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He's also on [[https://www.twitch.tv/teequeue/videos Twitch]], [[https://twitter.com/tqwgames?lang=en Twitter]], [[https://www.reddit.com/user/TeeQueue/ Reddit]], and [[https://steamcommunity.com/id/TeeQueue/posthistory/ Steam]], and you can donate to him on [[https://ko-fi.com/teequeue Ko-Fi]].
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He's also on [[https://www.twitch.tv/teequeue/videos Twitch]], [[https://twitter.com/tqwgames?lang=en Twitter]], [[https://www.reddit.com/user/TeeQueue/ Reddit]], and [[https://steamcommunity.com/id/TeeQueue/posthistory/ Steam]], and you can donate to him on [[https://ko-fi.com/teequeue Ko-Fi]].
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* AdaptationalBadass: Exclusive to [=TeeQueue's=] narrative, [[spoiler:Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to hack into the communications network exclusive to X and the Sephirah and [[spoiler:get his last three Apostles by pretending they're work orders from X. X catches on and stops it from getting the last one, though, but [=WhiteNight=] eventually gets him during Hokma's Core Suppression]]. After his E.G.O. is fully acquired however, [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is finally "kicked out of the groupchat"]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
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* AdaptationalBadass: Exclusive to [=TeeQueue's=] narrative, [[spoiler:Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to hack into the communications network exclusive to X and the Sephirah and [[spoiler:get his last three Apostles by pretending they're work orders from X. X catches on and stops it from getting the last one, though, but [=WhiteNight=] eventually gets him during Hokma's Core Suppression]]. After his E.G.O. is fully acquired however, [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is finally "kicked out of the groupchat"]].
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.]]
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[=TeeQueue=] is a [[LetsPlay Let’s Player]] on the Website/SomethingAwful forums, who just showed up there one day, decided to do something insane and made and completed a Screenshot Let’s Play of ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' in a ''single loop'' (no Day 1 Resets), of which he's part of the EnglishTranslation team. At present, he's doing the same for ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', and has since become known for [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=101#post510840817 being the]] "Creator/ProjectMoon [=LPer=] guy". The Let’s Plays are most notable for naming and characterizing (almost) every single Agent/Assistant Librarian in the game, and narratively speaking they are carried over between these two games. He's also a Tabletop GameMaster, which explains his experience in all this story-making. %% While one can just create whoever they like in both games, TeeQueue has made it a point to
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[=TeeQueue=] is a [[LetsPlay Let’s Player]] on the Website/SomethingAwful forums, who just showed up there one day, decided to do something insane and made and completed a Screenshot Let’s Play of ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' in a ''single loop'' (no Day 1 Resets), of which he's part of the EnglishTranslation English Translation team. At present, he's doing the same for ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', and has since become known for [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=101#post510840817 being the]] "Creator/ProjectMoon [=LPer=] guy". The Let’s Plays are most notable for naming and characterizing (almost) every single Agent/Assistant Librarian in the game, and narratively speaking they are carried over between these two games. He's also a Tabletop GameMaster, which explains his experience in all this story-making. %% While one can just create whoever they like in both games, TeeQueue has made it a point to
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
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* AlternateTimeline: At least in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, whenever X uses the TT2 protocol to redo a day, [[spoiler:the timeline he, Angela, and the Sephirah leave behind continues to exist. From the Agents' perspective, they all just stopped responding. And according to Talow, this leaves them 24 to 48 hours before the Qliphoth Deterrence degrades to the point where the Abnormalities come out. And with Blue Star around, that'll be the end of everyone-at least it should be a quick death]].
** This universe is explored one more time, and TeeQueue calls it [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2059/ "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants"]]. In here, [[spoiler:Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the NotQuiteDead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito ''may have'' turned him into [[OneWingedAngel something like]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the character he pretended to be]] [[OneWingedAngel becomes]]. Or turned him into [=WhiteNight=].]]
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager's seat. %% Day 45: Hokma Suppression Attempt, Post-Repository
** This universe is explored one more time, and TeeQueue calls it [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2059/ "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants"]]. In here, [[spoiler:Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the NotQuiteDead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito ''may have'' turned him into [[OneWingedAngel something like]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the character he pretended to be]] [[OneWingedAngel becomes]]. Or turned him into [=WhiteNight=].]]
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager's seat. %% Day 45: Hokma Suppression Attempt, Post-Repository
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* AlternateTimeline: At least in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, whenever X uses the TT2 [=TT2=] protocol to redo a day, [[spoiler:the timeline he, Angela, and the Sephirah leave behind continues to exist. From the Agents' perspective, they all just stopped responding. And according to Talow, this leaves them 24 to 48 hours before before the Qliphoth Deterrence degrades to the point where the Abnormalities come out. And with Blue Star around, that'll be the end of everyone-at least it should be a quick death]].
** This universe is explored one more time, andTeeQueue [=TeeQueue=] calls it [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2059/ "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants"]]. In here, [[spoiler:Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the NotQuiteDead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito ''may have'' turned him into [[OneWingedAngel something like]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the character he pretended to be]] [[OneWingedAngel becomes]]. Or turned him into [=WhiteNight=].]]
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager'sseat.seat to [[spoiler:try and discover as much as he can about the Abnormality]]. %% Day 45: Hokma Suppression Attempt, Post-Repository
** This universe is explored one more time, and
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager's
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** During his early days, when asked about his fiddling with the cameras, Bishop explains so it's to heroically save their ass at the last moment. During Day 25, [[spoiler:he barges into the Manager's room via the vents and says the same thing]].
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** During his early days, when asked about his fiddling with the cameras, Bishop explains so it's to to heroically save their ass at the last moment. During Day 25, [[spoiler:he barges into the Manager's room via the vents and says the same thing]].
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* TheDeadHaveNames: During Yesod's Core Suppression, he talks about four [=Epsilon11=] Clerks who have died over the course of X's time in the company: Morty (murdered by a Green Noon's buzzsaw), Aurora (met their end to Scarecrow), BongBong (burned alive when you decided to face the Firebird), and Joshua (on Day 29 today, who might also die).
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* TheDeadHaveNames: During Yesod's Core Suppression, he talks about four [=Epsilon11=] Clerks who have died over the course of X's time in the company: Morty (murdered by a Green Noon's buzzsaw), Aurora (met their end to Scarecrow), BongBong [=BongBong=] (burned alive when you decided to face the Firebird), and Joshua (on Day 29 today, who might also die).
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* GameplayAndStorySegregration: WHenever this occurs, [=TeeQueue=] writes in extra story bits to justify them.
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* GameplayAndStorySegregration: WHenever GameplayAndStorySegregation: Whenever this occurs, [=TeeQueue=] writes in extra story bits to justify them.
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** Day 5: '''NO MELTDOWNS''': No Qliphoth Meltdowns. Simply put; X cannot work any Abnormalities that have a meltdown on them. This means that every time the Qliphoth Gauge goes up, energy will be lost-and if something like 1.76 MHz or Forsaken Murderer gets tagged by one, he can't do anything to prevent them from instantly dropping their QC to 0.
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** Day 5: '''NO MELTDOWNS''': No Qliphoth Meltdowns. Simply put; X cannot work any Abnormalities that have a meltdown on them. This means that every time the Qliphoth Gauge goes up, energy will be lost-and lost—and if something like 1.76 MHz or Forsaken Murderer gets tagged by one, he can't do anything to prevent them from instantly dropping their QC to 0.
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** Day 35: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT''': Complete Gebura's "Our Work" mission (Complete a Midnight Ordeal). Demonstrate Tenebrais's power (accomplished by Suppressing Punishing Bird enough for it to return to its cell). Resolve the Bishop situation (Execute him). In-story, this happens because Gebura doesn't believe Tenebrais has what it takes, and the Agent wishes to disporve that, and because X thinks Bishop is hiding secrets that can endanger the company.
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** Day 35: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT''': SPAT''': Complete Gebura's "Our Work" mission (Complete a Midnight Ordeal). Demonstrate Tenebrais's power (accomplished by Suppressing Punishing Bird enough for it to return to its cell). Resolve the Bishop situation (Execute him). In-story, this happens because Gebura doesn't believe Tenebrais has what it takes, and the Agent wishes to disporve that, and because X thinks Bishop is hiding secrets that can endanger the company.
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** DAY 50: '''YOU HAVE ''ONE JOB''''': Don't screw up. (i.e. no Agent casualties). Not really a challenge, but more of a reminder to not get complacent just because you're near the end, especially after the hell of hectic that is Day 49.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach the end without a Day 1 Reset", where VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation expects you to reset. [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513408624 And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing]] (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
* SequenceBreaking: TeeQueue ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day ''4'', when they usually get properly introduced at Day ''11'' and Day ''6'' respectively.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach the end without a Day 1 Reset", where VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation expects you to reset. [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513408624 And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing]] (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
* SequenceBreaking: TeeQueue ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day ''4'', when they usually get properly introduced at Day ''11'' and Day ''6'' respectively.
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** DAY 50: '''YOU HAVE ''ONE JOB''''': Don't screw up. (i.e. no Agent casualties). Not really a challenge, but but more of a reminder to not get complacent just because you're near the end, especially after the hell of hectic that is Day 49.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach theend ending without a Day 1 Reset", where VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation expects ''expects'' you to reset. [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513408624 And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing]] (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
* SequenceBreaking:TeeQueue [=TeeQueue=] ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day ''4'', when they usually get properly introduced at Day ''11'' and Day ''6'' respectively.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach the
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* SuqashedFlat: At the end of Yesod's Core Suppression, a Violet Noon slab lands on top of him, but he makes it through alive. Even after that, though, the mention of them makes his head hurt.
