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Colorful enemies that Mad Rat encounters throughout his journey. [[spoiler:They've been created by the Rat God in order to manipulate Mad Rat into helping her achieve her goals.]]
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* ConsummateLiar: Just about everything she says is a lie; the "revival" was in fact ''after'' the botched heart surgery. She claims that the [[BlackBlood yellow liquid]] oozing out of both the Mob Rats and the doctor is blood, when its just a hallucination. She claims that she gave her the time powers, but it's later revealed that she just made Mad Rat aware of it, as most beings have that power, and are just unaware of it. And the Nightmares that are supposed to plague the mouse afterlife come after him in the real world is yet another lie; the Nightmare originate from her, and is using them to control Mad Rat.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her claim that Nightmares only haunt the afterlife seems to fall flat when they show up in the real world. This is her first lie, and that she isn't as clear-cut as she claims to be.

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* ConsummateLiar: Just about everything she says is a lie; the "revival" was in fact ''after'' the botched heart surgery. She claims that the [[BlackBlood yellow liquid]] oozing out of both the Mob Rats and the doctor is blood, when its just a hallucination. She claims that she was the one who gave her Mad Rat the time powers, but it's later revealed that she just made Mad Rat him aware of it, as most beings have that power, and are just unaware of it. And the Nightmares that are supposed to plague the mouse afterlife come after him in the real world is yet another lie; the Nightmare Nightmares originate from her, and she is using them to control Mad Rat.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her claim that Nightmares only haunt the afterlife seems to fall flat when they show up in the real world. This is her first lie, and which hints that she isn't as clear-cut as she claims to be.
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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever he takes damages, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for a few seconds. He also claims to have seen Mad Rat die hundreds of times... that is, the many deaths the player rewound during gameplay.]]

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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever fight; Whenever he takes damages, damage, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for a few seconds. He also claims to have seen Mad Rat die hundreds of times... that is, the many deaths the player rewound during gameplay.]]



* StatingTheSimpleSolution: As the OnlySaneMan, Heart asks Mad Rat why he can't just uses his time powers to live forever. Mad Rat states that it would be no different [[WhoWantsToLiveForever than stuck on the wheel]].

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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: As the OnlySaneMan, Heart asks Mad Rat why he can't just uses his time powers to live forever. Mad Rat states that it would be no different [[WhoWantsToLiveForever than being stuck on the wheel]].

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* ConsummateLiar: Just about everything she says is a lie; the "revival" was in fact ''after'' the botched heart surgery. She claims that the [[BlackBlood yellow liquid]] oozing out of both the Mob Rats and the doctor is blood, when its just a hallucination. She claims that she gave her the time powers, but it's later revealed that she just made Mad Rat aware of it, as most beings have that power, and are just unaware of it.

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* ConsummateLiar: Just about everything she says is a lie; the "revival" was in fact ''after'' the botched heart surgery. She claims that the [[BlackBlood yellow liquid]] oozing out of both the Mob Rats and the doctor is blood, when its just a hallucination. She claims that she gave her the time powers, but it's later revealed that she just made Mad Rat aware of it, as most beings have that power, and are just unaware of it. And the Nightmares that are supposed to plague the mouse afterlife come after him in the real world is yet another lie; the Nightmare originate from her, and is using them to control Mad Rat.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Her claim that Nightmares only haunt the afterlife seems to fall flat when they show up in the real world. This is her first lie, and that she isn't as clear-cut as she claims to be.



* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Averted ''hard'' in a later level [[spoiler: Mad Rat witnesses the aftermath of the child being hit by a truck, and while we do not see the accident happen, the child's blood-soaked hat landing nearby leaves very little to the imagination.]] [[spoiler: This trope is actually [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]: due to Mad Rat's time-manipulation, it doesn't stick, but thanks to Rat God, she nullifies said attempt. At the end of the game, this is once again averted thanks to Heart helping her.]]

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Averted ''hard'' in a later level [[spoiler: "Some Kind of Hope" [[spoiler:as Mad Rat witnesses the aftermath of the child being hit by a truck, and while we do not see the accident happen, full body, the child's blood-soaked hat landing nearby her lifeless hand leaves very little to the imagination.]] [[spoiler: This trope is actually [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]: due to Mad Rat's time-manipulation, it doesn't stick, but thanks to Rat God, she nullifies said attempt. At the end of the game, this is once again averted thanks to Heart helping her.]]

