History VideoGame / DeadOfTheBrain

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kiel and Jack were this to Guol, as the former was meant to keep the other survivors in line at the hotel, and the latter was ''supposed'' to assassinate Cooger in his home the night Cole visited]].

* TooDumbToLive: "Oh my, this dead guy has a gun. But it's empty, so I'll come back for it if I happen to find some bullets.".

* GratuitousJapanese: Cooger names his sword Rashomon after one of the Jidaigeki films he watched with Shela.

* NastyParty: Conversed

Dead of the brain is a horror-based Main/AdventureGame created in 1992 that is played in a point-and-click format.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Subverted. Kane initially accepts he's going to get killed, saying sorry to Cole and asking him to avenge his family. As soon as his body begins to rot, Kane dies [[UndignifiedDeath desperately screaming for help]].

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: By the end of the game, everyone except Cole and Shela is dead thanks to Guol’s set-up]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Pretty much every character introduced in the game except for Cole and Shela are subject to this]].

* BickeringCouplePeacefulCouple: Sally and Ray are constantly bickering over how to handle the outbreak, wheras Cole and Shela are relatively tranquil with eachother.
* TheBigBad: [[spoiler:Guol was the instigator behind the entire outbreak, using Cooger's serum to run his own experiments on those he kidnapped and to give himself and Kiel eternal life due to having the proper effect on the living]].

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: By the end of the game, everyone except Cole and Shela are killed off thanks to Guol’s set-up]].

* MartialPacifist: Nose may have been in the army, but he definetly hates fighting...of course, when push comes to shove, [[spoiler:he won't hesitate to go down swinging like he does with Kiel to save Cole]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Kiel and Jack were this to Guol, as the former was meant to keep the other survivors in line at the hotel, and the latter was ''supposed'' to assassinate Cooger in his home the night Cole visted]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Cooger's toying around with something as serious as a reanimation serum has pretty much caused an outbreak; [[spoiler:Becomes downplayed later as it's revealed that it was Guol who was the perpetrator behind the outbreaks since he intentionally sent Kiel to steal it and caused the outbreak way before the events of the game actually occurred, using Cooger's good intentions as a stepping stool for his agenda]].

The game begins with Cole, a painter living in New York who just got home after working for his demanding boss. After cleaning off, he receives a call from Doctor Hamilton Cooger who just succeeded in creating a reanimation serum that brings the dead back to life; in this case, his dead cat named “Schrodinger” was the test subject. Trouble ensues after his cat kills Officer Jack who was investigating the racket his experiment made, and Cooger decides to use the serum to bring him back with the assumption that it won’t have any nasty repercussions.

The game begins with Cole, a painter living in New York who just got home after working for his demanding boss. After cleaning off, he receives a call from Doctor Hamilton Cooger who just succeeded in creating a reanimation serum that brings the dead back to life; in this case, his dead cat named “Schrodinger” was the test subject. Trouble ensues after his cat kills Officer Jack who was investigating the racket his experiment made, and Cooger decides to use the serum to bring him back with the assumption that it won’t have any nasty repercussions. The officer comes back…''[[CameBackWrong but with abnormally violent behavior and attempts to chase after Cole and Cooger]]''. As they’re running, Cooger drops the serum into a graveyard and begins a city-wide undead outbreak…''or did he''?

* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:Ray]] and [[spoiler:Sally]] are found naked and dead after [[spoiler:figuring out Guol's true intentions and being spotted by his lapdog, Kiel]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Cooger's toying around with something as serious as a reanimation serum has pretty much caused an outbreak; [[spoiler:Subverted in that while he created the serum, Guol actually was the perpetrator behind the outbreaks since he intentionally sent Kiel to steal it and caused the outbreak way before the events of the game actually occured]].

