History VideoGame / TheComaCuttingClass

->[[SarcasmMode "Great. You ''still'' think this is a dream.]] Why don't you open the door and find out?"

''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a 2D SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] on October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Good Old Games and UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in 2017. The updated edition was also released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.

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** Seho says [[ArnoldSchwarzenegger "I'll be back"]] in an [[TheAhnold exaggerated, foreign accent]].

** Youngho is a big fan of [[OverWatch Underwatch]] and [[VideoGame/StarCraft Spacecraft]].

* SinisterSurveillance: Sehwa High has security cameras everywhere, even in the washrooms. Youngho remarks how the school’s surveillance is akin to NorthKorea.

* {{Adorkable}}: Youngho and Seho.

* AloofDarkHairedGirl: Yaesol.

* AsianAndNerdy: Subverted in that ''all'' of the characters are Korean. Seho plays this trope straight.
* AsleepInClass: Youngho personally experiences this in his classroom due to cramming for his finals.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Myung-gil is actually being tormented by Seho through the Shade's magic. The bully endures a [[BlessedWithSuck curse]] that forces his body to [[DeniedFoodAsPunishment rapidly starve.]]]]

* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: Coma!Miss Song.]]

* BlackMagic: [[spoiler: The Shade's abilities, full-stop]].
* BloodyHandprint: Youngho will find plenty of these within the school.
* BoyMeetsGhoul: Heavily implied in [[spoiler: Seho's notes regarding his relationship with the Shade.]]

* CreepyLongFingers: [[spoiler: The Shade, and The Noteman]]
* CuteGhostGirl: Subverted. [[spoiler: Seho perceived the Shade as one, but gradually became aware and afraid of her true nature.]]

* BookEnds: If you obtain endings 1-4, [[spoiler: Youngho suffers a similar fate as Taehoon: Being left in a critical medical condition and driven away from Sehwa High by an ambulance.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: In the beginning sequence, Youngho has the option of talking to Yaesol on his way to school. It yields nothing except a mildly amusing scene where he tries and fails to flirt with her.
* ChildhoodFriends: Youngho and Mina.

* DarkIsEvil: [[spoiler: The Shade.]]
* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: The Noteman is neutral to Youngho.]]

* DramaticCurtainToss: Averted. There are several bloodied curtains that Youngho will find in the school (mainly the Medical center, as well as the room outside of the Computer Room), but he never wants to peek behind them.

* DudeMagnet: Miss Song, Miss Nah, and Mina. At least three guys are attracted to Mina. Unfortunately, most of them are assholes.
* EldritchAbomination: [[spoiler: The Shade and her puppet version of Miss Song.]]
* EscapeFromTheCrazyPlace: The Coma version of Sehwa High is filled with [[spoiler: mysterious bloodstains, toxic vines, and corpses. And all its windows and exit doors are locked.]]

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: [[spoiler: The Shade, The Killer and the Noteman]]
* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler: The Shade creates an [[EvilDoppelganger entity that looks like]] [[HotTeacher Miss Song]]]].

* EvilOverlord: [[spoiler: Seho]] saw himself as this after taking control of [[spoiler: the Shade]].
* FemmeFatalons: [[spoiler: The Noteman who has incredibly long finger nails. He is suprisingly not an antagonist like the Shade, but just a neutral NPC who leaves memos and notes all around Sehwa High.]]

* FourEyesZeroSoul: [[spoiler: Seho's true nature.]]
* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler: As the story progresses, Coma!Miss Song has 4 different physical forms.]]
* HandwrapsOfAwesome: Yaesol's bandaged hands.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: Yaesol.]]
* HiddenEyes: The reason Youngho doesn't realize initially that there's something off about [[spoiler: "Ms. Song"]].

* HollywoodDarkness: Completely averted. The flashlight is the only source of light, as most of the game is set in complete darkness.

* HospitalHottie: Miss Nah.
* HunterOfMonsters: It's implied that [[spoiler: Yaesol and her fellow Ghost Vigilantes hunt Shades]].

* ILied: [[spoiler: After Youngho gives the Relic to the Shade, this is her response when she is asked to let Seho go.]]

