History VideoGame / PhysicalExorcismCase01

* TheBadGuyWins: Due to her ideology, [[spoiler:Lucy essentially wins in both endings. Either she gets away scott-free for driving Black to suicide or Brucie kills her and succumbs to her darwinist ideology]].
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lucy seems kindhearted at first, due to her sharing food with the starving exorcists. [[spoiler:The missing journal page shows that she's a SocialDarwinist who drove Black to suicide because she considers him weak.]]

* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:While Black directly attempts to kill Blaze and kills Moss in a car accident, he spares Sapphire while killing her parents, driving her to insanity.]]

* DualBoss: The FinalBoss consists of both the evil spirit, Black, and [[spoiler:Lucy, who is possessed by him]].

* FreudianExcuse:
** Black was viciously bullied by his classmates [[spoiler:and the girl he had a crush on manipulated his feelings in order to torment him.]] As a result, he becomes an evil spirit seeking revenge against his bullies.
** [[spoiler:Lucy was [[RapeAsBackstory raped]] by her father, who turned into an abusive drunk because he was mistreated by his boss. This causes her to become a sadistic darwinist who believes she should become strong so she can turn her pain on the weak.]]
* GlassCannon: Brucie has high offensive stats, but his HP and defenses are low, meaning he'll die quickly without Jade to protect him.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Given the revelations of Brucie and Jade's viler deeds in ''Case 00'', [[spoiler:Brucie comes off as hypocritical if he kills Lucy as retribution for her bullying in the bad ending, since he and Jade have committed similar if not worse crimes.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Brucie states that if Lucy doesn't pay him for the exorcism job, he'll eat her.

* JerkassHasAPoint: While she's obviously trying to [[NeverMyFault deflect blame]] from herself, [[spoiler:Lucy]] has a point that the school is ineffectual at stopping bullies and that people abuse their power throughout [[SocietyIsToBlame society]].
* KarmaHoudini: In the true ending, [[spoiler:Brucie chooses to spare Lucy despite her role in driving Black to suicide. He states that he's not interested in delivering justice and that if he kills her, then he'll be just like her in being the strong one preying on the weak.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In the context of ''Case 00'', [[spoiler:Lucy is less evil than Brucie and Jade despite being a sadistic bully, since she at least seems to treat her friends well as opposed to manipulating and eating them]].

* PlayingWithFire: When Brucie and Jade bring up their superpowers, Lucy sarcastically claims that she has dark flame powers. [[spoiler:She turns out to have innate power over fire, as shown in the final boss fight.]]
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain:
** [[spoiler:Blaze and Moss]] mock Black for his feminine appearance.
** [[spoiler:Lucy]] uses several homophobic slurs when disparaging Black.
* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: Deconstructed. Not only is Black DrivenToSuicide because of school bullies, the school does little to stop the bullies. One teacher, Mr. Lee, tried to tell himself that because he personally survived bullying, Black should be able to do so as well, only to be proven wrong. According to [[spoiler:Lucy]], school bullying is a microsm of the dog-eat-dog tendencies of society.
* TheSocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Lucy]] claims that all of society practices this even if they don't admit it. The school was unwilling to punish bullies, resulting in a darwinist mindset within the school's students and even the teachers who claim that the victims need to "toughen up." She also brings up how the government persecutes the homeless by paying people and ordering the police to spray them when they sleep. [[spoiler:She is also a victim of someone abusing their power, since she was sexually abused by her father, who was abused by his boss. This mindset is so ingrained in her that she's slightly disappointed when Brucie spares her, since Brucie killing her would validate her belief that the strong prey on the weak.]]
* StoneWall: Jade has high defenses and HP, but her offensive stats are so low that she'll deal ScratchDamage on hard mode.

Brucie and Jadrienne "Jade" are a pair of exorcists-for-hire who are underpaid and starving. When Lucy gives them food, they repay her generosity by offering to solve the mystery of an evil spirit targeting her friends. Unfortunately, neither Lucy or the spirit are what they initially seem.

* NumberOfObjectsTitle: Because the cases are numbered.
* PerpetualPoverty: Brucie and Jade often get screwed by their clients and cannot make enough to get by, to the point where they're [[HomelessHero homeless]].

** [[spoiler:Lucy was [[RapeAsBackstory raped]] by her father, who turned into an abusive drunk because he was mistreated by his boss. This causes her to become a sociopathic darwinist who believes she should become strong so she can turn her pain on the weak.]]

