History VideoGame / GretelAndHansel

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: When Gretel falls through the hole in the ground at the start of Part 2. Hansel is standing right behind her, but doesn't notice her falling in--he's too distracted by the pretty, sparkly fairies. [[spoiler: Hansel and the fairies show up toward the end of the game to save Gretel when her face is stolen.]]

* AnAxeToGrind: The mother seems to be associated with axes. In the first game, she can kill Gretel with one, while the second game starts with Gretel having a nightmare where her mother threatens her with a similar axe.

* HeresJohnnyHomage; The "Axe" death in the first game starts with Gretel's mother breaking a hole in the room's door with an axe and sticking her head through the hole. To make the reference clear, the game even grants the player an achievement called "Here is mommy!".

* HenpeckedHusband: The mother is scary, so, this is pretty much a given.

* KillItWithFire: What Gretel does at the stickman.

** Gretel and Hansel are blacked by a cliff near the end. She needs to find some statue pieces to add on incomplete statues to make a bridge magically appear.

%%* NiceHat: Rufus's hat. To the point a face stealer swiped it along with his face!

** The first game establishes that Gretel likes petting cute animals. In the second game, however, She kills numerous animals and the first one is a rabbit, just like the one she can cuddle with in the first game. Even if Gretel is ''forced'' to kill these animals to advance, what makes it creepier is that she doesn't show any emotions as she kills them.

** If Gretel tries to cross the swamp alone, she gets bitten and dragged into the water by a snake. As Gretel is sinking to her death, she gives a thumbs up like the T-800 at the end of ''Film/Terminator2''.

''Gretel and Hansel'' is a series of Flash games by makopudding on {{Website/Newgrounds}}, in which you play as Gretel of "Literature/HanselAndGretel" fame. The game takes place in a particularly nightmarish world, in which characters from other FairyTales make appearances. In the first game, Gretel overhears her parents' plans to abandon them in the forest and must find enough stones to mark the path back home; in the second, she is separated from her brother and must find him and then they must find their way back home.

** The first game establishes that Gretel likes petting cute animals. In the second game, however, She kills numerous animals andthe first one is a rabbit, just like the one she can cuddle with in the first game. Even if Gretel is ''forced'' to kill these animals to advance, what makes it creepier is that she doesn't show any emotions as she kills them.

* ChainOfDeals: Some of the puzzles.

* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: The stickman offers you a variety of foods when you fall into his dining room, which you may or may not choose to consume. Eating the wrong foods will kill you, while refusing to eat or sticking to the [[MasochistsMeal "safe"]] options will eventually get you killed, anyway. How do you survive? [[spoiler: By [[TakeAThirdOption Taking a Third Option]], of course.]]

* RealityEnsues: After the first game has Gretel cuddling an adorable rabbit and making it look like most cute animals are safe, the second game gives the option for her to pet an adorable bear sitting by the river, doing so will anger the bear who then kill Gretel.

* InfantImmortality: Averted oh so very much. Special mention goes to Gretel being force-fed by the stickman, and turning into a tree.

* WickedStepmother: The mother just like in the original tale.

* SlasherSmile: Mom, [[spoiler: Gretel if you kill Hansel]].
* ShoutOut: An obvious one to Film/TheShining, among others.
* SpeakingSimlish

** The scissors in the second game. It just kills. [[spoiler: Twice.]]

* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Most medals are awarded for the various hideous deaths your character can experience.
** AnAxeToGrind
** BearsAreBadNews: The bear sitting on the log looks pretty cute....until you start stroking its fur.
** BeeBeeGun
** CainAndAbel: If you kill Hansel, you will get a NonStandardGameOver.
** [[CarFu Cart Fu]]
** CutenessProximity: Yes, even this can kill.
** EyeScream: Pecked out by a raven. Also when dying by the stick man's food.
** ImAHumanitarian
** ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: ''From the inside.'' Also by a frozen monster.
** HollywoodAcid
** KillItWithFire
** SnakesAreEvil
** YourHeadAsplode
* NameAndName: The game's title is ''Gretel and Hansel''.
* NiceHat: Rufus's hat. To the point a face stealer swiped it along with his face!
* PixelHunt
* PlotCoupons: The stones in the first game.

* FlippingTheBird: In the second game, there's a person hiding behind a tree, asking for a handshake. Slapping their hand with a tree branch will make them give the middle finger to Gretel.

* IdleAnimation: If the player stops playing for a while, Gretel starts rocking on her heels, and eventually falls asleep while standing up.

* InteractiveStartUp: The loading screen of the second game has a mini-game where the player can click heads to earn points. Having enough points unlock headgears that Gretel can wear in-game.
* ImAHumanitarian: Early in the second game, Gretel is forced to eat human meat, or else she eats vegetal food that makes a tree grow inside her until she dies.

* TheLostWoods

* VideoGameCaringPotential: In episode 2, you have the choice of ''saving'' the people that were captured by the tree. Just... good luck eating the arm and leg.

* ViolationOfCommonSense:
** The stickman allows you to choose what you want to be served... Acorns or an amputated leg? Pie or an amputated arm? Salmon or an apple on a human skull's jaws? [[ButThouMust Cake?]] You must choose, in each question, the most disgusting answer; the one that most would probably think was the worst idea. Turns out, eating the safer-looking food rises the in-game counter faster than the disgusting-looking food. If you remember the info one of the dining guests told you, [[FridgeBrilliance eating the food that looked more plant-like would equal death. The arm, leg and fish still look very much natural]].
** Consider also that your host is basically a tree--the acorn, pie, and in fact the apple in the skull's mouth are all ''made from him''. The arm, leg, and fish are not.

* CreepyChild

* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The tree in the second game.

* TheFairFolk: Averted. Actually, the fairies are playful and helpful, [[spoiler: especially after Hansel saves their queen from a face stealer.]]

* FracturedFairyTale
* GoodIsDumb: Hansel appears to be mentally retarded. Gretel however is a ChildProdigy, although [[StupidityIsTheOnlyOption she does get her face stolen despite seeing how Emma got hers stolen]].

* IdleAnimation

* JustEatHim: [[spoiler: How Hansel gets rid of the face stealer who got Gretel's face.]]

* BloodierAndGorier

* BratsWithSlingshots

** The entire scene with the stickman.
** Basically, the entire game series seems based on totally breaking her, especially part 2.
* BrokenBridge
* CainAndAbel: Killing Hansel in the first game awards the "Cain" medal, complete with SlasherSmile.

* DumbMuscle: Hansel.

* AxCrazy: Mom.

''Gretel and Hansel'' is a series of Flash games by makopudding on {{Website/Newgrounds}}, in which you play as Gretel of "Literature/HanselAndGretel" fame. The game takes place in a particularly nightmarish world, in which characters from other FairyTales make appearances. In the first game, Gretel overhears her parents' plans to abandon them in the forest and must find enough stones to mark the path back home; in the second, she is separated from her brother and must find him and then they must find their way home.

''Gretel and Hansel'' is a series of Flash games by makopudding on {{Website/Newgrounds}}, in which you play as Gretel of "Literature/HanselAndGretel" fame. The game takes place in a particularly nightmarish world, in which characters from other FairyTales make appearances. In the first game, Gretel overhears her parents' plans to abandon them in the forest and must find enough stones to mark the path back home; in the second, she is separated from her brother and must find him.