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* AuthorVocabularyCalendar: The author has been making an active attempt to avert this by removing redundant instances of "a little", "a bit", "seem" and "look like".
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* ApologizesALot: Kroko, sometimes Dolly in a sadder mood. Most [[Egregious egregiously] done in Chapter 8, where he says "sorry" three times in the space of 139 words.
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* ApologizesALot: Kroko, sometimes Dolly in a sadder mood. Most [[Egregious egregiously] [[{{Egregious}} egregiously]] done in Chapter 8, where he says "sorry" three times in the space of 139 words.
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* ApologizesALot: Kroko, sometimes Dolly in a sadder mood. Most [[Egregious egregiously] done in Chapter 8, where he says "sorry" three times in the space of 139 words.
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* ThankTheMaker / OhMyGods!: Zigzagged. Usually the toys invoke God and Goddamn in the traditional way, but other times they say Steiff instead, in a reference to Steiff being the first company to create stuffed toys en masse. At one point, Dolly even says "For the love of Beanie Babies". Justified because, aside from Sly, none of the toys in canon really ''have'' a belief system.
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* MaxTrope: Dub's [[TheGhost unseen but oft-mentioned owner]], unnamed in canon, is here given the name of - well - [[CaptainObvious Max]].
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-->"[Kroko. Lilo. Dolly. Sly. There is little point in me beating about the bush: all of us (...) the majority of us have gained, for lack of a better word, superpowers.]"
-->Sly was the only one to vocalize a reaction: "[Awesome!]"
-->Sly was the only one to vocalize a reaction: "[Awesome!]"
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* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming]] are all Latin phrases, some more recognizable than others, that indicate the content within. (EG: ''A posse ad esse'' means 'from being able to being'.) Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
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* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming]] [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming are all Latin phrases, phrases]], some more recognizable than others, that indicate the content within. (EG: ''A posse ad esse'' means 'from being able to being'.) Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
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* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, are all Latin phrases, some more recognizable than others. Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
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* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, [[IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming]] are all Latin phrases, some more recognizable than others. others, that indicate the content within. (EG: ''A posse ad esse'' means 'from being able to being'.) Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly.[[PsychoElectro Sly]]. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]].
* GreyRainOfDepression: Taken very literally with Dolly, particularly in Chapter 5.
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* LivingToys
* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode Powers in the First Chapter]]
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* LivingToys
* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode PowersLivingToys: As in the First Chapter]]original, they oscillate between 3 and 4 on the sliding scale.
--> Very few shoppers noticed the toys, leading to a couple of narrow escapes from falling winter shoes, and those who did didn't speak to them.
* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode Powers
--> Very few shoppers noticed the toys, leading to a couple of narrow escapes from falling winter shoes, and those who did didn't speak to them.
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** Dolly: ElementalPowers [[BurningWithAnger based on emotional state]], at stage 3
** Sly: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] combined with SuperSpeedster, at stage 3
** Sly: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] combined with SuperSpeedster, at stage 3
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** Dolly: ElementalPowers [[BurningWithAnger [[EmpathicEnvironment based on emotional state]], at stage 3
** Sly: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] [[RideTheLightning combinedwith with]] SuperSpeedster, at stage 3
** Sly: [[ShockAndAwe Electricity]] [[RideTheLightning combined
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* ScheduleSlip: Chapter 11 has been a long time in coming...
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* CrashIntoHello: Implied.
--> A cry out as [Dolly] ended up crashing through the skid mark and into the toy opposite. "[Oops, sorry Kroko(...)]"
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* CrashIntoHello: Implied.
--> A cry out as [Dolly] ended up crashing throughDolly and Kroko's first interaction, and the skid mark and into first toy-toy interaction in the toy opposite. "[Oops, sorry Kroko(...)]"entire fic, begins with one of these. This is then echoed in Chapter 10. It should be noted that both of these are due to a weather-based influence.
