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The dual boss fight is even in the original, I don't know why Worst Otaku Ever made that edit.


* DualBoss: Only in ''Overdose.''

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* DualBoss: Only in ''Overdose.''DualBoss:



** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, Shogo and Izuru, and Kensuke and, depending on your choices, either Kotaro or Eiji again.

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** The Musician route in ''Overdose'' has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, Shogo and Izuru, and Kensuke and, depending on your choices, either Kotaro or Eiji again.

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* SecondYearProtagonist: The protagonist, Izuru, Naruko, and Ayana are this while in Mobius. [[spoiler:Mifue is this in real life, too, while Ayana is older.]] This also applies to the protagonist as Lucid, as well as Sweet-P, Stork, Kuchinashi, Ike-P, Shadow Knife, and Wicked.
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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).

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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro Creator/ChiharuSawashiro (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).
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But perhaps the game's biggest claim to fame is that it is written by Tadashi Satomi, the father of the ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' series.

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But perhaps the game's biggest claim to fame is that it is written by Tadashi Satomi, the father of the ''[[Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona Persona]]'' ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' series.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The game never showed what happened to the characters' bodies after they entered Mobius, nor the reaction of the world of people suddenly entering a datascape world. The anime and ''Overdose'' clears up this confusion by showing that people who entered Mobius are in a comatose stated, dubbed "Astral Syndrome," after listening to μ's music.

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* AmbiguousSituation: The game never showed what happened to the characters' bodies after they entered Mobius, nor the reaction of the world of people suddenly entering a datascape world. The anime and ''Overdose'' clears up this confusion by showing that people who entered Mobius are in a comatose stated, state, dubbed "Astral Syndrome," after listening to μ's music.



** Each of the Ostinato Musicians have one, mostly revolving around their private lives. Ike-P and Sweet-P in particular become ''livid'' when their real-life identifies are exposed.

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** Each of the Ostinato Musicians have one, mostly revolving around their private lives. Ike-P and Sweet-P in particular become ''livid'' when their real-life identifies identities are exposed.



* BloodlessCarnage: Nobody sheds blood in Mobius; when an enemy is defeated in the game, they just turn into static and disappear. Taken to a rather disturbing extent in the anime, where [[spoiler:after one of Wicked's bombs are used against her and [[AnArmAndALeg her legs get blown off]], they appear to be flickering in and out of existence.]]

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* BloodlessCarnage: Nobody sheds blood in Mobius; when an enemy is defeated in the game, they just turn into static and disappear. Taken to a rather disturbing extent in the anime, where [[spoiler:after one of Wicked's bombs are used against her and [[AnArmAndALeg her legs get blown off]], they appear to be flickering in and out of existence.]]existence]].



** In the final dungeon, [[spoiler:Sweet-P, Ike-P, Shonen-Doll and Stork are brainwashed by Thorn for their refusal to go along with Thorn's plan of killing the Go-Home Club, as well as the fact that they also wish to return to reality on account of the Go-Home Club ridding them of their negative build-up and Lucid's influence.]]

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** In the final dungeon, [[spoiler:Sweet-P, Ike-P, Shonen-Doll Shonen-Doll, and Stork are brainwashed by Thorn for their refusal to go along with Thorn's plan of killing the Go-Home Club, as well as the fact that they also wish to return to reality on account of the Go-Home Club ridding them of their negative build-up and Lucid's influence.]]influence]].
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* ModestyTowel: The female Go-Home Club members (and the PlayerCharacter if female) have to go to the female [[HotSpringsEpisode hot springs facility]] to confront Sweet-P. Kotono [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl nonchalantly strips down and dresses]] in a modesty towel, which all the other girls consider as "bold" and [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl are embarrassed at the prospect]], but Kotono insists they can't go inside the hot springs wearing their clothes. Even Aria gets to wears one, while [[VictoriasSecretCompartment hiding]] inside Kotono's [[MarshmallowHell towel cleavage]].
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* WhamShot: Episode 10 of the anime has one at the very end. [[spoiler:We see Ritsu waking up on a couch in what looks like an office, nowhere like any place seen in Mobius... and then there's a second Wham Shot in ''the credits''. Ritsu's name is absent, and Chiharu Sawashiro is instead credited as playing "Shingo Tachibana". Episode 11 then follows up on who Shingo is, as well as who Ritsu ''really'' is.]]

