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-> ''"You're awake from your dream."''
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-> ''"Harman, the size of the world has changed. It's changed to the size where you can control it with your hands like a PDA. The world will... keep getting smaller."''
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->'''Kun Lan''': Harman, the size of the world has changed. It's changed to the size where you can control it with your hands just like a PDA. The world will... keep getting
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In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4''). The Heaven Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
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In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4'').''VideoGame/ResidentEvil4''). The Heaven Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
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** Dan (Michael Gough) is [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Jin Uzuki]], [[MetalGearSolid Johnny Sasaki]], [[ResidentEvil Osmond Saddler]], [[{{Castlevania}} Richter Belmont]], and [[SilentHill Harry Mason]].
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** Dan (Michael Gough) is [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Jin Uzuki]], [[MetalGearSolid [[Franchise/MetalGear Johnny Sasaki]], [[ResidentEvil [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Osmond Saddler]], [[{{Castlevania}} Richter Belmont]], and [[SilentHill Harry Mason]].
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** Samantha (Heidi Anderson) is the Gamecube [[ResidentEvil Jill Valentine.]]
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and [[ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and [[ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].
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** Samantha (Heidi Anderson) is the Gamecube [[ResidentEvil [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil Jill Valentine.]]
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and[[ResidentEvil4 [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and
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* LetsPlay: By ChipCheezum and General Ironicus, seen [[http://chipandironicus.com/games/k7/index.html here]]. Ironicus's thoughts on the ending: [[MindScrew "Nothing has anything to do with anything."]]
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* LetsPlay: By ChipCheezum and General Ironicus, seen [[http://chipandironicus.com/games/k7/index.html com/videos/k7/ here]]. Ironicus's thoughts on the ending: [[MindScrew "Nothing has anything to do with anything."]]
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* ApocalypticLog: Hulberts cassettes in Smile Part 2 are full of exposition, and predictably, end with him being killed by the very man he was researching.
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--> ''"You're awake from your dream."''
--> ''"Harman, the size of the world has changed. It's changed to the size where you can control it with your hands like a PDA. The world will... keep getting smaller."''
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--> ''"Harman. The world won't change. All it does is turn. Now, let's dance."''
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* DidNotDoTheResearch: In the prologue, Kun Lan tells Harman, "It's Friday night... LET'S DANCE." The mission takes place on January 20, 2010. A Wednesday.
** You could [[FridgeBrilliance also]] take this as [[spoiler: the essentially immortal Kun Lan losing his grasp on time after many futile battles with Harman.]]
** You could [[FridgeBrilliance also]] take this as [[spoiler: the essentially immortal Kun Lan losing his grasp on time after many futile battles with Harman.]]
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* TheMole: [[spoiler: Toru Fukushima has two: his secretary Julia Kisugi and apprentice chef Jean Depaul. Also, one of the theories spawned from the Last Shot Smile is that Iwazaru is one for the killer7.]]
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* BossBonanza: The end of Smile, Part 2 and Lion, featuring fights with the final Duplicator Smile, the Galactic Tomahawk Smile, [[spoiler: Greg Nightmare, Emir Parkreiner]], and the Last Shot Smile all coming with, gameplay wise except for the last two, nothing huge in between.
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** Smile, Part 2 allows a lot more blood than other areas, though it's balanced out by only having a few Camellia Smiles, Mithril Smiles, and, most notably. Broken Smiles, the last of which are incredibly hard to get blood from, as regular, respawning enemies.
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** Smile, Part 2 allows a lot more blood than other areas, though it's balanced out by only having a few Camellia Smiles, as well as Mithril Smiles, and, most notably. Smiles and Broken Smiles, the last of which are latter being incredibly hard to get blood from, as regular, respawning enemies.
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* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Possibly the intention of Suda51 [[TeasingCreator because he loves to do it]]. What's more awesome than walking up a staircase with a ''rave'' in the background?!
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* AnticlimaxBoss: The Final Heaven Smile.
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* AnticlimaxBoss: The Final Heaven Smile.Last Shot Smile, boss of the PlayableEpilogue.
** Smile, Part 2 allows a lot more blood than other areas, though it's balanced out by only having a few Camellia Smiles, Mithril Smiles, and, most notably. Broken Smiles, the last of which are incredibly hard to get blood from, as regular, respawning enemies.
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[SubvertedTrope it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[QuickTimeEvent repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. [[spoiler:Although, technically, all the characters are dead already]].
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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[SubvertedTrope it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[QuickTimeEvent repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker weakest member of Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. [[spoiler:Although, technically, all the characters are dead already]].
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* PostFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Emir Parkreiner and the Last Shot Smile.]]
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* {{Motif|s}}: Masks appear all over the game, tying in with the theme of deception.
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* MookMaker: Mother Smiles.
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* MookMaker: Mother Smiles.Smiles, Duplicator Smiles, and [[spoiler: Greg Nightmare.]]
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** [[spoiler: Travis, yes. Iwazaru, NO.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler: The screaming in Garcian's Trailerhouse. Turns out there's a Smile living under it.]]
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However, this peace was not to last, for a group of mysterious creatures known as "Heaven Smiles" soon appear. Led by the enigmatic Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror.
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However, this peace was not to last, for a group of mysterious creatures known as "Heaven Smiles" soon appear. Led by the enigmatic Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror for the sake of terror.
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However, this peace was not to last, for a group of mysterious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" soon appear. Led by the enigmatic Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror.
To combat this supernatural threat, the American government call on the services of the Smith Syndicate, aka the ''Killer7''. Led by the elderly and wheelchair-bound Harman Smith, a man who carries a history with Kun-Lan, the Killer7 are a group of specialised assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the stability of the United States of America. And with each mission completed, they slowly draw closer to the truth behind the Heaven's Smiles and Kun-Lan.
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both Killer7 and the Heaven's Smiles comes to light, and dozens of twists and turns follow.
To combat this supernatural threat, the American government call on the services of the Smith Syndicate, aka the ''Killer7''. Led by the elderly and wheelchair-bound Harman Smith, a man who carries a history with Kun-Lan, the Killer7 are a group of specialised assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the stability of the United States of America. And with each mission completed, they slowly draw closer to the truth behind the Heaven's Smiles and Kun-Lan.
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both Killer7 and the Heaven's Smiles comes to light, and dozens of twists and turns follow.
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However, this peace was not to last, for a group of mysterious creatures known as "Heaven's "Heaven Smiles" soon appear. Led by the enigmatic Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror.
To combat this supernatural threat, the American government call on the services of the Smith Syndicate, aka the ''Killer7''. Led by the elderly and wheelchair-bound Harman Smith, a man who carries a history with Kun-Lan, the Killer7 are a group of specialised assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the stability of the United States of America. And with each mission completed, they slowly draw closer to the truth behind theHeaven's Heaven Smiles and Kun-Lan.
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both Killer7 and theHeaven's Heaven Smiles comes to light, and dozens of twists and turns follow.
To combat this supernatural threat, the American government call on the services of the Smith Syndicate, aka the ''Killer7''. Led by the elderly and wheelchair-bound Harman Smith, a man who carries a history with Kun-Lan, the Killer7 are a group of specialised assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the stability of the United States of America. And with each mission completed, they slowly draw closer to the truth behind the
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In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4''). The Heaven's Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
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In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4''). The Heaven's Heaven Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
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However, this peace was not to last, for a group of mysterious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" soon appeared.appear. Led by the enigmatic Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror.
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In an alternate timeline, a worldwide ban on nuclear research -- and the firing of all nuclear missiles into each other high in orbit -- allows mankind to finally achieve world peace several years into the 21st century.
During this peacetime, a group of mysterious, vicious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
To stop Kun Lan and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman Smith -- a man who bears a grudge against, and shares some history with, Kun Lan -- utilizes "Killer7", a group of specialized assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the security of the United States.
During this peacetime, a group of mysterious, vicious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
To stop Kun Lan and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman Smith -- a man who bears a grudge against, and shares some history with, Kun Lan -- utilizes "Killer7", a group of specialized assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the security of the United States.
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In an alternate timeline, a timeline TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture, worldwide peace has finally been achieved after a total ban on nuclear research -- weapons and the firing of all nuclear missiles research. The remaining warheads are fired into space, where they collide and destroy each other high in orbit -- allows mankind to finally achieve world other.
However, this peaceseveral years into the 21st century.
During this peacetime,was not to last, for a group of mysterious, vicious mysterious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start soon appeared. Led by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an the enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
Kun-Lan, they began to carry out a number of terrorist attacks across the world with no discernible purpose other than to create terror.
Tostop Kun Lan combat this supernatural threat, the American government call on the services of the Smith Syndicate, aka the ''Killer7''. Led by the elderly and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman Smith -- Smith, a man who bears carries a grudge against, and shares some history with, Kun Lan -- utilizes "Killer7", with Kun-Lan, the Killer7 are a group of specialized specialised assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the security stability of the United States.
States of America. And with each mission completed, they slowly draw closer to the truth behind the Heaven's Smiles and Kun-Lan.
However, this peace
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* TheJimmyHartVersion: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).
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* TheJimmyHartVersion: SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).
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** A lot of the Smiths have rather strange reloads, with characters slapping bullets into revolvers with lightning speed or seemingly just willing extra rounds into the chambers. The only realistic reload is KAEDE's, which also gives her the slowest reload time of all the Smiths.
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---> '''[[spoiler: Dan]]''': Trying to die in style? Give me a break, you sick old man!
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** [[spoiler: Considering Iwazaru is Kun Lan in disguise...]]
*** Not exactly, [[spoiler: since Kun Lan had his newly made apprentice strip him and knock him off a building first, and that was near the end]]
**** Actually, [[spoiler: The man who was pushed off the building wasn't Kun Lan, it was Kasai, the man who hires you to kill Jean De Paul at the start of Sunset Pt. 2 Although Kun Lan WAS machine-gunned to death with/by Harman at the end of Smile Pt. 3, so it's very likely there's more than one. Not a stretch considering that there's at least THREE Harmans.]]
** Besides them, the Smiths travel with a whole bunch of quirky [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Remnant Psyches]] who give them help, advice, items, confusion and nightmares.
*** Not exactly, [[spoiler: since Kun Lan had his newly made apprentice strip him and knock him off a building first, and that was near the end]]
**** Actually, [[spoiler: The man who was pushed off the building wasn't Kun Lan, it was Kasai, the man who hires you to kill Jean De Paul at the start of Sunset Pt. 2 Although Kun Lan WAS machine-gunned to death with/by Harman at the end of Smile Pt. 3, so it's very likely there's more than one. Not a stretch considering that there's at least THREE Harmans.]]
** Besides them, the Smiths travel with a whole bunch of quirky [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Remnant Psyches]] who give them help, advice, items, confusion and nightmares.
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* {{Palette Swap}}: In the battle against the Handsome Men, each Handsome is a recoloured version of one of the Smiths. This is probably symbolic.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]].
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Leonardo]].
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If it can\'t be done it can\'t be done. Also the example slids close to real life which is not allowed
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* BeyondTheImpossible: A fully upgraded Mask De Smith cannot kill the invincible smiles at the end of the game, but he can destroy the frame rate and the console trying.
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** [[spoiler: KAEDE tried to run away from Emir, but got cornered. In death, she can commit suicide in order to break barriers.]]
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->''A postmodern devil, thou art.''
->"…I don't follow."
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->"…I don't follow."
-->~ '''Garcian Smith'''
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[[caption-width-right:330:The Killer 7 (left to right): KAEDE, Con, Dan, Garcian, Coyote, MASK and Kevin.]]
->''A postmodern devil, thou art.''
->"…I don't follow."
-->~ '''Garcian Smith'''
Describe '''''Killer7''''' here?
''Where do we start''?
In an alternate timeline, a worldwide ban on nuclear research -- and the firing of all nuclear missiles into each other high in orbit -- allows mankind to finally achieve world peace several years into the 21st century.
During this peacetime, a group of mysterious, vicious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
To stop Kun Lan and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman Smith -- a man who bears a grudge against, and shares some history with, Kun Lan -- utilizes "Killer7", a group of specialized assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the security of the United States.
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both Killer7 and the Heaven's Smiles comes to light, and dozens of twists and turns follow.
With that, we depart from the realm of sensibility. ''Killer7'' can become an exceedingly confusing game, thanks to its multiple layers of metaphor and symbolism. Themes of war, religion, personal conflict, and politics all weave into one gigantic MindScrew, wrapping around each other like the bondage straps around [[NinjaButterfly Iwazaru]].
In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4''). The Heaven's Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
While players can practically count the polygons in the characters's faces, the game makes excellent use of shading and shadows to create a unique graphical style. Two levels also feature anime cutscenes, both done by different studios.
{{Suda 51}} (who went on to do ''NoMoreHeroes'') created this game, and Capcom published it on the Gamecube and Playstation 2. In 2012, Suda began work on ''Killer Is Dead'', a game project he says will serve as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Killer7''.
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* ActionBomb: The Heaven's Smile.
* AdultFear: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwWjxbzuIk&feature=related This scene]] (warning: NSFW) basically sums up a most horrifying scenario for any parent.
* AerithAndBob: On the same team, we have KAEDE, Garcian... and Kevin.
* AGodAmI: Kun Lan and Trevor Pearlharbor both have shades of this.
* AllThereInTheManual: ''Hand In [=killer7=]'', which actually makes the story even '''more''' complicated, though mostly because its based on an early version of the game's story, which had a few differences with the final version.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Travis Bell, Harman's first hit. Appears in a variety of suggestive poses with flamboyant, sometimes innuendo-laden tank tops, usually in hot pink print ('Bad Girl', 'Sexual'). In a library area in the first level, he describes himself as 'the Chief's first catch', then describes his death like it were an orgasm: 'To be honest, that shit felt good'.
** [[spoiler:Kevin]] is also gay [[WordOfGay according to]] ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hand in killer7]]'' though this is never brought up in the game.
* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler:Garcian Smith, aka Emir Parkreiner,]] in Target 05: Smile.
* AnticlimaxBoss: The Final Heaven Smile.
* AntiGrinding: You can only process a certain amount of Thick Blood per level, though that amount is usually high enough that you can make use of SOME grinding.
* ArcWords
* BadAss: Many characters, ''especially'' [[SociopathicHero Dan Smith]].
* BadassFamily / BadassCrew: The Smiths.
* BadassGrandpa: Harman Smith.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Dan and Garcian both wear tasteful suits when out killing. MASK also starts off with a flashy suit, but changes into a wrestler costume later.
* BadassNormal: Andrei Ulmeyda [[spoiler: is able to hold off on becoming a Heaven Smile for a surprisingly long time, and when he ''does'' it's far from a mundane transformation.]]
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: That's why they call Emir the Ace of Aces:
** Kevin, [[spoiler: the master of disguise, was identified instantly and gunned down.]]
** Con, [[spoiler: the [[DisabilitySuperpower blind gunman]], was taken by suprise in his own room.]]
** Kaede, [[spoiler: who finds hidden paths, could not hide from Emir.]]
** Coyote, [[spoiler: who can get to hard to reach places, is out flanked.]]
** MASK, [[spoiler:the superhero, was struck down when he was unmasked and most vulnerable - in the shower.]]
** Dan, [[spoiler: hard boiled Badass, can't beat Emir in a one on one stand off. (Doesn't help that Emir's immortal)]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: A fully upgraded Mask De Smith cannot kill the invincible smiles at the end of the game, but he can destroy the frame rate and the console trying.
* {{BFG}}: Harman's rifle. He calls it the "God Killer", and it's supposed to be an anti-tank gun.
* BigNo: One of the the most horrifying examples, ever, courtesy of one Curtis Blackburn.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Harman confronting Kun Lan atop a tall building; {{Suda 51}} has identified this as representing the futile nature of war]].
* ButtonMashing: How you revive dead Smiths. The more stamina the higher the bar you have to fill (Try not to die as [[spoiler:Harman]]).
* CallBack: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3x_JbQXHCY&feature=related This scene]] from "Alter Ego" is notorious for not making sense, even in the game's context... unless you've played ''MoonlightSyndrome'', a previous {{Suda 51}} game [[NoExportForYou which has never been officially released outside of Japan]].
* CallingYourAttacks: HANDSOME ''WINK''!
** [[ChargedAttack Collateral Shot!]]
* CarnivalOfKillers
* ChasingYourTail: Fighting the Ceramic Smile.
* CatchPhrase: Everyone has a special one for when you hit an enemy in its OneHitKill spot, when you deliver a counter attack and when you kill a nearby enemy when he's crawling towards you.
* CelShading
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Emir]] to a staggering degree.
* TheChessmaster
* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: The ending implies thatby the 22nd century, China has succeeded the USA as the world's dominant superpower]].
* CosmicChessGame
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Ayame Blackburn.
* CreepyChild: Kess and Susie. Susie especially--not only because she's a ''head,'' but because [[spoiler: holy ''crap'' she's murdered a lot of people!]]
* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYVfNeX-lY&hd=1 Rave On]]
* DarkMessiah: Ulmeyda. [[spoiler: But he's actually not that bad a guy.]]
* DaylightHorror: And the bright lighting emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look ''that'' much more alien and hostile.
* DeadAllAlong
* DeadMansChest
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[SubvertedTrope it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[QuickTimeEvent repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. [[spoiler:Although, technically, all the characters are dead already]].
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:The Smith's aren't Harman's split personalities. They're Garcian's. Somewhat of a subversion considering Harman barely gets any screentime anyway.]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: In the prologue, Kun Lan tells Harman, "It's Friday night... LET'S DANCE." The mission takes place on January 20, 2010. A Wednesday.
** You could [[FridgeBrilliance also]] take this as [[spoiler: the essentially immortal Kun Lan losing his grasp on time after many futile battles with Harman.]]
* DoorToBefore: Many.
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: No matter which option the player takes in the game's SadisticChoice, it's a pretty unhappy ending, and it is implied that the entire process will begin again in another century.]]
* EarnYourTitle: Garcian is The Cleaner, he retrieves dead bodies and brings them back to life; Dan is the Hellion, because of how reckless and violent he is; KAEDE is named Barefoot, because she never wears shoes, and so on.
* EasterEgg: [[spoiler:Hopper7, where the regular [[{{Mooks}} Smiles]] become [=HopperMen=]. Only the first level is available and all the enemies die in one hit.]]
** To get that, even you must beat [[spoiler: Killer8]], which was downright brutal at points (as far as this game goes).
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: One of the boss fights consists of two elderly Japanese gentlemen who had their heads blown open. You have to blow their brains out, literally to kill them...again.
* EvilAlbino: Kun Lan; Kevin Smith.
* ExpressiveShirt: Travis has several.
* FanDisservice: Samantha has one (thankfully not graphic) sex scene. [[spoiler: It's with Harman. In his wheelchair. While he's near-comatose.]]
** Though for some, it would be considered FetishFuel.
* FinalSpeech: Subverted; [[spoiler:Dan]] kills [[spoiler:Curtis]] partway through his.
* FootFocus: KAEDE "Barefoot" Smith.
* ForMassiveDamage: Every Heaven's Smile has a glowing weak spot that instantly kills it. This is the easiest way to gather Thick Blood, which is needed for character advancement.
* ForTheEvulz: The Heaven's Smiles aren't trying to change anything-they just want to cause havoc.
* TheFourGods: At one point you have to match them to their directions.
* FriendlyEnemy: Harman and Kun Lan play a ''lot'' of chess.
* FragileSpeedster: Con.
* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:The ''entire game'']], as revealed in the supplementary material, Jacob's Report. [[spoiler: An FBI agent who lost his family to the Heaven Smiles uses a machine that predicts the future to predict the Last Smile. As the probability of the predicitions happening increases with each one that comes true, he sets the events of each mission in motion.]]
** It should be noted that much of the supplementary material outright contradicts the game.
* GangstaStyle: Coyote and Con.
** Con does so while DualWielding, but Coyote has an especially bad case - he does not merely hold his gun sideways, but DIAGONALLY OVER HIS HEAD. Possibly subverted somewhat, as he has serious kickback and is one of the most difficult characters to aim with.
* GenreBusting: Both the story and gameplay are nearly impossible to neatly categorize. In terms of gameplay, the limited movement, fixed camera angles, and light AdventureGame elements suggest a SurvivalHorror game (not surprising, seeing as it was produced by ShinjiMikami), while the combat resembles a RailShooter and the powerup system is more reminiscent of a traditional action game with RPGElements. The plot, meanwhile, plays out like a bizarre lovechild of HideoKojima, DavidLynch, and QuentinTarantino.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Harman and Kun Lan..
* GoOutWithASmile: The Heaven's Smiles don't seem to care whether or not they ever reach their target.
** [[spoiler: Most of the deceased characters you meet don't hold grudges, even when talking to the one who made them deceased in the first place. So, really, it's ''after'' they go out. Susie seems to be the exception.]]
