History VideoGame / DrawnToLife

* InteractiveStartUp: The opening screen of allows you to doodle on the image of Jowee that appears.

** Subverted in the Wii version of ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' where [[spoiler: the characters believe the villain they are fighting to be Wilfre, only to eventually discover [[EvilAllAlong that it's actually Cerci]] who's been behind everything]]

** The new ending ''The Next Chapter'' received in the CompilationRerelease (and supposedly a few recently produced stand-alone cartridges) is ''significantly'' happier, starting with the much more cartoony art style. [[spoiler:Instead of a car accident, the injury that causes Mike to pass out and dream up the Raposa's world is a bump on the head, from falling out of a tree while on a camping trip. The kids are no longer orphans and Heather remains unharmed.]]

* {{Smurfing}}: What the rapo?

* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler: Mike in the first game was a random JokeCharacter who was mainly around to have the Raposa be silly with him. In the sequels, he is a boy in a coma who's conscious has become connected to the world of the Raposa. After waking up at the end of the second game's DS version, he has to deal with the grief of losing his parents and fight against Aldark, who wants to prey on his feelings.]]

In the first game: ''Drawn to Life'', the Raposa village has been under attack by Wilfre, who covers the village in shadow after the Creator seemingly abandons them. With most of the villagers having left, Mari then asks the Creator for help, and the player [[LivingDrawing draws a hero]] to save the village. The hero must travel across the world, through the four gates in the village, defeating the shadow, returning the lost Raposa to the village, and collecting the missing pages of the Book of Life to restore the village to its former glory. The main gimmick of the series is that you get to draw a ton of stuff, including a whale-copter.

''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' followed, having two versions that have different plots. The version for the Wii takes place directly after Drawn to Life, but before ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' on the DS. The DS version features a [[DarkerAndEdgier much darker storyline]], improved drawing functions, better platforming, no arbitrary outlines where you can only color things in... In addition, it's much harder and faster-paced, with a plot concerning color getting drained from the world. There is also a CompilationRerelease of the two DS games called ''Drawn to Life Collection'', with an alternate ending to the second game (though this ending is shown to be [[CanonDiscontinuity non-canon]] by the third game).

There is also a version using the characters of ''WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants'' called ''Drawn to Life: [=SpongeBob=] [=SquarePants=] Edition''.

5th Cell, the games' original developer, went on to make ''VideoGame/{{Scribblenauts}}'', which does to words what ''Drawn to Life'' did for images. The rights to the franchise were purchased in 2013 by Creator/FiveZeroFiveGames for $300K USD from the THQ auction, and a version for the Apple iPad was released with less than average results.

!!Tropes:

* AdventuresInComaland: [[spoiler:The ending of ''The Next Chapter'', in a rather shocking manner, turns out to be Mike's car-crash coma dream.]]
** However it is established in the follow up game, ''Drawn to Life: Two Realms'', that [[spoiler: while Mike's time in the world of the Raposa, and the way it effected their reality (such as creating a replica of his sister Heather) were the result of his coma, the world itself and the events of the last two games are still very much real.]]
* AGodIsYou: The player plays as the Creator, the god of the Raposa

* AmbiguousEnding: The ending of ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' was incredibly ambiguous, with fans debating exactly what had happened right up until the release of ''Two Realms''. While [[spoiler: Mike’s Experiences of the Raposa's world was revealed to be the result of a coma from a car crash that killed his parents and injured his sister, it was unclear whether the world of the Raposa would (or even could) continue to exist once Mike was woken up. With ample evidence to support both the theory that the world of the Raposa only existed in Mike’s head and would therefore cease to exist once he woke up; and the theory that the world of the Raposa was its own thing and that Mike’s conscious had somehow become connected to it when he fell into the coma, and that while his removal was risky the Raposa were still there.]]
** The plot and release of ''Two Realms'' establishes the second theory as the correct one.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: {{Invoked}} in the first half of the fourth world of the first game. TheHero [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment grows as tall as a house for the first half of that world]].
** Also seems to happen with Doodled, the first boss of the Spongebob Squarepants Edition. [[DownplayedTrope It's not as big as most examples of this trope, however]].

