History Characters / SnowDaze

* {{Catchphrase}}: Repeatedly says some variation of: "I am the youngest chemical engineer in the country." This self-proclaimed title is basically Kira's catchphrase and she takes pride in reminding her stepsiblings about it frequently. Even in a trance, she'll correct Jason on it if he doesn't say it correctly.

* PervertRevengeMode: Her default response to Jason's antics early on in the game is to react violently. [[spoiler:And when she figures out about Jason's subliminals, she destroys his computer, the delimiter charger, and tries to incite the rest of the family into snapping out of their brainwashing and turning against him.]]

* ItAmusedMe: In her Bad Ending, it's understandable that she [[spoiler:hypnotizes and enslaves Jason as revenge for his attempt to brainwash her. But she also brainwashes Noelle, Jane and Kira into being [[GoGoEnslavement scantily clad]] pets that spend their lives on all-fours, barking like dogs and serving her every whim purely because she could and she thought it'd be funny.]]

* BuxomIsBetter: All of the women in Jason's step-family are busty and Jason certainly seems to consider them more beautiful for it.

* TalkingToHerself: Sarah shares a voice actress with Kira.

* ActingForTwo: Kira's voice actress also voices Sarah.

* TalkingToHerself: Kira's voice actress also voices Sarah.

* MamaBear: A rare Aversion. She ''tries'' to be this and her fiercely overprotective nature for her daughters leads to her mistreatment of Jason. However, Jason can force her accept that she has failed to live up to this trope and admit that she'd let Jason do what he wants to Jane, Kira and Sarah so long as she gets to indulge in her own fantasies.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Whilst Sarah may desire company to avoid boredom and loneliness, she is quick to exploit any attention she does get for selfish purposes. However, she is brainwashed out of this bad habit as Jason programs her to feel pleasure when she makes other people happy. This works to Sarah's advantage because it encourages other people to spend more time her now that she's more accommodating and less manipulative.

* AmbiguouslyJewish: It has been confirmed by WordOfGod that the family's last name is Rabinowitz and that they are secular Jews. This is never explicitly stated in the game; however, Noelle’s outfit on Day 3 includes a Star of David necklace.
* BedtimeBrainwashing: Jason does this remotely by putting subliminal messages in the music that plays throughout the house at night. Since he has to stay awake until they’re all asleep to monitor their progress this eventually results in [[spoiler:him not getting enough sleep himself, [[HeroicBSOD causing him to pass out in the middle of Day 5]]]].

* BuxomIsBetter: All of the women in Jason’s step-family are busty and Jason certainly seems to consider them more beautiful for it.

* CharacterDevelopment: While a lot of the alterations in behaviour are brought about by MindManipulation most of it does actually help the characters discover things about themselves they didn’t previously know. It also provides them a way to open up to each other about why they treat one another the way they do and how to repair their relationships going forward. Regardless of how you feel about their morality, its impossible to deny they are much closer and happier together in the Good Endings than they were at the start of the game.

* FlirtyStepsiblings: Sarah is the only one of Jason’s step-sisters who initially fits this trope (and even then, [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey only to get Jason to do what she wants]]) but as the subliminals work their magic, Jane and Kira start to turn into this as well.

* HappinessInSlavery: Despite Jason feeling bitter about his treatment, he isn’t looking to get revenge and punish his step-family, instead wanting them to genuinely enjoy their future lives as his sex slaves.

* NaughtyByNight: Implied. In all the Good Endings of the game, it seems that whichever women have been successfully brainwashed still lead productive and professional lives outside of their home at work or school but once they’re back with their master they indulge fully in NSFW activities.

** In some of the Bad Endings, despite their utter disgust with Jason’s attempts to brainwash them, all the girls (except Jane) are willing to brainwash Jason in revenge. And in Sarah's case she's willing to [[spoiler:brainwash the rest of the family for her own amusement too]].

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** This happens in some of the Bad Endings were Jason is [[spoiler:brainwashed by various members of his step-family.]] But he begrudgingly admits that he actually finds some of these scenarios at least [[HappinessInSlavery a little enjoyable]] because he gets to be [[spoiler:involved in someone's perverted fantasies, even if they aren’t his own]].

Jason's step-twin sister and a sports enthusiast. She is athletic, headstrong and the most aggravated by Jason’s perversions.

* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Averted and Discussed. Jane feels beating up Jason in the past was warranted due to his deviant behaviour but, as Jason later points out, it was really just an unhealthy way for Jane to vent her frustrations over [[spoiler:feeling the same way towards him]] and worsened their relationship far more than if they’d had an actual conversation about why he behaved the way he did.

* InconvenientAttraction: She loudly makes it clear that she disagrees with Jason’s attraction to his step-family. [[spoiler:Although, this is mainly to hide that she also had one herself on Jason when they were younger until Noelle taught her to repress it.]]

* CreateYourOwnVillain: If Jason had never tried brainwashing her then she’d have continued repressing her desires and only speaking to him sparingly to show her disappointment in him. Once she embraces her newfound libido, she delights in teasing him every chance she gets, trying to take control of him and – should she get her hands on the delimiter – [[spoiler:turning him into her slave and subjecting him to some [[{{Anorgasmia}} extreme and creative punishments.]]]]

* OnlySaneMan: At the end of the game, after her CharacterDevelopment, she has the calmest and most level-headed response when [[spoiler:the family learns about Jason's subliminals that have been brainwashing them all. Jason is too busy defending himself, Jane too busy accusing him, Noelle has gotten too used to being submissive to regain control, and Sarah is just angry that now she won't get to be a puppy. Kira is able to quickly discern precisely how Jason's invention worked, understands how things have gone too far and rather than just solely blaming Jason realizes that he’s no longer fully in control of his actions either. She's just unfortunate that everything the others are doing are causing her to become DistractedByTheSexy.]]

