Line #23 VideoGame/FallingFred


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2	''Falling Fred'' is a 2011 MobilePhoneGame by Dedalord, about an [[BornUnlucky extremely unlucky]] kid named Fred (full name Richardson L. Frederick the Third). It's perhaps best known aspect is the "Gore Galore" - getting hit by an obstacle is usually followed by a huge amount of graphic violence at Fred's expense.
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4	The game spawned a series of games, officially known as ''Fred's World'':
5	* ''Falling Fred'' (2011) - The titular original game, where Fred has to survive a vertical falling for as long as possible while dodging deadly obstacles.
6	** ''Falling Fred Z'' (2011) - Features zombie version of Fred falling through two new locations with the new soundtrack. Its elements would be later incorporated into the original game.
7	** ''Super Falling Fred'' (2012) - An improved version of ''Falling Fred'' with new obstacles, customisation features and power-ups.
8	* ''Running Fred'' (2012) - A third person platformer, more closely resembling other {{Endless Running Game}}s.
9	** ''Running Fred Sektor 51'' (TBA) - A brand new game that takes place in Sektor 51, which was originally planned to be the fourth world in the original ''Running Fred''.
10	* ''Skiing Fred'' (2013) - Another take on endless runner genre akin to ''Running Fred''. This time Fred rides on a snowboard across various snow-themed locations. The game adds even more customisation features, like vehicles, scarfs and snowboards.
11	** ''Skiing Fred VERSUS'' (2013) - a multiplayer take on ''Skiing Fred'', where several players can compete against each other in short races.
12	* ''Clicker Fred'' (2017) - An IdleGame, where you force Fred and his many counterparts from TheMultiverse to collect Skullies for you.
13	* ''Football Fred'' (2018) - A LighterAndSofter football management sim starring Fred as a Couch.
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15	An ExcusePlot of these games is that Fred's soul was sold by his EvilTwin Alfreddo, granting him ResurrectiveImmortality. Unfortunately, [[TheGrimReaper Grimmy]] was assigned to kill him, and [[{{Determinator}} will stop at nothing]].
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17	A CreatorDrivenSuccessor to ''Running Fred'' was released by Dedalord in 2015, known as ''[=SuperSonic=] Jack''.
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19	!!''Falling Fred'' and its sequels contain examples of:
20	* ActionBomb: While most of the penguins in ''Skiing Fred'' are harmless, some will wear [[SuicideAttack suicide belts]]. Touching them will cause an explosion and yet another death for Fred.
21	* AlliterativeTitle: ''Falling Fred'' and ''Football Fred'', thought he rest of the series avoids this trope.
22	* AllThereInTheManual: A very little of what this game has as a plot was shared either through the social media or the "Did You Know?" tips on the loading screens. ''Football Fred'' is the one game that gets to properly explain its plot in the tutorial.
23	* AttentionWhore: Emotica Diva from ''Falling Fred'' likes to get attention from other people by cutting herself. This seems to be the reason why she is involved into the events of the game, and if newspaper article seen after a game over is anything to go by, she succeeded. Blonde "Gigi" Lala, being part-Diva's clone, shares similar character traits.
24	* BecomeARealBoy: Dr. Crash T. Dummy is a computer robot in the body of a crash test dummy with Ph. D. in "Kinetic Force-Educed Organ Relocation Statistics". His descriptions in various games state that becoming a human being is an earnest desire of his, and his last promotion title in ''Clicker Fred'' is even called "A Real Boy!".
25	* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Yolanda, a female sasquach from [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03MQgUWzLeo a trailer]] to ''Running Fred'' and one of the playable characters in ''Skiing''. She has a crush on Fred.
26	* BornUnlucky: Fred. Alfreddo sees him as nothing but a joke (''Skiing Fred'' claims that he was the one who put all of the traps to kill Fred, and in ''Football Fred'', he fires his brother without a second thought despite Fred's team winning), Grimmy finds his immortality amusing and continues to torture him, eventually dragging him to hell, and he doesn't seem to get along with others very well if spear-tossing Frosties and crazy penguins being just as eager to kill him in ''Skiing Fred'' are anything to go by.
27	* BreakoutCharacter: Out of many selectable playable characters, Doctor Crash T. Dummy has the most playable appearances aside from Fred himself, only skipping out in ''Running Fred''. Notably, he appears in ''Clicker Fred'' as one of the running characters and ''Football Fred'' as Fred's assistant, being one of three returning characters.
