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** [[spoiler:The Death Endings]] have a reference to [[DarkSouls a notoriously difficult video game series.]]

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** [[spoiler:The Death Endings]] have a reference to [[DarkSouls [[VideoGame/DarkSouls a notoriously difficult video game series.]]
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** The first date of Mat's route includes an [[AutoScrollingLevel Auto-Scrolling]] {{Frogger}}-esque minigame, with the goal of surviving to the end of the timer.

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** The first date of Mat's route includes an [[AutoScrollingLevel Auto-Scrolling]] {{Frogger}}-esque ''VideoGame/{{Frogger}}''-esque minigame, with the goal of surviving to the end of the timer.



* UnwinnableByMistake: World's Okayest Dad, the achievement gained from experiencing Amanda's Bad Ending, was this with the game's initial release. It had the second lowest achievement rating out of all the achievements, second only to [[spoiler: [[UnwinnableByDesign the one achievement currently in game that's completely unobtainable by any means outside of cheating.]]]] World's Okayest Dad was so difficult to obtain, that people started wondering if it was connected to [[spoiler:the Cult Ending, an ending that had been discovered by data-miners a day after the game's release.]] It was to a point that it seemed impossible to gain outside of cheating programs, as no one was able to create a guide in how to achieve it, and data-miners actually resorted to trying to find in the coding what was needed to get this ending, to no avail. The first Dream Daddy patch on July 30th, 2017, made this ending far easier to gain afterwards, [[YouBastard though the devs poked fun at the players for wanting this ending to be easier to achieve.]]

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* UnwinnableByMistake: World's Okayest Dad, the achievement gained from experiencing Amanda's Bad Ending, was this with the game's initial release. It had the second lowest achievement rating out of all the achievements, second only to [[spoiler: [[UnwinnableByDesign [[spoiler:[[UnwinnableByDesign the one achievement currently in game that's completely unobtainable by any means outside of cheating.]]]] World's Okayest Dad was so difficult to obtain, that people started wondering if it was connected to [[spoiler:the Cult Ending, an ending that had been discovered by data-miners a day after the game's release.]] It was to a point that it seemed impossible to gain outside of cheating programs, as no one was able to create a guide in how to achieve it, and data-miners actually resorted to trying to find in the coding what was needed to get this ending, to no avail. The first Dream Daddy patch on July 30th, 2017, made this ending far easier to gain afterwards, [[YouBastard though the devs poked fun at the players for wanting this ending to be easier to achieve.]]
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** "Smashley," or Ashley, aka Craig's ex-wife and an old college friend to the MC. She's brought up quite a few times during Craig's route, but she never actually makes an appearance.

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** "Smashley," or Ashley, aka Ashley A.K.A "Smashley", Craig's ex-wife and an old college friend to the MC. She's brought up quite a few times during Craig's route, but she never actually makes an appearance.
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Intentionally invoked with Amanda, who retains the same physical characteristics regardless of the the ethnicity of the player character (as well as regardless of whether she is your biological or adoptive daughter).
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: If you go to the gym with Craig before Joseph's BBQ, there's a bit where you fly off a treadmill and crash into the back wall, and Craig warns you to know your limits. [[spoiler:If you don't learn your lesson, you can die on his third date by jumping off a waterfall after he specifically reminds you not to push it.]]

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* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: Several dates involve the Dadsona getting injured and his date needing to patch him up.



* HappilyAdopted: Amanda, if the player so chooses.

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* HappilyAdopted: Amanda, if the player so chooses.If Amanda is not your biological daughter, she's this.
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* OneHourWorkWeek: The MC's job is never specified, and he sure spends a lot of time at home. On your second date with Craig he mentions putting on a shirt from a Writers' Summit he attended 20 years ago, so he might be a writer.
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* PrecisionFStrike: There's very little adult language in the game beyond "hell" or "shit", and the MC repeatedly chides Amanda for using bad language; so when Ernest kicks him and he exclaims "OW FUCK MY KNEE", you know he's hurt.
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* GuideDangIt:
** It's actually possible to win the Pokémon-esque "brag-off" between your player character and Brian about your daughters, but you have to choose a very specific sequence of commands: [[spoiler:first, use the "grade card" item. Then, use the "child art" item. Then, keep choosing "Brag", and you'll win, though your player character will still be frustrated, this time about Brian being a gracious loser.]]
** Robert's good ending requires the player to make the correct choice very early in his route. The player must [[spoiler:choose ''not'' to sleep with him]]. Otherwise, the player will be locked into his bad ending route.
** [[spoiler:Joseph's]] Death Ending, to get the [[spoiler:"Panic! at the Disco"]] achievement. The two other Death Endings are fairly obvious in how to gain them, but [[spoiler:Joseph's]] requires either trial-and-error, or a guide. [[spoiler:You have to do a backflip in Joseph's second date, which will cause the MC to break his neck. However, you will only be able to succeed in doing so if you [[ViolationOfCommonSense choose all of the worst-scoring dance moves possible,]] and then try to backflip.]] The combo needed is [[spoiler: Worm, Hammerslide, Twerking, and finally Backflip.]]
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MagneticHero: The MC seems to have this trait, if you don't consider it to simply be [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality a gameplay design decision to make sure none of the dads are any harder to romance over the others.]] All of the dads seem to show an immediate interest and/or fondness towards the MC, and most of the dads even have interactions before the dating starts to gain bonus points with them right off the bat.

