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''Thunder Hoop'' is a 1992 arcade RunAndGun-platformer hybrid made by Spanish company Gaelco (the same guys behind ''VideoGame/BiomechanicalToy''), one of the company's many titles released during it's peak of operations during the 90s.
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''Thunder Hoop'' is a 1992 arcade RunAndGun-platformer hybrid made by Spanish company Gaelco (the same guys behind ''VideoGame/BiomechanicalToy''), one of the company's many titles released during it's its peak of operations during the 90s.
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Thunder Hoop was not killed in the lab explosion in the sequel; Dr. Genbreak was. And the lab was still exploding around TH when the screen faded to black; it is implied that TH escaped from the lab afterward.
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* CameraAbuse: The second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop picking up and throwing the "R.I.P. Genbreak" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
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* CameraAbuse: The second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop picking up and throwing the stone slab that says "R.I.P. Genbreak" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreak's final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base is exploding around Thunder Hoop before the screen fades to black, leaving the audience to wonder what happened to him. It is implied that he escaped from the lab afterwards, because after the end credits appear over a black screen with a stone slab that says "R.I.P. Genbreak", he is shown picking up the slab and throwing it into the camera.]]
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* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreak's final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen with the "R.I.P. Genbreak" sign, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the sign into the camera.]]
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* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory than its predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
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* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory gorier than its predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
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* CameraAbuse: The second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop throwing the "Game Over" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
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* CameraAbuse: The second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop picking up and throwing the "Game Over" "R.I.P. Genbreak" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
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* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera.]]
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* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' Genbreak's final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, screen with the "R.I.P. Genbreak" sign, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera.]]
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* BeastMan: Unlike the first game where the enemies and bosses are gigantic monsters, the sequel have many animal-human hybrids, from frog, lizard and dog-people mooks to the turtle-man and bat-human bosses.
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* BeastMan: Unlike the first game where the enemies and bosses are gigantic monsters, the sequel have has many animal-human hybrids, from frog, lizard and dog-people mooks to the turtle-man and bat-human bosses.
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* BodyOfBodies: Skuas from the first game, an amalgamation of insect, reptilian and assorted organs into a monstrous form. Thankfully it's tethered to the ground and easy to hit, though it still have CombatTentacles.
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* BodyOfBodies: Skuas from the first game, an amalgamation of insect, reptilian and assorted organs into a monstrous form. Thankfully it's tethered to the ground and easy to hit, though it still have has CombatTentacles.
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** Played straight for several enemies birthed from incubation pods or mutant eggs, who immediately attacks Thunder Hoop on sight.
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** Played straight for several enemies birthed from incubation pods or mutant eggs, who immediately attacks attack Thunder Hoop on sight.
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As narrated by the opening, in the future a rogue geneticist named Dr. DANIEL GENBREAK have unleashed his creations on humanity, and to counter Genbreak's creations, a top-secret SuperSoldier research called the "Thunder Hoop" Project, is developed. Said project manifests into a humanoid form as a teenager, albeit one with superhuman strength, agility and stamina, and the abilities to launch energy blasts from his hands. After escaping the lab he's created in, Thunder Hoop makes a beeline for Genbreak's mutant-infested laboratories to put an end to the mutation outbreak.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decade have passed since Genbreak Lab's destruction, but Dr. Genbreak, having survived the events of the first game, is back for revenge. A now-adult Thunder Hoop must fight him again. Said sequel forgoes most of the platforming elements from the original, making it a far more straightforward RunAndGun actioner.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decade have passed since Genbreak Lab's destruction, but Dr. Genbreak, having survived the events of the first game, is back for revenge. A now-adult Thunder Hoop must fight him again. Said sequel forgoes most of the platforming elements from the original, making it a far more straightforward RunAndGun actioner.
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As narrated by the opening, in the future a rogue geneticist named Dr. DANIEL GENBREAK have has unleashed his creations on humanity, and to counter Genbreak's creations, a top-secret SuperSoldier research called the "Thunder Hoop" Project, Project is developed. Said project manifests into a humanoid form as a teenager, albeit one with superhuman strength, agility and stamina, and the abilities ability to launch energy blasts from his hands. After escaping the lab he's created in, Thunder Hoop makes a beeline for Genbreak's mutant-infested laboratories to put an end to the mutation outbreak.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decadehave has passed since Genbreak Lab's destruction, but Dr. Genbreak, having survived the events of the first game, is back for revenge. A now-adult Thunder Hoop must fight him again. Said sequel forgoes most of the platforming elements from the original, making it a far more straightforward RunAndGun actioner.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decade
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The second stage is set in one such sewer below Genbreak Labs, infested with assorted monsters and containing multiple platforms Thunder Kid can leap around.
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* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The second stage is set in one such sewer below Genbreak Labs, infested with assorted monsters and containing multiple platforms Thunder Kid Hoop can leap around.
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* AnimationBump: ''Strike Back'' has far more crisp, improved animation compared to the first, and the graphics used for enemies and the titular character's attacks took a massive leap ahead.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions of Hamburs however dies in one hit.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainly does, in both games.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions of Hamburs however dies in one hit.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainly does, in both games.
