History WebVideo / Petscop

There is a fanmade recreation, Giftscop, found [[https://giftscop.com/ here]] which allows you to play the game yourself.

See also ''VideoGame/{{Nifty}}'', a spin-off game; ''WebVideo/SheriffDomestic'', a fanmade parody of the series; and ''WebVideo/HouseholdFelony'', a SpiritualSuccessor.

* BystanderSyndrome: In Petscop 5, Pink TOOL's responses beg Paul to turn off the PlayStation, and tell him that Marvin picks TOOL up and hurts an unnamed individual while it continues to run. Paul seems to shrug the warnings off as the game pretending to be haunted, and it's implied that Paul keeps the console on for the entire series, the most egregious example being when he leaves the game alone for four hours, recording it the entire time, to fulfill TOOL's earlier request to keep watching the windmill.

* FictionalVideoGame: The titular Petscop is a Playstation 1 game made by the fictional company Garalina. It is a puzzle-exploration game where the Guardian must go through 8 levels and catch the creatures known as Pets, solving puzzles to catch them. The game is unfinished and unreleased- Paul got it through [[spoiler:his mom who had it]].

* TakeThatAudience: A debate ensued over the final scene of Petscop 13, in which Paul is instructed to leave the Playstation on, as he has completed the game. Fans theorized he was either exiting or being forced into a car. In Petscop 22, at one point Paul says, "What? Why would I be in a car? I'm playing Petscop. Why would I be playing Petscop in a car?". Subverted in that when the creator added in subtitles for Petscop 13, [[spoiler:it clearly says that a car door is opening and closing at the end of the video.]]

** In Petscop 5, Paul is asking the tool questions, when it suddenly turns pink. Paul tries to ask a question and he get this: "TURN OFF PLAYSTATION" He asks why, and it responds with "MARVIN PICKS UP TOOL HURTS ME WHEN PLAYSTATION ON". This is a disturbing response, implying someone is getting hurt when the PlayStation is on. But Paul ignores it. It's heavily implied that the PlayStation has been on the entire series. Paul is letting this Suffering continue. The game itself supports this suffering. At the end of Petscop 13, after all the Pets are caught, Paul gets a message, one that ends with this: "Please leave the PlayStation on when you leave. You can stand up now." Also In Petscop 16, This Message appears: "No controller input has been detected for a very long time. Family, neighbors, police, (or whoever,) [KEEP GAME CONSOLE RUNNING,] Call provided phone number."

** Since the player is not, [[CaptainObvious in fact]], playing with Marvin, the needles piano has to be summoned by pressing X on an in-game cue in the parts where it appears.

* VirtualPaperDoll: You can play as effectively ''any'' character you can want. Every character is just a png file with an idle sprite and four walking sprites for each direction (plus a sprite for the "Girl" scene in the school), and you can simply make and use your own.

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father. [[spoiler:Although, considering Paul's relation to Care (who is Marvin's daughter), and how the last thing he types in Petscop 23 before Marvin ambushes him in his ghost room is "Da" (short A, as the gamepad language is phonetic)...]]

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father. [[spoiler:Although, considering Paul's presumed relation to Care (who is Marvin's daughter), and how the last thing he types in Petscop 23 before Marvin ambushes him in his ghost room is "Da" (short A, as the gamepad language is phonetic)...]]

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father. [[spoiler:Although, considering how the last thing he types in Petscop 23 before Marvin ambushes him in his ghost room is "Da" (short A, as the gamepad language is phonetic)...]]

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father. [[spoiler:Although, considering how the last thing he types in P2 to Talk before Marvin ambushes him in his ghost room is "Da" (short A, as the gamepad language is phonetic)...]]

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father. [[spoiler:Although, considering how the last thing he types in P2 to Talk before Marvin ambushes him in his ghost room is "Da"...]]

* DisappearedDad: While Paul has mentioned his mother two times, he never refers to his father.

** You can't move and use P2 to Talk at the same time (except with the /say command). Currently there is no controller support except through Joy2Key, so there's no Port 2 to speak of - you instead "switch ports" using the Tab key.

* EasterEgg: The hidden scene "test-plane" hosts several.

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: The original Petscop often forced Paul to wait long times in order to trigger certain events. Giftscop allows the player to bypass these by entering certain commands corresponding to events, allowing the events to trigger without the wait.

See also ''VideoGame/{{Nifty}}'', a spin-off game, and ''WebVideo/SheriffDomestic'', a fanmade parody of the series.

There is a fanmade recreation, Giftscop, found [[https://giftscop.com/ here]] which allows you to play the game yourself. See also ''WebVideo/SheriffDomestic'', a fanmade parody of the series.

The series begins with the uploader of the videos, known as "Paul", saying he found the game with a strange note attached and wants to show a secret he discovered. At first, the game starts off normally, with Paul traversing through a colorful and cheery world with the goal of [[GottaCatchEmAll collecting]] [[{{Mons}} "pets"]]. However, once Paul inputs a code written on the note, it becomes clear that there is much more to be uncovered about the game...

