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* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Kills Albert, the one responsible for most of the Vanderboom deaths, including his mother's]].
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: PayEvilUntoEvil: [[spoiler:Kills Albert, the one responsible for most of the Vanderboom deaths, including his mother's]].
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"Ay-lander" is the correct pronunciation, because the word is Dutch.
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* NoPronunciationGuide: Their surname can be read as a homophone for "islander", making them a living case of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as they live on Paradise Island. However, voiceover in-game pronounces it "AY-lander".
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* BreakTheCutie: ''Underground Blossom'' details Laura’s life leading up to [[spoiler: and beyond]] the events in the ''Cube Escape'' games. It’s not a particularly happy story.
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The end of ''Underground Blossom'' has her give Harvey a variation of this, after he helps her Corrupted Soul to heal and come to terms with Rose’s disappearance, urging him to find his own path apart from her and Rusty Lake.]]
* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The end of ''Underground Blossom'' has her give Harvey a variation of this, after he helps her Corrupted Soul to heal and come to terms with Rose’s disappearance, urging him to find his own path apart from her and Rusty Lake.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: ''Underground Blossom'' details Laura’s life leading up to [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and beyond]] the events in the ''Cube Escape'' games. It’s not a particularly happy story.
* ButNowIMustGo:[[spoiler: The [[spoiler:The end of ''Underground Blossom'' has her give Harvey a variation of this, after he helps her Corrupted Soul to heal and come to terms with Rose’s disappearance, urging him to find his own path apart from her and Rusty Lake.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being the arguably static victim [[spoiler: and POV character]] of ''Seasons'' to being a central character whose story is heavily connected to the lore of the series.
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* CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being the arguably static victim [[spoiler: and [[spoiler:and POV character]] of ''Seasons'' to being a central character whose story is heavily connected to the lore of the series.
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Boy howdy.'' Laura has not had it easy. She’s arguably one of the biggest {{Woobie}}s of the series, which is saying something when another character ''spends thirty years living in a well.'' [[spoiler: That she gets closure and a happy ending at the end of ''Underground Blossom'' will have many longtime fans smiling.]]
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* EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Boy howdy.'' Laura has not had it easy. She’s arguably one of the biggest {{Woobie}}s of the series, which is saying something when another character ''spends thirty years living in a well.'' [[spoiler: That [[spoiler:That she gets closure and a happy ending at the end of ''Underground Blossom'' will have many longtime fans smiling.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Is revealed to be the daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom]], and her mother's disappearance with a deer-skull-wearing Corrupted Soul when Laura was just a young girl was a major catalyst for the issues she faces later in life - including becoming a Corrupted Soul herself.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler: Is [[spoiler:Is revealed to be the daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom]], and her mother's disappearance with a deer-skull-wearing Corrupted Soul when Laura was just a young girl was a major catalyst for the issues she faces later in life - including becoming a Corrupted Soul herself.]]
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* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot. [[spoiler: ''Underground Blossom'' reveals that she knows he isn't.]]
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* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot. [[spoiler: ''Underground [[spoiler:''Underground Blossom'' reveals that she knows he isn't.]]
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A major recurring character in the series, he is working in a partnership with Mr. Owl to deliver memories to the lake. Seems to know more about what’s going on than he lets on. [[spoiler: In a past life, he was a human alchemist named Aldous Vanderboom, making him a distant relative to Laura. ]] Playable in ''The Mill'' and ''The Cave''.
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A major recurring character in the series, he is working in a partnership with Mr. Owl to deliver memories to the lake. Seems to know more about what’s going on than he lets on. [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In a past life, he was a human alchemist named Aldous Vanderboom, making him a distant relative to Laura. Laura.]] Playable in ''The Mill'' and ''The Cave''.
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A recurring character throughout the series, he is the ruler of Rusty Lake. Working with Mr. Crow to deliver memories to the lake, he takes a special interest in Dale, implying he wants Dale to be his successor. [[spoiler: It’s revealed in ''Paradise'' that in a past life he was a human named Jakob Eilander.]]
A recurring character throughout the series, he is the ruler of Rusty Lake. Working with Mr. Crow to deliver memories to the lake, he takes a special interest in Dale, implying he wants Dale to be his successor. [[spoiler: It’s revealed in ''Paradise'' that in a past life he was a human named Jakob Eilander.]]
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-> '''Appearances:''' ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob [[spoiler:Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
A recurring character throughout the series, he is the ruler of Rusty Lake. Working with Mr. Crow to deliver memories to the lake, he takes a special interest in Dale, implying he wants Dale to be his successor.[[spoiler: It’s [[spoiler:It’s revealed in ''Paradise'' that in a past life he was a human named Jakob Eilander.]]
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* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
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* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In [[spoiler:In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
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* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
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* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: ''Birthday'', [[spoiler:in the altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]away]].
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Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William [[spoiler: into her daughter Laura]]. Great-great-niece of Aldous/[[spoiler: Mr Crow]], granddaughter of James and Mary, niece of Emma and Samuel, cousin of Frank, [[BigScrewedUpFamily and the niece/daughter of Ida and cousin/half-sister of Leonard.]] Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.
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Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William [[spoiler: into [[spoiler:into her daughter Laura]]. Great-great-niece of Aldous/[[spoiler: Mr Aldous/[[spoiler:Mr. Crow]], granddaughter of James and Mary, niece of Emma and Samuel, cousin of Frank, [[BigScrewedUpFamily and the niece/daughter of Ida and cousin/half-sister of Leonard.]] Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Loses an eye to Albert's voodoo torture, which becomes one of the sacrifices.]]
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* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Loses [[spoiler:Loses an eye to Albert's voodoo torture, which becomes one of the sacrifices.]]
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* CreepyFamily: They live by themselves on an island far away from society and [[spoiler: practice human sacrifice]].
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* CreepyFamily: They live by themselves on an island far away from society and [[spoiler: practice [[spoiler:practice human sacrifice]].
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Birthday'' (as [[spoiler: Mr. [[spoiler:Mr. Rabbit]]), ''Paradox'' (voice only, as [[spoiler: Mr.[[spoiler:Mr. Rabbit]]), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: In ''Underground Blossom'' she mentions seeing Detective Vandermeer in her dreams, even though he said in ''Paradox'' that the two of them hadn't met prior to her death.
* AwfulWeddedLife: Implied, his relationship with the Old Woman from ''Mill'' seems to consist solely of her bossing him around, and he doesn't seem to have any reaction to [[spoiler:her death]] nor does he bring her up at any other point in the series.
* HenpeckedHusband: In ''Mill'', his wife demands multiple items that he must provide in order to proceed.
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An old woman who lives in The Mill that processes the cubes. Has some kind of relationship with Mr. Crow, as she's in a photo with his human guise. [[spoiler:She is killed by the Corrupted Soul that appears at the end of ''The Mill''.]]
