History VideoGame / FoxSpiritATwoTailedAdventure

* DatingWhatDaddyHates: If the protagonist tries pursuing a romantic relationship with Ren, they'll come into conflict with Ren's fox-hating father Daichi. [[spoiler:He'll warm up to them if he has a change of heart towards foxes, otherwise he'll be suspicious of them at best or chase the protagonist out of his farm at worst, [[StarCrossedLovers forcing them to visit Ren in secret.]] If the couple decides to run away to the capital, Daichi will visit them if he has a change of heart, otherwise Ren will cut ties with him if the protagonist failed to redeem him. But regardless of what happens, the protagonist will be happy that they found love with Ren.]]

* DeusExMachina: If the protagonist gets caught by Noboru and Rinka for [[spoiler:sneaking into their meeting, the fox siblings will threaten to kill them for it. Regardless of their success or failure to defend themself, Noboru will go through with his death threat, only for Rinka to tackle him and get into a fight with him, wanting to kill them herself. The protagonist will use this distraction to escape, and this scene is even called "rinka_ex_machina" in the game files.]]

* DownerEnding: If the protagonist [[spoiler:dies in their fight against Daichi, Ren will mourn their death. Depending on how close they were before the protagonist's death, Ren will either run away to the capital to pursue their artistic career without being judged, stay with Daichi but no longer make fox paintings to appease him, or fully repair their relationship but destroy all of their fox paintings out of spite.]]

* HeelRealization: If the protagonist successfully convinces Daichi that not all fox spirits are bad, [[spoiler:he'll realize that he had been holding an unhealthy grudge towards them just because one killed his wife when Ren was a baby. He'll apologize for hating all foxes just because of this and will be more supportive of Ren's love for them. How the protagonist feels about this depends on the player because just like how Daichi killing foxes didn't bring his wife back, forgiving him for killing the protagonist's family didn't bring them back either. But at least the protagonist knows that their father would've been proud of them.]]

* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: If the protagonist fails to convince Kahi that he should forgive them for [[spoiler:attacking Chiyo to stop her from planting bombs around Hisako's castle, he will unleash his foxfire on them, but spare them at the last moment because if he killed them, [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he'd be just like the humans he's fighting against.]]]]

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: If they're generous enough to do it, the protagonist can regurgitate food for a fox couple to get their help in changing Daichi's attitude towards foxes or injuring him, while they guard their den in return. The couple will then do as ordered off-text, but from how Daichi reacts, the protagonist can tell that they've succeeded.

* RageBreakingPoint: The normally calm and collected Gentaro will get seriously angry with the protagonist if [[spoiler:they injured Chiyo the day before the final battle and Azumi was injured during it.]]

* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: When trying to solicit the party invitation from Noboru's servant, if the protagonist isn't cunning enough to convincingly disguise themself as an emissary to Hoshimori, they'll claim that they're Noboru's distant cousin who's visiting from a distant town. The servant will see right through it and interrogate them some more, and the protagonist, not fast enough to come up with more lies, will claim that they're a ''very'' distant cousin and run away.

* RuggedScar: Chiyo has a scar running from her left eye to the base of her ear. She's not willing to talk about where she got it unless the protagonist can ask precisely ask her why so they can try learning her backstory to convince her and the Wild Masters to find a peaceful resolution with the Human Empire. [[spoiler:[[SelfHarm She scraped her muzzle against a rock wall to remind herself of the abuse that she made on her brother when she tricked him into wandering into a wolf den.]]]]

* TransTribulations: If the protagonist decides to hang out with Kusora during the party, they'll confess that [[spoiler:they felt lost in the world growing up because they didn't identify as a dog fox (male) or a vixen. Even if their family loved them, they believed that they were going through a phase and hoped that they'd come out as "normal". Once they started serving Inari, they felt more comfortable as themself, realizing that labels given to them by others such as gender or race don't define who they are on the inside as they only divide them and cause conflict.]] Whether the protagonist is dating or befriending them, Kusora will thank them for listening to them and grow even closer to them.

* VillainousBreakdown: If the protagonist successfully [[spoiler:drives Rinka away during their final confrontation with Noboru, Akira will call him out for stealing the Star Ball to give to their family because he doesn't deserve it and demand him to give it up for the protagonist. Noboru will break into tears and not even bother trying to get it back.]]

** If they're kindhearted enough, protagonist can try justifying themself as this if they [[spoiler:kill Daichi by telling Ren that they're free to pursue their artistic career without being pressured by him to work at the farm. They know that killing him wasn't the right way to do it and [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse their actions aren't excusable]], but Ren will understand that they had good intentions.]]

* BigSisterBully: [[spoiler:Chiyo bullied one of her younger brothers with mind control out of jealousy over her younger littermates. However, she quickly regretted it when he got injured by a mother wolf when Chiyo tricked him into entering the wolf's den, and she returned him to their parents' den before running away and deliberately scarring herself.]]

* CareerEndingInjury: [[spoiler:If the protagonist injures Chiyo's paw to stop her from planting bombs around Hisako's castle, she won't show up in the final battle.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:If the protagonist dies in their fight against Daichi, Ren will mourn their death. Depending on how close they were before the protagonist's death, Ren will either run away to the capital to pursue their artistic career without being judged, stay with Daichi but no longer make fox paintings to appease him, or fully repair their relationship but destroy all of their fox paintings out of spite.]]