* KleptomaniacHero: Played Straight. Youngho has to scavenge through the school's numerous hallways and rooms to find the objects he can use. It's the only alternative to having to pay for the goods that you need from vending machines.

* MacGuffin: Each prisoner of Coma!Sehwa must find an item unique to them to escape. This means that other prisoners can provide only limited guidance [[spoiler:although Youngho is able to free Mina's reflection by finding her a medkit.]]

* MsFanservice: Miss Song.
* MsExposition: Yaesol's initial function in the plot. She calmly explains to Youngho that he is not dreaming, there really is a killer on the loose, and how to escape the nightmare world.

* MurderousThighs: Invoked, non-lethally. [[spoiler: When the Shade attacks Seho, she immediately wraps her thighs around his neck.]]

* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Mr. "Mad Dog" Ma
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: The Shade, Coma!Miss Song, and Coma!Myung-gil (who has a huge gaping mouth and no face).]]

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Seho's pair of stereotypical nerd spectacles.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler: If Youngho helps Coma!Mina before completing a side-objective for [[TheBully Myung-gil]], she'll appear to give this speech to him. In 4 of the 5 endings, Mina will also scold Myung-gil for his behaviour in the real world.]]

* RunOrDie: Those are the only options Youngho has when it comes to encountering 'the Killer' [[spoiler:"Ms. Song"]] in the Coma.

* SavePoint: Most blackboards. Unusually for the trope, saving does not restore health.
* ScareChord: Plays whenever [[spoiler: Coma!Miss Song]] appears to chase and kill Youngho.
* SexualExtortion: [[spoiler:What Headmaster Mott has been doing to the school nurse, Miss Nah. She is indebted to him due to borrowing money from him to pay off her post-secondary school loans. It is revealed that he visits her office after 5 PM to receive regular “compensation”.]]

* TheSocialDarwinist: Myung-gil tries to justify his bullying through this trope, not that any other character is fooled.
-->'''Myung-gil:''' Mina, darling, I'm just doing what I have to do. It's a dog-eat-dog world out here. It's survival of the fittest, babe!\\
'''Mina:''' Survive however you want, but you're ''dead'' to me. ''(leaves)''

* SprintMeter: Youngho's Stamina.
* StableTimeLoop: It's implied in a memo that [[spoiler: Youngho]] is trapped in one when you start another game file after completing the game in the first time.

* StringyHairedGhostGirl: [[spoiler: The Shade, as well as Coma!Miss Song. There are also female apparitions that can swipe at Youngho to make him bleed, or fall on top of him if he steps too close to them.]]
* SuckySchool: Sehwa High. A great deal of its dark past is revealed in its counterpart within the Coma.

* VaderBreath: Invoked with [[spoiler: the hostile denizens of the Coma!Sehwa.]]

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: The Shade, and the Noteman.]]

''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a 2D SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] during October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Good Old Games in 2017. The updated edition was also released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.

** Youngho is a big fan of [[OverWatch Underwatch]] and [[StarCraft Spacecraft]].

* MonsterHunter: It's implied that [[spoiler: Yaesol and her fellow Ghost Vigilantes hunt Shades]].

''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a 2D SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] during October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Website/{{GOG}} in 2017. The updated edition was also released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.

''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a 2D SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] during October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Website/GOG in 2017. The updated edition was also released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler: Both Myung-gil and Seho love Mina, but she does not like either of them.]]

* BittersweetEnding: The true ending is [[spoiler: Youngho escaping the Coma, and passes his finals. Unfortunately, he still ends up in a coma.]]

->"Great. You ''still'' think this is a dream. Why don't you open the door and find out?"

* StableTimeLoop: It's implied in a memo that [[spoiler: Youngho]] is trapped in one when you start a another game file after completing the game in the first time.

* DramaticCurtainToss: Averted. There are several bloodied curtains that Youngho will find in the school (mainly the Medical center, as well as the room outside of the Computer Room), but he never wants to [[GenreSavvy peek behind them]].

* DarkIsNotEvil: [[spoiler: TheNoteMan is neutral to Youngho.]]

* EvilMakesYouMonstrous

* HidingInABathroomStall

* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler: Seho's infactuation with Mina played a significant role in his desire to use the Shade's powers for his own selfish agenda.]]

