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* ManOnFire: Aldo's hair on more than one occasion.
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** The [[spoiler:puppet870]] episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] with a chase scene from the offset. [[spoiler:Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
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** The [[spoiler:puppet870]] episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] fun with a chase scene from the offset. [[spoiler:Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
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--> Isis: ''(holding Candice while she sobs uncontrollably)'' It was hard to imagine her as the blonde bitch I used to think she was.
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The game is receiving a reboot in 2020 at the earliest. The Kickstarter can be found [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudnovel/cafe-rouge-otome-visual-novel here]].
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''Cafe Rouge'' is a 2012 [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the creaters of [[http://joilly.com/ Joilly]] (formerly known as [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]): an otome visual novel also marketed as a [[VideoGame/CookingMama cooking game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
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''Cafe Rouge'' is a 2012 [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the creaters creators of [[http://joilly.com/ Joilly]] (formerly known as [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]): an otome visual novel also marketed as a [[VideoGame/CookingMama cooking game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
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The game is receiving a reboot in 2020 at the earliest. The Kickstarter can be found [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cloudnovel/cafe-rouge-otome-visual-novel here]].
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* LetsPlay: One by [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9KVT7VZECR6hTyDFGU4VwFOXzOnwtaM Kristi78968.]]
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''Cafe Rouge'' is a 2012 [[AdobeFlash [[UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the creaters of [[http://joilly.com/ Joilly]] (formerly known as [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]): an otome visual novel also marketed as a [[VideoGame/CookingMama cooking game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
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''Cafe Rouge'' is a 2012 [[AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the creaters of [[http://joilly.com/ Joilly]] (formerly known as [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]): an otome visual novel also marketed as a [[CookingMama [[VideoGame/CookingMama cooking game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
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''Cafe Rouge'' is a fairly impressive 2012 [[AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the budding creaters of [[http://joilly.com/ Joilly]] (formerly known as [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]: Studio]]): an otome visual novel also marketed as a [[CookingMama cooking game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
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The creators, while facing a rough patch, are attempting to fund a new project, a collection of free online visual novels, with little success. If you're interested and have cash to spare, head over to their [[http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/joilly-visual-novels-online IndieGogo page.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: In the Valen end, Isis's general gameplan is for Valen do hide safely while she attempts to stave off Chris. Twice.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: In the Valen end, Isis's general gameplan is for Valen do to hide safely while she attempts to stave off Chris. Twice.]]
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* LeftHanging: There's a whole conga line of loose ends, especially if you don't play all three paths. See FridgeHorror above.
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* LeftHanging: There's a whole conga line of loose ends, especially if you don't play all three paths. See FridgeHorror above.in YMMV.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Candice is pretty content to look after the [[spoiler:offspring of her human relatives]] for the rest of her days.
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* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Candice is at points pretty content to look after the [[spoiler:offspring of her human relatives]] for the rest of her days.
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* HotMom: Mrs. Michaels, who wears a snug, strapless red dress on a regular basis.
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* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The angel390 (Ron bad end) and scheme91 (Valen good end) ends are essentially the same -- the only difference is whether you're a slave to the Michaels's world-corruption plan or "part of the family."]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans somewhat controversial mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the ''good ending!''
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan with Isis as a pawn]] doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]
* FridgeLogic: If the [[spoiler:vampires]] at Cafe Rouge have qualms with [[spoiler:humans]] working there, how did Isis find out about the job, unless they put out an ad to the public?
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans somewhat controversial mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the ''good ending!''
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan with Isis as a pawn]] doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]
* FridgeLogic: If the [[spoiler:vampires]] at Cafe Rouge have qualms with [[spoiler:humans]] working there, how did Isis find out about the job, unless they put out an ad to the public?
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* ThatOneLevel: TRUFFLES.
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The game was released over the summer of 2012 with seven episodes spanning every few weeks or so, from June 14th to September 30th. Like most works of the genre, the player can choose from a handful of handsome potential mates, namely the ambitious but childish Valentino Michaels, the [[TeacherStudentRomance attractive new teacher] with a heart of gold, and the [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench illustrious]] cafe owner with a DarkAndTroubledPast, Antoine Le Rouge.
