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-> "One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves. Find light in yourself!"
''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror]] PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror]] PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
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* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the case of the [[AlluringAnglerfish decoy]] set by the [[PuppeteerParasite Alien]]-[[DemonicPossession possessed]] and [[BodyHorror severely-mutated]] Grandpa-raffin.]]
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* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the case of the [[AlluringAnglerfish decoy]] decoy set by the [[PuppeteerParasite Alien]]-[[DemonicPossession possessed]] and [[BodyHorror severely-mutated]] Grandpa-raffin.]]
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* AdultFear: Grandpa-raffin gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Boy on his own for most of it.
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* DeathOfAChild: Should one of the numerous denizens of the dark get their hands on our hero. The dog version of the trope can also occur on at least two occasions, should you [[spoiler: fail to save Mothdog from the [[ManEatingPlant Mutant Strawberry]] or Grandpa-raffin’s various attacks during his rampage.]]
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* InfantImmortality: Painfully [[DeathOfAChild averted]], should one of the numerous denizens of the dark get their hands on our hero. The dog version of the trope can also occur on at least two occasions, should you [[spoiler: fail to save Mothdog from the [[ManEatingPlant Mutant Strawberry]] or Grandpa-raffin’s various attacks during his rampage.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The Dark Presence in spades. It's never made clear exactly what it is but it turns whatever it affects into horrific monters.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Dark Presence in spades. It's never made clear exactly what it is but it turns whatever it affects into horrific monters. You can be sure to qualify the resulting monsters themselves as mentioned above. And boy, oh boy, is this nowhere better shown than the finale in which [[spoiler: Grandpa Raffin is mutated into a hideous monstrosity that's even uglier on the inside than it is on the outside. It's unknown if the parasite possessing Grandpa ''is'' the Dark Presence or once of its creations but that doesn't make it any less dangerous. And it'll turn Bulb Boy into a monster himself if it manages to [[ItMakesSenseInContext spit in his mouth!]] ]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The Dark Presence in spades. It's never made clear exactly what it is but it turns whatever it affects into horrific monters.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster. Also the bubbled objects at the end of the flashback [[BreatherLevel breather levels]] usually foreshadow a monster in the next level, as the evil presence twists Bulb Boy’s dreams into nightmares.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster. Also Also, Bulb Boy hugs his beloved stuffed rabbit, [[KillerTeddyBear only for it to begin to mutate as soon as he leaves the room]]... Later, the bubbled objects at the end of the flashback [[BreatherLevel breather levels]] usually foreshadow a monster in the next level, as the evil presence twists Bulb Boy’s dreams into nightmares.
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* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's [[MixAndMatchCritters mothdog]], which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
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* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's [[MixAndMatchCritters mothdog]], which HeroicMime: Nobody in the game speaks a word of decipherable dialogue, save for [[SpeakingSimlish indistinct babble]] illustrated through speech bubbles, though you can take control of in some parts of sometimes make out the game.word "Grandpa?" when Bulb Boy is calling out for Grandpa-raffin.
* KillerTeddyBear: The evil presence takes over Bulb Boy's favorite stuffed rabbit, mutating it into a misshapen beast which hunts for prey using [[NasalWeapon ambulatory limbs]] formed from its own [[NoseNuggets snot]]. It nearly [[ImAHumanitarian devours Bulb Boy's separated body]] until he and Mothdog distract it with some more enticing food: a trapped swarm of [[MothMenace carnivorous moths]].
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* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters (a [[FeatheredFiend mutated]], decapitated yet still [[RaisingTheSteaks still alive]] giant plucked chicken) which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out]] another [[TalkingPoo monster]].
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* LosingYourHead: An actual game mechanic. Bulb Boy can harmlessly detach his head in order to access hard-to reach places, interface with chandeliers, pilot a suit of armor like a surrogate body, and even [[BodySnatcher take over a dead fish and a living spider]] in a rare heroic example of [[PuppeteerParasite Puppeteer Parasitism]]. Note that, while Bulb Boy can survive having his head ''removed'', having it ''[[YourHeadAsplode smashed]]'' is another thing entirely...
* MeaningfulName: Bulb Boy has a lightbulb for a head, while [[PunnyName Grandpa-raffin]], Bulb Boy's grandfather, has one that is an old-fashioned [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_lamp paraffin lamp.]] They live with their [[CanineCompanion faithful]] [[MixAndMatchCritters pet]], [[ADogNamedDog Mothdog.]]
* MixAndMatchCritters: Bulb Boy's Mothdog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* MothMenace: As they rush back to the Bulbhouse to try to rescue Grandpa-raffin, Mothdog and Bulb Boy are knocked out of the air by a swarm of carnivorous moths with [[BatOutOfHell batlike]] fangs and wings. They're encountered later, but, using clever manipulation of light, are baited into getting themselves stuck in a giant glob of snot, themselves used as bait to distract the mutant rabbit toy.
