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* AnAesop: Crazy people ''are'' in fact people, even if it takes more effort to know them and figure out why they are the way they are.


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* PrejudiceAesop: Crazy people ''are'' in fact people, even if it takes more effort to know them and figure out why they are the way they are.
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* LockerMail: Lizzie leaves notes and a chocolate in John's locker.
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* AnAesop: Crazy people ''are'' in fact people, even if it takes more effort to know them and figure out why they are the way they are.
** Also, pharmaceutical companies may not have your best interests at the forefront of ''their'' interests.

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* {{Yandere}}: Lizzie; she watches John sleep, John later discovers a closet full of pictures of him in her house, she's willing to kill anyone that might even ''look'' at him wrong (and is especially violently inclined towards other girls who might take him away from her,) and [[spoiler:she kidnaps him and holds him in her basement to try and make ''sure'' he loves her, depending on the route you're on.]] The game spends a lot of time [[{{Deconstruction}} analyzing]] what exactly has caused Lizzie to become a Yandere, from her abusive childhood to [[spoiler:the experimental drugs she's been exposed to,]] as well as using John himself to analyze what kind of person would willingly enter a relationship with such a girl.

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* {{Yandere}}: Lizzie; she watches John sleep, John later discovers a closet full of pictures of him in her house, she's willing to kill anyone that might even ''look'' at him wrong (and is especially violently inclined towards other girls who might take him away from her,) and [[spoiler:she kidnaps him and holds him in her basement to try and make ''sure'' he loves her, depending on the route you're on.]] The game spends a lot of time [[{{Deconstruction}} analyzing]] what exactly has caused Lizzie to become a Yandere, from her abusive childhood to [[spoiler:the experimental drugs she's been exposed to,]] as well as using John himself to analyze what kind of person would willingly enter a relationship with such a girl. [[spoiler: And then, what nightmarish hoops one would have to go to in order to make that relationship stable and remotely normal.]]
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Lizzie is insistent on this to John, and will do ''anything'' to ensure that he doesn't harm or kill himself in his depression.



* MoralityChain: "John would want you to let it go." Or at least, options like that are choosable.

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* MoralityChain: "John would want you to let it go." Or at least, options like that are choosable. John is clearly a good influence, but it's up to the player whether to let it redeem her or not.
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* MoralityChain: "John would want you to let it go." Or at least, options like that are choosable.

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* MeaningfulName: Lizzie says she is most comfortable with an axe and owns a tactical one she uses during important scenes. This is likely because her name is a reference to the real life Lizzie Borden.



* WeaponOfChoice: Lizzie says she is most comfortable with an axe and owns a tactical one she uses during important scenes. This is likely because her name is a reference to the real life Lizzie Borden.
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* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while in the true end she slaughters an entire warehouse full of people.]]
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: in one of the endings Lizzie does this to John after Mrs.Smythe injects him with a drug that causes him constant, excruciating pain]].

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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: in In one of the endings Lizzie does this to John after Mrs.Smythe injects him with a drug that causes him constant, excruciating pain]].pain. [[DiedInYourArmsTonight They get to share a brief moment]] before John dies, too.]].
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* MercyKill: [[spoiler: in one of the endings Lizzie does this to John after Mrs.Smythe injects him with a drug that causes him constant, excruciating pain]].
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* EvilInc: [[spoiler:[=KoiTec=].]] Experimenting on unwilling test subjects? Check. Covering your traces through coercion and violence? Check. Doing all these things just so you can grab more money from the military? Check.

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* EvilInc: [[spoiler:[=KoiTec=].]] Experimenting [[spoiler:[=KoiTec=] experiments on unwilling test subjects? Check. Covering your traces subjects while covering their tracks through coercion and violence? Check. Doing all these things violence, just so you they can grab more money from the military? Check.military.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:On the true ending path, it's revealed that Mrs. Smythe has been controlling John through her "therapy" in order to get to Lizzie, not treating him. It's also revealed that years ago, [=KoiTec=] accidentally exposed four pregnant women to an experimental mood drug that had dangerous effects on the unborn babies--one of them being Lizzie--and now they're trying to recapture her to "study" her for it.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler:On the true ending path, it's revealed that Mrs. Smythe has been controlling John through her "therapy" in order to get to Lizzie, not treating him. It's also revealed that years ago, [=KoiTec=] [=KoiTech=] accidentally exposed four pregnant women to an experimental mood drug that had dangerous effects on the unborn babies--one of them being Lizzie--and now they're trying to recapture her to "study" her for it.]]



* BlatantLies: After Lizzie [[spoiler:poisons a girl to death for being concerned about her level of obsession with John,]] John understandably is concerned that she was the one responsible and asks her if she still gets the urge to kill people. Lizzie assures him that she doesn't, since there's no one to threaten their relationship anymore.
* ButThouMust: Subverted during one point where Lizzie gets enraged at another girl for seriously questioning her relationship with John; every dialogue option says "Kill her." However, carefully lingering over each option reveals one that becomes "don't kill her yet" instead. [[spoiler:Then DoubleSubverted when Lizzie later has various options on how to deal with the girl, including nonviolent ones. She ends up stalking and then poisoning her, which wasn't any of them.]]