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An old woman who lives in The Mill that processes the cubes. Has some kind of relationship with According to the Rusty Lake instagram, she is Mr. Crow, as she's in a photo with his human guise. Crow's wife.[[https://www.instagram.com/p/CGUypxuBWW8/?img_index=1]] [[spoiler:She is killed by the Corrupted Soul that appears at the end of ''The Mill''.]]
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Implied, her and Mr. Crow's relationship seems to consist solely of her bossing him around, and he doesn't seem to have any reaction to [[spoiler:her death]] nor does he bring her up at any other point in the series.
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!!Jakob Eilander
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty Lake Paradise''.
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty Lake Paradise''.
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!!Caroline Eilander
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
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* TheReliableOne: Despite witnessing his family's true intents, he returns to take care of them and the island.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Caroline Eilander
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
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!!Caroline Eilander
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
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The Woman's pet parrot. Playable in ''Harvey's Box'', ''Rusty Lake Hotel'', and ''Underground Blossom''.
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The receptionist of the Rusty Lake Hotel. Playable in ''The Mill'' and ''The Cave''.
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The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake Hotel.
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** Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] [[CainAndAbel after murdering her and his brother]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
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** Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] [[CainAndAbel after murdering her and his brother]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, life [[HumanSacrifice by finding three timepieces with Frank and Leonard and then sacrificing them and her cousins to the literal family tree]], as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
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** Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
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** Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] [[CainAndAbel after murdering her and his brother]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
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* TheGhost: Aldous and William Vanderboom must of had another sibling, the parent of James. They are never mentioned.
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* TheGhost: Aldous and William Vanderboom must of have had another sibling, the parent of James. They are never mentioned.
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
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* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..Parent}}s.
**Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
* TheGhost: Aldous and William Vanderboom must of had another sibling, the parent of James. They are never mentioned.
**Brothers and ImmortalitySeeker alchemists Aldous and William Vanderboom have a nephew James. James marries Mary, and they have three children: Emma, Samuel, and Albert. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext Emma gets impregnated by a magical flower]] [[TrulySingleParent and has a son named Frank]]. Samuel marries Ida Reiziger, a [[MagicalRomani traveling fortune-teller]] and they have a son named Leonard. Albert [[SiblingTriangle falls in love with his sister-in-law and steals one of Ida's eggs]] to make his daughter Rose through alchemy. Rose communicates with her great-great-uncle William through a Ouija board and agrees to bring him back to life, as a [[TrulySingleParent reincarnation in her daughter Laura]].
* TheGhost: Aldous and William Vanderboom must of had another sibling, the parent of James. They are never mentioned.
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A mentally ill woman, who is heavily tied to the mysteries of Rusty Lake. Protagonist of ''The Lake'', ''Seasons'', and ([[{{Reincarnation}} technically]]) the remake of ''Samsara Room''. The daughter of Rose Vanderboom, granddaughter to Albert Vanderboom (and technically Ida Vanderboom), great-granddaughter to James and Mary Vanderboom, and the {{Reincarnation}} of her great-great-uncle William Vanderboom, the other one of which is Aldous Vanderboom/[[spoiler:Mr. Crow]]. [[BigScrewedUpFamily Whew.]]
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A mentally ill woman, who is heavily tied to the mysteries of Rusty Lake. Protagonist of ''The Lake'', ''Seasons'', and ([[{{Reincarnation}} technically]]) the remake of ''Samsara Room''. The daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom, Vanderboom]], granddaughter to Albert Vanderboom (and technically Ida Vanderboom), great-granddaughter to James and Mary Vanderboom, and the {{Reincarnation}} of her great-great-uncle William Vanderboom, the other one of which is Aldous Vanderboom/[[spoiler:Mr. Crow]]. [[BigScrewedUpFamily Whew.]]
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A mentally ill woman, who is heavily tied to the mysteries of Rusty Lake. Protagonist of ''The Lake'', ''Seasons'', and ([[{{Reincarnation}} technically]]) the remake of ''Samsara Room''.
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A mentally ill woman, who is heavily tied to the mysteries of Rusty Lake. Protagonist of ''The Lake'', ''Seasons'', and ([[{{Reincarnation}} technically]]) the remake of ''Samsara Room''. The daughter of Rose Vanderboom, granddaughter to Albert Vanderboom (and technically Ida Vanderboom), great-granddaughter to James and Mary Vanderboom, and the {{Reincarnation}} of her great-great-uncle William Vanderboom, the other one of which is Aldous Vanderboom/[[spoiler:Mr. Crow]]. [[BigScrewedUpFamily Whew.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[Spoiler: Is revealed to be the daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom]], and her mother's disappearance with a deer-skull-wearing Corrupted Soul when Laura was just a young girl was a major catalyst for the issues she faces later in life - including becoming a Corrupted Soul herself.]]
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* ParentalAbandonment: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Is revealed to be the daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom]], and her mother's disappearance with a deer-skull-wearing Corrupted Soul when Laura was just a young girl was a major catalyst for the issues she faces later in life - including becoming a Corrupted Soul herself.]]
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!!Vincent Van Gogh
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh in ''Cube Escape: Arles'']]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
The famed painter. Protagonist of ''Arles''.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
The famed painter. Protagonist of ''Arles''.
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* BoomHeadshot: A self-inflicted one. [[RecursiveReality After journeying through his own severed ear, and arriving back at his house in Arles at the other end]], looking in the mirror again reveals his having turned into a Corrupted Soul. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext You must then make Van Gogh shoot his Corrupted Soul in the head to get the white cube which will unlock the front door]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[ForegoneConclusion Of course]]. [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Or not.]] [[TheEndOrIsIt Maybe]].]]
* EarAche: Cuts off his own ear with a knife.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Based on the real-life famed painter.
!!Harvey
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[[caption-width-right:278:Harvey in his bird form, ''Cube Escape: Paradox'']]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''Harvey’s Box'' (POV), ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'' (POV), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (Easter egg), ''The White Door'' (Easter egg), ''Underground Blossom''
The Woman's pet parrot. Playable in ''Harvey's Box'', ''Rusty Lake Hotel'', and ''Underground Blossom''.
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[ForegoneConclusion Of course]]. [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Or not.]] [[TheEndOrIsIt Maybe]].]]
* EarAche: Cuts off his own ear with a knife.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Based on the real-life famed painter.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''Harvey’s Box'' (POV), ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'' (POV), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (Easter egg), ''The White Door'' (Easter egg), ''Underground Blossom''
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!!Jakob Eilander
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty Lake Paradise''.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
-> '''Appearances:''' ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake
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* TheReliableOne: Despite witnessing his family's true intents, he returns to take care of them and the island.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Robert "Bob" Hill
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'', ''Theatre'', ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The Woman's ex-lover. First seen in ''Case 23'' and ''Theatre'', and the protagonist of ''The White Door''.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Robert "Bob" Hill
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'', ''Theatre'', ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The Woman's ex-lover. First seen in ''Case 23'' and ''Theatre'', and the protagonist of ''The White Door''.
to:
* TheReliableOne: Despite witnessing AnimalisticAbomination: Partly this, partly Humanoid.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not sure just how bad he really is, but since [[spoiler:he and Mr. Crow have been sacrificing humans regularly]], he's not capital-G "Good".
