History VideoGame / Fraxy

''Fraxy'' used to have several active wiki pages and communities; it no longer does, with many being abandoned or shut down. The original creator, Mon, also shut down his site. Fraxy also has a section on [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/board/forum.php?id=51 board2]]; though it is inactive, [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/uploader/index.php?act=viewcat&id=25 the bosses uploaded there]] remain. Fraxy HQ is currently the most reliable site for the game, containing working download links for the [[http://fraxyhq.net/version/index.php game]] and [[http://fraxyhq.net/uploader/index.php many bosses]] (Most player-made bosses referenced on this page are creations of FHQ members). Sadly, most activity on FHQ happens behind the scenes in chatrooms, making the community appear more dead than it is.

* FanFic: Some of the more prevalent boss makers out there like to put together stories to go with their bosses. Notable examples are Eboshidori's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F6BBE78656E16BC "Fragments of Men"]], as well as [=A70M1C=]'s "][nfector" series.
** Because of [=A70M1C=]'s status as a well-known boss creator at the time, getting a boss ][nfected was a great honor for other boss creators.

!!Tropes Specific to the [[FanFic Fan Fics]]:
* AlternateHistory: How the "Mara" series sustained itself after the defeat of the BigBad.
* ClippedWingAngel: Sakra-Devanam Human Type. Not only does she turn into ''a fetus,'' she rips off Iwanaga and later '' '''explodes.''' ''
* CorruptChurch: Omoresu's Angelo Storyline has the Nyghts Clique, who worship Angelus.
** Boxorak's ''Soul Harvest'' had the Skelati, beings that [[TitleDrop harvest souls]] in an attempt to both appease their god and free him from a dimensional rift.
* DeusExMachina: There's a lot of this.
* DeusEstMachina: The big two: Reactor-00 and Sakra Devanam.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Blow Up Cthulhu/God/Satan/Bezerk AI 305]]: Let's just say those tiny little fighters are pretty damn powerful.
* EldritchAbomination: Many Fraxy FanFic series have one of these, either mentioned or as the BigBad.
** [[ThatOneBoss Eboshidori's]] series has Sakra-Devanam, [[spoiler:an artificial god [[LightIsNotGood bent on destroying humanity.]]]]
* GainaxEnding: The end of Eboshidori's Mara series.
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:In Eboshidori's Mara Storyline, Sakra-Devanam was created by humans, and confirms this to such a degree that she decides to [[MisanthropeSupreme END HUMANITY]]. Remember, humans CREATED HER.]]
** ''Fraxy: Soul Harvest'' example: [[spoiler: Istykus, the deity of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Skelati]], claims that this is because we're afraid of nature.]]
*** In fact, this is taken to such an extreme that ''[[spoiler: none of the main characters are human.]]''
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The ending of Mara's battle with Phantom 30-K results in Phantom 30-K freaking out and calling for help, then getting [[WaveMotionGun blown out of space]].]]
* OneWingedAngel: The Fraxy community loves this trope, as many bosses utilize this.
** A famous example is [=A70M1C=]'s Osiris, which seems to be a mechanical thing before transforming into an EnergyBeing for a long battle.
** Atomic Vault 99, which turns out to be holding [[spoiler: The Avatar, Osiris's first form. However, on Hard Mode, it spectacularly transforms into Osiris for an ''extremely'' long battle.]]
** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attempts to fly to the top of the screen. If you can beat him after managing to destroy a glowing orb at a certain point in the fight, he, cross and all, will transform into his [[TrueFinalBoss angelic Sunyata form]], which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Sakra Devanam is actually female, [[WordofGod confirmed by Ebo]].]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Reactor-00 [[spoiler: (though it wasn't at first)]], the ][nfected... hell, there are a lot of them.
* SealedGoodInACan: DoubleSubverted With @/PureQuestion's Great Shining Seal/Arcana

A [[FreewareGames Freeware]] arena [[ShootEmUp Shoot 'Em Up]] that centers around user-made content. The game comes with an editor that lets you make your own enemies, then lets you blow them to bits.

Fraxy used to have several active wiki pages and communities; it no longer does, with many being abandoned or shut down. The original creator, Mon, also shut down his site. Fraxy also has a section on [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/board/forum.php?id=51 board2]]; though it is inactive, [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/uploader/index.php?act=viewcat&id=25 the bosses uploaded there]] remain. Fraxy HQ is currently the most reliable site for the game, containing working download links for the [[http://fraxyhq.net/version/index.php game]] and [[http://fraxyhq.net/uploader/index.php many bosses]] (Most player-made bosses referenced on this page are creations of FHQ members). Sadly, most activity on FHQ happens behind the scenes in chatrooms, making the community appear more dead than it is.

