Lets Play / TeeQueue

The time has come. Soon, the bell shall ring. A new world will come. Rise, my servants. Rise and serve me. I am death and life. Darkness and light.

TeeQueue's current avatar and quote.

"I swear I'm good at this game."

- TeeQueue playing Lobotomy Corporation (notably, he stopped saying this upon playing the sequel)

TeeQueue is a Let’s Player on the Something Awful forums, who just showed up there one day, decided to do something insane and made and completed a Screenshot Let’s Play of Lobotomy Corporation in a single loop (no Day 1 Resets), of which he's part of the English Translation team. At present, he's doing the same for his sort-of blind playthrough of Library of Ruina, and has since become known for being the "Project Moon LPer guy". His Let’s Plays are most notable for naming and characterizing (almost) every single Agent/Assistant Librarian in the game, and narratively speaking they are carried over between these two games. He's also a Tabletop Game Master, which explains his experience in all this story-making.

While he has to assure players that he's good at LobCorp, he doesn't with Ruina because he plays card games almost entirely by instinct, and therefore he's actually good at it. While that instinct is incredibly good, sometimes he can misread a situation and faceplant into an obvious trap that completely ruins him.

That's about all there is to know. Apart from the writing, TeeQueue is otherwise very boring; he lets his characters be the main draw of his playthroughs.

His LobCorp LP can be found here. And his current Ruina LP can be found in progress here.

He's also on Twitch, and you can donate to him on Ko-Fi.

Warning: As he covers Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina, expect spoilers. You have been warned.

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TeeQueue’s Let’s Plays contain examples of:

Applies for both LPs

• Action Girl: Every female Agent/Assistant Librarian by default, with Mizu, Medea, Tenebrais, and Twee being the toughest ones.

• Bag of Spilling: Because Lobotomy Corporation and Library of Ruina are different games, TeeQueue's OCs obviously can't carry over their E.G.O. gear. Thanks to mods, however, Mizu somehow managed to keep her "Today's Shy Look" E.G.O. anyway, though its expression is different from its usual happy face.
• Beneath Notice: Abel and presumably every iteration of A before X thought the employees as nothing more than pawns and not to be critical factors in the Script. X thought otherwise.
  • In Ruina, the Assistant Librarians are so Beneath Notice to Angela that she actually acts like she can't perceive them at all and as if the Patron Librarians are talking to themselves while talking with these Assistants. This is because of their role under A, seeing them as nothing but extensions of his will, and believes their being here is already the least they deserve. And it's definitely a case of not wanting to notice them since she personally brings Evil Kit (who is always an inconvenience) over to Chesed. She eventually intervenes with Assistant Library affairs personally when Just Mizu met up with the rest of the Librarians and Medea has a sword pointed at the traitor during the L Corp Civil War. And Mizu is no longer invisible to her either as is found out during Binah's first Abnormality Suppression.

• Call-Back:
  • The Perfect Food tasting like grape jelly as discovered in a bet between Mizu and Talow comes back on Day 13 after Tenebrais rescues a Clerk. Said Clerk notes the flavor, then decides to check the break room for bagels (probably to flavor them with the remains).
  • Twee's first day dealing with Laetitia is referenced again on Day 16 when she goes down the corridor with different colleagues when she references it. Mr. Blond also references that those other Agents were to "kick her ass", and Twee corrects that it's only if she went crazy, but she didn't, so it's all good.
  • During his early days, when asked about his fiddling with the cameras, Bishop explains so it's to heroically save their ass at the last moment. During Day 25, he barges into the Manager's room via the vents and says the same thing.
  • Several times, but the Manager never cleaned up the smile Mr. Black drew on the screen during Netzach's Core Suppression, as seen in the final MS Paint picture at the end of Day 50.
  • Before fighting Yun's Office for the third and final time, Zaida hopes these Fixers don't shoot lasers when they kill them, referencing the Claw Ordeal on Days 46 onwards back in L Corp.
  • During the Reception against Liu Association Section 2, after advising what Netzach's team is to do to net an easy win against them, Hod tells them that the first step is to basically "Just do whatever!", just like how Netzach says at the start of each Day back in L Corp. And turns out the winning strategy is to—-after using Laughing Powder (this is important!)—-do exactly that. It can take as many as 12 Scenes to finish however.
• Cast of Snowflakes: All the Agents are made to look distinct. This technically serves as an advantage during Yesod's Core Suppression, given he obscures all information during this, meaning Agents who look unique manage to stand out to the player. Not that TeeQueue really needed it. These looks are carried over in Ruina, and actually expanded upon now that skin colors are customizable.

• Gameplay and Story Integration: Other Sephirah not chiming in when their Core Suppressions are ready are implemented sometimes (Hod being in the middle of a training class for one of the company's groups of clerks.)
  • Really, any time TeeQueue blunders in-game, he usually finds a way to weave it into the narrative.

