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** [[spoiler:[[IChooseToStay Stay]] - Puro will soon perish without a host, although Colin will not spread the virus.]]

* GreyGoo: The potential end result for Earth owing to the latex monsters, although it's not TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt since the Pale Virus has [[AfterTheEnd already achieved that]] and the human race is virtually extinct. The white latex goo creatures play this trope straight with The Behemoth boss fight.

* HeelFaceTurn: Early in the game, Colin encounters a giant masked dragon that seems to lead the black latex Transfurs. After showing his determination to survive and escape as himself, the large dragon seems to silently acknowledge his resolve and allows him to leave. In addition, the rest of the black latex cease hunting him even as he walks in plain sight down a hall filled with them. When he suddenly faints, he wakes up in a new room safe and sound, with the implication that it was the black latex Transfurs that carried him to safety. [[spoiler:later in the game, Puro senses a territory of both white and black latex near the exit. Although he worries he might have to fight his own kind, no actual black latex show up in their area, implying the giant dragon ordered all black latex to leave Colin be.]]

* DarkIsNotEvil: The black latex creatures, with their dark bodies and masks, look the most intimidating out of all the creatures you encounter (which to be fair isn't saying much, considering the game's cutesy artsyle). Despite this, not only is Puro -- the only helpful latex creature you encounter -- one of their kind, they also eventually cease pursuing the protagonist after sufficiently impressing the leader of their hivemind.

* TheVirus: The latex creatures can transform the protagonist into one of them, and since this usually comes with its fair share of brainwashing, it's likely he would be driven to do the same to any humans he finds as well. Not that there'd be any humans for him to transform, though. All human personnel in the lab have been converted long before the protagonist wakes up. The Transfurs' transformation abilities are so virulent, in fact, just coming into contact with the inanimate crystals found on their territory or with the synthetic substances made by the scientists studying the damn things is enough to be transfured. [[spoiler:Ironic, since the latex creatures were researched by the scientists [[{{Irony}} as a cure]] for a highly lethal virus]].

* CrazyPrepared: The Lab has ''several'' measures to prevent the escape of [[spoiler:potentially infected]] human subjects. Especially in the Special Edition re-release, where it's revealed even the ''clothes'' the subjects wear are a countermeasure for escape, as they're actually dormant latex creatures that are programmed to be reactivated with special flashes of red light.

* EmergencyTransformation: This was the whole point of the ruined lab's research. They were trying to find a way to pull this trope by harnessing TheAssimilator abilities of the Transfurs without the whole DeathOfPersonality aspect, as getting transformed by them made one [[spoiler:immune to the [[ApocalypseHow world-ending virus]]]]. Ultimately, they actually succeeded in creating the technology that would allow this, but the lab was attacked by riots and consumed by escaped Transfurs [[ShootTheShaggyDogStory before they could roll it into mass-production]]. The only two people who ever got to use it were Dr. K and [[spoiler:Colin (the latter only in the [[GoldenEnding "Can't Decide" ending]])]].

''Changed'' is an AdventureGame developed and produced by Chinese designer DragonSnow, made with [[{{UsefulNotes/RPGMaker}} RPG Maker VX]] for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It was released on April 4, 2018.

''Changed'' is an AdventureGame developed and produced by Chinese designer [=DragonSnow=], made with [[{{UsefulNotes/RPGMaker}} RPG Maker VX]] for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It was released on April 4, 2018.

* HappyEndingOverride: The "Can't decide" or "ESC" ending can be summed up as such. [[spoiler:Dr. K will administer Colin the same transfur mutagen he [[ProfessorGuineaPig administered on himself]] long ago in order to eradicate the Pale Virus from the protagonist's body. Puro happily appears and reveals he acquired a "biorobot" so they can both go WalkingTheEarth together. The other endings and lore have established Puro's sentience ''cannot'' survive without absorbing a host. That is, until you consider [[FridgeHorror what a "biorobot" is]].]]

* SneezeOfDoom: This is the reason The Wolf King accidentally drops a glass tube onto himself in ''Special Edition''. As the tube is moving into place, Colin sneezes, knocking it off the ceiling. Colin's sneezes is also the reason Colin falls into the greenhouse.

''Changed'' is a AdventureGame developed and produced by Chinese designer [=DragonSnow=], made with [[{{UsefulNotes/RPGMaker}} RPG Maker VX]] for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}. It was released on April 4, 2018.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Changed Special'', including a graphics overhaul, new levels and mechanics and significant changes to the plot, was released in April 2020 to commemorate the game's second anniversary.The Steam version is an [[DownloadableContent early access beta]] and still being updated with new content.

