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* The trope known as ''AmbitionIsEvil'', which may be a FatalFlaw.

* ''AmbitionIsEvil''

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[[http://www.zapdramatic.com/ambition.htm Ambition]] is a WebOriginal miniseries by Michael Gibson, a Canadian man who creates negotiation games for both entertainment purposes and diplomatic groups. Thus far, it possesses 10 episodes, which are gradually being made free to play.

Not to be confused with AmbitionIsEvil, though it does contain examples of that trope.

'''Ambition provides examples of the following tropes:'''
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* AmbiguouslyGay: Dr Russell. He does complain about the police harassing him for his sexual proclivities, after all, though they are not stated.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Yale
* AnimationBump: The characters in later episodes appear to be ''much'' more designed than the ones in the early episodes, who look rather blocky. Bridget is a rather good example - being much more thoroughly animated than the other characters. It looks almost like they had a ''completely different artist'' design the new characters.
* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Many of the episodes include a "hint" option. It doesn't really give you a hint, as it just points out what the right answer is, or informs you that you have reached the point of no return and resets the whole episode. Only a handful of episodes hide this feature or have a different take on it, such as episode 9 where failing three times has Duke take your place as the marriage counselor and walk you through the whole episode.
* AssholeVictim: Ted can be a dick to others, even those who intend to help him. To be fair, [[spoiler: it's not like he can trust everyone, considering what he's been through and the lies that circulate. He's actually more calm around Bridget.]]
** [[spoiler: Bridget in episode 10.]]
* AxCrazy: Ted is implied and half the cast implicate him to be this. [[spoiler: He's not.]]
** Episode 5 has Helen nearly descending into this after [[spoiler: finding out about Yale's affair.]]
* CatSmile: Duke Crabtree.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler: Rolf Klink]]
* CowboyBebopAtHisComputer: In episode 8, Bridget quoted from Cervantes "Facts are the enemy of truth" and even corrects the player for making the wrong choice. The quote is actually by Dale Wasserman...
* DaChief: Superintendent Frank Crabtree. [[spoiler:Probably a villainous example.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Episode 1 started with Ted willing to commit suicide with a bomb strapped around his waist. He calms down after episode 2 though.
* TheEndingChangesEverything: Episode 10
* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Yale seems to be content with the fact that he's cheating on Helen with Angie, and even planned on leaving her after he makes partner for his law firm. With some convincing, he decided to cut the act and let Angie go. [[spoiler: Too bad he impregnated her.]]
* GoodLawyersGoodClients: [[spoiler:Possibly. Bridget seems more of an accomplice than the perpetrator. Played somewhat straight with Ted and Yale.]]
* HeroesWantRedheads: Yale and Angie.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Helen, threatening to beat Yale into porridge with a $12,000 violin.
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler:Bridget appears to be a poor man's version of this.]]
* LoveTriangle: Yale, Angie and Helen.
* ManOfAThousandVoices (The creator)
* MindScrew
* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot, [[spoiler: GovernmentConspiracy]]: Maybe.
->'''Bridget''': [[spoiler:They're all in on it. The Judge, the cops.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: A possible motive for Angie's murder.
* MySecretPregnancy: [[spoiler: Angie. She reveals it to Yale as leverage in episode 5.]]
* FindOutNextTime: Episode 4 and onward decided to raise some questions and encourage the player to find out in the next episode.
* NoodleIncident: Whatever the player character said to annoy Frank Crabtree on Sunday in episode 6. Attempting to find out only fails the negotiation for extra time.
* NonEntityGeneral: The player character from episodes 6-9 is not given much of a history, beyond being a detective who annoyed the Superintendent with [[NoodleIncident some remark]]. The defense attorney from episode 10, is given even less history. In episode 5, you're essentially someone whose office Helen runs in.
** In episodes 1, 2, 4 and the beginning of 5, the game does not even assign a character (if any). With 4, it's assumed that you are an acquaintance of Yale and Angie (presumably two different acquaintances), while 1, 2, and the start of 5 just has you advising them, regardless of whoever you are.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Rolf Klink seems to be this to both Duke and Bridget. The ending of the marriage counselor implied the final episode would involve the player taking on Klink's role and talking to "pure evil".]]
* PapaWolf: Ted Hadrup, despite his suicidal tendencies, genuinely loves his sons and will do anything to see them again.
* {{Retcon}}: Rolf Klink in Negotiator part 3 mentioned having a wife and plans on hosting an anniversary dinner. Either Rolf divorced his wife at some point to date Bridget, that part got completely dropped, or the negotiator pertains to it's own continuity (which has yet to be confirmed).
* SaltAndPepper: Two examples. Yale and Helen, Yale and Angie.
* ShoutOut: Rolf Klink's name may be a shout out to Colonel Klink of Hogan's Heroes, considering his demeanour. Also, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney women's ghosts advising lawyers against hostile odds?]]
* StupidityIsTheOnlyOption: Sometimes, you may find a choice that falls into this, like Yale scolding a man armed with a ''bomb strapped to his chest'' for insulting Helen. Good thing he happens to be sympathetic towards Yale.
* SuddenNameChange: Ted's last name is inexplicably changed from Hadrup to Hartrup.
* SuicideAttack: Ted Hadrup tries this in episode one. He ends up jumping out the window.
** Does it again in episode 2 as he hitches a ride. Yale convinces him to not go through with it though.
* UndisclosedFunds: Averted. See ImprovisedWeapon.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: Episode 6 plays out like a detective game, requiring you to negotiate for more time (the game is nearly impossible otherwise), and use the time to gather all the evidence and information within that in-game time limit, with a couple of negotiation sequences.
** Episode 9 takes the 'gameplay' from part one of the Mediator. Basically, you have to interject at the right moment, probably making this the hardest of all the episodes. Luckily, failing three times gives you the option to let Duke do it all for you.
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Honestly, who seriously thinks that the option in episode 8 to "Tell Duke he is a meddling creep and punch him in the nose" will do anything ''but'' that? Though, Frank telling him to [[WalkItOff don't be a pussy]] does make it worth it.
** Episode 2, if you choose to consult Helen, have the option to allow her to punch Yale, and even punch Ted, just in case you are feeling suicidal.
* WomanScorned: Helen. [[spoiler:She probably isn't the killer, though.]]
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* SuddenNameChange: Ted's name is inexplicably changed from Hadrup to Hartrup.