• Self-Imposed Challenge: TeeQueue sets up a couple of of these himself in order to make the LPs more interesting.
  • Day 5: NO MELTDOWNS: No Qliphoth Meltdowns. Simply put; X cannot work any Abnormalities that have a meltdown on them. This means that every time the Qliphoth Gauge goes up, energy will be lost—and if something like 1.76 MHz or Forsaken Murderer gets tagged by one, he can't do anything to prevent them from instantly dropping their QC to 0.
  • Day 10: OOPS! ALL NEWBIES: Reach Qliphoth Meltdown level VI a facility of only Level 1 Agents (benching all the other more experienced ones for the day). LP Story-wise, Mizu, Talow, Bishop, D.A.D., Mr. Black, and Tylana are busy cleaning up the Manager's room of corpses X saw during the moment the Cognition Filter was down.
  • Day 15: PUNISHED BIRD: Complete Hod's "I Just Want To Be a Good Person" mission (Suppress four Abnormalities) and Netzach's "Lethargic Room" mission (Go through the day without a single death) at the same time. One of the Abnormalities to be Suppressed must be Punishing Bird.
  • Day 20: MANDATORY CRUNCH: Complete Netzach's "Total Efficiency" mission (Finish the day with 3 or less Agents deployed in each department) and Get to Meltdown level X, and fill the gauge again once. All meltdowns must be worked. In-story, this is done to compensate for the loss of energy as a result of letting the employees have a beer machine won by Zeta21 on Day 19.
  • Day 25: A COMPETENT SUPPRESSION: Complete Tiphereth's "Proving your Competence 4" mission (Clear the day without a single Containment Unit's Qliphoth Meltdown), while also completing Malkuth's Core Suppression. All agents must survive.
  • Day 27: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 1" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [10 minutes]), while also completing Hod's Core Suppression.
  • Day 28: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 2" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [9 minutes]), while also completing Netzach's Core Suppression.
  • Day 29: Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 3" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [8 minutes]), while also completing Yesod's Core Suppression.
  • Day 30: A NORMAL DAY. Complete Chesed's "For the Aftermath 4" mission (Finish the day within the allotted time limit [7 minutes]) while also fully unlocking all Abnormality research that was skipped over the says before, and don't do anything insane. Story-wise, Agent Medea complains to X about not fully studying the new Abnormalities due to him having been busy with the above Core Suppressions one after the other and wants him to obtain all the relevant information at the end of the day. He doesn't get to manufacture the Dreaming Current's E.G.O. Weapon, but he still passes the challenge.
  • Day 35: DISCIPLINARY SPAT: Complete Gebura's "Our Work" mission (Complete a Midnight Ordeal). Demonstrate Tenebrais's power (accomplished by Suppressing Punishing Bird enough for it to return to its cell). Resolve the Bishop situation (Execute him). In-story, this happens because Gebura doesn't believe Tenebrais has what it takes, and the Agent wishes to disporve that, and because X thinks Bishop is hiding secrets that can endanger the company.
  • DAY 40: DISCIPLINARY SPAT 2: REVENGE OF THE BIRDSLAYER: Suppress the Red Mist with only Tenebrais (and whatever Abnormalities end up loose). In-story, she wants to settle the score alone.
  • DAY 45: IN A TIMELY MANNER: Completing Hokma's Core Suppression while working all Meltdowns and without losing any Agents. Unlike all other challenges, this one was cancelled when WhiteNight awakened, forcing the use of a Memory Repository, but he manages to "pass" it anyway the second time around at the second Day 42.
  • DAY 45: TO LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST: Prepare for the end. Let this day pass without regrets (i.e. no Agent deaths). Not really a challenge per se, but in this game where things can still go wrong if you don't pay attention or get complacent, it still counts.
  • DAY 50: YOU HAVE ONE JOB: Don't screw up. (i.e. no Agent casualties). Not really a challenge, but more of a reminder to not get complacent just because you're near the end, especially after the hell of hectic that is Day 49.
  • Really, the whole Let's Play is one huge challenge of "Reach the ending without a Day 1 Reset", where Lobotomy Corporation expects you to reset to that point. And while this isn't TeeQueue's first time playing (spoilers ahead), the fact that he pulls this off at all is an accomplishment in and of itself.
  • As for Library of Ruina, it's less Self-Imposed and more Goon-Imposed as they vote on what Reception or Suppression TeeQueue will do next, and they tend to hand him whatever they consider as "That One Level" for them or what they think is hardest. But some are TeeQueue's own doing as well.
    • One of these is engaging Love Town without a floor that has four Librarians yet.
    • That said, he does draw a line somewhere, such as when a goon dared him to do a reception for the Kurokumo clan with Tiphereth's floor (which has no Abnormalities to aid them yet). He relents anyway.
    • Another is doing that Reception with Steve solo. He failed the first few times, but he managed to actually do it. It's also in-story too, given Roland and Zaida become buddies as they watch him keep on trying.
    • TeeQueue is starting to do similar challenges with Love Town,
    • Receiving the Shi Association with Roland's Floor. In-story, this is because all the other Floors are helping clean up the mess from the aftermath of Malkuth's Realization Battle.
    • Suppressing Laetitia by the time you get her should take only 2 Scenes if you focus on her from the outset. TeeQueue decided to get rid of all her Friends first anyway just to prove he can.
    • Mizu vs. the Sweepers. It doesn't count as a solo challenge like with Steve because Mizu here has been split into three beings, so the only one benched out in this Reception was Binah.
    • During the second Thumb Reception, after wiping out everyone else, TeeQueue folds with Chesed's team, and lets Kalo through to face Kaori one-on-one, who has personal beef with him.
    • Sometime after the Mountain of Smiling Bodies Reception, Tenebrais is pitted against Grade 1 Fixer Dong-hwan in a General Reception all by herself. In-story, she's being set up in order to keep her emotions under control and not get overwhelmed by both Philip's E.G.O. she's equipping and the Abnormalities she will be getting help from as the reception goes on. Howewver, this instance is actuallty a subversion as you are locked in a one versus one against him in-game.
    • "The Grey Oboe" Steve vs. the Red Mist. That is all.