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* AttackDrone: Naruko's Catharsis Effect takes the form of a pair of these.

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* AttackDrone: Naruko's Catharsis Effect takes the form of a pair of these. In the vanilla version, the drones could also be commanded separately.



** All of the Ostinato Musicians react negatively to anyone who knows details about their real lives. Sweet-P and Ike-P specifically (and ''especially'' Sweet-P) get ''really'' pissed off.
** Overdose adds Eiji Biwasaka, who gets violent when you trap him in a small space.

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** All Each of the Ostinato Musicians react negatively to anyone who knows details about have one, mostly revolving around their real private lives. Ike-P and Sweet-P and Ike-P specifically (and ''especially'' Sweet-P) in particular become ''livid'' when their real-life identifies are exposed.
*** Shonen-Doll becomes incensed whenever someone dares intrude on his sanctuary or when somebody attempts to force him to interact with other people.
*** Mirei can
get ''really'' pissed ''ragingly pissed'' when she's called ugly or when things don't go her way. Kotone pushes the first when she calls Mirei a variety of names that really set her off.
*** It isn't so much of a button as it is a person, but to say that Kuchinashi despises Eiji Biwasaka would be a massive understatement.
*** Shadow Knife cannot, nor will he ever stand for bullies, regardless of who they are.
** Overdose adds The Go-Home Club has a few of their own.
*** It's relatively minor, but Kotaro really doesn't like it whenever someone, mainly Aria, calls him short.
*** For ''Overdose,'' there's
Eiji Biwasaka, who gets can get very violent when you trap him should he become trapped in a small space.space. Case in point, when Kuchinashi traps them in a cage at the end of the Sun Temple dungeon.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Digiheads are this, as they are people under the influence of μ and hearing her music makes them go into a rampage and attack those aware of Mobius being fake ("Rogues").
** [[spoiler:Sweet-P, Shonen Doll and Ike-P in the final dungeon.]]

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: BrainwashedAndCrazy:
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The Digiheads are this, as they are people under the influence of μ and hearing her music makes them go into a rampage and attack those aware of Mobius being fake ("Rogues").
** In the final dungeon, [[spoiler:Sweet-P, Shonen Doll Ike-P, Shonen-Doll and Ike-P in Stork are brainwashed by Thorn for their refusal to go along with Thorn's plan of killing the final dungeon.Go-Home Club, as well as the fact that they also wish to return to reality on account of the Go-Home Club ridding them of their negative build-up and Lucid's influence.]]



* DualBoss:

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* DualBoss:DualBoss: Only in ''Overdose.''



* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:To get the worst possible ending in the Musician route of Overdose, you have to fight all the members of the Go-Home Club all by yourself, then Aria. After defeating Aria, you have to watch a long cutscene involving all the characters dying one by one until μ is all alone in Mobius.]]

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* EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:To get It's a last second choice ending, but [[spoiler:to achieve the worst possible ending in DownerEnding, the Musician route of Overdose, you have to fight all the members of protagonist must side with Thorn and defeat the Go-Home Club all by yourself, then and Aria. After defeating Aria, you have to watch a long cutscene involving all this, Thorn's dream of destroying the characters dying one real world comes to fruition as Mu begins to cause havoc in the real world before the chaos eventually begins to kill off the denizens of Mobius before the protagonist is the sole person left by one until μ is all alone in Mobius.the time she comes to her senses.]]



* EnergyBow: Kotono wields one for her Catharsis Effect. Sweet-P also uses one during her boss fight.
* FaceHeelTurn: ''The protagonist'' can do this in ''Overdose'', causing them to become the Ostinato Musician known as Lucid.

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* EnergyBow: Kotono wields one for her Catharsis Effect. and Sweet-P also uses one during her boss fight.
both wield one, having obtained them from Aria and Mu respectively.
* FaceHeelTurn: ''The protagonist'' can do this in ''Overdose'', causing them to become the Ostinato Musician known as Lucid. How much of a face-heel it is depends on their actions towards the end of the game.



** Kensuke and Lucid. While Kensuke left the Musicians to find his own purpose in life, Lucid ''joins'' them in order to determine who's in the right.

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** Kensuke and Lucid. While Kensuke left the Musicians to find his own purpose in life, Lucid ''joins'' them in order to determine who's understand the lives of those who cannot live in the right.real world at all.



* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:When Marie comes to free the Go-Home Club from their room, she refers to the main character as "President", which she shouldn't know.]]

