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** The newspaper in the beginning of ''Steam Heart'' has a poster of Rosie the Riveter stating "We have steam power!". Rosie the Riveter wasn't shown until World War ii, at most six decades after the game takes place.



* FreezeFrameBonus: The newspaper shown in ''Steam Heart'' shows that the date is October 28, 1888 and on the corner is a Rosie the Riveter poster.



** The main character can also collect coins to spruce the areas around the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. The setting takes place in 1888, and the Statue of Liberty was completed in late October of 1888.

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** The main character can also collect coins to spruce the areas around the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. The setting takes place in 1888, and the Statue of Liberty was completed in late October of 1888.1886.



* {{Steampunk}}: The setting for ''Steam Heart'' is 19th century France with this aesthetic. Froissert has a wicked looking gauntlet on his left hand and the menu style will reflect the steampunk look if you choose it. For example, the diary becomes a steampunk-like scroll, and the Hint Top Hat will have a blinking meter at its side.

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* {{Steampunk}}: The setting for ''Steam Heart'' is 19th century France with this aesthetic. Froissert has a wicked looking gauntlet on his left hand hand, there's a poster of Rosie the Riveter in regards to steam power, and there's an article about mechanisms replacing human workers during what looks like the French Industrial Revolution. The menu style will reflect the steampunk look if you choose it. For example, the diary becomes a steampunk-like scroll, and the Hint Top Hat will have a blinking meter at its side.
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* CasualDangerDialogue: Froissart in ''Steam Heart'' is hanging on for dear life onto some rope high in the atmosphere in his own zeppelin while there's strange lightning storms about. He calmly tells the main character not to worry all while ''smoking a cigar with his free hand''.

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* PickOnSomeoneYourOwnSize: Jean says this to the living street lamp in ''Steam Heart''.



* {{Steampunk}}: The setting for ''Steam Heart'' is 19th century France with this aesthetic. Froissert has a wicked looking gauntlet on his left hand.
* StealthPun: The hint button for ''Steam Heart'' is a top hat with a meter at the side, and a lightbulb is shown to help locate objects. It's a ''thinking cap''.

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* {{Steampunk}}: The setting for ''Steam Heart'' is 19th century France with this aesthetic. Froissert has a wicked looking gauntlet on his left hand.
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* StealthPun: The hint button for ''Steam Heart'' is a top hat with a meter at the side, and a lightbulb is shown to help locate objects.hat. It's a ''thinking cap''.

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* {{AFGNCAAP}}: Our only clue as to what the detective looks like comes from ''Mystery of Joyville'' in which Egidio says that he made 'his' [the detective's] bedroom. Meanwhile, there's no clue as to the gender of the detective in ''Destiny Undone''.

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* {{AFGNCAAP}}: Our only clue as to what the detective looks like comes from ''Mystery of Joyville'' in which Egidio says that he made 'his' [the detective's] bedroom. Meanwhile, there's no clue as to the gender of the detective in ''Destiny Undone''. ''Steam Heart'' confirms our character as male.



* AnachronismStew: ''Steam Heart'' takes place in Paris in the year 1888 (as noted by a poster stating that the Eiffel Tower will be finished by March 1889, and Froissants comment on solving the case before the World Exhibition that took place two months after that), but there's a modern drum set in the Moulin de Rose, and an ice cream vendor with helium balloons that didn't come in for another few decades.

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* AnachronismStew: ''Steam Heart'' takes place in Paris in the year 1888 (as noted by a poster stating that the Eiffel Tower will be finished by March 1889, and Froissants comment on solving the case before the World Exhibition that took place two months after that), (see ShownTheirWork for more details), but there's a modern drum set in the Moulin de Rose, and an ice cream vendor with helium balloons that didn't come in for another few decades.decades. This also doesn't count the zeppelin and Steampunk aesthetics.



** ''Steam Heart'' takes place in an alternate Paris with a few steampunk aesthetics and zeppelins.



* CoolOldGuy: Froissert, who has been part of the Parisian for forty years and is the owner of a zeppelin that carried the main character from New York to Paris.



* MusicalNod: The music played on the phonograph in ''Steam Heart'' is a track from ''Dark Tales: Murders in the Rue Morgue'', a game made by ERS. Fitting in that the Dark Tales series takes place in France.

