History Roleplay / WhatTimeIsItMrWolf

''What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?'' is a completed [[PlayByPostGames play-by-post game]] found on Franchise/TheFearMythos forum [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=406&view=findpost&p=11763/ here.]]

* TheIngenue: Noemi is childlike, even for her age. She has her hair in pigtails, is the {{Foil}} to [[FemmeFatale Traci]], and is the sweetest of the eleven children you meet. Subverted to hell and back when you realize that she treats [[KnifeNut knives like teddy bears]], her wish is to meet the Grim Reaper, and she murdered her own sister, creating Bloody Mary in the process.

* KnifeNut: Raleigh and Noemi. Additionally, the prevalence of broken glass and mirrors means that short, cutting weapons are the norm in the story.

%%* EvilRedhead: '''Traci''' is more noticeably this, but '''Raleigh''' and '''Joseph''' also fall under this trope.
%%* EyeScream: Poor '''Russell''' suffers this... Twice.
%%* {{Fingore}}: '''Nicholas's''' trophies.
%%* FryingPanOfDoom: '''Sonnie''' uses one to good effect against the '''Sack Man''' and against '''Noemi'''.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Glowing eyes is the only way to tell where the '''boogeyman''' is.

* GuestStarPartyMember: '''Joseph''' only stays with the group until '''Russell''' is killed. Afterwards, he returns to the office and stays there for the rest of the game.

%%* HumanSacrifice: One proves necessary to get rid of the '''ghost'''.
* HeroKiller The '''boogeyman''' has the highest killcount of any monster, knocking off the '''Durcet''' brothers and Nicholas.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The '''witch''' and the '''sack man''' are both defeated in this matter. The former is shoved in her own stove, and the latter is stuffed in one of his own sacks.
* HollywoodSatanism: '''Raleigh'''; this is possibly justified by the fact that he's a thirteen year old boy with probably no idea how Satanism works, while he has what may be the Devil in his head.
%%* HornedHumanoid. How '''Raleigh''' draws the master on his bedroom walls.
* ImAHumanitarian: The pies the '''witch''' bakes are made from the children collected by the '''Sack Man'''. The children have been living off them since the adults were killed...and '''Russell''' can't resist sharing one with '''Noemi'''. Before he knows what they're made from, of course.
* ImprovisedWeapon: '''Sonnie''' wields a frying pan; '''Joseph''' has a curtain rod; '''Extasis''' has a metal pointer and [[EyeScream can do a lot of damage with it]]. At several points, the best thing to arm yourself with is a shard of glass or a broom.
* TheIngenue: '''Noemi''' is childlike, even for her age. She has her hair in pigtails, is the {{Foil}} to '''[[FemmeFatale Traci]]''', and is the sweetest of the eleven children you meet. Subverted to hell and back when you realize that she treats [[KnifeNut knives like teddy bears]], her wish is to meet the Grim Reaper, and she murdered her own sister, creating '''Bloody Mary''' in the process.

* KillItWithWater: One of the alternate ways of getting rid of the '''witch''' is to douse her with water a la ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* KnifeNut: '''Raleigh''' and '''Noemi'''. Additionally, the prevalence of broken glass and mirrors means that short, cutting weapons are the norm in the story.
%%* LeanAndMean: The '''Sack Man'''
%%* MadDoctor: '''Francis'''
* MirrorMonster: '''Bloody Mary''', who lives in the mirrors in the girls' bathroom.

* NightmareFetishist: The '''Durcet''' siblings. '''Russell''' recruits them by describing what sort of horrors they can find if they leave the house.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: '''Russell''' loses sight in one of his eyes while trying to stop the '''Durcet''' siblings' [[BrotherSisterIncest 'playtime']], and loses a finger to '''Nicholas''' and his other eye and heart to '''Francis''' because he insists on rescuing ''all'' of the children, even the ones who are more than happy to hurt him.
* OptionalPartyMember: All of the children are optional, though getting the GoldenEnding requires you to recruit all of them. '''Francis''' and '''Joseph''' are notably 'not' recruited in the course of the game.

* PistolWhip: How '''Nicholas''' uses the gun since it doesn't have any bullets.
%%* TheQuietOne: '''Sonnie'''.

-->Who is the namesake for the '''Durcet''' brothers?\\
The Marquis de Sade, Donatien Alphonse Françios, infamously wrote ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' and was the 'father of sadism' - the computer tells you that the three brothers, before changing their names, were Donatien, Alphonse, and Françios, respectively. ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' also featured a character by the name of '''Durcet'''.