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* GlassCannon: The Quicker ship type. Its attack is insane, its initial boost is insane, its regeneration is just as insane, but it's slow and lacks hit points.

Fraxy used to have several active wiki pages and communities; it no longer does, with many being abandoned or shut down. The original creaator, Mon, also shut down his site. Fraxy also has a section on [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/board/forum.php?id=51 board2]]; though it is inactive, [[http://acmlm.kafuka.org/uploader/index.php?act=viewcat&id=25 the bosses uploaded there]] remain. Fraxy HQ is currently the most reliable site for the game, containing working download links for the [[http://fraxyhq.net/version/index.php game]] and [[http://fraxyhq.net/uploader/index.php many bosses]] (Most player-made bosses referenced on this page are creations of FHQ members). Sadly, most activity on FHQ happens behind the scenes in chatrooms, making the community appear more dead than it is.

Available [[http://monz.sp.land.to/wp/fraxy/ here]], with more bosses available [[http://wiki.fraxy.net/index.php?title=Boss_Repository here]].

** Omoresu's sound effect-laced title theme.

It comprises of two modes: Free Play, which pits you against one or more of the available enemies and Try, which gives the player different scenarios. The latter is [[SugarWiki/NeedsMoreLove not as popular]], due to the fact that it's harder to make scenarios than enemies.

* AprilFoolsDay: Gave us the [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} T-401 Vic Viper.]]

* BullfightBoss: Mini Core. Turns to face you. Charges. Repeats those steps until destroyed.
** The Big Core part also does this as well, only it's much slower.
** Ditto with the Fighter Cores.
* CastFromHitPoints: Your life bar doubles as energy for your weapons.
* ChasingYourTail: Head Core.

* ContinuityReboot: The 'Moth' series was originally made by Areo. @/{{Oneshiningstar}} picked up where he left off. Areo comes back with a slightly newer backstory.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: @/AlexMdle's Emperor's second phase. Also some of his other bosses.
* CrosshairAware: Remote Blast. Bonus points for moving at ''three different speeds, including instantaneously''.
** [=TekTo=]'s Atlas also does this its' later stages, though it doesn't involve remote blasts.
** Ebo's Space Battle Ship 1300K does that, but again doesn't involve remote blasts.
* DeadlyWalls: Energy walls.

** In Try mode you cannot save replays if you continue after dying, but you can still beat the Try.
* DesignItYourself: Fraxy comes with a creation editor that allows you to create and edit bosses and such. A number of weapons and parts can be customized allowing for unique patterns and behaviors.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Eboshidori's ''Phantom 30K'', among others.
* DualBoss: The Deploy Core is built for this purpose. Paste several drones onto it and the core will launch them all as soon as the fight begins.
* EnergyBall: Power Ball and Ion Ring (with Fill option enabled)
* EyeBeams: Zapan D.
* FakeDifficulty: The use of the Screen (blur) effector looped just to confuse the player is one example.
* FanFic: Some of the more prevalent boss makers out there like to put together stories to go with their bosses. Notable examples are Eboshidori's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F6BBE78656E16BC "Fragments of Men"]], as well as [=A70M1C=]'s "][nfector" series.
** Because of [=A70M1C=]'s status as a well-known boss creator at the time, getting a boss ][nfected was a great honor for other boss creators.
* FollowTheLeader: Eboshidori pretty much singlehandedly invented the "What If...?" scenarios, the Search-Light wings, custom player weapons and the very, very often used "Globe of light spewing bullets" type of boss. And many, many creations with borrowed ideas followed. Eboshidori is to Fraxy, is what Simpsons are to animated sitcoms.
* FlunkyBoss: EBO-ALLTYNEX and EBO-GIGATYNEX HC.
* FrickinLaserBeams
* GameBreakingBug: Several bosses don't work properly in the latest beta versions, despite appearing fine in the editor. These include Eboshidori's ''Virupaksa II'' and ''Sakra-Devanam''(This one recently began working again, however). @/{{Oneshiningstar}}'s ''CX-07: Giant Delta 3'' has its 3rd delta self-destruct for no apparent reason just before the fourth phase begins. However, if it was not so, [[BulletHell you'd be panicking. That thing is spam.]]

* LeitMotif: Several bosses are associated with certain themes.
** Omoresu's sound effect-laced title theme.

