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* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the [[VideoGame game]] occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. Although a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's subverted, as it's revealed in the true ending that there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead.]]

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* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the [[VideoGame game]] occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. Although a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's [[spoiler:Then subverted, as it's revealed in the true ending that there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead.]]
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* DiceRollDeath: [[spoiler: Freddy Fungus' death was mostly due to him taking a nap in the wrong place, at the wrong time.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, some of Lily's deaths could be contributed to this, such as the Vehicular Manslaughter ending and potentially the Rope Ending 4 [[note]] Though this depends on whether or not the College of Azoth has any control over the water flow in the pipe. [[/note]]]].

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* DiceRollDeath: [[spoiler: Freddy [[spoiler:Freddy Fungus' death was mostly due to him taking a nap in the wrong place, at the wrong time.]]
** [[spoiler: Also, [[spoiler:Also, some of Lily's deaths could be contributed to this, such as the Vehicular Manslaughter ending and potentially the Rope Ending 4 [[note]] Though 4[[note]]Though this depends on whether or not the College of Azoth has any control over the water flow in the pipe. pipe.[[/note]]]].



* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:The reveal of the Lily you play as being a homunculus clone of the original Lily, who is resurrected in another body every time she dies, gives an explanation for many of the items and strange happenings found around the game, in addition to being an instance of MultipleEndings where all the endings are canon.]]

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* TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler:The reveal of the Lily you play as being a homunculus clone of the original Lily, who is resurrected in another body every time she dies, gives an explanation for many of the items and strange happenings found around the game, in addition to being an instance of MultipleEndings where all of the endings are canon.]]



*** This can also be seen as an ironic [[note]]Specifically, Tragic Irony from the perspective of [[spoiler:the antagonist]].[[/note]] foreshadowing of [[spoiler:the true ending, where the house, and presumably the [[EnigmaticInstitute College of Azoth]] alongside [[MadScientist Antonio Tabacchi]] and its personnel are burned to ash through the use of copious amounts of kerosene and the inherent flamability of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Azoth.]]]]
** There are some AntiFrustrationFeatures that allow for subsequent playthroughs to be a little shorter, like the shed remaining open after Lily has first unlocked it in subsequent playthroughs. In addition, things change in every playthrough, like the Hidden Ending (Mother) having the way to it blocked if you return to it. This might seem odd from a story perspective, until the reveal that [[spoiler:Lily has been dying over and over again and transported to a new body every time she dies, so all the endings happen in the same timeline and are all canon]].

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*** This can also be seen as an ironic [[note]]Specifically, Tragic Irony from the perspective of [[spoiler:the antagonist]].[[/note]] foreshadowing of [[spoiler:the true ending, where the house, and presumably the [[EnigmaticInstitute College of Azoth]] alongside [[MadScientist Antonio Tabacchi]] and its personnel are burned to ash through the use of copious amounts of kerosene and the inherent flamability flammability of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Azoth.]]]]
Azoth]]]].
** There are some AntiFrustrationFeatures that allow for subsequent playthroughs to be a little shorter, like the shed remaining open after Lily has first unlocked it in subsequent playthroughs. In addition, things change in every playthrough, like the Hidden Ending (Mother) having the way to it blocked if you return to it. This might seem odd from a story perspective, until the reveal that [[spoiler:Lily has been dying over and over again and transported to a new body every time she dies, so all of the endings happen in the same timeline and all of them are all canon]].



** Lily's Hat is likely based on Koishi Komeiji from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.

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** Lily's Hat hat is likely based on Koishi Komeiji from the ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.



* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she"]].

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* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple of previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she"]].



** [[spoiler: Creator/PureIceBlue also created an afterstory video that shows that Freddy's death was, in fact, canon.]]

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** [[spoiler: Creator/PureIceBlue [[spoiler:Creator/PureIceBlue also created an afterstory video that shows that Freddy's death was, in fact, canon.]]



* LittleDeadRidingHood: The 1.1 update added an unlockable Little Red Riding Hood costume for Lily. She can still very much die while wearing it, and you earn it by [[spoiler:getting eaten by a monster in the first that serves as a stand-in for TheBigBadWolf]].

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* LittleDeadRidingHood: The 1.1 update added an unlockable Little Red Riding Hood costume for Lily. She can still very much die while wearing it, and you earn it by [[spoiler:getting eaten by a monster in the first forest that serves as a stand-in for TheBigBadWolf]].



** Rope Ending 4 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of her rope and climbs into a nearby pipe. At the end of the pipe is an opening to Lake Champlain. While Lily looks out onto the water, a wave of water pushes her out of the pipe. She lands on the rocky shore head first, mutilating her face and killing her.]]

