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** The secret mission where you command a frigate. You can't choose what tank you want to drive, and the frigate is almost as weak at the Mototank, so going against much stronger tanks with much more health than you (and being unable to drive on land) is more than frustrating.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: Griffin and Madison are in New York when the viral outbreak and nuclear war happen... in 2001. The only softening of the blow is that this game's events happen around May of that year, rather than September. If that's not bad enough, the devastated Manhattan is referred to as "Ground Zero" afterwards.

* NightmareFuel: The character selection screen in ''Global Assault'' has character portraits that are [[UncannyValley caricatured BEYOND natural]], but special mention goes to the [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/battletanx/images/1/1c/CrimsonGuard.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/497?cb=20150508155951 Crimson Guard]] in their [[GaslampFantasy "cyborg" glory,]] ESPECIALLY [[NightmareFace the one on the far left.]]

* MostAnnoyingSound: The sound of the mini-turrets from ''Global Assault''. They pose very little threat, but you'll want to destroy them quickly just because the noise they emit will grate on your nerves.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The music for the "Fremont Street" stage in the first game sounds similar to Music/{{ACDC}}'s "TNT".

* CompleteMonster: [[BigBad Cassandra]], from ''Global Assault'', is a malicious [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen QueenLord]] who is responsible for releasing a plague that wiped out [[{{Gendercide}} almost all of the women on the planet]]. After the world tore itself apart and humanity fell, Cassandra used her mind-controlling powers to build her own empire across America and Europe. Upon discovering that [[PlayerCharacter Griffin Spade]], along with his wife, Madison, and son, Brandon, possess the same powers as her, she orders her army to kidnap their son and eliminate anyone in their way. While chasing them across America, Cassandra succeeds in brainwashing and kidnapping Brandon so she can later use him for more nefarious deeds. When Brandon's parents finally rescue him, Cassandra orders her troops to go after the Spade family again, no longer caring if Brandon is killed in the crossfire. Shortly before Cassandra's defeated, she tries one last time to brainwash Brandon into [[OmnicidalManiac destroying the entire world]].

* CompleteMonster: [[EvilRedhead Cassandra]], the BigBad of ''Global Assault'', is a malicious [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen QueenLord]] who is responsible for releasing a plague that wiped out [[{{Gendercide}} almost all of the women on the planet]]. After the world tore itself apart and humanity fell, Cassandra used her mind-controlling powers to build her own empire across America and Europe. Upon discovering that [[PlayerCharacter Griffin Spade]], along with his wife, Madison, and son, Brandon, possess the same PsychicPowers as her, she orders her army to kidnap their son and eliminate anyone in their way. While chasing them across America, Cassandra succeeds in brainwashing and kidnapping Brandon so she can later use him for more nefarious deeds. When Brandon's parents finally rescue him, Cassandra orders her troops to go after the Spade family again, no longer caring if Brandon is killed in the crossfire. Shortly before Cassandra's defeated, she tries one last time to brainwash Brandon into [[OmnicidalManiac destroying the entire world]].

** Brandenburg Gate, also in the second game. All of the [[EscortMissions convoy missions]] are pretty bad, but the last one here takes the cake. Have fun trying to escort four slow, fragile-as-tissue-paper transports through swarms of enemy tanks (some of which appear from behind), multiple minefields, dozens of turrets, a reinforced steel barrier, and a few Hornets at the end.