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A UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.

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A UsefulNotes/RenPy-based MediaNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.
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%% * InnocentCohabitation: The setup that [[AnythingThatMoves Linds]] and Rafael have. Much to Janet's disbelief.
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* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Janet. (She's Indian.) Her hair is purple, which would traditionally be the "muted personality" type of dark skin and dark hair, but her personality is more fiery.
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%% * IllGirl: [[spoiler:Bianca.]]
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* BiTheWay: Linds admits to having had relationships with both men and women, possibly at the same time. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.
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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In one of the endings, soon as Janet finds out about [[spoiler:Nathaniel and Bianca]] she decides to give up pursuing him and instead focuses on helping to cure her. [[spoiler: In this particular ending, it only partially works: she wakes up in Bianca's body and Nathaniel is overjoyed at getting his lover back, but since it's Janet in Bianca's body and the real Bianca is gone...]] This leaves us hanging on the implied MortonsFork: does she tell him the truth and crush his heart, or does she live out a lie and crush her own?

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* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In one of the endings, as soon as Janet finds out about [[spoiler:Nathaniel and Bianca]] she decides to give up pursuing him and instead focuses on helping to cure her. [[spoiler: In this particular ending, it only partially works: she wakes up in Bianca's body and Nathaniel is overjoyed at getting his lover back, but since it's Janet in Bianca's body and the real Bianca is gone...]] This leaves us hanging on the implied MortonsFork: does she tell him the truth and crush his heart, or does she live out a lie and crush her own?



* LikeBrotherAndSister: The reason why Janet didn't date much at in high school. Because their community was so tight-knit, she regarded most of the boys as bratty siblings.

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* LikeBrotherAndSister: The reason why Janet didn't date much at in high school. Because their community was so tight-knit, she regarded most of the boys as bratty siblings.
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%% * BiTheWay: Linds. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.

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%% * BiTheWay: Linds.Linds admits to having had relationships with both men and women, possibly at the same time. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.



%% * GroundhogDayLoop
%% * HalfIdenticalTwins:[[spoiler: Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].]]

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%% * GroundhogDayLoop
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GroundhogDayLoop: [[spoiler: It's hinted at in Linds' bad end, and explained in the true ending, that the sequence of events inside the mansion keeps resetting and playing over again. The only difference is that each time it's a new girl coming in, just like Janet, or Susan before her.]]
* HalfIdenticalTwins:[[spoiler: Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].different]]. They both have very pale skin, dark hair, and extremely similar features.]]



** Played straight in that if Janet spends the night with [[spoiler: Linds, you not only get his bad ending but what is probably the worst ending in the game.]] WordOfGod is that the writer didn't intend for this to be seen as an indictment against having sex. It's just that [[spoiler: sleeping with Linds makes Janet too distracted with romantic drama to focus on what's happening.]]

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** Played straight in the original release in that if Janet spends the night with [[spoiler: Linds, you not only get his bad ending but what is probably the worst ending in the game.]] WordOfGod is that the writer didn't intend for this to be seen as an indictment against having sex. It's just that [[spoiler: sleeping with Linds makes Janet too distracted with romantic drama to focus on what's happening.]]]] This is altered in the silver/Steam release so that a choice afterwards can allow you to still get the good ending.



%% * ShutUpKiss: Alben plants one on Janet after [[spoiler: she confronts him about Bianca. Unfortunately, this is a clear sign that you are on his bad end.]]

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%% * ShutUpKiss: Alben plants one on Janet after [[spoiler: she confronts him about Bianca.his feelings about Bianca's impending death. Unfortunately, this is a clear sign that you are on his bad end.]]

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* AllLovingHero: Rafael, who takes a pretty shitty backstory with a sunny smile and unshaken faith.



* BiTheWay: Linds. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.
* CampStraight: [[spoiler:Alben]] used to be like this, when he was a boy.

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%% * BiTheWay: Linds. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.
%% * CampStraight: [[spoiler:Alben]] used to be like this, when he was a boy.



* ClosedCircle: Once the force fields come up, the mansion becomes one [[spoiler: for everyone but Bradley.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Alben and Bradley.

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%% * ClosedCircle: Once the force fields come up, the mansion becomes one [[spoiler: for everyone but Bradley.]]
%% * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Alben and Bradley.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:[[RippedFromTheHeadlines Free health care? Forging immigration papers]]?]]

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%% * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:[[RippedFromTheHeadlines Free health care? Forging immigration papers]]?]]



* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Linds, after Rafael's heroic sacrifice.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: Before unlocking the true ending, most of the outcomes are bittersweet at best.
* EquivalentExchange:
** [[spoiler: In order for Bianca to gain a soul and come back to life, someone else's soul needs to be sacrificed in exchange. That someone is usually whichever girl gets trapped in the GroundhogDayLoop.]]
** Making the tradeoff even worse, [[spoiler: the fact that the loop keeps looping shows that most of the time the sacrifice doesn't even ''work''.]]

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%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: Linds, after Rafael's heroic sacrifice.]]
%% * EarnYourHappyEnding: Before unlocking the true ending, most of the outcomes are bittersweet at best.
* EquivalentExchange:
** [[spoiler:
EquivalentExchange:[[spoiler: In order for Bianca to gain a soul and come back to life, someone else's soul needs to be sacrificed in exchange. That someone is usually whichever girl gets trapped in the GroundhogDayLoop.]]
** Making the tradeoff even worse, [[spoiler: the fact that the loop keeps looping shows that most of the time the sacrifice doesn't even ''work''.]]
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* FieryRedhead: Bradley, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow who also has red eyes.]]
* ForgetsToEat: Linds, according to Rafael.
* FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: Janet and Bianca in Nathaniel's bad end.]]

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%% * FieryRedhead: Bradley, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow who also has red eyes.]]
%% * ForgetsToEat: Linds, according to Rafael.
%% * FreakyFridayFlip: [[spoiler: Janet and Bianca in Nathaniel's bad end.]]



* [[spoiler:GroundhogDayLoop]]
* [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins: Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rafael in one of the endings.]] This does ''not'' lead to a happy ending for everyone else. The theme of what's worth sacrificing comes up multiple times.
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Bianca.]]
* InnocentCohabitation: The setup that [[AnythingThatMoves Linds]] and Rafael have. Much to Janet's disbelief.

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%% * GroundhogDayLoop
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* [[spoiler:GroundhogDayLoop]]
* [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins:
HalfIdenticalTwins:[[spoiler: Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].]]
%% * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rafael in one of the endings.]] This does ''not'' lead to a happy ending for everyone else. The theme of what's worth sacrificing comes up multiple times.
%% * IllGirl: [[spoiler:Bianca.]]
%% * InnocentCohabitation: The setup that [[AnythingThatMoves Linds]] and Rafael have. Much to Janet's disbelief.



* LonelyRichKid: Nathaniel's childhood in a nutshell. Even though now he's not a kid, he still qualifies.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Nathaniel and [[spoiler:Bianca.]]
* MomentKiller: Linds in Rafael's route.
* MoralityPet: Rafael to Linds. [[spoiler:Rafael's HeroicSacrifice is even the cause for Linds committing suicide.]]

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%% * LonelyRichKid: Nathaniel's childhood in a nutshell. Even though now he's not a kid, he still qualifies.
%% * LoveAtFirstSight: Nathaniel and [[spoiler:Bianca.]]
%% * MomentKiller: Linds in Rafael's route.
%% * MoralityPet: Rafael to Linds. [[spoiler:Rafael's HeroicSacrifice is even the cause for Linds committing suicide.]]



*** Adjusted in the silver release so there's now a choice afterwards which determines the outcome.
* OptionalSexualEncounter: [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing.]]
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The true ending.

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*** Adjusted in the silver release so there's now a choice afterwards which determines the outcome.
%% * OptionalSexualEncounter: [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing.]]
%% * PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The true ending.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Linds is sometimes guilty of this.

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%% * SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Linds is sometimes guilty of this.



** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' in particular.

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** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow'' in particular.particular, starting with the names "Janet" and "Bradley".



* ShutUpKiss: Alben plants one on Janet after [[spoiler: she confronts him about Bianca. Unfortunately, this is a clear sign that you are on his bad end.]]
* TechnoBabble: Makes up around half of Linds's lines.
* TeenIdol: Rafael becomes this in his good end.

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%% * ShutUpKiss: Alben plants one on Janet after [[spoiler: she confronts him about Bianca. Unfortunately, this is a clear sign that you are on his bad end.]]
%% * TechnoBabble: Makes up around half of Linds's lines.
%% * TeenIdol: Rafael becomes this in his good end.



* TrappedInAnotherWorld: Janet and Bradley. [[spoiler: Happens to the rest of the guys in Alben's bad end.]]

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%% * TrappedInAnotherWorld: Janet and Bradley. [[spoiler: Happens to the rest of the guys in Alben's bad end.]]



* YaoiFangirl: Linds thinks Janet might be one.

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%% * YaoiFangirl: Linds thinks Janet might be one.

