History VideoGame / BillyHatcherAndTheGiantEgg

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The manual misspells Bantam's name as "Bamtam".

* BadassAdorable: I mean, what other character can make a chicken suit look so cool, at the same time, so adorable.

* TheCameo: An egg of Sonic can be seen in some parts of the game. While on the side of cameos, Billy had appeared in other sega games. While people question on why [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CbCtdLGO3BU Sega hasnt made a sequel yet]].

* NintendoHard: Especially the missions unlocked after rescuing Billy's friends.

* SpellingSong: The song G.I.A.N.T.E.G.G. in which on the song, that's all they do. Humorously enough, due to the lack of enunciation between the "I" and "A" they sound like they're spelling it wrong -- "G-I-N-T-E-G-G" -- which is kind of a liability for a Spelling Song. SomecallmeJohnny also[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WzWc3-029q4 thinks the lyrics are "G-I-N-T E-G-G"]]

* SpellingSong: The song G.I.A.N.T.E.G.G. in which on the song, that's all they do. Humorously enough, due to the lack of enunciation between the "I" and "A" they sound like they're spelling it wrong -- "G-I-N-T-E-G-G" -- which is kind of a liability for a Spelling Song.

* CueTheSun

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Morning Land could be [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpreted]] as this, seeing as how you can usually find some sort of terrifying {{Mook}} hiding right around the corner. [[FridgeLogic And honestly]], how bright and cheerful would ''you'' be if you were faced with the chance that you may never see the light of day again?

Sounds cute, at least before you take into account the massive amount of possibly traumatic material. The BigBad and his cronies? [[RavensAndCrows Crows]] who want to take over the world by causing endless night. None of this sounds threatening, but boss fights bring a whole new level of creepy. Most of these bosses, and some notable levels, are also [[SurpriseDifficulty much harder]] than most people would have a right to expect from such a child-friendly setting.

* RavensAndCrows

* UndergroundMonkey: All of the small enemies have the same basic attacks, either inflicting collision damage, or bouncing around.

* XMeetsY: ''SonicTheHedgehog'' meets ''KatamariDamacy''.

* DemBones: Topo rides on the back of skeletal Tyrannosaurus.
** Also the Bone Dino [[MiniBoss mini-bosses]] you fight before him.

** InstantPlunderJustAddPirates

** EverythingsBetterWithChickens: This is basically what the game is all about.

* Necromancer: Topo is this; he summons undead dinosaurs to aid him.

Sounds cute, at least before you take into account the massive amount of [[NightmareFuel possibly traumatic material]]. The BigBad and his cronies? [[RavensAndCrows Crows]] who want to take over the world by causing endless night. As NightmareFuel goes, none of this sounds threatening, but boss fights bring a whole new level of creepy. Most of these bosses, and some notable levels, are also [[SurpriseDifficulty much harder]] than most people would have a right to expect from such a child-friendly setting.

This game provides examples of:

* WhaleEgg: All over the place, and even [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by one of the chicks wondering who or what laid them in the first place.

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* CrapsaccharineWorld: Morning Land could be [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation interpreted]] as this, seeing as how you can usually find some sort of NightmareFuel {{Mook}} hiding right around the corner. [[FridgeLogic And honestly]], how bright and cheerful would ''you'' be if you were faced with the chance that you may never see the light of day again?

* MoodWhiplash: While most of the game is fairly lighthearted throughout, the final boss is when the NightmareFuel really kicks in.

* OneWingedAngel: After you beat his first form as a FunnyAnimal crow wizard, Dark Raven [[spoiler:hatches the Giant Egg, merges with it,]] and transforms into an [[NightmareFuel enormous crow-shaped living shadow.]]

* [[EverythingsBetterWithIndexes Everythings Better with EVERYTHING]]

* EvilIsNotWellLit
* EvilSorcerer: Dark Corvo and Dark Raven.
* ExpositionFairy: Menie-Funie speaks to the current character at the beginning of most levels, to give you hints about the actual mission.
* FatBastard: Captain Glur.
* FinalExamBoss: [[TheDragon Dark Corvo]] conjures "shadows" of the previous bosses and uses their attacks patterns.
* FingerlessGloves: Billy, Rolly and Bantam wear a pair of those.
* FlunkyBoss: All but one of Dark Corvo's abilities is to summon a shadow clone and sit back and wait for the shadow clone to finish attacking, the only attack he has is when he summons clones of himself and attacks with them.
* FunnyAnimal: All the chicken people.
* GangplankGalleon: Pirate Land

** '''[[color:#ee1100:Fire]]'''
** '''[[color:blue:Water]]'''
** '''[[color:#118800:Wind]]'''
** '''[[color:#770077:Ice]]'''
** '''[[color:orange:Steel]]'''
** '''[[color:#eeee00:Lightning]]'''
** '''[[color:lightblue:Light]]'''
** '''[[color:darkblue:Dark]]'''

Sounds cute, at least before you take into account the massive amount of [[NightmareFuel possibly traumatic material]]. The BigBad and his cronies? [[RavensAndCrows Crows]] who want to take over the world by causing endless night. As NightmareFuel goes, none of this sounds threatening, but boss fights bring a whole new level of creepy. Most of these bosses, and some notable levels, are also [[SurpriseDifficulty much harder]] than most people would have a right to expect.

* HorseOfADifferentColor: The "mount" creatures. At least one of them lets you avert your SuperDrowningSkills.

* NintendoHard

* PlatformHell: Specially when you play the first mission of Circus Park. Either your golden egg gets broken after reaching the zone with a ridiculous amount of big cat crows; or you end losing your egg by using the red rails.

* SuperDrowningSkills
* TacticalSuicideBoss: Almost all of the bosses do this, with most of the bosses all you have to do is dodge everything until they mess up and become vulnerable, sometimes the bosses do the dumbest things to allow them to be harmed and still repeat their actions ''over and over again'', which makes them seem stupid even though [[ThatOneBoss they may be owning you.]]

* ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself: Billy at the final battle. Despiste having unlocked the other 3 characters, no one even lifts a finger to help him.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you lose your Egg in the second Desert Level during a sand puzzle, the game will give you a generic egg to compensate for the one you just lost.

* ShiftingSandLand: Sand Ruin, with [[DidNotDoTheResearch Inca-like pyramids instead]]

** AWorldwidePunomenon