* {{Hypocrite}}: Given the revelations of Brucie and Jade's viler deeds in ''Case 00'', Brucie comes off as hypocritical if he kills Lucy as retribution for her bullying in the bad ending, since he and Jade have committed similar if not worse crimes.

* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Lucy]] is the leader of the group that bullied Black and is the most sadistic of them. Some of her pranks, such as placing needles in Black's desk, were cruel enough to give her underlings pause. When confronted with her misdeeds, she claims that all the bystanders were at fault for failing to stop her and tries to rationalize her actions with her darwinist ideology. Though this is downplayed because she has a genuine VillainousFriendship with her group and even asked the exorcists to protect her friend, even though doing so would leave herself vulnerable to being targeted by the evil spirit.

This is the namesake game of the Physical Exorcism trilogy, with ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'' being part of the same series and setting.

* AstralProjection: Brucie can sneeze out his soul and have the soul act without his body, as shown when he uses his soul to unlock a door from the inside.

* MoralSociopathy: Despite their LackOfEmpathy towards others and their need for stimulation, Brucie and Jade make an effort to treat their clients with good faith. [[spoiler:In the true ending, Brucie gives Lucy a discount for the exorcism fee because he failed to save Sapphire from going insane.]]
* NotSoDifferent: The duo states that those with superpowers are similar in nature to evil spirits.

* SociopathicHero: The protagonists' stated job is to defeat evil spirits, but neither seem to be capable of much empathy and are both capable of telling lies with a straight face. Brucie admits he does this job because evil spirits have no human rights, which means there are no consequences for whatever he does to them. Jade admits she's only in this line of work for the sheer thrill of it and complains when the case sounds too corny, showing that she isn't emotionally invested in it. Though this is downplayed for Jade because she at least seems to care about being with Brucie.

* PsychicPowers: Lucy has the ability to read minds and share her senses with others.

Brucie and Jade are a pair of exorcists-for-hire who are underpaid and starving. When Lucy gives them food, they repay her generosity by offering to solve the mystery of an evil spirit targeting her friends. Unfortunately, neither Lucy or the spirit are what they initially seem.

* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:While Black directly attempts to kill Blaze and Moss, he spares Sapphire while killing her parents, driving her to insanity.]]

* TheSocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Lucy claims that all of society practices this even if they don't admit it. The school was unwilling to punish bullies, resulting in a darwinist mindset within the school's students and even the teachers who though that the victims need to "toughen up." She also brings up how the government persecutes the homeless by paying people and ordering the police to spray them when they sleep. She is also a victim of someone abusing their power, since she was sexually abused by her father, who was abused by his boss. This mindset is so ingrained in her that she's slightly disappointed when Brucie spares her, since Brucie killing her would validate her belief that the strong prey on the weak.]]

* SharedUniverse: The western hospital room has a boy who is comatose due to a car accident. [[spoiler:He's actually the protagonist of ''VideoGame/LoserReborn''.]]

* TheSocialDarwinist: [[spoiler:Lucy claims that all of society practices this even if they don't admit it. The school was unwilling to punish bullies and her father was abused by his company, resulting in him abusing her. This mindset is so ingrained in her that she's slightly disappointed when Brucie spares her, since Brucie killing her would validate her belief that the strong prey on the weak.]]

* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:Lucy]] is the leader of the group that bullied Black and is the most sadistic of them. Some of her pranks, such as placing needles in Black's desk, were cruel enough to give her underlings pause. When confronted with her misdeeds, she claims that all the bystanders were at fault for failing to stop her and tries to rationalize her actions with her darwinist ideology.

* RecycledInSpace: The premise of school bullying, suicide, and vengeful spirits makes the game a lot like ''VideoGame/Misao'', only as an RPG where the protagonists can actively fight the supernatural rather than merely survive.

** All of the evil spirit's victims turn out to be terrible people. [[spoiler:Blaze and Moss often harass him for his effiminate appearance while Sapphire fakes a love confession text from Lucy in order to humiliate Black in class.]]

* MoralSociopathy: Despite their LackOfEmpathy towards others and their need for stimulation, Brucie and Jade make an effort to treat their client with good faith. [[spoiler:In the true ending, Brucie gives Lucy a discount for the exorcism fee because he failed to save Sapphire from going insane.]]

* MoralSociopathy: Despite their LackofEmpathy towards others and their need for stimulation, Brucie and Jade make an effort to treat their client with good faith. [[spoiler:In the true ending, Brucie gives Lucy a discount for the exorcism fee because he failed to save Sapphire from going insane.]]