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10''Cthulhu Saves the World'' is a 16-Bit style EasternRPG from independent developer Creator/ZeboydGames, with tongue in cheek [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian]] humor, rampant [[LampshadeHanging Lampshading]] of {{JRPG}} tropes, and NoFourthWall to speak of. It was released on December 30, 2010 for Xbox Live Arcade, with a proper Platform/Xbox360 and [[Platform/IBMPersonalComputer PC]] port getting funded on Website/{{Kickstarter}} and following a year later, and an [[UsefulNotes/IOSGames iOS]] port launching in 2012. It has built a reputation as both a loving tribute and parody of the 16-bit JRPG since then.
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12See also ''Videogame/BreathOfDeathVII'', the spiritual predecessor of ''Cthulhu Saves the World'', which features similar gameplay and writing. Both games are available on Platform/{{Steam}} in a two-for-one pack, or can be bought separately on [[UsefulNotes/XboxLiveArcade Xbox Live Indie Games]] on the Xbox 360.
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14A prequel, ''Cthulhu Saves Christmas'', was released on December 23, 2019. In it, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Cthulhu saves Christmas]] after the League of Christmas Evil grants the opposite of Cthulhu's wish and drains his power.
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16!!''Cthulhu Saves the World'' contains examples of:
17* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: As seen in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT6A2Ew1fT8 this video]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpZ3N8cN260 this other one]] (spoilers), there is no level cap in this game. You stop gaining new skills at level 40, but you can continue leveling up and gaining stats. You can also fight the final boss repeatedly, and doing so gives you so much experience that there's no reason to fight other monsters anymore, and pretty soon you're so powerful there's no reason to even continue playing.
18* AllianceWithAnAbomination: The plot is Cthulhu acting as the NominalHero allying with regular mortals though begrudgingly because of a curse. [[spoiler:In the rewritten ending, he becomes a genuine hero]].
19* AndTheAdventureContinues: [[spoiler:In the PC version's extended ending, Cthulhu and Umi are shown traveling through space in the now-repaired Ultharian mothership.]]
20* AntiFrustrationFeatures: While the game is heavily inspired by turn-based [=RPG=]s from the SNES era, it has a more modern design philosophy to cut down on the annoyances that are usually associated with the genre.
21** Winning a battle revives downed party members, heals their HP to full, and recovers a small portion of MP. This all makes random encounters far less draining during dungeon crawling.
22** There's a fixed amount of random encounters in every dungeon. Getting lost in an area eventually means you won't have random encounters anymore, but at the same time they give enough so you keep leveling. And, if you ''want'' to keep grinding after you've exhausted the random encounter limit, going into the menu and selecting "Fight" triggers a random encounter.
23** The only items you have are potions and equipment, meaning you don't have to rummage through the menus to find something, while still making potions effective enough to to be useful.
24** While traditional save points exist, you can save anywhere you want. The save points restore MP as a bonus.
25** You get "revives" which allow you to try a battle again. If you just had terrible luck with the RNG and haven't saved in a while, this can save your much stress.
26** While you can [[ArbitraryHeadcountLimit only field four party members at a time]], benched characters still get EXP.
27* AffectionateParody: The game lovingly parodies the JRPG games of the SNES era, while still being an enjoyable game in its own right.
28* AfterCombatRecovery: All HP and a partial amount of MP is restored after each battle.
29* AlienBlood: Cthulhu has ink for blood, Paws has uranium, and Ember the demon dragon has acid.
30* AliensStealCattle: And turn them into genetically engineered super-soldiers, [[Franchise/{{Terminator}} The Bovin]][[TheAhnold ators]].
31* AllInARow: Whichever four party members are currently in your party will follow after you in a row.
32* AmazonBrigade: Bonus mode ''Cthulhu's Angels'' features an all-female party led by October.
33* ArbitraryHeadCountLimit: Unlike ''Breath of Death'', you have ''more'' than four characters (which include Cthulhu himself, Umi the trident-wielding groupie, Sharpe the sword, October the Necromancer, and a ''cat''), but can only take four at once.