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* AnimationBump: ''Strike ''Strikes Back'' has far more crisp, improved animation compared to the first, and the graphics used for enemies and the titular character's attacks took a massive leap ahead.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions ofHamburs however dies Hamburs, however, die in one hit.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainlydoes, wears one, in both games.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions of
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainly
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* BattleAura: Happens whenever Thunder Hoop charges himself when his power is at maximum. In both games. Which coats him in a golden sphere of energy that damages everything in his way, though the sphere disappears once Thunder Hoop's power runs low.
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* BattleAura: Happens whenever Thunder Hoop charges himself when his power is at maximum. In maximum, in both games. Which games, which coats him in a golden sphere of energy that damages everything in his way, though the sphere disappears once Thunder Hoop's power runs low.
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* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory than it's predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
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* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory than it's its predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
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* CreepilyLongArms: The human-amphibian boss in the sequel have elongated, webbed claws which he will use to claw at Thunder Hoop from a distance.
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* CreepilyLongArms: The human-amphibian boss in the sequel have has elongated, webbed claws which he will use to claw at Thunder Hoop from a distance.
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** One of the mutant creatures, Madmachine, having fused itself with a lumberjack vehicle, have a disc attached to it's front. Which it uses either to slice up Thunder Hoop while ramming towards him, or launch the saw from a distance (and then regenerate a new one).
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc in it's claws, which it uses to attack Thunder Hoop.
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc in it's claws, which it uses to attack Thunder Hoop.
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** One of the mutant creatures, Madmachine, having fused itself with a lumberjack vehicle, have has a disc attached to it's front. Which its front, which it uses either to slice up Thunder Hoop while ramming towards him, him or launch the saw from a distance (and then regenerate a new one).
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc init's its claws, which it uses to attack Thunder Hoop.
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc in
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* MirrorMatch: Negative, the game's FinalBoss and the hero's EvilCounterpart released by Professor Genbreak in a last-ditch attempt to stop Thunder Hoop. He's the only humanoid boss with ranged, HandBlast attacks like the titular hero, and the subsequent boss fight have Thunder Hoop and his clone swapping energy bolts until one goes down.
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* MirrorMatch: Negative, the game's FinalBoss and the hero's EvilCounterpart released by Professor Genbreak in a last-ditch attempt to stop Thunder Hoop. He's the only humanoid boss with ranged, HandBlast attacks like the titular hero, and the subsequent boss fight have has Thunder Hoop and his clone swapping energy bolts until one goes down.
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** Mutant eggs, which can spawn multiple enemies, though it has it's limits; after creating a certain amount of mooks, the eggs dissolves on it's own (of course, it can also be destroyed by Thunder Hoop's energy blasts).
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** Mutant eggs, each of which can spawn multiple enemies, though it has it's its limits; after creating a certain amount of mooks, the eggs egg dissolves on it's its own (of course, it can also be destroyed by Thunder Hoop's energy blasts).
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* NonActionBigBad: The game's main villain, Dr. Genbreak, spends the entire game seated in his lab and ordering his science staff around, and activating his legions of monster bosses to keep Thunder Hoop at bay. The final confrontation have him sending a clone of Thunder Hoop instead, and once the FinalBoss is defeated, Thunder Hoop destroys Dr. Genbreak's lab automatically in a cutscene.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera]].
* PeopleJars: How Thunder Hoop is depicted as a test subject in the first game's cinematics. In the "Continue?" screen if the player lose a life, Thunder Hoop is depicted as trapped in another tank of liquid as a GameOverMan unless the player uses a continue.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "Mutant Rath") shows up, unsurprisingly, in the sewer stage. They're one of the few animal-based enemies in the game (well, save for being oversized), unlike everything else which are mutated freaks, though they first appear as normal-sized rodents before enlarging themselves when Thunder Hoop appears.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera]].
* PeopleJars: How Thunder Hoop is depicted as a test subject in the first game's cinematics. In the "Continue?" screen if the player lose a life, Thunder Hoop is depicted as trapped in another tank of liquid as a GameOverMan unless the player uses a continue.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "Mutant Rath") shows up, unsurprisingly, in the sewer stage. They're one of the few animal-based enemies in the game (well, save for being oversized), unlike everything else which are mutated freaks, though they first appear as normal-sized rodents before enlarging themselves when Thunder Hoop appears.
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* NonActionBigBad: The game's main villain, Dr. Genbreak, spends the entire game seated in his lab and ordering his science staff around, and activating his legions of monster bosses to keep Thunder Hoop at bay. The final confrontation have has him sending a clone of Thunder Hoop instead, and once the FinalBoss is defeated, Thunder Hoop destroys Dr. Genbreak's lab automatically in a cutscene.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into thecamera]].
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* PeopleJars: How Thunder Hoop is depicted as a test subject in the first game's cinematics. In the "Continue?" screen if the playerlose loses a life, Thunder Hoop is depicted as trapped in another tank of liquid as a GameOverMan unless the player uses a continue.
