History VisualNovel / EndlessSummer

* BladeOnAStick: Estela's spear is basically a combat knife strapped to a stick. It does little to harm the giant crab.

** [[spoiler: If Taylor and the gang stay on the island, they live out their lives in La Huerta, but the rest of the world, including everyone they ever knew (apart from each other), is permanently destroyed, and while their lives are safe and relatively comfortable, the limitations of the situation mean that most of their dreams are lost along with it.]]

** [[spoiler: If Taylor and the gang stay on the island, they live out their lives in relative comfort in La Huerta, but everyone they ever knew (apart from each other) is gone, and they have to abandon many of their own hopes for the future.]]

* TakeMyHand: Book 2 Chapter 15 has Estela (if the player is dating her) or Sean just barely fail to grab hold of Taylor, who then falls out of the helicopter.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Jake does this against Mouse [[spoiler:A.K.A. Mike]] in Book 3 Chapter 3.

* IslandOfMystery: La Huerta.

* {{Macguffin}}: Book 2 introduces the catalyst idols, aka Vaalta.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Everyone in the island is a different type of character: The AudienceSurrogate (The Main Character/You), the Token Best Friend (Diego), the LovableJock (Sean), the DumbJock[=/=]JerkJock (Craig), the DeadpanSnarker MilitaryBrat (Jake), the NiceGirl (Quinn), the AlphaBitch (Michelle), The BigFun (Raj), the BespectacledCutie (Grace), the InsufferableGenius Snob (Aleister), the Delinquent (Zahra), the GenkiGirl (Lila) and the MysteriousWoman (Estela). Chapter 6 implies in a stack of profiles that they were gathered to the island on purpose.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, this can't happen, as the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and/or try to sign on with a team as an undrafted free agent, so it still wouldn't mean his dream is automatically over. Likely this is done for narrative convenience, as NFL player moves are public information, so the realistic equivalent (Craig either not making it onto a team (whether via the draft or UDFA) or else getting cut in training camp or similar) wouldn't be something Craig could keep a secret.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, this can't happen, as the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and/or try to sign on with a team as an undrafted free agent, so it still wouldn't mean his dream is automatically over. Likely this is done for narrative convenience, as the realistic equivalent (Craig either not getting drafted or signed as a UDFA or else getting cut in training camp or similar) would be public knowledge and therefore wouldn't be something Craig could keep a secret.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, this can't happen, as the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and/or try to sign on with a team as an undrafted free agent, so it still wouldn't mean his dream is automatically over. Likely this is done for narrative convenience, as the realistic equivalent (Craig either not getting drafted or signed as a UDFA, or getting cut in training camp or similar) would be public knowledge and therefore wouldn't be something Craig could keep a secret.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, this can't happen, as the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and/or try to sign on with a team as an undrafted free agent, so it still wouldn't mean his dream is automatically over. Likely this is done for narrative convenience, as the realistic alternative (Craig not getting drafted or signed) would be public knowledge and therefore wouldn't be something Craig could keep a secret.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, this can't happen, as the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, it still wouldn't mean the end of his dream, as he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and/or try to sign on with a team as an undrafted free agent. Likely this is done for narrative convenience, as the realistic alternative (Craig not getting drafted) wouldn't be something Craig could keep a secret, since draft picks are public.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Grace gives one to Aleister [[spoiler:when he betrays the group to Rourke to protect her.]]

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player has a guarantee of being drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig (ironically, one thing that ''could'' have led to Craig becoming ineligible if he'd been suspended or kicked off the team for the laptop incident, but that never happened because Sean took the bullet for him) -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, it still wouldn't mean the end of his chances at the NFL, as he would still be able to make himself available through the supplemental draft and to take part in post-draft free agency.

** In Book 1 Chapter 13, the player has to choose between Michelle's idea of using the oxygen tank as a missile and Grace's idea of leaving it by the pool to hide. Some time later, the player then has a separate choice of whether or not to close the tsunami shutters. Choosing to close the shutters after having chosen Grace's idea in the earlier scene becomes this, which is {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d in-universe later.

** The Adventurer's Gear you can buy in Book 1 Chapter 11 has different looks depending on gender. The male version is based on [[VideoGame/{{Uncharted}} Nathan Drake's]] outfit while the female version is based on [[VideoGame/TombRaider Lara Croft's]].

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, the NFL draft isn't an application process; college players just "declare" for the draft, and they're in it.[[note]]This doesn't mean the player is automatically going to be drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to decide to put themselves in the draft pool, and then it's just a matter of whether a team picks them or not.[[/note]] The only situation in which a candidate could be preemptively rejected in this way would be if they're not eligible for the draft, which doesn't seem to fit Craig -- and even if Craig ''were'' ineligible for the regular draft, it ''still'' wouldn't be an automatic "my dream is over", as he would still have the supplemental draft and post-draft free agency as potential avenues to enter the NFL.

* ArtisticLicenseSports: In his Idol flashback, Craig is rejected for the NFL Draft. In reality, college football players just "declare" for the draft; it's not a thing that involves an application that can be accepted or rejected. (This doesn't mean the player is ''going'' to be drafted -- there are always more players who declare for the draft than there are draft picks -- but they get to choose if they want to be in the draft pool.) The only reason a candidate can be rejected for the draft is if they're ineligible to be drafted for some reason, but that's a pretty narrow category that Craig doesn't have any reason to fit into.

* IllGirl: Dialogue with Quinn indicates she spent much of her life sick.
** Confirmed in Book 1 Chapter 11 if you read her dossier. She had Rotterdam's Syndrome, an autoimmune disease. If the player chooses to take Quinn to their room in Book 1 Chapter 14, she will reveal this fact to Taylor. In Book 2 Chapter 4, she reveals her illness to the group.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Everyone in the island is a different type of character: The AudienceSurrogate (The Main Character/You), the Token Best Friend (Diego), the LovableJock (Sean), the DumbJock[=/=]JerkJock (Craig), the DeadpanSnarker MilitaryBrat (Jake), the [[NiceGirl Nice]] IllGirl (Quinn), the AlphaBitch (Michelle), The BigFun (Raj), the BespectacledCutie (Grace), the InsufferableGenius Snob (Aleister), the Delinquent (Zahra), the GenkiGirl (Lila) and the MysteriousWoman (Estela). Chapter 6 implies in a stack of profiles that they were gathered to the island on purpose.

You are one of eleven lucky college students to have won an all-expense paid summer vacation to the Caribbean island of [[IslandOfMystery La Huerta]]. It's not long after landing that you realize something is horribly wrong... and the lovely resort hotel being abandoned is only the first sign.

* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: Everyone in the island is a different type of character: The AudienceSurrogate (The Main Character/You), the Token Best Friend (Diego), the LovableJock (Sean), the DumbJock[=/=]JerkJock (Craig), the DeadpanSnarker MilitaryBrat (Jake), the [[NiceGirl Nice]] IllGirl (Quinn), the AlphaBitch (Michelle), The BigFun (Raj), the {{Meganekko}} (Grace), the InsufferableGenius Snob (Aleister), the Delinquent (Zahra), the GenkiGirl (Lila) and the MysteriousWoman (Estela). Chapter 6 implies in a stack of profiles that they were gathered to the island on purpose.

** Chapter 14 has Aleister's found in a biohazard disposal can in the MASADA facility. [[spoiler:In the past, Aleister tells his father, Rourke, that he received a prestigious scholarship, but Rourke refuses to acknowledge this as anything of significance. In the future, just after Aleister, now walking with a cane, learns that Rourke is dead, Taylor confronts him about his betrayal, and ends up shoving him out the window.]]