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* Oireland: The Conner family's home is Eire (Ireland's Irish name) which was conquered by Albion (an old name for Britain). Moira wears green, uses the word "colleen", mentions the Blarney stone and is seen fighting a banshee in one painting. Shamus has an Irish accent.
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* Oireland: {{Oireland}}: The Conner family's home is Eire (Ireland's Irish name) which was conquered by Albion (an old name for Britain). Moira wears green, uses the word "colleen", mentions the Blarney stone and is seen fighting a banshee in one painting. Shamus has an Irish accent.
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** When searching Sosi's wardrobe, Shawn wonders: [[Theatre/TheSoundOfMusic "These are a few of Sosi's favorite things?"]]
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** When Shawn recues Kylo, he can tell him that he is [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "afraid of no ghosts."]]
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** When Shawn recues Kylo, Joel, he can tell him that he is [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "afraid of no ghosts."]]
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** Shawn flirts with Kyro by quoting "If I tell you that you have a beautiful body, will you hold it against me?" (The Bellamy Brothers)
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** Shawn flirts with Kyro Joel by quoting "If I tell you that you have a beautiful body, will you hold it against me?" (The Bellamy Brothers)
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* TheVonTropeFamily: One of the teachers at the school is named "Master Von Urwald" [[note]]''Urwald'' means primal forest.[[/note]].
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* TheVonTropeFamily: One of the teachers at the school is named "Master Von Urwald" [[note]]''Urwald'' means primal forest.[[/note]]."primal forest". ''Von'' is a nobiliary particle. Tarzan would be ''vom Urwald'' or ''aus dem Urwald''[[/note]].
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* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler: Joining Shawn's uncle will temporarily make Shawn a prince of crime, but also lead to von Urwald's downfall and Terk becoming headmaster. Terk's incompetence will lead to the evil under the University destroying all of Sardonia, Shawn included.]]
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* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler: BeingEvilSucks:
**[[spoiler: Joining Shawn's uncle will temporarily make Shawn a prince of crime, but also lead to von Urwald's downfall and Terk becoming headmaster. Terk's incompetence will lead to the evil under the University destroying all of Sardonia, Shawn included.]]
**[[spoiler: Even worse: if Shawn turns down his uncle but still claims the title, he will be too inexperienced to deal with either the other thieves or the EldritchAbomination.]]
**[[spoiler: Joining Shawn's uncle will temporarily make Shawn a prince of crime, but also lead to von Urwald's downfall and Terk becoming headmaster. Terk's incompetence will lead to the evil under the University destroying all of Sardonia, Shawn included.]]
**[[spoiler: Even worse: if Shawn turns down his uncle but still claims the title, he will be too inexperienced to deal with either the other thieves or the EldritchAbomination.]]
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** If Shawn survives the game until the end but does not become Rogue of the Year, he wonders if there is a way to start over again.
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** Katie's reaction to being licked by a ghost dog is [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "Argh! I've been slimed!"]]
** Shawn flirts with Kyro by quoting "If I tell you that you have a beautiful body, will you hold it against me?" (The Bellamy Brothers)
** Master von Urwald mentions Literature/TillEulenspiegel, [[Characters/AkanMythology Anansi the Spider]], [[Myth/YorubaMythology Eshu]], [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest the Monkey King]] and Literature/ReynardTheFox as examples of tricksters. Sosi writes about [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Mercurius]] (also known as Mercury or Hermes), while Esme writes about Rover (e.g. Gypsy) Davy, the protagonist of several real-world folk songs.
** A possible answer for the exam question "What is the way of the Küchenschabe (cockroach)" is "[[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]]'s worst nightmare."
** Shawn flirts with Kyro by quoting "If I tell you that you have a beautiful body, will you hold it against me?" (The Bellamy Brothers)
** Master von Urwald mentions Literature/TillEulenspiegel, [[Characters/AkanMythology Anansi the Spider]], [[Myth/YorubaMythology Eshu]], [[Literature/JourneyToTheWest the Monkey King]] and Literature/ReynardTheFox as examples of tricksters. Sosi writes about [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Mercurius]] (also known as Mercury or Hermes), while Esme writes about Rover (e.g. Gypsy) Davy, the protagonist of several real-world folk songs.
** A possible answer for the exam question "What is the way of the Küchenschabe (cockroach)" is "[[Literature/TheMetamorphosis Gregor Samsa]]'s worst nightmare."