* TheSpeechless: '''Hadassah''' is psychologically unable to speak or vocalize, though she does shriek early on in the story. This notably causes issues when she becomes the viewpoint character, as she can't give verbal commands or ask questions to the other children. Additionally, it means that she can't beat the '''wolf''' on her own, since you need to speak to play his game.
* SquishyWizard: '''Raleigh''' is heavily implied to have magical powers. He's also particularly small for his age, to the point that he's easily overpowered by '''Sonnie''' later in the story.
* StoneWall: '''Masoquista''' was intended to be this, as his predilection towards pain makes him a willing human shield. He also serves as this in the fight against '''Bag Man'''
* TakeAThirdOption: The players opt for this when gaining '''Raleigh''''s favor, while simultaneously taking a third option with defeating '''Bloody Mary'''.

%%* TokenGoodTeammate: '''Russell''', not that he has a lot of competition.

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: All of the children, but the '''Durcet''' brothers and '''Traci''' are notable because of how sexualized their troubling behavior is.
* TwinTelepathy: The '''Durcet''' siblings can communicate to each other mentally.
* VillainousIncest: The IncestSubtext between the '''Durcet''' brothers falls under this (though it's not so much 'subtext'...). Add the fact that their ages range from fourteen to eleven.
* VillainProtagonist: Two of the player characters after '''Russell''' are the incestuous voyeuristic '''Extasis''' and the demon-worshipping '''Raleigh'''.
%%* WallCrawl: With a dash of CeilingCling for '''Hadassah'''.

* WeaponForIntimidation: '''Nicholas''' pulls this on '''Russell'''. The gun might be real, but it's not loaded.
%%* WildChild: '''Hadassah'''.
* WouldntHurtAChild: '''Russell''' refuses to attack any of the kids in the school, even though half of them are just as dangerous as the monsters.
* YourMindMakesItReal: The '''boogeyman'''. One of the alternate ways to kill it is to convince yourself that it doesn't exist.

You start as '''Russell Edgley''', who has just been hired as a school teacher at a boarding school. However, the place is rundown, in the middle of nowhere, and it seems strangely devoid of children.

When '''Russell''' finally starts encountering the children, he wishes he hadn’t. They seem to alter the reality around them, creating the types of childish monsters one might expect – a '''witch''', '''Bloody Mary''', something lurking in the dark, a '''ghost''', and other ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight.

'''Russell''' has to round up the remaining children, eliminate the monsters trapping them there, and get them all past Mr. Wolf... [[DoomedProtagonist if he can survive that long.]]

* ActionSurvivor: '''Russell''' is a good example. Even though he is a physically weak teacher, he still manages to rescue the majority of the children (even going so far as to let one of them chop off his own finger) and even defeat two monsters before being killed via an EyeScream method by one of the kids.
* AdultsAreUseless: It certainly seemed to be the case before '''Russell''' arrived, given that nearly everyone is dead at the very beginning of the game.

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: After a player character gets killed, starting when '''Russell''' gets his heart cut out by '''Francis''', the audience gets to choose the next player character from the children.
* AnkleDrag: Happens to '''Russell''' when the '''[[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight boogeyman]]''' tries to pull him under the bed. He's saved when '''Noemi''' points out that [[{{Foreshadowing}} there's nothing there]].
* AnArmAndALeg: '''Extasis''' loses his arm against the '''boogeyman'''.
%%* AttentionWhore: '''Traci'''. Also '''Sonni''', to a lesser degree.

* BilingualBonus: '''Extasis''', '''Masoquista''', and '''Sádico''' renamed themselves to the Spanish words for Ecstasy, Masochism, and Sadism.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The monsters are bad. The children are worse. '''Russell''' is the only [[WouldntHurtAChild 'good' character]] - and even then, he crosses a line once or twice.

* BodyHorror: '''Francis's''' experiments with dead animals. The player - at the time, '''Russell''' - wonders if '''Francis''' will treat him the same way, when '''Francis''' wants to cut out his damaged eye.
%%* BrattyHalfPint: '''Joseph'''.
%%* BrotherSisterIncest: The '''Durcet''' siblings

* CatScare: At one point, '''Russell''' is startled... by some bats flying out of the attic.
* ChildEater: The '''witch'''...maybe. At the very least, she bakes delicious child-pies.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: '''Nicholas''' collects fingers. '''Francis''' collects dissection specimens.
%%* CombatSadomasochist: This is what makes '''Masoquista''' and '''Sádico''' useful.
* ConstantlyCurious: '''Francis''' is this; however, [[BodyHorror it goes beyond an incessant stream of questions.]]

