History VideoGame / Delicious

* ''Dr. Cares: Pet Rescue 911''

* BreakoutCharacter: Francois simply started out as just some supportive friend who provides Emily with decorations in the restaurant. In later games, he starts to gain much more prominent roles. See ADayInTheLimelight.
* CameraSniper: Originally a one-off feature in ''Childhood Memories'' where you take pictures of important moments in Emily's life. It later returns in ''Honeymoon Cruise'' and has been a series staple since.

* CharacterDevelopment: In the earlier games, Emily's simply a waitress/restaurant owner that helps people by cooking. She eventually develops a life of her own, such as her family being introduced and having a love interest.

* EasterEgg: Since its revamp, this game has featured this as one of the optional tasks where you'll win a trophy if you've found them all.

** ''Delicious: Emily's Big Surprise'' (a {{free|wareGames mini-game available from Facebook)

** In ''Honeymoon Cruise'', a man calls Evelyn "an old broad". [[spoiler: Edward punches the guy afterwards. He regrets it but can you really help it if you heard your wife being called such a thing?]]

* OneWordTitle: "Delicious", as it's a game about food.

** ''Delicious: Emily's Big Surprise'' (a [[FreewareGames free]] mini-game available from Facebook)

** The story of ''Emily's Big Surprise'' was Patrick who thought that Emily was [[spoiler: pregnant. We all knew in the end, she wasn't. Yet, there seemed to be an accidental implication of pre-marital sex because how else would Patrick thought she was expecting? [[IntercourseWithYou They've done it!]] That's how.]]

-->'''70s Evelyn:''' We did it Edward!
-->'''70s Edward:''' No more suit and tie!
-->'''70s Evelyn:''' No more smog!

* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: Emily decided that it would be best to sell their house to the new family moving in.]] She will always have the memories...

* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Francois' family name is, get this, ''[[FrancoisTruffaut Truffaut]]''...

* RunningGag: Elvis asking for a hamburger from Emily, though in all of the restaurants she worked on, she had served none nor were they in the menu. He finally gets one [[TheStinger in the end]] [[spoiler: only to find that there's no ketchup]].

* ''Sally's Salon: Beauty Secrets''

* TheCameo: Allison Heart from ''Heart's Medicine'' is seen in the game. She's also appeared in ''Christmas Carol'' and ''Miracle of Life''.

* DivergentCharacterEvolution: In the earlier games, she's simply a waitress/restaurant owner that helps people by cooking. She eventually develops a life of her own, such as her family being introduced and having a love interest.

* ShoutOut: In the ending when the family is moving out, she's going on a date with Dr. Connor [=McCoy=][[labelnote:*]]A character from ''Heart's Medicine''.[[/labelnote]]

** ''Heart's Medicine''

* ReallyGetsAround: Angela had more boyfriends than Emily could've ever had, though she (Emily) had a few that passed her by until ending up with an official one in ''True Love''.

** In ''Emily's Home Sweet Home'' Emily is working at Happy Fun-Time Land while Patrick is trying to obtain petition signatures to save their house.

* InadvertentEntranceCue: Emily comments that she and Jean-Paul would be virtual strangers after sixteen years and asks what kind of person would marry someone they barely know right before Angela and Jimmy walk in to announce their impending marriage.

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: Francois near the end.]]

* LuminescentBlush: [[spoiler:Sharon does this from embarrassment at the of Level 50, when she confesses that she removed some bolts from the metal shelves the night before.]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Famous singer (and JerkAss) "Music/TomJones John Tones" comes to perform on the ship.

** In ''Honeymoon Cruise'', a man called Evelyn "an old broad". [[spoiler: Edward punched the guy afterwards. He regretted it but can you really help it if you heard your wife being called such a thing?]]

* CharacterDevelopment: Brad from ''Tea Garden''. Though he was pissed off that Emily lied to him, he apologized in the end and said that he's going back to college after realizing how much of a jerk he was.

* RunningGag: Elvis asking for a hamburger from Emily, though in all of the restaurants she worked on, she had served none nor were they in the menu. He finally gets one [[TheStinger in the end]] [[spoiler: but only to find that there's no ketchup]].

* ShoutOut: In the ending when the family was moving out, she was going on a date with Dr. Connor [=McCoy=][[labelnote:*]]A character from a Soap game made by the creators of ''Delicious'' called ''Heart's Medicine''.[[/labelnote]]
* TheTwentiethCentury: The game revolved around the following decades:

* LoveHurts: In the obviously love themed ''True Love'' game [[spoiler: Emily finds out that the past lover she has met in Paris when she was 16 has been [[YourCheatingHeart cheating on her]]. Not just her but the florist who she has been friends with. Ouch...]]

* SpitTake: Emily combines this with DoubleTake and BigWhat after Francois tells her that Angela's wedding reception would be at her (Emily's) place.

* FightingIrish: One of the episodes' titles (except with a "The" on the first) which was about a fighting couple.
* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Before they even ''do'' get married, no less. It all started when Patrick didn't tell Emily about [[PsychoExGirlfriend Iris]].
* [[MeddlingParents Meddling Parent]]: Brigid, oh Brigid... [[spoiler: She'd rather he (Patrick) marry his ex-girlfriend back in Ireland.]]

* {{Identical Stranger}}s: In the episode that took place in "The Kid's Club", there are two kids that look like Emily and Patrick if they'd known younger. They even got their colors.