* MoreDakka: Needle Gun on Attack Action 3.
** Looped weapons.
* RecurringBossTemplate: Several bosses, both presupplied and user made tend to be flying {{Laser Blade}}s.

* SailorEarth: You'd be surprised how many [[VideoGame/{{Gradius}} Big Core]]-style bosses there are.
* SelfImposedChallenge: Bosses are to be fought with bullets only. This trope is so ingrained in many players that they make bosses with this in mind.
* SequentialBoss: Fraxy is up to the ears in these.
** The Phantom 30k changes shape based on what attack pattern it wants to use next.

** The Plasma Ring came from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' and the 3-armed powerup came from ''Cho Ren Sha 68K''.
** The pre supplied boss "Viper" looks like the Vic Viper, complete with options floating around it.
* SoundtrackDissonance: Broken Dream's final form.

** Exploding Shot: Energy Egg/Missile.
* TrickBoss: The Clock Trap, which starts out as a harmless, unprotected core until you find out that it was a holding mechanism for a robotic laser blender that you'd be crazy to take on. Luckily, it's also defeated by managing to escape its gravitational pull and the surrounding laser emitters, on top of being dedicated enough to destroy its core.
* UpToEleven: "Death Label" Bosses, which are hard''er'' versions of other bosses.
* WaveMotionGun: The Laser. Bonus points for being available in three different sizes.

!!Tropes Specific to the [[FanFic Fan Fics]]:
* AlternateHistory: How the "Mara" series sustained itself after the defeat of the BigBad.

* ClippedWingAngel: Sakra-Devanam Human Type. Not only does she turn into ''a fetus,'' she rips off Iwanaga and later '' '''explodes.''' ''
* CorruptChurch: Omoresu's Angelo Storyline has the Nyghts Clique, who worship Angelus.
** Boxorak's ''Soul Harvest'' had the Skelati, beings that [[TitleDrop harvest souls]] in an attempt to both appease their god and free him from a dimensional rift.
* DeusExMachina: There's a lot of this.
* DeusEstMachina: The big two: Reactor-00 and Sakra Devanam.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Blow Up Cthulhu/God/Satan/Bezerk AI 305]]: Let's just say those tiny little fighters are pretty damn powerful.
* EldritchAbomination: Many Fraxy FanFic series have one of these, either mentioned or as the BigBad.
** [[ThatOneBoss Eboshidori's]] series has Sakra-Devanam, [[spoiler:an artificial god [[LightIsNotGood bent on destroying humanity.]]]]
* GainaxEnding: The end of Eboshidori's Mara series.
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:In Eboshidori's Mara Storyline, Sakra-Devanam was created by humans, and confirms this to such a degree that she decides to [[MisanthropeSupreme END HUMANITY]]. Remember, humans CREATED HER.]]
** ''Fraxy: Soul Harvest'' example: [[spoiler: Istykus, the deity of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Skelati]], claims that this is because we're afraid of nature.]]
*** In fact, this is taken to such an extreme that ''[[spoiler: none of the main characters are human.]]''

* MindScrew: ZarroTsu 's Wrath, especially during the final phase against White where it seems like reality itself is breaking down.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The ending of Mara's battle with Phantom 30-K results in Phantom 30-K freaking out and calling for help, then getting [[WaveMotionGun blown out of space]].]]
* OneWingedAngel: The Fraxy community loves this trope, as many bosses utilize this.
** A famous example is [=A70M1C=]'s Osiris, which seems to be a mechanical thing before transforming into an EnergyBeing for a long battle.
** Atomic Vault 99, which turns out to be holding [[spoiler: The Avatar, Osiris's first form. However, on Hard Mode, it spectacularly transforms into Osiris for an ''extremely'' long battle.]]
** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attempts to fly to the top of the screen. If you can beat him after managing to destroy a glowing orb at a certain point in the fight, he, cross and all, will transform into his [[TrueFinalBoss angelic Sunyata form]], which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Sakra Devanam is actually female, [[WordofGod confirmed by Ebo]].]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Reactor-00 [[spoiler: (though it wasn't at first)]], the ][nfected... hell, there are a lot of them.
* SealedGoodInACan: DoubleSubverted With @/PureQuestion's Great Shining Seal/Arcana

* SinisterGeometry: Oomagatuhi's DANMAKU-DAMASII-Mk5, as well as Eboshidori's True Acala and the second form of Broken Dream.

