40 Fun Facts About Broforce

Broforce's Brommando and Bronan the Brobarian both spoof film roles played by which action star?

Arnold Schwarzenegger played John Matrix in Commando and the sword-swinging Conan, and another of his roles, a rival mercenary, turns up in the spin-off The Expendabros.

Which Broforce hero, based on Sigourney Weaver's Alien role, was the first female character?

Ellen Ripbro carries a pulse rifle and a flamethrower, and the developers made her a full member of the squad rather than a token female sidekick.

Which Broforce hero sheds his skin to become an invincible metal endoskeleton firing a minigun?

Brominator spoofs the T-800 cyborg from the Terminator films, and his minigun kicks with such force that its recoil shoves him backwards as he fires.

Which Broforce hero attacks with a whip that can also latch onto terrain and swing him across gaps?

Indiana Brones parodies Harrison Ford's whip-cracking archaeologist, and he is the only character in the game who swings a pickaxe in melee.

Which Broforce secret agent has four rotating specials, including a jetpack and a vodka martini?

Double Bro Seven is the only hero whose special changes with every use, and his other gadgets are a laser wristwatch and a mask that disguises him as the enemy.

Broforce's flamethrower-wielding B. A. Broracus is based on Mr. T's mercenary from which TV series?

The A-Team gave Broforce one of its four original heroes, and B. A. Broracus first carried a shotgun before swapping weapons with Brodell Walker.

Which villain, seen laughing in a business suit on early levels, returns as Broforce's final boss?

Satan fights through several forms in the finale, ending as a tower of flesh topped by a six-horned head with three eyes and six skeletal arms.

Which Broforce hero is playable from the start and gave the 2012 game-jam original its name?

Rambro headlined Rambros, the jam game that grew into Broforce, and he lobs the finishing grenade in the closing cutscene.

Which Broforce hero, modelled on a Bruce Willis detective, fires twin submachine guns and flashbangs?

Bro Hard is the only hero to die in the game's launch trailer, though he is back on his feet in time for the final battle.

Broforce's katana-wielding The Brode spoofs the vengeful assassin from which film series?

Kill Bill also supplies her special attack: The Brode strikes with the exploding-heart technique that ends the second film, and her target bursts moments later.

Which Broforce hero swings a claymore and wears war paint in red, white and blue?

Broheart spoofs William Wallace from Braveheart, swapping the film's blue face paint for the colours of the American flag.

Which Broforce hero, the only one based on an extraterrestrial species, self-destructs moments after dying?

Brodator hunts with thrown spears and a cloaking device, and his wrist blades skin enemies and leave them hanging from the ceiling to frighten the rest.

Which Broforce hero throws sticks of TNT and lures enemies towards a turkey packed with explosives?

MacBrover sends up television's gadget-building MacGyver, and in the game's festive update his turkey bomb turned into an exploding present.

Which Broforce hero punches instead of shooting and raises a shield that sends enemy bullets back?

Mr. Anderbro borrows the trick from Neo of The Matrix, and he can also dash through the air in any direction, knocking down smaller enemies.

Which vampire-hunting Broforce hero, armed with a silver katana, was the first melee fighter added?

Brade is based on Wesley Snipes's half-vampire hunter Blade, and a well-timed swing of his sword bats incoming bullets away.

Which Broforce hero must stop to reload after every six shots from his revolver?

Dirty Brory is modelled on Clint Eastwood's Inspector Harry Callahan, and his special is a Molotov cocktail that bursts into four fireballs.

Which Broforce hero takes an adrenaline shot that revives fallen enemies to fight at his side?

Broniversal Soldier is based on Jean-Claude Van Damme's reanimated trooper, and the same star's Timecop role inspired a second hero who slows time.

Broforce's machete-throwing Brochete is based on a former Mexican federal agent played by which actor?

Danny Trejo's Machete lends the hero a gruesome melee move as well: he tears out an enemy's organs, which sends witnesses fleeing in fear.

Broforce's Bro In Black confuses enemies with which gadget from the Will Smith films?

Neuralyzer flashes leave enemies firing blindly at one another, while his main gun, the tiny Noisy Cricket, has enough recoil to throw him backwards.

Broforce's lightning-throwing Broden is modelled on the thunder god from which video game film adaptation?

