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** [[EarnYourHappyEnding Good Ending]]: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues. He even swats the alien fly with his bare hands.]]
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your family appears in the opening cinematics, but shortly after you get injected with the alien bug's venom and starts destroying your own house, your wife suddenly disappears. [[spoiler:Subverted in the good ending, where time rewinds back to the baby being delivered and the man, wife and baby living happily together as a family]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your family appears in the opening cinematics, but shortly after you get injected with the alien bug's venom and starts start destroying your own house, your wife suddenly disappears. [[spoiler:Subverted in the good ending, where time rewinds back to the baby being delivered and the man, wife and baby living happily together as a family]].family.]]
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* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Your final form have you sprouting wings, as well as granted the ability of breathing fire, turning into a draconic monster as you swoop above Manhattan and rain destruction from the skies]].
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* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Your final form have has you sprouting wings, as well as granted granting the ability of breathing fire, turning into a draconic monster as you swoop above Manhattan and rain destruction from the skies]].
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** [[DownerEnding Bad Ending]]: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you"]], it then decides to infect your child into becoming a new monster]].
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** [[DownerEnding Bad Ending]]: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you"]], it then decides to infect your child into becoming a new monster]].monster.]]
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* WasOnceAMan: You used to be a boring ol' salaryman, with a family of your own. Now you're a world-destroying monster. [[spoiler:The ending cutscene have you turning back to a man, but ''now'' the alien bug infects your baby instead]].
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* WasOnceAMan: You used to be a boring ol' salaryman, with a family of your own. Now you're a world-destroying monster. [[spoiler:The bad ending cutscene have has you turning back to a man, but ''now'' the alien bug infects your baby instead]].
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your family appears in the opening cinematics, but shortly after you get injected with the alien bug's venom and starts destroying your own house, your wife suddenly disappears. [[spoiler:Subverted with your baby - in the final cutscene, after you destroyed New York and reverts good ending, where time rewinds back to human, you then unexpectedly finds your the baby in being delivered and the city's ruins - man, wife and possessed by baby living happily together as a ''new'' alien strain]].family]].
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* BigBad: While your unnamed protagonist isn't intentionally hostile, the game does have a main villain, in the form of the alien bug who injects you with a monstrous venom. Because said bug is a highly-manipulative alien creature who ''wants'' to destroy entire worlds, and it's using ''you'' as it's pawn. [[spoiler:The bug even ''screws you over'' in the final cutscene - by infecting your baby with another dose of it's venom, turning your child into another monster to start the cycle of destruction anew]].
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* BigBad: While your unnamed protagonist isn't intentionally hostile, the game does have a main villain, in the form of the alien bug who injects you with a monstrous venom. Because said bug is a highly-manipulative alien creature who ''wants'' to destroy entire worlds, and it's using ''you'' as it's pawn. [[spoiler:The bug even ''screws you over'' in the final cutscene bad ending - by infecting your baby with another dose of it's venom, turning your child into another monster to start the cycle of destruction anew]].
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* MultipleEndings: The outcoming of the ending solely depends on whether you [[spoiler:destroy the baby after defeating the Statue of Liberty or lose all of your health.]]
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* MultipleEndings: The outcoming outcome of the ending solely depends on whether you [[spoiler:destroy [[spoiler:[[LastSecondEndingChoice destroy the baby after defeating the Statue of Liberty or lose all of your health.health]].]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: Depending on your definition of "bad guy"... the game have you transforming into a monster and destroying the world, and even succeeds in the final level when you turned New York, the last city on earth, into a wasteland. [[spoiler:But then you revert back to human, and are congratulated by the alien bug who bit you and turned you into a monster in the first place. Who then infects your baby before the credits roll]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: Depending on your definition of "bad guy"... the game have you transforming into a monster and destroying the world, and even succeeds in the final level when you turned New York, the last city on earth, into a wasteland. [[spoiler:But then you revert back to human, and are congratulated by the alien bug who bit you and turned you into a monster in the first place. Who then infects your baby before the credits roll]]. However, [[spoiler:you can choose to lose all of your health after defeating the Statue of Liberty and EarnYourHappyEnding]].
