History VideoGame / RATUZ

** [[spoiler:The GoldenEnding features Pamela cooking up a serum that can reverse the effects of Three's transformation, which she can use to [[BroughtDownToNormal return him to human form]] and prevent the death of a PlayerCharacter in the ending.]]

** [[spoiler: During one chase scene with three, he will peak through a door and say [[Film/TheShining Here's Johnny!]]

** When the [[spoiler: mutated James]] corners Five in a narrow room, Six (or Four [[spoiler: if Six didn't survive the electric chair earlier]]) charges it from behind and [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice pins it to the wall with a sharp length of pipe.]]
** [[spoiler: The GoldenEnding features Pamela cooking up a serum that can reverse the effects of Three's transformation, which she can use to [[BroughtDownToNormal return him to human form]] and prevent the death of a PlayerCharacter in the ending.]]

** One person saved: [[spoiler:Five and the survivor try to fight off Three but fail, and Five is killed while the other flees on the boat. If Four or Six was the survivor, they escape; if it was Pamela, Three catches up to her and drags her to a watery grave, leaving the empty boat to speed toward the mainland.]]
** [[BittersweetEnding Two people saved]]: [[spoiler:The trio try to fight Three, but are forced to escape to the boat. If Pamela is among the group, she attempts to use a reversal formula on Three but fails — either way, one survivor is killed. Otherwise, [[BigDamnHeroes Two]] holds off Three long enough for the whole group to escape [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life]].]]

* AxCrazy: Three is utterly psychotic and hell-bent on killing every last person on the island in exceptionally violent ways, starting with the people who transformed him into a RatMan. Even before he transformed, he doesn't seem the most stable [[note]]his reaction to witnessing two instances of back-to-back BodyHorror, knowing he's next? [[LaughingMad Insane laughter]][[/note]].

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Five's immediate response to [[RatMan Three]] after the latter murders two scientists and a guard is to remark on [[ReducedToRatburgers how massive a barbeque they could have if they took the rat down.]]

* EvilLaugh: Three usually lets out a deep "WA HA HA HA HAH!" moments before beginning a pursuit or violently killing someone. Notably, he even had this laugh (albeit at a higher pitch) ''before'' he was turned into an AxCrazy RatMan.

** [[spoiler:If only Five survived, Master (the old RatMan in the sewers) will intervene and distract Three at the cost of his own life. Quickly becomes a SenselessSacrifice, as Three swiftly catches up to Five and kills him.]]

* WhipItGood: Three's tail serves as a lethally powerful whip, capable of impaling Five outright and shattering an unfortunate scientist's skull with repeated blows.

* FoldSpindleMutilation: At one point, Three will [[spoiler:start pushing one Four up against a portcullis-like grate.]] If Five can't solve the needed puzzle in time, the poor bastard ends up being reduced to a pile of meat giblets.

** [[spoiler: If only Five survived, Master (the old RatMan in the sewers) will intervene and distract Three at the cost of his own life. Quickly becomes a SenselessSacrifice, as Three swiftly catches up to Five and kills him.]]
** [[spoiler: If all three of the main characters survived, but Pamela didn't, Two will distract Three and swiftly get eaten while the main trio flee.]]

* InvincibleBoogeymen: Three. There's absolutely no way you can harm him (outside of scripted events), while he can effortlessly kill you or any other threat in one shot. Unsurprisingly, all the main characters are either afraid or at least wary of him. The only time he is ever decisively beaten is [[spoiler:in the GoldenEnding, where he's distracted by Four, Five and Six then injected with an antidote by Pamela to turn him human again]].

* TheMaze: The labyrinth under the sewers is a very dark maze where Five needs navigate around to obtain medallions that open door switches. Meanwhile, he's perpetually stalked by a blind, humanoid mole rat-like monster which [[LivingMotionDetector can sense movement very well]].

** [[DownerEnding No one saved]]: [[spoiler: Five and the mutated Three fight, only for an elderly mouseman (Master) to appear and sacrifice himself to distract the giant rat monster to let Five reach the boat. As Five tries to escape, Three catches up, kills Five with the boat's motor, and begins the ride to the mainland.]]
** One person saved: [[spoiler: Five and the survivor try to fight off Three but fail, and Five is killed while the other flees on the boat. If Four or Six was the survivor, they escape; if it was Pamela, Three catches up to her and drags her to a watery grave, leaving the empty boat to speed toward the mainland.]]
** [[BittersweetEnding Two people saved]]: [[spoiler: The trio try to fight Three, but are forced to escape to the boat. If Pamela is among the group, she attempts to use a reversal formula on Three but fails -- either way, one survivor is killed. Otherwise, [[BigDamnHeroes Two]] holds off Three long enough for the whole group to escape [[HeroicSacrifice at the cost of his own life.]] ]]
** [[GoldenEnding Everyone saved]]: [[spoiler: The three prisoners attack Three, distracting him long enough for Pamela to use the reversal formula to [[BroughtDownToNormal make him human again]]. Two meets up with the group, and they all escape off of the island. Not to mention Five and Pamela will have a SmoochOfVictory.]]

