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** One of the songs in ''Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius'' happens to be titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk The Pachinko Payout Comes Fast and Furious.]]'' To many fans this has only become embittering due being deeply premonitory of Konami's fall from gaming culture as they would move onto gambling-centric platforms for their domestic efforts, along with utilize their currently active franchises as mere fodder for their pachinko/pachislot machines, or mobile games.

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** One of the songs in ''Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius'' happens to be titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk The Pachinko Payout Comes Fast and Furious.]]'' To many fans this has only become embittering due being deeply premonitory of Konami's fall from gaming culture as they would move onto gambling-centric platforms for their domestic efforts, along with utilize the recurring tendency oif utilizing their currently still active franchises as mere fodder for their pachinko/pachislot machines, or mobile games.
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** One of the songs in ''Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius'' happens to be titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk The Pachinko Payout Comes Fast and Furious.]]'' To many fans this has only become embittering due being deeply premonitory of Konami's fall from gaming culture as they'd move onto gambling-centric platforms for their domestic efforts, such as pachinko and slot machines. Coming also from a game that truly defined Konami's imaginative charm and celebrating their beloved franchises in the 90s, it's a depressing contrast to how Konami tends to utilize their currently active franchises as more fodder for their pachislots or mobile games.

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** One of the songs in ''Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius'' happens to be titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk The Pachinko Payout Comes Fast and Furious.]]'' To many fans this has only become embittering due being deeply premonitory of Konami's fall from gaming culture as they'd they would move onto gambling-centric platforms for their domestic efforts, such as pachinko and slot machines. Coming also from a game that truly defined Konami's imaginative charm and celebrating their beloved franchises in the 90s, it's a depressing contrast to how Konami tends to along with utilize their currently active franchises as more mere fodder for their pachislots pachinko/pachislot machines, or mobile games.
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** One of the songs in ''Jikkyo Oshaberi Parodius'' happens to be titled ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh5TzApWeuk The Pachinko Payout Comes Fast and Furious.]]'' To many fans this has only become embittering due being deeply premonitory of Konami's fall from gaming culture as they'd move onto gambling-centric platforms for their domestic efforts, such as pachinko and slot machines. Coming also from a game that truly defined Konami's imaginative charm and celebrating their beloved franchises in the 90s, it's a depressing contrast to how Konami tends to utilize their currently active franchises as more fodder for their pachislots or mobile games.
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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in many 2010s anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_QgB7bAnM in this variant, usually]]), and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.

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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in many 2010s anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_QgB7bAnM in this variant, usually]]), and later most recently as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.
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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in many 2010s anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations, and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.

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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in many 2010s anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations, situations ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJ_QgB7bAnM in this variant, usually]]), and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.
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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations, and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.

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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in many 2010s anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations, and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.

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* MemeticMutation: One boss song is used in the "Mayim Mayim" meme.

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** The [[https://youtu.be/NoejABV98rk?t=3 "wow!" sound effect]] was frequently used in anime especially in comedic {{Fanservice}} situations, and later as an ironic reaction in some Website/YouTube videos.

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* HilariousInHindsight: ''Parodius'' series started out on MSX computers before reaching other platforms. Almost three decades later, another CuteEmup game started out on the newer [[UsefulNotes/XboxOne Microsoft]] [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows platform]]. Guess what? ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''.

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* HilariousInHindsight: ''Parodius'' series started out on MSX computers before reaching other platforms. Almost three decades later, another CuteEmup CuteEmUp game started out on the newer [[UsefulNotes/XboxOne Microsoft]] [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows platform]]. platforms]]. Guess what? ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''.''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''.
** Even funnier when fans cited ''Cuphead'' as a remake of ''Parodius'' for eighth-generation consoles.
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* HilariousInHindsight: ''Parodius'' series started out on MSX computers before reaching other platforms. Almost three decades later, another CuteEmup game started out on the newer [[UsefulNotes/XboxOne Microsoft]] [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows platform]]. Guess what? ''VideoGame/{{Cuphead}}''.

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* SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtf0zLwq604 songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaNE3BufJU&hl=en-GB&gl=SG one or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXWnDDmsi8 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTabYWp1ZcI Konami games]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].



* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtf0zLwq604 songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaNE3BufJU&hl=en-GB&gl=SG one or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXWnDDmsi8 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTabYWp1ZcI Konami games]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].



* MostWonderfulSound: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJwtiOtMls "Mission Completed"]] music in ''Sexy Parodius''.
* OlderThanTheyThink / SequelDisplacement: Most people forget about the very first game in the series, titled simply ''Parodius'', which came out for MSX in 1988, thinking instead that ''Parodius DA!'' (1990) from the arcades was the first game. Though when you see it, it doesn't exactly have as much widget value as the rest of the series does. It also isn't nearly as good and can be a bit more difficult than the rest of the series.

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* MostWonderfulSound: SugarWiki/MostWonderfulSound: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJwtiOtMls "Mission Completed"]] music in ''Sexy Parodius''.
* OlderThanTheyThink / SequelDisplacement: OlderThanTheyThink: Most people forget about the very first game in the series, titled simply ''Parodius'', which came out for MSX in 1988, thinking instead that ''Parodius DA!'' (1990) from the arcades was the first game. Though when you see it, it doesn't exactly have as much widget value as the rest of the series does. It also isn't nearly as good and can be a bit more difficult than the rest of the series.