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* SuqashedFlat: SquashedFlat: At the end of Yesod's Core Suppression, a Violet Noon slab lands on top of him, but he makes it through alive. Even after that, though, the mention of them makes his head hurt.
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--> '''Mr. Black:''' Worry not! There's not a robot anywhere near- ''(said robot then shows up in the hub area)'' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [[LampshadeHanging Your comedic timing is perfect!]] Come fellows, to arms!
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--> '''Mr. Black:''' Worry not! There's not a robot anywhere near- near— ''(said robot then shows up in the hub area)'' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [[LampshadeHanging Your comedic timing is perfect!]] Come fellows, to arms!
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Adam]] starts suffering this when X actually puts the Backwards Clock to use, having considered it useless.
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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Adam]] starts suffering this when X actually puts the [[spoiler:the Backwards Clock Clock]] to use, having given he had considered it utterly useless.
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%% Binah and the Plague Doctor met for the first time that night, on the eve of the 40th day since A's "return." She had gone to draw the water, but something new had occurred. The water had drawn itself, before her eyes. She provided it with a number and caged it, the same as any other. She offered it to A, and he selected it.
%% When there's nothing to do or needs to relax, X zooms in on whoever is getting bonked by Punishing Bird and the noise of pecking.
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--> "I swear I'm good at this game."
[=TeeQueue=] is a [[LetsPlay Let’s Player]] on the Website/SomethingAwful forums, who just showed up there one day, decided to do something insane and made and completed a Screenshot Let’s Play of ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' in a ''single loop'' (no Day 1 Resets), of which he's part of the EnglishTranslation team. At present, he's doing the same for ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', and has since become known for [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=101#post510840817 being the]] "Creator/ProjectMoon [=LPer=] guy". The Let’s Plays are most notable for naming and characterizing (almost) every single Agent/Assistant Librarian in the game, and narratively speaking they are carried over between these two games. He's also a Tabletop GameMaster, which explains his experience in all this story-making. %% While one can just create whoever they like in both games, TeeQueue has made it a point to
That's about all there is to know. Apart from the writing, [=TeeQueue=] is otherwise very boring; he lets his characters be the main draw of his playthroughs.
His [=LobCorp=] LP can be found [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/ here]]. And his current ''Ruina'' LP can be found in progress [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3977083 here]].
He's also on [[https://www.twitch.tv/teequeue/videos Twitch]], [[https://twitter.com/tqwgames?lang=en Twitter]], [[https://www.reddit.com/user/TeeQueue/ Reddit]], and [[https://steamcommunity.com/id/TeeQueue/posthistory/ Steam]], and you can donate to him on [[https://ko-fi.com/teequeue Ko-Fi]].
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!! [=TeeQueue=]’s Let’s Plays contain examples of:
* AdaptationalBadass: Exclusive to [=TeeQueue's=] narrative, [[spoiler:Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to hack into the communications network exclusive to X and the Sephirah and [[spoiler:get his last three Apostles by pretending they're work orders from X. X catches on and stops it from getting the last one, though, but [=WhiteNight=] eventually gets him during Hokma's Core Suppression]]. After his E.G.O. is fully acquired however, [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is finally "kicked out of the groupchat"]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
* ActionGirl: Every female Agent by default.
* AlternateTimeline: At least in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, whenever X uses the TT2 protocol to redo a day, [[spoiler:the timeline he, Angela, and the Sephirah leave behind continues to exist. From the Agents' perspective, they all just stopped responding. And according to Talow, this leaves them 24 to 48 hours before the Qliphoth Deterrence degrades to the point where the Abnormalities come out. And with Blue Star around, that'll be the end of everyone-at least it should be a quick death]].
** This universe is explored one more time, and TeeQueue calls it [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2059/ "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants"]]. In here, [[spoiler:Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the NotQuiteDead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito ''may have'' turned him into [[OneWingedAngel something like]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the character he pretended to be]] [[OneWingedAngel becomes]]. Or turned him into [=WhiteNight=].]]
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager's seat. %% Day 45: Hokma Suppression Attempt, Post-Repository
* AngryFistShake: On Day 19, X apparently did this while cursing Sephiroth's name for screwing up with work on the Queen Be. Angela calls him out the second time and says it's not an efficent use of his time.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[spoiler:Abel]] chides X for this.
--> "Come now… We can extract Abnormalities from persons, form facilities from thoughts, rewind time infinitely, and watch a man die before reinstating him from his hire date the next morning. Why would something like ''this'' seem odd?"
* AscendedMeme: [[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/568220/view/4549154898511294831 Information Pollution Abnormality Agent Joshua]], makes an appearance in [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20201/ the BCP Episode for Child of the Galaxy]] as an "Abnormality" needing to be Suppressed.
* BeneathNotice: [[spoiler:Abel and presumably every iteration of A before X]] thought the employees as nothing more than pawns and not to be critical factors in the Script. X thought otherwise.
* TheBet: On Day 19, when X decides to have [=Zeta21=] showcase the ''Sound of a Star'' E.G.O. Weapon. They then want a beer machine set up in return. Despite Angela's protests, X allows it... if Zeta gets to take care of the whole Ordeal '''''alone'''''. [[spoiler:The Suppression is a complete success]].
** On Day 30, Tenebrais makes a bet with Credentia (with 2 LOB as bid) that they'll have to save Boksi (assigned to Nothing There to train his Temperance). The Day is actually uneventful, though we don't see Credentia take her winnings.
* BigDamnHeroes: When X is initially struggling with Malkuth's Core Suppression, with Malkuth taunting him on A's sins, the manager gets saved from losing his mind with [[spoiler:the arrival of Bishop through the vents.]]
* BigNo: On the start of Day 26, when Mizu realizes Twee went to work on the new Abnormality (The Little Prince) before her.
** And on Day 49 by [[spoiler:Adam just before undergoing CessationOfExistence from being defeated]].
* BigShutUp: During Hokma's Core Suppression, X has to eventually spout this out to interrupt the arguing between Hokma and Talow.
* BookEnds: Day 50 ends the same way Day 1 began: Mizu working on One Sin.
* BrokenMasquerade: At the start of Day 55, X tells all his employees [[spoiler:the truth of the Seed of Light plan that he's aware of thus far]], something that was exclusive only to him, Angela, and the Sephirah.
* ButtMonkey: Anyone assigned to becoming pecking fodder for Punishing Bird.
%% Regular designated targets for Punishing Bird include Talow, Mr. Blond, and Tenebrais (to the point of chasing her while she's in a room full of Agents) (before she then manages to Supress him enough for him to return to his cell, and would've actually killed it had it not given up, which it does after its one bite).
* CallBack:
** The Perfect Food tasting like grape jelly as discovered in a bet between Mizu and Talow comes back on Day 13 after Tenebrais rescues a Clerk. Said clerk notes the flavor, then decides to check the break room for bagels (probably to flavor them with the remains).
** Twee's first day dealing with Laetitia is referenced again on Day 16 when she goes down the corridor with different colleagues when she references it. Mr. Blond also references that those other Agents were to "kick her ass", and Twee corrects that it's only if she went crazy, but she didn't, so it's all good.
** During his early days, when asked about his fiddling with the cameras, Bishop explains so it's to heroically save their ass at the last moment. During Day 25, [[spoiler:he barges into the Manager's room via the vents and says the same thing]].
** Several times, but the Manager ''never'' cleaned up the smile Mr. Black drew on the screen during Netzach's Core Suppression.
* CastOfSnowflakes: All the Agents are made to look distinct. This technically serves as an advantage during Yesod's Core Suppression, given he obscures all information during this, meaning Agents who look unique manage to stand out to the player. Not that [=TeeQueue=] really needed it.
* CatchPhrase: During the first couple of days, X always stated "Clerks don't count.", which puts him at odds with Yesod. He eventually abandons this after Yesod's Core Suppression, and once Big Bird joins the facility.
* CatchphraseInterruptus: During the [[spoiler:1st run of]] Day 17, after things snowballed into a swarm of Worker Bees, Yesod calls him out on the losses suffered, during which...
--> '''Yesod:''' The bees are everywhere. Every employee in the company aside the agents is already dead.
--> '''X:''' Clerks don't-
--> '''Yesod:''' [[spoiler:Sephiroth]] counted.
--> '''X:''' …
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: As per the norm for Agents.
--> '''Medea:''' I've seen the training videos more times than I can count. Watched people get torn apart on the other side of a screen. I can watch someone die without even losing my smile, now. Even when [[spoiler:little Elle got changed into an Apostle]], all I could do was quirk an eyebrow and wonder what it could do to threaten the others. This entire place is designed to kill our fear of death-ours and others'.
* CoolShades: They're apparently in the standard emergency toolkit for agents [[spoiler:in anticipation for enacting the Seed of Light]].
* CurseCutShort: Myo when she realizes that [[spoiler:being integral to Binah's Core Suppression]] will have to become TheGreatestStoryNeverTold due to her contract.
* TheDeadHaveNames: During Yesod's Core Suppression, he talks about four [=Epsilon11=] Clerks who have died over the course of X's time in the company: Morty (murdered by a Green Noon's buzzsaw), Aurora (met their end to Scarecrow), BongBong (burned alive when you decided to face the Firebird), and Joshua (on Day 29 today, who might also die).
