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Hair of Gold isn\'t just about being blonde; male characters need to be noble, chaste, knightly, etc. and female characters need to be sweet, wholesome, pretty, innocent, etc. This entry lacks the context necessary to qualify.


* HairOfGold: Viola.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: "A Funny Story." [[spoiler: Both it and the game ends with a hunter killing someone near and dear to him because of a misunderstanding.]]
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** An interesting one, to Touhou: [[spoiler: Viola has blonde hair and green eyes. Ellen from Touhou has blonde hair and green eyes. Really, the two girls look almost exactly alike. [[FridgeBrilliance And since "Viola" is really "Ellen"...]]]]
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** [[spoiler: A text box description reads "A toy soldier with a fake gun". It's not]].
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* SurvivalHorror: Most definitely.

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* AlwaysNight: Almost all of the windows are dark, though this isn't the case when you are actually outside.

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* AlwaysNight: Almost all of the windows are dark, dark and the text box will read that it is pitch-black, though this isn't the case when you are actually outside.outside or right before the boss battle.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: The cat mentions that it was mean of you to cut up the white flower on the roof. Yes, the demon who eats the souls of children thinks you're an asshole]].

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: The cat mentions that it was mean of you to cut up the white flower on the roof. Yes, the demon who eats the souls of children thinks you're an asshole]].thought the callousness of that act was worth pointing out]].



* RedHerring: [[spoiler: In the dark area, you can find a wristwatch, but not only is it not a plot-necessary object, picking up and trying to walk away gets you hung and you strangle to death. If you look at the description, it reads "DIE"]].



* TrueColors: [[spoiler: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile. This could be {{Foreshadowing}} to who Viola really is...]]

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* TrueColors: [[spoiler: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, Bottle (or after picking up the wristwatch earlier), going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with black hair, red skin, and a SlasherSmile. This could be SlasherSmile, as {{Foreshadowing}} to who Viola really is...]]is]].
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* MediumAwareness: In the hallway with the line of cat statues, the black cat is sitting on a pedestal. When you talk to him, he says "A Cat Statue" in an attempt to trick you. This would only work if he knew his text showed up in a text box just like the descriptions of objects.
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* MusicalSpoiler: A sudden ''lack'' of music is a fairly good indication that you are about to die. Assuming you're not dead already.
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* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: Nothing is more infamous than when you have to feed your pet frog to a monster when it has done nothing but help you. Though there's also the part where you cut off the limbs of a teddy bear, and when you have to kill a flower...]]


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* SavePoint: The cat.
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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: The first trap you encounter.

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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: The first trap you encounter.encounter is this. It also happens later should you enter the cell of the person you give powder and a pipe to, only slower.
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* [[spoiler: EarnYourBadEnding: Although each ending isn't really any better or worse than the other as the major events don't change, the audience learns more with each ending, which always shows that things are worse then the player thought before]].


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* TheWallsAreClosingIn: The first trap you encounter.
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* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: If you touch the clock on the top floor, it will fall over and kill you while the text in the box is still loading]].
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* AlwaysNight: Almost all of the windows are dark, though this isn't the case when you are actually outside.


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* DontGoIntoTheWoods: The letter from your father tells you to not go into the woods, though it's actually your way out.


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* MirrorScare: If you check the mirror in the library enough times, the witch will appear to be behind you in the reflection for a second before the mirror breaks.
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* OminousSavePrompt: When you finally get to the witch, the game saving screen appears one last time.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: The white flower. It will politely ask how you're doing, but if you don't kill it quick, it will ''end you''.]]

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: The white flower. It will politely ask how you're doing, but if you don't kill it quick, just right when the time comes, it will ''end you''.]]
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler: The white flower. It will politely ask how you're doing, but if you don't kill it quick, it will ''end you''.]]
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* TheManyDeathsOfYou
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** You find a pair of red shoes [[spoiler: (which are bad if you put them on, like in [[HansChristianAndersen the original story]])]], which can be turned into glass shoes [[spoiler: which are good, like in [[{{Cinderella}}the original story]]. Okay, the versions that used glass shoes)]].

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** You find a pair of red shoes [[spoiler: (which are bad if you put them on, like in [[HansChristianAndersen the original story]])]], which can be turned into glass shoes [[spoiler: which are good, like in [[{{Cinderella}}the [[Literature/{{Cinderella}} the original story]]. Okay, the versions that used glass shoes)]].
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* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: 'Viola' is the witch.]]

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* [[spoiler: TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler: 'Viola' is the witch.]]
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** Possibly justified by the fact that the player just got chased through a corridor by flying knives, and is likely wondering what the hell just happened.

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* ParasolOfPrettiness: One room has a picture of a lady with a parasol. After solving the puzzle there, it changes with the lady now looking at you.



* ParasolOfPrettiness: One room has a picture of a lady with a parasol. After solving the puzzle there, it changes with the lady now looking at you.
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* RandomDrop: Several times throughout the game, usually to let you know something's going to pop up and chase you.
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** You find a pair of red shoes [[spoiler: (which are bad if you put them on, like in [[HansChristianAndersen the original story]])]], and can be turned into glass shoes [[spoiler: which are good, like in [[{{Cinderella}}the original story]]. Okay, the versions that used glass shoes anyway)]].

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** You find a pair of red shoes [[spoiler: (which are bad if you put them on, like in [[HansChristianAndersen the original story]])]], and which can be turned into glass shoes [[spoiler: which are good, like in [[{{Cinderella}}the original story]]. Okay, the versions that used glass shoes anyway)]].shoes)]].
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** You find a pair of red shoes [[spoiler: (which are bad if you put them on, like in [[HansChristianAndersen the original story]])]], and can be turned into glass shoes [[spoiler: which are good, like in [[{{Cinderella}}the original story]]. Okay, the versions that used glass shoes anyway)]].
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* BlackoutBasement: One room is completely black and you need to create a light source before it will let you explore it.

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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile.
** This could be Foreshadowing to who Viola really is...

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* TrueColors: [[spoiler: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile. \n** This could be Foreshadowing {{Foreshadowing}} to who Viola really is...]]

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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile. [[spoiler: this could be Foreshadowing to who Viola really is, Ellen, who stole her body in order to survive her illness.

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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile. [[spoiler: this
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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile.[[spoiler: this could be Foreshadowing to who Viola really is, Ellen, who stole her body in order to survive her illness.

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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile. [[spoiler: this could be Foreshadowing to who Viola really is, Ellen, who stole her body in order to survive her illness.
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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile.

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* TrueColors: In the room where you need to find your way around using a small light, after getting the jade pipe, you start to hear noises of the statues "chasing" after you. At one point when you drop the Bottle, going into the main menu will show Viola in Black hair and Red Skin with a SlasherSmile.[[spoiler: this could be Foreshadowing to who Viola really is, Ellen, who stole her body in order to survive her illness.

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