28	* ComedicUnderwearExposure: One of the skins in ''Running Fred'' is simply Fred in his underwear.
29	* CompanyCrossReferences: Earliest games in the series had plenty of references to Dedalord's previous game, ''Psychoban''. Most notably, its protagonist, Psycho Mental Jay Dude, appears in ''Super Falling Fred'' and ''Skiing Fred'' as one of the playable characters. The latter game also features [[spoiler:Zip and Zap, two aliens who appeared in the ending of ''Psychoban'']].
30	* ContinuityNod: ''Running Fred'' has Free Fall sections referencing ''Falling Fred'', where you have to dodge obstacles on your way down with similar controls. These sections however are much shorter, and end when you land on a green carpet (Green Land Zone) at the bottom.
31	* DeathIsCheap: Fred is sent to hell after each death, [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/299068190176679/?type=3&theater but thanks to the contract]], it takes him two minutes to come back to life, making him stuck in an endless circle of trying to stay alive, being killed and respawning.
32	* DemotedToExtra: Fred himself in ''Football Fred'' goes from the main protagonist and playable character to being simply player's coach.
33	* DraggedOffToHell: What happens to poor Fred in ''Clicker Fred''. And it's not just him, but many of his counterparts from parallel dimensions end up here as well.
34	* EscapeSequence: In ''Running Fred'' and ''Skiing Fred'', the player character is pursued by Grimmy. If you're not using accelerators (''Running'') or continue sprinting (''Skiing'') and make too many slip-ups on non-lethal obstacles, Grimmy will get catch up to Fred and slice him down.
35	* EvilTwin: Alfreddo is pretty much the reason for all the suffering Fred goes through in the games, as he sold Fred's soul for a hat. One [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/307264119357086/?type=3&theater official post]] explains how much of a {{Jerkass}} he really is. According to one of the loading messages in ''Skiing Fred'', all of the death traps were placed by him in an attempt to kill his brother.
36	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: No matter how hard Fred tries to escape from Grimmy, the death will always await for him.
37	* GameBreakingBug: Unfortunately, an Android update caused ''Falling'' to become unplayable on that platform, as it now crashes as soon as it's opened. Thankfully, ''Super Falling'' wasn't a victim of this.
38	* GenericGirl: Blonde "Gigi" Lala is described as the definition of this trope, being spawned from a cloning incident involving samples of many pop-music icons.
39	* GodIsDispleased: In the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9DJOUAwgps teaser]] for ''Skiing Fred'', Fred prays for God to save him from Grimmy. He gets [[FlippingTheBird flipped off]].
40	* {{Gorn}}: The series really loves this trope, with blood and dismemberment being a huge part of its advertising. There is however an option to disable it in most games. When the series made a brief return with ''Clicker'' and ''Football'', the trope became completely averted, as blood wasn't present at all, though the former game still retains BlackComedy.
41	* HumanSnowball: One of the power-ups in ''Skiing'' allows Fred to become this. It lasts few seconds, but makes you (mostly) invulnerable to obstacles.
42	* IFellForHours: ''Falling Fred'' is all about trying to survive falling into a pit for as long as possible. The bottom that ends the fall only appears after a character gets knocked out by taking enough damage.
43	* InterpretativeCharacter: What exactly is Crash T. Dummy depends on the game. Earliest games depicted him as a sentient test dummy smart enough to have a Philosophy degree. However, ''Clicker Fred'' would treat him as one of the Freds from another dimension, with some localizations referring to him as "Crash Fred". ''Football Fred'' would ignore this, as Fred claims that Crash is a talking computer robot. ''Sektor 51'', judging by the preview, returns to ''Clicker Fred'' explanation, as the character is referred to as "Crashing Fred".
44	* KarmaHoudini: Alfreddo, Fred's evil twin and the one responsible for all the latter's suffering, is never shown getting punished for his actions.
45	* LaterInstallmentWeirdness: ''Football Fred'' is much LighterAndSofter than any of the ''Fred's World'' games that came out before and after it, getting rid of the gore and dark humour completely. Fred is not in a focus, being relegated to an NPC role alongside Crash Dummy, and mainstay character Grimmy [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome is nowhere to be seen]] aside from one of the cups using his likeness as a name.
