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* BlackoutBasement: The inside of the abandoned house is pitch black, but there are light sources to be found.



* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's implied though not outright stated that Donut County's some odd suburb of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Having both deserts and beaches within reasonable driving distance is one tip-off, but the big ones include [[spoiler: Pup's hot air balloon (and a Donut County delivery truck with a flat tire) explicitly causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Expressway]], and [[spoiler: the main signs of the raccoons' takeover being them changing the Hollywood sign to read 'Raccoon' and converting Griffith Observatory into their trash-can-styled headquarters.]]

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's implied though not outright stated that Donut County's some odd suburb of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Having both deserts and beaches within reasonable driving distance is one tip-off, but the big ones include [[spoiler: Pup's hot air balloon (and a Donut County delivery truck with a flat tire) explicitly causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Expressway]], and [[spoiler: the main signs of the raccoons' takeover being them changing the Hollywood sign to read 'Raccoon' and converting Griffith Observatory into their trash-can-styled headquarters.]]]]
* WreakingHavok: Objects collide with each other and you often encounter stacks of objects.
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* ShoutOut: When Mira asks BK for his tablet's password, his first guess is "0451," which is the old Looking Glass Studios door code from ''Deus Ex'' and many subsequent games. The actual password is "b0nkeykong," which is the fan name for a particular competitive team format in ''League of Legends''.
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* NeverMyFault: BK. It takes him WAY too long to fess up to destroying the town, always denying the situation has anything to do with him or even trying to spin it into him ''saving'' the town from various problems.

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* NeverMyFault: BK. It takes him WAY too long to fess up to destroying the town, always denying the situation has anything to do with him or even trying to spin it into him ''saving'' the town from various problems. This seems to be a common trait among raccoons, as the Trash King acts the same way.
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* ChekhovsGun: The balloon Pup flew away in during the second level. It's used in the finale.


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* InMediasRes: The majority of the game features most of the townspeople trapped underground recounting their misfortunes after ordering a donut from BK.

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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]!). Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Mira, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].

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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]!). Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Mira, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos [[EccentricTownsfolk Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].



* CityOfWeirdos: Donut County, inhabited by a combination of anthropomorphic animals, regular-styled intelligent animals, perfectly normal animals, sentient salt-and-pepper shakers, and humans. All of them quirky as all get out.


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* EccentricTownsfolk: Donut County, inhabited by a combination of anthropomorphic animals, regular-styled intelligent animals, perfectly normal animals, sentient salt-and-pepper shakers, and humans. All of them quirky as all get out.
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* CityOfWeirdos: Donut County, inhabited by a combination of anthropomorphic animals, regular-styled intelligent animals, perfectly normal animals, and humans. All of them quirky as all get out.

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* CityOfWeirdos: Donut County, inhabited by a combination of anthropomorphic animals, regular-styled intelligent animals, perfectly normal animals, sentient salt-and-pepper shakers, and humans. All of them quirky as all get out.
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* WhatExactlyIsHisJob: Mira works for BK, but since the business consists entirely of him sending holes to people who order donuts it's unclear what she does.
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* WeCanRuleTogether: [[spoiler:Near the end, the Trash King proposes to BK to join him by offering him all sorts of benefits, including a new quadcopter. BK seemingly takes the bait, but it turns out he’s still loyal to Mira and Possum.]]

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* LethalChef: The owner of Cat Soup... doesn't make great soup.

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* LethalChef: The owner of Cat Soup... doesn't make great soup. The Donut County citizens admit that the restaurant is gross and some of them got food poisoning from the soup.



* OnlySaneMan: Mira in the present underground situation.

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* OnlySaneMan: Mira in the present underground situation. She’s aware of BK’s actions and is rightfully upset that he destroyed the whole town.


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* VillainProtagonist: For a majority of the game, you play as BK while he makes deliveries. He initially doesn’t see anything wrong with his job and doesn’t admit that he destroyed Donut County with his deliveries. Not to mention that he’s far more concerned with Mira destroying his quadcopter than ruining his friends’ homes. This changes later when Mira finally gets through to him.
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* MockHollywoodSign: A big sign in town that just reads "RACCOON".

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* ClutchingHandTrap: The Trash King's hand is trapped in a pickle jar because of this. Naturally, he denies that it's even stuck.



* NeverMyFault: BK. It takes him WAY too long to fess up to destroying the town, always trying to spin it was him ''saving'' the town from various problems.

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* NeverMyFault: BK. It takes him WAY too long to fess up to destroying the town, always denying the situation has anything to do with him or even trying to spin it was into him ''saving'' the town from various problems.



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she doesn't know the true nature of where they lead, Mira knows about the holes that BK makes before the game starts and feels guilty about some deliveries.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she doesn't didn't know the true nature of the holes or where they lead, Mira knows knew about the holes that BK makes was making even before the game starts started and feels felt guilty about some deliveries.of BK's deliveries (particularly Coco's).]]
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The game was released on August 28, 2018, for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and iOS.