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Partly this, partly Animalistic.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is hisfamily's true intents, he returns only goal or not isn't clear yet.
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems totake care of them have worked out just peachy for him, it's very unlikely his family intended this.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presence andthe island.
words always hint that ''something'' is about to happen...
*SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Robert "Bob" Hill
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
* TheReveal: The ending of ''Paradise'' finally establishes his original identity. [[spoiler:It's Jakob Eilander, that game's protagonist]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
!!Mr. Bat
->'''Appearances:'''''Case 23'', ''Theatre'', ''The White Door'', Cave'' (animal form), ''Paradox'' (Golden Cube ending), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Underground Blossom''
TheWoman's ex-lover. First seen in ''Case 23'' and ''Theatre'', and the protagonist bellboy of ''The White Door''. Rusty Lake Hotel.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not sure just how bad he really is, but since [[spoiler:he and Mr. Crow have been sacrificing humans regularly]], he's not capital-G "Good".
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Partly this, partly Animalistic.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is his
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems to
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presence and
*
!!Robert "Bob" Hill
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
* TheReveal: The ending of ''Paradise'' finally establishes his original identity. [[spoiler:It's Jakob Eilander, that game's protagonist]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
!!Mr. Bat
->'''Appearances:'''
The
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* AscendedExtra: ''The White Door'' greatly elaborates on his story, including how he ended up at the police station and the theater, why he [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide shoots himself]]]], and [[MindScrew what happens to him afterwards]].
* BeardOfSorrow: Has one in ''Theatre''.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:''Theatre'' has Dale find a gun and give it to him, at which point he shoots himself. However, as we see in ''The White Door'', [[MindScrew it doesn't quite take]].]]
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Theatre'', he is the man at the bar that only cares about getting drinks.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance is in ''Case 23'', where he's seen in the police station outside Dale's window; he later becomes a Corrupted Soul and kills the police officer. It's not until ''Theatre'' that we learn who he is, and it's not until ''The White Door'' that we get his side of the story (including the fact that he was there because [[spoiler:he was being interrogated by the police, who suspected him of killing Laura]]).
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He has a donut every day for breakfast at the White Door, and orders one at the Owl's Nest Cafe.
!!Sarah White
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Hill
->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
A nurse employed at the White Door, a mental health facility that is overseeing Bob. She's briefly playable at the end of ''The White Door''.
* BeardOfSorrow: Has one in ''Theatre''.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:''Theatre'' has Dale find a gun and give it to him, at which point he shoots himself. However, as we see in ''The White Door'', [[MindScrew it doesn't quite take]].]]
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Theatre'', he is the man at the bar that only cares about getting drinks.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance is in ''Case 23'', where he's seen in the police station outside Dale's window; he later becomes a Corrupted Soul and kills the police officer. It's not until ''Theatre'' that we learn who he is, and it's not until ''The White Door'' that we get his side of the story (including the fact that he was there because [[spoiler:he was being interrogated by the police, who suspected him of killing Laura]]).
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He has a donut every day for breakfast at the White Door, and orders one at the Owl's Nest Cafe.
!!Sarah White
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Hill
->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
A nurse employed at the White Door, a mental health facility that is overseeing Bob. She's briefly playable at the end of ''The White Door''.
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* BeardOfSorrow: Has one
*
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Theatre'', he is the man at the bar that only cares about getting drinks.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance is in ''Case 23'', where he's seen in the police station outside Dale's window; he later becomes a Corrupted Soul and kills the police officer. It's not until ''Theatre'' that we learn who he is, and it's not until ''The White Door'' that we get his side of the story (including the fact that he was there because [[spoiler:he was being interrogated by the police, who suspected him of killing Laura]]).
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He has a donut every day for breakfast at the White Door, and orders one at the Owl's Nest Cafe.
!!Sarah White
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Hill
!!Mr. Toad
->'''Appearances:'''
A nurse employed at the White Door, a mental health facility that is overseeing Bob. She's briefly playable at the end
The chef of
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The end of ''The White Door'' switches to her perspective after playing the majority of the game as Bob.
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (as a silhouette, remake only), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom''
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William. Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (as a silhouette, remake only), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom''
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William. Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The end of ''The White Door'' switches to her perspective after playing the majority of the BitCharacter: He's just in one game as Bob.
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
the chef.
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:'''''Samsara Room'' ''Case 23'' (as a silhouette, remake only), Corrupted Soul), ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom''
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William. Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:'''
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William. Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to restore Albert to life.
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* ArtificialHuman: Technically, as she was created by Albert through alchemy.
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black, and she robs her family's graves to assemble a single skeleton from their bones and acquire a timepiece. Even when she appears benevolent and rescues Frank from the well, it's just to complete the ritual to return William to life.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completes the ritual.]]
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Though she shares Albert's interest in the occult, she doesn't seem to be on board with his evil schemes. [[spoiler:She is, however, onboard with William's, rescuing Frank from the well Albert trapped him in only to sacrifice him later.]]
* SeeksAnothersResurrection:
** The climax of ''Rusty Lake Roots'' has her [[spoiler:sacrifice the rest of her remaining family]] in order to complete William Vanderboom's reincarnation.
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Vanderboom family. [[spoiler:Excluding her great-great-uncle's reincarnation (and subsequent soul corruption) and her other great-great-uncle's ascension. And, as of the end of ''The Past Within'', whether or not Rose is technically alive is ambiguous.]]
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into a blossoming tree in Rusty Lake, where time doesn't exist, in order to escape the time loop she caused trying to resurrect Albert.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
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[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
!!Mr. Owl
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cubeescapemrowl.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
-> '''Appearances:''' ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake Hotel.
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black, and she robs her family's graves to assemble a single skeleton from their bones and acquire a timepiece. Even when she appears benevolent and rescues Frank from the well, it's just to complete the ritual to return William to life.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completes the ritual.]]
* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Though she shares Albert's interest in the occult, she doesn't seem to be on board with his evil schemes. [[spoiler:She is, however, onboard with William's, rescuing Frank from the well Albert trapped him in only to sacrifice him later.]]
* SeeksAnothersResurrection:
** The climax of ''Rusty Lake Roots'' has her [[spoiler:sacrifice the rest of her remaining family]] in order to complete William Vanderboom's reincarnation.
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Vanderboom family. [[spoiler:Excluding her great-great-uncle's reincarnation (and subsequent soul corruption) and her other great-great-uncle's ascension. And, as of the end of ''The Past Within'', whether or not Rose is technically alive is ambiguous.]]
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into a blossoming tree in Rusty Lake, where time doesn't exist, in order to escape the time loop she caused trying to resurrect Albert.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
!!Mr. Owl
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->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
-> '''Appearances:''' ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake Hotel.
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* ArtificialHuman: Technically, as she DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was created by Albert through alchemy.
