History VideoGame / TheEndIsNigh

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Much of the soundtrack are reworked classical pieces. For example, the theme of The End is Camille Saint-Saens' "Danse Macabre", the music in the Wall of Sorrow is Franz Listz's "Hungarian Rhapsody", the music in the secret underground Mega Tumor rooms is Edvard Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King", while the music of [[LethalLavaLand Golgotha]] is Modest Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain", just to mention some examples.

--->'''Ash:''' "It's a dangerous, twisted place, full of death, decay and... death, mostly".

* ShoutOut: All the collectible cartridge games are a reference to a classic game. For example [[VideoGame/RiverCityRansom River City Rancid]], [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Catastrovania]], [[VideoGame/PacMan PusMan]]...

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Much of the soundtrack are reworked classical pieces. For example, the theme of The End is Camille Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre, the music in the Wall of Sorrow is Franz Listz's Hungarian Rhapsody, the music in the secret underground Mega Tumor rooms is Edvard Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King", while the music of [[LethalLavaLand Golgotha]] is Modest Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain", just to mention some examples.

* ShiftingSandLand: The Arid Flats [[spoiler: and it's future counterpart Gloom. ]]

* ApocalypseHow: The world already suffered what is most likely a [[ApocalypseHow/Class5 Class 5]]. [[spoiler: The ending has the world go through a [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Class 6]].

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: Much of the soundtrack are reworked classical pieces. For example, the theme of The End is Camille Saint-Saens' Danse Macabre, the music in the secret Mega Tumor rooms is Edvard Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King", while the music of [[LethalLavaLand Golgotha]] is Modest Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain", just to mention some examples.

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The music in the secret Mega Tumor rooms is Edvard Grieg's "In The Hall of the Mountain King", while the music of [[LethalLavaLand Golgotha]] is Modest Mussorgsky's "Night On Bald Mountain".

* AfterTheEnd: By the time you start the game, Ash is one of the last...things, alive in this world. [[spoiler: Then something happens overnight once you finally make a friend, leaving the world even worse off for the second half of the game. ]]
* ApocalypseHow: The world already suffered what is most likely a [[ApocalypseHow/Class5 Class 5]]. [[spoiler: The ending has the world go through a [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Class 6]]. And if you have enough tumors, you can survive the [[Main/UpToEleven THIRD]] apocalypse and enter [[Main/TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Nevermore]]. ]]

* EternalEngine: The level aptly named "The Machine".

* LethalLavaLand: Golgotha. Although the lava might be [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the least of your worries there]].

* ShiftingSandLand: The Arid Flats [[spoiler: and it's future counterpart Gloom. ]]

* RemixedLevel: [[spoiler: The first ones in The Future]]

* LethalLavaLand: Golgotha. Although the lava might be [[EverythingTryingToKillYou the least of tour worries there]].

* PublicDomainSoundtrack: The music in the secret Mega Tumor rooms is Edvard Grieg's "Hall of the Mountain King", while the music of [[LethalLavaLand Golgotha]] is Modest Mussorgsky's "Night At Bald Mountain".

* MeaningfulName: After the final level[[spoiler: The entire world ends up destroyed by...whatever that glowing orb happened to be. The end was indeed nigh. ]]
* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler: Subverted. Regardless if you escape within the time limit in Acceptance, Ash is still caught in the mushroom cloud at the end. ]]

* ApocalypseHow: The world already suffered what is most likely a [[ApocalypseHow/Class5 Class 5]] [[spoiler: The ending has the world go through a [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 Class 6]] ]]
* BrutalBonusLevel: The cartridges. [[spoiler: Also Nevermore, unlockable by sacrificing yourself to the glowing orb at the end of Ruin/ start of Acceptance with at least 450 tumors.]]

A platformer developed by Creator/EdmundMcMillen

* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler: Averted. Regardless if you escape within the time limit in Acceptance, Ash is still caught in the mushroom cloud at the end. ]]

* MeaningfulTitle: After the final level[[spoiler: The entire world ends up destroyed by...whatever that glowing orb happened to be. The end was indeed nigh. ]]

* Meaningful Title: After the final level[[spoiler: The entire world ends up destroyed by...whatever that glowing orb happened to be. The end was indeed nigh. ]]