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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Early on you have to dress up as a boy in order to avoid getting assaulted. However, you can wear a ball gown and save the day for the remainder of the game. WordOfGod states in an interview published in Infocom's ''The Status Line'' newsletter that "feminism does not rule out romance, and romance does not necessarily have to make women weak in the cliché sense of romance novels", pointing out that the protagonist must soon enough take responsibility for her own fate.

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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Early on you have to dress up as a boy in order to avoid getting assaulted. However, you can wear a ball gown and save the day for the remainder of the game. WordOfGod states in an interview published in Infocom's ''The Status Line'' Creator/{{Infocom}}'s ''Magazine/TheStatusLine'' newsletter that "feminism does not rule out romance, and romance does not necessarily have to make women weak in the cliché sense of romance novels", pointing out that the protagonist must soon enough take responsibility for her own fate.
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This is the only professionally-published interactive fiction game to be categorized in the {{Romance|Arc}} genre, to date. The game has 54 locations that you can explore. It is also the last game for the UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers. By 1987, Infocom no longer rated its games on difficulty level. Some fans consider the game to be equivalent to the company's "Standard" level. More info on the game can be found in [[http://www.filfre.net/2015/10/plundered-hearts/ this link]].

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This is the only professionally-published interactive fiction game to be categorized in the {{Romance|Arc}} genre, to date. The game has 54 locations that you can explore. It is also the last game for the UsefulNotes/Atari8BitComputers.Platform/Atari8BitComputers. By 1987, Infocom no longer rated its games on difficulty level. Some fans consider the game to be equivalent to the company's "Standard" level. More info on the game can be found in [[http://www.filfre.net/2015/10/plundered-hearts/ this link]].
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* AllMenAreRapists: In theme with the pulpy romance novels that it's emulating, but perhaps ''not'' in theme with what you expect from a videogame, rape is a menace throughout your adventure. Being raped is as instantly game-ending as drowning or being eaten by a crocodile, and you'll ***suffer a fate worse than death*** -- as the game puts it -- many times before winning.

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* AllMenAreRapists: AllMenArePerverts: In theme with the pulpy romance novels that it's emulating, but perhaps ''not'' in theme with what you expect from a videogame, rape is a menace throughout your adventure. Being raped is as instantly game-ending as drowning or being eaten by a crocodile, and you'll ***suffer a fate worse than death*** -- as the game puts it -- many times before winning.
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* FlowerInHerHair: While in the Folly, Nicholas arrives, then takes a flower from the pot above and plants it into Lady Dimsford's hair.
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* {{Bookends}}: ''Plundered Hearts'' starts with a daydream in which the female protagonist shoots a pirate with a pistol and drops it before he caresses and kisses her. The GoldenEnding [[spoiler:repeats this scenario: the same protagonist shoots Andy Crulley dead with the same pistol and drops it before Nicholas Jamison gratefully embraces and kisses her tenderly]].

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* {{Bookends}}: BookEnds: ''Plundered Hearts'' starts with a daydream in which the female protagonist shoots a pirate with a pistol and drops it before he caresses and kisses her. The GoldenEnding [[spoiler:repeats this scenario: the same protagonist shoots Andy Crulley dead with the same pistol and drops it before Nicholas Jamison gratefully embraces and kisses her tenderly]].



* TogetherInDeath: If you swing down the rope after he dies by Lafond's blade:

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* TogetherInDeath: If you swing down the rope after he Nick dies by Lafond's blade:

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* AllMenAreRapists: In theme with the pulpy romance novels that it's emulating, but perhaps ''not'' in theme with what you expect from a videogame, rape is a menace throughout your adventure. It's as instantly game-ending as drowning or being eaten by a crocodile, and you'll ***suffer a fate worse than death*** -- as the game puts it -- many times before winning.

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* AllMenAreRapists: In theme with the pulpy romance novels that it's emulating, but perhaps ''not'' in theme with what you expect from a videogame, rape is a menace throughout your adventure. It's Being raped is as instantly game-ending as drowning or being eaten by a crocodile, and you'll ***suffer a fate worse than death*** -- as the game puts it -- many times before winning.



* GratuitousLatin: Examining both rings (the TragicKeepsake memento of Nicholas' brother, whose corpse Lafond stole it from, and its cheap replica that Nick is wearing) gives you the same inscription that says "Sal sapit omnia." Doubles as a BilingualBonus when these Latin words mean "Salt seasons everything."

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* GratuitousLatin: Examining both rings (the TragicKeepsake memento of Nicholas' brother, whose corpse Lafond stole it from, and its cheap replica that Nick is wearing) gives you the same inscription that says "Sal sapit omnia." Doubles as a BilingualBonus when these Latin words mean omnia" -- "Salt seasons everything."



* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Crulley is Not A Good Person, but his utter haplessness at villaining makes him bit pitiable. In between first scene of the game ([[spoiler:where you beat him unconscious with a lockbox]]) and the last scene of the game ([[spoiler:where you shoot him dead]]), he spends his time getting knocked into bottomless pits and being pursued by crocodiles.
* LadyInRed: Lady Dimsford is depicted as wearing a red dress and holding a pistol in the box art.

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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Crulley is Not A Good Person, but his utter haplessness at villaining makes him bit pitiable. In between the first scene of the game ([[spoiler:where you beat him unconscious with a lockbox]]) and the last scene of the game ([[spoiler:where you shoot him dead]]), he spends his time getting knocked into bottomless pits and being pursued by crocodiles.
* LadyInRed: Lady Dimsford is depicted as wearing a red dress and holding a pistol in the box art.
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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Played straight early on if you dress up as a boy in order to avoid getting assaulted. However, it can be averted later on if you wear a ball gown and then save the day for the remainder of the game. WordOfGod states in an interview published in Infocom's ''The Status Line'' newsletter that "feminism does not rule out romance, and romance does not necessarily have to make women weak in the cliché sense of romance novels", pointing out that the protagonist must soon enough take responsibility for her own fate.

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* RealWomenDontWearDresses: Played straight early Early on if you have to dress up as a boy in order to avoid getting assaulted. However, it you can be averted later on if you wear a ball gown and then save the day for the remainder of the game. WordOfGod states in an interview published in Infocom's ''The Status Line'' newsletter that "feminism does not rule out romance, and romance does not necessarily have to make women weak in the cliché sense of romance novels", pointing out that the protagonist must soon enough take responsibility for her own fate.



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* TogetherInDeath: Some events can evoke this trope if Nicholas dies before you do. One example is evoked if you swing down the rope after he dies by Lafond's blade:

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* TogetherInDeath: Some events can evoke this trope if Nicholas dies before you do. One example is evoked if If you swing down the rope after he dies by Lafond's blade:

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