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A long-running, violent, and gore-filled stickman flash game series. The games focuses on the adventures of our main protagonist Vinnie, his partner/love-interest Shorty and later on a former yakuza Kiro. The flash games can be found online at [[http://www.siftheads.org SiftHeads.org]].
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!!This game provides examples of:
* AnachronismStew: In Sift Heads 0's first mission, set in 1976, an infant Vinnie uses a Desert Eagle to kill his pet cat. The Desert Eagle was first designed in 1979, and it's first variant was produced in 1983.
* AntiHero: Vinnie on his better days, he might not be the most heroic character, but he explicitly takes on criminals that are much worse than him.
* BadassBiker: Kiro's main mode of transportation is sports bike which fits with his former affiliation as a Yakuza member.
* BigBad:
** Kiro in ''Sift Heads 5'', who is looking to avenge his brother's death in ''Sift Heads 4'' before [[DefeatEqualsFriendship Vinnie beats him]].
** Alonzo Morelli, mob boss for the Chicago Mafia for ''Sift Heads World'' overall, but is given the main focus in ''Act 1'', ''Act 3'', ''Act 6'', and ''Ultimatum''.
* CoolCar: Vinnie's Shelby GT-500.
** Vinnie previously drove a Plymouth Hemi'Cuda in Sift Heads 1 before he got the Shelby GT-500.
** In Sift Heads World - Ultimatum, Vinnie steals a 1971 Dodge Charger and drives it all the way towards the police convoy transporting Kiro to prison.
* CompetitiveBalance: In Sift Heads World.
** GlassCannon: Vinnie has the highest Accuracy, and is the best overall for "Sniper" missions.
** JackOfAllStats: Shorty has balanced stats.
** StoneWall: Kiro has the highest health, and tends to be better at "Shootout" missions.
* FinalBoss: A human trafficking gang {{Mook}} in ''Sift Heads World: Act 4''.
* GenreShift: The ''Assault'' games is side-scrolling shooter instead of a linear shooter.
* GunPorn: All guns in the series are very detailed.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:Kienji is killed by Yakuza leader Yuuma, because he overheard the Yakuza's negotiation with the Triads, an enemy syndicate.]]
* HowWeGotHere: ''Sift Heads World: Act 4'' opens with Vinnie behind the seat of a military helicopter. After the plane he's chasing is shot out of the sky, the story flashes back to the trio's assassination of a DirtyCop.
* IntimateHealing: In Sift Heads 5, Vinnie can make his way back to Shorty to heal up and she makes it explicit that she's healing Vinnie with some benefits.
* LadyInRed: Shorty is almost always wearing a red dress.
* MadeOfIron: ''Everyone''. To the point where a standard mook in ''Remasterized'' can take 5 [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] shots to the head before dying.
* MsFanservice: Shorty is explicitly has a lot of sex appeal despite being a stick figure thanks to her NonStandardCharacterDesign. From her tight fitting red dress that shows off some cleavage and hug her hips tight and he provocative actions and poses she can make throughout the series. In Sift Heads 5 there is a cheat that replaces her [[LadyInRed sexy red dress]] with lingerie!
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:At the end of ''Sift Heads World: Ultimatum'', Vinnie kills Alonzo by emptying an entire [[HandCannon Desert Eagle]] magazine into his head.]]
* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Almost every female character has a large bust and a curvy figure for some inexplicable reason....
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: You'll be surprised how much stick figures can bleed in this series.
* SiblingTeam: Kiro and his younger brother Kienji in ''Sift Heads Renegade 3''. The first two levels of that game involve the two taking down a gang as a final test before Kienji is inducted into the ranks of the Yakuza.
* UpdatedRerelease: ''Sift Heads 1 Remasterized''
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