* BigBad: Wilfre, who destroyed the book of life and brought the shadows to the world in the first game, and started draining the world's color in the second game's DS version.
** Subverted in the Wii version of ''Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter'' where [[spoiler: the characters believe the villain they are fighting to be Wilfre, only to eventually discover [[{{Evil All Along}}that it’s actually Cerci]] who’s been behind everything]]
** Additionally in ''Two Realms'' [[spoiler: Wilfre secretly works with Mari and the Hero to defeat the new villain Aldark. Oddly the name above Wilfre’s speech box remains redacted even after Mari admits that it’s him.]]
** Doodlebob also counts as this in the Spongebob Squarepants Edition.
* BittersweetEnding: Due to the ambiguity of ''The Next Chapter's'' ending it can seem as though [[spoiler: the entire Raposa world is destroyed after being revealed to be no more than the dream of a comatose Mike, a child in the human world, who was knocked deeply unconscious after a car accident killed his parents. At the end, though, Mike does wake up and reunite with his sister Heather, providing a glimmer of relief in the otherwise bleak scenario.]]
** This is rectified somewhat in ''Two Realms'', which [[spoiler:(by it’s existence alone)]] shows that [[spoiler:While Mike was connected to the world of the Raposa while he was in his coma, the world continues to exist without him in it. There is still some bitterness however, as the car accident that killed his parents has left its mark on both him and his Heather, and the place where they live. What’s more, due to the fact that the Heather Raposa's world was just a copy, she can neither remember them, see the Hero's true form, or travel to the Raposa's world. This means that the Raposa's, including the ones who raised her while she was with them, will never see her again.]]

* BrutalBonusLevel: [[spoiler:Note Land in Spongebob Squarepants Edition. Also doubles as a MarathonLevel.]]

* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler: Mike in the first game was a random JokeCharacter who was mainly around to have the Raposa be silly with him. In the sequels he is a boy in a coma who’s conscious has become connected to the world of the Raposa. After waking up at the end of the second game's DS version, he has to deal with the grief of losing his parents and fight against Aldark, who wants to prey on his feelings.]]

* {{Cyberpunk}}: The Galatic Jungle, complete with a [[spoiler:fake]] Council that employs many rules, including no sneezing.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The games story carries a pretty strong Christian set of themed, what with the Creator creating a savior at the behest of a character named Mari to help save them from the shapeshifting [[SatanicArchetype Wilfre]] and his [[TheCorruption corrupting shadows.]] The DS version of the second game ups the ante by having there be [[spoiler: A DreamApocalypse the villain is trying to stop, Mari losing faith in the creator and siding with Wilfre, and having TheReveal that the series events are due to a girls prayer.]]
* {{Cumulonemesis}}: On the first stage of the final world in ''The Next Chapter,'' there are sentient storm clouds that shoot harmful lightning projectiles downwards from their body. {{Subverted}} in that these clouds can be used as [[HelpfulMook helpful platforms that can destroy]] {{Mooks}} [[HelpfulMook from below]].

* TheDissenterIsAlwaysRight: At the beginning of the first game, the Darkness has pretty much overtaken the raposa village thanks to The Creator's disappearance. The only character who still has any faith in The Creator at that point is Mari, who's brushed off as naive by everyone else, including her father. Just a few minutes into the plot, she's proven right when The Creator comes back and sends a hero to help save the village.

%% * EternalEngine: The Giant Robosa combines this with WombLevel.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:The Giant Robosa gets it's eyes shot at and destroyed by The Hero.]]

-->'''Mari:''' Hey Jowee... How do you think the Creator sees us?
-->'''Jowee:''' Erm... What if we lived in [[UsefulNotes/NintendoDS a white box with two windows... and the box had buttons... and a magic wand]]! And the Creator used that to examine our lives... And control what we do! What do you think?
-->'''Mari:''' That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard...
-->'''Jowee:''' Yeah, I guess so...