* SiblingRivalry: Has a minor one with Sarah, viewing her as a brat who uses her body to get what she wants, directly opposing Kira who repressed all sexual feelings and focused on using her mind to get ahead in life. It probably doesn’t help that they’re both trying to be the AttentionWhore in the family. In Sarah's Bad Ending, it's notable that [[spoiler:Kira is the only one who is still vainly trying to resist Sarah's brainwashing, whilst Noelle, Jane, and Jason seem to have accepted it.]]
* SoProudOfYou: Despite everything that he’s done, at the end of the game Kira is actually [[spoiler:quite impressed that Jason took her advice, GrewASpine and tried to take what he wanted rather than continuing to be the ExtremeDoormat he used to be. She’s also pretty grateful that this whole experience has enabled her to overcome five years of repressing her sexual desires.]]

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Noelle is the hard-working, protective and career-focused stepmother of Jason, Kira, Jane, and Sarah. As a business manager for the Ivory Peaks Corporation she is naturally authoritative and too busy to spend as much time with her family as she’d like. Outwardly, she is a strict, stern, and controlling presence.

* TheAtoner: Zig Zagged. Whilst she is in a trance, Jason manipulates her GuiltComplex to make her take “responsibility” for his desires by claiming they've only gotten this bad because of she neglected to raise him properly. This leads to her quickly surrendering control of the household over to him. However, Jason himself admits he doesn’t actually blame her at all for his perversities and is only playing off her guilt to strengthen his control over her.

* ControlFreak: Subverted. Everyone thinks that she wants to have control all the time due to how much work she does and her authoritative way of handling her children. However, she doesn’t care if she’s in control just so long as ''someone'' is. She happily admits that the idea of being able to trust someone else to make all the decisions for her is the only way for her to relax at all these days.

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Feels like one for both Jason and the player. The thought of controlling Noelle scares Jason the most and he leaves her until last on Day 1 to ensure that his techniques worked on the others first. Her Day 1 event can be easy to miss if you make the wrong dialogue choices and if you mess up on Day 2 it will lead to Noelle’s Bad Ending. However, once Day 2 has been passed, Jason feels pretty confident that Noelle will in fact be fairly easy to control from now on and with the most daunting member of his family under his thumb it should be smooth sailing from here on out. [[spoiler:Then Kira decides that she should be in charge instead.]]

* GuiltComplex: Due to how busy she always is at work and not always being able to make as much time for her children as she’d like, she has become worried that she has been a neglectful mother. She fears this is why Jason turned out so perverted and he can use this guilt to make her take “responsibility” for those perversities.

* KinkyCuffs: Owns a pair that she puts on her bedposts for her hands and feet. They can be seen in the background image of her bedroom. [[spoiler:And get used in both Noelle’s Good Ending and the GoldenEnding.]]

* StrugglingSingleMother: After Jason’s father left, Noelle has raised her four children alone whilst holding down an important position in a large corporation, which has lead to a lot of stress and her often not making the right decisions when it comes to raising her family.
* WickedStepmother: Deconstructed. Noelle forces Jason to do her daughter’s chores if they’re unwell or overworked, makes him sleep in the attic, has little time for his interests, and defends her daughters’ verbal (Kira), emotional (Sarah), and physical (Jane) abuse of him. However, Noelle does all this to defend her daughters as best she can whilst contending with her busy job. She is so hard on Jason because his perverted behaviour is something she can’t control and believes the best course of action is to keep him occupied and punish him until he learns to repress his urges [[spoiler:because that method had already worked on Jane in the past]]. It’s also apparent that on some level Noelle is aware that her treatment of Jason is unfair and she feels immense guilt over her belief that her childrens' issues have been caused by her neglecting her duties as a mother due to her demanding job, something that Jason can manipulate to his advantage when she’s in a trance.

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Sarah is Jason’s younger stepsister and the youngest member of the family. Still a student, Sarah is a very sociable young woman, going on many dates with different boys. She is skilled at using her bubbly and sweet exterior to hide her manipulative nature.

* AllTakeAndNoGive: Whilst Sarah may desire company to avoid boredom and loneliness, she is quick to exploit any attention she does get for selfish purposes. However, she is brainwashed out of this bad habit as Jason programs her to feel pleasure when she makes other people happy. This works to Sarah’s advantage because it encourages other people to spend more time her now that she’s more accommodating and less manipulative.
* ItAmusedMe: In her Bad Ending, it's understandable that she [[spoiler:hypnotizes and enslaves Jason as revenge for his attempt to brainwash her. But she also brainwashes Noelle, Jane, and Kira into being [[GoGoEnslavement scantily clad]] pets that spend their lives on all-fours, barking like dogs and serving her every whim purely because she could and she thought it'd be funny.]]

* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Despite physically and legally being a fully-grown woman, she is the youngest in her family and still acts very immature at times. It’s also notable that whilst Noelle is protective of all of her daughters, she is most protective of Sarah.
* BigBrotherWorship: An odd case given how Sarah teases and manipulates Jason. Sarah is TheTease to Jason ''because'' she used to idolize him so much when they were younger. When he hit puberty and became [[DistractedByTheSexy distracted by Jane, Noelle and Kira]] she started teasing him so he’d spend more time with her again.
* BookDumb: Downplayed. Sarah’s actual academic skill isn’t known, but she clearly dislikes schoolwork, often getting Jason to do her homework for her.

* TheEmpath: Downplayed. Part of her brainwashing involves making her feel pleasure when she makes other people feel pleasure. She interprets this as literally feeling the emotions of the people around her. She is initially delighted with this as it allows her to feel closer to people than she ever did before and cure her crippling loneliness but it also causes her to feel the worst when everyone [[spoiler:starts arguing over what to do with the delimiter on Day 5. She is clearly more annoyed everyone is angry with each other than she is that they’ve been brainwashed.]]
* FemmeFatale: Sarah’s EstablishingCharacterMoment shows her using her sex appeal to manipulate Jason into doing her chores and homework. She does this frequently and Jason knows that she is only teasing him but is so pent up that he always ends up going along with it anyway.