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* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:When Marie comes to free the Go-Home Club from their room, she refers to the main character as "President", which she shouldn't know.]]]] This is what ultimately gives them away



* MeaningfulName: "Ostinato" is a musical term referring to a continually repeated rhythm; fitting for a setting with a time loop.

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"Ostinato" is a musical term referring to a continually repeated rhythm; fitting for a setting with a time loop.



* MindControlMusic: μ's music triggers the Digiheads into going into a rampage.
* MultipleEndings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician route has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** DownerEnding: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a NiceJobBreakingItHero to the protagonist, who had a hand in causing this to happen and helping Thorn's wish come true.]]
*** Also doubles as a LastSecondEndingChoice, as you do have the option of fighting with the Go-Home Club to defeat Thorn.

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* MindControlMusic: μ's music triggers the Digiheads into going into a rampage.
rampage. It's harmless if you only listen to it for a short while, but anyone who listens to the music for too long will become influenced by the song and become a Digihead.
* MultipleEndings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. ''Overdose.'' While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician route has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** DownerEnding: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a NiceJobBreakingItHero to the protagonist, who had a hand in causing this to happen and helping Thorn's wish come true.]]
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]] Thankfully, this is only a LastSecondEndingChoice, as LastSecondEndingChoice and you do have can opt for the option of fighting with the Go-Home Club to defeat Thorn.Standard Ending below.



** [[spoiler: Eiji's personality and demeanor, as you will soon find out if you pursue his Character Episode and later on in the game, is completely different than what trailers and early screenshots would have you believe. Not only is he a BitchInSheepsClothing, he also arranged for Kouki to burn down Kuchinashi's home and kill her family.]]

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** [[spoiler: Eiji's [[spoiler:Eiji's personality and demeanor, as you will soon find out if you pursue his Character Episode and later on in the game, is completely different than what trailers and early screenshots would have you believe. Not only is he a BitchInSheepsClothing, he also arranged for Kouki to burn down Kuchinashi's home and kill her family.]]



* NewGamePlus: Version 1.06 added this, giving players the ability to go back through the game with their levels, skills and Causality Link progress intact (except for Character Episodes), and also (optionally) increase the levels of enemies.

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* NewGamePlus: NewGamePlus:
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Version 1.06 added this, giving players the ability to go back through the game with their levels, skills and Causality Link progress intact (except for Character Episodes), and also (optionally) increase the levels of enemies.



* NoNameGiven: Because players can name him themselves, the protagonist has no canon name, and is simply referred to as "Hero" in the trailers. The other Going-Home Club members only refer to him in conversation as "President", as he is the club's [[TheLeader leader]]. Played with in the Forbidden Musician Route. While the Musicians do know the protagonist's name, they are always addressed as Lucid.

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* NoNameGiven: Because players can name him themselves, the protagonist has no canon name, and is simply referred to as "Hero" in the trailers. The other Going-Home Club members only refer to him in conversation as "President", as he is the club's [[TheLeader leader]]. Played with in the Forbidden Musician Route. While the Musicians do know the protagonist's name, they are always addressed as Lucid.



** The Musician route DownerEnding gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting Lucid against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro/Eiji, and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Izuru and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]

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** The Musician route route's DownerEnding gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting Lucid against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro/Eiji, and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Izuru and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]



* UnknownRival: Mirei is obsessively fixated on being the most popular musician in Mobius, and as such, views μ as a threat towards attaining that goal. μ herself is oblivious to this.
** ''Overdose'' has Kuchinashi to Eiji, who claims to have no idea who she is or what she has against him specifically. [[spoiler:He's lying through his ass, of course.]]

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* UnknownRival: UnknownRival:
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Mirei is obsessively fixated on being the most popular musician in Mobius, and as such, views μ as a threat towards attaining that goal. μ herself is oblivious to this.
** ''Overdose'' has Kuchinashi to Eiji, who claims to have no idea who she is or what she has against him specifically. [[spoiler:He's lying through his ass, of course.actually telling the truth at first, that is until he lashes out and causes a fire, which pushes Kuchinashi's TraumaButton and clues him in on who she is.]]
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** Ayana and Kuchinashi's WIRE icons ended up being character designs in a later Furyu game, ''VideoGame/WorkXWork'', making them a sort of retroactive shout-out.

