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* PoisonousPerson: Green jellyfish. Those with heads have the ability to emit poison bubbles that harm frogs, and if they touch a regular bubble, it turns that bubble into a large and highly damaging poisonous bubble. Those without heads will kill frogs extremely quickly if they grab one, and are much harder to struggle around if they grab you.
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* PoisonousPerson: Green jellyfish. Those with heads have the ability to emit poison bubbles that harm frogs, and if they touch a regular bubble, it turns that bubble into a large and highly damaging poisonous bubble. Those without heads will instantly kill frogs extremely quickly if any frog they grab one, and are much harder to struggle around if they grab touch, including you.
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* OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles: One of the main mechanics of the game are these, which you need to touch to regain health and avoid drowning. Moose-jellyfish also require said bubbles to avoid drowning, and [[spoiler:the bubbles are harmful to jellyfish without frogs attached to them]].
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* TacticalSuicideBoss: If the [[spoiler:jellyfish queen didn't send in headless jellyfish to attack you, you would have no way to remove the "heads" to kill her.]]
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* PopGoesTheHuman: When a jellyfish [[spoiler:without a head takes in too much air, it explodes. This also applies to the final boss once it loses all its heads.]]
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The jellyfish have an explosive weakness [[spoiler: to air]].
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* WeaksauceWeakness: The jellyfish have an [[PopGoesTheHuman explosive weakness weakness]] [[spoiler: to air]].
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* PuzzleBoss: You beat [[spoiler:the jellyfish queen by having its jellyfish minions steal the frog "heads" attached to it. This causes it to expand from the air, and once all four are gone it explodes.]]
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* TurnsRed: Every time [[spoiler:the jellyfish queen loses one "head", it expands thanks to the air buildup]] and causes the playing field to become smaller.
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* TheAssimilator: The jellyfish. [[spoiler:If they successfully kill a frog, they'll use the frog's dead body as a new 'head']].
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* TheAssimilator: The jellyfish. [[spoiler:If they successfully kill a frog, they'll use the frog's dead body as a new 'head']].'head' which then allows them to breathe air]].
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* TheAssimilator: The jellyfish. [[spoiler:If they successfully kill a frog, they'll use the frog's dead body as a new 'head']].
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* DisasterDominoes: At one point, you'll be accosted by a huge group of jellyfish. When they [[spoiler:explode from too much air]], they'll release a huge air bubble [[spoiler:that will instantly kill another jellyfish should they touch it]]. This can start a chain reaction and kill them off quickly -- but this also means you have to also deal with a huge mass of "tentacles" they leave behind.
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* InstructiveLevelDesign: Each new threat is always introduced as a lone enemy to teach the player how they work and how to defeat them. Shortly after the first "headless" jellyfish is introduced, a headless one and two with heads are introduced to show the player that they can "trade" heads with each other.
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* PoisonousPerson: Green moose-jellyfish have the ability to emit poison bubbles that harm frogs. If they touch a regular bubble, it turns that bubble into a large and highly damaging poisonous bubble.
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* PoisonousPerson: Green moose-jellyfish jellyfish. Those with heads have the ability to emit poison bubbles that harm frogs. If frogs, and if they touch a regular bubble, it turns that bubble into a large and highly damaging poisonous bubble.bubble. Those without heads will kill frogs extremely quickly if they grab one, and are much harder to struggle around if they grab you.
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* RuleOfThree: It takes three bubbles to [[spoiler:kill a jellyfish that doesn't have a frog attached to it]].
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* TakingYouWithMe: The jellyfish [[spoiler:without heads will explode if they take in three air bubbles]], throwing their four "tentacles" everywhere. These can collide into and deal damage to you.
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* GoodColorsEvilColors: Healthy frogs, including the player, are vibrant green. Dying frogs and the creatures that hunt them are a sickly brown.
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The parasite queen at the bottom of the lake, a creature capable of fusing itself with frogs in order to use their lungs to expel oxygen from it's body, and is somehow linked to the creation of the jellyfish monsters found throughout the game.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler:The parasite queen at the bottom of the lake, a creature capable of fusing itself with frogs in order to use their lungs to expel oxygen from it's its body, and is somehow linked to the creation of the jellyfish monsters found throughout the game.]]
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** One of the achievements: "Echos of The Past" is unlocked by jumping out of the water at the beginning. [[VideoGame/EccoTheDolphin Like a Dolphin.]] Fitting, considering the similar atmosphere these games share.