** In Sarah’s Bad Ending, because of the pleasure she felt acting like a dog she decides that [[spoiler:the entire family will be happier if she brainwashes them into becoming her HumanPets, brainwashing Jason, Jane, Noelle, and a reluctant Kira into crawling around on all fours and acting like animals with her as their mistress.]]
** At the end of the game, Sarah has such SkewedPriorities that she is the only one who isn’t [[spoiler:concerned that Jason was hypnotizing and brainwashing them at all. In fact, she’s angrier that Jason’s brainwashing got uncovered and means she won’t get to continue being a puppy]].
** In Sarah’s Good Ending and in the GoldenEnding, Sarah wants to [[spoiler:use the delimiter to brainwash the entire family into being her [[HumanPet Human Pets]], like she actually does in her Bad Ending, convinced it’s the easiest way to make them all happy]].
* HatesBeingAlone: Desperately wants to spend more personal time with her family to get rid of the boredom and overwhelming loneliness she feels when other people aren’t around.
* HumanPet: Sarah’s desire to have the love and attention of others soon results in her developing a fetish for this. She develops an interest in pet play and having the family dote on her like they would a “puppy.” However, in her Bad Ending [[spoiler:she instead turns the rest of the family into these with her as their owner]].
* IHaveBoobsYouMustObey!: Uses this frequently to get Jason to do what she wants.

* ReallyGetsAround: Subverted. Sarah is notorious for dating lots of different guys and Jason assumes she is sexually active with them. He’s surprised to learn that she only dates them for their company and is still a virgin.
* SiblingRivalry: Has one with Kira. Sarah often calls Kira out on her hypocrisy and taunts her at every opportunity to get back at her eldest sister for treating her like an annoying brat. It probably comes from them being competing [[AttentionWhore Attention Whores]]. In Sarah's Bad Ending, it's notable that [[spoiler:Kira is the only one who is still vainly trying to resist Sarah's brainwashing, whilst Noelle, Jane, and Jason seem to have accepted it.]]
* SkewedPriorities: At the end of the game, Sarah is far more upset that [[spoiler:she won’t get to be a puppy than she is that she’s been getting brainwashed to be a puppy in the first place.]]

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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cypress Zeta’s morality revolves entirely around Jason having sex with his step-family. Should he decide not to do that it sets off the Cat Cult ending in which [[spoiler:Cypress Zeta arrives at Jason’s house, expresses his disappointment in them all, and then erases the universe from existence because he thinks ItIsBeyondSaving]].

* CatFolk: He is a deceptively adorable chibi cat in a wizard’s robe.

* ConnectedAllAlong: Downplayed. He seems like just a fun AuthorAvatar that is used to narrate the opening of the game, claiming to have made the world and all the characters in it and explain the basic premise with some jokes. But in the Cat Cult ending, [[spoiler:when he turns up at the house, Noelle vaguely recognizes him and Kira instantly asks [[DisappearedDad “dad?”]] which implies that when he said he made the characters he may have meant in a far more literal sense than first thought]].

* AmbiguouslyJewish: It has been confirmed by WordOfGod that the family’s last name is Rabinowitz and that they are secular Jews. This is never explicitly stated in the game; however, Noelle’s outfit on Day 3 includes a Star of David necklace.

* CasualKink: In the Good Endings for each individual girl, Jason brainwashes the other three to act as though his relationship with his chosen girl are completely normal. In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:they’re all pretty casual about each other’s kinks and discuss how to brainwash more people to serve Jason as though it’s only a natural thing to discuss]].

* DysfunctionalFamily: It’d be hard to find a better example of one.

* ImAManICantHelpIt: Invoked. The subliminals brainwash women to adopt this way of thinking so they’re more inclined to forgive Jason’s more outrageous actions, reasoning that because he is a man he has needs and therefore can’t be expected to restrain himself.

* LovableSexManiac: In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:they’ve all become this to some extent with daily orgies, constant teasing, and plotting how to brainwash other people into joining their harem]].
* MoreThanMindControl: As it transpires in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:Jason doesn’t even need to use the delimiter to convince all four of his step-family to accept him as their master. Subconsciously, they were all actually enjoying themselves and know it was the happiest they’ve ever been as a family]].

** This happens in some of the Bad Endings were Jason is [[spoiler:brainwashed by various members of his step-family.]] But he begrudgingly admits that he actually finds some of these scenarios at least [[HappinessInSlavery a little enjoyable]] because he gets to be [[spoiler:involved in someone’s perverted fantasies, even if they aren’t his own]].

* AtLeastIAdmitIt: It becomes apparent over the course of the game that the majority of Jason’s step-family are [[spoiler:just as perverted as he is but they treat him like a freak because he doesn’t hide it like they do.]] In Jane’s Good Ending, [[spoiler:he can say this to her verbatim and she reluctantly admits she’s just like him.]]

* BlackSheep: Subverted. Jason’s step-family certainly treat him like this due to his perversities but as the story unfolds it becomes increasingly clear that they’re similar.

* ButtMonkey: He is mistreated by his entire step-family, sleeps in the attic, and is forced to do his stepsisters’ chores when they don’t want to. Even after he starts trying to use subliminals to fix his problems he isn’t immune to this; there are multiple Bad Endings where he ends up far worse than where he started. To list a few examples, his numerous fates can include [[spoiler:being forced to move out and cut all ties with his family, getting kicked out of the house in the middle of the snow storm, or [[HoistByHisOwnPetard having his own invention used against him]] by his stepmom or one of his stepsisters]].

* ExtremeLibido: Justified. In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:he brainwashes himself to ensure he’ll be capable of satisfying the needs of his harem]].
* FromNobodyToNightmare: He’s certainly on the right path. He started out as a loser whose family treated him like a doormat, but in the GoldenEnding he begins to make plans that sound suspiciously similar to world domination.

** At the end of the game he realizes [[spoiler:he’s been accidentally brainwashing himself with his own subliminals the entire time]].
** Falls victim to this in several Bad Endings where the delimiter is used against him by a vengeful stepmother or stepsister. [[spoiler:He’s hoisted twice over because not only is his own MindControlDevice being used against him, but the only reason he falls under it’s control so easily in the first place is because he’s been getting programmed by his own subliminals as well.]]

* IdiotSavant: Jason is outshined by his siblings in intelligence, popularity, and physical fitness, he is constantly DistractedByTheSexy, and doesn’t realize that [[spoiler:pumping subliminals through his entire house would leave him vulnerable to being brainwashed too]]. But, despite his idiocy he was able to combine his passion for music with Kira’s work on brain chemistry, Noelle’s marketing techniques, Sarah’s manipulative seduction skills, and Jane’s aggressive sports tactics to construct a working MindControlDevice in his attic out of junk he bought with his allowance.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Jason’s reactions to Jane’s body post-puberty drove a wedge between them.