* MythologyGag: One which flew under the community's radar for over a year, due to the creator's anonymity, is buried in Petscop 15: [[spoiler:Belle/Tiara]] tells the player to "Press Nifty" to unlock the texture editor. ''Nifty'' turns out to be the name of a previous game made by the creator of ''Petscop''.[[note]]Both in and out of universe too: the lore for ''Nifty'' said it was a "fan remake" of ''Nif'', one of Garalina's old games. A hombrewed texture editor packaged with ''Nifty'' was necessary to progress through a later stage.[[/note]]

** Near the end of Petscop 5, when Paul is wrapping up, his avatar's face and body and the area around it suddenly glitches a bit, and it kind of looks like the avatar's face is melted a bit.

* PrecisionFStrike:
** Whatever Paul saw in Petscop 9 has him give this reaction:

** [[spoiler:Rainer]] gets one in Petscop 11:
--->''Fuck you all, and fuck me as well. [[ChristmasEpisode Merry Christmas]].''
** In Petscop 14, [[spoiler:when the game crashes simply by Paul attempting to enter a room, Paul emits a single "fuck" right before the video ends]].
** In Petscop 22, ''the game itself'' delivers one through a text box- a character who can be assumed to be Care says to Jill [[FromTheMouthsOfBabes "stop fucking ignoring me"]].

** We don't know what the black boxes were censoring in Petscop 7 and 9. All we know is that it noticeably shocked and confused Paul, based on the shakiness in his voice afterwards. He talks less and less after this event. The censor in Petscop 9 is strong enough for a PrecisionFStrike. [[spoiler:The later videos strongly imply that the censored objects tie Paul to the game and Care in some way. It is eventaully revealed to be a vase with a flower that Marvin used to abuse Care, and a pyramid with Care's icon, respectively.]]

** Petscop 9 has Paul finally become the "shadow monster man" by going down the stairs of the FLower Shack and turning right at the very end.

!Tropes excusive to ''Giftscop'':

There is a fanmade recreation, Giftscop, found [[https://giftscop.com/ here]] which allows you to play the game yourself. See also ''WebVideo/SherrifDomestic'', a fanmade parody of the series.

There is a fanmade recreation, Giftscop, found [[https://giftscop.com/ here]] which allows you to play the game yourelf.

After years of anonymity, the project's sole creator, [[https://twitter.com/pressedyes Tony Domenico]], revealed himself in November 2019. On Thanksgiving 2019, the series officially concluded with a total of 24 videos and [[https://petscop.bandcamp.com/album/petscop-soundtrack a soundtrack]].\\

** [[spoiler: The unknown character in Petscop 9-12, heavily implied to be Rainer or another developer, addresses the player(s) and appears to have a conversation with the Wife in the default white color of the text box, and might be the writer of at least a few of the short messages in black text in the pause menu.]]

* RealityEnsues: In the first video/level, Paul tries to open an unopened door. But being that the PlayerCharacter is an ArmlessBiped, the textbox informs Paul that he cannot open doors. This happens a few more times throughout the series.

* TimeyWimeyBall:

** The channel's description during the hiatus between Petscop 10 and 11 persistently referred to [[spoiler:events that somehow took place on Christmas Day in 1997 ''and'' 2000, “the longest day of our lives.”]]
** The house is [[spoiler:"frozen three times" and may be stuck between 1977, 1997 and 2000, showing significant events that occured during those years.]]

** Likewise, Tool's answer to "Where was the windmill?" remains censored but is implied by dialogue to be a pair of co-ordinates [[spoiler:that is close enough to Paul's location]].

-->[- TURN OFF TVTROPES-]

** The Tool.
** The house, school, and windmill also qualify.
** Later videos would add cars and wheels to this list.
* ArcWords: "Rebirthing", and, related, "Do you remember being born"?

** [[spoiler: In [[TheStinger the secret ending]] of the Soundtrack video, Belle says "Do You Remember Being Born?" and "We can investigate this together", two lines that were featured in Video 2.]]

* CaptainObvious: When Paul happens upon Micheal Hammond's grave, marked 1988-1995, he remarks "that's a dead kid".

** A small part of Petscop 9 involves "Paul" going back to the original beginning of the game, before he entered the Newmaker Plane. [[spoiler: At least, it ''looks'' like Even Care. Pay attention, and you’ll notice that a few things are a bit off now...]]

* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: The pets are initially referred to as “somebody that you love”. Upon Paul’s second visit to the Gift Plane, however, the sign has changed to saying to pick “one that you love”. Also, the Child Library will not accept most of them, as it only accepts people- the Cares are the only thing it will accept.

** Likewise, Tool's answer to "Where was the windmill?" remains censored but is implied by dialogue to be a pair of co-ordinates [[spoiler:that is close enough to Paul's location.]]

** In Even Care, there are signs about bringing pets home. Two of them say "When choosing pets, pick '''somebody''' that you like. You don't have to love them right away," and "Don't be discouraged if they run from you! They really want a home. They're afraid. Show them there's nothing to be afraid of." It's worth mentioning that in Petscop 9, the sign changes from 'find somebody that you like' to 'find ''one'' that you like'.

** We don't know what the black boxes were censoring in Petscop 7 and 9. All we know is that it noticeably shocked and confused Paul, based on the shakiness in his voice afterwards. He talks less and less after this event. The censor in Petscop 9 is strong enough for a PrecisionFStrike. [[spoiler:The later videos strongly imply that the censored objects tie Paul to the game and Care in some way. It is eventaully revealed to be a vase with a flower thsat Marvin used to abuse Care, and a pyramid with Care's icon, respectively.]]