History VideoGame / Killer7

* 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.

* FootFocus: KAEDE "Barefoot" Smith.

* 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.]]
*** Which also explains [[spoiler:why none other than Garcian/Emir can kill one of the black Smiles during the last boss.]]

* 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]]).

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic / RuleOfSymbolism: In ''spades''.

* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuYVfNeX-lY&hd=1 Rave On]]

* 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.
** Well, it plays at one other time, but it's equally unimportant. [[spoiler: It plays on the difficulty selection screen for hopper7.]]

** [[spoiler:Kevin]] is also gay [[WordOfGay according to]] ''[[AllThereInTheManual Hand in killer7]]'' though this is never brought up in the game.

* 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.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: In the intro to the first mission, Dan has this to say after blowing the head off a human turned Heaven Smile:
--> '''Dan Smith''': Ah Shit! There's more than 14 of 'em. (spits) Those bastards are breeding.

* HellIsThatNoise: Anything and everything on the mission select screen.

* AnticlimaxBoss: The Last Shot Smile, boss of the PlayableEpilogue.

** One reason for it is that a lot of extra scenes are shoved in; some don't follow on from the previous scene, while others only serve to enrich the storyline. Another is that there are a lot of plot threads involved, and they don't come together until the end, at which point you're hit with a TomatoSurprise that changes everything.

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]].

* MindScrew: Don't think about it too hard or your brain will start crying.

* Hell Is That Noise: Anything and everything on the mission select screen.

** 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]].

** Love Wilcox (Debi Derryberry) is [[TheAdventuresOfJimmyNeutron Jimmy Neutron]], [[ZatchBell Zatch]], [[TenchiMuyo Ryo-ohki]], [[{{Yakuza}} Haruka]], [[NoMoreHeroes Matt Helms]], and [[TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Nergal Jr.]]

{{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''.

** Though for some, it would be considered FetishFuel.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[MetalGearSolid Liquid Snake]], [[Manga/{{Akira}} Kaneda]], and [[WesternAnimation/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles1987 Leonardo]].

** Garcian (Greg Eagles) is [[EternalDarkness Michael Edwards and Chattur'gha]] as well as [[MetalGearSolid Gray Fox, Donald Anderson, and Peter Stillman]].

** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[TheFairlyOddParents Chet Ubetcha]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Ben 10}} Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[MetalGearSolid Granin]], [[{{Painkiller}} Asmodeus]], [[RatchetAndClank Captain Quark]], and [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil4 Jack Krauser]].

** Well, it plays at one other time, but its equally unimportant. [[spoiler: It plays on the difficulty selection screen for hopper7.]]

* Lunacy: There're some disturbing shots of the moon [[WeirdMoon quivering and pulsating to an ominous soundtrack]] whenever a chapter starts or a file is loaded. Plus, [[BadMoonRising it starts turning red nearing the game's finale]]. While the moon inserts are never formally addressed, they form a sort of analogy with the LaughingMad ''Heaven'' Smiles.

* ForTheEvulz: The Heaven's Smiles aren't trying to change anything-they just want to cause havoc.

* KickChick: Kaede's counterattacks, even despite her status as Barefoot.

* SpySpeak: used by Cristopher Mills, in fear of wire tapping.

* WakeUpCallBoss: Kurahashi and Akiba are quite a bit harder to deal with than the Angel first boss.

->'''Harman''': You're awake from your dream.