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** The Guy's second form is a direct reference to the cyborg boss battle from ''[[Contra]] III'', and the Mecha-Birdo fight also possibly references the aerial boss battle from the aforementioned game.
** The Guy's second form is a direct reference to the cyborg boss battle from ''[[Contra]] III'', and the Mecha-Birdo fight also possibly references the aerial boss battle from the aforementioned game.
** Several regular enemies qualify, as well, such as the birds from [[Ninja Gaiden]].
** Several regular enemies qualify, as well, such as the birds from [[Ninja Gaiden]].
* Some of the screens are heavily based on areas of other games, such as ''[[Metroid]]'', ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]], ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts N Goblins]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', and ''[[Castlevania]]''. Also, [[Tetris]]. And Breakout.
* Some of the screens are heavily based on areas of other games, such as ''[[Metroid]]'', ''[[Mega Man (video game)|Mega Man]]'', ''[[Ghosts 'n Goblins|Ghosts N Goblins]]'', ''[[The Legend of Zelda]]'', and ''[[Castlevania]]''. Also, ''[[Tetris]]''. And ''Breakout''.
* The ''Zelda'' area has a giant 8-bit Link who serves as a platform, but can kill you if you linger for too long.
* The ''Zelda'' area has a giant 8-bit Link who serves as a platform, but can kill you if you linger for too long.
** [[Memetic Mutation|You jumped into a sword, you retard!]]
** [[Memetic Mutation|You jumped into a sword, you retard!]]
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** The music used for the road to The Guy's Castle is the theme from The Moon in Duck Tales, which was likely meant to lead the player to believe that a showdown with the eponymous object is imminent. This being I Wanna Be The Guy, however, the reality of the situation ends up being much worse.
** The music used for the road to The Guy's Castle is the theme from The Moon in Duck Tales, which was likely meant to lead the player to believe that a showdown with the eponymous object is imminent. This being I Wanna Be The Guy, however, the reality of the situation ends up being much worse.
** The music used for [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon|The Guy's Castle]] is from ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93nIljXpqUY Monty on the Run]'', an obscure [[Commodore 64]] game with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|a kickass soundtrack]] and almost as much [[Nintendo Hard]] difficulty.
** The music used for [[Very Definitely Final Dungeon|The Guy's Castle]] is from ''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93nIljXpqUY Monty on the Run]'', an obscure [[Commodore 64]] game with [[Crowning Music of Awesome|a kickass soundtrack]] and almost as much [[Nintendo Hard]] difficulty.
** The music used for The Final Tower of The Guy? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOJl_FpXPc From] [[EVO Search for Eden|E.V.O. Search For Eden]]''.
** The music used for The Final Tower of The Guy? [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDOJl_FpXPc From] ''[[EVO Search for Eden|E.V.O. Search For Eden]]''.
* The Mecha-Birdo fight has the ''[[Ikaruga]]'' boss theme, complete with the WARNING screen in the intro.
* The Mecha-Birdo fight has the ''[[Ikaruga]]'' boss theme, complete with the WARNING screen in the intro.
* Dracula's cutscene is straight out of [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]], with the Kid saying Richter's lines.
* Dracula's cutscene is straight out of [[Castlevania: Symphony of the Night]], with the Kid saying Richter's lines.
* In one of the few references ''not'' from a video game, there's a point in a tower climb where you are given two choices of paths to go up. Taking the wrong one results in death by '''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie|FOOBY THE KAMIKAZE WATERMELON!!]]''' (Sadly, without his trademark fanfare.)
* In one of the few references ''not'' from a video game, there's a point in a tower climb where you are given two choices of paths to go up. Taking the wrong one results in death by '''[[The Demented Cartoon Movie|FOOBY THE KAMIKAZE WATERMELON!!]]''' (Sadly, without his trademark fanfare.)


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