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* TheUnreveal: Bryce says he can sometimes see a girl standing behind us and speculates that it might be a relative of ours. This is never brought up again and is ultimately left unexplained. [[spoiler: It's conceivable that the girl is Molly but since Bryce has no connection to her (unlike Nathan), it's not clear why he'd be able to see her]].

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* TheUnreveal: Bryce says he can sometimes see a girl standing behind us and speculates that it might be a relative of ours. This is never brought up again and is ultimately left unexplained. [[spoiler: It's conceivable that the girl is Molly but since Bryce has no connection to her (unlike Nathan), it's not clear why he'd be able to see her]]. Asking about her does not help your sanity in the slightest.
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* RapeAsDrama: Comes up during a possible conversation with a patient as [[spoiler: Marianna can accuse ''you'' of this, making reference to you "getting inside her" and it hurting. If you press her further, she goes into more detail. She says she strips naked while your face turns into worms that get inside her. She then accuses you of being the "sick one"]].

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* RapeAsDrama: Comes up during a possible conversation with a patient as [[spoiler: Marianna can accuse ''you'' of this, making reference to you "getting inside her" and it hurting. If you press her further, she goes into more detail. She says she strips naked while your face turns into worms that get inside her. She then accuses you of being the "sick one"]].one". This is ''very bad'' for your sanity]].
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Apparently EVERY ONE of your patients with the sole exception of Bryce. Perhaps it's office policy to remove shoes before a session?
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* EnthrallingSiren: Marianna is compared to this.

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* DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: The truck driver who caused Nathan's accident takes his daughter Molly with him. It can also happen with Anoushka, depending on whether you tell Claire to kill David (again) or not.]]



* InfantImmortality: [[spoiler: Averted with the truck driver who caused Nathan's accident, who takes his daughter Molly with him. It can also be averted with Anoushka, depending on whether you tell Claire to kill David (again) or not.]]
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* TheCutie: Elin, absolutely. She'll even give you cookies! [[spoiler: And you can ask if they're poisoned, [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you dick]].]]
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* YourCheatingHeart: Claire's husband David with his assistant Iris.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Apparently EVERY ONE of your patients. Perhaps it's office policy to remove shoes before a session?

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Apparently EVERY ONE of your patients.patients with the sole exception of Bryce. Perhaps it's office policy to remove shoes before a session?
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The game has a SpiritualSuccessor called ''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective''.

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The game has a SpiritualSuccessor called ''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective''.
''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective'', to which it was eventually [[CanonWelding Canon Welded]] by ''VideoGame/DarkNightsWithPoeAndMunro''.
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* CreatorCameo: The game's director, Tim Cowles, is seen in a photo as David Castleford.

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''The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker'' is a FullMotionVideo game in which your character is a psychologist, called to fill in for the titular Doctor Dekker, who has been murdered. Your job is to treat his roster of patients, while also trying to determine who killed him. However, Doctor Dekker's patients have some unique problems which may make your job more difficult than expected.

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''The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker'' is a FullMotionVideo game in which your game, developed by D'Avekki Studios, and originally released on [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on 19th May, 2017. It was then ported to UsefulNotes/Playstation4, UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch on June 5th, 2018.

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character is a psychologist, called to fill in for the titular Doctor Dekker, who has been murdered. Your job is to treat his roster of patients, while also trying to determine who killed him. However, Doctor Dekker's patients have some unique problems which may make your job more difficult than expected.



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* KindheartedCatLover: Elin has a cat called Church.

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* KindheartedCatLover: Elin has a cat called Church.[[Literature/PetSematary Church]].
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** Eve specificlly mentions playing [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]].

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** Eve specificlly specifically mentions playing [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]].
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** Eve specificlly mentions playing [[VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim Skyrim]].
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: [[spoiler: At the end of the prequel stream, Eve began reading comments from the despondent chat, who believed they'd gotten the bad ending (as she ended up killing someone) and that they'd screwed up.]]
--->'''Eve:''' You think this is a game? ''She winks, stream ends.''
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* TheAlcoholic: Doctor Dekker himself, who kept vodka in his desk.

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* TheAlcoholic: Doctor Dekker himself, who kept vodka in his desk. In the prequel, Eve confesses to drinking a lot in order to help mitigate her anxiety.



* HospitalHottie: Elin to an extent, and possibly Doctor Dekker, [[spoiler: who may have dated certain patients]].

