History VideoGame / MrHoppsPlayhouse3

[[caption-width-right:350:The final chapter of Mr. Hopp. [[note]]Clockwise from top: [[KillerRabbit Mr. Hopp]], [[CatsAreMean Mr. Stripes]], [[TheHero Esther]], [[SupportingProtagonist Ruby]], [[BearsAreBadNews Miss Bo]].[[/note]]]]

The steam page for the game can be found [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2176450/Mr_Hopps_Playhouse_3/ here]].

* DeagedInDeath: Esther died as an elderly woman due to Mr. Hopp [[SanitySlippage causing her mental state to deteriorate]]. It is revealed that Esther was eternally damned in the underworld, and has gone back to her youthful [[VagueAge nine-to-eleven-year-old]] self that was seen in [[VideoGame/MrHoppsPlayhouse2 the second game]].

* ParentalAbandonment: Esther's backstory is explored further in this game and it revealed that [[spoiler:she is dropped to Blacklands Manor Orphanage by her father, Arthur due to her mother, Faith [[DeathByChildbirth passed away after giving birth to her]].]]

* AntiFrustrationFeature: The gem indicator will inform when you collected all the gems in a level.

* HaveWeMet: On their first encounter in a while, Esther is shocked to see Ruby in the underworld after the latter frees her from her imprisonment while Ruby doesn't recognize Esther as a young girl. They get to know each other rather quickly after the first chase with Mr. Hopp fortunately.

* {{Revenge}}: The game's plot involves the Entity getting revenge on both Esther and Ruby by trapping them in the underworld to make them suffer.

* ChekhovsGun: The gems that are 0scattered throughout the underworld. The first dark totem vaguely mentions that each of them contain the sliver energy of The Six, which serves as a hint to collect them all in addition of Esther referring Ruby as "my little gem". [[spoiler:And in the true ending, they are indirectly used as a power source to fuel Esther's transformation into Ascended Esther.]]

Six months after the event of the first game, little Ruby is seemingly safe from Mr. Hopp's grasp with the exception of her family being taken by him... until he decides to come back. After a close encounter with him and she ends up dragged into the underworld in the process, now Ruby must find her way out as she teaming up with another trapped young girl that so happen to be her late grandmother, Esther.

* AcidPool: Some room features this where it can hurt your player character. In the first boss room, you need to open the pool by solving the puzzle to kill the ogre.

** While the game is presented in 3D, the cutscenes are using stylized 2D animation blended with 3D background similar to ''The New Girl'' short.

* BadassInDistress: It revealed that Esther's soul has been imprisoned in the underworld after passing away by the Entity and Ruby who so happens to be dragged into it has to break her free.

* BittersweetEnding: The true ending is treated as such and likely an inevitable one. [[spoiler:After Esther finishes off the Entity for good, Ruby is finally able to return home and reunites with her parents in the surface world. But [[IChooseToStay Esther decides to stay behind in the Underworld as its new ruler]] to keep the souls there in check, since she's already dead in the first place. However, she promises to always watch over Ruby and her family before departing with her.]]

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: As it shown by her monologue intro, Ruby wished to hear her grandma to call her "My little gem" again and tell her that everything was going to be okay for one more time. While it eventually does come true, it takes her to get DraggedOffToHell before she reunite with Esther again.
* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The last seen of Esther after made her settlement in the underworld is to face a swarm of hostile souls coming to her way, which Esther confidently ready to fight them with her new angelic power.]]

** At the start of the game, Ruby wished she could hear her grandma Esther call her "My little gem" again and tell her that everything is okay after everything she's been through for one more time. Not only does Esther get to call Ruby that nickname once more when she reunites with her in the underworld, but she also tells her that everything is okay [[spoiler:before expressing her intentions to stay in the underworld as its new ruler and departing with her]].

** In the previous game, Esther traversed into the Underworld for the first time to rescue the manor's residents after obtaining The Six. Comes the third game, not only she ends up dragged there yet again after passing away, [[spoiler:but Esther also decide to stay in the Underworld as its new ruler after defeating the Entity for good.]]
* CallBack: At the end of the game, Esther is telling Ruby that "everything is okay now", similar to how she did at the end of the second game to her friends, Molly and Isaac after she rescued them alongside the rest of the Blacklands Manor's residents.

