Line #13 VideoGame/TossTheTurtle


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3	''Toss The Turtle'' is a 2009 online game that is almost ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. You shoot a turtle out of a cannon and pepper him with bullets in the hope of getting major distance. Along the way, you can grab cash for upgrades at the shop and ammo for the gun to continue shooting the poor turtle.
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5	Also, the land is littered with [[SpikesOfDoom spikes]], [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goombas]], bombs, [[FunnyAnimal gangster hounds]], angry suns, [[PlayingWithFire flame dudes]], small and big birds, street fighting bananas, cars, [=UFOs=], chainsaw-wielding maniacs, and angry ground creatures.
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7	You can find it on Website/{{Newgrounds}} [[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/508440 here]] or on its [[http://www.tosstheturtle.us/ official website]]. The artist, Gonzo, has also gone on to create art for another game, ''Goin' Up''.
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9	A sequel, ''Super Toss the Turtle'', was released December 22nd 2016 for iOS and Google Play. It includes the same action packed game play, while adding new cannons, guns, power ups, and characters.
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12	!!Toss the Tropes:
13	* AKA47: Some of the guns fall into this, such as the "Lone Eagle"[[note]]Desert Eagle[[/note]]. Amusingly averted with the TropeNamer itself, however, which has its name intact.
14	* AmusingInjuries: All the injuries inflicted on the poor turtle.
15	* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Your turtle can be propelled into space and remain there indefinitely without suffering any ill effects. Other obstacles, like seagulls, can also be seen flying and breathing in space with no issue.
16	* BlingBlingBang: The best weapon in the original game is the Golden Gun. ''Super Toss The Turtle'' adds the Golden Double-Barreled Shotgun and the Golden Boy cannon.
17	* BloodyHilarious: Blood splatters across the ground every time the turtle bounces, and sprays everywhere if it hits a spike wall or gets crushed.
18	* CatchPhrase: [[Franchise/StreetFighter SHORYUKEN!]]
19	* CollisionDamage: Colliding with spikes is enough to kill your turtle. However, other enemies won't damage him.
20	* CosmeticAward: Several. Some of them, however, actually increase your effectiveness in torturing the turtle.
21	* {{Crossover}}: The August 2017 event for ''VideoGame/{{Zombidle}}'' features a crossover with characters from ''Toss the Turtle'' as well as [=GonzoSSM's=] other works.
22	* DepthDeception: You can collide with the sun without even ''leaving the atmosphere''.
23	* DeusExNukina: You can buy several nukes to bolster your speed and height.
24	* EquipmentBasedProgression: The game has this as the main game mechanic. The farther you launch the projectile the more money is available for upgrades, and each upgrade helps you go further, and so on ad infinitum.
25	* {{Expy}}:
26	** That Squirtle, I mean, turtle sure [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} looks familiar]].
27	** Also the [[strike:Diglett]] angry ground creature.
28	** ''Super Toss the Turtle'' adds "[[Manga/DragonBall Kogu]]".
29	* FunnyAnimal: The gangster hounds.
30	* InfinityPlusOneSword: The Newgrounds Tank and the Golden Gun. With both of these weapons, you can easily breach the 100-mile mark. In ''Super Toss the Turtle'', the Prestige items count as this instead, with the Golden Gun relegated to InfinityMinusOneSword and the Newgrounds Tank much further down the pecking order.
31	* JustOneMoreLevel: There's an achievement for that. Three of them, in fact!
32	* LethalJokeWeapon: That banana gives you the biggest boost out of anything you could possibly hit.
33	* MadeOfIron: It doesn't matter how much abuse the turtle goes through, he just sits up and breathes a sigh of relief when he comes to a stop. Even if you hit the spikes or get crushed, he's still up and about for the next shot, none the worse for wear.
34	* ManOnFire: Several of the obstacles set the turtle on fire if it hits them. This not only has no lasting effects, but is actually beneficial (being on fire somehow makes you immune to spikes), and the flames die out after a few seconds. The player can also invoke this by getting a perfect cannon launch, or (in ''Super'') by using the Matches.
35	* MoreDakka: You buy increasingly more powerful tanks and guns over the course of the game.
36	* NewGamePlus: In ''Super Toss the Turtle'', activating Prestige essentially works like this. You can only activate it after buying every cannon and gun from the store, and once activated, you have to start over from the beginning. In return, you get a permanent 15% cash bonus, and access to the most powerful items in the game.
37	* {{Pun}}: "Get shot up" says the achievement for landing in the gunfire of a gangster dog and being propelled upward.
38	* {{Shoryuken}}: The banana performs this maneuver if you so much as touch him.
39	* ShoutOut:
40	** Several, to ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'', ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' and Newgrounds' own revered characters.
41	** The Newgrounds Tank from the Website/{{Newgrounds}} logo.
42	** [[Film/TheManWithTheGoldenGun The Golden Gun]], with its reputation as one of the more powerful weapons in ''VideoGame/GoldenEye1997''.
43	** The bonus modifier for somehow not hitting any objects is "[[Creator/VinceOffer Boring Life]]".
44	** In some stages there are the remains of ''VideoGame/MetalGearSolid'''s cyborg ninja on the ground.
45	** The title image, with the turtle on a cliff looking at a distant city, is reminiscent of ''VideoGame/NinjaGaiden''.
46	** And the title theme is taken directly from ''{{VideoGame/Contra}}.''
47	** One of the enemies is a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Goomba]] wearing a [[HighClassGlass top hat and monocle]]. Stomping only one of these gets you the bonus modifier "[[MemeticMutation Weegee]]".
48	** Another enemy is a Banana, who delivers a [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shoryuken]] uppercut when hit. He's even called Bananayuken in the sequel.
49	** Hitting enough UFO's gives you a bonus modifier at the end of the level with some bonus cash. The name of the modifier: "[[Literature/TheWaroftheWorlds War Of The Worlds]]".
50	** ''Super Toss the Turtle'' introduces the expies [[Franchise/KungFuPanda Boe Chong]], [[WesternAnimation/AmericanDad Clyde M.L Ovalbowl]], [[VideoGame/ConkersBadFurDay Bonkers]], [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Fast The Porcupine]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Rango}} Mango]], [[Franchise/DonkeyKong Mighty K]], [[UsefulNotes/DonaldTrump The President]], [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors Seymour]], [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Fruitian Kugo]], and [[Series/SesameStreet Reberto]].
51	* SpikesOfDoom: This particular variety stops you instantly, unless you have a chest bomb on. In ''Super Toss the Turtle'', however, only the Prestige-exclusive Guardian chest bomb will save you.
52	* StandardFPSGuns: With a slingshot as your [[WithThisHerring starter weapon]].
53	* TankGoodness: The most powerful cannon in the original game is the Newgrounds Tank. ''Super'' also has a tank obstacle that rolls through the stage and will crush your turtle flat if it drives over it.
54	* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can guide the turtle to a safe landing and end his suffering...
55	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...after launching the poor schmuck out of a cannon and shooting at him.

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