* DeathGlare: While waiting for Netzach to detox, Malkuth and Hod were discussing their returning memories post-Meltdown resolution. When Yesod makes himself known, he tells them to tell him what they think of the Manager [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2062/ while delivering one of these]].
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Well, a Thousand Bullets, but on [[spoiler:the first run of]] Day 43, During a Green Dawn, all the Clerks in the Extraction Department's main room eventually whittle down a single Doubt with only Red Shields from X as help ''before'' Mizu arrives.
* EnemyMine: Despite Hokma being at odds with X during his Core Suppression, when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is awakened]], the Sephirah sets aside the matter in order to help keep the Corporation afloat.
--> '''X:''' Wait, you're ''helping'' me? Why?
--> '''Hokma:''' My sole concern is the continuation of this endless cycle. While I cannot allow you to break it… this Abormality's usurpation of my systems has proven a more immediate threat.
--> '''X:''' So it's a truce. Alright, let's see what we can figure out.
* EvilerThanThou: In a sense. [[spoiler:The Plague Doctor tells T. Hinman that [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown the Ethereals]] stand no chance against everything the City has to offer. Whether he means himself, or is also counting the Abnormalities, and all the Fixers, Colors, Arbiters, and Claws isn't clear]].
--> [[spoiler:'''Plague Doctor:''']] Forget them. They couldst no more hold against the horrors in this city than thou couldst stop a train with thine meager body.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: [[spoiler:Ayin and X]] on Day 50, to the latter's irritation.
* FunWithAcronyms: [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=86#post510064820 BULLFROG]] stands for '''Bioengineered Unilaterally Learning Laboratory Failsafe Replica Organic Genotype)'''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** On the day before Hod's Core Suppression, on Day 26, X is told by Angela that Hod is in the middle of a training class for a group of Clerks. Later in the day, one of those clerks comes over to Medea (who then notifies X) and reports to her about Hod acting really weird, lashing out at everyone for no reason, then starting to talk to herself and going offline.
** Talow's present in the Captain's Meeting, and when Boksi asks why he's here if he's not a captain of anything, he replies "Sure I am, you just don't know it yet.". [[spoiler:Indeed, this is because he's Hokma's informant, and eventually becomes his Department's Captain]].
* GameplayAndStorySegregration: WHenever this occurs, [=TeeQueue=] writes in extra story bits to justify them.
** Despite not losing any Agents so far, Angela still tells X that an employee has died at the start of Day 4. [=TeeQueue=] writes in an excuse in the form of one Clerk [=Delta3=] dying from a wrench landing on her.
** When Angela talks about the mental corruption levels of the Control Team’s employees exceeding the maximum threshold, [=TeeQueue=] writes in X pointing out the Agents being just fine, and Angela points out she was including ''Malkuth'' in the calculations.
** In the game, Malkuth, Hod, and Yesod's Core Suppressions are all ready at about the same time (if you optimize, else Hod's is not included). But to avoid readers forgetting any details by the time it's time to work on them, they occur one after the other in [=TeeQueue's=] narrative.
** Upon reaching halfway with [[spoiler:his Apostles, Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to spoof X's work orders to get his last few, and can speak to the Manager. Needless to say, this is not canon in-game, and [=TeeQueue=] makes it clear with a disclaimer at the end of [[spoiler:the first]] ''Day 44 - Gameplay''.
*** In response to that, X raises Deterrence on a whole Department in order to keep that Abnormality from making any more contact. This is also not possible in-game.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Other Sephirah not chiming in when their Core Suppressions are ready are implemented sometimes (Hod being in the middle of a training class for one of the company's groups of clerks.)
* GenkiGirl: A few are like this, Mizu most of all.
* GodzillaThreshold: The only time X used the Memory Repository is in light of [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s rampage]] on Day 45 during Hokma's Core Suppression. He would soon use it two more times in order to keep [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s]] acquired E.G.O. Suits, and to Suppress [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] without the use of One Sin]] to acquire his E.G.O. Weapons and keep them.
* ImStandingRightHere: X doesn't take Tiphereth seriously during her Core Suppression, given it's not actually that hard compared to all the others before and after (but you still can't afford to be reckless).
* ItAmusedMe: X's reason for giving Bishop the Queen of Hatred's E.G.O. Gear to match with Chinely's Knight of Despair E.G.O. Gear and Omni's King of Greed E.G.O. Gear. Malkuth tactfully decided to not pass that thought along.
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:Adam]] spouts these while arguing with X over the righteousness of his goals, and it's annoying as fuck to X, who also promptly turns this around against him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While X can be a jackass in conversations, and doesn't count the lives of clerks, he does his darnedest to keep all of his Agents alive. He starts losing this gold part sometime after it's established that X and A are one and the same, and he [[spoiler:seemingly Executes Bishop out of paranoia]], but [[spoiler:Bishop coming in to punch X]] snaps him out of that.
* LargeHam: [=TeeQueue=] plays up [[spoiler:Adam]] as this, and he will not shut up.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: During Gebura's Core Suppression, X had this idea by bunking everyone else while stationing Tenebrais in the Shelter from the 27th of March (with all other Agents benched and stand-ins recruited for all the other departments) while all the Abnormalities rampage amidst the Red Mist. While they all ultimately beat her down (in addition to calling down the Rabbit Team for the finale) within an hour, story-wise, it doesn't work, and X has to reset the day and deploy Tenebrais to handle her.
** During [[spoiler:the third]] Day 41, X sics the Yin-Yang Dragon on [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] as part of his plan to Supress Him. Specifically, he uses the Dragon to [[spoiler:neutralize five of His Apostles thanks to the game's coding: when Apostles "die", they are instead only ever able to be reduced to 1 HP, at which point they enter a dormant state. WhiteNight's Red Ring of Death fully heals any such Apostle and has them return to their active state whenever it comes out. As a result, Apostles can't be killed by damage. Unfortunately for them, the Yin-Yang dragon doesn't deal damage. It just inverts the HP/SP stats of anything in its path instantly, and this can get around the Apostles' protection against death. If they're hit by a dragon while at full HP they simply disappear-since they don't have a proper death animation because you're never intended to be able to kill them.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With (nearly) every Agent named and characterized, this is naturally the case.
* MathematiciansAnswer: At the start of Day 43, Credentia catches Chiral taking a break from Extraction, and she says this.
--> '''Chiral:''' The only reason the boss can deal with it is because she's gone off the deep end long ago.
--> '''Credentia:''' Which one? (Binah or Mizu)
--> '''Chiral:''' Yes. ''(rolls her eyes)''
* NoodleIncident: Evil Kit once spilled jam on the E.G.O. Gear during maintenance, and [=SeyzerKoze=] wants to make sure this isn't repeated as he assigns Robin to distract him.
** On Day 47, references not wanting a repeat of "last time", to which [[spoiler:Abel]] reminds him that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain he swore never to speak of it again]]. [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20168/ Said incident is right here]].
* NumberTwo: the Department Captains to their Sephirah (though to varying extents), and sometimes to X during the Core Suppressions. Bishop to Malkuth, Medea to Hod, Mr. Black to Netzach, D.A.D. to Yesod, Tylana and Boksi to Tiphereth, Twee to Chesed, Tenebrais to Gebura, Talow to Hokma, and Mizu to Binah.
* OhCrap: Upon beholding [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] for the first time...
--> '''Talow:''' Manager, it's a third trumpet!
--> '''X:''' [[{{Understatement}} Wow.]] I am ''immediately'' regretting this decision. That's a new record.
** And once again when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s power over time]] eclipses even Hokma's mid-Core Suppression.
--> '''Hokma:''' ...Oh, that isn't good.
--> '''X:''' What isn't good?
--> '''Hokma:''' It seems that my functions have been… somewhat compromised by that new Abnormality.
* OrphanedPunchline: Mizu and Talow's first lines.
--> '''Mizu:''' ...and that's why they had to install regenerators in all the rooms. It's true, I swear it!
--> '''Talow:''' What about that Paul guy? What happened to him?
--> '''Mizu:''' I hear after he finally pulled himself together, he went to ask that new manager for leave. I'm sure it went well.
** And at Day 50. Veers into BlackComedy if you know where Mr. Black came from.
--> '''Mr. Black:''' And then I said, "No thanks, it'd cost an ''arm and a leg''!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
--> '''Mr. Blond:''' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny ...Heh. That is pretty good, I guess.]]
*** And another one on the same day where Mizu tells [[spoiler:the Bucket a.k.a. Carmen]] where soap comes from before being ordered by X to return to working on [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]].
* PerceptionFilter: For some incomprehensible reason, Mizu is invisible to [[spoiler:true [=AIs=] such as Angela (the Sephirah are brains in robot frames, which is different)]] as revealed on [[spoiler:the second]] Day 44 during Binah's Core Suppression when she breaks into the office to help him.
** In the ''Ruina'' LP, at first it seems all Assistant Librarians are imperceptible to Angela, but she later reveals that [[spoiler:she had been ignoring them on purpose, seeing them as nothing but extensions of A's will, and belives their being here is already the least they deserve]].
