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''Fran Bow'' is a point-and-click AdventureGame developed by Killmonday. It tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.

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''Fran Bow'' is a point-and-click AdventureGame developed by Killmonday.Creator/KillmondayGames. It tells the story of Fran, a young girl struggling with a mental disorder and an unfair destiny.
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* AnachronismStew: The game is set in the 1940s. Despite this, the run-down Oswald Asylum has colour television and a push-button phone is depicted in the fifth reality, even though neither were publicly available until the 50s-60s.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not related]] to the ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' series. See also ''VideoGame/LittleMisfortune'', another game by Killmonday with ties to ''Fran Bow''.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not related]] to the ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' series.series or connections with Fraw Bow from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. See also ''VideoGame/LittleMisfortune'', another game by Killmonday with ties to ''Fran Bow''.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Fran is turned into [[spoiler: a tree]] shortly after entering Ithersta.


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* ForcedTransformation: Fran is turned into [[spoiler: a tree]] shortly after entering Ithersta.

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* StaticScrew: Whenever Fran looks at a monitor or television while taking pills, the screen will display television static, with Fran's own ghostly face barely visible in the background.
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* AmbidextrousSprite: The clockmaker's monocle inexplicably switches side when he's repairing the clock of Itherstha.

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* AmbidextrousSprite: The clockmaker's Cogwind's monocle inexplicably switches side when he's repairing the clock of Itherstha.Ithersta.
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* AmbidextrousSprite: The clockmaker's monocle inexplicably switches side when he's repairing the clock of Itherstha.
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Itward]] is implied to have done this at the beginning of the game, but [[spoiler:he]] definitely acts heroically near the end as well.

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* %%* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Itward]] is implied to have done this at the beginning of the game, but [[spoiler:he]] definitely acts heroically near the end as well.



* BloodyHandprint: When Fran takes the pills in the room of the girl who is drawing, some can be seen [[FridgeHorror on her bed]]. As well as on her body, in two particularly sickening places.

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* BloodyHandprint: When Fran takes the pills in the room of the girl who is drawing, some can be seen [[FridgeHorror on her bed]].bed. As well as on her body, in two particularly sickening places.



* BreakTheCutie: Poor Fran goes through this from beginning to end.

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* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Clara and Mia]] play this trope straight as you realize more about them.
** [[spoiler: Mr. Midnight]], depending on how you view the graveyard scene.

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* %%* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: Clara and Mia]] play this trope straight as you realize more about them.
** %%** [[spoiler: Mr. Midnight]], depending on how you view the graveyard scene.
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* ActionSurvivor: Fran.

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* CloudCuckoolander: Fran is this, both on and off the Duotine.

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* %%* CloudCuckoolander: Fran is this, both on and off the Duotine.
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** The minigames are homages to oldschool classics like VideoGame/SpaceInvaders and Videogame/{{Frogger}}.

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** The minigames are homages references to oldschool classics retro games like VideoGame/SpaceInvaders and Videogame/{{Frogger}}.
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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not related]] to the ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' series.

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[[SimilarlyNamedWorks Not related]] to the ''VideoGame/LauraBow'' series.
series. See also ''VideoGame/LittleMisfortune'', another game by Killmonday with ties to ''Fran Bow''.
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After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents. In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found. While under the care of the asylum, Fran is given an experimental drug called [[PhlebotinumPills Duotine]] to help control her trauma, but it instead causes her to see a twisted, gory version of the world populated by shadowy creatures.

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After witnessing the gruesome and mysterious loss death of her parents, found dismembered at their home, Fran rushes into the woods, together with her only friend, Mr. Midnight, a black cat that Fran had previously received as a present from her parents. In the forest, Fran goes into shock over the loss of her parents and when she recovers, she’s at Oswald Asylum, an oppressive mental institution for children, and Mr. Midnight is nowhere to be found. While under the care of the asylum, Fran is given an experimental drug called [[PhlebotinumPills Duotine]] to help control her trauma, but it instead causes her to see a twisted, gory version of the world populated by shadowy creatures.
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* DarkIsEvil:
** The Kamalas are dark shadows that cause trouble and seem to feed off people’s misery. They also serve Remor, the central antagonist.
** Like the Kamalas, Remor is associated with darkness and seems to feed off the misery and pain of others. He primarily spends his screen time following Fran almost everywhere she goes, taunts her, and tries to interfere with her journey back home. [[spoiler:He also shows Fran the events on the night her parents were killed and showed her being the one killing them. Whether he was showing her the truth or was merely trying to break her further is debatable.]]


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* LightIsGood:
** The Volakas are benevolent spirits of light and are portrayed as being the good counterpart of the Kamalas.
** Polantras is a large, white creature in Ithersta and is quite kind. He serves as the main physician at Ithersta and helps those in need. In the brief bit we see in Chapter 3, he’s also fighting back against the Kamalas.

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