34* AscendedExtra: In the main game, Elonalina is just one of the three standard RPG heroes you fight halfway into the first dungeon (and in the PC version, at the beginning of the true final dungeon). In "Cthulhu's Angels", she (using the name "Elona") is the second party member, roughly equivalent to main-game Umi in the group.
35* TheBadGuyWins: PlayedForLaughs. Your protagonist is Cthulhu, after all. [[spoiler:To clarify, upon beating what seems like the final boss, you regain your powers then drive the world insane. Only the narrator isn't quite sure if he should stick to that, so he arbitrarily makes Cthulhu good again then adds a villain so you'll seem like a hero.]]
36* BigRedButton: Found on the Ultharian spaceship you go on right after Paws joins your party. After having defeated [[spoiler:Paws' EvilTwin]], Umi presses it, causing the spaceship to [[LampshadeHanging conveniently]] crash into the river, blocking it and allowing the party to go to the next area.
37* BizarreAlienSexes: The party member Paws, a cat-like alien, explain that his species technically has every member as a unique gender. However, for sake of convenience, he allows the party to refer to him as "he".
38* BlatantLies:
39** The description of Spiri-Knight enemy, UndergroundMonkey version of Ghost Knight enemy, says it's "Not just [[PaletteSwap palette swapped]]. Honest!". Spiri-Knight looks just like a Ghost Knight, but with blue armor and slightly prolonged spikes.
40** The description for the Vampire enemy is "[[Literature/{{Twilight}} Doesn't sparkle in the sunlight]]". There is a chance that this same enemy uses an ability called "Sparkle" against you.
41* BossInMookClothing:
42** Horror Writer from Marsh Foundry. He has lots of health, powerful abilities, can revive other enemies with full health (said enemies being [[DemonicSpiders Deep Knight and Medusa Head]]), and can increase his stats when insane. This makes them very dangerous enemies...that is, unless you use Holy attacks, which deal extra damage to them.
43** TheGrimReaper from VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. He's got over 20000 HP, can drain your mana and deals big amounts of damage. A rare example of a boss from previous game [[TookALevelInBadass taking a level in badass]] while simultaneously becoming a DegradedBoss.
44** [[{{Dracolich}} Dead Dragon]], also from VeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon. He's got even more HP than Grim Reaper, has total party attacks and can poison your entire party (and the poison deals big damage every turn). He's also a "{{Degraded|Boss}}" [[DegradedBoss boss]] from the previous game.
45* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Before entering the volcano, Cthulhu says he senses an evil energy, and then ponders it might be a demon or a dragon. Or a [[DragonsAreDemonic demon dragon]]. He turns out to be right about the last one.
46* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Applies to one of the epitaphs in the Graveyard of Memories:
47-->''Argen Valdez''\
48''Beloved father,''\
49''Friend to all,''\
50''Really awesome cultist.''
51* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: In ''Cthulhu's Angels'', [[spoiler:normal Umi gets her usual blue-haired portrait, but Dark Umi has silver hair.]]
52* CrushFilter: After Cthulhu saves her from slimy monsters, Umi sees Cthulhu as a KnightInShiningArmor of a sorts, triumphally standing on the monster's corpse with the blue sky in the background and with him being surrounded by hearts. The narrator even says that image displayed may not reflect reality.
53* DefeatMeansFriendship: This is how you get Sharpe and Ember in the main game. Similarly, you can beat [[spoiler:Dem]] in the main game, and he'll join your party. Played straight ''and'' subverted in ''Cthulhu's Angels'': [[spoiler:Dark Umi]] is a mandatory recruit and [[spoiler:Sara takes Dem's place as the {{Superboss}}]]. Subverted with [[spoiler:Dacre and Ember]]: since this is a different story than that of the main campaign, events unfold somewhat differently...
54* DefectorFromDecadence: Paws the Alien Cat is a member of a race of warlike technophiles, but has 'gotten tired of their warmongering ways'. Having noticed that Cthulhu is trying to do the hero-thing, he joins your party in return for your help in stopping his own people.