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** Rope Ending 4 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of her rope and climbs into a nearby pipe. At the end of the pipe is an opening to Lake Champlain. While Lily looks out onto the water, a wave of water pushes her out of the pipe. She lands on the rocky shore head first, head-first, mutilating her face and killing her.]]



** Rope Ending 6 - [[spoiler:Lily jumps off the rope to explore a room surrounded by windows. After discovering a corpse with the remains of her hair color, the well's cover is put back on, leaving Lily alone in complete darkness. Either she starves to death in the pile of other skeletonized Lily corpses, or eventually jumps to her death.]]
** Rope Ending 7 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of the rope and tries to climb down the vines growing alongside the well's wall. The vines are actually a blood sucking vine mentioned in a book that can be read in the house, killing Lily.]]

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** Rope Ending 6 - [[spoiler:Lily jumps off the rope to explore a room surrounded by windows. After discovering a corpse with the remains of her hair color, the well's cover is put back on, leaving Lily alone in complete darkness. Either she starves to death in the pile of other skeletonized Lily corpses, or eventually jumps or stumbles to her death.]]
** Rope Ending 7 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of the rope and tries to climb down the vines growing alongside the well's wall. The vines are actually a blood sucking blood-sucking vine mentioned in a book that can be read in the house, killing which promptly trap and kill Lily.]]



** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a cloned homunculus. Papa believes that each Lily clone has the same "soul", and by repeatedly murdering her every time she disobeys an order she will subconsciously learn to obey him without question, but without any of the mental trauma from an AbusiveDad. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]

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** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a cloned homunculus. Papa believes that each Lily clone has the same "soul", and by repeatedly murdering her every time she disobeys an order order, she will subconsciously learn to obey him without question, but without any of the mental trauma from an AbusiveDad. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]



** [[OmegaEnding True Ending]] - [[spoiler:Lily calls the phone number of the original Lily, who is still alive and has made her own life away from her father long ago. She immediately drives over to pick the cloned Lilly up, and the two burn the house down, preventing the experiments there from continuing, as well as being implied to burn down the College as well by dumping fuel down the well. Both Lilies then go to a diner and eat pancakes.]]

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** [[OmegaEnding True Ending]] - [[spoiler:Lily calls the phone number of the original Lily, who is still alive and has made her own life away from her father long ago. She immediately drives over to pick the cloned Lilly Lily up, and the two burn the house down, preventing the experiments there from continuing, as well as being implied to burn down the College as well by dumping fuel down the well. Both Lilies then go to a diner and eat pancakes.]]



* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard. It's not revealed what they do to Lily, but given every other ending except the True Ending ends in her death, it's obvious what the implication is.]]
* OhCrap: In a couple endings, Lily makes a horrified expression [[spoiler:before she dies]].

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard.off-guard. It's not revealed what they do to Lily, but given every other ending except the True Ending ends in her death, it's obvious what the implication is.]]
* OhCrap: In a couple of endings, Lily makes a horrified expression [[spoiler:before she dies]].



* TearsOfFear: A couple times the titular Lily cries out of fear.

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* TearsOfFear: A couple times of times, the titular Lily cries out of fear.



* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One of the secrets reveals Antonio killed his own wife.]]

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* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One of the secrets reveals that Antonio killed his own wife.]]
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Both Freddy's death and the Alt Ending Vehicular Manslaughter do fit the Dice Roll Death trope, and the status of Rope Ending 4 being this is ambiguous.

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*DiceRollDeath: [[spoiler: Freddy Fungus' death was mostly due to him taking a nap in the wrong place, at the wrong time.]]
**[[spoiler: Also, some of Lily's deaths could be contributed to this, such as the Vehicular Manslaughter ending and potentially the Rope Ending 4 [[note]] Though this depends on whether or not the College of Azoth has any control over the water flow in the pipe. [[/note]]]].


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*InnocentBystander: [[spoiler:In her developer commentary livestream, Creator/PureBlueIce states that Freddy Fungus was actually innocent, or at least was not involved in the homunculi project.]]
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The Afterstory (Lily's Birthday) expands some on the universe.

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**[[spoiler: Creator/PureIceBlue also created an afterstory video that shows that Freddy's death was, in fact, canon.]]
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Being a horrible AbusiveDad who has zero qualms with [[OffingTheOffspring murdering Lily]] multiple times for sick experiments, [[WouldHurtAChild Antonio]] completely had it coming when the homunculus Lily and the original Lily finally get revenge via burning down the monster's house and ([[ImpliedTrope possibly]]) got him KilledOffscreen.]]

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* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Being a horrible AbusiveDad who [[spoiler:The true ending has zero qualms with [[OffingTheOffspring murdering Lily]] multiple times for sick experiments, [[WouldHurtAChild Antonio]] completely had it coming when the homunculus house (and the college of Azoth by extension) burned down by the Original Lily and the original Lily finally get revenge via burning down the monster's house and ([[ImpliedTrope possibly]]) got him KilledOffscreen.clone who contacted her.]]