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "MutantRath") shows Raths") show up, unsurprisingly, in the sewer stage. They're one of the few animal-based enemies in the game (well, save for being oversized), unlike everything else which the others that are mutated freaks, though they first appear as normal-sized rodents before enlarging themselves when Thunder Hoop appears.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the
* PeopleJars: How Thunder Hoop is depicted as a test subject in the first game's cinematics. In the "Continue?" screen if the player
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "Mutant
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** The Killball, pillbug-men mutant enemies, bipedal pill bugs on two-legs, can roll themselves into a ball to tackle Thunder Hoop.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over the place. Even staying in mid-air while in ball form and spamming his energy blasts while curled up.
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground with it's body depected as purple segmented orbs. Said monster can [[DetachmentCombat detach it's head into a missile]] to attack Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreak labs]]. This was followed in the sequel, ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over the place. Even staying in mid-air while in ball form and spamming his energy blasts while curled up.
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground with it's body depected as purple segmented orbs. Said monster can [[DetachmentCombat detach it's head into a missile]] to attack Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreak labs]]. This was followed in the sequel, ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''.
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** The Killball, Killballs, pillbug-men mutant enemies, bipedal pill bugs on two-legs, can roll themselves into a ball to tackle Thunder Hoop.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over theplace. Even place, even staying in mid-air while in ball form and spamming his energy blasts while curled up.
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground withit's its body depected as purple segmented orbs. Said monster can [[DetachmentCombat detach it's its head into a missile]] to attack Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreaklabs]]. labs.]] This was followed in the sequel, ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over the
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground with
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreak
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* SwampsAreEvil: The original game's fourth stage is set in a monster-infested swamp, featuring a MuckMonster, Korgan rising out a pool of slime as it's boss.
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* SwampsAreEvil: The original game's fourth stage is set in a monster-infested swamp, featuring a MuckMonster, Korgan rising out a pool of slime as it's its boss.
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* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The sequel have one of these halfway through when Thunder Hoop charges his energy to maximum, gaining a fiery energy aura around him that propels him across outer space, where the game goes from fighting mutants on foot to a ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''-style horizontal space shooter.
* UniqueEnemy: The second game have two blue-skinned mutants who swings a pair of {{Epic Flail}}s at Thunder Kid, capable of deflecting his energy blasts besides throwing those flails as a ranged attack, but they're pretty much just mooks among the enemies.
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgitate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Thunder Hoop in the sequel spends the whole game kicking ass shirtless, just to complete his "[[HeIsAllGrownUp badass as an adult]]" look.
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from the films).
* UniqueEnemy: The second game have two blue-skinned mutants who swings a pair of {{Epic Flail}}s at Thunder Kid, capable of deflecting his energy blasts besides throwing those flails as a ranged attack, but they're pretty much just mooks among the enemies.
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgitate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Thunder Hoop in the sequel spends the whole game kicking ass shirtless, just to complete his "[[HeIsAllGrownUp badass as an adult]]" look.
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from the films).
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* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The sequel have has one of these halfway through when Thunder Hoop charges his energy to maximum, gaining a fiery energy aura around him that propels him across outer space, where the game goes from fighting mutants on foot to a ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''-style horizontal space shooter.
* UniqueEnemy: The second gamehave has two blue-skinned mutants who swings a pair swing pairs of {{Epic Flail}}s at Thunder Kid, capable of deflecting his their energy blasts besides throwing those flails as a ranged attack, but they're pretty much just mooks among the enemies.
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop intoit's its maws, or regurgitate garbage and debris it has swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Thunder Hoop in the sequel spends the whole game kicking ass shirtless, just to complete his"[[HeIsAllGrownUp "[[SheIsAllGrownUp badass as an adult]]" look.
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from thefilms).films.)
* UniqueEnemy: The second game
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into
* WalkingShirtlessScene: Thunder Hoop in the sequel spends the whole game kicking ass shirtless, just to complete his
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from the
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* TurtlePower: The first boss of ''Strike Back'', a bipedal humanoid-turtle monster. Who will repeatedly attempt ramming Thunder Hoop with the back spikes of his shell.
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* {{Mutant}}: Most of the enemies, due to being genetically-created beings made in Dr. Genbreak's labs. Technically the titular hero counts as this also since he's an artificially-created bio-weapon.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Thunder Hoop in the sequel spends the whole game kicking ass shirtless, just to complete his "[[HeIsAllGrownUp badass as an adult]]" look.
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* CameraAbuse: THe second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop throwing the "Game Over" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed by Creator/RobLiefield".
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed by Creator/RobLiefield".
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* CameraAbuse: THe The second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop throwing the "Game Over" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed byCreator/RobLiefield".Creator/RobLiefeld".
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed by
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--> Professor DANIEL GENBREAK, well-known as a brilliantr but eccecntric genetic designer, is on the brink on solving what will be his highest achievement yet in a current laboratory project.\\
GENBREAK is bannished from the labs accused of having deviated from the experiment to one which cound put the WORLD IN DANGER by the creation od a mass of uncontrollable beings...\\
[[caption-width-right:190:Thunder in the Hoop!]]
