History TearJerker / BrokTheInvestiGator

* Having to make Sin/Dee, whose daughter are waiting for them back home, lives with the knowledge that their spouse has died in the ModularEpilogue is bad enough, but if they are both dead, a stranger known only as Man approaches their daughter and informs her that they have "disappeared", and he promises that he will take good care of her. The little girl, however, believes that her deceased parents have gone on an adventure, and aspires to become as brave as them once she grows up. Imagine her reaction to learning about the AwfulTruth at some point later in her life, all the while knowing that you - the player - [[YouBastard are responsible for turning her into an orphan]], doubly so if you're aiming for HundredPercentCompletion.

* Sin forced into exile from the Drums over a fake video of him allegedly cheating with another woman. He’s the first case in the game and it’s clear he’s lost everything. He lives in a crumbling apartment in the slums and [[DrowningMySorrows he drinks as a coping mechanism for his depressed state]]. He reveals he wants to see his daughter again and was so desperate to try and fix things with his family, he tricked his best friend RJ by drugging him and stealing his clothes and weapon and intended to steal a powerful medicine called “Oblivion” to drug his wife so her memory would be suppressed of the incident. He’s nearly caught by police robots and throws the gun down the sewers. Despite the awful things he did, he just wanted to see his family again. [[ShootTheShaggyDog He’s (potentially) murdered once arrested two days after, rendering his plan ultimately for naught. His wife, Dee finds out the truth about the destruction of her family with her daughter becoming an orphaned and (also potentially) dies not long after the final boss.]]

* Sin forced into exile from the Drums over a fake video of him allegedly cheating with another woman. He’s the first case in the game and it’s clear he’s lost everything. He lives in a crumbling apartment in the slums and [[DrinkingMySorrows he drinks as a coping mechanism for his depressed state]]. He reveals he wants to see his daughter again and was so desperate to try and fix things with his family, he tricked his best friend RJ by drugging him and stealing his clothes and weapon and intended to steal a powerful medicine called “Oblivion” to drug his wife so her memory would be suppressed of the incident. He’s nearly caught by police robots and throws the gun down the sewers. Despite the awful things he did, he just wanted to see his family again. [[ShootTheShaggyDog He’s (potentially) murdered once arrested two days after, rendering his plan ultimately for naught. His wife, Dee finds out the truth about the destruction of her family with her daughter becoming an orphaned and (also potentially) dies not long after the final boss.]]

* Sin forced into exile from the Drums over a fake video of him allegedly cheating with another woman. He’s the first case in the game and it’s clear he’s lost everything. He lives in a crumbling apartment in the slums and [[DrinkingYourSorrows he drinks as a coping mechanism for his depressed state]]. He reveals he wants to see his daughter again and was so desperate to try and fix things with his family, he tricked his best friend RJ by drugging him and stealing his clothes and weapon and intended to steal a powerful medicine called “Oblivion” to drug his wife so her memory would be suppressed of the incident. He’s nearly caught by police robots and throws the gun down the sewers. Despite the awful things he did, he just wanted to see his family again. [[ShootTheShaggyDog He’s (potentially) murdered once arrested two days after, rendering his plan ultimately for naught. His wife, Dee finds out the truth about the destruction of her family with her daughter becoming an orphaned and (also potentially) dies not long after the final boss.]]

