History VideoGame / FarnhamFables

* GoodShepherd: Pastor Luke Howards is a very nice man, and rather open-minded for a man of the cloth. He actually moved from England to Farnham because he disagreed with his old church's HeteronormativeCrusader views, and is very relieved to see that Natick's First Baptist Church is much more tolerant (as evidenced by their acceptance of Francine and Lacey Fischer.

*** Nidos the gryphon is a bit more obscure: his name is a reference to WebVideo/TwoTheRantingGryphon, with the name "Nidos" coming from combining the Japanese and Spanish words for the number 2.

* AuthorAvatar: Andrew Tallini, the games' creator, does exist within the universe of Farnham Fables. However, since he lives in the "real world", he doesn't get to interact much with his creations very often. So far, he only appears in Episode 4, and for most of the episode he's a talking hat, only showing up in person during the ending.

* AuthorAvatar: Andrew Tallini, the games' creator, does exist within the universe of Farnham Fables. However, since he lives in the "real world", he doesn't get to interact much with his creations very often; so far, his only appearance is in Episode 4, which is a DreamEpisode.

* StylisticSuck: The Cheese Wedge DatingSim in Episode 4 brings together all of the traits of the worst in the genre. PurpleProse filled with spelling errors, awful art, [[ButThouMust choices that don't actually matter]], a [[UnexpectedGameplayChange pointless and frustrating mini-game]] with a GameBreakingBug that thankfully gives the player infinite lives, and one part where you have to give three items to progress [[GuideDangIt with no indication of what these items are]]. which comes out of nowhere right at the end]]. Good thing Theresa is the one who has to endure all of these flaws, and not us!

* LiveItem: In Episode 1, once you rescue Gloria, she's put into Fredrick's inventory as if she was an item, representing how she's being escorted by the princes.

* StylisticSuck: The Cheese Wedge DatingSim in Episode 4 brings together all of the traits of the worst in the genre. PurpleProse filled with spelling errors, awful art, [[ButThouMust choices that don't actually matter]], a [[UnexpectedGameplayChange pointless and frustrating mini-game]] with a GameBreakingBug that thankfully gives the player infinite lives, one part where you have to give three items to progress [[GuideDangIt with no indication of what these items are]], and [[spoiler:a FanDisservice [[HGame H-scene]] which comes out of nowhere right at the end]]. Good thing Theresa is the one who has to endure all of these flaws, and not us!

* RealPlaceBackground: Many of the screens in the games are based on real places which Andrew, the game's author, has been to. {{Lampshaded}} in Episode 4, where one area, the Unprocessed Section, is actually a reference photograph which was used for the forest entrance at the Edison's farm.

* CallBack:
** In Episode 2, while Winona is getting her nails painted, she mentions that Cally went to the castle and met with the King, which is the FramingDevice of Episode 1.

** Episode 3 starts with Theresa being late for school due to a power outage messing up her alarm, and then realizing that she made a mistake when writing her name on her homework. At the start of Episode 4, having Theresa examine her homework will have her be relieved that classes were cancelled for the day, since that allows her to correct her mistake, and you can also ask Vincent about his work, which will have him mention that he's working on recovering data that was corrupted due to the outage.

* PleasePutSomeClothesOn: Compared to his brothers, Philip is much less comfortable around naked people. He outright refuses to enter the nudist Keith's hut, turns his head away when handing Gloria's skirt to Rachael, and can ask her and her daughter to put more clothes on. In Episode 3, [[spoiler:going to the Edisons' farm after gathering all of the animals will have Philip learn that they like to go topless when no one else is around, much to his embarrassment, and he will refuse to do most of the interactions with them]].

* RunningGag: Every episode has a pebble which can be picked up as an inventory item, even though it's never actually needed to do anything. Its only "use" is to see the potentially humorous interactions from trying to give or throw it at everything in sight.

** In Episode 4, making Theresa gives the drunk skeleton's keys to the clown butt will actually result in her nearly crossing the DespairEventHorizon and giving up on the whole game, before she remembers that [[MediumAwareness she can interpret commands however she wants]]. She then decides to just not do it.

** The Edisons all have first names which start with a "W": Wilford, William, Wendy, and Winona.

* PlotAllergy: Theresa is severely allergic to peanuts. In Episode 4, this means she has to find the Rainbow Keys so she can create a bridge, instead of just swimming across.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Certain actions will generate an unamused or disturbed response from the narrator or characters. For example, having Fredrick swing his sword at Gloria in Episode 1 will have the narration explain that Fredrick shows her some sword moves, followed by "That's what you meant, right?"

** The dark forest is guarded by tickle vines, magical plants which tickle unsuspecting passersby. To enter the forest, Theresa needs to put on protective boots. If she takes off the boots inside the forest, or gets teleported inside while barefoot, and tries to leave without putting them back on, well...
** Theresa enters a trailer which supposedly belongs to Yvonne Stroker, a MadScientist obsessed with tickle torture. If certain conditions have been met, Theresa can subject dream versions of her bullies, Angelica and Janine, to a bit of tickling in the Tickletron... but once she thinks they've had enough, she realizes that she has no idea how to actually stop the machine, and every button she pushes just ends up increasing the intensity.

* PromotionToParent: After the death of their parents eight years ago, Vincent Doyle became a father figure to his little sister Theresa. In the beginning of Episode 2, Pastor Luke Howards may mistakenly think that Vincent is actually her father.

** In Episode 3, Philip can find various blue-painted items around the Edison's farm. During the previous episode, Wendy can use her nail polish to color these items.

*** The fox will run to the south after smelling Gloria's clothes. The princes can either go to the south, or take the long way around the forest; doing the latter will result in the fox being confused as to why you'd do that.

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