History VideoGame / FallingFred

* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances aside from Fred himself, only skipping out in ''Running Fred''. Notably, he appears in ''Clicker Fred'' as one of the running characters (and is the only one who isn't some variation of Fred [[note]]Though some localizations made him RelatedInTheAdaptation.[[/note]] ) and ''Football Fred'' as Fred's assistant, being one of three returning characters.

* InterpretativeCharacter: What exactly is Dr. Crash T. Dummy depends on the game. Earliest games depicted him as a sentient test dummy. However, ''Clicker Fred'' would treat him as one of the Freds from another dimension, with some localizations referring to him as "Crash Fred". ''Football Fred'' would ignore this, as Fred claims that Crash is a talking computer robot. ''Sektor 51'', judging by the preview, returns to ''Clicker Fred'' explanation, as the character is referred to as "Crashing Fred".

** ''Super Falling Fred'' (2012) - A direct sequel to ''Falling Fred'', with new obstacles, customisation features and power-ups.

** ''Running Fred Sektor 51'' (TBA) - An updated game that continues Fred's journey deep inside the titular "Sektor 51".

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Fred is not in a focus, being relegated to an NPC role alongside Crash Dummy, and mainstay character Grimmy [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome is nowhere to be seen]] aside from one of the cups using his likeness as a name.

* NeverTrustATitle: There is no skiing in ''Skiing Fred'', the game is about snowboarding instead. [[https://www.dedalord.com/skiingfred/faq.html The developers seem to be aware of this]].

* RelatedInTheAdaptation: Few ''Clicker Fred'' localizations refer to Dr. Crash T. Dummy as "Crash Fred", implying that he is one of the Freds from another dimension. This is the only time it would be brought up, and the next game, ''Football Fred'', depicts him as a talking computer robot, completely unrelated to Fred.

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* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Fred is not in a focus, being relegated to an NPC role alongside Crash Dummy, and a mainstay character Grimmy [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome is nowhere to be seen]] aside from one of the cups using his likeness as a name.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: Unlike most endless runners, main protagonist's many deaths are actually considered to be a part of the canon, all thanks to Alfreddo selling Fred's soul as his own.

** ''Running Fred Sektor 51'' (2023) - An updated game that continues Fred's journey deep inside eponymous "Sektor 51".

* AllThereInTheManual: A very little of what this game has as a plot was shared either through the social media or the "Did You Know?" tips on the loading screens, rather than the games themselves. ''Football Fred'' is the one game that gets to properly explain its plot in the tutorial.

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''Falling Fred'' is a 2011 MobilePhoneGame by Dedalord, about an [[BornUnlucky extremely unlucky]] kid named Fred (full name Richardson L. Frederick the Third), who has to survive a vertical falling for as long as possible while dodging deadly obstacles. The game is perhaps best known for its "Gore Galore" - getting hit by an obstacle is usually followed by a huge amount of graphic violence at Fred's expense.

* ''Super Falling Fred'' (2012) - A direct sequel to ''Falling Fred'', with new obstacles, customisation features and power-ups.

In addition to previously mentioned games, ''Falling Fred Z'' and ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' were released in 2011 and 2013. ''Falling Fred Z'' is based on the original ''Falling Fred'' and features zombiefied version of Fred falling through two new locations with the new soundtrack. Its elements would be later incorporated into the original game. ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' is a multiplayer take on ''Skiing Fred'', where several players can compete against each other in short races. Dedalord has also released a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Running Fred'' in 2015, known as ''[=SuperSonic=] Jack''.

* AttentionWhore: Emotica Diva[=/=]Blonde "Gigi" Lala from ''Falling Fred'' likes to get attention from other people by cutting herself. This seems to be the reason why she is involved into the events of the game, and if newspaper article seen after a game over is anything to go by, she succeeded.

* PaletteSwap: Blonde "Gigi" Lala and Emotica Diva are nearly identical in appearance, aside from hair color and barerly noticable accessories.
* PutOnABus: Let's just say that the only characters that actually appear in more than one or two games are Doctor Crash T. Dummy and Fred himself.

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* BecomeARealBoy: Doctor Crash T. Dummy's descriptions state this to be his main goal in life.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Martin Castor from ''Super Falling Fred'' was very obviously based on Music/JustinBieber. [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/364552996961531/?type=3&theater The official Facebook page]] doesn't even try to make him an {{Expy}} or CaptainErsatz, and refers to him as THE Justin Bieber. There's also [[Music/LadyGaga Blonde "Gigi" Lala]].

