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''No More Heroes'' is the story of Travis Touchdown, a [[Perpetual Poverty|perennially-broke]] [[Occidental Otaku|otaku]] who wins a beam katana off of "[[Brand X|an Internet auction site]]" and becomes a [[Punch Clock Villain|part-time assassin]] to help pay for his [[Professional Wrestling|pro wrestling]] videos and [[Anime]] merchandise after meeting with the mysterious [[Femme Fatale|Sylvia Christel]] in a bar. Upon becoming ranked the 11th-best assassin in the United States, Travis proceeds to climb the ladder of the United Assassin's Association the hard way: challenging the ten assassins ranked higher, and [[Klingon Promotion|taking them all out]].

From [[Suda 51]], the mastermind behind the divisive ''[[Killer 7]]'', it's simultaneously a celebration and a [[Parody]] of sandbox games, American geek culture, and the concept of an [[Anti Hero]]. With its tongue planted firmly in cheek, the game makes a point of never really taking itself or its medium seriously and fervently [[No Fourth Wall|bulldozes the fourth wall]] from the second you turn it on. Combine this with the fast-paced hack and slash battles, no game lets you rain down on the bad guys like some sort of angry nerd god quite like ''[[No More Heroes]]''. Well, except when you're taking part-time jobs. Assassination just doesn't pay like it used to.

From [[Suda 51]], the mastermind behind the divisive ''[[Killer 7]]'', it's simultaneously a celebration and a [[Parody]] of sandbox games, American geek culture, and the concept of an [[Anti-Hero]]. With its tongue planted firmly in cheek, the game makes a point of never really taking itself or its medium seriously and fervently [[No Fourth Wall|bulldozes the fourth wall]] from the second you turn it on. Combine this with the fast-paced hack and slash battles, no game lets you rain down on the bad guys like some sort of angry nerd god quite like ''[[No More Heroes]]''. Well, except when you're taking part-time jobs. Assassination just doesn't pay like it used to.

One of the most niche types of games, it still managed to be a modest hit, and Suda's biggest selling game. This especially stands out when it's on the [[Wii]], a system supposedly unfriendly to those kinds of games. While initially deemed a massive bomb after its disastrous launch in Japan, the game became a sleeper hit as it rolled out [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|overseas]].

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** Literally, when you need info about Travis's Dark Side moves.

** On a [[New Game Plus]], you can find design art cards. They contain many facts about the characters in the game, including the real names of most of the assassins. And the breed of Travis's cat ({{spoiler|Scottish Fold}}).

** Also subverted, as the instruction manual states that Naomi has a mysterious secret about her. All she does in the game is upgrade Travis' beam katana. Either this idea was dropped or Suda51 loves messing with ya. This could also be a possible [[Metal Gear Solid]] shout out. Rumors have it that Naomi is [[Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have|in her 60's]], which would probably be the secret.

** Also subverted, as the instruction manual states that Naomi has a mysterious secret about her. All she does in the game is upgrade Travis' beam katana. Either this idea was dropped or Suda51 loves messing with ya. This could also be a possible [[Metal Gear Solid]] shout out. Rumors have it that Naomi is [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!|in her 60's]], which would probably be the secret.

* [[American Kirby Is Hardcore]]: The American box art of the first game has Travis Touchdown holding his beam katana with an aggressive look. The European and Japanese box art has Travis standing in the streets of Santa Destroy with a smile on his face and an arm around Sylvia's waist.

* [[And Your Reward Is Clothes]]: Which you have to pay for.

** Or dig out of the dumpster.

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Travis is associated with tigers in a number of ways: many of his optional clothing items have tiger designs; the meter for his Dark Side mode is a tiger walking across the screen; his bike is named the "Schpeltiger"; the guard of the [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|Tsubaki Mk III]] is a stylized Japanese "tiger" kanji; and his ultimate wrestling move is the Tiger Suplex. One of the obtainable shirts explains this: It has Travis' name transliterated in katakana ("TORABISU") and has a tiger ("tora") design on it. In ''Desperate Struggle'' {{spoiler|Travis can even [[Animorphism|transform into a tiger]] as one of his [[Super Powered Evil Side|Dark Side]] modes.}}