--> A cry out as [Dolly] ended up crashing through
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* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things is name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[the "I WILL READ" scene in {{Fame}}.]]
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* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things is name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[the [[spoiler:the "I WILL READ" scene in {{Fame}}.]]
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** TheSmartGuy/TheBigGuy: Lilo
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** TheSmartGuy/TheBigGuy: TheSmartGuy and TheBigGuy: Lilo
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* ActualPacifist: If he's not already, Kroko is shaping up to be one of these.
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* ActualPacifist: If he's not already, While hinted at in previous chapters, Kroko is shaping up to be confirms himself as one of these.these in Chapter 10, to the point where he doesn't even want the ''primary antagonist'' to get hurt.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]]. Neologisms]].
* CrashIntoHello: Implied.
--> A cry out as [Dolly] ended up crashing through the skid mark and into the toy opposite. "[Oops, sorry Kroko(...)]"
* CrashIntoHello: Implied.
--> A cry out as [Dolly] ended up crashing through the skid mark and into the toy opposite. "[Oops, sorry Kroko(...)]"
* FiveManBand: While not entirely cohesive, properly established by now.
** TheLeader: Dolly, reluctantly.
** TheSmartGuy/TheBigGuy: Lilo
** TheLancer: Dub
** TheChick: Kroko
** TagalongKid: Sly, mentally speaking, albeit he doesn't get kidnapped
** TheLeader: Dolly, reluctantly.
** TheSmartGuy/TheBigGuy: Lilo
** TheLancer: Dub
** TheChick: Kroko
** TagalongKid: Sly, mentally speaking, albeit he doesn't get kidnapped
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* NameDrop: Of ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things.
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** Dub: N/A, at stage 1 [[spoiler:(actually the ability to [[TimeStandsStill pause time]])]]
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** Dub: N/A, at stage 1 [[spoiler:(actually the ability to [[TimeStandsStill pause time]])]]time]], making him a valuable SecretWeapon)]]
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* ShoutOut: While the original was rife with shout-outs to deep or otherwise psychological works, the author makes those in this more contemporary. In Chapter 9, ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things is name-dropped, and [[spoiler:the writingasm scene]] in Chapter 10 has shades of [[the "I WILL READ" scene in {{Fame}}.]]
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* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: Villainous variation. [[Spoiler:Dr Wood manages to drum up a large number of toys to side with him within a matter of five days. Justified, because in canon he has already been shown as very good at persuasion and charisma, and he is at the point of his therapy when that trait is even more enhanced.]]
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* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: Villainous variation. [[Spoiler:Dr [[spoiler:Dr Wood manages to drum up a large number of toys to side with him within a matter of five days. Justified, because in canon he has already been shown as very good at persuasion and charisma, and he is at the point of his therapy when that trait is even more enhanced.]]
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* NameDrop: Of ''{{Minesweeper}}'' of all things.
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* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: Not exactly this as of Chapter 7, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.]]
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* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: DatingCatwoman: Not exactly this as of Chapter 7, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.]]
* FantasticRecruitmentDrive: Villainous variation. [[Spoiler:Dr Wood manages to drum up a large number of toys to side with him within a matter of five days. Justified, because in canon he has already been shown as very good at persuasion and charisma, and he is at the point of his therapy when that trait is even more enhanced.]]
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** Kroko: {{Flight}}, at stage 5
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** Kroko: {{Flight}}, {{Flight}} and enhanced vision, at stage 5
* VillainEpisode: Dr Wood gets Chapter 9 to himself post-[[FaceHeelTurn Heel-Turn]].
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* VirtualSoundtrack: in the Music section of each chapter, since it's on LiveJournal.
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* VirtualSoundtrack: in the Music section of each chapter, since it's on LiveJournal.LiveJournal.
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kroko gets this feeling most of time, since his flight is a minor advantage compared to the others. [[spoiler:So does Dub, at least once.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The closest trope that comes to describing one of the techniques Wood wants to perfect. One of his long-term goals is to combine this with an inverted LotusEaterMachine.]]
