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11	''Steamshovel Harry'' is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the Paramilitary Asteriod Miners, who have launched a missile towards Earth, from destroying the planet. You have ten minutes.
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13	'''WARNING:''' Play the game [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/misterpersonman/steamshovel-harry?acomplete=steam+shov here]] before you read further, lest you GoMadFromTheRevelation.
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16	!!Tropes present in Steamshovel Harry.
17	* [[invoked]]AnnoyingVideoGameHelper: Deconstructed. [[spoiler:At least it tries to, the game ends before they've gotten started at it.]]
18	* {{Autotune}}: Used a lot in the main theme of the game.
19	* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:P.A.M. successfully blows up Earth before Harry can actually do anything because the tutorial wasted all his time.]]
20	* BigBad: The Paramilitary Asteroid Miners, or P.A.M., are the group who launched the missile towards Earth that Steamshovel Harry is trying to stop, [[spoiler:though [[UnwinnableJokeGame it hits before Harry even gets through the tutorial]]]].
21	* CrapsackWorld: A giant Spider King has taken over, there's an unchecked plague, "boiling seas and blood-red sky." Suddenly, [[spoiler:inevitably]] being wiped out doesn't sound so bad.
22	* DeconstructionGame: To forced and overly long tutorials. [[spoiler:The tutorial is so long that it gives the missile enough time to crash into Earth before Harry can even go a single step.]]
23	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment:
24	-->It's got oceans for swimming!\
25	Not acid for dying!\
26	There's a moon\
27	And some grass\
28	Lots of water too\
29	And more grass
30	* DoubleJump: The realistic implementation of physics allows Harry to do this by grabbing objects and throwing them down. He can also throw things upwards to jump less high. [[spoiler:At least, that's what the tutorial claims- you [[UnwinnableJokeGame never get the chance to try it]]]].
31	* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What Steamshovel Harry is trying to prevent. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding He fails]], thanks to the overly long tutorial.]]
32	* EverythingIsTryingToKillYou: Including ''physics'' [[spoiler:and the tutorial itself; [[DownerEnding the latter ultimately succeeding]]]].
33	* ExactWords: [[spoiler:The theme song repeatedly says, "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!" Technically, they ''do'' - because the tutorial includes a physics lesson - and a ''love song'' to physics - that contribute to a runtime of about ten minutes - and guess how much time Harry has to save the world?]]
34	* FakeInteractivity: [[spoiler:The "game" itself turns out to have no interactivity beyond clicking the "next" button between each section of the tutorial and buying equipment, because once the game actually begins, Harry is killed once he takes a single step forward.]]
35	* ForcedTutorial: Deconstructed. The tutorial is very long and features explanations of how different things such as throwing items and standing on different-sized asteroids can affect jump physics. [[spoiler:By the time the tutorial's over, the missile's already landed.]]
36	* GiantSpider: They are present in this game. They're on the good side/friendly, unlike most cases.
37	* IntercourseWithYou: Part of the tutorial theme is taken up by the singer singing about how he can't wait to make love to physics.
38	* ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Look closely at the Helper Spider once the nuke hits Earth, you'll see that he's on fire.]]
39	* MadeOfIron: One wonders ''what'' Steamshovel Harry is made of [[spoiler:considering that he seems no worse for the wear when the nuke hits Earth, while the Helper Spider on the other hand bursts into flames]].
40	* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
41	** The planetary anthem goes:
42	--->We'll find a cure for that Plague\
43	We have to admit that was our mistake
44	** [[spoiler:Also, the tiresomely long tutorial takes up those 10 minutes that Steamshovel Harry was supposed to use to save Earth.]]
45	* PoisonIsCorrosive: The Spider King's jaws can dissolve anything.
46	* RunningGag: Characters saying they have to explain things as quickly as possible, only to end up wasting even more of your time.
47	* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: You have to sit through the tutorial, even though [[spoiler:doing so will allow the missile to destroy Earth]]. You can't even attempt to go "ScrewThisImOuttaHere" and fly off.
48	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The lyrics describing Earth seem to have a lot of this.
49	* TalkingIsAFreeAction: [[spoiler:'''[[AvertedTrope Averted]] hard.''' The overly long tutorial ultimately leads to the missile hitting Earth.]]
50	* TimedMission: You have ten minutes. [[spoiler:The tutorial has barely let you walk a single step before you are out of time.]]
51	* UnwinnableByDesign: [[spoiler:[[UnwinnableJokeGame The entire game.]]]]
52	* UnwinnableJokeGame: The entire point here.
53	* WreakingHavok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "[[{{Foreshadowing}} Physics are gonna kill you Harry!]]" [[spoiler:To be fair, it's not physics, but rather the ''tutorial itself'' that kills him.]]

Context Videogame / SteamshovelHarry