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** [[spoiler: Subverted in the other games.]]
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** From Charlottes point of view it comes of as a CrapsaccharineWorld, with students at school calling her a princess or a goddess, or either wanting to be her friend or thinking they aren't worthy of being her friend. [[spoiler: After suffering a TramuticHaircut at the hands of some bullies, she sees the school for what it really is, and students she tries to talk to tell her to get lost.]]
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** Played straight with Delirium's Charlotte, Q84 and V19. They are all murders, although each have their own reasons for doing so.
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''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian episodic AdventureGame series made in VideoGame/RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
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''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian an Estonian episodic AdventureGame series made in VideoGame/RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
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''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian episodic AdventureGame series made in RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
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''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian episodic AdventureGame series made in RPGMaker VideoGame/RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
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Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assigned a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
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Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assigned a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old twelve-year-old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old ten-year-old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
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* AdultFear: As Charlotte's caretaker, part of the games' focus involves making you feel responsible every time Charlotte dies. The second episode's secret ending builds itself on making you feel ''really'' bad. In addition, the second episode in particular involves a number of unpleasant things happening to what are essentially children, from more mundane cases like bullying and emotional abuse, to surreal situations which are in themselves startlingly bleak metaphors for social integration and disintegration.
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* AdultFear: As Charlotte's caretaker, part of the games' focus involves making you feel responsible every time Charlotte dies. The second episode's secret ending builds itself on making you feel ''really'' bad. In addition, the second episode episode, in particular particular, involves a number of unpleasant things happening to what are essentially children, from more mundane cases like bullying and emotional abuse, to surreal situations which are in themselves startlingly bleak metaphors for social integration and disintegration.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Examining Charlotte's dresser in the second episode results in the description, "Clothes, hairpins, microchips, cockroaches... one of these items is not like the others."
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* CuteandPsycho: Q84, for sure.
* DeathIsCheap:[[spoiler: Charlotte Q84 goes through this. Every time she dies her memories are merely copied onto a new body. She abuses this frequently.]]
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'''Episode 3:''' ''Childhood's End'' is scheduled to be was released in 2018.
on January 5, 2018 and can be bought [[https://etherane.itch.io/hcep3 here]], or on Steam.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Anri's parents are stated to be putting enormous academic pressure on her.]] Also, [[spoiler: Charles']] parents are neglectful at best.
** In Episode 3, the Player is treated to commercials from an "ether solutions", selling various health and lifestyle products.
* ArtShift: Depending on who The Player is controlling, the art style varies in Episode 3.
* BrokenAce: [[spoiler: Scarlett Eyler is the ideal student rep, boasting good looks, good grades, and an assertive, charismatic personality. She also takes it upon herself to brutalize Charlotte Q84 a number of times to prevent her from destroying the House.]]
* Chuunibyou: C is this in Episode 2.
**[[spoiler: or so it seemed.]]
**[[spoiler: or so it seemed.]]
** Also use their own CloudCuckooLanguage, although from the Player's perspective, it's difficult to pick up on at first.
* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: Implied to have happened to most of the Charlottes in Episode 3.]]
* CorruptTheCutie: [[spoiler: Implied to have happened to most of the Charlottes in Episode 3.]]
* CreepyCleanliness: The House is by and large a disturbingly featureless locale, consisting of sparsely decorated white rooms.
** [[spoiler: By the time the House is seen without it, the amount of filth that is actually present is somehow ''more'' disturbing.]]
** [[spoiler: By the time the House is seen without it, the amount of filth that is actually present is somehow ''more'' disturbing.]]
* CuteandPsycho: Q84, for sure.
* DeathIsCheap:[[spoiler: Charlotte Q84 goes through this. Every time she dies her memories are merely copied onto a new body. She abuses this frequently.]]
* DeathIsCheap:[[spoiler: Charlotte Q84 goes through this. Every time she dies her memories are merely copied onto a new body. She abuses this frequently.]]
