History VisualNovel / TheUncleWhoWorksForNintendo

* HellIsThatNoise: [[spoiler:The "uncle" talking.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: In the last two normal endings, it's implied that [[spoiler:the friend themselves started the fire that burned down their house, given that you last see them doing a ThousandYardStare into the fireplace after you learn his secret, and you last see his house with "light burning through the windows". Further implied by how in the final ending (which branches off of one of them) involves starving the Uncle to death by going back in time and looping the day, as he was already denied a meal (not even the friend) the first time around.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The New Game ending. You save your friend and starve the uncle to death.

* AnachronismStew: Downplayed; some of the games the protagonist can find are games that should not be out yet in the 1990s. The three game consoles the protagonist sees in the best friend's room are implied to be the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. This is justified, as the concept of the game is visiting that kid at your school who brags about having "connections" in the game industry. [[spoiler: Also justified since the Uncle can warp reality.]]

* OneHitKill: The special [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Mew]] that the best friend had on their UsefulNotes/GameBoy was able to KO any other Pokémon in one hit. In contrast, when the protagonist got a Mew, it was far weaker. The best friend chalks this up to glitches arising from how the protagonist cheated the mon in, but it's implied [[spoiler: the uncle was supernaturally enhancing the Mew.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: The uncle promises children the best games, the top skills, and everything they need to become the best forever, for as long as they keep feeding him other children. The friend implies, however, that the real reason they agreed was because they were pretty sure that if they had said no, the uncle would have killed them on the spot]].
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: The golden ending reveals that since the uncle takes years to fully consume its victims, everyone the friend fed to it is still alive - they presumably come back after the protagonist defeats it.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: In the last two normal endings, it's implied that [[spoiler: the friend themselves started the fire that burned down their house, given that you last see them doing a ThousandYardStare into the fireplace after you learn his secret, and you last see his house with "light burning through the windows." Further implied by how in the final ending (which branches off of one of them) involves starving the Uncle to death by going back in time and looping the day, as he was already denied a meal (not even the friend) the first time around.]]

* ForeShadowing: One quote that can be divided in two can reveal two things about the uncle. "He'll be very tired and very hungry," That perfectly describes the uncle, weak, and hungry. "so offer him something to eat before he goes to bed." That foreshadows the player's fate if they don't escape in time.

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Happens in the GoldenEnding. [[spoiler: [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone The friend turns out to believe they aren't worth saving]] after feeding so many friends to the uncle, and part of stopping the uncle is convincing them that they are better than that, that the uncle wants them to think they're no good, and that it's not to late to fight against it.]]

* ForeShadowing: One quote that can be deivided in two can reveal two things about the uncle. "He'll be very tired and very hungry," That perfectly describes the uncle, weak, and hungry. "so offer him something to eat before he goes to bed." That foreshadows the player's fate if they don't escape in time.

* CastFromCalories: Weaponized. [[spoiler: The uncle is a powerful EldricthAbomination, but it weakens from hunger quickly if not constantly fed, especially as it alters reality, and its alterations start to break down as it does. This is instrumental in defeating it, as simply going back in time and denying it a meal two times in a row is enough to weaken it to the point that everything falls apart.]]

* GamerChick: The protagonist and best friend can be this.

* OneHitKill: The special [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Mew]] that the best friend had on their UsefulNotes/GameBoy was able to KO any other Pokémon in one hit.

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: The uncle promises children the best games, the top skills, and everything they need to become the best forever, for as long as they keep feeding him other children. The friend implies, however, that the real reason they agreed was because they waere pretty sure that if they had said no, the uncle would have killed them on the spot]].

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* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: Taking your friend's Gameboy after finding out that it was gifted to her by an EldritchAbomination that compelled her to sacrifice her friends to it is an inordinately terrible idea - and it's also the only way to achieve the GoldenEnding, as the player needs to manipulate the starving uncle into giving them the means to go back and save their best friend.]]