%%* CoveredWithScars: '''Masoquista'''
* CreepyChildrenSinging: '''Noemi''' sings an IronicNurseryTune that helps you locate her.
* CreepySouvenir: '''Nicholas''' collects the fingers and nails of his victims.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: Or at least, it means the '''boogeyman''' is coming.
* TheDreaded: The '''boogeyman'''. He's notably the only monster that '''Nicholas''' and '''Extasis''' actually fear.
* DownerEnding: Due to the players' actions, only two of the children get out alive...and are taken to Hell by '''Raleigh's''' unleashed Master.
* EasterEgg: Some of these are revealed in [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=425&st=0/ the discussion thread]] - such as there being eleven children, '''Russell''' bringing the total of characters up to twelve. One per hour.
* EnemyMine: '''Raleigh''' teams up with '''Traci''' to kill '''Sonnie''' for the requisite human sacrifice. When the latter figures out their scheme and tries to take them out first, '''Raleigh''' tries to team up with him against '''Traci''', driving her to kill '''Sonnie''' out of anger.

!!''What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?'' contains examples of:
* ActionSurvivor: '''Russell''' is a good example. Even though he is a physically weak teacher, he still manages to rescue the majority of the children (even going so far as to let one of them chop off his own finger) and even defeat two monsters before being killed via an EyeScream method by one of the kids.
* AdultsAreUseless: It certainly seemed to be the case before '''Russell''' arrived, given that nearly everyone is dead at the very beginning of the game.
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=425&view=findpost&p=44768/ This post in the discussion thread]] reveals some background on the children that isn't otherwise apparent in the game.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: After a player character gets killed, starting when '''Russell''' gets his heart cut out by '''Francis''', the audience gets to choose the next player character from the children.
* AnkleDrag: Happens to '''Russell''' when the '''[[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight boogeyman]]''' tries to pull him under the bed. He's saved when '''Noemi''' points out that [[{{Foreshadowing}} there's nothing there]].
* AnArmAndALeg: '''Extasis''' loses his arm against the '''boogeyman'''.
%%* AttentionWhore: '''Traci'''. Also '''Sonni''', to a lesser degree.
* BedlamHouse: Technically a school, but considering the level of psychosis exhibited by the students, it might as well be one.
* BilingualBonus: '''Extasis''', '''Masoquista''', and '''Sádico''' renamed themselves to the Spanish words for Ecstasy, Masochism, and Sadism.
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The monsters are bad. The children are worse. '''Russell''' is the only [[WouldntHurtAChild 'good' character]] - and even then, he crosses a line once or twice.
* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Overlaps with OrphanageOfFear; it's unclear whether the children are actually ''orphans'', but given the complete lack of parental influence (except for what is mentioned in the discussion thread) and the fact that the 'school' is actually called "The Orphanage Company Children's Asylum" means it's applicable.
* BodyHorror: '''Francis's''' experiments with dead animals. The player - at the time, '''Russell''' - wonders if '''Francis''' will treat him the same way, when '''Francis''' wants to cut out his damaged eye.
%%* BrattyHalfPint: '''Joseph'''.
%%* BrotherSisterIncest: The '''Durcet''' siblings
* CastFullOfCrazy: 11 children with varying forms of psychosis, 6 monsters who have mostly lost any sanity they once had, and a hapless teacher who thinks the latter are more dangerous than the former.
* CatScare: At one point, '''Russell''' is startled... by some bats flying out of the attic.
* ChildEater: The '''witch'''...maybe. At the very least, she bakes delicious child-pies.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: '''Nicholas''' collects fingers. '''Francis''' collects dissection specimens.
%%* CombatSadomasochist: This is what makes '''Masoquista''' and '''Sádico''' useful.
* ConstantlyCurious: '''Francis''' is this; however, [[BodyHorror it goes beyond an incessant stream of questions.]]
* TheCorrupter: Extasis apparently drove his other two siblings to their current obsessions through his curiosity.
%%* CoveredWithScars: '''Masoquista'''
* CreepyChildrenSinging: '''Noemi''' sings an IronicNurseryTune that helps you locate her.
* CreepySouvenir: '''Nicholas''' collects the fingers and nails of his victims.
* DarknessEqualsDeath: Or at least, it means the '''boogeyman''' is coming.
* TheDreaded: The '''boogeyman'''. He's notably the only monster that '''Nicholas''' and '''Extasis''' actually fear.
* DownerEnding: Due to the players' actions, only two of the children get out alive...and are taken to Hell by '''Raleigh's''' unleashed Master.
* EasterEgg: Some of these are revealed in [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=425&st=0/ the discussion thread]] - such as there being eleven children, '''Russell''' bringing the total of characters up to twelve. One per hour.
* EnemyMine: '''Raleigh''' teams up with '''Traci''' to kill '''Sonnie''' for the requisite human sacrifice. When the latter figures out their scheme and tries to take them out first, '''Raleigh''' tries to team up with him against '''Traci''', driving her to kill '''Sonnie''' out of anger.
%%* EnfantTerrible: Most of the children.
%%* EvilRedhead: '''Traci''' is more noticeably this, but '''Raleigh''' and '''Joseph''' also fall under this trope.
%%* EyeScream: Poor '''Russell''' suffers this... Twice.
%%* {{Fingore}}: '''Nicholas's''' trophies.
%%* FryingPanOfDoom: '''Sonnie''' uses one to good effect against the '''Sack Man''' and against '''Noemi'''.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Glowing eyes is the only way to tell where the '''boogeyman''' is.
* GodOfEvil: The Master, who may be {{Satan}}. Or a demon. Or any number of things.
* GuestStarPartyMember: '''Joseph''' only stays with the group until '''Russell''' is killed. Afterwards, he returns to the office and stays there for the rest of the game.
%%* HatesBeingTouched: Hadassah
%%* HumanSacrifice: One proves necessary to get rid of the '''ghost'''.