** [[spoiler: Well it ''is'' Susie...]]
* GunsAkimbo: Con and Mask (technically Grenade Launchers Akimbo for Mask).
* {{Handguns}}: what most of the characters are armed with.
* HealThyself: Using the blood of their enemies, no less.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]].
** Harman is none other than Dwight Schultz, AKA [[Series/TheATeam Howling Mad Murdock]].
** Garcian (Greg Eagles) is [[EternalDarkness Michael Edwards and Chattur'gha]] as well as [[MetalGearSolid Gray Fox, Donald Anderson, and Peter Stillman]].
** Dan (Michael Gough) is [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Jin Uzuki]], [[MetalGearSolid Johnny Sasaki]], [[ResidentEvil Osmond Saddler]], [[{{Castlevania}} Richter Belmont]], and [[SilentHill Harry Mason]].
** KAEDE (TaraStrong) is [[FairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]], [[FinalFantasyX Rikku]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
** Coyote (Benito Martinez) is [[TheShield David Aceveda]].
** Samantha (Heidi Anderson) is the Gamecube [[ResidentEvil Jill Valentine.]]
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and [[ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].
** Jean [=DePaul=] (James Horan) is [[RachtetAndClank Slim Cognito.]]
** Hiro Kasai (Robin Atkin Downes) is [[RatchetAndClank Captain Slag]], [[FinalFantasyTactics Delita Heiral]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]], [[KingdomHearts Luxord]], and [[NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]].
** Gabriel Clemence (Chris Cox) is [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited Captain Atom, Shining Knight]], and [[JakAndDaxter Pecker]].
** Curtis Blackburn (Alastair Duncan) is [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Alfred Pennyworth,]] and [[LegacyOfKain Mortanius.]]
** Love Wilcox (Debi Derryberry) is [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Jimmy Neutron]], [[ZatchBell Zatch]], [[TenchiMuyo Ryo-ohki]], [[{{Yakuza}} Haruka]], [[NoMoreHeroes Matt Helms]], and [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Nergal Jr.]]
** Kun Lan (Joe Lala) is [[{{Golgo13}} Don Roccini]].
** The Narrator (Jack Angel) is [[{{Transformers}} Omega Supreme and Ultra Magnus]].
** Linda Vermillion is JenniferHale
** Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, and Trevor Pearlharbor are SteveBlum.
* HighPressureBlood: KAEDE, [[spoiler:Andrei Ulmeyda]].
* HintsAreForLosers: You don't want the expanded hints. Trust us.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dan]] finishes [[spoiler:Curtis]] off by [[spoiler:activating the machinery in the room they fought in-- Curtis is subsequently [[GoryDiscretionShot cleaned]] and hung up to dry.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Ulmeyda]].
* InMediasRes: ''Target 00: Angel'' pretty much throws you straight into the game without a single bit of exposition.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: ''"Ayame Blackburn, Survive!"''
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: In the end, it's incredibly easy to miss the connections.
* KarmicDeath: Oh boy.
** [[spoiler: Dan can talk, but can't back it up. In death, he has the strength to back it up.]]
** [[spoiler: Coyote is outwitted by Emir. In death, he has the ingenuity that could have saved his life.]]
** [[spoiler: KAEDE tried to run away from Emir, but got cornered. In death, she can commit suicide in order to break barriers.]]
** [[spoiler: Con could not hear Emir coming nor could he escape. In death, he gains super hearing and super speed.]]
** [[spoiler: MASK presents the image of an invulnerable superhero with his mask, but is killed effortlessly whilst not wearing it. In death, his mask grants him incredible powers, making him the strongest of the group.]]
** [[spoiler: Kevin's lackluster disguise fails to prevent Emir from detecting him. In death, he gains the ultimate disguise.]]
** [[spoiler: Last but not least, Garcian (Emir) kills the others, and then commits suicide out of guilt. In death, he can revive the other personas.]]
** Less ambiguously, several targets including [[spoiler: Curtis being killed by his own organ harvesting machines, and Trevor Pearlharbor having a hole blown through him by Handsome Black's Handsome Wink.]]
* KickChick: Kaede's counterattacks, even despite her status as Barefoot.
* KnifeNut: Kevin Smith.
* LetsPlay: By ChipCheezum and General Ironicus, seen [[http://chipandironicus.com/games/k7/index.html here]]. Ironicus's thoughts on the ending: [[MindScrew "Nothing has anything to do with anything."]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Harman only ever wears traditional Hasidic Jewish gear, Garcian a white suit, and Kevin nothing but sunglasses and chinos. MASK changes his clothes exactly three times in the game, and in each case it's a plot point; on the other hand, before finding the blue mask, he wears a different mask in each level. In contrast, Dan, KAEDE, Coyote, and Con wear different clothes in each level, albeit always of the same style.
* LockedDoor: And Coyote's a thief; do the math.
* LosingYourHead: Susie Summers.
* MacGuffin: Soul Shells, which are required to advance to the next stage.
** The Yakumo.
*** Don't forget Odd Engravings and Color Samples.
* MagicalGirl: Ayame Blackburn is an {{homage}} to the genre.
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai
* MaskPower: MASK de Smith, pro wrestling god, who even powers up by finding new masks.
** Not to mention the fact that he can [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome flatten bullets by headbutting them]].
** Another example: Ayame Blackburn, who wears a animegao cosplay mask.
* MetalSlime: Camilla and Mini Smiles.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Ulmeyda specifically hired you to kill him when he becomes a Smile]].
* MexicanStandoff: Subverted; it looks like one, but then everyone opens fire.
* MightyGlacier: MASK de Smith.
* MilkmanConspiracy: [[spoiler: The United States government is controlled by Japan through a Seattle elementary school... really.]]
* MindScrew: Don't think about it too hard or your brain will start crying.
* MookMaker: Mother Smiles.
* MrExposition: Travis and Iwazaru, but can you trust either of them?
** [[spoiler: Considering Iwazaru is Kun Lan in disguise...]]
*** Not exactly, [[spoiler: since Kun Lan had his newly made apprentice strip him and knock him off a building first, and that was near the end]]
**** Actually, [[spoiler: The man who was pushed off the building wasn't Kun Lan, it was Kasai, the man who hires you to kill Jean De Paul at the start of Sunset Pt. 2 Although Kun Lan WAS machine-gunned to death with/by Harman at the end of Smile Pt. 3, so it's very likely there's more than one. Not a stretch considering that there's at least THREE Harmans.]]
** Besides them, the Smiths travel with a whole bunch of quirky [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Remnant Psyches]] who give them help, advice, items, confusion and nightmares.
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Garcian has a difficult time coping with the final [[TheReveal reveal]]]].
* OffLikeAShot: Con's speed-up power.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Remnant Psyches. They're... [[MindScrew I don't know what the hell.]]
* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: The end of several cutscenes.
* PopQuiz: On the way to Ulmeyda's lair.
* ThePsychoRangers: The Handsome Men, a SuperSentai parody.
* RainOfBlood: [[spoiler:Ulmeyda gives one off when he transforms into a Heaven's Smile. His blood is so full of diseases that it kills everyone present except his followers (who regularly partake of his blood) and the Smiths (who are DeadToBeginWith).]]