* ChekhovsGun: The gems that scattered throughout the underworld. The first dark totem vaguely mentions that each of them contain the sliver energy of The Six, which serves as a hint to collect them all in addition of Esther referring Ruby as "My little gem". [[spoiler:And in the true ending, they are indirectly used as a power source to fuel Esther's transformation into Ascended Esther.]]
* DeadToBeginWith: Esther remains dead, but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby who's so happen to be dragged into it, it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from there.
* DecoyProtagonist: The game is started with Ruby’s narration and the player controls her, but after finding Esther early on control is given predominantly to her. Ruby does still get a couple solo sections, but so does Esther. With the exception of the chase sequence with Mr. Hopp, Esther is being controlled any time the pair are together, and she is the one entirely in control for the ending of the game; focus is not split evenly.
* DownTheDrain: One section in the underworld features this as Ruby need to sneak past the shadow creatures and flee from Miss Bo.
* DownerBeginning: Things didn't go so well for Ruby after the events of the first game. She is mocked by her friends as some crazy killer after telling them of her encounter with Mr. Hopps and her decision to burn her own house down in order to take him down. The bullying's become so bad that she had to drop out of school and now lives alone alongside her aunt. [[FromBadToWorse Oh, and Mr. Hopp is back and drags her into the underworld]]...
* EasterEgg: Similar to the second game, you can discovers hidden rooms decorated with plenty of references to obtain the collectable items like plushies and the game's posters within by solving puzzles.
** In the first room, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog there's a flippable spinning post placed in a greenery area with checkered wall]].
** In the second room, [[VideoGame/UnderTale it's decorated with purple brick-wall as well a sweater and a lone flower are placed there]].

** In the fourth room, [[VideoGame/Wolfenstein3D it's panelled with blue color and storing plenty of teal steel blocks]].
** In the eighth room, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros a lone green pipe placed on top of brick platform is hidden there]].

* HaveWeMet: On their first encounter in a while, Esther is shocked to see Ruby in the underworld after the latter freed her from her imprisonment while Ruby doesn't recognize Esther as a young girl. They get to know each other rather quickly after the first chase with Mr. Hopp fortunately.

(''Mr. Hopp's music box jingles suddenly plays in the background'')

** The fact that the game takes place in the Underworld could be seen as this given the location is hidden behind the true final chapter in the second game and can only be accessed after collecting all six medallions.

** True Ending: If the player manages to collect all the gems in the game, [[spoiler:Ruby throws her medallion to Esther before getting badly wounded by The Entity. This enrages Esther to the point that she uses The Six to become the angelic Ascended Esther to defeat The Entity once and for all. After the battle, Esther heals Ruby and prepares to send her home, telling her that The Entity's destruction means she will have to take their place keeping the souls in the underworld in check. [[BolivianArmyEnding As a swarm of hostile souls emerge from the darkness, Esther smiles with confidence and spreads her wings, ready to face them]]. We then see a drawing of a happy Ruby and her family, with Ascended Esther watching over them.]]
* OffscreenAfterlife: Despite the Underworld is shown upfront in the previous game as well being represented exactly like it early on when Ruby made her first arrival there, the place is largely resembles Blacklands Manor instead with the occasional different areas thrown here and there such as sewer and nursery. One of the dark totems noted that this is deliberately designed by the Entity as a reminder to Esther that she cannot be freed from his terror.

** After her first encounter with Isabelle in a while, the latter throws Esther into a little game against Mr. Hopp with the mechanic that's eeriely similar to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.

** The game shown Esther being DeadToBeginWith as she reverts to her younger look despite being much older and by the end of it, [[spoiler:she is enforced to take the Entity's place as the new ruler of the underworld after defeating him for good.]] [[Recap/AdventureTimeDistantLandsTogetherAgain Sounds familiar to you?]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In the second game, Esther is simply an ActionSurvivor who is still rather anxious about the threats around her surroundings and trying to constantly convince herself that it's just a nightmare. By the time of the this game, she's already an ExperiencedProtagonist who mostly [[SeenItAll doesn't faze in front of her adversaries]] and getting better at using the medallions individually. [[spoiler:And that's not even mentioning her transformation into Ascended Esther.]]

* VideoGame3DLeap: Unlike the previous games, which used 2D sprites, this game is using 3D models.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt: [[spoiler:Enforced. By defeating the Entity for good, Esther has to take his place as the ruler of the Underworld to keep the souls there in check. Therefore, [[IChooseToStay she decides to stay in there]] before sending Ruby and her family back to the surface world. ]]

** The game shown Esther being DeadToBeginWith and by the end of it, [[spoiler:she is enforced to take the Entity's place as the new ruler of the underworld after defeating him for good.]] [[Recap/AdventureTimeDistantLandsTogetherAgain Sounds familiar to you?]]

* DeadToBeginWith: Esther remains dead, but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby who's so happen to be dragged into it, it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from the underworld.

-->[[spoiler:'''Ascended Esther:''' I will watch over all of you. Always.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The final chapter of Mr. Hopp.[[note]]Clockwise from top: [[KillerRabbit Mr. Hopp]], [[CatsAreMean Mr. Stripes]], [[TheHero Esther]], [[SupportingProtagonist Ruby]], [[BearsAreBadNews Miss Bo]].[[/note]]]]

* BittersweetEnding: The true ending is treated as such and likely an inevitable one. [[spoiler:After Esther finishes off the Entity for good, Ruby is finally able to return home and reunites with her parents in the human world. But [[IChooseToStay Esther decides to stay behind in the Underworld as its new ruler]] to keep the souls there in check, since she's already dead in the first place. However, she promises to always watch over Ruby and her family before departing with her.]]

