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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath.

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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from {{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]

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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from
{{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]

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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from
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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: [[spoiler:Rose tells Poe and Munro to be silent but Poe sings that "She didn't say we couldn't sing" and plays the game's theme on a piano.]]{{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]

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* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: [[spoiler:Rose tells Poe and Munro to be silent but Poe sings that "She didn't say we couldn't sing" and plays the game's theme on a piano.]]{{Fanservice}} {{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]


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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from {{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]

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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from {{Fanservice}} from
* DiegeticSoundtrackUsage: [[spoiler:Rose tells Poe and Munro to be silent but Poe sings that "She didn't say we couldn't sing" and plays the game's theme on a piano.]]{{Fanservice}}
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* ThemeTuneCameo: [[spoiler:Rose tells Poe and Munro to be silent but Poe sings that "She didn't say we couldn't sing" and plays the game's theme on a piano.]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Episode 3 ends with a shot of Wesmarie doing her homework but her mom calls her "Yvette" and she responds in French.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe says she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe's daughter Virginia also caught her cheating on him at one point.

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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:Episode 3 ends with a shot of Wesmarie doing her homework but her mom calls her "Yvette" and she responds in French.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe says she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe's daughter Virginia also caught her cheating on him at one point.
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* CreatorCameo: Tim Cowles physically plays Frankie (with his face obscured by a hoodie) while the voice is provided by Justin [=McElroy=].

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* CreatorCameo: Tim Cowles physically plays Frankie (with his face obscured by a hoodie) while the voice is provided by Justin [=McElroy=]. Lynda Cowles provides the voice of Yvette's mother.
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* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe says she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe also caught her cheating on him at one point.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe says she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe Poe's daughter Virginia also caught her cheating on him at one point.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode 1, Munro's phone has a photo of Molly from ''Dr. Dekker'' as its background.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode Episode 1, Munro's phone has a photo of Molly from ''Dr. Dekker'' as its background.
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D'Avekki also released a bonus, audio-only episode called "Cloudy with a Chance of Rayne" in which Poe and Munro analyze listeners' dreams and take a call from Rayne who appeared in ''Shapeshifting Detective''.
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* NostalgiaLevel: Episode 4 features a return to ''The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker'', complete with music and question-based gameplay.
* PlantPerson: Episode 3's villain, [[spoiler: Miss Clay, ''may'' be a Dryad.]] Poe seems to think so anyway.


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* TheTease: Munro and Violet both engage in this.
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* NoodleIncident: Poe starts to tell a story about wolves and a school bus filled with kids but Munro cuts him off.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: In episode 1, Munro's phone has a photo of Molly from ''Dr. Dekker'' as its background.
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* {{Telepathy}}: Elizabeth says she has this ability.
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* BiTheWay: Ellis is having an affair with Poe but finds herself instantly attracted to Violet. She also offers to go on a hot date with listeners, regardless of gender. Poe claims that he sleeps with all his co-stars, one of whom was a guy.
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* InsistentTerminology: Madame Baratsky calls Ellis Poe's mistress but Poe angrily insists that she is not.
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* ThemeTuneCameo: [[spoiler:Rose tells Poe and Munro to be silent but Poe sings that "She didn't say we couldn't sing" and plays the game's theme on a piano.]]
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* RockPaperScissors: Poe and Kasper play this to determine who gets the gun.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Poe and Munro try to rationalize many of the game's events as dreams or collective hallucinations but, as in pervious D'Avekki games, players come away with the sense that something supernatural is going on.

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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Poe and Munro try to rationalize many of the game's events as dreams or collective hallucinations but, as in pervious previous D'Avekki games, players come away with the sense that something supernatural is going on.
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* IncrediblyLamePun: Ellis calls Poe "Sherlock Poemes" at one point.
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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Kasper claims to be a time traveler from the future who has come back to prevent Poe and Munro from dying.]]

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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Kasper claims to be insists that he is a time traveler from the future who has come back to prevent Poe and Munro from dying.]]
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* MagicLibrarian: Henrietta. [[spoiler:She claims that time passes differently in her realm and that her overdue fees cost the Earth.]]

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* MagicLibrarian: Henrietta. [[spoiler:She claims that [[spoiler:According to her, time passes differently in her realm and that her the library's overdue fees cost the Earth.]]
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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Kasper tells Poe and Munro how the world ends but they cannot hear him because they are locked in a soundproof both.]]

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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Kasper tells Poe and Munro how the world ends but they cannot hear him because they are locked in a soundproof both.room.]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe claims she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe also caught her cheating on him at one point.

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* YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe claims says she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe also caught her cheating on him at one point.
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* MagicLibrarian: Henrietta in Episode 6. [[spoiler:She claims that time passes differently in her realm and that her overdue fees cost the Earth.]]

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* MagicLibrarian: Henrietta in Episode 6.Henrietta. [[spoiler:She claims that time passes differently in her realm and that her overdue fees cost the Earth.]]
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* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:It is possible for Episode 6 (and the game as a whole) to end with Poe and Munro kissing each other passionately.]]