* Klay’s death and aftermath is shockingly heartbreaking. [[KidsAreCruel Despite being cruel, callous, arrogant and a mean-spirited teen]], Klay has insecurities about himself and [[FreudianExcuse suffered an awful tragedy regarding his biological mother, The Director]]. When Graff is given the opportunity to get back at his bully/rival after he swallowed Graff’s medicine he needs to live, he initially relishes in revenge using the electroshock buzzer with Klay is trapped on the wall. Before the final blow is struck, Klay begs Graff to stop and is genuinely remorseful for his actions. When the final blow is struck, murdering Klay, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Graff is completely horrified at what he just did]] and [[DrivenToSuicide becomes suicidal after feeling immense remorse and guilt for what happened]] but gets up out of survival instincts. The Director finds out about this outside Graff and Brok’s apartment and Graff is grief stricken over the whole horrifying experience. [[SuicideByCop He begs her to kill him or leave him to die and that he states in tears he doesn’t deserve to live after what he did.]]. However, the Director forgives him, gives him his needed medicine and tells him not to mention this to anyone and that Graff should forgive himself for both their sakes. Graff once Brok gets home quietly states he forgot his pill and then lashes out at his stepfather out of guilt and shame while feeling a ton of guilt afterwards knowing he can’t tell his father what happened because of the law regarding murder. Later on, at the Consciousness Center, Graff and Ott are told by the Director Klay suffered “an accident” and won’t be coming back. Both the two students feel guilt for what they put him through and Ott says while Klay was despicable, he didn’t deserve to die.

* Klay’s death and aftermath is shockingly heartbreaking. [[TeensAreCruel Despite being cruel, callous, arrogant and a mean-spirited teen]], Klay has insecurities about himself and [[FruedianExcuse suffered an awful tragedy regarding his biological mother, The Director]]. When Graff is given the opportunity to get back at his bully/rival after he swallowed Graff’s medicine he needs to live, he initially relishes in revenge using the electroshock buzzer with Klay is trapped on the wall. Before the final blow is struck, Klay begs Graff to stop and is genuinely remorseful for his actions. When the final blow is struck, murdering Klay, [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone Graff is completely horrified at what he just did]] and [[DrivenToSuicide becomes suicidal after feeling immense remorse and guilt for what happened]] but gets up out of survival instincts. The Director finds out about this outside Graff and Brok’s apartment and Graff is grief stricken over the whole horrifying experience. [[SuicideByCop He begs her to kill him or leave him to die and that he states in tears he doesn’t deserve to live after what he did.]]. However, the Director forgives him, gives him his needed medicine and tells him not to mention this to anyone and that Graff should forgive himself for both their sakes. Graff once Brok gets home quietly states he forgot his pill and then lashes out at his stepfather out of guilt and shame while feeling a ton of guilt afterwards knowing he can’t tell his father what happened because of the law regarding murder. Later on, at the Consciousness Center, Graff and Ott are told by the Director Klay suffered “an accident” and won’t be coming back. Both the two students feel guilt for what they put him through and Ott says while Klay was despicable, he didn’t deserve to die.

* Having to make Sin/Dee lives with the knowledge that their spouse has died in the ModularEpilogue is bad enough, but if they are both dead, a [[MysteriousStranger Man]] approaches their daughter and informs her that they have "disappeared", and he promises that he will take good care of her. The little girl, however, believes that her deceased parents have gone on an adventure, and aspires to become as brave as them once she grows up. Imagine her reaction to learning about the AwfulTruth at some point later in her life, all the while knowing that you - the player - [[YouBastard are responsible for turning her into an orphan]], doubly so if you're aiming for HundredPercentCompletion.

* The ''Fall'' ending, which can be achieved if Brok has a Violence rating of 80 or higher. It shows the devastating consequences of what would happen if Brok allows his wrath to overcome his reason. After the Squealers Chief hurls a stick at Graff that knocks him unconscious, Brok attacks him and, despite Dee urging him to give the rat a second chance, Brok refutes her with a BigNo and [[MoralEventHorizon kills the Chief]], complete with a loud "(Crunch)" sound effect to imply that Brok broke his neck with his bare hands. When a horrified Ott asks him what he has done, Brok goes as far as to claim that [[IDidWhatIHadToDo it was the only way to protect everyone]]. Later at the apartment, Graff gets into a heated argument with Brok and confronts him about his violent tendencies, which culminates in Brok snapping and beating Graff to death after the latter talks about Lia in a negative light. Driven to despair by his (accidental) act of filicide and realizing, with Shay's letter, that he has become a monster, Brok [[DrivenToSuicide walks off the edge of the building]] where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago in the hopes of reuniting with her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife. It's a PyrrhicVictory equal VideoGameCrueltyPunishment at its finest.

* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee meet Wes at the Garbage Dumps and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip. Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive. However, he is either unable to prove it or chooses to drop the subject at the last moment after coming to a solid conclusion to let Dee give the memory chip to Wes, who immediately betrays and kills them both. In the epilogue, Graff describes how the pills shortage has gotten even worse, with Tribots rounding up the denizens of the Slums while preventing them from fleeing to the nearest country. Wes eventually finds Graff and Ott, and he allows them to enter the Dome at the expense of everybody else, Ott's parents included. Graff and Ott initially tries to smuggle Toxout pills to the people outside the Dome, but their efforts were in vain. All the Slumers soon perished, and although Graff and Ott survived, they became wracked with [[SurvivorGuilt survivor's guilt]]. Graff ends his monologue with how he misses Brok and laments that if Brok was still alive, then he could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.

* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee meets Wes at the Garbage Dumps and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip. Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive. However, he is either unable to prove it or choose to drop the subject at the last moment after coming to a solid conclusion to let Dee gives the memory chip to Wes, who immediately betray and kill them both. In the epilogue, Graff describes how the pills shortage has gotten even worse, with Tribots rounding up the denizens of the Slums while preventing them from fleeing to the nearest country. Wes eventually finds Graff and Ott, and he allows them to enter the Dome at the expense of everybody else, Ott's parents included. Graff and Ott initially tries to smuggle Toxout pills to the people outside the Dome, but their efforts were in vain. All the Slumers soon perished, and although Graff and Ott survived, they became wracked with [[SurvivorGuilt survivor's guilt]]. Graff ends his monologue with how he misses Brok and laments that if Brok was still alive, then he could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.

* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee meets Wes at the Garbage Dumps and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip. Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive. However, he is either unable to prove it or choose to drop the subject at the last moment after coming to a solid conclusion to let Dee gives the memory chip to Wes, who immediately betrays and kill them both. In the epilogue, Graff describes how the pills shortage has gotten even worse, with Tribots rounding up the denizens while preventing them from fleeing to the nearest country. Wes eventually finds Graff and Ott, and he allows them to enter the Dome at the expense of everybody else's lives, which includes those of Ott's parents. Initially, Graff and Ott tries to smuggle Toxout pills to the people outside the Dome, but their efforts were in vain. All the Slumers soon perished, and although Graff and Ott survived, they were wracked with SurvivorGuilt. Graff ends his monologue with how he misses Brok and laments that if Brok was still alive, then he could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.
* The ''Fall'' ending, which can be achieved if Brok has a Violence rating of 80 or higher. After the Squealers Chief hurls a stick at Graff that knocks him unconscious, Brok attacks him and, despite Dee urging him to give the rat a second chance, Brok refutes her with a BigNo and kills the Chief, complete with a loud "(Crunch)" sound effect to imply that Brok has broken his neck with his bare hands. When a horrified Ott asks him what he has done, Brok went as far as to claim that [[MoralEventHorizon it was the only way to protect everyone]]. Later at the apartment, Graff gets into a heated argument with Brok and confronts him about his violent tendencies, which culminates in Brok snapping and beating Graff to death after the latter talks about Lia in a negative light. Driven to despair by his (accidental) act of filicide and realizing, with Shay's letter, that he has become a monster, Brok [[DrivenToSuicide walks off the edge of the building]] where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago in the hopes of reuniting with her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife. It's a PyrrhicVictory equal VideoGameCrueltyPunishment at its finest.

* The ''Fall'' ending, which can be achieved if Brok has a Violence rating of 80 or higher. After the Squealers Chief hurls a stick at Graff that knocks him unconscious, Brok attacks him and, despite Dee urging him to give the rat a second chance, Brok refutes her and kills the Chief, complete with a bone-snapping sound effect to imply that Brok has broken his neck with his bare hands. When a horrified Ott asks him what he has done, Brok went as far as to claim that [[MoralEventHorizon it was the only way to protect everyone]]. Later at the apartment, Graff gets into a heated argument with Brok and confronts him about his violent tendencies, which culminates in Brok snapping and beating Graff to death after the latter talks about Lia in a negative light. Driven to despair by his (accidental) act of filicide and realizing, with Shay's letter, that he has become a monster, Brok [[DrivenToSuicide walks off the edge of the building]] where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago in the hopes of reuniting with her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife. It's a PyrrhicVictory equal VideoGameCrueltyPunishment at its finest.