**OSIRIS is revealed to be contemplating the idea after he forcefully attempts to pointlessly sacrifice himself to help Charlotte save Anri in ''Delirium''. [[spoiler: Charlotte robs him of the opportunity by saving her without his help, much to his dismay.]]
**[[spoiler: Vincent plans his suicide months in advance, and Episode 3 also heavily implies Scarlett/Charlotte became suicidal after killing the Pythia in Episode 1, hence the viciously cruel environment of Episode 2.]]
* DissonantLaughter: Q84 often laughs and smiles at extremely inappropriate moments.
**[[spoiler: Vincent plans his suicide months in advance, and Episode 3 also heavily implies Scarlett/Charlotte became suicidal after killing the Pythia in Episode 1, hence the viciously cruel environment of Episode 2.]]
* DissonantLaughter: Q84 often laughs and smiles at extremely inappropriate moments.
* EmptyShell: The fate of students who fail The Trial.
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: It's implied most of the childhood memories from Episode 2 may be these, as they appear to be shared by all Charlottes.]]
* FakeMemories: [[spoiler: It's implied most of the childhood memories from Episode 2 may be these, as they appear to be shared by all Charlottes.]]
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: [[spoiler: Apparently what was done to Aiden.]]
* LotusEaterMachine: [[spoiler: The House.]]
* MadScientist: Huxley
** To a lesser extent, Felix, [[spoiler: as he is trying to create ice-9, a planet-destroying weapon of mass destruction taken from the pages of CatsCradle]]
* MindVirus: [[spoiler: The plot of the game, and the Player.]]
** Played a little more literally with references to Toxoplasma gondhii, an alveolate parasite that is carried by cats in real life, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii#Behavioral_differences_of_infected_hosts and which has been linked to adverse behavioral changes in both humans and mice]].
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler: Q84 vows this after a week of bullying, and it's implied that V19 came to a similar revelation.]]
* MadScientist: Huxley
** To a lesser extent, Felix, [[spoiler: as he is trying to create ice-9, a planet-destroying weapon of mass destruction taken from the pages of CatsCradle]]
* MindVirus: [[spoiler: The plot of the game, and the Player.]]
** Played a little more literally with references to Toxoplasma gondhii, an alveolate parasite that is carried by cats in real life, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toxoplasma_gondii#Behavioral_differences_of_infected_hosts and which has been linked to adverse behavioral changes in both humans and mice]].
* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler: Q84 vows this after a week of bullying, and it's implied that V19 came to a similar revelation.]]
**[[spoiler: Anri repeats this exercise with Charles in Episode 3]].
* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler: Charlotte Q84, the player character for the first part of Episode 3, runs a deeply unsettling television show where she gruesomely executes her classmates with a grin plastered on her face.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: In ''Delirium'', Charlotte plays this role. It's played for laughs.
* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler: Charlotte Q84, the player character for the first part of Episode 3, runs a deeply unsettling television show where she gruesomely executes her classmates with a grin plastered on her face.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: In ''Delirium'', Charlotte plays this role. It's played for laughs.
* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: Charlotte in the Gray Ending. Also, V19.]]
* PsychicLink: The drug Linq is used in Episode 3 as a means for lonely and paranoid people to share memories, [[spoiler: sometimes forcibly.]]
* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler:'''YOU'''.]]
* SociopathicHero: An interesting subversion: [[spoiler: Q84 appears to understand her actions cause distress, and so does not lack empathy, but ultimately does not care.]]
** Played straight in ''Delirium''.
** Played straight in ''Delirium''.
* StylisticSuck: The graphic design in the commercials from Episode 3 is intentionally horrendous, complete with tacky fonts, eye-searingly bright colors, poor photomanipulation (at one point, a Shutterstock watermark appears on an image), and heavy artifacting.
