History VideoGame / CrushCrush

'''Quill:''' Are Cat-Catchers allowed to use steak knives for their jobs? Because the one that's chasing me sure is.\\

* WorldOfSnark: Unsurprisingly, given how the game doesn't take itself too seriously, quite a bit of the humor is snark-based, and most of the cast (barring specific characters like [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Elle]], [[NiceGirl Bonnibel]], and [[Beaverly, for InterspeciesRomance obvious reasons]]) engage in it.

* WorldOfSnark: Unsurprisingly, given how the game doesn't take itself too seriously, quite a bit of the humor is snark-based, and most of the cast (barring specific characters like [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Elle]], [[NiceGirl Bonnibel]], and Beaverly, for [[InterspeciesRomance obvious reasons]]) engage in it.

* [[Polyamory]]: The girls can all become your girlfriends, and all seem to be on relatively good terms with each other. Except for [[{{Yandere}} Ayeka]].

* AgeLift: Ayano[[note]] ([[TheCameo a cameo]] from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'')[[/note]] is aged up from 17 to 18 in order to make the NSFW version's sex scenes legal in more territories.

* BaitAndSwitch: Once you click on Generica to start her intro cutscene, she loses her slot in the lineup of girls, and Ayano takes over that slot.

* BeingWatched: After unlocking Ayano, some of the random things another character will say upon your arrival are...

* BloodIsTheNewBlack: Several of Ayano's outfits feature prominent blood splatters on them. This gets exaggerated for her "Don't Notice Me, Senpai" pinup, which depicts her utterly soaked in gore and cackling maniacally.

* BreastExpansion: Ayano, rather notably, has a bust size listed as "variable".

* BullyingADragon: The first attempt might count as MuggingTheMonster, but Ayano keeps pulling the same stunt...
-->'''Ayano:''' Wow! I [[BlatantLies jokingly]] pulled a katana on Fumi and she had a retractable one in her glove. You'd better be polite to her, Senpai!

* CasualDangerDialogue: After unlocking Ayano, some of the other characters might mention odd events upon your arrival. The way they word their report is [[ZigZaggedTrope usually peeved or mildly concerned, but there are some exceptions]].

** Ayano is, well, Ayano "Yan-chan" Aishi from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', complete with the same voice actress after voice acting was added.

* ChocolateOfRomance: Well, it's a gift that you're giving to the girls to romance them, and they come in a heart-shaped box. However, Ayano in particular has it as her preferred gift.

** Ayano [[spoiler:bashing a pigeon with a baseball bat]]

** When you flirt with Ayano at Sweetheart level, she makes a comment that's probably about her newfound emotions, [[DoubleEntendre and yet is rather suggestive]]...
--->'''Ayano:''' Something inside is overflowing out of me. Oh how lovely.

* DreamWalker: Clicking back and forth between Pamu and Ayano eventually has Pamu saying she eavesdropped on Ayano's dream.

** While [[VideoGame/YandereSimulator Ayano]] doesn't count since her appearance is more of an IntercontinuityCrossover, Generica is Kokona Haruka in all but name.

* FreezeFrameBonus: At random intervals, Ayano's portrait will go from her innocently smiling face to a creepy grin for a split second.

* GirlsLoveChocolate: Well, every girl can be given chocolates to get Hearts, Ayano has them as her preferred Gift, and others request them too, as requirements to get to the next Relationship Level. Like BigEater Bearverly, who wants 50 boxes to get through Frenemy Level.

** Implied via a rather unpleasant DoubleEntendre from Ayano
---> '''Ayano:''' "'Box cutter' is a great name for a tool. Because there's all sorts of boxes you can cut with it." [[note]]"Box" is an obscure slang term for a vagina.[[/note]]

* InJoke: Ayano's dialogue is filled with these toward ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''.
** The Dark One also couts, but is orders of magnitude more obscure.
* TheInspectorIsComing: for Bonnibel, if [[{{Yandere}} Ayano]] is [[UnreliableNarrator to be believed]]...
-->'''Ayano''': Did you hear about Bonnibel's "secret ingredient"? Apparently the health inspector will be investigating soon...

* LastSecondWordSwap: Ayano does this a few times.
--> '''Ayano''' [-(describing her new knife)-]: "Guaranteed not to slip, even when covered in... milk."\\
'''Ayano''': "When I look at you, I see someone worth fighting for. Worth sacrificing for. Worth killing... time for."

** Ayano is another roadblock, it's easier (and cheapier) to max out the next three girls after her than it is with her and her 1000 items required stages. Then there's the requirement to get three traits to level 60.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Generica lost her shoe (and her life) in her intro cutscene, thanks to [[{{Yandere}} Ayano]].

