History VisualNovel / SocratesJonesProPhilosopher

* AndZoiberg: As Socrates is giving his goodbyes to the philosophers he faced before, he says that all of them were great to meet...except maybe Euthyphro. And yes, Socrates did include Hobbes.

** Ariadne is named after mythological Ariadne, the one who gave to Theseeus a ball of yarn to guide himself in the Minotaur's laberynth. Just as her namesake, Ari guides her dad by teaching him the basics on debate.

* BerserkButton: Kant doesn't like facial hair. Imagine his shock when he realizes half of the people around him have facial hair.

* NiceGuy: John Stuart Mill, unlike most of the philosophers you face, is humble, friendly, and not easily offended, and in fact defends Socrates when Ari is fangirlishly angry with Socrates for challenging him.

** Euthyphro is seen boring with his preaching over the gods.

* BigNo: Kant breaks down in the same way Hobbes did, while screaming "NEEEEEIIIIINNNN!!". [[spoilerBut if he's to be believed, he already knew and even listed in his agenda to have his philosophy questioned.]]

* BuffySpeak: Socrates first's counter-argument with Euthyhro lacks proper lexic, as he has never learned about the uses and definitions of concepts such as fallacy and qualification. Luckily for him, his statement is not measured by "style points".

* ChekhovsSkill: Socrates is an accountant; his skills lie in mathematics, not philosophy. In the final chapter, [[spoiler:he uses a mathematical concept -- namely, the nature of infinity -- to counter an argument.]]

->'''''"NONSENSE!"'''''\\
-- '''Socrates Jones''' (and many others)

The titular Socrates Jones is an accountant who lives in New York with his daughter, Ariadne; every Jones except for Socrates himself is a huge philosophy buff, whereas he himself just doesn't get what the fuss is all about. A car accident and a cosmic misfile, however, land him and Ari in the Intelligible Realm, the philosophers' afterlife, and his only ticket out is to answer the ancient question of what constitutes the perfect definition of morality. To come up with an answer, Socrates has to debate with a handful of famous philosophers.

-->'''Socrates''': This doesn't seem too bad.

-->'''[[spoiler:The Arbiter]]''': Do you really intend to question his judgment?

* DoNotTauntCthulhu: Using the "Your face is ugly!" argument against the Arbiter [[OneHitKO is not recommended]].

* NiceGuy: John Stuart Mill, unlike most of the philosophers you face, is humble, friendly, and not easily offended, and in fact defends Socrates when Ari is fangirlishly angry with Socrates for challenging Mill.

** {{Downplayed}} with the "question relevance" option -- after the prologue, it's only useful against the FinalBoss, but it's not crucial to winning the argument.

%% * RedOniBlueOni: Socrates (Blue) and his daughter Ari (Red).

* PressXToDie: Saying "Your face is ugly!" is guaranteed to heavily damage your LifeMeter... but it's always there, and so tempting. You'll at least get some funny dialogue for your trouble if you succumb to temptation.

%%* RainbowSpeak
%%* ScreenShake

* BrickJoke: In the WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, [[spoiler:Ari can be seen buying Billy's entire stock of deer repellent]].

* SnakeOilSalesman: Billy. He sells ''deer repellent'' using the classic "I don't see any deer around, so my product must work" fallacy. Dissecting his sales pitch serves as hte game's JustifiedTutorial.
* TemptingFate

%% * RedOniBlueOni: Socrates and his daughter Ari

%% * SnakeOilSalesman: Billy.

-->'''Socrates''':This doesn't seem too bad.

* ButtMonkey: Euthyphro.

* DeadpanSnarker: Hobbes.

* GratuitousGerman: Kant.

* {{Jerkass}}: Hobbes. [[spoiler:[[JerkWithAHeartOfGold He joins the other philosophers in helping Socrates in the end, though]].]]

* SnakeOilSalesman: Billy.

->'''''[[ChewingTheScenery "NONSENSE!"]]'''''\\

* RainbowSpeak
* ScreenShake
* SpeechCentricWork

* ThinkInText

* WorldOfHam

* RedOniBlueOni: Socrates and his daughter Ari, '''not''' respectively.

:: When beginning to argue with Kant:
-->This doesn't seem too bad.

* ChekhovsSkill: Socrates is an accountant; his skills lie in mathematics, not philosophy. In the final chapter, [[spoiler:he uses a mathematical concept-- namely, the nature of infinity-- to counter an argument.]]

* GondorCallsForAid: Right in the middle of the last chapter, [[spoiler:just as Socrates is about to admit defeat against the Arbiter, all the philosophers he defeated storm in to back him up.]]

* ShoutOut: An optional question when debating with Mill can lead to him outlining a scenario where society doesn't follow the rule of "innocent until proven guilty". After a description that sounds oddly like the premise of the ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney'' series, Socrates muses that it "might make an interesting game".

* BeliefMakesYouStupid: Euthyphro. He's Soc's first opponent for a reason

%%Do NOT add or move a trope here unless the way it's played in Pro Philosopher is identical or similar to the way it's played in Ace Attorney!

* TheGenieKnowsJackNicholson: The Arbiter [[spoiler:aka the original Socrates]] pacately replies to an argument about Batman.
* TheUnfought: Socrates is about to meet Friedrich Nietzsche when he accidentally starts the final argument against the Arbiter.

* BigWhat: Socrates's reaction when [[spoiler:the Arbiter reveals himself as the original Great Thinker Socrates]].,
* CassandraTruth: As Billy was trying to state, and Socrates painfully finds out afterwards, deer '''are''' dangerous.