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You Only Live Once Is a 2009 flash game by Raitendo. It can be found here and on Newgrounds here.

One day Jemaine, a 28-year-old forester from Kent, receives a note in the mail from the evil Sir Giant Pink Lizard stating that his girlfriend has been kidnapped. Jemaine sets out to rescue his girlfriend.

The game's gimmick is that you literally only live once. Unlike most platformer games, if you die, you die for good. No extra lives, no one-ups, nothing. Instead, when you try to play the game again, you are treated to a series of animations regarding Jemaine's death (or, if you manage to beat the game, Sir Giant Pink Lizard's death). And you will never be able to play the game again. Ever.

Well, technically, you can reply the game by simply deleting you flash history, but shhhhh!! We don't need to tell anyone that.

Tropes used in You Only Live Once include:

Affectionate Parody: Of classic platformer games, specifically Mario.
Bottomless Pits
Death as Comedy
Deconstructive Parody: Of platform games and the idea of multiple lives in video games
Downer Ending: No matter how hard you try, the ending will always be this.
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: You only have one life in the game. Lose it and you won't even be able to replay it.
Evil Brit: Sir Giant Pink Lizard.
Fake Skill: Exploits which allow replay. They allow the player to practice until they actually manage to beat the game.
Final Death: The concept is taken to the logical extreme here. You die in the game and that's it, no playing it over again.
- The Sequel, "The Execution" performs this too, but with whoever killed you or Jemaine, for murdering Sir Giant Pink Lizard.
Goomba Stomp
Sequel: "The Execution".
Shout-Out: The ending, should you get it, includes one for the first Super Mario Bros. game.

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-"You Only Live Once" Is a 2009 flash game by Raitendo. It can be found [http://www.raitendo.com/games/you-only-live-once here] and on [[Newgrounds]] [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/505914 here].
+''[[You Only Live Once]]'' Is a 2009 flash game by Raitendo. It can be found [http://www.raitendo.com/games/you-only-live-once here] and on [[Newgrounds]] [http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/505914 here].
-One day Jemaine, a 28 year old forester from Kent, receives a note in the mail from the evil Sir Giant Pink Lizard stating that his girlfriend has been kidnapped. Jemaine sets out to rescue his girlfriend.
+One day Jemaine, a 28-year-old forester from Kent, receives a note in the mail from the evil Sir Giant Pink Lizard stating that his girlfriend has been kidnapped. Jemaine sets out to rescue his girlfriend.
 The game's gimmick is that you literally only live once. Unlike most platformer games, if you die, you die for good. No extra lives, no one-ups, nothing. Instead, when you try to play the game again, you are treated to a series of animations regarding Jemaine's death  {{spoiler|(or, if you manage to beat the game, Sir Giant Pink Lizard's death)}}. And you will never be able to play the game again. Ever.
- {{spoiler|Well, technically, you can reply the game by simply deleting you flash history, but shhhhh!! We don't need to tell anyone that.}}
+{{spoiler|Well, technically, you can reply the game by simply deleting you flash history, but shhhhh!! We don't need to tell anyone that.}}
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-=== Contains Examples Of: ===
+{{tropelist}}
 * [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of classic platformer games, specifically Mario.
 * [[Bottomless Pits]]
-* [[Death As Comedy]]
+* [[Death as Comedy]]
 * [[Deconstructive Parody]]: Of platform games and the idea of multiple lives in video games
 * [[Downer Ending]]: No matter how hard you try, the ending will ''always'' be this.
-* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: You only have one life in the game. Lose it and you won't even be able to replay it.
+* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: You only have one life in the game. Lose it and you won't even be able to replay it.
 * [[Evil Brit]]: Sir Giant Pink Lizard.
 * [[Fake Skill]]: Exploits which allow replay. They allow the player to practice until they actually manage to beat the game.
 * [[Final Death]]: The concept is taken to the logical extreme here. You die in the game and that's it, no playing it over again.
-** The Sequel, "The Execution" performs this too, but with whoever killed you  {{spoiler|or Jemaine, for murdering Sir Giant Pink Lizard}}.
+** The Sequel, "The Execution" performs this too, but with whoever killed you {{spoiler|or Jemaine, for murdering Sir Giant Pink Lizard}}.
 * [[Goomba Stomp]]
 * [[Sequel]]: "[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/506643 The Execution]".
-* [[Shout Out]]: The ending, should you get it, includes one for the first [[Super Mario Bros]] game.
+* [[Shout-Out]]: The ending, should you get it, includes one for the first [[Super Mario Bros.]] game.
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 [[Category:Web Games]]
-[[Category:Newgrounds (Website)]]
 [[Category:You Only Live Once]]
 [[Category:Video Game]]
+[[Category:Newgrounds]]