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"Typical," that is, until you realize that he's [[Naked People Are Funny|completely naked]], he's riding across the tundra on a comically small, squeaky blue bicycle, and he's chasing a trail of frozen soap bubbles.

As a ''game,'' Icycle is a [[Platformer]] wherein you control the unnamed man and his tiny bicycle as he [[Follow the Money|Follows The Bubbles]] across several icy landscapes. The man can't get off his bike--he's naked, after all, and he'd freeze quickly--and he can't backpedal. He's got momentum issues, too. You've got to figure out the layout of the levels and the types of obstacles contained therein, and figure out the best path around them. Due to the way the bike moves, precision is extremely difficult--but [[Nintendo Hard|you're going to need it anyway]], as the platforms are small, the [[Spikes of Doom]] are plentiful, and the ice is [[Slippy Slidey Ice World|both slippy and slidey.]] Being a free Flash game, it's only 8 levels long, but it's 8 levels of precarious cliffs, steep slopes, [[Bottomless Pit|Bottomless Pits]], and [[Spikes of Doom|spikes.]] Lots and ''lots'' of spikes.

As a ''game,'' Icycle is a [[Platformer]] wherein you control the unnamed man and his tiny bicycle as he [[Follow the Money|Follows The Bubbles]] across several icy landscapes. The man can't get off his bike--he's naked, after all, and he'd freeze quickly--and he can't backpedal. He's got momentum issues, too. You've got to figure out the layout of the levels and the types of obstacles contained therein, and figure out the best path around them. Due to the way the bike moves, precision is extremely difficult--but [[Nintendo Hard|you're going to need it anyway]], as the platforms are small, the [[Spikes of Doom]] are plentiful, and the ice is [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World|both slippy and slidey.]] Being a free Flash game, it's only 8 levels long, but it's 8 levels of precarious cliffs, steep slopes, [[Bottomless Pit|Bottomless Pits]], and [[Spikes of Doom|spikes.]] Lots and ''lots'' of spikes.

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* [[Hundred Percent Completion]]: The game grades you on the percentage of soap bubbles you collect in a level.

* [[Hundred-Percent Completion]]: The game grades you on the percentage of soap bubbles you collect in a level.

* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: Area 7 is build entirely around this concept, with ''giant ice crystals'' encroaching in on you from all sides.

* [[After the End]]

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* [[By Wall That Is Holey]]: {{spoiler|In Area 8, you must position yourself exactly so so as not to get crushed by the falling building.}}

* [[Follow the Money|Follow The Frozen Soap Bubbles]]

* [[Huge Rider Tiny Mount]]: The guy is at least twice as big as the bicycle.

* [[Huge Rider, Tiny Mount]]: The guy is at least twice as big as the bicycle.

* [[Human Popsicle]]: You're the only one who unfrozen successfully. The others all went [[Cryonics Failure|splat.]] Or so it seems...

* [[Last of His Kind]]: The bicycle guy, looking for other humans in the frozen world.

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* [[Scenery Censor]]: Despite being naked the entire game, the bicycle guy's legs are always carefully positioned such that you never actually see anything.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: Sure, Earth may be completely frozen over, but if it isn't ''gorgeous...!''

* [[Shout Out]]: The very first area is based on the famous Japanese print ''[~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/The_Great_Wave_off_Kanagawa~~ The Great Wave off Kanagawa]''. The second has the Statue Of Liberty's torch in the background, a reference to ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The very first area is based on the famous Japanese print ''[[wikipedia:The Great Wave off Kanagawa|The Great Wave off Kanagawa]]''. The second has the Statue Of Liberty's torch in the background, a reference to ''[[Planet of the Apes]]''.

* [[Slippy Slidey Ice World]]

* [[Slippy-Slidey Ice World]]

* [[Spikes of Doom]]: ''Aaaaaaarrrrrggggh!''

* [[Stepping Stones in The Sky]]: Area 5's crumbling cliffs; some of the gaps are too wide to jump, but start to crumble before you get there. Luckily, they're still viable platforms even when they're falling.

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