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black,Nicholas Eilander who was responsible for sacrificing Caroline and she robs her family's graves Jakob to assemble a single skeleton from their bones and acquire a timepiece. Even when she appears benevolent and rescues Frank from the well, it's just to complete lake. In ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', he becomes the ritual very first person to return William to life.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completesbe sacrificed for the ritual.meals.]]
*MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Though she shares Albert's interest TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Nicholas Eilander in the occult, she doesn't seem to be on board with his evil schemes. [[spoiler:She is, however, onboard with William's, rescuing Frank from the well Albert trapped him in only to sacrifice him later.]]
* SeeksAnothersResurrection:
** The climax of''Rusty Lake Roots'' has her [[spoiler:sacrifice the rest of her remaining family]] in order to complete William Vanderboom's reincarnation.
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Vanderboom family. [[spoiler:Excluding her great-great-uncle's reincarnation (and subsequent soul corruption) and her other great-great-uncle's ascension. And, as of the end of ''The Past Within'', whether or not Rose is technically alive is ambiguous.]]
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into a blossoming tree in Rusty Lake, where time doesn't exist, in order to escape the time loop she caused trying to resurrect Albert.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Mr.Owl
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cubeescapemrowl.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
-> '''Appearances:'''Boar
->'''Appearances:''' ''TheMill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake Hotel.(animal form, Easter egg)
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black,
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completes
*
* SeeksAnothersResurrection:
** The climax of
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
* SoleSurvivor: Of the Vanderboom family. [[spoiler:Excluding her great-great-uncle's reincarnation (and subsequent soul corruption) and her other great-great-uncle's ascension. And, as of the end of ''The Past Within'', whether or not Rose is technically alive is ambiguous.]]
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into a blossoming tree in Rusty Lake, where time doesn't exist, in order to escape the time loop she caused trying to resurrect Albert.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Rusty Lake Hotel]]
!!Mr.
[[quoteright:206:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cubeescapemrowl.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
-> '''Appearances:'''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The
The owner and proprietor of Rusty Lake Hotel.
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* AnimalisticAbomination: Partly this, partly Humanoid.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not sure just how bad he really is, but since [[spoiler:he and Mr. Crow have been sacrificing humans regularly]], he's not capital-G "Good".
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Partly this, partly Animalistic.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is his only goal or not isn't clear yet.
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems to have worked out just peachy for him, it's very unlikely his family intended this.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presence and words always hint that ''something'' is about to happen...
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
* TheReveal: The ending of ''Paradise'' finally establishes his original identity. [[spoiler:It's Jakob Eilander, that game's protagonist]].
!!Mr. Bat
The bellboy of Rusty Lake Hotel.
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (animal form), ''Paradox'' (Golden Cube ending), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Underground Blossom''
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Not sure just how bad he really is, but since [[spoiler:he and Mr. Crow have been sacrificing humans regularly]], he's not capital-G "Good".
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].]]
* HumanoidAbomination: Partly this, partly Animalistic.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is his only goal or not isn't clear yet.
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems to have worked out just peachy for him, it's very unlikely his family intended this.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presence and words always hint that ''something'' is about to happen...
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
* TheReveal: The ending of ''Paradise'' finally establishes his original identity. [[spoiler:It's Jakob Eilander, that game's protagonist]].
!!Mr. Bat
The bellboy of Rusty Lake Hotel.
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (animal form), ''Paradox'' (Golden Cube ending), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Underground Blossom''
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* AnimalisticAbomination: Partly this, partly Humanoid.
BigEater: His segment of ''Hotel'' has him constantly dining on sandwiches.
*AmbiguouslyEvil: Not sure just how bad DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he really is, but since [[spoiler:he and was Gerald Eilander who was a BigEater. He dies to be made into food, specifically as the last meal to be brought to Mr. Crow have been sacrificing humans regularly]], he's not capital-G "Good".
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].Owl.]]
*HumanoidAbomination: Partly this, partly Animalistic.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is his only goal or not isn't clear yet.
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems to have worked out just peachy for him, it's very unlikely his family intended this.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presenceTheHedonist: Constantly eats and words always hint that ''something'' is about addicted to happen...
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
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* TheReveal:The ending of ''Paradise'' finally establishes his original identity. [[spoiler:It's Jakob Eilander, that game's protagonist]].
!!Mr. Bat
The bellboy of Rusty Lake Hotel.
[[spoiler:He's Gerald Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Ms. Pheasant
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave''(animal form), ''Paradox'' (Golden Cube ending), (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Underground Blossom''''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
*
* CameBackWrong: Sort of. [[spoiler:Rather than being offered as a sacrifice to the lake, he got... [[HumanoidAbomination stronger]].
*
* ImmortalitySeeker: Whether this is his only goal or not isn't clear yet.
* GoneHorriblyRight[=/=][[GoneHorriblyWrong Wrong]]: [[spoiler:He didn't die as a result of being sacrificed. While this seems to have worked out just peachy for him, it's very unlikely his family intended this.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His appearance is ''never'' a good omen.
* OminousOwl: His presence
* PassingTheTorch: [[spoiler: In Chapter 2 of ''Cube Escape: Paradox'', he states that he wants Dale to gain enlightenment in order to inherit his duties.]]
* TheReveal:
!!Mr. Bat
The bellboy of Rusty Lake Hotel.
!!Ms. Pheasant
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave''
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
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* TheUnintelligible: Can screech like a bat, but never says any words.
!!Mr. Toad
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Hotel''
The chef of Rusty Lake Hotel.
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* BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
!!Mr. Toad
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Hotel''
The chef of Rusty Lake Hotel.
---
* BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
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* TheUnintelligible: Can screech like TheAtoner: A possible interpretation of her suicide. [[spoiler:Elizabeth Eilander could've been overwhelmed by guilt relating to her brother and mother's deaths and eventually couldn't take it anymore]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', she was Elizabeth Eilander who was blind and had accidentally cut off her uncle's ear. She dies in this game via abat, but never says any words.
photo-shoot of herself (pictures requiring sight to see) and possibly via suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Implied to have shot herself after the photos were completed.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Elizabeth Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Ms. Pheasant's dress is a shade of pale blue.
!!Mr.Toad
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Hotel''
The chef of Rusty Lake Hotel.
---
* BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a Corrupted Soul),Rabbit
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'', ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''(silhouette)(silhouette)
A stage magician who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', she was Elizabeth Eilander who was blind and had accidentally cut off her uncle's ear. She dies in this game via a
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Implied to have shot herself after the photos were completed.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Elizabeth Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Ms. Pheasant's dress is a shade of pale blue.
!!Mr.
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Hotel''
The chef of Rusty Lake Hotel.
---
* BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
!!Mr. Deer
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a Corrupted Soul),
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'', ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
A stage magician who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Nicholas Eilander who was responsible for sacrificing Caroline and Jakob to the lake. In ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', he becomes the very first person to be sacrificed for the meals.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Nicholas Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Mr. Boar
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (animal form, Easter egg)
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Nicholas Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Mr. Boar
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (animal form, Easter egg)
to:
* ApologeticAttacker: In ''Cube Escape: Birthday'', [[spoiler:he's the corrupted soul that attacks and kills Dale's parents and grandpa]]. He asks for forgiveness in a letter left behind.