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Travis is associated with tigers in a number of ways: many of his optional clothing items have tiger designs; the meter for his Dark Side mode is a tiger walking across the screen; his bike is named the "Schpeltiger"; the guard of the [[Infinity+1 Sword|Tsubaki Mk III]] is a stylized Japanese "tiger" kanji; and his ultimate wrestling move is the Tiger Suplex. One of the obtainable shirts explains this: It has Travis' name transliterated in katakana ("TORABISU") and has a tiger ("tora") design on it. In ''Desperate Struggle'' {{spoiler|Travis can even [[Animorphism|transform into a tiger]] as one of his [[Super-Powered Evil Side|Dark Side]] modes.}}

* [[Anti Hero]]: Travis Touchdown seems to be an experiment as to how far you can push the "anti" of [[Anti Hero]] before he lapses into [[Villain Protagonist]]. Also, he is a Type I and a Type V anti-hero.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Travis Touchdown seems to be an experiment as to how far you can push the "anti" of [[Anti-Hero]] before he lapses into [[Villain Protagonist]]. Also, he is a Type I and a Type V anti-hero.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: The Anarchy in the Galaxy attack is the same attack used by the Glastonbury in the Pure White Giant Glastonbury game. It's also implied that his other Dark Side attacks are from Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly. The characters are Strawberry, Blueberry, and Cranberry. The attacks are Strawberry on the Shortcake, Blueberry Cheese Brownie, and Cranberry Chocolate Sundae.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: [[Charged Attack|Charging the katana]] hits tons of enemies--while leaving you extremely open to attack and only dealing about as much damage as two or three quick regular attacks and it uses a lot of [[Mana|energy]] before the katana is upgraded. Once you get the [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword|unlimited energy upgrade]] though, it becomes much more useful to spam. In the "impractical weapon" department, the way Travis' beam katana is built [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|means it should actually be pretty fragile]].

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: [[Charged Attack|Charging the katana]] hits tons of enemies--while leaving you extremely open to attack and only dealing about as much damage as two or three quick regular attacks and it uses a lot of [[Mana|energy]] before the katana is upgraded. Once you get the [[Infinity+1 Sword|unlimited energy upgrade]] though, it becomes much more useful to spam. In the "impractical weapon" department, the way Travis' beam katana is built [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality|means it should actually be pretty fragile]].

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Some of the song names are pretty weird and/or awesome, like "Mach 13 Elephant Explosion".

** As for actual names, there's Travis Touchdown, Henry ''Cool''down, etc.

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* [[Blade Lock]]: Whenever you and an enemy try to attack each other at the same time. Winning the ensuing struggle gets you a free death blow. Also happens during the cutscene following the {{spoiler|Henry}} boss fight.

* [[Blood Knight]]: Travis Touchdown. Most of the assassins probably qualify to some degree.

* [[Bond One Liner]]: Precedes every ranked battle, and sometimes right after them, too. "It's open mic night in Hell, old man."

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: Precedes every ranked battle, and sometimes right after them, too. "It's open mic night in Hell, old man."

* [[Boss Battle]]: The 10 Assassins all meet certain boss tropes:

** [[Duel Boss]]: All of them

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* [[Bowdlerise]]: Though not how you might expect. The original intent for the game had tons of gore and left the bodies of ranked fight opponents after they die. This was how the American version of the game was released. The Japanese version removed all the blood, replacing it with smoke, and removed the bodies. This was apparently intentional, as excessive violence is less acceptable in mainstream Japanese games. To the consternation of many European fans, the PAL version is taken from the Japanese cut, as Red Star games decided this version would appeal to a wider audience and improve sales. It had also just released after the classification controversy over ''[[Manhunt]] 2'', and Red Star may have been attempting to avoid a similar problem. They have promised the sequel will not be censored, and it wasn't. The Japanese sequel is intended to remain censored.

** The [[PS 3]] and [[Xbox 360]] remake No More Heroes: Heroes Paradise is uncensored.

* [[~~Brainina~~ Jar]]: Letz Shake's machine, Dr. Shake.

* [[Brain In A Jar]]: Letz Shake's machine, Dr. Shake.