* MultipleEndings: The game has 5 different endings.

* OurGhostsAreDifferent:

* RunOrDie

* ShoutOut:

* CreepyLongFingers: [[spoiler: The Shade.]]

* DarkWorld: Referred to as [[TitleDrop ''The Coma'']]. Youngho is trapped in the Coma of Sehwa High School. While not the same place literally [[spoiler:-such as the destruction of [=Coma!Sehwa=] not causing the actual demolition of its counterpart in the real world]]- it is a spiritual reflection of the school's dark side. In the Coma, Sehwa is outwardly corrupted by a dark presence: records of bullying (often written by the victims), and other pieces of confidental information are pinned to its walls. The school's water is tainted, many of the mirrors are shattered, and shadowy parodies of people stalk its halls.

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Yaesol saving Youngho from Coma!Miss Young near the end of the game.]]

* ChildhoodFriends: Youngho and M

* DarkWorld: Referred to as [[TitleDrop ''The Coma'']]. Youngho is trapped in the Coma of Sehwa High School. While not the same place literally -[[spoiler:such as the destruction of [=Coma!Sehwa=] not causing the demolition of its counterpart in the real world]]- it is a spiritual reflection of the school's dark side. In the Coma, Sehwa is outwardly corrupted by a dark presence: records of bullying (often written by the victims), and other pieces of confidental information are pinned to its walls. The school's water is tainted, many of the mirrors are shattered, and shadowy parodies of people stalk its halls.

* HollywoodDarkness: Completely averted. The flashlight is the only source of light, as the game is in complete darkness.
* HotForTeacher: Youngho is attracted to his teacher, Ms. Song, and fantasizes about going on dates with her.
* HotTeacher: Youngho even mentions how the male students believe that Miss Song looks like a KPop idol.

* HyperactiveMetabolism: Health is restored through consuming burgers, chips, chocolate bars, and soda. As for Stamina, it will gradually restored over time. Stamina can be refilled with water bottles. [[SpotOfTea tea]] will increase how fast Youngho's endurance will regenerate for a limited time. [[MustHaveCaffeine Canned coffee]] will temporarily grant infinite energy to Youngho. Most of these must be bought from vending machines, but these resources can be also found by scavenging from the school.

* TentacleHead: [[spoiler: Coma!Miss Song's final transformation. Her unkempt hair transforms into long tentacles.]]

* SouthKorea: The game was developed and set in this particular country.

** Upon finding some chemicals in the Biology classroom, Youngho wishes he could find the SuperSoldier serum for CaptainAmerica.

''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] during October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Website/GOG in 2017. The updated edition was also released on the Nintendo Switch in 2018.

* JerkassWoobie: [[spoiler: Myung-gil, who turns out to have been suffering from a hunger curse thanks to Seho's machinations.]]

* MostWonderfulSound: The cafeteria music, which is a nice respite from the unsettling ambient music. It's also one of the few safe zones where the Killer can't reach Youngho.

* UncannyValley: [[spoiler: The Shade and her puppet of Miss Song. They look human, but their physical forms are very distorted. With Coma!Miss Song, her movement become more spastic and inhuman as the game progresses.]]

* AuthorPhobia: Sehwa High and the horrors within are said to reflect the Devespresso Games's own experiences of anxiety and fear when they attended high school in South Korea.

->'''Yaesol:''' [[SarcasmMode Great]]. You ''still'' think this is a [[AllJustADream dream]]. Why don't you open the door and find out?

Well...not ''[[ImplacableMan completely]]'' ''[[SuperPersistentPredator alone]]''.

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''The Coma: Cutting Class'' is a SurvivalHorror game by Devespresso Games. It was released on [[http://store.steampowered.com/app/402630/ Steam]] during October 2015, and an updated edition was released on Website/GOG in 2017.

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* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: [[spoiler: The poison tendril hazards resemble Planimal a cross between cephalopods and vines.]]

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* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: [[spoiler: The poison tendril hazards resemble [[Planimal a cross between cephalopods and vines]].]]

* EverythingsSquishierWithCephalopods: [[spoiler: The poison tendril hazards resemble a cross between {{Planimal cephalopods and vines}}.]]