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The game was released over the summer of 2012 with seven episodes spanning every few weeks or so, from June 14th to September 30th. [[RomanceGame Like most works of the genre, genre,]] the player can choose from a handful of handsome potential mates, namely the ambitious but [[ChildhoodFriendRomance childish Valentino Michaels, best friend]], '''Valentino Michaels,''' the [[HairOfGoldHeartOfGold empathetic]] and attractive [[TeacherStudentRomance attractive new teacher] with a heart of gold, and teacher]], '''Ron Davidson''', or the [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench illustrious]] illustrious cafe owner with a DarkAndTroubledPast, '''[[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench Antoine Le Rouge.
Rouge]]'''.
** To the extent that the [[spoiler:Valen Isis could be seen as a villain to the other two.]]
** The mysterious assailant in Episode 5 may only be [[spoiler:Antoine on the Antoine path.]]
** The mysterious assailant in Episode 5 may only be [[spoiler:Antoine on the Antoine path.]]
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** The skip function. Sometimes.
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** The skip function. Sometimes.[[GameBreakingBug Sometimes]].
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** Isis takes [[spoiler:Antoine being a wanted felon]] fairly well -- but [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins incest]]]] is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
* ArtShift: Between the CGs, the mugshots, and the animations, the characters hardly look like the same people.
* BonneBelle: Izzy.
* ArtShift: Between the CGs, the mugshots, and the animations, the characters hardly look like the same people.
* BonneBelle: Izzy.
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** Isis takes [[spoiler:Antoine being a wanted felon]] fairly well -- but [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins incest]]]] is the straw that breaks the camel's back.Demian's feelings for Izzy]]]] are UNACCEPTABLE.
* ArtShift: Between theCGs, [=CGs=], the mugshots, and the animations, the characters hardly look like the same people.
*BonneBelle: [[ProperLady Bonne Belle]]: Izzy.
* ArtShift: Between the
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* ContrivedCoincidence: The random spot in Virginia selected as locale for the junior field trip happens to be [[spoiler:the Blanche Mansion -- the former residence of Izzy, now owned by Antoine.]]
** What's more is [[spoiler:he's there]] while you're having the field trip.
** And you [[spoiler:fall on him from a window.]]
** What's more is [[spoiler:he's there]] while you're having the field trip.
** And you [[spoiler:fall on him from a window.]]
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* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Isis turns Ron into a vampire to save him from bleeding on the streets.]]
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* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Isis turns Ron into a vampire to save him from bleeding to death on the streets.]]
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* {{Fauxshadowing}}: [[spoiler: "You're my favorite flavor?" Sounds awfully like something a VAMPIRE MIGHT SAY!!]]
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* {{Fauxshadowing}}: [[spoiler: "You're my favorite flavor?" Sounds awfully like something a VAMPIRE MIGHT SAY!!]]SAY!!
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* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The angel390 (Ron bad end) and scheme91 (Valen good end) ends are essentially the same -- the only difference is whether you're a slave to the Michael's world-corruption plan or "part of the family."]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the good ending!
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the good ending!
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]]]
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* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The angel390 (Ron bad end) and scheme91 (Valen good end) ends are essentially the same -- the only difference is whether you're a slave to the Michael's Michaels's world-corruption plan or "part of the family."]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans somewhat controversial mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is thegood ending!
''good ending!''
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan with Isis as a pawn]] doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]]]]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans somewhat controversial mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan with Isis as a pawn]] doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.
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** [[spoiler:The puppet870 episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] with a chase scene from the offset. Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
** There are a lot of complaints about the cooking difficulty, to the point where the cake game was nerfed.
** There are a lot of complaints about the cooking difficulty, to the point where the cake game was nerfed.
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** [[spoiler:The puppet870 The [[spoiler:puppet870]] episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] with a chase scene from the offset. Isis [[spoiler:Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
** There are a lot of complaints about the [[FakeDifficulty cookingdifficulty, games]], to the point where the cake game minigame was nerfed.dumbed down in difficulty.
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.
** [[spoiler:Demian stops being a douchebag in Antoine's path Episode 6 for a good [[ADayInTheLimelight ten minutes of flashback.]]]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.
** [[spoiler:Demian stops being a douchebag in Antoine's path Episode 6 for a good [[ADayInTheLimelight ten minutes of flashback.]]]]
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* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Isis and Izzy.]] Justified by the glossed-over fact that [[spoiler:the protagonist is Izzy, brought back by the Michaels.]]