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* GratuitousGerman: Master Gerhard von Urwald hails from Germania, and he makes ample use of "Germanish" words and phrases.
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* GratuitousGerman: Master Gerhard von Urwald hails from Germania, and he makes ample use of "Germanish" words and phrases. Most of them are correct, though "die Versteckten sehen" means "see the people who are hiding" rather than "spot hidden".
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* InformingTheFourthWall: Every object interaction is accompanied by Shawn describing what he sees and what he's doing. There are a great many silly actions that Shawn will refuse to do, often with humorous excuses and occasionally addressing the player, more like you're telling Shawn what to do rather than controlling him directly. Other characters sometimes overhear Shawn's more incriminating comments, and [[https://i.imgur.com/aqaQuJw.jpg Master von Urwald even rubukes his habit at one point]].
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* InformingTheFourthWall: Every object interaction is accompanied by Shawn describing what he sees and what he's doing. There are a great many silly actions that Shawn will refuse to do, often with humorous excuses and occasionally addressing the player, more like you're telling Shawn what to do rather than controlling him directly. Other characters sometimes overhear Shawn's more incriminating comments, and [[https://i.imgur.com/aqaQuJw.jpg Master von Urwald even rubukes rebukes his habit at one point]].
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** When Shawn contemplates eavesdropping on Master von Urwald, the latter criticizes his "unfortunate tendency to talk to [him]self out loud."
** When examining a desk, Shawn finds a "a bill for magic... I guess you have to pay to keep those lamps lit". [[note]]Of course, all lamps and fires in the game are lit at all times.[[/note]]
** When Shawn contemplates eavesdropping on Master von Urwald, the latter criticizes his "unfortunate tendency to talk to [him]self out loud."
** When examining a desk, Shawn finds a "a bill for magic... I guess you have to pay to keep those lamps lit". [[note]]Of course, all lamps and fires in the game are lit at all times.[[/note]]
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** If you are defeated by the zombie pirates in the Sea Caves, the Game Over screen is a poster of "[[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shawn of the Dead]]".
** There's a reference to ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'' in the wine cellar.
** When Shawn examines a poster of a blackbird, the responses to his actions are quotes from ''Literature/TheRaven''.
** Dr. von Braun of the Science Department looks a lot like [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown.]] In the movies, "von Braun" was the name of said iconic scientist's ancestors before immigrating.
** There's a reference to ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'' in the wine cellar.
** When Shawn examines a poster of a blackbird, the responses to his actions are quotes from ''Literature/TheRaven''.
** Dr. von Braun of the Science Department looks a lot like [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown.]] In the movies, "von Braun" was the name of said iconic scientist's ancestors before immigrating.
** Aeolus' "Play us a tune, you're the panpipe guy" references Billy Joel's "Piano Man."
** Shawn says about Aeolus' song: "[[Music/TheBeatles Something]] in the way it moves – attracts me like no other song."
** When first entering the cellar, Shawn will say: [[Literature/TheShadow "Who knows what Evil lurks in the heart of the cellar? The Ratty knows."]]
** There's a reference to ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'' in the wine cellar.
** When attempting to talk to the wolf, Shawn quotes ''Film/CoolHandLuke'': "What we have here is failure to communicate."
** If you are defeated by the zombie pirates in the Sea Caves, the Game Over screen is a poster of "[[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shawn of the Dead]]".
** When Shawn examines a poster of a blackbird, the responses to his actions are quotes from ''Literature/TheRaven''.
** Dr. von Braun of the Science Department looks a lot like [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown.]] In the movies, "von Braun" was the name of said iconic scientist's ancestors before immigrating.
** Shawn says about Aeolus' song: "[[Music/TheBeatles Something]] in the way it moves – attracts me like no other song."
** When first entering the cellar, Shawn will say: [[Literature/TheShadow "Who knows what Evil lurks in the heart of the cellar? The Ratty knows."]]
** There's a reference to ''Literature/TheCaskOfAmontillado'' in the wine cellar.
** When attempting to talk to the wolf, Shawn quotes ''Film/CoolHandLuke'': "What we have here is failure to communicate."
** If you are defeated by the zombie pirates in the Sea Caves, the Game Over screen is a poster of "[[Film/ShaunOfTheDead Shawn of the Dead]]".