* ThePerfectionist: On day 20, Talow vents to Queen Bee that he thinks X is this. Ishmael aside, he turns back the clock to change up Credentia's equipment instead of asking her to change E.G.O. suits with Fat Sam, he has to go back in time to make it so that he never screwed up in the first place.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* RedShirt: Notably averted for the Agents, though played straight with the Clerks, whom X treats with little regard, and this is a sentiment he shares with Netzach and Chesed, and what causes friction between X and Yesod, to the point that it's a major point Yesod has against X during his Core Suppression.
** [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=6#post504626394 TeeQueue even has a signup list for volunteers to die on behalf of researching Abnormalities]].
* SelfImposedChallenge: [=TeeQueue=] sets up a couple of of these himself in order to make the LP more interesting.
** Day 5: '''NO MELTDOWNS''': No Qliphoth Meltdowns. Simply put; X cannot work any Abnormalities that have a meltdown on them. This means that every time the Qliphoth Gauge goes up, energy will be lost-and if something like 1.76 MHz or Forsaken Murderer gets tagged by one, he can't do anything to prevent them from instantly dropping their QC to 0.
** Day 10: '''OOPS! ALL NEWBIES''': Reach Qliphoth Meltdown level VI a facility of only Level 1 Agents (benching all the other more experienced ones for the day). LP Story-wise, Mizu, Talow, Bishop, D.A.D., Mr. Black, and Tylana are busy cleaning up the Manager's room of corpses X saw during the moment the Cognition Filter was down.
** Day 15: '''PUNISHED BIRD''': Complete Hod's "I Just Want To Be a Good Person" mission (Suppress four Abnormalities) and Netzach's "Lethargic Room" mission (Go through the day without a single death) at the same time. One of the Abnormalities to be Suppressed must be '''''Punishing Bird'''''.
** Day 20: '''MANDATORY CRUNCH''': Complete Netzach's "Total Efficiency" mission (Finish the day with 3 or less Agents deployed in each department) '''and''' Get to Meltdown level X, and fill the gauge again once. All meltdowns ''must'' be worked. In-story, this is done to compensate for the loss of energy as a result of letting the employees have a beer machine won by [=Zeta21=] on Day 19.
** Day 25: '''A COMPETENT SUPPRESSION''': Complete Tiphereth's "Proving your Competence 4" mission (Clear the day without a single Containment Unit's Qliphoth Meltdown), while ''also'' completing Malkuth's Core Suppression. All agents must survive.
** Day 27: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 1" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [10 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Hod's Core Suppression.
** Day 28: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 2" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [9 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Netzach's Core Suppression.
** Day 29: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 3" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [8 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Yesod's Core Suppression.
** Day 30: '''A NORMAL DAY'''. Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 4" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [7 minutes]) while also fully unlocking all Abnormality research that was skipped over the says before, and don't do anything insane. Story-wise, Agent Medea complains to X about not fully studying the new Abnormalities due to him having been busy with the above Core Suppressions one after the other and wants him to obtain all the relevant information at the end of the day. He doesn't get to manufacture the Dreaming Current's E.G.O. Weapon, but he still passes the challenge.
** Day 35: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT''': Complete Gebura's "Our Work" mission (Complete a Midnight Ordeal). Demonstrate Tenebrais's power (accomplished by Suppressing Punishing Bird enough for it to return to its cell). Resolve the Bishop situation (Execute him). In-story, this happens because Gebura doesn't believe Tenebrais has what it takes, and the Agent wishes to disporve that, and because X thinks Bishop is hiding secrets that can endanger the company.
** DAY 40: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT 2: REVENGE OF THE BIRDSLAYER''': Suppress the Red Mist with only Tenebrais (and whatever Abnormalities end up loose). In-story, she wants to settle the score alone.
** DAY 45: '''IN A TIMELY MANNER''': Completing Hokma's Core Suppression while working all Meltdowns and without losing any Agents. Unlike all other challenges, this one was cancelled when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] awakened]], forcing the use of a Memory Repository, but he manages to "pass" it anyway the second time around at [[spoiler:the second]] Day 42.
** DAY 45: '''TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST''': Prepare for the end. Let this day pass without regrets (i.e. no Agent deaths). Not really a challenge per se, but in this game where things can still go wrong if you don't pay attention or get complacent, it still counts.
** DAY 50: '''YOU HAVE ''ONE JOB''''': Don't screw up. (i.e. no Agent casualties). Not really a challenge, but more of a reminder to not get complacent just because you're near the end, especially after the hell of hectic that is Day 49.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach the end without a Day 1 Reset", where VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation expects you to reset. [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513408624 And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing]] (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
* SequenceBreaking: TeeQueue ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day ''4'', when they usually get properly introduced at Day ''11'' and Day ''6'' respectively.
* ShoutOut:
** Everything [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] says.
** On Day 21, while Tylana is working on Judgment Bird and she's wondering if he can talk...
--> '''Angela:''' Tylana, the administrative team reminds you that Judgment Bird cannot speak.
--> '''Tylana:''' Oh. That... would explain the bandages on its face. But what if it can speak, and just won't?
--> '''Angela:''' ...In the event that Judgment Bird does speak, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} we urge you to please disregard its advice]].
** On the wrap-up of the party at the Safety Department, Netzach says, "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." While it's a line in Semisonic's Closing Time, it's actually an old quote said by bartenders when it's closing time at the bar.
** [=TeeQueue=] made a mini-series called [[Series/BetterCallSaul "Better Call Paul"]], featuring said Agent from Day 1 who got benched permanently after his EpicFail.
** Carlos Safety is a clear opposite reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner Carlos Danger]].
** In Day 46, just before the Midnight Ordeal...
--> '''Carlos Safety:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus Please]]'' [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus let this be a normal Midnight]].
--> '''Steve:''' Today? No way.
** At the end of Day 48, we get ourselves an [[VideoGame/Persona3 "All-Out Attack"]] with every single agent against [[spoiler:the Red Mist]], [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20118/85-waiting.png preceded with this picture]].
* SuqashedFlat: At the end of Yesod's Core Suppression, a Violet Noon slab lands on top of him, but he makes it through alive. Even after that, though, the mention of them makes his head hurt.
* TastesLikeChicken: While fighting off The Perfect Food ordeal, Talow makes a bet with Mizu that they taste like jelly. A few seconds later, Mizu verifies they taste like ''grape'' jelly, costing her the bet as Talow stares blankly at her (either from winning the bet or seeing her actually munch on the Ordeal). For the record, this is actually canon according to the "Project Moon Q&A Session", though they also come in orange flavor.
** While working with Melting Love, after deducing that smooching her does not go over well, Mizu also comments that she tastes "strawberry-and-death flavored".
* {{Ventriloquism}}: During the recap on Day 3's events, Malkuth demonstrates her skill in this [[spoiler:if she isn't just playing back her Agents' voices, given she's actually a machine]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Instead of just weathering the Sephirah's tantrums during their Core Suppressions, X also talks through their issues alongside their Department Captains (Bishop for Malkuth, Medea for Hod, Mr. Black for Netzach, D.A.D. for Yesod, Tylana {plus Boksi} for Tiphereth, Twee for Chesed, Tenebrais for Gebura, Talow for Hokma {though their case was more of a long-due bickering}, and Mizu for Binah).
* TemptingFate: During Day 14's Green Noon, while Mr. Blond is incredulous at Netzach's nodding off during it and Twee is in awe at this, Mr. Black...
--> '''Mr. Black:''' Worry not! There's not a robot anywhere near- ''(said robot then shows up in the hub area)'' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [[LampshadeHanging Your comedic timing is perfect!]] Come fellows, to arms!
* ThoseTwoGuys: Chinely and Omni form this dynamic as {{Otaku}}s obsessed with doing cool anime stuff and as Bishop's "sidekicks".
* UnflinchingWalk: During the acquisiton of the Firebird's second feather, as the agents walk away from the Suppressed Firebird during its "death animation", Gaia discusses this and Chinely lampshades that one should "always walk slowly and purposely away from an explosion".
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: During Day 33, Omni asks Bishop what he was up to, and he replies that he was digging around in storage for work stuff. When Omni tries to prod further, Bishop invokes a lampshade on this trope, and Chinely agrees and tells Omni to stop, and he concedes.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Adam]] starts suffering this when X actually puts the Backwards Clock to use, having considered it useless.
* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: With CharacterCustomization, this is naturally the case with all the Agents.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Discussed when X talks with [[spoiler:Ayin]] on the employees' fates [[spoiler:once the Seed of Light plan takes off]], who admits to not having factored them in at all. Still, [[spoiler:Ayin]] decides to leave a note to Malkuth to let them out after [[spoiler:the Light is done shining on the City]]. [[spoiler:Due to Angela's sabotage, this doesn't happen, and they're put to sleep once more, to be later awakened as Assistant Librarians]].
* {{Yandere}}: Hokma is written up as a platonic version of this to A/X as he tries to keep him from ending the cycle. Talow calls him out on this (as well as a lot of other things) during his Core Suppression.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With all the Sephirot [[spoiler:out of commission during]] Days 46 to 49 since it's a Core Suppression, X appoints all the Department Captains (Bishop for Control, D.A.D. for Information, Medea for Training, Mr. Black for Safety, Tylana and Boksi for Central, Twee for Welfare, Tenebrais for Disciplinary, Talow for Record, Mizu for Extraction, and [=Zeta21=] for [[spoiler:Architecture]]) as Acting Sephirot in the meantime.