* AttentionWhore: Emotica Diva from ''Falling Fred'' likes to get attention from other people by cutting herself. This seems to be the reason why she is involved into the events of the game, and if newspaper article seen after a game over is anything to go by, she succeeded.

* ''Skiing Fred'' (2013) - Another take on endless runner genre akin to ''Running Fred''. This time Fred rides on a snowboard across various snow-themed locations. The game add even more customisation features, like vehicles, scarfs and snowboards.

An ExcusePlot of these games is that Fred's soul was sold by his EvilTwin Alfreddo, granting him ResurrectiveImmortality. Unfortunately, [[TheGrimReaper Grimmy]] was assigned to kill him, and [[{{Determinator}} will not stop at anything]].

* ActionBomb: While most of the penguins in ''Skiing Fred'' are harmless, some will wear suicide belts. Touching them will cause an explosion and yet another death for Fred.

* BornUnlucky: Fred. Alfreddo sees him as nothing but a joke (''Skiing Fred'' claims that he was the one who put all of the traps to kill Fred and in ''Football Fred'', fires him without a second thought despite Fred's team winning), Grimmy finds his immortality amusing and continues to torture him, eventually dragging him to hell, and he doesn't seem to get along with others very well if spear-tossing Frosties and crazy penguins being just as eager to kill him in ''Skiing Fred'' are anything to go by.
* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances aside from Fred himself, only skipping out in ''Running Fred''. Notably, he appears in ''Clicker Fred'' as one of the running characters (and is the only one who isn't some variation of Fred [[note]]Oddly enough, some localizations imply that he is one of the Freds from another dimension, the one and only time such thing was brought up, in the next appearance, he's a talking computer robot, completely unrelated to Fred.[[/note]] ) and ''Football Fred'' as Fred's assistant, being one of three returning characters.

* GodIsDispleased: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DJOUAwgps teaser]] for ''Skiing Fred'', Fred prays for God to save him from Grimmy. He gets [[FlippingTheBird flipped off]] instead.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Fred is not in a focus, being relegated to an NPC role alongside Crash Dummy, and a mainstay character Grimmy [[AbsenteeActor is nowhere to be seen]] aside from one of the cups using his likeness as a name.
* LeParkour: Fred got some pretty fancy tricks up his sleeve in ''Running Fred'', being able to WallRun, WallJump and "[[NotQuiteFlight Chicken Flap]]" among other things.

* TheMultiverse: ''Clicker Fred'' has Freds from multiple parallel dimensions teleported to hell and tortured by Grimmy (and you) for all eternity. The game claims that all of them suffered the same fate classic Fred had, that is having their soul sold by their twin, making them wanted in hell.

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Despite the nature of these games, Fred (And every other playable character to an extent) manages to survive the fall in both ''Falling Fred'' and ''Super Falling Fred''. According to the newspaper article shown at the end of each round, he was taken to the hospital and given a very expensive bill.
* PaletteSwap: Blonde "Gigi" Lala to Emotica Diva, being spawned from a cloning incident involving samples of many pop-music icons. She is described by the game as the definition of GenericGirl.

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->Total: 30 tropes

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* ''Skiing Fred'' (2013) - Another take on endeless runner genre akin to ''Running Fred''. This time Fred rides on a snowboard across various snow-themed locations. The game add even more customisation features, like vehicles, scarfs and snowboards.

In addition to previously mentioned games, ''Falling Fred Z'' and ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' were released in 2011 and 2013. ''Falling Fred Z'' is based on the original ''Falling Fred'' and features zombiefied version of Fred falling through two new locations with the new soundrack. Its elements would be later incorporated into the original game. ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' is a multiplayer take on ''Skiing Fred'', where several players can compete against each other in short races. Dedalord has also released a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Running Fred'' in 2015, known as ''[=SuperSonic=] Jack''.

* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances aside from Fred himself, only skipping out in ''Running Fred''. Notably, he appears in ''Clicker Fred'' as one of the running characters (and is the only one who isn't some variation of Fred [[note]]Oddly enough, some localisations imply that he is one of the Freds from another dimension, the one and only time such things was brought up, the very next game makes him a talking computer robot unrelated to Fred.[[/note]] ) and ''Football Fred'' as Fred's assistant, being one of three returning characters.