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* MagneticHero: The MC seems to have this trait, if you don't consider it to simply be [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality a gameplay design decision to make sure none of the dads are any harder to romance over the others.]] All of the dads seem to show an immediate interest and/or fondness towards the MC, and most of the dads even have interactions before the dating starts to gain bonus points with them right off the bat.
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MagneticHero: The MC seems to have this trait, if you don't consider it to simply be [[AcceptableBreaksFromReality a gameplay design decision to make sure none of the dads are any harder to romance over the others.]] All of the dads seem to show an immediate interest and/or fondness towards the MC, and most of the dads even have interactions before the dating starts to gain bonus points with them right off the bat.
** Brian has one instance of being able to score bonus points before Dadbook, in the form of [[spoiler:the various answers you can give after you get hit in the face by his Frisbee.]] He also immediately starts to gush about his daughter's achievements, which the MC takes as Brian boasting, [[spoiler:but pursuing Brian reveals he didn't try to invoke challenges with the MC, and in fact did so mostly to try and impress the MC.]]
** Craig is notable, as he contains an instance that has the chance for a significant amount of bonus points [[spoiler:in the form of the gym event, that you can trigger if you didn't go to the bar, or didn't sleep with Robert if you did go to the bar.]] Possibly justified, as [[spoiler:Craig has known the MC before the other dads, and there are various hints throughout the game, his route in particular, that imply that Craig may have had a crush on the MC since college.]]
** Damien is one of the few dads that can't gain bonus points with the MC before Dadbook. Justified, however, [[spoiler:as your first meet with him outside of the Barbecue is simply the MC overhearing Damien complaining to the "Dead, Goth and Beyond" employee over the authenticity of their products.]]
** Hugo is another notable one, as while it isn't possible to score a large amount of bonus points before Dadbook, [[spoiler:Hugo will always have a point bonus over the other dads, while the others have a chance of failure. You have no choice but to meet him before the Barbecue, due to the Parent-Teacher Conference, and you always leave with him gaining hearts after the MC makes a joke on "The Catcher in the Rye."]]
** Joseph, like Damien, doesn't have any chances to gain bonus points before Dadbook. Possibly justified though, as [[spoiler:Joseph is the only dad to actually be married in the game, even if his marriage is an unhappy one. It doesn't exactly stop him from casually flirting with the MC beforehand, though.]]
** Mat is rather casual when compared to the others, but still has a noticeable example with the first meeting. [[spoiler:No matter what menu item you choose, Mat will gain points, but there is a chance to lose those points in what name you recommend to Mat for his banana bread. However, there's more choices in favor of the MC gaining more points, and the fact Mat decided to ask this question (as well as give free banana bread) to two people he just met (the MC and Amanda,) gives shades of some sort of attraction.]]
** Robert is possibly the most obvious with how many bonus points he can gain. [[spoiler:The bar meeting seems to have the most chances to gain positive points over all of the other dads, and even Neil, the bartender, remarks that Robert's friendliness towards the MC is out of character, saying that "He must like you." The fact he even vaguely offers the MC a one-night stand can further the idea of attraction, [[NotQuiteTheRightThing though accepting the offer actually has negative impact on his character and his route.]]]]