* WhatKindOfLamePowerIsHeartAnyway: Kroko gets this feeling most of time, since his flight is a minor advantage compared to the others. [[spoiler:So does Dub, at least once.]]
* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The closest trope that comes to describing one of the techniques Wood wants to perfect. One of his long-term goals is to combine this with an inverted LotusEaterMachine.]]
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* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: Not exactly this as of the latest update, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.]]
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* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: Not exactly this as of the latest update, Chapter 7, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.]]
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* ActualPacifist: If he's not already, Kroko is shaping up to be one of these.
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* {{Trigger}}: Dolly carries over her adverse reaction to dog bones, and fear of dogs in general, from the original canon. This has both hindered and helped the team over the course of the fic.
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* {{Trigger}}: Dolly carries over her adverse reaction to dog bones, and fear of dogs in general, from the original canon. This has Kroko's aquaphobia also shows signs of this. These have both hindered and helped the team over the course of the fic.
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* AnAssKickingChristmas: Played with. The story starts "literally three days until Christmas", but only Dr Wood knows this. The other patients have [[TimeDissonance very little concept of time passing]], and no reliable clocks [[spoiler:once they are forced to leave the asylum]], relying on the sun setting and other visual cues just to figure out whether it's morning, afternoon or night. Nonetheless, the prose attempts to make clear that the two first fight scenes between hero and villain sides occur on Christmas Day, four hours apart.
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** Dr Wood: [[spoiler:RealityWarper, [[spoiler:MasterOfIllusion, at stage 4]]
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[Neologism Neologisms]].
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given thought disorder is one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in [[Neologism [[{{Neologism}} Neologisms]].
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* HypocriticalHumor:
--> "[What's up with your eyes? They're wide and size-changing. It's creepy,]" said the snake with the constantly dilating and constricting pupils.
--> "[What's up with your eyes? They're wide and size-changing. It's creepy,]" said the snake with the constantly dilating and constricting pupils.
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given his thought disorder is given more scope here.
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: As of the most recent update.]]
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: As of the most recent update.]]
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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given his thought disorder is given more scope here.one of the expanded symptoms of his condition. Specializes in {{Neologisms}}.
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman:As Not exactly this as of the most recent update.latest update, but more textual than FoeRomanceSubtext too.]]
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* PersonalityPowers: Sort of. The powers the toys gain reflect the therapeutic state they were in at the time of receiving them.
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* PersonalityPowers: Sort of. The powers the toys gain reflect the therapeutic state they were in at the time of receiving them.them, but the discoveries of these powers serve as each's EstablishingCharacterMoment.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given his thought disorder is given more scope here.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given his thought disorder is given more scope here.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: Sly. Downplayed and justified, given his thought disorder is given more scope here.
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: As of the most recent update.]]
* [[spoiler:DatingCatwoman: As of the most recent update.]]
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* TranslationConvention: The author took the original game's German origins and ran with it, setting the game in Germany and making the vast majority of the characters German speakers as a result. All German dialogue is rendered with square brackets around it since...
** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly also speak English. This is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.
** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly also speak English. This is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.
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* SwitchingPOV: Most chapters have a single POV character, but there are some where the switching is in within the chapter. [[spoiler:For Dolly, this is a plot point.]]
* TranslationConvention: The author took the original game's German origins and ran with it, setting the gamein Germany near Sassnitz and making the vast majority of the characters German speakers as a result. All German dialogue is rendered with square brackets around it, to help distinguish it since...
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** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood andDolly also speak English. This Dolly's English dialogue. This, and their speaking it at all, is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.
* TranslationConvention: The author took the original game's German origins and ran with it, setting the game
** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and
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** Dolly: ElementalPowers mixed with EmotionControl, at stage 3
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** Dolly: ElementalPowers mixed with EmotionControl, [[BurningWithAnger based on emotional state]], at stage 3
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Dolly has a [[FunetikAksent Scottish accent]] when not speaking German.
