Follow TV Tropes

Following

History VideoGame / TheDreamMachine

Go To

OR

Changed: 131

Removed: 102

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Asexuality is now a disambiguation page. Only one trope per bullet point. Some of these are Zero Context Examples.


* AbusiveParents: Morton's grandfather was this, as we learn in the second game.
* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: The titular dream machine. It starts out much less intelligent than most examples of this trope, but seems to get progressively smarter as the story goes on.]]

to:

* %%* AbusiveParents: Morton's grandfather was this, as we learn in the second game.
* %%* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler: The titular dream machine. It starts out much less intelligent than most examples of this trope, but seems to get progressively smarter as the story goes on.]]



* AmbiguouslyGay[=/=][[Main/{{Asexual}} Ambiguously Asexual]]: Mr. Morton has no children, and one of the characters who knew him says in chapter 6: "Felix never had much luck with women. No surprises there", but never elaborates on that.

to:

* AmbiguouslyGay[=/=][[Main/{{Asexual}} Ambiguously Asexual]]: AmbiguouslyGay: Mr. Morton has no children, and one of the characters who knew him says in chapter 6: "Felix never had much luck with women. No surprises there", but never elaborates on that.



* AnxietyDreams: Referenced. Alicia suggests that Victor's dream is this.
* AudienceSurrogate

to:

* %%* AnxietyDreams: Referenced. Alicia suggests that Victor's dream is this.
* %%* AudienceSurrogate



* CerebusSyndrome[=/=]DarkerAndEdgier: Episodes 1-4 may have a vaguely unsettling atmosphere and a genuinely scary moment here and there, but Episode 5 is straight-up horror.
* CoveredInGunge: Alicia describes a dream she had before the start of the game which ends with their landlord in this state.
* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[spoiler: HMS Albatros]].

to:

* CerebusSyndrome[=/=]DarkerAndEdgier: CerebusSyndrome: Episodes 1-4 may have a vaguely unsettling atmosphere and a genuinely scary moment here and there, but Episode 5 is straight-up horror.
* %%* CoveredInGunge: Alicia describes a dream she had before the start of the game which ends with their landlord in this state.
* %%* CrapsaccharineWorld: [[spoiler: HMS Albatros]].



* FinalSpeech / DeathbedConfession: [[spoiler: Mr. Morton gives a long, ''long'' one]].
* FisherKing / EnvironmentalSymbolism: The dreamscape of each person reflects their personality, so, naturally, these tropes are present.

to:

%% * FinalSpeech / DeathbedConfession: FinalSpeech: [[spoiler: Mr. Morton gives a long, ''long'' one]].
%% * FisherKing / EnvironmentalSymbolism: The dreamscape of each person reflects their personality, so, naturally, these tropes are present.



* FrankensteinsMonster: [[spoiler:Featured in Episode 5]].

to:

* %%* FrankensteinsMonster: [[spoiler:Featured in Episode 5]].



* IndianBurialGround: Your neighbour invokes this trope as a joke. You soon find out that there is a different sort of horror lurking in the house.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: The dream machine, again.]]

to:

* %%* IndianBurialGround: Your neighbour invokes this trope as a joke. You soon find out that there is a different sort of horror lurking in the house.
* %%* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler: The dream machine, again.]]



* LetsPlay: [[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF302AA128FC1811C&feature=plcp Right on to you]].



* LonersAreFreaks: Mr. Morton, in spades.

to:

* %%* LonersAreFreaks: Mr. Morton, in spades.



* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler: Alicia to Victor, after the machine takes over. ]]

to:

* %%* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler: Alicia to Victor, after the machine takes over. ]]



* PoliceAreUseless: Not that they'd be able to get into the building anyway.

to:

* %%* PoliceAreUseless: Not that they'd be able to get into the building anyway.



* TheAbyssGazesAlso: [[spoiler: Literally so, in Willard's dream.]]

to:

* %%* TheAbyssGazesAlso: [[spoiler: Literally so, in Willard's dream.]]

Added: 122

Removed: 134

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* DeathOfAChild: In Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Victor needs to kill the fetus version of himself in order to reach his child.]]



* InfantImmortality: Averted in Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Victor needs to kill the fetus version of himself in order to reach his child.]]

Top