* DecoyProtagonist: The game is started with Ruby’s narration and the player controls her, but after finding Esther early on control is given predominantly to her. Ruby does still get a couple solo sections, but so does Esther, she’s being controlled any time the pair are together, and she is the one entirely in control for the ending of the game; focus is not split evenly.

* GottaCatchThemAll: Similar to [[VideoGame/DarkDeception its inspiration]], you collect gems scattered throughout the level. And while it's optional to grab them all, it's required to get the true ending.

** After her first encounter with Isabelle in a while, the latter throws Esther into a little game against Mr. Hopp that's eeriely similar to ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys''.
** If the connection between The Six and the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]] in the previous game isn't apparent enough, it's taken further here [[spoiler:by having Esther using them to transform into [[SuperForm Ascended Esther]] and fighting the Entity in an aerial, pivoting battle to rock music, exactly like the Super Sonic fights that tend to serve as final bosses in 3D Sonic games.]]

->''"You cannot escape this. This is not the end. I. will. come. back! And you will play with us. I will stitch you two back together, so I can rip you apart all over again!"''

* BookEnds: At the start of the game, Ruby wished she could hear her grandma Esther call her "My little gem" again and tell her that everything is okay after everything she's been through for one more time. Not only does Esther get to call Ruby that nickname once more when she reunites with her in the underworld, but she also tells her that everything is okay [[spoiler:before expressing her intentions to stay in the underworld as its new ruler and departing with her]].

* ShoutOut: If the connection between The Six and the [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]] in the previous game isn't apparent enough, it's taken further here [[spoiler:by having Esther using them to transform into [[SuperForm Ascended Esther]] and fighting the Entity in an aerial, pivoting battle to rock music, exactly like the Super Sonic fights that tend to serve as final bosses in 3D Sonic games.]]

* ShoutOut: If the connection between The Six and the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Chaos Emeralds]] in the previous game isn't apparent enough, it's taken further here [[spoiler:by having Esther using them to transform into [[SuperForm Ascended Esther]].]]

* BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The last seen of Esther after made her settlement in the underworld is to face a swarm of hostile souls coming to her way, which Esther confidently ready to face them with her new angelic power.]]

** In the eighth room, [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros a lone green pipe placed on top of brick platform is hidden there]].

* ChekhovsGun: The gems that scattered throughout the underworld. The first dark totem vaguely mentions that each of them contain the sliver energy of The Six, which serves as a hint to collect them all in addition of Esther referring Ruby as "My little gem". [[spoiler:And in the true ending, they are used as a power source to fuel Esther's transformation into Ascended Esther.]]

** In the first room, [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog there's a flippable spinning post placed in a greenery area with checkered wall]].

** True Ending: If the player manages to collect all the gems in the game, [[spoiler:Ruby throws her medallion to Esther before getting badly wounded by The Entity. This enrages Esther to the point that she uses The Six to become the angelic Ascended Esther to defeat The Entity once and for all. After the battle, Esther heals Ruby and prepares to send her home, telling her that The Entity's destruction means she will have to take their place keeping the souls in the underworld in check. As a swarm of hostile souls emerge from the darkness, Esther smiles and spreads her wings, ready to face them. We then see a drawing of a happy Ruby and her family, with Ascended Esther watching over them.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:The final chapter of Mr. Hopp.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The true ending is treated as such and likely an inevitable one. [[spoiler:After Esther finishes off the Entity for good, Ruby is finally able to return home and reunites with her parents in the real world. But [[IChooseToStay Esther decides to stay behind in the underworld as its new ruler]] to keep the souls there in check, since she's already dead in the first place. However, she promises to always watch over Ruby and her family before departing with her.]]

* DeadToBeginWith: Esther remains dead, but her soul revealed to be imprisoned in the underworld after passing away, giving her an appearance of her younger self. After being freed by Ruby, it's up to Esther to guide her to safety and get her out from the underworld.

** True Ending: [[spoiler:Ruby throws her medallion to Esther before getting badly wounded by The Entity. This enrages Esther to the point that she uses The Six to become the angelic Ascended Esther to defeat The Entity once and for all. After the battle, Esther heals Ruby and prepares to send her home, telling her that The Entity's destruction means she will have to take their place keeping the souls in the underworld in check. As a swarm of hostile souls emerge from the darkness, Esther smiles and spreads her wings, ready to face them. We then see a drawing of a happy Ruby and her family, with Ascended Esther watching over them.]]

* EleventhHourSuperpower: The good ending has [[spoiler: Esther use the power of The Six to become Ascended Esther, an angelic being capable of facing off against The Entity.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The good ending is treated as such and likely an inevitable one. [[spoiler:After Esther finishes off the Entity for good, Ruby is finally able to return home and reunites with her parents in the real world. But [[IChooseToStay Esther decides to stay behind in the underworld as its new ruler]] to keep the souls there in check, since she's already dead in the first place. However, she promises to always watch over Ruby and her family before departing with her.]]

-->[[spoiler:'''Ascended Esther:''' ''I will watch over all of you. Always.'']]