* TheAlcoholic: Dave's father appears to be one, [[spoiler: which the uncle alters away]]. The player notices him drinking a beer which is suddenly replaced by lemonade. Later, if Dave tells the story of [[spoiler: what the uncle truly is, and what it's doing there,]] Dave will note that he was alone because his father was "at the bar, like always." [[spoiler: One of the things Dave says the uncle promises is a perfect family, implying that one of the things he asked for was to erase his father's drinking.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: The uncle promises children the best games, the top skills, and everything they need to become the best forever, for as long as they keep feeding him other children. Dave implies, however, that the real reason he agreed was because he was pretty sure that if he had said no, the uncle would have killed him on the spot]].
* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler: The golden ending reveals that since the uncle takes years to fully consume its victims, everyone Dave fed to it is still alive - they presumably come back after the protagonist defeats it.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: In the last two normal endings, it's implied that [[spoiler: Dave himself started the fire that burned down his house, given that you last see him doing a ThousandYardStare into the fireplace after you learn his secret, and you last see his house with "light burning through the windows." Further implied by how in the final ending (which branches off of one of them) involves starving the Uncle to death by going back in time and looping the day, as he was already denied a meal (not even Dave) the first time around.]]

* PeoplePuppets: [[spoiler: The parents of children influenced by the uncle eventually become like this. Dave's parents are distantly cheery and superficial, only setting up the uncle's wants, and when the player runs into Dave's parents without him, he finds them frozen in the exact position as when he last left them. The player's mother shows signs of becoming this - with empty, glassy eyes - during the "Do You Want To Continue" ending]].

* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Happens in the GoldenEnding. [[spoiler: Dave turns out to believe he isn't worth saving after feeding so many friends to the uncle, and part of stopping the uncle is convincing him that he is better than that, that the uncle wants him to think he's no good, and that it's not to late to fight against it.]]

* BringMyBrownPants: If you examine the bathroom's toilet, your character will feel like they don't need to use the bathroom anymore.

* DrivenToSuicide: In the last two normal endings, it's implied that [[spoiler: Dave himself started the fire that burned down his house, given that you last see him doing a ThousandYardStare into the fireplace, and you last see his house with "light burning through the windows." Further implied by how in the final ending (which branches off of one of them) involves starving the Uncle to death by going back in time and looping the day, as he was already denied a meal (not even Dave) the first time around.]]

* FourthWallObserver: The player is this InUniverse - they're the only person, aside from their friend, who notices the many inconsistencies caused by [[spoiler: the uncle shifting reality. Primary examples include their friend's father drinking a beer, although the player remarks that he doesn't drink alcohol; the massive storm weeks prior, implied to be caused by the uncle's arrival; and the friend's older brother, who has been [[{{Unperson}} Unperson'd]] so thoroughly that even the friend's parents don't remember him.]]

* SpottingTheThread: The player can, and in some endings, is required to do this in order to reveal the truth of what's going on with their friend. The very first example happens at dinner, when the player can notice that [[spoiler: their friend's father is drinking beer, even though they know from the past that the father does not drink.]]

* Foreshadowing: One quote that can be deivided in two can reveal two things about the uncle. "He'll be very tired and very hungry," That perfectly describes the uncle, weak, and hungry. "so offer him something to eat before he goes to bed." That foreshadows the player's fate if they don't escape in time.

* Foreshadowing: "He'll be very tired and very hungry," That perfectly describes the uncle, weak, and hungry. "so offer him something to eat before he goes to bed." That foreshadows the player's fate if they don't escape in time.

* AnachronismStew: Downplayed; some of the games the protagonist can find are games that should not be out yet in the 1990s. The three game consoles the protagonist sees in the best friend's room are implied to be the UsefulNotes/{{Xbox}}, UsefulNotes/{{Wii}} and UsefulNotes/NintendoGameCube. This is justified, as the concept of the game is visiting that kid at your school who brags about having "connections" in the game industry.

* GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:You can defeat the uncle and end the cycle, but only on NewGamePlus]]

* MultipleEndings: There are multiple endings, with one special ending that can only be unlocked when the player reaches ending number 5.