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters (a [[FeatheredFiend mutated]], decapitated yet still [[RaisingTheSteaks still alive]] giant plucked chicken) which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out]] another [[TalkingPoo monster]]. There's also needing to cause gas buildup in a large frog in one of the flashbacks, causing it to fart itself [[TwinkleInTheSky into the distance]] and out of your way.
* MeaningfulName: Bulb Boy has a lightbulb for a head, while [[PunnyName Grandpa-raffin]], Bulb Boy's grandfather, has one that is an old-fashioned [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerosene_lamp paraffin lamp.]] They live with their [[CanineCompanion faithful]] [[MixAndMatchCritters pet]], [[ADogNamedDog Mothdog.]]
* MixAndMatchCritters: Bulb Boy's Mothdog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* MothMenace: As they rush back to the Bulbhouse to try to rescue Grandpa-raffin, Mothdog and Bulb Boy are knocked out of the air by a swarm of carnivorous moths with [[BatOutOfHell batlike]] fangs and wings. They're encountered later, but, using clever manipulation of light, are baited into getting themselves stuck in a giant glob of snot, themselves used as bait to distract the mutant rabbit toy.
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters (a [[FeatheredFiend mutated]], decapitated yet still [[RaisingTheSteaks still alive]] giant plucked chicken) which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out]] another [[TalkingPoo monster]]. There's also needing to cause gas buildup in a large frog in one of the flashbacks, causing it to fart itself [[TwinkleInTheSky into the distance]] and out of your way.
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* AdultFear: Grandpa gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Boy on his own for most of it.
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at the end]].
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at the end]].
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* AdultFear: Grandpa Grandpa-raffin gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Boy on his own for most of it.
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at theend]].end]], upon being mutated by the [[EldritchAbomination dark presence]] infesting the house and the surrounding area.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Bulb Boy faces all sorts of [[BodyHorror horrific monstrosities]] throughout the game, mainly tricking them into disposing of themselves using his [[GuileHero wits]], but he takes this to an almost-literal level when [[spoiler:he single-handedly destroys the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] [[PuppeteerParasite Parasite]] that transformed Grandpa-raffin into the final boss...by [[WeaksauceWeakness licking]] its [[EyeScream eyeball]].]]
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at the
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Bulb Boy faces all sorts of [[BodyHorror horrific monstrosities]] throughout the game, mainly tricking them into disposing of themselves using his [[GuileHero wits]], but he takes this to an almost-literal level when [[spoiler:he single-handedly destroys the [[EldritchAbomination Eldritch]] [[PuppeteerParasite Parasite]] that transformed Grandpa-raffin into the final boss...by [[WeaksauceWeakness licking]] its [[EyeScream eyeball]].]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster. Also the breather levels usually foreshadow a monster in the next level.
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's dog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head.
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters, which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out another monster]].
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's dog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head.
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters, which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out another monster]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster. Also the bubbled objects at the end of the flashback [[BreatherLevel breather levels levels]] usually foreshadow a monster in the next level.
level, as the evil presence twists Bulb Boy’s dreams into nightmares.
** The first flashback shows a prepared chicken. [[spoiler:Shortly after, you find a (much bigger and meaner) chicken which [[AnimalisticAbomination isn’t]] [[FeatheredFiend too]] [[RaisingTheSteaks happy]] about Grandpa-raffin [[OffWithHisHead taking its head]].]]
** The second flashback shows a worm which had been used as fishing bait. [[spoiler:When Bulb Boy’s head is [[DownTheDrain flushed]], he finds the now-mutated and ''very'' hungry worms are ready for some [[EatenAlive payback]].]]
** The third flashback shows the single strawberry grown from Grandpa-raffin’s greenhouse. [[spoiler:Said strawberry [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grew]] a little [[ManEatingPlant too]] [[BotanicalAbomination well]], and Bulb Boy must save Mothdog from being [[ImMelting melted]] into plant food by the strawberry’s [[HollywoodAcid acidic]] [[ZombiePukeAttack vomit]].]]
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy'sdog, [[MixAndMatchCritters mothdog]], which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* InfantImmortality: Painfully [[DeathOfAChild averted]], should one of the numerous denizens of the dark get their hands on our hero. The dog version of the trope can also occur on at least two occasions, should you [[spoiler: fail to save Mothdog from the [[ManEatingPlant Mutant Strawberry]] or Grandpa-raffin’s various attacks during his rampage.]]
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for ahead.
head. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the case of the [[AlluringAnglerfish decoy]] set by the [[PuppeteerParasite Alien]]-[[DemonicPossession possessed]] and [[BodyHorror severely-mutated]] Grandpa-raffin.]]
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of themonsters, monsters (a [[FeatheredFiend mutated]], decapitated yet still [[RaisingTheSteaks still alive]] giant plucked chicken) which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out out]] another [[TalkingPoo monster]].
