History VideoGame / TonightWeRiot

->''"The world is the throes of global capitalism."''

In the dystopic future of the year 20XX, the forces of capitalism runs rampant, lead by the company Whippleco and their CEO, Chet Whippleton III. Across all fields and stripes, workers are being ever increasingly exploited and squeezed of their lifeblood by the rich, who owns the media and effectively controls the political system and the local law enforcement. Despite toiling for hours on end across multiple jobs, the pittance of a salary most workers receive for their thankless drudgery, means they can no longer make ends meet. At first, peaceful protests for better pay and working-conditions were attempted, but they were only ruthlessly beaten to the curb by the police. There is only one way forward now, and that is for the workers to size the means of production by force. It is up to you to command a ragtag army of rebels, as they liberate workers and fight for revolution across five different worlds.

* ATwinkleInTheSky: Whippleton's final fate when you bring his rule to an end- you punch him and send the despotic billionaire flying off into the distance.

* CapitalismIsBad: The game makes it no secret that is its central theme. The totalitarian capitalist regime is oppressing the workers and destroying the environment. The description of store page mentions this it for multiple times.

* ClimbingClimax: The final level has heroes [[StormingTheCastle storming the Whippleco Tower]] for a literal and metaphorical BossFight.

* DirtyCoward: Every time Whippleton, the BigBad CEO, is defeated, he activates his jetpack and makes his escape to the next zone over. After you defeat him in the final battle, you get to punch him and send him flying away.

* HateSink: Whippleton - a CorruptCorporateExecutive and [[{{Jerkass}} asshole extraordinaire]]. A big part of the game's fun is intended to be about kicking him in the face and [[JustLikeRobinHood taking back all the stuff he and his company pilfered from workers]].

* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Whippleton is implied to be one of those, to show that CapitalismIsBad, though it's somewhat downplayed. He doesn't espouse any kind of MasterRace ideology and didn't come to power via TheCoup or deceiving the common people to sweep him into power, instead [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections simply inheriting]][[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney /buying the system]] - but he's still a blond blue-eyed totalitarian dictator, the opening cutscene introduces him with the "One Nation, One People, One Leader" Nazi slogan, and his answer to everything looks to be some variation of "KillThePoor".
* NoOSHACompliance: The main gameplay hazard in the third area, [[PortTown The Dockyards]]. The second one - [[BubblegloopSwamp Bootlick Bayou]] - isn't much better. Justified, as Whippleton and his company [[BadBoss proudly don't care about industrial safety]].

** In the final level, a random worker may yell "[[Film/DieHard Yippee-Kai-Yay, motherfuckers !]]", sparking a conversation about the movie and [[CasualDangerDialog the quote's relevance to the situation]].

* {{Trumplica}}: The BigBad, Whippleton has some similarities to that president. Blonde hair, interesting hair style, inherited his wealth, and being the leader of capitalist society. His headquarters is even a giant tower-skyscraper, and Trump has plenty of those.

* UnstableEquilibrium: You're stronger the more workers you are, so if you lose some early in a level you'll struggle throughout. At the same time, assembling a big pack can let you power through easily.

* ZergRush: While workers that you command are not so strong, they are numerous.

* RightWingMilitiaFanatic: The majority of the enemies in the second area.

* AnAxeToGrind: Of the throwing variety.

* BigBad: Chaz Whippleton III, the CEO of Whippleco.

In the dystopic future of the year 20XX, the forces of capitalism runs rampant, lead by the company Whippleco and their CEO, Chaz Whippleton III. Across all fields and stripes, workers are being ever increasingly exploited and squeezed of their lifeblood by the rich, who owns the media and effectively controls the political system and the local law enforcement. Despite toiling for hours on end across multiple jobs, the pittance of a salary most workers receive for their thankless drudgery, means they can no longer make ends meet. At first, peaceful protests for better pay and working-conditions were attempted, but they were only ruthlessly beaten to the curb by the police. There is only one way forward now, and that is for the workers to size the means of production by force. It is up to you to command a ragtag army of rebels, as they liberate workers and fight for revolution across five different worlds.

* VillainousBreakdown: As you progress further into Bowling Green Estates, the newspaper begins getting more and more afraid of your advance, and by the time you storm Whippleco HQ, it’s apparent they’re completely scared of you.

** One of the last unlockable items is the [[WebVideo/LifeOfBoris Cheeky Breeky running shoe]], which increases every worker's running speed. As a bonus, if you survive long enough in "[[EndlessGame Permanent Revolution]]" mode, message from the authors will be displayed, in which they apologize for the number of "stupid meme jokes that were barely relevant at the time we made them".