--> Professor DANIEL GENBREAK, well-known as a brilliantr but eccecntric genetic designer, is on the brink on solving what will be his highest achievement yet in a current laboratory project.\\
GENBREAK is bannished from the labs accused of having deviated from the experiment to one which cound put the WORLD IN DANGER by the creation od a mass of uncontrollable beings...\\
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--> Professor DANIEL GENBREAK, well-known as a
GENBREAK is
* PeopleJars: How Thunder Hoop is depicted as a test subject in the first game's cinematics. In the "Continue?" screen if the player lose a life, Thunder Hoop is depicted as trapped in another tank of liquid as a GameOverMan unless the player uses a continue.
* SuperSoldier: Thunder Hoop, who is developed as a bio-weapon against the mutants.
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* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgiate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
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* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgiate regurgitate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
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[[caption-width-right:190:Thunder in the Hoop!]]
--> Professor DANIEL GENBREAK, well-known as a brilliantr but eccecntric genetic designer, is on the brink on solving what will be his highest achievement yet in a current laboratory project.\\
GENBREAK is bannished from the labs accused of having deviated from the experiment to one which cound put the WORLD IN DANGER by the creation od a mass of uncontrollable beings...\\
Blind with rage on account of his dismissal, GENBREAK decides to make by the thousands his evil creations, spreading panic and destruction... \\
Thereby the NEW LIFE LABORATORIES develop a powerful vaccine superior to the rest of the experiments; an ANTIDOTE for the evil "GENBREAK VIRUS" which will later be named...
---> The game's opening backstory InfoDump; CapsLock intentional
''[[TitleDrop Thunder Hoop]]''. Well, that's what [[ProtagonistTitle the game's title is]].
''Thunder Hoop'' is a 1992 arcade RunAndGun-platformer hybrid made by Spanish company Gaelco (the same guys behind ''VideoGame/BiomechanicalToy''), one of the company's many titles released during it's peak of operations during the 90s.
As narrated by the opening, in the future a rogue geneticist named Dr. DANIEL GENBREAK have unleashed his creations on humanity, and to counter Genbreak's creations, a top-secret SuperSoldier research called the "Thunder Hoop" Project, is developed. Said project manifests into a humanoid form as a teenager, albeit one with superhuman strength, agility and stamina, and the abilities to launch energy blasts from his hands. After escaping the lab he's created in, Thunder Hoop makes a beeline for Genbreak's mutant-infested laboratories to put an end to the mutation outbreak.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decade have passed since Genbreak Lab's destruction, but Dr. Genbreak, having survived the events of the first game, is back for revenge. A now-adult Thunder Hoop must fight him again. Said sequel forgoes most of the platforming elements from the original, making it a far more straightforward RunAndGun actioner.
A third game, ''Thunder Hoop III'', was planned, but cancelled in the last minute for reasons unknown.
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!! The "Thunder Hoop" duology contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The second stage is set in one such sewer below Genbreak Labs, infested with assorted monsters and containing multiple platforms Thunder Kid can leap around.
* AcidPool: Green pools of acid in Genbreak Labs are a recurring hazard in both games, and dropping in any of them will lead to Thunder Hoop losing a life.
* AlienBlood: Mutant enemies in both games tends to bleed green or blue when killed.
* AnimationBump: ''Strike Back'' has far more crisp, improved animation compared to the first, and the graphics used for enemies and the titular character's attacks took a massive leap ahead.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions of Hamburs however dies in one hit.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainly does, in both games.
* BatPeople: One of the bosses in the sequel, a humanoid-bat mutant who spends the whole stage swooping around Thunder Hoop while [[TechnicolorFire breathing green fireballs]].
* BattleAura: Happens whenever Thunder Hoop charges himself when his power is at maximum. In both games. Which coats him in a golden sphere of energy that damages everything in his way, though the sphere disappears once Thunder Hoop's power runs low.
* BeastMan: Unlike the first game where the enemies and bosses are gigantic monsters, the sequel have many animal-human hybrids, from frog, lizard and dog-people mooks to the turtle-man and bat-human bosses.
* BlobMonster: A recurring enemy type Thunder Hoop frequently encounters, from small, crawling gelatinous ("Babosa") easy-to-kill blue blobs with eyes to slightly larger green blobs with two legs ("Bouble").
* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory than it's predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
* BodyOfBodies: Skuas from the first game, an amalgamation of insect, reptilian and assorted organs into a monstrous form. Thankfully it's tethered to the ground and easy to hit, though it still have CombatTentacles.
* BornAsAnAdult:
** Downplayed with Thunder Hoop himself, who's born as a teenager.
** Played straight for several enemies birthed from incubation pods or mutant eggs, who immediately attacks Thunder Hoop on sight.
* CameraAbuse: THe second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop throwing the "Game Over" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed by Creator/RobLiefield".