* DeathByIrony:[[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Nicholas [[spoiler:Being David Eilander who got trapped as a fly and as a human popsicle, he dies by a magic trick gone horribly wrong that was responsible for sacrificing Caroline and Jakob to the lake. In ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', he becomes the very first person supposed to be sacrificed for safe: him trapped in a magician's sword box and impaled by all the meals.swords.]]
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He'sNicholas David Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Mr. Boar
]]
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricks is making a playing card appear from behind his own ear.
!!Mrs. Pigeon
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''(silhouette), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (animal form, Easter egg)(silhouette)
* DeathByIrony:
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's
!!Mr. Boar
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricks is making a playing card appear from behind his own ear.
!!Mrs. Pigeon
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
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* BigEater: His segment of ''Hotel'' has him constantly dining on sandwiches.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Gerald Eilander who was a BigEater. He dies to be made into food, specifically as the last meal to be brought to Mr. Owl.]]
* TheHedonist: Constantly eats and is addicted to opium
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Gerald Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Ms. Pheasant
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Gerald Eilander who was a BigEater. He dies to be made into food, specifically as the last meal to be brought to Mr. Owl.]]
* TheHedonist: Constantly eats and is addicted to opium
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's Gerald Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Ms. Pheasant
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
to:
* BigEater: His segment of ''Hotel'' has him constantly dining on sandwiches.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Gerald Eilander who wasDeadlyBath: [[spoiler:Is electrocuted while taking a BigEater. He dies to be made into food, specifically as the last meal to be brought to Mr. Owl.bath.]]
*TheHedonist: Constantly eats DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', Margaret relied on Jakob's help to take care of things. In Hotel, she's betrayed by her assistant/victim and is addicted to opium
killed by the electrical equipment she has around her bathtub.]]
* TheReveal:[[spoiler:He's Gerald [[spoiler:She's Margaret Eilander in from ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
!!Ms. Pheasant
]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:'''''The Cave'' ''Samsara Room'' (as a Corrupted Soul), silhouette, remake only), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A modelRoots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom''
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William [[spoiler: into her daughter Laura]]. Great-great-niece of Aldous/[[spoiler: Mr Crow]], granddaughter of James andactress who decided Mary, niece of Emma and Samuel, cousin of Frank, [[BigScrewedUpFamily and the niece/daughter of Ida and cousin/half-sister of Leonard.]] Originally one of the various Vanderbooms playable in ''Roots'', she's the focal character of ''The Past Within'', working with "someone trustworthy" existing in a future era to head restore Albert to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.life.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', he was Gerald Eilander who was
*
* TheReveal:
!!Ms. Pheasant
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!Rose Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_rose_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:'''
A model
Albert's daughter, who completes the ritual to reincarnate her great-great-uncle William [[spoiler: into her daughter Laura]]. Great-great-niece of Aldous/[[spoiler: Mr Crow]], granddaughter of James and
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* TheAtoner: A possible interpretation of her suicide. [[spoiler:Elizabeth Eilander could've been overwhelmed by guilt relating to her brother and mother's deaths and eventually couldn't take it anymore]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', she was Elizabeth Eilander who was blind and had accidentally cut off her uncle's ear. She dies in this game via a photo-shoot of herself (pictures requiring sight to see) and possibly via suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Implied to have shot herself after the photos were completed.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Elizabeth Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Ms. Pheasant's dress is a shade of pale blue.
!!Mr. Rabbit
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'', ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A stage magician who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', she was Elizabeth Eilander who was blind and had accidentally cut off her uncle's ear. She dies in this game via a photo-shoot of herself (pictures requiring sight to see) and possibly via suicide.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Implied to have shot herself after the photos were completed.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Elizabeth Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* TrueBlueFemininity: Ms. Pheasant's dress is a shade of pale blue.
!!Mr. Rabbit
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'', ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A stage magician who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
to:
* TheAtoner: A possible interpretation of her suicide. [[spoiler:Elizabeth Eilander could've been overwhelmed by guilt relating to her brother and mother's deaths and eventually couldn't take it anymore]].
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'',ArtificialHuman: Technically, as she was Elizabeth Eilander who was blind created by Albert through alchemy.
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black, andhad accidentally cut off she robs her uncle's ear. She dies in this game via a photo-shoot of herself (pictures requiring sight family's graves to see) assemble a single skeleton from their bones and possibly via suicide.acquire a timepiece. Even when she appears benevolent and rescues Frank from the well, it's just to complete the ritual to return William to life.
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completes the ritual.]]
*DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Implied to have shot herself after MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Though she shares Albert's interest in the photos were completed.occult, she doesn't seem to be on board with his evil schemes. [[spoiler:She is, however, onboard with William's, rescuing Frank from the well Albert trapped him in only to sacrifice him later.]]
*TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Elizabeth Eilander in SeeksAnothersResurrection:
** The climax of ''RustyLake: Paradise''.Lake Roots'' has her [[spoiler:sacrifice the rest of her remaining family]] in order to complete William Vanderboom's reincarnation.
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
*TrueBlueFemininity: Ms. Pheasant's dress is a shade SoleSurvivor: Of the Vanderboom family. [[spoiler:Excluding her great-great-uncle's reincarnation (and subsequent soul corruption) and her other great-great-uncle's ascension. And, as of pale blue.
!!Mr. Rabbit
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'',the end of ''The Cave'' (as Past Within'', whether or not Rose is technically alive is ambiguous.]]
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into aCorrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', blossoming tree in Rusty Lake, where time doesn't exist, in order to escape the time loop she caused trying to resurrect Albert.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
!!William Vanderboom
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', ''Rusty Lake:Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A stage magician who decidedRoots''
James' uncle. Dies while trying tohead ingest an elixir of eternal life, but his Corrupted Soul plots to Rusty Lake Hotel resurrect himself using his relatives as a guest.sacrifices.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'',
* CreepyChild: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is as a young girl using a Ouija board, aside from one scene she is always dressed in all black, and
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:Frank and Leonard are a ''lot'' less willing to help revive William than she is, ending up trapped in tree roots when she completes the ritual.]]
*
*
** The climax of ''Rusty
** In ''The Past Within'', she's trying to return Albert to life. [[spoiler:And she succeeds, but only by manipulating the Cubes to create a paradox, which results in her {{transflormation}} in order to break free.]]
*
!!Mr. Rabbit
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'',
* TarotMotifs: Ida's deck of tarot card depicts her as [[spoiler:The Empress]].
* {{Transflormation}}: [[spoiler:The end of ''The Past Within'' has her past and future selves merge into a
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: At the age of 10, she used a Ouija board to communicate with her deceased great-great-uncle.
* TrulySingleParent: [[spoiler:She raises Laura, William's reincarnation, on her own.]]