* TheReveal: ''Many'' in the final chapters. * Ahem* [[spoiler:Garcian is actually Emir Parkreiner, who killed all the Smiths which resulted in his (not Harman's) split personalities, who really can't be manifested in real life as shown by their weapons being carried in his suitcase.]]
** [[spoiler: The Smith's existence/nonexistence is debatable, since until Young Harman killed Old Harman, Garcian was linked to Old Harman who ''could'' manifest the other Smiths.]]
* RussianRoulette: [[spoiler:"This gun holds ''seven'' bullets."]]
* SadisticChoice: Presented to the player at the end of the game: kill [[spoiler: Matsuoka, and the US will nuke Japan off the face of the planet]]; spare him, and [[spoiler: Japan will attack the US, triggering WorldWarIII]].
* SecretCharacter [[spoiler:(Young Harman)]]
* ShoutOut: Some of Travis's T-shirts are references to Tyler Durden's in ''FightClub''. Appropriate, given Travis's relationship to the protagonist and the TrickTwist of the game.
** The manager of the Union Hotel is apparently Edo [=McAllister=] from ''[[FlowerSunAndRain Flower, Sun and Rain]]'', another Suda51 game.
** Some of Dan's suits look like [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel's]] and [[LupinIII Lupin's.]]
-->'''Old Harman''': Tricks are for kids, Kun. I'm an old man...
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
-->'''Kun Lan''': Harman, the world won't change. All it does is turn.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Harman Smith and Kun Lan play chess while not engaging in their neverending conflict.
* SociopathicHero: Dan Smith.
* SoundtrackDissonance: "Greensleeves" over a murder scene, loud (and ''[[EarWorm awesome]]'') techno as you're walking down a completely ordinary hall... it goes on.
* SolveTheSoupCans: Oh so many instances.
* SplitPersonality: The Smiths; it's on the box cover. [[spoiler:But when it comes to ''whose'' personality they split from, CoversAlwaysLie.]] Samantha also counts to an extent, switching between {{Meido}} and AlphaBitch depending on whether or not the lights are on. At least until [[spoiler:the last chapter, when she is raped by Harman and/or dies, fully becoming his servant]].
** To make matters even crazier about the history of [[spoiler: the Smiths, the supplementary material makes it clear they were dead when Emir killed them, and Harman had been using them as split personalities as the Killer7 syndicate. So, they've been killed at least twice, can apparently manifest themselves seperately from one another, can be endlessly resurrected by Garcian/Emir... Supplementary material calls this Multifoliate Personae Phenomenon, rather than Multiple Personality Syndrome.]]
** The fact that Dan wants to kill Harman is a bit of TruthInTelevision. It isn't uncommon for real life split personalities to want to kill each other.
*** Coyote's hatred of Dan could also qualify. Supposedly, he and Dan were rivals, competing for KAEDE's love before they died.
* SpySpeak: used by Cristopher Mills, in fear of wire tapping.
** [[spoiler:"Hello Mr. Smith, the election is drawing near. Have you decided on your vote? If you haven't, please let the Republic Party make the most of your precious vote. Thank you and have a nice day."]]
* SurrealHorror: Many parts of the game.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Steward, who replaces [[spoiler:Samantha after she is killed by Harman]].
* TerroristsWithoutACause: The Heaven's Smiles, identified by a narrator as [[ShapedLikeItself "terrorism for the sole purpose of causing terror".]]
* TheJimmyHartVersion: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:All the Smiths, with the exception of Harman, are actually ''Garcian's'' split personalities.]]
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvhNEPfjV-w This trailer,]] from way back in 2003, is particularly interesting as [[DummiedOut virtually none of the dialogue or cutscenes in it]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen appear in the game itself.]]
** An article in a gaming magazine prior to the game's release stated that the characters would each have different abilities than what made it into the game.
*** KAEDE was supposed to be able to kill the Smiles by raining blood down on them, like she does with the barriers. It was supposedly because she had some kind of [[PoisonousPerson toxin in her system]].
*** Coyote was supposed to be able to preform a roundhouse kick, that would clear a room full of Smiles.
* UnorthodoxReload: Con reloads like he's playing hackeysack.
* ViciousCycle: [[spoiler:No matter who wins each time, Harman and Kun Lan begin the game again in a hundred years.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: Kurahashi and Akiba are quite a bit harder to deal with than the Angel first boss.
* TheWalrusWasPaul: Many believe the entirety of the game's plot to be an extreme example of this.
* WastedSong: ''Rave On'' is the most popular song in the entire soundtrack. The location where it plays? A completely featureless corridor of stairs that takes all of 20 seconds to walk through.
** The aforementioned LetsPlay turns these scenes into a CrowningMomentOfFunny by having the characters "dance" to the song via timed presses of the "go forward" button.
* WaveMotionGun: ''"Collateral shot!"''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the earliest trailers had different character designs for the crew, and (possibly) the plot would have been different. Kaede wore a white collared shirt and pants, Harman was thicker and didn't have the goatee, and Heaven's Smiles were not zombie creatures, but berserk humans with joker faces.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Possibly the intention of Suda51 [[TeasingCreator because he loves to do it]]. What's more awesome than walking up a staircase with a ''rave'' in the background?!
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic / RuleOfSymbolism: In ''spades''.
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[[caption-width-right:330:The Killer 7 (left to right): KAEDE, Con, Dan, Garcian, Coyote, MASK and Kevin.]]
->''A postmodern devil, thou art.''
->"…I don't follow."
-->~ '''Garcian Smith'''
Describe '''''Killer7''''' here?
''Where do we start''?
In an alternate timeline, a worldwide ban on nuclear research -- and the firing of all nuclear missiles into each other high in orbit -- allows mankind to finally achieve world peace several years into the 21st century.
During this peacetime, a group of mysterious, vicious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
To stop Kun Lan and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman Smith -- a man who bears a grudge against, and shares some history with, Kun Lan -- utilizes "Killer7", a group of specialized assassins trained to deal with high-level threats to the security of the United States.
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both Killer7 and the Heaven's Smiles comes to light, and dozens of twists and turns follow.
With that, we depart from the realm of sensibility. ''Killer7'' can become an exceedingly confusing game, thanks to its multiple layers of metaphor and symbolism. Themes of war, religion, personal conflict, and politics all weave into one gigantic MindScrew, wrapping around each other like the bondage straps around [[NinjaButterfly Iwazaru]].
In contrast to the MindScrew storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''ResidentEvil 4''). The Heaven's Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
While players can practically count the polygons in the characters's faces, the game makes excellent use of shading and shadows to create a unique graphical style. Two levels also feature anime cutscenes, both done by different studios.
{{Suda 51}} (who went on to do ''NoMoreHeroes'') created this game, and Capcom published it on the Gamecube and Playstation 2. In 2012, Suda began work on ''Killer Is Dead'', a game project he says will serve as a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Killer7''.
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!! In the name of Harman...
* ActionBomb: The Heaven's Smile.
