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* CaughtInTheRain: [[spoiler:Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the
Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.]]

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* CaughtInTheRain: [[spoiler:Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the
the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Thomas's father died only 2 months prior to the start of the game of what's heavily implied to be a terminal illness. Thomas mentions that Mr. Jordan spent his remaining days alternating between extremely depression and sleeping which had a profound impact on his wife.

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* DisappearedDad: Thomas's father died only 2 months prior to the start of the game of what's heavily implied to be a terminal illness. Thomas mentions that Mr. Jordan spent his remaining days alternating between extremely extreme depression and sleeping which had a profound impact on his wife.
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* DisappearedDad: Thomas's father died only 2 months prior to the start of the game of what's heavily implied to be a terminal illness. Thomas mentions that Mr. Jordan spent his remaining days alternating between extremely depression and sleeping which had a profound impact on his wife.


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* PsychoStrings: [[spoiler:Present during the scene where Oliver finds Mrs. Jordan's dead body in the bathroom.]]
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* CaughtInTheRain: [[spoiler:Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.]]

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*** Elijah can examine a bar of chocolate while walking Ms. Murphy the goose and notes that it's hazelnut flavored and something he likes eating from time to time. Hazelnut chocolate is also Oliver's favorite as shown while talking to Veronica [[spoiler:after being lured further into the forest by Tina's doppelganger then returning to her in a dazed state]].
* CaughtInTheRain: [[spoiler:Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the the
Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.]]
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** The Eye hadn't been introduced yet as the anthology's narrator, as such, the opening and ending monologue are done over Claire driving and a starry night sky respectively.
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* CallBack: Elijah finds a couple to ''The Nanny'' in Oliver's mail box.

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* CallBack: Elijah finds a couple to ''The Nanny'' in Oliver's mail box.while checking the mail:



* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Downplayed but with ''From The Woods'' being the sequel to ''The Nanny'', this is [[spoiler:the only episode where there is no ending narration from The Eye, instead having a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue sequence of pictures]].

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* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Downplayed but with ''From The Woods'' being the sequel to ''The Nanny'', this is [[spoiler:the the only episode where [[spoiler:where there is no ending narration from The Eye, instead having a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue sequence of pictures]].
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* BigSisterInstinct: [[spoiler:In the decade between ''The Nanny'' and ''From The Woods'', Tina's views of Oliver have changed considerably, going from seeing him as an AnnoyingYoungerSisbling to being a protective older sister who makes a HeroicSacrifice to ensure that her younger brother would receive proper medical care after he fell ill. As a shadow demon, she also extends this to Elijah after learning of his and Oliver's romance and promptly mauls the resident {{Jerkasses}}.]]

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* BigSisterInstinct: [[spoiler:In the decade between ''The Nanny'' and ''From The Woods'', Tina's views of Oliver have changed considerably, going from seeing him as an AnnoyingYoungerSisbling to being a protective older sister who makes a HeroicSacrifice to ensure that her younger brother would receive proper medical care after he fell ill. As a shadow demon, she also extends this to Elijah after learning of his and Oliver's romance and promptly mauls the resident {{Jerkasses}}.{{Jerkasses}} to near death when they confront him in the bathroom about their relationship.]]


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When Elijah learns of Oliver's story through Eric during the first dinner section, one of his dialogue options is "I remember that case." Which is a small nod to those who already know ''The Nanny''''s story.
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* BigSisterInstinct: [[spoiler:In the decade between ''The Nanny'' and ''From The Woods'', Tina's views of Oliver have changed considerably, going from seeing him as an AnnoyingYoungerSisbling to being a protective older sister who makes a HeroicSacrifice to ensure that her younger brother would receive proper medical care after he fell ill. As a shadow demon, she also extends this to Elijah after learning of his and Oliver's romance and promptly mauls the resident {{Jerkasses}}.]]
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* SurnameReveal: After not mentioning it whatsoever in the previous game, this game reveals that Oliver and Tina's family name is Darnell.
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* SurnameReveal: After not mentioning it whatsoever in the previous game, this game reveals that Oliver and Tina's family name is Darnell.
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* BringMyBrownPants: Elijah wets himself while going back to his dorm room after showering [[spoiler:as a result of seeing Tina's presence there]].

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* BringMyBrownPants: Elijah wets himself while going back to his dorm room when he hears strange noises in the bathroom and checks a nearby mirror after showering [[spoiler:as a result of seeing Tina's presence there]].



* FormulaBreakingEpisode: Downplayed but with ''From The Woods'' being the sequel to ''The Nanny'', this is [[spoiler:the only episode where there is no ending narration from The Eye, instead having a WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue sequence of pictures]].



* MirrorScare: Which leads to the aforementioned BringMyBrownPants moment.



* MostWritersAreWriters: Averted. Elijah is seen quiping various ideas for potential stories from his observations of the world around him during the more peaceful moments of the plot.



* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: During the credits, there's a short montage of photos depicting [[spoiler:Elijah and Oliver as a loving, married couple with Elijah having found success in his writing career and them having adopted a baby girl who's shown playing with the now adult Grace with Tina appearing [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent in the background of each photo]]]].

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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: During the credits, there's a short montage of photos depicting [[spoiler:Elijah and Oliver as a loving, married couple with Elijah having found success in his writing career and them having adopted a baby girl who's shown playing with the now adult Grace with Tina appearing [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent in the background of each photo]]]].picture]]]].
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* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler:Aiden and Theo use a taser on Elijah during the second bathroom scene to "shock away his queerness". They're about to set it to a higher setting were it not for Oliver and Tina's timelly intervention]]

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* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler:Aiden and Theo use a taser on Elijah during the second bathroom scene to "shock away his queerness". They're about to set it to a higher setting were it not for Oliver and Tina's timelly intervention]]intervention.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason why Oliver falls in love with Elijah as the latter was the one person in the Center who showed him genuine kindness[=/=]listened to his story about what happened to him and didn't shun him for the strange goings-on surrounding him.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The [[spoiler:The main reason why Oliver falls in love with Elijah as the latter was the one person in the Center who showed him genuine kindness[=/=]listened to his story about what happened to him and didn't shun him for the strange goings-on surrounding him.]]



* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.
* CreepyChild: In the 10 years that he was missing, Oliver turned into this. Not helping are all the strange occurrences that began happening around the Center the moment he arrived. [[spoiler:The strange occurrences that were happening were attempts by Mother to get him back into her clutches and Oliver starts to lean out of this as the story progresses.]]

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* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah [[spoiler:Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.
point.]]
* CreepyChild: In the 10 years that he was missing, Oliver turned into this. Not helping are all the strange occurrences that began happening around the Center the moment he arrived. [[spoiler:The strange occurrences that were happening were attempts by Mother to get get him back into her clutches and Oliver starts to lean out of this as the story progresses.]]


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* ElectricTorture: [[spoiler:Aiden and Theo use a taser on Elijah during the second bathroom scene to "shock away his queerness". They're about to set it to a higher setting were it not for Oliver and Tina's timelly intervention]]
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* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to the former's room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.

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* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to the former's his room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic, initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his actual LoveInterest (who Eric has been talking bad and being dismissive about through the near entirety of the story) and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic, initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having has romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his actual LoveInterest (who Eric has been talking bad and being dismissive about through the near entirety of the story) and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].
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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic, initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his actual LoveInterest (who Eric has been talking bad about through the near entirety of the story) and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic, initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his actual LoveInterest (who Eric has been talking bad and being dismissive about through the near entirety of the story) and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason why Oliver falls in love with Elijah as the latter wlas the one person in the Center who showed him genuine kindness[=/=]listened to his story about what happened to him and didn't shun him for the strange goings-on surrounding him.

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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason why Oliver falls in love with Elijah as the latter wlas was the one person in the Center who showed him genuine kindness[=/=]listened to his story about what happened to him and didn't shun him for the strange goings-on surrounding him.
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* LateToTheTragedy: [[spoiler:Upon entering the farm House's bathroom with the lantern, she discovers the body of the owner who tried to do a hasty patch up of his wounds before succumbing to his injuries. It occurs again after cutting the electricity to the fallen telephone pole, this time with a horrific car crash involving a group of scientists who'd been transporting the son of the farm's owner to parts unknown.]]

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* LateToTheTragedy: [[spoiler:Upon entering the farm House's farmhouse's bathroom with the lantern, she Claire discovers the body of the owner who tried to do a hasty patch up of his wounds before succumbing to his injuries. It occurs again after cutting the electricity to the fallen telephone pole, this time with a horrific car crash involving a group of scientists who'd been transporting the son of the farm's owner to parts unknown.]]
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The main reason why Oliver falls in love with Elijah as the latter wlas the one person in the Center who showed him genuine kindness[=/=]listened to his story about what happened to him and didn't shun him for the strange goings-on surrounding him.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The nature documentary shown at the very start of the story acts as this to the [[spoiler:eventual reveal through Oliver's flashbacks later on]].
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* IllBoy: Oliver's best friend, Thomas Jordan, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a several months before the events of ''The Nanny''. He's shown bedridden when Oliver comes to his room, mentioning how it's hard to walk without his lungs acting up.