** Arguably, Charlotte's art can be seen as this, as her drawings in Episode 2 are very childish.
** Arguably, Charlotte's art can be seen as this, as her drawings in Episode 2 are very childish.
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** In an optional section of Episode 2, [[spoiler: [[HeroicComedicSociopath Bennett]] is revealed to have basically been born to live one, but unlike most of the other cases, is mostly over it.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: One can argue that [[spoiler: most of the cast, especially Charlotte herself]] as of Episode 2 has suffered or is suffering one.
** In an optional section of Episode 2, [[spoiler: [[HeroicComedicSociopath Bennett]] is revealed to have basically been born to live one, but unlike most of the other cases, is mostly over it.]]
* UncannyValleyGirl: See anything regarding Q84, above.
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* YourHeadASplode: Some students in Charlotte's school do this if she interacts with them. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody bats an eye to it]].
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->''"Inside a dream, I laugh, and the world laughs with me. Inside a dream, I forget, and the world forgets with me. Inside a dream, I am the world. Hello, world! [[TitleDrop Hello, Charlotte!]]"''
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->''"Inside a dream, I laugh, and the world laughs with me. Inside a dream, I forget, and the world forgets with me. Inside a dream, I am the world. Hello, world! [[TitleDrop Hello, Charlotte!]]"''Charlotte!"''
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Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assgined a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
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Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assgined assigned a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
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->''"Inside a dream, I laugh, and the world laughs with me. Inside a dream, I forget, and the world forgets with me. Inside a dream, I am the world. Hello, world! [[TitleDrop Hello, Charlotte!]]"''
-->--'''Episode 2's introduction'''
Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assgined a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
After that day, things change for Charlotte and her household.
''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian episodic AdventureGame series made in RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
'''Episode 1:''' ''Junk Food, Gods and Teddy Bears'' was released on June 17th, 2015 and can be downloaded for free [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-ep1 here]], or as a demo in the game's [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/557630/agecheck official Steam page]].
'''Episode 2:''' ''Requiem Aeternam Deo'' was released on October 8th, 2016 and can be bought [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-ep2 here]], or as the full game on Steam.
'''Episode 3:''' ''Childhood's End'' is scheduled to be released in 2018.
'''Hello Charlotte: Delirium''', a very short SpinOff puzzle game, was released on Jun 24th, 2017. It can be downloaded [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-delirium here]].
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* {{Absurdism}}: The first episode wanders into this territory at times, especially in the House and in the bear level.
* AdultFear: As Charlotte's caretaker, part of the games' focus involves making you feel responsible every time Charlotte dies. The second episode's secret ending builds itself on making you feel ''really'' bad. In addition, the second episode in particular involves a number of unpleasant things happening to what are essentially children, from more mundane cases like bullying and emotional abuse, to surreal situations which are in themselves startlingly bleak metaphors for social integration and disintegration.
* AdvertOverloadedFuture: The televisions appear to show only commercials on most channels.
* AGodAmI: C introduces himself this way.
* AlienGeometries: Everywhere, from the House to Charlotte's School.
* BeneathTheMask: Most human characters have something to hide.
* BehavioralConditioning: Charlotte's classmates at School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Anri.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: One of [[spoiler: Anri's]] Skills is this, hinting that things may not be what they appear.
** Even better, said Skill is a guaranteed OneHitKill.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Subverted. It's ink.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Episode 2 does this to the relatively cheerful Charlotte.]]
* BodyHorror: And how. Especially circumstances involving the Oracle.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Felix and Charlotte in Episode 1, C and Charlotte (again) in Episode 2. [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/post/151976437723/hc-on-itchio-hc-on-steam-greenlight-she-has-a etherane has joked that Charlotte might "have a type".]]
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: [[spoiler: Charlotte.]]
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Episode 2 is especially this.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Anri.
* CloudCuckoolander: Charlotte and C.
* CrapsackWorld: And ''how''.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The Oracles, to the Pythias. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* DeathSeeker: C is searching for a way to leave his mortal body, but cannot simply kill himself due to heavy surveillance and [[spoiler: his own fear.]]
