History VideoGame / GoonyaMonster

--> '''Goonyan''': And the shop has a lot of nice things, [[VerbalTic nyamo]]! [[AnOfferYouCantRefuse If you like shopping...]]

It is available on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch, UsefulNotes/Playstation5, and UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:Despite helping Snail and the others when Orca sends monsters at them for their reunion, he tells her he has to continue fighting on the Monsters' side, and therefore has to leave again.]]
* CheerfulChild: Snail. Unfortunately, this aspect of her led to her parents putting her through severe disciplinary measures.

* ForGreatJustice: [[spoiler:Orca is a strong believer in this.]]

** [[spoiler:Orca and Octo set off together to partake in reforestation efforts and finding the latter's family. Octo also spends time writing letters to his friends.]]

* FuelMeterOfPower: [[spoiler:Goonyan's ability to [[ResetButton reset time to a certain point]] is established to not have many uses left (three, to be specific), and also gets weaker with each use. He uses it for the last time in Episode 5.]]

* WorthLivingFor: Pirarucu for [[spoiler:Clione, as he learns in Episode 5. Though that might not last long with Goonyan resetting time...]]

* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: Don't let the cartoonish characters fool you into thinking this is suitable for kids. ''It is a T-rated game for a few reasons, such as Monsters eating the Busters during gameplay and the mention of characters dying or even '''wanting''' to die.''

* ResetButton: [[spoiler:Goonyan has a special power to reset time to a certain point, as demonstrated at the end of Episode 3.]]

--> ''Packed with cuteness, punk attitudes and a shade of existential dread.''
---> --'''Tagline'''

* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Downplayed. Octo has a feeling of nostalgia when he encounters Goonyan, but doesn't realize that [[spoiler:a cat the former first encountered during one of the times he was alone was the latter.]]

* KindheartedCatLover: Octo. His encounter with Goonyan is enough reason for him to immediately accept becoming a Buster.

* ImNotTellingYouWhatImTellingYou: [[spoiler:Anemone accidentally lets slip her relationship with Orcinus and being a part of Team Virus in both Episode 3 and Episode 4, though the latter establishes her participation in Team Virus. Goonyan resets time in both instances afterwards.]]

--> ''[[spoiler:(My real mother protected me a long time ago from a Monster and was killed...)]]''

* AlphaBitch: Pirarucu. She was born as the sole heiress of a wealthy family, so it (naturally) has given her a strong sense of pride and a short fuse, leaving her prone to snap at the others.

* ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:Goonyan's official bio states he used to be an ally of ''VideoGame/GoonyaFighter'''s Dr. Gel, setting the games in the same universe; it might also be an alternate universe, however.]]

* AnimalMotifs: [[AnimalThemeNaming All of the human characters are named after aquatic animals (or semi-aquatic animals, in the case of Snail and Toad)]]. [[spoiler:Orca takes it further: Not only does her hairstyle resemble her namesake animal, she also wears shoes resembling it, and she's the leader of an organization of Monsters called ''Orcinus.''[[note]]Both are derived from the orca's scientific name, ''Orcinus orca''.[[/note]]]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Team Virus.

* UncreditedRole: In the case of the global release, the voice actors of anyone other than [[https://uk.linkedin.com/in/leonie-schliesing Snail]], [[https://mdvoiceover.com/ Pirarucu]], and [[https://www.tanisvoiceover.com/portfolio Goonyan]] have remained entirely unknown.

* WrongSideAllAlong: [[spoiler:It is revealed in Episode 4 that Goonyan is really a member of Team Virus, an organization seeking to use the power of Souls to make Clione into a vessel while also making Busters and Monsters fight each other. However, everyone has gone so far into wanting to stop the Undead that the only thing they can do is to keep going in order to figure out the true extent of this plot.]]

** [[spoilers:Monsters are really transformed humans.]]
** [[spoilers:When Clione explains how his split personality came to be, he delivers two at once: that his main personality has no will to live, but it's what he doesn't tell them that's the real kicker.]]
--> ''[[spoilers:(My real mother protected me a long time ago from a Monster and was killed...)]]''
** [[spoilers:Team Virus's plan for Clione to be used as a vessel is because of his lost will to live.]]

* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Octo's parents genuinely loved him, but their work made it so that they rarely came home to spend time with him, leaving him to spend time with a cat [[spoiler:that would later become Goonyan]] until he eventually made friends of his own.

* CelebrityVoiceActor: Slug's voice actor in the Japanese version is renowned manga artist Mel Kishida.