* [[Broken Bridge]]

* [[Bullet Hell]]: During a dream sequence before fighting against Harvey, you play a bullet hell game compose of the mech Glastonbury in space based on the Bizarre Jelly franchise, with very simple graphics (closer to Star-fox variety). Afterwards, you can play it some more at Travis' apartment.

* [[Brother Sister Incest]]: {{spoiler|Travis and Jeane}}, though the former was unaware of their blood relationship at the time. [[Squick]].

* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: {{spoiler|Travis and Jeane}}, though the former was unaware of their blood relationship at the time. [[Squick]].

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Half the assassins of the UAA easily fall into this category to varying degrees, including, arguably Travis himself. Not to mention half of the business owners in Santa Destroy.

* [[Call Back]]: During the fight against Death Metal, Travis muses on how having a life like Death Metal would've been, noting several times that he should try and find the exit to Paradise, as it could end up being too much for him. {{spoiler|During the real ending, Travis realizes that his life ''has'' become too much to handle (at least in tying up the loose ends Henry dropped on him), and laments that he can't find that exit to Paradise.}}

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* [[Chunky Salsa Rule]]: During the fight with Bad Girl, getting close to her when she's crying results in her repeatedly beating your head with her bat until you're dead, no matter how much life you had before. A couple of other bosses have instant-kill attacks as well; {{spoiler|Henry}}'s is particularly impressive.

* [[Cleanup Crew]]: Nice men show up to clean up the chunks of whatever is left of the assassin you just killed.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: All over the place. You can force Travis to say it by charging a high attack.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: All over the place. You can force Travis to say it by charging a high attack.

* [[Code Name]]: Nearly everybody; in the original, Holly, Harvey, and Travis are the only ranked assassins without one.

* [[Compensating for Something]]: These games take "sword = penis" and roll with it, and then keep rolling and rolling and...

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* [[Deconstruction]]: The game plays out as a mockery of the [[Excuse Plot]] and how messed up (an assassin) and simple ("I just wanna be #1") someone would have to be to go through with the kind of violence found in video games. It gets to the point where Travis fights {{spoiler|his brother}} Henry while Henry openly mocks how Travis doesn't even ''know why they're fighting.''

* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: Everything about the game, right down to the name "Travis Touchdown," is meant to evoke different emotions from Japanese and American gamers. It is supposed to be a linear, pseudo-sandbox game in part because of how differently Japanese and American gamers react to the concept. As for the name "Travis Touchdown," Suda 51 has explicitly said the name was chosen because it sounds like an over-the-top action hero to Japanese audiences but positively goofy to American ones.

* [[Design ~~Students~~ Orgasm]]: Travis' shirts.

* [[Design Student's Orgasm]]: Travis' shirts.

* [[Disappearing Box]]: Harvey's instant kill move.

* [[Distant Finale]]: The jazz album ''The Outer Rim'' features drama segments starring Travis and Sylvia. Turns out they're immortal. And on the moon. [[Flat What|What.]]

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything]]: If the Beam Katana runs out of power, then in order to recharge it, Travis has to furiously shake the handle. And he does this while holding it directly in front of him and gyrating his crotch, grunting if you have to do it long enough. It, of course, requires shaking the Wiimote in a similar fashion. Destroyman also fires giants lasers out of his crotch.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: If the Beam Katana runs out of power, then in order to recharge it, Travis has to furiously shake the handle. And he does this while holding it directly in front of him and gyrating his crotch, grunting if you have to do it long enough. It, of course, requires shaking the Wiimote in a similar fashion. Destroyman also fires giants lasers out of his crotch.

** A protagonist motivated by something dangling in front of him--an attractive blonde, specifically--that's almost given to him but keeps getting yanked away? [[Super Mario Bros (Video Game)|Sorry, Travis, but]] [[Your Princess Is in Another Castle|your chances of sleeping with Sylvia are in another castle.]]

* [[Downer Ending]]: One of the endings of the first game: {{spoiler|if Travis Touchdown doesn't get all the beam katana upgrades, he will end the game with an assassin ready to murder him in his own apartment while he's on the toilet, which immediately cuts to the closing credits.}}

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* [[The Driver]]: Bishop Shidux.

