History VideoGame / Figment

* AdvancingWallOfDoom: Two of them in Creed Valley:

** The Jester sings one called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zjl2-MSmbsE&list=PLPiEEwtre2ap6L5R-jEnW2wdr5Vg7Ms2X&index=6 "Dance Like an Idiot"]] about how he wants to "liberate" the mind, by [[ChaosIsEvil throwing it all into chaos]]. He later sings a DarkReprise during the finale called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z9fGvbPSEjE&list=PLPiEEwtre2ap6L5R-jEnW2wdr5Vg7Ms2X&index=1 "Looks Like an Idiot to Me"]]

* ArtifactMook: Fear-Of-Loss invokes Mooks from the previous bosses.

** The sequel has the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8u5qJuhxuq4&list=PLPiEEwtre2ap6L5R-jEnW2wdr5Vg7Ms2X&index=7 Discarded Opinions Song]], as before it is justified by the singers being wrong opinions.
* BigBadEnsemble: The three nightmares in the first game are all trying to overrun the Mind with fear, but none are working together. The Thief is the overarching threat though.

* ColorMotif: Each of the nightmares in the first game is primarily [[DarkIsEvil black]] along with another color. Each nightmare's color combination fits their personality:
** The Plague: Black and {{Red|AndBlackAndEvilAllOver}}. This fits his violent, temperamental personality.
** The Spider Queen: Black and [[GrayscaleOfEvil White]]. This fits her calmer, more menacing personality.
** The Fear-Of-Loss: Black and {{Purple|IsPowerful}}. This is fitting for how he's the most dangerous nightmare.
* CreepyHighPitchedVoice: The Plague has a screechy, sickly high-pitched voice.
* DanceBattler: Downplayed with The Plague who tapdances while singing his villain song and [[MadBomber throwing beakers of poison at you.]] The Jester in the sequel also dances during combat.

* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Fear-Of-Loss again; being what he is, he can't imagine anyone coping with losing something or someone they care about, such as Piper appreciating things while they last. His attempt at a SadisticChoice [[spoiler:after you win the final showdown]] fails because he doesn't expect Dusty to [[spoiler:willingly sacrifice his [[MacGuffin scrapbook]]]].

* FrenchJerk: The Spider Queen has a French accent.

* KillItWithWater: How the Plague dies.
* LaughablyEvil: The Plague is the most humorous of the evil nightmares, between his [[NoIndoorVoice over-the-top voice acting]], constant anger, dancing to his own VillainSong, and more. He's also the source of the game's only ToiletHumor moments, if you're into that too.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: One of the lines in the Discarded Opinions Song is [[TakeThat "videogames can't be musicals"]]
* MadBomber: The Plague fights by throwing vials of disease everywhere.
* MalevolentMaskedMan: Each nightmare in the first game has a masklike face. When the Plague and the Spider Queen die, their masks are left behind, but the Fear-Of-Loss disappears entirely.

* MultipleHeadCase: The Jester has two heads that act like a comedy duo.

* NoIndoorVoice: The Plague never speaks below a shrill scream.
* NoSongForTheWicked: Inverted. Dusty, the protagonist, is the only major character who does not sing. [[spoiler: He finally gets a chance to shine in the sequel, and he's pretty good.]]
* PlagueDoctor: Invoked. The Plague, a nightmare representing the fear of disease, has a face resembling a plague doctor mask.

* ResurrectiveImmortality: The Jester can come back even after being destroyed, Piper notes that it shouldn't be possible. [[spoiler: This is because he's a part of the mind, like Dusty, and can't simply be destroyed.]]
* RottenRockAndRoll: Fear-Of-Loss's VillainSong uses this genre, late in the game he uses the front bumper and signal lights from the crashed car in the BlackBugRoom as a stage and special effects lightshow respectively and during the last part of his boss fight he [[MetalScream metal screams instead of talking.]]
* ScrapHeapHero: Dusty at the start of the first game, he's been out of work for so long he's out of shape and is fairly cynical, he gets better later.

* StrawNihilist: The Fear-Of-Loss is a cackling maniac who believes that nothing in life matters and tries to get the protagonist, Dusty to give in to despair. Justified because the Fear-of-Loss is a nightmare in a man's MentalWorld, representing the fear and despair that the man feels from [[spoiler:falling into a coma due to a car crash]].
* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: The Plague does this in his song to avoid saying "shit".
-->Your blood is boiling and your headache split\\
You'll lose your lunch and smell like... eh, something nasty!

* TrrrillingRrrs: The Plague trills his Rs a few times, fitting for how comically sinister he is:
-->''Drrrrenched in sweat, and with a scream / you wake up frrrom my fever dream!''

* UnusualEuphemism: Done via a {{pun}}. At one point, the Plague says "What the health?!" It's a pun on "hell", and the word choice is fitting as something the embodiment of disease would hate.

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Twice during the sequel Dusty manages to get on the Jesters good side, unfortunately the Jesters idea of having fun with Dusty still involves summoning enemies and [[BulletHell shooting fireworks everywhere]] regardless, Dusty even lampshades it during the finale.
--> ''The way you celebrate is kinda killing me.''

The game is available on pretty much every store and Operating System going (with the notable exception of the UsefulNotes/XboxOne, which is in development); UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, Website/GOGDotCom, UsefulNotes/EpicGamesStore, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, Apple's App Store, Android via the Google Play Store, and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4. A port for [=MacOS=] can be found via Steam, [=GOG=] and the Epic Games Store, and a Linux port can be found via Steam and [=GOG=].