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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/[=NPCs=] in video games, movies, anime, etc. They also form a mob around Mad Rat.

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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/[=NPCs=] in video games, movies, anime, etc. They also form a mob around Mad Rat.Rat [[spoiler:during their boss fight]].
* WolfpackBoss: [[spoiler:The Mob Rats only take one hit before being defeated, but their strength is in numbers.]]

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-->'''Rat God:''' I just wanted to live. Was that such a sin?

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-->'''Rat God:''' I just wanted to live. Was Is that such really a sin?sin? I only want to live...


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* ConsummateLiar: Just about everything she says is a lie; the "revival" was in fact ''after'' the botched heart surgery. She claims that the [[BlackBlood yellow liquid]] oozing out of both the Mob Rats and the doctor is blood, when its just a hallucination. She claims that she gave her the time powers, but it's later revealed that she just made Mad Rat aware of it, as most beings have that power, and are just unaware of it.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: [[spoiler:Saves the girl who saved him from being hit by a truck, and at the end, saves Heart from the surgery for everything the latter did for him.]]


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* MortonsFork: [[spoiler:Mad Rat is revealed to be trapped in one of these thanks to his own failing heart. He either takes the transplant which kills both him and Heart, or not and save Heart, while still doomed to die. He takes the latter, but not without opposition from Rat God.]]

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Downplayed. She does need Mad Rat to be eaten by a cat to survive, she even asks if it is so bad for her to try and live, but nevertheless demonstrates sincerely sadistic tendencies and does some needlessly cruel things for no real reason.



* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Averted ''hard'' in a later level [[spoiler: Mad Rat witnesses the aftermath of the child being hit by a truck, and while we do not see the accident happen, the child's blood-soaked hat landing nearby leaves very little to the imagination.]] [[spoiler: This trope is actually [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]: due to Mad Rat's time-manipulation, it doesn't stick, but thanks to Rat God, she nullifies said attempt. At the end of the game, this is once again averted thanks to Heart.]]

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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Averted ''hard'' in a later level [[spoiler: Mad Rat witnesses the aftermath of the child being hit by a truck, and while we do not see the accident happen, the child's blood-soaked hat landing nearby leaves very little to the imagination.]] [[spoiler: This trope is actually [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]: due to Mad Rat's time-manipulation, it doesn't stick, but thanks to Rat God, she nullifies said attempt. At the end of the game, this is once again averted thanks to Heart.Heart helping her.]]
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* AndroclesLion: Mad Rat manages to save the black cat he fought from drowning. In turn, the cat refuses to eat him when they cross paths later [[spoiler:thanks to Rat God.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mad Rat saves her [[spoiler:from being hit by a truck]] for saving him from being eaten by a cat.
* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Averted ''hard'' in a later level [[spoiler: Mad Rat witnesses the aftermath of the child being hit by a truck, and while we do not see the accident happen, the child's blood-soaked hat landing nearby leaves very little to the imagination.]] [[spoiler: This trope is actually [[ZigzaggedTrope Zigzagged]]: due to Mad Rat's time-manipulation, it doesn't stick, but thanks to Rat God, she nullifies said attempt. At the end of the game, this is once again averted thanks to Heart.]]

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* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: [[spoiler:The first half of the game is revealed to be Mad Rat's hallucinations, from the zombie Mob Rat, their ghosts, and even killing the doctor, thanks to the Rat God infecting him. Finding this out causes him to have a HeroicBSOD until Heart comforts him.]]



* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. From using blood shoots to blood spikes, he even surrounds himself in a ball of blood as a means of guarding.]]

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* OnlySaneMan: Tries to help Mad Rat in his quest for revenge. [[spoiler:Becomes this even more so following the reveal that Mad Rat's perception had be comprised from the beginning, and keeps him from danger from then on.]]
* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. From using blood shoots to creating blood spikes, he even surrounds himself in a ball of blood as a means of guarding.]]]]
* StatingTheSimpleSolution: As the OnlySaneMan, Heart asks Mad Rat why he can't just uses his time powers to live forever. Mad Rat states that it would be no different [[WhoWantsToLiveForever than stuck on the wheel]].