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* LeitMotif: Several bosses are associated with certain themes.
** Omoresu's sound effect-laced title theme.

!!Tropes Specific to the [[FanFic Fan Fics]]:
* AlternateHistory: How the "Mara" series sustained itself after the defeat of the BigBad.
* BodyHorror: [=A70M1C=]'s ][nfected start out normal, then turn into a freaking horror shortly after taking enough damage.
* ClippedWingAngel: Sakra-Devanam Human Type. Not only does she turn into ''a fetus,'' she rips off Iwanaga and later '' '''explodes.''' ''
* CorruptChurch: Omoresu's Angelo Storyline has the Nyghts Clique, who worship Angelus.
** Boxorak's ''Soul Harvest'' had the Skelati, beings that [[TitleDrop harvest souls]] in an attempt to both appease their god and free him from a dimensional rift.
* DeusExMachina: There's a lot of this.
* DeusEstMachina: The big two: Reactor-00 and Sakra Devanam.
* [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu Did You Just Blow Up Cthulhu/God/Satan/Bezerk AI 305]]: Let's just say those tiny little fighters are pretty damn powerful.
* EldritchAbomination: Many Fraxy FanFic series have one of these, either mentioned or as the BigBad.
** [[ThatOneBoss Eboshidori's]] series has Sakra-Devanam, [[spoiler:an artificial god [[LightIsNotGood bent on destroying humanity.]]]]
* GainaxEnding: The end of Eboshidori's Mara series.
* HumansAreBastards: [[spoiler:In Eboshidori's Mara Storyline, Sakra-Devanam was created by humans, and confirms this to such a degree that she decides to [[MisanthropeSupreme END HUMANITY]]. Remember, humans CREATED HER.]]
** ''Fraxy: Soul Harvest'' example: [[spoiler: Istykus, the deity of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Skelati]], claims that this is because we're afraid of nature.]]
*** In fact, this is taken to such an extreme that ''[[spoiler: none of the main characters are human.]]''
* LightIsNotGood: Sakra-Devanam and [=A70M1C'S=] Reactor 00.
* MindScrew: ZarroTsu 's Wrath, especially during the final phase against White where it seems like reality itself is breaking down.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The ending of Mara's battle with Phantom 30-K results in Phantom 30-K freaking out and calling for help, then getting [[WaveMotionGun blown out of space]].]]
* OneWingedAngel: The Fraxy community loves this trope, as many bosses utilize this.
** A famous example is [=A70M1C=]'s Osiris, which seems to be a mechanical thing before transforming into an EnergyBeing for a long battle.
** Atomic Vault 99, which turns out to be holding [[spoiler: The Avatar, Osiris's first form. However, on Hard Mode, it spectacularly transforms into Osiris for an ''extremely'' long battle.]]
** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attempts to fly to the top of the screen. If you can beat him after managing to destroy a glowing orb at a certain point in the fight, he, cross and all, will transform into his [[TrueFinalBoss angelic Sunyata form]], which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Sakra Devanam is actually female, [[WordofGod confirmed by Ebo]].]]
* SealedEvilInACan: Reactor-00 [[spoiler: (though it wasn't at first)]], the ][nfected... hell, there are a lot of them.
* SealedGoodInACan: DoubleSubverted With @/PureQuestion's Great Shining Seal/Arcana
* SerialEscalation: Eboshidori created a boss called Matrix Hibachi, which was pretty hard. Shortly after, he gave us the "Death Label" version, which had bullet patterns similar to the original, only harder. To clarify, ''the original was already BulletHell.''
** @/ZarroTsu, in what seems to be a complete "Screw You" to the player, released the "Death Label" version of his A.N.G.E.L. Boss. This is regarded as a completely evil move because... well, see DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist.
* SinisterGeometry: Oomagatuhi's DANMAKU-DAMASII-Mk5, as well as Eboshidori's True Acala and the second form of Broken Dream.

* DesignItYourself: Fraxy comes with a creation editor that allows you to create and edit bosses and such. A number of weapons and parts can be customized allowing for unique patterns and behaviors.

* SequentialBoss: Fraxy is up to the ears in these.
** The Phantom 30k changes shape based on what attack pattern it wants to use next.

* ContinuityReboot: The 'Moth' series was originally made by Areo. @/{{Oneshiningstar}} picked up where he left off. Areo comes back with a slightly newer backstory.
* CreepyCoolCrosses: @/AlexMdle's Emperor's second phase. Also some of his other bosses.