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* MusicalNod: The music played on the phonograph in ''Steam Heart'' is can be a track from either ''Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue'', a game or ''Dark Tales: Edgar Allan Poe's The Premature Burial'' made by ERS. Fitting in that the Dark Tales series takes place in France.



* NiceHat: The hint system for ''Steam Heart'' is a stylish top hat with a red feather.

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The hint system for ''Steam Heart'' is a stylish top hat with a red feather.feather and a blinking meter on the side.



* PlayingCardMotifs: The evidence for the case file in ''Steam Heart'' is presented as playing cards. For example: evidence with Nightingale is shown in the Heart suit.

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* PlayingCardMotifs: The evidence for the case file in ''Steam Heart'' is presented as playing cards. For example: evidence with Nightingale is shown in as the Heart suit.



* ProphetEyes: Shanta has these when she first communes with the main character.

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* ProphetEyes: Shanta has these when she first communes communicates with the main character.character in ''Steam Heart''.



* RememberTheNewGuy: Cricks who appears in both ''Return to Joyville'' and ''Destiny Undone''. Justified in that [[spoiler: he died when he set the theater on fire and Felicia's memory about the night were fuzzy at best.]]

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* RememberTheNewGuy: Cricks who appears in both ''Return to Joyville'' and ''Destiny Undone''. Justified It's justified in that ''Return to Joyville'' because [[spoiler: he died when he set the theater on fire and Felicia's memory about the night were fuzzy at best.]]



** The main character can also collect coins to spruce the areas around the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty. The setting takes place in 1888, and the Statue of Liberty was completed in late October of 1888.



* TimeTravel: The subject of the fourth game.

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* TimeTravel: The subject of the fourth game.''Return to Joyville''.



** The Paper Theater HOG in ''Steam Heart'' also has this sign when Shanta starts revealing the game's backstory.



* WomanInWhite: The main character encounters a strange human-sized puppet all dressed in white.

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* WomanInWhite: The main character encounters a strange human-sized puppet all dressed in white.white in ''Steam Heart''.

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* ShoutOutThemeNaming: In ''Steam Heart'', the boy Jean, and the zeppelin owner Froissert are named after a famous 14th century author known as [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Froissart Jean Froissart]], who helped chronicle most of the Hundred Years War up till 1400.
* ShownTheirWork: In ''Steam Heart'', there's a poster that tells the completion of the Eiffel Tower on March 1889, and Froissert mentions that the epidemic had to be solved before the "World Exhibition". The exhibition was the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exposition_Universelle_(1889) World's Fair in Paris]], which was held in the Eiffel Tower at the time.



* [StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that the fire that set up the original events of the first game were because one of the former theater masters, Cricks, was so obsessed with a younger actress in the theater's troupe that he had blown up the theater with the two of them in it. Felicia had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]

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* [StalkerWithACrush: StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that the fire that set up the original events of the first game were because one of the former theater masters, Cricks, was so obsessed with a younger actress in the theater's troupe that he had blown up the theater with the two of them in it. Felicia had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]
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* ExtendedGameplay: In ''Steam Heart'', the character can find piggy banks to help spruce up areas around the Eiffel Tower and Statue of Liberty.
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* AnachronismStew: ''Steam Heart'' takes place in Paris in the year 1888, but there's a modern drum set in the Moulin de Rose, and an ice cream vendor with helium balloons that didn't come in for another few decades.

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* AnachronismStew: ''Steam Heart'' takes place in Paris in the year 1888, 1888 (as noted by a poster stating that the Eiffel Tower will be finished by March 1889, and Froissants comment on solving the case before the World Exhibition that took place two months after that), but there's a modern drum set in the Moulin de Rose, and an ice cream vendor with helium balloons that didn't come in for another few decades.
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* PlayingCardMotif: The evidence for the case file in ''Steam Heart'' is presented as playing cards. For example: evidence with Nightingale is shown in the Heart suit.

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* GoForTheEye: Jean's advice in ''Steam Heart'' when it comes to fighting off living statues and street lamps.


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* NiceHat: The hint system for ''Steam Heart'' is a stylish top hat with a red feather.


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* {{Roma}}: Prominently shown in ''Steam Heart'', with a gypsy man's love for a young girl relevant to the game's story.
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** In ''Steam Heart:'' The owner of the zeppelin is Froissert, the fortuneteller is named Shanta and the boy's name is...Jean.


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* MusicalNod: The music played on the phonograph in ''Steam Heart'' is a track from ''Dark Tales: Murders in the Rue Morgue'', a game made by ERS. Fitting in that the Dark Tales series takes place in France.

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** ''Lost Town:''

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** ''Lost Town:''Town:'' A crazed person whose still bent on getting their youth back will essentially kidnap your child and hope that they will switch bodies.
** ''Return to Joyville:'' Your child will somehow get caught up in a madman's scheme to burn a building to the ground and thus accidentally render themselves burned and crippled.
** ''Destiny Undone:'' [[spoiler: Your child will block a blow of acid meant for you, scarring her for life.]]
** ''Steam Heart:'' A maniacal life-size puppet will kidnap an innocent child right in front of your eyes taking them to who knows where.

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The first game was a success, and put ERS Game Studios on the map for producing well-thought supernatural/mystery based stories with gorgeous graphics and puzzles. ERS has also announced that a sixth game in the works, which will start a new StoryArc.

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The first game was a success, and put ERS Game Studios on the map for producing well-thought supernatural/mystery based stories with gorgeous graphics and puzzles. ERS A beta for the 6th game, "Steam Heart" has also announced that a sixth game been released. Taking place outside Joyville in the works, which will start 19th century Paris, a new StoryArc.strange case of lightning has caused many women to be captured and transformed into puppets and it all relates to a man who wanted to prove love could conquer death itself.



* HundredPercentCompletion: ''Steam Heart'' will feature achievements that act like this.



* AdultFear: In every game there's some poor innocent child in danger.
** ''Mystery of Joyville'': Your child was kidnapped and is going to be used by a mad puppeteer and have their very soul transferred into a doll. [[spoiler: And then the doll will have its screws removed, essentially ''killing them''.]]
** ''Souls of the Innocent'': While you're asleep, the cute doll your child got will steal their soul to revive someone's youth. If the soul's not back in three days, the child will never wake up.
** ''Lost Town:''



* ArtEvolution: ''Steam Heart'' in comparison to the previous games. In particular are the circus cutouts and the paper theater Hidden Object scenes.



* BearsAreBadNews: Maria, a circus bear, will not let anyone enter the circus tent until her cub is found.



* BratsWithSlingshots: Jean in ''Steam Heart'', who uses his slingshot at a street lamp that somehow came alive.



** Shanta, in the upcoming ''Steam Heart'' looks very similar to Madam Lulu from ''Souls of the Innocent'' (the seer who was in a meditate trance and whose soul was in the type writing doll).



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Puppetmaster's name is never revealed. Felicia only calls him "Father" and ''Destiny Undone'' just call him "Master" (of Puppets).

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Puppetmaster's name is never revealed. Felicia only calls him "Father" and ''Destiny Undone'' just call him "Master" (of Puppets). The main character is mostly known as detective. In an amusing note, Jean in ''Steam Heart'' immediately calls the main character "Detective" justifying in that he's a little kid and assumed the main character was one due to the case file they had on them.



* GhostTown: All three of the cities are like this. The Joyville is due to failing business (the Puppet Theater attracted lots of people, not so much when it burned to the ground) [[spoiler: and even more so in the fourth game if you play the Collector's Edition.]] The second is because the parents are at the side of the soulless children. The third is just plain abandoned with the robots replacing human jobs when a mysterious disease hit them years ago.

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* GhostTown: All three of Almost every city in the cities are like series has this. The Joyville is due to failing business (the Puppet Theater attracted lots of people, not so much when it burned to the ground) [[spoiler: and even more so in the fourth game if you play the Collector's Edition.]] The second city is because the parents are at the side of the soulless children. The third in ''Lost Town'' is just plain abandoned with the robots replacing human jobs when a mysterious disease hit them years ago.



* LightningCanDoAnything: The subject of ''Steam Heart'' is the lightning storms that can cause statues and lamp posts to become monsters, and innocent women into life-sized puppets.