%% Even when meeting the quota, X often decides to continue work until everything out of the new Abnormality is acquired (information and E.G.O.s), not to mention extra training for his employees (back in the first few days). The only exceptions are on the first day, when he's on the cusp of failing the Day 5 Challenge, on Day 14 when he can't find a way to deal with Punishing Bird at the time, on Day 21 when continuing work on the new Abnormalities would risk death, on Day 26 just before Hod's Core Suppression when Angela advises infestigating the problem further, on Day 31 in order to pass the SelfImposedChallenge for the day, on Day 31 just before Big Bird can enter the gate and trigger Apocalypse Bird, on Day 35 right after finishing a Violet Midnight Ordeal, on [[spoiler:the first runs of]] Days 42 to 44 due to growing concerns with the Plague Doctor, when dealing with Gebura's and Binah's meltdowns, and Day 45 onwards.
%% Due to [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post504506749 losing that Day 3 gameplay content]], [=TeeQueue=] writes in Day 3 - "Gameplay" with the excuse that every camera in all X-394 went down for ''eight meltdown periods'' due to a malfunction by means of [[spoiler:Bishop's]] tampering. Malkuth also fills in with MS Paint-quality notes from her notebook.
%% X wants minimal casualties not only for the well-being of the Agents, but because it's expensive to field new ones and supply them with LOB. At the end of the Day 5 Challenge, X gives the agents the day off while having Malkuth clean up for them by herself.
%% X has an open-door policy where Agents can come in and address their issues, first used by Bishop.
%% At the start of Day 8, X wants Yesod to forward all the resumes received for all positions in the past 60 days to his desk.
%% According to Bishop, janitors don't go to work until after a Day is over.
%% During one Orange Dawn ordeal, X tells Tenebrais to swing her hammer on her way out of Forsaken Murderer's door. She snags one of the worms about to eat a Clerk in doing so.
%% On Day 14, two ''Clerks'', [=Epsilon25 and Alpha23=], not only kill the last Ordeal of The Perfect Food, they finish off the energy refinement for the Day on top of that. X orders Angela to buy them a bear-brand bear and give them a day off.
%% '''Mizu:''' (Upon seeing Ppodae's new form while breaching) Aha! I knew there was an even cuteier cutie beneath the first cutie. Let's play, little guy~
%% According to Bishop, at least at Day 15, Medea and Tylana aren't exerienced fighters compared to Mizu, Talow, and himself.
%% Other PB regulars include Credentia, Medea, Fat Sam, Omni, Kaori, Elle Tee, Chinely, [=Zeta21=], [=ImIdiot=]
%% On Day 22, D.A.D. suggests throwing a party at the Safety Department and inviting everyone else over, with Yesod's permission and Netzach's non-objections. Netzach gets woken up, says it's not a party without enkephalin, but accepts a beer from Medea.
%% At the end of Day 26, a meeting with the Department Captains at the time (and Talow) takes place where they talk about the Sephirah potentially having problems just like Malkuth. He gives a map to everyone in the event they have to help X with Suppressing their respective Sephirah. And due to the nature of this behind-the-back deal, this is to be kept secret from everybody else, though Tenebrais and Mizu (upon becoming Captains themselves) eventually enter the fold as well.
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=54#post508103429 The Reason You Don't Fill Up Every Department Full of Agents]]
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=60#post508319603 Reason To Be Fanfic-y?]]
%% At the start of Day 30, X is apparently lazy enough to leave his tie crooked, his shirt unbuttoned, and wearing sweatpants.
%% The Plague Doctor/[[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s]] Apostles are as follows: Tenebrais/Ashely, Mizu/Elena/Dia/Genie/Bella/Acacia, Gaia/Tim/Laverne/Rino/Dexter/Elena/Noah, [=SeyzerKoze=]/Paul, Credentia/Alyssa, Mr. Blond/Juliet, Evil Kit/Diva/Igoree/Hyeonneu/Knox/Charlotte, Morgan/Micaela/Lubi/Tasha/Ray/Narae, Switch/Johnson/Evangeline/Corbinan/Owen/Orga, T. Hinman/Galina/Viktor/Dia, Elle Tee/Joshua, and Sephiroth/Mason (as the Heretic).
%% Dimi tries to work the Plague Doctor three times, but gets Normal results each time
%% When Mizu tells Talow about her first Work with [CENSORED], he's fine, while Morgan ''almost'' barfs, and Robin ''actually'' barfs.
%% Binah and the Plague Doctor met for the first time that night, on the eve of the 40th day since A's "return." She had gone to draw the water, but something new had occurred. The water had drawn itself, before her eyes. She provided it with a number and caged it, the same as any other. She offered it to A, and he selected it.
%% When there's nothing to do or needs to relax, X zooms in on whoever is getting bonked by Punishing Bird and the noise of pecking.
%% Before resetting Day 45, Hokma gives Talow a password (Carmen) to an SB Process. Apparently, this process will never happen as long as A/X exists in the building.
%% In preparation for Suppressing Hokma once more, X removed the spacebar on his keyboard.
%% Binah only knows ''one'' story (Mizu's origins). Poems on the other hand...
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513404893 L Corp Sing Disturbia]]
[[caption-width-right:160:''[[VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.]]'']]
--> "I swear I'm good at this game."
[=TeeQueue=] is a [[LetsPlay Let’s Player]] on the Website/SomethingAwful forums, who just showed up there one day, decided to do something insane and made and completed a Screenshot Let’s Play of ''VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation'' in a ''single loop'' (no Day 1 Resets), of which he's part of the EnglishTranslation team. At present, he's doing the same for ''VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina'', and has since become known for [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=101#post510840817 being the]] "Creator/ProjectMoon [=LPer=] guy". The Let’s Plays are most notable for naming and characterizing (almost) every single Agent/Assistant Librarian in the game, and narratively speaking they are carried over between these two games. He's also a Tabletop GameMaster, which explains his experience in all this story-making. %% While one can just create whoever they like in both games, TeeQueue has made it a point to
That's about all there is to know. Apart from the writing, [=TeeQueue=] is otherwise very boring; he lets his characters be the main draw of his playthroughs.
His [=LobCorp=] LP can be found [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/ here]]. And his current ''Ruina'' LP can be found in progress [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3977083 here]].
He's also on [[https://www.twitch.tv/teequeue/videos Twitch]], [[https://twitter.com/tqwgames?lang=en Twitter]], [[https://www.reddit.com/user/TeeQueue/ Reddit]], and [[https://steamcommunity.com/id/TeeQueue/posthistory/ Steam]], and you can donate to him on [[https://ko-fi.com/teequeue Ko-Fi]].
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!! [=TeeQueue=]’s Let’s Plays contain examples of:
* AdaptationalBadass: Exclusive to [=TeeQueue's=] narrative, [[spoiler:Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to hack into the communications network exclusive to X and the Sephirah and [[spoiler:get his last three Apostles by pretending they're work orders from X. X catches on and stops it from getting the last one, though, but [=WhiteNight=] eventually gets him during Hokma's Core Suppression]]. After his E.G.O. is fully acquired however, [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is finally "kicked out of the groupchat"]].
* AdaptationalVillainy: While [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
* ActionGirl: Every female Agent by default.
* AlternateTimeline: At least in [=TeeQueue=]'s narrative, whenever X uses the TT2 protocol to redo a day, [[spoiler:the timeline he, Angela, and the Sephirah leave behind continues to exist. From the Agents' perspective, they all just stopped responding. And according to Talow, this leaves them 24 to 48 hours before the Qliphoth Deterrence degrades to the point where the Abnormalities come out. And with Blue Star around, that'll be the end of everyone-at least it should be a quick death]].
** This universe is explored one more time, and TeeQueue calls it [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2059/ "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants"]]. In here, [[spoiler:Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the NotQuiteDead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito ''may have'' turned him into [[OneWingedAngel something like]] [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the character he pretended to be]] [[OneWingedAngel becomes]]. Or turned him into [=WhiteNight=].]]
** [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20101/ Another alternate timeline explored]] is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the [[spoiler:Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop [=WhiteNight=]]], and [[spoiler:Talow]] is left behind at the Manager's seat. %% Day 45: Hokma Suppression Attempt, Post-Repository
* AngryFistShake: On Day 19, X apparently did this while cursing Sephiroth's name for screwing up with work on the Queen Be. Angela calls him out the second time and says it's not an efficent use of his time.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[spoiler:Abel]] chides X for this.
--> "Come now… We can extract Abnormalities from persons, form facilities from thoughts, rewind time infinitely, and watch a man die before reinstating him from his hire date the next morning. Why would something like ''this'' seem odd?"
* AscendedMeme: [[https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/568220/view/4549154898511294831 Information Pollution Abnormality Agent Joshua]], makes an appearance in [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20201/ the BCP Episode for Child of the Galaxy]] as an "Abnormality" needing to be Suppressed.
* BeneathNotice: [[spoiler:Abel and presumably every iteration of A before X]] thought the employees as nothing more than pawns and not to be critical factors in the Script. X thought otherwise.
* TheBet: On Day 19, when X decides to have [=Zeta21=] showcase the ''Sound of a Star'' E.G.O. Weapon. They then want a beer machine set up in return. Despite Angela's protests, X allows it... if Zeta gets to take care of the whole Ordeal '''''alone'''''. [[spoiler:The Suppression is a complete success]].
** On Day 30, Tenebrais makes a bet with Credentia (with 2 LOB as bid) that they'll have to save Boksi (assigned to Nothing There to train his Temperance). The Day is actually uneventful, though we don't see Credentia take her winnings.