* SpellingBonus: Collecting F-R-E-D cubes in ''Falling'' and ''Super Falling Fred'' will restore tour character's health. (Though not the body parts they may have lost.)

* AlliterativeTitle
* AllThereInTheManual: A very little of what this game has as a plot was shared either through the social media or the "Did You Know?" tips on the loading screens, rather than the games themselves. ''Football Fred'' is the one game that explains its plot during the tutorial.

* CompanyCrossReferences: Earlies games in the series had plenty of references to Dedalord's previous game, ''Psychoban''. Most notably, its protagonist, Psycho Mental Jay Dude, appears in ''Super Falling Fred'' and ''Skiing Fred'' as one of the playable characters. The latter game also features [[spoiler:Zip and Zap, two aliens who appeared in the ending of ''Psychoban'']].

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: These games have many obstacles that tear Fred apart in different ways. From being impaled by the spikes and falling from the high distance, to being squashed and blown up by the barrels. Oh, and there's also Grimmy trying to get you.
* TheMultiverse: ''Clicker Fred'' has Freds from multiple parallel dimensions teleported to hell and tortured by Grimmy (and you) for all eternety. The game claims that all of them suffered the same fate classic Fred had, that is having their soul sold by their twin, making them wanted in hell.

-->After reading through a total of 27 trope examples, the troper suffered 54 {{Wiki Walk}}s and 1 [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined life]], which required a transfusion of 6 litters of [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife life enhancement]]. Upon many hours of cleaning up the page (involving removing [[Administrivia/RedLink red links]], fixing broken grammar and a slight Administrivia/EntryPimp), Mr. Troper has amassed a repairment bill of $55280 dollars.

->Total: 27 tropes

''Falling Fred'' is a 2011 MobilePhoneGame by Deadalord, about an [[BornUnlucky extremely unlucky]] kid named Fred (full name Richardson L. Frederick), who has to survive a vertical falling for as long as possible while dodging deadly obstacles. The game is best known for "Gore Galore" - getting hit by an obstacle is usually followed by an extreme amount of graphic violence at Fred's expense.

* ''Super Falling Fred'' (2012) - A direct sequel to ''Falling Fred'', with new obstacles and customisation features.
* ''Skiing Fred'' (2013) - Similar to ''Running Fred'', but with snowboarding.

In addition to previously mentioned games, ''Falling Fred Z'' and ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' were released in 2011 and 2013. ''Falling Fred Z'' is based on the original ''Falling Fred'' and features zombiefied version of Fred falling through two new locations with the new soundrack. Its elements would be later incorporated into the original game. ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' is a multiplayer take on ''Skiing Fred'', where several players can compete against each other in short races. Deadalord has also released a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Running Fred'' in 2015, known as ''[=SuperSonic=] Jack''.

* AllThereInTheManual: A very little of what this game has as a plot was shared through the social media, rather than the games themselves. ''Football Fred'' is the one game that explains its plot during the tutorial.

* BornUnlucky: Fred. Alfreddo sees him as nothing but a joke, Grimmy finds his immortality amusing and continues to torture him, eventually dragging him to hell, and he doesn't seem to get along with others very well if hooded guys and crazy penguins being just as eager to kill him in ''Skiing Fred'' are anything to go by.
* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances aside from Fred himself, only skipping out in ''Running Fred''. Notably, he appears in ''Clicker Fred'' as one of the running characters (and is the only one who isn't some variation of Fred) and ''Football Fred'' as Fred's assistant, being one of three returning characters.

* CompanyCrossReferences: Earlies games in the series had plenty of references to Deadalord's previous game, ''Psychoban''. Most notably, its protagonist, Psycho Mental Jay Dude, appears in ''Super Falling Fred'' and ''Skiing Fred'' as one of the playable characters. The latter game also features [[spoiler:Zip and Zap, two aliens who appeared in the ending of ''Psychoban'']].

* EvilTwin: Alfreddo is pretty much the reason for all the suffering Fred goes through in the games, as he sold Fred's soul for a hat. One [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/307264119357086/?type=3&theater official post]] explains how much of a {{Jerkass}} he really is. According to one of the loading messages in ''Skiing Fred'', all of the death traps were his doing in an attempt to kill his brother.

* {{Gorn}}: The series really loves this trope, with blood and dismemberment being a huge part of its advertising. There is however an option to disable it in some games.
* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Also, a mainstay character Grimmy [[AbsenteeActor is nowhere to be seen]].