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* IHateYouVampireDad: We can only hope all goes well with [[spoiler:Ronnie]].
* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Isis and Izzy.]] Justified by the glossed-over fact that [[spoiler:the protagonist is Izzy, brought back from the dead by the Michaels.]]
* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Isis and Izzy.]] Justified by the glossed-over fact that [[spoiler:the protagonist is Izzy, brought back from the dead by the Michaels.]]
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* InTheBack: [[spoiler: trick13 ending.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Totally subverted in the Ron path. After rejecting Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends, and that's what you do with your friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Demian happily rejects his arranged marriage to let Anthony [[RomanticRunnerUp get the girl]].]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Totally subverted in the Ron path. After rejecting Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends, and that's what you do with your friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Demian happily rejects his arranged marriage to let Anthony [[RomanticRunnerUp get the girl]].]]
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* InTheBack: [[spoiler: trick13 ending.trick13]] ending.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Totally subverted in the [[spoiler: Ron]] path. After rejecting [[spoiler: Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends. That's what you do to your friends.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Totally subverted in the Ron path. After rejecting Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends, and that's what you do with your friends.]]
** [[spoiler:Demian happily rejects his ditches the arranged marriage to let Anthony [[RomanticRunnerUp get the girl]].]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Totally subverted in the [[spoiler: Ron]] path. After rejecting [[spoiler: Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends. That's what you do to your friends.]]
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* LetsPlay: [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9KVT7VZECR6hTyDFGU4VwFOXzOnwtaM One by Kristi78968.]]
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* LetsPlay: One by [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9KVT7VZECR6hTyDFGU4VwFOXzOnwtaM One by Kristi78968.]]]]
* LiterallyFallingInLove: Isis falls on [[spoiler:Antoine]] from a high window.
* LiterallyFallingInLove: Isis falls on [[spoiler:Antoine]] from a high window.
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* MergingMasterRace: [[spoiler:Antoine's notoriously racist father]] believed the hierarchy was "vampires > whites > white trash > slaves."
** [[spoiler:Bluebloods]] exempt, of course.
** [[spoiler:Bluebloods]] exempt, of course.
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* MurderByMistakeMurderByMistake: [[spoiler:Adeline]] unwittingly walked into the death trap in the [[spoiler:kitchen]] in lieu of [[spoiler:Isis]]. And [[spoiler:Errol's death was just an accident, ain't Chris a stinker.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Antoine slaughters his father and unnamed others]] after they [[spoiler:did Izzy in.]]
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Antoine slaughters his father and unnamed others]] after they [[spoiler:did [[spoiler:do Izzy in.]]
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Somewhat -- Cafe Rouge hires a jazz band that plays a very apt number called "Confess Swing."
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* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Somewhat -- Cafe Rouge hires a jazz band that plays a very apt number called "Confess Swing."Swing," while [[spoiler:Chris is asking Isis out.]]
* ThatOneLevel: TRUFFLES.
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* TragicKeepsake: The harp necklace.
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* TragicKeepsake: The harp necklace.[[spoiler:harp necklace]].
** If you don't know what you're doing, more likely than not you'll end up on the Valen path. A lot of the seemingly meaningless choices have random and contrived consequences while others have no effect at all.
*** Fortunately there are [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E79tMo8_Bg6XeFqU7QxMvL0bOeoP2VLKyCNj3u11dlg/edit?pli=1 a number]] of [[http://oto-game-me.blogspot.com/2012/08/cafe-rouge-password.html walkthroughs]] and video playthroughs to help you get the ending you want.
*** Fortunately there are [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E79tMo8_Bg6XeFqU7QxMvL0bOeoP2VLKyCNj3u11dlg/edit?pli=1 a number]] of [[http://oto-game-me.blogspot.com/2012/08/cafe-rouge-password.html walkthroughs]] and video playthroughs to help you get the ending you want.
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** [[spoiler:Valen does this to Isis in Episode V.]]
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** [[spoiler:Valen does this to Isis Isis]] in Episode V.]]V. Steamy!
** [[spoiler:Antoine takes a bite]] in Episode V as well. Isis [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone isn't too happy about it]] after a [[spoiler:WrongNameOutburst]]
** [[spoiler:Antoine takes a bite]] in Episode V as well. Isis [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone isn't too happy about it]] after a [[spoiler:WrongNameOutburst]]
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[[caption-width-right:226:Isis Black: [[NoMedicationForMe lovable anemic]], teacher's pet, and cannoli consultant.]]