• World of Technicolor Hair: With Character Customization, this is naturally the case with all the Agents/Assistant Librarians.

• What Happened to the Mouse?: Discussed when X talks with Ayin on the employees' fates once the Seed of Light plan takes off, who admits to not having factored them in at all. Still, Ayin decides to leave a note to Malkuth to let them out after the Light is done shining on the City. Due to Angela's sabotage, this doesn't happen, and they're put to sleep once more, to be later awakened as Assistant Librarians.

Exclusive to the Lobotomy Corporation LP

• Adaptational Badass: Exclusive to TeeQueue's narrative, Plague Doctor/WhiteNight is able to hack into the communications network exclusive to X and the Sephirah and get his last three Apostles by pretending they're work orders from X. X catches on and stops it from getting the last one, though, but WhiteNight eventually gets him during Hokma's Core Suppression. After his E.G.O. is fully acquired however, WhiteNight is finally "kicked out of the groupchat".
• Adaptational Villainy: While WhiteNight is certainly antagonistic, he's moreso in TeeQueue's narrative, since he's able to interact with X and the Sephirah.
• Alternate Timeline: At least in TeeQueue's narrative, whenever X uses the TT2 protocol to redo a day, the timeline he, Angela, and the Sephirah leave behind continues to exist. From the Agents' perspective, they all just stopped responding. And according to Talow, this leaves them 24 to 48 hours before the Qliphoth Deterrence degrades to the point where the Abnormalities come out. And with Blue Star around, that'll be the end of everyone-at least it should be a quick death.
  • This universe is explored one more time, and TeeQueue calls it "The Universe Where Credentia Wore the Wrong Pants". In here, Mizu has eaten much of her signature mask, has found a tube containing something called "Cogito", spilled its contents on the Not Quite Dead Sephiroth to use the tube as a shot glass, and that Cogito may have turned him into something like the character he pretended to be becomes. Or turned him into WhiteNight.
  • Another alternate timeline explored is the Day 45 where X was forced to use the Memory Repository in order to find a way to stop WhiteNight, and Talow is left behind at the Manager's seat to try and discover as much as he can about the Abnormality.
• Angry Fist-Shake: On Day 19, X apparently did this while cursing Sephiroth's name for screwing up with work on the Queen Be. Angela calls him out the second time and says it's not an efficent use of his time.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Abel chides X for this.
  "Come now… We can extract Abnormalities from persons, form facilities from thoughts, rewind time infinitely, and watch a man die before reinstating him from his hire date the next morning. Why would something like this seem odd?"

• The Bet: On Day 19, when X decides to have Zeta21 showcase the Sound of a Star E.G.O. Weapon. They then want a beer machine set up in return. Despite Angela's protests, X allows it… if Zeta gets to take care of the whole Ordeal alone. The Suppression is a complete success.
  • On Day 30, Tenebrais makes a bet with Credentia (with 2 LOB as bid) that they'll have to save Boksi (assigned to Nothing There to train his Temperance). The Day is actually uneventful, though we don't see Credentia take her winnings.
• Big Damn Heroes: When X is initially struggling with Malkuth's Core Suppression, with Malkuth taunting him on A's sins, the manager gets saved from losing his mind with the arrival of Bishop through the vents.
• Big "NO!": On the start of Day 26, when Mizu realizes Twee went to work on the new Abnormality (The Little Prince) before her.
  • And on Day 49 by Adam just before undergoing Cessation of Existence from being defeated.
• Big "SHUT UP!": During Hokma's Core Suppression, X has to eventually spout this out to interrupt the arguing between Hokma and Talow.
• Book Ends: Day 50 ends the same way Day 1 began: Mizu working on One Sin.
• Broken Masquerade: At the start of Day 45, X tells all his employees the truth of the Seed of Light plan that he's aware of thus far, something that was exclusive only to him, Angela, and the Sephirah.

• Calling Your Attacks: Since becoming Assistant Librarians, Dimi and Omni tend to do these during Receptions.
• Catchphrase: During the first couple of days, X always stated "Clerks don't count.", which puts him at odds with Yesod. He eventually abandons this after Yesod's Core Suppression, and once Big Bird joins the facility.
• Catchphrase Interruptus: During the 1st run of Day 17, after things snowballed into a swarm of Worker Bees, Yesod calls him out on the losses suffered, during which…
  Yesod: The bees are everywhere. Every employee in the company aside the agents is already dead.
  X: Clerks don't-
  Yesod: Sephiroth counted.
  X: …
• Conditioned to Accept Horror: As per the norm for Agents.
  Medea: I've seen the training videos more times than I can count. Watched people get torn apart on the other side of a screen. I can watch someone die without even losing my smile, now. Even when little Elle got changed into an Apostle, all I could do was quirk an eyebrow and wonder what it could do to threaten the others. This entire place is designed to kill our fear of death-ours and others'.
• Cool Shades: They're apparently in the standard emergency toolkit for agents in anticipation for enacting the Seed of Light.
• Curse Cut Short: Myo when she realizes that being integral to Binah's Core Suppression will have to become The Greatest Story Never Told due to her contract.

