History VideoGame / Gingiva

* StealthSequel: The game outwardly appears like a sequel to ''Middens''. It's got a new main character, a more advanced world, and "gunsnake" enemies who appear to be more evolved versions of Genie. But flavor text heavily implies that the ominous void threatening to consume the world of ''Gingiva'' is in fact the Rift that ''Middens'' takes place within, and if you don't pick up on the breadcrumbs it'll probably stop you right in your tracks when [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon a very not-yet-dead Genie shows up]] and joins your party, eagerly obliterating any gunsnakes you encounter from that point onward, proving that in fact ''she'' was the more evolved version of ''them''. Furthermore, what appears to be an earlier version of the Nomad, ''Middens''' protagonist, can be seen but not interacted with at multiple points in ''Gingiva'''s world as well as during the ending cutscene, implying ''Middens'' takes place directly after the Rift consumes this world.]] This all means ''Gingiva'' is most likely[[note]]With how surreal and prone to MindScrew these games are, who can say for sure?[[/note]] a ''prequel''.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: After failing to capture Gingiva and realizing that their insurance isn't going to cover the injuries sustained in the fight, the Reptile Twins decided to turn up tails and leave rather than facing the punishment that will most likely awaits them.]]

* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: There's at least a dozen different monsters in the game who will insist you marry them as soon as you talk to them. Saying no leads to a fight. Saying yes causes a TimeSkip as the screen slowly fills with babies, after which you get the option to sue for divorce, which allows you resume playing, but also causes you to level down due to years of inactivity. Opting out of divorce leads to a NonStandardGameOver. Taken UpToEleven with one monster, who thinks you should marry him ''because you walked into his house unannounced''...

* ArtShift: Gingiva's art, while strange, has a consistent Victorian style. And then you enter The Rift..

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: The Reptile Twins]]

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: At the end, it's revealed that [[spoiler: Gingiva has bubblegum pink hair.]]

* MisterXAndMisterY: The Reptile Twins, who call themselves "One" and "The Other"

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: The Reptile Twins/One and The Other.

* DummiedOut: ''Gingiva'' is built off of ''Moments of Silence'', which was canceled. While the Reptile Twins and Mr. Freedom still appear, the protagonist is unused, his sprites still in the game files.

Set in the same surreal dystopian setting as ''Middens'', you play as Gingiva, a young woman with a turnkey for a head, who is essentially an enslaved automaton factory worker. The story begins with the "[[CorruptCorporateExecutive Holy Mother Most High]]" requesting your presence; when you speak with her, she accuses you of slacking off in your work, and has you thrown in prison.

* AmnesiacHero: The protagonist apparently has no memories of her life before her head was removed and replaced with the turnkey. [[spoiler:When she regains her human head, she regains all of those memories - but loses all of her memory from her time with the turnkey.]]

* BodyHorror: You were a human woman who was decapitated and had her head replaced with a turnkey device. Apparently, this is a standard procedure done to women in your homeland. Men, on the other hand, are rarely born[[note]](children of both sexes are actually manufactured, not born)[[/note]] at all, and those who are born normally are castrated.

* InformedAttractiveness: The protagonist is a woman with a turnkey for a head. Every character who comments on her appearance believes she's ravishingly beautiful.

* NonHumanHead: Gingiva has a metal turnkey replacing her head, though she wasn't born that way: they had to chop off her normal head and put on the turnkey in its place.

* YouHaveFailedMe: [[spoiler: The Marquis pulls this on the Holy Mother Most High after Gingiva manages to escape from the innermost rift. Calling the failure of the Mother at preventing this a total embarrassment, he decides that examples must be made... Starting with her.]]

* ScreThisIAmOuttaHere: [[spoiler: After failing to capture Gingiva and realizing that their insurance isn't going to cover the injuries sustained in the fight, the Reptile Twins decided to turn up tails and leave rather than facing the punishment that will most likely awaits them.]]