Gitaroo Man/YMMV

• Breather Level: After the hellish ordeal that is Ben-K's shark form, Ben-K's robot form and The Legendary Theme (Acoustic) are two welcome breaks before you're thrown back into the deep end for the rest of the game.
• Crazy Awesome: The whole game.
• Crowning Music of Awesome: "Tainted Lovers", which is Gregorio's stage song.
  • Really, all the tracks in the game fit into this trope.
• Crowning Moment of Awesome: The penultimate cutscene. "BECAUSE I'M GITAROO MAAAAAAAAN!"
  • Also, the whole Legendary Theme sequence with Kirah.
    • Or, hell, the entire game.
• Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: Anytime U-1 starts playing the "Legendary Theme." The second time is utterly spectacular.
• Ear Worm: At least one song from this game will get stuck in your head by the time you're done.
• Expy or Shout-Out: It could be argued that Metal Header from Gitaroo Man Lives is done in the style of The Aquabats
• Narm: By the truckload, throughout the entire game, but the stand-off between U-1 and Zowie takes the cake.
  • Narm Charm: Still, it's a pretty awesome showdown, especially if you can get through the preceding boss battle.
• Needs More Love: It's a pretty good rhythm game with a heap of Crazy Awesome, but to quote the game director himself, "It sold, like, nothing."
• That One Boss: Gregorio and the Sanbone Trio. In Master Mode, arguably every boss/stage is an example of That One Boss.
  • For those who don't see it coming, the first battle with Ben-K, which is 100% Guard Phase (read: flurry of notes from all directions), can be a particularly insidious showstopper. If they were going for the fact that you were meant to barely escape from the battle alive, Koei and iNiS did one hell of a good job.