History VideoGame / ManualSamuel

* ShoutOut: The child in the Mushroom Orphanage with a teddy bear is wearing the same pajamas as the protagonist in ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'', who also had a teddy bear.

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: Failing repeatedly at a task, or doing certain horrible things to Sam for the fun of it can merit new dialog from the Narrator. Doing the arduous task of getting him up his stairs, only to throw him down it again, for example...

* GoshDangitToHeck: "Feces" instead of "Shit". Can be either an endearing part to the game's charm, or an OverlyLongGag that becomes less than charming by the third act. Is subverted once after Sam unintentionally blows up an orphanage and 300 orphans. Then Death delivers an [[PrecisionFStrike Oh, shit]].

* CharacterDevelopment: Samuel turned from RichIdiotWithNoDayJob into [[spoiler: decent person]] after going through the tribulation in the game. [[spoiler: One of the examples of his growing kindness is him spending his one wish from Death to revive the children, whom he unintentionally killed after accidentally blowing up an orphanage during his fight against the robots.]]

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: You need a tutorial to learn how to ''walk'' and ''blink'', among other things. This is justified because Samuel has to operate his body manually as part of his deal with Satan.

* CharacterDevelopment: Samuel turned from RichIdiotWithNoDayJob into [[spoiler: decent person]] after going through the tribulation in the game. [[spoiler: One of the examples of his growing kindness is him utilizing Shred of Life to revive the children, whom he unintentionally killed after accidentally blowing up an orphanage during his fight against the robots.]]

* ShoutOut: The child in the Mushroom orphanage with a teddy bear is wearing the same pajamas as the protagonist in ''VideoGame/AmongTheSleep'', who also had a teddy bear.

* RichInDollarsPoorInSense: Sam, according to the narrator. If you choose to tip the manager at the coffee store too much, the narrator will muse that perhaps Sam just doesn't know the value of money, and note that [[NoodleIncident this isn't the first time he's put a coffee shop out of business by tipping so generously the workers quit to go start their own]].

* YouHaveResearchedBreathing: And blinking, and speaking, and holding yourself upright...

--> "I only get to do these deals annually, so you'll have to do everything manually. [[LampshadeHanging I will stop speaking in rhyme now]]. Fwissshh."

* BrickJoke: After giving Tony the barista a huge sum of cash as a tip, he says he's going to start his own cafe. Much later, you can see a Tony's Cafe in the background as you fight the robots.

* VideogameCrueltyPotential: Admit it, it's kind of fun to intentionally fail at tasks just to make Sam suffer.

* DontFearTheReaper: Death's a bit dense, but he's a pretty friendly guy all things considered

* GoshDangitToHeck: "Feces" instead of "Shit". Can be either an endearing part to the game's charm, or an OverlyLongGag that becomes less than charming by the third act.

* HumongousMecha: Sam has to get into one at one point to fight the robots whoPa have TurnedAgainstTheirMasters.

* HumongousMecha: Sam has to get into one at one point to fight the robots who have TurnedAgainstTheirMasters.

* VideogameCaringPotential: You can choose to tip the coffee shop manager at the start of the game, thus making the narrator remark that perhaps Sam [[PetTheDog isn't all bad.]] Subverted if you repeatedly tip him, which the narrator interprets as [[RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Sam just not knowing the value of money.]]

After an argument with his girlfriend, RichIdiotWithNoDayJob Samuel is hit with a septic truck and sent to Hell. There he meets {{Death}}, who offers to give Sam a second shot at life under one condition: Sam has to do every action from walking to breathing manually for twenty four hours, otherwise he'll die for real and stay in Hell. With his other option being staying dead and getting a job in Hell, he quickly agrees to the deal, unaware just how crazy his adventure is about to get.

* BlackComedy: Very much so, ranging from War casually shooting passersby during the driving sequence to Sam and Death accidentally blowing up an orphanage (since orphans have IncorruptiblePurePureness, they all get sent to Heaven).
* {{Death}}: A skateboard riding hipster, Death first offers Sam the chance to get out of Hell and acts as his guide throughout the game.

* RhymesOnADime: the spell that Death uses on Sam.

* UpperClassTwit: Sam. Technically he has a job at his dad's robot factory, but he just uses the time to play ''[[BlandNameProduct Flappy Rooster]]''.

* RichIdiotWithNoDayJob: Sam. Technically he has a job at his dad's robot factory, but he just uses the time to play ''[[BlandNameProduct Flappy Rooster]]''.