History VideoGame / Puppeteer2013

* WhenTheClockStrikesTwelve: When The Moon Clock in the center of Land of Time strikes midnight, dream time freezes at its darkest hour and traps all of Earth's children in an inescapable, perpetual nightmare, making their Souls easier to harvest for The Moon Bear King.

** Most of the trophies you get for defeating bosses are named after theatrical plays, like ''Theatre/DeathOfASalesMan'', ''Theatre/AStreetcarNamedDesire'', ''Theatre/TheTamingOfTheShrew'', ''Theatre/TheOddCouple'', and ''Theatre/FiddlerOnTheRoof''.

* BigBad: Moon Bear King.

* YouKeepUsingThatWord: The Moon Bear King's "generals" do all sorts of things. One's a mad scientist, one's a huckster who sells poisonous "medicine" to unsuspecting suckers, two are pirates, two do nothing but race each other all day long, and one's a giant robot dog, to name a few. The only thing ''none'' of these "generals" do is [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_officer serve as an officer of high rank]] in the Moon Bear King's military.

* NeverSayDie: Averted; whenever the context is appropriate -- such as when important characters are defeated or otherwise killed -- words like "die" and "kill" are used.

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* XMeetsY: ''VideoGame/LittleBigPlanet'' meets ''VideoGame/DynamiteHeaddy''.

* ClockworkArea: The second half of Act 6: Curtain 2 takes place in a giant clock tower. Professor Gregorious even mentions how the gears make convenient footholds.

-> ''"Welcome to the magical theatre, of the strange and fantastic....."''
-->- '''Professor Gregorious T. Oswald'''

* [[spoiler:UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Ying Yang is the one who egged Little Bear into stealing the Black Moon Stone.]]
* [[spoiler:UsedToBeASweetKid: Moon Bear King and the 12 generals used to be cute, friendly animal children before the Black Moon Stone corrupted them.]]

* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: The Moon Ninja ability.

''Puppeteer'' is a side-scrolling {{platform|Game}}er for the PlayStation3. ''Puppeteer'' takes place in a magical puppet theatre, owned and run by the slightly eccentric but thoroughly charming Professor Gregorious T. Oswald. His latest production is the weirdly titled “The Perilous Journey of a Boy Named Kutaro.”

* TwoAndAHalfD: Functions very similarly to LittleBigPlanet.

* XMeetsY: LittleBigPlanet meets DynamiteHeaddy.

%%* TwoAndAHalfD
%%* {{Acrofatic}}: Ezma Potts.

%%* BearsAreBadNews: The Moon Bear King.
%%* BigBad: Moon Bear King.

%%* GangplankGalleon: Act 3, Curtain 1.

%%* GoodIsNotNice: The Witch.

** [[spoiler: possibly averted since every general is seen during the ending credits. Since every character is an actor, it's possible that their deaths were just for the story and not intended to be real.]]

%%* PlotCoupon: The 12 pieces of the White Moon crystal.

%%* PressXToNotDie: Some of the boss fights end with this.

%%* RedEyesTakeWarning: Tiger.
%%* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Constantly pointed out by Pikarina, but special mention goes to [[spoiler:the 12 animal children and Little Bear. Well, before they went evil.]]

%%* StudioAudience

%%* {{Wutai}}: Act 2, Curtain 1.

On one dark, moonlit night, the star of the show, a young boy named Kutaro, is carried away by the maleficent Moon Bear King to a black castle, where the unlucky lad is transformed into a puppet. Kutaro then displeases the terrible tyrant, who duly devours the boy’s wooden head and casts away his body. But the headless hero is not alone, for he discovers a very special pair of magic scissors, which will help him on his harrowing quest to find his head -— and his way home.

* CoolSword: By appearances when closed, the magical pair of scissors Calibrus. Wielded like one it's more like a [[CarryABigStick blunt instrument]]. Still excellent for cutting though.

On one dark, moonlit night, the star of the show, a young boy named Kutaro, is carried away by the maleficent Moon Bear King to a black castle, where the unlucky lad is transformed into a puppet. Kutaro then displeases the terrible tyrant, who duly devours the boy’s wooden head and casts away his body. But the headless hero is not alone, for he discovers a very special pair of magic scissors, which will help him on his harrowing quest to find his head — and his way home.

* TwoAndAHalfD
* {{Acrofatic}}: Ezma Potts.

* AwesomeArt[=/=]SceneryPorn

* BearsAreBadNews: The Moon Bear King.
* BigBad: Moon Bear King.

* ColossusClimb: [[spoiler: Inverted, the final boss against the Moon Bear King has you ''literally'' cut him down to size until he's just a head.]]

** {{Constellations}}: The Moon Bear King in turn has Ursa Major as his theme. [[spoiler:His original form, Little Bear, is Ursa Minor.]]
* FantasticLightSource

* GangplankGalleon: Act 3, Curtain 1.

* GoodIsNotNice: The Witch.

* LevelAte: One of the very first levels takes place in the Witch's kitchen.

* LosingYourHead: combined with ClothesMakeTheSuperman.
* NeverSayDie: Averted, and a lot of foes meet rather gruesome ends too.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Killing General Dragon causes the gateway between the Earth and the Moon to stay open, allowing the Moon Bear King to continue swallowing souls.]]
* PrecisionFStrike: It's quite surprising to hear the characters say Damn and Hell at a few points.
* PlotCoupon: The 12 pieces of the White Moon crystal.
* PressXToNotDie: Some of the boss fights end with this.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Tiger.
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Constantly pointed out by Pikarina, but special mention goes to [[spoiler: the 12 animal children and Little Bear. Well, before they went evil.]]
* ShowWithinAShow: "The Perilous Journey of a Boy Named Kutaro".

** PoweredByAForsakenChild: All of these souls are scared young children.
* StudioAudience

* {{Wutai}}: Act 2, Curtain 1.

''VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}}'' is a side-scrolling {{platform|Game}}er for the PlayStation3. ''VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}}'' takes place in a magical puppet theatre, owned and run by the slightly eccentric but thoroughly charming Professor Gregorious T. Oswald. His latest production is the weirdly titled “The Perilous Journey of a Boy Named Kutaro.”

Unlike most games where you move through the world, the world of ''VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}}'' actually moves around you, with all the action taking place on the same stage. The sets are continually moving and changing, taking you on an adventure with surprises in every scene.

!! VideoGame/{{Puppeteer}} contains the following tropes: