History VideoGame / SilentHill3

* CentralTheme: As ''Silent Hill 1'' followed the fears of schoolchildren, and ''Silent Hill 2'' followed the fears of adults/married couples, this game tackles the fears of teenage/young adult women. Many of the enemies that Heather encounters violate her personal space or represent being uncomfortably close to something. Heather is verbally assaulted by many male stalkers throughout the game, and the environments all seem to be places where women feel pressure from predatory men (shopping malls, subways, office buildings, [[spoiler: hospitals]], etc). Penis/vagina related imagery is everywhere in the game, and the major plot focuses on [[spoiler: Heather unknowingly gestating an infant form of the cult's God (albeit in her stomach and not womb).]] At the same time, the game also focuses on themes of love, growing up and familial belonging, explored through Heather and Douglas.

* {{Confessional}}: Seen in the Church. [[spoiler: The choice you make inside plays a significant part in determining which ending you get on a second playthrough]].

** The "Possessed" Ending: [[spoiler:Heather kills Douglas while in a trance]].
** The "Revenge" Ending [[spoiler:is the new name for the UFO Ending; Heather is seen talking to Harry (James is also there for some reason), and a bunch of [=UFOs=] blow up Silent Hill. Sadly, the only ending where Harry survives -- which happens only because Heather gets home early]].

* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Averted. Evidently, every time Heather dies, it's actually Valtiel who resurrects her.

** The puzzle of "Who Killed Cock Robin?" It requires the player to realize that the diaries of #7, Stanley Coleman, are another hint to the puzzle, when most people assume the poems on each body and the poem on the crematory door are the only clues. You also have to figure out that the poem tells you to switch the numbers of the solution to get the correct combination (by mentioning heaven, sky, hell, and earth).

* KonamiCode: Has a very, very silly effect.

** The puzzle of "Who Killed Cock Robin?" It requires the player to realize that the diaries of #7, Stanley Coleman, are another hint to the puzzle, when most people assume the poems on each body and the poem on the crematory door are the only clues. Without knowing Stanley's diaries are an important clue to the third verse of the poem, this puzzle becomes impossible to figure out unless you know a specific fact about a fairly unknown species of bird.

The story of ''[=SH3=]'' also forms the basis of the story for ''Film/SilentHillRevelation3D''.

* PsychosexualHorror: Heather [[spoiler:or Cheryl Mason]] is a girl in her late teens that gets caught up in the happenings of Silent Hill. The first boss of the game is called Splitworm: a very phallic-looking, purple, eyeless creature that splits open its head to reveal a fleshy interior and big teeth.

* BrokenAesop: A large part of the game's atmosphere and themes derive itself from unwanted sexual attention, which is somewhat undermined by an unlockable outfit that transforms Heather into a borderline {{Stripperiffic}} magical girl outfit. Her primary attack is even called the ''Sexy Beam.''

* JokeEnding: The UFO ending, where Heather returns home to her father ([[spoiler:since Heather returns home before he was killed, he is still alive in this version of the story]]), who is having tea with an alien, while [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]] is standing in the background. [[spoiler:Harry]] speaks in an electronically distorted voice and refers to Heather as Cheryl, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight none of which seems odd to her in the slightest]]. Heather tells [[spoiler:Harry]] about her encounter with the cultists, and subsequent visits to the Otherworld and fighting the monsters, setting off his PapaWolf instincts, leading to him bringing a bunch of [=UFOs=] to Silent Hill and blowing the town to Kingdom Come. Then the credits roll as a Japanese MC leads a karaoke performance of a song about the characters of the game, including some very off-kilter interpretations of them, before finally ending with the sound of Heather's sub-machine gun shooting the MC and singers.

* JokeEnding: The UFO ending, where Heather returns home to her father ([[spoiler:since Heather returns home before he was killed, he is still alive in this version of the story]], who is having tea with an alien, while [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]] is standing in the background. [[spoiler:Harry]] speaks in an electronically distorted voice and refers to Heather as Cheryl, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight none of which seems odd to her in the slightest]]. Heather tells [[spoiler:Harry]] about her encounter with the cultists, and subsequent visits to the Otherworld and fighting the monsters, setting off his PapaWolf instincts, leading to him bringing a bunch of [=UFOs=] to Silent Hill and blowing the town to Kingdom Come. Then the credits roll as a Japanese MC leads a karaoke performance of a song about the characters of the game, including some very off-kilter interpretations of them, before finally ending with the sound of Heather's sub-machine gun shooting the MC and singers.

* JokeEnding: The UFO ending, where Heather returns home to her father, who is having tea with an alien, while [[VideoGame/SilentHill2 James]] is standing in the background. [[spoiler:Harry]] speaks in an electronically distorted voice and refers to Heather as Cheryl, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight none of which seems odd to her in the slightest]]. Heather tells [[spoiler:Harry]] about her encounter with the cultists, and subsequent visits to the Otherworld and fighting the monsters, setting off his PapaWolf instincts, leading to him bringing a bunch of [=UFOs=] to Silent Hill and blowing the town to Kingdom Come. Then the credits roll as a Japanese MC leads a karaoke performance of a song about the characters of the game, including some very off-kilter interpretations of them, before finally ending with the sound of Heather's sub-machine gun shooting the MC and singers.

* CheshireCatGrin: Vincent.

* JokeEnding: The UFO ending, where Heather return home to her father, Harry from the first game, who is having tea with an alien, while James from the second game is standing in the background. Harry speaks in an electronically distorted voice and refers to Heather as Cheryl, [[UnusuallyUninterestingSight none of which seems odd to her in the slightest]]. Heather tells Harry about her encounter with the cultists, and subsequently visits to the Otherworld and fighting the monsters, setting off his PapaWolf instincts, leading to him bringing a bunch of [=UFOs=] to Silent Hill and blowing the town to Kingdom Come. Then the credits roll as a Japanese MC leads a karaoke performance of a song about the characters of the game, including some very off-kilter interpretations of them, before finally ending with the sound of Heather's sub-machine gun shooting the MC and singers.

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:Vincent's body mysteriously disappears after Claudia births God]].