History VideoGame / Dropsy

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* RabidCop: The ScaryBlackMan who restrains Dropsy

* WouldntHurtAChild: Or anyone else, for that matter.

* NightmareDreams: The fire that burned down Dropsy's circus left him with some serious trauma, something that is reflected by his dreams.

* LoyalAnimalCompanion: Dropsy's faithful dog, Eughh[[spoiler:, and later, Birdy and Mousy]].

* FriendToAllChildren: Subverted. Dropsy loves kids [[spoiler:(one of the puzzles has him help a little girl whose flower has died),]] but they are afraid of thim.

* ShoutOut: One of the shows on Dropsy's TV is ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000''.

''Dropsy'' is a [[{{Surrealism}} surrealist]] {{Point And Click| Game}} AdventureGame developed by Jay Tholen and A Jolly Corpse and published by Devolver Digital in 2015. In the game, players explore the surreal world as Dropsy, a [[TheGrotesque terrifying-looking]] but [[NonIronicClown lovable clown]], who just wants to hug everyone and make them happy. Unfortunately, everyone he meets holds him accountable for the deadly circus fire that happened before the start of the game, and rejects him and his warm damp hugs. Dropsy has to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] and uncovers secrets about his past on the way.

* {{Adorkable}}: Dropsy's cute in a weird way.

* ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs: ''WebVideo/PushingUpRoses'' said it was like playing ''Videogame/SamAndMaxHitTheRoad'' while on [=LSD=].

* ClownSpecies: Dropsy, the titular clown, initially seems like a very grotesque and weird human, but the ending shows that he actually comes from a race of whitefaced humanoid aliens that live in a spaceship resembling a circus tent.

* ABoyAndHisX: Dropsy's dog, Eughh, is his first trusty sidekick. Later, he recruits a mouse and a bird.

* TheBeastmaster: The player can use Dropsy's animal companions to perform small tasks [[spoiler: like retrieving a coin from under the fridge]].

* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: The S-Corporation CEO used to live with his and Dropsy's other brother and their step-father. He lured them both to the basement of their home and killed them...''on Christmas Day''.]]
* ClownCar: [[spoiler: Dropsy gets one later in the game, which serves as fast-travel.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Subverted with the CEO of S-Corp. He seems all too happy to help Dropsy in getting his life back together by curing his father's sickness and building a new circus for him, and he doesn't seem to want any money in return. [[spoiler: Becomes double-subverted when it turns out to be a ruse to win his trust so he can kill him easier and become the only heir to the throne of his species.]]

* HappilyAdopted: [[spoiler: Dropsy's father reveals to him near the end of the game that he and his wife found baby Dropsy in a capsule that crashed into Earth from space, and raised him as their own child. Dropsy meets his real mother in the finale.]]

* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The S-Corp CEO chooses to find out ''why'' Dropsy would steal an experimental drug instead of immediately throwing Dropsy in jail. Upon discovering that Dropsy's father is sick, the CEO immediately gets the father a nurse and hires Dropsy to work at his amusement park. [[spoiler: ''Harshly'' subverted when it turns out he only helped out Dropsy in order to attempt to kill him.]]

*** "[[Music/PhilipGlass Mothersbaugh on the Beach]]"
*** "[[InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing In the Court of the Junkyard King]]"

* RubberHoseLimbs: Dropsy's arms. [[spoiler: A trait shared by the rest of his species.]]

** On the game's soundtrack, the title of junkyard's track is "[[InTheCourtOfTheCrimsonKing In the Court of the Junkyard King]]".

'''''Dropsy''''' is a [[{{Surrealism}} surrealist]] {{Point And Click| Game}} AdventureGame developed by Jay Tholen and A Jolly Corpse and published by Devolver Digital in 2015. In the game, players explore the surreal world as Dropsy, a [[TheGrotesque terrifying-looking]] but [[NonIronicClown lovable clown]], who just wants to hug everyone and make them happy. Unfortunately, everyone he meets holds him accountable for the deadly circus fire that happened before the start of the game, and rejects him and his warm damp hugs. Dropsy has to [[ClearMyName clear his name]] and uncovers secrets about his past on the way.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Subverted with Mr. Ant. He seems all too happy to help Dropsy in getting his life back together by curing his father's sickness and building a new circus for him, and he doesn't seem to want any money in return. [[spoiler: Becomes double-subverted when it turns out to be a ruse to win his trust so he can kill him easier and become the only heir to the throne of his species.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Subverted with Mr. Ant. He seems all too happy to help Dropsy in getting his life back together by curing his father and building a new circus for him, and he doesn't seem to want any money in return. [[spoiler: Becomes double-subverted when it turns out to be a ruse to win his trust so he can kill him easier and become the only heir to the throne of his species.]]

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Ant [[spoiler:double subverts this trope. At first, he seems all too happy to help Dropsy in getting his life back together by curing his father and building a new circus for him, and he doesn't seem to want any money in return. This all turns out to be a ruse to win his trust so he can kill him easier and become the only heir to the throne of his species.]]