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* UnwinnableByMistake: World's Okayest Dad, the achievement gained from experiencing Amanda's Bad Ending, was this with the game's initial release. It had the second lowest achievement rating out of all the achievements, second only to [[spoiler: [[UnwinnableByDesign the one achievement currently in game that's completely unobtainable by any means outside of cheating.]]]] World's Okayest Dad was so difficult to obtain, that people started wondering if it was connected to [[spoiler:the Cult Ending, an ending that had been discovered by data-miners a day after the game's release.]] It was to a point that it seemed impossible to gain outside of cheating programs, as no one was able to create a guide in how to achieve it, and data-miners actually resorted to trying to find in the coding what was needed to get this ending, to no avail. The first Dream Daddy patch on July 30th, 2017, made this ending far easier to gain afterwards, [[YouBastard though the devs poked fun at the players for wanting this ending to be easier to achieve.]]
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* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: Or moreso "There is Only One Sleeping Bag," this trope happens on [[spoiler:Craig's third date. The MC discovers right when the two were ready to call it a night on their first night camping that he forgot to pack another sleeping bag. The MC volunteers that he sleeps on the floor, while Craig takes the sleeping bag, but Craig insists he's fine with sharing. This occurrence is the catalyst that causes Craig and the MC to admit their mutual attraction to one another.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: While none of the dads have a stated age, all of the dads have this to varying degrees. If you didn't know that they all seem to have at least one kid above the age of 10, it wouldn't be too hard to believe they're young adults at most. Averted slightly with Robert, who does show a bit of age to him when compared to the other dads.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: While none of the dads have a stated age, all of the dads have this to varying degrees. If you didn't know that they all seem to have at least one kid at or above the age of 10, it wouldn't be too hard to believe they're young adults at most. Averted slightly with Robert, who does show a bit of age to him when compared to the other dads.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: While none of the dads have a stated age, all of the dads have this to varying degrees. If you didn't know that they all seem to have at least one kid above the age of 10, it wouldn't be too hard to believe they're young adults at most. Averted slightly with Robert, who does show a bit of age to him when compared to the other dads.
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** Crish is possibly the most jarring example. Despite Joseph showing anxiety over his well-being, and Mary showing herself as being apathetic at best, he never gets mentioned again after the barbecue, and likewise never makes an appearance.
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* TheGhost:
** "Smashley," or Ashley, aka Craig's ex-wife and an old college friend to the MC. She's brought up quite a few times during Craig's route, but she never actually makes an appearance.
** [[spoiler:Hugo's ex-husband]] is an odd example. He's mentioned a few times in [[spoiler:Hugo's]] route, but is never even given a name to work off of. Likewise to Ashley, he never makes an appearance in the story.


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* MissingMom: Or possibly DisappearedDad, neither [[spoiler:Brian nor Damien]] talk about their former spouse to any degree.
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** [[spoiler:The Death Endings]] have a reference to [[DarkSouls a notoriously difficult video game series.]]
--> ''[[spoiler: YOU DIED...]]''
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** Coincidentally, the route and ending you get if you [[spoiler:sleep with Robert the first night]] is considered by the game to be the [[spoiler:"No Romance" route/ending.]]
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* NonstandardGameOver: [[spoiler:Brian, Craig, and Joseph]] have these in the form of [[spoiler:Death Endings.]] These outcomes primarily only happen by choosing the [[PressXToDie obvious bad answer.]] [[spoiler:Joseph's,]] however, [[GuideDangIt isn't quite as easy.]] [[spoiler:These endings each have an achievement corresponding to them, and will bring the player back to just before they messed up, with the obvious bad choice no longer listed as an option.]]
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** [[spoiler:Joseph]] is also an honorary mention, as while he doesn't currently have a third, obtainable ending, [[spoiler:data-mining has revealed he was initially planned to have one, or may potentially gain one in the future, in the form of a currently unavailable CruelTwistEnding known as "Cult Ending."]]

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** [[spoiler:Joseph]] is also an honorary mention, as while he doesn't currently have a third, obtainable ending, [[spoiler:data-mining has revealed he was initially planned to have one, or may potentially gain one in the future, in the form of a currently unavailable CruelTwistEnding known as "Cult Ending."]]
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** [[spoiler:Joseph]] is also an honorary mention, as while he doesn't currently have a third, obtainable ending, [[spoiler:data-mining has revealed he was initially planned to have one, or may potentially gain one in the future, in the form of a CruelTwistEnding known as "Cult Ending."]]