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** Ayana and Kuchinashi's WIRE icons ended up being character designs in a later Furyu game, ''VideoGame/WorkXWork'', ''VideoGame/{{Heroland}}'', making them a sort of retroactive shout-out.

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* AntiGrinding:
** The experience gain in this game is ''very'' slow, to the point where grinding for experience just takes too long to be worth it.
** Thankfully averted in ''Overdose'', which not only makes grinding less tedious, but also necessary as the final boss' level is now in the 50s!

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* AntiGrinding:
** The experience gain in this game is ''very'' slow,
AntiGrinding: In the vanilla version, grinding was incredibly tedious to the point where grinding you'd be forgiven for experience just takes too long to be worth it.
** Thankfully averted in ''Overdose'', which
going straight through the dungeon and chase after the bosses or stronger enemies that may or may not only makes grinding less tedious, but also necessary as kill you depending on how strong they are and what equipment you have. On NewGamePlus, players can freely adjust the final boss' level is now in levels of enemies and make it easier to grind experience. ''Overdose'' removes most of the 50s!frustration of grinding.

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* AntiGrinding: The experience gain in this game is ''very'' slow, to the point where grinding for experience just takes too long to be worth it.

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* AntiGrinding: AntiGrinding:
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The experience gain in this game is ''very'' slow, to the point where grinding for experience just takes too long to be worth it.



* BerserkButton: All of the Ostinato Musicians react negatively to anyone who knows details about their real lives. Sweet-P and Ike-P specifically (and ''especially'' Sweet-P) get ''really'' pissed off.

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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
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All of the Ostinato Musicians react negatively to anyone who knows details about their real lives. Sweet-P and Ike-P specifically (and ''especially'' Sweet-P) get ''really'' pissed off.
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An UpdatedRerelease, ''The Caligula Effect: Overdose'', was announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]], developed by Historia instead of Aquria. ''Overdose'' was announced to be coming to not only [=PS4=] in America, but also to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, localized by Creator/NISAmerica, slated for release in March 2019 (the 12th in North America, and the 15th in Europe). A TwelveEpisodeAnime adaptation by Creator/{{Satelight}} aired in the Spring 2018 season.

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An UpdatedRerelease, ''The Caligula Effect: Overdose'', was announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]], developed by Historia instead of Aquria. ''Overdose'' was announced to be coming to not only [=PS4=] in America, but also to the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch and UsefulNotes/{{Steam}}, PC (on both UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} and Website/{{GOG}}), localized by Creator/NISAmerica, slated for release in March 2019 (the 12th in North America, and the 15th in Europe). A TwelveEpisodeAnime adaptation by Creator/{{Satelight}} aired in the Spring 2018 season.
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Absurdly High Level Cap: On 19th June 2019, the level cap for Overdose was found. The level cap for the Vita release is still unknown (to my knowledge), but this point was updated with the information (level cap 200) and the source link.


* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Whatever the level cap is, it hasn't been hit yet. [[https://twitter.com/rjnbhptwdkpm/status/878019591322050562/photo/1 It's higher than 227]], yet the final boss is only level ''30'' [[note]]or 50 in ''Overdose''[[/note]].

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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Whatever the level cap is, it hasn't been hit yet. In the original Vita release, [[https://twitter.com/rjnbhptwdkpm/status/878019591322050562/photo/1 It's it's higher than 227]], yet the final boss is only level ''30'' [[note]]or 50 in ''Overdose''[[/note]].''Overdose''[[/note]]. In ''Overdose'', the [[https://twitter.com/recedingrust/status/1141454652485066753 level cap is 200]].
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* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower instead.]] If you complete Eiji's Character Episode, he will be absent from the rest of the game. [[spoiler:Shadow Knife also survives in the Forbidden Musician Route, due to a glass ceiling breaking his fall and being healed by μ.]]

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* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower instead.]] If you complete Eiji's Character Episode, he will be absent from the rest of the game. game[[spoiler: Since he gets ousted by the protagonist]]. [[spoiler:Shadow Knife also survives in the Forbidden Musician Route, due to a glass ceiling breaking his fall and being healed by μ.]]μ and Eiji dies instead]].
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** Echoing Obsession. Unlike every other dungeon in the game, you're not allowed to return to the entrance or even ''save'', so you need to beat the whole thing in one sitting.

