History VisualNovel / DokiDokiLiteratureClub

** [[spoiler:There's Monika's fourth-wall-breaking comments, and her comment about feeling like she and the player character are the only real people in the club.]] There's also the warning at the beginning of the game.

-> Just Monika

* WhamEpisode: The game starts off as a lighthearted romantic comedy with some drama added in after [[spoiler:Sayori admits to being depressed and confesses to the protagonist]]. Then, on the day of the festival, you discover [[spoiler:Sayori's corpse hanging in her bedroom, and the whole thing turns into psychological horror with a cutesy facade]].

* ButThouMust: [[spoiler: At one point the your choices are Yuri, Natsuki, and Monika, but the cursor automatically will drag towards Monikas name. Even if you manage to click something else, the choices then change to a full page of buttons that all say "Just Monika"]]

** [[spoiler:The poster in the back of the Literacy Club room being replaced with an image of Sayori's hanging corpse.]]

** [[spoiler: If you reinsert Monika's character file into the game and continue with the story from after she "resurrects" the other 3 and try to insert her back into the game, a message pops ups from her.]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After deleting Monika, she sends the player back to the beginning of the game, restoring the other three girls and making Sayori the president. Everything seems to be going well... Until Sayori reveals that by becoming president, she has learned about everything that has happened. As she begins to recreate Monika's room, she, and the rest of the girls are deleted by Monika, who realizes there is no happiness for anyone in the game. As the credits role, black and white versions of the [=CGs=] are deleted, along with other aspects of the game. It ends on a note from Monika disbanding the club, which is all you'll see if you try to reload the game again.]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[spoiler: If you start a brand new game after deleting Monika's character file, the game starts with Sayori suddenly going insane and the game crashing, followed by a cut to her suicide if you open it up again. If you delete Sayori's character file instead, it just cuts straight to the image.]]
** [[spoiler: If you saved a copy of Monikas file after deleting her and continuing with the story from after she "resurrects" the other 3 and try to insert her back into the game, a message pops ups from her.]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[spoiler: If you start a brand new game after deleting Monikas character file, the game starts with Sayori suddenly going insane and the game crashing, followed by a cut to her suicide if you open it up again. If you delete Sayoris character file instead, it just cuts straight to the image]]

* TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything: [[spoiler: If you start a brand new game after deleting the "First Run" file, and then delete Monikas character file, the game starts with Sayori suddenly going insane saying something is terribly wrong, followed by a cut to her suicide. If you delete Sayoris instead, it cuts straight to the image]]

* MindRape: [[spoiler:What Monika did to Sayori and Yuri. It's implied they were always (at least a little) depressed and CuteAndPsycho. All Monika does is make their problems much, much worse. Directly stated to be the case in CAN YOU HERE ME]]

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:After deleting Monika, she sends the player back to the beginning of the game, restoring the other three girls and making Sayori the president. Everything seems to be going well... Until Sayori reveals that by becoming president, she has learned about everything that has happened. As she begins to recreate Monika's room, she, and the rest of the girls are deleted by Monika, who realizes there is no happiness for anyone in the game. As the credits role, black and white versions of the CGs are deleted, along with other aspects of the game. It ends on a note from Monika disbanding the club, which is all you'll see if you try to reload the game again.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:If one saves and reloads to get all the CGs before Sayori hangs herself, a different ending occurs. Most of it is the same as what happens in the Downer Ending below, but instead of realizing what Monika did, Sayori is instead touched by what the player did to spend time with everyone. Lamenting how she has nothing to give in return, she only ask that you come and visit again. The CGs during the credits are in color this time, and while the game's script is deleted, the character files remain. Instead of Monika's note disbanding the club, you get a note from Dan Salvato thanking you for playing.]]

