History Characters / HOME2013

%%* WalkingTheEarth: In [[spoiler:the REPEAT ending]].

* BlowYouAway: Ehh, sort of. The elements of his Ravage attacks is Smoke, which is OFF's equivalent to air.

* MagicKnight: The Judge leans a blend of physical attacks and magic attacks as well as heals.
* MakingASplash: Once again, sort of. His Sclerosis attacks are the Plastic element, which is the equivalent to water in OFF.

* IWillFindYou: The owner Jozlyn is looking for is heavily implied to be [[spoiler:the BonusBoss Sugar from OFF. Both enjoy dance or view dancing and fighting as the same, both use emotes when they speak, both have eaten sugar, and both have shockingly high health when you fight them, possibly due along with their questionable sanity to their sugar consumption. Jozlyn is first found expecting her owner to be somewhere in the sugar oven and monorail area of Zone 3 — as Sugar's name and condition would imply. She also says, during the break in Zone 0, that she came back there expecting to find her there too. Events in OFF show us that the Batter may have killed Sugar, but there is no evidence of Sugar's presence in the underground cellar.]]

* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://youtu.be/wCJXYa0m64M Dark Ring Leader]] for his final battle.

* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://youtu.be/dFST_qxdjhE Sugar Coma Foxtrot]]

* BadassAdorable: Even moreso than in the last game. Hell, in the very first zone, he and his new cat buddy [[spoiler: take on a deranged Burnt butcher in the middle of a dark labyrinth who's already murdered countless other Elsen.]] By the later parts of the game as is, he's also not afraid to [[spoiler: go up against a literal army]].

* MeaningfulName: Unlike last time, this time it comes about at the [[spoiler: end of Zone 2 with Japhet]]. He even remarks on it.
** It comes up again towards the [[spoiler: end of the Courtroom]].

* RealityWarper: He [[spoiler: unconsciously willed the Courtroom into existence]], for starters.

%%* WalkingTheEarth: In [[spoiler: the REPEAT ending]].

* ImAHumanitarian: Aside from the fact that [[spoiler: he is guilty of cannibalizing his family]], he also has no problem wolfing down [[spoiler: burned Elsen corpses in the form of sugar, even up to the Reveal]].

** ,He's an alley cat, so of course he's going to be tough.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Alain feels genuinely sorry for [[spoiler:devouring his family members,]] and if you return to where you first meet him in [[spoiler: the purified]] Zone 1, he pays his respects to his family, and apologizes for what he's done.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope[=/=]MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The very moment you meet him. He's gone out of his mind from the [[spoiler: guilt of eating his family]].

* ManaDrain: A much more useful move he learns much later in the game is "Decoding Palpate" which instead drains CP from an enemy. This is especially useful against bosses, which have unlimited SP and can allow him to repeatedly cast his buffs.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Unlike in OFF, he can be saved from Japhet exploding out of his body. [[NonStandardGameOver But if you're not quick enough on the draw and let history repeat itself...]]

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Up until a certain point Valerie is constantly doubting his own abilities, questioning whether their quest is even possible.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Like Alain, she has decent moves, but they cost a crap ton of CP. While she unfortunately doesn't learn any competences to rectify this, you can find a February, equipment that reduces the CP cost of your moves, in the same zone you can recruit her in, which rectifies this. That said, against large groups of enemies, it can be very much worth the high cost.

** She is also [[spoiler: the first cat to step forward in the final battle against the Military General, full of confidence]]

* DanceBattler: Like [[spoiler: Sugar, among other things]], she has a thing for dancing and tends to view fighting as dancing and vice versa. Her class in the status menu is even "Dancer".
* IWillFindYou: The owner Jozlyn is looking for is heavily implied to be the [[spoiler: bonus boss Sugar from OFF. Both enjoy dance or view dancing and fighting as the same, both use emotes when they speak, both have eaten sugar, and both have shockingly high health when you fight them, possibly due along with their questionable sanity to their sugar consumption. Jozlyn is first found expecting her owner to be somewhere in the sugar oven and monorail area of Zone 3--as Sugar's name and condition would imply. She also says, during the break in Zone 0, that she came back there expecting to find her there too. Events in OFF show us that the Batter may have killed Sugar, but there is no evidence of Sugar's presence in the underground cellar.]]
** Later on, [[spoiler:it is confirmed that Sugar was her owner when the party meets her in Pure Zone 3. However, Sugar can't remember being Jozlyn's owner. The two are joyous nevertheless.]]