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* IllBoy: Oliver's best friend, Thomas Jordan, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a several months before the events of ''The Nanny''. He's shown bedridden when Oliver comes to his room, mentioning how it's hard to walk without his lungs acting up.
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** The game starts out with Tina en Macting a scene with her dolls with the scenario being doppelgangers. [[spoiler:The Nanny uses doubles of Mrs. Jordan and Tina to lure Oliver into a false sense of security before abducting him]].
** Thomas mentions that his mom is in the bathroom before attributing his brief lapse in attention to his lung medication when Oliver brings up Mrs. Jordan coming to the front door. [[spoiler:Then it turns out she really was in the bathroom, murdered by the Nanny to take her form]].
* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:Oliver discovers Mrs. Jordan's corpse in the bathtub which results in a massive OhCrap realization that the Mrs. Jordan he talked with at the front door isn't the real one]].
* IllBoy: Oliver's best friend, Thomas Jordan, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a short time before the events of ''The Nanny''. He's shown bedridden when Oliver comes to his room, mentioning how it's hard to walk without his lungs acting up.

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** The game starts out with Tina en Macting enacting a scene with her dolls with the scenario being focused on doppelgangers. [[spoiler:The Nanny uses doubles of Mrs. Jordan and Tina to lure Oliver into a false sense of security before abducting him]].
** Thomas mentions that his mom is supposed to be in the bathroom before attributing his brief lapse in attention to his lung medication when Oliver brings up Mrs. Jordan coming to the front door. [[spoiler:Then it turns out she really was in the bathroom, murdered by the Nanny to take her form]].
* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler:Oliver discovers Mrs. Jordan's corpse in the bathtub which results in a massive OhCrap realization that the Mrs. Jordan he talked with at the front door isn't wasn't the real one]].
* IllBoy: Oliver's best friend, Thomas Jordan, was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis a short time several months before the events of ''The Nanny''. He's shown bedridden when Oliver comes to his room, mentioning how it's hard to walk without his lungs acting up.
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** The game starts out with Tina enacting a scene with her dolls with the scenario being doppelgangers. [[Spoiler:The Nanny uses doubles of Mrs. Jordan and Tina to lure Oliver into a false sense of security before abducting him]].

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** The game starts out with Tina enacting en Macting a scene with her dolls with the scenario being doppelgangers. [[Spoiler:The [[spoiler:The Nanny uses doubles of Mrs. Jordan and Tina to lure Oliver into a false sense of security before abducting him]].him]].
** Thomas mentions that his mom is in the bathroom before attributing his brief lapse in attention to his lung medication when Oliver brings up Mrs. Jordan coming to the front door. [[spoiler:Then it turns out she really was in the bathroom, murdered by the Nanny to take her form]].



* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his LoveInterest and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].

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* ImpliedLoveInterest: Eric, Elijah's friend at the clinic clinic, initially having ShipTease with the latter who clearly having romantic feelings for. [[spoiler:This ends horribly when Eric sees that Elijah has moved on from him with Oliver as his actual LoveInterest (who Eric has been talking bad about through the near entirety of the story) and rats Elijah out to Aiden and Theo]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The game starts out with Tina enacting a scene with her dolls with the scenario being doppelgangers. [[Spoiler:The Nanny uses doubles of Mrs. Jordan and Tina to lure Oliver into a false sense of security before abducting him]].


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* DeadpanSnarker: Elijah, especially during the introductory sections of the story.
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* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Burntwood Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to the former's room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.

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* CaughtInTheRain: Elijah finds Oliver out by the old oak tree in the Burntwood Fernwood Creek Mental Health Center's backyard during a stormy night, taking the latter back to the former's room where both boys share a romantic moment together showing that they've become an OfficialCouple by this point.



* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: During the credits, there's a short montage of photos depicting [[spoiler:Elijah and Oliver as a loving, married couple with Elijah having found success in his writing career and having adopted a baby girl with Tina appearing [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent in the background of each photo]]]].

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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: During the credits, there's a short montage of photos depicting [[spoiler:Elijah and Oliver as a loving, married couple with Elijah having found success in his writing career and them having adopted a baby girl who's shown playing with the now adult Grace with Tina appearing [[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent in the background of each photo]]]].
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* ShowWithinAShow: Midnight Zombies, a horror program popular amongst kids to the extent it has a trading card series based on its' characters.
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** A letter from Thomas, Oliver's ChildhoodFriend who mentions [[spoiler:how he's relieved to hear of Oliver's return and is how living with his aunt and uncle following his mother's murder at the hands of the Nanny in the previous game]].

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** A letter from Thomas, Oliver's ChildhoodFriend who mentions [[spoiler:how he's how relieved to hear of Oliver's the latter's return and is how [[spoiler:is now living with his aunt and uncle following his mother's murder at the hands of the Nanny in the previous game]].

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