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* MultipleEndings: The outcoming of the ending solely depends on whether you [[spoiler:you destroy the baby after defeating the Statue of Liberty or lose all of your health.]]
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* MultipleEndings: The outcoming of the ending solely depends on whether you [[spoiler:you destroy [[spoiler:destroy the baby after defeating the Statue of Liberty or lose all of your health.]]
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** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you"]], it then decides to infect your child into becoming a new monster]].
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues.]]
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues.]]
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** [[DownerEnding Bad Ending: Ending]]: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you"]], it then decides to infect your child into becoming a new monster]].
** [[EarnYourHappyEnding GoodEnding: Ending]]: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues.]]
** [[EarnYourHappyEnding Good
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** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues.]]
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you"]], it then decides to infect your child into becoming a new monster]].
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Time rewinds to when the baby was delivered back at the hospital, and the salesman lives happily with his wife and baby, devoid of his anger issues.]]
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''Hakaiou: King of Crusher'' is a 1998 Japan-exclusive {{kaiju}} (because "Japan" and "kaiju" goes so well hand-in-hand, don't they?) action game made by Dentsu Inc. and Disc Garage for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1.
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''Hakaiou: King of Crusher'' is a 1998 Japan-exclusive {{kaiju}} (because "Japan" and "kaiju" goes so well hand-in-hand, don't they?) action game made by Dentsu Inc. and Disc Garage for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1.Platform/PlayStation1.
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* MonumentalDamage: The ''oldest'' one in the book; but the game ends with you [[spoiler:destroying the Statue of Liberty]]. Which has been [[spoiler:converted into a mecha to fight you]].
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* MonumentalDamage: The ''oldest'' one in the book; but the game ends with you [[spoiler:destroying the Statue of Liberty]].Art/StatueOfLiberty]]. Which has been [[spoiler:converted into a mecha to fight you]].
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* {{Telepathy}}: How the alien bug controls you in-between levels, by urging you with mental messages to "destroy, destroy, destroy everything... you know you want to..."
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You play as an unnamed, blue-collared office worker in 1990s Tokyo working a boring, 9-5 job, dealing with office life while simultaneously spending time with your wife and baby child. But as you deal with frustration of everyday, office life, and wishing for "something exciting" to happen for once, an alien bug unexpectedly arrives on earth and stings you.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything in sight. And the more you destroy, the larger you grow - in both your size and appetite for destruction - as you take on multiple monstrous features, starting as a werewolf-life beastman form to a giant humanoid the size of a house to becoming a Godzilla-esque monster. And as your appetite for destruction grows out of control, you proceed on an unstoppable, destructive rampage from Tokyo to New York.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything in sight. And the more you destroy, the larger you grow - in both your size and appetite for destruction - as you take on multiple monstrous features, starting as a werewolf-life beastman form to a giant humanoid the size of a house to becoming a Godzilla-esque monster. And as your appetite for destruction grows out of control, you proceed on an unstoppable, destructive rampage from Tokyo to New York.
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You play as an unnamed, blue-collared office worker in 1990s Tokyo working a boring, 9-5 job, dealing with office life politics while simultaneously spending time with your wife and baby child. But as you deal with frustration of everyday, office everyday life, and wishing for "something exciting" to happen for once, an alien bug unexpectedly arrives on earth and stings you.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything insight.the way. And the more you destroy, the larger you grow - in both your size and appetite for destruction - as you take on multiple monstrous features, starting as a werewolf-life beastman form to a giant humanoid the size of a house to becoming a Godzilla-esque monster. And as your appetite for destruction destructive tendencies grows out of control, you proceed on an unstoppable, destructive unstoppable rampage from Tokyo to New York.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything in
* DieChairDie: The first few stages when you're still human have you destroying furnitures, shelves, water-coolers and assorted structures in your house and office. You must destroy ''everything'' to clear a level.
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* DramaticShattering: In the opening cinematics, after the alien bug bit you, you then drop your cup of cup of milk. Including a close-up of the cup landing on the floor and shattering in slow-mo.
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* DramaticShattering: In the opening cinematics, after the alien bug bit you, you then drop your cup of cup of milk. Including a close-up of the cup landing on the floor and shattering in slow-mo.
