History YMMV / Illbleed

** Playable characters other than Eriko will fall down and crawl away from enemies for a long moment, allowing them to get many hits on you. Picking up the Shock Brace item removes this limitation, however. This is actually a bit of GameplayAndStoryIntegration, as Eriko's backstory explains that, being put through shock tests since childhood, she's pretty much desensitized to being {{Jump Scare}}d.

* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: Every level has some deranged part in it, but here are some highlights.
** Toy Hunter during which you [[spoiler:end up in a ''Franchise/ToyStory'' clone in which Woody becomes an alcoholic, murders innocent people, then tries to die so he can go to hell and be reunited with his girlfriend]]. It also involves a talking rocket ship, a haunted town, and singing eggs.
** The TrueFinalBoss is [[spoiler:Eriko's dad, Michael Reynolds, who melts into a puddle with his naked daughter wading through it as she fights his giant, eyeless melted head that shoots rainbow beams. Then the head splits open and reveals a flying brain tentacle monster]]. Woo!

* BizarroEpisode: The "Toy Hunter: Cork Goes to Hell" level, which recasts you as an action figure named Cork who returns home just in time to watch his owner die. His {{Fanservice}}-y girlfriend, Sexy Doll, is placed in the coffin along with the boy and ends up in Toy Hell. Despondent, Cork becomes a [[DrunkOnMilk milkoholic]], shoots up a bar full of singing eggs, goes to prison, is sentenced to execution, escapes prison through the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, finds a new owner, kills him (or a least make it look like he did), is placed in the coffin, ends up in Toy Hell, fights a Satanic (and animatronic) VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, is nearly forced to fight said evil hedgehog forever due to a programming glitch, and escapes on a rocket. It's an entire subplot made up of [[FunWithAcronyms BLAMs,]] none of which have ''anything'' to do with ''Illbleed'''s story...[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools and is considered by many to be the most memorable part of the game.]]

* EsotericHappyEnding: The true ending. [[spoiler:Eriko confronts her father and defeats him, but she mentally regresses into a scared little girl. Kevin is happy about this because he gets to take care of her now. It's a good ending for Kevin, maybe, but certainly not for Eriko.]]

** The eponymous Cork of Cork Goes to Hell has a girlfriend named [[MsFanservice "Sexydoll".]] The, uh, distinctive name is said often in the level and as such is something of a meme amongst game fans, especially if said or rendered in Cork's equally distinctive faux-Southwestern accent, i.e. [[FunetikAksent "SEXSADAWL!"]]
** "[[https://youtu.be/9M7ly8qMEcs You'll shit with fear!]]" Part of the tagline, as bombastic and irreverent as the game itself. Made even funnier when you hear it said by Creator/JonStJohn in his VideoGame/DukeNukem voice.

---> '''Narrator:''' In his warped mi...In his warped mind...

--->'''Brainless Randy:''' OOAGH CAHSUHSWAHHASUH HABUGLBLAHHH
--->'''Cunningham:''' You must be one of those part-timers.

** The TrueFinalBoss is [[spoiler:Eriko's dad, Michael Reynolds, who melts into a puddle with his naked daughter wading through it as she fights his giant, eyeless melted head that shoots rainbow beams. Then the head splits open and reveals a flying brain tentacle monster]]. Woo!

** "Killerman is Killerman!" A CaptainObvious statement without context, but the Killerman level asks the player to guess who the titular Killerman is. One of your options is... Killerman. LPer LetsPlay/SuperGreatFriend underscores the goofiness of this by using the phrasing multiple times in his walkthrough of the game.

** "You'll shit with fear!" Part of the tagline, as bombastic and irreverent as the game itself.
** "No one cared, because he was a loner anyway." How the opening narration for Woodpuppets unceremoniously states George MacLachlan's disappearance was dismissed after he was swallowed alive.

* CriticalDissonance: Critics disliked this game, but it has a decently sized cult following.
* CrossesTheLineTwice: Just about everything. Killing an insane, heavily-burned old man after stealing his deceased son's possessions, murdering several people ''outside'' the attractions, and killing a child to be buried with the other toy he liked are among these moments, though the worst (best?) moment has to be [[spoiler: Eriko's father only approaching her in the true ending because she's naked and he finds her [[{{Squick}} attractive]].]]

** "Killerman is Killerman!" A CaptainObvious statement without context, but the Killerman level asks the player to guess who the titular Killerman is. You're supposed to choose... Killerman. LPer LetsPlay/SuperGreatFriend underscored the goofiness of this by using the phrasing in his walkthrough of the game.

** "You'll shit with fear!" Part of the tagline for the game, as bombastic and irreverent as the title itself.

* {{Narm}}: A large part of ''Illbleed'''s charm is just how absurd all of the dialogue is, not helped by the bizarre script, its shaky English translation, or how seriously the various voice actors read their lines.

** Playing through the "Killerman" section as Randy without a brain. Whatever little bit of seriousness from that section is completely blown to bits.

%%** "Let's go back to hell! :D"

* CriticalDissonance: Critics disliked this game, but it has a decently sized Cult Following.

%%* MemeticMutation:
%%** [[LetsPlay/SuperGreatFriend "Killerman is Killerman!"]]
%%** "SEXADAWL!!"
%%** "You'll shit with fear!"
%%** "He was a loner anyway."

** Despite only appearing as a boss in "Toy Hunter: Cork Goes to Hell", Zodick The Hellhog is one of the games most well-known characters, and gets a fair amount of fanart. The fact that he's a parody of Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog helps.

* HarsherInHindsight: In this game, one of the ways to die is shock death, where your heart pulse rises too high and you die of a heart attack. The creator of the game, Shinya Nishigaki, died relatively young of a sudden heart attack just a few years later.

* BizarroEpisode: The "Toy Hunter: Cork Goes to Hell" level, which recasts you as an action figure named Cork who returns home just in time to watch his owner die. His {{Fanservice}}-y girlfriend, Sexy Doll, is placed in the coffin along with the boy and ends up in Toy Hell. Despondent, Cork becomes a [[DrunkOnMilk milkoholic]], shoots up a bar full of singing eggs, goes to prison, is sentenced to execution, escapes prison through the AbsurdlySpaciousSewer, finds a new owner, kills him, is placed in the coffin, ends up in Toy Hell, fights a Satanic (and animatronic) VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog, is nearly forced to fight said evil hedgehog forever due to a programming glitch, and escapes on a rocket. It's an entire subplot made up of [[FunWithAcronyms BLAMs,]] none of which have ''anything'' to do with ''Illbleed'''s story...[[Administrivia/TropesAreTools and is considered by many to be the most memorable part of the game.]]

** OHNOMAN, the most popular of the three final bosses. Mostly due to his [[AwesomeMcCoolname name]].