History VideoGame / CostumeQuest

* NPCRoadBlock: NPCs in mummy costumes will block the main road, at least until you get the boost upgrade.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
* GiantEnemyCrab: The French Fries turns you into this. Yes, really. A giant crab with french fry legs, french fry pincers, and a french fry container shell. And it's [[LethalJokeCharacter actually pretty effective]].

* TheCameo: [[spoiler:WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat appear in the Top-Secret Warehouse, with Puppycat even making the same Vocaloid noises. The credits later thank Natasha Allegri.]]
* CallBack: In [[spoiler:Orel's fake Halloween warehouse, all the fake kids are painted in the costumes from the first game. Except for one, a ShoutOut to Raz from ''Psychonauts'']]

* BeefGate: [[spoiler: The return of [=BoJonn=] in the Arcade.]]

* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: Grubbins on Ice ends with the kids going through the portal to return home, only to end up in a [[PhantomZone void-like dimension]] containing even more portals.]]

* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler: Dorsilla with Big Bones.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler: First the Grubbins, then the Trowbogs, then the Crestwailers.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Dorsilla.]]
* DualBoss: The final fight of Grubbins on Ice pits you against [[spoiler: Big Bones and Araxia]].

* EvilTwin: [[spoiler: Dorsilla.]]
* {{Expy}}: The Black Cat Costume is a [[VideoGame/BrutalLegend Laser Panther]] without the purple streaks.

* AHellOfATime: One monster says Dorsilla is so bad that [[spoiler: they don't want her to return to Repugia.]]

* IronicEcho: [[spoiler: Dorsilla uses a recording of the main character to tear the sibling away from him/her. Dorian uses a recording of his sister to expose her plot to usurp Big Bones.]] "That's inadmissible!"

* KidsAreCruel: The gang of mummy children. But it turns out [[spoiler: the gang leader is the only one keeping their violent tendencies in check.]] This is played for laughs.

* ManipulativeEditing: [[spoiler: Dorsilla uses this to drive the siblings apart.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: The DLC leaves the main characters lost in a hub of portals to different worlds.]]

%%* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Dorsilla, to Big Bones.]]

%%* StealthMentor: [[spoiler: Dorian]]

* WhatTheHellHero: The player makes a [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold grudging but heroic speech]] to Dorsilla's voicemail. [[spoiler: She clips out the heroic parts for her own purposes.]]

* WomanScorned: [[spoiler: When Big Bones discovers Dorsilla's plot to usurp him, he breaks the deal with her and tell her to get lost. Not happy at all, she obeys, but not before boosting the heroes' power so they'll kick his ass.]]

* AfterCombatRecovery: Averted. You no longer regenerate all your health after battle; whatever damage you take is carried over to the next battle unless you visit the [[SavePoint healing fountains]] in between.

* CallBack: In [[spoiler: Orel's fake Halloween warehouse, all the fake kids are painted in the costumes from the first game. Except for one, a ShoutOut to Raz from ''Psychonauts'']]
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Again. The new costumes include [[AscendedExtra Candy Corn]], {{Superhero}}, [[NonIronicClown Clown]], Pterodactyl, UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, [[WizardClassic Wizard]], [[{{Mummy}} Pharoah]], [[spoiler:{{Wolfman}}]], [[spoiler:[[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost]]]], [[spoiler:Hot Dog]], and [[spoiler:Solar System]].

* EarthShatteringKaboom: [[spoiler: The Solar System costume's LimitBreak. A bunch of spaceships surround Earth and fire simultaneously, rendering it a blackened wasteland. Don't worry, all it does in-battle is massive damage to your enemies.]]
* {{Expy}}: Some of the new costumes borrow their out-of-battle movement abilities from the first game; the Wizard can light up areas like the Spaceman did and the Pharoah takes over sliding down ropes from the Pirate.

* FutureMeScaresMe: [[spoiler: Kid!Orel's reaction to his adult self.]]

