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* BigSisterInstinct: Really wanted to be closer to the twins, who rejected her because she was a bastard child. As a ghost, she's very protective of the Little Boy.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Wields an axe and tries to kill the main trio with it.

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* ConnectedAllAlong: He's Lyell's grandfather.



* IntergenerationalFriendship: With Coco. She was a little girl while he was a teenager.



* PosthumousCharacter: The heart attack caused his health to deteriorate and he's already dead by the time adult Lyell visits the mansion again.



* StrongFamilyResemblance: His son (and Lyell's dad) looks like him, but with longer bangs.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: His son (and Lyell's (Lyell's dad) looks like him, but with longer bangs.
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* RegalRinglets: Easy to miss, but they wear curly braids in the concept art.
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* NervousWreck: According to WordOfGod in their blog, Coco tends to bit her lip and pull her apron when nervous. It just isn't too obvious in the game, due to having [[TheStoic the same expression]] all the time.


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* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: According to WordOfGod in their blog, they're actually younger than Coco.
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* StrongFamilyResemblance: His son (and Lyell's dad) looks like him, but with longer bangs.


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** Averted in the normal ending, where she doesn't let Coco see her corpse, making her unable to realize she's dead.
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* DeadpanSnarker: He's very sarcastic and surly.
* IHatePastMe: If the way he treats the Little Boy is any indication.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His heart attack is what convinces Lyell to forget about Coco, with her having to wait for 10 more years until she can find her notebook.


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His heart attack is what convinces Lyell to forget about Coco, with her having to wait for 10 more years until she can find her notebook.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Has a heart attack when he finds out that Coco is haunting the now abandoned mansion as a ghost.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: His heart attack is what convinces Lyell to forget about Coco, with her having to wait for 10 more years until she can find her notebook.

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* CountryMouse: She's from a rural area and considered something of a country bumpkin.



* OnlyFriend: The gardener boy was this to Coco, since nobody else wanted to be friends with her because she was a bastard child.

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* BrutalHonesty: Tells Coco that the twin sisters don't want to be friends with her and they never will.
* OnlyFriend: The gardener boy was Was this to Coco, since nobody else wanted to be friends with her because she was a bastard child.


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* SpoiledBrat: They're spoiled and egotistical.
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* FinalBoss: The closest thing to one, as he is the last spirit who stands in the way of the notebook and can kill you, though you just need to find the cherry seeds and give them to him to pass.
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* BigGood: She is the spirit looking out for Coco, Shorty, and Lyell, helping them through the mansion.


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* TokenGoodTeammate: She is one of the only spirits who never harms the protagonists under any circumstances.


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* GigglingVillain: Their giggle sometimes shows up in the mansion, despite them being absent.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: They appear only briefly in flashbacks, but their theft of the notebook and hiding it in the well is what got Coco killed, setting up the plot.


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* BigBadEnsemble: They are preventing Coco from leaving and getting back her notebook, and are working separately from each other.
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* ABoyGirlAndABabyFamily: Actually two boys, but you first have to find one of the boys- when you do, the next three children you must find in any order are a boy, girl, and baby.

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* ABoyGirlAndABabyFamily: ABoyAGirlAndABabyFamily: Actually two boys, but you first have to find one of the boys- when you do, the next three children you must find in any order are a boy, girl, and baby.

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* DeadAllAlong: Coco has been dead for 50 years. She's either unaware of her death or she's been denying it for quite awhile. Either way, she's finally able to pass on in the GoldenEnding after Lyell returns her precious notebook.

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* CuteGhostGirl: She is DeadAllAlong and a ghost who looks exactly like the cute girl she was in life.
* DeadAllAlong: Coco has been dead for 50 years. She's either unaware of her death or she's been denying it for quite awhile. awhile, or she just wants her notebook back before leaving the mortal plane. Either way, she's finally able to pass on in the GoldenEnding after Lyell returns her precious notebook.notebook.
* DeathOfAChild: She fell down a well and died in the backstory.



* CheerfulChild: The Little Boy [[spoiler: who happens to be the younger Lyell]].