• The Dead Have Names: During Yesod's Core Suppression, he talks about four Epsilon11 Clerks who have died over the course of X's time in the company: Morty (murdered by a Green Noon's buzzsaw), Aurora (met their end to Scarecrow), BongBong (burned alive when you decided to face the Firebird), and Joshua (on Day 29 today, who might also die).
• Death Glare: While waiting for Netzach to detox, Malkuth and Hod were discussing their returning memories post-Meltdown resolution. When Yesod makes himself known, he tells them to tell him what they think of the Manager while delivering one of these.
• Death of a Thousand Cuts: Well, a Thousand Bullets, but on the first run of Day 43, During a Green Dawn, all the Clerks in the Extraction Department's main room eventually whittle down a single Doubt with only Red Shields from X as help before Mizu arrives.

• Enemy Mine: Despite Hokma being at odds with X during his Core Suppression, when WhiteNight is awakened, the Sephirah sets aside the matter in order to help keep the Corporation afloat.
  X: Wait, you're helping me? Why?
  Hokma: My sole concern is the continuation of this endless cycle. While I cannot allow you to break it… this Abormality's usurpation of my systems has proven a more immediate threat.
  X: So it's a truce. Alright, let's see what we can figure out.
• Eviler than Thou: In a sense. The Plague Doctor tells T. Hinman that the Ethereals stand no chance against everything the City has to offer. Whether he means himself, or is also counting the Abnormalities, and all the Fixers, Colors, Arbiters, and Claws isn't clear.
  Plague Doctor: Forget them. They couldst no more hold against the horrors in this city than thou couldst stop a train with thine meager body.

• Finishing Each Other's Sentences: Ayin and X on Day 50, to the latter's irritation.
• Fun with Acronyms: BULLFROG stands for Bioengineered Unilaterally Learning Laboratory Failsafe Replica Organic Genotype).
• Foreshadowing:
  • On the day before Hod's Core Suppression, on Day 26, X is told by Angela that Hod is in the middle of a training class for a group of Clerks. Later in the day, one of those clerks comes over to Medea (who then notifies X) and reports to her about Hod acting really weird, lashing out at everyone for no reason, then starting to talk to herself and going offline.
  • Talow's present in the Captain's Meeting, and when Boksi asks why he's here if he's not a captain of anything, he replies "Sure I am, you just don't know it yet.". Indeed, this is because he's Hokma's informant, and eventually becomes his Department's Captain.

• Gameplay and Story Segregation: Whenever this occurs, TeeQueue writes in extra story bits to justify them.
  • Despite not losing any Agents so far, Angela still tells X that an employee has died at the start of Day 4. TeeQueue writes in an excuse in the form of one Clerk Delta3 dying from a wrench landing on her.
  • When Angela talks about the mental corruption levels of the Control Team’s employees exceeding the maximum threshold, TeeQueue writes in X pointing out the Agents being just fine, and Angela points out she was including Malkuth in the calculations.
  • In the game, Malkuth, Hod, and Yesod's Core Suppressions are all ready at about the same time (if you optimize, else Hod's is not included). But to avoid readers forgetting any details by the time it's time to work on them, they occur one after the other in TeeQueue's narrative.
  • Upon reaching halfway with his Apostles, Plague Doctor/WhiteNight is able to spoof X's work orders to get his last few, and can speak to the Manager. Needless to say, this is not canon in-game, and TeeQueue makes it clear with a disclaimer at the end of the first Day 44 - Gameplay.
    • In response to that, X raises Deterrence on a whole Department in order to keep that Abnormality from making any more contact. This is also not possible in-game.
• Genki Girl: A few are like this, Mizu most of all.
• Godzilla Threshold: The only time X used the Memory Repository is in light of WhiteNight's rampage on Day 45 during Hokma's Core Suppression. He would soon use it two more times in order to keep WhiteNight's acquired E.G.O. Suits, and to Suppress WhiteNight without the use of One Sin to acquire his E.G.O. Weapons and keep them.

• I'm Standing Right Here: X doesn't take Tiphereth seriously during her Core Suppression, given it's not actually that hard compared to all the others before and after (but you still can't afford to be reckless).
• It Amused Me: X's reason for giving Bishop the Queen of Hatred's E.G.O. Gear to match with Chinely's Knight of Despair E.G.O. Gear and Omni's King of Greed E.G.O. Gear. Malkuth tactfully decided to not pass that thought along.
• Insane Troll Logic: Adam spouts these while arguing with X over the righteousness of his goals, and it's annoying as fuck to X, who also promptly turns this around against him.

• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While X can be a jackass in conversations, and doesn't count the lives of clerks, he does his darnedest to keep all of his Agents alive. He starts losing this gold part sometime after it's established that X and A are one and the same, and he seemingly Executes Bishop out of paranoia, but Bishop coming in to punch X snaps him out of that.