* UnreliableNarrator: The story is told from Lizzie's perspective, who sees every other woman as a threat to her relationship with John.

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* UnreliableNarrator: The story is told from Lizzie's perspective, who sees every other woman as a threat to her relationship with John.John; therefore, the girls in college go from looking normal to Lizzie, to suddenly being depicted with a suggestive outfit and pose after she detects a "glint" in one's eye.
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A VisualNovel by Sierra Lee, about the relationship between John, a [[{{UsefulNotes/Depression}} clinically depressed]] boy, and Lizzie, a girl [[{{Yandere}} with some issues of her own]].

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A VisualNovel by Sierra Lee, Creator/SierraLee, about the relationship between John, a [[{{UsefulNotes/Depression}} clinically depressed]] boy, and Lizzie, a girl [[{{Yandere}} with some issues of her own]].
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* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while in the true end she slaughters an entirely warehouse full of people.]]

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* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while in the true end she slaughters an entirely entire warehouse full of people.]]

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Oh Psycho Serum covers the super serum part too


* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler:When [=KoiTech=] was founded, it exposed four pregnant women to an experimental drug, and each of the unborn children ended up with serious mental problems. This includes Lizzie, and another nameless girl who turned out to ''also'' be a vicious murderer.]]
* SuperSerum: [[spoiler:Lizzie was exposed to an experimental drug in the womb, and this is the reason for her superior strength and speed as well as her emotional problems.]]

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* PsychoSerum: [[spoiler:When [=KoiTech=] was founded, it exposed four pregnant women to an experimental drug, and each of the unborn children ended up with serious mental problems. This includes Lizzie, and another nameless girl who turned out to ''also'' be a vicious murderer.]]
* SuperSerum: [[spoiler:Lizzie was exposed to an experimental drug in the womb, and this is the reason for her superior
Lizzie also developed super strength and speed as well as her emotional problems.from it.]]

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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: [[spoiler:Lizzie's metabolism has grown accustomed to the drug after all those years.]]

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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: [[spoiler:Lizzie's metabolism has grown accustomed [[spoiler:As Lizzie was exposed to the drug after all those years.[=KoiTech=]'s drugs from birth, she's immune to their drugs and they in fact seem to just make her stronger.]]



* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while plunging the sharp end of the handle into her chest so she can die with him.]]

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* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while plunging in the sharp true end of the handle into her chest so she can die with him.slaughters an entirely warehouse full of people.]]



** On Lizzie's end, in one route she determines that, like her, John [[spoiler:is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.]]

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** On Lizzie's end, in one route she determines that, like her, John [[spoiler:is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.]] In the true end, [[spoiler:Mrs. Smythe also supposes that John isn't "normal" and so wasn't effected by the drugs in a way she expected, just as Lizzie isn't.]]



%%* PowerBornOfMadness: Subverted. Lizzie is freakishly strong even when perfectly calm.
%%* PsychoSerum: How Lizzie got both her strength and her instability.
%%* SuperSerum: How Lizzie got both her strength and her instability.

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%%* PowerBornOfMadness: Subverted. Lizzie is freakishly strong even when perfectly calm.
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* PsychoSerum: How Lizzie got both [[spoiler:When [=KoiTech=] was founded, it exposed four pregnant women to an experimental drug, and each of the unborn children ended up with serious mental problems. This includes Lizzie, and another nameless girl who turned out to ''also'' be a vicious murderer.]]
* SuperSerum: [[spoiler:Lizzie was exposed to an experimental drug in the womb, and this is the reason for
her superior strength and speed as well as her instability.
%%* SuperSerum: How Lizzie got both her strength and her instability.
emotional problems.]]



%%* UpToEleven: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:On the true ending path, it's revealed that Mrs. Smythe and [=KoiTec=] are corrupt.]]

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%%* UpToEleven: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:On the true ending path, it's revealed that Mrs. Smythe and has been controlling John through her "therapy" in order to get to Lizzie, not treating him. It's also revealed that years ago, [=KoiTec=] are corrupt.accidentally exposed four pregnant women to an experimental mood drug that had dangerous effects on the unborn babies--one of them being Lizzie--and now they're trying to recapture her to "study" her for it.]]



* WhamLine: A variation, in that the Wham part isn't ''what'' is said but ''how'' it's said: [[spoiler:"Ready? I need you to remain calm and come with me." It's not the line itself that's shocking, it's that during a seemingly normal therapy session, Mrs. Smythe gives this command out of nowhere as if expecting to be obeyed without question. This reveals that Mrs. Smythe is corrupt.]]

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* WhamLine: A variation, in that the Wham part isn't ''what'' is said but ''how'' it's said: [[spoiler:"Ready? I need you to remain calm and come with me." It's not the line itself that's shocking, it's that during a seemingly normal therapy session, Mrs. Smythe gives this command out of nowhere as if expecting to be obeyed without question. This This, in combination with John realizing that he could barely remember any of his previous therapy sessions, reveals that Mrs. Smythe is corrupt.hasn't been ''treating'' John, she's been using the Paxetine to ''control'' him.]]