* [[Drunken Master]]: Randall Lovikov is the town lush. He's also implied to be way beyond Travis in ability, and his advice to "keep practicing" might as well be continued with "and you'll be almost as cool as me one day."

* [[Dude Where's My Respect]]: In the first game Travis gets strung along by Sylvia and tricked...''a lot.''

* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: In the first game Travis gets strung along by Sylvia and tricked...''a lot.''

* [[Eagle Land]] (Santa Destroy, California, is depicted as a culture free, poorly planned, nihilistic American wasteland.)

* [[Enormous Engine]]: Travis's badass scooter, the Schpeltiger, painted to look like an X-Wing from ''[[Star Wars]]''. Definitely compensating for something. This is Travis, after all.

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* [[Fake Irish]]: The American Quinton Flynn as Irish Henry.

* [[Fake Weakness]]: Bad Girl.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Mister Sir Henry [[Precision F Strike|Motherfucker]].

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Mister Sir Henry [[Precision F-Strike|Motherfucker]].

* [[Fan Service]]: The 360/PS3 versions have a mode that ups the sexy for the already provocative female outfits (see through shirts, cheerleader outfits, bikinis etc)

* [[Fast Forward Gag]]: One late game conversation is fast forwarded; {{spoiler|1=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22Nkt_fDBc slowed down] it reveals [[Parental Incest|father-daughter incest]].}} The game hints ("It's impossible, It'll only jack up the age rating of this game even further") that the conversation was fast-forwarded to avoid a higher rating, but this isn't actually the case: [[Suda 51]] states that [[Word of God|it was actually sped up due to]] [[Rule of Funny]]...that, and the dialogue is a fairly lengthy [[Info Dump]]. Travis' shocked reactions are priceless.

* [[Fast-Forward Gag]]: One late game conversation is fast forwarded; {{spoiler|1=[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A22Nkt_fDBc slowed down] it reveals [[Parental Incest|father-daughter incest]].}} The game hints ("It's impossible, It'll only jack up the age rating of this game even further") that the conversation was fast-forwarded to avoid a higher rating, but this isn't actually the case: [[Suda 51]] states that [[Word of God|it was actually sped up due to]] [[Rule of Funny]]...that, and the dialogue is a fairly lengthy [[Info Dump]]. Travis' shocked reactions are priceless.

* [[Fixed Floor Fighting]]

* [[Finishing Move]]: Travis randomly screaming "FUCK YOU" as he callously rakes his beam saber across the chest of some dude he just suplexed makes it even more awesome.

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: Aside from the Blood Berry, all of Travis's [[Laser Blade|beam katanas]] are named for flowers; the Tsubaki Mk. I, II, and III in the first game, and the [[Katanas Are Just Better|Camellia]], [[BFS|Peony]], and [[Dual Wielding|Rose Nasty]] in ''Desperate Struggle''.

* [[Floral Theme Naming]]: Aside from the Blood Berry, all of Travis's [[Laser Blade|beam katanas]] are named for flowers; the Tsubaki Mk. I, II, and III in the first game, and the [[Katanas Are Just Better|Camellia]], [[BFS|Peony]], and [[Dual-Wielding|Rose Nasty]] in ''Desperate Struggle''.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Going through the game a second time around reveals hints about {{spoiler|Jeane and Travis becoming an assassin in order to kill her, such as the "promise" Travis mentions after killing Death Metal, the remarks about Travis' parents just before he fights Harvey and the song Dr. Peace sings, "The Virgin Child Makes Her Wish Without Feeling Anything", echoes Jeane's backstory.}}

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: {{spoiler|Jeane}} can dodge most of your attacks, but can take only a few of them.

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* [[Freudian Threat]]: Sylvia says to Travis: "If I ever hear you mumble another woman's name in your sleep, you'll wake up the next morning with your joystick missing."

* [[Funny Background Event]]: In the bedroom of Travis's apartment, a cat toy is hanging from the ceiling fan. Occasionally, Travis's cat Jeane can be seen swinging around in a circle, hanging from the cat toy.

* [[Fun T Shirt]]

* [[Fun T-Shirt]]

* [[Gainax Ending]]: Played for laughs.