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* ViolentGlaswegian: Dolly has a [[FunetikAksent Scottish accent]] when not speaking German.German.
* VirtualSoundtrack: in the Music section of each chapter, since it's on LiveJournal.
* VirtualSoundtrack: in the Music section of each chapter, since it's on LiveJournal.
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* ScamReligion: [[As in canon, from Chapter 5 onward.]]
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* ScamReligion: [[As [[spoiler:As in canon, from Chapter 5 onward.]]
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* DysfunctionJunction: A small group of mentally ill toys ''with superpowers''? Hmm.
* LiteralMinded: Kroko, as in canon.
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* ScamReligion: [[As in canon, from Chapter 5 onward.]]
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''A Posse Ad Esse'' is an AlternateUniverseFic for obscure web game DieAnstalt. Specifically, an AU where the six main characters all gain superpowers. Considering these characters are all disabled cuddly toys (five patients and a doctor, to be exact), the inevitable result is conflict, confusion and a different kind of therapy: experience.
It can be found [[http://posseesse.livejournal.com here]].
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!! ''A Posse Ad Esse'' provides examples of:
* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, are all Latin phrases, some more recognizable than others. Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
* InMediasRes: The fic starts, and thus begins to diverge, in the middle of most toys' cases when Dr Kindermann has already left.
* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode Powers in the First Chapter]]
* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent
* PersonalityPowers: Sort of. The powers the toys gain reflect the therapeutic state they were in at the time of receiving them.
** Kroko: {{Flight}}, at stage 5
** Lilo: GravityMaster, between stages 1 and 2
** Dolly: ElementalPowers mixed with EmotionControl, at stage 3
** Sly: {{Electricity}} combined with SuperSpeedster, at stage 3
** Dub: N/A, at stage 1 [[spoiler:(actually the ability to [[TimeStandsStill pause time]])]]
** Dr Wood: [[spoiler:RealityWarper, at stage 4]]
* SuddenlyVoiced
* TranslationConvention: The author took the original game's German origins and ran with it, setting the game in Germany and making the vast majority of the characters German speakers as a result. All German dialogue is rendered with square brackets around it since...
** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly also speak English. This is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Dolly has a Scottish accent when not speaking German.
It can be found [[http://posseesse.livejournal.com here]].
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!! ''A Posse Ad Esse'' provides examples of:
* AltumVidetur: The title of the story, and of each chapter, are all Latin phrases, some more recognizable than others. Overlaps with PretentiousLatinMotto for the particularly obscure ones.
* InMediasRes: The fic starts, and thus begins to diverge, in the middle of most toys' cases when Dr Kindermann has already left.
* [[PowersInTheFirstEpisode Powers in the First Chapter]]
* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent
* PersonalityPowers: Sort of. The powers the toys gain reflect the therapeutic state they were in at the time of receiving them.
** Kroko: {{Flight}}, at stage 5
** Lilo: GravityMaster, between stages 1 and 2
** Dolly: ElementalPowers mixed with EmotionControl, at stage 3
** Sly: {{Electricity}} combined with SuperSpeedster, at stage 3
** Dub: N/A, at stage 1 [[spoiler:(actually the ability to [[TimeStandsStill pause time]])]]
** Dr Wood: [[spoiler:RealityWarper, at stage 4]]
* SuddenlyVoiced
* TranslationConvention: The author took the original game's German origins and ran with it, setting the game in Germany and making the vast majority of the characters German speakers as a result. All German dialogue is rendered with square brackets around it since...
** SwitchToEnglish: ...Dr Wood and Dolly also speak English. This is a necessity both for characters and readers, since Dub is actually from England and only knows a few German words.
* ViolentGlaswegian: Dolly has a Scottish accent when not speaking German.