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The game was released on August 28, 2018, for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and iOS.
iOS. Ports to the UsefulNotes/XboxOne and UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch followed on December 18, 2018.
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So, it all starts as a normal day in [[TitleDrop Donut County]]. The sun's shining, the neighbor's honking their head off as usual and [[OnlySaneMan Mira's]] texting her best raccoon buddy/co-worker, BK, all about it. BK, wishing you'd come into work at the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donut County donut shop of Donut County]] sooner, decides to [[InsistentTerminology deliver the neighbor a donut]].

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So, it all starts as a normal day in [[TitleDrop Donut County]]. The sun's shining, the neighbor's honking their head off as usual and [[OnlySaneMan Mira's]] texting her best raccoon buddy/co-worker, BK, all about it. BK, wishing you'd she'd come into work at the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donut County donut shop of Donut County]] sooner, decides to [[InsistentTerminology deliver the neighbor a donut]].
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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Have A Garbage Day!]] [[note]]BK (left) and Mira(right).[[/note]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Have A Garbage Day!]] [[note]]BK (left) and Mira(right).Mira (right).[[/note]]]]
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* UnusualEuphemism: The mailman constantly honking on his scooter is "honking unbelievable", as BK puts it.
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* ExplosiveBreeder: Get a male and female adult bunnies to both fall into a hole, and the game will waste no time in letting you know just ''what'' they end up doing down there, eventually resulting in a literal ''eruption'' of baby bunnies.

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Have A Garbage Day!]] [[note]]BK (left) and Myra (right).[[/note]]]]

So, it all starts as a normal day in [[TitleDrop Donut County]]. The sun's shining, the neighbor's honking their head off as usual and [[OnlySaneMan Myra's]] texting her best raccoon buddy/co-worker, BK, all about it. BK, wishing you'd come into work at the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donut County donut shop of Donut County]] sooner, decides to [[InsistentTerminology deliver the neighbor a donut]].

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[[caption-width-right:350: [[{{Tagline}} Have A Garbage Day!]] [[note]]BK (left) and Myra (right).Mira(right).[[/note]]]]

So, it all starts as a normal day in [[TitleDrop Donut County]]. The sun's shining, the neighbor's honking their head off as usual and [[OnlySaneMan Myra's]] Mira's]] texting her best raccoon buddy/co-worker, BK, all about it. BK, wishing you'd come into work at the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donut County donut shop of Donut County]] sooner, decides to [[InsistentTerminology deliver the neighbor a donut]].



[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]!). Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].

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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]!). Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, Mira, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].



* AmbiguouslyBrown: Mira has dark skin and no other real distinguishing racial characteristics, or even other humans to be compared to.



* TokenHuman: Myra is the only human seen on screen for the entire game.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Myra and BK, especially as the Hole situation escalates.

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* TokenHuman: Myra Mira is the only human seen on screen for the entire game.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Myra Mira and BK, especially as the Hole situation escalates.

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she doesn't know the true nature of where they lead, Mira knows about the holes that BK makes before the game starts and feels guilty about some deliveries.]]



* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she doesn't know the true nature of where they lead, Mira knows about the holes that BK makes before the game starts and feels guilty about some deliveries.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: While she doesn't know TokenHuman: Myra is the true nature of where they lead, Mira knows about only human seen on screen for the holes that BK makes before the game starts and feels guilty about some deliveries.]]entire game.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's implied though not outright stated that Donut County's some odd suburb of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Having both deserts and beaches within reasonable driving distance is one tip-off, but the big ones include [[spoiler: Pup's hot air balloon (and a Donut County delivery truck with a flat tire) explicitly causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Expressway]], and [[spoiler: the main signs of the raccoons takeover being them changing the Hollywood sign to read 'Raccoon' and converting Griffith Observatory into their trash-can-styled headquarters.]]

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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's implied though not outright stated that Donut County's some odd suburb of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Having both deserts and beaches within reasonable driving distance is one tip-off, but the big ones include [[spoiler: Pup's hot air balloon (and a Donut County delivery truck with a flat tire) explicitly causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Expressway]], and [[spoiler: the main signs of the raccoons raccoons' takeover being them changing the Hollywood sign to read 'Raccoon' and converting Griffith Observatory into their trash-can-styled headquarters.]]
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* PlayfulHacker: Possum. His USB hacking tool becomes a major elements of the later levels.



* VitriolicBestBuds: Myra and BK, especially as the Hole escalates.

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* VitriolicBestBuds: Myra and BK, especially as the Hole situation escalates.
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* [[spoiler: TacticalSuicideBoss: If the King Quadcopter didn’t fire the small mines, it would be impossible to defeat.]]

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* [[spoiler: TacticalSuicideBoss: If [[spoiler:If the King Quadcopter didn’t fire the small mines, it would be impossible to defeat.]]
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-->'''Possum:""" HOLLOW EARTH!!! [[OccamsRazor OCCAM'S RAZOR]]!!!