* The ''Fall'' ending, which can be achieved if Brok has a Violence rating of 80 or higher. After the Squealers Chief hurls a stick at Graff that knocks him unconscious, Brok attacks him and, despite Dee urging him to give the rat a second chance, Brok refutes her and kills the Chief, complete with a bone-snapping sound effect to imply that Brok has broken his neck with his bare hands. When a horrified Ott asks him what he has done, Brok went as far as to claim that [[MoralEventHorizon it was the only way to protect everyone]]. Later at the apartment, Graff gets into a heated argument with Brok and confronts him about his violent tendencies, which culminates in Brok snapping and beating Graff to death after the latter talks about Lia in a negative light. Driven to despair by his (accidental) act of filicide and realizing, with Shay's letter, that he has become a monster, Brok [[DrivenToSuicide walks off the edge of the building]] where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago in the hopes of reuniting with her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife. It's both a PyrrhicVictory and VideoGameCrueltyPunishment at its finest.

* The ''Fall'' ending, which can be achieved if Brok has a Violence rating of 80 or higher. After the Squealers Chief hurls a stick at Graff that knocks him unconscious, Brok attacks him and, despite Dee urging him to give the rat a second chance, Brok refutes her and kills the Chief, complete with a bone-snapping sound effect to imply that Brok has broken his neck with his bare hands. When a horrified Ott asks him what he has done, Brok went as far as to claim that [[MoralEventHorizon it was the only way to protect everyone]]. Later at the apartment, Graff gets into a heated argument with Brok and confronts him about his violent tendencies, which culminates in Brok snapping and beating Graff to death after the latter talks about Lia in a negative light. Driven to despair by his (accidental) act of filicide and realizing, with Shay's letter, that he has become a monster, Brok [[DrivenToSuicide walks off the edge of the building]] where he and Lia often meets 5 years ago in the hopes of reuniting with her, Graff, and his Grandpa in the afterlife. It's PyrrhicVictory/VideoGameCrueltyPunishment at its finest.

* ''The Secret Locker'' ending. Brok unlocks Shay's locker and reads her diary. It reveals that Shay secretly harbored romantic feelings for Brok, but never managed to find the courage to tell him. And she ultimately never could, as this would cause a time paradox. When Shay exits from a secret trap door, she's shocked that Brok has yet to enter her time machine and demands that he go away. The time paradox occurs and Shay desperately tries to tell Brok to go away before it's too late, but Brok refuses. Having already lost Graff, he doesn't want to be alone and he wants to spend what little time they have left embracing her. Although they cease to exist, they both go together, with Shay happy to be in the arms of the man she loved to the very end.

* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee meets Wes at the Garbage Dumps and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip. Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive. However, he is either unable to prove it or choose to drop the subject at the last moment after coming to a solid conclusion to let Dee gives the memory chip to Wes, who immediately betrays and kill them both. In the epilogue, Graff describes how the pills shortage has gotten even worse, with Tribots rounding up the denizens while preventing them from fleeing to the nearest country. Wes eventually finds Graff and Ott, and he allows them to enter the Dome at the expense of everybody else's lives, which includes those of Ott's parents. Initially, Graff and Ott tries to smuggle Toxout pills to the people outside the Dome, but their efforts were in vain. All the Slumers soon perished, and although Graff and Ott survived, they become wracked with SurvivorGuilt. Graff ends his monologue with how he misses Brok and laments that if Brok was still alive, then he could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.