* CreepilyLongArms: The human-amphibian boss in the sequel have elongated, webbed claws which he will use to claw at Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* DeadlyDisc:
** One of the mutant creatures, Madmachine, having fused itself with a lumberjack vehicle, have a disc attached to it's front. Which it uses either to slice up Thunder Hoop while ramming towards him, or launch the saw from a distance (and then regenerate a new one).
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc in it's claws, which it uses to attack Thunder Hoop.
* DownInTheDumps: The stage immediately following the sewers is set in a gigantic junkyard filled with mutants.
* EscapedFromTheLab: In the backstory, Thunder Hoop, the artificially-created superhuman, managed to escape Genbreak Labs in the middle of an outbreak.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: The game's main villain, Dr. Daniel Genbreak, is a rogue geneticist whose experiments got him sacked from the scientific community. He then unleashes the legions of creatures he created in his secret lab in response, leading to a massive outbreak of mutated monstrosities all over the city.
* {{Fartillery}}: The blue, bipedal "Peth" enemies, mutants who fart weak projectiles at Thunder Hoop as an attack. They're truly one of the most hilariously outrageous enemy types in the game.
* FiendishFish: Fishes appearing throughout the game are all enemies, which attacks Thunder Hoop on sight, whether they're the flying fishes on ground environments or underwater levels.
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial:
** There are multiple areas containing flying fishes (called "Flyfish", yeah pretty creative) as enemies, even though most of these are absolutely far away from water. Somehow.
** The sequel has winged PsychoElectricEel enemies.
* FrogMen: Frog-human mutants are another recurring enemy introduced in the sequel.
* GoombaSpringboard:
** You might notice enemies tend to show up in large numbers in certain areas (and moving in a cyclical pattern), for good reasons. Most of these areas either contains hidden ledges or bonuses on top of the screen, without any platforms available, so instead Thunder Hoop will simply jump on enemies' heads (rather than blasting them from a distance) to gain higher ground.
** The first game have a long corridor where [[TheGroundIsLava the ground is toxic waste]], with platforms too far apart for Thunder Hoop to cross. But conveniently there are plenty of flying enemies and octopus-creatures jumping out of the toxic, form Thunder Hoop to use as Goomba platforms.
* GoombaStomp: One of the methods available in both games, for Thunder Hoop to take down enemies with.
* HandBlast: The method used by Thunder Hoop to attack lab-grown mutations from afar.
* HarmlessEnemy: The yellow, screw-shaped mutant critters with a dopey face are completely motionless, unable to move around while suspended in the air, can't hurt Thunder Hoop when touched, and exists for the hero to use as temporary platforms.
* HeliCritter: One of the minor enemies, Helix, octopus-like creatures with propellers on their heads.
* InflatingBodyGag: In the second game, human enemies hit by Thunder Hoop's blasts will somehow comically inflate before exploding.
* LizardFolk: The lizard-midget enemies in the sequel, who stood up to Thunder Hoop's waist and tries attacking him with their [[BladeBelowTheShoulder dual arm-blades]].
* MirrorMatch: Negative, the game's FinalBoss and the hero's EvilCounterpart released by Professor Genbreak in a last-ditch attempt to stop Thunder Hoop. He's the only humanoid boss with ranged, HandBlast attacks like the titular hero, and the subsequent boss fight have Thunder Hoop and his clone swapping energy bolts until one goes down.
* MookMaker:
** The "Mother" enemy is a stationary flesh sac underwater, who will release hordes and hordes of her offsprings to attack Thunder Hoop.
** Mutant eggs, which can spawn multiple enemies, though it has it's limits; after creating a certain amount of mooks, the eggs dissolves on it's own (of course, it can also be destroyed by Thunder Hoop's energy blasts).
* NonActionBigBad: The game's main villain, Dr. Genbreak, spends the entire game seated in his lab and ordering his science staff around, and activating his legions of monster bosses to keep Thunder Hoop at bay. The final confrontation have him sending a clone of Thunder Hoop instead, and once the FinalBoss is defeated, Thunder Hoop destroys Dr. Genbreak's lab automatically in a cutscene.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera]].
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "Mutant Rath") shows up, unsurprisingly, in the sewer stage. They're one of the few animal-based enemies in the game (well, save for being oversized), unlike everything else which are mutated freaks, though they first appear as normal-sized rodents before enlarging themselves when Thunder Hoop appears.
* RollingAttack:
**The Killball, pillbug-men mutant enemies, bipedal pill bugs on two-legs, can roll themselves into a ball to tackle Thunder Hoop.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over the place. Even staying in mid-air while in ball form and spamming his energy blasts while curled up.
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground with it's body depected as purple segmented orbs. Said monster can [[DetachmentCombat detach it's head into a missile]] to attack Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreak labs]]. This was followed in the sequel, ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''.
* SinisterStingrays: The "Manta" enemies are flying rays, one of the many FlyingSeafoodSpecial-veriety of enemies created by Genbreak labs.
* SlipperyAsAnEel: The eel-like Angul enemies in the underwater levels are hostile and attacks Thunder Hoop in sight.
