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'''WARNING:''' Play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/projektnova/steamshovel-harry here]] before you read further, or you will GoMadFromTheRevelation.

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'''WARNING:''' Play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/projektnova/steamshovel-harry here]] before you read further, or lest you will GoMadFromTheRevelation.
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Play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/projektnova/steamshovel-harry here]].

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'''WARNING:''' Play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/projektnova/steamshovel-harry here]].
here]] before you read further, or you will GoMadFromTheRevelation.
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* RunningGag: Characters saying they have to explain things as quickly as possible, only to end up wasting even more of your time.
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Play the game [[http://www.e4.com/game/steamshovel-harry/play.e4 here]].

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Play the game [[http://www.e4.com/game/steamshovel-harry/play.e4 kongregate.com/games/projektnova/steamshovel-harry here]].
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* UnwinnableJokeGame: The entire point here.
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* UnwinnableByDesign: [[spoiler:[[UnwinnableJokeGame The entire game.]]]]
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* FakeInteractivity


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** StopHelpingMe: Also deconstructed.
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* GiantSpider: They are present in this game.

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* GiantSpider: They are present in this game. They're on the good side/friendly, unlike most cases.
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* TimedMission: you have ten minutes.

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* TimedMission: you You have ten minutes.minutes. [[spoiler:The tutorial has barely let you walk a single step before you are out of time.]]
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* [[spoiler:UnwinnableJokeGame:]] The Earth will be destroyed by a missile in ten minutes, and only you can stop it! [[spoiler:The tutorial takes 9:58 minutes, and you lose immediately afterwards.]]
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''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have ten minutes.

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''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game.game [[spoiler:or rather, a flash movie]]. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have ten minutes.
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* StopHelpingMe: Out in full force. [[spoiler: In fact, it keeps you from winning the game.]]
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* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"

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* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"Harry!]]"
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The lyrics describing Earth seem to have a lot of this.
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* PoisonIsCorrosive: The Spider King's jaws can dissolve anything

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* PoisonIsCorrosive: The Spider King's jaws can dissolve anythinganything.
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* PoisonIsCorrosive: The Spider King's jaws can dissolve anything

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''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have about 15 minutes.

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''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have about 15 ten minutes.


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* TimedMission: you have ten minutes.
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* [[spoiler:UnwinnableJokeGame]]

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* [[spoiler:UnwinnableJokeGame]][[spoiler:UnwinnableJokeGame:]] The Earth will be destroyed by a missile in ten minutes, and only you can stop it! [[spoiler:The tutorial takes 9:58 minutes, and you lose immediately afterwards.]]

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* EarWorm: You have to admit, that tutorial song ''is'' pretty damn catchy.



* ForcedTutorial

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* ForcedTutorialForcedTutorial: Deconstructed.
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* StopHelpingMe: Out in full force. [[spoiler: In fact, it keeps you from winning the game.]]
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* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics''.

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* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics''.''physics'' [[spoiler: and the tutorial itself. It succeeds.]]
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* EarWorm: You have to admit, that tutorial song ''is'' pretty damn catchy.
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* EverythingsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics''.

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* EverythingsTryingToKillYou: EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics''.
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* EverythingsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics''.
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* IntercourseWithYou: Part of the tutorial theme is taken up by the singer singing about how he can't wait to make love to physics.
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* ForcedTutorial: The tutorial of this game lasts a lot.

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* ForcedTutorial: The tutorial DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
-->It's got oceans for swimming!\\
Not acid for dying!\\
There's a moon\\
And some grass\\
Lots
of this game lasts a lot.water too\\
And more grass
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The planetary anthem goes:
-->We'll find a cure for that Plague\\
We have to admit that was our mistake
** [[spoiler:Also, the tiresomely long tutorial takes up those 15 minutes that Steamshovel Harry was supposed to use to save Earth.]]
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* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"

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* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"Harry!"
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Play the game [[http://www.e4.com/game/steamshovel-harry/play.e4 here]].



* GiantSpider: They are present in this game.

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* GiantSpider: They are present in this game.game.
* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"
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''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have about 15 minutes.

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!!Tropes present in Steamshovel Harry.
*{{Autotune}}: Used a lot in the main theme of the game.
*DeconstructionGame: To forced tutorials.
*ForcedTutorial: The tutorial of this game lasts a lot.
*GiantSpider: They are present in this game.

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