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* EquivalentExchange: [[spoiler: In order for Bianca to gain a soul and come back to life, someone else's soul needs to be sacrificed in exchange. That someone is usually whichever girl gets trapped in the GroundhogDayLoop.]]

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* EquivalentExchange: EquivalentExchange:
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[[spoiler: In order for Bianca to gain a soul and come back to life, someone else's soul needs to be sacrificed in exchange. That someone is usually whichever girl gets trapped in the GroundhogDayLoop.]]



* {{Fanservice}}: Most of the guys appear shirtless at some point.

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* {{Fanservice}}: {{Fanservice}}:
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Most of the guys appear shirtless at some point.



* MyGirlIsNotASlut: Subverted. [[spoiler:If Janet reveals what she read in Bianca's diary, Nathaniel will reveal that he and Bianca had already talked about it, and he doesn't care because he loves her.]]
** Played straight in that if Janet spends the night with [[spoiler: Linds, you not only get his bad ending but what is probably the worst ending in the game.]]
*** WordOfGod is that the writer didn't intend for this to be seen as an indictment against having sex. It's just that [[spoiler: sleeping with Linds makes Janet too distracted with romantic drama to focus on what's happening.]]

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* MyGirlIsNotASlut: MyGirlIsNotASlut:
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Subverted. [[spoiler:If Janet reveals what she read in Bianca's diary, Nathaniel will reveal that he and Bianca had already talked about it, and he doesn't care because he loves her.]]
** Played straight in that if Janet spends the night with [[spoiler: Linds, you not only get his bad ending but what is probably the worst ending in the game.]]
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]] WordOfGod is that the writer didn't intend for this to be seen as an indictment against having sex. It's just that [[spoiler: sleeping with Linds makes Janet too distracted with romantic drama to focus on what's happening.]]
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A UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.

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A UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow [[Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.






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A VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.

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A UsefulNotes/RenPy-based VisualNovel released in English by Creator/HanakoGames in 2010. Take a sprinkling of OtomeGame, a dash of SpeculativeFiction, a lot of sneaky references to a [[TheRockyHorrorPictureShow certain movie]] - and serve over a bed of plot twists that make it hard to describe anything much about the story without giving too much away.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning - Mostly averted with Bradley. Although he seems like he plays this trope straight at first because upon entering the mansion, he [[spoiler: threatens everyone with a gun]] since he thinks they all did something to his [[spoiler: sister.]] The aversion occurs because after he's neutralized, he never does anything else wrong and that [[spoiler: gun]] pays off in one of the endings.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning - RedEyesTakeWarning: Mostly averted with Bradley. Although he seems like he plays this trope straight at first because upon entering the mansion, he [[spoiler: threatens everyone with a gun]] since he thinks they all did something to his [[spoiler: sister.]] The aversion occurs because after he's neutralized, he never does anything else wrong and that [[spoiler: gun]] pays off in one of the endings.



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* YaoiFangirl - Linds thinks Janet might be one.

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* YaoiFangirl - YaoiFangirl: Linds thinks Janet might be one.
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* AlternateUniverse - Janet discovers that she and Bradley are in an alternate universe where UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution never happened, and the country is called Atlanta. [[spoiler:However, it isn't quite that simple.]]

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* AlternateUniverse - AlternateUniverse: Janet discovers that she and Bradley are in an alternate universe where UsefulNotes/TheAmericanRevolution never happened, and the country is called Atlanta. [[spoiler:However, it isn't quite that simple.]]



* BiTheWay - Linds. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.

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* BiTheWay - BiTheWay: Linds. You could place him in AnythingThatMoves, or the EthicalSlut.



* CurtainsMatchTheWindow - Alben and Bradley
* DarkSkinnedRedhead - Janet. (She's Indian.) Her hair is purple, which would traditionally be the "muted personality" type of dark skin and dark hair, but her personality is more fiery.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything - [[spoiler:[[RippedFromTheHeadlines Free health care? Forging immigration papers]]?]]

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* CurtainsMatchTheWindow - CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Alben and Bradley
Bradley.
* DarkSkinnedRedhead - DarkSkinnedRedhead: Janet. (She's Indian.) Her hair is purple, which would traditionally be the "muted personality" type of dark skin and dark hair, but her personality is more fiery.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything - DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:[[RippedFromTheHeadlines Free health care? Forging immigration papers]]?]]



* EarnYourHappyEnding - Before unlocking the true ending, most of the outcomes are bittersweet at best.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding - EarnYourHappyEnding: Before unlocking the true ending, most of the outcomes are bittersweet at best.



* FieryRedhead - Bradley, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow who also has red eyes]]
* ForgetsToEat - Linds, according to Rafael.