* SpaceBase: The entirety of ''Strikes Back'' is set in one of these operated by the villains.
* StationaryBoss: All the bosses except the last one, basically. The purple serpent monster is attached to the ground, as is Squas the mass of giant insect organs. Meanwhile Dust sticks it's head out from the right corner, while Korgan is confined in a slime pool.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Thunder Hoop can stay submerged underwater for extended periods of time, and even making his trademark "Yep! Yep! Yep!" roar every time he fires a shot at enemies. There are in fact entire levels set underwater and Thunder Hoop can move around or remain stationary for several minutes just fine. Justified since he's an artificial, lab-created human.
* SwampsAreEvil: The original game's fourth stage is set in a monster-infested swamp, featuring a MuckMonster, Korgan rising out a pool of slime as it's boss.
* SynchronizedSwarming: Certain groups of smaller, flying enemies, including bugs, floating blobs, the dissolved versions of the gigantic Hamburs and ''flying sperm'' ('''yes'''), will move in a circular motion drawing patterns in a single spot. It allows Thunder Hoop to hop on them and bounce from one enemy to another while remaining mid-air on the same spot for several seconds.
* TurtlePower: The first boss of ''Strike Back'', a bipedal humanoid-turtle monster. Who will repeatedly attempt ramming Thunder Hoop with the back spikes of his shell.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The sequel have one of these halfway through when Thunder Hoop charges his energy to maximum, gaining a fiery energy aura around him that propels him across outer space, where the game goes from fighting mutants on foot to a ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''-style horizontal space shooter.
* UniqueEnemy: The second game have two blue-skinned mutants who swings a pair of {{Epic Flail}}s at Thunder Kid, capable of deflecting his energy blasts besides throwing those flails as a ranged attack, but they're pretty much just mooks among the enemies.
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgiate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from the films).
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[[caption-width-right:190:Thunder in the Hoop!]]
--> Professor DANIEL GENBREAK, well-known as a brilliantr but eccecntric genetic designer, is on the brink on solving what will be his highest achievement yet in a current laboratory project.\\
GENBREAK is bannished from the labs accused of having deviated from the experiment to one which cound put the WORLD IN DANGER by the creation od a mass of uncontrollable beings...\\
Blind with rage on account of his dismissal, GENBREAK decides to make by the thousands his evil creations, spreading panic and destruction... \\
Thereby the NEW LIFE LABORATORIES develop a powerful vaccine superior to the rest of the experiments; an ANTIDOTE for the evil "GENBREAK VIRUS" which will later be named...
---> The game's opening backstory InfoDump; CapsLock intentional
''[[TitleDrop Thunder Hoop]]''. Well, that's what [[ProtagonistTitle the game's title is]].
''Thunder Hoop'' is a 1992 arcade RunAndGun-platformer hybrid made by Spanish company Gaelco (the same guys behind ''VideoGame/BiomechanicalToy''), one of the company's many titles released during it's peak of operations during the 90s.
As narrated by the opening, in the future a rogue geneticist named Dr. DANIEL GENBREAK have unleashed his creations on humanity, and to counter Genbreak's creations, a top-secret SuperSoldier research called the "Thunder Hoop" Project, is developed. Said project manifests into a humanoid form as a teenager, albeit one with superhuman strength, agility and stamina, and the abilities to launch energy blasts from his hands. After escaping the lab he's created in, Thunder Hoop makes a beeline for Genbreak's mutant-infested laboratories to put an end to the mutation outbreak.
A sequel is released a couple years later, called ''Thunder Hoop 2'' (or ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''). In-universe, a decade have passed since Genbreak Lab's destruction, but Dr. Genbreak, having survived the events of the first game, is back for revenge. A now-adult Thunder Hoop must fight him again. Said sequel forgoes most of the platforming elements from the original, making it a far more straightforward RunAndGun actioner.
A third game, ''Thunder Hoop III'', was planned, but cancelled in the last minute for reasons unknown.
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!! The "Thunder Hoop" duology contains examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: The second stage is set in one such sewer below Genbreak Labs, infested with assorted monsters and containing multiple platforms Thunder Kid can leap around.
* AcidPool: Green pools of acid in Genbreak Labs are a recurring hazard in both games, and dropping in any of them will lead to Thunder Hoop losing a life.
* AlienBlood: Mutant enemies in both games tends to bleed green or blue when killed.
* AnimationBump: ''Strike Back'' has far more crisp, improved animation compared to the first, and the graphics used for enemies and the titular character's attacks took a massive leap ahead.
* AsteroidsMonster: The Hambur, a gigantic floating lizard-head mutant enemy requiring multiple hits to kill, who upon being shot to bits will explode into a dozen smaller floating Hamburs. The smaller versions of Hamburs however dies in one hit.
* BadassesWearBandanas: Thunder Hoop, the player character, and an all-powerful mutant-killing badass, certainly does, in both games.
* BatPeople: One of the bosses in the sequel, a humanoid-bat mutant who spends the whole stage swooping around Thunder Hoop while [[TechnicolorFire breathing green fireballs]].