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:If the protagonist successfully finds Noboru and Rinka in the former's family den in the mountains, Rinka will lick the protagonist and beg Noboru to let her kill them herself, saying that they're pretty tasty. It's implied that she ate the guardians of the Star Ball after killing them and tried eating the protagonist at the beginning of Chapter 5.]]

* KillerRabbit: [[spoiler:If they fight in the war and are charming enough, the protagonist can transform into a baby fox or a puppy to lure the enemy faction in with their cuteness before mauling them all to death.]]
* KillingInSelfDefense: The protagonist can try justifying [[spoiler:their murder of Daichi as this to Ren to soften the blow it had on the latter. If they're self-centered enough, the protagonist will add that it's part of their survival instincts.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:If the protagonist fails to destroy the Star Ball, the Ten-Tailed Vixen will invoke her wrath on them and shrivel up their left forepaw as punishment for their hubris. [[ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight They'll still believe that they did the right thing]], even if the ghosts of deceased fox spirits will haunt them for the rest of their life.]]

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Daichi kept his wife's death to a fox spirit a secret from Ren, lying to them that she went on a trip to the capital and would return someday. When Ren discovers the truth in Chapter 9, they're shocked and conflicted about their love for foxes, especially the protagonist.]]

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:After killing Daichi, the protagonist can blame it on Chiyo's possession of them to try saving face to Ren. They'll have to be very cunning to make this lie believable, or else Ren will see through it and hate them more.]]

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Noboru stole the Star Ball, not for himself as the protagonist thought, but to give to his family to ensure their survival and build their empire together. However, his mate Akira calls him out for stealing it in the first place because she believes that a selfish fox like him doesn't deserve it.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:At the climax of the war, Kahi transforms into a big, fiery, hulking, vulpine monster and razes Hoshimori. How much destruction he does depends on the protagonist's loyalty to the Wild Masters.]]

* TorchesAndPitchforks: [[spoiler:If the protagonist fails to convince the villagers that the Human Empire and the Wild Masters can make peace between themselves, they'll bring out their torches and march towards the faction opposite of the one the protagonist is supporting to bring them down.]]

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler:If the protagonist dies but bonded well with Ren beforehand, the latter will keep a painting of the two of them in memory of them. Ren lied to their father that they would stop making fox paintings, and had been painting this one in secret.]]

* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:If the protagonist successfully drives Rinka away during their final confrontation with Noboru, Akira will call him out for stealing the Star Ball to give to their family because he doesn't deserve it and demand him to give it up for the protagonist. Noboru will break into tears and not even bother trying to get it back.]]

* WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:After learning about their mother's death to a fox spirit, Ren views the protagonist with contempt after they've bonded. If the protagonist kills Daichi but fails to justify themself, Ren will cut ties with them and beat them up before leaving, and will hate them even more if the protagonist tried manipulating them with a charm. Ren will also cut ties with the protagonist if they severely injure Daichi, but if the latter dies to him, Ren will [[ItsAllJunk destroy all the fox paintings they've made in the epilogue, even the one of themself and the protagonist.]]]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Kusora stands up for the protagonist when their cover gets blown during the party, which didn't allow fox spirits except for Inari's messengers to attend, the protagonist can call them out for not standing up to the other fox spirits sooner. The protagonist will also accuse them and the divine messengers of taking advantage of being invited to better serve Inari. Kusora will then whimper and profusely apologize for failing their duties, for it was a genuine oversight on their part, and the protagonist will also say sorry for jumping to conclusions.]]

* TheRival: A demonic protagonist can see Kusora, who advocates peace and kindness in the name of Inari, as a worthy rival, but they'll feel conflicted if they wish to befriend them.

* {{Pyromaniac}}: Kahi is the Wild Master of foxfire, and he enjoys burning things down as stress relief. He takes pride in it if the protagonist calls him a maniac for it, but he won't hesitate to incinerate anyone who offends him.

* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Noboru stole the Star Ball, not for himself as the protagonist thought, but to give to his family to ensure their survival and build their empire together. However, his mate Akira calls him out for stealing it in the first place because a selfish fox like him doesn't deserve it.]]

* InterfaceSpoiler: If the protagonist meets the nine-tailed fox spirit in Chapter 1 and the player checks the in-game stats right after, they can see that Kahi's reception of the protagonist has changed depending on if they successfully impressed him with their shapeshifting. [[spoiler:He's the same fox the protagonist meets again in Chapter 4, and he's the leader of the Wild Masters.]]

* HumanlikeAnimalAging: The protagonist was a fox kit when their family was killed 20 years ago. In real life, foxes have a lifespan of 3-4 years, but the foxes in this game live much longer than that and also age at the same rate as humans. Then again, these are magical foxes that become fox spirits on their 100th birthday.

* GrayAndGreyMorality: When confronted by Kahi on what they think of humans, the protagonist can TakeAThirdOption and have a realistic outlook: that not all humans are bad. [[NoPointsForNeutrality He'll scoff at them for being "indifferent" to the Wild Masters' cause.]]

* TheWomanWearingTheQueenlyMask: Hisako is a no-nonsense chief who takes her job as head of her army seriously. She also ties her hair in a [[SlipknotPonytail martial topknot]] so it won't get in the way in battle. Deep down, she seeks peace in the village like her people do, but she hides that because she has to stay strong for the upcoming war.