* HeroKiller The '''boogeyman''' has the highest killcount of any monster, knocking off the '''Durcet''' brothers and Nicholas.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The '''witch''' and the '''sack man''' are both defeated in this matter. The former is shoved in her own stove, and the latter is stuffed in one of his own sacks.
* HollywoodSatanism: '''Raleigh'''; this is possibly justified by the fact that he's a thirteen year old boy with probably no idea how Satanism works, while he has what may be the Devil in his head.
%%* HornedHumanoid. How '''Raleigh''' draws the master on his bedroom walls.
* ImAHumanitarian: The pies the '''witch''' bakes are made from the children collected by the '''Sack Man'''. The children have been living off them since the adults were killed...and '''Russell''' can't resist sharing one with '''Noemi'''. Before he knows what they're made from, of course.
* ImprovisedWeapon: '''Sonnie''' wields a frying pan; '''Joseph''' has a curtain rod; '''Extasis''' has a metal pointer and [[EyeScream can do a lot of damage with it]]. At several points, the best thing to arm yourself with is a shard of glass or a broom.
* TheIngenue: '''Noemi''' is childlike, even for her age. She has her hair in pigtails, is the {{Foil}} to '''[[FemmeFatale Traci]]''', and is the sweetest of the eleven children you meet. Subverted to hell and back when you realize that she treats [[KnifeNut knives like teddy bears]], her wish is to meet the Grim Reaper, and she murdered her own sister, creating '''Bloody Mary''' in the process.
* JustifiedExtraLives: The children essentially function as this. If the player-controlled character dies, you have to choose a successor from the children you've recruited. Running out of children means you lose the game.
* KillItWithWater: One of the alternate ways of getting rid of the '''witch''' is to douse her with water a la ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.
* KnifeNut: '''Raleigh''' and '''Noemi'''. Additionally, the prevalence of broken glass and mirrors means that short, cutting weapons are the norm in the story.
%%* LeanAndMean: The '''Sack Man'''
%%* MadDoctor: '''Francis'''
* MirrorMonster: '''Bloody Mary''', who lives in the mirrors in the girls' bathroom.
* MoonLogicPuzzle: Every boss 'fight' has a dash of this. They're monsters from children's tales: you can only defeat them using logic you'd find in children's stories.
* NightmareFetishist: The '''Durcet''' siblings. '''Russell''' recruits them by describing what sort of horrors they can find if they leave the house.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: '''Russell''' loses sight in one of his eyes while trying to stop the '''Durcet''' siblings' [[BrotherSisterIncest 'playtime']], and loses a finger to '''Nicholas''' and his other eye and heart to '''Francis''' because he insists on rescuing ''all'' of the children, even the ones who are more than happy to hurt him.
* OptionalPartyMember: All of the children are optional, though getting the GoldenEnding requires you to recruit all of them. '''Francis''' and '''Joseph''' are notably 'not' recruited in the course of the game.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The ghosts only exist because the children believe in them.
* PistolWhip: How '''Nicholas''' uses the gun since it doesn't have any bullets.
%%* TheQuietOne: '''Sonnie'''.
* ShoutOut: One of the trivia questions refers to a specific one:
-->Who is the namesake for the '''Durcet''' brothers?\\
The Marquis de Sade, Donatien Alphonse Françios, infamously wrote ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' and was the 'father of sadism' - the computer tells you that the three brothers, before changing their names, were Donatien, Alphonse, and Françios, respectively. ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' also featured a character by the name of '''Durcet'''.
* SocialServicesDoesNotExist: It's unclear what happened to these children's parents, but we do know they were undergoing therapy. It didn't take.
* TheSpeechless: '''Hadassah''' is psychologically unable to speak or vocalize, though she does shriek early on in the story. This notably causes issues when she becomes the viewpoint character, as she can't give verbal commands or ask questions to the other children. Additionally, it means that she can't beat the '''wolf''' on her own, since you need to speak to play his game.
* SquishyWizard: '''Raleigh''' is heavily implied to have magical powers. He's also particularly small for his age, to the point that he's easily overpowered by '''Sonnie''' later in the story.
* StoneWall: '''Masoquista''' was intended to be this, as his predilection towards pain makes him a willing human shield. He also serves as this in the fight against '''Bag Man'''
* TakeAThirdOption: The players opt for this when gaining '''Raleigh''''s favor, while simultaneously taking a third option with defeating '''Bloody Mary'''.
* TitleDrop: The game the story is named after is what serves as the final puzzle.
%%* TokenGoodTeammate: '''Russell''', not that he has a lot of competition.
* TownWithADarkSecret: The kids would prefer that killing all of their staff stayed a secret.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: All of the children, but the '''Durcet''' brothers and '''Traci''' are notable because of how sexualized their troubling behavior is.
* TwinTelepathy: The '''Durcet''' siblings can communicate to each other mentally.
* VillainousIncest: The IncestSubtext between the '''Durcet''' brothers falls under this (though it's not so much 'subtext'...). Add the fact that their ages range from fourteen to eleven.
* VillainProtagonist: Two of the player characters after '''Russell''' are the incestuous voyeuristic '''Extasis''' and the demon-worshipping '''Raleigh'''.
%%* WallCrawl: With a dash of CeilingCling for '''Hadassah'''.
* WasOnceAMan: All the monsters were once inhabitants of the school who were twisted into what they are now.
* WeaponForIntimidation: '''Nicholas''' pulls this on '''Russell'''. The gun might be real, but it's not loaded.
%%* WildChild: '''Hadassah'''.
* WouldntHurtAChild: '''Russell''' refuses to attack any of the kids in the school, even though half of them are just as dangerous as the monsters.
* YourMindMakesItReal: The '''boogeyman'''. One of the alternate ways to kill it is to convince yourself that it doesn't exist.