46	* LeParkour: Fred got some pretty fancy tricks up his sleeve in ''Running Fred'', being able to WallRun, WallJump and "[[NotQuiteFlight Chicken Flap]]".
47	* TheManyDeathsOfYou: These games have many obstacles that tear Fred apart in different ways. From being [[SpikesOfDoom impaled by the spikes]] and [[BottomlessPits falling from the high distance]], to being [[ManOnFire set on fire]] and [[ExplodingBarrels blown up by the barrels]]. Oh, and there's also Grimmy trying to get you.
48	* TheMultiverse: ''Clicker Fred'' has Freds from multiple parallel dimensions teleported to hell and tortured by Grimmy (and you) for all eternity. The game claims that all of them had their souls sold, like classic Fred.
49	* NeverTrustATitle: ''Skiing Fred'' doesn't have any skiing involved, unless you consider it to be interchangeable with snowboarding, which is what Fred actually does. This is lampshaded on [[https://www.dedalord.com/skiingfred/faq.html the official FAQ page]], where the first question calls out Dedalord on this trope, which is answered with "… so?"
50	* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Martin Castor from ''Falling Fred'' was very obviously based on Music/JustinBieber. [[https://www.facebook.com/222194801197352/photos/a.237599376323561/364552996961531/?type=3&theater The official Facebook page]] doesn't even try to make him an {{Expy}} or CaptainErsatz, and refers to him as THE Justin Bieber. There's also [[Music/LadyGaga Blonde "Gigi" Lala]].
51	* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Despite the nature of these games, Fred (And every other playable character to an extent) manages to survive the fall in both ''Falling Fred'' and ''Super Falling Fred''. According to the newspaper article shown at the end of each round, he was taken to the hospital and given a very expensive bill. This could be an EarlyInstalmentWeirdness though, as Fred dies a lot in later games and ResurrectiveImmortality justification wasn't revealed until ''Running Fred''.
52	* PaletteSwap: Blonde "Gigi" Lala and Emotica Diva are nearly identical in appearance, aside from hair color and barely noticable accessories.
53	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Unlike most endless runners, the main protagonist's many deaths are actually considered to be a part of the canon, all thanks to Alfreddo selling Fred's soul as his own.
54	* ShoutOut:
55	** Various costumes in ''Running Fred'' are based on characters from other media, such as [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Jumper Fred]], [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Fred Killer]] and [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Pip Fred]].
56	** ''Skiing Fred'' ups the number of references with several gear equipments, such as "Ghostly" snowboard, which is basically Pinky from ''VideoGame/PacMan'' and a Chaingun jetpack, a Machine Gun Jetpack from ''VideoGame/JetpackJoyride''.
57	** ''Clicker Fred'' has few of the costumes from ''Running Fred'' return with slight alternations, such as Jumper Fred being renamed into Plumber Fred and have his cap's color changed from red to blue, and Pip Fred being renamed into Vault Fred. In addition to these returning ones, new Freds are added, such as [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Trainer Fred]], [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Hamsterman]], [[Franchise/StreetFighter Hadou Fred]] and [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} Merc Fred]].
58	* SpaceBase: ''Sektor 51'' teaser shows that the titular laboratory is located somewhere in space. According to the map screen, Fred crash landed there on a rocket.
59	* SpellingBonus: Collecting F-R-E-D cubes in ''Falling'' and ''Super Falling Fred'' will restore your character's health. (Though not the body parts they may have lost.)
60	* SternChase: Grimmy won't stop at anything to kill Fred, and not going fast enough in ''Running'' and ''Skiing Fred'' (Which is done by using accelerators in ''Running'' and by holding the jump button to sprint in ''Skiing'') will end with him catching up and killing you with his scythe.
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62	->'''The Vertical Times'''
63	->A person has read through the entire page of ''Falling Fred''.
64	->"Many TV Tropes tabs were open on their way there" - says their neighbor.
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66	-->After reading through a total of 38 trope examples, the troper suffered 54 {{Wiki Walk}}s and 1 [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife ruined life]], which required a transfusion of 6 litters of [[SugarWiki/TVTropesWillEnhanceYourLife life enhancement]]. Upon many hours of cleaning up the page (involving the salvagment of {{Administrivia/Zero Context Example}}s, fixing broken grammar and a slight Administrivia/EntryPimp), Mr. Troper has amassed a repair bill of $55280 dollars.
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68	->Total: 38 tropes

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