom: The Nanotech Blade is only a few atoms thick at its edge, and is capable of cutting through just about anything.

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* SharpenedToASingleAtom: The Nanotech Blade is only a few atoms thick at its edge, and is capable of cutting through just about anything.anything, including Hybrid tank armor.
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* BadassGrandpa: Colonel Strickman is 65 and no less capable of kicking ass for it.
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* CoolShip: The Mother Earth, formerly Synderion's Temple-ship.


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* GasMaskMooks: The formerly human Hybrid thralls definitely have this aesthetic going for them.


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* HelmetsAreHardlyHeroic: Dem and Colonel Strickman avert this, while Captain Miller and Lieutenants Chekhov and Parker play is straight.

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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. When Diabolus [[spoiler:slaughters Nils' team and destroys the Glimpse of Hope with three million people on board,]] Dem ''immediately'' goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.


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* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. When Diabolus [[spoiler:slaughters Nils' team and destroys the Glimpse of Hope with three million people on board,]] Dem ''immediately'' goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.

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* AllThereInTheManual: A good portion of the game's backstory, like the fate of the original UEN and what Strickman was up to before the Hybrid Invasion, can only be found on the game's website.
* AMillionIsAStatistic: Averted. When Diabolus [[spoiler:slaughters Nils' team and destroys the Glimpse of Hope with three million people on board,]] Dem ''immediately'' goes on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
* AmnesiacHero: Dem has no recollection of his past life to speak of.



* AmnesiacHero: Dem has no recollection of his past life to speak of.



* FlunkyBoss: Diabolos will summon thralls to fight alongside him during his boss fight.

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* FlunkyBoss: Diabolos Diabolus will summon thralls to fight alongside him during his boss fight.



* KilledOffscreen: The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Captain Nils and his team.]]

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* KilledOffscreen: KilledOffscreen:
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The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Captain Nils and his team.]]]]
** The destruction of [[spoiler:the Glimpse of Hope occurred above a whole other continent]].



* {{Mooks}}: The Hybrid thralls.
* RedshirtArmy: The UEN Combat Marines.





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\n* SuicideAttack: This is the bomb fly's ''modus operandi''.
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Commander Nakamura and Synderion are both this to Dem, and Synderion also seems to be able to pull this on the entirety of the Mother Earth.

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It can be played [[https://echoesgame.com/index.html here]].



* FlunkyBoss: Diabolos will summon thralls to fight alongside him during his boss fight.





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\n* LaResistance: Colonel Strickman's forces in Iceland are one of the biggest of 121 guerrilla cells fighting against the Hybrid.
* SharpenedToASingleAtom: The Nanotech Blade is only a few atoms thick at its edge, and is capable of cutting through just about anything.

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''Echoes: Operation Stranglehold'' is a [[SideView side-scrolling]] action-strategy WebGame created by We Create Stuff. The player takes the role of Dem, a cyborg with amnesia leading a rebellion against an alien invasion called the Hybrid Pantheon (who are also responsible for Dem being a cyborg with amnesia).

''Echoes'' was intended to be a trilogy of which ''Operation Stranglehold'' was Act 1, [[OrphanedSeries but a sequel never materialized and there's been no news about the game's development since 2011]].

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!! This game provides examples of:
* AlienAbduction: The Hybrid take this UpToEleven, as they've managed to abduct almost all of the human race.
* AnArmAndALeg: Synderion is missing both of his legs, courtesy of Chekhov and an anti-matter gun.
* AmnesiacHero: Dem has no recollection of his past life to speak of.
* BadassGrandpa: Colonel Strickman is 65 and no less capable of kicking ass for it.
* CigarChomper: Captain Miller is never seen without his cigar.
* FictionalUnitedNations: The United Earth Nations, or UEN, which was formed in 2233 after the [[GreatOffscreenWar second American Civil War]], collapsed a few years before the appearance of the Hybrid Pantheon, and was then reformed after Dem successfully led a revolt in Synderion's Temple-Ship.
* AGodIAm: The Hybrid Pantheon consider themselves to be gods, and want to share that gift with humanity, whether or not they want it.
* GreatOffscreenWar: The second American Civil War occurred decades before the events of the game.
* HeKnowsAboutTimedHits: Everyone from Synderion to the RedShirts tell the player what keys do what during tutorial sequences.
* KilledOffscreen: The ultimate fate of [[spoiler:Captain Nils and his team.]]


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