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* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, mole people, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
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* AffectionateNickname: ''Loads'' from Violet.
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* BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty:[[spoiler: At the very end. It's a long story.]]
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* GenderFlip: Changing your gender also changes the genders of several other characters mentioned: notably Marty/Molly, Colin/Camilla, and Historic Pfister.
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* GenderFlip: Changing your gender also changes the genders of several other characters mentioned: mentioned -- notably Marty/Molly, Colin/Camilla, and Historic Pfister.
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** If heteronormativity is on, Primrose Meanwell sings about "a special purple pen that she uses when she writes about boys." If it's off, it's "when she writes about her most special crushes", and the boy from work she sings about is instead a girl.
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* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her shyly, quietly singing about mundane topics, but it works well enough to keep you on track.
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* ShrinkingViolet: One Primrose Meanwell, one of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her shyly, quietly singing about mundane topics, but it works well enough to keep you on track.
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** The game plays out ''mostly'' the same whether you're male or female - Violet is interested in either (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans).
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** The game plays out ''mostly'' the same whether you're male or female - Violet is interested in states that she adores you either way (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans).plans. [[spoiler: In the AMUSING epilogue, Violet refers to you as 'husband' if male, but 'beloved' if female.]])
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: After winning, you can use the AMUSING command to hear a little more.
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* BiTheWay: The game plays out ''mostly'' the same whether you're male or female - Violet is implied to be interested in either (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans).
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** The game plays out ''mostly'' the same whether you're male or female - Violet isimplied to be interested in either (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans).plans).
** Most characters' genders depend on what yours is. Julia, an exception to this, will flirt with either a male or female Pfister.
** The game plays out ''mostly'' the same whether you're male or female - Violet is
** Most characters' genders depend on what yours is. Julia, an exception to this, will flirt with either a male or female Pfister.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Julia, and the player him/herself - Imaginary!Violet notes that you mentally embellish the flaws of anyone who might be interested in Violet, going so far as to call someone with a couple of tiny birthmarks "splotchy girl".
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* GreenEyedMonster: Julia, and the player him/herself - Imaginary!Violet notes that you mentally embellish the flaws of anyone who might be interested in Violet, going so far as to call someone with a couple of tiny birthmarks "splotchy girl".boy/girl".
* NoNameGiven: Historic Pfister. You mentally refer to them as that because their parents reportedly own a hotel by that name.
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* PottyEmergency: Your final puzzle has you needing to relieve yourself without going outside your room (as you'll be hopelessly distracted if you do; [[ItMakesSenseInContext not to mention that you're naked at this point]]). A handy wastebasket does the trick. Or a bottle, if you're playing as a male.
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* PottyEmergency: Your final puzzle has you needing to relieve yourself without going outside your room (as you'll be hopelessly distracted if you do; [[ItMakesSenseInContext not to mention that you're naked at this point]]). A handy wastebasket or bottle does the trick. Or a bottle, cactus, if you're playing as a male.
* RightThroughTheWall: It's implied that Julia and Historic Pfister are getting it on across the hall.
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* WomanScorned: Julia. [[spoiler:You were dating her at one point, but dumped her for Violet. It's heavily implied Julia never got over it, and spends most of the game trash-talking Violet to an unseen male acquaintance. Imaginary!Violet suspects she's come in to the office on a weekend specifically to sabotage your writing efforts.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
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* WomanScorned: Julia. [[spoiler:You were dating her at one point, but dumped her for Violet. It's heavily implied Julia never got over it, and spends most of the game trash-talking Violet to an unseen male acquaintance. Imaginary!Violet suspects she's come in to the office on a weekend specifically to sabotage your writing efforts.]]
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, mole people, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, mole people, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
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* YourCheatingHeart: If you use a command to have sex with, kiss, or simply hug Julia.
-->'''*** I hope you get a disease ***'''
-->'''*** I hope you get a disease ***'''
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Please [[NeedsWikiMagicLove add more tropes]] for Violet here, won't you, budgie?
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Please [[NeedsMoreLove add more tropes]] for Violet here, won't you, budgie?
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Please [[NeedsMoreLove [[NeedsWikiMagicLove add more tropes]] for Violet here, won't you, budgie?
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* [[spoiler:BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty: At the very end. It's a long story.]]
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* [[spoiler:BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty: BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty:[[spoiler: At the very end. It's a long story.]]
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game.]] The MP3 player being slightly loud is enough to stop you from concentrating on your thesis! Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. Even the MP3 player being ''slightly too loud'' is enough to stop you from concentrating on your thesis! [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game.]] The MP3 player being slightly loud is enough to stop you from concentrating on your thesis! Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.
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-->"I'm sorry. I can't go on like this."
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game.]] The MP3 player being slightly loud is enough to stop you from concentrating on your thesis! Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.
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''[[http://jayisgames.com/games/ifiction/game/violet Violet]]'' is a work of interactive fiction by Jeremy Freese. It is a one-room puzzle game. It took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition with an average score of 8.53.