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%%* AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie's WeaponOfChoice.

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%%* * AnAxeToGrind: Lizzie's WeaponOfChoice.Lizzie brandishes a small axe in some of the routes, and [[spoiler:she kills John with it if he escapes from her basement, while plunging the sharp end of the handle into her chest so she can die with him.]]



* JumpScare: A minor one in the route where [[spoiler:Lizzie kidnaps John and holds him in her basement, shortly before she knocks him out.]] She first appears very suddenly, holding an axe, as part of the background rather than appearing by sliding behind the dialogue box like normal.



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the route where John is [[spoiler:kidnapped by Lizzie and held in her basement, if John breaks free of his shackle but refuses to escape, Lizzie realizes that John really does love the real her and that she almost ruined a genuine relationship by kidnapping him. She subsequently breaks down apologizing to him.]]



** On Lizzie's end, later in the game she determines that, like her, John [[spoiler:is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.]]

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** On Lizzie's end, later in the game one route she determines that, like her, John [[spoiler:is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.]]



%%* SuperStrength: Lizzie. She shows it off at the carnival on a high striker.

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%%* * SuperStrength: Lizzie. She shows it off at Lizzie is much, much stronger than the carnival on average person; when she initially pulls John back up the roof singlehandedly, he wonders if it's just because of her passion, but some of the routes show, for example, that she can lift extremely heavy objects without breaking a high striker.sweat.



%%* {{Yandere}}: Lizzie is a textbook example. [[PlayingWithATrope That's actually the whole point of the game.]]

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%%* * {{Yandere}}: Lizzie; she watches John sleep, John later discovers a closet full of pictures of him in her house, she's willing to kill anyone that might even ''look'' at him wrong (and is especially violently inclined towards other girls who might take him away from her,) and [[spoiler:she kidnaps him and holds him in her basement to try and make ''sure'' he loves her, depending on the route you're on.]] The game spends a lot of time [[{{Deconstruction}} analyzing]] what exactly has caused Lizzie is to become a textbook example. [[PlayingWithATrope That's actually the whole point Yandere, from her abusive childhood to [[spoiler:the experimental drugs she's been exposed to,]] as well as using John himself to analyze what kind of the game.]]person would willingly enter a relationship with such a girl.

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* NotSoDifferent: At the beginning of the game, John stands up for Lizzie when his classmates call her creepy because as John muses, people have called ''him'' creepy or crazy before, and he hated it.

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At the beginning of the game, John stands up for Lizzie when his classmates call her creepy because as John muses, people have called ''him'' creepy or crazy before, and he hated it.it. He continues to compare her to himself in terms of their mental illnesses, such as wondering if he was just trying to "cure" her so he'd have a better girlfriend, the way that people tell him he's "no fun" with his depression.
** On Lizzie's end, later in the game she determines that, like her, John [[spoiler:is not a normal person because he's able to have a decent time with her even when she's keeping him captive in her basement.]]
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* NotGoodWithRejection: Subverted and zig-zagged. Lizzie takes some rejections poorly, but can be surprisingly open-minded. For example, she's actually happy when John disagrees with her because it means he isn't just telling her what she wants to hear.

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* NotGoodWithRejection: Subverted and zig-zagged.Zig-zagged. Lizzie takes some rejections poorly, but can be surprisingly open-minded. For example, she's actually happy when John disagrees with her because it means he isn't just telling her what she wants to hear.
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A short sequel was released later, titled ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/894460/ Crimson Gray: Dusk and Dawn]]''. Its story is told from Lizzie's perspective, and deals with her attempting (and possibly failing) to adjust to a normal life. Tropes from this sequel will also be listed below.


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* PaintingTheMedium: Everything becomes tinted white when Lizzie's spending time with John, and tinted blood red when another woman is merely close to John.
* UnreliableNarrator: The story is told from Lizzie's perspective, who sees every other woman as a threat to her relationship with John.
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Despite it shortness, the game also provides a [[ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem huge number of choices with actual story consequences]].

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Despite it its shortness, the game also provides a [[ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem huge number of choices with actual story consequences]].
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Notable for [[{{Deconstruction}} playing most tropes dead straight]]. As such, the game is as much about romance and knifes as it is about psychiatry, medicines, their side effects, and how our mental state shapes our vision of the world.

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Notable for [[{{Deconstruction}} playing most tropes dead straight]]. As such, the game is as much about romance and knifes knives as it is about psychiatry, medicines, their side effects, and how our mental state shapes our vision of the world.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:On certain paths, Mrs. Smythe will tell John about Lizzie's past history--except, trained therapists like Mrs. Smythe are not normally supposed to share private details about their patients. This foreshadows that Mrs. Smythe isn't exactly on the up-and-up.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:On certain paths, Mrs. Smythe will tell John about Lizzie's past history--except, history. However, trained therapists like Mrs. Smythe are not normally supposed to share private details about their patients. This foreshadows that Mrs. Smythe isn't exactly on the up-and-up.]]

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