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Changed Special'', including a graphics overhaul, new levels and mechanics and significant changes to the plot, was released in April 2020 to commemorate the game's second anniversary.[[note]]The Steam version is an [[DownloadableContent early access beta]] and still being updated with new content.[[/note]]

An UpdatedRerelease called ''Changed Special'', including a graphics overhaul, new levels and mechanics and significant changes to the plot, was released in April 2020 to commemorate the game's second anniversary. [[note]]The Steam version is an [[DownloadableContent early access beta]] and still being updated with new content.[[/note]]

** Quite a few of the latex beasts serve as walking {{Obvious Rule Patch}}es intended to stop the player from using GameBreaker strategies. This is even [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] in the ''Special Edition'', where almost every GameBreaker concept has [[ObviousRulePatch something in place to stop]] the player from doing it.

-->'''Puro:''' ...So tired...

** Backtracking to the post-Greenhouse kitchen and eating the peaches Puro warned Colin not to eat results in the human being attacked and 'transfurred' by a shiny blue latex canine-like creature.

** Backtracking to enter the room in the vent Puro stopped the human from entering previously leads you to a SecretBoss hyena.
*** Defeating the mother hyena latex, leaving, and then returning again will have her now sitting on her chair again. Interacting with her will have her begin to pet Colin, much to his delight.

[[caption-width-right:400:''...Do you want to be transfured?''[[note]]Center, left to right: [[TokenHeroicOrc Puro]] and [[WellIntentionedExtremist Dr. K]]. Counterclockwise from left: A [[NonMaliciousMonster Dark Latex cub]], a [[SuspiciouslyStealthyPredator Snow Leopard]], the [[MultiArmedAndDangerous Squid Dog]], the [[IJustWantToHaveFriends Tiger Shark]], a [[InsideAWall Red Panda]], [[MinionWithAnFInEvil Prototype]], the [[ThePrankster Stiger]], and a [[CuriosityIsACrapshoot Deer]].]]

[[caption-width-right:400:''...Do you want to be transfured?'']]

* BodyHorror: {{Downplayed}}, but ''it is'' there. One example would be the description of Colin being [[ForcedTransformation transfurred]] in one of the possible game-over outcomes, which says that ''his organs have disappeared''. There are also multiple game-overs where Lin's vertebrae ''grows'', which ''cannot'' be a pleasant experience, to say the least.

* TwoAndAHalfD: The Special Edition has a cutscene where [[spoiler: the room becomes 3D to [[FixedCamera shift the camera]] onto the emerging [[OurHydrasAreDifferent orca hydra monster]].]]

** Colin and Puro's relationship towards each other, is displayed in the save file menu. Useful to keep track of your progress thereby [[spoiler: averting one of the endings where [[AssimilationPlot he forcibly absorbs you]].]]

* EasyModeMockery: [[spoiler: A worse variant of the Betrayal Ending is the only ending available on easy mode.]]

* GreyGoo: The potential end result for Earth owing to the latex monsters, although its not the TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt scenario since the Pale Virus has [[AfterTheEnd already achieved that]] and the human race is virtually extinct. The white latex goo creatures play this trope straight with The Behemoth boss fight.

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Almost every possible game-over has an unique animation. Some even have slideshow-like cutscenes or special screens. After the Special Edition re-release, several game-overs have been given a touch-up by being given such special screens on top of the unique animations they already had. All of these animations, screens, slideshows (which, if you played the game, [[NintendoHard you've probably seen already]]), and even some extra content can be viewed in the game's playable credits.
* MelancholyMoon: The last-half of the game takes place after nightfall; a well-cared for Puro subdues Dr. K leaving Colin free to leave the lab area. As the deuteragonists climb down a stairwell does the player appreciate the full scale of the post-pandemic UrbanRuins.

* MultipleEndings: The game has a the total of 5 different endings that depend on actions taking up to the climax of the game and what choice you make at the end.

* PuzzleGame: In the ''Special Edition'', cute dragon-like latex baby monsters hiding in boxes force Colin to play [[FearfulSymmetry a mirror game]] against them. Despite its simple premise it can be fiendishly difficult to get past them. There is however, the option to [[PuzzleReset reset the puzzle]] should you bone yourself by touching the latex beast hiding in a box [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality with a recycled symbol]].

* RunOrDie: The core mechanic of gameplay in this cutesy-horror is that you the player are up against implacable predatory threats you cannot hope to stand your ground against.

** Any human being infected by the [[ThePlague Pale Virus]] will becoming increasingly sickly and pale-skinned, lapsing in and out of consciousness before its curtains. Desperate, the world leaders and scientists crossed the GodzillaThreshold that was their latex-goo experiments in a last-ditch attempt to cheat death.