* NonEntityGeneral: The player character from episodes 6-8 is not given much of a history, beyond being a detective who annoyed the Superintendent with [[NoodleIncident some remark]]. The marriage counselor and defense attorney from episodes 9 and 10, respectively, are given even less history. In episode 5, you're essentially someone whose office Helen runs in.

* {{Retcon}}: Rolf Klink in Negotiator part 3 mentioned having a wife and plans on hosting an anniversary dinner. Either Rolf divorced his wife at some point to date Bridget, that part got completely dropped, or the negotiator pertains to it's own continuity (which has yet to be confired).

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Many of the episodes include a "hint" option. It doesn't really give you a hint, as it just points out what the right answer is, or informs you that you have reached the point of no return and resets the whole episode. Only a handful of episodes hide this feature or have a different take on it, such as episode 8 where failing three times has Duke take your place as the marriage counselor and walk you through the whole episode.

* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Honestly, who seriously thinks that the option in episode 8 to "Tell Duke he is a meddling creep and punch him in the nose" will do anything ''but'' that?

* Continu

** Does it again in episode 2 as he hitches a ride, only to avoid attention from the police. Yale convinces him to not go through with it.

* UnfortunateImplications: The way Bridget talked to her sons in the ending of episode 2 may lead to this.

* TheWoobie: Ted Hadrup.

* GoodAdulteryBadAdultery: Yale seems to be content with the fact that he's cheating on Helen with Angie, and even planned on leaving her after he makes partner for his law firm. With some convincing, he decided to cut the act.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Helen, threatening to beat Yale into porridge with a $12000 violin.

* MySecretPregnancy: [[spoiler: Angie. She reveals it to Yale as leverage in episode 6.]]