* [[Game Breaking Bug]]: If you load a saved game right before the [[Bonus Boss]] at the very end, the Dark Step ability will be disabled. On Mild this is only a minor inconvenience, but on Bitter...

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{{quote| ''' {{spoiler|Henry}}''': Lemme ask ya... how do you plan to put an end to all of this?<br />

'''Travis''': Wait a sec... you want ''me'' to tie up all these loose ends? I don't think so!<br />

''' {{spoiler|Henry}}''': ''You're'' the protagonist! I'm just [[Red Oni Blue Oni|the cool, handsome foil]], {{spoiler|who happens to be your twin brother}}. Hate to say it, but it's your job! }}

''' {{spoiler|Henry}}''': ''You're'' the protagonist! I'm just [[Red Oni, Blue Oni|the cool, handsome foil]], {{spoiler|who happens to be your twin brother}}. Hate to say it, but it's your job! }}

** Even moreso is {{spoiler|Jeane}}, who is not only savvy about the game itself, but [[Medium Awareness|other games and the rating system itself!]] As shown below when Travis asks who {{spoiler|she}} is.

{{quote| '''Travis''': Answer me!<br />

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* [[Hide Your Kids]]: thank god.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Nice singing voice, Dr. Peace.

* [[High Pressure Blood]]: Not just blood, when you kill a minor enemy, tons of cash also showers out of them.

* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: Not just blood, when you kill a minor enemy, tons of cash also showers out of them.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Harvey Volodarskii, who gets blinded by Travis and killed by the same giant-circular-saw illusion he tried to do in Travis with before the fight began.}}

** Holly Summers' instant death attack is evaded by deliberately falling into one of the trap holes she dug to trap you.

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* [[Idiosyncratic Difficulty Levels]]: Sweet, Mild, and Bitter.

* [[Idiot Ball]]: Travis has it during the leadup to the seventh battle.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Death Metal has a giant katana that transforms from something resembling a briefcase, Destroyman has a ''laser codpiece'', Holly wields a shovel and fires rockets out of her prosthetic leg, Letz Shake has a giant earthquake-maker, complete with [[~~Brainina~~ Jar|a brain in a jar!]], Speed Buster has a shopping cart/WaveMotionGun, Bad Girl has a baseball bat and ''gimps'' (she attacks by hitting gimps hard enough to send them flying at him [[Playing Tennis With the Boss|which he can hit back]] or land and serve as regular mooks), and Dark Star pulls a lightsaber dragon out of his helmet. A lightsaber '''DRAGON'''.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: Death Metal has a giant katana that transforms from something resembling a briefcase, Destroyman has a ''laser codpiece'', Holly wields a shovel and fires rockets out of her prosthetic leg, Letz Shake has a giant earthquake-maker, complete with [[Brain In A Jar|a brain in a jar!]], Speed Buster has a shopping cart/WaveMotionGun, Bad Girl has a baseball bat and ''gimps'' (she attacks by hitting gimps hard enough to send them flying at him [[Playing Tennis With the Boss|which he can hit back]] or land and serve as regular mooks), and Dark Star pulls a lightsaber dragon out of his helmet. A lightsaber '''DRAGON'''.

* [[Improbably Cool Name]]: [[Word of God]] claims Travis Touchdown was used because it [[Gratuitous English|sounds cool in Japan]]. Yet there's more to it than that; see [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] above (which Suda is known to do in his games).

* [[Indecisive Deconstruction]]

* [[Invulnerable Attack]]

* [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]]: The Tsubaki Mk. III is the infinity sword, with a price comparable to the entry fees for Ranking Matches, it doesn't just increase your attacking power, it also has increased range with its finishing moves, allowing you to kill several enemies at once, and extends the charge attack to a slightly more useful three hit combo. The Tsubaki Mk III's Energy Saver is what makes it an [[Infinity ~~Plus One~~ Sword]], costing a whopping $999,999, it gives the Tsubaki Mk III infinite energy. You never need to recharge it again. In effect, this means you can spam the charged attacks as much as you want. The sole downside is that it's not quite as powerful as the Mk. II .