* BigDamnHeroes: When X is initially struggling with Malkuth's Core Suppression, with Malkuth taunting him on A's sins, the manager gets saved from losing his mind with [[spoiler:the arrival of Bishop through the vents.]]
* BigNo: On the start of Day 26, when Mizu realizes Twee went to work on the new Abnormality (The Little Prince) before her.
** And on Day 49 by [[spoiler:Adam just before undergoing CessationOfExistence from being defeated]].
* BigShutUp: During Hokma's Core Suppression, X has to eventually spout this out to interrupt the arguing between Hokma and Talow.
* BookEnds: Day 50 ends the same way Day 1 began: Mizu working on One Sin.
* BrokenMasquerade: At the start of Day 55, X tells all his employees [[spoiler:the truth of the Seed of Light plan that he's aware of thus far]], something that was exclusive only to him, Angela, and the Sephirah.
* ButtMonkey: Anyone assigned to becoming pecking fodder for Punishing Bird.
%% Regular designated targets for Punishing Bird include Talow, Mr. Blond, and Tenebrais (to the point of chasing her while she's in a room full of Agents) (before she then manages to Supress him enough for him to return to his cell, and would've actually killed it had it not given up, which it does after its one bite).
* CallBack:
** The Perfect Food tasting like grape jelly as discovered in a bet between Mizu and Talow comes back on Day 13 after Tenebrais rescues a Clerk. Said clerk notes the flavor, then decides to check the break room for bagels (probably to flavor them with the remains).
** Twee's first day dealing with Laetitia is referenced again on Day 16 when she goes down the corridor with different colleagues when she references it. Mr. Blond also references that those other Agents were to "kick her ass", and Twee corrects that it's only if she went crazy, but she didn't, so it's all good.
** During his early days, when asked about his fiddling with the cameras, Bishop explains so it's to heroically save their ass at the last moment. During Day 25, [[spoiler:he barges into the Manager's room via the vents and says the same thing]].
** Several times, but the Manager ''never'' cleaned up the smile Mr. Black drew on the screen during Netzach's Core Suppression.
* CastOfSnowflakes: All the Agents are made to look distinct. This technically serves as an advantage during Yesod's Core Suppression, given he obscures all information during this, meaning Agents who look unique manage to stand out to the player. Not that [=TeeQueue=] really needed it.
* CatchPhrase: During the first couple of days, X always stated "Clerks don't count.", which puts him at odds with Yesod. He eventually abandons this after Yesod's Core Suppression, and once Big Bird joins the facility.
* CatchphraseInterruptus: During the [[spoiler:1st run of]] Day 17, after things snowballed into a swarm of Worker Bees, Yesod calls him out on the losses suffered, during which...
--> '''Yesod:''' The bees are everywhere. Every employee in the company aside the agents is already dead.
--> '''X:''' Clerks don't-
--> '''Yesod:''' [[spoiler:Sephiroth]] counted.
--> '''X:''' …
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: As per the norm for Agents.
--> '''Medea:''' I've seen the training videos more times than I can count. Watched people get torn apart on the other side of a screen. I can watch someone die without even losing my smile, now. Even when [[spoiler:little Elle got changed into an Apostle]], all I could do was quirk an eyebrow and wonder what it could do to threaten the others. This entire place is designed to kill our fear of death-ours and others'.
* CoolShades: They're apparently in the standard emergency toolkit for agents [[spoiler:in anticipation for enacting the Seed of Light]].
* CurseCutShort: Myo when she realizes that [[spoiler:being integral to Binah's Core Suppression]] will have to become TheGreatestStoryNeverTold due to her contract.
* TheDeadHaveNames: During Yesod's Core Suppression, he talks about four [=Epsilon11=] Clerks who have died over the course of X's time in the company: Morty (murdered by a Green Noon's buzzsaw), Aurora (met their end to Scarecrow), BongBong (burned alive when you decided to face the Firebird), and Joshua (on Day 29 today, who might also die).
* DeathGlare: While waiting for Netzach to detox, Malkuth and Hod were discussing their returning memories post-Meltdown resolution. When Yesod makes himself known, he tells them to tell him what they think of the Manager [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%2062/ while delivering one of these]].
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: Well, a Thousand Bullets, but on [[spoiler:the first run of]] Day 43, During a Green Dawn, all the Clerks in the Extraction Department's main room eventually whittle down a single Doubt with only Red Shields from X as help ''before'' Mizu arrives.
* EnemyMine: Despite Hokma being at odds with X during his Core Suppression, when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] is awakened]], the Sephirah sets aside the matter in order to help keep the Corporation afloat.
--> '''X:''' Wait, you're ''helping'' me? Why?
--> '''Hokma:''' My sole concern is the continuation of this endless cycle. While I cannot allow you to break it… this Abormality's usurpation of my systems has proven a more immediate threat.
--> '''X:''' So it's a truce. Alright, let's see what we can figure out.
* EvilerThanThou: In a sense. [[spoiler:The Plague Doctor tells T. Hinman that [[VideoGame/XCOMEnemyUnknown the Ethereals]] stand no chance against everything the City has to offer. Whether he means himself, or is also counting the Abnormalities, and all the Fixers, Colors, Arbiters, and Claws isn't clear]].
--> [[spoiler:'''Plague Doctor:''']] Forget them. They couldst no more hold against the horrors in this city than thou couldst stop a train with thine meager body.
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: [[spoiler:Ayin and X]] on Day 50, to the latter's irritation.
* FunWithAcronyms: [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=86#post510064820 BULLFROG]] stands for '''Bioengineered Unilaterally Learning Laboratory Failsafe Replica Organic Genotype)'''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** On the day before Hod's Core Suppression, on Day 26, X is told by Angela that Hod is in the middle of a training class for a group of Clerks. Later in the day, one of those clerks comes over to Medea (who then notifies X) and reports to her about Hod acting really weird, lashing out at everyone for no reason, then starting to talk to herself and going offline.
** Talow's present in the Captain's Meeting, and when Boksi asks why he's here if he's not a captain of anything, he replies "Sure I am, you just don't know it yet.". [[spoiler:Indeed, this is because he's Hokma's informant, and eventually becomes his Department's Captain]].
* GameplayAndStorySegregration: WHenever this occurs, [=TeeQueue=] writes in extra story bits to justify them.
** Despite not losing any Agents so far, Angela still tells X that an employee has died at the start of Day 4. [=TeeQueue=] writes in an excuse in the form of one Clerk [=Delta3=] dying from a wrench landing on her.
** When Angela talks about the mental corruption levels of the Control Team’s employees exceeding the maximum threshold, [=TeeQueue=] writes in X pointing out the Agents being just fine, and Angela points out she was including ''Malkuth'' in the calculations.
** In the game, Malkuth, Hod, and Yesod's Core Suppressions are all ready at about the same time (if you optimize, else Hod's is not included). But to avoid readers forgetting any details by the time it's time to work on them, they occur one after the other in [=TeeQueue's=] narrative.
** Upon reaching halfway with [[spoiler:his Apostles, Plague Doctor/[=WhiteNight=]]] is able to spoof X's work orders to get his last few, and can speak to the Manager. Needless to say, this is not canon in-game, and [=TeeQueue=] makes it clear with a disclaimer at the end of [[spoiler:the first]] ''Day 44 - Gameplay''.
*** In response to that, X raises Deterrence on a whole Department in order to keep that Abnormality from making any more contact. This is also not possible in-game.
* GameplayAndStoryIntegration: Other Sephirah not chiming in when their Core Suppressions are ready are implemented sometimes (Hod being in the middle of a training class for one of the company's groups of clerks.)
* GenkiGirl: A few are like this, Mizu most of all.
* GodzillaThreshold: The only time X used the Memory Repository is in light of [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s rampage]] on Day 45 during Hokma's Core Suppression. He would soon use it two more times in order to keep [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s]] acquired E.G.O. Suits, and to Suppress [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] without the use of One Sin]] to acquire his E.G.O. Weapons and keep them.
* ImStandingRightHere: X doesn't take Tiphereth seriously during her Core Suppression, given it's not actually that hard compared to all the others before and after (but you still can't afford to be reckless).
* ItAmusedMe: X's reason for giving Bishop the Queen of Hatred's E.G.O. Gear to match with Chinely's Knight of Despair E.G.O. Gear and Omni's King of Greed E.G.O. Gear. Malkuth tactfully decided to not pass that thought along.
* InsaneTrollLogic: [[spoiler:Adam]] spouts these while arguing with X over the righteousness of his goals, and it's annoying as fuck to X, who also promptly turns this around against him.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While X can be a jackass in conversations, and doesn't count the lives of clerks, he does his darnedest to keep all of his Agents alive. He starts losing this gold part sometime after it's established that X and A are one and the same, and he [[spoiler:seemingly Executes Bishop out of paranoia]], but [[spoiler:Bishop coming in to punch X]] snaps him out of that.
* LargeHam: [=TeeQueue=] plays up [[spoiler:Adam]] as this, and he will not shut up.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: During Gebura's Core Suppression, X had this idea by bunking everyone else while stationing Tenebrais in the Shelter from the 27th of March (with all other Agents benched and stand-ins recruited for all the other departments) while all the Abnormalities rampage amidst the Red Mist. While they all ultimately beat her down (in addition to calling down the Rabbit Team for the finale) within an hour, story-wise, it doesn't work, and X has to reset the day and deploy Tenebrais to handle her.