* SequelDisplacement: Most people forget about the very first game in the series, titled simply ''Parodius'', which came out for MSX in 1988, thinking instead that ''Parodius DA!'' (1990) from the arcades was the first game. Though when you see it, it doesn't exactly have as much widget value as the rest of the series does. It also isn't nearly as good and can be a bit more difficult than the rest of the series.



* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: This series is weird even after the CuteEmUp design.

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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: This series is weird even after the CuteEmUp design.design.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: The killer Konami logo in the first stage of ''Gokujou Parodius'' becomes a bit harder to laugh at given their treatment of their various non-arcade non-mobile properties starting in the 2010's.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtf0zLwq604 songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaNE3BufJU&hl=en-GB&gl=SG one or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXWnDDmsi8 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other Konami games]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtf0zLwq604 songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaNE3BufJU&hl=en-GB&gl=SG one or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXWnDDmsi8 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other other]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTabYWp1ZcI Konami games]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].
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* ScrappyMechanic: The powerup roulette mode, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the existence of the !?/OH! [[PoisonMushroom "powerup"]] on the power meter, which nullifies every powerup you have.

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* ScrappyMechanic: The powerup roulette mode, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the existence of the !?/OH! [[PoisonMushroom "powerup"]] on the power meter, which nullifies every powerup you have. You may also run into the risk of activating a Speed Up (thus potentially giving you faster movement than you want, and you can't take back Speed Ups) or your other special weapon (being switched to a Double before a boss or a Laser in a section that mandates attack coverage is bad news).

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* ScrappyMechanic: The powerup roulette mode, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the existence of the !?/OH! [[PoisonMushroom "powerup"]] on the power meter, which nullifies every powerup you have. Woe the players who raged when they hit that so-called "powerup"...
* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Creator/Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff. [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]

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* ScrappyMechanic: The powerup roulette mode, which wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for the existence of the !?/OH! [[PoisonMushroom "powerup"]] on the power meter, which nullifies every powerup you have. Woe the players who raged when they hit that so-called "powerup"...\n* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Creator/Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff. [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]

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* BrokenBase: Some people were less than satisfied when ''Parodius Portable'' replaced some music.



* PortingDisaster: Parodius Portable is this for some, mostly due to some the music being replaced due to copyrights or possibly offending people.
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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff. [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]

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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Konami}}, {{Creator/Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff. [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]

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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff.
** [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]

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* SerialNumbersFiledOff: The gameplay and design are almost exactly like ''Gradius''. But both are made by {{Konami}}, so it's hardly a ripoff.
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ripoff. [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]
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* BreatherBoss: One boss in ''Gokojou Parodius'' uses ''Power-Ups'' as ammo. It's very easy to dodge the boss itself, and although some of the power-ups are roulette that can take away the power-ups, it's not exactly hard to get them back.

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* BreatherBoss: One boss in ''Gokojou Parodius'' Parodius'', Capsule Monster Cappuccino, uses ''Power-Ups'' as ammo. It's very easy to dodge the boss itself, and although some of the power-ups are roulette that can take away the power-ups, it's not exactly hard to get them back. Subverted when you fight the boss on higher difficulties or loops, where it mixes in some decoys that can kill you among the power-ups.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two folk]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtf0zLwq604 songs]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsaNE3BufJU&hl=en-GB&gl=SG one or]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgXWnDDmsi8 two]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music music]] [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=283 from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlddU5LfK8&feature=related once-popular songs]] and of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me6bsO-3P-I music from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].

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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[http://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlddU5LfK8&feature=related com/watch?v=gnEwhN9xr9U once-popular songs]] and of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me6bsO-3P-I [[https://youtu.be/de0iJ8PmjoA?t=200 music from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].
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* BreatherBoss: One boss in ''Gokojou Parodius'' uses ''Power-Ups'' as ammo. It's very easy to dodge the boss itself, and although some of the power-ups are roulette that can take away the power-ups, it's not exactly hard to get them back.
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* HoYay: Playing 2 players in ''Sexy Parodius'' will result in a "power up option" whenever the two players are together. This option varies from each character pairing (for instance, Vic Viper and Lord British will create a "wave" option which fires a wave attack that can be rotated via player position). Surprisingly enough, if one player is Toby and the other is Ivan, they produce the "love" option which fires homing hearts.
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* MostWonderfulSound: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJwtiOtMls "Mission Completed"]] music in ''Sexy Paradious''.

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* MostWonderfulSound: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJwtiOtMls "Mission Completed"]] music in ''Sexy Paradious''.Parodius''.
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* MostWonderfulSound: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRJwtiOtMls "Mission Completed"]] music in ''Sexy Paradious''.


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** [[CaptainObvious It's called Parodius for a reason.]]
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* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: This series is weird even after the CuteEmUp design.
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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlddU5LfK8&feature=related once-popular songs]] and of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me6bsO-3P-I music from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].

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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: CrowningMusicOfAwesome: Despite the oddness of the series, Parodius has one of the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parodius_Music greatest soundtracks ever made]] in videogame history, all of which are remixes of either [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAaZI-PgSmY classical music]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH68xgP3sLY folk songs]], one or two [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FvlddU5LfK8&feature=related once-popular songs]] and of course, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Me6bsO-3P-I music from other Konami games]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdvYi0AQ-qs especially Gradius]].
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* PortingDisaster: Parodius Portable is this for some, mostly due to some the music being replaced due to copyrights or possibly offending people.
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* ThatOneBoss: Several examples stand out if you suck at ShootEmUps in general, but [[Pikachu4Prezident This Troper]] could never beat [[spoiler: Pentarou X]] at the end of Gokujou Parodius' Special Stage.

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