History VideoGame / ClickerHeroes

The game can be played [[http://www.clickerheroes.com/ here]] [[http://www.clicker-heroes.com/ here]]or [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/363970/ can be downloaded for free via]] UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and even UsefulNotes/XboxOne.

* ChestMonster: The Treasure Chest enemy. They appear rarely and they drop a lot of gold. Thankfully, they don't run away.

* ChestMonster: Clicking on a chest reveals a mouth, but like all monsters, they can't do anything to harm you.

* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Chiron is a centaur with a bow, much like the same-named centaur of myth. However, he does not fit the ArcherArchetype at all. He instead has a MoneyFetish--well, even more so than the player's other heroes.

** Since pushing through the Zones as deep as possible becomes the most efficient method of gaining Hero Souls, any and all Outsiders not named Borb ended up falling to wayside by the time you've entered the late game (approximate the moment when you've reached near the peak of your Transcendent Power or you've unlocked Xavira) since the ability to gain more Hero Souls per run simply cannot compare to the value you get from the most recent zones as even while the chances of encountering a Primal Boss without levelling Atman is as low as 5%, the Hero Soul you get from defeating it in the current zone does not matter once you encounter another one in deeper Zones. Aside from levelling a couple of DPS and Hero Soul-focused Outsiders to make Early Game far less of a hassle, it is recommended to put all the Ancient Souls you've accumulated into Borb as the ability to reduce the monster you encounter per Zone cannot replicated by any other Ancients of Outsiders since Kumawakamaru would have already maxed out by the time you've reached to the later stages of the game.

** Gog resembles a fat version of [[Characters/MortalKombat1 Goro]] from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise.

* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: Moloch is designed as a minotaur, and he gets a UseYourHead, HornAttack, and AnAxeToGrind upgrades.

* DemolitionsExpert: Bomber Max brews his own bombs as his WeaponOfChoice.

** Gog wields a sword, sai, staff, and nunchucks, the four different WeaponsOfChoice for the ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles''.

* BlingOfWar: Midas has all gold armor, but takes it UpToEleven once gilded. Gilded heroes in general look much blingier than their standard counterparts.

* ALoadOfBull: Moloch is designed as a minotaur, and he gets a UseYourHead, HornAttack, and AnAxeToGrind upgrades.

** Gog resembles a fat version of [[Characters/MortalKombat1Part2 Goro]] from the ''Franchise/MortalKombat'' franchise.

* CantCatchUp: Defied. It may ''seem'' that Treebeast, Ivan and earlier heroes may be outclassed... until you find out that starting level 200, for every 25 levels, their damage is multiplied by four, and for every 1000 levels, their damage is multiplied by 10. They can even outdamage Frostleaf if you get them to 1000. (In fact, the hero with the greatest damage-to-cost potential before the addition of the new heroes was The Masked Samurai.) However, each hero will stop getting damage multipliers once they reach level 8000 (used to be 4000), meaning the fastest way to gain DPS once you've done that to every single hero is via Dark Ritual.
** However, even with this boost, there are still couple of heroes whom despite having the same 4x multipliers for each 25 levels, cannot catch up the DPS of the other heroes at all and this is mostly because most of their upgrades are based on supporting other heroes. This is most prominent with Amenhotep, and it initially looks to be the case with Betty Clicker and King Midas, but [[MagikarpPower upgrades from the late-game Wepwawet make them extraordinarily powerful.]]

* FieryRedhead: Cadmia, the red Ranger, who is described as being "born and bred to fight."z

* ColourfulThemeNaming: Several of the rangers have names corresponding to their color:

* TheChosenOne: Alabaster, the white ranger, who was "destined to become the savior of realms."

* FieryRedhead: Cadmia, the red Ranger, who is described as being "born and bred to fight."

** The gilded versions of the ringed warriors (Dread Knight, Atlas, Terra, Orntchya, Lilin, Cadmia, Alabaster and Astraea) wear masks similar to {{Toku}} heroes, such as ''Franchise/KamenRider'' or the ''Franchise/PowerRangers''.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Brittany the Beach Princess has The Great Forest Seer perform a ritual that makes meat suitable for a vegan to eat.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Brittany, Beach Princess is a typical valley girl ditz, who has vegan meat made for her. She's also in the power five, meaning she's one of the most effiecent heroes to level up in terms of cost to DPS (The other four are Treebeast, Ivan, The Masked Samurai and The Great Forest Seer).

* DrunkenMaster: Ivan the Drunken Brawler. His upgrades involve him getting various kinds of alcohol (even embalming fluid), and he even gives you the Powersurge skill which temporarily doubles your damage for 30 seconds.

** The heroes from patch 1.0e10 continue this trend, with the exception of Cadu und Ceus. They both have the same price. Beause you are supposed to hire and level them both at the same time. (They even have upgrades for each other's damage instead of their own.)
** The four heroes introduced in 1.0e11, somewhat defy this pattern. While there are still huge differences between their starting prices, the difference between their starting prices and the the levels when they reach their upgrades are even bigger, meaning you will take turns leveling them until the next one's upgrade becomes available.

* RaisedByWolves: Beastman was abandoned in the wilderness as a child, and was apparently raised by, well, beasts.

* SupremeChef: Betty Clicker, who provides DPS buffs. One of King Midas' reasons for joining you is to try some of her desserts.

* TimeLimitBoss: Each boss has a time limit which you must defeat it in if you want to pass. Fail to defeat it within the limit and it resets. By default the limit is 30 seconds, but by summoning and upgrading Chronos this time limit can be increased.

* WhatTheHellHero: The FlavorText of Amenhotep's Genesis Research upgrade has him scolding you for [[spoiler:"letting [[GodOfEvil Abbadon]] grow too powerful"]], which leads to him preparing for Ascension.

** If a mercenary dies while on a quest, it costs a number of rubies to revive them. However, the higher the level they were at the time of death, the more rubies it costs. Eventually, the cost will rise so high that you'll have no choice but to [[FinalDeath bury them]] rather than revive them.

* FinalDeath: Mercenaries have a chance of dying when questing. If they die, you can either revive them by spending rubies, or you can bury them forever, which means that particular mercenary won't be coming back.

* DummiedOut: Cid has a gilded sprite, but it's impossible to get her gilded in normal gameplay.

* RoboticReveal: The boss Tako, Head of the Octopi. His first form looks relatively natural, but the rematch reveals him to be mechanical. The achievement the player gets for beating him on the rematch says, [[MemeticMutation "This even his final form."]]

** Cid, the Helpful Adventurer, is named after the recurring Franchise/FinalFantasy character.

** The gilded versions of the ringed warriors (Dread Knight, Atlas, Terra, Orntchya, Lilin, Cadmia, Alabaster and Astraea) wear masks similar to {{Toku}} heroes, such as Franchise/KamenRider or the Franchise/PowerRangers.
*** Also, they get their powers from rings that draw power from their emotions, just like the rings of power from the ComicBook/GreenLantern mythos.

** Gog wields a sword, sai, staff, and nunchucks, the four different WeaponsOfChoice for the Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles.

* MundaneUtility: With just a touch of his hands, Refri Jerator's Icy Touch upgrade allows him to freeze enemies on the spot... and chill drinks more efficiently.

* MythologyGag: One of the possible Epic-tier Relics the player can get is a Cloudstone Necklace. ''VideoGame/{{Cloudstone}}'' was Playsaurus's previous video game.

* ResetButton: Amenhotep's Ascension ability creates a new, identical universe, while destroying the current one.