** During [[spoiler:the third]] Day 41, X sics the Yin-Yang Dragon on [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] as part of his plan to Supress Him. Specifically, he uses the Dragon to [[spoiler:neutralize five of His Apostles thanks to the game's coding: when Apostles "die", they are instead only ever able to be reduced to 1 HP, at which point they enter a dormant state. WhiteNight's Red Ring of Death fully heals any such Apostle and has them return to their active state whenever it comes out. As a result, Apostles can't be killed by damage. Unfortunately for them, the Yin-Yang dragon doesn't deal damage. It just inverts the HP/SP stats of anything in its path instantly, and this can get around the Apostles' protection against death. If they're hit by a dragon while at full HP they simply disappear-since they don't have a proper death animation because you're never intended to be able to kill them.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: With (nearly) every Agent named and characterized, this is naturally the case.
* MathematiciansAnswer: At the start of Day 43, Credentia catches Chiral taking a break from Extraction, and she says this.
--> '''Chiral:''' The only reason the boss can deal with it is because she's gone off the deep end long ago.
--> '''Credentia:''' Which one? (Binah or Mizu)
--> '''Chiral:''' Yes. ''(rolls her eyes)''
* NoodleIncident: Evil Kit once spilled jam on the E.G.O. Gear during maintenance, and [=SeyzerKoze=] wants to make sure this isn't repeated as he assigns Robin to distract him.
** On Day 47, references not wanting a repeat of "last time", to which [[spoiler:Abel]] reminds him that [[LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain he swore never to speak of it again]]. [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20168/ Said incident is right here]].
* NumberTwo: the Department Captains to their Sephirah (though to varying extents), and sometimes to X during the Core Suppressions. Bishop to Malkuth, Medea to Hod, Mr. Black to Netzach, D.A.D. to Yesod, Tylana and Boksi to Tiphereth, Twee to Chesed, Tenebrais to Gebura, Talow to Hokma, and Mizu to Binah.
* OhCrap: Upon beholding [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]] for the first time...
--> '''Talow:''' Manager, it's a third trumpet!
--> '''X:''' [[{{Understatement}} Wow.]] I am ''immediately'' regretting this decision. That's a new record.
** And once again when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s power over time]] eclipses even Hokma's mid-Core Suppression.
--> '''Hokma:''' ...Oh, that isn't good.
--> '''X:''' What isn't good?
--> '''Hokma:''' It seems that my functions have been… somewhat compromised by that new Abnormality.
* OrphanedPunchline: Mizu and Talow's first lines.
--> '''Mizu:''' ...and that's why they had to install regenerators in all the rooms. It's true, I swear it!
--> '''Talow:''' What about that Paul guy? What happened to him?
--> '''Mizu:''' I hear after he finally pulled himself together, he went to ask that new manager for leave. I'm sure it went well.
** And at Day 50. Veers into BlackComedy if you know where Mr. Black came from.
--> '''Mr. Black:''' And then I said, "No thanks, it'd cost an ''arm and a leg''!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
--> '''Mr. Blond:''' [[ActuallyPrettyFunny ...Heh. That is pretty good, I guess.]]
*** And another one on the same day where Mizu tells [[spoiler:the Bucket a.k.a. Carmen]] where soap comes from before being ordered by X to return to working on [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]]].
* PerceptionFilter: For some incomprehensible reason, Mizu is invisible to [[spoiler:true [=AIs=] such as Angela (the Sephirah are brains in robot frames, which is different)]] as revealed on [[spoiler:the second]] Day 44 during Binah's Core Suppression when she breaks into the office to help him.
** In the ''Ruina'' LP, at first it seems all Assistant Librarians are imperceptible to Angela, but she later reveals that [[spoiler:she had been ignoring them on purpose, seeing them as nothing but extensions of A's will, and belives their being here is already the least they deserve]].
* ThePerfectionist: On day 20, Talow vents to Queen Bee that he thinks X is this. Ishmael aside, he turns back the clock to change up Credentia's equipment instead of asking her to change E.G.O. suits with Fat Sam, he has to go back in time to make it so that he never screwed up in the first place.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits
* RedShirt: Notably averted for the Agents, though played straight with the Clerks, whom X treats with little regard, and this is a sentiment he shares with Netzach and Chesed, and what causes friction between X and Yesod, to the point that it's a major point Yesod has against X during his Core Suppression.
** [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=6#post504626394 TeeQueue even has a signup list for volunteers to die on behalf of researching Abnormalities]].
* SelfImposedChallenge: [=TeeQueue=] sets up a couple of of these himself in order to make the LP more interesting.
** Day 5: '''NO MELTDOWNS''': No Qliphoth Meltdowns. Simply put; X cannot work any Abnormalities that have a meltdown on them. This means that every time the Qliphoth Gauge goes up, energy will be lost-and if something like 1.76 MHz or Forsaken Murderer gets tagged by one, he can't do anything to prevent them from instantly dropping their QC to 0.
** Day 10: '''OOPS! ALL NEWBIES''': Reach Qliphoth Meltdown level VI a facility of only Level 1 Agents (benching all the other more experienced ones for the day). LP Story-wise, Mizu, Talow, Bishop, D.A.D., Mr. Black, and Tylana are busy cleaning up the Manager's room of corpses X saw during the moment the Cognition Filter was down.
** Day 15: '''PUNISHED BIRD''': Complete Hod's "I Just Want To Be a Good Person" mission (Suppress four Abnormalities) and Netzach's "Lethargic Room" mission (Go through the day without a single death) at the same time. One of the Abnormalities to be Suppressed must be '''''Punishing Bird'''''.
** Day 20: '''MANDATORY CRUNCH''': Complete Netzach's "Total Efficiency" mission (Finish the day with 3 or less Agents deployed in each department) '''and''' Get to Meltdown level X, and fill the gauge again once. All meltdowns ''must'' be worked. In-story, this is done to compensate for the loss of energy as a result of letting the employees have a beer machine won by [=Zeta21=] on Day 19.
** Day 25: '''A COMPETENT SUPPRESSION''': Complete Tiphereth's "Proving your Competence 4" mission (Clear the day without a single Containment Unit's Qliphoth Meltdown), while ''also'' completing Malkuth's Core Suppression. All agents must survive.
** Day 27: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 1" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [10 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Hod's Core Suppression.
** Day 28: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 2" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [9 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Netzach's Core Suppression.
** Day 29: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 3" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [8 minutes]), while ''also'' completing Yesod's Core Suppression.
** Day 30: '''A NORMAL DAY'''. Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 4" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [7 minutes]) while also fully unlocking all Abnormality research that was skipped over the says before, and don't do anything insane. Story-wise, Agent Medea complains to X about not fully studying the new Abnormalities due to him having been busy with the above Core Suppressions one after the other and wants him to obtain all the relevant information at the end of the day. He doesn't get to manufacture the Dreaming Current's E.G.O. Weapon, but he still passes the challenge.
** Day 35: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT''': Complete Gebura's "Our Work" mission (Complete a Midnight Ordeal). Demonstrate Tenebrais's power (accomplished by Suppressing Punishing Bird enough for it to return to its cell). Resolve the Bishop situation (Execute him). In-story, this happens because Gebura doesn't believe Tenebrais has what it takes, and the Agent wishes to disporve that, and because X thinks Bishop is hiding secrets that can endanger the company.
** DAY 40: '''DISCIPLINARY SPAT 2: REVENGE OF THE BIRDSLAYER''': Suppress the Red Mist with only Tenebrais (and whatever Abnormalities end up loose). In-story, she wants to settle the score alone.
** DAY 45: '''IN A TIMELY MANNER''': Completing Hokma's Core Suppression while working all Meltdowns and without losing any Agents. Unlike all other challenges, this one was cancelled when [[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=] awakened]], forcing the use of a Memory Repository, but he manages to "pass" it anyway the second time around at [[spoiler:the second]] Day 42.
** DAY 45: '''TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST''': Prepare for the end. Let this day pass without regrets (i.e. no Agent deaths). Not really a challenge per se, but in this game where things can still go wrong if you don't pay attention or get complacent, it still counts.
** DAY 50: '''YOU HAVE ''ONE JOB''''': Don't screw up. (i.e. no Agent casualties). Not really a challenge, but more of a reminder to not get complacent just because you're near the end, especially after the hell of hectic that is Day 49.
** Really, the whole LetsPlay is one huge challenge of "Reach the end without a Day 1 Reset", where VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation expects you to reset. [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513408624 And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing]] (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
* SequenceBreaking: TeeQueue ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day ''4'', when they usually get properly introduced at Day ''11'' and Day ''6'' respectively.
* ShoutOut:
** Everything [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]] says.
** On Day 21, while Tylana is working on Judgment Bird and she's wondering if he can talk...
--> '''Angela:''' Tylana, the administrative team reminds you that Judgment Bird cannot speak.
--> '''Tylana:''' Oh. That... would explain the bandages on its face. But what if it can speak, and just won't?
--> '''Angela:''' ...In the event that Judgment Bird does speak, [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} we urge you to please disregard its advice]].
** On the wrap-up of the party at the Safety Department, Netzach says, "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." While it's a line in Semisonic's Closing Time, it's actually an old quote said by bartenders when it's closing time at the bar.
** [=TeeQueue=] made a mini-series called [[Series/BetterCallSaul "Better Call Paul"]], featuring said Agent from Day 1 who got benched permanently after his EpicFail.