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* AlasPoorVillain: As evil as she was, she was ultimately little more than a parasite who couldn't fight back against her nature.
-->'''Rat God:''' I just wanted to live. Was that such a sin?
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* BreakingTheFourthwall: When Mad Rat says 'give me a beat', Heart starts the music. [[spoiler:In his boss fight, he can also stop the music and, therefore, time. He is also aware of the many times Mad Rat had died during gameplay.]]

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* BreakingTheFourthwall: BreakingTheFourthWall: When Mad Rat says 'give me a beat', Heart starts the music. [[spoiler:In his boss fight, he can also stop the music and, therefore, time. He is also aware of the many times Mad Rat had died during gameplay.]]



* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. From using blood shoots to blood spikes, he even surrounds himself in a ball of blood for one attack.]]

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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. From using blood shoots to blood spikes, he even surrounds himself in a ball of blood for one attack.as a means of guarding.]]

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I'm pretty sure that the Heart fight isn't a hallucination.


* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:Heart's single, cat-slit eye foreshadows the reveal that Heart was actually a cat before the heart transplant.]]



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Heart fights Mad Rat due to the rat succumbing to Rat God's brainwashing, and when that fails, slaps him to get him to realises he's been led into danger. Whenever Mad Rat starts hallucinating, Heart always slaps some sense back into him.]]

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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Heart fights Mad Rat due to the rat succumbing to Rat God's brainwashing, and when that fails, slaps him to get him to realises realize he's been led into danger. Whenever Mad Rat starts hallucinating, hallucinating from then on, Heart always slaps some sense back into him.]]



* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. [[SubvertedTrope However, that is just a hallucination from Mad Rat, Heart actually being a cat.]]]]

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* OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. [[SubvertedTrope However, that is just From using blood shoots to blood spikes, he even surrounds himself in a hallucination from Mad Rat, Heart actually being a cat.]]]]ball of blood for one attack.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/[=NPCs=] in video games, movies, anime, etc.

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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/[=NPCs=] in video games, movies, anime, etc. They also form a mob around Mad Rat.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Turns out to be holding back ''a lot'' of power despite just being a heart, as shown in his boss fight.]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Turns out to be holding back ''a lot'' of power despite just being a heart, as shown in his boss fight. After all, his true form is a ''cat''.]]
* BloodMagic: [[spoiler:[[JustifiedTrope Justified]], albeit not in the normal sense: a lot of his attacks in his boss battle involve blood. After all, he is a heart.]]
* BreakingTheFourthwall: When Mad Rat says 'give me a beat', Heart starts the music. [[spoiler:In his boss fight, he can also stop the music and, therefore, time. He is also aware of the many times Mad Rat had died during gameplay.
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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever he takes damages, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for a few seconds. He also claims to have seen Mad Rat die hundreds of times... that is, the many deaths the player rewound during gameplay.]]



* MeaningfulName: He is a living heart. [[spoiler:His true form, a cat, has a heart-shaped mark on his chest.]]



* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever he takes damages, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for a few seconds.]]

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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As OverdrawnAtTheBloodBank: [[spoiler:His boss battle involves lots of blood. [[SubvertedTrope However, that is just a hallucination from Mad Rat, Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever he takes damages, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for actually being a few seconds.]]cat.]]]]
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* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:Heart fights Mad Rat due to the rat succumbing to Rat God's brainwashing, and when that fails, slaps him to get him to realises he's been led into danger. Whenever Mad Rat starts hallucinating, Heart always slaps some sense back into him.]]


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* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: [[spoiler:As Heart controls the music, he has full control of it during the boss fight, whenever he takes damages, he snaps his fingers and the music stops for a few seconds.]]
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* ADogNamedDog: Mad Rat's sentient heart is just called Heart. [[spoiler:Averted when it's revealed that Heart was a cat before the transplant.]]
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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/NPCs in video games, movies, anime, etc.

