History VideoGame / MadRatDead

''Mad Rat Dead'' is a rhythm-action game by Creator/NipponIchi. It was released in Japan on October 29th, and in America and Europe on October 20th, 2020.

* YouCantFightFate: The Rat God makes it abundantly clear that Mad Rat's fate is already sealed, and that when night falls, he will still die. [[spoiler:This trope is actually [[DoubleSubvertedTrope Double-Subverted]]: Rat God meant that a cat would eat Mad Rat, but Mad Rat manages to not only ally himself with two cats, but also override the Rat God's control of him. However, Mad Rat is still going to die, either from his own bad heart or a failed heart transplant. He ultimately chooses to die from the former option without protest so Heart doesn't have to die with him.]]

%%* WhamLine:
%%-->'''Stray Rat:''' [[spoiler:Thank you Rat God!]]

* WhamLine:
-->'''Stray Rat:''' [[spoiler:Thank you Rat God!]]

* CheesyMoon: Mad Rat Lampshades his to Heart's confusion. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope The cheesy moon turned out to be a hallucination.]] Mad Rat eventually sees the real moon.]]

''Mad Rat Dead'' is a rhythm-action game by Creator/NipponIchi.

* BossRemix: HEART's Beat, the theme of Stage 1-3 [[spoiler:gets a fittingly more dramatic remix for Heart's boss battle.]]

* DarkReprise: [[spoiler:MAD RAT, DIE is a twisted and corrupted remix of the tutorial theme, MAD RAT, ALIVE?, that accompanies the Rat God trying to kill Mad Rat once and for all.]]

* AnimalJingoism: Mad Rat fears/hates cats, and for good reason. [[spoiler:However, he does save the black cat from drowning, presumably out of guilt. It doesn't stop him from being afraid of the cat.]] [[spoiler:When Heart reveals that he was afraid Mad Rat would hate him because he's a cat, [[Heartwarming/MadRatDead Mad Rat says doesn't care about that and he hugs Heart]].]]

* DarkReprise: [[spoiler:MAD RAT, DIE is a twisted and corrupted remix of MAD RAT, ALIVE? that accompanies the Rat God trying to kill Mad Rat once and for all.]]

* BodyHorror:
** The main character ends up a stitched-together zombie that has a hole clean through the middle, ribs showing. In between the ribs is a floating heart.
** The first boss is [[spoiler:[[WolfPackBoss the Mob Rats]], all of them having been seemingly lobotomised and their brains replaced with exploding ones filled with needles.]]

** A couple of the bosses qualify. [[spoiler:Heart's blood]] projectiles, [[KingMook Phantom Moon's]] minions when combined with their explosion attack, [[spoiler: Rat God's projectiles downplay this somewhat]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Once Mad Rat reaches the location of the scientist at the end of the game, Heart reads a nearby journal... which consists of the answers and name you imputed at the beginning of the game. In other words, the scientist who vivisected Mad Rat is actually '''you'''.]]

* HyperactiveSprite: Mad Rat and Heart bounce to a beat... appropriate to a rhythm game.

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Though defeated, after the credits, the Rat God is still revealed to be alive if try and start up the game again. She then ask if you want to continue despite Mad Rat and Heart's story done, and lets you relive their adventure no strings attached.]]

** A couple of the bosses qualify. Heart's blood projectiles, Phantom Moon's minions when combined with their explosion attack, [[spoiler: Rat God's projectiles downplay this somewhat]]

* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:The aftermath of the fight against Heart reveals that the first part of the game was ThroughTheEyesOfMadness, as Mad Rat has been led into a trap.]]

* MinimalistCast: There are seven characters in the whole game, eight if you count the [[{{Mooks}} Nightmares]].

* SkewedPriorities: A [[spoiler:Mob Rat]] becomes a monster and makes the move to attack Mad Rat, he shoves it away and Heart freaks out and tells him that pushing him was rude. [[spoiler:This foreshadows that Heart can't tell Mad Rat's suffering from Rad God's brainwashing.]]

* TimeRewindMechanic: The main ability of Mad Rat's new heart is to rewind time. He uses this to rewind time back before he got dissected, and in gameplay, you can rewind a good sixty seconds, [[ContinuingIsPainful though the time on the counter won't be affected]]. [[spoiler:According to Rad God, many creatures have this power, but use it without knowing.]]