55* DemBones: The name of a commonly encountered enemy. [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Guess what it is.]] Also a ShoutOut to the name of the main character in ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'', by the same developers. [[spoiler:Dem himself is actually a recruitable NPC.]]
56* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Aside from the premise of the game being about a mage defeating Cthulhu, causing him to lose his powers until he proves himself a hero, the final boss is [[spoiler:Azathoth, another powerful being from the Franchise/CthulhuMythos. Indeed, the ''most powerful'' being of the Cthulhu Mythos, so even a full-powered Cthulhu defeating Azathoth would be an example of this trope.]] Since Cthulhu is the player character, he ''will'' get punched out when you screw up.
57* DiscreditedMeme: InUniverse. The enemy crabs are "immune to massive damage from weakpoints [''sic'']."
58* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In "Cthulhu's Angels", Cthulhu, October and her team have to deal with narrator, who adds monsters to impede their progress, constantly denies Cthulhu true hero title, only to say he will give a title to get October's group off his back, then still refuses to give him title, which prompts Cthulhu to send his group into his domain to kill him. You'd be completely forgiven if you thought that sounds very much like "playing a tabletop game and dealing with annoying KillerGM with the story going OffTheRails" scenario.
59* DrinkingTheKoolAid: The description for the Cultist enemy states that he has "Drunk deeply from the punch" in reference to this.
60* DracoInLeatherPants: An in-universe example. Umi downplays Cthulhu's evil intentions because she fell in love with him when he saved her. [[spoiler: Later on, when Cthulhu embraces his heroism, the trope is averted outright.]]
61* EldritchAbomination: Guess who?! Come on, his name is in the title of the game. Several other {{Eldritch Abomination}}s from Franchise/CthulhuMythos are also featured in this game, namely Nyarlathotep, the Shoggoth, [[spoiler:and [[TopGod Azathoth himself]]]]. Monstrosities from the Space Ship level also qualify to a lesser extent, and so do Nightmares, their UndergroundMonkey versions from Astral Cave.
62* {{Emo}}:
63** October shows vague hints of this at points. For example, when Umi asks her what her blood type is:
64--->'''October:''' Pain. What I feel when I bleed in the dark recesses of my soul. I linger in the light but yearn for the darkness.
65** Played with in Cthulhu's Angels during [[spoiler:the final encounter with the Narrator. October gives a heartfelt rant about how her life has been nothing but tragedy after tragedy because the Narrator felt the need to be artistic.]]
66* EncounterBait: Each zone has a set number of random battles that need to be won before they stop happening. Should the player wish to level grind, they can be toggled on and off in the menu once the random battle quota has been filled in the given zone.
67* EvilKnockoff: The [[spoiler:Cthulhu golem]] fought just before the final boss.
68* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: You play as [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]]. You [[SavingTheWorld save the world]].
69* FacePalm: Cthulhu does this when Umi and Sharpe exclaim how eager they are to tear zombies to bits.
70-->'''Cthulhu:''' Oh please. A zombie is a noble creature. Free of sanity, enjoying every whim that comes to it.
71* FinalBossNewDimension: [[spoiler:The final battle vs. Azatoth takes place "beyond Angled Space."]]
72* {{Foreshadowing}}:
73** One of the early bosses has "Has a much higher max HP now than he will in a couple minutes." Sure enough, you defeat him, and he [[DefeatEqualsFriendship joins your party]], with his max HP dropping to a tenth of what it was.
74** The description for Necromancer enemies states that "the female necromancers are much cuter". Shortly thereafter, you get October.
75** There's a bookshelf in Dunwitch containing a book called "Cat Dictionary". Umi suggests it could be useful, were a cat ever to join the party. Cthulhu blows this off, saying it would never happen. It does happen...[[AlienAnimals sort of]].
76* FourthWallObserver: Cthulhu. The entire story is kicked off by him ''eavesdropping on the narrator''. The other characters also join in, especially in the Cthulhu's Angels [[NewGamePlus alternate campaign]] for the PC release.