* {{Doublethink}}: [[spoiler: Anri]] compels Charlotte to engage in this after [[spoiler: C's suspension.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Episode 1 is ''vastly'' different from Episode 2, both in design and in writing. [[WordOfGod etherane]] herself has admitted that the idea for the actual plot of Hello Charlotte as a whole came to her in the mid-development in Episode 1.
* EasilyImpressed: Charlotte comes off as this at times.
* {{Hallucinations}}: [[spoiler: All of Charlotte's alien friends. Also, possibly Charlotte's physical appearance.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Charlotte]] has a severe panic attack after the teacher reveals that she [[spoiler:accidentally poisoned a bunch of stray cats, killing them.]]
* HiveMind: The Oracle is essentially this.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler: All the tenants of the House except Charlotte.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: [[WordOfGod etherane]] suggests this may be the case for [[spoiler: Anri.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Felix, for all his grouching and snark, does seem to genuinely care about Charlotte's well-being, really deep down. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Felix himself, when Charlotte expresses surprise at his worry for her.
* LonersAreFreaks: One of the premises of the Trial. Someone who has SOCIALIZED often is more likely to get votes than someone who has no friends, like C.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Charlotte is easily the nicest character in the game, but she's...odd, to say the least.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Charlotte, for most of Episode 2. YOU are the one making her do everything, after all, right? Anri]] also falls under this category, culminating in forcing [[spoiler: Charlotte]] to repeatedly say, "It's not my fault."
* NoMedicationForMe: Charlotte stops taking her medication between Episodes 1 and 2.
* PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration: Of the '''Advisor''' and '''Controller''' variants. At the same time.
* PunishedForSympathy: [[spoiler: Charlotte may well already be a social outcast, but associating with C certainly doesn't help her any.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Half of Pythia race strongly disagrees with the Oracles' [[spoiler: AssimilationPlot]]. [[spoiler: [[KillTheGod They win.]]]]
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
* StressVomit: Charlotte coughs up ink when she's under extreme duress in Episode 2.
* SuperOCD: Aiden's room is always perfectly symmetrical, which Charlotte comments on.
* TalkingToThemself: Since nobody can see Seth, Charlotte appears to be talking to herself whenever she interacts with him. Charlotte also narrates her own actions aloud in Episode 1.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: C is severely mysophobic.
* TraumaCongaLine: One can argue that [[spoiler: most of the cast, especially Charlotte herself]] as of Episode 2 has suffered or is suffering one.
** In an optional section of Episode 2, [[spoiler: [[HeroicComedicSociopath Bennett]] is revealed to have basically been born to live one, but unlike most of the other cases, is mostly over it.]]
* TheBully: Episode 2 is filled with these, taking place mostly at Charlotte's school.
* TheUnfavorite: WordOfGod suggests that this is the reason that [[spoiler: Anri]] is the way she is.
* [[spoiler: ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The whole game.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Most of the residents of the House (including Charlotte) seem to have done this in Episode 2, compared to the previous episode.
** Except for Felix, who has grown aggressive and distant, especially towards Charlotte. [[spoiler: After TheReveal of [[TomatoInTheMirror what truly happened to Charlotte]] at the end of Episode 1, one cannot blame him for flipping out.]]
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: [[spoiler: Anri, revealing her orchestration of Charlotte's abuse]] over the course of Episode 2, implies it was to teach her "a lesson".
* WindmillCrusader: [[spoiler: It's implied the entirety of the first episode might have been this.]]
* WouldntHitAGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: Some of her classmates have no problem with beating up or manhandling Charlotte.]]
* YourHeadASplode: Some students in Charlotte's school do this if she interacts with them. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody bats an eye to it]].
[[caption-width-right:300: Won't you join them for [[MindScrew dream-seeing?]] [[labelnote:*]]From top to bottom: [[PlayerCharacter Seth]], Charlotte and Felix[[/labelnote]]]]
->''"Inside a dream, I laugh, and the world laughs with me. Inside a dream, I forget, and the world forgets with me. Inside a dream, I am the world. Hello, world! [[TitleDrop Hello, Charlotte!]]"''
