History VideoGame / LilGuardsman

* MediumAwareness: Lil and by extension, his father Hamish, seems to aware that they're in the game. With the latter even serves as the tutorial guide a few times, much to the former's annoyance.

** You also have a [[{{Expy}} Tiny Tim]] goblin, and the dialog is almost entirely in amusingly butchered Dickens quotes. His 4-star ending also has him joining a gang called the [[Film/TheLittleRascals Lil Rascals]], whose members include Buckwheat, Alfalfa, and Spanky.

* {{Bookends}}: The first visitor Lil faces (outside of Mrs. Abernathy in the tutorial) is Tyronius. [[spoiler: He ends up being the BigBad.]]

** On day 11, a [[{{Expy}} Not-Mandalorian]] comes to your booth, as well as Captain Jane Pigeon, a GenderFlip [[Franchise/ThePiratesOfTheCarribean Captain Jack Sparrow]].

** The tutorial description for the Bullwhip is just Lil humming a knock-off of the ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArc'' theme.

** On day 11, a [[{{Expy}} Not-Mandalorian]] comes to your booth, as well as Captain Jane Pigeon, a GenderFlip [[Franchise/PiratesOfTheCarribean Captain Jack Sparrow]].

** You also have a [[{{Expy}} Tiny Tim]] goblin, and the dialog is almost entirely in amusingly butchered Dickens quotes.

* SchizoTech: The plot is set in a medieval era, yet there are modern objects like electric lights and clock radios.

** On day 11, a [[{{Expy}} Not-Mandalorian]] comes to your booth.

** The [=Chronometer3000=] is the ResetButton that gives JustifiedExtraLives, [[spoiler: and later becomes central to Tyronius' plot to put mages in control.]]

** The Wicket3000 is what allows Lil to admit or deny visitors entry into the Sprawl, and later allows her to send people to jail.
** The Chronometer3000 is the ResetButton that gives JustifiedExtraLives, [[spoiler: and later becomes central to Tyronius' plot to put mages in control.]]

** The Wicket 3000 is what allows Lil to admit or deny visitors entry into the Sprawl, and later allows her to send people to jail.
** The Chronometer 3000 is the ResetButton that gives JustifiedExtraLives, [[spoiler: and later becomes central to Tyronius' plot to put mages in control.]]

** The Chronometer 3000 is the ResetButton that gives JustifiedExtraLife, [[spoiler: and later becomes central to Tyronius' plot to put mages in control.]]

!!Tropes:

* ObviouslyEvil: Tyronius Athanatos wears dark clothing, has an evil scowl on his face, has a surname that includes the Greek god of death Thanatos, is racist towards {{Muggles}}, and is secretly planning a mage uprising on day one, which is something that even Lil herself picked on. He's the second character that Lil meets at the guardhouse on Day 1, intended to show the player an obvious example to Deny in contrast to the [[CoolOldLady sweet old lady]] Mrs. Abernathy before him. Sure enough, [[spoiler:Tyronius turns out to be [[BigBad the ultimate villain of the game]], being responsible for the King's murder, brainwashing Desdemona into serving him, and trying to use the Chronometer 3000 to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight]].

-->''"And that's how you tropes your way to success!"''

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* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: Much of the time, the gameplay affects the story. People reference past events and the entire story changes based on your actions. However, there are some times where the ending narration of the day contradicts the later parts, and numerous people are in the city even if you denied them.

* PlaceboEffect: Confiscating Saruna Goodfoot's lucky sweatband before admitting her in will cause her to perform poorly in the Goblinball match against the Sprawl, allowing the Sprawl to defeat the Kaladar Lightning team.

* SlidingScaleOfGameplayAndStoryIntegration: Varies quite a bit
** Much of the time, the gameplay affects the story. People reference past events and the entire story changes based on your actions.
** However, there are some times where the ending narration of the day contradicts the later parts, and numerous people are in the city even if you denied them.
*** The shapeshifter and fake Praetor are in the city on day 7 even if you denied them earlier. However, this is {{Justified}} due to the fact that they could gain entry through another gate.
*** If you get a 4-star with Gary on day 11 [[spoiler: his wand is taken and he is explicitly cast out of the mages guild and put into rehab by Chuck]], so he shouldn't be in the city at all. However, he is present every time in day 12 no matter what you do.

* TemporarySubstitute: The plot revolves around the usual gatekeeper's daughter filling in for him while he is away attending to other matters, and a few of the other children she meets end up in similar situations.

* LittleMissSnarker: Lil is usually sporting at least one sardonic quip towards everyone she meets.

* ObviouslyEvil: Tyronius Athanatos wears dark clothing, has an evil scowl on his face, has a surname that includes the Greek god of death Thanatos, is racist towards {{Muggles}}, and is secretly planning a mage uprising on day one. He's the second character that Lil meets at the guardhouse on Day 1, intended to show the player an obvious example to Deny in contrast to the [[CoolOldLady sweet old lady]] Mrs. Abernathy before him. Sure enough, [[spoiler:Tyronius turns out to be the ultimate villain, being responsible for the King's murder, brainwashing Desdemona into serving him, and trying to use the Chronometer 3000 to MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight]].

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--> '''Game Over screen:''' THE PET FISH KILLED YOU. '''STOP AND READ THAT AGAIN: ''YOU WERE KILLED BY A PET FISH. GAME OVER.'''''

* PuppetKing: The council of Ashe, Stryker and Malcolm would prefer if Princess Desdemona is kept in a ceremonial position while they control the kingdom. This is in fact [[spoiler:one of the reasons why Princess Desdemona disappears]].