History VideoGame / TheBoogieMan

** A little later, David compares [[TheStoic Keith]] to Film/{{Robocop}}.

* ShoutOut

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: At certain points in the game, the player briefly controls [[spoiler:Sophie and David. Sophie's scenario is crucial to the story as it portrays the Boogie Man completely different than what Keith has seen. It's also confirmed in the Happy End that this Boogie Man is different than the one she encountered in ''VideoGame/TheSandMan''.]]

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: At certain points in the game, the player briefly controls [[spoiler:Sophie and David]].

* Bad End 1: The Boogie's Fine Tonight. [[spoiler:Sophie and David]] are both dead. [[spoiler:Keith finds Helena's dead body and realizes that he, accidentally, caused her death and kills the Boogie Man in a fit of rage. After being interrogated by the police, he heads outside, but tells the Boogie Man to come out - which he does. The Boogie Man reveals himself to ''be'' Keith, who proceeds to commit suicide.]]
* Bad End 2: The White Room. [[spoiler:Sophie]] is dead, but [[spoiler:David]] is alive. [[spoiler:The stairs in the hallway are collapsing and Keith pushes David out of the way, but falls himself. He cannot find any of the others and, according to the police, no witnesses are around. Keith heads into his son's room and begins to hallucinate Tod being there, asking when Helena will come back. Keith joins his son, both waiting for Helena to return...]]
* Bad End 3: Precious Box. [[spoiler:Sophie]] lives, but [[spoiler:David]] dies. [[spoiler:Keith defeats the Boogie Man and throws him off a balcony, killing him. Keith and Helena go through with their divorce, but [[AmicableExes meet up for a nice dinner to talk]] a week later. At night, Keith kills Helena and lays her on the bed, lamenting that he wasn't able to protect either her or Tod. Keith goes into the bathroom to commit suicide.]]
* Bad End 4: Happy Dream. [[spoiler:Sophie and David]] are both alive, but none of the Happy End events have been triggered. [[spoiler:Keith defeats the Boogie Man, but gets killed in the process. Helena sits at a window, having dreamt that Keith was alive, only for reality to pull her back - with Shirley and David there to support her. While the two get into an argument, Helena throws herself out of the window.]]
* Happy End: Come Rain, Come Shine. [[spoiler:Sophie and David]] are both alive and all the Happy End events must be done. [[spoiler:Keith mocks the Boogie Man and defeats him, revealing him to have been Brendon all along. Brendon injures Keith, just as the others arrive. Brendon is restrained and taken into custody, the others give testimony to the events. Keith and Helena head to Tod's grave and Keith vows to get therapy, to better himself and asks Helena for her support. Which she gladly gives.]]

** If [[spoiler: both Sophie and David die]] you get [[spoiler: Bad End 1: The Boogie's Fine Tonight]].
** If [[spoiler: Sophie dies and David lives]] you get [[spoiler: Bad End 2: White Room]].
** If [[spoiler: Sophie lives and David dies]] you get [[spoiler: Bad End 3: Precious Box]].
** If [[spoiler: both Sophie and David live, but you don't get all of the Happy End flags]] you get [[spoiler: Bad End 4: Happy Dream]].
** If [[spoiler: both Sophie and David live, and you get all of the Happy End flags]] you get [[spoiler: Happy End: Come Rain Come Shine]].

* ShoutOut:

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler:Unlike ''The Crooked Man'' and ''The Sandman'', whose antagonist are a dead man's spirit and a fairyland creature, respectively; this game's antagonist is a normal human]].

* BelligerentSexualTension: David and Shirley. David told Keith that he usually loses to her when they "fight". [[spoiler:Deconstructed in one of the bad endings when their brief argument distract them long enough for Helena (who's been broken by Keith's death) to commit suicide.]]

* AllThereInTheManaul: According to the character bios unlocked after completing the game, the reason why Paul and Marion (whom were originally going to go on the trip with David and Shirley instead of Sophie and Richard) didn't end up going was because [[spoiler: David challenged Paul to a chili dog contest and Paul ended up getting gastritis as a result]].

* Irony: [[spoiler: Due to the events of ''The Crooked Man'', it is revealed that Keith distrust David and believes him to be a madman. Which is pretty interesting, considered that David already made ''peace'' with his shortcomings in the first game, while Keith is slowly becoming mad ''himself'']].

* SadisticChoice: Boogie Man forces Keith to choose between [[spoiler:Sophie's and her father's life]]. [[spoiler: [[TakeAThirdOption He saves both of them.]] ]]

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler:Unlike ''The Crooked Man'' and ''The Sandman'', whose antagonist are a fairyland creature and spirit of a dead man, respectively; this game's antagonist is a normal human]].

* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: [[spoiler:Unlike ''The Sandman'' and ''The Crooked Man'', whose antagonist are a vengeful spirit and fairyland creature, respectively; this game's antagonist is a normal human]].

* MasculineGirlFeminineGuy: Shirley is emotionally tougher than her husband David (who is more shown to be sensitive guy when you compare him to Keith's manly man). Keith also said to David that Shirley is a tough woman.

* FeminineGuyMasculineGirl: Shirley is emotionally tougher than her husband David (who is more shown to be sensitive guy when you compare him to Keith's manly man). Keith also said to David that Shirley is a tough woman.

* AntagonistTitle

* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Keith and Helena's son died before the story.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Keith gives one to the Boogie Man in the GoldenEnding.

* HappilyMarried: [[spoiler:David and Shirley]].

* SacrificialLamb: To prove that he's serious, the Boogie Man kills Brenden in front of Keith

* RoomFullOfCrazy: The Boogie Man likes to write on the walls and floors.