History YMMV / RobotUnicornAttack

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The music in the above commercial is "Always" stripped down to its basic chord progression, presumably because Adult Swim's license for the song doesn't cover TV broadcast.
%%* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If you don't think it's saccharine, then this probably comes to mind...

* ColbertBump: The game got even more plays when it was featured on an article in ''The Escapist''. Similarly, the amount of people checking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e3--bGYfg8 the original song]] out after they've heard it here is astonishing.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Zigzagged in ''RUA2''. It starts off ''easier'' than the earlier games mainly due to its slower pace, but when you get far enough into the level it gets downright crazy, with tiny platforms and passages you can barely fit through aplenty.

* SequelDifficultySpike: Zigzaggedin ''RUA2''. It starts off ''easier'' than the earlier games mainly due to its slower pace, but when you get far enough into the level it gets downright crazy, with tiny platforms and passages you can barely fit through aplenty.

* TastesLikeDiabetes:
** ''Robot Unicorn Attack'' does not taste like diabetes. Diabetes tastes like ''Robot Unicorn Attack''. It's all part of the game's charm.
** This video too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUaKxFjlOpw It's just... awww!
* WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs: If you don't think it TastesLikeDiabetes, then this probably comes to mind...

* AudienceAlienatingPremise: Central theme seems to be that you can chase your dreams all you want; failure is inevitable. Among some of the starting messages are, from the Heavy Metal edition, "A fiery death awaits you", [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Persistence is futile"]] and possibly the best one "You will fail" - short and to the point.

* OlderThanTheyThink: A lot of people think the song "Always" was written just for this game-- it's been around since 1994. Paradoxically, the song is also NewerThanTheyThink, considering how many people think of the song as '''[[TheEighties 80's]]''' SynthPop. In this case, the confusion might stem from both the fact that Erasure first came to prominence and had many of their hit singles in the mid-late 1980's, and that the rest of the game is simply ''dripping'' with 1980's aesthetics, what with all the vibrant pink/rainbow/pastel colour scheme, the overall 'Saturday morning fantasy cartoon' feel of the game and the ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics of the menu screens.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: You can chase your dreams all you want; failure is inevitable. Among some of the starting messages are, from the Heavy Metal edition, "A fiery death awaits you", [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Persistence is futile"]] and possibly the best one "You will fail" - short and to the point.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc "Always (2009 Mix)"]] by Music/{{Erasure}}, the classic song for the game, is an absolute joy to listen to, with the catchiness and overall rhythm making you want to keep playing the game over and over just so you can keep listening to it. [[EarWorm It'll likely remain in your head for quite some time afterwards, though]].

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc "Always (2009 Mix)"]] by Music/{{Erasure}}, the classic song for the game, is an absolute joy to listen to, with the catchiness and overall rhythm making you want to keep playing the game over and over just so you can keep listening to it.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: You can chase your dreams all you want; failure is inevitable. Among some of the starting messages are "A fiery death awaits you", [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Persistence is futile"]] and possibly the best one "You will fail" - short and to the point.

** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xIe1tPtyAk Battlefield]] by Music/BlindGuardian from ''Heavy Metal Edition'' is much less of an EarWorm, but still awesome.

* EarWorm: Oh, yes. The song's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc "Always (2009 Mix)"]] by Music/{{Erasure}}, BTW. It's so catchy you're willing to forgive it for RhymingWithItself in the first verse: "Open your eyes, I see / Your eyes are open / Wear no disguise for me / Come into the open".

* SurpriseDifficulty

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', since both that show and this game make girly horses awesome. It helps that they both came out around the same time and arguably kicked off a trend of unironic admiration for cute things.

* ColbertBump: The game got even more plays when it was featured on an article in The Escapist. Similarly, the amount of people checking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7e3--bGYfg8 the original song]] out after they've heard it here is astonishing.

* OlderThanTheyThink: A lot of people think the song "Always" was written just for this game- it's been around since 1994. Paradoxically, the song is also NewerThanTheyThink, considering how many people think of the song as '''[[TheEighties 80's]]''' SynthPop. In this case, the confusion might stem from both the fact that Erasure first came to prominence and had many of their hit singles in the mid-late 1980's, and that the rest of the game is simply ''dripping'' with 1980's aesthetics, what with all the vibrant pink/rainbow/pastel colour scheme, the overall 'Saturday morning fantasy cartoon' feel of the game and the ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics of the menu screens.