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** Exclusive to the original Vita version is Echoing Obsession. Unlike every other dungeon in the game, you're not allowed to return to the entrance or even ''save'', so you need to beat the whole thing in one sitting.
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* [[spoiler:EarnYourBadEnding: To get the worst possible ending in the Musician route of Overdose, you have to fight all the members of the Go-Home Club all by yourself, then Aria. After defeating Aria, you have to watch a long cutscene involving all the characters dying one by one until μ is all alone in Mobius.]]

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* [[spoiler:EarnYourBadEnding: To EarnYourBadEnding: [[spoiler:To get the worst possible ending in the Musician route of Overdose, you have to fight all the members of the Go-Home Club all by yourself, then Aria. After defeating Aria, you have to watch a long cutscene involving all the characters dying one by one until μ is all alone in Mobius.]]
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* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: The protagonist falling in battle means GameOver.

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* WeCannotGoOnWithoutYou: The protagonist falling in battle means GameOver. This, however, only applies to the Vita port - ''Overdose'' averts this, as the rest of the party can continue fighting even if the Protagonist bites it.
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* BodyHorror: A mild example, but the Catharsis Effect causes alterations to parts of the user's body, along with a stake rupturing through the chest from which flowers grow.

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* BodyHorror: A mild example, but the Catharsis Effect causes alterations to parts of the user's body, along with a stake rupturing through the chest from which flowers grow. The Digiheads aren't any better, as the anime depicts the black armor on their bodies growing straight out from them.



* FacelessGoons: While they aren't technically faceless, the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Ostinato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them. In the Forbidden Musician Route, you even fight individuals who obtained a Catharsis Effect outside of those in the Go-Home Club.

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* FacelessGoons: While they aren't technically faceless, the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Ostinato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them. In the Forbidden Musician Route, you even also fight Laggards -- individuals who obtained realize Mobius is fake but lack the potential to develop a Catharsis Effect outside of those in the Go-Home Club.Effect, relying instead on Digihead-like powers.



** Kensuke and Lucid. While Kensuke left the Musicians to find his own purpose in life, Lucid ''joins'' them in order to find the truth.

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** Kensuke and Lucid. While Kensuke left the Musicians to find his own purpose in life, Lucid ''joins'' them in order to find determine who's in the truth.right.



%%* IdiotBall: In ''Overdose'', the Go-Home Club holds it every time Lucid attacks. Nobody ''ever'' realizes that the protagonist and Lucid are one and the same [[spoiler:until the very end (and only if you're going for the DownerEnding)]], despite Lucid only attacking them when the protagonist is absent or the fact that they use the same exact weapon. The last one can be forgiven, as with the exception of Shogo, Kensuke and Kotaro, all Musicians wield weapons similar to the Go-Home Club. The former, on the other hand...

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%%* * IdiotBall: In ''Overdose'', the The Go-Home Club holds it every time Lucid attacks. Nobody ''ever'' realizes that in the protagonist and Lucid are one and Forbidden Musician Route of ''Overdose.'' Whenever they use the same [[spoiler:until ambush strategy, the very end (and only if you're going for the DownerEnding)]], despite Lucid only attacking them when president is always left alone. It never crosses their minds that, maybe, the protagonist is absent or acting against them under their Lucid persona, despite the fact that the above mentioned absence and that they use wield the same exact weapon. The last one can be forgiven, though, as with excluding the exception of Shogo, Kensuke Mobius denizens who develop a Catharsis Effect thanks to Aria tuning their hearts, only Thorn, Sweet-P, Mirei, Stork, Shadow Knife, Ike-P and Kotaro, all Musicians Kuchinashi wield similar weapons similar to the Go-Home Club. The former, on the other hand...only odds one out are Kensuke, Shogo and Kotaro.

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Kagi-P/Kensuke.]]

