History VideoGame / TheyBreathe

* WeaksauceWeakness: The jellyfish have an [[PopGoesTheHuman explosive weakness]] [[spoiler: to air]]. This is why they [[spoiler:assimilate dead frogs to allow them to expel air]].

* InstakillMook: The green jellyfish in the original were a death sentence to any frog they caught, draining their health away so quickly it was basically impossible to save a frog that got caught (including the player). The remaster makes them no longer this, as they now take longer to kill a frog.

** In the remastered version, both the moose and the jellyfish give off a glow that brightens the background around them, and both are deadly and hostile to all frogs.

** Both the moose and the jellyfish give off a glow that brightens the background around them, and both are deadly and hostile to all frogs.

** The large green jellyfish now take a longer time to kill a captured frog, instead of being a death sentence like in the original.

** The large green jellyfish now take a longer time to kill a captured frog, instead of being a death sentence in the original.

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Nearly happens but subverted. Thanks to [[spoiler:destroying the parasite queen, which was producing the OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles, the frog's return journey to the surface has it almost drown to death, but it reaches the surface in time]].

* ElectricJellyfish: Touching the moose/jellyfish shocks you.

* LightIsNotGood: The flashes of light that you see from below before a wave of enemies appear or after a frog is abducted and dragged below? That's caused by the process which [[spoiler:the parasite queen uses to create frog-jellyfish from dead frogs]].

* SurpriseCreepy: And, boy, '''oh boy''', you'll be in for quite the treat.

* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife: Shortly into the game, you'll encounter a poisonous green moose, which isn't a color seen in real life moose. [[spoiler:It's because it isn't a moose]].

** The monsters. [[spoiler:If they successfully kill a frog and and bring it to their queen, she'll fuse it to them, allowing them to move quickly underwater as well as breathe air. It however also makes them [[AssimilationBackfire vulnerable to drowning]].]]

''[[http://www.theworkingparts.com/theybreathe/ They Breathe]]'' is an indie game developed by The Working Parts for Xbox Live, PC, iOS and Android. It's a short game, taking no more than half an hour to complete, but it's a remarkable study in atmosphere.

* BoringReturnJourney: After the [[spoiler:jellyfish queen is killed]], the player's frog swims back to the surface without any enemies or issues [[spoiler:save for nearly drowning thanks to a lack of OxygenatedAirBubbles]].

** The whole reason why Glenn the frog was able to venture deep down [[spoiler:and defeat the jellyfish queen]] was because of the OxygenatedAirBubbles [[spoiler:expelled by the queen via the dead frogs attached to her]]. In the same vein, this also [[spoiler:allowed Glenn to defeat several of her jellyfish minions to go further]].

* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Moose really aren't supposed to be the size of a small dog. [[spoiler:Subverted, because they're not moose, but something far more horrible.]]

* PoisonousPerson: Green jellyfish. [[spoiler:Those with heads have the ability to emit poison bubbles that harm frogs, and if these monsters touch a regular bubble, it turns that bubble into a large and highly damaging poisonous bubble. Those without heads will very quickly kill any frog they touch by suffocating them, including you, and do not require dragging a frog down to the queen in order to assimilate them]].

** Shortly after the first "headless" jellyfish is introduced, a headless one and two with heads are introduced to show the player that they can "trade" heads with each other.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: ...or use them as bait for the jellyfish.

** The 'moose-jellyfish' that chase you throughout the game [[spoiler:are actually [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Necromorph]]-style corpse-monsters built from the remains of dead frogs. This is most evident when you look closely at their 'heads' and 'tentacles' (frog bodies and frog limbs, respectively).]]

* OxygenatedUnderwaterBubbles: One of the main mechanics of the game are these, which you need to touch to regain health and avoid drowning. Moose-jellyfish also require said bubbles to avoid drowning, and [[spoiler:the bubbles are harmful to jellyfish without frogs attached to them]]. It soon turns out that these exist because of [[spoiler:the parasite queen using dead frogs to expel the air from her]].

* SetAMookToKillAMook: The 'moose-jellyfish' are every bit as vulnerable to toxic bubbles (from the green 'moose-jellyfish') as the frogs are, meaning that by careful maneuvering you can get them to die a lot faster.

** The "wave" before the first green jellyfish lacks any enemies, instead having a few toxic bubbles rising to the surface. This is to teach the player that the green bubbles hurt instead of heal.