* StupidScientist: Played for drama; Cooger’s obsession with defying death and making a serum that could resurrect anything it touches not only caused him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero to get an officer killed thanks to his undead cat]], [[spoiler:it gets him killed at the hotel and it also gave Guol the tool he needed to cause a catastrophic undead outbreak ''before'' the events of the game]].
* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:Kiel and Jack are such due to being blackmailed into doing Guol's bidding; to make matters worse, the former's family are ''still'' harmed even after he got rid of all the survivors from the abandoned Hotel, sans for Cathy and Shela]].

* MartialPacifist: Nose may have been in the army, but he definetly hates fighting...of course, when push comes to shove, [[spoiler:He won't hesitate to go down swinging like he does with Kiel to save Cole]].

* AttemptedRape: Shela almost gets raped by two members of the Bloody Foxes, but thankfully is saved by Kane after he kills one of them and the other seconds later.

* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:After Kiel reveals key details about how the outbreak ''really'' began as well as how Guol was pulling the strings, Officer Jack's death becomes this since he was also blackmailed by Guol; Jack was supposed to kill Cooger at his home, but to maintain his cover, he had no choice but to answer the concerns of the noises coming from his home first...which ultimately would result in his death thanks to Schrodinger slicing his throat]].

Dead of the brain is a horror-based Main/AdventureGame created in 1992, that is played in a point-and-click format.

* StupidScientist: Played for drama; Cooger’s obsession with defying death and making a serum that could resurrect anything it touches not only caused him [[NiceJobBreakingItHero to get an officer killed thanks to his undead cat]], [[spoiler:it gets him killed at the hotel and it also gave Guol the tool he needed to cause a catastrophic undead outbreak ''before'' the events of the game]].

* TheBigBad: [[spoiler:Chief Guol was the instigator behind the entire outbreak, using Cooger's serum to run his own experiments on those he kidnapped and to give himself and Kiel eternal life due to having the proper effect on the living]].

The game begins with Cole, a painter living in New York who just got home after working for his demanding boss. After cleaning off, he receives a call from Doctor Hamilton Cooger who just succeeded in creating a reanimation serum that brings the dead back to life; in this case, his dead cat named “Schrodinger” was the test subject. Trouble ensues after his cat kills a police officer whom was investigating the racket his experiment made, and Cooger decides to use the serum to bring him back with the assumption that it won’t have any nasty repercussions. The officer comes back…''[[CameBackWrong but attempts to chase after Cole and Cooger]]''. As they’re running, Cooger drops the serum into a graveyard and begins a city-wide undead outbreak…''or did he''?

* FailureHero: Cole tends to regard himself as such, [[spoiler:given that he fails to save anyone but Sheila]].
* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: By the end of the game, everyone except Cole and Sheila are killed off thanks to Guol’s set-up]].

The game begins with Cole, a painter living in New York who just got home after working for his demanding boss. After cleaning off, he receives a call from Doctor Hamilton Cooger who just succeeded in creating a serum that brings the dead back to life; in this case, his dead cat named “Schrodinger” was the test subject. Trouble begins to ensue after his cat kills a police officer whom was investigating the racket his experiment made, and Cooger decides to use the serum to bring him back with the assumption that it won’t have any nasty repercussions. The officer comes back…''[[CameBackWrong but attempts to chase after Cole and Cooger]]''. As they’re running, Cooger drops the serum into a graveyard and begins a city-wide undead outbreak…''or did he''?

The game begins with Cole, a painter living in New York who just got home after working for his demanding boss. After cleaning off, he receives a call from Doctor Hamilton Cooger who just succeeded in creating a serum that brings the dead back to life; in this case, his cat named “Schrodinger”. Trouble begins to ensue after his cat kills a police officer, and Cooger decides to use the serum to bring him back with the assumption that it won’t have any nasty repercussions. The officer comes back…''[[CameBackWrong but attempts to chase after Cole and Cooger]]''. As they’re running, Cooger drops the serum into a graveyard and begins a city-wide undead outbreak…''or did he''?