-->''"What time is it, Mr. Wolf?"''
-->''"Dinner time."''

''What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?'' is a completed [[PlayByPostGames Play-by-post game]] found on Franchise/TheFearMythos forum [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=406&view=findpost&p=11763/ here.]]

You start as '''Russell Edgley''', who has just been hired as a school teacher at an boarding school. However, the place is rundown, in the middle of nowhere, and it seems strangely devoid of children.

!!Tropes displayed in ''What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?'':

* ActionSurvivor: '''Russell''' is a good example. Even though he is pretty physically weak teacher, he still manages to rescue the majority of the children (Even going so far as to [[spoiler:let one of them chop off his own finger]]) and even [[spoiler:defeat two monsters before being killed via an EyeScream method by one of the kids.]]

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoiler: After a player character gets killed, starting when '''Russell''' gets his heart cut out by '''Francis''', the audience gets to choose the next player character from the children.]]
* AnkleDrag: Happens to '''Russell''' when [[spoiler:the '''[[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight boogeyman]]''']] tries to pull him under the bed. He's saved when '''Noemi''' points out that [[{{Foreshadowing}} there's nothing there]].
* AllThereInTheManual: [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=425&view=findpost&p=44768/ This post in the discussion thread]] reveals some background on the children that isn't otherwise apparent, in the game.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: '''Extasis''' loses his arm against the '''boogeyman'''.]]

* BoardingSchoolOfHorrors: Overlaps with OrphanageOfFear; it's unclear whether the children are actually ''orphans'', but given the complete lack of parental influence (except for what is mentioned in the discussion thread) and the fact that the 'school' is actually called [[spoiler:The Orphanage Company Children's Asylum]] means it's applicable.
* BodyHorror: '''Francis's''' experiments with dead animals. [[spoiler:The player - at the time, '''Russell''' - wonders if '''Francis''' will treat him the same way, when '''Francis''' wants to cut out his damaged eye.]]

%%* BrattyHalfPint: '''Joseph'''.

* CatScare: At one point, '''Russell''' is startled...by some bats flying out of the attic.
* ChildEater: The '''witch'''...maybe. [[spoiler:At the very least, she bakes delicious child-pies.]]

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Due to the players' actions, only two of the children get out alive...and are taken to Hell by '''Raleigh's''' unleashed Master.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: '''Raleigh''' teams up with '''Traci''' to kill '''Sonnie''' for the requisite human sacrifice. When the latter figures out their scheme and tries to take them out first, '''Raleigh'' tries to team up with him against '''Traci''', driving her to kill '''Sonnie''' out of anger.]]

%%* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Poor '''Russell''' suffers this... Twice.]]