* LawOfInverseFertility: Patrick ''really'' wants kids but Emily is just too...unsure. Note, they've only been married for several days to weeks when he started talking about it.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Francois, for the sake of petty vengeance on losing to 'who served the customers faster' to Josh, a little kid, attempts to dump him with a bucket of water by the way of a so-called "crowning ceremony". Francois felt guilty after the kid was showing him kindness that he'd do such a thing but when the time came, he managed to prevent Josh from sitting on the throne and got himself wet instead. Josh and a lot of other people were disappointed. Including Emily.]]

There are also [[SpinOff spin-offs]] and games that share characters with or at least is stated to be in the same universe as the Delicious series. They are:

* ''Heart's Medicine: Time to Heal''

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The first one exclusively as it didn't include the will-be-famous animated cutscenes which will explain their daily lives. To be specific, the second and third ones as well but [[ArtEvolution you'll start to notice that it's getting sleeker.]]

* MistakenForPregnant: The rather short plot of ''Big Surprise''. [[spoiler: It turns out, it's only Snuggy, her cat that was pregnant.]]

* ''[[VideoGame/{{Fabulous}} Fabulous]]: Angela's Fashion Fever'' (a game featuring Emily's sister Angela in the fashion industry)

* ''Fabulous: Angela's Fashion Fever'' (a game featuring Emily's sister Angela in the fashion industry)

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Francois, for the sake of petty vengeance on losing to 'who served the customers faster' to Josh, a little kid, attempts to dump him with a bucket of water by the way of a so-called "crowning ceremony". Francois felt guilty after the kid was showing him kindness that he'd do such a thing but when the time came, he managed to prevent Josh from sitting on the throne and got himself wet instead. Josh and a lot of other people were disappointed. Including Emily.]]

* LuminescentBlush: [[spoiler:Sharon does this from embarrassment at the of Level 50, when she confesses that she removed some bolts from the metal shelves the night before; some other's faces go red ''all the way'' in anger upon hearing that.]]

* ShoutOut: The photo-moment when Moon Blossom [[spoiler: finally lets Hemmingway climb a tree]] is called "[[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends Happy tree friend]]".

* OhCrap: Edward has this reaction at the end of level 53 when Vinicio tells him not to buy any property from a realtor who bilks people out of money and has fled the country...right after Edward had already gave him that money!

!Fabulous series
!!''Fabulous'' in general
* DenserAndWackier: Downplayed, but this series is less down-to-earth and family-orientated than ''Delicious''.

!!Sweet Revenge
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:The kind of revenge Angela pulls.]]

!!Fashion Fever
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Lori actually gets a few in the end, courtesy of Angela.]]
* SymbolSwearing: [[spoiler:Lori does this when she first sees Truly!Angela.]]

!!High School Reunion
* BookEnds: [[spoiler:The game starts and ends with a teenage girl coming into Victoria's looking for a prom dress.]]
* CurseCutShort: [[spoiler:At the end of Level 57, Janet is cut off from being about to call the prison a "hellhole".]]
* EarlyBirdCameo: Large Marge is briefly featured at the end of Level 10 before she's properly introduced in Level 51.
* {{Fainting}}: [[spoiler:Principal Morgan does this at the end of level 40 when it's revealed Janet is pregnant. Happens again when he's now the Warden of Snuggford Prison and his own daughter is a prisoner!]]
* FormerlyFat: Virginia, one of Angela's friends, used to be fat in high school before slimming down.
* HowWeGotHere: After the end of Level 10, we build up to how and why Angela ended up in prison.
* ImagineSpot: Angela gets these aplenty, and they all involve Janet.
* MistakenForPregnant: [[spoiler:Throughout the Prom, Keith thought Angela was pregnant with Matt's baby. It was Janet.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: One moment in Level 49 has Janet outright calling Angela a [[ThisIsforEmphasisBitch bitch]] (censored with asterisks, of course); it ''wasn't'' censored in other language versions, however, causing ''High School Reunion'' to be the first Gamehouse Original Story Game to include an uncensored rude word.
-->'''Janet:''' ANGELA knows? That Bitch!
* PrisonEpisode: Briefly at the end of Level 10, [[spoiler:and exactly Levels 50-59.]]
* ShootTheShaggyDog: A lighter, non-creature variant; the reunion prom party that was hosted at a high school that was set to be torn down by the city? [[spoiler:A fire ends up destroying the building anyway, and Angela and Janet are thrown into prison for a while because of it.]]
* ShoutOut: In the final levels, we get one to ''Series/OrangeIsTheNewBlack''. Doubles as StealthPun.
* SpinningPaper: At the start of Level 21, and at the ends of Levels 40 and 50.
* SpoilerCover: The main promo shows Angela in a prison cell.
* VomitDiscretionShot: Teenage Janet during moments of the high school levels, [[spoiler:due to MorningSickness]].
* WhosYourDaddy: Chloe spends some time during the Reunion trying to figure out who her father is. [[spoiler: It's Matt Miller.]]

--->'''Janet:''' ANGELA knows? That Bitch!

* ShootTheShaggyDog: A lighter variant; the reunion prom party that was hosted at a high school that was set to be torn down by the city? [[spoiler:A fire ends up destroying the building anyway, and Angela and Janet are thrown into prison for a while because of it.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: One moment in Level 49 has Janet outright calling Angela a [[ThisIsforEmphasisBitch bitch]] (censored with asterisks, of course). It didn't censored it in other language versions. High School Reunion is the first Gamehouse Original Story Game to include a rude word.
--->'''Janet:''' Angela Knows? That Bitch!