* LikeFatherLikeSon: In Noelle’s Ending, she reveals that Jason is a lot like his [[DisappearedDad previously-unmentioned father]]. [[spoiler:Namely, that his father hypnotized Noelle throughout their four-year relationship, leaving her with little memory of their love life when he left.]]

* AManIsAlwaysEager: He is very eager and very sexually frustrated, to the point he does all of Sarah’s homework and chores whenever she asks even though he knows she'll never go further than teasing him.

* ThePeepingTom: Jason’s EstablishingCharacterMoment is him spying on Jane in the shower.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Downplayed. Even at the start of the game, Jason isn’t heroic by any stretch of the imagination. But he starts out with the relatively harmless motivation of trying to get some respect from his family. Over the course of the week, this warps into trying to turn them all into a subservient harem. [[spoiler:On Day 5 it transpires that this change is at least partially due to Jason accidentally subjecting himself to his own subliminal messages.]]

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Jason’s family treat him like a creep and a pervert anyway so he sees little point in fighting against that image anymore. They have spent the majority of his life punishing him for [[InconvenientAttraction feelings]] which he never actually acted on, which results in him decided he might as well act on them anyway.
--> '''Jason''': I couldn’t turn [my feelings] off, so why not become the bad guy?
* TheUnfavourite: Jason’s whole family treats him with various degrees of disdain and relegate him to living in the attic whilst they take the main floor, further establishing the divide between them.
** Jane thinks he’s a creep and frequently [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale beats him up as punishment for his perverted tendencies]].

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Jason’s step-twin sister and a sports enthusiast. She is athletic, headstrong and the most aggravated by Jason’s perversions.

* BrotherSisterTeam: Implied. She and Jason used to be this before they hit puberty. It is the promise that they’ll get the chance to be this again that convinces them to forgive each other.
* BestHerToBedHer: Invoked. In Jane’s Ending, [[spoiler:Jane issues a competition to her brother to see which one of their points of view is correct. If she’s correct then Jason undoes all the brainwashing he’s done, but if he’s correct then she’ll have already admitted to wanting to be with him.]]

* CovertPervert: Despite her SuspiciouslySpecificDenial of the contrary, Jane’s behaviour shows that she subconsciously is just as much a pervert as her brother.

** In Jane’s Ending, she reveals that [[spoiler:she was actually attracted to Jason long before he started to develop feelings for her and she started to do perverse stuff around him before he even really understood it. Eventually, Noelle taught her that those thoughts were wrong and to reject them, which caused Jane to punish Jason for having those same feelings later in life]].

* {{Fetish}}: Jane has an interesting one for [[spoiler:being treated “girly” and for being humiliated as a “loser.” The girliness side of it comes from her [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denial]] that she’s really a GirlyGirl and the “loser” aspect comes from her competitive streak and the knowledge that if she loses to Jason she can indulge in her fantasies]].
* {{Foil}}: To Jason. He is a physically weak music-nerd who is too beaten down to have a frank conversation with his family about unfair treatment of him and generally ends up as an ExtremeDoormat. Meanwhile, Jane is athletic, outspoken about her objections to Jason’s behaviour, and often proves her physical superiority by beating him up. Over the course of the game, Jason’s journey involves him struggling to take back some control in his life and be respected as a man by his step-family, whilst Jane’s story revolves around her slowly realizing that [[spoiler:her {{Tomboy}} persona is her way of hiding from her femininity and her eventual acceptance that she can enjoy her desire to be submissive so long as its on her own terms]].

* [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Mother, I Want To Marry My Brother]]: [[spoiler:In Jane’s Ending, she reveals she actually expressed something akin to this to Noelle long before Jason realized he was interested in his step-twin. Noelle’s negative reaction taught Jane that her infatuation was wrong and drove a wedge into the stepsiblings’ relationship, especially when their feelings for each other became less [[{{Twincest}} innocent]].]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: She is the physically dominant, aggressive, and sporty twin whilst Jason is quiet, subdued and more talented in musical and cerebral fields. [[spoiler:The differences between them shift over the course of the story as Jane learns to embrace her femininity and learn to enjoy submission whilst Jason becomes increasingly confident and commanding. Jane also comes to think of their differences as being the very things that complete them, viewing them as being like the “sun and moon” or “lock and key.”]]

* PervertRevengeMode: Her default response to Jason’s antics early on in the game is to react violently. [[spoiler:And when she figures out about Jason’s subliminals, she destroys his computer, the delimiter charger, and tries to incite the rest of the family into snapping out of their brainwashing and turning against him.]]
* SexIsEvilAndIAmHorny: [[spoiler:Noelle taught Jane that any and all attraction between her and Jason was wrong. So once Jane uncovers Jason’s brainwashing of her and the others, she is the one that most vehemently condemns him for his actions… then tells him afterwards that if he still wants her then he’d better man up and claim her for himself.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: To an outsider it would seem like Jane despises Jason when in reality she can't stand that they ever got out of sync. Her stubbornness, denial, and unwillingness to open up are things that have to be overcome to fix their relationship.
* {{Twincest}}: More accurately “Step-Twincest.” Jane [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial fervently denies holding any romantic feelings for Jason whatsoever]] but is quickest to accept the subliminals that help her repair her relationship with her stepbrother and allow them to “complete” one another.

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Kira is Jason’s eldest stepsister and the self-proclaimed youngest chemical engineer in the country. Her workaholic attitude has left her stressed, irritable and with a negative opinion of anyone she deems as unambitious.

* AggressiveSubmissive: It takes a lot of effort on Jason’s part, but he finally convinces the domineering Kira to let him take charge in their relationship. But that does little to change her personality outside of the bedroom.

