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Video Game: Steamshovel Harry

Steamshovel Harry is a flash game. You play as Steamshovel Harry who, as part of Near-Earth-Defense force, needs to stop the aliens from using their secret weapon. You have ten minutes.

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Tropes present in Steamshovel Harry.

Autotune: Used a lot in the main theme of the game.
Deconstruction Game: To forced tutorials.
Department of Redundancy Department:
It's got oceans for swimming!
Not acid for dying!
There's a moon
And some grass
Lots of water too
And more grass
Everything Is Trying to Kill You: Including physics and the tutorial itself. It succeeds.
Forced Tutorial: Deconstructed.
Giant Spider: They are present in this game.
Intercourse with You: Part of the tutorial theme is taken up by the singer singing about how he can't wait to make love to physics.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: The planetary anthem goes:
We'll find a cure for that Plague
We have to admit that was our mistake
- Also, the tiresomely long tutorial takes up those 15 minutes that Steamshovel Harry was supposed to use to save Earth.
Poison Is Corrosive: The Spider King's jaws can dissolve anything.
Stop Helping Me!: Out in full force. In fact, it keeps you from winning the game.
Timed Mission: you have ten minutes.
Unwinnable Joke Game: The Earth will be destroyed by a missile in ten minutes, and only you can stop it! The tutorial takes 9:58 minutes, and you lose immediately afterwards.
Wreaking Havok: According to the tutorials, throwing items affects your jump height. Also, the theme song repeatedly warns you that "Physics are gonna kill you Harry!"