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* AstralProjection: Of Lyell, though unintentionally done by him- the mansion’s magic did it.
* CheerfulChild: The Little Boy [[spoiler: who happens to be the younger Lyell]].Lyell.
* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Turns out he is an astral projection of Lyell as a boy.


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* TwoAliasesOneCharacter: Turns out the Little Boy is an astral projection of him as a child.


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* BrattyHalfPint: They bullied Coco for being a bastard child unlike them, eventually stealing her notebook and putting it in the well as a prank.
* SingleMindedTwins: They look, talk, and act exactly the same (as mean bullies to Coco).

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[[folder:Betty Blue]]
A woman who is distraught because her artificial flower was destroyed.

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[[folder:The Fortune Teller]]
A woman masked fortune teller who is distraught because blocks Coco's way to ask her artificial flower was destroyed.to give him cherries so he may tell her fortune.



* FortuneTeller: He tells fortunes using cherry seeds and asks Coco to give him some, though mainly using the "Tinker, Tailor" method and assuming that whatever he stops at must be what the person is (for example, he stops at "rich man" for Coco and assumes she must be rich, which is true as she is the daughter of a wealthy family).



[[folder:Axe Woman/Lizzie Borden]]
An axe-wielding woman who attacks the main characters in the top-west hallway of the first floor.

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[[folder:Axe Woman/Lizzie Borden]]
[[folder:The Slime]]
An axe-wielding woman upside-down slime monster who attacks the main characters in the top-west hallway challenges Coco to a game of the first floor."Riddle Me, Riddle Me, Ree".



* BlobMonster: He is a big slime hanging upside down.



[[folder:Georgie Porgie]]
A boy eating a pudding pie in the hallway to the kitchen. He will try to kiss Coco if she gets near him.

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[[folder:Georgie Porgie]]
A boy eating a pudding pie
[[folder:The Tiny Family]]
An old woman and her four tiny children who live
in the hallway a blue slipper. Her children ran off, prompting her to the kitchen. He will try to kiss ask Coco if she gets near him.to find them.



* KissOfDeath: His kiss doesn't immediately kill Coco, but it does sap a bit of her health.

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* KissOfDeath: His kiss doesn't immediately kill Coco, ABoyGirlAndABabyFamily: Actually two boys, but it does sap a bit you first have to find one of her health.the boys- when you do, the next three children you must find in any order are a boy, girl, and baby.



[[folder:Little Miss Muffet]]
A four-armed girl drinking tea atop the foyer staircase.

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[[folder:Little Miss Muffet]]
[[folder:The Three Ghosts]]
A four-armed girl drinking tea atop trio of ghosts hanging out in the foyer staircase.pool table room.



* AttackAnimal: If you choose to ignore Lydell's warning and disturb her, she commands her butterflies to kill Coco.



[[folder:Blind Man]]
A man who had his eyes swiped from him by a mouse.

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[[folder:The Cat]]
A man cat with a fiddle who had his eyes swiped from him by wants to perform a mouse.song for Coco. Unfortunately, he has misplaced some items he needs.



* ForgetfulJones: Every time you talk to him, he will forget something. He first forgets the two items he needs for his performance, and you need to fetch them. He cannot even remember where the items are.



[[folder:Plain Egg/Humpty Dumpty]]
An egg who wants to be higher.

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[[folder:Plain Egg/Humpty Dumpty]]
An egg
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A woman
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* BrattyHalfPint: She will yell at Coco even if she tries to comfort her.
* DeathByFallingOver: She takes a StaircaseTumble and falls down, cracking her head, after Muffet does ''something'' offscreen to her.
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[[folder:Axe Woman/Lizzie Borden]]
An axe-wielding woman who attacks the main characters in the top-west hallway of the first floor.
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* AdvancingBossOfDoom: She chases after Coco, the Little Boy, and Lyell when they all come across her individually.
* AnAxeToGrind: Wields an axe and tries to kill the main trio with it.
* AxCrazy: Literally, as she wields an axe and tries to kill the trio with it.
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[[folder:Georgie Porgie]]
A boy eating a pudding pie in the hallway to the kitchen. He will try to kiss Coco if she gets near him.
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* DirtyCoward: He attacks Coco with his KissOfDeath if she comes to him alone, but if she is with the tall Lyell, he runs away.
* KissOfDeath: His kiss doesn't immediately kill Coco, but it does sap a bit of her health.
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[[folder:Little Miss Muffet]]
A four-armed girl drinking tea atop the foyer staircase.
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* AttackAnimal: If you choose to ignore Lyell's warning and disturb her, she commands her butterflies to kill Coco.
* BrattyHalfPint: She insists on drinking her tea alone and will command her butterflies to kill Coco if she gets too close.
* SpiderPeople: Implied by Lyell's observation that she has four arms, which likely means she has four legs as well. Ironically, she is still afraid of non-anthropomorphic spiders and will run away if you release one on her.
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[[folder:Blind Man]]
A man who had his eyes swiped from him by a mouse.
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An egg who wants to be higher.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He asks for the characters to take him and put him somewhere higher than where he is. They do, and he promptly falls off.
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The cast of ''Bury''. '''Spoilers are unmarked.'''

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!Main Characters

[[folder:Coco Robin]]
The heroine of the game. A girl who wanders into an abandoned mansion looking for her book.
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* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Coco was mistreated in the household due to her status as a bastard child. The tutor often scolded her, the servants berated her for everything and the pureblood daughters constantly mocked her and destroyed her things.
* DeadAllAlong: Coco has been dead for 50 years. She's either unaware of her death or she's been denying it for quite awhile. Either way, she's finally able to pass on in the GoldenEnding after Lyell returns her precious notebook.
* HeroicBastard: She was born out of wedlock and was mistreated by her family for it. Nevertheless, she does try to protect the Little Boy and Lydell through the mansion and make sure they get out safely.
* HeroicMime: Coco has no dialogue lines of her own; the player only learns what she says via occasional dialog options and other characters' responses. This is part of her character, as she is apparently a rather quiet person.
* IntergenerationalFriendship: Between Coco and Lyell. It's complicated, since it's revealed that Lyell met Coco when he was a child and Coco has been around as a ghost for 50 years.
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[[folder:Little Boy/Shorty]]
A little boy who Coco encounters in the mansion. He is looking for his father.
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* CheerfulChild: The Little Boy [[spoiler: who happens to be the younger Lyell]].
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[[folder:Lyell]]
A hooded man who Coco encounters in the mansion.
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* IntergenerationalFriendship: Between Coco and Lyell. It's complicated, since it's revealed that Lyell met Coco when he was a child and Coco has been around as a ghost for 50 years.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: The Little Boy is revealed to be younger Lyell and it's clear that he has changed into a much less colorful person than he was back then.
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[[folder:The Gardener]]
The mansion's gardener. He befriended Coco when she lived there.
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* OnlyFriend: The gardener boy was this to Coco, since nobody else wanted to be friends with her because she was a bastard child.
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[[folder:Nancy Etticoat]]
A woman wrapped in a white petticoat and bandages covering her whole face except for her red nose. She serves as the save point character.
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* DarkIsNotEvil: Despite her creepy appearance and nature, she doesn't harm any of the characters.
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[[folder:The Twin Sisters]]
Coco's twin sisters who bullied her for being a bastard child.
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!Spirits

[[folder:Betty Blue]]
A woman who is distraught because her artificial flower was destroyed.
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[[folder:Axe Woman/Lizzie Borden]]
An axe-wielding woman who attacks the main characters in the top-west hallway of the first floor.
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[[folder:Georgie Porgie]]
A boy eating a pudding pie in the hallway to the kitchen. He will try to kiss Coco if she gets near him.
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* KissOfDeath: His kiss doesn't immediately kill Coco, but it does sap a bit of her health.
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[[folder:Little Miss Muffet]]
A four-armed girl drinking tea atop the foyer staircase.
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* AttackAnimal: If you choose to ignore Lydell's warning and disturb her, she commands her butterflies to kill Coco.
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[[folder:Blind Man]]
A man who had his eyes swiped from him by a mouse.
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[[folder:Plain Egg/Humpty Dumpty]]
An egg who wants to be higher.
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