** Wilfre = free will, however this is [[{{WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic}}up to interpretation]].

* NonstandardCharacterDesign: The hero is ''huge'' compared to the Raposa and [[spoiler:the humans of Mike's world.]]
* NonstandardGameOver: In the first game, you can refuse Mari's prayers and cause the game to end right then and there, at the very beginning.
* NoSuchThingAsDehydration: It's explicitly mentioned that the villagers were eating much less without the banya crop/Chef Cookie around, but the lack of water is only mentioned when the village needs rain. However, it only needs rain to get a break from the sun and water the banya, rather than to have something to drink.
** However since the village has a well, it's perfectly possible the Raposa were simply using that.
* ObviouslyEvil: Wilfre, who is literally covered in shadow and spoke about wanting to make better creations than The Creator. Also [[spoiler:Aldark, a literal manifestation of darkness.]]

* OptionalBoss: [[spoiler:Squid Doodle is this in Spongebob Squarepants Edition, being fought at the end of a world that [[PostEndgameContent can only be accessed after beating the main story]].]]
%% * OrphansPlotTrinket: Heather has a pendant with her.

%% * PowerTrio: In the first game: Jowee is the id, Mari is the ego, and the mayor is the superego.

* SleepyEnemy: Snowman enemies found in the Banya Fields are always asleep before the player approaches them, at which point they awake and attack, unless one walks by them carefully instead of running. As running is the default speed, this requires tapping the d-pad instead of holding it down.

* SuddenSoundtrackStop: Before the player sets off on their penultimate level, a cutscene shows the mayor being attacked and killed by Wilfre. After this moment, the background music is temporarily replaced with empty sounds of wind, and the player has no choice but to continue with the game. After the level is beaten, the music remains gone until the player goes to find the mayor's body, and it comes back afterward for the climax.
* TechnicolorFire: Justified, since [[AGodIsYou you're God]], but the Eternal Flame can be any color of the rainbow.
* ThankTheMaker: Literally, with an AddressingThePlayer twist. The raposa revere the creator as their god, having created their world from nothing.
%% * ThisCannotBe: Wilfre at the end of the first game.

%% * TurnsRed: Also literally.

** The 2 rocket levels in Spongebob Squarepants Edition also fit the criteria for this trope.
%% * VentPhysics
%% * VerbalTic

** The [[spoiler:first]] Doodlebob fight in Spongebob Squarepants Edition is also somewhat challenging for the second boss. You are introduced to the Jellyfishing Net before the fight starts, and Doodlebob does drop more nets quite often when hit, but his attacks are pretty annoying to dodge. You can destroy his bowling balls with the net, but he's invincible while he's attacking, and you'll probably fail to destroy the bowling balls if you stay next to him when he does this. [[spoiler:In the end, though, it's nowhere near as hard as the second or third fights.]]

* PressStartToGameOver: In the first game, you can refuse Mari's prayers and cause the game to end at the very beginning.

%% * SugarApocalypse: Wilfre causes this. Everything bad that happens in the Raposa world is Wilfre's fault. ''Everything.''
%% * SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Heather.]] [[RedRightHand Who didn't see that one coming?]]

%% * ThankTheMaker: Literally.

* ArtShift: The end credits of the second game feature realistic humans.

* BigBad: Wilfre, who destroyed the book of life and brought the shadows to the world in the first game, and started draining the world's color in the second game.

* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:Squid Doodle is this in Spongebob Squarepants Edition.]]

** "Watersong" in the second game features a level that has living statue enemies, which rush toward the player once the player passes them.
* CerebusRetcon: [[spoiler: Mike in the first game was a random JokeCharacter who was mainly around to have the Raposa be silly with him. In the sequels he is a boy in a coma who’s conscious has become connected to the world of the Raposa. After waking up at the end of the second game, he has to deal with the grief of losing his parents and fight against Aldark, who wants to prey on his feelings.]]