-->--'''Episode 2's introduction'''
Hello, new Puppeteer! You have been assgined a young puppet named Charlotte Wiltshire: a twelve year old girl with a... [[{{Understatement}} peculiar]] home life, living among aliens, demons, a cat turned into a maggot, and sometimes, the mysterious [[TheWatcher "Umbrella Man"]]. One day, Charlotte herself is tasked with taking care of her [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext gasmasked alien surgeon housemate]] Huxley's nephew, a disagreeable ten year old named Felix. After Charlotte decides to take a small nap, Felix disappears, and the living room's TV screen looks a little different than it did before...
After that day, things change for Charlotte and her household.
''Hello Charlotte'' is a Russian episodic AdventureGame series made in RPGMaker VX by [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/ etherane]]. Episode 1 is described by WordOfGod as "a surreal horror RPG parody with an Alice-like character in the main role", and Episode 2 as "[[ToneShift initially]] a visual novel parody, made in mostly modernist/post-modern style with Memphis aesthetic". The game has earned a small following due to etherane's surreal SignatureStyle, its extremely complicated and metaphorical plot, and memorable characters that border on GrayAndGrayMorality.
'''Episode 1:''' ''Junk Food, Gods and Teddy Bears'' was released on June 17th, 2015 and can be downloaded for free [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-ep1 here]], or as a demo in the game's [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/557630/agecheck official Steam page]].
'''Episode 2:''' ''Requiem Aeternam Deo'' was released on October 8th, 2016 and can be bought [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-ep2 here]], or as the full game on Steam.
'''Episode 3:''' ''Childhood's End'' is scheduled to be released in 2018.
'''Hello Charlotte: Delirium''', a very short SpinOff puzzle game, was released on Jun 24th, 2017. It can be downloaded [[https://etherane.itch.io/hello-charlotte-delirium here]].
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!!''Hello Charlotte'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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* {{Absurdism}}: The first episode wanders into this territory at times, especially in the House and in the bear level.
* AdultFear: As Charlotte's caretaker, part of the games' focus involves making you feel responsible every time Charlotte dies. The second episode's secret ending builds itself on making you feel ''really'' bad. In addition, the second episode in particular involves a number of unpleasant things happening to what are essentially children, from more mundane cases like bullying and emotional abuse, to surreal situations which are in themselves startlingly bleak metaphors for social integration and disintegration.
* AdvertOverloadedFuture: The televisions appear to show only commercials on most channels.
* AGodAmI: C introduces himself this way.
* AlienGeometries: Everywhere, from the House to Charlotte's School.
* BeneathTheMask: Most human characters have something to hide.
* BehavioralConditioning: Charlotte's classmates at School.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Anri.]]
* {{Blackmail}}: One of [[spoiler: Anri's]] Skills is this, hinting that things may not be what they appear.
** Even better, said Skill is a guaranteed OneHitKill.
* BloodFromTheMouth: Subverted. It's ink.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Episode 2 does this to the relatively cheerful Charlotte.]]
* BodyHorror: And how. Especially circumstances involving the Oracle.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Felix and Charlotte in Episode 1, C and Charlotte (again) in Episode 2. [[http://etherane.tumblr.com/post/151976437723/hc-on-itchio-hc-on-steam-greenlight-she-has-a etherane has joked that Charlotte might "have a type".]]
* CannotTellFictionFromReality: [[spoiler: Charlotte.]]
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Episode 2 is especially this.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Anri.
* CloudCuckoolander: Charlotte and C.
* CrapsackWorld: And ''how''.
* CrystalDragonJesus: The Oracles, to the Pythias. [[spoiler: It doesn't last.]]
* DeathSeeker: C is searching for a way to leave his mortal body, but cannot simply kill himself due to heavy surveillance and [[spoiler: his own fear.]]