* {{Determinator}}: Implied. The Puppeteer [[spoiler: forcefully switched their 'strings' from the Batter to the Judge to change the outcome of events, which kicked off the game and an AlternateTimeline]]. Just to SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: It's stated by [[spoiler: Edna]] that the Player is the same Player from [[{{VideoGame.OFF}} OFF]], which means that to reach your happy ending the Player went through [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] once, maybe twice. And that's without getting into in-game events.
* RippleEffectProofMemory: [[spoiler:It's implied the reason you're here is that you know precisely how you screwed up and want to fix it, despite time being reset.]]
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: This is made pretty clear early on. The Judge merely has a horrible feeling about it, but you of course know that you are moving through the game to prevent destruction at the hands of the Batter.

%%* BadassBoast:

* TookALevelInBadass: Health boost is debatable, but he's definitely more of a challenge than in OFF, seeing as he has many more status-effect moves.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Japhet resigns to his death upon his defeat.]]

* NonstandardGameOver: You get one if you don't beat him up hard enough to force him out of Valerie in time.

* TookALevelInBadAss: You better believe it. Japhet wasn't exactly a joke in OFF, but expect to have a long, hard fight with this guy. He does much more damage, can hit all your party members, and inflict a ton of status ailments, usually mute. Even with Valerie added to the party, it's still tough.
* TookALevelInJerkAss: Yeah, you went mad and attacked your people last time Japhet, but last time you weren't such an evil bastard about it. [[spoiler:And he's the only Guardian ''not'' possessed by spectres. He's just a vain jerk.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: While he's still a pretty nasty boss, in terms of fluff he's lost his size-shifting capabilities, so not only does he lose the chance to go {{Kaiju}}-sized, he can't even get smaller to leave his office without getting stuck in the doorway, not that it stops him from trying.

* HopelessBossFight: Again, averted. As Enoch is no longer invincible in the first battle against him like he was in OFF, the fight with him this time is a straight up battle confined to his office.

* AxCrazy: He spends a lot of his scream time praising the artistic nature of blood.

* ArmCannon: A canon in the arm ''and'' leg.

* GunNut: Became obsessed with firearms after learning about from a history book in the Bordeaux library, to the point of replacing his limbs with 'em.

!![[spoiler: The Witness]]/[[spoiler: Edna]]

--> [[spoiler: "You vicious monster..."]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Does this [[spoiler: to call out the player for (accidentally) "sowing the seeds of our demise"]].

* HeroAntagonist:[[spoiler: The events that take place in Chapter 3 of the Courtroom prove her true motivation.]]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: As befitting her eerie role. [[spoiler:And subverted, she's the least malevolent Zone Guardian by far, barring the Judge himself.]]
* MadeOfEvil: [[spoiler:According to the Judge, she's completely made of impurity. Surprisingly however, she herself [[DarkIsNotEvil isn't outright evil]], and can even use purity-based abilities, leaving the Judge quite baffled.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Possesses red eyes. [[spoiler: Though, she is not evil in the slightest.]]

* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: To Charlotte, aka [[spoiler: The Observer]], who was in the same role as [[spoiler: Edna]] in previous versions of the game.
* TalkingAnimal: She's a black cat. [[spoiler:Visual indication she's a lot more like the protagonists than at first glance.]]

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Much like [[spoiler: Hugo]] before her, she's [[spoiler: killed by the Batter]] before we can learn much about her.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: She is none too happy that your actions have [[TheBadGuyWins aided the Batter in his quest]].]]

* TheBlank: On first impression, her face has no features. In her [[BodyHorror boss fight however...]]
* BerserkButton: The Judge hits it when he says [[spoiler: it's her fault the Zones became corrupted]].

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Her battle sprite is full of it. Her right arm is made up completely of some sort of chunky black substance, there is an eye on her left arm for some reason, she has a mouth on her stomach, eyes in her hair, and her dress is made up of specters. It was even more extreme in her older sprite]].

* NeverMyFault: Whether it's the land falling into despair, or [[spoiler: Hugo running away]], she firmly believes it was through no fault of her own.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: Depending on your choices, [[spoiler: she is revived in the true ending, spending time with Hugo.]]