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The game is available both through [[https://pureiceblue.itch.io/lilys-well Itch.io]] and [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834870/Lilys_Well/ Steam]].

While the game's contents are completely available for free, a Bonus Pack is available through both Itch.io and Steam that contains a digital artbook and the raw cutscene graphics.

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The game is available both through [[https://pureiceblue.itch.io/lilys-well Itch.io]] and [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1834870/Lilys_Well/ Steam]].

Steam]]. While the game's contents are completely available for free, a Bonus Pack is available through both Itch.io and Steam that contains a digital artbook and the raw cutscene graphics.
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On July 20, 2023, Pure Ice Blue released ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcorWYvPyv8 Lily's Birthday]]'', a video showing what happened to Lily after the events of the game.



** The same also applies to the places all of the rocks in the river.

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** The same also applies to the places where you found all of the rocks in to use for the river.



* FloralMotifs: Lily herself is named after a flower, but flowers can be found all throughout the game.

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* FloralMotifs: Lily herself is named after a flower, but flowers can be found all throughout the game. You can also unlock a flower-themed costume for her to wear.


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** Hidden Ending (Modern Day Ophelia) - [[spoiler:If Lily tries to wade through the river without adding stones to reach an item, the river's currents will take her away and eventually drown her.]]


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* VirtualPaperDoll: Finding certain endings can unlock multiple outfits for Lily to wear. They only affect her overworld sprite and the pause menu, not the cutscenes.
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In another irony, if they weren't so secret, they may have had the fire department on speed dial, since they do work with a (implied) highly combustible solid... (Also, I apologize for the clunkiness of the spoiler/note, but I figured it was a good idea to have a spoiler cover who experiences the tragic irony, and the note indicates the specific type of irony.)

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*** This can also be seen as an ironic [[note]]Specifically, Tragic Irony from the perspective of [[spoiler:the antagonist]].[[/note]] foreshadowing of [[spoiler:the true ending, where the house, and presumably the [[EnigmaticInstitute College of Azoth]] alongside [[MadScientist Antonio Tabacchi]] and its personnel are burned to ash through the use of copious amounts of kerosene and the inherent flamability of [[AppliedPhlebotinum Azoth.]]]]
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** The "Don't Feed the Wildlife" ending [[spoiler:requires Lily to empty a bag of jerky by feeding it to a monster over the course of several lives, which is only possible if each Lily comes after the other.]]

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** The "Don't Feed the Wildlife" ending [[spoiler:requires Lily to empty a bag of jerky by feeding it to a monster over the course of several lives, which is only possible if each Lily comes after the other.]]other]].



* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:It's {{implied|trope}} in the GoldenEnding that Antonio (and likely other members of the College of Azoth) died. Not that it's shown on-screen]].

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* KilledOffscreen: [[spoiler:It's {{implied|trope}} in the GoldenEnding that Antonio (and likely other members of the College of Azoth) died. Not that it's shown on-screen]].on-screen.]]
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** The "Don't Feed the Wildlife" ending [[spoiler:requires Lily to empty a bag of jerky by feeding it to a monster over the course of several lives, which is only possible if each Lily comes after the other.]]
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** Rope Ending 3 - [[spoiler:Lily reaches for a lamp to try and see further down the well, but loses her grip on the rope and falls to her death.]]
** Rope Ending 4 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of her rope and climbs into a nearby pipe. At the end of the pipe is an opening to Lake Champlain. While Lily looks out onto the water, a wave of water starts flowing out of the pipe, knocking Lily out of it. Her face crashes onto the rocks below, killing her.]]

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** Rope Ending 3 - [[spoiler:Lily finds a lamp on the wall right where her rope ends. She reaches for a lamp it to try and see further down the well, but loses her grip on the rope and falls to her death.]]
** Rope Ending 4 - [[spoiler:Lily gets to the end of her rope and climbs into a nearby pipe. At the end of the pipe is an opening to Lake Champlain. While Lily looks out onto the water, a wave of water starts flowing pushes her out of the pipe, knocking Lily out of it. Her pipe. She lands on the rocky shore head first, mutilating her face crashes onto the rocks below, and killing her.]]



** Rope Ending 6 - [[spoiler:Lily jumps off the rope to explore a room surrounded by windows. After discovering a corpse, the well's cover is put back on, leaving Lily alone in complete darkness.]]

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** Rope Ending 6 - [[spoiler:Lily jumps off the rope to explore a room surrounded by windows. After discovering a corpse, corpse with the remains of her hair color, the well's cover is put back on, leaving Lily alone in complete darkness.darkness. Either she starves to death in the pile of other skeletonized Lily corpses, or eventually jumps to her death.]]