->"Isis, your average American teenager, happens upon a part time job opening at Café Rouge. During the day, it is a normal, quaint café and bakery. But when night takes over, it is transformed into a five star restaurant-theater-café, with live stage performances and first class customers arriving in the middle of the night. As Isis delves deeper into this strange café, she becomes entangled in the mystery of its’ haunted world. Will she find friends, or enemies? Will she follow fate or make her own destiny? Will she find love?"
-->--''blurb from the game menu''
''Cafe Rouge'' isan a fairly impressive 2012 [[AdobeFlash Flash]] game by the budding [[http://farwaystudio.deviantart.com/ Farway Studio]]: an otome game/visual visual novel also marketed as a [[CookingMama cooking game.
game]] for reasons that cannot be explained.
You play the [[TheBGrade aspiring]] young student Isis Black, who has recently applied for her very first job at a quaint nearby joint called Cafe Rouge. Despite her limp resume and [[CuteClumsyGirl want for any actual skills]], she's hired immediately and put to work. Soon, however, Isis finds that the nightlife of the vibrant restaurant may not be what she bargained for.
The game was released over the summer of 2012 with seven episodes spanning every few weeks or so, from June 14th to September 30th. Like most works of the genre, the player can choose from a handful of handsome potential mates, namely the ambitious but childish Valentino Michaels, the [[TeacherStudentRomance attractive new teacher] with a heart of gold, and the [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench illustrious]] cafe owner with a DarkAndTroubledPast, Antoine Le Rouge.
You can play all seven installments online for free:
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-1 Episode 1]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-2 Episode 2]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-3 Episode 3]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-4 Episode 4]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-5 Episode 5]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-6 Episode 6]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-7 Episode 7]]
The creators, while facing a rough patch, are attempting to fund a new project, a collection of free online visual novels, with little success. If you're interested and have cash to spare, head over to their [[http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/joilly-visual-novels-online IndieGogo page.]]
[[caption-width-right:226:Isis Black: [[NoMedicationForMe lovable anemic]], teacher's pet, and cannoli consultant.]]
->"Isis, your average American teenager, happens upon a part time job opening at Café Rouge. During the day, it is a normal, quaint café and bakery. But when night takes over, it is transformed into a five star restaurant-theater-café, with live stage performances and first class customers arriving in the middle of the night. As Isis delves deeper into this strange café, she becomes entangled in the mystery of its’ haunted world. Will she find friends, or enemies? Will she follow fate or make her own destiny? Will she find love?"
-->--''blurb from the game menu''
''Cafe Rouge'' is
You play the [[TheBGrade aspiring]] young student Isis Black, who has recently applied for her very first job at a quaint nearby joint called Cafe Rouge. Despite her limp resume and [[CuteClumsyGirl want for any actual skills]], she's hired immediately and put to work. Soon, however, Isis finds that the nightlife of the vibrant restaurant may not be what she bargained for.
The game was released over the summer of 2012 with seven episodes spanning every few weeks or so, from June 14th to September 30th. Like most works of the genre, the player can choose from a handful of handsome potential mates, namely the ambitious but childish Valentino Michaels, the [[TeacherStudentRomance attractive new teacher] with a heart of gold, and the [[EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench illustrious]] cafe owner with a DarkAndTroubledPast, Antoine Le Rouge.
You can play all seven installments online for free:
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-1 Episode 1]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-2 Episode 2]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-3 Episode 3]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-4 Episode 4]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-5 Episode 5]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-6 Episode 6]]
* [[http://www.mochimedia.com/games/play/cafe-rouge-7 Episode 7]]
The creators, while facing a rough patch, are attempting to fund a new project, a collection of free online visual novels, with little success. If you're interested and have cash to spare, head over to their [[http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/joilly-visual-novels-online IndieGogo page.]]
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!!Okay, another day of work.
* AlternateUniverse: Could be; the Isis in each path has a nuanced personality, along with starkly different morals, destiny, and, of course, love interest.
** The skip function. Sometimes.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Four years younger? Fine. Doesn't speak English? Also fine. But a ''girl''!? Hold it, pal, I don't think so.
