History VideoGame / KSBsRPGParodies

* ImprobablyHighIQ: Theresa I.Q.Three brags about her IQ being "100 million", though her name implies it's quite the opposite -- her "analyses" merely regurgitate [[CaptainObvious what's already apparent.]]

** [[spoiler:The Demon Lord reveals that the hero's been traveling with a mole all this time. It's not Marsha Traytor, it's Theresa I.Q.Three, who's the last of the Demon Lord's generals.]]

A series of Japanese FreewareGames made with UsefulNotes/RPGMaker by indie developer [[https://twitter.com/ksb_games KSB Games]], with the games being {{Parod|y}}ies of [=RPGs=] that add a certain aspect that's often antithetical to the RPG genre, all PlayedForLaughs. The plot of the games is generally [[ExcusePlot the following]]: the King assigns the hero to slay the Demon King, with a gimmick [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin tied to each game's respective title]].

* AnAesop: One delivered by the FinalBoss, no less. [[spoiler:He cursed the world with slowness to force people to take some time and appreciate their lives for once, instead of endlessly scurrying about like busy bees.]]

* CerebusSyndrome: The game starts off as a typical RPG parody like the others in terms of premise - the protagonist Harold being too weak to fight against even the lowliest of enemies [[BoisterousWeakling despite their boasts of strength]]. As the game develops partway through, it takes a more serious tone with its characters and themes, including: AnAesop of the weak having their place as a valuable asset for others, Harold demonstrating his ego is a case of InferioritySuperiorityComplex, and everything about [[spoiler:the King's deceit]] and the fight with the Demon Lord that results in [[spoiler:Harold's companions dying to the Demon Lord's OneWingedAngel form]]. [[spoiler:And that's not getting into the entire ''Too Strong RPG'' WhamEpisode, followed by TheReveal that Harold, with the power of three Yikes Stones at the end of each timeline, has been trapped wishing for the two timelines for who knows how long.]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: Most of the dialogue can only be properly read by frame-perfect pausing a recording of the game. In particular, one dialogue from a party member against the Demon King reads "[[NonSequitur Glasses are the best!]]"

** The memory Harold has involving Marshal and Terese [[spoiler:after having lost his companions and defeated the FinalBoss of ''Too Weak RPG'']] -- Harold claims it was just a made-up memory, noting how they didn't get along all that well. [[spoiler:When taking the resets into account, that likely was a legitimate memory in one timeline. Taken further when a variation of that memory serves as the final cutscene for the GoldenEnding.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:After the Demon King curbstomps them and curses them with slowness, the heroes gain the blessing of ultimate speed from the "God of Speed" to turn the tide.]]

* AdaptationalWimp: The hero of this game, Harold, is as weak as the game advertises him as - a paltry 10 HP and 3 MP, practically nothing across his other stats, and his attack deals exactly 1 damage. The first half of the game consists of being strategic to survive the mandatory encounters while avoiding all the other overworld mooks that'll one-shot him. [[spoiler:Upon "beating" the game, you get the option to play ''Too Strong RPG'', showcasing the [[AdaptationalBadass complete inversion]] and [[{{Deconstruction}} the grave consequences]].]]

** Starting the game features a disembodied voice asking what you wish for, with the following options being "The World's Weakest RPG" and Back to the Main Menu. [[spoiler:After Harold gathers three Yikes Stones to earn a wish of his desire at the end, it cuts to the same setup, this time with "The Strongest RPG" at the top. Clearing that "game" then results in [[NoTitle a blank option]], the result of Harold picking neither ''Weak'' nor ''Strong'' as his wish.]]

** [[spoiler:The Demon Lord sent out his strongest generals as trials for the hero to overcome so that he becomes strong enough to join him and overthrow King Mastermaind and truly save the world. His generals have caused some deaths among the populace, but those are sacrifices the Demon Lord is willing to make in his grand plan. He even left a killswitch as a bomb in the hero's bracelet that would kill him if he refuses to join up.]]

** Starting the game features a disembodied voice asking what you wish for, with the following options being "The World's Weakest RPG" and Back to the Main Menu. [[spoiler:After Harold gathers three Yikes Stones to earn a wish of his desire at the end, it cuts to the same setup, this time with "The World's Strongest RPG" at the top. Clearing that "game" then results in [[NoTitle a blank option]], the result of Harold picking neither ''Weak'' nor ''Strong'' as his wish.]]

** The memory Harold has involving Marshal and Terese [[spoiler:after having lost his companions and defeated the TrueFinalBoss of ''Too Weak RPG'']] - Harold claims it was just a made-up memory, noting how they didn't get along all that well. [[spoiler:When taking the resets into account, that likely was a legitimate memory in one timeline. Taken further when a variation of that memory serves as the final cutscene for the GoldenEnding.]]

* ShaggyDogStory: Upon finally getting through the SchmuckBait choices to get Lucius to join without dying to the curse, [[spoiler:he ends up getting killed upon uttering "I will show you my power," with a fiery death following suit]].
* StupidEvil: The Demon King, [[spoiler:as he claims to be too stupid to understand sentences that are longer than five Japanese syllables, thus cursing the land with the "no more than five moji rule"]].

* LukeIAmYourFather:
** Even the subtitle of the game can't help but give away that the FinalBoss of the game is the hero's father.
** The Demon Lord is named Hee Rosfather, blatantly setting up this trope. [[spoiler:Harold's not his son, though!]]

** [[spoiler:The one Marsha betrays isn't the hero, but Queen Adultery.]]

* ''An RPG That's Been Stripped Down To the Bare Essentials'' (Also has a sequel that's even more barebones)

* LukeIAmYourFather: Even the subtitle of the game can't help but give away that the final boss of the game is the hero's DisappearedDad.

* SpoileredRotten: As the title indicates, the work spoils all its plot twists by itself.

* ''An RPG that Spoils its Plot Twists''

* SuperSpeed: Practically most of the cast has this. [[spoiler:Taken even further with the heroes upon getting blessed with the "ultimate speed" from the God of Speed.]]

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* SacrificialLamb: Right after the spoiler warning, the game gives away that someone dies within its first five minutes. As the name would indicate, it's Lucius Sugushinuyon (tl: dies immediately), who dies right outside the palace.

* ''An RPG That's Been Stripped Down To the Bare Essentials''

* StylisticSuck: Practically everything is barebones like the title says. Every area including the overworld [[WorldLimitedToThePlot is rather small]] (with "towns" being no bigger than a dozen tiles), the battle system is cheap enough that killing one tough enemy maxes out the character levels, and everyone, [[PaintingTheMedium including the UI]], speaks in incredibly short dialogue. The characters' terse HulkSpeak dialogue is at least {{Justified|Trope}}: [[spoiler:the Demon King cast a {{Curse}} on the land that causes anyone that utters more than five ''moji'' (Japanese syllables) in a single sentence to [[StuffBlowingUp die in a fiery explosion]], so everyone is trying to avoid death by being as terse as possible]].

* EleventhHourSuperpower: [[spoiler:After the Demon King curbstomps them and curses them with slowness, the heroes gain the blessing of ultimate speed from the "God of Speed" to turn the tide.]]