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''Bionic Commando'' (a.k.a. ''Hitler's Revival: Top Secret'') is an [[Action Adventure|action-adventure]] side-scrolling platformer for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] made by Capcom. You play as Ladd Spencer ([[Spell My Name with an "S"|or Rad in later versions]]), who as the titular commando wields various guns and also has a bionic arm, which he can use as a [[Grappling Hook Pistol|grappling hook]] to swing across the levels. (Interestingly, he is unable to jump, and is instead dependent on the arm to climb around and cross gaps. Perhaps a form of [[Gameplay and Story Segregation]]?)

* [[Down the Drain]]: Area 2 is an underground chemical waste dumping site.

* [[Easter Egg]]: An interesting case of [[Throw It In]] happens when you re-attempt to fight a boss after dying. It only occurs the second time.

'''Spencer''': "<s>My pleasure!</s>Umm..." }}

* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: You have Super Joe's machine gun for the final 3 levels of ''Rearmed'', and the upgraded rocket launcher only for the final boss fight.

* [[Floating Platforms]]: Averted; just about everything Rad can attach his arm to is conceivably attached to the ground in some manner (for example, the various poles scattered across the stages).

* [[Fridge Horror]]: In the NES version of Area 5, one of the communication rooms has a spot where you can wiretap. if you choose to, you get words on the screen, but no picture of the person's face like there usually is. And this is what it says.

** Playing through it again, it's implied that the voice was {{spoiler|Hitler}}.

* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Probably the most famous example of this trope in an NES game, next to Golgo 13.

** ''Rearmed'' starts out harder than the later levels of the NES version, mainly due to intelligent enemies (they duck behind stuff to avoid your fire, etc...)

* [[No One Could Survive That]]: After Nathan kills {{spoiler|Groeder}} by shoving a grenade in his chest and kicking him off the high point they were fighting on:

* [[No Swastikas]]: In the translation, the Nazis were changed to the "Badds", swastikas were removed, and Hitler was renamed Master D. Strangely enough, his dialogue portrait, [[Captain Obvious|which clearly shows Hitler,]] wasn't changed at all.

** What ''is'' strange is that there's symbols and powerups scattered around in both the NES game and the updated remake which resemble [[wikipedia:File:Reichsadler der Deutsches Reich (1933%E2%80%931945).svg|the Imperial Eagle.]] That can't be coincidental.