You can try to kill it with your weapons, but even if you do somehow manage to get it down to 0 health it still survives (which can be done via a hack seen here: ), which is another Sisyphean torture in itself. If you look at its expression closely, it doesn't look like the Grinning Colossus is grinning at all, but rather like it's constantly screaming out in agony (driving home the torture theme).

In any other context, it would make a good monster in a typical creepypasta. It is a giant, pitch-black mass with only a mouth and bulging eyes that can't be killed by your weapons. The main enemy of YHTBTR (and the only other character present) is called the Grinning Colossus. The idea that Bowler Hat appears hollow, and therefore easily suggestible, is important as well and will come up later. This is to represent Bowler Hat as the typical video game character as well as an ethereal soul. This character ('Bowler Hat') has an appearance that is similar to the original Kirby sprites from older Kirby games, except that Bowler Hat has a hollow, ghost-like expression on its face. The protagonist of You Have To Burn The Rope (YHTBTR) is a circular pink creature with a bowler hat. TL DR - You Have To Burn The Rope alternate analysis Note: You don't have to believe, or even like everything in this interpretation, but it does make the game a lot more interesting. Or, at the very least it is about a cyclical, Sisyphean game with images and themes of torture, descent, the occult, and repetition. You Have To Burn The Rope is about a video game hell. That alternative interpretation is as follows: While that is true, there is a possible interpretation of the game that might make you look at it in a different light and perhaps give you more enjoyment out of its 2 minute-long playtime. It really is simplistic, and according to the creator, it is meant to be. Ī lot of people complain about You Have To Burn The Rope for being too short or too simple of an experience. If you haven't, take two minutes out of your day and click this link. I'm sure you all have played 'You Have To Burn The Rope' by Marzapan.

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