History VisualNovel / DreamDaddy

* ButThouMust: During his third date, Mat asks the Dadsona if he's alright after listening to several bands during Open Mic Night, but the only choices are [[ObviouslyNotFine "I'M TOTALLY FINE", "EVERYTHING IS GREAT", AND "NOTHING IS WRONG".]]

* ParentWithNewParamour: Naturally. The player character and all the dateable dads have children. How well your love interest's offspring react to your new relationship varies on the route, but Amanda herself very is supportive of you.

* IAteWhat: When Craig invites the Dadsona over to Robert's dinner, the latter serves them osso buco. The Dadsona compliments its taste, but Robert tells him that he got it from the trash can, making him gag.

** 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.

* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: When she was four, Amanda couldn't decide whether to go as a princess or a dragon for Hallowee, so she went as a Princess Dragon.

* SurpriseCreepy: Robert’s second date starts off fairly normal in the woods at night. He tries freaking you out by making up a story about him being in the woods alone with his dog. Suddenly, you both hear a disturbing howl from deep in the woods and see a figure in the distance. Not wanting to take any chances, both of you promptly hop back in his truck and drive home. This is one of the few creepy moments in the game, which has mostly focused on romance and comedy.

You play as a single father who has just moved to Maple Bay following the death of his partner. Your daughter Amanda, a sassy teenager with a love of photography, encourages you to get out of your shell and meet someone. Fortunately there happens to be quite a number of dateable single fathers in your [[{{Gayborhood}} new neighborhood]].

* AluminumChristmasTrees: Damien remarks at one point that he's glad to own period-appropriate binders in the Victorian style. [[https://www.alamy.com/old-victorian-magazine-newsprint-worth-et-cie-mens-corset-advert-from-1880-before-the-dawn-of-advertising-standards-history-of-fashion-image408622874.html Corsets for men]] really were in vogue at the time, including over-bust models designed to flatten the chest.

Are you ready? Hi Ready, I'm Dad!

* AdultFear: Amanda goes out at night and doesn't respond to any of your texts checking up on her. A dialogue choice implies that your spouse also died under similar circumstances.

* SupriseCreepy: Robert’s second date starts off fairly normal in the woods at night. He tries freaking you out by making up a story about him being in the woods alone with his dog. Suddenly, you both hear a disturbing howl from deep in the woods and see a figure in the distance. Not wanting to take any chances, both of you promptly hop back in his truck and drive home. This is one of the few creepy moments in the game, which has mostly focused on romance and comedy.

* 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 the one achievement that, at the time, was completely unobtainable by any means outside of cheating. 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.]]

* EveryoneIsGay: A mix of this and EveryoneIsBi. All fathers of the neighborhood are available to start dating your male character. No one's sexuality is explicitly stated, but some (Robert, Mat, Joseph and Craig) have been or are married to women. Hugo is the only one to mention an ex-husband. Brian and Damien's past love lives are never mentioned in the game.

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler:Joseph can't just break up with his wife out of nowhere. [[BittersweetEnding He loves you, but he loves his family just as much, prompting him to stay with them in either of his endings]].]]

* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:Mary regularly flirts heavily with men at bars, but never goes home with them. Joseph slept with Robert at some point between getting married to Mary and the protagonist moving to the cul-de-sac]].

* {{Adorkable}}:
** The player character himself, as he's very socially awkward and has a habit of saying the wrong thing at the wrong time. He's also very loving towards Amanda, and thinks the world of her.
** Mat, who is as socially awkward as you, rambles at times and loves making puns related to music.
** Damien 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.

* BiTheWay: The player character can be this explicitly despite the all-male love interests in the game itself, as the opening gives you the choice of having your deceased spouse be male or female. Several of the love interests also have had wives -- most notably Joseph, who is still married.

* HeroesLoveDogs: Several characters are dog lovers, which helps establish the cul-de-sac as a friendly neighborhood with nice people. In particular, Brian and Robert have their own dogs (which the player character suitably fawns over). Dogs are even used to humanize seemingly {{jerkass}} characters like Mary and Ernest. [[spoiler: Damien actually works with stray dogs at an animal shelter, which helps to humanize him as less of a pretentious Gothic oddball in addition to the rest of TheReveal. Later, one of Damien's shelter dogs helps bring together Hugo and his estranged son, who bond after adopting her.]]

In 2018, ''Dream Daddy: A Dat Dating Comic Book'' was added as a DLC on Steam and also available to be purchased in other sites like Amazon. It's a collection of comic book issues made by various artists.