%%* FryingPanOfDoom: '''Sonnie''' uses one to good effect against the '''Sack Man''' and [[spoiler: against '''Noemi''']]

* GodOfEvil: [[spoiler:The Master, who may be {{Satan}}. Or a demon. Or any number of things.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: '''Joseph''' only stays with the group until [[spoiler: '''Russell''' is killed]]. Afterwards, he returns to the office and stays there for the rest of the game.

%%* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: One proves necessary to get rid of the '''ghost'''.]]
* HeroKiller [[spoiler:The '''boogeyman''']] has the highest killcount of any monster, knocking off [[spoiler: the '''Durcet''' brothers, and Nicholas]].
* HollywoodSatanism: '''Raleigh'''; this is possibly justified by the fact that he's a thirteen year old boy with probably no idea how Satanism works, while he has [[spoiler:what may be the Devil]] in his head.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: The '''witch''' and the '''sack man''' are both defeated in this matter. [[spoiler: The former is shoved in her own stove, and the latter is stuffed in one of his own sacks.]]]

* ImAHumanitarian: [[spoiler:The pies the '''witch''' bakes are made from the children collected by the '''Sack Man'''. The children have been living off them since the adults were killed...and '''Russell''' can't resist sharing one with '''Noemi'''. Before he knows what they're made from, of course.]]

* TheIngenue: '''Noemi''' is childlike, even for her age. She has her hair in pigtails, is the {{Foil}} to '''[[FemmeFatale Traci]]''', and is the sweetest of the eleven children you meet. Subverted to hell and back when you realize that she treats [[KnifeNut knives like teddy bears]], her wish is to meet the Grim Reaper, and [[spoiler:she murdered her own sister, creating '''Bloody Mary''' in the process.]]
* JustifiedExtraLives: [[spoiler: The children essentially function as this. If the player-controlled character dies, you have to choose a successor from the children you've recruited. Running out of children means you lose the game.]]

* MoonLogicPuzzle: Every boss 'fight' has a dash of this. [[spoiler:They're monsters from children's tales: you can only defeat them using logic you'd find in children's stories.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: '''Russell''' loses sight in one of his eyes while trying to stop the '''Durcet''' siblings' [[BrotherSisterIncest 'playtime']], and loses a finger to '''Nicholas''' and [[spoiler: his other eye and heart to '''Francis''']] because he insists on rescuing ''all'' of the children, even the ones who are more than happy to hurt him.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Our Ghosts Only Exist Because Children Believe In Them
* PistolWhip: How '''Nicholas''' uses the gun [[spoiler: since it doesn't have any bullets]]

--> Who is the namesake for the '''Durcet''' brothers?
--> [[spoiler:The Marquis de Sade, Donatien Alphonse Françios, infamously wrote ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' and was the 'father of sadism' - the computer tells you that the three brothers, before changing their names, were Donatien, Alphonse, and Françios, respectively. ''The 120 Days of Sodom'' also featured a character by the name of '''Durcet'''.]]

* SquishyWizard: '''Raleigh''' is heavily implied to have magical powers. He's also particularly small for his age, to the point that he's [[spoiler: easily overpowered by '''Sonnie''' later in the story]]
* TheSpeechless: '''Hadassah''' is psychologically unable to speak or vocalize, though she does shriek early on in the story. [[spoilers: This notably causes issues when she becomes the viewpoint character, as she can't give verbal commands or ask questions to the other children. Additionally, it means that she can't beat the '''wolf''' on her own, since you need to speak to play his game]]
* TakeAThirdOption: The players opt for this when gaining '''Raleigh''''s favor, while simultaneously taking a third option with defeating '''bloody mary'''.
* TitleDrop: [[spoiler: The game the story is named after is what serves as the final puzzle]]

* TownWithADarkSecret: The kids would prefer that [[spoiler: killing all of their staff]] stayed a secret.

* TwinTelepathy: The '''Durcet''' siblings can communicate to each other mentally

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: Two of the player characters after '''Russell''' are the incestuous voyeuristic '''Extasis''' and the demon-worshipping '''Raleigh''']]

* WasOnceAMan: [[spoiler: All the monsters were once inhabitants of the school who were twisted into what they are now.]]
* WeaponForIntimidation: [[spoiler: '''Nicholas''' pulls this on '''Russell'''. The gun might be real, but it's not loaded.]]
%%* WildChild: '''Hadassah'''

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The '''boogeyman'''. One of the alternate ways to kill it is to convince yourself that it doesn't exist.]]

The spiritual successor, ''Roleplay/BlackWindingRoad'', can be found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1359&view=findpost&p=45613/ here.]] A more direct sequel/retelling (found [[http://wecallrussellover.tumblr.com/tagged/he-is-not-calling-you-yet/chrono here]]) by the name of ''Roleplay/RedRover'' is currently running.