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* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:The "Jellyies" obtain the ability to exhale excess air once they become "Mooses",although it seems they then become dependent of oxygen]].
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* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:The "Jellyies" obtain the ability to exhale excess air once they become "Mooses",although "Mooses", although it seems they then become dependent of oxygen]].
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* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:the "Jellyies" obtain the ability to exhale excess air once they become "Mooses",although it seems they then become dependent of oxygen]].
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* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:the [[spoiler:The "Jellyies" obtain the ability to exhale excess air once they become "Mooses",although it seems they then become dependent of oxygen]].
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* GameBreakingBug: On rare occasions, the final boss will simply not spawn! Even worse, the developers have no idea what causes this.
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** Not entirely, [[https://www.jellyfishart.com/images/content/kb/jellyfish_life_cycle.jpg real jellyfish do reproduce like that]], minus the [[spoiler: frog corpses]] anyway.
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* CannibalismSuperpower: [[spoiler:the "Jellyies" obtain the ability to exhale excess air once they become "Mooses",although it seems they then become dependent of oxygen]].
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''They Breathe'' is an indie game developed by The Working Parts for Xbox Live and the PC. It's a short game, taking no more than half an hour to complete, but it's a remarkable study in atmosphere.
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* AtopAMountainOfCorpses : [[spoiler: The AtopAMountainOfCorpses: [[spoiler:The parasite queen is surrounded by hundreds of dead frogs and half-formed jellyfish monsters.]]
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** The 'moose-jellyfish' that chase you throughout the game [[spoiler: are actually [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Necromorph]]-style corpse-monsters built from the remains of dead frogs. This is most evident when you look closely at their 'heads' and 'tentacles' (frog bodies and frog limbs, respectively).]]
** [[spoiler: The queen parasite rests AtopAMountainOfCorpses, and expels its buildup of oxygen through the lungs of the frog cadavers fused with its body. '[[MeaningfulName They Breathe]]', indeed...]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu : [[spoiler: A little green frog manages to kill an EldritchAbomination at the bottom of the lake.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Look closely at the "heads" of the jellyfish. [[spoiler: The assimilated frogs sport rictus grins]].
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* GoodColorsEvilColors : Healthy frogs, including the player, are vibrant green. Dying frogs and the creatures that hunt them are a sickly brown.
* KickTheDog : You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of the jellyfish to escape.
* LosingYourHead : The jellyfish can trade 'heads' back and forth whenever they touch. [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun This is the key to slaying their queen]].]]
* ShoutOut: The title is a reference to Film/TheyLive
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** The 'moose-jellyfish' that chase you throughout the game [[spoiler: are actually [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Necromorph]]-style corpse-monsters built from the remains of dead frogs. This is most evident when you look closely at their 'heads' and 'tentacles' (frog bodies and frog limbs, respectively).]]
** [[spoiler: The queen parasite rests AtopAMountainOfCorpses, and expels its buildup of oxygen through the lungs of the frog cadavers fused with its body. '[[MeaningfulName They Breathe]]', indeed...]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu : [[spoiler: A little green frog manages to kill an EldritchAbomination at the bottom of the lake.]]
* DissonantSerenity: Look closely at the "heads" of the jellyfish. [[spoiler: The assimilated frogs sport rictus grins]].
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* GoodColorsEvilColors : Healthy frogs, including the player, are vibrant green. Dying frogs and the creatures that hunt them are a sickly brown.
* KickTheDog : You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of the jellyfish to escape.
* LosingYourHead : The jellyfish can trade 'heads' back and forth whenever they touch. [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun This is the key to slaying their queen]].]]
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** This is also how your little frog deals with the final threat: [[spoiler:tricking the jellyfish into stealing heads from their queen]].
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* SugarApocalypse: Something very bad has happened to these cute frogs...
* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can help your fellow frogs by guiding them towards air bubbles...
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...or use them as bait for the jellyfish.
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* BigBad : [[spoiler: The queen parasite at the bottom of the lake.]]
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** The 'aquatic plant' part isn't really bizarre at all: real life jellyfish spend part of their lives as a flower like polyp, which then buds to produce several jellyfish.
* BodyHorror : [[spoiler: The fate of the frogs taken to the bottom of the lake.]]