* [[Infinity+1 Sword]]: The Tsubaki Mk. III is the infinity sword, with a price comparable to the entry fees for Ranking Matches, it doesn't just increase your attacking power, it also has increased range with its finishing moves, allowing you to kill several enemies at once, and extends the charge attack to a slightly more useful three hit combo. The Tsubaki Mk III's Energy Saver is what makes it an [[Infinity+1 Sword]], costing a whopping $999,999, it gives the Tsubaki Mk III infinite energy. You never need to recharge it again. In effect, this means you can spam the charged attacks as much as you want. The sole downside is that it's not quite as powerful as the Mk. II .

* [[Inherently Funny Words]]: Killing enemies occasionally causes them to shout "My spleen!" as they die. See also some of the luchadore mask cards. Clearly someone recognized the comedy in a name like "La Guerra, Jr." and ran with it, because "Jr." recurs several times in the card collection and keeps getting funnier. It's [[Truth in Television]] though, as many Luchadore names are passed on this way. 'Hijo de ____', '_______ Jr.' are very common things to see in a Luchadore name.

* [[Interface Screw]]: Literally, one of the moves of the 4th rank assassin, complete with screwed-up controls.

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* [[Laser Blade]]: All over the place.

* [[Leitmotif]]: Travis {{spoiler|and Henry.}}

* [[Limit Break]]: Amusingly preceded by Travis [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|loudly yelling the names of his favorite anime characters' attacks]].

* [[Limit Break]]: Amusingly preceded by Travis [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|loudly yelling the names of his favorite anime characters' attacks]].

* [[Lovely Assistant]]: Features Harvey Moiseiwitsch Volodarskii, an assassin magician. His two silent, lovely "asseestahnts!" are under his loyal command, until Travis blinds him and they provide the wheel saw for his execution.

* [[Ludicrous Gibs]]: The first game has plenty of decapitations, severed limbs, and people getting cut in half both ways. Desperate Struggle kicks this up another notch by having enemies cut into ''more'' pieces and even a disemboweling.

* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: Subverted at first, when {{spoiler|Dark Star uses this line on Travis but is quickly shown to be lying through his teeth}}. But then played straight (well, so much as anything in this satirical game is played "straight") when {{spoiler|Travis' ex-girlfriend Jeane turns out to be his half sister... and rival Henry his [[Non Identical Twins|twin brother]]}}. {{spoiler|For the latter, Travis asks him why the hell he waited [[No Fourth Wall|until the end of the game]] to reveal that}}. Although {{spoiler|Henry TRIED to tell him that after killstealing Letz Shake, and Travis cut him off.}}

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Subverted at first, when {{spoiler|Dark Star uses this line on Travis but is quickly shown to be lying through his teeth}}. But then played straight (well, so much as anything in this satirical game is played "straight") when {{spoiler|Travis' ex-girlfriend Jeane turns out to be his half sister... and rival Henry his [[Non-Identical Twins|twin brother]]}}. {{spoiler|For the latter, Travis asks him why the hell he waited [[No Fourth Wall|until the end of the game]] to reveal that}}. Although {{spoiler|Henry TRIED to tell him that after killstealing Letz Shake, and Travis cut him off.}}

* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]: Holly Summers' fake leg creates a miniature version of this.

** It's also the only attack Helter Skelter shows in the game's teaser trailer/prologue.

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* [[No Export for You]]: Averted with the [[Updated Rerelease|HD port]] ''Heroes Paradise''. When Ubisoft, the publisher of the original for the Wii, decided not to pick up the HD port for release in North America. Thankfully, Konami has stepped in and will be publishing ''Heroes Paradise'' as a [[PS 3]] exclusive in the west with [[Play Station]] Move support.

* [[Not a Scratch On It]]: You can crash Travis motorcycle all you want, but it will always stay in perfect condition. {{spoiler|At least until the endgame.}}

* [[The Obi Wan]]: Thunder Ryu, to a tee. Except for the implications about sex with Travis. But the fact that he still instructs Travis as {{spoiler|a blue-tinted ghost after his death really seals the deal. Another one of the game's many [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Star Wars]]''.}}

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Thunder Ryu, to a tee. Except for the implications about sex with Travis. But the fact that he still instructs Travis as {{spoiler|a blue-tinted ghost after his death really seals the deal. Another one of the game's many [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]] to ''[[Star Wars]]''.}}

* [[One Hit Kill]]: Almost every boss after Shinobu has one in the first game, though they are relatively easy to dodge or escape for the most part. Shinobu herself has a very near OHK that functionally serves the same purpose.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: Almost every boss after Shinobu has one in the first game, though they are relatively easy to dodge or escape for the most part. Shinobu herself has a very near OHK that functionally serves the same purpose.

