Line #5 VideoGame/EllieHelpMeOutPlease


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3	''Ellie: Help Me Out... Please'' (監獄脱出少女Lie - "Prison Escape Girl Ellie") is a free Japanese RoomEscapeGame developed by A-Team for mobile devices.
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5	One night, you are driving home when an sudden earthquake strands you in the middle of nowhere. You enter a derelict building in search of aid, and discover a computer displaying a security camera feed of a room where a young girl stands captive. Using a two-way audio intercom, the girl introduces herself as Ellie Foster[[note]]original Japanese name: 横井理恵 - Yokoi Rie[[/note]] and pleads with you to help her escape the room before her kidnapper awakens.
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7	You can download it for free on [[https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/ellie-help-me-out...please/id543133461?mt=8 iOS]] and [[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jp.co.ateam.android.lie&hl=en_GB Android]]. An additional scenario with harder puzzles is also available for a small price.
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10	!! This game provides examples of:
11	* ColdBloodedTorture: It's implied that the kidnapper does this to his victims, and that she was next, hadn't it been for the earthquake. [[spoiler: She admits to it if you find the real victim.]]
12	* DamselInDistress: Ellie. [[spoiler: Subverted - when you see the girl under the camera, she reveals her AxCrazy identity. There's still the real Ellie Foster to play this straight.]]
13	* DeadManWriting: There is a message burned onto the bed of the room by another victim of the kidnapper, but you need to find a way to make it visible again.
14	* DyingClue: A scrambled message by a previous kidnapping victim is left behind inside the room that Ellie stays in, where making it legible to read reveals that [[spoiler: Ellie's claims that she was kidnapped by a man is a lie. It was a girl, or more specifically, [[EvilAllAlong the girl that the player have been trying to rescue]].]]
15	* TheDulcineaEffect: [[spoiler:If you're a male player, then Ellie is essentially counting on your chivalry-to-strangers to make her plan work.]]
16	* TheEndOrIsIt: [[spoiler:Even though you stopped the fake Ellie, her body is never recovered]].
17	* EvilSoundsDeep: [[spoiler: After the fake Ellie is exposed, her voice turns deeper, calmer and more menacing. Every line she speaks when reacting to an object or event is re-dubbed in that voice.]]
18	* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Ellie takes some persuading to hold a mirror up and show the reflection to the camera when prompted, even though beforehand she was always cooperative with any other commands. [[spoiler: It's because her kidnapping victim, the real Ellie, is hidden underneath the camera the player is using, and she doesn't want the player to see her with the mirror's reflection]].
19	* GigglingVillain: [[spoiler: 'Ellie' will do this at times once exposed.]]
20	* GoodEyesEvilEyes: [[spoiler:After the fake Ellie is exposed, her iridae shrink.]]
21	* MultipleEndings:
22	** BadEnd: [[spoiler: To get this ending, do the least you need to do to finish the game - open the hatch and let the fake Ellie escape through it. Or alternatively, failing to stop the fake Ellie after exposing her. Both will lead you to a cutscene where she'll approach you and kill you with the trowel.]]
23	** GoodEnding: [[spoiler: You need to do ''everything'' that needs to be done, exposing the fake Ellie in the process, then find a way to stop her while having the real one unharmed.]]
24	** The ''another room'' scenario continues with multiple endings. [[spoiler:In this case, you need to pre-emptively sabotage the electric chair and move the crane arm into the correct position before you open the hatch]].
25	* SoftSpokenSadist: [[spoiler: The fake Ellie starts talking in a deeper, sultrier and creepier voice after dropping her facade.]]
26	* SpoilerTitle: [[spoiler: In the Japanese version, the ''Lie'' part of ''Prison Escape Girl Lie'' should apparently be a more westernized spelling of the girl's name, ''Rie''... but it may also refer to the fact that what she's trying to make you believe is a ''Lie''. This doubles as BilingualBonus.]]
27	* VillainBall: [[spoiler: 'Ellie' slips up early on that a man had abducted her, while a dying message in the room she is trapped in mentions "She is the devil disguised as a girl", which contradicts what 'Ellie' claims. Had she mentioned that a girl had abducted her, 'Ellie' would have an easier time selling her story to her would-be rescuer by claiming that she tied up the kidnapper while she was unconscious, instead of hiding her victim from out of sight]].
28	* WhamLine: The last line from dying message left behind by a previous kidnapping victim reads: [[spoiler: "She is the devil disguised as a girl"]].
29	* WhamShot: Once the player persuades an unusually agitated Ellie to hold a mirror above the star marked on the floor to get a view of what is underneath the camera, you can see [[spoiler: a girl tied up on the floor in the reflection. The real Ellie Foster]].
30	* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: The fake Ellie pretends to be the victim of the kidnapper, so that you'll help her escape... and once you do, she'll just get rid of you. Depending on what you do, she may or may not succeed.]]
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