** [=TekTo=]'s Atlas also does this its' later stages, though it doesn't involve remote blasts.
** Ebo's Space Battle Ship 1300K does that, but again doesn't involve remote blasts.

* DoppelgangerAttack: Eboshidori's ''Phantom 30K'', among others.

* EyeBeams: Zapan D.

* FanFic: Some of the more prevalent boss makers out there like to put together stories to go with their bosses. Notable examples are Eboshidori's [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6F6BBE78656E16BC "Fragments of Men"]], as well as [=A70M1C=]'s "][nfector" series.
** Because of [=A70M1C=]'s status as a well-known boss creator at the time, getting a boss ][nfected was a great honor for other boss creators.
* FollowTheLeader: Eboshidori pretty much singlehandedly invented the "What If...?" scenarios, the Search-Light wings, custom player weapons and the very, very often used "Globe of light spewing bullets" type of boss. And many, many creations with borrowed ideas followed. Eboshidori is to Fraxy, is what Simpsons are to animated sitcoms.
* FlunkyBoss: EBO-ALLTYNEX and EBO-GIGATYNEX HC.

* GameBreakingBug: Several bosses don't work properly in the latest beta versions, despite appearing fine in the editor. These include Eboshidori's ''Virupaksa II'' and ''Sakra-Devanam''(This one recently began working again, however). @/{{Oneshiningstar}}'s ''CX-07: Giant Delta 3'' has its 3rd delta self-destruct for no apparent reason just before the fourth phase begins. However, if it was not so, [[BulletHell you'd be panicking. That thing is spam.]]

* SoundtrackDissonance: Broken Dream's final form.

* UpToEleven: "Death Label" Bosses, which are hard''er'' versions of other bosses.

* SailorEarth: You'd be surprised how many [[{{Gradius}} Big Core]]-style bosses there are.

Available [[http://monz.sp.land.to/wp/fraxy/ Here]], with more bosses available [[http://wiki.fraxy.net/index.php?title=Boss_Repository here]].

!!This Game Features:

* BulletHell: There is a play mode called "danmaku", which reduces your hitbox to 1 pixel. And a ship type that's called, yes, Bullet Hell: [[OneHitPointWonder very little health]], pretty fast, and requires special energy to fire Blaster weapons.

* CrosshairAware: Remote Blast. Bonus points for moving at ''3 different speeds, including instantaneously''.

* DeadlyWalls: Energy walls, [[CaptainObvious obviously]].

* GameBreakingBug: Several bosses don't work properly in the latest beta versions, despite appearing fine in the editor. These include Eboshidori's ''Virupaksa II'' and ''Sakra-Devanam''(This one recently began working again, however). @/{{Oneshiningstar}}'s ''CX-07: Giant Delta 3'' has its 3rd delta self-destruct for no apparent reason just before the 4th phase begins. However, if it was not so, [[BulletHell you'd be panicking. That thing is spam.]]

* SelfImposedChallenge: Bosses are to be fought with bullets only. This trope is so ingrained in Fraxiers that they make bosses with this in mind.

* TrickBoss: The Clock Trap, which starts out as a harmless, unprotected core until you find out that was a holding mechanism for a robotic laser blender that you'd be crazy to take on. Luckily, it's also defeated by managing to escape it's gravitational pull and the surrounding laser emitters on top of being dedicated enough to destroy it's core.

** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attemps to fly to the top of the screen. If you can beat him after managing to destroy a glowing orb at a certain point in the fight, he, cross and all, will transform into his [[TrueFinalBoss angelic Sunyata form]], which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...

* SealedEvilInACan: Reactor-00 [[spoiler: (though he wasn't at first)]], the ][nfected...hell, there are a lot of them.

* AttackItsWeakPoint - All the enemies are built around a single core. Guess what'll destroy the whole boss if you blow it up?

* FanFic: Some of the more prevalent boss makers out there like to put together stories to go with their bosses. Eboshidori is one (his "Mara" series is finished and on Website/YouTube), as is [=A70M1C=] (the "][nfector" series).
** Getting your boss ][nfected is actually a very great honor for you as a boss creator.

* GlassCannon: The new (as of version 20090706) Quicker type. Its attack is insane, its initial boost is insane, its regeneration is just as insane, but its slow and lacks hit points.

* TrickBoss: The Clock Trap, which starts out as a harmless, unprotected core until you find out that was a holding mechanisim for a robotic laser blender that you'd be crazy to take on. Luckily, it's also defeated by managing to escape it's gravitational pull and the surrounding laser emitters on top of being dedicated enough to destroy it's core.

