History VideoGame / SayNoMore

* AnAesop: Learning to say no to people regardless of their relationship to you and learning when to say it instead of just saying no to everything.

* TitleDrop: [[spoiler:Used as the chapter title of chapter 8 after coming BackFromTheDead and gaining a SuperMode, and later at the very end by everyone just as the trainer finishes telling the player [[AnAesop on knowing when to say no.]]]]

** A more straight example comes from [[spoiler:the real CEO, when their aid tells them that a ''scheduled'' "Unruly Mob" is here to see her over [[MissingFoodGrievance a lunchbox.]]]]

* AmbiguousGender: The intern is only referred to with GenderNeutralWriting.

Created by Studio Fizbin, ''Say No! More'' is the world's first NPG (NO!-Playing Game). In it you play as as a fresh intern in a world where everyone sticks to the status quo of saying "YES" to everything. [[LostFoodGrievance After getting their lunchbox stolen]] by one of their {{Bad Boss}}es, a mysterious tape soon gives them the confidence to shout "NO!" at any absurd requests fired your way in their quest to reclaim it.

* AFriendInNeed: In chapter 5, the male intern, Noah, sticks up for you in several ways; despite winning the debate, he tries to give your lunchbox back. When the CEO tries to take it back, the intern stands up to her knowing that he could be fired for his actions. He also sneaks in the player character's cassette player in their cell to help them bust out. Likewise, several co-workers attempt to stand up against the President and [[spoiler: real CEO]] alongside with you knowing what they're putting at risk.
* AmbiguousGender: The intern is only referred to with GenderNeutralWriting.

* AffablyEvil: The President of the company. She is quite the jerk towards her employees, but she acts less of a jerk towards the player character and wants to push them to break their limits as an employee. During her boss fight, she keeps pushing the player character to try harder. When she's beaten, she gives them a perfect score on their evaluation, despite the player character's rebellious streak earlier.

* BigNO: The whole game is based around this, and takes it up to eleven. [[spoiler: The biggest "NO!" of them all comes from the ''entire world'' to put the real CEO in her place.]]

* BlackBossLady: The President.
* BrickJoke: At the start of Chapter 2, the Manager puts a picture of a window in the Intern's cramped office area in an attempt to brighten up the room. [[spoiler:At the end of the game, the Intern's new office space in the rebuilt office building now includes an actual window...with the original window picture now stuck onto the side of the vending machine nearby.]]

* {{Crossdresser}}: It's possible to have your character dress up in the opposite gender

* GrewASpine: Noah, the male intern, starts out as a suck up who is willing to do whatever his bosses tell him to do, but he quickly grows out it and starts rebelling to stick up for the player character. The player character also helps their co-workers grow a spine by having them get the courage to say no. [[spoiler: The player character grows a spine themselves when they finally stand up to their best friend.]]

* GoldDigger: A downplayed and rare male example. The player character's best friend is a mooch who never pays the rent and hasn't paid in about nine months. [[spoiler: After asking the player character to let them slide by another month's rent, they are told no, which gets them huffy at first, but later apologizes realizing how selfish they've been and promises to find a job.]]

* IFellForHours: [[spoiler: The end of chapter 7 has you falling out of a window and plummeting to your doom. The fall takes ''many'' minutes to complete, during which you have a cell phone conversation with your best friend as you fall!]]
* TheGrimReaper: [[spoiler: Appears in chapter 7 where he takes on the form of a crocodile with a goofy voice.]]
* TheIntern: You and two others start your jobs as this. [[spoiler: The female intern is actually the real CEO in disguise.]]

* OnceMoreWithClarity: During the final training segment in chapter 6, the trainer reveals that there is one last thing that he can't help you with. [[spoiler:Chapter 7 reveals that its that to tell them it's impossible for him to help with saying "No" to a friend in need, even if said friend is unknowingly being a jerk.]]
* OnlySaneMan: A downplayed version but Noah during Capter 6. Its staged as a debate between saying "yes" or "no" with Noah being the yes side. As happy as he is to help business by being agreeable it rapidly decends into abuse or explotation by saying yes which he refuses to agree without asking questions. When he "wins" and gets the lunchbox he absolutely refuses to not give it back to the original owner because it was quite literally stolen from them even as upper management tries to make it a symbolic thing.

* RainbowsAndUnicorns: Your lunchbox has this as its design.

* ShoutOut: Not saying no to a certain co-worker will have them show you their game prototype [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Fight my Mons]]. The Steam achievement for seeing it is called [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries "I'm gonna be the very best..."]]

* TitleDropChapter: The last chapter of Say No! More is titled "Say No! More". There is also an earlier chapter called "Say Yes! More".

* VillainBall: [[spoiler: The real CEO]], who throws the player character in company jail instead of just firing them on the spot. Had they just fired them, the story would have ended a lot sooner with the player out of their hair. The fact that they attempt to fire them via robots instead of doing it themselves exasperates the situation further.
* VocalDissonance: It's possible to give your character a voice that's the opposite of their sex.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: When you do finally confront and defeat the thief that stole your lunchbox, their superior takes it, starting the chase all over again.