77* FrothyMugsOfWater: "...Milk", which is clearly depicted as a frothy brown liquid.
78* GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Most of the bosses in ''Cthulhu's Angels'' are this: [[spoiler: the Cthulhu cosplayer, Mother Hydra and the Kraken have no real connection to the plot, they just turn up instead of the Lovecraftian enemies Cthulhu faces in the main game.]]
79* GlobalAirship: Not an actual airship, but Ember the dragon acts as one and lets you fly around the map, bypassing terrain and and avoiding random encounters.
80* GraveHumor: About half of the tombstones found in the game bear humorous messages, the others are more serious or bear notorious aphorisms on death.
81* HealerSignsOnEarly: You save a WhiteMagicianGirl on the beach within moments of starting the game: mermaid {{groupie}} Umi in the main campaign and SmallNameBigEgo cleric Elona in ''Cthulhu's Angels''.
82* HealingCheckpoint: Save points fully replenish your mana.
83* HealthDamageAsymmetry: Most of the enemies in the game and especially bosses have way more hitpoints than your party members, but you make up for it by being able to hit much harder than they do. It balances out..
84* HostileShowTakeover: [[spoiler: At the end of Cthulhu's Angels, the party usurps The Narrator to take back control of their own fate.]]
85* IdiosyncraticDifficultyLevels: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Insane. Of course other games have "Insane" difficulties too, but considering the subject of this game it takes on additional meaning.
86* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: As with ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII'', enemies gets stronger as the fight drags on, as an anti-turtling measure.
87* InnOfNoReturn: Paying homage to ''Literature/TheShadowOverInnsmouth'', Cthulhu and his party get attacked in the inn when they spend night in Innsmouth. However, unlike the protagonist of the novel, they didn't barricade themselves and managed to see the attackers (in this case, Innsmouth people), but they managed to successfully thwack them all and learn about [[spoiler:Dagon rebelling against Cthulhu]].
88* InteractiveNarrator: The story is set in motion when Cthulhu eavesdrops on the narrator as it is explained how Cthulhu might regain his power, and the two spend a lot of time bickering from that point on.
89* JekyllAndHyde: In the ''Cthulhu's Angels'' alternate campaign, [[spoiler: Umi is possessed by the dark sword Sharpe and has her consciousness split into two. One side is the happy-go-lucky Umi from the regular campaign, and the other is a kill-hungry psychopath.]]
90* LimitedSpecialCollectorsUltimateEdition: {{Parodied}} at the end of the PC trailer:
91--> ''Super Hyper Enhanced Championship Edition Alpha Diamond DX Plus Alpha FES HD-Premium Enchanced Game of the Year Collector Edition (Without Avatars!)''
92* LovecraftLite: The story is about Cthulhu, one of the central beings of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos (created by Lovecraft), losing most of his power and being forced to prove himself a hero to regain it. If that sentence alone didn't make it obvious, the story also doesn't take itself seriously.
93* MonsterCompendium: The Bestiary, available when you complete the game at least once.
94* MythologyGag: This game has several references to the past titles made by Zeboyd Games, the most notable being references to ''VideoGame/BreathOfDeathVII''.
95** The monster descriptions of DemBones and Puke Zombies mention the former being told not to be confused with a certain hero (Dem), and the latter is described as CasanovaWannabe (similarly to Erik).
96** [[spoiler:The cave before fighting Dem is a remake of the first cave of this game, and you invoke the fight with him by inspecting the monument. The same monument that appears in the ending of this game.]]
97** Molly the Were-Zompire first appeared in the interactive novel of the same name.
98** ''Epiphany in Spaaace!'', the first interactive novel developed by Robert Boyd (Zeboyd Games' director), is also mentioned in the game, when you inspect one bookcase in Kingsport, and in ''Cthulhu's Angels'', where Molly says it's her favorite book. Also, one of Molly's attacks is called Epiphany Strike.