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* FieryRedhead - FieryRedhead: Bradley, [[CurtainsMatchTheWindow who also has red eyes]]
eyes.]]
* ForgetsToEat - ForgetsToEat: Linds, according to Rafael.



* [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins - Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].]]
* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler:Rafael in one of the endings.]] This does ''not'' lead to a happy ending for everyone else. The theme of what's worth sacrificing comes up multiple times.
* IllGirl - [[spoiler:Bianca]]

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* [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins - [[spoiler:HalfIdenticalTwins: Alben and Bianca, who [[PolarOppositeTwins couldn't be more different]].]]
* HeroicSacrifice - HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Rafael in one of the endings.]] This does ''not'' lead to a happy ending for everyone else. The theme of what's worth sacrificing comes up multiple times.
* IllGirl - [[spoiler:Bianca]]IllGirl: [[spoiler:Bianca.]]



* InsufferableGenius - Janet used to be one of these, and it came very close to screwing her over. In the backstory we learn at the start of the game, Janet's classmates previously bullied her because of her Genius. Because of that, Janet wouldn't join any extracurricular activities with the girls, which is understandable. The "Insufferable" part came into play because Janet ended up not joining any extracurricular activities with ''anyone'', and she forgot that the college she was applying to strongly ''prefers'' girls with lots of social experience on their applications, so Janet almost didn't make it into college as a result.

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* InsufferableGenius - InsufferableGenius: Janet used to be one of these, and it came very close to screwing her over. In the backstory we learn at the start of the game, Janet's classmates previously bullied her because of her Genius. Because of that, Janet wouldn't join any extracurricular activities with the girls, which is understandable. The "Insufferable" part came into play because Janet ended up not joining any extracurricular activities with ''anyone'', and she forgot that the college she was applying to strongly ''prefers'' girls with lots of social experience on their applications, so Janet almost didn't make it into college as a result.



* MyGirlIsNotASlut - Subverted. [[spoiler:If Janet reveals what she read in Bianca's diary, Nathaniel will reveal that he and Bianca had already talked about it, and he doesn't care because he loves her.]]

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* MyGirlIsNotASlut - MyGirlIsNotASlut: Subverted. [[spoiler:If Janet reveals what she read in Bianca's diary, Nathaniel will reveal that he and Bianca had already talked about it, and he doesn't care because he loves her.]]



* OptionalSexualEncounter - [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing.]]
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding - The true ending.
* ParentalAbandonment - A rare ''justified'' example! [[spoiler: Rafael's]] parents abandoned him...but only so he could have better access to health care than his parents were capable of providing. In fact, when Janet criticizes [[spoiler: Rafael's]] parents' abandonment, [[spoiler: Rafael]] responds in bitterness, but unlike usual examples of this trope the bitterness is ''in their defense'', saying he's sorry they weren't perfect.

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* OptionalSexualEncounter - OptionalSexualEncounter: [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing.]]
* PanUpToTheSkyEnding - PanUpToTheSkyEnding: The true ending.
* ParentalAbandonment - ParentalAbandonment: A rare ''justified'' example! [[spoiler: Rafael's]] parents abandoned him...but only so he could have better access to health care than his parents were capable of providing. In fact, when Janet criticizes [[spoiler: Rafael's]] parents' abandonment, [[spoiler: Rafael]] responds in bitterness, but unlike usual examples of this trope the bitterness is ''in their defense'', saying he's sorry they weren't perfect.

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* ShoutOut - Rocky Horror Picture Show in particular.
** In one thread, Janet has a dream that clearly echoes ThePrincessBride.

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* ShoutOut - Rocky Horror Picture Show ShoutOut
** ''Film/TheRockyHorrorPictureShow''
in particular.
** In one thread, Janet has a dream that clearly echoes ThePrincessBride.''Film/ThePrincessBride''.
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* ChekhovsGun: The gun that [[spoiler:Bradley threatens the others with at the start of the game]] plays a key part in [[spoiler:finally ending the GroundhogDayLoop.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: The gun that [[spoiler:Bradley threatens the others with with]] at the start of the game]] game plays a key part in [[spoiler:finally ending finally [[spoiler:ending the GroundhogDayLoop.]]

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* OptionalSexualEncounter - [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing. Also, the optional sexual encounter screws you over since it gets you Linds' bad ending.]]

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*** Adjusted in the silver release so there's now a choice afterwards which determines the outcome.
* OptionalSexualEncounter - [[spoiler: With Linds. With the other boys, it doesn't really go beyond kissing. Also, the optional sexual encounter screws you over since it gets you Linds' bad ending.]]

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