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* WholePlotReference: The name "Roger Samms" and the basic plot is a ShoutOut to Literature/TheMetamorphosis and its protagonist Gregor Samsa, although at least here there's a chance for a happy ending.
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* CobwebOfDisuse: The top of Roger's laboratory and some items on his desk are covered in cobwebs. Some also flutter when the air conditioning is on.
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* ShoutOut: One of the news articles hanging in the bar contains an ''VideoGame/IronHelix'' ad.
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* ShoutOut: One of the A news articles clipping hanging in the bar restroom contains an ''VideoGame/IronHelix'' ad.
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* ItWontTurnOff: Subverted. The gas flame underneath the bar's water heater is constantly burning, but the cause lies with Eddie neglecting to maintain it, not anything supernatural.
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* ChemistryCanDoAnything: Averted. Roger's main project revolves around creating a nicotine-based pesticide called "Balatapropid" to theoretically kill roaches forever. His limited range of equipment and increasing pressure from the university partly contributed to Roger's embezzlement at the start.
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* MysteriousBacker: The Blattidae Group, a Swiss chemical company whom anonymously provided Roger's million-dollar science grant in hopes of funding his pesticide project. The university Roger works for is understandably concerned about the shady circumstances behind this.
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* EvilIsNotWellLit: While Roger's apartment living room is bright and relatively tidy, his laboratory and bathroom are messy and dimly lit, making things more unsettling than everywhere else in the bar.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One side of Roger's apartment contains a makeshift laboratory he'd set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of eyes clipped from random pictures.''
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One side of Roger's apartment contains a [[MadScientistLaboratory makeshift laboratory laboratory]] he'd set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of eyes clipped from random pictures.''
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* HauntedHouse: The bar appears to be haunted by the Oracle, possessing its various pests and animals to guide Roger.
** [[spoiler:This applies to Roger and Eddie as well in one of the bad endings.]]
** [[spoiler:This applies to Roger and Eddie as well in one of the bad endings.]]
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* TheTelevisionTalksBack: When Roger turns on his TV, the Oracle speaks to him on-screen.
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* InstantSedation: When Eddie takes a few swigs of his beer [[spoiler: that Roger spiked with a single sleeping pill]], he falls flat on his bed in the span of a few seconds. At least he had enough time to tuck himself in first.
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* InstantSedation: When Eddie takes a few swigs of his beer [[spoiler: that [[spoiler:that Roger spiked with a single sleeping pill]], he falls flat on his bed in the span of a few seconds. At least he had enough time to tuck himself in first.
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* AMacGuffinFullOfMoney: Eddie's mattress has a small stash of money stuffed inside, and a bunch of coins fall out when he collapses into it.
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* InstantSedation: When Eddie takes a few swigs of his beer [[spoiler: that Roger spiked with a single sleeping pill]], he falls flat on his bed in the span of a few seconds. At least he had enough time to tuck himself in first.
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* ForDoomThrBellTolls: The track "Dischord" in the game's climax has tolling bells mixed in. [[spoiler: Helps with the Oracle's warning that, "Time now has meaning and the bell tolls for thee."]]
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* ForDoomThrBellTolls: ForDoomTheBellTolls: The track "Dischord" in the game's climax has tolling bells mixed in. [[spoiler: Helps with the Oracle's warning that, "Time now has meaning and the bell tolls for thee."]]
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* ForDoomThrBellTolls: The track "Dischord" in the game's climax has tolling bells mixed in. [[spoiler: Helps with the Oracle's warning that, "Time now has meaning and the bell tolls for thee."]]
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* BadBedroomBadLife: While Roger rents out a relatively fancy second floor apartment, Eddie appears to have made the bar's utility room into his sleeping space, with a few pictures and an old radio for comfort.
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* BadBedroomBadLife: While Roger rents out a relatively fancy second floor apartment, Eddie appears to have made the bar's utility room basement into his sleeping space, with a few pictures and an old radio for comfort.