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* HospitalHottie: Elin to an extent, and possibly Doctor Dekker, [[spoiler: who may have dated certain patients]]. The prequel stars an attractive young woman named Eve who worked as a doctor before circumstances forced her to quit.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When you're stuck in the time loop with Nathan, he at one point mentions that he believes the whole conversation is being controlled by someone behind a computer, creating the conversation through a keyboard, which is exactly what you, the player, are doing.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When you're stuck in the time loop with Nathan, he at one point mentions that he believes the whole conversation is being controlled by someone behind a computer, creating the conversation through a keyboard, which is exactly what you, the player, are doing. In the prequel, Eve wonders if she might be in a video game because [[spoiler:she can see other people's "life bars" (which indicate how much life they have left)]].
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On March 14, 2019, the game's creators released a prequel to ''Dekker'' in the form of a livestream on Twitch. The prequel concerns a new patient named Eve whom Dr. Dekker has left in the care of his "colleagues" (i.e. participants in the livestream's chat). Viewers got to ask Eve questions in real time and help determine whether she ends up happy, sad or insane.
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* 100PercentCompletion: If you still have questions to ask someone, their icon will be red. If you've asked enough questions to move on to the next chapter, their icon will be orange. If you've asked all possible questions, their icon will be green. However, completing everything isn't necessarily in your best interest. [[spoiler: Most of the "extra" questions will affect your sanity.]]

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* 100PercentCompletion: OneHundredPercentCompletion: If you still have questions to ask someone, their icon will be red. If you've asked enough questions to move on to the next chapter, their icon will be orange. If you've asked all possible questions, their icon will be green. However, completing everything isn't necessarily in your best interest. [[spoiler: Most of the "extra" questions will affect your sanity.]]
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* 100PercentCompletion: If you still have questions to ask someone, their icon will be red. If you've asked enough questions to move on to the next chapter, their icon will be orange. If you've asked all possible questions, their icon will be green. However, completing everything isn't necessarily in your best interest. [[spoiler: Most of the "extra" questions will affect your sanity.]]

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That's more Leaning On The Fourth Wall than breaking it.


* BreakingTheFourthWall: When you're stuck in the time loop with Nathan, he at one point mentions that he believes the whole conversation is being controlled by someone behind a computer, creating the conversation through a keyboard, which is exactly what you, the player, are doing.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When you're stuck in the time loop with Nathan, he at one point mentions that he believes the whole conversation is being controlled by someone behind a computer, creating the conversation through a keyboard, which is exactly what you, the player, are doing.
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* BreakingTheFourthWall: When you're stuck in the time loop with Nathan, he at one point mentions that he believes the whole conversation is being controlled by someone behind a computer, creating the conversation through a keyboard, which is exactly what you, the player, are doing.
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The game has a SpiritualSuccessor called ''VideoGame/TheShapeshiftingDetective''.
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* LetsPlay: By WebVideo/JesseCox, [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]], and LetsPlay/DiploRaptor.
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* LetsPlay: By WebVideo/JesseCox, [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]], and DiploRaptor.

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* LetsPlay: By WebVideo/JesseCox, [[WebVideo/PressHeartToContinue Dodger]], and DiploRaptor.LetsPlay/DiploRaptor.
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** Bryce's ability is that as time stops for everybody but him for an hour at the stroke of midnight, which he refers to as his "[[VideoGame/Persona3 Midnight Hour]]".
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* FeaturelessProtagonist: The game plays out almost entirely from the player character's point of view and we never find out anything about them, including their gender (although there are hints that the doctor is male, given Marianna's flirtatious behavior).

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* FeaturelessProtagonist: The game plays out almost entirely from the player character's point of view and we never find out anything about them, including their gender (although there (There are hints that the doctor is male, given Marianna's flirtatious behavior).behavior. However, even that isn’t complete confirmation, as Marianna has admitted to seducing women as well as men).
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* RapeAsDrama: Comes up during a possible conversation with a patient as [[spoiler: Marianna can accuse ''you'' of this, making reference to you "getting inside her" and it hurting]].

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* RapeAsDrama: Comes up during a possible conversation with a patient as [[spoiler: Marianna can accuse ''you'' of this, making reference to you "getting inside her" and it hurting]].hurting. If you press her further, she goes into more detail. She says she strips naked while your face turns into worms that get inside her. She then accuses you of being the "sick one"]].
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: Molly's father kills both her and himself via carbon monoxide poisoning]].
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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: The endings become increasingly bizarre depending on how many "insanity points" you pick up. They include the suggestion that the patients are nothing more than aspects of your personality, that you are actually Dr. Dekker back from the dead or that you are one of Dr. Dekker's patients]].

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* Really700YearsOld: We see a photo of a grave that says Dr. Dekker was born in 1875 but this is most likely a delusion.



* ShoutOut: Six possible suspects, a murder victim known only by their last name, a randomly chosen murderer and the game concluding with an accusation (which you can get right or wrong) make it superficially similar to ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''.

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* ShoutOut: Six possible suspects, a murder victim known only by their last name, a randomly chosen murderer and the game concluding with an accusation (which you can get right or wrong) make it superficially similar to ''TabletopGame/{{Clue}}''. There's even a character named Scarlett who wears a red dress (although she isn't a suspect).


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* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: We get to see what happens to the five main patients but not the minor ones like Scarlett and Professor Warwick.

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