* CrystalDragonJesus: The games story carries a pretty strong Christian set of themed, what with the Creator creating a savior at the behest of a character named Mari to help save them from the shapeshifting [[SatanicArchetype Wilfre]] and his [[TheCorruption corrupting shadows.]] The second game ups the ante by having there be [[spoiler: A DreamApocalypse the villain is trying to stop, Mari losing faith in the creator and siding with Wilfre, and having TheReveal that the series events are due to a girls prayer.]]

* EvilDetectingDog: In The Next Chapter (DS), Crazy Barks acts like this around [[spoiler:Sock, the new Raposa]], when he gets aboard the ship. But no one seems to pick up on this.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: In the third game. [[spoiler:Mari]] doesn't quite go mad, but does [[spoiler:join Wilfre.]]

** ''Two Realms'' is this as a whole to ''The Next Chapter'' which has a more simplistic, grounded story more along the lines of the first game. Supporting the [[spoiler:lighter of the two main interpretations of ''The Next Chapter's'' ending, over the other KillEmAll interpretation.The darker aspects of the second game's ending are still treated with the levity they deserve--in particular, the game ignores none of the fallout that comes from the traumatic death of Mike's parents in a car accident, including Mike's inevitable depression and the community breaking apart seeking a guilty party for the accident--but the game ends up with a much more definitely happy ending.]]

* MoodWhiplash: Drawn to Life: The Next Chapter's Galactic Jungle, a {{Cyberpunk}} place where [[spoiler:there are millions of harsh laws all PlayedForLaughs to a degree]], takes a turn for the worse when you realize [[spoiler: Click was behind the whole "government,"]] and it only gets worse the further you play into the game.

* MurderousMannequin: The hero series is a wooden mannequin brought to life (if not inhabited) by the Creator to save the world. While the hero is the same entity in every game, they do change mannequin bodies in-between. This helps explain the new abilities in the second game.

* PrefersTheIllusion: In the ending to the second game, [[spoiler:the villain, Wilfre, had discovered that the whole world might be AllJustADream created by a boy in a coma. Rather than allowing the Mike to wake up, thus potentially [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt ending the world as they knew it]], he conspired to keep him in his coma so as to continue their existence. He also briefly convinced Mari to help him, but she and the rest of the Raposa, later decided it was worth the risk of potential non existence in order to allow Mike to wake up and free the world from darkness.]]

* RashPromise: In the second game, Watersong's main conflict stems from the fact that Mayor Rose foolishly promised to give her voice to Salem, against her son's wishes. She made the deal to the promise conch, which cannot be unbroken without the conch's magic, so when she lost the bet, her voice was gone as a result of her impulsiveness and {{pride}}... which isn't great for a village that literally requires music to exist.

* SceneryPorn: Some of the backgrounds in The Next Chapter are quite nice.

** The second game has three of these, more specifically, the fourth and final levels of the third village, and the sixth level of the final "village." [[spoiler: The second shmup level contains two bosses.]]

** The Giant Robosa in the second game is quite a challenge as well. The robot itself has a predictable attack pattern, but if you get hit by one of its fists, it is immune to damage. Also, once you get it to zero health, it sucks you inside and makes you fight its eyes, which breathe fire and have rocket guns to protect them, and its heart, which has homing rocket guns to protect it.

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: In the third game, you need to upgrade the Shooter ''twice'' until the Hero gets the bright idea of shooting ''up''.

In the first game: ''Drawn to Life'', the Raposa village has been under attack by Wilfre, who covers the village in shadow. Mari then asks the Creator for help, and the player [[LivingDrawing draws a hero]] to save the village. The hero must travel across the world, through the four gates in the village, defeating the shadow, returning the lost Raposa to the village, and collecting the missing pages of the Book of Life to restore the village to its former glory. The main gimmick of the series is that you get to draw a ton of stuff, including a whale-copter.