• Large Ham: TeeQueue plays up Adam as this, and he will not shut up.
• Let's You and Him Fight: During Gebura's Core Suppression, X had this idea by bunking everyone else while stationing Tenebrais in the Shelter from the 27th of March (with all other Agents benched and stand-ins recruited for all the other departments) while all the Abnormalities rampage amidst the Red Mist. While they all ultimately beat her down (in addition to calling down the Rabbit Team for the finale) within an hour, story-wise, it doesn't work, and X has to reset the day and deploy Tenebrais to handle her.
  • During the third Day 41, X sics the Yin-Yang Dragon on WhiteNight as part of his plan to Supress Him. Specifically, he uses the Dragon to neutralize five of His Apostles thanks to the game's coding: when Apostles "die", they are instead only ever able to be reduced to 1 HP, at which point they enter a dormant state. White Night's Red Ring of Death fully heals any such Apostle and has them return to their active state whenever it comes out. As a result, Apostles can't be killed by damage. Unfortunately for them, the Yin-Yang dragon doesn't deal damage. It just inverts the HP/SP stats of anything in its path instantly, and this can get around the Apostles' protection against death. If they're hit by a dragon while at full HP they simply disappear-since they don't have a proper death animation because you're never intended to be able to kill them.

• Mathematician's Answer: At the start of Day 43, Credentia catches Chiral taking a break from Extraction, and she says this.
  Chiral: The only reason the boss can deal with it is because she's gone off the deep end long ago.
  Credentia: Which one? (Binah or Mizu)
  Chiral: Yes. (rolls her eyes)

• Noodle Incident: Evil Kit once spilled jam on the E.G.O. Gear during maintenance, and SeyserKoze wants to make sure this isn't repeated as he assigns Robin to distract him.
  • On Day 47, references not wanting a repeat of "last time", to which Abel reminds him that he swore never to speak of it again. Said incident is right here.
• Number Two: the Department Captains to their Sephirah (though to varying extents), and sometimes to X during the Core Suppressions. Bishop to Malkuth, Medea to Hod, Mr. Black to Netzach, D.A.D. to Yesod, Tylana and Boksi to Tiphereth, Twee to Chesed, Tenebrais to Gebura, Talow to Hokma, and Mizu to Binah.

• Oh, Crap!: Upon beholding WhiteNight for the first time…
  Talow: Manager, it's a third trumpet!
  X: Wow. I am immediately regretting this decision. That's a new record.
  • And once again when WhiteNight's power over time eclipses even Hokma's mid-Core Suppression.
  Hokma: …Oh, that isn't good.
  X: What isn't good?
  Hokma: It seems that my functions have been… somewhat compromised by that new Abnormality.
• Orphaned Punchline: Mizu and Talow's first lines.
  Mizu: …and that's why they had to install regenerators in all the rooms. It's true, I swear it!
  Talow: What about that Paul guy? What happened to him?
  Mizu: I hear after he finally pulled himself together, he went to ask that new manager for leave. I'm sure it went well.
  • And at Day 50. Veers into Black Comedy if you know where Mr. Black came from.
  Mr. Black: And then I said, "No thanks, it'd cost an arm and a leg!" HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
  Mr. Blond: …Heh. That is pretty good, I guess.

  • And another one on the same day where Mizu tells the Bucket a.k.a. Carmen where soap comes from before being ordered by X to return to working on WhiteNight.
• Perception Filter: For some incomprehensible reason, Mizu is invisible to true AIs such as Angela (the Sephirah are brains in robot frames, which is different) as revealed on the second Day 44 during Binah's Core Suppression when she breaks into the office to help him.
• The Perfectionist: On day 20, Talow vents to Queen Bee that he thinks X is this. Ishmael aside, he turns back the clock to change up Credentia's equipment instead of asking her to change E.G.O. suits with Fat Sam, he has to go back in time to make it so that he never screwed up in the first place.

• Red Shirt: Notably averted for the Agents, though played straight with the Clerks, whom X treats with little regard, and this is a sentiment he shares with Netzach and Chesed, and what causes friction between X and Yesod, to the point that it's a major point Yesod has against X during his Core Suppression.
  • TeeQueue even has a signup list for volunteers to die on behalf of researching Abnormalities.

• Sequence Breaking: TeeQueue ends up unlocking a cutscene where Malkuth is meeting up with Hod and Yesod as early as Day 4, when they usually get properly introduced at Day 11 and Day 6 respectively.
• Shout-Out:
  • Everything Sephiroth says.
  • On Day 21, while Tylana is working on Judgment Bird and she's wondering if he can talk…
  Angela: Tylana, the administrative team reminds you that Judgment Bird cannot speak.
  Tylana: Oh. That… would explain the bandages on its face. But what if it can speak, and just won't?
  Angela: …In the event that Judgment Bird does speak, we urge you to please disregard its advice.
  • On the wrap-up of the party at the Safety Department, Netzach says, "You don't have to go home, but you can't stay here." While it's a line in Semisonic's Closing Time, it's actually an old quote said by bartenders when it's closing time at the bar.
  • TeeQueue made a mini-series called "Better Call Paul", featuring said Agent from Day 1 who got benched permanently after his Epic Fail.
  • Carlos Safety is a clear opposite reference to Carlos Danger.
  • In Day 46, just before the Midnight Ordeal…
  Carlos Safety: Please let this be a normal Midnight.
  Steve: Today? No way.
  • At the end of Day 48, we get ourselves an "All-Out Attack" with every single agent against the Red Mist, preceded with this picture◊.
• Squashed Flat: At the end of Yesod's Core Suppression, a Violet Noon slab lands on top of him, but he makes it through alive. Even after that, though, the mention of them makes his head hurt.