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-->'''Possum:""" -->'''Possum:''' HOLLOW EARTH!!! [[OccamsRazor OCCAM'S RAZOR]]!!!
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---> Possum: HOLLOW EARTH!!! [[OccamsRazor OCCAM'S RAZOR]]!!!

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---> Possum: -->'''Possum:""" HOLLOW EARTH!!! [[OccamsRazor OCCAM'S RAZOR]]!!!

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* ItsAllAboutMe: BK is selfish and reluctant to admit to his faults in almost every situation.
* LethalChef: The owner of Cat Soup... doesn't make great soup.



* OnlySaneMan: Mira in the present underground situation.
* PlayableEpilogue: The "Aftermath" stage [[spoiler: which shows that all the characters are back above the ground and are rebuilding the area.]]



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* PuzzleGame PuzzleGame: With a hint of physics and comedy.


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* RealityIsUnrealistic: The author had to [[https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/08/29/how-donut-countys-hole-works/ fudge the handling of large objects]] because players kept expecting them to fall faster than physics said they actually would.
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* [[spoiler: TacticalSuicideBoss: If the King Quadcopter didn’t fire the small mines, it would be impossible to defeat.]]
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Some WikiLove [[NeedsWikiMagicLove wiki magic love]] would be very appreciated.
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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]! Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].

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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]! is]]!). Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].
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Cut to six weeks later and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]! Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].

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[[TimeSkip Cut to six weeks later later]] and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]! Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].
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So, it all starts as a normal day in [[TitleDrop Donut County]]. The sun's shining, the neighbor's honking their head off as usual and [[OnlySaneMan Myra's]] texting her best raccoon buddy/co-worker, BK, all about it. BK, wishing you'd come into work at the [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment Donut County donut shop of Donut County]] sooner, decides to [[InsistentTerminology deliver the neighbor a donut]].

[[OhCrap Then the honking stops.]]

Cut to six weeks later and the whole County's stuck in a cavern nine-hundred-and-ninety-nine feet underground. Turns out BK's been sucking everyone and everything down [[PortableHole remote-controlled sink-holes]] using a tablet app under the guise of the donut shop's delivery app. Apparently, the raccoons have been staging a covert invasion to acquire non-raccoon-kinds vast quantities of "trash" (read: everything man-made that isn't nailed down... and [[UpToEleven everything that is]]! Admittedly, [[HeroicComedicSociopath BK didn't really know what he was doing, he just wanted a shiny new quadcopter]]. So now it's up to Myra, BK, and the rest of [[CityOfWeirdos Donut County's colorful denizens]] to find a way out of the holes, turn the tables on the Raccoons, and get their town back. And maybe [[NeverMyFault get BK to admit that, yes, this is totally his fault]].

''Donut County'' is an indie puzzle game developed by Ben Esposito and published by Annapurna Interactive, that kind of plays like a reversed ''VideoGame/KatamariDamacy''. You start by deploying the hole and moving it around to collect small objects (rocks, cell phones, bugs, etc.) with each object increasing the circumference of the hole until you're horking down whole high-rises. The premise starts simply until you need to manipulate specific types of objects (water, fire, fireworks, etc.) to break things down into manageable pieces.

The game was released on August 28, 2018, for UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, [[Website/GOGDotCom GOG]], UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 and iOS.

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* CityOfWeirdos: Donut County, inhabited by a combination of anthropomorphic animals, regular-styled intelligent animals, perfectly normal animals, and humans. All of them quirky as all get out.
* IKnewIt: InUniverse Example. [[PlayfulHacker Possum]] is both a [[HollowWorld hollow-earther]] ''and'' a [[FlatWorld flat-earther]], [[BeyondTheImpossible somehow]]. He feels very validated when he ends up down the hole, confirming the 'hollow' part, at least.
---> Possum: HOLLOW EARTH!!! [[OccamsRazor OCCAM'S RAZOR]]!!!
* InsistentTerminology: 'Delivering Donuts' as BK put it.
* NeverMyFault: BK. It takes him WAY too long to fess up to destroying the town, always trying to spin it was him ''saving'' the town from various problems.
* PortableHole: The App: The Game.
* PuzzleGame
* VitriolicBestBuds: Myra and BK, especially as the Hole escalates.
* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: It's implied though not outright stated that Donut County's some odd suburb of UsefulNotes/LosAngeles. Having both deserts and beaches within reasonable driving distance is one tip-off, but the big ones include [[spoiler: Pup's hot air balloon (and a Donut County delivery truck with a flat tire) explicitly causing bumper-to-bumper traffic on the 405 Expressway]], and [[spoiler: the main signs of the raccoons takeover being them changing the Hollywood sign to read 'Raccoon' and converting Griffith Observatory into their trash-can-styled headquarters.]]

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