!!William Vanderboom
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', ''Rusty Lake:
A stage magician who decided
James' uncle. Dies while trying to
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* ApologeticAttacker: In ''Cube Escape: Birthday'', [[spoiler:he's the corrupted soul that attacks and kills Dale's parents and grandpa]]. He asks for forgiveness in a letter left behind.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Being David Eilander who got trapped as a fly and as a human popsicle, he dies by a magic trick gone horribly wrong that was supposed to be safe: him trapped in a magician's sword box and impaled by all the swords.]]
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's David Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricks is making a playing card appear from behind his own ear.
!!Mrs. Pigeon
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Being David Eilander who got trapped as a fly and as a human popsicle, he dies by a magic trick gone horribly wrong that was supposed to be safe: him trapped in a magician's sword box and impaled by all the swords.]]
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's David Eilander in ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricks is making a playing card appear from behind his own ear.
!!Mrs. Pigeon
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
to:
* ApologeticAttacker: In ''Cube Escape: Birthday'', [[spoiler:he's the corrupted soul ImmortalitySeeker: The cause of his demise was an elixir that attacks and kills Dale's parents and grandpa]]. He asks for forgiveness could cause it, but could also cause instant death.
* PosthumousCharacter: His death is the reason why James inherits his house, though he is playable at the very end of ''Roots'' in aletter left behind.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Being David Eilander who got trapped as a fly and as a human popsicle, he dies by a magic trick gone horribly wrongsequence that was supposed to be safe: him trapped in a magician's sword box and impaled by all depicts how it happened.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Following theswords.]]
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being awareevents of the future, resulting in Rabbit himself being wounded and running away.]]
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's David Eilander in''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricksRoots'', he is making a playing card appear from behind his own ear.
!!Mrs. Pigeon
reincarnated as [[spoiler:Laura Vanderboom]].
!!Aldous Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_aldous_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:'''''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)see [[spoiler: Mr. Crow's appearances]]
William's brother.
* PosthumousCharacter: His death is the reason why James inherits his house, though he is playable at the very end of ''Roots'' in a
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Being David Eilander who got trapped as a fly and as a human popsicle, he dies by a magic trick gone horribly wrong
* {{Reincarnation}}: Following the
* DisappearingBox: He starts outside the box, but appears inside it when you unlock it. After a few switches around, it finally ends by collecting a few swords, and him moving to another magic trick.
* MuggingTheMonster: In ''Birthday'' [[spoiler: altered timeline, he still attempts to kill Dale's family, but [[LittleDidIKnow little did he know]] that Dale gave grandpa a pistol due to being aware
* PullARabbitOutOfMyHat: After the flower puzzle, he pulls his head in to have his head reappear from the hat.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:He's David Eilander in
* StageMagician: His occupation in ''Hotel'' and ''Birthday''.
* WhatHaveWeEar: One of his tricks
!!Mrs. Pigeon
!!Aldous Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_aldous_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:'''
William's brother.
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* DeadlyBath: [[spoiler:Is electrocuted while taking a bath.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', Margaret relied on Jakob's help to take care of things. In Hotel, she's betrayed by her assistant/victim and killed by the electrical equipment she has around her bathtub.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Margaret Eilander from ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!William Vanderboom
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
James' uncle. Dies while trying to ingest an elixir of eternal life, but his Corrupted Soul plots to resurrect himself using his relatives as sacrifices.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'', Margaret relied on Jakob's help to take care of things. In Hotel, she's betrayed by her assistant/victim and killed by the electrical equipment she has around her bathtub.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Margaret Eilander from ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!William Vanderboom
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
James' uncle. Dies while trying to ingest an elixir of eternal life, but his Corrupted Soul plots to resurrect himself using his relatives as sacrifices.
to:
* DeadlyBath: [[spoiler:Is electrocuted while taking a bath.]]
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:InTheReveal: The final playable segment of ''Roots'', unlocked after completing the main story and uncovering ten additional secrets, shows that he [[spoiler:became Mr. Crow after ingesting the elixir of eternal life made with William's help]].
!!James Vanderboom
The first playable character of ''Rusty Lake:Paradise'', Margaret relied on Jakob's help to take care of things. In Hotel, she's betrayed by her assistant/victim and killed by Roots'', who inherits his uncle's home after the electrical equipment she has around her bathtub.]]
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Margaret Eilander from ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!William Vanderboom
old man passes.
->'''Appearances:'''''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
James' uncle. Dies while trying to ingest an elixir of eternal life, but his Corrupted Soul plots to resurrect himself using his relatives as sacrifices.Roots''
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:In
!!James Vanderboom
The first playable character of ''Rusty Lake:
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:She's Margaret Eilander from ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Vanderboom Family]]
!!As A Whole
* BigScrewedUpFamily: Filled with murderers, {{Immortality Seeker}}s, and {{Truly Single Parent}}s..
* MeaningfulName: 'Vanderboom' is Dutch for 'Of the tree', and they are associated with a tree James plants.
!!William Vanderboom
->'''Appearances:'''
James' uncle. Dies while trying to ingest an elixir of eternal life, but his Corrupted Soul plots to resurrect himself using his relatives as sacrifices.
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* ImmortalitySeeker: The cause of his demise was an elixir that could cause it, but could also cause instant death.
* PosthumousCharacter: His death is the reason why James inherits his house, though he is playable at the very end of ''Roots'' in a sequence that depicts how it happened.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Following the events of ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', he is reincarnated as [[spoiler:Laura Vanderboom]].
!!Aldous Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_aldous_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:''' see [[spoiler: Mr. Crow's appearances]]
William's brother.
----
* TheReveal: The final playable segment of ''Roots'', unlocked after completing the main story and uncovering ten additional secrets, shows that he [[spoiler:became Mr. Crow after ingesting the elixir of eternal life made with William's help]].
!!James Vanderboom
The first playable character of ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', who inherits his uncle's home after the old man passes.
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
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* PosthumousCharacter: His death is the reason why James inherits his house, though he is playable at the very end of ''Roots'' in a sequence that depicts how it happened.
* {{Reincarnation}}: Following the events of ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', he is reincarnated as [[spoiler:Laura Vanderboom]].
!!Aldous Vanderboom
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cube_escape_aldous_vanderboom.png]]
->'''Appearances:''' see [[spoiler: Mr. Crow's appearances]]
William's brother.
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* TheReveal: The final playable segment of ''Roots'', unlocked after completing the main story and uncovering ten additional secrets, shows that he [[spoiler:became Mr. Crow after ingesting the elixir of eternal life made with William's help]].
!!James Vanderboom
The first playable character of ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', who inherits his uncle's home after the old man passes.
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
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!!Caroline Eilander
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
to:
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
* TheReliableOne: Despite witnessing his family's true intents, he returns to take care of them and the island.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Jakob Eilander
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty Lake Paradise''.
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* TheReliableOne: Despite witnessing his family's true intents, he returns to take care of them and the island.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Caroline Eilander
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Jakob Eilander
The first-born son of Nicholas and Caroline Eilander, sent away from the family island for protection, but asked to return after his mother's passing. Protagonist of ''Rusty Lake Paradise''.