** When Shawn examines a poster of a blackbird, the responses to his actions are quotes from ''Literature/TheRaven''.
** Dr. von Braun of the Science Department looks a lot like [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Dr. Emmett Brown.]] In the movies, "von Braun" was the name of said iconic scientist's ancestors before immigrating.
** Shawn gets [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings The Won Ring]] after helping the Sea Serpent.
** Shawn wonders what the big joke is about [[Film/ANewHope "You're not the Druids I'm looking for."]]
** When Shawn recues Kylo, he can tell him that he is [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "afraid of no ghosts."]]
** Shawn wonders what the big joke is about [[Film/ANewHope "You're not the Druids I'm looking for."]]
** When Shawn recues Kylo, he can tell him that he is [[Film/Ghostbusters1984 "afraid of no ghosts."]]
* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: Master Seishin is a ghost, and that's exactly what his name means in Japanese.
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* CallBack: Behind the golem room is a tapestry showing the dryad and white stag from [[VideoGame/QuestForGloryI]] Shawn wonders whether the place was Lucas Valley or Katzenburg Valley and [[MediumAwareness he feels like he could walk right into it and interact with the characters]].
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* CallBack: Behind the golem room is a tapestry showing the dryad and white stag from [[VideoGame/QuestForGloryI]] Shawn wonders whether the place was [[Creator/GeorgeLucas Lucas Valley Valley]] or [[Creator/StevenSpielberg Katzenburg Valley Valley]] and [[MediumAwareness he feels like he could walk right into it and interact with the characters]].
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* AsianFoxSpirit: One Wanted poster is for a humanoid fox named Kitsu who is accused of "impersonating a faculty member and various trickery", which is par for the course for a Japanese ''kitsune''.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Lou Tittle, the Springhaven Biter (from a Wanted poster), is wanted for the furtive fabrication of "felon fricassee".
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* BeingEvilSucks: [[spoiler: Joining Shawn's uncle will temporarily make Shawn a prince of crime, but also lead to von Urwald's downfall and Terk becoming headmaster. Terk's incompetence will lead to the evil under the University destroying all of Sardonia, Shawn included.]]
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* CainAndAbel: As an example of how dishonorable thieves can be, the fact that some of them are willing to kill their own siblings is a major plot point. To say more would be a major spoiler.
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* CainAndAbel: As an example of how dishonorable thieves can be, [[spoiler: Shamus]] killed his brother by accident. It still makes him a pariah, even among his fellow thieves.
* CallBack: Behind thefact that some of them are willing to kill their own siblings golem room is a major plot point. To say more would be a major spoiler.tapestry showing the dryad and white stag from [[VideoGame/QuestForGloryI]] Shawn wonders whether the place was Lucas Valley or Katzenburg Valley and [[MediumAwareness he feels like he could walk right into it and interact with the characters]].
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: Mr. Bun E. Slippers may have a ridiculous name (and matching slippers), but if you attack him you'll face the wrath of the rabbit.
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* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: There's a minotaur who lives in the Catacombs. Though he has a slight case of HairTriggerTemper, he's not a bad person and just wants to chill out and play chess. He's also an optional BonusBoss, but Shawn must specifically provoke him into a fight.
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* OurMinotaursAreDifferent: There's a minotaur who lives in the Catacombs. Though he has a slight case of HairTriggerTemper, he's not a bad person and just wants to chill out and play chess. He's also an optional BonusBoss, OptionalBoss, but Shawn must specifically provoke him into a fight.
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'''[[http://www.hero-u.net/ Hero-U: Rogue to Redemption]]''' is an AdventureGame by Lori and Corey Cole, creators of the ''VideoGame/QuestForGlory'' series, set in the similar parallel world. The story centers around the titular Hero-U, a school for heroes located on the island of Sardonia, west of Silmaria (the setting of ''VideoGame/QuestForGloryV: Dragon Fire''). The protagonist is Shawn, a thief who got caught during his thieves guild initiation and given the choice between prison or reform at Hero-U. The game follows Shawn's adventures and eventual redemption.
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* BalefulPolymorph: Wearing a certain cursed bit of jewelry or falling in battle to [[spoiler:the Drat Queen]] results in Shawn being permanently transformed into a drat.
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* SmartPeoplePlayChess: The fact that the Minotaur is sitting next to a chessboard should be a clue that he's safe to approach, despite some nearby ghosts accusing him of murder. Playing chess with him is also a worthwhile activity if Shawn has built up his smarts stat.
