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* [[Pun Based Title]]: ''Contra: Hard Corps'', which is a play on the word "hardcore". Unfortunately, this pun isn't so obvious on people who [[No Pronunciation Guide|mispronounce]] the word "corps" as "corpse".
* [[Punny Name]]: The localizations of the early installments were filled with these. For example, Bill Rizer and Lance Bean were renamed "Sgt. Bill Ko" (as in "[[The Phil Silvers Show|Sgt. Bilko]]") and "Corporal Lance" (an inversion of "Lance Corporal") respectively in the manual for ''Super C''.
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* [[Recurring Boss]]
** The boss of the first stage in the original ''Contra'', a wall protected by a sniper and two cannons, reappears as a sub-boss in later ''Contra'' games.
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