• Tastes Like Chicken: While fighting off The Perfect Food ordeal, Talow makes a bet with Mizu that they taste like jelly. A few seconds later, Mizu verifies they taste like grape jelly, costing her the bet as Talow stares blankly at her (either from winning the bet or seeing her actually munch on the Ordeal). For the record, this is actually canon according to the "Project Moon Q&A Session", though they also come in orange flavor.
  • While working with Melting Love, after deducing that smooching her does not go over well, Mizu also comments that she tastes "strawberry-and-death flavored".
• Ventriloquism: During the recap on Day 3's events, Malkuth demonstrates her skill in this if she isn't just playing back her Agents' voices, given she's actually a machine.
• Talking the Monster to Death: Instead of just weathering the Sephirah's tantrums during their Core Suppressions, X also talks through their issues alongside their Department Captains (Bishop for Malkuth, Medea for Hod, Mr. Black for Netzach, D.A.D. for Yesod, Tylana {plus Boksi} for Tiphereth, Twee for Chesed, Tenebrais for Gebura, Talow for Hokma {though their case was more of a long-overdue bickering}, and Mizu for Binah).
• Tempting Fate: During Day 14's Green Noon, while Mr. Blond is incredulous at Netzach's nodding off during it and Twee is in awe at this, Mr. Black…
  Mr. Black: Worry not! There's not a robot anywhere near— (said robot then shows up in the hub area) HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Your comedic timing is perfect! Come fellows, to arms!
• Those Two Guys: Chinely and Omni form this dynamic as Otakus obsessed with doing cool anime stuff and as Bishop's "sidekicks".

• Unflinching Walk: During the acquisiton of the Firebird's second feather, as the agents walk away from the Suppressed Firebird during its "death animation", Gaia discusses this and Chinely lampshades that one should "always walk slowly and purposely away from an explosion".
• Unspoken Plan Guarantee: During Day 33, Omni asks Bishop what he was up to, and he replies that he was digging around in storage for work stuff. When Omni tries to prod further, Bishop invokes a lampshade on this trope, and Chinely agrees and tells Omni to stop, and he concedes.

• Villainous Breakdown: Adam starts suffering this when X actually puts the Backwards Clock to use, given he had considered it utterly useless.

• Yandere: Hokma is written up as a platonic version of this to A/X as he tries to keep him from ending the cycle. Talow calls him out on this (as well as a lot of other things) during his Core Suppression.
• You Are in Command Now: With all the Sephirot out of commission during Days 46 to 49 since it's a Core Suppression, X appoints all the Department Captains (Bishop for Control, D.A.D. for Information, Medea for Training, Mr. Black for Safety, Tylana and Boksi for Central, Twee for Welfare, Tenebrais for Disciplinary, Talow for Record, Mizu for Extraction, and Zeta21 for Architecture) as Acting Sephirot in the meantime.

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• Ain't No Rule: When Roland, Malkuth, Bishop, and Zaida express shock on seeing one of the Streetlight Office Guests flee, Angela invokes this trope. When Roland expresses concern that farming books won't be possible this way, Angela assures that the red invitations will deliver the books needed without fail.
• Arbitrary Skepticism: Despite everything going on with the Library, Yesod doesn't believe in D.A.D.'s rumor of the Library Ghosts, or ghosts in general.

• But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Kalo's punishment of Kaori and her partner by breaking the latter's knee, then slicing off their jaw has been doled out dozens of times, though how he described it was exactly how Kaori remembered it. He tells Kaori that she should've moved on from that since it was ten years ago, but for her, it was only three months.
• Butt-Monkey: Roland, especially by Zaida who gives him little respect, and the other Patron Librarians since he lost his first Abnormality Suppression several times before beating it, while they've all cleared theirs on their first try. Though Hokma's Suppression of the Burrowing Heaven failed the first time, we only see the tail end of it and Talow's complaint about it.
  • As of the Smiling Faces Reception, Netzach has died 4 out of 6 Receptions he's been part of. And two out of those four times, his entire floor was wiped out as well.

• Chain of Deals: Discussed; T. Hinman calls Kaori's quest to find information on the Thumb a "paperclip", which she calls "an ancient human folktale, wherein a foolish human with a paperclip found a successive number of other, more foolish humans to force into suboptimal deals until they had cornered the local housing market".
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: With Omni and Chinely transferred from Malkuth to Tiphereth between games, the latter has inherited this role from Bishop.

• Critical Existence Failure: Just before the Reception for the Shi Association Fixers, Roland comments that they look beat up (and it's shown with their not-100% HP values), but Tiphereth reminds him to not underestimate them, and Chinely adds:
  "The only HP that matters is the last one. If you forget that, you're in trouble."