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* EldritchAbomination : DissonantSerenity: Look closely at the "heads" of the jellyfish. [[spoiler: The assimilated frogs sport rictus grins]].
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The parasite queen.]]
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The parasite queen.]]
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: You come across a number of very weird creatures in the flooded forest, from worms to jellyfish to aquatic moose. They're all different stages in the same life cycle.
* BodyHorror: The truth about the "moose" creatures is terrible.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of jellyfish to escape.
* LosingYourHead: The jellyfish can trade heads back and forth as the situation requires.
* BodyHorror: The truth about the "moose" creatures is terrible.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of jellyfish to escape.
* LosingYourHead: The jellyfish can trade heads back and forth as the situation requires.
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* BizarreAlienReproduction: You come across a number AtopAMountainOfCorpses : [[spoiler: The parasite queen is surrounded by hundreds of very weird dead frogs and half-formed jellyfish monsters.]]
* BigBad : [[spoiler: The queen parasite at the bottom of the lake.]]
* BizarreAlienReproduction : The jellyfish apparently start life as some sort of aquatic plant. [[spoiler: And then there's the fact that they're made from frog corpses...]]
* BodyHorror : [[spoiler: The fate of the frogs taken to the bottom of the lake.]]
** The 'moose-jellyfish' that chase you throughout the game [[spoiler: are actually [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Necromorph]]-style corpse-monsters built from the remains of dead frogs. This is most evident when you look closely at their 'heads' and 'tentacles' (frog bodies and frog limbs, respectively).]]
** [[spoiler: The queen parasite rests AtopAMountainOfCorpses, and expels its buildup of oxygen through the lungs of the frog cadavers fused with its body. '[[MeaningfulName They Breathe]]', indeed...]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu : [[spoiler: A little green frog manages to kill an EldritchAbomination at the bottom of the lake.]]
* EldritchAbomination : [[spoiler: The parasite queen.]]
* GoodColorsEvilColors : Healthy frogs, including the player, are vibrant green. Dying frogs and the creaturesin the flooded forest, from worms to jellyfish to aquatic moose. They're all different stages in the same life cycle.
that hunt them are a sickly brown.
*BodyHorror: The truth about the "moose" creatures is terrible.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption:KickTheDog : You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of the jellyfish to escape.
*LosingYourHead: LosingYourHead : The jellyfish can trade heads 'heads' back and forth as whenever they touch. [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun This is the situation requires.key to slaying their queen]].]]
* BigBad : [[spoiler: The queen parasite at the bottom of the lake.]]
* BizarreAlienReproduction : The jellyfish apparently start life as some sort of aquatic plant. [[spoiler: And then there's the fact that they're made from frog corpses...]]
* BodyHorror : [[spoiler: The fate of the frogs taken to the bottom of the lake.]]
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** [[spoiler: The queen parasite rests AtopAMountainOfCorpses, and expels its buildup of oxygen through the lungs of the frog cadavers fused with its body. '[[MeaningfulName They Breathe]]', indeed...]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu : [[spoiler: A little green frog manages to kill an EldritchAbomination at the bottom of the lake.]]
* EldritchAbomination : [[spoiler: The parasite queen.]]
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''They Breathe'' is an indie game developed by The Working Parts for Xbox Live and the PC. It's a short game, taking no more than half an hour to complete, but is a remarkable study in atmosphere.
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''They Breathe'' is an indie game developed by The Working Parts for Xbox Live and the PC. It's a short game, taking no more than half an hour to complete, but is it's a remarkable study in atmosphere.atmosphere.
You play as a frog who swims down into a submerged forest where something strange and terrible has happened.
You play as a frog who swims down into a submerged forest where something strange and terrible has happened.
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*BodyHorrorBodyHorror: The truth about the "moose" creatures is terrible.
* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You can rescue your fellow frogs by bumping them into air bubbles, but you'll probably end up snatching air bubbles from them, or shoving them into the paths of jellyfish to escape.
* LosingYourHead: The jellyfish can trade heads back and forth as the situation requires.
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''They Breathe'' is an indie game developed by The Working Parts for Xbox Live and the PC. It's a short game, taking no more than half an hour to complete, but is a remarkable study in atmosphere.
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!!''They Breathe'' includes examples of:
* BizarreAlienReproduction
* BodyHorror
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!!''They Breathe'' includes examples of:
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* BodyHorror
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