History VisualNovel / CrimsonGray

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:On certain paths, Mrs. Smythe will tell John about Lizzie and her mother'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.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:On certain paths, Mrs. Smythe will tell John about Lizzie and her mother's past history--except, this is a violation of patient privacy rights, so it's strange that a trained therapist like Mrs. Smythe would talk about this information openly. This foreshadows that Mrs. Smythe isn't exactly on the up-and-up.]]

* NotMeThisTime: When John and Lizzie go on a date at the county fair, [[spoiler:it ends with a male classmate of John's begin killed, though Lizzie clarifies that it wasn't her. Despite Lizzie being a Yandere, she's telling the truth; she's not responsible for this particular murder. The culprit is another girl who is also a Yandere.]]

* AnAxetoGrind: Lizzie's WeaponOfChoice.

* 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.
* SuperStrength: Lizzie. She shows it off at the carnival on a high striker.
* UpToEleven: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.

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

%%* AnAxetoGrind: Lizzie's WeaponOfChoice.

%%* 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.
%%* SuperStrength: Lizzie. She shows it off at the carnival on a high striker.
%%* UpToEleven: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.

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

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

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: [[spoiler:Lizzie's metabolism has grown accustomed to the drug after all those years.]]
* AssholeVictim: That guy who taunts the protagonists while Lizzie is enjoying a rare peaceful moment. [[spoiler:Ironically, he ends up being killed by ''another'' yandere.]]

* ColourCodedEmotions: The color palette of the game varies depending of the characters' emotions. Violence is [[TitleDrop crimson, gray]] is depression.

* AdultsAreUseless: John's parents are never there, Lizzie's ones are worse, and Mrs. Smythe [[spoiler:is the villain]].

* AnAxetoGrind: Lizzie's WeaponOfChoice.

* MultipleEndings: Which one you will obtain depends of [[ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem pretty much all your choices]]. Getting a good ending is not as difficult as one could think with such a premise. Getting the canon one is another deal.
* MurderTheHypotenuse: One route of the game is mostly about preventing Lizzie from murdering John's lab partner, who is not interested in dating him but too nice for Lizzie's comfort.

* 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.
* SuperStrength: Lizzie. She shows it off at the carnival on a high striker.
* UpToEleven: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.

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

* SuperSerum / PsychoSerum: How Lizzie got both her strength and her instability.

A [[VisualNovel Visual Novel]] 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]].

Made with [[{{UsefulNotes/RenPy}} Ren'Py]].

* AnAxetoGrind: Lizzie's [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice]].

* PowerBornofMadness: Subverted. Lizzie is freakishly strong even when perfectly calm.

* WallOfWeapons: Lizzie's knifes' collection.

* [[AdultsAreUseless Adults Are Useless]]: John's parents are never there, Lizzie's ones are worse, and Mrs. Smythe [[spoiler:is the villain]].
* [[AxCrazy Ax-Crazy]]: Lizzie. She [[EstablishingCharacterMoment starts the game by burning a tree upon a single remark]]. [[FromBadToWorse It gets worse.]]
* [[AnAxetoGrind An Axe to Grind]]: Lizzie's [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice]].
* [[AcquiredPoisonImmunity Acquired Poison Immunity]]: [[spoiler:Lizzie's metabolism has grown accustomed to the drug after all those years.]]
* [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victim]]: That guy who taunts the protagonists while Lizzie is enjoying a rare peaceful moment. [[spoiler:Ironically, he ends up being killed by ''another'' yandere.]]
* [[CrazyEnoughToWork Crazy Enough To Work]]: [[spoiler:Injecting Lizzie with even more serum so she becomes strong enough to dispose of the guards.]]
* [[ColourCodedEmotions Colour Coded Emotions]]: The color palette of the game varies depending of the characters' emotions. Violence is [[TitleDrop crimson, gray]] is depression.
* [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Deliberately Monochrome]]: Whenever the story is focused on John, the background is grayed out. Only Lizzie and Mrs. Smythe provide the slightest bit of color to him.
* [[DevelopersForesight Developers' Foresight]]: A ''lot'' of text slightly change depending of the narrator's mental state, of which medicine he is currently taking (or not), and of his general mood.
* [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness Dull Eyes Of Unhappiness]]: Lizzie's eyes go dull when she starts to become angry or unhappy.
* [[EvilInc Evil, Inc.]]: [[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.
* [[MultipleEndings Multiple Endings]]: Which one you will obtain depends of [[ChoiceAndConsequenceSystem pretty much all your choices]]. Getting a good ending is not as difficult as one could think with such a premise. Getting the canon one is another deal.
* [[MurderTheHypotenuse Murder the Hypotenuse]]: One route of the game is mostly about preventing Lizzie from murdering John's lab partner, who is not interested in dating him but too nice for Lizzie's comfort.
* [[NotGoodWithRejection Not Good With Rejection]]: 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.
* [[OneManArmy One-Man Army]]: In the canon ending, [[spoiler:Lizzie]] kills multiple armed men without even flinching.
* [[PowerBornofMadness Power Born of Madness]]: Subverted. Lizzie is freakishly strong even when perfectly calm.
* [[SuperSerum SuperSerum]]/[[PsychoSerum Psycho Serum]]: How Lizzie got both her strength and her instability.
* [[SuperStrength Super Strength]]: Lizzie. She shows it off at the carnival on a high striker.
* [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pales in comparison.
* [[WallOfWeapons Wall of Weapons]]: Lizzie's knifes' collection.
* [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice]]: 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.
* [[{{Yandere}} Yandere]]: Lizzie is a textbook example. [[PlayingWithATrope That's actually the whole point of the game.]]

* [[AdultsAreUseless Adults Are Useless]]: John's parents are never there, Lizzie's ones are worse, and Mrs Smythe [[spoiler:is the villain]].

* [[DeliberatelyMonochrome Deliberately Monochrome]]: How John usually sees the world.

* [[EvilInc Evil, Inc.]]: [[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.

* [[DullEyesOfUnhappiness]]: Lizzie's eyes go dull when she starts to become angry or unhappy.

* [[AssholeVictim Asshole Victim]]: That guy who taunts the protagonists while Lizzie is enjoying a rare peaceful moment. [[spoiler:Ironically, he ends being killed by ''another'' yandere.]]

* [[ColourCodedEmotions Colour Coded Emotions]]: Violence is [[TitleDrop crimson, gray]] is depression.

* [[EvilInc Evil, Inc.]]: [[spoiler:KoiTec]]
* [[MultipleEndings Multiple Endings]]: Getting a good ending is not as difficult as one could think with such a premise. Getting the canon one is another deal.
* [[OneManArmy One-Man Army]]: [[spoiler:Lizzie in the canon ending]].

* [[SuperStrength Super Strength]]: Lizzie.
* [[UpToEleven Up To Eleven]]: Lizzie's behavior in the canon ending makes everything she has done so far pale in comparison.

* [[{{Yandere}} Yandere]]: Lizzie.

* [[AxCrazy Ax-Crazy]]: Lizzie.