** Rope Ending 9 - [[spoiler:Lily almost makes it to the bottom, but makes the decision to look for more rope outside of the well to be safe. The rope is cut before she can leave, though, breaking her legs. She is left calling for help with the same dialogue from the introduction cutscene.]]
** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a cloned homunculus, being killed over and over in the hopes that her soul will learn to be obedient to his commands without any mental trauma. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]
** Rope Ending 10 (Again) - [[spoiler:By completing ending 10 again, it changes slightly. Instead of the reveal that Lily is a clone, Papa is waiting for you at the doors leading to his lab and simply shoots you in the head again.]]

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** Rope Ending 9 - [[spoiler:Lily almost makes it to the bottom, but makes the decision to look for more rope outside of the well to be safe. The rope is cut before she can leave, though, breaking her legs. She is left calling for help with the same dialogue from the introduction cutscene.cutscene, implying that Lily actually heard ''herself'' crying for help to kick off the game.]]
** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a cloned homunculus, being killed over and over in the hopes homunculus. Papa believes that each Lily clone has the same "soul", and by repeatedly murdering her soul every time she disobeys an order she will subconsciously learn to be obedient to his commands obey him without question, but without any of the mental trauma.trauma from an AbusiveDad. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]
** Rope Ending 10 (Again) - [[spoiler:By completing ending [[spoiler:Ending 10 again, it changes slightly. slightly when attempted again. Instead of the reveal that Lily is a clone, Papa is instead waiting for you at the doors leading to his lab and simply shoots you in the head again.]]



** Hidden Ending (Don't Feed the Wildlife) - [[spoiler:A monster comes out of the woods and eats Lily after she's fed it enough jerky.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Don't Feed the Wildlife) - [[spoiler:A [[spoiler:If Lily feeds the monster comes out of the woods and eats Lily after she's fed it enough jerky.jerky, the bag she is taking jerky from will run out (a hint that every Lily is a subsequent clone). By then, the monster is so reliant on her for food, it will eat ''her'' if she approaches without any.]]



** Hidden Ending (Ma) - [[spoiler:By repeatedly entering and exiting the pantry, it will turn into a ladder leading to the attic. While climbing it, the game will repeatedly throw error warnings showing dialogue of Lily's mother yelling at Antonio, begging him to stop his obsessive cult forming around Azoth and Ume. This fails, and the original Lily is seen finding Ma in the attic after hanging herself. The game then freezes.]]
** Hidden Ending (Stupid Idiot) - [[spoiler:Lily somehow throws away all of the rope materials in the trash, frustrating the Collage of Azoth. Papa then presses a button to make the trash can eat Lily.]]
** [[OmegaEnding True Ending]] - [[spoiler:Lily calls the phone number of the original Lily, who drives over to the house to save her. The two burn the house down, preventing the experiments there from continuing. Both Lilies then go to a diner and eat pancakes.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Ma) - [[spoiler:By repeatedly entering and exiting the pantry, it will turn into a ladder leading to the attic. While climbing it, the game will repeatedly throw error warnings showing dialogue of Lily's mother yelling at Antonio, Antonio (Papa), begging him to stop his the obsessive cult forming around Azoth and Ume. This fails, and the original Lily is then seen finding Ma in to find her mother's corpse, swinging from the attic rafters after hanging herself. The game then freezes.]]
** Hidden Ending (Stupid Idiot) - [[spoiler:Lily somehow throws has the option to throw away all items in the garbage can. Apparently this is expected and sometimes happens; some of the Lily clones are defective and decide to throw rope materials in away rather than use it to climb down the trash, frustrating the Collage of Azoth. well. As a result, Papa then presses a button to make and causes the trash can eat Lily.to ''eat Lily'', killing her so a more suitable clone can be tested.]]
** [[OmegaEnding True Ending]] - [[spoiler:Lily calls the phone number of the original Lily, who is still alive and has made her own life away from her father long ago. She immediately drives over to pick the house to save her. The cloned Lilly up, and the two burn the house down, preventing the experiments there from continuing.continuing, as well as being implied to burn down the College as well by dumping fuel down the well. Both Lilies then go to a diner and eat pancakes.]]



* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard. It's not revealed what they do to Lily, but it's implied that she dies as a result.]]

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard. It's not revealed what they do to Lily, but given every other ending except the True Ending ends in her death, it's implied that she dies as a result.obvious what the implication is.]]

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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Various files imply that the parts of other people were used to make all of Lily's new bodies.]]

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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Various files imply that the parts HumanResources: [[spoiler:The wall board and Antonio's offhanded mention of other people were used using "meat" to make all of Lily's new bodies.the clones implies they're somehow made from people who were abducted.]]


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* StringTheory: There's a wallboard in the college meeting room covered in photos and notes, connected with red string. The notes include the people's ages, blood types, and [[spoiler:how risky it would be to abduct them]].