* {{Doublethink}}: [[spoiler: Anri]] compels Charlotte to engage in this after [[spoiler: C's suspension.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Episode 1 is ''vastly'' different from Episode 2, both in design and in writing. [[WordOfGod etherane]] herself has admitted that the idea for the actual plot of Hello Charlotte as a whole came to her in the mid-development in Episode 1.
* EasilyImpressed: Charlotte comes off as this at times.
* {{Hallucinations}}: [[spoiler: All of Charlotte's alien friends. Also, possibly Charlotte's physical appearance.]]
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler: Charlotte]] has a severe panic attack after the teacher reveals that she [[spoiler:accidentally poisoned a bunch of stray cats, killing them.]]
* HiveMind: The Oracle is essentially this.
* ImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler: All the tenants of the House except Charlotte.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: [[WordOfGod etherane]] suggests this may be the case for [[spoiler: Anri.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Felix, for all his grouching and snark, does seem to genuinely care about Charlotte's well-being, really deep down. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Felix himself, when Charlotte expresses surprise at his worry for her.
* LonersAreFreaks: One of the premises of the Trial. Someone who has SOCIALIZED often is more likely to get votes than someone who has no friends, like C.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: Charlotte is easily the nicest character in the game, but she's...odd, to say the least.
* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: Charlotte, for most of Episode 2. YOU are the one making her do everything, after all, right? Anri]] also falls under this category, culminating in forcing [[spoiler: Charlotte]] to repeatedly say, "It's not my fault."
* NoMedicationForMe: Charlotte stops taking her medication between Episodes 1 and 2.
* PlayerAndProtagonistIntegration: Of the '''Advisor''' and '''Controller''' variants. At the same time.
* PunishedForSympathy: [[spoiler: Charlotte may well already be a social outcast, but associating with C certainly doesn't help her any.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Half of Pythia race strongly disagrees with the Oracles' [[spoiler: AssimilationPlot]]. [[spoiler: [[KillTheGod They win.]]]]
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids
* StressVomit: Charlotte coughs up ink when she's under extreme duress in Episode 2.
* SuperOCD: Aiden's room is always perfectly symmetrical, which Charlotte comments on.
* TalkingToThemself: Since nobody can see Seth, Charlotte appears to be talking to herself whenever she interacts with him. Charlotte also narrates her own actions aloud in Episode 1.
* TerrifiedOfGerms: C is severely mysophobic.
* TraumaCongaLine: One can argue that [[spoiler: most of the cast, especially Charlotte herself]] as of Episode 2 has suffered or is suffering one.
** In an optional section of Episode 2, [[spoiler: [[HeroicComedicSociopath Bennett]] is revealed to have basically been born to live one, but unlike most of the other cases, is mostly over it.]]
* TheBully: Episode 2 is filled with these, taking place mostly at Charlotte's school.
* TheUnfavorite: WordOfGod suggests that this is the reason that [[spoiler: Anri]] is the way she is.
* [[spoiler: ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: The whole game.]]
* TookALevelInKindness: Most of the residents of the House (including Charlotte) seem to have done this in Episode 2, compared to the previous episode.
** Except for Felix, who has grown aggressive and distant, especially towards Charlotte. [[spoiler: After TheReveal of [[TomatoInTheMirror what truly happened to Charlotte]] at the end of Episode 1, one cannot blame him for flipping out.]]
* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: [[spoiler: Anri, revealing her orchestration of Charlotte's abuse]] over the course of Episode 2, implies it was to teach her "a lesson".
* WindmillCrusader: [[spoiler: It's implied the entirety of the first episode might have been this.]]
* WouldntHitAGirl: Averted. [[spoiler: Some of her classmates have no problem with beating up or manhandling Charlotte.]]
* YourHeadASplode: Some students in Charlotte's school do this if she interacts with them. [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight Nobody bats an eye to it]].
