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3	Stop us if you've heard this one before. The Princess- RecordScratch!!
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5	Wow, that was quick. Okay, how about this?
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7	The princess kidnaps TheHero's turtle monster friend, and now he has to traverse a series of 2D Platformer worlds avoiding power-ups and coins and getting help from enemies, spike traps, and bottomless pits.
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9	That is Default Dan.
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11	''Default Dan'' is a PlatformGame by Kikiwik Games that takes the basic plot and mechanics of your average ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' game, and flips it all on its head. Here, coins make you explode, enemies are your allies, and what were traps are now helpful to you.
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13	The game was funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}}, and released for [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] on Platform/{{Steam}} on January 15th, 2015. It was ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and Platform/{{Android\|Games}} soon after.
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16	!!''Default Dan'' contains examples of:
17	* AdorableEvilMinions: The princess employs cupcakes to work for her.
18	* AlliterativeTitle: '''D'''efault '''D'''an.
19	* AnthropomorphicFood: One of the enemies is a limbed cupcake that attacks by throwing small cupcakes at Dan.
20	* BigBad: As part of the game’s inversion of Mario tropes, The Princess kidnaps Dan’s turtle dragon friend, sparking Dan’s quest to save him.
21	* BottomlessPits: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. When Dan falls into a bottomless pit, he drops down from the top of the screen.
22	* DamnYouMuscleMemory: Much of the game's difficulty comes from the fact that helpful things look harmful and harmful things look helpful.
23	* DistressedDude: In this game, the turtle monster is the one you gotta save.
24	* FakeTrap: SpikesOfDoom make you bounce, BottomlessPits lead to the top of the screen, ManEatingPlant monsters act as warp gates, and [[TheGoomba Goombas]] carry you.
25	* GoombaStomp: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], of course. In this game, to defeat enemies, you have to hit them from underneath.
26	* HelpfulMook: What are usually enemies in most platform games are now your allies. [[ManEatingPlant Man-Eating Plants]] serve as warp gates, and [[TheGoomba goombas]] carry you over hazards.
27	* InvertedTrope: Pretty much does this to the typical trappings of the platformer genre.
28	* LudicrousGibs: Dan explodes into these whenever he gets killed.
29	* ManEatingPlant: The plant monsters in this game DO eat Dan, but rather than kill him, they act as warp points.
30	* PoisonMushroom: What usually helps you in most platform games, here it makes you [[LudicrousGibs explode]]. Coins, white platforms, cupcakes, hearts, presents, pretty much anything that looks nice, keep your distance.
31	* SpikesOfDoom: Like everything else, [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. In this game, the spikes make you bounce.
32	* TimedMission: As usual, [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. Instead of having to complete the levels before the timer reaches zero, the timer STARTS at zero and counts up.
33	* VillainousPrincess: As part of its nature as an [[InvertedTrope Inversion]] of a typical ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' PlatformGame, instead of the nameless Princess being kidnapped by the turtle monster, ''the princess'' kidnaps the turtle monster. From there, [[PlayerCharacter Default Dan]] has to rescue his turtle monster friend from her.

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