** Isis takes [[spoiler:Antoine being a wanted felon]] fairly well -- but [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins incest]]]] is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Four years younger? Fine. Doesn't speak English? Also fine. But a ''girl''!? Hold it, pal, I don't think so.
** Isis takes [[spoiler:Antoine being a wanted felon]] fairly well -- but [[spoiler:[[KissingCousins incest]]]] is the straw that breaks the camel's back.
* BonneBelle: Izzy.
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* ChildhoodFriendRomance
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* ChildhoodFriendRomanceChildhoodFriendRomance: Isis and Valen, in the Valen path.
** [[spoiler:Antoine and Izzy.]]
** [[spoiler:Antoine and Izzy.]]
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The story is cut into episodes. It's rather fond of these.
* CryIntoChest: Might break a world record for the most instances of this.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Antoine.]]
* CryIntoChest: Might break a world record for the most instances of this.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Antoine.]]
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* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Tino]]
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* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Tino]]Tino]]: Somewhat justified, seeing as only his mother calls him by his full name, and he wants to disassociate himself from that.
* FairPlayWhodunnit
* FlatCharacter: Errol, Adeline, and Diane to some extent.
** Depending on the story you choose, love interests from the other plots tend to not factor into the equation at all. e.g. Ron, in any path that isn't, well, Ron's.
** Depending on the story you choose, love interests from the other plots tend to not factor into the equation at all. e.g. Ron, in any path that isn't, well, Ron's.
** In fact, the whole [[spoiler:diabolical Blueblood plan doesn't get resolved in [[SequelHook any of the endings.]]]]
* FridgeLogic: If the [[spoiler:vampires]] at Cafe Rouge have qualms with [[spoiler:humans]] working there, how did Isis find out about the job, unless they put out an ad to the public?
* FridgeLogic: If the [[spoiler:vampires]] at Cafe Rouge have qualms with [[spoiler:humans]] working there, how did Isis find out about the job, unless they put out an ad to the public?
* FunetikAksent: Aldo'z dialogue is often typed like theez.
* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:Antoine]]'s path ties up the most loose knots -- including [[spoiler:how Chris murdered Errol and Adeline]], [[spoiler:the origin of the harp pendant]], and [[spoiler:who the hell that green-haired chick is at the end of the intro]].
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.]]
** Though a lot of characters fit this trope once you explore all the storylines.
** Though a lot of characters fit this trope once you explore all the storylines.
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* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.]]
people.
**Though [[spoiler:Demian stops being a lot douchebag in Antoine's path Episode 6 for a good [[ADayInTheLimelight ten minutes of characters fit this trope once you explore all the storylines.flashback.]]]]
**
* IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Isis and Izzy.]] Justified by the glossed-over fact that [[spoiler:the protagonist is Izzy, brought back by the Michaels.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: When [[spoiler:Chris gets pushed out the window... onto the knife.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: When [[spoiler:Chris gets pushed out the window... onto the knife.]]
* InternalizedCategorism: Once [[spoiler:Candice]] confirms you're in love with [[spoiler:Ron, she's content to commit suicide on the spot.]]
** [[spoiler:Demian happily rejects his arranged marriage to let Anthony [[RomanticRunnerUp get the girl]].]]
* LeftHanging: There's a whole conga line of loose ends, especially if you don't play all three paths. See FridgeHorror above.
* LetsPlay: [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9KVT7VZECR6hTyDFGU4VwFOXzOnwtaM One by Kristi78968.]]
* LeftHanging: There's a whole conga line of loose ends, especially if you don't play all three paths. See FridgeHorror above.
* LetsPlay: [[http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh9KVT7VZECR6hTyDFGU4VwFOXzOnwtaM One by Kristi78968.]]
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* MisplacedAccent: The chef Aldo cherry-picks verbal tics from a variety of European accents. What nationality is he? ... We'll never know.
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* MisplacedAccent: The chef Aldo cherry-picks verbal tics from a variety of European accents. What nationality is he? ... We'll never know.Merging
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* PuniPlush: [[http://i42.tinypic.com/2iatmip.png Isis.]]
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* PuniPlush: [[http://i42.[[http://i39.tinypic.com/2iatmip.com/35d0n4k.png Isis. D'awww.]]