!!Tropes displayed in ''What Time Is It, Mr Wolf?'':

* AttentionWhore: '''Traci'''. Also '''Sonni''', to a lesser degree.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: '''Extasis''' loses his arm against the '''boogeyman''''.]]

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The monsters are bad. The children are worse. '''Russell''' is the only [[WouldntHurtAChild 'good' character]] - and even then, he crosses a line once or twice

* BrotherSisterIncest: The '''Durcet''' siblings, by WordOfGod
* BrattyHalfPint: '''Joseph'''.

* CombatSadomasochist: This is what makes '''Masoquista''' and '''Sádico''' useful.

* CoveredWithScars: '''Masoquista'''

* EasterEgg: WordOfGod reveals some of these in [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=425&st=0/ the discussion thread]] - such as there being eleven children, '''Russell''' bringing the total of characters up to twelve. One per hour.

* EnfantTerrible: Most of the children.
* EvilRedhead: '''Traci''' is more noticeably this, but '''Raleigh''' and '''Joseph''' also fall under this trope.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Poor '''Russell''' suffers this...]] [[spoiler:Twice.]]
* {{Fingore}}: '''Nicholas's''' trophies.
* FryingPanOfDoom: '''Sonnie''' uses one to good effect against the '''Sack Man''' and [[spoiler: against '''Noemi''']]
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Glowing eyes is the only way to tell where the '''boogeyman''' is
* [[spoiler:GodOfEvil: The Master, who may be {{Satan}}. Or a demon. Or any number of things.]]

* HatesBeingTouched: Hadassah
* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler: One proves necessary to get rid of the '''ghost''']]
* HeroKiller [[spoiler:The '''boogeyman''']] has the highest killcount of any monster, knocking off [[spoiler: the '''Durcet''' brothers, and Nicholas]]

* HornedHumanoid. How '''Raleigh''' draws the master on his bedroom walls

* KillItWithWater: WordOfGod says that one of the alternate ways of getting rid of the '''witch''' is to douse her with water a la ''Film/TheWizardOfOz''.

* LeanAndMean: The '''Sack Man'''
* MadDoctor: '''Francis'''
* MirrorMonster: '''Bloody Mary''', who lives in the mirrors in the girls' bathroom

* [[OurGhostsAreDifferent Our Ghosts Only Exist Because Children Believe In Them]]

* [[spoiler:PlotArmor: '''Raleigh's''' master is the only way to defeat the ghost, so he can't die until his master is summoned]]
* TheQuietOne: '''Sonnie'''.
* RealityEnsues: Any serious injury will result in problems down the road. [[spoiler: '''Russell''' dies because his combined injuries and blood loss leave him unable to fight off '''Francis''', and '''Extasis''' dies because losing an arm made him slip when going down to the basement. Additionally, '''Francis''' doing eye surgery on a patient without anesthetic plays out exactly how it would in real-life: poorly. ]]

* TokenGoodTeammate: '''Russell''', not that he has a lot of competition.

* VillainousIncest: The IncestSubtext between the '''Durcet''' brothers falls under this (though it's not so much 'subtext'...). Add the fact that their ages range from fourteen to eleven for extra {{Squick}}.

* WallCrawl: With a dash of CeilingCling for '''Hadassah'''.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The alternate endings, as described by Word of God.
* [[spoiler: GoldenEnding in which '''Russell''' survives and leads all the children to safety, involves '''Russell''' taking them all to the bus stop. The bus arrives, but it's empty. They all board, and he takes them far away from the 'orphanage'; the children have been BroughtDownToNormal, and they have a chance at a normal future.]]
** [[spoiler: If '''Russell''' survived, but failed to rescue all the children, they would [[KickTheDog leave him to be mauled to death by the Big Bag Wolf]] and the result would be the same as the 'normal' ending.]]
** [[spoiler: The BadEnding, in which all the kids die, has '''Raleigh's''' master be unleashed onto the world, turning it into a place just as screwy as the regular school]]
* WildChild: '''Hadassah'''

* KillItWithWater: WordOfGod says that one of the alternate ways of getting rid of the '''witch''' is to douse her with water a la WizardOfOz

The spiritual successor, ''Roleplay/BlackWindingRoad'', can be found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1359&view=findpost&p=45613/ here.]] A more direct sequel/retelling (found [[http://wecallrussellover.tumblr.com/tagged/he-is-not-calling-you-yet/chrono here]]) by the name of ''Red Rover'' is currently running.

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The '''boogeyman'''. One of the alternate ways to kill it is to convince yourself that it doesn't exist.]]

