History YMMV / IWannaBeTheGuy

* [[GatewaySeries Gateway Game]]: Its selection of AwesomeMusic allows exposure for more obscure titles such as ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'', ''EVOTheSearchForEden'', and ''Monty On The Run''.

* SpecialEffectFailure: The [[spoiler:fake error message]] in the Castle of the Guy is kind of hard to fall for if you aren't [[spoiler:running Windows XP and using the default theme, or are playing the game in a completely different OS line altogether (e.g. Linux or Mac).]]

* ThatOneBoss: While technically every boss fits this category, Dracula easily takes the cake as one of the hardest bosses as a result of being the only boss without a set pattern.

** [[{{Retsupurae}} Please stop Let's Playing I Wanna Be The Guy.]]

* BreatherBoss: The Devil Dragon is a very simple boss once you master the jumping at the beginning and ending. Of course, it's still difficult, but it's far from being the hardest boss.

* ThatOneBoss: While technically every boss fits this category, Dracula easily takes the cake as one of the hardest bosses.

** While not as notable, the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iQZ8NgsOvgM final boss theme]] of ''VideoGame/EVOTheSearchForEden'' has this. There are quite a few comments about ''I Wanna Be The Guy'', but there are a fair amount of comments about the actual game.

* ThatOneBoss: While technically every boss fits this category, Dracula easily takes the cake as one of the hardest bosses.

* PopCulturalOsmosis: Here's a little experiment. Look up [[GuiltyGear Guilty Gear Isuka]] tracks "Home Sweet Grave" and "Might Is Right But Tight" (''especially'' the latter one) on YouTube, and count how many comments are IWannaBeTheGuy-related.

* ExcusePlot

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game is so insanely over-the-top difficult that you ''will'' change your reaction to dying repeatedly in the same spot from annoyance to cursing to [[LaughingMad laughing]]. It's the only way to handle a game like this.[[note]] Of course, some people head back to cursing again after a while. It can get a little, lets say, messy.[[/note]]
%%% See the crowners linked at the top of the page, dawgs.

* CrowningMomentOfFunny: [[FistOfTheNorthStar HOKUTO NO SHINKEN!]] [[GratuitousEnglish SUPINIIN PILEDURIVAA!]]

** What may very well be the most game-breaking "bug" is the [[ChestMonster fake save point]] on Impossible. Killing it makes a perfectly usable save point appear for exactly one frame on the screen. Killing it while having a bullet EXACTLY where the save point would appear allows you to save the game.

* [[MemeticMutation Memetic Muta]]--[[InterruptingMeme *SPLAT*]] '''GAME OVER''' - PRESS 'R' TO TRY AGAIN

* [[MemeticMutation Memetic Muta]]--*SPLAT* '''GAME OVER''' - PRESS 'R' TO TRY AGAIN

* PopCulturalOsmosis: Here's a little experiment. Look up GuiltyGearIsuka tracks "Home Sweet Grave" and "Might Is Right But Tight" (''especially'' the latter one) on YouTube, and count how many comments are IWannaBeTheGuy-related.

* ThatOneBoss: While technically every boss fits this category, Dracula easily takes the cake as one of the hardest bosses.
* TheWeirdAlEffect: Here's a little experiment. Look up GuiltyGearIsuka tracks "Home Sweet Grave" and "Might Is Right But Tight" (''especially'' the latter one) on YouTube, and count how many comments are IWannaBeTheGuy-related.

* TheWierdAlEffect: Here's a little experiment. Look up GuiltyGearIsuka tracks "Home Sweet Grave" and "Might Is Right But Tight" (''especially'' the latter one) on YouTube, and count how many comments are IWannaBeTheGuy-related.

* ThatOneBoss: While technically every boss fits this category, Dracula easily takes the cake as one of the hardest bosses.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Big In Japan]]: This game is much more popular in Japan than in its home country of the United States. In fact, there are several Japan-made fangames, such as ''I Wanna Be the Love Trap''. Videos of this game are popular on NicoNicoDouga, the Japanese counterpart to YouTube, and get much more views there than on YouTube. Also, many Japanese players have recorded themselves playing the game on Impossible (no verified full clear run has been made without autofire, however, with the exception of two which are both hosted on YouTube).
* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game is so insanely over-the-top difficult that you ''will'' change your reaction to dying repeatedly in the same spot from annoyance to cursing to [[LaughingMad laughing]]. It's the only way to handle a game like this.[[hottip:*: Of course, some people head back to cursing again after a while. It can get a little, lets say, messy.]]

* [[GatewaySeries Gateway Game]]: Its selection of AwesomeMusic allows exposure for more obscure titles such as ''BionicCommando'', ''EVOTheSearchForEden'', and ''Monty On The Run''.

* EarWorm: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihTq9QtdEPI GAME OVER - PRESS 'R' TO TRY AGAIN]]. Mostly because you'll be hearing it a '''lot'''. That, and the first few seconds of ''every'' song.

* ScrappyLevel: Geez, what to choose? The Ghosts 'n Goblins area, which a screen with spikes that move so quickly it's nearly impossible to jump through them? The Mega Man area, which features a screen that will make you long for Quick Man's level? A section where you need to get through several screens via [[strike:nearly]] perfect wall-jumping all the while avoiding killer apples ''and'' staying ahead of a wall of spikes? The question isn't what levels are scrappy, it's which ones are the ''most'' scrappy.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: The game is so insanely over-the-top difficult that you ''will'' change your reaction to dying repeatedly in the same spot from cursing to laughing. It's the only way to handle a game like this.