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you", it then decide to infect your child into becoming a new monster]]…
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* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final ShootTheShaggyDog [[ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you", you"]], it then decide to infect your child into becoming a new monster]]…
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* NamelessNarrative: No names are given to anyone for the entirety of the game.
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* TokyoFireball: Tokyo is the first location you destroy as a monster, and New York is the last. The game also implies you probably wiped out various cities in-between, though none of these are shown.
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** This trope can apply to you in the New York stages, when you're a giant ''kaiju'' at that point. Gunfire from helicopters and armoured vehicles does ScratchDamage to your health, but when fired in concentrated bursts your life meter then visibly depletes until you clear the level.
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** This trope can apply to you in the New York stages, when you're a giant ''kaiju'' at that point. Gunfire from helicopters and armoured armored vehicles does ScratchDamage to your health, but when fired in concentrated bursts your life meter then visibly depletes until you clear the level.level.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you", it then decide to infect your child into becoming a new monster]]…
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:The alien bug successfully manipulates ''you'' into destroying the earth. And as a final ShootTheShaggyDog "screw you", it then decide to infect your child into becoming a new monster]]…
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--> ''[[MadnessMantra Destroy... destroy... destroy...]]''
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[[caption-width-right:350:That's you [[WasOnceAMan as a man]]. Which you ''won't'' be in a few minutes...]]
[[caption-width-right:350:That's you [[WasOnceAMan as a man]]. Which you ''won't'' be in a few minutes...]]
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--> The Destruction Power of Rage held deep inside is not something easily hidden.\\
The things that hound you, everything that constraints you... \\
Destroy them!
''Hakaiou: King of Crusher'' is a 1998 Japan-exclusive {{kaiju}} (because "Japan" and "kaiju" goes so well hand-in-hand, don't they?) action game made by Dentsu Inc. and Disc Garage for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1.
You play as an unnamed, blue-collared office worker in 1990s Tokyo working a boring, 9-5 job, dealing with office life while simultaneously spending time with your wife and baby child. But as you deal with frustration of everyday, office life, and wishing for "something exciting" to happen for once, an alien bug unexpectedly arrives on earth and stings you.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything in sight. And the more you destroy, the larger you grow - in both your size and appetite for destruction - as you take on multiple monstrous features, starting as a werewolf-life beastman form to a giant humanoid the size of a house to becoming a Godzilla-esque monster. And as your appetite for destruction grows out of control, you proceed on an unstoppable, destructive rampage from Tokyo to New York.
And no, there is no turning back for you now. Not ever...
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!! Destroy the World. You know you ''want'' to.
* TheBadGuyWins: Depending on your definition of "bad guy"... the game have you transforming into a monster and destroying the world, and even succeeds in the final level when you turned New York, the last city on earth, into a wasteland. [[spoiler:But then you revert back to human, and are congratulated by the alien bug who bit you and turned you into a monster in the first place. Who then infects your baby before the credits roll]].
* BeastMan: The first monstrous form you obtain, as a reptilian-WolfMan hybrid creature who's at least human-sized, but strong enough to rip apart vehicles and shrug off rounds fired by policemen.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: You wished for an escape from your boring, mundane office life. The alien bug grants your wish by injecting you with some kind of monstrous venom, turning you into a city-destroying super-monster.
* BigApplesauce: The game's last few levels are set in New York, the very last city on earth you'll destroy.
* BigBad: While your unnamed protagonist isn't intentionally hostile, the game does have a main villain, in the form of the alien bug who injects you with a monstrous venom. Because said bug is a highly-manipulative alien creature who ''wants'' to destroy entire worlds, and it's using ''you'' as it's pawn. [[spoiler:The bug even ''screws you over'' in the final cutscene - by infecting your baby with another dose of it's venom, turning your child into another monster to start the cycle of destruction anew]].
* TheCorruptor: The unnamed alien bug. Not only does it discreetly begins your transformation into a monster, in-between cutscenes it also fuels your rage and desire for destruction by telepathically telling you, "Destroy everything. You know you want to..."