** [[http://i43.tinypic.com/sglw2g.png *squish!* <3]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Antoine slaughters his father and unnamed others]] after they [[spoiler:did Izzy in.]]
** [[http://i43.tinypic.com/sglw2g.png *squish!* <3]]
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Antoine slaughters his father and unnamed others]] after they [[spoiler:did Izzy in.]]
** When Izzy speaks English.
** When Aldo [[spoiler:tries to hide his teacup pig]].
* TragicKeepsake: The harp necklace.
** The harp on the stage as well.
** The harp on the stage as well.
* UnexplainedAccent: The chef Aldo cherry-picks verbal tics from a variety of European accents. What nationality is he? ... We'll never know.
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]] And purple, and red, and yellow...
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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]] And purple, and red, and yellow...yellow...
!!Well, time to go home...
!!Well, time to go home...
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* SpitTake: Demian after Isis comments on racism in the South.
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* CapsLock: "YOU BROUGHT A GUN, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU OWN A GUN. YOU'RE CRAZY YOU'RE--"
** KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
** O-OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT. GUNS S-SAVE L-LIVES-!"
** KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
** O-OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT. GUNS S-SAVE L-LIVES-!"
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* DumbBlonde: "You know, I really didn't think it was true, but maybe ALL blondes are dumb blondes after all--"
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''Cafe Rouge'' is an impressive 2012 [[AdobeFlash Flash]] otome game/visual novel also marketed as a cooking game.
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* AFriendInNeed: "Repeat after me, 'I'm awesome.'"
* AfraidOfBlood: Isis faints after seeing the smallest drop.
** Justified, as she's supposedly anemic.
* AlmostKiss: A few with Valen, lovingly interrupted by moms, cell phones, vampires, take your pick.
* AntiFrustrationFeature: Just cheat with the passwords, seriously.
* ArtShift: Between the CGs, the mugshots, and the animations, the characters hardly look like the same people.
* BookEnds: "Everything's changed." "So who am I?... IDK, I'm not really good at introductions. Sixteen years old in highschool, I'm pretty much your average American teen... with a few exceptions."
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: ''Hello.''
* [[spoiler:TheChessmaster]]: [[spoiler: Mrs. Michaels seems to have been planning her scheme since your character's birth.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance
* TheClan
* DaywalkingVampire
* DefrostingIceQueen: Candice.
* DialogueTree
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Ron in the bad ending.]]
* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Tino]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EasilyForgiven: Ron's pretty chill about the whole [[spoiler:Aunt Candy slaughtering his family dilemma.]]
* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Isis turns Ron into a vampire to save him from bleeding on the streets.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilRedhead: It was Chris all along!]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:For a friend since childhood, Valen takes being JustFriends pretty badly.]]
* {{Fauxshadowing}}: [[spoiler: "You're my favorite flavor?" Sounds awfully like something a VAMPIRE MIGHT SAY!!]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The harp-shaped pendant from Valen [[spoiler: bears the same symbol as the emblem in the Cafe lobby.]]
** Arguably there's no real reason [[spoiler:for Chris to have a thing for you. The only conversations you've shared were about work and vampire logistics.]]
---> [[spoiler:Notice how he drops it so easily when you confess you like someone else?]]
** [[spoiler:Who gave Valen the pills?]]
** The passwords.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The angel390 (Ron bad end) and scheme91 (Valen good end) ends are essentially the same -- the only difference is whether you're a slave to the Michael's world-corruption plan or "part of the family."]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the good ending!
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Diane and Aldo, namely.
* GameBreakingBug: Use of the skip function at certain times (such as those when Isis has to question multiple characters before going on) will make the game impassable.
* GoryDiscretionShot: A few of the CGs.
* GuideDangIt: Good luck navigating those identical streets for the first time! And the next... and the next...
** [[spoiler:The puppet870 episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] with a chase scene from the offset. Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
** There are a lot of complaints about the cooking difficulty, to the point where the cake game was nerfed.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: In the Valen end, Isis's general gameplan is for Valen do hide safely while she attempts to stave off Chris. Twice.]]
** If you choose to [[spoiler:beg for your life before that, Valen doesn't bat an eyelash before throwing himself in front of the gun.]]
---> Too bad you both [[spoiler:die anyway.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.]]
** Though a lot of characters fit this trope once you explore all the storylines.
* HorrorHunger: Blood is likened to food and water as one of the basic necessities.
