History VideoGame / QWOP

%%* FacePlant: If you don't fall on your back, your run will generally end like this.

* ThePratfall: The difficulty of the game makes these nearly inevitable.
* RagdollPhysics: Featured along with the slight GravityScrew.
* RhythmGame: It will very quickly turn into this once you learn how to actually start moving.

* SillyWalk: If you manage to get Qwop to move, you'll generally cause this.

* SomeDexterityRequired: Used [[TheyPlottedAPerfectlyGoodWaste intentionally]].

* YetAnotherStupidDeath: Or rather, another stupid backflip.

* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Only seen when Qwop falls.

* BoringYetPractical: [[spoiler: Hold down W and P, tapping Q occasionally, and vibrate to victory]].

* DeconstructionGame: On [[SomeDexterityRequired complicated controls]].

* FacePlant: If you don't fall on your back, your run will generally end like this.

[[ExcusePlot ...but our training program was under-funded.]] \\

A related game also by Creator/{{foddy}} is [[http://www.foddy.net/WinnervsLoser.html Winner vs. Loser]] which is likewise based on track & field, and its SpiritualSuccessor is VideoGame/{{GIRP}} for the idea that controlling basic human motions is difficult. Foddy has since made a true successor to QWOP called ''VideoGame/{{CLOP}}'', which has you controlling a {{Unicorn}}.

* IncrediblyLamePun: It's rather common for players to say that their legs won't [=QWOPerate=].

* MundaneMadeAwesome: When you finally run/hop/crawl those 100 meters, the game congratulates you as if it were a difficult task. [[NintendoHard Although, after all, it kind of]] ''[[NintendoHard was]]''...

* CentipedeDilema: The whole point of the game is to see what happens when you have to think about the movements of each individual muscle to perform even the most basic action.

* CentipedeDilemma: The whole point of the game is to see what happens when you have to think about the movements of each individual limb to perform even the most basic action.

A related game also by Creator/{{foddy}} is [[http://www.foddy.net/WinnervsLoser.html Winner vs. Loser]] which is likewise based on track & field, and its SpiritualSuccessor is VideoGame/{{GIRP}} for the idea that controlling basic human motions is difficult. Foddy has since made a true successor to QWOP called ''VideoGame/{{CLOP}}'', which has you controlling a {{Unicorn}}. You can play the QWOP game [[http://www.unblockedgamesroom.com/qwop here]]

A related game also by {{foddy}} is [[http://www.foddy.net/WinnervsLoser.html Winner vs. Loser]] which is likewise based on track & field, and its SpiritualSuccessor is VideoGame/{{GIRP}} for the idea that controlling basic human motions is difficult. Foddy has since made a true successor to QWOP called ''VideoGame/{{CLOP}}'', which has you controlling a {{Unicorn}}. You can play the QWOP game [[http://www.unblockedgamesroom.com/qwop here]]

...but our training program was under-funded. \\

** In-universe, Qwop's training program is so woefully underfunded that ''basic muscle memory'' apparently doesn't fit on the budget. Let's put it this way: the game congratulates you and calls you a winner for running [[strike:100 meters]] [[strike:10 meters]] ''at all.'' Even if, as just mentioned, you walk negative meters.

* HaveANiceDeath

* HeroicMime

* NoBudget: InUniverse; Qwop's training is so underfunded that he doesn't even know how to ''walk.''

* RagdollPhysics

%%* StockShoutOut: to ''Film/ChariotsOfFire''.

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