* AdultFear: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwWjxbzuIk&feature=related This scene]] (warning: NSFW) basically sums up a most horrifying scenario for any parent.
* AerithAndBob: On the same team, we have KAEDE, Garcian... and Kevin.
* AGodAmI: Kun Lan and Trevor Pearlharbor both have shades of this.
* AllThereInTheManual: ''Hand In [=killer7=]'', which actually makes the story even '''more''' complicated, though mostly because its based on an early version of the game's story, which had a few differences with the final version.
* AmbiguouslyGay: Travis Bell, Harman's first hit. Appears in a variety of suggestive poses with flamboyant, sometimes innuendo-laden tank tops, usually in hot pink print ('Bad Girl', 'Sexual'). In a library area in the first level, he describes himself as 'the Chief's first catch', then describes his death like it were an orgasm: 'To be honest, that shit felt good'.
** [[spoiler:Kevin]] is also gay [[WordOfGay according to]] ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hand in killer7]]'' though this is never brought up in the game.
* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler:Garcian Smith, aka Emir Parkreiner,]] in Target 05: Smile.
* AnticlimaxBoss: The Final Heaven Smile.
* AntiGrinding: You can only process a certain amount of Thick Blood per level, though that amount is usually high enough that you can make use of SOME grinding.
* ArcWords
* BadAss: Many characters, ''especially'' [[SociopathicHero Dan Smith]].
* BadassFamily / BadassCrew: The Smiths.
* BadassGrandpa: Harman Smith.
* BadassInANiceSuit: Dan and Garcian both wear tasteful suits when out killing. MASK also starts off with a flashy suit, but changes into a wrestler costume later.
* BadassNormal: Andrei Ulmeyda [[spoiler: is able to hold off on becoming a Heaven Smile for a surprisingly long time, and when he ''does'' it's far from a mundane transformation.]]
* BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: That's why they call Emir the Ace of Aces:
** Kevin, [[spoiler: the master of disguise, was identified instantly and gunned down.]]
** Con, [[spoiler: the [[DisabilitySuperpower blind gunman]], was taken by suprise in his own room.]]
** Kaede, [[spoiler: who finds hidden paths, could not hide from Emir.]]
** Coyote, [[spoiler: who can get to hard to reach places, is out flanked.]]
** MASK, [[spoiler:the superhero, was struck down when he was unmasked and most vulnerable - in the shower.]]
** Dan, [[spoiler: hard boiled Badass, can't beat Emir in a one on one stand off. (Doesn't help that Emir's immortal)]]
* BeyondTheImpossible: A fully upgraded Mask De Smith cannot kill the invincible smiles at the end of the game, but he can destroy the frame rate and the console trying.
* {{BFG}}: Harman's rifle. He calls it the "God Killer", and it's supposed to be an anti-tank gun.
* BigNo: One of the the most horrifying examples, ever, courtesy of one Curtis Blackburn.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Harman confronting Kun Lan atop a tall building; {{Suda 51}} has identified this as representing the futile nature of war]].
* ButtonMashing: How you revive dead Smiths. The more stamina the higher the bar you have to fill (Try not to die as [[spoiler:Harman]]).
* CallBack: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3x_JbQXHCY&feature=related This scene]] from "Alter Ego" is notorious for not making sense, even in the game's context... unless you've played ''MoonlightSyndrome'', a previous {{Suda 51}} game [[NoExportForYou which has never been officially released outside of Japan]].
* CallingYourAttacks: HANDSOME ''WINK''!
** [[ChargedAttack Collateral Shot!]]
* CarnivalOfKillers
* ChasingYourTail: Fighting the Ceramic Smile.
* CatchPhrase: Everyone has a special one for when you hit an enemy in its OneHitKill spot, when you deliver a counter attack and when you kill a nearby enemy when he's crawling towards you.
* CelShading
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Emir]] to a staggering degree.
* TheChessmaster
* ChinaTakesOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: The ending implies thatby the 22nd century, China has succeeded the USA as the world's dominant superpower]].
* CosmicChessGame
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Ayame Blackburn.
* CreepyChild: Kess and Susie. Susie especially--not only because she's a ''head,'' but because [[spoiler: holy ''crap'' she's murdered a lot of people!]]
* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYVfNeX-lY&hd=1 Rave On]]
* DarkMessiah: Ulmeyda. [[spoiler: But he's actually not that bad a guy.]]
* DaylightHorror: And the bright lighting emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look ''that'' much more alien and hostile.
* DeadAllAlong
* DeadMansChest
* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[SubvertedTrope it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[QuickTimeEvent repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. [[spoiler:Although, technically, all the characters are dead already]].
* DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:The Smith's aren't Harman's split personalities. They're Garcian's. Somewhat of a subversion considering Harman barely gets any screentime anyway.]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: In the prologue, Kun Lan tells Harman, "It's Friday night... LET'S DANCE." The mission takes place on January 20, 2010. A Wednesday.
** You could [[FridgeBrilliance also]] take this as [[spoiler: the essentially immortal Kun Lan losing his grasp on time after many futile battles with Harman.]]
* DoorToBefore: Many.
* [[spoiler: DownerEnding]]: [[spoiler: No matter which option the player takes in the game's SadisticChoice, it's a pretty unhappy ending, and it is implied that the entire process will begin again in another century.]]
* EarnYourTitle: Garcian is The Cleaner, he retrieves dead bodies and brings them back to life; Dan is the Hellion, because of how reckless and violent he is; KAEDE is named Barefoot, because she never wears shoes, and so on.
* EasterEgg: [[spoiler:Hopper7, where the regular [[{{Mooks}} Smiles]] become [=HopperMen=]. Only the first level is available and all the enemies die in one hit.]]
** To get that, even you must beat [[spoiler: Killer8]], which was downright brutal at points (as far as this game goes).
* EverythingsDeaderWithZombies: One of the boss fights consists of two elderly Japanese gentlemen who had their heads blown open. You have to blow their brains out, literally to kill them...again.
* EvilAlbino: Kun Lan; Kevin Smith.
* ExpressiveShirt: Travis has several.
* FanDisservice: Samantha has one (thankfully not graphic) sex scene. [[spoiler: It's with Harman. In his wheelchair. While he's near-comatose.]]
** Though for some, it would be considered FetishFuel.
* FinalSpeech: Subverted; [[spoiler:Dan]] kills [[spoiler:Curtis]] partway through his.
* FootFocus: KAEDE "Barefoot" Smith.
* ForMassiveDamage: Every Heaven's Smile has a glowing weak spot that instantly kills it. This is the easiest way to gather Thick Blood, which is needed for character advancement.
* ForTheEvulz: The Heaven's Smiles aren't trying to change anything-they just want to cause havoc.
* TheFourGods: At one point you have to match them to their directions.
* FriendlyEnemy: Harman and Kun Lan play a ''lot'' of chess.
* FragileSpeedster: Con.
* GambitRoulette: [[spoiler:The ''entire game'']], as revealed in the supplementary material, Jacob's Report. [[spoiler: An FBI agent who lost his family to the Heaven Smiles uses a machine that predicts the future to predict the Last Smile. As the probability of the predicitions happening increases with each one that comes true, he sets the events of each mission in motion.]]