* DeathOfAThousandCuts:
** In your first monstrous form (where you're still human-sized, albeit with enhanced strength), if your rage meter is depleted, you can still destroy entire buildings by ''punching'' them repeatedly. It's pretty tedious, but gets the job done.
** This trope can apply to you in the New York stages, when you're a giant ''kaiju'' at that point. Gunfire from helicopters and armoured vehicles does ScratchDamage to your health, but when fired in concentrated bursts your life meter then visibly depletes until you clear the level.
* DramaticShattering: In the opening cinematics, after the alien bug bit you, you then drop your cup of cup of milk. Including a close-up of the cup landing on the floor and shattering in slow-mo.
* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Your final form have you sprouting wings, as well as granted the ability of breathing fire, turning into a draconic monster as you swoop above Manhattan and rain destruction from the skies]].
* HelicopterFlyswatter: In your first form as a kaiju, this is how you deal with military helicopters attacking you - by jumping and swatting them out of the skies.
* HulkingOut: How your first transformation out of your human shell is depicted. After destroying your office (as a human), you then escape into the city outskirts, only for you to burst out your clothes into a reptilian-wolf beast-man form (MagicPants included).
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:In the final stage, after you destroyed New York, your appetite for destruction is quenched completely. At which point you revert back to a human and suddenly have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. And then the alien bug appears to congratulate you]].
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: From a BeastMan who's at least human-sized, to a freakin' ''kaiju''. And then grow some more.
* NotZilla: The first kaiju form you obtain as soon as you reach New York, resembling the classic Godzilla-esque dinosaur kaiju, albeit one with horns. And you keep on growing and growing.
* OmnicidalManiac: The alien bug's sole MO is by infecting life-forms and having them destroy everything, because ''it wants to''. And you're it's UnwittingPawn.
* {{Salaryman}}: You start off as one working a dull, mundane job, and in fact after gaining superhuman strength one of the first levels have you destroying your office.
* UnstoppableRage: The Rage Level above your Health at the bottom of the screen, which grants you enhanced strength and destruction capability as well as increased durability.
* WasOnceAMan: You used to be a boring ol' salaryman, with a family of your own. Now you're a world-destroying monster. [[spoiler:The ending cutscene have you turning back to a man, but ''now'' the alien bug infects your baby instead]].
* WeaponizedLandmark: The game's FinalBoss is [[spoiler:the Statue of Liberty, converted into a mech in a last-ditch attempt to fight you. Her torch can fire electricity, for starters]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your family appears in the opening cinematics, but shortly after you get injected with the alien bug's venom and starts destroying your own house, your wife suddenly disappears. [[spoiler:Subverted with your baby - in the final cutscene, after you destroyed New York and reverts to human, you then unexpectedly finds your baby in the city's ruins - and possessed by a ''new'' alien strain]].
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The things that hound you, everything that constraints you... \\
Destroy them!
''Hakaiou: King of Crusher'' is a 1998 Japan-exclusive {{kaiju}} (because "Japan" and "kaiju" goes so well hand-in-hand, don't they?) action game made by Dentsu Inc. and Disc Garage for the UsefulNotes/PlayStation1.
You play as an unnamed, blue-collared office worker in 1990s Tokyo working a boring, 9-5 job, dealing with office life while simultaneously spending time with your wife and baby child. But as you deal with frustration of everyday, office life, and wishing for "something exciting" to happen for once, an alien bug unexpectedly arrives on earth and stings you.
Before you knew it, you are suddenly consumed by rage. And fury. And an urge to destroy everything in sight. With superhuman strength and power raging through your veins as you start wrecking everything in sight. And the more you destroy, the larger you grow - in both your size and appetite for destruction - as you take on multiple monstrous features, starting as a werewolf-life beastman form to a giant humanoid the size of a house to becoming a Godzilla-esque monster. And as your appetite for destruction grows out of control, you proceed on an unstoppable, destructive rampage from Tokyo to New York.
And no, there is no turning back for you now. Not ever...
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!! Destroy the World. You know you ''want'' to.
* TheBadGuyWins: Depending on your definition of "bad guy"... the game have you transforming into a monster and destroying the world, and even succeeds in the final level when you turned New York, the last city on earth, into a wasteland. [[spoiler:But then you revert back to human, and are congratulated by the alien bug who bit you and turned you into a monster in the first place. Who then infects your baby before the credits roll]].