* AttentionWhore: Kira has always been prideful and wanted acknowledgement for her achievements. When her sex drive is reawakened by Jason’s subliminals it quickly warps those feelings into this, coupled with an interest in exhibitionism.
* {{Catchphrase}}: Repeatedly says some variation of: “I am the youngest chemical engineer in the country." This self-proclaimed title is basically Kira’s catchphrase and she takes pride in reminding her stepsiblings about it frequently. Even in a trance, she’ll correct Jason on it if he doesn’t say it correctly.

* ControlFreak: Jason muses early on that the only reason Kira hasn’t tried to take over the house and manage all their lives for them is because she respects Noelle’s authority. This winds up being {{Foreshadowing}} because [[spoiler:when Noelle begins to relax and resign control over to Jason, Kira becomes a lot bolder and harder to control.]]

* DeadpanSnarker: Kira’s smug and superior nature makes her quick with a quip at her siblings’ expense.

* {{Dominatrix}}: In general, Kira is more dominant than the other women in Jason’s life. Kira is the most willing to “misbehave” with Jason but they have a power struggle over who exactly gets to be in charge. In her Bad Ending, [[spoiler:she brainwashes Jason and makes him her SexSlave, locking him into chastity and tormenting him for her own amusement.]]

* HypercompetentSidekick: Once she submits to Jason, she is still just as intelligent as before. In the GoldenEnding, she expresses dissatisfaction with Jason’s lack of ambition, pushes him to think bigger, and [[spoiler:provides the plan to expand the harem.]]

* InsufferableGenius: She is the “youngest chemical engineer in the country” and can be very condescending to her younger, less successful stepbrother. When she [[spoiler:learns about Jason’s MindControlDevice she is the quickest to comprehend how it works and the actual extent of the influence it has had over them.]] In her Bad Ending she is even able to [[spoiler:work on improvements to Jason’s “amateurish” subliminals.]]

** She has clearly inherited her workaholism, ambition, and being a ControlFreak from her mother Noelle. However, whilst Noelle is comfortable so long as somebody is in control of a situation even if it isn’t herself, Kira feels like she needs to take charge in every scenario for things to be done the proper way.

* OnlySaneMan: At the end of the game, after her CharacterDevelopment, she has the calmest and most level-headed response when [[spoiler:the family learns about Jason’s subliminals that have been brainwashing them all. Jason is too busy defending himself, Jane too busy accusing him, Noelle has gotten too used to being submissive to regain control, and Sarah is just angry that now she won’t get to be a puppy. Kira is able to quickly discern precisely how Jason’s invention worked, understands how things have gone too far and rather than just solely blaming Jason realizes that he’s no longer fully in control of his actions either. She’s just unfortunate that everything the others are doing are causing her to become DistractedByTheSexy.]]
* ThePerfectionist: As the youngest chemical engineer in the country, Kira pushes herself and her family to be impeccable at everything they do and is quick to berate Jason for not living up to expectations. A big part of Kira’s story is her learning that this way of life isn’t healthy, that she needs to relax more often, and that she doesn’t always need to be in control of everything. Towards the end of the game, Kira admits that she put so much pressure on Jason because she views their whole family as overachievers and sincerely thinks they’re capable of anything when they're at their best.
* {{Pride}}: Kira’s fatal flaw. Most of the victories Jason obtains over her comes from getting her into a situation where her pride won’t let her back down.
* TheReliableOne: Kira’s events, at least at first, focus on how she views herself as this within the family, and how much stress she’s causing herself by maintaining the image at all times. When she does finally cut loose, she’s the most irresponsible and reckless due to her previous years of repression.
* TalkingToHerself: Kira’s voice actress also voices Sarah.
* TheTease: Kira turns into this as time goes on, more addicted to the thrill of “taboo” behaviour than gaining physical pleasure. Unfortunately for Jason, with them being trapped indoors by the snow, all of her teasing is directed at him.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Whilst the other women lose more and more of their clothing as the days go by, they are all unaware of the implications due to the subliminals. Kira, meanwhile, knows exactly how much skin she’s showing off and is reveling the attention it’s getting her.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In some of the Bad Endings, despite their utter disgust with Jason’s attempts to brainwash them, all the girls (except Jane) are willing to brainwash Jason in revenge. And in Sarah's case she's willing to [[spoiler:brainwash the rest of the family for her own amusement too]].

* AndIMustScream. In the Cat Cult ending, [[spoiler:Jason brainwashes himself to erase his perversions for his family. He realizes with some discomfort that it feels like a small internal part of him is constantly screaming in horror at his new personality]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the end of the game he realizes [[spoiler:he’s been accidentally brainwashing himself with his own subliminals the entire time]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: When his subliminals lead to a sexual awakening for Kira after years of repression, Jason is at first delighted. It quickly turns into this reaction when he realizes that his previously dismissive and disdainful older stepsister is quickly turning into someone who mercilessly torments him with her body and wants to take all control away from him.

* IncestantAdmirer: Subverted. It appears that she loathes Jason for having a crush on her despite being her twin. However, it is slowly revealed that [[spoiler:[[{{Tsundere}} she actually reciprocates his feelings]] but was always taught to feel ashamed of them.]]

* DistractedByTheSexy: She delights in doing this to Jason once she rediscovers her sexuality.
** Ironically, she's very susceptible to falling victim to this herself due to her years spent repressing her sexual feelings. [[spoiler:When she learns the truth about what Jason has been doing and the full extent to which the delimiter has been corrupting them all, she has the calmest response and tries to act as the OnlySaneMan. But, she quickly finds her attempts to do so severely hampered by the fact everything the others say and do – accidently or intentionally – now only turns her on more and more.]]
** In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:Jason and Sarah exploit the fact Kira is vulnerable to falling for this trope to make her too aroused and distracted to overthink the situation and get her to submit to Jason.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Kira often looks down on Jason for being too subservient and scolds him for letting Sarah use her body to manipulate him. However, once she gains confidence in the sexual appeal of her own body, she tries to use it to tease and control Jason in the exact same way.

* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: She has clearly inherited her workaholism, ambition, and being a ControlFreak from her mother Noelle. However, whilst Noelle is comfortable so long as somebody is in control of a situation even if it isn’t herself, Kira feels like she needs to take charge in every scenario for things to be done the proper way.
** They also share the fact they both adhere to the trope of BrainsAndBondage, however, Noelle leans towards being the in the submissive role whilst Kira wants to be the dominant type.