* The ''Till the End of Time'' ending. Graff manages to beat back the Squealers that try to kidnap him, but Ott gets killed in retaliation. Brok arrives too late, and after trying to comfort Graff, realizes from a letter from Shay that she's built a time machine. Graff decides to be the one to go back in time to try and save his mother and Ott, but he fails, and the invention goes awry soon after. Brok narrates how Dee, Wes, Dr. Gherkin, and [[RetGone another person that was completely forgotten]] simply vanished as a result of a time paradox, and that he spent the majority of the rest of his life trying to improve the Slums in the desperate hope that Graff comes back; Graff does arrive in Shay's machine at the very end of Brok's life, giving them one last chance to hug before Brok passes away.
* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee encounter Wes and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip, Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive, however he is unable to prove it to Dee and she gets frustrated with Brok and Dee decides to give the chip to Wes. She does and Wes kills her and Brok. Later we switch to Graff's pov where the pill shortage gets worse and everybody in the slums was rounded up by the Tribots. Everybody in the Slums died and only Graf and Ott survived and they have survivor's guilt and Graff ends off his monologue with how he misses Brok and if Brok was still alive then maybe Brok could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.

* The ''Broken Detective'' ending. Brok and Dee encounter Wes and Wes wants them to give him the memory chip, Dee is about to give it to him, but Brok has a feeling that Wes has an ulterior motive, however he is unable to prove it to Dee and she gets frustrated with Brok decides to give the chip to Wes. Dee does and Wes kills her and Brok. Later we switch to Graff's pov where the pill shortage gets worse and everybody in the slums was rounded up by the Tribots. Everybody in the Slums died and only Graf and Ott survived and they have survivor's guilt and Graff ends off his monologue with how he misses Brok and if Brok was still alive then maybe Brok could have found a solution that would have helped everyone. This is possibly the bleakest ending in the game.

* The ''Till the End of Time'' ending. Graff manages to beat back the Squealers that try to kidnap him, but Ott gets killed in retaliation. Brok arrives too late, and after trying to comfort Graff, realizes from a letter from Shay that she's built a time machine. Graff decides to be the one to go back in time to try and save his mother and Ott, but he fails, and the invention goes awry soon after. Brok narrates how Dee, Wes, Dr. Gherkin, and [[RetGone another person that was completely forgotten]] simply vanished as a result of a time paradox, and that he spent the majority of the rest of his life trying to improve the Slums in the desperate hope that Graff comes back; Graff does arrive in Shay's machine at the very end of Brok's life, giving them one last chance to hug before Brok passes away.

* ''Till the End of Time'' ending. Graff manages to beat back the Squealers that try to kidnap him, but Ott gets killed in retaliation. Panicked, Graff ends up fleeing to Shay's workshop and accesses the time machine by himself, but without his mother's pendant (currently held by Brok) the invention goes awry. Brok narrates how some people simply vanished as a result of a time paradox, and that he spent the majority of the rest of his life trying to improve the Slums in the desperate hope that Graff comes back; Graff does arrive in Shay's machine at the very end of Brok's life, giving them one last chance to hug before Brok passes away.

* ''The Secret Locker'' ending. Brok unlocks Shay's locker and reads her diary. It reveals that Shay secretly harbored romantic feelings for Brok, but never managed to find the courage to tell him. And she ultimately never could, as this would cause a time paradox. When Shay exits from a secret trap door, she's shocked that Brok has yet to enter her time machine and demands that he go away. The time paradox occurs and Shay desperately tries to tell Brok to go away before it's too late, but Brok refuses. Having already lost Graff, he doesn't want to be alone and he wants to spend what little time they have left embracing her. Although they cease to exist, they both go together, with Shay happy to be in the arms of the man she loved to the very end.

* ''The Secret Locker'' ending. Brok unlocks Shay's locker and reads her diary. It reveals that Shay secretly harbored romantic feelings for Brok, but never managed to find the courage to tell him. And she ultimately never could, as this would cause a time paradox. When Shay exits from a secret trap door, she's shocked that Brok has yet to enter her time machine and demands that he go away. The time paradox occurs and Shay desperately tries to tell Brok to go away before it's too late, but Brok refuses. Having already lost Graff, he doesn't want to be alone and he wants to spend what little time they have left embracing her. Although the cease to exist, they both go together, with Shay happy to be in the arms of the man she loved.