* OlderThanTheyThink: A lot of people think the song "Always" was written just for this game- it's been around since the '90s. Paradoxically, the song is also NewerThanTheyThink, considering how many people think of the song as '''[[TheEighties eighties]]''' synthpop. In this case, the confusion might stem from both the fact that Erasure first came to prominence and had many of their hit singles in the mid-late 1980s, and that the rest of the game is simply ''dripping'' with 1980s aesthetics, what with all the vibrant pink/rainbow/pastel colour scheme, the overall 'Saturday morning fantasy cartoon' feel of the game and the ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics of the menu screens.

* FriendlyFandoms: With ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', since both that show and this game make girly horses awesome.

* MostWonderfulSound: The glissando when the unicorn double jumps brings a smile to anyone's face.

* EarWorm: Oh, yes. The song's [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc "Always (2009 Mix)"]] by {{Erasure}}, BTW. It's so catchy you're willing to forgive it for RhymingWithItself in the first verse: "Open your eyes, I see / Your eyes are open / Wear no disguise for me / Come into the open".

* ColbertBump: The game got even more plays when it was featured on an article in The Escapist. Similarly, the amount of people checking [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWqJTKdznaM the original song]] out after they've heard it here is astonishing.

* HellIsThatNoise: In the Heavy Metal edition, the screech of the piranhas that appear every 5,000 points.

** The Facebook version of ''Evolution''. It adds depth to the already [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]] gameplay with its RPGElements and special abilities. The backgrounds are also upgraded to become SceneryPorn.

* MemeticMutation: As the most [[SoCoolItsAwesome AWESOME]] game ever.

* CrowningMusicOfAwesome: See EarWorm.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9xIe1tPtyAk Battlefield]] by Music/BlindGuardian from ''Heavy Metal Edition'' is much less of an EarWorm, but still awesome.
** One in ''[=RUA2=]'' that's easily missed due to it being tucked away into the credits, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfnEknswRa4 "Open Your Heart to Love"]] is absolutely ''beautiful''.

* EvenBetterSequel: The Facebook version of ''Evolution''. It adds depth to the already [[SoCoolItsAwesome awesome]] gameplay with its RPGElements and special abilities. The backgrounds are also upgraded to become SceneryPorn.

* FamilyUnfriendlyAesop: You can chase your dreams all you want; failure is inevitable.
** Among some of the starting messages are "A fiery death awaits you", [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration "Persistence is futile"]] and possibly the best one "You will fail" - short and to the point.

* HypeAversion and HypeBacklash: Some people doesn't understand how truly awesome this game is but those people are just jealous because they aren't in '''[[color:red:H]][[color:orange:A]][[color:yellow:R]][[color:lime:M]][[color:cyan:O]][[color:blue:N]][[color:purple:Y]]'''.

* OlderThanTheyThink: A lot of people think the song "Always" was written just for this game- it's been around since the '90s.
** Paradoxically, the song is also NewerThanTheyThink, considering how many people think of the song as '''[[TheEighties eighties]]''' synthpop. In this case, the confusion might stem from both the fact that Erasure first came to prominence and had many of their hit singles in the mid-late 1980s, and that the rest of the game is simply ''dripping'' with 1980s aesthetics, what with all the vibrant pink/rainbow/pastel colour scheme, the overall 'Saturday morning fantasy cartoon' feel of the game and the ''Film/{{Tron}}''-style graphics of the menu screens.
* SoCoolItsAwesome: Did we mention it's the most AWESOME game of all time? Anyone who doesn't think so will face InternetBackdraft by the whole internet.

* ColbertBump: The game got even more plays when it was featured on an article in The Escapist. Similarly, the amount of people checking [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSMeUPFjQHc the original song]] out after they've heard it here is astonishing.

* ColbertBump: The game got even more plays when it was featured on an article in The Escapist. Similarly, the amount of people checking the original song out after they've heard it here is astonishing.