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* DroneOfDread: The music in the first room of the game is an unsettling droning hum, mixed in with occasional [[ScareChord distorted stings]] when hazards are nearby.
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* DrivenToSuicide: One flashback shows Eddie attempting to throw himself off the Bay Bridge. [[spoiler: The Oracle [[TalkingDownTheSuicidal talks him out of it.]] ]]
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* MessOfWoe: Eddie let the bar fall to pieces out of despair from [[spoiler: losing his wife.]]
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* NoOshaCompliance: Justified. Eddie couldn't scrape together enough cash to renovate his bar, and several news clippings mention multiple bars being raided by police for safety code violations.
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* NoOshaCompliance: Justified. Eddie couldn't scrape together enough cash to renovate his bar, and several news clippings mention multiple bars being raided by police for safety code violations. violations.
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* DisgustingPublicToilet: One of the locations to explore is the bar's restroom. Eddie painted walls, but everything else still looks grimy. There's also the Rat King to contend with under the sink.
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* DisgustingPublicToilet: One of the locations to explore is the bar's restroom. Eddie painted the walls, but everything else still looks grimy. There's also the Rat King to contend with under the sink.
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* GoodiesInTheToilet: The restroom has some news clippings on the wall, and Roger left some journal pages in his bathtub.
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* GoodiesInTheToilet: GoodiesInTheToilets: The restroom has some a news clippings clipping on the wall, and Roger left some journal pages in his bathtub.
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* DisgustingPublicToilet: One of the locations to explore is the bar's restroom. Eddie painted walls, but everything else still looks grimy. There's also the Rat King to contend with under the sink.
** Roger's upstairs bathtub near the end isn't much better, if the papers strewn inside and clothes hung on the curtain are any indication.
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* PipeMaze: The fridge and stove have winding systems of pipes inside, and a discarded mass of cables in a trash can also acts as one.
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* AirVentPassageway: Roger can use these to get around the bar, though one of them poses a hazard when the fan is turned on.
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* HorribleHousing: Eddie's bar is a run-down, unsafe nightmare of a place, with fixtures dating back to the mid-20th century, including [[spoiler: a wall full of razor blades, and a faulty gas-fired water heater.]]
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* TheAllegedHouse: Eddie's bar is a run-down, unsafe nightmare of a place, with fixtures dating back to the mid-20th century, including [[spoiler: a wall full of razor blades, and a faulty gas-fired water heater.]]
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* BadBedroomBadLife: While Roger rents out a relatively fancy second floor apartment, Eddie appears to have made the bar's utility room into his sleeping space, with a few pictures and an old radio for comfort.
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* HubLevel: The basement, where six drain pipes lead to different rooms in the bar, each unlocking as the player progresses.
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* NoOshaCompliance: Downplayed. Eddie couldn't scrape together enough cash to renovate his bar, and several news clippings mention multiple bars being raided by police for safety code violations.
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* ShoutOut: One of the news articles hanging in the bar contains an ''VideoGame/IronHelix'' ad.
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* TheAllegedHouse: Eddie's bar is a run-down, unsafe nightmare of a place, with fixtures dating back to the mid-20th century, including [[spoiler: a wall full of razor blades, and a faulty gas-fired water heater.]]
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* NoOshaCompliance: Downplayed. Eddie couldn't scrape together enough cash to bring his bar up to code, and several news clippings mention multiple bars with faulty gas lines.
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* NoOshaCompliance: Downplayed. Eddie couldn't scrape together enough cash to bring his bar up to code, and several news clippings mention multiple bars with faulty gas lines.
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One side of Roger's apartment contains a makeshift laboratory he'd set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of paper eyes.''
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* RoomFullOfCrazy: One side of Roger's apartment contains a makeshift laboratory he'd set up in his research to kill roaches, with a wall littered with schematics, disturbing notes, and ''dozens of paper eyes.eyes clipped from random pictures.''