* OutnumberedSibling: Jason is the only son in a house with three stepsisters.

* ControlFreak: Subverted. Everyone thinks that she wants to have control all the time due to how much work she does and her authoritative way of handling her children. However, she doesn’t care is she’s in control just so long as ''someone'' is. She happily admits that the idea of being able to trust someone else to make all the decisions for her is the only way for her to relax at all these days.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl

* SexSlave: Zig Zagged. What Jason aspires to turn the women of his step-family into, however, it ultimately plays out more like establishing SafeSaneAndConsensual D/s relationships than the darker examples of this trope.

* AndIMustScream. In the Cat Cult ending, [[spoiler: Jason brainwashes himself to erase his perversions for his family. He realises with some discomfort that it feels like a small internal part of him is constantly screaming in horror at his new personality.]]
** This happens in some of the Bad Endings were Jason is [[spoiler:brainwashed by various members of his step-family.]] But he begrudgingly admits that he actually finds some of these scenarios at least [[HappinessInSlavery a little enjoyable]] because he gets to be [[spoiler: involved in someone’s perverted fantasies, even if they aren’t his own.]]

* ButtMonkey: He is mistreated by his entire step-family, sleeps in the attic, and is forced to do his stepsisters’ chores when they don’t want to. Even after he starts trying to use subliminals to fix his problems he isn’t immune to this; there are multiple Bad Endings where he ends up far worse than where he started. To list a few examples, his numerous fates can include [[spoiler: being forced to move out and cut all ties with his family, getting kicked out of the house in the middle of the snow storm, or [[HoistByHisOwnPetard having his own invention used against him]] by his stepmom or one of his stepsisters.]]

* ExtremeLibido: Justified. In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: he brainwashes himself to ensure he’ll be capable of satisfying the needs of his harem.]]

* GrewASpine: As Kira notes in the game's climax, it's pretty impressive how, over the span of a week, Jason goes from being an ExtremeDoormat to the assertive and confident leader of the household. Although, it's heavily implied that [[accidentally subjecting himself to his own subliminal brainwashing is a major cause of it.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: At the end of the game he realises he’s been accidentally brainwashing himself with his own subliminals the entire time.]]
** Falls victim to this in several Bad Endings where the delimiter is used against him by a vengeful stepmother or stepsister. [[spoiler: He’s hoisted twice over because not only is his own MindControlDevice being used against him, but the only reason he falls under it’s control so easily in the first place is because he’s been getting programmed by his own subliminals as well.]]

* IdiotSavant: Jason is outshined by his siblings in intelligence, popularity, and physical fitness, he is constantly DistractedByTheSexy, and doesn’t realize that [[spoiler: pumping subliminals through his entire house would leave him vulnerable to being brainwashed too]]. But, despite his idiocy he was able to combine his passion for music with Kira’s work on brain chemistry, Noelle’s marketing techniques, Sarah’s manipulative seduction skills, and Jane’s aggressive sports tactics to construct a working MindControlDevice in his attic out of junk he bought with his allowance.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Jason was always a pervert but it was the mistreatment from his family that pushed him to making a MindControlDevice. Although, [[spoiler: at first he only intended to use it to improve his relationship with them. Only after the subliminals influenced his mind too did he begin to grow more depraved and ambitious in his plans.]]

** Averted in other instances. Perhaps surprisingly, Jason never feels this way about using the subliminals to brainwash his step-family in the first place and [[spoiler: in the climax of the game actually puts up a [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech reasonable defense]] as to why he felt like it was his only option.]]

* PolarOppositeTwins: He is a quiet, subdued, and musically talented young man whilst Jane is aggressive, loudly opinionated, and sporty. [[spoiler: The differences between them shift over the course of the story as Jane learns to embrace her femininity and to enjoy submission whilst Jason becomes increasingly confident and commanding.]]
* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Downplayed. Even at the start of the game, Jason isn’t heroic by any stretch of the imagination. But he starts out with the relatively harmless motivation of trying to get some respect from his family. Over the course of the week, this warps into trying to turn them all into a subservient harem. [[spoiler: On Day 5 it transpires that this change is at least partially due to Jason accidentally subjecting himself to his own subliminal messages.]]
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to [[spoiler: the whole family on Day 5, pointing out they all treated him like dirt for having an [[InconvenientAttraction attraction he had no control over]]. He proceeds to point out how all of them would deliberately and repeatedly put him in situations that would elicit a reaction so they could punish him as a form of relief from their own problems. Eventually they all have to agree they're partly to blame for Jason snapping the way he did.]]
* SexGod: Justified. In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: he brainwashes himself to be capable of keeping a harem of four women satisfied multiple times a day.]]

** She leaves the bathroom door unlocked, [[spoiler: secretly hoping Jason will sneak in and spy on her.]]
** She wears frilly lingerie around the house, [[spoiler: secretly hoping Jason will find out about it.]]
** In Jane’s Ending, she reveals that [[spoiler: she was actually attracted to Jason long before he started to develop feelings for her and she started to do perverse stuff around him before he even really understood it. Eventually, Noelle taught her that those thoughts were wrong and to reject them, which caused Jane to punish Jason for having those same feelings later in life.]]
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Averted and Discussed. Jane feels beating up Jason in the past was warranted due to his deviant behaviour but, as Jason later points out, it was really just an unhealthy way for Jane to vent her frustrations over [[spoiler: feeling the same way towards him]] and worsened their relationship far more than if they’d had an actual conversation about why he behaved the way he did.
* {{Fetish}}: Jane has an interesting one for being treated [[spoiler: “girly” and for being humiliated as a “loser.” The girliness side of it comes from her [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial denial]] that she’s really a GirlyGirl and the “loser” aspect comes from her competitive streak and the knowledge that if she loses to Jason she can indulge in her fantasies.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Jason. He is a physically weak music-nerd who is too beaten down to have a frank conversation with his family about unfair treatment of him and generally ends up as an ExtremeDoormat. Meanwhile, Jane is athletic, outspoken about her objections to Jason’s behaviour, and often proves her physical superiority by beating him up. Over the course of the game, Jason’s journey involves him struggling to take back some control in his life and be respected as a man by his step-family, whilst Jane’s story revolves around her slowly realizing that [[spoiler: her {{Tomboy}} persona is her way of hiding from her femininity and her eventual acceptance that she can enjoy her desire to be submissive so long as its on her own terms.]]