* ClippedWingAngel: Sakra-Devanam Human Type. Not only does she turn into ''A FETUS,'' she rips off Iwanaga and later '' '''EXPLODES.''' ''

** ''Fraxy: Soul Harvest'' example: [[spoiler: Istykus, the diety of the [[ScaryDogmaticAliens Skelati]], claims that this is because we're afraid of nature.]]

* MindScrew: ZarroTsu 's latest boss Wrath especilly during the final phase against White where it seems like reality itself is breaing down.

** A Famous Example is [=A70M1C=]'s Osiris, which seems to be a mechanical thing before transforming into an EnergyBeing for a long battle.

** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attemps to fly to the top of the screen. If you don't beat him [[SequenceBreaking before then]], he, cross and all, transform into his angelic Sunyata form, which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: Sakra Devanam is actually female, confirmed by WordOfGod (A.K.A. [[ThatOneBoss Ebo]]).]]

** @/ZarroTsu, in what seems to be a complete "Screw You" to the player, released the "Death Label" version of his A.N.G.E.L. Boss. This is regarded as a completely evil move because....well, see DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist.
* SinisterGeometry: Oomagatuhi's DANMAKU-DAMASII-Mk5 as well as Eboshidori's True Acala and the second form of Broken Dream.

* SurpriseDifficulty: A typical new player pits himself against the premade bosses, gaining confidence. Then he goes to the Fraxy redux, downloads a few bosses and realises the error of his ways.

It comprises of two modes: Free Play, which pits you against one or more of the available enemies and Try, which gives the player different scenarios. The latter is [[NeedsMoreLove not as popular]], due to the fact that it's harder to make scenarios than enemies.

* BossGame - Try mode is being neglected.
** To be fair, Try creation is much less intuitive than boss creation.
** Recently, however, try creation has started to become more popular. Notable examples are Vortexreaper's [[http://fraxyhq.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=58&t=216 Fraxy HQ try]] and @/ZarroTsu's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcgE7rjkn78 Akujin Shoyuu]].
* BossInMookClothing: Cores ''with invisible weapons''.
** Hyper Infinitus. That sucker will eat you alive.

* BulletHell - Depends on the enemy, but a few definitely fit.
** There is also a play mode called "danmaku", which reduces your hitbox to 1 pixel.
*** ''and'' a new ship type that's called, yes, Bullet Hell: [[OneHitPointWonder very little health]], pretty fast, and requires special energy to fire Blaster weapons.

* CastFromHitPoints - Your life bar doubles as energy for your weapons.

* ClippedWingAngel: Sakra-Devanam Human Type. Not only does she turn into ''A FETUS,'' she rips off Iwanaga and later '' '''EXPLODES.''' ''

*** @/ZarroTsu's sin boss, [[FunWithAcronyms A.N.G.E.L.]], will end right before its final form if you die ''AT ALL''. Iff you can survive the complete butt-rape of the first few forms, your [[SarcasmMode totally awesome-riffic]] reward is.... [[BulletHell more butt-rape.]]

* DualBoss: Son of Makuta's ''Zoetrope''. 1 main core and 2 semicircular ships. Dang.
** Eat [=CrossTheRubicon=]'s ''Big Core Mk 1 Fleet''. Have fun fighting ''5 Big Cores at once!''
** The Deploy Core is built for this purpose. Paste several drones onto it and the core will launch them all as soon as the fight begins.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Happens on occation.
** However a special mention goes to Vortexreaper's "Completly Unfair Fight" with the boss Absolute Massacre that spams enough bullets to make Hibachi jealous and if you die the boss fully heals.
* FakeDifficulty: Disappearing, but still present.
** The use of the Screen (blur) effector looped just to confuse the player is one example.

* FollowTheLeader: Eboshidori pretty much singlehandedly invented the "What If...?" scenarios, the Search-Light wings, custom player weapons and the very, very often used "Globe of light spewing bullets" type of boss. And many, many creations with borrowed ideas followed.
** Kinda subverted in the fact that everybody is aware of that. Eboshidori is to Fraxy, is what Simpsons are to animated sitcoms.

