History VideoGame / DrillDozer

* CompanyCrossReferences: The finale has [[spoiler:Jill (a pink protagonist) defeat Croog and bisects his mask in the process, causing him to cover his face and flee. [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Sound familiar?]]]]

* ShoutOut:
** The Skullker {{mooks}} bear more than a passing resemblance to the Shocker Combatmen from ''Franchise/KamenRider'', only in white rather than black.
** The unlockable outfits that Jill can wear on the menu screen are references to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (specifically Leaf from ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen''), ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (Mario's usual overalls and the frog suit from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''), the titular character from ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}'', and the nurse uniform of Misaki Hayama from ''Click Medic''.

* LetsPlay:
** An awesome one [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/DrillDozer/ by Katachresis]], who makes an effort to step away from the obvious {{Double Entendre}}s with little effect.
** It seems [[LetsPlay/HellfireCommentaries Ntom64 and THD]] are doing one too.

''Drill Dozer'' (known in Japan as ''Screw Breaker'') is an action-PlatformGame for the Creator/{{Nintendo}} UsefulNotes/GameBoyAdvance, developed by Creator/GameFreak. (Yes, the same Game Freak [[HeAlsoDid who created]] ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}''.)

* HeroicRROD: The Drill Dozer frequently ends up being pushed to it's limits in each level, causing it to break down, lose its booster gears, and need repairs, as a justification for the BagOfSpilling effect. But what truly exemplifies this is when the Drill Dozer completely breaks down after [[spoiler:destroying the BigBad's superweapon, and right before the confrontation with the game's FinalBoss no less, leaving Jill with only the ability to jump]].

* NoGearLevel: The opening of Area 5-1 has the Drill Dozer prevented from using it's abilities and unable to jump more than one block, temporarily enforcing a StealthBasedMission, which is because [[spoiler:Jill is imprisoned and separated from the Dozer, which is powered by a diamond until it finds her, and thus barely functioning without a pilot]]. The irony being that you're playing as ''said'' gear for this instead of the other way around.

* YouGotSpunk: Croog tells Jill she's pretty spunky during their first boss battle together.

* NoGearLevel: The opening of Area 5-1 has the Drill Dozer prevented from using it's abilities and unable to jump more than one block, temporarily enforcing a StealthBasedMission, which is because [[spoiler:Jill is imprisoned and separated from the Dozer, which is powered by a diamond until it finds her, and thus barely functioning without a pilot]].

** The unlockable outfits that Jill can wear on the menu screen are references to ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' (specifically Leaf from ''VideoGame/PokemonFireRedAndLeafGreen''), ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' (Mario's usual overalls and the frog suit from ''VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3''), the titular character from ''VideoGame/{{Pulseman}}'', and ''Click Medic'' (Misaki Hiyama's nurse uniform).

* ShoutOut: The Skullker {{mooks}} bear more than a passing resemblance to the Shocker Combatmen from ''Franchise/KamenRider'', only in white rather than black.

-->'''Grutch:''' "We [[spoiler:chased Croog all this way]] and NOW the Drill Dozer falls apart?!"

* NintendoHard:
** The secret areas, ''especially'' the fifth one. They feature the [[PlatformHell toughest platforming challenges]] the developers could think of, so prepare to defenestrate a GBA or two because of this game.
** There's also Hard Mode, which turns the Drill Dozer into a OneHitPointWonder. Which also tends to turn each boss into ThatOneBoss. [[BonusFeatureFailure And that's the only thing that makes the game harder, too!]]

* GuideDangIt: A minor case. How many times did you have to [[spoiler:go through the first part of the Drill Missile]] before you realized you had to [[spoiler:spin the red drill shaft backwards? Blue objects are the ones supposed to be spun backwards.]]

* ThePowerOfLove: When [[spoiler:Jill is captured by a police trap, and separated from her Drill Dozer]], it [[spoiler:pilots itself back to her, through the power of her deceased mother's spirit.]]

** Mission 6-1 features a time-limited scenario, where you have to [[spoiler:stop the gigantic Drill Missile from destroying your home base (where Doug, Jill's dad, is recovering)]].
** The fifth boss requires you to beat it on a timer as well. Failing it means restarting the process of breaking its cores all over again.

* TubeTravel: The many threaded tunnels that require drilling one way or the other to enter and navigate. Defeating the boss of Area 5 involved being able to navigate tunnels ''within a time limit'' to destroy the boss's weak points.

** Clink Prison [[spoiler:where the Drill Dozer starts on its own, albeit with limited abilities, and you have to go through several parts using stealth instead of brute drilling everything.]]

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Croog is self-absorbed and easily flustered, but he can back up his threats quite handily.

** The [[spoiler:dozer breaks]] in the final battle, and you're required to [[spoiler:punch out the final boss with a mechanic that was added for just that battle.]]

** There's also hard mode, which turns the Drill Dozer into a OneHitPointWonder. Which also tends to turn each boss into ThatOneBoss. [[BonusFeatureFailure And that's the only thing that makes the game harder, too!]]

* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted, as Jill's father is still around, just out of commission for the entire game.

* RecurringBoss: Croog repeatedly appears as a boos due to being the BigBad whom Jill and Co. are chasing to get the Red Diamond back, but another frequently faced boss is [[spoiler:Detective Carrie's Policebot]].

** Mission 6-1 features a time-limited scenario, where you have to [[spoiler:stop the gigantic Drill Missile from destroying your home base (where Dad is recovering)]].
** The fifth boss requires you to beat it on a timer as well.

* UnexpectedGameplayChange: The [[spoiler:dozer breaks]] in the final battle, and you're required to [[spoiler:punch out the final boss with a mechanic that was added for just that battle.]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Diamonds cause a wide variety of trouble due to their immense power causing every villainous person to covet them, but the Yellow and Blue Diamonds are particularly problematic, with the Yellow Diamond being an ArtifactOfAttraction that made Detective Carrie BrainwashedAndCrazy with GoldFever, while the Blue Diamond is SentientPhlebotinum that possesses first a statue than a SynchronizedSwarming of fish in order to fight Jill itself. However, the doomiest of all the Diamonds turns out to be [[spoiler:the Black Diamond, which possessed Crood and compelled him into becoming a CardCarryingVillain, and once Jill punches him in the face hard enough to both knock it out of him and shatter it, he completely loses any desire to fight her and runs away crying]].

* EvilLaugh: Every time Crood believes he's got one over Jill and Co., he lets out a high-pitched "Mwa-ha-ha!"

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: When Jill [[spoiler:gets taken away by a police trap]], as the [[spoiler:police chief]] reads her [[spoiler:crimes]], she gets accused of [[spoiler:breaking in the Skullker HQ, robbing the Art Museum, defiling the ruins where the Blue Diamond was, causing havoc at Metal City, and 17 counts of skipping restaurant bills]].

* HeroicRROD: The Drill Dozer frequently ends up being pushed to it's limits in each level, causing it to break down, lose its booster gears, and need repairs, as a justification for the BagOfSpilling effect. But what truly exemplifies this is when the Drill Dozer completely breaks down after [[spoiler:destroying the BigBad's superweapon, and right before the confrontation with the game's FinalBoss no less]].

%%* ItMakesSenseInContext

* ParentalAbandonment: Subverted, as the main charters father is still around, just out of commission for the entire game.

* SchmuckBait: Jill falls for a rather blatant trick after [[spoiler:defeating the Drizzler. That truck is OBVIOUSLY SUSPICIOUS and she still hops on?!]]

* TakeUpMySword: When the main characters father is put out of commission, his daughter pilots his mecha to fight the evil organization.

* GuideDangIt: A minor case. How many times did you have to [[spoiler:go through the first part of the Drill Missile before you realized you had to spin the red drill shaft backwards? Blue objects are the ones supposed to be spun backwards.]]

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Diamonds cause a wide variety of trouble due to their immense power causing every villainous person to covet them, but the Yellow and Blue Diamonds are particularly problematic, with the Yellow Diamond being an ArtifactOfAttraction that made Detective Carrie BrainwashedAndCrazy with GoldFever, while the Blue Diamond is SentientPhlebotinum that possesses first a statue than a SynchronizedSwarming of fish in order to fight Jill itself.

* ArtifactOfDoom: The Diamonds cause a wide variety of trouble due to their immense power causing every villainous person to covet them, but the Yellow and Blue Diamonds are particularly problematic, with the Yellow Diamond being an ArtifactOfAttraction that made Detective Carrie BrainwashedAndCrazy, while the Blue Diamond is SentientPhlebotinum that possesses first a statue than a SynchronizedSwarming of fish in order to fight Jill itself.

* GreenRocks: Is there anything those Diamonds ''can't'' do?

* HeroicRROD: The Drill Dozer frequently ends up being pushed to it's limits in each level, causing it to break down, lose its booster gears, and need repairs, as a justification for the BagOfSPilling effect. But what truly exemplifie this is when the Drill Dozer completely breaks down after [[spoiler:destroying the BigBad's superweapon, and right before the confrontation with the game's FinalBoss no less]].