History YMMV / BionicCommando

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_UcevtPlag "Preparations."]] Specifically, 1:12-1:47. When you go to face [[spoiler:Super Joe]], that part repeats as you make your way to him, as he engages you in mocking conversation. It's one epic build-up.

** When his head exploded in the [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9cLVvVx9n4/TjdzBy70mZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ylIdjvMRXAk/s1600/hitler_master_d.jpg NES game]] and [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/explodinghitler.jpg]].

** When his head exploded in the [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9cLVvVx9n4/TjdzBy70mZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ylIdjvMRXAk/s1600/hitler_master_d.jpg NES game]] and [[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/bioniccommando/rearmed-44.jpg Rearmed game]].

** When his head exploded in the [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9cLVvVx9n4/TjdzBy70mZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ylIdjvMRXAk/s1600/hitler_master_d.jpg NES game]] and [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-O9cLVvVx9n4/TjdzBy70mZI/AAAAAAAAAEM/ylIdjvMRXAk/s1600/hitler_master_d.jpg Rearmed game]].

** The rocket launcher in the NES game. It kills virtually everything, bosses included, in one hit, and travels through enemies too, so you can kill several at a time. Needless to say, the game becomes drastically easier once you acquire the rocket launcher and there is no need to use any other weapon for the rest of the game.

* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZE4ERq4EY The Main Theme]], all games.
** The Power Plant theme, both the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRZswpGr0Hs original NES]] and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPtHTroVWPM Rearmed]] versions.
** From the sequel, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKouJEBuFzs The Gauntlet]].
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_UcevtPlag Preparations]]. Specifically, 1:12-1:47. When you go to face [[spoiler: Super Joe]], that part repeats as you make your way to him, as he engages you in mocking conversation. It's one epic build-up.

* MemeaticMutation: The 2009 sequel's plot twist has become this to some, due to how out there and confusing it is.

* MorePopularSpinOff: To an extent. The ''Rearmed'' remake was meant to promote the sequel, but ''Rearmed'' is often considered the better game, to the point of getting its own sequel (by a dev made from the remnants of the ''Rearmed'' team after GRIN went kaput) in the same style.
* OlderThanTheyThink: Most people believe that the [=NES=] game came first, but it is a sequel to an arcade game by the same name. Yes, the first [arcade], second [Nintendo], third [Game Boy] and ''fifth'' [ [=PS3/X360=] ] games are ''all'' named ''Bionic Commando''. Only ''Elite Forces'' and ''Rearmed'' break the pattern.

* ScrappyWeapon: The machine gun from the NES version. It only shoots bullets, and they have a pretty short range. Your regular weapon, that you ''start the game with'', is better in almost every way - it has long range, and with a "turbo" button-equipped controller (or Turbo feature in an emulator) fires just as fast. The fact that the machine gun is kind of out of the way, and a little tricky to actually get if you don't know how, makes it even worse.

* ThatOneLevel: Area 6, easily. Introduces bouncing mines and a {{Mook}} who spawns helicoptering mines in the first area, has some of the hardest climbing and swinging in the game at the beginning of the second area, and then a really tough and annoying rolling mine segment where {{Giant Mook}}s throw mines which roll down horizontal shafts, ''which you can't jump over - you need to use the arm to hoist yourself up (which takes time) or use springboards to go over them.'' Yeah, this level is hard, what gave you that impression?

* MematicMutation: The 2009 sequel's plot twist has become this to some, due to how out there and confusing it is.

* TheyJustDidntCare: The sequel's PC port. ''Every message about what buttons to press are in the form of console commands.'' Does ''your'' keyboard have Left Bumper or Yellow-Y?
** It's also missing any of the visual settings 99% of PC games have. So, if you're running on an older machine, you're outta luck.

* MorePopularSpinOff: To an extent. The ''Rearmed'' remake was meant to promote the sequel, but ''Rearmed'' is often considered the better game, to the point of getting its own sequel(By a dev made from the remnants of the ''Rearmed'' team after GRIN went kaput) in the same style.

* JumpTheShark: the rest of the sequel's story line suffers from this after Spencer gives the [[spoiler: Carrion Device]] to [[spoiler: Super Joe]], though certain sequences during that last hour are still very cool.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqZE4ERq4EY The Main Theme]], all games.

* NeedsMoreLove

* PlayerPunch: [[spoiler:Haley]] is killed off rather anticlimactically just before the final boss fight of ''Rearmed''. Just in case you didn't already know [[strike:Hitler]] "The Leader" was evil. Repeated with [[spoiler:Maggie]] in an even less climactic fashion.

* HarsherInHindsight: Of all things, the ''WorldsOfPower'' novelization has an instance of this. Early in the book, Rad Spencer has trouble working the bionic arm, but pulls through. When he gets through the area he speaks to the arm, telling it he'll take care of it, and it'll take care of him. Fast forward to the 2009 sequel, where Spencer's arm [[spoiler: is his wife]]...

* AlasPoorVillain: The ending to ''Rearmed 2'' has a lot of this, with Super Joe remarking that none of the game's villains were bad people, just decent folks who ended up doing bad things due to a series of unfortunate events. It also includes a HeelRealization by Super Joe, which somewhat humanizes his previous CompleteMonster portrayal in the next-gen game.

** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjYjRDc8E88 Preparations]]. Specifically, 1:12-1:47. When you go to face [[spoiler: Super Joe]], that part repeats as you make your way to him, as he engages you in mocking conversation. It's one epic build-up.

** From the sequel, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sz2Z2jGW3mU The Gauntlet]].

** From the sequel, The Gauntlet.

** From the sequel, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEAU1KusuyM The Gauntlet]].

* JumpTheShark: Perhaps YourMileageMayVary, but the rest of the sequel's story line suffers from this after Spencer gives the [[spoiler: Carrion Device]] to [[spoiler: Super Joe]], though certain sequences during that last hour are still very cool.