• Distracted by the Sexy: During preparations for the Reception for the Gaze Office Fixers, Bishop tries very hard not to look at Malkuth, whose loadout includes Dino's Key Page^* Dino is a tattooed muscular shirtless Syndicate member, though female characters using the page instantly get Sarashi for modesty.. She assumes he's speechless due to her loadout being amazing, while Dimi suspects the truth.
• Dwindling Party: Unlike the rest of the Floor Realizations, the first half of Gebura's ends up with Sorcrane and BICEPS defeated by Roland, leaving only the sisters and Gebura herself.

• Fight X With X: Gebura decides to face off Xiao's final form with her own E.G.O.. Tenebrais decides to follow suit (though not with Mimicry as Chesed chimes it's not ready yet) with the Red Hooded Mercenary's, taking control of the terrain from Xiao in doing so. They don't last for long, but they do wear her down for the Roland's floor
• The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: After the Reception for the Sweepers, TeeQueue apparently got a Prescript from the Index that overrode the usual voting process. Or TeeQueue just decided to Railroad just this once because Singleton is just that good.
  • He also got a Prescript later to not be a loser, and that losers don't play Singleton.

• Gameplay and Story Integration: When Roland wonders why Guests seem to wait for the Librarians to set up before combat starts, Angela explains it as another effect of the Library: it's not that they are waiting, it's that the intentions of the Guests are read, and perception of the Librarians and Guests slows down until actions have been decided. The Librarians' perceptions are unaffected, thus it appears as if the Guests are waiting.
  • Eventually, come the Reception for the Musicians of Bremen, the Mission Control is able to "see stats" as well (previously, it was just Angela), and the Librarians are being trained to estimate damage values too. This was actually part of one of Angela's projects: she wanted to see if the Librarians could use the observational tools she created to aid each other. With the tests concluded with a positive result, the growth of the library, and their newly raised threat level, she's made it official policy from here forward. As for why, they existed due to a miscalculation. Initially, she just wanted to work with only the ex-Sephirah, and thought that would be enough to handle any Receptions, but was forced to correct that before any of them awoke (perhaps in response to Roland's unexplained arrival).
• Go Out with a Smile: Gloria once she's the last one standing in the Reception before bieng booked by an Arcana Slave from Chinely: "Oh… so it's just me~? Ha haa~! Hahaha~ Oh man~ Prescripts, am I right~?"

• Hidden Depths: During an aftermath of Urban Plague-class General Receptions, the History floor Book Club discovered a few unique things: at least one of the Rusted Chainlinks had a preference for tea, and one Workshop-affiliated Fixer liked cakes.
• Hope Spot: In-Universe: After taking down Netzach and Mr. Black, Julia ended up the Sole Survivor and tried to find an exit… only to be stopped abruptly by Hod and Medea.

• In the Name of the Moon: Chinely and Omni invoke this during the former's Awakening, to the exasperation and confusion of Tiphereth and Tylana.
  Chinely: The nest falls from the sky, its wings burned to nothing.
  Omni: A maiden's tears, lamenting all she could not protect.
  Tiphereth: (confused) Is this really necessary?
  Tylana: For them, I think it might be.
  Chinely: From the ash and salt, we burst forth!
  Omni: A phoenix risen to fly among the stars!
  Chinely: Magical Chinely!
  Omni: Magical Omni!
  Both: Handsome Warriors, Natural Science Squad Nu-Gamma! Ready for action!
• Internal Reveal: It's only until the rematch with Xiao (and Miris) when Gebura realizes Sweet Pea is among Chesed's Assistant Librarians. Tenebrais is surprised that Gebura actually liked someone in Chesed's team, to which she replies, "Sometimes the bastard would steal good talent."

• Lampshade Hanging: The fact that all combatants reset their positions after a scene each time is lampshaded during the battle against Full-Stop Office.
  Bishop: Hey team, guns are a lot easier to deal with if you rush in close and stop them from having a chance to use them.
  Mr. Blond: Obviously. Unfortunately, we teleport back to where we start after each set of attacks.
  Netzach: I don't suppose there's any way to avoid that rule, is there?
  Angela: I cannot change the rules of this Library. The ordeal is meant to be fair to all sides.
  Roland: If it was fair, wouldn't we have lost one by now?
  Angela: That's a testament to your respective skills, Roland.
  Netzach: Right… I'll just figure it out on my own.

• Misplaced Retribution: This is the actual reason why Angela pretends the Assistant Librarians don't exist: X/A had ignored her all the way to the end, while he thought of even his Agents to the end. Because she can't get back at A for his sins, she decides to ignore his Agents in turn, and thinks granting them the same life as the Patron Librarians is all they deserve. However, by the end of the first Realization Battle, this attitude is starting to recede.
• Mission Control: Any Librarian who isn't participating in a Reception assume this role and are able to communicate with the combatants on their side. That said, if one so desires, they can even talk to the Guests, such as when Kaori wanted to ask Sayo (who was engaging Tiphereth's Floor) why she surrendered to Tanya, but isn't doing the same to the Library (Sayo's answer: there's a chance to escape Tanya by obeying, but the Library is utterly merciless to visitors, so why bother?).
  • During the Reception against the Red Mist, Angela takes up the role herself. Given the Blue Reverberation managed to listen in in-story during a previous Reception, it would be best to ensure that none of the other Patron Librarians are in a position where their voices could be intercepted. Also, she wished to see how the Red Mist fought in her heyday firsthand.
• Mutual Kill: Isadora gets to "book" Steve just as she was "booked" herself by him. That said, Steve is able to come back. And if the correct ending is reached, so can Isadora.