* NighInvulnerable: Three is practically indestructible to the point where he can swim in flesh-melting acid with no problem, or even [[spoiler:get rammed into the wall by a car and be no worse for the wear later]]. The only thing that can permanently put him down is [[spoiler:being injected with an antidote serum that [[BroughtDownToNormal turns him back into a human]]]].

* ThePowerOfFriendship: [[spoiler:If Four, Five, Six and Pamela survive to the end, they will manage to take down Three by having the prisoners tag-team Three long enough to distract him for Pamela to safely administer the antidote, turning Three back to a human]].

* PsychoSerum: The serum central to Project RATUZ. Notable effects include instant death (One), BodyHorror (Two and Three's transformations), and either [[AxCrazy violent insanity or an amplification of violent tendencies]] (Three, all the way.)

* RatMen: The main antagonist is a huge anthropomorphic rat created when some scientists decided to [[PlayingWithSyringes play around with genetic splicing]]. [[spoiler: Much later you also encounter some mice men in the sewers, who are [[NiceMice much nicer and outright helpful to you]].]]
* RiddleForTheAges: What is the ultimate goal of Project RATUZ and TheGovernment? While the "what," of the project is fairly clear (Scientists [[PlayingWithSyringes experimenting with splicing rat DNA into humans]]) the game never gives a concrete answer on ''why'' the project is taking place, or the government's reasons for backing it.
* RunOrDie: You '''cannot''' fight Three. If he shows up, run like hell and hope he hits a wall he can't bypass. The only time you do get an advantage over him is near the end, [[spoiler:where you must ram him into a wall with a car, and even that doesn't stick]]. The same applies to [[spoiler:the mutated James, who will immediately pursue you and can't be harmed outside of scripted events.]]
* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: In the ending where Five escapes alone, Master's sacrifice turns out to be in vain -- Three quickly catches up and shoves Five's head into the boat's propellers, then hijacks it to travel toward the mainland.]]

** The guard who [[spoiler: catches Six]] drops [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Dracula's]] "What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets!" line [[spoiler: before hauling him off for execution.]]
** [[spoiler: The mouse man who you help out in the sewers (and who helps you out after that) is named [[WesternAnimation/MickeyMouse Mickey]].]]
* SmoochOfVictory: [[spoiler:If everyone is saved, including where Three reverts back to human, Five and Pamela will have one on the motorboat.]] Averted when [[spoiler:only Five and Pamela escape, they just simply hug on the motorboat.]]

* TitleDrop: A scientist, James, refers to the genetic experiments being performed on the prisoners as "Project RATUZ."
* TrappedInVillainy: [[spoiler:If Dwight and Pamela's words are anything to go by, they're only working for Project RATUZ because TheGovernment [[IHaveYourWife has their families hostage and will kill them if they try to flee or expose it.]]]]

* TurbineBlender: A rare nautical examples -- [[spoiler:if Five escapes alone, Three will catch him and shove Five's head into the boat's propeller, reducing his head to a crimson mist in short order.]]

* WardensAreEvil: The Guards patrolling the prison will happily shoot the {{Player Character}}s on sight, even if there's a giant evil ratman bearing down on you. They're also at least somewhat complicit in the prison's horrible experiments, and unlike [[spoiler:Pamela or Dwight]] there's nothing to suggest they're being coerced into it.

* WireDilemma: The electric chair rigged to kill Six gives you a choice between a red button and a blue button. One of them will kill Six, and neither is labelled. [[spoiler: It's the red one -- the blue will subject Six to a HighVoltageDeath.]]
* WouldntHitAGirl: Implied with Three. Instead of [[spoiler:violently killing Pamela like he does with everyone else he comes across, he instead chains her up in a DrowningPit]]. Even in the [[spoiler:ending where Pamela is the only one to escape, he decides to drown her underwater instead of using the propeller to blend their head like he does with Five in the worst ending]].