** "I'm thirsty."
* HotMom: Mrs. Michaels, who wears a snug, strapless red dress on a regular basis.
* HotTeacher: Most of Ron's classes consist of the students attempting to ask him out.
* InSeriesNickname: Blond bitch.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: trick13 ending.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Totally subverted in the Ron path. After rejecting Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends, and that's what you do with your friends.]]
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Candice is pretty content to look after the [[spoiler:offspring of her human relatives]] for the rest of her days.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Antoine, of course.
* LongLived: Vampires live roughly ten times as long as humans.
* ManOnFire: Aldo's hair on more than one occasion.
* MisplacedAccent: The chef Aldo cherry-picks verbal tics from a variety of European accents. What nationality is he? ... We'll never know.
* MoodWhiplash: Usually accompanied with abrupt starts and stops of the usual cheerful music.
** The casual rom-com air of the dialogue makes [[spoiler:Adeline, Errol, and Chris's deaths]] seem very out of place.
* [[spoiler:MuggleFosterParents]]: Though they really [[AbusiveParents suck at it]].
* MultipleEndings
* MurderByMistake
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Stated as vampire law.
** [[spoiler:Not followed very well.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* ThePowerOfLove: Many of the endings invoke this as a means to power through impending hardship.
* PuniPlush: [[http://i42.tinypic.com/2iatmip.png Isis.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch: WHY AM I DOING THE DISHES.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Demain.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:trick13]]
* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Somewhat -- Cafe Rouge hires a jazz band that plays a very apt number called "Confess Swing."
* TeacherStudentRomance // MayDecemberRomance: Ron is only in grad school, but still -- Isis isn't even legal!
* TokenHuman: Isis, working at the cafe.
** [[spoiler:''Or is she?'']]
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: The cooking mini-games. Dear god.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ron's mint and chocolate ice cream.
* VampireBitesSuck: On occasion.
* VampiresAreSexGods // KissOfTheVampire: [[spoiler:Most]] vampires secrete venom that induces sexual pleasure in the victim when they bite.
** [[spoiler:Valen does this to Isis in Episode V.]]
* VampiresOwnNightClubs: Par for the course!
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Candice]] has one of the worst histories.
** Especially after her [[spoiler:nephew's girlfriend turns out to be a vampire, turning him into one as well.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]] And purple, and red, and yellow...
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* AFriendInNeed: "Repeat after me, 'I'm awesome.'"
* AfraidOfBlood: Isis faints after seeing the smallest drop.
** Justified, as she's supposedly anemic.
* AlmostKiss: A few with Valen, lovingly interrupted by moms, cell phones, vampires, take your pick.
* AntiFrustrationFeature: Just cheat with the passwords, seriously.
* ArtShift: Between the CGs, the mugshots, and the animations, the characters hardly look like the same people.
* BookEnds: "Everything's changed." "So who am I?... IDK, I'm not really good at introductions. Sixteen years old in highschool, I'm pretty much your average American teen... with a few exceptions."
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: ''Hello.''
* [[spoiler:TheChessmaster]]: [[spoiler: Mrs. Michaels seems to have been planning her scheme since your character's birth.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance
* TheClan
* DaywalkingVampire
* DefrostingIceQueen: Candice.
* DialogueTree
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Ron in the bad ending.]]
* [[DoNotCallMePaul Do Not Call Me Tino]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding
* EasilyForgiven: Ron's pretty chill about the whole [[spoiler:Aunt Candy slaughtering his family dilemma.]]
* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler:Isis turns Ron into a vampire to save him from bleeding on the streets.]]
* [[spoiler: EvilRedhead: It was Chris all along!]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:For a friend since childhood, Valen takes being JustFriends pretty badly.]]
* {{Fauxshadowing}}: [[spoiler: "You're my favorite flavor?" Sounds awfully like something a VAMPIRE MIGHT SAY!!]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: The harp-shaped pendant from Valen [[spoiler: bears the same symbol as the emblem in the Cafe lobby.]]
** Arguably there's no real reason [[spoiler:for Chris to have a thing for you. The only conversations you've shared were about work and vampire logistics.]]
---> [[spoiler:Notice how he drops it so easily when you confess you like someone else?]]