* [[One Scene Wonder]]: Technically speaking, most of the Assassins. The match is set up, they appear out of nowhere, some character development here and there, boss battle, then BOOM! Dead and gone. Not to mention, a few of them get a rather touching sendoff. This is [[You Bastard|grimly noted]] in the sequel.

* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Technically speaking, most of the Assassins. The match is set up, they appear out of nowhere, some character development here and there, boss battle, then BOOM! Dead and gone. Not to mention, a few of them get a rather touching sendoff. This is [[You Bastard|grimly noted]] in the sequel.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: Averted with three characters named Jeane.

* [[Overly Long Fighting Animation]]: Subverted: Letz Shake's "Disaster Blaster" Earthquake Generator has this massively long cutscene where it charges up and prepares to flatten the battlefield, but then {{spoiler|Henry shows up out of nowhere and proceeds to cut the machine (and Letz Shake) to pieces}}.

* [[Overly-Long Fighting Animation]]: Subverted: Letz Shake's "Disaster Blaster" Earthquake Generator has this massively long cutscene where it charges up and prepares to flatten the battlefield, but then {{spoiler|Henry shows up out of nowhere and proceeds to cut the machine (and Letz Shake) to pieces}}.

* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: {{spoiler|It's a freaking ''lightsaber dragon!''}}

* [[Painting the Fourth Wall]]: The final ranked battle does this impressively, with characters discussing changing the rating of the game and possibly delaying it, including a [[Take That]] against ''[[Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|Duke Nukem Forever]]''. The following scene is then literally fast forwarded to avoid that. If [http://youtube.com/watch?v=A22Nkt_fDBc you slow down the speed], you can get more detail. The True Ending is even more crazy: {{spoiler|Henry comes to Travis and not only reveals that he is Travis's twin brother, but that he's been married to Sylvia for ten years. The revelations are so unbelievable that Travis actually says "That's the craziest shit I ever heard! Why would you bring up something like that at the very last minute of the game?!", to which Henry replies "I would've thought you and the player would at least expect a twist of fate of some kind!" They then proceed to discuss [[Video Game Tropes]] and the impossibility of escaping from this particular game for the next few minutes. It's even implied that they both kill each other in battle just to escape the video game they're in, complete with Sylvia joking about how disappointing it is that there won't be a sequel.}} Clearly, ''No More Heroes'' not only breaks the 4th wall, it takes a sledgehammer to it.

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* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Most of the UAA members, most notably Destroyman, Letz Shake and Bad Girl. {{spoiler|Jeane}} qualifies too.

* [[Rank Inflation]]

* [[The Reason You Suck Speech]]: Given to Travis (and you, by proxy) by Sylvia via cellphone right before the Dark Star fight.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Given to Travis (and you, by proxy) by Sylvia via cellphone right before the Dark Star fight.

* [[Reference Overdosed]]: See the shout outs below.

* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Nearly every aspect of the game reeks of this trope.

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* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Travis definitely didn't mean it this way, but most of the assassins are probably better off dead.

* [[Show Within a Show]]: The [[Magical Girl]] [[Super Robot]] anime ''Pure White Lover Bizarre Jelly'', and the shmup minigame that is based on it.

* [[Shut Up Kirk]]: Travis is on the receiving end of this just before his fight with Bad Girl:

* [[Shut Up, Kirk]]: Travis is on the receiving end of this just before his fight with Bad Girl:

{{quote| '''Travis:''' You're no assassin. You're just a perverted killing maniac.<br />

'''Bad Girl:''' [[Not So Different|In essence, they're the same.]] Don't go on thinking you're better than me. You think you're hot shit! Who the fuck do you think you are?! }}

* [[Sidequest]]

* [[Small Girl Big Gun]]: Speed Buster is anything but small or a girl, but the gun is ''very'' big, so it kind of balances out.

