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* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' series generally uses monochromatic scenery as a backdrop for tense situations.
** In the bonus ending of the first game, the protagonist falls through a dimensional rift into an alien dimension where everything is in black and white. That realm happens to be modern-day Tokyo; the black and white is to emphasize the otherness of that dimension to Caim and his dragon.
** The TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' is similarly fought in a monochromatic scenery. [[spoiler:Given that the final bosses of the two games are similar entities, this is a deliberate call back.]]
** In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', dungeons built by the villainous machine lifeforms tend to be completely desaturated in contrast to the vibrant outside world. The Bunker, which is the heroes' home base, is a subversion as its monochromatic backdrop is more to enhance its feeling of isolation due to being in space. [[spoiler:Until you learn that the Bunker is actually a TownWithADarkSecret.]]


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* ''VideoGame/{{Drakengard}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{Nier}}'' series generally uses monochromatic scenery as a backdrop for tense situations.
** In the bonus ending of the first game, the protagonist falls through a dimensional rift into an alien dimension where everything is in black and white. That realm happens to be modern-day Tokyo; the black and white is to emphasize the otherness of that dimension to Caim and his dragon.
** The TrueFinalBoss of ''VideoGame/Drakengard3'' is similarly fought in a monochromatic scenery. [[spoiler:Which makes sense as the final boss of this game is a similar entity as the final boss of the previously-mentioned game.]]
** In ''VideoGame/NierAutomata'', as part of the game's DiegeticInterface, your character's vision turn monochromatic when they reach critical health. Meanwhile, dungeons built by the villainous machine lifeforms tend to be completely desaturated in contrast to the vibrant outside world. The Bunker, which is the heroes' home base, is a subversion as its monochromatic backdrop is more to enhance its feeling of isolation due to being in space. [[spoiler:Until you learn that the Bunker is actually a TownWithADarkSecret.]]
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* ''Webcomic/MeatyYogurt'': Pages and characters are either tinted in shades of a single color--often purples or yellows, with various [[SplashOfColor splashes of color]] to indicate how Jackie sees characters as being free of Middlevale or not from there. [[spoiler:The only character fully in black and white is Norma, when she's either interacting with Jackie or taking over her body.]]
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* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' is black and white, but near the end, when [[spoiler:the head of the mental hospital is identified as the killer, he turns the incriminating gun on himself and fires,]] the blast being a moment of bright red.

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* Creator/AlfredHitchcock's ''Film/{{Spellbound}}'' ''Film/{{Spellbound|1945}}'' is black and white, but near the end, when [[spoiler:the head of the mental hospital is identified as the killer, he turns the incriminating gun on himself and fires,]] the blast being a moment of bright red.
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** The RealWorld parts of part two are both this and a PhotoComic, with Fiona's scenes being shown with a sepia overlay.

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** The RealWorld real world parts of part two are both this and a PhotoComic, with Fiona's scenes being shown with a sepia overlay.
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* ''Webcomic/YuMeDream''
** The entire first half is a black and white comic.
** The RealWorld parts of part two are both this and a PhotoComic, with Fiona's scenes being shown with a sepia overlay.



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