History VideoGame / PocketMirror

** [[TheBadGuyWins Witching Hour]]. If G reaches the end and didn't get any regalia, [[spoiler:the [[BigBad Strange Boy]] ties Goldia up in the chair, stitches her mouth shut, and mocked her with a theater show highlighting several of the characters' backstories with a WhatTheHellHero moment on each show, concluding with him killing Enjel. He then mocks Goldia for failing, claiming her soul at last.]]

** The platinum ending is one for the ending of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', in which [[spoiler:Goldia transforms into a form reminiscent of Ultimate Madoka]]. The OneWingedAngel form that the FinalBoss [[spoiler:Enjel]] takes also resembles [[spoiler:Demon Homura]] from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion''. Also, [[spoiler:both of the two are pawns of a demonic, male-presenting BigBad]]. WordOfGod confirms that the series is one of their inspirations.

** The final area is quite reminiscent of a Dive to Heart from ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI''.

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** Near the beginning of the game, the protagonist picks up a small bottle that shrinks her, and later a cake makes her grow larger.

* ArtisticLicense: The story happens during mid-19th century, and there are wax records in Harpae's area. Wax records weren't invented until 1890. [[spoiler:This gets even more anachronistic when considering ''Little Goody Two Shoes'', which feels like it takes place in ''pre-industrial'' Bavaria-slash-Austria.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Strange Boy]]]] is the one who trapped the protagonist in the mysterious world and stole her memories, and he is also responsible for creating the other villains to keep her trapped.

* ButThouMust: Fleta does this in her dollhouse.
-->'''Fleta:''' Let me show you [how her magic room works]. What colour do you like best?
-->'''[[spoiler:Goldia]]:''' I really like red!
-->'''Fleta:''' But I don't really like red! Never mind that! Just choose between pink and blue! Which do you like best?
-->'''[[spoiler:Goldia]]:''' I like blue!
-->'''Fleta:''' Hmph! But I like [[PrincessesPreferPink pink]] better! So we're going with pink!
-->'''[[spoiler:Goldia]]:''' .....

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: A lot of the bad endings have the protagonist like this.
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Obtaining the good end for certain characters is not only incredibly difficult but it really requires you to pay attention to several clues and riddles to get them.

*** When first met, Enjel states that [[spoiler:the protagonist's name is also Enjel]]. Harpae later contradicts this when [[spoiler:she is about to call out the protagonist's name in the elevator; if one pays close attention, they can see that she gets in a G before being interrupted. The protagonist's name thus starts with G, and as such cannot be Enjel]].
*** Later on, when Lisette has captured the protagonist and Enjel, the latter gets angry and tells Lisette, among other things, that [[spoiler:if it wasn't for Lisette, Enjel would have 'gotten there' by now]]. Not only is what she meant by this unclear, but an attentive player may find it strange that [[spoiler:she never actually expresses concern for the protagonist, hinting that she is just using her to get 'there' (the real world)]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the bonus content, the protagonist asks Egliette if there's any dolls like her around because Fleta [her character sprite] always seems to carry Egliette around, even with Egliette not around.

* MacGuffinTitle: The Pocket Mirror is the item that the protagonist always carries around and is needed to solve a few puzzles. It also turns out that the BigBad, [[spoiler:the Strange Boy]], wants the pocket mirror for himself because [[spoiler:it is the last key to her memories]], so he [[spoiler:creates Enjel and has her try to steal it in exchange for making her a real human]].

** The first mirror the protagonist sees doesn't reflect her and it frightens her.

* NewGamePlus: Requires multiple playthroughs to be able to unlock everything.

* PrecisionFStrike: While there are no swears in the dialog proper, when Lisette is trying to guilt trip [[spoiler:Goldia]] into giving the mirror to another Lisette who's hurt and on the ground, the latter gets a namebox with the name "Bitch". This is the only instance of swearing in the entire game.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Every girl that the protagonist meets gives this off, with Fleta also glowing [[GreenEyedMonster green]]. Only Enjel subverts this, since her eyes glow gold. These are all coupled with GlowingEyesOfDoom.

* InterfaceSpoiler: [[spoiler:Harpae's bad ending, Blindness, has her call out the protagonist's name though the name is all scratched out in red. But there are faint outlines of the letters of what the protagonist's name could have been. Attentive players would have figured it out on the bat that the protagonist's name is Goldia]].

A prequel game focusing on the childhood of Elise (G's mother), 'VideoGame/LittleGoodyTwoShoes'', was announced in December 2016. It was published on Oct 31, 2023, under the auspices of Square Enix's "Square Enix Collective" branch for independent creators.

A prequel game focusing on the childhood of Elise (G's mother) ''VideoGame/LittleGoodyTwoShoes'', was announced in December 2016. It was published on Oct 31, 2023, under the auspices of Square Enix's "Square Enix Collective" branch for independent creators.

** [[DownerEnding Shattered Delusions]]: Added in ''Goldener Traum''. If G loses against the final boss and found Henri's room, [[spoiler: Enjel kills Goldia, causing the Strange Boy and Henri to arrive. When she demands the Strange Boy to make her a real girl, he kills her and turns her into a golden girl.]]