* VerbalTic: The VoiceOfTheLegion whispering that could be heard in The Nothingness in [[{{VideoGame.OFF}} OFF]].

* BattleThemeMusic: [[spoiler: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xe2pUFWwYYU Lost Value]], though in the HOME files when you go play it on windows media player, it's called Blue Zircon. It was created by playing Euphoria backwards and touching it up, another small reference to Zacharie's strange relation to Sugar]].
* BonusBoss: If you find all of the [[spoiler: Zodiac Coins]].

* CoolSword: Wields one [[spoiler: when you fight him. It's yours too, if you win!]]
* GratuitousLatin: See page quote. [[spoiler: "Seize the day, trust as little as possible in tomorrow..."]]
** "Durate et vosmet rebus servate secundis..." [[spoiler: "Persevere and reserve yourselves..."]]
* GreenThumb: [[spoiler: In the ''Forward'' Ending]].
* HiddenDepths: He owns the amusement park in Zone 2 and the Elsen who work there refer to him as "Boss". You can also find statues of him everywhere. He also [[spoiler: has the ability to reset your game]].
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Averted. While he can [[spoiler: reset the game for you, and is implied to have done so before]], he states he'll have no memory of doing so on subsequent playthroughs.

* BattleThemeMusic: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1EPegIzD2M Pepper Steak]].
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Given that he's purified the world in a previous timeline, he intends to do it again.]]
* BreakingSpeech: Gives you and your party of cats a ''nasty'' one [[spoiler: in the REPEAT ending, detailing how all your actions helped him achieve his goals]].

* HeroKiller: While the [[spoiler: Hero]] part is debatable, he [[spoiler: kills Edna at the top of zone 4]]. Less debatable are [[spoiler: the deaths of your party sans the Judge in the REPEAT ending]].
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler: The Executioner]].

* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel]]: [[spoiler: Two of them this time around: The Executioner, and the Bad Executioner.]]
* OutOfFocus: Due to not being the puppet in this particular game. He's still around and having his own adventure through the Zones, but unlike VideoGame/{{OFF}} we have no idea what he's doing on it.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: When you run into him in [[spoiler: The Courtroom]] he says something to this effect. [[spoiler: He remembers how [[VideoGame/{{OFF}} the game]] was supposed to go, and is either pleased or deeply unhappy with the way things have turned out, depending on your actions.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: Said almost word for word [[spoiler: when he kills Alain, Valerie, and Jozlyn]].

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As Bad Executioner. If you sided with the Judge in OFF, then you know that Bad Batter is a pretty easy boss. This time around, he has a ''lot'' more health, his attacks are ''very'' powerful (and can inflict status conditions) and he now has two add-ons.]]

The NPC race that inhabits the Zones. When significantly stressed or scared they become Burnt.

* AxCrazy: The [[spoiler: sugar deprived Elsen in Zone 3]].

* CripplingOverspecialization: Said Elsen are unable to use hands to manipulate things, as one Militant laments his inability to turn the pages of a book.

* DrivenToSuicide: Most of the Elsen in [[spoiler: Zone 4]].
* EvilSoundsDeep: The [[spoiler: sugar-addicted Elsen]] in Zone 3 and the [[spoiler: Militant Elsen in Zone 4]] have a much deeper VerbalTic than the average Elsen.
* InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals: Though their clothes may change depending on their job, every Elsen has the exact same face. The only notable facial differences are in the [[spoiler: sugar deprived Elsen]] and the [[spoiler: Militant Elsen]].

* BodyHorror: Every Burnt Elsen has this going on to some degree. The further you go into the Zones the worse it usually gets.

A mysterious girl you can find hanging out in [[spoiler: purified Zone 3]]. May or may not be Jozlyn's owner.

* BonusBoss: She has the exact same role that she did in the original game. The only differences are that you don't require the Grand Finale and that she's found [[spoiler: in the purified Zone 3 instead of the Zone 0 basement]].
* ChekhovsGun: The [[spoiler: chocolate shard you receive from defeating Jozlyn fits into a collar that Sugar has that becomes Jozlyn exclusive equipment with restorative properties]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Much like in the original game, some of [[spoiler: her dialogue]] hints towards a [[spoiler: form The Batter takes when you fight him]].

* IWillWaitForYou: Says something to this effect to Jozlyn, telling her that if she gets bored traveling with the Judge to come find her.
* ThePollyanna: Despite the fact that you find her [[spoiler: absolutely alone in a purified Zone]], she is incredibly optimistic about her situation and rather cheerful.

* WistfulAmnesia: Possibly, depending on how you interpret her relationship with Jozlyn and what [[spoiler: that collar might represent]].

* TheCameo: Originally appeared in ''ONE'', another ''OFF'' fangame. She outright says that this is not her game and that the faster you finish this one, the faster she can get back to her's.

--> [[spoiler: "I knew you'd come..."]]

* ChekhovsGunman: Is first mentioned in an optional dialogue in Zone 1, but he isn't actually seen [[spoiler: until later parts of the Courtroom, when you find out he's gone missing]].
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler: The Batter]] is this to him.

* MommasBoy: [[spoiler: He misses his mom a lot]].
* ParentalAbandonment: Though not on purpose, at least [[spoiler: on his mom's part]]
* ParentalNeglect: Again, minus [[spoiler: The Batter]], not intentional. It also extends to his [[ParentalSubstitute Parental Substitutes]], [[spoiler: The Guardians]].
* RealityWarper: The whole world depends on his survival. [[spoiler: He is even capable of reviving his friends.]]
* TheRunaway: With [[spoiler: Edna]] to avoid being [[spoiler: forced to be a Guardian]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the good endings, the Judge saves Hugo right before the Batter could hit him]].
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: "And we can create a place we can call...'''home'''.]]

Secret bosses found in [[spoiler:Zone 0]] upon [[spoiler:entering certain passwords in a computer found after completing a secret puzzle in pure Zone 4.]]

[[spoiler: The creator of the game himself]].

* AuthorAppeal: [[spoiler: His competences are named after songs the creator likes]].

* TheQuietOne: [[spoiler:The quote provided - spoken before the battle - is his only line.]]

** [[spoiler: Scan him in battle.]]

** [[spoiler: Upon entering the password to unlock him in the computer in Zone 0, the result is "Lame Human".]]
* ThemeNaming: [[spoiler: All of his competences are named after song titles.]]

!![[spoiler: Ava]]

!![[spoiler: Blight]]

-->"So, you're the Judge right?"

* EyeScream [[spoiler: He's missing an eye. He clawed it out himself.]]

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Much different. He's more of an amalgamation of animals than anything.]]

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* [[spoiler: OneWingedAngel]]: [[spoiler: Bad Executioner]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: Like Alain, she has decent moves, but they cost a crap ton of CP. While she unfortunately doesn't learn any competences to rectify this, you can find a February, equipment that reduces the CP cost of your moves, in the same zone you can recruit her in, which rectifies this.

The traditional items merchant that's necessary in every video game, reprising his role from {{OFF}}. He also serves as your guide through the Zones this time around. The two of you have a “fun, mutual friendship”.

* OutOfFocus: Due to not being the puppet in this particular game. He's still around and having his own adventure through the Zones, but unlike {{OFF}} we have no idea what he's doing on it.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: When you run into him in [[spoiler: The Courtroom]] he says something to this effect. [[spoiler: He remembers how [[{{OFF}} the game]] was supposed to go, and is either pleased or deeply unhappy with the way things have turned out, depending on your actions.]]

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Averted. Unlike OFF, where Enoch towered over The Batter, Enoch stays at his base height throughout the entire battle. Even then, he ''still'' towers over you.

* BadAss: During her origin story, we get to [[{{Pun}} witness]] her tear through an entire army of ghosts [[spoiler:to rescue Hugo.]]

%%* AddressingThePlayer:

%%* DeadpanSnarker: .

%%* PeoplePuppets:

* PowerUpLetDown: More like "party member gain letdown" as it applies with Japhet. You get him as a party member right as the battle with Japhet proper starts, and he has a move that causes poison. Japhet is immune to poison.

%%* RippleEffectProofMemory:

* TookALevelInJerkAss: Unbelievably, yes, he did. He's even more impatient than last time, and seriously injures an Elsen right in front of you.

* TookALevelInJerkAss: Yeah, you went mad and attacked your people last time Japhet, but last time you weren't such an evil bastard about it.