* GiantHandsOfDoom: [=TekTo=]'s Atlas

* HighAltitudeBattle: Use of the two alternative backgrounds.
* HighSpeedBattle: Use of background scrolling.
* HopelessBossFight: Any of Henny5555's bosses.
** Also Ultimatepower22's Infinity's end V2. ''It crashes your hard drive.''
*** Aquamancia proves [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YyNy4VBMaIg in this video]] that it ''can'' be beatable.
* HumanoidAbomination: Guess.
* HyperDestructiveBouncingBall: Putting too many Ion Rings into a playfield bounded by Energy Walls or Barriers.
* ISOStandardHumanSpaceship: Averted somewhat with the default ship-it's grey, but there's no discernible cockpit.

*** Hint: [[ExplosiveBreeder Compy go BOOM]].
* MarathonBoss: A good majority of bosses.
* MindScrew: ZarroTsu 's latest boss Wrath especilly during the final phase against White where it seems like reality itself is breaing down.

* MirrorBoss: Loads!
* NintendoHard - ''Everything.''
* OneWingedAngel: The Fraxy community loves this trope, as many bosses utilize this.
** A Famous Example is [=A70M1C=]'s Osiris, which seems to be a mechanical thing before transforming into an EnergyBeing for a long battle.
** Atomic Vault 99, which turns out to be holding [[spoiler: The Avatar, Osiris's first form. However, on Hard Mode, it spectacularly transforms into Osiris for an ''extremely'' long battle.]]
*** Usually, anyway. It be beaten in under a minute with the correct equipment and levels.
** Eboshidori recently created one for the FinalBoss of his FanFic Fragments of Men, Samsara. After nearly depleting his life bar, he merges with a [[CreepyCoolCrosses crucifix]], then attemps to fly to the top of the screen. If you don't beat him [[SequenceBreaking before then]], he, cross and all, transform into his angelic Sunyata form, which rains even more BulletHell down on you than before. Admittedly, fighting him like that is a lot ''better'' than just beating his temporary ClippedWingAngel form, but still...
*** Actually, you need to destroy an item box when he stops teleporting and starts to re-energize. Otherwise, he just crucifies himself.
* RecurringBossTemplate - Several bosses, both presupplied and user made tend to be flying {{Laser Blade}}s.

** It is even thought that the Plasma Ring came from ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' and the 3-armed powerup came from ''Cho Ren Sha 68K''.
** Not to mention that the pre supplied boss "Viper" looks like the Vic Viper, complete with options floating around it.
** Eboshidori's Acala and True Acala are shout outs to the final bosses of ''VideoGame/RadiantSilvergun'', Xiga and the Stone-Like.
*** Not to mention Eboshidori managed to port, of all things, the SEVEN FORCE from Gunstar Heroes with ALL its Modes GAME ACCURATE AND INTACT!!
*** And let's not forget Virgo from RefleX.
** [=A70M1C's=] ][nfected seem to be based on the Flood from {{Halo}} and the Beast from Homeworld Cataclysm.
** Not just to games: Eboshidori based Sunyata's design off of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the 15th Angel.]]
** It shouldn't be surprising that ''Touhou'' gets a little homage of its own on several occasions.
*** Special mention must go to @/PureQuestion's Great Shining Seal. It has named danmaku attacks called "Lost Arts". Guess what is the only other game series anyone can think of that has named danmaku patterns?
*** ''VideoGame/EXceed''?
*** Someone made a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6IliiHEnCU Yukkuri]] boss, which actually uses different spellcards (Touhou ones, obviously. No names.), and it changes its face per spellcard, too. It has; Lingering Cold, One-Legged Return Hit, Icicle Fall (No, it didn't double the memes by making it the easy variant - it's the one with the aimed shots), Terrifying Hypnotism minus the lasers (VERY appropriate considering what the boss is doing.), Kandata's Rope (Fortuantely, it doesn't last anywhere near as logn or get anywhere NEAR as difficult as the original), Flying Phoenix, Ancestors Standing Beside Your Bed, and (not shown in the video) Forbidden Fruit. Yes, that's no less than 3 extra boss spellcards, at least one from Aya's games, and some of the somewhat memetic characters' spellcards (hell, one of them is simply the non-memetic version!)
*** A while ago, a boss named [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXFlhnqoXtA Keeper of the Astral Inferno]] was made. It mimics the attacks of Utsuho Reiuji, the Stage 6 boss of Subterranean Animism. The [[BonusBoss secret form]] does not count.
**** Soon after, another boss maker named hexidextrous decided to make more Touhou-esque bosses as a tribute to the above boss. He has currently made bosses based off of [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jxv1Bio2YqM Kisume]], the previously mentioned Yukkuri, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nV2sCBNNjY Medicine Melancholy]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQgDnN4Bm6c Ran]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43_B8GHltaM Yuyuko]], and [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NZEHOfocj8 Patchouli Knowledge]].
* SinisterGeometry: Oomagatuhi's DANMAKU-DAMASII-Mk5 as well as Eboshidori's True Acala and the second form of Broken Dream.
* SNKBoss: Almost every boss.
** SurpriseDifficulty: A typical new player pits himself against the premade bosses, gaining confidence. Then he goes to the Fraxy redux, downloads a few bosses and realises the error of his ways.