** Ayano:

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: While Ayano's daily murder attempts on Senpai's other girls are nothing new, she seems to reserve her homicidal tendencies for those she considers a threat to her Senpai's affections. When you go on a Movie Theater date with a girl, the place is shown to be entirely empty but for you and the girl you're taking. However, with Ayano, there are several ''very clearly murdered people'' in the rows in front of you. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Somehow this is not unsettling to the player character]].
--> '''Ayano''': "What a great movie! I'm sure glad nobody talked during it. That makes me SO mad!"

-->'''Ayano''': I think that Pamu might not be human... She laughs when she's stabbed... [[OrSoIHeard I hear.]]

* NoFourthWall: Most girls appear aware that they are in a game, and in this particular genre of game too. Nutaku is happy about it while some others tend to tease the player. The only girl consistently denying such awareness is Ayano, who is a licensed character from another game (and a known UnreliableNarrator, so she might conceivably be aware too, just lying about it).
--> '''Ayano''': Pamu complimented me on "my other video game", saying it was awesome. She's so strange.

* OnlyLikeCanCutLike: Ayano briefly ponders if, in order to stab a holographic girl, she'd need a holographic knife.
* PantyThief: [[spoiler:Ayano]] stole [[spoiler:Eva's]] panties.

* PurelyAestheticGlasses: Ayano, in reference to Fumi:
--> '''Ayano''': It's so funny when girls wear glasses when they don't need them. It's a bit silly, don't you think?

** [[{{Yandere}} Ayano]] [[UnreliableNarrator claims]] Bonnibel has had sex with an absolutely astounding number of people.

* RussianReversal: Twice over with Ayano. She and Nutaku are the only ones whose messages on reaching a new level don't entail, i.e. "You are now Frenemies with [x]"; while Nutaku's are instead increasingly sexual comments, Ayano's message instead have comments like "Ayano is now your Frenemy!". Meanwhile, [[VideoGame/YandereSimulator YanSim]] veterans will find themselves in the unpleasant situation of being her oblivious Senpai, helpless to prevent Yan-chan's machinations.

** Ayano's requirements start out in line with her unlocking position between Bonnibel and Fumi's but hit a big difficulty increase after she becomes Friendzoned and her Lover requirements are much more difficult to complete than any girl's before Pamu.

* ShameIfSomethingHappened: Some of Ayano's remarks about the other girls.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Discussed by Ayano regarding pigeons.
-->'''Ayano''': Did you see that pigeon? They freak me out. I feel like they might take over the world someday.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: Mentioned in a selection quote for Nina if you select Ayano immediately before her:

* {{Yandere}}: Ayano, the protagonist of ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'', is a guest love interest and aptly enough dislikes the other love interests to a murderous extent.

* JustForPun: A couple of fire puns.
-->'''Luna''': Alright, Squishy, you work for me now! I need a new lackey, since my last one was cooked by a fireball... I mean... he was fired.
-->'''Ayano''': Luna cast a fireball spell at me, and called me a "hot little number". I'm glad that she likes fire so much...

* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible: The "Artist" job takes up to 8 time slots and gives a low income. Its maximum level, "Iconoclast", only takes one time slot, and becomes one of the most profitable jobs. A TakeThat can also be implied. [[invoked]]

* AnythingThatMoves: If it has a pulse, Nutaku will lust after it. Adorably, though, she seems thoroughly infatuated with the main character.

* GamerGirl: Mio's whole personality.

* ADateWithRosiePalms:
** Implied that the protagonist has been using their socks for it, as a wank sock, by Nina in her Crush selection quote, even when the protagonist is set to female:
--->'''Nina:''' I washed yer socks. What the hell have you been usin' 'em for?!
** Poking Mio after becoming Lovers will occasionally yield:
--->'''Mio:''' Please, go slowly. Most of my experience is in, um... "single player".
** A couple lines from Alpha. In one she says she didn't have lady bits before and that it's been a "very educational" week for her. The second is her stating it feels incredible touching herself.

** Ayano is, well, Ayano "Yan-chan" Aishi from ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator''.

* MythologyGag: Quill's {{Catgirl}} theme and behaviors are directly inspired by the fact that she's based on one of the creator's cats.

''Crush Crush'' is a UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} DatingSim IdleGame created by Sad Panda Studios as their first game. The basic premise of the game is that you meet various girls by wrecking some part of their life, apologizing, and then eventually becoming their lover. This game does not take itself too seriously, with many pop-culture references, fourth wall and meta jokes. It's available for free on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/459820/ Steam]] and [[http://www.kongregate.com/games/sadpandastudios/crush-crush Kongregate]]. (On Steam, the uncensored version is a paid for unlock). In 2018, SPS have announced a visual novel named ''VisualNovel/HushHushOnlyYourLoveCanSaveThem'' with the same characters (seven of them, plus two more as stretch goals). It got funded on Kickstarter in three days. In 2021, SPS announced a spin-off game focusing on Mallory named ''VisualNovel/CabinFever'', developed by Steamy Buns Games.

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