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* MeaningfulName: The "Mob" (モブ, mobu) in "Mob Rat" comes from a Japanese slang term used to refer to background characters/NPCs characters/[=NPCs=] in video games, movies, anime, etc.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Turns out to be holding back ''a lot'' power despite just being a heart, as shown in his boss fight.]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Turns out to be holding back ''a lot'' of power despite just being a heart, as shown in his boss fight.]]

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Not quite at first, [[CharacterDevelopment but as the game goes along]] Mad Rat steadily becomes a highly gruff but less selfish person with great compassion.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Initially his goals are to kill the doctor who vivisected him. [[spoiler: When it turns out the Rat God is more to blame for everything, she becomes the new focus.]]


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* MoralityPet: Fittingly, it is thanks to Heart that Mad Rat becomes a nicer person.
* NiceGuy: A very kind and polite person who sincerely wants to help Mad Rat, [[WhatTheHellHero though won't hesitate to call him out on his nastier actions]].


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* SlasherSmile: Makes a very potent one in the final battle, it even frightens Mad Rat.


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* HumansAreBastards: Depending on the answers the player gives at the start, this is either player straight or subverted. If the choices were pitiless and cold, the doctor will be just as bad as Mad Rat thought. If the choices were merciful and emphatic, it is revealed the doctor is actually a decent guy and his cruelty was yet another hallucination made by the Rat God.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:Turns out to be holding back ''a lot'' power despite just being a heart, as shown in his boss fight.]]


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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: After besting it in a boss fight, Mad Rat goes back in time to avert the fight against it, which the cat seems to understand, helping you escape from drowning.]]

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* HelloInsertNameHere: Revealed to be the character you name at the start.
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The goddess that Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.

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The goddess that Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect resurrects him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.

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The goddess that Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a living parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.

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The goddess that Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a living parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.live.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: The Rat God comes off as benevolent and helpful towards Mad Rat at first, but this is all a ploy for her to lure Mad Rat near a cat so he can be eaten.
* GodGuise: What is perceived to be the "Rat God" is actually little more than a parasite that pretends to be a god in order to make Mad Rat easier to manipulate.
* HumanoidFemaleAnimal: The Rat God looks more like a human woman with rat head, ears and a tail than any kind of actual rat. This is even {{Lampshaded}} by Mad Rat. {{Averted}} later in the game when she reveals her true form, which is more akin to a cluster of multi-colored eyes.
* SheIsTheKing: While she has a very feminine appearance and is always referred to as female, the Rat God is always called a ''God'' rather than a God''ess''.

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The main protagonist. A rat who was dissected and left for dead, after being revived by the Rat God, he vows to kill the human doctor so that he can die in peace.

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The main protagonist. A rat who was dissected and left for dead, after dead. After being revived by the Rat God, he vows to kill the human doctor so that he can die in peace.



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The goddess who Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a living parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.

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The goddess who that Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a living parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.


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A human doctor who used Mad Rat as a lab rat, making him live inside a cage.
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* TheFaceless: Even in the demo, he's hidden in shadow, facing away from the camera, and any interactions with the Mad Rat are done by only showing his hands.
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Mad Rat's inmates at the lab. Unlike him, they have no desire to flee or fight back against the doctor.


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A little girl with a bonnet hat who saves Mad Rat from being eaten by the black cat.


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An alley cat who lives in the park, and chases after Mad Rat.
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The main protagonist. A rat who was dissected and left for dead, after being revived by the Rat God, he vows to kill the human doctor so that he can die in peace.


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Mad Rat's companion, his now talking heart who helps him get from level beat by beat. Is very supportive of his revenge.


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The goddess who Mad Rat meets in the afterlife. She resurrect him so that he can fulfill his wish and find his "happy ending". In truth, she is no divine being, but a living parasite that infects Mad Rat's brain, trying to lead him to his "happy ending" of being eaten by a cat so that she can continue to live.
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'''(UNDER CONSTRUCTION)'''\\
Beware of spoilers! You have been warned!
!!Main Characters
[[folder:Mad Rat]]
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[[folder:Heart]]
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[[folder:Rat God '''(Unmarked Spoiler)''']]
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!!Others
[[folder:Doctor]]
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[[folder:Mob Rats]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Little Girl]]
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[[folder:Black Cat]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Nightmares]]
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