* BattleAura: Happens whenever Thunder Hoop charges himself when his power is at maximum. In both games. Which coats him in a golden sphere of energy that damages everything in his way, though the sphere disappears once Thunder Hoop's power runs low.
* BeastMan: Unlike the first game where the enemies and bosses are gigantic monsters, the sequel have many animal-human hybrids, from frog, lizard and dog-people mooks to the turtle-man and bat-human bosses.
* BlobMonster: A recurring enemy type Thunder Hoop frequently encounters, from small, crawling gelatinous ("Babosa") easy-to-kill blue blobs with eyes to slightly larger green blobs with two legs ("Bouble").
* BloodierAndGorier: ''Strikes Back'' is noticeably more violent and gory than it's predecessor. The original game's comic-like nature is all but gone, and the onscreen deaths are far more graphic and {{gorn}}-tastic.
* BodyOfBodies: Skuas from the first game, an amalgamation of insect, reptilian and assorted organs into a monstrous form. Thankfully it's tethered to the ground and easy to hit, though it still have CombatTentacles.
* BornAsAnAdult:
** Downplayed with Thunder Hoop himself, who's born as a teenager.
** Played straight for several enemies birthed from incubation pods or mutant eggs, who immediately attacks Thunder Hoop on sight.
* CameraAbuse: THe second game's ending cinematics concludes with Thunder Hoop throwing the "Game Over" sign towards the camera. Complete with cracking lens!
* CaptainErsatz: Thunder Hoop is a rather blatant one to [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], best described as "an Creator/AkiraToriyama protagonist re-designed by Creator/RobLiefield".
* CreepilyLongArms: The human-amphibian boss in the sequel have elongated, webbed claws which he will use to claw at Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* DeadlyDisc:
** One of the mutant creatures, Madmachine, having fused itself with a lumberjack vehicle, have a disc attached to it's front. Which it uses either to slice up Thunder Hoop while ramming towards him, or launch the saw from a distance (and then regenerate a new one).
** The sequel has a red-skinned, winged reptilian monster boss who wields a circular disc in it's claws, which it uses to attack Thunder Hoop.
* DownInTheDumps: The stage immediately following the sewers is set in a gigantic junkyard filled with mutants.
* EscapedFromTheLab: In the backstory, Thunder Hoop, the artificially-created superhuman, managed to escape Genbreak Labs in the middle of an outbreak.
* EvilutionaryBiologist: The game's main villain, Dr. Daniel Genbreak, is a rogue geneticist whose experiments got him sacked from the scientific community. He then unleashes the legions of creatures he created in his secret lab in response, leading to a massive outbreak of mutated monstrosities all over the city.
* {{Fartillery}}: The blue, bipedal "Peth" enemies, mutants who fart weak projectiles at Thunder Hoop as an attack. They're truly one of the most hilariously outrageous enemy types in the game.
* FiendishFish: Fishes appearing throughout the game are all enemies, which attacks Thunder Hoop on sight, whether they're the flying fishes on ground environments or underwater levels.
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial:
** There are multiple areas containing flying fishes (called "Flyfish", yeah pretty creative) as enemies, even though most of these are absolutely far away from water. Somehow.
** The sequel has winged PsychoElectricEel enemies.
* FrogMen: Frog-human mutants are another recurring enemy introduced in the sequel.
* GoombaSpringboard:
** You might notice enemies tend to show up in large numbers in certain areas (and moving in a cyclical pattern), for good reasons. Most of these areas either contains hidden ledges or bonuses on top of the screen, without any platforms available, so instead Thunder Hoop will simply jump on enemies' heads (rather than blasting them from a distance) to gain higher ground.
** The first game have a long corridor where [[TheGroundIsLava the ground is toxic waste]], with platforms too far apart for Thunder Hoop to cross. But conveniently there are plenty of flying enemies and octopus-creatures jumping out of the toxic, form Thunder Hoop to use as Goomba platforms.
* GoombaStomp: One of the methods available in both games, for Thunder Hoop to take down enemies with.
* HandBlast: The method used by Thunder Hoop to attack lab-grown mutations from afar.
* HarmlessEnemy: The yellow, screw-shaped mutant critters with a dopey face are completely motionless, unable to move around while suspended in the air, can't hurt Thunder Hoop when touched, and exists for the hero to use as temporary platforms.
* HeliCritter: One of the minor enemies, Helix, octopus-like creatures with propellers on their heads.
* InflatingBodyGag: In the second game, human enemies hit by Thunder Hoop's blasts will somehow comically inflate before exploding.
* LizardFolk: The lizard-midget enemies in the sequel, who stood up to Thunder Hoop's waist and tries attacking him with their [[BladeBelowTheShoulder dual arm-blades]].
* MirrorMatch: Negative, the game's FinalBoss and the hero's EvilCounterpart released by Professor Genbreak in a last-ditch attempt to stop Thunder Hoop. He's the only humanoid boss with ranged, HandBlast attacks like the titular hero, and the subsequent boss fight have Thunder Hoop and his clone swapping energy bolts until one goes down.