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* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of the Eilanders, after the events of ''Hotel''.]]
!!Caroline Eilander
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
Jakob's mother. Dead at the start.
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!!Paul Gauguin
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
A friend of van Gogh.
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
A friend of van Gogh.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Bob Rafferty
->'''Appearances:'''
A friend
The Woman's ex-lover. First seen in ''Case 23'' and ''Theatre'', and the protagonist of
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was van Gogh's friend in real life.
!!The Newscaster
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.
!!The Newscaster
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He AscendedExtra: ''The White Door'' greatly elaborates on his story, including how he ended up at the police station and the theater, why he [[spoiler:[[DrivenToSuicide shoots himself]]]], and [[MindScrew what happens to him afterwards]].
* BeardOfSorrow: Has one in ''Theatre''.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:''Theatre'' has Dale find a gun and give it to him, at which point he shoots himself. However, as we see in ''The White Door'', [[MindScrew it doesn't quite take]].]]
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Theatre'', he is the man at the bar that only cares about getting drinks.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance is in ''Case 23'', where he's seen in the police station outside Dale's window; he later becomes a Corrupted Soul and kills the police officer. It's not until ''Theatre'' that we learn who he is, and it's not until ''The White Door'' that we get his side of the story (including the fact that he wasvan Gogh's friend there because [[spoiler:he was being interrogated by the police, who suspected him of killing Laura]]).
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He has a donut every day for breakfast at the White Door, and orders one at the Owl's Nest Cafe.
!!Vincent Van Gogh
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh inreal life.
!!The Newscaster
''Cube Escape: Arles'']]
->'''Appearances:'''''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.''Arles''
The famed painter. Protagonist of ''Arles''.
* BeardOfSorrow: Has one in ''Theatre''.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:''Theatre'' has Dale find a gun and give it to him, at which point he shoots himself. However, as we see in ''The White Door'', [[MindScrew it doesn't quite take]].]]
* DrowningMySorrows: In ''Theatre'', he is the man at the bar that only cares about getting drinks.
* EarlyBirdCameo: His first appearance is in ''Case 23'', where he's seen in the police station outside Dale's window; he later becomes a Corrupted Soul and kills the police officer. It's not until ''Theatre'' that we learn who he is, and it's not until ''The White Door'' that we get his side of the story (including the fact that he was
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He has a donut every day for breakfast at the White Door, and orders one at the Owl's Nest Cafe.
!!Vincent Van Gogh
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh in
!!The Newscaster
->'''Appearances:'''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.
The famed painter. Protagonist of ''Arles''.
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* BoomHeadshot: A self-inflicted one. [[RecursiveReality After journeying through his own severed ear, and arriving back at his house in Arles at the other end]], looking in the mirror again reveals his having turned into a Corrupted Soul. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext You must then make Van Gogh shoot his Corrupted Soul in the head to get the white cube which will unlock the front door]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[ForegoneConclusion Of course]]. [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Or not.]] [[TheEndOrIsIt Maybe]].]]
* EarAche: Cuts off his own ear with a knife.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Based on the real-life famed painter.
!!Sarah White
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Hill
->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
A nurse employed at the White Door, a mental health facility that is overseeing Bob. She's briefly playable at the end of ''The White Door''.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The end of ''The White Door'' switches to her perspective after playing the majority of the game as Bob.
!!Paul Gauguin
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
A friend of van Gogh.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was van Gogh's friend in real life.
!!The Newscaster
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.
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* BoomHeadshot: A self-inflicted one. [[RecursiveReality After journeying through his own severed ear, and arriving back at his house in Arles at the other end]], looking in the mirror again reveals his having turned into a Corrupted Soul. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext You must then make Van Gogh shoot his Corrupted Soul in the head to get the white cube which will unlock the front door]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[ForegoneConclusion Of course]]. [[spoiler:[[MindScrew Or not.]] [[TheEndOrIsIt Maybe]].]]
* EarAche: Cuts off his own ear with a knife.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Based on the real-life famed painter.
!!Sarah White
->'''Voiced by:''' Sara Hill
->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
A nurse employed at the White Door, a mental health facility that is overseeing Bob. She's briefly playable at the end of ''The White Door''.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The end of ''The White Door'' switches to her perspective after playing the majority of the game as Bob.
!!Paul Gauguin
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
A friend of van Gogh.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: He was van Gogh's friend in real life.
!!The Newscaster
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
A television news reporter who reports on the Woman's death, questioning whether it was suicide or homicide.
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*ParentalAbandonment: [[Spoiler: Is revealed to be the daughter of [[TrulySingleParent Rose Vanderboom]], and her mother's disappearance with a deer-skull-wearing Corrupted Soul when Laura was just a young girl was a major catalyst for the issues she faces later in life - including becoming a Corrupted Soul herself.]]
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The Woman's pet parrot. Playable in ''Harvey's Box'' and ''Rusty Lake Hotel''.
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* TheBusCameBack: Almost literally, though it’s a metro instead in ''Underground Blossom''. He make frequent returns to Laura’s life at different points throughout the years, and apparently masqueraded as her pet parrot for a number of them.
* CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot.
* CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot.
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* TheBusCameBack: Almost literally, though it’s a metro instead in ''Underground Blossom''. He make makes frequent returns to Laura’s life at different points throughout the years, and apparently masqueraded as her pet parrot for a number of them.
* CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr. \n Owl and Rusty Lake.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot. [[spoiler: ''Underground Blossom'' reveals that she knows he isn't.]]
*ElectiveUnintelligible: Apparently. Given that he understands what Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl say to him in ''Hotel'', and that he even writes nine-year-old Dale Vandermeer a birthday card in ''Birthday'', he apparently knows human language but still squawks like a normal parrot when in his bird form.
* CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr.
* TheDogIsAnAlien: Harvey is definitely not a normal animal, but spends some time as Laura's pet with her seemingly thinking that he's a regular parrot. [[spoiler: ''Underground Blossom'' reveals that she knows he isn't.]]
*ElectiveUnintelligible: Apparently. Given that he understands what Mr. Crow and Mr. Owl say to him in ''Hotel'', and that he even writes nine-year-old Dale Vandermeer a birthday card in ''Birthday'', he apparently knows human language but still squawks like a normal parrot when in his bird form.
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'', ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'' (as a voice), ''Harvey's Box'', ''Case 23'', ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'' (as a voice), ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (Easter egg), ''Underground Blossom''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'', ''Theatre'', ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (as a silhouette, remake only), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom''
-> '''Appearances:''' ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (as [[spoiler: Jakob Eilander]]), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (animal form), ''Paradox'' (Golden Cube ending), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Underground Blossom''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Hotel''
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*BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
*BitCharacter: He's just in one game as the chef.
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (animal form, Easter egg)
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A model who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
A model and actress who decided to head to Rusty Lake Hotel as a guest.