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** Some of the books in the Darla's Wing bookshelf include [[VideoGame/ConquestsOfTheLongbow "How to Achieve Conquest with a Longbow"]] and [[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS3E26S4E1TheBestOfBothWorlds "Resistance is Feudal" by Locutus Borgia]].
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* RatMen: Ratties, the humanoid rat species represented by Gregor the shopkeeper. Far more like [[{{WesternAnimation/Ratatouille}} Remy]] than [[{{TabletopGame/Warhammer}} Skaven]], he is an unceasingly helpful and friendly character with a big and rounded face. He describes other Ratties as being a timid people, preferring sameness in their lives and being very good at hiding.
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** One of the memorials in the Catacombs is for [[Creator/DavidTennant Doctor Tennant]]. If you have a look, the epitaph reads [[Series/DoctorWho "I don't want to go," and his ghost materializes to advise you on the benefits of having a companion.]]
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** If Shawn sings to Ghost Cat Chianti in the Wine Cellar, his verse is remarkably similar to the popular "Soft Kitty" song from ''Series/TheBigBangTheory''.
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Just before the ending sequence, Shawn is given a magic key that can open any lock regardless of his skill level. This allows the plot to play out even if you've neglected training Shawn's skills.
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* ALoadOfBull: There's a minotaur who lives in the Catacombs. Though he has a slight case of HairTriggerTemper, he's not a bad person and just wants to chill out and play chess. He's also an optional BonusBoss, but Shawn must specifically provoke him into a fight.
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** Joel Kyro is a reference to ''Literature/TheMalteseFalcon''. Fitting as he's Ugarte's son, who was also a reference.
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** The different classes of locks you can encounter have names such as [[Literature/EncyclopediaBrown Brown]], [[Literature/TheHardyBoys Hardy]], [[Literature/NancyDrew Drew]], [[Series/{{Columbo}} Columbo]], [[Literature/MissMarple Marple]] and [[VideoGame/LauraBow L-Bow]].
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** When Shawn examines a poster of a blackbird, the responses to his actions are quotes from ''Literature/TheRaven''.
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** Shawn's assessment of a book on the Spanish Inquisition is that it's [[Series/MontyPythonsFlyingCircus "nothing but a bunch of spam"]].
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** When Urwald asks the class for examples of Roguish behavior, one of the answers Shawn can give involves dressing up like a series of ghosts to scare a [[Literature/AChristmasCarol miserly businessman]] into changing his ways. Urwald suggests that he should consider becoming a novelist.
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* HundredPercentCompletion: Averted. You can't complete everything in this game in a single playthrough because of the time limit and certain mutually exclusive options, such as the romance sidequests.
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** Alternatively, not being heroic enough may disqualify him from the prize. This can be due to Shawn [[spoiler:keeping the Raven and declaring intent to become the King of Thieves, which [[DidNotThinkThisThrough backfires in a big way]]. Having the Raven doesn't equate to having the skills and connections to make it in the criminal underworld.]]
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** Alternatively, not being heroic enough may disqualify him from the prize. This can be due to Shawn [[spoiler:keeping the Raven and declaring intent to become the King of Thieves, which [[DidNotThinkThisThrough backfires in a big way]]. Having the Raven doesn't equate to having the skills and connections to make it in the criminal underworld. Meanwhile, joining up with the man who ''can'' become King of Thieves will set off a chain of dominoes that unleashes an EldritchAbomination and sinks Sardonia.]]
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* IKnowKungFaux: Mr. Bun E. Slippers (the owner of the house that Shawn is robbing at the start of the game) is apparently a "Bunny Fu Master" and can knock Shawn unconscious with one kick -- while wearing some exceedingly plush-looking bunny slippers.
--> '''Mr. Slippers:''' ''[[{{Kiai}} Woo-ya!]]'' Face the wrath of the rabbit!
--> '''Mr. Slippers:''' ''[[{{Kiai}} Woo-ya!]]'' Face the wrath of the rabbit!
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* UpperClassTwit: Judging from his fancy clothes, Sosi is from a nobility background and is very much arrogant toward anyone.
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* UpperClassTwit: Judging from his fancy clothes, Sosi is from a nobility background related to the prince of Sardonia and is very much has an appropriately arrogant toward anyone.attitude.