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* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: [[spoiler:Kasper tells Poe and Munro how the world ends but they cannot hear him because they are locked in a soundproof both.]]
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* MagicLibrarian: Henrietta in Episode 6. [[spoiler:She claims that time passes differently in her realm and that her overdue fees cost the Earth.]]


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* TimeTravel: [[spoiler:Kasper claims to be a time traveler from the future who has come back to prevent Poe and Munro from dying.]]
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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from Fanservice to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]

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* BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from Fanservice {{Fanservice}} to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]
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* EcoTerrorist: [[spoiler:Miss Clay is an extremist who wants to protect the planet at all costs. This includes killing the students at August High who have the most impact on the environment.]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:"You're listening to Radio August".]]

''Dark Nights with Poe & Munro'' is a 2020 FMV game from D'Avekki Studios. It is a spin-off of their previous game ''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective''. The game functions as an interactive miniseries with six episodes chronicling the adventures of the titular radio hosts, John "Poe" Pope and Ellis Munro:

*1. "Frankie": Poe and Munro take a call from a man who wants to play a deadly game of cat and mouse with them.
*2. "In Bed with Poe & Munro": Poe and Munro attempt a 24-hour fundraiser but things take a turn for the worse.
*3. "Green with Envy": Poe and Munro hear from a woman who claims to be holding a young man hostage and must figure out a way to save him.
*4. "Everybody Changes": Poe and Munro meet with a "past lives travel agent" who shows Munro who she was in a previous life.
*5. "Many Happy Returns": Poe and Munro plan to have some fun on the night before Munro's birthday but a man claiming to be from the future has a dire warning for them.
*6. "It Started with a Wish": Poe makes a wish regarding Munro and soon discovers the terrifying consequences of his actions.

!!Dark Tropes with Poe & Munro:
*BathtubScene: The gorgeous Millicent is briefly seen taking a bubble bath. [[spoiler:The scene quickly goes from Fanservice to FanDisservice when she reveals that she slit her wrists, allegedly at the request of her lover.]]
*BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: The premise of Episode 6. Rose even says it out loud at the end.
*BiTheWay: Ellis is having an affair with Poe but finds herself instantly attracted to Violet. She also offers to go on a hot date with listeners, regardless of gender. Poe claims that he sleeps with all his co-stars, one of whom was a guy.
*CallForward: Ellis mentions Chief Dupont and how incompetent he is.
*TheCameo: Eric Planner is voiced by David Homb who is known to FMV fans for his role in ''VideoGame/{{Phantasmagoria}}''.
*CanonWelding: Episode 4 combines the world of ''Shapeshifting Detective'' with that of ''VideoGame/TheInfectiousMadnessOfDoctorDekker''.
*CreatorCameo: Tim Cowles physically plays Frankie (with his face obscured by a hoodie) while the voice is provided by Justin [=McElroy=].
*CreepyChild: Rose. [[spoiler:She is a "canvas demon" who makes wishes in exchange for souls. She also claims to be a prisoner and only does what she does because Curator Jones makes her.]]
*{{Foreshadowing}}: The paintings from Episode 6 can be seen on the wall of Dr. Dekker's office in Episode 4.
*TheGhost: Poe's wife Gwendolyn and his children are talked about but never seen.
*KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Regardless of whether or not Poe and Munro save Joe, Miss Clay escapes from August and Yvette is never identified.]]
*LostLenore: Who Millicent claims to be. [[spoiler:She is actually the ghost of a woman who ran a halfway house for sex workers in the 19th century]].
*MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Poe and Munro try to rationalize many of the game's events as dreams or collective hallucinations but, as in pervious D'Avekki games, players come away with the sense that something supernatural is going on.
*SavedByCanon: The game is set prior to ''Shapeshifting Detective'' so we know that Poe, Munro and Violet will survive.
*ShouldersUpNudity: [[spoiler:Poe opens the door to the bathroom to get away from Millicent only to find her standing naked on the other side. She is seen only from the shoulders up.]]
*SkinnyDipping: Ellis says she doesn't like to do this alone.
*VideoGameCaringPotential: [[spoiler:Ellis can wake Poe up after she discovers they have been poisoned by carbon monoxide.]]
*VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
**[[spoiler:If Ellis leaves Poe unconscious after the carbon monoxide poisoning, he is sent to the hospital.]]
**[[spoiler:It is possible to make all nine callers disappear in Episode 6.]]
*WhamLine: Towards the end of Episode 4, Elizabeth reveals that Jared is someone known to players of ''Shapeshifting Detective'': [[spoiler: "Jared. The Umbrella Man. Agent X."]]
*WhamShot: [[spoiler:Episode 3 ends with a shot of Wesmarie doing her homework but her mom calls her "Yvette" and she responds in French.]]
*YourCheatingHeart: Poe is cheating on his wife Gwendolyn with Munro. Poe claims she knows that he is having an affair, just not who with. Poe also caught her cheating on him at one point.

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