%%* AxCrazy
%%* TheButcher:

%%* AddressingThePlayer

%%* GlowingEyesOfDoom:

* AwesomeButImpractical: His Honing moves can boost stats along with a decent health boost at the same time, but it's expensive as hell to use. This gets dropped late in the game with a decent move.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Like Alain, she has decent moves, but they cost a crap ton of CP.

* CloudCuckoolander: Her first comment when meeting the Judge's gang is to ask if they brought her a present. Yes, she's serious. Alain even calls her a ditz right in front of her.

* TheCameo: Outright says that this is not her game and that the faster you finish this one, the faster she can get back to her's.

%%* BonusBoss
%%* CreatorCameo
* GottaCatchThemAll: [[spoiler: You can only meet him if you find all the Dopefish hidden in Zones 0-4 before they're purified.]]
* LuckBasedMission: [[spoiler:The fight is technically this if you don't grind or reach the Queen first, due to his ability to heal faster than you can deal damage by Purified Zone 0. Fortunately, he doesn't typically use Healing very often.]]

%%* SecretCharacter

%%* WalkingSpoiler

%%* BonusBoss
* TheCameo[[spoiler: She is originally from ''Iter Interis''.]]

%%* BonusBoss
* TheCameo[[spoiler: He is originally from ''ONE''.]]

%%!!Father Time

%%-->"Do you think you can withstand the test of time?"

%%* AnthropomorphicPersonification
%%* BonusBoss

!!Fit

%%* BonusBoss

!!Jargoesque

%%*BonusBoss

!!Maced Spectre

%%* BodyHorror
%%* BonusBoss

!!Nightmargin

%%* BonusBoss

!! Ruby

%%* BonusBoss:
%%* TheCameo:

* SecretCharacter: You could probably go the whole game without finding where she hiding out.

* SelfDeprecation: [[spoiler: Scan him in battle.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As Bad Executioner. If you sided with the Judge in OFF, then you know that Bad Batter is a pretty easy boss. This time around, he has a ''lot'' more health, and he now has two add-ons.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: As Bad Executioner. If you sided with the Judge in OFF, then you know that Bad Batter is a pretty easy boss. This time around, he has a ''lot'' more health, and Alpha and Omega, two of his Add-Ons, are with him now.]]

* BonusBoss: If you find all of the [[spoiler: Images]].

* ThemeNaming: All of her attacks are named after sweets. It should be no surprise that she gives you [[spoiler: the Chocolate Image]] for beating her.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: It's stated by [[spoiler: Charlotte]] that the Player is the same Player from [[{{VideoGame.OFF}} OFF]], which means that to reach your happy ending the Player went through [[spoiler: TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]] once, maybe twice. And that's without getting into in-game events.

* TheRunaway: With [[spoiler: Charlotte]] to avoid being [[spoiler: forced to be a Guardian]]

* Combat Medic: Like the Batter before him, the Judge specializes in hitting hard while healing the team. And this time around, the player will likely be able to access most of the moveset before the end of the game.

%%* CheshireCatGrin:

* MakingASplash: Ehh, sort of. The element of the attacks he uses is Plastic, which is the closest thing OFF has to water.

* HeroKiller: While the [[spoiler: Hero]] part is debatable, he [[spoiler: kills Edna in the HOME and FORWARD Endings]]. Less debatable are [[spoiler: the deaths of your party sans the Judge in the REPEAT ending]].

* PunctuatedForEmphasis: [[spoiler: '''''Purification...In...Process...''''']]

* LostForever: Don't expect to run into him if you forgot to find a Dope Fish in each zone before purification.
* TakeThatMe: Using Cat's Eye on him reveals that he isn't very strong.

%%* NoShirtLongJacket

%%* ThePhoenix
%%* TalkingAnimal

%%* GlowingEyesOfDoom

%%* RedEyesTakeWarning

%%* WalkingSpoiler

%%* TheBlank

%%* BossBanter:

%%* OneWingedAngel:

%%* CoolMask: Two, actually.

%%* TravelingSalesman

%%* FinalBoss

%%* ArmCannon: The Militant Elsen in Zone 4 have these.

%%* BrainyBaby

%%* RealityWarper

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:In the good endings, Charlotte sacrifices herself to bring him back]].

!!Father Time

-->"Do you think you can withstand the test of time?"