History VideoGame / EnterTheGungeon

** This even extends to one of the Joke Weapons; the [[NerfArms Mega Douser]] appears to be molded after the original 1990 "Power Drencher", better known as the precursor to the Super Soaker.

* GorgeousGorgon: The Gor[[IncrediblyLamePun gun]] is your typical green medsua look-alike, except dual-weilding a pair of uzis.

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* TheBerserker: The Convict's special ability is that they temporarily do more damage upon taking damage.

* ShapedLikeItself: One of the guns is a lowercase "r" that acts as an SMG that shoots out BULLETs. As in, literally the word bullet as a six-round burst, while saying "BULLET" in a disinterested tone.

* ShoutOut:
** The Blooper outright references the film ''{{Film/Looper}}''.
** The Beholster is a gun-themed variant of the Beholder of ''Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons'' fame.
** The Gatling Gull is a homage to the Vulcan Raven fight from ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'', complete with a group of ravens appearing to devour the boss' corpse after you defeat him.
** One of the items you can find is a melted rock which can blow up enemy corpses, a reference to Melting from ''VideoGame/NuclearThrone''.
*** Yung Venuz, originating from ''Gun Godz'' and also appearing in the aforementioned game, is in this game as one of the shrines you can use.
** The Convict's special passive item is a photo with the words "[[Film/{{Momento}} Don't believe his lies]]".

* HairpinLock: The Pilot starts with this as an item, giving him a chance to open a door or chest without a key.

* BonusBoss: Quite a few of them, such as [[spoiler: Blobulord, Old King and Lich.]]

* FantasyGunControl: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Where there are plenty of fantasy-themed monsters, all of them are packing heat.

Enter the Gungeon is a BulletHell ShootEmUp {{Roguelike}} released in 2016, produced by ''Dodge Roll Games'' and published by ''Devolver Digital''. It's sort of like a cross between ''VideoGame/SmashTV'' and ''VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac'', where you must make it through a series of increasingly difficult levels filled with absurd guns and populated by anthropomorphic bullets [[EverythingTryingToKillYou that want to kill you]], in search of the ultimate prize; '''[[McGuffin The Gun That Can Kill The Past]]'''.

Enter the Gungeon is a BulletHell ShootEmUp {{Roguelike}} released in 2016, produced by ''Dodge Roll Games'' and published by ''Devolver Digital''. It's sort of like a cross between VideoGame/SmashTV and VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac, where you must make it through a series of increasingly difficult levels filled with absurd guns and populated by anthropomorphic bullets [[EverythingTryingToKillYou that want to kill you]], in search of the ultimate prize; '''[[McGuffin The Gun That Can Kill The Past]]'''.

* {{Oculothorax}}: The Beholster boss is a shout-out to the Beholder of Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons fame. In addition to the traditional eye-beams, each of it's tentacles carries a gun.

** The Blooper outright references the film {{Film/Looper}}.
** The Beholster is a gun-themed variant of the Beholder of Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons fame.
** The Gatling Gull is a homage to the Vulcan Raven fight from VideoGame/MetalGearSolid, complete with a group of ravens appearing to devour the boss' corpse after you defeat him.

*** Yung Venus, originating from ''Gun Godz'' and also appearing in the aforementioned game, is in this game as one of the shrines you can use.

* RobotBuddy: [[spoiler:An unlockable player character.]]
* TheHeretic: [[spoiler:One of the secret unlockable characters; a sword-wielding bulletkin.]]

* BulletHell: Follows a lot of the genre conventions, with enemies using intricate yet slow-moving bullet patterns. Bosses especially tend to have danmaku bullet patterns.

* FollowTheLeader: Bares a few similarities to VideoGame/TheBindingOfIsaac, but has it's own identity due to putting much more emphasis on BulletHell patterns and resource management.

* Oculothorax: The Beholster boss is a shout-out to the Beholder of Franchise/DungeonsAndDragons fame. In addition to the traditional eye-beams, each of it's tentacles carries a gun.