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** [[spoiler:Joseph]] is also an honorary mention, as while he doesn't currently have a third, obtainable ending, [[spoiler:data-mining has revealed he was initially planned to have one, or may potentially gain one in the future, in the form of a currently unavailable CruelTwistEnding known as "Cult Ending."]]
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* MultipleEndings: A staple of this game's genre. Every dad has one Good Ending, and one Bad Ending. Which ending you find yourself in depends mostly on how you rank in the dates, and if you [[spoiler:succeed a certain event in each route.]]
** Special mention goes to [[spoiler:Robert,]] as he is the only dad to have three obtainable endings instead of two. Which ending you find yourself getting all depends on [[spoiler:whether you sleep with him the first night you meet him, as doing so locks you into [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption a route with only one outcome, no matter what you do,]]]] or what choices you make [[spoiler:on the main route's third date, especially in regards to Robert's advances and emotional volatile state.]]
** [[spoiler:Joseph]] is also an honorary mention, as while he doesn't currently have a third, obtainable ending, [[spoiler:data-mining has revealed he was initially planned to have one, or may potentially gain one in the future, in the form of a CruelTwistEnding known as "Cult Ending."]]
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* {{Story Branching}}: [[spoiler:Robert]] is the only dad in the game that has two, completely different routes. Depending on [[spoiler:whether or not you sleep with him, if your first meeting with him is at the bar,]] his three dates will end up different.

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* {{Story Branching}}: [[spoiler:Robert]] is the only dad in the game that has two, completely different routes. Depending on [[spoiler:whether or not you sleep with him, if your him the first meeting with him is at night, if you decide to go out to the bar,]] bar during Amanda's sleepover,]] his three dates will end up different.
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we don't need no double colons unless its one of those a:b :: c:d things you had to do in 3rd grade mate


->'''Player:''': I have a good feeling about this place.\\

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* OffTheRails: On your third date with Robert, the two of you crash Quinn's midnight ghost walk pretending to be paranormal investigators, and proceed to derail Quinn's rather mundane ghost stories with Robert's fantastic [[TallTale "cryptid" hunting tales]] at every tour stop.
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* CampingEpisode: [[spoiler: Craig's third date]] takes place at a secluded campsite in the woods.


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* CryptidEpisode: The "Dover ghost" encounter on [[spoiler: Robert's second date. On his third, you join him on a paranormal tour of the suburbs]].


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* MinigolfEpisode: Brian's first date partially involves the player trying to beat him at minigolf.


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* OneSteveLimit: Averted with a vengeance in the Emmas (Emma P., Emma R., and Emma S.), Amanda's friends whom even the player character has a difficult time keeping track of. There's also [[RepetitiveName Chris, Christie, Christian, and Crish Christiansen]].


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* ProWrestlingEpisode: [[spoiler: Hugo's second date]] takes place at a wrestling match, as the character is a fan of it.


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* WelcomeEpisode: The player can meet all the dads beforehand, but if they didn't, the barbecue functions as this as Joseph introduces the rest of the dads to him and officially welcomes him to the neighborhood.

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** Among the options available to drink with Mat are "Iced Music/TeganAndSara", "[[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor Godspeed You! Black Coffee]]" and "[[Music/DieAntwoord Chai Antwoord]]".

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** Among the options available to drink with Mat are "Iced Music/TeganAndSara", "[[Music/GodspeedYouBlackEmperor Godspeed You! Black Coffee]]" and "[[Music/DieAntwoord Chai Antwoord]]". You can name the banana bread he offers you "[[Music/DeadKennedys Banana Bread Kennedys]]", "[[Music/TheGratefulDead Grateful (Banana) Bread]]", or "[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Right_Said_Fred Right Said Banana Bread.]]"



** [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Batali Mario Batali]] is mentioned as the player character's celebrity crush, and at one point he calls on him to help him bake brownies. Mary's map of the neighborhood also calls Brian "Mario Batali."
** The vinyl store Mat frequents is called [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vinyl Fantasy VII]].



* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: The Christiansens evoke this stereotype, as they're implied to be an upper-middle-class white family whose patriarch is a youth minister. Joseph is nothing but welcoming to the player character, though, and is on good terms with the other dads in the neighborhood.

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* WhiteAngloSaxonProtestant: The Christiansens evoke this stereotype, as they're implied to be an upper-middle-class white family whose patriarch is a youth minister. Joseph is nothing but welcoming to the player character, though, and is on good terms with the other dads in the neighborhood.neighborhood, but his home life leaves much to be desired.
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** Mat, who is as socially awkward as you, rambles at times and loves making puns related to music.
** Damian absolutely loves everything Victorian, always uses long, sophisticated words, is scared of horror movies and will awkwardly explain to you the Victorian slang he uses if you get a 'S' after his date.

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