->'''Appearances''': ''Birthday'', ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (as a Corrupted Soul), ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'' (silhouette)
->'''Appearances:''' ''Samsara Room'' (POV, remake only), ''Seasons'', ''The Cave'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
->'''Appearances:''' see [[spoiler: Mr. Crow's appearances]]
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
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A travelling fortuneteller that married Samuel.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
A travelling fortuneteller that married Samuel. Mother of Leonard (as well as Rose, sort of).
A travelling fortuneteller that married Samuel. Mother of Leonard (as well as Rose, sort of).
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The Past Within'', ''Underground Blossom'' (as a Corrupted Soul)
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
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Samuel and Ida's son, who participates in World War I.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''The Cave'' (cameo), ''Rusty Lake: Roots''
Samuel and Ida's son, who participates in World War I. Both Rose's cousin and [[BigScrewedUpFamily half-brother]].
Samuel and Ida's son, who participates in World War I. Both Rose's cousin and [[BigScrewedUpFamily half-brother]].
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*NoPronunciationGuide: Their surname can be read as a homophone for "islander", making them a living case of ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin as they live on Paradise Island. However, voiceover in-game pronounces it "AY-lander".
'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'' (as a painting), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
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!!Gerald Eilander
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
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* BodyHorror: Boils and pussy eyes and open heart surgery, oh my!
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* BodyHorror: Boils and pussy pus-y eyes and open heart surgery, oh my!
->'''Appearances:''' ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Birthday'' (as [[spoiler: Mr. Rabbit]]), ''Paradox'' (voice only, as [[spoiler: Mr. Rabbit]]), ''Rusty Lake: Paradise''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The White Door''
->'''Appearances:''' ''Case 23'', ''Underground Blossom'' (cameo)
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*BitCharacter: Other than briefly showing up alongside Dale in their ''Underground Blossom'' cameo, his only other appearance is in part 2 of ''Case 23'', where his only action of note is getting murdered by the Corrupted Soul of Robert Hill.
*BitCharacter: Other than briefly showing up alongside Dale in their ''Underground Blossom'' cameo, his only other appearance is in part 2 of ''Case 23'', where his only action of note is getting murdered by the Corrupted Soul of Robert Hill.
->'''Appearances:''' ''The Mill''
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*BitCharacter: She only appears in ''The Mill'', holds an ambiguous relationship to Mr. Crow (or at least his human guise), and only helps solve the puzzles of the one game before being stabbed to death with her own knitting needles.
*BitCharacter: She only appears in ''The Mill'', holds an ambiguous relationship to Mr. Crow (or at least his human guise), and only helps solve the puzzles of the one game before being stabbed to death with her own knitting needles.
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->'''Appearances:''' ''The White Door''
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*SecretCharacter: They can only be accessed by playing the ARG on ''The White Door'''s official website.
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[[caption-width-right:278:Harvey in his bird form, ''Cube Escape: Paradox'']]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''Harvey’s Box'' (POV), ''The Mill'', ''Birthday'', ''Theatre'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Hotel'' (POV), ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''Rusty Lake: Paradise'' (Easter egg), ''The White Door'' (Easter egg), ''Underground Blossom''
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* TheBusCameBack
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*AnimationBump: Just like with Laura, his owner/friend, his appearance in ''Seasons'' differs vastly from his later appearances.
*BestFriend: His relationship to Laura is revealed to be closer to this than that of pet and owner.
*TheBusCameBackTheBusCameBack: Almost literally, though it’s a metro instead in ''Underground Blossom''. He make frequent returns to Laura’s life at different points throughout the years, and apparently masqueraded as her pet parrot for a number of them.
*CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr.
*BestFriend: His relationship to Laura is revealed to be closer to this than that of pet and owner.
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*CharacterDevelopment: From Laura’s pet parrot in ''Seasons'' to a (possibly immortal) servant of Mr.
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[[caption-width-right:719:Laura in ''Cube Escape: Paradox]]
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[[caption-width-right:719:Laura in ''Cube Escape: Paradox]]Paradox'']]
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh in ''Arles'']]
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh in ''Arles'']]
''Cube Escape: Arles'']]
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*BoomHeadshot: A self-inflicted one. [[RecursiveReality After journeying through his own severed ear, and arriving back at his house in Arles at the other end]], looking in the mirror again reveals his having turned into a Corrupted Soul. [[ItMakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext You must then make Van Gogh shoot his Corrupted Soul in the head to get the white cube which will unlock the front door]]
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*BigLippedAlligatorMoment: It’s not clear yet what, if anything, his game is meant to add to Rusty Lake’s plot.
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!!Vincent van Gogh
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!!Vincent
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[[caption-width-right:541: Van Gogh in ''Arles'']]
->'''Appearances:''' ''Arles''
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The Lake'' (POV), ''Case 23'', ''The Mill'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
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->'''Appearances:''' ''Seasons'', ''The Lake'' (POV), ''Case 23'', ''The Mill'', ''Theatre'', ''The Cave'', ''Paradox'', ''Rusty Lake: Roots'', Roots'' (as a baby), ''The White Door'', ''Underground Blossom''
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*CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being the arguably static victim [[spoiler: and POV character]] of ''Seasons'' to being a central character whose story is heavily connected to the lore of the series.
*CheerfulChild: Surprisingly, Laura was absolutely adorable and happy as a young girl. [[BreakTheCutie And then the wheels fell off.]]
*ContinuityCameo: One of the major threads that connects the games, in fact.
*CheerfulChild: Surprisingly, Laura was absolutely adorable and happy as a young girl. [[BreakTheCutie And then the wheels fell off.]]
*ContinuityCameo: One of the major threads that connects the games, in fact.
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*EarnYourHappyEnding: ''Boy howdy.'' Laura has not had it easy. She’s arguably one of the biggest {{Woobie}}s of the series, which is saying something when another character ''spends thirty years living in a well.'' [[spoiler: That she gets closure and a happy ending at the end of ''Underground Blossom'' will have many longtime fans smiling.]]
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*{{Leitmotif}}: The piano theme from ''Seasons''’s Summer 1971 part is the closest she has to one. It’s “Gymnopédie No. 1” by French composer Erik Satie.
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[[caption-width-right:719:Laura in ''Cube Escape: Paradox]]
[[caption-width-right:719:Laura in ''Cube Escape: Paradox]]
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*ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: The end of ''Underground Blossom'' has her give Harvey a variation of this, after he helps her Corrupted Soul to heal and come to terms with Rose’s disappearance, urging him to find his own path apart from her and Rusty Lake.]]
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*BreakTheCutie: ''Underground Blossom'' details Laura’s life leading up to [[spoiler: and beyond]] the events in the ''Cube Escape'' games. It’s not a particularly happy story.
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* AnimationBump: Compare Laura’s portrait in Seasons to her appearance in Underground Blossom.
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* AnimationBump: Compare Laura’s portrait in Seasons ''Seasons'' to her appearance in Underground Blossom.''Underground Blossom''.
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*AnimationBump: Compare Laura’s portrait in Seasons to her appearance in Underground Blossom.
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Bobby Briggs]].
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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Series/TwinPeaks Bobby Robert "Bobby" Briggs]].