** Carlos Safety is a clear opposite reference to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Weiner Carlos Danger]].
** In Day 46, just before the Midnight Ordeal...
--> '''Carlos Safety:''' ''[[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus Please]]'' [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus let this be a normal Midnight]].
--> '''Steve:''' Today? No way.
** At the end of Day 48, we get ourselves an [[VideoGame/Persona3 "All-Out Attack"]] with every single agent against [[spoiler:the Red Mist]], [[https://lparchive.org/Lobotomy-Corporation/Update%20118/85-waiting.png preceded with this picture]].
* SuqashedFlat: At the end of Yesod's Core Suppression, a Violet Noon slab lands on top of him, but he makes it through alive. Even after that, though, the mention of them makes his head hurt.
* TastesLikeChicken: While fighting off The Perfect Food ordeal, Talow makes a bet with Mizu that they taste like jelly. A few seconds later, Mizu verifies they taste like ''grape'' jelly, costing her the bet as Talow stares blankly at her (either from winning the bet or seeing her actually munch on the Ordeal). For the record, this is actually canon according to the "Project Moon Q&A Session", though they also come in orange flavor.
** While working with Melting Love, after deducing that smooching her does not go over well, Mizu also comments that she tastes "strawberry-and-death flavored".
* {{Ventriloquism}}: During the recap on Day 3's events, Malkuth demonstrates her skill in this [[spoiler:if she isn't just playing back her Agents' voices, given she's actually a machine]].
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Instead of just weathering the Sephirah's tantrums during their Core Suppressions, X also talks through their issues alongside their Department Captains (Bishop for Malkuth, Medea for Hod, Mr. Black for Netzach, D.A.D. for Yesod, Tylana {plus Boksi} for Tiphereth, Twee for Chesed, Tenebrais for Gebura, Talow for Hokma {though their case was more of a long-due bickering}, and Mizu for Binah).
* TemptingFate: During Day 14's Green Noon, while Mr. Blond is incredulous at Netzach's nodding off during it and Twee is in awe at this, Mr. Black...
--> '''Mr. Black:''' Worry not! There's not a robot anywhere near- ''(said robot then shows up in the hub area)'' HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! [[LampshadeHanging Your comedic timing is perfect!]] Come fellows, to arms!
* ThoseTwoGuys: Chinely and Omni form this dynamic as {{Otaku}}s obsessed with doing cool anime stuff and as Bishop's "sidekicks".
* UnflinchingWalk: During the acquisiton of the Firebird's second feather, as the agents walk away from the Suppressed Firebird during its "death animation", Gaia discusses this and Chinely lampshades that one should "always walk slowly and purposely away from an explosion".
* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: During Day 33, Omni asks Bishop what he was up to, and he replies that he was digging around in storage for work stuff. When Omni tries to prod further, Bishop invokes a lampshade on this trope, and Chinely agrees and tells Omni to stop, and he concedes.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Adam]] starts suffering this when X actually puts the Backwards Clock to use, having considered it useless.
* WorldOfTechnicolorHair: With CharacterCustomization, this is naturally the case with all the Agents.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Discussed when X talks with [[spoiler:Ayin]] on the employees' fates [[spoiler:once the Seed of Light plan takes off]], who admits to not having factored them in at all. Still, [[spoiler:Ayin]] decides to leave a note to Malkuth to let them out after [[spoiler:the Light is done shining on the City]]. [[spoiler:Due to Angela's sabotage, this doesn't happen, and they're put to sleep once more, to be later awakened as Assistant Librarians]].
* {{Yandere}}: Hokma is written up as a platonic version of this to A/X as he tries to keep him from ending the cycle. Talow calls him out on this (as well as a lot of other things) during his Core Suppression.
* YouAreInCommandNow: With all the Sephirot [[spoiler:out of commission during]] Days 46 to 49 since it's a Core Suppression, X appoints all the Department Captains (Bishop for Control, D.A.D. for Information, Medea for Training, Mr. Black for Safety, Tylana and Boksi for Central, Twee for Welfare, Tenebrais for Disciplinary, Talow for Record, Mizu for Extraction, and [=Zeta21=] for [[spoiler:Architecture]]) as Acting Sephirot in the meantime.
%% Even when meeting the quota, X often decides to continue work until everything out of the new Abnormality is acquired (information and E.G.O.s), not to mention extra training for his employees (back in the first few days). The only exceptions are on the first day, when he's on the cusp of failing the Day 5 Challenge, on Day 14 when he can't find a way to deal with Punishing Bird at the time, on Day 21 when continuing work on the new Abnormalities would risk death, on Day 26 just before Hod's Core Suppression when Angela advises infestigating the problem further, on Day 31 in order to pass the SelfImposedChallenge for the day, on Day 31 just before Big Bird can enter the gate and trigger Apocalypse Bird, on Day 35 right after finishing a Violet Midnight Ordeal, on [[spoiler:the first runs of]] Days 42 to 44 due to growing concerns with the Plague Doctor, when dealing with Gebura's and Binah's meltdowns, and Day 45 onwards.
%% Due to [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post504506749 losing that Day 3 gameplay content]], [=TeeQueue=] writes in Day 3 - "Gameplay" with the excuse that every camera in all X-394 went down for ''eight meltdown periods'' due to a malfunction by means of [[spoiler:Bishop's]] tampering. Malkuth also fills in with MS Paint-quality notes from her notebook.
%% X wants minimal casualties not only for the well-being of the Agents, but because it's expensive to field new ones and supply them with LOB. At the end of the Day 5 Challenge, X gives the agents the day off while having Malkuth clean up for them by herself.
%% X has an open-door policy where Agents can come in and address their issues, first used by Bishop.
%% At the start of Day 8, X wants Yesod to forward all the resumes received for all positions in the past 60 days to his desk.
%% According to Bishop, janitors don't go to work until after a Day is over.
%% During one Orange Dawn ordeal, X tells Tenebrais to swing her hammer on her way out of Forsaken Murderer's door. She snags one of the worms about to eat a Clerk in doing so.
%% On Day 14, two ''Clerks'', [=Epsilon25 and Alpha23=], not only kill the last Ordeal of The Perfect Food, they finish off the energy refinement for the Day on top of that. X orders Angela to buy them a bear-brand bear and give them a day off.
%% '''Mizu:''' (Upon seeing Ppodae's new form while breaching) Aha! I knew there was an even cuteier cutie beneath the first cutie. Let's play, little guy~
%% According to Bishop, at least at Day 15, Medea and Tylana aren't exerienced fighters compared to Mizu, Talow, and himself.
%% Other PB regulars include Credentia, Medea, Fat Sam, Omni, Kaori, Elle Tee, Chinely, [=Zeta21=], [=ImIdiot=]
%% On Day 22, D.A.D. suggests throwing a party at the Safety Department and inviting everyone else over, with Yesod's permission and Netzach's non-objections. Netzach gets woken up, says it's not a party without enkephalin, but accepts a beer from Medea.
%% At the end of Day 26, a meeting with the Department Captains at the time (and Talow) takes place where they talk about the Sephirah potentially having problems just like Malkuth. He gives a map to everyone in the event they have to help X with Suppressing their respective Sephirah. And due to the nature of this behind-the-back deal, this is to be kept secret from everybody else, though Tenebrais and Mizu (upon becoming Captains themselves) eventually enter the fold as well.
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=54#post508103429 The Reason You Don't Fill Up Every Department Full of Agents]]
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3920800&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=60#post508319603 Reason To Be Fanfic-y?]]
%% At the start of Day 30, X is apparently lazy enough to leave his tie crooked, his shirt unbuttoned, and wearing sweatpants.
%% The Plague Doctor/[[spoiler:[=WhiteNight=]'s]] Apostles are as follows: Tenebrais/Ashely, Mizu/Elena/Dia/Genie/Bella/Acacia, Gaia/Tim/Laverne/Rino/Dexter/Elena/Noah, [=SeyzerKoze=]/Paul, Credentia/Alyssa, Mr. Blond/Juliet, Evil Kit/Diva/Igoree/Hyeonneu/Knox/Charlotte, Morgan/Micaela/Lubi/Tasha/Ray/Narae, Switch/Johnson/Evangeline/Corbinan/Owen/Orga, T. Hinman/Galina/Viktor/Dia, Elle Tee/Joshua, and Sephiroth/Mason (as the Heretic).
%% Dimi tries to work the Plague Doctor three times, but gets Normal results each time
%% When Mizu tells Talow about her first Work with [CENSORED], he's fine, while Morgan ''almost'' barfs, and Robin ''actually'' barfs.
%% Binah and the Plague Doctor met for the first time that night, on the eve of the 40th day since A's "return." She had gone to draw the water, but something new had occurred. The water had drawn itself, before her eyes. She provided it with a number and caged it, the same as any other. She offered it to A, and he selected it.
%% When there's nothing to do or needs to relax, X zooms in on whoever is getting bonked by Punishing Bird and the noise of pecking.
%% Before resetting Day 45, Hokma gives Talow a password (Carmen) to an SB Process. Apparently, this process will never happen as long as A/X exists in the building.
%% In preparation for Suppressing Hokma once more, X removed the spacebar on his keyboard.
%% Binah only knows ''one'' story (Mizu's origins). Poems on the other hand...
%% [[https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?noseen=1&threadid=3920800&perpage=40&pagenumber=139#post513404893 L Corp Sing Disturbia]]