* IncestantAdmirer: Subverted. It appears that she loathes Jason for having a crush on her despite being her twin. However, it is slowly revealed that [[spoiler: [[{{Tsundere}} she actually reciprocates his feelings]] but was always taught to feel ashamed of them.]]
** In the Cat Cult Ending, [[spoiler: after Jason brainwashes himself into losing his InconvenientAttraction to his step-family, Jane winds up becoming [[HourglassPlot the Admirer to Jason instead]]. Since he's no longer interested, her usual methods of trying to tempt him into doing perverted stuff and hanging out with her no longer work. Her own repressed feelings for him become more apparent as she seems heartbroken that he has become completely disinterested in being around her and they've forever lost their once intense bond.]]
* InconvenientAttraction: She loudly makes it clear that she disagrees with Jason’s attraction to his step-family. [[spoiler: Although, this is mainly to hide that she also had one herself on Jason when they were younger until Noelle taught her to repress it.]]

* [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Mother, I Want To Marry My Brother]]: [[spoiler: In Jane’s Ending, she reveals she actually expressed something akin to this to Noelle long before Jason realized he was interested in his step-twin. Noelle’s negative reaction taught Jane that her infatuation was wrong and drove a wedge into the stepsiblings’ relationship, especially when their feelings for each other became less [[{{Twincest}} innocent.]]]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: She is the physically dominant, aggressive, and sporty twin whilst Jason is quiet, subdued and more talented in musical and cerebral fields. [[spoiler: The differences between them shift over the course of the story as Jane learns to embrace her femininity and learn to enjoy submission whilst Jason becomes increasingly confident and commanding. Jane also comes to think of their differences as being the very things that complete them, viewing them as being like the “sun and moon” or “lock and key.”]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: Feels like one for both Jason and the player. The thought of controlling Noelle scares Jason the most and he leaves her until last on Day 1 to ensure that his techniques worked on the others first. Her Day 1 event can be easy to miss if you make the wrong dialogue choices and if you mess up on Day 2 it will lead to Noelle’s Bad Ending. However, once Day 2 has been passed, Jason feels pretty confident that Noelle will in fact be fairly easy to control from now on and with the most daunting member of his family under his thumb it should be smooth sailing from here on out. [[spoiler: Then Kira decides that she should be in charge instead.]]

** At the end of the game, Sarah has such SkewedPriorities that she is the only one who isn’t [[spoiler: concerned that Jason was hypnotizing and brainwashing them at all. In fact, she’s angrier that Jason’s brainwashing got uncovered and means she won’t get to continue being a puppy.]]
** In Sarah’s Good Ending and in the GoldenEnding, Sarah wants to [[spoiler:use the delimiter to brainwash the entire family into being her [[HumanPet Human Pets]], like she actually does in her Bad Ending, convinced it’s the easiest way to make them all happy.]]

* HumanPet: Sarah’s desire to have the love and attention of others soon results in her developing a fetish for this. She develops an interest in pet play and having the family dote on her like they would a “puppy.” However, in her Bad Ending [[spoiler:she instead turns the rest of the family into these with her as their owner.]]

* BeautyMark: Has one below her mouth.

Jason is a talented and misunderstood musician who is constantly being harassed and ordered around by his family. Out of frustration of being treated like this, Jason schemes to hypnotize them in order to gain control of his own life and brainwash his stepmother and stepsisters to fulfil his sexual needs whilst he's at it.

* GrewASpine: As Kira notes in the game's climax, it's pretty impressive how, over the span of a week, Jason goes from being an ExtremeDoormat to the assertive and confident leader of the household. Although, it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:accidently subjecting himself to his own subliminal brainwashing is a major cause of it.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: At the end of the game he realises he’s been accidently brainwashing himself with his own subliminals the entire time.]]

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Downplayed. Even at the start of the game, Jason isn’t heroic by any stretch of the imagination. But he starts out with the relatively harmless motivation of trying to get some respect from his family. Over the course of the week, this warps into trying to turn them all into a subservient harem. [[spoiler: On Day 5 it transpires that this change is at least partially due to Jason accidently subjecting himself to his own subliminal messages.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: To an outsider it would seem like Jane despises Jason when in reality she can't stand that they ever got out of sync. Her stubborness, denial, and unwillingness to open up are things that have to be overcome to fix their relationship.

* BlackSheep: Subverted. Jason’s step-family certainly treat him like this due to his perversities but as the story unfolds it becomes increasingly clear that they’resimilar.

* BlackSheep: Subverted. Jason’s step-family certainly treat him like this due to his perversities but as the story unfolds it becomes increasingly clear that they’re NotSoDifferent.

* BedtimeBrainwashing: Jason does this remotely by putting subliminal messages in the music that plays throughout the house at night. Since he has to stay awake until they’re all asleep to monitor their progress this eventually results in [[spoiler:him not getting enough sleep himself, [[HeroicBSOD causing him to pass out in the middle of Day 5.]]]]
* {{Brainwashed}}: Jason is sending hypnotic subliminals through the house every night brainwashing his family [[spoiler:and, accidently, himself.]] He can also program them more directly by playing music from his delimiter, placing them into a trance for more specific programming.

* CasualKink: In the Good Endings for each individual girl, Jason brainwashes the other three to act as though his relationship with his chosen girl are completely normal. In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:they’re all pretty casual about each other’s kinks and discuss how to brainwash more people to serve Jason as though it’s only a natural thing to discuss.]]

* DisappearedDad: There is no mention of where the family's absent father is. Although, in Noelle's Ending she implies [[spoiler:he was a hypnotist [[LikeFatherLikeSon just like Jason]], causing her to have little memory of him and therefore couldn't really tell her children much about him.]] And in the Cat Cult Ending, [[spoiler:it's even implied that it might've been Cypress Zeta.]]