99* NeverSayDie: Zigzagged. The narrator avoids using the word "died" when talking about the bosses being defeated, with him using the word "disappears" in case of Nyarlathotep and [[spoiler:Paws' EvilTwin]], and "destroyed" in case with [[spoiler:Dagon]]. However, the characters freely use words "kill", "die" and other death-related terms in dialogues, and October knows the spell known as "Death", which insta-kills a victim unless it's immune.
100* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:In a meta-example, the player does this to ''themselves'' at the end of the Cthulhu's Angels campaign. In leading the party to save the world, you convince Cthulhu to spare it - and he decides to go destroy Earth instead.]]
101* NinjaPirateZombieRobot:
102** ''Cthulhu's Angels'' gives us Molly, who is a were-zompire as a result of being killed by a vampire, a werewolf and a zombie at the same time. She's a MythologyGag to one of Zeboyd's older games.
103** There is the tombstone of "Uriko the Ninja Pirate", which tells us she was killed by a robot zombie. Might as well be a ShoutOut to TV Tropes!
104* NoEnding: In the original Xbox 360 version of the game, [[spoiler:after regaining his powers, Cthulhu plans to pick up where he left off with his world conquest, but the narrator wants to shoot for a more happier ending, but concedes he should stick with the source material (that Cthulhu is evil incarnate) and slaps on a final dungeon and boss and then...that's it. Apparently, the narrator ran out of ideas.]] The PC version expands the ending a bit--[[spoiler:after the final boss, a short movie is shown in which we are told that a) Cthulhu and one of his companions has repaired a starship that crashed earlier in the story, and intends to explore the universe with it, and b) he invites the first of his companions with him.]] This was later patched into the original version.
105* NPCRoadblock:
106** In Dunwich, NPC zombies basically obstruct the main paths, requiring the player to enter and exit buildings. They're too busy dancing to let you through.
107** There's an area where there are [=NPCs=] permanently stationed in front of a bunch of doors, and you can't get in no matter what. If you talk with the [=NPCs=], they just say "sorry, you're not allowed inside". Eventually after talking to one, your party members will say to themselves that there's probably nothing behind the doors anyway and that the developers are obviously doing it just to mess with you.
108* OneTimeDungeon: Unlike the other dungeons, the Ultharian spaceship becomes permanently inaccessible after completing it once you beat the level's boss, [[spoiler:since Umi activated the self-destruction mechanism by pressing the BigRedButton, crashlanding the ship.]]
109* PardonMyKlingon: "FHTAGN!", an expletive used by Cthulhu from time to time.
110* ParodySue: Molly the Were-Zompire. When she's introduced in ''Cthulhu's Angels'', she wonders why her stats aren't 999 in everything. The narrator explains that "Although Molly is, in fact, ''that'' awesome, for the sake of the other characters we didn't use her real stats."
111* PinataEnemy: Gold Wisps in the Ice Cave. They give out around ten times the experience and gold of other enemies, but they are fairly easy to beat at that point in the game and are not powerful enemies, making the Ice Cave a great place to grind up the cash to get the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Heroine Dress]] for Umi.
112* PrematurelyMarkedGrave: October keeps her own tombstone in a BonusDungeon Graveyard of Memories despite being far from dead. When confronted about that, she replies that possessing your own tombstone is supposed to bring good luck.
113* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: We've got a depowered dark god, a ditzy groupie who may or may not be a mermaid, a talking sword, a whip wielding goth necromancer, a ''cat'', and more.
114* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Sort of. [[spoiler: The final boss of the Cthulhu's Angels side-campaign is the Narrator, who Cthulhu effectively tells you is a god.]]
115* RandomEventsPlot: There's no overarching villain for most of the game, and you just go from town to town saving them from local threats.
116* RandomEncounters: You only have a set amount of random encounters per area, and once you run out, you can wander around as much as you'd like. If you'd like to level grind, you can [[EncounterBait force battles from a menu command.]]