** It should be noted that much of the supplementary material outright contradicts the game.
* GangstaStyle: Coyote and Con.
** Con does so while DualWielding, but Coyote has an especially bad case - he does not merely hold his gun sideways, but DIAGONALLY OVER HIS HEAD. Possibly subverted somewhat, as he has serious kickback and is one of the most difficult characters to aim with.
* GenreBusting: Both the story and gameplay are nearly impossible to neatly categorize. In terms of gameplay, the limited movement, fixed camera angles, and light AdventureGame elements suggest a SurvivalHorror game (not surprising, seeing as it was produced by ShinjiMikami), while the combat resembles a RailShooter and the powerup system is more reminiscent of a traditional action game with RPGElements. The plot, meanwhile, plays out like a bizarre lovechild of HideoKojima, DavidLynch, and QuentinTarantino.
* GoKartingWithBowser: Harman and Kun Lan..
* GoOutWithASmile: The Heaven's Smiles don't seem to care whether or not they ever reach their target.
** [[spoiler: Most of the deceased characters you meet don't hold grudges, even when talking to the one who made them deceased in the first place. So, really, it's ''after'' they go out. Susie seems to be the exception.]]
** [[spoiler: Well it ''is'' Susie...]]
* GunsAkimbo: Con and Mask (technically Grenade Launchers Akimbo for Mask).
* {{Handguns}}: what most of the characters are armed with.
* HealThyself: Using the blood of their enemies, no less.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], and [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Leonardo]].
** Harman is none other than Dwight Schultz, AKA [[Series/TheATeam Howling Mad Murdock]].
** Garcian (Greg Eagles) is [[EternalDarkness Michael Edwards and Chattur'gha]] as well as [[MetalGearSolid Gray Fox, Donald Anderson, and Peter Stillman]].
** Dan (Michael Gough) is [[VideoGame/XenoSaga Jin Uzuki]], [[MetalGearSolid Johnny Sasaki]], [[ResidentEvil Osmond Saddler]], [[{{Castlevania}} Richter Belmont]], and [[SilentHill Harry Mason]].
** KAEDE (TaraStrong) is [[FairlyOddParents Timmy Turner]], [[FinalFantasyX Rikku]], and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]].
** Coyote (Benito Martinez) is [[TheShield David Aceveda]].
** Samantha (Heidi Anderson) is the Gamecube [[ResidentEvil Jill Valentine.]]
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and [[ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].
** Jean [=DePaul=] (James Horan) is [[RachtetAndClank Slim Cognito.]]
** Hiro Kasai (Robin Atkin Downes) is [[RatchetAndClank Captain Slag]], [[FinalFantasyTactics Delita Heiral]], [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 The Medic]], [[KingdomHearts Luxord]], and [[NoMoreHeroes Travis Touchdown]].
** Gabriel Clemence (Chris Cox) is [[JusticeLeagueUnlimited Captain Atom, Shining Knight]], and [[JakAndDaxter Pecker]].
** Curtis Blackburn (Alastair Duncan) is [[WesternAnimation/TheBatman Alfred Pennyworth,]] and [[LegacyOfKain Mortanius.]]
** Love Wilcox (Debi Derryberry) is [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Jimmy Neutron]], [[ZatchBell Zatch]], [[TenchiMuyo Ryo-ohki]], [[{{Yakuza}} Haruka]], [[NoMoreHeroes Matt Helms]], and [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Nergal Jr.]]
** Kun Lan (Joe Lala) is [[{{Golgo13}} Don Roccini]].
** The Narrator (Jack Angel) is [[{{Transformers}} Omega Supreme and Ultra Magnus]].
** Linda Vermillion is JenniferHale
** Kenjiro Matsuoka, Benjamin Keane, and Trevor Pearlharbor are SteveBlum.
* HighPressureBlood: KAEDE, [[spoiler:Andrei Ulmeyda]].
* HintsAreForLosers: You don't want the expanded hints. Trust us.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Dan]] finishes [[spoiler:Curtis]] off by [[spoiler:activating the machinery in the room they fought in-- Curtis is subsequently [[GoryDiscretionShot cleaned]] and hung up to dry.]]
* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Ulmeyda]].
* InMediasRes: ''Target 00: Angel'' pretty much throws you straight into the game without a single bit of exposition.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon: ''"Ayame Blackburn, Survive!"''
* JigsawPuzzlePlot: In the end, it's incredibly easy to miss the connections.
* KarmicDeath: Oh boy.
** [[spoiler: Dan can talk, but can't back it up. In death, he has the strength to back it up.]]
** [[spoiler: Coyote is outwitted by Emir. In death, he has the ingenuity that could have saved his life.]]
** [[spoiler: KAEDE tried to run away from Emir, but got cornered. In death, she can commit suicide in order to break barriers.]]
** [[spoiler: Con could not hear Emir coming nor could he escape. In death, he gains super hearing and super speed.]]
** [[spoiler: MASK presents the image of an invulnerable superhero with his mask, but is killed effortlessly whilst not wearing it. In death, his mask grants him incredible powers, making him the strongest of the group.]]
** [[spoiler: Kevin's lackluster disguise fails to prevent Emir from detecting him. In death, he gains the ultimate disguise.]]
** [[spoiler: Last but not least, Garcian (Emir) kills the others, and then commits suicide out of guilt. In death, he can revive the other personas.]]
** Less ambiguously, several targets including [[spoiler: Curtis being killed by his own organ harvesting machines, and Trevor Pearlharbor having a hole blown through him by Handsome Black's Handsome Wink.]]
* KickChick: Kaede's counterattacks, even despite her status as Barefoot.
* KnifeNut: Kevin Smith.
* LetsPlay: By ChipCheezum and General Ironicus, seen [[http://chipandironicus.com/games/k7/index.html here]]. Ironicus's thoughts on the ending: [[MindScrew "Nothing has anything to do with anything."]]
* LimitedWardrobe: Harman only ever wears traditional Hasidic Jewish gear, Garcian a white suit, and Kevin nothing but sunglasses and chinos. MASK changes his clothes exactly three times in the game, and in each case it's a plot point; on the other hand, before finding the blue mask, he wears a different mask in each level. In contrast, Dan, KAEDE, Coyote, and Con wear different clothes in each level, albeit always of the same style.
* LockedDoor: And Coyote's a thief; do the math.
* LosingYourHead: Susie Summers.
* MacGuffin: Soul Shells, which are required to advance to the next stage.
** The Yakumo.
*** Don't forget Odd Engravings and Color Samples.
* MagicalGirl: Ayame Blackburn is an {{homage}} to the genre.
* TheMagnificentSevenSamurai
* MaskPower: MASK de Smith, pro wrestling god, who even powers up by finding new masks.
** Not to mention the fact that he can [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome flatten bullets by headbutting them]].
** Another example: Ayame Blackburn, who wears a animegao cosplay mask.
* MetalSlime: Camilla and Mini Smiles.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Ulmeyda specifically hired you to kill him when he becomes a Smile]].
* MexicanStandoff: Subverted; it looks like one, but then everyone opens fire.