* StationaryBoss: There are quite a few of these.
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Opening up of weakpoints to do powerful attacks.
* TeleportSpam: Samsara
** One of Vortexreaper's enemies, Valkrance, also qualifies.
* ThemeNaming: Rubidioth, Cesioth...
** Hydraxis, Heliaxis, Beryaxis, Boraxis...
* TrickBoss: Possible, but rare. Usually involves ''the rest of the boss suddenly becoming visible!''
** A more notable offender is the Clock Trap, which starts out as a harmless, unprotected core until you find out that was a holding mechanisim for a robotic laser blender that you'd be crazy to take on. Luckily, it's also defeated by managing to escape it's gravitational pull and the surrounding laser emitters on top of being dedicated enough to destroy it's core.
* TurnsRed: Almost all the time. Number of times vary considerably, but generally, the more times, the more painful.

* WaveMotionGun - The Laser. Bonus points for being available in three different sizes.
* WakeUpCallBoss: Face it. The Fraxy Creator doesn't produce tough bosses. Barring the [[ThatOneBoss Clock Trap.]]
* ZeroEffortBoss: Any boss that self-destructs whenever it appears, usually due to event issues.

* BigBad: When is there not?

* UrbanLegendOfZelda: Supposedly a Try editor is in the works, but no one knows when Mon (the game's creator) will have time to work on it.
** Or even whether he will even ''start'' on it.

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Several bosses are re-imaginings of deities from several religions (Eboshidori's guardian series is built around this, with every Buddhist Deity except for the Buddha himself showing up and the protagonist being ''the Buddhist devil'' ), one sticks the player on a crucifix, and one ''crucifies himself'' to achieve his final form.
** [[spoiler: Actually you get to face [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTeZrno8DNc Buddha]] to]].

* DesignatedHero: Mara. No matter who created him or why, no matter the intentions, Mara has the simple mission of [[spoiler: killing Sakra-devanam and her spawn for attempted (and possibly accomplished) genocide of humanity.]] If he needs to [[spoiler: devastate an alien fleet for making the simple mistake of experementing with Sakra-devanam's [[FreudWasRight oddly shaped]] [[DeusExMachina ressurection leeches]]]], so be it.

* [[{{Ptitleylrbmgm1}} Design-It-Yourself]]: Fraxy comes with a creation editor that allows you to create and edit bosses and such. A number of weapons and parts can be customized allowing for unique patterns and behaviors.

* LastStarfighter: Applies to pretty much every boss. However, since every boss is ThatOneBoss, most players end up dying a lot.

* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The ending of Mara's battle with Phantom 30-K results in Phantom 30-K freaking out and calling for help, then getting [[WaveMotionGun BLOWN]] [[NightmareFuel OUT OF SPACE]].]]

* FreudWasRight: Phallic Avenger!
** Comet Drone Cluster, if you fought [[VideoGame/{{Touhou}} Koishi Komeiji]].
** Also the "cutscene" the player is treated to before fighting Birth, one of Eboshidori's creations.
*** Recently, a Fraxian called Omoresu created a boss with a weak spot and attack that both came from a....[[GroinAttack peculiar place]]. Naturally, people started to notice.

* EdlritchAbomination: Many Fraxy FanFic series have one of these, either mentioned or as the BigBad.

** However a special mention goes to Vortexreaper's "Completly Unfair Fight" with the boss Absolute Massacre that spams enoth bullets to make Hibachi jealous and if you die the boss fully heals.

A [[FreewareGames Freeware]] arena [[ShootEmUps Shoot 'Em Up]] that centers around user-made content. The game comes with an editor that lets you make your own enemies, then lets you blow them to bits.

* AprilFoolsDay: Gave us the [[{{Gradius}} T-401 Vic Viper.]]

** It is even thought that the Plasma Ring came from Touhou and the 3-armed powerup came from ''Cho Ren Sha 68K''.

** Eboshidori's Acala and True Acala are shout outs to the final bosses of RadiantSilvergun, Xiga and the Stone-Like.