• Never Bring a Gun to a Knife Fight: Mr. Black uses Gyeong-mi's Key Page and melee Pages in the Reception for Full Stop Office. He holds himself pretty well, all things considered.

• Oh, Crap!: The Full-Stop Office upon discovering the resilience of the Librarians.
  Mr. Black: Been a while since I've been shot at! Shame that this body isn't as resilient as I'm used to.
  Liwei: Team, these guys might be trouble.
  Stephan: I told you, didn't I? I shot him twice, and he didn't die!
  Netzach: It did hurt a lot, you know. I'd appreciate you not doing that again.
  Stephan: And he can complain about it?! Oh man, this isn't good, this isn't good at all..!
  Tamaki: Calm down. We're just warming up.

• Right Behind Me: At the start of the Suppression for the Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary, when Gebura and company come face-to-face with a huge wolf, Credentia wonders where the Mercenary is. Tenebrais swiftly deduces that she's right behind them, and Red commends her for noticing.

• Shout-Out:
  • During Hod's Floor Realization on the Laetitia Phase, Paul has this to say.
  Good news, everybody! I've got spider senses now! And they're all tingling!
  • Chinely's phrase upon booking a guest is "In the name of the Library… I've punished you!"
  • After the Generic Reception against the Udjat, Chinely wonders if Glass Mask has been finished, to which Omni refutes.
  • During the Suppression against Nosferatu, we get this following exchange, after which he opens the battle by tossing a wine glass right at Gebura. And as Tenebrais later discovers, that wasn't wine in that glass, but blood weighted by the Abnormality.
  Gebura: You're not getting that drink of yours today. Time to die, Abnormality.
  Nosferatu: It was not by my hand that I was given this thirst. It was done by humans, who wish to partake in my pleasures.
  Gebura: Pleasures? You drain people's vitality and leave them empty husks.
  Nosferatu: Perhaps the same could be said of all pleasure…
  Gebura: Oh, I got it. You're full of crap. Time for the floor of Language to hand you your ass.
  Nosferatu: What is a language? A pretentious little pile of lies. But enough talk, have at you!
  • During the Suppression against Ozma, after Evil Kit uses the Eradication Mass Attack, he has this line to say.
  Evil Kit: I've figured out what this body can really do! Check this out!
  Sweeet Pea: Hey, hey, watch the chains!
  Evil Kit: Now… what was the line? Ah, yes. (performs the Mass Attack) GET OVER HERE!!!'' MUAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

• The Sleepless: Turns out being made of Light removes the need for sleep. The Assistant Librarians only discover this upon hearing of Steve's desire to train with both Omni and Chinely and Tenebrais, going up and down all the stairs, and Steve actually being confused that sleep was actually necessary.
• Smoke Out: Inversion; during the restoration process of an Assistant Librarian, smoke spewing out is part of it. Angela isn't sure why it happens, but it doesn't hamper the former Agent at all. As the process gets more streamlined, less and less smoke comes out.
• Snap to the Side: Kalo just before meeting Kaori in the Library for their Reception.
• Suddenly Ethnicity: Due to the Manager's Cognition Filter making all Agents look white, it's natural that they would look different when awakened as Assistant Librarians where no such filter exists. For one, Medea is revealed to be black, and it's already established that Tylana has yellow feathers due to a genetic alteration (and now we can see it for ourselves).
• String Theory: After observing the events of the Thumb's higher-ups going in, Bishop is using one such board to piece together the plot points in when the Guests have been invited to the Library, and Talow offers to help with filling up the board in exchange for Bishop telling him everything he missed after his use of the Backwards Clock.

• Talking Is a Free Action: Usually played straight when it comes to dealing with Guests since the Library alters perceptions so that it feels that way, but this doesn't apply between Librarians. When Omni gets on Tiphereth's nerves for wanting to finish one Reception with style, Tylana just goes ahead and books the last generic Murakumo Henchman while they were arguing.

• Time for Plan B: During Red Riding Hooded Mercenary's Suppression (help her kill the Wolf), she calls for this. When Credentia asks if that involves hitting everyone again, Red states that's Plan A, and that Plan B is for Blunderbuss (Red's final page, Hollow-point Shell).

• Vomit Indiscretion Shot: After seeing the "preshow" of Love Town and Tomerry with Roland and Angela, Steve ends up blowing chunks after the whole thing, though the barfing is limited to an emoji. Zaida states this is why she doesn't pay attention to "preshows", and bemoans having to get another bucket for him.

• Warrior Therapist: While all Librarians have to be this in some way for Angela and Roland during the Floor Realizations, Medea and Hod had double duty in having to bring Paul—who's suffering a breakdown from seeing Angela—to his senses during their Floor Realization.
• Where's the Kaboom?: While Suppressing Porccubus, after dealing a lot of damage to Mr. Blond, Mr. Black is confused to not see a skull-shattering kaboom like it would've done back at L Corp.
• Wholesome Crossdresser: Given some Key Pages, it's inevitable that Librarians will sometimes equip those that don't match their perceived gender.

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