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* DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:Kagi-P/Kensuke.]]A few Ostinato Musicians develop a friendly rapport with members of the Go-Home Club upon their defeat, [[spoiler:due to the Catharsis Effect purging the built-up negative emotions affecting them from all the concerts they hold.]] Kensuke in particular joins the club in the hopes of finding something meaningful to achieve. In ''Overdose'', thanks to the Musicians' Character Scenarios, their relationship with the Go-Home Club has become less hostile and more along the lines of two groups with differing ideologies clashing heads.
* DevelopersForesight: For ''Overdose.''
** In Kuchinashi's Character Scenario, she looks up the news article that Eiji was reading. Assuming players did Eiji and Ayana's Character Scenarios, Lucid will know that the article was about Tadokoro [[spoiler:who Eiji defended seven years prior.]] Kuchinashi will express surprise they know about the case.
** In Thorn's Character Scenario where you're hanging out in the burger joint, Thorn ([[spoiler:acting out a memory from his time with Shogo and Ichika]]) remarks about how a person's identity is like layers. When making a decision, choosing the first two options will have Thorn grow irritated and tell them what they're supposed to say. If you choose the third option, however, Thorn will be shocked and question if Lucid actually knows about her past.
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* LostInTranslation: One of the possible WIRE questions you can ask is "Do you know what 'asparagus' is?" with asparagus in kanji [[note]]竜髭菜[[/note]] instead of the usual katakana. However, the English translation is a direct translation of that line, not taking the kanji into account, so it ends up looking like most people you ask have somehow never heard of asparagus.
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* YouBastard: Let's just the Go-Home Club [[spoiler:has some choice words for the protagonist when they reveal themselves as Lucid. They never considered killing someone until you went and spat in their faces. It's even worse if you completed their Character Episodes, which will have the maxed out member of the club give you a WhatTheHellHero speech before attempting to murder your ass.]]

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* YouBastard: Let's just say that the Go-Home Club [[spoiler:has some choice words for the protagonist when they reveal themselves as Lucid. They never considered killing someone until you went and spat in their faces.faces by joining the Ostinato Musicians. It's even worse if you completed their Character Episodes, which will have the maxed out member of the club give you a WhatTheHellHero speech before attempting to murder your ass.]]
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* LimitBreak: ''Overdose'' introduces these in the form of Overdose Skills.

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* LimitBreak: Two variants. ''Overdose'' introduces these adds the Overdose Skills, which allow characters to unleash a powerful finishing move that deals some severe damage. Both the Go-Home Club and the Musicians can use them. In the Forbidden Musician Route, however, Aria demonstrates another LimitBreak in the form of the Catharsis Effect Overdose, which increases the user's power, at the cost of putting the user through some serious strain. Stork even says that if the Catharsis Effect is the mean in which one weaponizes their powerful feelings, the Overdose Skills.is letting those feelings run wild. The strain is also why Aria limits their power to Overdose Skills, so the Go-Home Club doesn't end up burning themselves out.
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* AmbiguousSituation: The game never showed what happened to the characters' bodies after they entered Mobius, nor the reaction of the world of people suddenly entering a datascape world. The anime and ''Overdose'' clears up this confusion by showing that people who entered Mobius are in a comatose stated, dubbed "Astral Syndrome," after listening to μ's music.

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** ''Overdose'' has Kuchinashi to Eiji, who claims to have no idea who she is or what she has against him specifically.

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** ''Overdose'' has Kuchinashi to Eiji, who claims to have no idea who she is or what she has against him specifically. [[spoiler:He's lying through his ass, of course.]]
* UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:If the protagonist refuses to return to reality and reveal themselves as Lucid, the party, horrified and outraged, go into a Catharsis Effect Overdose that pushes them to the limit, which Thorn questions whether or not they will be able to recover from. [[CurbStompBattle It doesn't work, unfortunately]], as Lucid trounces them easily.]]
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* YouBastard: Let's just the Go-Home Club [[spoiler:has some choice words for the protagonist when they reveal themselves as Lucid. They never considered killing someone until you went and spat in their faces. It's even worse if you completed their Character Episodes, which will have the maxed out member of the club give you a WhatTheHellHero speech before attempting to murder your ass.]]
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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (The Protagonist/Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).

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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (The Protagonist/Ritsu) (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Anime expands the protagonist's days before the start of the game and hints to why he entered Mobius in the first place.

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* AdaptationExpansion: The Anime anime expands the protagonist's days before the start of the game and hints to why he entered Mobius in the first place.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Digiheads are this, as they are people under the influence of μ and hearing her music makes them go into a rampage and attack those aware of Moebius being fake ("Rogues").

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Digiheads are this, as they are people under the influence of μ and hearing her music makes them go into a rampage and attack those aware of Moebius Mobius being fake ("Rogues").



** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).

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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (Ritsu) (The Protagonist/Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).



* EnthrallingSiren: μ is this in Moebius, as the people who reside within Moebius worship her like a goddess and the only music that ever plays is hers.