* AmbiguouslyGay (Dr Russell. He does complain about the police harassing him for his sexual proclivities, after all, though they are not stated.)
* AmbitionIsEvil (Yale)

* CatSmile: (Duke Crabtree)
* CorruptCorporateExecutive [[spoiler:(Rolf Klink)]]
* DaChief (Superintendent Frank Crabtree. [[spoiler:Probably a villainous example.]])
* TheEndingChangesEverything (Episode 10)
* GoodLawyersGoodClients ([[spoiler:Possibly. Bridget seems more of an accomplice than the perpetrator. Played somewhat straight with Ted and Yale.]])
* HeroesWantRedheads (Yale and Angie.)
* ImprovisedWeapon (Helen, threatening to beat Yale into porridge with a $12000 violin.)
* LadyMacbeth: [[spoiler:(Bridget appears to be a poor man's version of this.)]]
* LoveTriangle (Yale, Angie and Helen.)
* MamaBear, [[spoiler:ProperlyParanoid, TheWoobie]] (Ted Hadrup)

* MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot, [[spoiler: GovernmentConspiracy]] (Maybe.)

* MurderTheHypotenuse (A possible motive for Angie's murder)
* MySecretPregnancy: [[spoiler: (Angie. She reveals it to Yale as leverage in episode 6.)]]
* NoodleIncident (Whatever the player character said to annoy Frank Crabtree on Sunday.)
* NonEntityGeneral (The player character from episodes 6-8 is not given much of a history, beyond being a detective who annoyed the Superintendent with [[NoodleIncident some remark]]. The marriage counselor and defense attorney from episodes 9 and 10, respectively, are given even less history. In episode 5, you're essentially someone whose office Helen runs in.)
* TheManBehindTheMan ([[spoiler:Rolf Klink seems to be this to both Duke and Bridget. The ending of the marriage counselor implied the final episode would involve the player taking on Klink's role and talking to "pure evil".]])
* SaltAndPepper (Two examples. Yale and Helen, Yale and Angie.)
* ShoutOut (Rolf Klink's name may be a shout out to Colonel Klink of Hogan's Heroes, considering his demeanour. Also, [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney women's ghosts advising lawyers against hostile odds?]])
* SuicideAttack (Ted Hadrup tries this in episode one. He ends up jumping out the window.)
* UndisclosedFunds (Averted. See ImprovisedWeapon.)
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: (Honestly, who seriously thinks that the option in episode 8 to "Tell Duke he is a meddling creep and punch him in the nose" will do anything ''but'' that?)
* WomanScorned (Helen. [[spoiler:She probably isn't the killer, though.]])

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* NonEntityGeneral (The player character from episodes 6-8 is not given much of a history, beyond being a detective who annoyed the Superintendent with [[NoodleIncident some remark]]. The marriage counselor and defense attorney from episodes 9 and 10, respectively, are given even less history.)

* [[spoiler:CorruptCorporateExecutive (Rolf Klink)]]

* [[spoiler:LadyMacbeth]] (Bridget appears to be a poor man's version of this.)

* [[spoiler:MinorCrimeRevealsMajorPlot, GovernmentConspiracy]] (Maybe.)

* [[spoiler:MySecretPregnancy]] (Angie. She reveals it to Yale as leverage in episode 6.)

* [[spoiler:TheEndingChangesEverything]] (Episode 10)

* ShoutOut (Rolf Klink's name may be a shout out to Colonel Klink of Hogan's Heroes, considering his demeanour. Also, [[AceAttorney women's ghosts advising lawyers against hostile odds?]])

* CrowningMomentOfFunny (Episode 6, where, in one segment, you play as an apartment dweller whose grandmothers violin Helen has taken and whom has to convince Helen to calm down. See Narm / NightmareFuel.)

* {{Narm}} or NightmareFuel (Helen's scream in episode 6. Also a CrowningMomentOfFunny within a CrowningMomentOfFunny.)

* TheScrappy (Duke Crabtree)

* [[spoiler:GonnaNeedABiggerWarrant, GovernmentConspiracy]] (Maybe.)
->'''Bridget''': [[spoiler:They're all in on it. The Judge, the cops.]]

[[http://www.zapdramatic.com/ambition.htm Ambition]] is a WebOriginal miniseries by Michael Gibson, a Canadian man who creates negotiation games for both entertainment purposes and diplomatic groups. Thus far, it possesses 10 episodes, which are gradually being made free to play. Sadly, it looks like the next installment will take until March 2010 to arrive.

Ambition is a WebOriginal miniseries by Michael Gibson, a Canadian man who creates negotiation games for both entertainment purposes and diplomatic groups. Thus far, it possesses 10 episodes, which are gradually being made free to play. Sadly, it looks like the next installment will take until March 2010 to arrive.

* [[spoiler:TheUsualSuspectsEnding]] (Episode 10)

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