** The first flashback shows a prepared chicken. [[spoiler:Shortly after, you find a (much bigger and meaner) chicken which [[AnimalisticAbomination isn’t]] [[FeatheredFiend too]] [[RaisingTheSteaks happy]] about Grandpa-raffin [[OffWithHisHead taking its head]].]]
** The second flashback shows a worm which had been used as fishing bait. [[spoiler:When Bulb Boy’s head is [[DownTheDrain flushed]], he finds the now-mutated and ''very'' hungry worms are ready for some [[EatenAlive payback]].]]
** The third flashback shows the single strawberry grown from Grandpa-raffin’s greenhouse. [[spoiler:Said strawberry [[MakeMyMonsterGrow grew]] a little [[ManEatingPlant too]] [[BotanicalAbomination well]], and Bulb Boy must save Mothdog from being [[ImMelting melted]] into plant food by the strawberry’s [[HollywoodAcid acidic]] [[ZombiePukeAttack vomit]].]]
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's
* InfantImmortality: Painfully [[DeathOfAChild averted]], should one of the numerous denizens of the dark get their hands on our hero. The dog version of the trope can also occur on at least two occasions, should you [[spoiler: fail to save Mothdog from the [[ManEatingPlant Mutant Strawberry]] or Grandpa-raffin’s various attacks during his rampage.]]
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a
* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the
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* BreatherLevel: A few of them in-between the main levels depicting happy moments from Bulb Boy's past with his family.
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* NauseaFuel: Many of the monsters.
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''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror]] PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[AndroidGames Android]] in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
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''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror]] PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[AndroidGames Android]] UsefulNotes/{{Android|Games}} in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
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''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror][ PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[AndroidGames Android]] in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
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''Bulb Boy'' is a [[HorrorVideoGames horror][ horror]] PointAndClickGame by Bulbware. It was first released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] in 2015, and was then ported to [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] and [[AndroidGames Android]] in 2016, to UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch in 2017, and to UsefulNotes/Playstation4 in 2018.
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Bulb Boy is an Indie PointAndClickGame Horror game by Bulbware. [[http://bulbboygame.com/ It's website can be found here.]]
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* ToiletHumor: Bulb Boy can cook and then eat one of the monsters, which results in him getting stomach pains and needing to use the bathroom... and then [[CrossesTheLineTwice pooping out another monster]].
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Loads of it. Your family being taken in the night, creepy monsters invade your home and trying to kill you, [[spoiler: your grandpa being possessed and turned into a monster]]...
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster. Also the breather levels usually foreshadow a monster in the next level.
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* BreatherLevel: A few of them in-between the main levels depicting happy moments from Bulb Boy's past with his family.
* DownTheDrain: Bulb Boy's head gets flushed and he spends a level underwater.
* DownTheDrain: Bulb Boy's head gets flushed and he spends a level underwater.
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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Loads of it. Your family being taken in the night, creepy monsters invade your home and trying to kill you, [[spoiler: your grandpa being possessed and turned into a monster]]...
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* AdultFear: Grandpa gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Biy on his own for most of it.
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Bulb Boy is an Indie PointAndClickGame Horror game by Bulbware. [[http://bulbboygame.com/ It's website can be found here.]]
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Bulb Boy is an Indie PointAndClickGame Horror game by Bulbware. [[http://bulbboygame.com/ It's website can be found here.]]]]
!! This game contains examples of:
* AdultFear: Grandpa gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Biy on his own for most of it.
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at the end]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster.
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's dog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Loads of it.
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head.
* PointAndClickGame:
* UglyCute: Bulb Boy and most of the friendly characters.
!! This game contains examples of:
* AdultFear: Grandpa gets taken by the dark at the beginning of the game, leaving Bulb Biy on his own for most of it.
* BodyHorror: Many of the monsters [[spoiler: including your grandpa at the end]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: If Bulb Boy looks out the window at the beginning you can get a creepy mask and the message "She is coming"; the mask is part of a later miniboss monster.
* HelicopterAnimal: Bulb Boy's dog, which you can take control of in some parts of the game.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Loads of it.
* LightIsGood: Literally in this case, as our protagonist has a lightbulb for a head.
* PointAndClickGame:
* UglyCute: Bulb Boy and most of the friendly characters.
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-> "One gloomy night, Bulb Boy wakes suddenly from a frightening nightmare to discover that evil has overshadowed the Bulbhouse. His family has disappeared and there are horrid monsters lurking in the shadows. Gather the courage and use his glass head to save everything he loves. Find light in yourself!"
Bulb Boy is an Indie PointAndClickGame Horror game by Bulbware. [[http://bulbboygame.com/ It's website can be found here.]]
Bulb Boy is an Indie PointAndClickGame Horror game by Bulbware. [[http://bulbboygame.com/ It's website can be found here.]]