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* EnthrallingSiren: μ is this in Moebius, Mobius, as the people who reside within Moebius worship her like a goddess and the only music that ever plays is hers.



* FaceHeelTurn: ''The protagonist'' can do this in ''Overdose'', causing them to become the Musician known as Lucid.

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* FaceHeelTurn: ''The protagonist'' can do this in ''Overdose'', causing them to become the Ostinato Musician known as Lucid.



** GoldenEnding: In the Forbidden Musician Route, if you complete all the Character Episodes of both the Ostinato Musicians and Go-Home Club. Choosing the Standard Ending ends the same, but the post credit scenes show both groups back in reality, changed from their experiences in Mobius.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower instead.]] If you complete Eiji's Character Episode, he will be absent from the rest of the game. [[spoiler:Shadow Knife also survives in the Forbidden Musician Route, due to a glass ceiling breaking his fall and being healed by Mu.]]

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** GoldenEnding: In the Forbidden Musician Route, if you complete all the Character Episodes of both the Ostinato Musicians and Go-Home Club. Choosing the Standard Ending ends the same, but the post credit post-credits scenes show both groups back in reality, changed from their experiences in Mobius.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower instead.]] If you complete Eiji's Character Episode, he will be absent from the rest of the game. [[spoiler:Shadow Knife also survives in the Forbidden Musician Route, due to a glass ceiling breaking his fall and being healed by Mu.μ.]]

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: "Idolatry", sung by Creator/EmiNitta (Sweet-P), Creator/ErikoNakamura (Mirei), and Creator/YukaOotsubo (Thorn) under the alias [=RePLiCA=].

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* DoItYourselfThemeTune: DoItYourselfThemeTune:
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"Idolatry", sung by Creator/EmiNitta (Sweet-P), Creator/ErikoNakamura (Mirei), and Creator/YukaOotsubo (Thorn) under the alias [=RePLiCA=].



** The anime adaptation has "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo).

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** The anime adaptation has the opening song "Paradigm Box", sung by Chiharu Sawashiro (Ritsu) and Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Shogo).(Shogo), and the ending song "HYPNO", sung by Creator/RieMurakawa (Kotono), Creator/RieTakahashi (Mifue), Minami Tanaka (Suzuna), and Creator/AriOzawa (Naruko).
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* BloodlessCombat: Nobody sheds blood in Mobius; when an enemy is defeated in the game, they just turn into static and disappear. Taken to a rather disturbing extent in the anime, where [[spoiler:after one of Wicked's bombs are used against her and [[AnArmAndALeg her legs get blown off]], they appear to be flickering in and out of existence.]]

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* BloodlessCombat: BloodlessCarnage: Nobody sheds blood in Mobius; when an enemy is defeated in the game, they just turn into static and disappear. Taken to a rather disturbing extent in the anime, where [[spoiler:after one of Wicked's bombs are used against her and [[AnArmAndALeg her legs get blown off]], they appear to be flickering in and out of existence.]]

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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Whatever the level cap is, it hasn't been hit yet. [[https://twitter.com/rjnbhptwdkpm/status/878019591322050562/photo/1 It's higher than 227]], yet the final boss is only level ''30''.

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* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: Whatever the level cap is, it hasn't been hit yet. [[https://twitter.com/rjnbhptwdkpm/status/878019591322050562/photo/1 It's higher than 227]], yet the final boss is only level ''30''.''30'' [[note]]or 50 in ''Overdose''[[/note]].



* {{BFG}}: Shogo's Catharsis Effect takes the form of a revolver the length of his lower body.
* {{BFS}}: Kensuke's Catharsis Effect is a massive sword about half his height, with a blade wider than he is.



* {{BFG}}: Shogo's Catharsis Effect takes the form of a revolver the length of his lower body.
* {{BFS}}: Kensuke's Catharsis Effect is a massive sword about half his height, with a blade wider than he is.

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* {{BFG}}: Shogo's Catharsis Effect takes BloodlessCombat: Nobody sheds blood in Mobius; when an enemy is defeated in the form of game, they just turn into static and disappear. Taken to a revolver rather disturbing extent in the length anime, where [[spoiler:after one of his lower body.
* {{BFS}}: Kensuke's Catharsis Effect is a massive sword about half his height, with a blade wider than he is.
Wicked's bombs are used against her and [[AnArmAndALeg her legs get blown off]], they appear to be flickering in and out of existence.]]

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