* PlayingCardMotif: The evidence for the case file in ''Steam Heart'' is presented as playing cards. For example: evidence with Nightingale is shown in the Heart suit.



* ProphetEyes: Shanta has these when she first communes with the main character.
* RecordNeedleScratch: In ''Steam Heart'', the main character finds who they believe to be Nightingale sitting at a chair, only to reveal that it's a mannequin dressed in her likeness. There's a sound of a a needle scratch to drive it home.



* [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that the fire that set up the original events of the first game were because one of the former theater masters, Cricks, was so obsessed with a younger actress in the theater's troupe that he had blown up the theater with the two of them in it. Felicia had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]

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* [[spoiler:StalkerWithACrush: [StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that the fire that set up the original events of the first game were because one of the former theater masters, Cricks, was so obsessed with a younger actress in the theater's troupe that he had blown up the theater with the two of them in it. Felicia had simply been in the wrong place at the wrong time.]]



* {{Steampunk}}: The setting for ''Steam Heart'' is 19th century France with this aesthetic. Froissert has a wicked looking gauntlet on his left hand.
* StealthPun: The hint button for ''Steam Heart'' is a top hat with a meter at the side, and a lightbulb is shown to help locate objects. It's a ''thinking cap''.



* SuddenlyVoiced: Many of the characters become this beginning with ''Lost Town''.

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* SuddenlyVoiced: Many of the characters become this beginning with ''Lost Town''. The main character gets a voice in ''Steam Heart'', confirming that the character is male.
* SweetTooth: The bear cub in ''Steam Heart'' loves sweets, and will go with the detective if given a lollipop. A poster in the circus also confirms this: the cub is shown on a unicycle juggling numerous lollipops.
* TagalongKid: Jean from ''Steam Heart''.



** In ''Steam Heart'', Jean moves in the way of the living lamp post to take a blow for the main character. He ends up all right.



* TownWithADarkSecret: Subverted. They were all nice and happy towns until the dolls came in and screwed up everything.


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* WomanInWhite: The main character encounters a strange human-sized puppet all dressed in white.


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* ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld: The main character rides one of these in the beginning of ''Steam Heart'' along with the zeppelin's owner, Froissert.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Cricks who appears in both ''Return to Joyville'' and ''Destiny Undone''. Justified in that [[spoiler: he died when he set the theater on fire and Felicia's memory about the night were fuzzy at best.]]
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The first game was a success, and put ERS Game Studios on the map for producing well-thought supernatural/mystery based stories with gorgeous graphics and puzzles. ERS has also announced that a sixth game in the works, which will start a new StoryArc.
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''Puppetshow'' is a series of {{hidden object game}}s produced by ERSGameStudios and published by Big Fish Games. The story tells of a detective following around and solving mysteries involving strange dolls. The first five games is part of the Joyville saga in which the detective unravels the mysteries regarding the Puppetmaster of Joyville and his daughter, Felicia.

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''Puppetshow'' is a series of {{hidden object game}}s produced by ERSGameStudios Creator/ERSGameStudios and published by Big Fish Games. The story tells of a detective following around and solving mysteries involving strange dolls. The first five games is part of the Joyville saga in which the detective unravels the mysteries regarding the Puppetmaster of Joyville and his daughter, Felicia.

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* AddressingThePlayer: If the player collected all ten dolls in ''Destiny Undone's'' Collector Edition, the Puppetmaster will thank the player for giving him and Felicia a happy ending and states that while Joyville's story is over, there will more adventures in store.



* CueTheSun: The ending of ''Mystery of Joyville''.



* DullSurprise: The Puppetmaster, upon being freed in the BadFuture, greets the detective with an "Oh hello detective."

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* DullSurprise: The Puppetmaster, upon being freed in the BadFuture, BadFuture in ''Return to Joyville's'' bonus chapter, greets the detective with an "Oh "Oh, hello detective."



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Puppetmaster's name is never revealed, and Felicia only calls him "Father" and ''Destiny Undone'' just call him "Master" (of Puppets).

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Puppetmaster's name is never revealed, and revealed. Felicia only calls him "Father" and ''Destiny Undone'' just call him "Master" (of Puppets).



* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Destiny Undone'' has this regarding a newspaper with the front-line news of the Puppet master's disappearance. [[spoiler: It has Crick's silhouette on it.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Destiny Undone'' has this regarding a newspaper with the front-line news of the Puppet master's disappearance. Near the article of a blind patient who escape the sanitarium, [[spoiler: It it has Crick's silhouette on it.]]



* GhostTown: All three of the cities are like this. The first one is due to failing business (the Puppet Theater attracted lots of people, not so much when it burned to the ground) [[spoiler: and even more so in the fourth game if you play the Collector's Edition.]] The second is because the parents are at the side of the soulless children. The third is just plain abandoned with the robots replacing human jobs when a mysterious disease hit them years ago.

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* GhostTown: All three of the cities are like this. The first one Joyville is due to failing business (the Puppet Theater attracted lots of people, not so much when it burned to the ground) [[spoiler: and even more so in the fourth game if you play the Collector's Edition.]] The second is because the parents are at the side of the soulless children. The third is just plain abandoned with the robots replacing human jobs when a mysterious disease hit them years ago.



* InfantImmortality: Averted. Kids being kidnapped or harmed is what starts off each game. Averted in ''Destiny Undone'' where the main objective is to find Felicia's father.



* KidsAreCruel: In ''Mystery of Joyville'', it's noted how Felicia grew malicious and twisted over the dolls her father made her.



* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Destiny Undone'' attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective and just thought he was stalking her. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: In ''Mystery of Joyville'' the Puppetmaster is trying his hardest to make a doll body for his daughter. It succeeds.]]
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The subject in ''Lost Town''. Many of them have replaced humans in jobs (whether they be barbers, cashiers, pianists or plain guards.) [[spoiler: This is because they replace the people who died long ago to a mysterious disease.]]
* RuleOfThree: In ''Souls of the Innocent'', once the soul of a child is taken away, they only have three days before they're in comas forever.

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* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Destiny Undone'' is shown to be angry at the Puppetmaster and even attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective and just thought he was stalking her. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]
* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler: In ''Mystery of Joyville'' the Puppetmaster is trying his hardest to make a doll body for his daughter. It succeeds.]]
* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: The subject in of ''Lost Town''. Many of them have replaced humans in jobs (whether they be barbers, cashiers, pianists or plain guards.) [[spoiler: This is because they replace the people who died long ago to a mysterious disease.]]
* RuleOfThree: In ''Souls of the Innocent'', once the soul of a child is taken away, they only have three days before they're in comas forever. Likewise, Felicia antagonizes the detective three times (''Mystery of Joyville'' to ''Lost Town'') before begging the detective for help.



* ToBeContinued: At the end of ''Mystery of Joyville''.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: All the puppetmaster wanted to do was help his daughter regain her beauty and ability to walk. He even states that Simon would be his last victim...until he gets defeated.]]

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: In ''Mystery of Joyville'' [[spoiler: All all the puppetmaster Puppetmaster wanted to do was help his daughter regain her beauty and ability to walk. He even states that Simon would be his last victim...until he gets defeated.]]


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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The green haired puppeteer in ''Destiny Undone's'' log-in screen.
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* DaddysGirl: Felicia is the apple of her father's eye, so much that much of his actions in the first game is all for her. In ''Destiny Undone'', young Felicia's concern for her father drives the plot.
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* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Mystery Undone'' attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective and just thought he was stalking her. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]

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* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Mystery ''Destiny Undone'' attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective and just thought he was stalking her. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]
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* ContinuityNod: The detective finds posters of Egidio and Sarah [[spoiler: in the BadFuture in the Collector's Edition of ''Return to Joyville'']]. In ''Destiny Undone'' Collector's Edition, the detective can find ten puppets resembling puppets/people from the previous four games (minus ''Lost Town'' for some odd reason).

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* ContinuityNod: The detective finds posters of Egidio and Sarah [[spoiler: in the BadFuture in the Collector's Edition of ''Return to Joyville'']]. In ''Destiny Undone'' Collector's Edition, the detective can find ten puppets resembling puppets/people from the previous four games (minus ''Lost Town'' for some odd reason).



* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Destiny Undone'' has this regarding a newspaper with the frontline news of the Puppet master's disappearance. [[spoiler: It has Crick's silhouette on it.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The Joyville StoryArc hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face after the fire from the theater. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however [[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending narration states that she never goes through the events of the first four games, realizing that her inner beauty is what truly matters.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll (who is actually Crick's first creation) explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations before moving on past Joyville.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Destiny Undone'' has this regarding a newspaper with the frontline front-line news of the Puppet master's disappearance. [[spoiler: It has Crick's silhouette on it.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The Joyville StoryArc hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face after the fire from the theater. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however Joyville''.[[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending narration states that she never goes through the events of the first four games, realizing that her inner beauty is what truly matters.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of bonus chapter ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll (who is actually Crick's first creation) explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations before moving on past Joyville.]]



* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Mystery Undone'' attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]

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* RedHerring: Gabriella Rosetti in ''Mystery Undone'' attacks the detective for no good reason...until it turns out that she had no idea that the player was even a detective.detective and just thought he was stalking her. Once they give her her missing purse, she's much more nicer...[[spoiler: until Cricks kills her offscreen.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside and thus the events of the first four games never get set into motion.]]
* BadFuture: [[spoiler: The Collector's Edition of ''Return to Joyville'' shows that even though the detective saved Felicia from her fate, Joyville has become even ''worse'' than it was in the first game with people gone missing and a strict curfew being placed on the town. Felicia is more or less under house arrest, and the Puppetmaster is imprisoned at the puppet factory, forced to design the puppets and robots that control the town.]]
* BigBad: For the Joyville Saga we have: Puppetmaster in ''Mystery of Joyville'', Felicia in ''Souls of the Innocent'' and ''Lost Town'', and[[spoiler: Cricks in ''Return to Joyville''. From the looks of it, Cricks will become the BigBad for the next StoryArc.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies ''Destiny Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside and thus the events of the first four games never get set into motion.]]
* BadFuture: AxCrazy: Evil Felicia of the first three games, [[spoiler: The Collector's Edition of Cricks in ''Return to Joyville'' and ''Destiny Undone.'']]
* BadFuture: ''Return to Joyville'''s bonus ending
shows that even though the detective saved Felicia from her fate, [[spoiler: Joyville has become even ''worse'' than it was in the first game with people gone missing and a strict curfew being placed on the town. Felicia is more or less under house arrest, and the Puppetmaster is imprisoned at the puppet factory, forced to design the puppets and robots that control the town.]]
* BigBad: For the Joyville Saga we have: Puppetmaster in ''Mystery of Joyville'', Joyville'' and Felicia in ''Souls of the Innocent'' and ''Lost Town'', and[[spoiler: Cricks Town''.
** BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Cricks, the deranged former puppet master, is revealed to the one behind the tragic theater accident
in ''Return to Joyville''. From Joyville'' and nearly kills the looks of it, Cricks will become Puppetmaster and scars Felicia with acid in ''Destiny Undone''. His escape sets him up as the series's real BigBad for the next StoryArc.]]in future games.]]



* EarnYourHappyEnding: The detective saves young Felicia from her StartOfDarkness at the end of ''Return to Joyvile''...[[spoiler: Only for the Collector's Edition to reveal that Joyville has become much, much worse.]]

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: The detective saves young Felicia from her StartOfDarkness at the end of ''Return to Joyvile''...Joyville''...[[spoiler: Only for the Collector's Edition to reveal that Joyville has become much, much worse.]]



** In ''Destinies Undone'', the detective finds one that can be used to pick up items that they can't, and can create hats for them to wear. A malevolent one also wreaks havoc, [[spoiler: although this one was created by Cricks.]]

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** In ''Destinies ''Destiny Undone'', the detective finds one that can be used to pick up items that they can't, and can create hats for them to wear. A malevolent one also wreaks havoc, [[spoiler: although this one was created by Cricks.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: In ''Destiny Undone'', the detective manages to save the Puppetmaster and reunite him with Felicia, but [[spoiler:Felicia is horribly scarred saving her father from an acid attack and Cricks still manages to get away. However, Felicia has accepted her scars as she grew up and does not become the evil and desperate Felicia of the prior games.]]
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* ''Destiny Undone'' takes place in an alternate Joyville set prior to the first four games. The detective is tasked to find the whereabouts of Felicia's father, the Puppetmaster. However, there's a mysterious woman and an evil duplicate of Felicia that's standing in their way.