* MookMaker:
** The "Mother" enemy is a stationary flesh sac underwater, who will release hordes and hordes of her offsprings to attack Thunder Hoop.
** Mutant eggs, which can spawn multiple enemies, though it has it's limits; after creating a certain amount of mooks, the eggs dissolves on it's own (of course, it can also be destroyed by Thunder Hoop's energy blasts).
* NonActionBigBad: The game's main villain, Dr. Genbreak, spends the entire game seated in his lab and ordering his science staff around, and activating his legions of monster bosses to keep Thunder Hoop at bay. The final confrontation have him sending a clone of Thunder Hoop instead, and once the FinalBoss is defeated, Thunder Hoop destroys Dr. Genbreak's lab automatically in a cutscene.
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler:The second game's last stage ends with Thunder Hoop finally destroying Dr. Genbreaks' final creation, blowing up the entire lab in the process, with Genbreak getting blown up in the quarters as the entire base explodes with Thunder Hoop still in the middle. Cue the end credits over a black screen, but after that Thunder Hoop reveals himself to be still alive as he flings the "Game Over" sign into the camera]].
* RodentsOfUnusualSize: Giant rats (called "Mutant Rath") shows up, unsurprisingly, in the sewer stage. They're one of the few animal-based enemies in the game (well, save for being oversized), unlike everything else which are mutated freaks, though they first appear as normal-sized rodents before enlarging themselves when Thunder Hoop appears.
* RollingAttack:
**The Killball, pillbug-men mutant enemies, bipedal pill bugs on two-legs, can roll themselves into a ball to tackle Thunder Hoop.
** There's also Negative, the FinalBoss, who gets an upgrade over the hero with the ability to roll himself bounce over the place. Even staying in mid-air while in ball form and spamming his energy blasts while curled up.
* SegmentedSerpent: The first boss of the first game, a gigantic purple serpent monster sticking out the ground with it's body depected as purple segmented orbs. Said monster can [[DetachmentCombat detach it's head into a missile]] to attack Thunder Hoop from a distance.
* SequelHook: [[spoiler:Dr. Genbreak is revealed to be still alive after destroying Genbreak labs]]. This was followed in the sequel, ''Thunder Hoop Strikes Back''.
* SinisterStingrays: The "Manta" enemies are flying rays, one of the many FlyingSeafoodSpecial-veriety of enemies created by Genbreak labs.
* SlipperyAsAnEel: The eel-like Angul enemies in the underwater levels are hostile and attacks Thunder Hoop in sight.
* SpaceBase: The entirety of ''Strikes Back'' is set in one of these operated by the villains.
* StationaryBoss: All the bosses except the last one, basically. The purple serpent monster is attached to the ground, as is Squas the mass of giant insect organs. Meanwhile Dust sticks it's head out from the right corner, while Korgan is confined in a slime pool.
* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Thunder Hoop can stay submerged underwater for extended periods of time, and even making his trademark "Yep! Yep! Yep!" roar every time he fires a shot at enemies. There are in fact entire levels set underwater and Thunder Hoop can move around or remain stationary for several minutes just fine. Justified since he's an artificial, lab-created human.
* SwampsAreEvil: The original game's fourth stage is set in a monster-infested swamp, featuring a MuckMonster, Korgan rising out a pool of slime as it's boss.
* SynchronizedSwarming: Certain groups of smaller, flying enemies, including bugs, floating blobs, the dissolved versions of the gigantic Hamburs and ''flying sperm'' ('''yes'''), will move in a circular motion drawing patterns in a single spot. It allows Thunder Hoop to hop on them and bounce from one enemy to another while remaining mid-air on the same spot for several seconds.
* TurtlePower: The first boss of ''Strike Back'', a bipedal humanoid-turtle monster. Who will repeatedly attempt ramming Thunder Hoop with the back spikes of his shell.
* UnexpectedShmupLevel: The sequel have one of these halfway through when Thunder Hoop charges his energy to maximum, gaining a fiery energy aura around him that propels him across outer space, where the game goes from fighting mutants on foot to a ''VideoGame/{{Gradius}}''-style horizontal space shooter.
* UniqueEnemy: The second game have two blue-skinned mutants who swings a pair of {{Epic Flail}}s at Thunder Kid, capable of deflecting his energy blasts besides throwing those flails as a ranged attack, but they're pretty much just mooks among the enemies.
* VacuumMouth: On the third boss, Dust, a giant fish-head monster sticking out the ground. It will alternate between trying to suck Thunder Hoop into it's maws, or regurgiate garbage and debris it swallowed towards Thunder Hoop as a ranged attack.
* XenomorphXerox: The Bass enemies are purple Xenos, complete with rounded, phallic heads and extended stinger tails. They're even hatched from fleshy eggs that opens up like petals, just like in the movies! (Though they're BornAsAnAdult immediately rather than having a chestburster-{{expy}}, and their eggs are considerably larger than those seen from the films).
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