History VideoGame / KathyRain

* TownWithADarkSecret: Conwell Springs is full of complex issues plaguing almost everyone Kathy encounters, but the people are generally pleasant. Then Eileen does the research and discovers that the number of missing persons cases is ''way'' higher than the crime rate. [[spoiler: Old God worshipping priests who regularly sacrifices souls will do that.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Kathy is the tomboy, Eileen is the girly girl.

* SinisterMinister: [[spoiler: Father Isaac regularly drugs and kidnaps people around town and seemingly sacrifices their souls to an old god... all in the name of "saving" them. The concept of asking permission from his followers or the fact the procedure leaves the victims ''catatonic'' doesn't seem to phase him.]]

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: Kathy have to use her stun gun on Goober to distract a nurse.

* CrazyHomelessPeople: Downplayed with Goober. He tells you a lot of tall tales, occasionally makes inappropriate remarks, and sometimes rambles about weird stuff, but for the most part he is pretty lucid and and has quite a bit of insight into the past of Conwell Springs.

-->'''Kathy:''' Why are you constantly speaking in riddles?!
-->[[spoiler:'''Jimmy:''']] Why do you assume I have a choice?

''Kathy Rain'' is a point-and-click video game for the PC.

When the titular protagonist hears of the death of her grandfather, Joseph Rain, Kathy decides to take a long overdue trip back to her hometown to catch his funeral. Catching up with her grandmother, she learns that Joseph Rain had been the victim of a mysterious event years before, leaving him a mere vegetable in a way that science was unable to puzzle out. Surprised and curious, Kathy decides to get to the bottom of what happened all those years ago. With nothing but her determination, her motorcycle, her smokes, and her long lost dads lighter, she explores the town in search of anything that could explain Josephs condition.

Made in a pixel art styling, the game itself is rather reminiscent of old LucasArts games with a large investigative bent to it. Much of the game is about asking around about various topics Kathy writes in her notebook and gathering information. That being said, every once in a while you open up a new area to explore and sleuth about, and there are plenty of puzzles to test your thinking skills.

** Sue Myers [[spoiler: lost her daughter to suicide. Mr. Myers couldn't deal with his despair and eventually ended up in jail, leaving her to take care of their mentally-ill son alone.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: The Sheriff Boyks claims to be too busy to deal with Kathy, as he assigns his Deputy to get a present for his mom. He impedes Kathy's investigation at numerous points. [[spoiler: He's much more helpful after Isaac Price's kidnapping scheme has been revealed.]]

** Kathy rides a [[VideoGame/FullThrottle Corely Motors]] Motorcycle

** The general plot and settings has allusions(including a Sheriff named Truman) to TwinPeaks and the final stretch of the game all draws heavily from some of the weirder aspects of the show.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Conwell is full of complex issues plaguing almost everyone Kathy encounters, but the people are generally pleasant. Then Eileen does the research and discovers that the number of missing persons cases is ''way'' higher than the crime rate. [[spoiler: Old God worshipping priests who regularly sacrifices souls will do that.]]

* CrypticConversation: Frequently among people who have met the mysterious lights in the forest. Unlike most examples, the speaker often ''wants'' to make more sense than they can.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Conwell is full of complex issues plaguing almost everyone Kathy encounters, but the people are generally pleasant. Then Eileen does the research and discovers that the number of missing persons cases is ''way'' higher than the crime rate.

* CrypticConversation: Frequently among people who have met the mysterious lights in the forest. Unlike most examples, the speaker often ''wants'' to make more sense than they can.
-->'''Kathy:''' Why are you constantly speaking in riddles?!
-->[[spoiler:'''Jimmy:''']] Why do you assume I have a choice?

* TownWithADarkSecret: Conwell is full of complex issues plaguing almost everyone Kathy encounters, but the people are generally pleasant. Then Eileen does the research and discovers that the number of missing persons cases is ''way'' higher than the crime rate.

* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: Played with. The Black Hats ''are'' criminals, most of them are pretty easy-going and helpful.

* TownWithADarkSecret: Conwell is full of complex issues plaguing almost everyone Kathy encounters, but the people are generally pleasant. Then Eileen does the research and discovers that the number of missing persons cases is ''way'' higher than the crime rate...

* PoliceAreUseless: The Sheriff Boyks claims to be too busy to deal with Kathy, as he assigns his Deputy to get a present for his mom.
** Ex-Sheriff Truman never solves any of the crimes connected to the main plot, but Beau claims that he was actually pretty good at his job otherwise.
* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries and LucasArts point-and-clicks.

* PoliceAreUseless: The current Sheriff claims to be too busy to deal with Kathy, as he assigns his Deputy to get a present for his mom.

* BersekButton: Grandma Rain loses her typical politeness when the Black Hats come up, blaming them for how her son ended up.

** Mary-Elizabeth Rain watched as her husband lost his closest friend, her troubled son abandoned his family, her granddaughter was taken by her unstable mother, and then her husband entered a vegetative state for seemingly no reason, leaving her to take care of him.
** Sue Myers [[spoiler:

* AbusiveParents: Mrs. Rain isolated Kathy from her father's side of the family and painted them as horrible people for years. Kathy implies that she was also verbally abusive and unfit for parenting.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kathy's life had taken one bad turn after another since she last saw her grandparents.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries and LucasArts point-and-clicks.
* TraumaCongaLine: In just a few short years, Mary-Elizabeth Rain watched as her son vanished, her granddaughter was taken by her unstable mother, and then her husband entered a vegetative state for seemingly no reason, leaving her to take care of him.

When Kathy Rain hears of the death of her grandfather, Joseph Rain, Kathy decides to take a long overdue trip back to her hometown to catch his funeral. Catching up with her grandmother, she learns that Joseph Rain had been the victim of a mysterious event years before, leaving him a mere vegetable in a way that science was unable to puzzle out. Surprised and curious, Kathy decides to get to the bottom of what happened all those years ago. With nothing but her determination, her motorcycle, her smokes, and her long lost dads lighter, she explores the town in search of anything that could explain Josephs condition.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To VideoGame/TheBlackwellSeries and LucasArts point-and-clicks.

Made in a pixel art styling, the game itself is rather reminiscent of old LucasArts games with a large investigative bent to it. Much of the game is about asking around about various topics Kathy writes in her notebook and gathering information. That being said, every once in a while you open up a new area to explore and sleuth about, and there are plenty of puzzles to test your thinking skills.