117* {{Retirony}}: Spoofed with the Book Security, enemies met in the final dungeon of the ''Cthulhu's Angels'' campaign. They are cops who have an attack called "Three Days to Retirement", in which they blow up and damage the party.
118* {{Retraux}}: A SNES-era JRPG, complete with 16-bit graphics.
119* SelfDeprecation:
120** In the Graveyard of Memories, there are lots of GraveHumor. Among them, there are graves signed with developers' graves, with their own blurts. The blurb for William Stiernberg (the artist and co-developer) says he's been worked to death by his cruel and unfeeling partner. His partner is the lead developer of the game.
121** When you talk to the last sailor in ports, Cthulhu and October start pondering that there is probably nothing behind these doors, and come to conclusion that the developer was simply too lazy to make another maps so he just put sailors in front to block the doors, and the narrator reacting confirms it to be truth.
122* ShoutOut: ''Lots''. There is [[ShoutOut/CthulhuSavesTheWorld a page for these]] now.
123* SpellMyNameWithAnS: In this game, towns are named after towns related to H. P. Lovecraft and his works. Most of the times the names are same as in source material...except Dunwich, which was renamed to Dunwi'''t'''ch.
124* SplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Umi]] in ''Cthulhu's Angels''.
125* {{Superboss}}:
126** [[spoiler:Dem, the protagonist of ''Breath of Death VII'', is fought in the secret area near the starting cave. He possesses very powerful attacks and defenses, has tons of health, and, if not defeated in time, he will use the TotalPartyKill attack. Defeating him unlocks him as a very powerful party member.]]
127** Cthulhu's Angels has [[spoiler:Sara, the heroine of the same game. Much like Dem, she also possesses tons of health, and she constantly spams the multi-target multi-hitting attack every turn. Much like with Dem, defeating her also unlocks her as a very powerful party member.]]
128** [[spoiler:In [[BonusDungeon Soulcaster Cave]], there are [[VideoGame/{{Soulcaster}} Soulcaster and his Soul bosses]]. All of them possess lots of health and they've got many dangerous tricks up their sleeves. Alchemist Soul spams attack that hits the entire party, Archer Soul has extremely high agility, allowing her to deal lots of damage at the first time, Warrior Soul possesses the highest amount of health and very high defenses, while the Soulcaster himself constantly heals everyone. Defeating them gives a permanent huge status boost, [[BraggingRightsReward though by the time you defeat them, you'll probably won't need those anyway]].]]
129* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Umi in ''Cthulhu's Angels'', as a result of a curse.]]
130* TalkingWeapon: Sharpe, a sentient sword who tags along after you defeat it in a boss battle.
131* TeaserEquipment: There's some extremely high level armor for the WhiteMagicianGirl in the first shop you find. The price is suitably high.
132* TimeLimitBoss: If the {{Superboss}} isn't beaten in a few turns, he uses an unavoidable TotalPartyKill attack, [[spoiler:unless he's paralyzed by Umi's Siren's Call, but even then, it's just a temporary delay]].
133* TookALevelInBadass: Umi is a so-so WhiteMagicianGirl in the main campaign, but your most powerful damage-dealer in ''Cthulhu's Angels''. [[spoiler:Since she's wielding Sharpe from the previous campaign, and quite insane, this makes sense.]]
134* TooManyBelts: There's an enemy named Beltman who wears an outfit made entirely of belts, which is stated in the director commentary as a reference to Creator/TetsuyaNomura.
135* TotalPartyKill: The {{Superboss}} in the main game wipes out your entire party after a few turns.
136* UpdatedRerelease: The PC version contains extra bosses, four more party members, a director commentary, ''an entire second campaign'', and more!
137* TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon:
138** In the original campaign, [[spoiler:R'lyeh.]]
139** In ''Cthulhu's Angels'', [[spoiler:the Grand Library.]]
140* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: Or Hero, rather. The GoldfishPoopGang shows up a second time in the PC version, and are exactly the same strength as the first time you fought them. Needless to say, the battle goes quickly, which the characters will comment on.