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* ''Destiny Undone'' ''[[http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/21952/puppetshow-destiny-undone-collectors-edition/index.html Destiny Undone]]'' takes place in an alternate Joyville set prior to the first four games. The detective is tasked to find the whereabouts of Felicia's father, the Puppetmaster. However, there's a mysterious woman and an evil duplicate of Felicia that's standing in their way.
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** In ''Destiny Undone''. [[spoiler: Felicia does get the scars--by taking the acid attack meant for her father--but decides to not go through the events of the first four games.]]

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** In ''Destiny Undone''. Undone'', [[spoiler: this is subverted as Felicia does get the scars--by taking the acid attack meant for her father--but decides to not go through the events of the first four games.games as she learns that it's her personality that matters and accepts her scars as an adult.]]



* UsedToBeASweetKid: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that Felicia was one.

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* UsedToBeASweetKid: ''Return to Joyville'' reveals that Felicia was one. [[spoiler: ''Destiny Undone'' shows that she's learned to accept her scars as an adult and the events of the first three games do not happen.]]
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''Puppetshow'' is a series of {{hidden object game}}s produced by ERSGameStudios and published by Big Fish Games. The story tells of a detective following around and solving mysteries involving strange dolls. The first five games is part of the Joyville saga in which the detective unravels the mysteries regarding the Puppetmaster of Joyville (in the first game) and his daughter (in the second, third and fourth games).

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''Puppetshow'' is a series of {{hidden object game}}s produced by ERSGameStudios and published by Big Fish Games. The story tells of a detective following around and solving mysteries involving strange dolls. The first five games is part of the Joyville saga in which the detective unravels the mysteries regarding the Puppetmaster of Joyville (in the first game) and his daughter (in the second, third and fourth games).daughter, Felicia.
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* ForWantOfANail: Puppetshow's story hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however [[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending narration states that she never goes through the events of the first four games, realizing that her inner beauty is what truly matters.]]

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* ForWantOfANail: Puppetshow's story The Joyville StoryArc hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face.face after the fire from the theater. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however [[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending narration states that she never goes through the events of the first four games, realizing that her inner beauty is what truly matters.]]

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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll (who is actually Crick's first creation) explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations.]]

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* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll (who is actually Crick's first creation) explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations.creations before moving on past Joyville.]]



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Crick's in ''Destiny Undone'' which made him capture the Puppet master and wishing to blind him with acid just like what happened to him. It's actually goes deeper than that. See above.]]

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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Crick's in ''Destiny Undone'' which made him capture the Puppet master and wishing to blind him with acid just like what happened to him. It's It actually goes deeper than that. See above.]]


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* IWasQuiteALooker: Anyone wondering who the green-haired puppeteer is in the ''Destiny Undone'' Title Screen? [[spoiler: It's Cricks prior to the accident that blinded him.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside.inside and thus the events of the first four games never get set into motion.]]



* BigBad: For the Joyville Saga we have: Puppetmaster in ''Mystery of Joyville'', Felicia in ''Souls of the Innocent'' and ''Lost Town'', and[[spoiler: Cricks in ''Return to Joyville''.]]
* BrokenBird: Felicia. By ''Return To Joyville'', she's begging for the detective to help her.

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* BigBad: For the Joyville Saga we have: Puppetmaster in ''Mystery of Joyville'', Felicia in ''Souls of the Innocent'' and ''Lost Town'', and[[spoiler: Cricks in ''Return to Joyville''. From the looks of it, Cricks will become the BigBad for the next StoryArc.]]
* BrokenBird: Felicia.Felicia [[spoiler: of the first four games]]. By ''Return To Joyville'', she's begging for the detective to help her.



* ForWantOfANail: Puppetshow's story hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however [[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending montage shows that she only stops at the events of ''Souls of the Innocent'' as she realizes that even though she was scarred outward, she's still Felicia on the inside.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations.]]