* BittersweetEnding: [spoiler:If one saves and reloads to get all the CGs before Sayori hangs herself, a different ending occurs. Most of it is the same as what happens in the Downer Ending below, but instead of realizing what Monika did, Sayori is instead touched by what the player did to spend time with everyone. Lamenting how she has nothing to give in return, she only ask that you come and visit again. The CGs during the credits are in color this time, and while the game's script is deleted, the character files remain. Instead of Monika's note disbanding the club, you get a note from Dan Salvato thanking you for playing.]]

* MindRape: [[spoiler:What Monika did to Sayori and Yuri. It's implied they were always (at least a little) depressed and CuteAndPsycho. All Monika does is make their problems much, much worse.]]

* WhamEpisode: The game starts off as a lighthearted romantic comedy with some drama added in after [[spoiler:Sayori admits to being depressed and confesses to the protagonist]]. Then, on the day of the festival, you discover [[spoiler:Sayori's corpse hanging in her bedroom, and the whole thing turns into straight horror with a cutesy facade.]]

* ArtificialBrilliance: [[spoiler: During the last conversation with Monika, she addresses you by your computer name, not the name you typed in at the start. To protect your privacy if you're streaming, she instead berates you for bringing an audience she can't see.]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's possible to agree to go out with Sayori. [[spoiler: It doesn't last long.]]

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The other girls get quite unstable due to Monika's meddling of the game.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: There's Monika's forth wall breaking comments, and her comment about feeling like she and the player character are the only real people in the club.]] There's also the warning at the beginning of the game.
** [[spoiler: She also notes how you left Sayori "hanging" on the third day.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler: Monika is jealous of the other girls because they get to be love interests in the game they're in, while she's supposed to sit back and root for them.]]

* HeavySleeper: Sayori is often late to school because she sleeps in. [[spoiler: It's because she's so depressed it's too hard for her to wake up in the morning]]
* HelloInsertNameHere: The protagonist is nameable by the player.

* MadnessMantra: [[spoiler: Some of the poems come across more like this than like poems. There's a place where the player can be stuck a long time while glitched text plays for an overly long time. Reading the history log reveals the text is the website's introduction of the game on repeat.]]
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: [[spoiler: Most of the horror happens after Sayori's suicide through various background events. These include:]]
** [[spoiler: The poster in the back of the Literacy Club room being replaced with an image of Sayori's hanging corpse.]]
** [[spoiler: Yuri's face being replaced with a NightmareFace in the poem minigame]]
** [[spoiler: The screen turning red with veins on the side]]
** [[spoiler: The cursor being replaced with a glitchy version of Sayori's head]]
** [[spoiler: Natsuki's eyes popping out if she hates your poem]]
* [[spoiler: MindRape: What Monika did to Sayori and Yuri. It's implied they were always (at least a little) depressed and CutAndPsycho. All Monika does is make their problems much, much worse.]]
* SchoolClubStories: The game revolves around the literature club and it's members.

* {{Unperson}}: [[spoiler: Monika eventually deletes all the other girls from the game. The first time this happens, you have to replay most of the game without that character.]]
* WhamEpisode: A lot goes down the day of the Club Fair.

* ArtificialBriliance: [[spoiler: During the last conversation with Monika, she addresses you by your computer name, not the name you typed in at the start. To protect your privacy if you're streaming, she instead berates you for bringing an audience she can't see.]]

* Artificial Briliance: [[spoiler: During the last conversation with Monika, she addresses you by your computer name, not the name you typed in at the start. To protect your privacy if you're streaming, she instead berates you for bringing an audience she can't see.]]

[[spoiler: MindRape: It's implied all Monika did was amplify the behavior of the other three girls.]]

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It's possible to agree to go out with Sayori.

* HeavySleeper: Sayori is often late to school because she sleeps in.

* '''Sayori''': A bubbly ray of sunshine.
* '''Natsuki''': A deceptively cute girl, with quite the punch.
* '''Yuri''': A timid and mysterious bookworm.

* FeaturelessProtagonist
* HairDecorations: All of girls have hair clips, ribbons, or bows in their hair.

* ...

''Doki Doki Literature Club!'' is a visual novel by Team Salvato.