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]: Speed Buster is anything but small or a girl, but the gun is ''very'' big, so it kind of balances out.

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: Travis' goal is essentially to run through this and put himself on top.

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Weapon Effectiveness]]: Played straight, each new sword basically replaces the last.

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* [[Stealth Pun]]: In wrestling, to win a round is to perform a hold, lock, or pin on a downed opponent. In the world of assassination, when Travis finishes off a wrestling move, the beam katana falls and skewers, or '''''pins''''' a downed enemy. Nothing says genius like having that weapon of yours landing on the opponent like divine retribution.

* [[Sucking in Lines]]

* [[Super Powered Evil Side]]: Every so often after landing a deathblow, Travis will randomly enter a "Dark Side Mode" where he can do some crazy stuff. (Well, crazi''er''.)

* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Every so often after landing a deathblow, Travis will randomly enter a "Dark Side Mode" where he can do some crazy stuff. (Well, crazi''er''.)

** Which turns your [[Star Wars|beam katana red]] and causes your [[Dragonball|hair to turn blonde and stick straight up]].

* [[Surprise Incest]]: See [[Brother Sister Incest]], also the cause of the [[Take That]] quote below.

* [[Surprise Incest]]: See [[Brother-Sister Incest]], also the cause of the [[Take That]] quote below.

* [[Take That]]: "What if the game gets delayed? You wouldn't want this to become ''[[Duke Nukem Forever (Video Game)|No More Heroes Forever]]'', do you?" The fact that the name is also a nice pun just makes it gravy, considering what could have been the canonical ending.

* [[Technology Porn]]: Before the boss fight with Dr. Shake.

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** {{spoiler|Jeanne}} says it during their [[Breaking the Fourth Wall|fourth wall demolition]].

* [[To Be a Master]]: [[Indecisive Deconstruction|Mostly]] [[Deconstructed]].

* [[Uh Oh Eyes]]: {{spoiler|Jeane}}, who has [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Red Eyes]].

* [[Uh-Oh Eyes]]: {{spoiler|Jeane}}, who has [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Red Eyes]].

* [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000]]: Lampshaded interestingly. The game is in many ways a violent slugfest, but the game (and Suda51) has no problem in lampshading this repeatedly and [[This Loser Is You|mocking you for your violent, mindless tastes]] (also see the [[No More Heroes (Video Game)/Analysis|Analysis]] tab).

* [[Unexpected Gameplay Change]]: Travis' dream sequence on the way to the fourth-ranked battle, which is done in the style of a Galaga-type shooter.

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* [[What Could Have Been]]: Travis's fight with Helter Skelter in the original [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HGtgqw3IsVI trailer] looks like it could have been fun. As for the voice acting ... well, [[Your Mileage May Vary]].

** The battle in the theater looked pretty cool.

* [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome]]: More or less everything in the game. Parodied by "The Technique of Crazy Awesomeness" being the only regular jumping attack.

* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: More or less everything in the game. Parodied by "The Technique of Crazy Awesomeness" being the only regular jumping attack.

* [[Where It All Began]]: The Final Battle with {{spoiler|Henry}} takes place where the game started: the parking lot of the NO MORE HEROES Motel.

** Also, in the first REAL level, Dr. Peace, the boss fight itself takes place on the baseball diamond in Santa Destroy Stadium. The next-to-last level, Bad Girl, takes place entirely on the very same baseball diamond, you just happen to be riding a [[Cool Bike]] at the time.

* [[White Haired Pretty Boy]]: Helter Skelter, although he's a parody of the trope.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Helter Skelter, although he's a parody of the trope.

* [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him]]: In the ending, {{spoiler|a would-be assassin foregoes the whole "ranking match" setup and simply attacks Travis while he's on the toilet}}.

** In the Letz Shake cutscene, {{spoiler|Travis starts charging Shake towards the end of his weapon's start-up sequence, while Shake helpfully gives a "T-Minus X seconds!" countdown. He doesn't quite make it before it fires, but Henry just comes out of nowhere and cuts the whole thing in half.}}

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