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** Rope Ending 8 - [[spoiler:Lily finds a vent without a cover and climbs into it. She eventually falls through a weak point, getting injured from the fall. Her fall wakes up a group of monsters that are implied to eat her.]]

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** Rope Ending 8 - [[spoiler:Lily finds a vent without a cover and climbs into it. She eventually falls through a weak point, getting injured from the fall. Her fall wakes up and landing in a group room full of monsters that deformed clones of herself. They turn to Lily and are implied to eat her.]]



** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a homunculus that keeps being killed in the well to force her soul to naturally listen to him. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]
** Hidden Ending (Bad Craftsmanship) - [[spoiler:The rope breaks shortly after Lily starts climbing, causing her to fall to her death.]]

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** Rope Ending 10 - [[spoiler:Lily makes it to the bottom of the well and discovers that it leads to the College of Azoth. There she encounters Papa, who reveals that Lily is a homunculus that keeps cloned homunculus, being killed over and over in the well to force hopes that her soul will learn to naturally listen be obedient to him.his commands without any mental trauma. Lily is then shot in the head so the next Lily body can be tested.]]
** Rope Ending 10 (Again) - [[spoiler:By completing ending 10 again, it changes slightly. Instead of the reveal that Lily is a clone, Papa is waiting for you at the doors leading to his lab and simply shoots you in the head again.]]
** Hidden Ending (Bad Craftsmanship) - [[spoiler:The [[spoiler:By using poor quality materials like the unknitted yarn, Lily's rope breaks shortly after Lily starts she begins climbing, causing her to fall falling to her death.]]



** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown; however, given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that ending's phone number, it's possible she's eaten by the monsters.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily [[spoiler:By accessing the vent in ending 8 and jamming the garden shears into the fan, Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown; however, given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that ending's phone number, it's possible she's eaten by the monsters.]]
** Hidden Ending (Ma) - [[spoiler:By repeatedly entering and exiting the pantry, it will turn into a ladder leading to the attic. While climbing it, the game will repeatedly throw error warnings showing dialogue of Lily's mother yelling at Antonio, begging him to stop his obsessive cult forming around Azoth and Ume. This fails, and the original Lily is seen finding Ma in the attic after hanging herself. The game then freezes.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Most of the endings has Lily die because [[spoiler:of her father or (most likely) one of his subordinates. Considering that all of the endings are canon, it means that her father and his cult are getting away with everything every time...until the GoldenEnding, where the original Lily and another clone sets the house and the lab on fire. It's not seen what happens to them, but most likely every man down there, including Lily's father, are burned alive]].
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Professor Antonio Tabacchi]] is keeping the person in the well captive and [[spoiler:the leader of the College of Azoth cult who repeatedly lures Lily to her death to keep her from ever leaving him]].

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* BigBad: [[spoiler:Professor Antonio Tabacchi]] is keeping the person in the well captive and [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:is the leader of the College of Azoth cult who repeatedly lures Lily to her death to keep her from ever leaving him]].



** [[spoiler:The monsters found in the default vent ending are made of twisted flesh and broken bones. One additionally is missing the top half of its head, but is still alive]].
** [[spoiler:The monster in the woods is a large head with a body made of many Lily bodies fused together]].

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** [[spoiler:The monsters found in the default vent ending are made of twisted flesh and broken bones. One additionally is missing the top half of its head, but is still alive]].
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** [[spoiler:The monster in the woods is a large head with a body made of many Lily bodies fused together]].together.]]



* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the ending where Lily reaches the bottom of the well, [[OffingTheOffspring Antonio shoots her in the forehead with a pistol]]]].

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* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:In the ending where Lily reaches the bottom of the well, [[OffingTheOffspring Antonio shoots her in the forehead with a pistol]]]].pistol]].]]



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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:In one ending, Lily's face gets disfigured]].

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* FacialHorror: [[spoiler:In one ending, Lily's face gets disfigured]]. disfigured.]]



** There is a birthday card in the cave for Lily's first birthday, but it's dated in 1985 and the game is set in 2005, yet Lily is only nine years old. [[spoiler:This is because she isn't the original Lily]].
** If you investigate the TV, Lily mentions a program on fire safety she watched where her dad would skip one point and tell her never to call the number on-screen. Going to the phone and trying to dial 911 Lily says her dad calls it a "no-no number" because it'll bring people to their house. The game isn't subtle that something nefarious is going on but these are the first and easiest to find instances, only getting confirmation and explanation after multiple bad endings.

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** There is a birthday card in the cave for Lily's first birthday, but it's dated in 1985 and the game is set in 2005, yet Lily is only nine years old. [[spoiler:This is because she isn't the original Lily]].
Lily.]]
** If you investigate the TV, Lily mentions a program on fire safety she watched where her dad would skip one point and tell her never to call the number on-screen. Going If you go to the phone and trying try to dial 911 911, Lily says her dad calls it a "no-no number" because it'll bring people to their house. The game isn't subtle that something nefarious is going on on, but these are the first and easiest to find instances, only getting confirmation and explanation after multiple bad endings.



