History VideoGame / AlienHominid

[[caption-width-right:300:[[WesternAnimation/AquaTeenHungerForce You could poke him with a pillow]] [[OneHitPointWonder and kill him.]]]]

''Alien Hominid'' is a 2-D Side-scrolling ActionGame that originated on {{Platform/Newgrounds}}. The flash version seen on the site was programmed by Tom Fulp and designed by Dan Paladin, who would later create the indie game development team Creator/TheBehemoth. It was later made into a multi-platform game in 2004 through 0~3 Entertainment and is well known among gamers and the Newgrounds community.

''Alien Hominid'' is a 2-D Side-scrolling ActionGame that originated on {{Website/Newgrounds}}. The flash version seen on the site was programmed by Tom Fulp and designed by Dan Paladin, who would later create the indie game development team Creator/TheBehemoth. It was later made into a multi-platform game in 2004 through 0~3 Entertainment and is well known among gamers and the Newgrounds community.

On January 30, 2020, The Behemoth released the trailer for a co-op action game that serves as a sequel and reboot: ''[[VideoGame/AlienHominidInvasion Alien Hominid: Invasion]]''. A demo would be made available at the PAX East and EGX Rezzed gaming conventions, however the convention was cancelled and the game was delayed... eventually releasing on November 1, 2023.

On January 30, 2020, The Behemoth released the trailer for a co-op action game that serves as a sequel and reboot: ''VideoGame/AlienHominidInvasion''. A demo would be made available at the PAX East and EGX Rezzed gaming conventions, however the convention was cancelled and the game was delayed... eventually releasing on November 1, 2023.

* MadeOfPlasticine: The FBI, Soviet Soldiers and Area 51 Guards. For goodness' sake, these humans take [[OneHitPointWonder one regular shot to die]], even less than a ''regular desert scorpion'' (which take three).

** ZigZagged. The title character is only slaughtering the FBI Agents because they're trying to kill them, and also because they wanted to get his spaceship back. And in Area 2-1, the alien instinctively sliced two KGB operatives up when they are checking up on them. However, the Hominid isn't particularly nice owing to their "response" to a Grey alien who only wanted to say hello.
** Defied. When the Grey alien shows up in person in 3-1, he is actually friendly towards the titular Hominid, who is a fellow alien like him, and offers a handshake with them. He only opted to attack because the Hominid chose to violently reject his friendly offer by shooting him and the Grey retaliated in defense.
* AlternateHistory: ''Invasion'' reveals that the timeline is set in 2004, and the KGB are still active in Russia, implying that the USSR is still active in the ongoing years (they use the hammer and sickle flag). The real life KGB is dissolved in 1991, the same year the USSR collapsed, and is succeeded by the FSB.

* ArtEvolution: The original Flash game looks much rougher than the console game, as was typical of other Flash games of the era.

* AliensAreBastards: Subverted
** The title character is only slaughtering the FBI Agents because they're trying to kill him, and also because he wanted to get his spaceship back. And in Area 2-1, although the alien instinctively sliced two KGB operatives up when they are checking up on him,
** When the Grey alien shows up in 3-1, he is actually friendly towards the titular Hominid and offers a handshake with him. He only opted to attack because the Hominid chose to reject his friendly offer by shooting him and the Grey retaliated in defense.

* MadeOfIron: Exaggerated example. In 2-1, Boris shows up, on-foot, to unveil the boss of that stage (a giant flying robot carrying a hammer and sickle), and this is the only time you can attack him. Not only he can take [[VideoGame/MetalSlug Morden-levels]] amount of punishment that you dish out to him, but he ''never' flinches, even as you rain down energy bullets (or special weapons) on this guy.