* MoreThanMindControl: As it transpires in the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler: Jason doesn’t even need to use the delimiter to convince all four of his step-family to accept him as their master. Subconciously, they were all actually enjoying themselves and know it was the happiest they’ve ever been as a family.]]
* NaughtybyNight: Implied. In all the Good Endings of the game, it seems that whichever women have been successfully brainwashed still lead productive and professional lives outside of their home at work or school but once they’re back with their master they indulge fully in NSFW activities.

* NotSoAboveItAll: In some of the Bad Endings, despite their utter disgust with Jason’s attempts to brainwash them, all the girls (except Jane) are willing to brainwash Jason in revenge. And in Sarah's case she's willing to [[spoiler:brainwash the rest of the family for her own amusement too.]]
** Additionally, [[spoiler: the GoldenEnding has Jason convince his un-brainwashed family to admit that they genuinely enjoy the new perverted family dynamic.]]
* LovableSexManiac: In the GoldenEnding, [[spoiler:they’ve all become this to some extent with daily orgies, constant teasing, and plotting how to brainwash other people into joining their harem.]]

* BrilliantButLazy: Just as Kira theorizes, Jason is actually incredibly capable at achieveing his goals regardless of how insane and outlandish they might seem. However, Jason's self-esteem has been so beaten down by his family that he has no confidence in his abilities. He's also naturally quite unambitious, not planning to do much more with his potentially world-altering invention beyond making a harem out of his step-family.

* IdiotSavant: Jason is outshined by his siblings in intelligence, popularity, and physical fitness, he is constantly DistractedByTheSexy, and doesn’t realise that [[spoiler: pumping subliminals through his entire house would leave him vulnerable to being brainwashed too]]. But, despite his idiocy he was able to combine his passion for music with Kira’s work on brain chemistry, Noelle’s marketing techniques, Sarah’s manipulative seduction skills, and Jane’s aggressive sports tactics to construct a working MindControlDevice in his attic out of junk he bought with his allowance.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone?: When his subliminals lead to a sexual awakening for Kira after years of repression, Jason is at first delighted. It quickly turns into this reaction when he realises that his previously dismissive and disdainful older stepsister is quickly turning into someone who mercilessly torments him with her body and wants to take all control away from him.

* {{Foil}}: To Jason. He is a physically weak music-nerd who is too beaten down to have a frank conversation with his family about unfair treatment of him and generally ends up as an ExtremeDoormat. Meanwhile, Jane is athletic, outspoken about her objections to Jason’s behaviour, and often proves her physical superiority by beating him up. Over the course of the game, Jason’s journey involves him struggling to take back some control in his life and be respected as a man by his step-family, whilst Jane’s story revolves around her slowly realising that [[spoiler: her {{Tomboy}} persona is her way of hiding from her femininity and her eventual acceptance that she can enjoy her desire to be submissive so long as its on her own terms.]]

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Jason has a real hard time uncovering excatly what Jane wants and is thinking.

* [[FatherIWantToMarryMyBrother Mother, I Want To Marry My Brother]]: [[spoiler: In Jane’s Ending, she reveals she actually expressed something akin to this to Noelle long before Jason realised he was interested in his step-twin. Noelle’s negative reaction taught Jane that her infatuation was wrong and drove a wedge into the stepsiblings’ relationship, especially when their feelings for each other became less [[{{Twincest}} innocent.]]]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: A complicated case. She and Jason used to be inseperable to the point of almost being SingleMindedTwins. Once puberty hit, however, they both drifted apart due to their InconvenientAttraction for each other. Jane is trying desperately to find a way to spend time with her brother and mend their relationship whilst simultaneously not let anyone know that's her intention.

* OnlySaneMan: At the end of the game, after her CharacterDevelopment, she has the calmest and most level-headed response when [[spoiler:the family learns about Jason’s subliminals that have been brainwashing them all. Jason is too busy defending himself, Jane too busy accusing him, Noelle has gotten too used to being submissive to regain control, and Sarah is just angry that now she won’t get to be a puppy. Kira is able to quickly discern precisely how Jason’s invention worked, understands how things have gone too far and rather than just solely blaming Jason realises that he’s no longer fully in control of his actions either. She’s just unfortunate that everything the others are doing are causing her to become DistractedByTheSexy.]]

* MamaBear: A rare Aversion. She ''tries'' to be this and her fiercly overprotective nature for her daughters leads to her mistreatment of Jason. However, Jason can force her accept that she has failed to live up to this trope and admit that she'd let Jason do what he wants to Jane, Kira and Sarah so long as she gets to indulge in her own fantasies.

* AuthorAvatar
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Cypress Zeta’s morality revolves entirely around Jason having sex with his step-family. Should he decide not to do that it sets off the Cat Cult ending in which [[spoiler:Cypress Zeta arrives at Jason’s house, expresses his disappointment in them all, and then erases the universe from existence because he thinks ItIsBeyondSaving.]]
* CatsAreMagic: He wields universal power through cat magic, capable of making worlds with entire family's that aren't blood-related [[spoiler:and destroying them if the mood takes him.]]

* CessationOfExistence: His magic mean that he's capable of doing this [[spoiler:on a universal scale.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong: Downplayed. He seems like just a fun AuthorAvatar that is used to narrate the opening of the game, claiming to have made the world and all the characters in it and explain the basic premise with some jokes. But in the Cat Cult ending, [[spoiler:when he turns up at the house, Noelle vaguely recognises him and Kira instantly asks [[DisappearedDad “dad?”]] which implies that when he said he made the characters he may have meant in a far more literal sense than first thought.]]

* BedtimeBrainwashing: Jason does this remotely by putting subliminal messages in the music that plays throughout the house at night. Since he has to stay awake until they’re all asleep to monitor their progress this eventually results in [[spoiler:him not getting enough sleep himself, [[RealityEnsues causing him to pass out in the middle of Day 5.]]]]

* ClosetGeek: Her high-profile job, strict professionalism, and desire to be the best have consumed all of her free time in recent years but Jason and Sarah remember a time that she used to play ''TabletopGame/Dungeons&Dragons''.

* PushoverParent: Is brainwashed into becoming one, essentially giving into her submission kink and surrendering all control of the household over to Jason.