** Within the well are various monsters and corpses. Looking closely, you might notice that [[spoiler:they look a lot like Lily, especially the corpses at the bottom of the well- because they are her other bodies who died before by falling into the well or otherwise]].
** The hair in the tombstone [[spoiler:and all throughout the lab]] is described as being "oily," [[spoiler:and is just as flammable as real oil.]]

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** Within the well are various monsters and corpses. Looking closely, you might notice that [[spoiler:they look a lot like Lily, especially the corpses at the bottom of the well- well — because they are her other bodies who died before by falling into the well or otherwise]].
** The hair in the tombstone [[spoiler:and all throughout the lab]] is described as being "oily," [[spoiler:and is just as flammable as real oil.]]oil]].



* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Various files imply the parts of other people were used to make all of Lily's new bodies.]]

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* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Various files imply that the parts of other people were used to make all of Lily's new bodies.]]



* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she."]]

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* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she."]]"she"]].



* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Most of the endings has Lily die because [[spoiler:of her father or (most likely) one of his subordinates. Considering that all of the endings are canon, it means that her father and his cult are getting away with everything every time...until the GoldenEnding where the original Lily and another clone sets the house and the lab on fire. It's not seen what happens to them but most likely every man down there, including Lily's father, are burned alive]].

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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Most of the endings has Lily die because [[spoiler:of her father or (most likely) one of his subordinates. Considering that all of the endings are canon, it means that her father and his cult are getting away with everything every time...until the GoldenEnding GoldenEnding, where the original Lily and another clone sets the house and the lab on fire. It's not seen what happens to them them, but most likely every man down there, including Lily's father, are burned alive]].



* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:If you kill Freddy Fungus, he will remain dead unless the save file is completely reset]].

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:If you kill Freddy Fungus, he will remain dead unless the save file is completely reset]].reset.]]



* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She doesn't know it at first, but Lily is a rather young example of one [[spoiler:as her father is performing alchemical experiments with the rest of his students.]][[spoiler:The original (and older) Lily is an even better example]].

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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She doesn't know it at first, but Lily is a rather young example of one [[spoiler:as her father is performing alchemical experiments with the rest of his students.]][[spoiler:The students]]. [[spoiler:The original (and older) Lily is an even better example]].example.]]



* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Player character Lily says she's 9 years old [[spoiler:and she's technically even younger considering she keeps dying and waking up in new bodies]], and the game is definitely not for kids; it heavily involves TheManyDeathsOfYou (most of which are quite gruesome), BodyHorror and disturbing imagery, and a rather dark plotline [[spoiler:about parental abuse]].

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* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Player character Lily says she's 9 years old [[spoiler:and [[spoiler:(and she's technically even younger younger, considering she keeps dying and waking up in new bodies]], bodies)]], and the game is definitely not for kids; it heavily involves TheManyDeathsOfYou (most of which are quite gruesome), BodyHorror BodyHorror, and disturbing imagery, and a rather dark plotline [[spoiler:about parental abuse]].



* MultipleEndings: There are many Dead Ends, a handful of Hidden Endings, and one True Ending. Notably, the True Ending reveals that [[spoiler:all these "endings" are ''all canon'', as every time Lily dies, she is resurrected in a new body and left to start all over again]].
** Rope Ending 1 - [[spoiler:Lily starts climbing the well, but the rope is cut by one of the students from the College. Lily falls to her death.]]

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* MultipleEndings: There are many Dead Ends, a handful of Hidden Endings, and one True Ending. Notably, the True Ending reveals that [[spoiler:all of these "endings" are ''all canon'', as every time Lily dies, she is resurrected in a new body and left to start all over again]].
** Rope Ending 1 - [[spoiler:Lily starts climbing down the well, but the rope is cut by one of the students from the College. Lily falls to her death.]]



** Rope Ending 9 - [[spoiler:Lily almost makes it to the bottom, but makes the decision to look for more rope outside of the well to be safe. The rope is cut before she can leave though, breaking her legs. She is left calling for help with the same dialogue from the introduction cutscene.]]

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** Rope Ending 9 - [[spoiler:Lily almost makes it to the bottom, but makes the decision to look for more rope outside of the well to be safe. The rope is cut before she can leave leave, though, breaking her legs. She is left calling for help with the same dialogue from the introduction cutscene.]]



** Hidden Ending (Bad Craftsmanship) - [[spoiler:The rope breaks shortly after Lily starts climbing causing her to fall to her death.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Bad Craftsmanship) - [[spoiler:The rope breaks shortly after Lily starts climbing climbing, causing her to fall to her death.]]



** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown however given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that endings phone number, it's possible she's eaten by the monsters.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown however unknown; however, given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that endings ending's phone number, it's possible she's eaten by the monsters.]]



* NightmareFace: [[spoiler:The flesh monsters have terrifying faces]].

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* NightmareFace: [[spoiler:The flesh monsters have terrifying faces]].faces.]]



* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In several endings, Antonio [[WouldHurtAChild murders Lily, his nine-year-old daughter]]]].
* OmegaEnding: The True Ending is only available after getting all ten Dead Ends and [[spoiler:imputing the full phone number from the digits you get after each ending]]. Downplayed as you do not have to get the Hidden Endings or Joke Ending.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Being a horrible AbusiveDad who has zero qualms with [[OffingTheOffspring murdering Lily]] multiple times for sick experiments, [[WouldHurtAChild Antonio]] completely had it coming when the homunculus Lily and the original Lily finally get revenge via burning down the monster's house and ([[ImpliedTrope possibly]]) got him KilledOffscreen]].

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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:In several endings, Antonio [[WouldHurtAChild murders Lily, his nine-year-old daughter]]]].
daughter]].]]
* OmegaEnding: The True Ending is only available after getting all ten Dead Ends and [[spoiler:imputing [[spoiler:inputing the full phone number from the digits you get after each ending]]. Downplayed as you do not have to get the Hidden Endings or Joke Ending.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Being a horrible AbusiveDad who has zero qualms with [[OffingTheOffspring murdering Lily]] multiple times for sick experiments, [[WouldHurtAChild Antonio]] completely had it coming when the homunculus Lily and the original Lily finally get revenge via burning down the monster's house and ([[ImpliedTrope possibly]]) got him KilledOffscreen]].KilledOffscreen.]]



* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Lily is a hommunculus made to replace the original Lily after she moved out and cut contact with her abusive father.]]

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* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Lily is a hommunculus homunculus made to replace the original Lily after she moved out and cut contact with her abusive father.]]



* ThrowTheDogABone: Lily finally gets a happy ending in the OmegaEnding after a list of endings where she dies every time [[spoiler:which is taken up to eleven considering that she remembers every time she died. Also no more homunculus of her will be created and killed]].
* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One of the secrets reveals Antonio killed his own wife]].

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Lily finally gets a happy ending in the OmegaEnding after a list of endings where she dies every time [[spoiler:which is taken up to eleven considering that she remembers every time she died. Also Also, no more homunculus homunculi of her will be created and killed]].
* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One of the secrets reveals Antonio killed his own wife]].wife.]]



* UngratefulBastard: You can feed the creature in the woods with beef jerky. [[spoiler:It thanks Lily by eventually eating ''her'']].

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* UngratefulBastard: You can feed the creature in the woods with beef jerky. [[spoiler:It thanks Lily by eventually eating ''her'']].''her''.]]



* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the [[VideoGame game]] occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. Although a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's subverted as it's revealed in the true ending there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead]].

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* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the [[VideoGame game]] occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. Although a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's subverted subverted, as it's revealed in the true ending that there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead]].instead.]]
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[[caption-width-right:321:Lily before the night goes horribly wrong.]]

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[[caption-width-right:321:Lily [[caption-width-right:321:Pictured: Lily, before the night goes horribly wrong.]]
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** There is a birthday card in the cave for Lily's first birthday, but it's dated in 1985 and the game is set in 2005, yet Lily is only nine years old. [[spoiler:This is because she isn’t the original Lily]].

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** There is a birthday card in the cave for Lily's first birthday, but it's dated in 1985 and the game is set in 2005, yet Lily is only nine years old. [[spoiler:This is because she isn’t isn't the original Lily]].



* MultipleEndings: There are many Dead Ends, a handful of Hidden Endings, and one True Ending. Notably, the True Ending reveals that [[spoiler:all these “endings” are ''all canon'', as every time Lily dies, she is resurrected in a new body and left to start all over again]].

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* MultipleEndings: There are many Dead Ends, a handful of Hidden Endings, and one True Ending. Notably, the True Ending reveals that [[spoiler:all these “endings” "endings" are ''all canon'', as every time Lily dies, she is resurrected in a new body and left to start all over again]].



** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown however given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that endings phone number, it’s possible she’s eaten by the monsters.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown however given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that endings phone number, it’s it's possible she’s she's eaten by the monsters.]]



* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard. It’s not revealed what they do to Lily, but it’s implied that she dies as a result.]]

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* NothingIsScarier: [[spoiler:The monsters found in the vent ending catch most players off guard. It’s It's not revealed what they do to Lily, but it’s it's implied that she dies as a result.]]
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* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she"]].

