History VideoGame / Unhack

* HackingMinigame: TheGame

* IllGirl: At an AI repair facility, the main characters come across a weakened AI who takes the form of a young girl; the facility both looks like and is treated as a hospital by the AI themselves, which helps enforce the image. [[spoiler:It turns out the girl is an AI whose creator has stopped paying for her repairs, essentially abandoning her to die.]]

* StartOfDarkness: This prequel serves as Ms. Director's, as it shows that she originally wanted to help others for free until [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished its own users planted viruses in her computer systems just because her product had some unintended flaws]], leading her to [[spoiler:return the viruses to their senders in revenge, willingly sacrificing Proto A in the process,]] and instilling her desire to surpass Smash Security by any means necessary.

* ForegoneConclusion: This DLC is a prequel to the original, but Proto A a new character that was never even mentioned in the main story line. [[HeroicSacrifice There's a reason for that]].

* UglyCute: A doll that Weedy finds and hangs on to [[spoiler:that was originally a gift from Debug]], at least from her perspective; the Unhacker thinks it's just ugly.

%%* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: The final words of [[spoiler:the Motherworm]].

%%* ChivalrousPervert: The Unhacker.

%%* CoolBigSis: Debug is sometimes treated as one by Weedy.

* MentalFusion: A technique that AIs can do with each other, though not always willingly and the process can be dangerous for the AI involved. [[spoiler: Weedy fuses with too many other AI and renders her source code irreparably unstable. Debug and A2 seem to fuse successfully, but Unhack 2 reveals that they were forced to separate due to the damage they sustained; Debug barely managed to survive the process and A2 didn't.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The reaction of the 5K Worm's creator, upon learning how many lives it's ruined.
** Also [[spoiler:Perfect Weedy's reaction when she sees how much pain she's caused [=Debug2=].]]

* ProtagonistCenteredMorality: In the first game, the Unhacker is mostly characterized by his strong bond with Weedy and Debug. [[spoiler: In the sequel, when we observe him through Alltra's eyes, it becomes very clear that he ''only'' cares for them, along with powerful AI that could be useful to Smash Security, and not much else.]]

%%* DoomedByCanon: There's a reason why Proto A never appears in the main story line.
%%* GloryHound: Mrs. Director, after the events of ''Destruction''.
%%* GlorySeeker: Mrs. Director, until she gets doxxed during ''Destruction''.
* HeroicSacrifice: Proto A [[spoiler:takes A2's place when returning the 5K Worms to their senders, using up all of her energy in the process.]]

%%* StartOfDarkness: Ms. Director's.

%%* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The Creator to Ms. Director.

* BigSisterInstinct: [[spoiler: Program X for Alltra, and Debug for Weedy.]]
* BossBattle: [[spoiler: Subverted. The group goes to face Ms. Director for the final battle...And when they get there, they find a delirious and amnesiac Ms. Director, who has used the [=MemEditor=] to erase her own memories.]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: Alltra transfers the bulk of his code and abilities to Program X.]]

* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: None of Alltra's memories of life as the Creator are his; they were given to him by Ms. Director.]]
** The Creator also apparently did this to Debug at the end of the first game. [[spoiler: He messed with Debug's memories of A2's death to make her think that he was responsible for it so that she wouldn't blame herself.]]
* FinalBattle: [[spoiler: Subverted. The game builds up to a final battle between Alltra/Program X and Ms. Director...and when they arrive for said battle, Ms. Director has used the [=MemEditor=] on herself and is left terrified and amnesiac.]]

* HiddenDepths: June's distrust and hostility towards AI is obvious and justified, but at the end of the day she operates an AI hospital and treats AI that most other places would dismiss as lost causes. She also maintains a "graveyard" of sorts for AI that have died. [[spoiler: Said graveyard is where A2 rests and where Weedy and Debug choose to spend their final moments.]]
* IllGirl: At an AI repair facility, the main characters come across a weakened AI who takes the form of a young girl; the facility both looks like and is treated as a hospital by the AI themselves, which helps enforce the image. [[spoiler: Turns out the girl is an AI whose creator has stopped paying for her repairs, essentially abandoning her to die.]]
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A self-inflicted example. [[spoiler:Ms. Director erases her own memories with the [=MemEditor=] out of guilt for her actions.]] A more traditional example would be [[spoiler: Alltra's lack of memory regarding his past with Program X and Ms. Director.]]

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Ms. Director gets into the junkyard by blackmailing June with a disc containing proof that she cuts off the life support of AI that are near their end.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: The young girl in the infirmary is actually a weakened, virus-infected AI whose creator stopped paying for her repairs and left her at the hospital when it became clear that she wouldn't recover.]]
* SurvivorGuilt: [[spoiler: Debug survived the MentalFusion she did with A2 in the previous game, while A2 didn't. The Creator attempted to stop this by removing Debug's memory of leaving A2 to die in the junkyard, but Debug eventually figures it out anyway.]]
* RedHerring: When the existence of the junkyard, a sort of cemetery for AI that have ceased to function, is revealed, everyone assumes that Miss Director wants in so that she can retrieve the long-lost A2. [[spoiler: She doesn't want A2 herself, but rather the MemEditor that's with her.]]

* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: When their lifespans are nearly up, Weedy and Debug choose to go back into the junkyard so that they can pass together.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: We're led to believe that the protagonist is The Creator from the first game. In actuality, we've been following Alltra, an AI created by Ms. Director who has been led to believe he's The Creator as part of a plan by Ms. Director to bring down the real Creator.]]
%%* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: A constant theme, especially once the game gets to the junkyard.

* FusionDance: [[spoiler:Debug and A2 into [=Debug2=]]], which was at least partially an EmergencyTransformation, and [[spoiler:Weedy and the Motherworm into Perfect Weedy]]. A partial example also occurs earlier, when [[spoiler:Weedy performs MentalFusion with Debug, briefly [[MismatchedEyes turning one eye orange]] and requiring Debug to [[EyepatchOfPower wear an eye patch]] after]].

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: '''S'''mash '''S'''ecurity, '''A'''[=CME=] '''A'''ntivirus.