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''[[http://jayisgames.com/games/ifiction/game/violet Violet]]'' is a work of interactive fiction by Jeremy Freese. It is Freese: a one-room puzzle game. It game which took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition with an average score of 8.53.
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* GayOption: You're male by default, but you can change your gender to female by typing in FEMALE or, more humorously, HETERONORMATIVITY OFF.
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* GayOption: You're male by default, but you can change your gender to female by typing in FEMALE or, more humorously, HETERONORMATIVITY OFF. (There's no gay ''male'' option, however - Violet tells you bluntly that she's not changing her gender for you.)
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* WomanScorned: Julia. [[spoiler:You were dating her at one point, but dumped her for Violet. It's heavily implied Julia never got over it, and in fact Imaginary!Violet suspects she's come in to the office on a weekend specifically to sabotage your writing efforts.]]
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* WomanScorned: Julia. [[spoiler:You were dating her at one point, but dumped her for Violet. It's heavily implied Julia never got over it, and in fact spends most of the game trash-talking Violet to an unseen male acquaintance. Imaginary!Violet suspects she's come in to the office on a weekend specifically to sabotage your writing efforts.]]
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* BiTheWay: The game plays out ''mostly'' the same, whether you're male or female - Violet is implied to be interested in either (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans.)
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* BiTheWay: The game plays out ''mostly'' the same, same whether you're male or female - Violet is implied to be interested in either (though if you turn HETERONORMATIVITY OFF, she does wonder what that'll mean for your marriage plans.)plans).
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->''Calm down. All you have to do is write a thousand words and everything will be fine. And you have all day, except it's already noon.''
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Fission Mailed\'s vague enough to not completely spoil anything, thankfully.
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* [[spoiler:FissionMailed: When you finally get home after writing more than you'd promised, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you ([[TearJerker with Imaginary!Violet noting sadly that you should have seen it coming]])... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* [[spoiler:FissionMailed: When DownerEnding: Take too long (and the game is usually generous with the time) or WAIT, and you lay your head down and cry as Violet breaks up with you.
* FissionMailed: [[spoiler:When you finally get home after writing more than you'd promised, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you ([[TearJerker with Imaginary!Violet noting sadly that you should have seen it coming]])... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
* FissionMailed: [[spoiler:When you finally get home after writing more than you'd promised, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you ([[TearJerker with Imaginary!Violet noting sadly that you should have seen it coming]])... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* [[FissionMailed: [[spoiler:FissionMailed: When you finally get home after writing more than you'd promised, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you...you ([[TearJerker with Imaginary!Violet noting sadly that you should have seen it coming]])... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Subverted. When you finally get home, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* [[spoiler:DownerEnding: Subverted. [[FissionMailed: When you finally get home, home after writing more than you'd promised, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game. Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.]]
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* SwallowTheKey: You can try this, to stop yourself from [[spoiler:getting the ethernet cable back after you lock it in the cabinet.]] It doesn't work.
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* ChekhovsGun: If you examine the vent, you find a piece of lilac thread, noted by Imaginary!Violet as being from one of her sweaters. [[spoiler:Violet had hidden a webcam in the vent earlier to watch you solve her "treasure hunt".]]
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* GreenEyedMonster: Julia, and the player him/herself - Imaginary!Violet notes that you mentally embellish the flaws of anyone who might be interested in Violet, going so far as to call someone with a couple of tiny birthmarks "splotchy girl".
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* WomanScorned: Julia. [[spoiler:You were dating her at one point, but dumped her for Violet. It's heavily implied Julia never got over it, and in fact Imaginary!Violet suspects she's come in to the office on a weekend specifically to sabotage your writing efforts.]]
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* [[DownerEnding: Subverted. When you finally get home, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* [[spoiler:BirthdaySuitSurpriseParty: At the very end.]]
* BuffySpeak: Imaginary!Violet refers to the thing that makes the window blinds work as the "whatever". (She also notes that Actual!Violet would know what it was called, and in fact told you at one point, but you weren't paying attention.)
* [[DownerEnding: Subverted. When you finally get home, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
* BuffySpeak: Imaginary!Violet refers to the thing that makes the window blinds work as the "whatever". (She also notes that Actual!Violet would know what it was called, and in fact told you at one point, but you weren't paying attention.)
* [[DownerEnding: Subverted. When you finally get home, you're greeted by a note on the door from Violet saying she's left you... and then when you open the door it turns out she's thrown you a SurpriseParty.]]
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* OhCrap: If you let Julia talk for too long, she eventually starts flirting with Historic Pfister. This is Violet's response.
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* LoveHurts: Far lighter than most examples, though. An increasing amount of puzzles requires you to destroy sentimental gifts given to you by Violet to finish your essay (and, by proxy, win back Violet), revealing that no, everything wasn't fine and dandy with Violet in the days leading up to your thesis. Lampshaded by Violet herself in the ending, [[spoiler:who was watching you the entire time via webcam.]]