-->After reading through a total of 26 trope examples, the troper suffered 54 {{Wiki Walk}}s and 1 [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined life]], which required a transfusion of 6 litters of [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife life enhancement]]. Upon many hours of cleaning up the page (involving removing [[Administrivia/RedLink red links]], fixing broken grammar and a slight Administrivia/EntryPimp), Mr. Troper has amassed a repairment bill of $55280 dollars.

-->After reading through a total of 26 trope examples, the troper suffered 54 {{Wiki Walk}}s and 1 [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined life]], which required a transfusion of 6 litters of [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife life enhancement]]. Upon many hours of cleaning up the page (involving removing [[Administrivia/RedLink red links]], fixing broken grammar and a slight EntryPimp), Mr. Troper has amassed a repairment bill of $55280 dollars.

* ''Football Fred'' (2018) - A LighterAndSofter football management sim starring Fred as a Сouch.

Deadalord has also released a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Running Fred'' in 2015, known as ''[=SuperSonic=] Jack''.

* AttentionWhore: Emotica Diva from ''Falling Fred'' likes to cut herself for attention. This is also the reason why she is involved into the events of the game.

* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances (aside from Fred himself) and would later appear as Fred's assistant in ''Football Fred'', being one of three returning characters.

* CompanyCrossReferences: Earlies games in the series had plenty of references to Deadalord's previous game, ''Psychoban''. Most notably, its protagonist, Psycho Mental Jay Dude, appears in ''Super Falling Fred'' and ''Skiing Fred'' as one of the playable characters. The latter game also features [[spoiler:Zip and Zap, two aliens who only appeared at the end of ''Psychoban'']].

* DraggedOffToHell: What happens to poor Fred in ''Clicker Fred''. And it's not just him, but many of his counterparts from other universes end up here as well.

* LeParkour: Fred got some pretty fancy tricks up his sleeve in ''Running Fred'', being able to WallRun, WallJump and "[[NotQuiteFlight Chicken Flap]]" among others.

* TheMultiverse: ''Clicker Fred'' has Freds from multiple other universes teleported to hell and tortured by Grimmy (and you) for all eternety.

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Despite the nature of these games, Fred (And every other playable character to an extent) manages to survive the fall in both ''Falling Fred'' and ''Super Falling Fred''. According to the newspaper article shown at the end of each round, he was taken to the hospital and given a ShockinglyExpensiveBill.

* ShockinglyExpensiveBill: After surviving a fall in ''Falling Fred'' and ''Super Falling Fred'', Fred is charged by the hospital with millions of dollars. The exact number depends on how far the fall lasted and amount of injuries Fred suffered through while at it.

Total: 26 tropes

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* ''Football Fred'' (2018) - A LighterAndSofter football managment sim starring Fred as a Сouch.

* DemotedToExtra: Fred himself in ''Football Fred'' goes from the main protagonist and playable character to player's Coach.

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Despite the nature of these games, Fred (And every other playable character to an extent) manages to survive the fall in both ''Falling Fred'' and ''Super Falling Fred''. According to the newspaper article shown at the end of each round, he was taken to the hostpital and given a ShockinglyExpensiveBill.
* PaletteSwap: Blonde "Gigi" Lala to Emotica Diva, being spawned from a cloning incident involving samples of many pop-music icons. She is described by the game as the defenition of GenericGirl.

* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances (aside from Fred himself), even showing up as Fred's assistant in ''Football Fred''.

* GodIsDispleased: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DJOUAwgps teaser]] for ''Skiing Fred'', Fred prays for God to save him from Grippy. He gets [[FlippingTheBird flipped off]] instead.

* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Also, a mainstay character Grimmy is nowhere to be seen.
* LeParkour: Fred got some pretty fancy tricks up his sleeve in ''Running Fred'', being able to WallRun, WallJump and "Chicken Flap" among others.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Martin Castor from ''Super Falling Fred'' was very obviously based on Music/JustinBieber. [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/364552996961531/?type=3&theater The official Facebook page]] doesn't even try to make him an {{Expy}} or CaptainErsatz, and refers to him as THE Justin Bieber.

* PaletteSwap: [[Music/LadyGaga Blonde "Gigi" Lala]] to Emotica Diva, being spawned from a cloning incident involving samples of many pop-music icons. She is described by the game as the defenition of GenericGirl.