History VideoGame / TouhouMother

** Ness takes up the role instead in ''Return''. It's ironic given that ''he'' was given lines in the first game, despite being a Silent Protagonist himself in EarthBound.

* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop: The game's author seems to have gone with the "MOTHER 3 precedes EarthBound chronologically" route, so all of the characters are living in the world Lucas rebuilt using the Dragon in Mother 3 - which Porky was born in. Loose knowledge of those two games is all you need to know what happens next...]]

* ClippedWingAngel: Tenshi gives [[spoiler: Scarlet Weather Rhapsody of All Mankind]] a second try during her second fight... [[spoiler: and the Rainbow Sword can't take it and snaps to pieces, which knocks her out.]]

** [[spoiler:In a surprising twist, the sequel reveals that MOTHER 3 (in this continuity anyway) chronologically ''precedes'' the Mother series and thus this fanseries; it's made apparent by the Absolutely Safe Capsule making an appearance and Porky [[HijackedByGanon returning near the end]]. There may be a chance that this trope will finally be averted...]]

* [[spoiler:Marisa]] is fought twice in one of the later chapters in ''Return''.

* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:Marisa not only blames Ness for Reimu's current state in the sequel, but wants to be the one to save her instead of him. [[RogueProtagonist She is in fact fought twice as Ness.]]]]

** [[spoiler:In a surprising twist, the sequel reveals that MOTHER 3 (this this continuity anyway) chronologically ''precedes'' the Mother series and thus this fanseries; it's made apparent by the Absolutely Safe Capsule making an appearance and Porky [[HijackedByGanon returning near the end]]. There may be a chance that this trope will finally be averted...]]

* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop: The game's author seems to have gone with the "MOTHER3 precedes EarthBound chronologically" route, so all of the characters are living in the world Lucas rebuilt using the Dragon in Mother 3 - which Porky was born in. Loose knowledge of those two games is all you need to know what happens next...]]

* CallBack: After much Touhou-related stuff and references, this is ''finally'' done for the MOTHER series proper with [[spoiler:Ran and Chen discovering the [[MOTHER3 Absolutely Safe Capsule]] in ''Return of Touhou Mother'', wherein the screen fades to black after... [[OhCrap and then you hear a click]].]]

* AmnesiacDissonance: When he first arrives, [[spoiler: Porky]] has no memory of his past. [[spoiler: Later, he pretends to be this to mask the fact that he remembers everything.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first game ''tries'' to start out lighthearted and comical, [[spoiler:the growing conflict between the humans and youkai in Gensokyo]] quickly overtakes the plot and is taken quite seriously. This continues in the sequel, at which point you have to squint for any humour that isn't in the battles.
* DemotedToExtra: While the gameplay leans decidedly towards the ''MOTHER'' side of things, the characters from said series are for the most part pushed to the wayside.
** Not so on the sequel though.
* [[spoiler: FutureBadass:]] A few characters become this after the party [[spoiler: returns from Old Gensokyo.]]
* GuestStarPartyMember: [[spoiler:Several, always filling a 'fifth' slot. These include Nitori, Sanae and Tenshi.]]
* GodsNeedPrayerBadly: Source of a [[TearJerker fairly big]] MoodWhiplash in the sequel. En route to your next destination you happen upon [[spoiler: Sanae and a very transparent Kanako. They explain that the incidents in the previous game caused a great many humans to no longer believe in or care about gods, so Kanako's physical being is vanishing from the world. And then when you return to that area later, neither Kanako nor Sanae are present.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler: Are the humans justified in liberating themselves from the youkai they had feared for so long by merging Gensokyo with the Outside World? Or is it the youkai who are justified in keeping the humans under their thumb if it means preserving Gensokyo?]]

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first game ''tries'' to start out lighthearted and comical, the growing conflict between the humans and youkai in Gensokyo quickly overtakes the plot and is taken quite seriously. This continues in the sequel, at which point most of the humor is limited to the battles.

* DarkerAndEdgier: While the first game ''tries'' to start out light, the growing conflict between the humans and youkai in Gensokyo quickly overtakes the plot and is taken quite seriously. This continues in the sequel, at which point most of the humour is limited to the battles.

* DarkerAndEdgier: Especially on the take of the relationship between humans and youkai in Gensokyo.

* AmnesiacDissonance: When he first arrives, [[spoiler: Porky]] has no memory of his past. [[spoiler: Later, he pretends to to be this to mask the fact that he remembers everything.]]

* MoodWhiplash: In the vein of the ''Mother'' series.

* {{Homage}}: Sanae's side of the story is a loving tribute to ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'' and ''MetalGearSolid''.

* TimeSkip: The sequel is set six months after the end of ''Touhou Mother''. [[spoiler: ItGotWorse since then.]]

* LetsPlay: NakaTeleeli has a blind run beginning [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9IQf17heU here]], where he points out many of the {{Shout Out}}s and references. Notably includes character 'cheat sheets' to help anyone unfamiliar with the VideoGame/{{Touhou}} series, and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/NakaTeleeli#p/c/7A5FA573D8EB138B/0/-sfU4RotGao quick summary]] of the events of the ''{{MOTHER}}'' series as an optional starting point.

* LetsPlay: NakaTeleeli has a blind run beginning [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rh9IQf17heU here]], where he points out many of the {{Shout Out}}s and references. Notably includes character 'cheat sheets' to help anyone unfamiliar with the {{Touhou}} series, and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/NakaTeleeli#p/c/7A5FA573D8EB138B/0/-sfU4RotGao quick summary]] of the events of the ''{{MOTHER}}'' series as an optional starting point.

* LetsPlay: NakaTeleeli has a blind run beginning [[http://www.youtube.com/user/NakaTeleeli#p/c/7A5FA573D8EB138B/1/Rh9IQf17heU here]], where he points out many of the {{Shout Out}}s and references. Notably includes character 'cheat sheets' to help anyone unfamiliar with the {{Touhou}} series, and a [[http://www.youtube.com/user/NakaTeleeli#p/c/7A5FA573D8EB138B/0/-sfU4RotGao quick summary]] of the events of the ''{{MOTHER}}'' series as an optional starting point.

* LesYay: Frequently teased.

** [[spoiler: The sequel has Yukari bring some of the most powerful youkai in Gensokyo together and forcefully takeing over, under the impression that should humans get any sort of power they will always abuse it.]]

* MundaneMadeAwesome: JoJosBizarreAdventure-related items are presented with much more dramatic fanfare than the normal items. How much? Finding Remilia's full JJBA collection causes the earthquake in the Scarlet Mansion.

* TechnologyIsEvil: One of the major conflicts is the forced modernization of Gensokyo. [[HilariousInHindsight Wait]], [[http://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Symposium_of_Post-mysticism/Part_2 what]]?
** I don't get it.

* TechnologyIsEvil: One of the major conflicts is the forced modernization of Gensokyo.

A fan-made crossover game of ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' and ''VideoGame/{{EarthBound}}''/''{{MOTHER}}'', made in RPGMaker 2000 by 'S'.

* {{Homage}}: Sanae's side of the story is a loving tribute to ''{{Metroid}}'' and ''MetalGearSolid''.
* KarmaHoudini: Unfortunately, [[spoiler: ''TouhouMother'' is set ''before'' ''VideoGame/{{MOTHER 3}}'']], meaning that [[spoiler: Porky gets to escape justice]]. Considering the ColdBloodedTorture she engaged in, [[spoiler: Eirin]] is also EasilyForgiven.