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* ForWantOfANail: Puppetshow's story hinges on Felicia getting the scars all over her face. She has them removed once the detective goes back in time in ''Return to Joyville'', however [[spoiler: In ''Destiny Undone'' (see AlternateUniverse) she obtains the scars by taking the acid that would've scarred her father. However, the ending montage shows narration states that she only stops at never goes through the events of ''Souls of the Innocent'' as she realizes first four games, realizing that even though she was scarred outward, she's still Felicia on the inside.her inner beauty is what truly matters.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler: In the CE of ''Destiny Undone'', a fairy doll (who is actually Crick's first creation) explains that after the accident that rendered Cricks blind, the man who wanted to make puppets and people happy believed that there was no point in making the world happy and thus wanted to spread that hatred onto his old friend's creations.]]



* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Crick's in ''Destiny Undone'' which made him capture the Puppet master and wishing to blind him with acid just like what happened to him.]]

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* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Crick's in ''Destiny Undone'' which made him capture the Puppet master and wishing to blind him with acid just like what happened to him. It's actually goes deeper than that. See above.]]



* MissingMom: Nothing is ever mentioned of Felicia's mother.



* ScarsAreForever: Felicia, the Puppetmaster's daughter, still has burns from the fire years ago. They go away after you save her from the fire in ''Return to Joyville''. Unfortunately, in ''Destiny Undone'', [[spoiler: Felicia gains the scars once more after taking the acid that was meant to scar her father.]]

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* ScarsAreForever: Felicia, the Puppetmaster's daughter, still has burns from the fire years ago. They go away after you save her from the fire in ''Return to Joyville''. Unfortunately, in ''Destiny Undone'', [[spoiler: Felicia gains the scars once more after taking the acid that was meant to scar her father.father, but she keeps it that way instead of wanting to obtain her former beauty.]]



** In ''Destinies Undone'', the detective finds one that can be used to pick up items that they can't, and can create hats for them to wear.

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** In ''Destinies Undone'', the detective finds one that can be used to pick up items that they can't, and can create hats for them to wear. A malevolent one also wreaks havoc, [[spoiler: although this one was created by Cricks.]]



** In ''Destiny Undone''. [[spoiler: Felicia does get the scars--by taking the acid attack meant for her father--but has an epiphany at around ''Souls of the Innocent.]]

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** In ''Destiny Undone''. [[spoiler: Felicia does get the scars--by taking the acid attack meant for her father--but has an epiphany at around ''Souls decides to not go through the events of the Innocent.first four games.]]
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* EvilTwin: An evil version of Felicia pops up in ''Destiny Undone''. [[spoiler: It's actually a robot double created by Cricks.]]

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* EvilTwin: An evil version of Felicia pops up in ''Destiny Undone''. [[spoiler: It's actually a robot puppet double created by Cricks.Cricks. When the detective meets up with her in the bonus chapter, the doll explains that she was just created to imitate Felicia and ruin the Puppetmaster's reputation by doing terrible things. She undergoes a HeelFaceTurn after realizing that Cricks never cared for her.]]
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* ''Destiny Undone'' has been released. Taking place in an alternate Joyville set prior to the first four games, the detective is tasked to find the whereabouts of Felicia's father, the Puppetmaster. However, there's a mysterious woman and an evil duplicate of Felicia that's standing in their way.

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* ''Destiny Undone'' has been released. Taking takes place in an alternate Joyville set prior to the first four games, the games. The detective is tasked to find the whereabouts of Felicia's father, the Puppetmaster. However, there's a mysterious woman and an evil duplicate of Felicia that's standing in their way.



* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline created in ''Return to Joyville'' where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: ''Destinies Undone'' takes place prior to the first four games, which seems to be set in the alternate timeline created in ''Return to Joyville'' where Felicia doesn't get burned in the fire at the Theater House. [[spoiler: In this one, Cricks isn't a StalkerWithACrush who burned down the theater, but was once the Puppet Master's friend before working on a varnish that rendered him blind. Unfortunately, it ends with Felicia getting the scars, thus making it more like a DownerBeginning. However, unlike her original counterpart, the Destiny Undone Felicia doesn't give into despair and learns to realize that she is still her beautiful self on the inside.]]

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