History Anime / GregoryHorrorShow

''Gregory Horror Show'' is a [[AllCGICartoon CGI]] {{anime}} series produced by Naomi Iwata of Milky Cartoon. [[MindScrew What can be agreed on]] is that it takes place in some sort of purgatory world which includes a HellHotel. The creator of this world is an old anthropomorphic mouse, Gregory, who also owns and runs the hotel, "Gregory House." ([[Series/{{House}} No, not that one.]]) There are three seasons, a fourth half-season on the [=DVDs=] as a side series, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game, and a manga.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: It doesn't matter who they are or how hard they try to leave, [[spoiler: ''none'' of the Guests between two seasons of the anime shorts, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game, a Mobile Game and a Manga managed to escape Gregory House in the end.]]

* AbusiveParents: Gregory Mama is both emotionally abusive (can't go a single conversation without insulting Gregory) and physically abusive (she tends to hit him in the head with her staff). She's also the only character Gregory is actually afraid of, and in ''The Second Guest,'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch he briefly considers letting her die.]]

* BlatantLies: "Those stairs get me every time."

* AfterlifeExpress: The Last Train is one, leading it's passengers into the depths of hell.

%%* AfterlifeExpress: The Last Train.

%%** ''Mystery Holiday'' seems likely to have one, including some characters getting redesigns.

%%* BlatantLies: "Those stairs get me every time."

%%* BrattyHalfPint: James

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are at least two dozen residents in Gregory's world, if not the hotel itself.

%%* Adult Fear: The little girl Lost Doll who suddenly becomes violent when picked up, the Judgement Boy who forces you to choose between love and money in a quick second, the child Mummy Dog having an ''axe stuck in his head'' and yet not realizing it, and if you want to count pets, the story of Neko Zombie.

%%* AdultFear: The little girl Lost Doll who suddenly becomes violent when picked up, the Judgement Boy who forces you to choose between love and money in a quick second, the child Mummy Dog having an ''axe stuck in his head'' and yet not realizing it, and if you want to count pets, the story of Neko Zombie.

* ElectricBoogaloo: Starting in the second season, each season and the Catherine side series had a subtitle. In order: ''The Second Guest'', ''The Last Train'', and ''The Bloody Karte''.
** The manga is subtitled ''Another World''.

The first two seasons take place in Gregory House, and take place from the perspective of the season's protagonist, known as the "Guest." The season then shows what happens to him/her after finding themselves lost and finding the hotel, checking in, and eventually trying to escape back into reality and away from the AxCrazy locals. The [=PS2=] game makes use of these seasons as a base, as it has the player control a Guest trying to escape. The DVD release of the first season also includes ''The Gregory Gallery Tour Special'', a 3-episodes sub-season in similair format but in a different setting.

* AbusiveParents: Gregory Mama is both emotionally abusive (can't go a single conversation without insulting Gregory) and physically abusive (she tends hit him in the head with her staff). She's also the only character Gregory is actually afraid of, and in ''The Second Guest,'' [[KickTheSonOfABitch he briefly considers letting her die.]]

* EvilChef: Hell's Chef, of course. Perhaps what best cements this are his attempt at murdering The Second Guest for smoking and killing/serving a pig customer that complained about his steak.

* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: [[MindScrew One of the only solid parts of the show]] is that the majority of the resident's names are quite appropriate. For example, [[TheGunslinger Cactus Gunman]] is a cactus with a gun.

-->'''Greogry:''' You say you don't ''want'' to lead the passengers into the depths of despair? Well I say don't do it! Why should you let someone else decide your destination? There's only one direction: the future! Don't hesitate! Proceed straight ahead!

* NotSoDifferent: In the game, the Guest is described as the only [[OnlySaneMan sane one]] at the hotel. But he/she is wholly focused on collecting souls to the detriment of the other guests, and will not stop until they're driven insane. Everyone else has some obsessive goal that they put over other people. The only difference the Guest has from the other residents is that he/she doesn't adhere to a schedule.

The first two seasons take place in Gregory House, and take place from the perspective of the season's protagonist, known as the "Guest." The season then shows what happens to him/her after finding themselves lost and finding the hotel, checking in, and eventually trying to escape back into reality and away from the AxCrazy locals. The [=PS2=] game makes use of these seasons as a base, as it has the player control a Guest trying to escape.

* AdultFear: The little girl Lost Doll who suddenly becomes violent when picked up, the Judgement Boy who forces you to choose between love and money in a quick second, the child Mummy Dog having an ''axe stuck in his head'' and yet not realizing it, and if you want to count pets, the story of Neko Zombie.
* AfterlifeExpress: The Last Train.
* AlwaysNight: In its full three series, it is never day. In the video game, you could go outside at 3:00 PM and it would look the same as night, and in the sub-series ''The Bloody Karte'', which featured some periods of twilight, but still no daylight.

** ''Mystery Holiday'' seems likely to have one, including some characters getting redesigns.

* BlatantLies: "Those stairs get me every time."

* BrattyHalfPint: James

* EarWorm: InUniverse, ''Do you know / Who I am? / They call me / Judgment Boy!'' Gregory even sings it.

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: It doesn't matter who they are or how hard they try to leave, [[spoiler: ''none'' of the Guests between two seasons of the anime shorts, a PS2 game, a Mobile Game and a Manga managed to escape Gregory House in the end.]]

* PurelyAestheticGender: In the [=PS2=] game, you control either a young boy or a young girl. The only thing that's different ([[CaptainObvious besides your appearance]]) is Cactus Gunman's horror show: shooting you if you're a boy, smacking you with a rose bouquet if you're a girl.

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''Gregory Horror Show'' is a CGI {{anime}} series produced by Naomi Iwata of Milky Cartoon. [[MindScrew What can be agreed on]] is that it takes place in some sort of purgatory world which includes a HellHotel. The creator of this world is an old anthropomorphic mouse, Gregory, who also owns and runs the hotel, "Gregory House." ([[Series/{{House}} No, not that one.]]) There are three seasons, a fourth half-season on the [=DVDs=] as a side series, a UsefulNotes/PlayStation2 game, and a manga.