* MightyGlacier: MASK de Smith.
* MilkmanConspiracy: [[spoiler: The United States government is controlled by Japan through a Seattle elementary school... really.]]
* MindScrew: Don't think about it too hard or your brain will start crying.
* MookMaker: Mother Smiles.
* MrExposition: Travis and Iwazaru, but can you trust either of them?
** [[spoiler: Considering Iwazaru is Kun Lan in disguise...]]
*** Not exactly, [[spoiler: since Kun Lan had his newly made apprentice strip him and knock him off a building first, and that was near the end]]
**** Actually, [[spoiler: The man who was pushed off the building wasn't Kun Lan, it was Kasai, the man who hires you to kill Jean De Paul at the start of Sunset Pt. 2 Although Kun Lan WAS machine-gunned to death with/by Harman at the end of Smile Pt. 3, so it's very likely there's more than one. Not a stretch considering that there's at least THREE Harmans.]]
** Besides them, the Smiths travel with a whole bunch of quirky [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Remnant Psyches]] who give them help, advice, items, confusion and nightmares.
* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:Garcian has a difficult time coping with the final [[TheReveal reveal]]]].
* OffLikeAShot: Con's speed-up power.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Remnant Psyches. They're... [[MindScrew I don't know what the hell.]]
* PastelChalkedFreezeFrame: The end of several cutscenes.
* PopQuiz: On the way to Ulmeyda's lair.
* ThePsychoRangers: The Handsome Men, a SuperSentai parody.
* RainOfBlood: [[spoiler:Ulmeyda gives one off when he transforms into a Heaven's Smile. His blood is so full of diseases that it kills everyone present except his followers (who regularly partake of his blood) and the Smiths (who are DeadToBeginWith).]]
* TheReveal: ''Many'' in the final chapters. * Ahem* [[spoiler:Garcian is actually Emir Parkreiner, who killed all the Smiths which resulted in his (not Harman's) split personalities, who really can't be manifested in real life as shown by their weapons being carried in his suitcase.]]
** [[spoiler: The Smith's existence/nonexistence is debatable, since until Young Harman killed Old Harman, Garcian was linked to Old Harman who ''could'' manifest the other Smiths.]]
* RussianRoulette: [[spoiler:"This gun holds ''seven'' bullets."]]
* SadisticChoice: Presented to the player at the end of the game: kill [[spoiler: Matsuoka, and the US will nuke Japan off the face of the planet]]; spare him, and [[spoiler: Japan will attack the US, triggering WorldWarIII]].
* SecretCharacter [[spoiler:(Young Harman)]]
* ShoutOut: Some of Travis's T-shirts are references to Tyler Durden's in ''FightClub''. Appropriate, given Travis's relationship to the protagonist and the TrickTwist of the game.
** The manager of the Union Hotel is apparently Edo [=McAllister=] from ''[[FlowerSunAndRain Flower, Sun and Rain]]'', another Suda51 game.
** Some of Dan's suits look like [[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel's]] and [[LupinIII Lupin's.]]
-->'''Old Harman''': Tricks are for kids, Kun. I'm an old man...
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
-->'''Kun Lan''': Harman, the world won't change. All it does is turn.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: Harman Smith and Kun Lan play chess while not engaging in their neverending conflict.
* SociopathicHero: Dan Smith.
* SoundtrackDissonance: "Greensleeves" over a murder scene, loud (and ''[[EarWorm awesome]]'') techno as you're walking down a completely ordinary hall... it goes on.
* SolveTheSoupCans: Oh so many instances.
* SplitPersonality: The Smiths; it's on the box cover. [[spoiler:But when it comes to ''whose'' personality they split from, CoversAlwaysLie.]] Samantha also counts to an extent, switching between {{Meido}} and AlphaBitch depending on whether or not the lights are on. At least until [[spoiler:the last chapter, when she is raped by Harman and/or dies, fully becoming his servant]].
** To make matters even crazier about the history of [[spoiler: the Smiths, the supplementary material makes it clear they were dead when Emir killed them, and Harman had been using them as split personalities as the Killer7 syndicate. So, they've been killed at least twice, can apparently manifest themselves seperately from one another, can be endlessly resurrected by Garcian/Emir... Supplementary material calls this Multifoliate Personae Phenomenon, rather than Multiple Personality Syndrome.]]
** The fact that Dan wants to kill Harman is a bit of TruthInTelevision. It isn't uncommon for real life split personalities to want to kill each other.
*** Coyote's hatred of Dan could also qualify. Supposedly, he and Dan were rivals, competing for KAEDE's love before they died.
* SpySpeak: used by Cristopher Mills, in fear of wire tapping.
** [[spoiler:"Hello Mr. Smith, the election is drawing near. Have you decided on your vote? If you haven't, please let the Republic Party make the most of your precious vote. Thank you and have a nice day."]]
* SurrealHorror: Many parts of the game.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: The Steward, who replaces [[spoiler:Samantha after she is killed by Harman]].
* TerroristsWithoutACause: The Heaven's Smiles, identified by a narrator as [[ShapedLikeItself "terrorism for the sole purpose of causing terror".]]
* TheJimmyHartVersion: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:All the Smiths, with the exception of Harman, are actually ''Garcian's'' split personalities.]]
* TrailersAlwaysLie: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvhNEPfjV-w This trailer,]] from way back in 2003, is particularly interesting as [[DummiedOut virtually none of the dialogue or cutscenes in it]] [[WhatCouldHaveBeen appear in the game itself.]]
** An article in a gaming magazine prior to the game's release stated that the characters would each have different abilities than what made it into the game.
*** KAEDE was supposed to be able to kill the Smiles by raining blood down on them, like she does with the barriers. It was supposedly because she had some kind of [[PoisonousPerson toxin in her system]].
*** Coyote was supposed to be able to preform a roundhouse kick, that would clear a room full of Smiles.
* UnorthodoxReload: Con reloads like he's playing hackeysack.
* ViciousCycle: [[spoiler:No matter who wins each time, Harman and Kun Lan begin the game again in a hundred years.]]
* WakeUpCallBoss: Kurahashi and Akiba are quite a bit harder to deal with than the Angel first boss.
* TheWalrusWasPaul: Many believe the entirety of the game's plot to be an extreme example of this.
* WastedSong: ''Rave On'' is the most popular song in the entire soundtrack. The location where it plays? A completely featureless corridor of stairs that takes all of 20 seconds to walk through.
** The aforementioned LetsPlay turns these scenes into a CrowningMomentOfFunny by having the characters "dance" to the song via timed presses of the "go forward" button.
* WaveMotionGun: ''"Collateral shot!"''
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Some of the earliest trailers had different character designs for the crew, and (possibly) the plot would have been different. Kaede wore a white collared shirt and pants, Harman was thicker and didn't have the goatee, and Heaven's Smiles were not zombie creatures, but berserk humans with joker faces.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome: Possibly the intention of Suda51 [[TeasingCreator because he loves to do it]]. What's more awesome than walking up a staircase with a ''rave'' in the background?!
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic / RuleOfSymbolism: In ''spades''.
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