* BeastMan: The first monstrous form you obtain, as a reptilian-WolfMan hybrid creature who's at least human-sized, but strong enough to rip apart vehicles and shrug off rounds fired by policemen.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: You wished for an escape from your boring, mundane office life. The alien bug grants your wish by injecting you with some kind of monstrous venom, turning you into a city-destroying super-monster.
* BigApplesauce: The game's last few levels are set in New York, the very last city on earth you'll destroy.
* BigBad: While your unnamed protagonist isn't intentionally hostile, the game does have a main villain, in the form of the alien bug who injects you with a monstrous venom. Because said bug is a highly-manipulative alien creature who ''wants'' to destroy entire worlds, and it's using ''you'' as it's pawn. [[spoiler:The bug even ''screws you over'' in the final cutscene - by infecting your baby with another dose of it's venom, turning your child into another monster to start the cycle of destruction anew]].
* TheCorruptor: The unnamed alien bug. Not only does it discreetly begins your transformation into a monster, in-between cutscenes it also fuels your rage and desire for destruction by telepathically telling you, "Destroy everything. You know you want to..."
* DeathOfAThousandCuts:
** In your first monstrous form (where you're still human-sized, albeit with enhanced strength), if your rage meter is depleted, you can still destroy entire buildings by ''punching'' them repeatedly. It's pretty tedious, but gets the job done.
** This trope can apply to you in the New York stages, when you're a giant ''kaiju'' at that point. Gunfire from helicopters and armoured vehicles does ScratchDamage to your health, but when fired in concentrated bursts your life meter then visibly depletes until you clear the level.
* DramaticShattering: In the opening cinematics, after the alien bug bit you, you then drop your cup of cup of milk. Including a close-up of the cup landing on the floor and shattering in slow-mo.
* GiantFlyer: [[spoiler:Your final form have you sprouting wings, as well as granted the ability of breathing fire, turning into a draconic monster as you swoop above Manhattan and rain destruction from the skies]].
* HelicopterFlyswatter: In your first form as a kaiju, this is how you deal with military helicopters attacking you - by jumping and swatting them out of the skies.
* HulkingOut: How your first transformation out of your human shell is depicted. After destroying your office (as a human), you then escape into the city outskirts, only for you to burst out your clothes into a reptilian-wolf beast-man form (MagicPants included).
* HumanityEnsues: [[spoiler:In the final stage, after you destroyed New York, your appetite for destruction is quenched completely. At which point you revert back to a human and suddenly have a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment. And then the alien bug appears to congratulate you]].
* MakeMyMonsterGrow: From a BeastMan who's at least human-sized, to a freakin' ''kaiju''. And then grow some more.
* NotZilla: The first kaiju form you obtain as soon as you reach New York, resembling the classic Godzilla-esque dinosaur kaiju, albeit one with horns. And you keep on growing and growing.
* OmnicidalManiac: The alien bug's sole MO is by infecting life-forms and having them destroy everything, because ''it wants to''. And you're it's UnwittingPawn.
* {{Salaryman}}: You start off as one working a dull, mundane job, and in fact after gaining superhuman strength one of the first levels have you destroying your office.
* UnstoppableRage: The Rage Level above your Health at the bottom of the screen, which grants you enhanced strength and destruction capability as well as increased durability.
* WasOnceAMan: You used to be a boring ol' salaryman, with a family of your own. Now you're a world-destroying monster. [[spoiler:The ending cutscene have you turning back to a man, but ''now'' the alien bug infects your baby instead]].
* WeaponizedLandmark: The game's FinalBoss is [[spoiler:the Statue of Liberty, converted into a mech in a last-ditch attempt to fight you. Her torch can fire electricity, for starters]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Your family appears in the opening cinematics, but shortly after you get injected with the alien bug's venom and starts destroying your own house, your wife suddenly disappears. [[spoiler:Subverted with your baby - in the final cutscene, after you destroyed New York and reverts to human, you then unexpectedly finds your baby in the city's ruins - and possessed by a ''new'' alien strain]].
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