141* WalkingShirtlessScene: No shirt can contain the awesomeness that is Cthulhu!
142* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
143** The GoldfishPoopGang fought as the first boss encounter are stated to have "likely respawned by now", and according to the director commentary, they were meant to be a recurring element, but the creators ended up completely forgetting about them. They do show up one more time in the PC version, towards the very end, as [[VillainForgotToLevelGrind strong as the first time]]. They only show up one time in ''Cthulhu's Angels''... [[spoiler: but the female of their number is the second Angel, recruited on the starting beach.]]
144** You never find out exactly who cursed Cthulhu at the start of the game. The game makes a point about him being a mysterious man, then never bothers to tell you who he is. ''Cthulhu's Angels'' ambiguously resolves this mystery, although the differences between the campaigns allows for some doubt if it applies to the main campaign--[[spoiler:Dacre, the insane mage from the original, is responsible for Cthulhu's sealing. Presumably the deed drove him mad, leaving him the half-brained genius you find in the Water Temple - although the Cthulhu's Angels version of him is still quite sane. The insane version does comment that the cliffs near R'lyeh seem familiar, and this is where the mysterious man would have cast his spell from.]]
145* WhiteMage: Dacre, the senile old man you find in the Water Temple and who tags along for no discernible reason. He has the standard WizardClassic look but has no offensive spells -- other than the usual late-game White Mage nuke Holy.
146* WhiteMagicianGirl: Umi in the original campaign starts out this way, with various heals, stuns, and debuffs. She can eventually become more of a RedMage, with various late-game abilities improving her melee skills and adding elemental damage to her attacks. In ''Cthulhu's Angels'', Elona takes on this role instead, acting as a somewhat tanky cleric from the beginning.
147* WithThisHerring: When October is conversing with Cthulhu at the beginning of ''Cthulhu's Angels'', Cthulhu offers you some assistance.
148-->'''Cthulhu:''' It's dangerous to go alone! Take this!\
149(You get 25 gold.)\
150'''October:''' Thanks, but that's not even enough to buy a cheap weapon, much less save the world.\
151'''Cthulhu:''' Curse you, inflation!
152* YourMom: According to Cthulhu, the Mother Hydra (a boss in the ''Cthulhu's Angels'' campaign) is the source of all "Yo momma's so fat" jokes in the world.
153
154!!''Cthulhu Saves Christmas'' provides examples of:
155* ContinuitySnarl: ''Cthulhu Saves Christmas'' is quickly established as a prequel to the original (in that it's fine for Cthulhu to wish to regain the power to end the world because it's canon that he'll lose his powers again later), but due to the series having NoFourthWall, the protagonists are aware that ''Cthulhu Saves The World'' and ''VideoGame/CosmicStarHeroine'' exist and are able to reference their events.
156* EarlyBirdCameo: ''Cthulhu Saves Christmas'' is a prequel to ''Cthulhu Saves The World'', but four party members make brief appearances in "R'lyehtionship" events; Umi is immediately smitten with Cthulhu at the Beach but is told she'll have to later deny already knowing him if she wants to date now, Paws uses his ([[ContinuitySnarl future]]) friendship with Cthulhu to help escape from a Pet Shop, October is at the Graveyard, and Dacre is at the Park. An achievement, "Memories of Future Past", is unlocked by meeting at least one of them.
157* ModularEpilogue: The ending of ''Cthulhu Saves Christmas'' has an additional scene for every "R'lyehtionship" that Cthulhu had maxed out, including [=NPCs=] from the main hub (but excluding the {{Early Bird Cameo}}s).
158* NewGamePlus: Instead of an alternate campaign like ''Cthulhu Saves the World'', the player can only choose to replay the main campaign with all of the experience and equipment they earned at the end of the run. Additionally, a HarderThanHard difficulty is unlocked in the Settings menu, you start with all party members already recruited, and Cthulhu's indignation that the player forced him to lose his world-ending powers ''again'' manifests as the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Insanity Sword]].
159* SavingChristmas: It's ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin.

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