** [[spoiler:Who gave Valen the pills?]]
** The passwords.
* FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: The angel390 (Ron bad end) and scheme91 (Valen good end) ends are essentially the same -- the only difference is whether you're a slave to the Michael's world-corruption plan or "part of the family."]]
** [[spoiler: "Valen would... take over as the head of blue bloods, the ''good vampires''." In the Valen path, the blue/red feud is never explained. Compare to say, the rest of the game, which details the [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans mentality of both parties.]]]] And this is the good ending!
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: Diane and Aldo, namely.
* GameBreakingBug: Use of the skip function at certain times (such as those when Isis has to question multiple characters before going on) will make the game impassable.
* GoryDiscretionShot: A few of the CGs.
* GuideDangIt: Good luck navigating those identical streets for the first time! And the next... and the next...
** [[spoiler:The puppet870 episode [[UpToEleven increases the fun]] with a chase scene from the offset. Isis dies]] if you turn down the wrong street. Many players had trouble with this to the point of assuming this path was a dead end. (Hint: the route is right, down, right, down, left, down.)
** There are a lot of complaints about the cooking difficulty, to the point where the cake game was nerfed.
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler: In the Valen end, Isis's general gameplan is for Valen do hide safely while she attempts to stave off Chris. Twice.]]
** If you choose to [[spoiler:beg for your life before that, Valen doesn't bat an eyelash before throwing himself in front of the gun.]]
---> Too bad you both [[spoiler:die anyway.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:Candice, of all people.]]
** Though a lot of characters fit this trope once you explore all the storylines.
* HorrorHunger: Blood is likened to food and water as one of the basic necessities.
** "I'm thirsty."
* HotMom: Mrs. Michaels, who wears a snug, strapless red dress on a regular basis.
* HotTeacher: Most of Ron's classes consist of the students attempting to ask him out.
* InSeriesNickname: Blond bitch.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler: trick13 ending.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Totally subverted in the Ron path. After rejecting Valen's advances and achieving the bad ending, there's no indication of remorse for his family's direct involvement in killing the heroine's boyfriend and enslaving her forever. Because, yknow, they're childhood friends, and that's what you do with your friends.]]
* LivingForeverIsAwesome: Candice is pretty content to look after the [[spoiler:offspring of her human relatives]] for the rest of her days.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Antoine, of course.
* LongLived: Vampires live roughly ten times as long as humans.
* ManOnFire: Aldo's hair on more than one occasion.
* MisplacedAccent: The chef Aldo cherry-picks verbal tics from a variety of European accents. What nationality is he? ... We'll never know.
* MoodWhiplash: Usually accompanied with abrupt starts and stops of the usual cheerful music.
** The casual rom-com air of the dialogue makes [[spoiler:Adeline, Errol, and Chris's deaths]] seem very out of place.
* [[spoiler:MuggleFosterParents]]: Though they really [[AbusiveParents suck at it]].
* MultipleEndings
* MurderByMistake
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Stated as vampire law.
** [[spoiler:Not followed very well.]]
* OurVampiresAreDifferent
* ThePowerOfLove: Many of the endings invoke this as a means to power through impending hardship.
* PuniPlush: [[http://i42.tinypic.com/2iatmip.png Isis.]]
* RecordNeedleScratch: WHY AM I DOING THE DISHES.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler:Demain.]]
* RelationshipUpgrade
* ShootTheShaggyDog: [[spoiler:trick13]]
* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness
* SuspiciouslyAproposMusic: Somewhat -- Cafe Rouge hires a jazz band that plays a very apt number called "Confess Swing."
* TeacherStudentRomance // MayDecemberRomance: Ron is only in grad school, but still -- Isis isn't even legal!
* TokenHuman: Isis, working at the cafe.
** [[spoiler:''Or is she?'']]
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: The cooking mini-games. Dear god.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ron's mint and chocolate ice cream.
* VampireBitesSuck: On occasion.
* VampiresAreSexGods // KissOfTheVampire: [[spoiler:Most]] vampires secrete venom that induces sexual pleasure in the victim when they bite.
** [[spoiler:Valen does this to Isis in Episode V.]]
* VampiresOwnNightClubs: Par for the course!
* YankTheDogsChain: [[spoiler:Candice]] has one of the worst histories.
** Especially after her [[spoiler:nephew's girlfriend turns out to be a vampire, turning him into one as well.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]] And purple, and red, and yellow...