!!Tropes displayed in ''Red Rover'' are:

* CreepyUncle: '''Corbin''' is...wary, of his '''Uncle Jack'''. There's plenty of overlap with EvilUncle, too.
* FlashbackEcho: '''Russell''' has these. Why, though, is a mystery - [[MyGreatestFailure the things he remembers]] [[BlatantLies never happened.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: '''Demi''' seems to instill this in the protagonist. No matter what the players, themselves, think of him, '''Russell''' trusts him. [[ButThouMust Of course he trusts him.]]
* MeaningfulName: '''[[ImAHumanitarian Titus]]'''.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: When going through the '''STUDENT DOSSIER''', '''Russell''' reads notes about each of the surviving students' dreams, all of them strange, but coherent, and riddled with clues.
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: '''Corbin''', and it's implied the '''mermaid''' suffered from this as well.
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''What Time Is It, Mr. Wolf?'' is a completed [[PlayByPostGames Play-by-post game]] found on TheFearMythos forum [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=406&view=findpost&p=11763/ here.]]

The spiritual successor, ''Roleplay/BlackWindingRoad'', can be found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1359&view=findpost&p=45613/ here.]] A more direct sequel/retelling (found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1718&view=findpost&p=65209 here]]) by the name of ''Red Rover'' is currently running.

* CoveredWithScars: '''Masoquista

* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Due to the player's actions, only two of the children get out alive...and are taken to Hell by '''Raleigh's''' unleashed Master.]]

* TheCorruptor: Extasis apparently drove his other two siblings to their current obsessions through his curiosity

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: [[spoilers: After a player character gets killed, starting when '''Russell''' gets his heart cut out by '''Francis''', the audience gets to choose the next player character from the children.]]

* FryingPanOfDoom: '''Sonnie''' uses one to good effect against the '''Sack Head''' and [[[spoiler: Against '''Noemi''']]

* TheSpeechless: '''Hadassah''' is psychologically unable to speak or vocalize, though she does shriek early on in the story. [[spoilers: This notably causes issues when she she becomes the viewpoint character, as she can't give verbal commands or ask questions to the other children. Additionally, it means that she can't leave the school on her own, as the eponymous game requires asking questions]]
* {{Squick}}: All over the place.

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoilers: Two of the player characters after '''Russell''' are the incestuous voyeuristic '''Extasis''' and the demon-worshipping '''Raleigh''']]

** [[spoiler: The BadEnding, in which all the kids die, has '''Raleigh's''' master extend the weirdness of the school [[ApocalypseHow to the entire world]]]]

** If all the children died, or were trapped in the house, [[spoiler:it would be heavily implied that '''Raleigh's''' Master would be unleashed on the world, [[CrapsackWorld making the orphanage's reality everyone's reality]].]]

* AttentionWhore: '''Traci'''.

* BlackAndGreyMorality: The monsters are bad. The children are worse. '''Russell''' is the only [[WouldntHurtAChild 'good' character]] - and even then, he crosses a line once or twice.

* GoddamnedBats: In the attic.

* MentalFusion: The '''Durcet''' brothers.

* [[spoiler:PlotArmor: '''Raleigh''' subtly wears some, until his 'master' is summoned.]]

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Pretty much all of the children, but the most noticeable first example is '''Traci'''.

* TheSpeechless: '''Hadassah''' may be this - however, early on in the story we see her scream, so she may instead TheVoiceless.

* TakeAThirdOption: The players opt for this when gaining '''Raleigh''''s favor.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: The endings. [[spoiler:WordOfGod reveals the MultipleEndings - 'perfect completion', in which '''Russell''' survives and leads all the children to safety, involves '''Russell''' taking them all to the bus stop. The bus arrives, but it's empty. They all board, and he takes them far away from the 'orphanage'; the children have been BroughtDownToNormal, and they have a chance at a normal future.]]
** If '''Russell''' survived, but failed to rescue all the children, [[spoiler:they would [[KickTheDog leave him to be mauled to death by the Big Bag Wolf]] and the result would be the same as the 'normal' ending.]]

* YourMindMakesItReal: [[spoiler:The '''boogeyman'''.]]

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'''Russell''' has to round up the remaining children, eliminate the monsters trapping them there, and get them all past [[BigBadassWolf Mr. Wolf]]... [[DoomedProtagonist if he can]] [[ForegoneConclusion survive that long.]]

The spiritual successor, ''BlackWindingRoad'', can be found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1359&view=findpost&p=45613/ here.]] A more direct sequel/retelling (found [[http://theonlythingtofear.b1.jcink.com/index.php?showtopic=1718&view=findpost&p=65209 here]]) by the name of ''Red Rover'' is currently running.