* GuestFighter: The [=PS3=] and [=PS4=] versions include ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet''[='=]s Sackboy as an exclusive costume.

** [[spoiler: Kid Orel.]]

* InfinityPlusOneSword: [[spoiler: The Solar System costume. There's nothing in-game leading you to it and it requires you to pick up some other optional costumes, but it's extremely powerful, with very few drawbacks.]]

* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: [[spoiler: During the final fight against Orel, the Candy Corn costume can use its LimitBreak: "Glisten", which causes Orel to lose his turn.]]

* WhamShot: The very end of the game, Halloween is saved, all is well that ends well... [[spoiler: And a '' '''Grubbin''' '' comes in view.]]

* {{Homage}}: Tasha Harris says the game is inspired from many things. The isometric diagonal view of the town is from Videogame/{{Earthbound}}, the monsters are inspired from Film/{{Labyrinth}}, the art is inspired from Creator/HayaoMiyazaki and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker Wind Waker]], and the whole game is a love letter to Halloween and costumes (in particular, handmade ones.)

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Again. The new costumes include [[AscendedExtra Candy Corn]], {{Superhero}}, [[NonIronicClown Clown]], [[{{Pterosoarer}} Pterodactyl]], UsefulNotes/ThomasJefferson, [[WizardClassic Wizard]], [[{{Mummy}} Pharoah]], [[spoiler:{{Wolfman}}]], [[spoiler:[[OurGhostsAreDifferent Ghost]]]], [[spoiler:Hot Dog]], and [[spoiler:Solar System]].

''Costume Quest'' is the first of four titles from Creator/DoubleFine for which Creator/TimSchafer took a backseat to the most trusted members of his team. This game is from the imagination of Tasha Harris, former Creator/{{Pixar}} animator and Lead Animator of the creatures in ''VideoGame/BrutalLegend''.

A sequel was released in October 2014. In it, Wren and Reynold have to go through time to stop candy-hating DepravedDentist Dr. Orel White, who intends to destroy Halloween forever.

* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Core game mechanic. In an enemy encounter, Wren and Reynold transform into a building sized version of what their primitive, handmade costume is supposed to represent. Here's a list by category of use.

* [[HalloweenEpisode Halloween Game]]

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Candy is the game's currency and can be used to purchase Battle Stamps. These helpful stick-on accessories can power up stats, enable StandardStatusEffects, or unlock unique single-use abilities in combat.

* SiblingRivalry: Wren vs Reynold.
** And [[spoiler:Dorsilla vs Dorian. Dorian obviously losing.]]

* StandardStatusEffects: Poison, Burn, and Stun. Different kinds of attacks inflict various degrees of each.
* TheStarscream: [[spoiler: Dorsilla, to Big Bones.]]

* StealthMentor: [[spoiler: Dorian]]
* StockAesops: Family is Everything.
* SugarBowl

* ToothyBird: The Crestwailers are this.
* VillainousGlutton: Big Bones.

** [[spoiler: Kid!Orel.]]

* PreOrderBonus: Pre-ordering the game on Steam got you four costumes from the previous game to use: Robot, Pumpkin, Unicorn, Eyeball.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: "I hope I'm the only banana costume. Last year? TOTAL bananafest!"
** A male NPC mentions that his husband said that there shouldn't be any kids and don't have much candy.

** Two more ''VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}}'' references are on the first page of the trading card list: The first candy listed is "Raz-Ums", named after the protagonist. On the same page, there is a type of cotton candy/candy floss that resembles the FunnyAfro of JerkJock Bobby Zilch.

* {{Foil}} Wren and Reynold = Drusilla and Dorian.

** A mission in a corn field maze is called [[Literature/ChildrenoftheCorn Children of the High Fructose Corn Syrup.]]

* ShrunkInTheWash: In the DLC the yeti monster turns out to be a guy in a suit; the reason why the yeti hasn't been seen is that the suit shrunk in the wash. Fortunately it's shrunk to the correct size of a 4th grader.