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}} her.
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}} her.
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* LoveHurts: Far lighter than most examples, though. An increasing amount of puzzles requires you to destroy sentimental gifts given to you by Violet to finish your essay (and, by proxy, win back Violet), revealing that no, everything wasn't fine and dandy with Violet in the days leading up to your thesis.thesis, and that you'll have to hurt and destroy a little to save a lot. Lampshaded by Violet herself in the ending, [[spoiler:who was watching you the entire time via webcam.]]
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}}her.her quirks.
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}}
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* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game. Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.]] If you give up, you lay down and ''cry''.
* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her shyly singing about mundane topics.
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* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly hershyly shyly, quietly singing about mundane topics.topics, but it works well enough to keep you on track.
* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her
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''[[http://jayisgames.com/games/ifiction/game/violet Violet]]'' is a work of interactive fiction by Jeremy Freese. It is a one-room puzzle game. It took first place in the 2008 Interactive Fiction Competition with an average score of 8.53.
You play as the unnamed boy/girlfriend of the eponymous Australian girlfriend who will leave you if you do not complete your graduate thesis in the next six hours. A world of distractions surrounds you and overcoming them will put your relationship to the test...
Please [[NeedsMoreLove add more tropes]] for Violet here, won't you, vegimite?
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!!This game contains these tropes:
* GayOption: You're male by default, but you can change your gender to female by typing in FEMALE or, more humorously, HETERONORMATIVITY OFF.
* LoveHurts: Far lighter than most examples, though. An increasing amount of puzzles requires you to destroy sentimental gifts given to you by Violet to finish your essay (and, by proxy, win back Violet), revealing that no, everything wasn't fine and dandy with Violet in the days leading up to your thesis. Lampshaded by Violet herself in the ending, [[spoiler:who was watching you the entire time via webcam.]]
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}} her.
* PottyEmergency: Your final puzzle has you needing to relieve yourself without going outside your room (as you'll be hopelessly distracted if you do; [[ItMakesSenseInContext not to mention that you're naked at this point]]). A handy wastebasket does the trick. Or a bottle, if you're playing as a male.
* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game. Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.]] If you give up, you lay down and ''cry''.
* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her shyly singing about mundane topics.
* ViolationOfCommonSense[=/=]SolveTheSoupCans: The puzzles, which range from jamming gum in your ear to keep an MP3 player from being too loud, to stripping naked. It's lampshaded in the ending, where you wonder how the Hell you ended up naked, gum jammed in your ears, piss in a pot, and holding a flower vase.
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
You play as the unnamed boy/girlfriend of the eponymous Australian girlfriend who will leave you if you do not complete your graduate thesis in the next six hours. A world of distractions surrounds you and overcoming them will put your relationship to the test...
Please [[NeedsMoreLove add more tropes]] for Violet here, won't you, vegimite?
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!!This game contains these tropes:
* GayOption: You're male by default, but you can change your gender to female by typing in FEMALE or, more humorously, HETERONORMATIVITY OFF.
* LoveHurts: Far lighter than most examples, though. An increasing amount of puzzles requires you to destroy sentimental gifts given to you by Violet to finish your essay (and, by proxy, win back Violet), revealing that no, everything wasn't fine and dandy with Violet in the days leading up to your thesis. Lampshaded by Violet herself in the ending, [[spoiler:who was watching you the entire time via webcam.]]
* PluckyGirl: Shines through in every sentence of Violet's dialogue -- or at least the dialogue your mind associates with her. The end dialogue notes you really {{flanderized}} her.
* PottyEmergency: Your final puzzle has you needing to relieve yourself without going outside your room (as you'll be hopelessly distracted if you do; [[ItMakesSenseInContext not to mention that you're naked at this point]]). A handy wastebasket does the trick. Or a bottle, if you're playing as a male.
* RidiculousProcrastinator: The PC, full stop. [[TruthInTelevision You'll almost certainly be reminded of that night you kept on being distracted from working on something super-important by various diversions while playing this game. Maybe you're even procrastinating on something while ''playing the game itself''.]] If you give up, you lay down and ''cry''.
* ShrinkingViolet: One of Violet's friends. She has an album on your gimmicky MP3 player - it's mostly her shyly singing about mundane topics.
* ViolationOfCommonSense[=/=]SolveTheSoupCans: The puzzles, which range from jamming gum in your ear to keep an MP3 player from being too loud, to stripping naked. It's lampshaded in the ending, where you wonder how the Hell you ended up naked, gum jammed in your ears, piss in a pot, and holding a flower vase.
* ZombieApocalypse: Not literally, but someone organized a zombie march at the park outside your flat. If you let it distract you for a while or spend too much time trying to solve the puzzles before the one requiring you to shut the march out by closing the blinds, it eventually drags in pirates, ghosts, aliens, and someone even brings a zeppelin.