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* ItIsDehumanizing: In one bad ending, [[spoiler:Antonio refers to [[ItMakesSenseInContext a couple previous Lilys]] as "it" instead of "she"]]."she."]]
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** The hair in the tombstone [[spoiler:and all throughout the lab]] is described as being "oily," [[spoiler:and is just as flammable as real oil.]]

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* NiceHat: The titular Lily owns a large blue hat with a yellow ribbon.



* ThrowTheDogABone: Lily finally gets a happy ending in the OmegaEnding after a list of endings where she dies every time [[spoiler:which is taken UpToEleven considering that she remembers every time she died. Also no more homunculus of her will be created and killed]].

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* ThrowTheDogABone: Lily finally gets a happy ending in the OmegaEnding after a list of endings where she dies every time [[spoiler:which is taken UpToEleven up to eleven considering that she remembers every time she died. Also no more homunculus of her will be created and killed]].
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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She doesn't know it at first, but Lily is a rather young example of one.[[spoiler:The original (and older) Lily is an even better example]].

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* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She doesn't know it at first, but Lily is a rather young example of one.[[spoiler:The one [[spoiler:as her father is performing alchemical experiments with the rest of his students.]][[spoiler:The original (and older) Lily is an even better example]].
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The only real happy ending can only be obtained by [[spoiler:getting all of the rope endings and calling the complete phone number obtained from these endings]].

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The only real happy ending can only be obtained by [[spoiler:getting all of the rope endings (and killing Lily multiple times) and calling the complete phone number obtained from these endings]].



%%* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Lily [[spoiler:and the original Lily]].

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%%* * MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She doesn't know it at first, but Lily [[spoiler:and the is a rather young example of one.[[spoiler:The original Lily]].(and older) Lily is an even better example]].



%%* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Lily for the original Lily.]]

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%%* * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Lily for is a hommunculus made to replace the original Lily.Lily after she moved out and cut contact with her abusive father.]]



* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One the secrets reveals Antonio killed his own wife]].

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* TilMurderDoUsPart: [[spoiler:One of the secrets reveals Antonio killed his own wife]].
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* MatureWorkChildProtagonists: Player character Lily says she's 9 years old [[spoiler:and she's technically even younger considering she keeps dying and waking up in new bodies]], and the game is definitely not for kids; it heavily involves TheManyDeathsOfYou (most of which are quite gruesome), BodyHorror and disturbing imagery, and a rather dark plotline [[spoiler:about parental abuse]].
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** Hidden Ending (Stupid Idiot) - [[spoiler:Lily somehow throws away all of the rope materials in the trash, frustrating the Collage of Azoth. Papa then presses a button to make the trash can eat Lily.]]
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* TheManyDeathsOfYou: A core part of the gameplay is unlocking all the different ways Lily can die traversing down the well.
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''Lily's Well'' is a freeware horror game by Pureiceblue, the creator of ''VideoGame/ICannotDrown'', made in the ''UsefulNotes/RPGMaker'' MV engine. In 2005, a young girl named Lily Tabacchi wakes up in the middle of the night hearing someone calling for help outside her window. To save the unknown person, Lily gets out of bed and gathers things around her house to use as rope for the rescue.

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''Lily's Well'' is a freeware horror game by Pureiceblue, Creator/PureIceBlue, the creator of ''VideoGame/ICannotDrown'', made in the ''UsefulNotes/RPGMaker'' MV engine. In 2005, a young girl named Lily Tabacchi wakes up in the middle of the night hearing someone calling for help outside her window. To save the unknown person, Lily gets out of bed and gathers things around her house to use as rope for the rescue.
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** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown.]]

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** Hidden Ending (Mother) - [[spoiler:Lily finds a painting of [[VideoGame/ICannotDrown Ume]] within a hidden room. It starts making her feel sick and makes the game start to bug out. Her fate is left unknown.unknown however given that the game states it loads Rope Ending 8 and you get that endings phone number, it’s possible she’s eaten by the monsters.]]
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* BerserkButton: Antonio is only shown angry [[spoiler:in the joke ending where Lily attempts to throw out the weed whacker he apparently broke at some point. Because he believes it can still be fixed, he activates a button that causes the garbage can by the road to eat Lily.]]

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* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the game occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. But, a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's subverted as it's revealed in the true ending there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lily has purple/pink hair[[spoiler:, as a side effect of her father using Azoth to create homunculi]].

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* WritersCannotDoMath: According to the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwmaOD4hCFs official trailer]], the game [[VideoGame game]] occurs in 2005. And the intro states Lily is nine-years-old. But, Although a birthday card states her birthday is July 20th, 1985. [[spoiler:It's subverted as it's revealed in the true ending there is an original Lily who's older and said birthdate is heavily implied to be hers instead]].
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Lily has purple/pink hair[[spoiler:, as a side effect of her father using Azoth to create homunculi]].
instead]].

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