Mortal Kombat's Raiden lends the hero his flying torpedo lunge as well, which carries enemies along before launching them into the air.

After the flag is raised at the end of a Broforce level, the hero leaves the exploding scenery by what?

Helicopter rescue ends almost every level, but the aircraft can be shot down on its way in, leaving the hero to wait for a replacement.

In Broforce, freeing which caged captives earns an extra life and counts towards unlocking new heroes?

Prisoners of war are the only route to new heroes, and a rescue still counts when the captive has already been killed in the crossfire.

Broforce's Alien Infestation update added facehuggers and which fast-moving film monsters that attack both sides?

Xenomorphs go for heroes and terrorists alike, and their facehugger young can turn one of the enemy into the host for another.

Broforce's free 2014 spin-off The Expendabros was a tie-in with which film in the mercenary action series?

The Expendables 3 was promoted by the spin-off, a free Steam release made with the film's studio that swapped in heroes based on its cast.

What name does Broforce give the terrorist infantry who come in suicide-bomber, riot-shield and jetpack varieties?

Mooks range from basic riflemen to scouts who run off to sound alarms, and a hidden ninja variety lies low until a hero strays close.

Which Austin-based indie publisher, whose breakout hit was Hotline Miami, released Broforce in 2015?

Devolver Digital signed the game after one of its developers met the publisher at the A Maze indie festival in Berlin.

Broforce, a loving send-up of American action films, was made by a studio based in which country?

South Africa is home to the studio, which works from a Cape Town property that is part office and part house.

Broforce's Snake Broskin, who distracts enemies with a hologram, spoofs a Kurt Russell antihero from which film?

Escape from New York's Snake Plissken was reworked for the game in a later update, and the hero's hologram decoy nods to the sequel set in Los Angeles.

Broforce's Cherry Broling, who fires a machine gun fitted in place of her leg, spoofs the heroine of which film?

Planet Terror's Cherry Darling shapes how she moves as well: firing the leg gun downwards lifts her off the ground like a rocket jump.

Xebro, the warrior princess added in Broforce Forever, throws which weapon that bounces off walls as her special?

Chakram throws ricochet around the level before homing back to her, and grabbing an ammo crate while one is in flight gives her a second.

Broforce grew out of a pixel-art shooter entered in which game jam in April 2012?

Ludum Dare players liked the entry enough for its makers to carry on, and adding a second hero for co-op play led to the idea of collecting a whole squad.

Which Broforce hero pairs a twin-barrelled shotgun with a chainsaw strapped to the stump of his arm?

Ash Brolliams is drawn from Bruce Campbell's hero of the Evil Dead films, and in the game's last stages he arrives through a portal in his car.

Seth Brondle, an acid-spitting hero who can climb ceilings in Broforce, comes from which 1986 horror film?

The Fly's doomed scientist sat unfinished in the game's files under the name Brondlefly until the final update made him playable.

Which indie studio, founded by Broforce director Evan Greenwood, went on to make the virtual reality game Gorn?

Free Lives sells few games on its home continent, and most of its audience is in the United States.

Broforce's Lightning Strikes Twice update added Brolander and Broden, both based on roles of which actor?

Christopher Lambert played the immortal swordsman of Highlander, whose lightning-charged Quickening became the first hero's special attack.

Broforce's Bro Dredd fires homing rounds from which signature firearm of the Judges of Mega-City One?

Lawgiver shots home in on enemies, and his special is a missile he steers by remote control while standing frozen and exposed.

Broforce's grenade-launching Colonel James Broddock spoofs the Vietnam veteran Chuck Norris played in which film?

Missing in Action supplied his outfit, while the grenade launcher comes from the third film; a second hero, Brodell Walker, sends up the same star.

Broforce spin-off The Expendabros hunts arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks through the forests of which region?

Eastern Europe gives the spin-off its treetop battlefields and lumber mills bristling with circular saws, spread across ten missions.

Which Sylvester Stallone send-up is the first playable hero in Broforce's spin-off The Expendabros?

Broney Ross fights with twin pistols and sticky bombs, and six more heroes from the film unlock as captives are freed.

Which hero from the Broforce Forever update makes nearby enemies dance by strumming a guitar?

Desperabro is based on the gunslinging mariachi of Desperado, and his special calls in two bandmates who play a tune and then open fire.