History Visualnovel / Boyfriendtodeath

* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler:Strade does this.]]

* BadGuyBar: Route 66.

* DiesWideOpen: [[spoiler:Strade.]]

* EyeScream: Twice in [[spoiler:Strade's routes]], and once in [[spoiler:Sano's]].

* PlayingWithSyringes: The majority of Sano's route involves this.

* WickedCultured: Rire pretty much ''embodies'' this trope.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Akira, helped by a [[spoiler:RelativeButton]].

* ILoveTheDead: Jack's route.

* GenderNeutralWriting: The player character's gender is never specified, and even the adult scenes are written in a way which doesn't imply a specific gender.

* YouGotSpunk: [[spoiler:Rire]] is more entertained if you play this way.

* DealWithTheDevil: In one of Rire's endings, [[spoiler:you agree to trade over your soul in exchange for being released from his torture]]. [[JackassGenie Naturally]], he doesn't bother to specify [[spoiler:what kind of conditions you'll be released ''into…'']]

* EasterEgg: In the second game, if you idle at the bar selection screen for two full minutes, the player character will decide that they don't actually want to go out tonight at all, and they'll survive peacefully with a nice night in with ice cream and movies.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: [[spoiler:You can attack Ren in the basement if you have a knife during Strade's route, which will lead to…]]

* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:Lawrence's "You both know the truth." ending is this in full-force, since the MC reaffirms to him he's not the only one who's seen the river.]]

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:No matter what you do in the first game, you'll always get a bad ending; even the "survival" endings really aren't that much better fates.]]

* TheAlcoholic: The game begins with the protagonist waking up from a night where they were "so drunk they almost forgot their own name". This is further explored in Sano and Strade's routes where [[spoiler: the main character admits their drinking might have something to do with some serious emotional instabilities.]]
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: In the "To what life?" ending, Rire puts your soul into a bottle, where you can’t be heard and are essentially trapped for eternity.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: This only occurs if [[spoiler: Sano wants to keep you. Lawrence does this, too.]]
* AndShowItToYou: [[spoiler: Strade does this.]]

** The one for Rire has him [[spoiler:claiming your soul and putting it in a bottle. But at least you live]].

* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre : [[spoiler:Rire]]'s route culminates in this. If you lose this deadly Hide and Seek, he'll grow bored of you and [[spoiler: [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice jam a tentacle through your torso.]]]]

* CreepyTwins: [[spoiler: Sano and his twin brother, Akira.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: In one of Rire's endings [[spoiler: you agree to trade over your soul in exchange for being released from his torture.]] [[JackassGenie Naturally]] he doesn't bother to specify [[spoiler: what kind of conditions you'll be released ''into...'']]

* DownerEnding: Most of the endings. The first game is the worst in this regard as nearly all of the endings result in some form of horrific death at the hands of the boyfriends, and the endings where you actually survive aren't a whole lot better.

** If you [[spoiler:give up while Sano's taunting you with fire, he feeds you to his pet.]]
** In the sequel, [[spoiler:one of Vincent's endings has this happen to the player character. And they enjoy it.]]
* EroticAsphyxiation: In [[spoiler: "Strade loved you too much..."]] , his heart will turn bleeding red, [[spoiler: triggering this death sequence.]]

* EyeScream: Twice in [[spoiler: Strade's routes]], and once in [[spoiler: Sano's]].

* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:No matter what you do in the first game, you'll always get a bad ending; even the "survival" endings really aren't that much better fates]].
* FanDisservice: In the sequel, Strade gets a ShirtlessScene [[spoiler: as a frozen corpse with his chest cut open.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Strade somehow manages to be both friendly and upbeat, even whilst he's [[spoiler: jamming a drill through your foot.]]

* {{Gaslighting}}: [[spoiler:Rire]] is particularly apt at it. He likes [[spoiler: [[MoreThanMindControl slowly driving you insane]]]], as it is more entertaining.

** Ren's [[spoiler:has the player escaping alive ''and'' agreeing to be his friend, giving them their number and promising to talk to him, implied to be the first step in him getting over his SurvivorGuilt over Strade's death.]]
** Lawrence's [[spoiler:is the player professing that they have also seen the river, making him [[YouAreNotAlone not alone]], arguably for the first time in his life, with them mutually agreeing to have fun in the world with everything dying around them.]]
** Vincent [[spoiler:has the player forgive him for his actions and agreeing to stay with him, in some cases also becoming a werewolf and joining his pack.]]
** Cain's [[spoiler:has the player stay with him, with the player who's also implied to be [[AmbiguouslyHuman not human.]]]]

* GuideDangIt: In the second game, unlocking [[spoiler: Ren’s route]] involves choosing a specific dialogue action, which is easy enough, but it also involves performing an action in-game that seemingly doesn’t serve a purpose and just comes off as weird and then clicking on a background detail that doesn’t highlight itself and is easily missable. The game also never tells you that there is even [[spoiler: a path for Ren]], with the only hint being the fact that he has an affection meter. Assuming you knew little about the game beforehand, you wouldn’t be blamed for not knowing [[spoiler: Ren even ''has'' a path]].

** [[spoiler: Strade.]] And in certain playthroughs [[spoiler: [[{{Autocannibalism}} you too.]]]]
** In the sequel, [[spoiler: Ren eats Strade's heart, and can eat yours too. Vincent eats you as well, if he wolfs out.]]

** [[spoiler: Cain’s "You ate yourself" ending has a more subtle example, with the player's health meter completely depleting then completely rising again. Repeatedly.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:No matter what you do in the first game, your captors will always get off scot-free in the endings]].

* LivingDollCollector: [[spoiler: Sano]] loves dolls.
* MaleFrontalNudity: All of the gentlemen get this at some point, the sole exception being Rire. [[spoiler: Lawrence is an interesting case, as his route doesn’t ever show him naked- only a bonus CG unlocked after completing the game does.]]

* MurderDotCom: SerialKiller Strade runs a "red room" stream on the Dark Web. [[spoiler:If your SanityMeter runs out while he's torturing you down in [[TortureCellar his basement]], he turns you into his newest "star"]].

** In [[spoiler: Lawrence’s "It was beautiful..." ending, the "You Died" screen is replaced by "You’re Dying", and cuts to a bizarre scene with Ashe that ends in a fade to the title screen.]]

** [[spoiler: Strade's "You did everything he said."]] ending snowballs from here.
** [[spoiler: Ren's route has this in a possible CallBack to Strade, with it going in the more [[SexualExtortion common]] direction.]]
* PressXToNotDie : Several of the games more critical choices run on a strict time limit.

* PuppeteerParasite: [[spoiler: "Sano let you go."]]
* RelationshipValues: All of the gentlemen have these. Rire and Cain’s are hidden- they’re visible, but they have no color until the very end.

* ShockCollar: [[spoiler: Strade]] gives you one in [[spoiler: "He'll keep you forever."]]

** Strade gets one, [[spoiler: but [[FanDisservice he's dead during it.]]]]

* SnuffFilm: How [[spoiler: Strade]] makes a living. In fact, in one ending [[spoiler: he records himself slitting the main character's throat.]]
* SpawnBroodling: [[spoiler: Sano's "You hatched some new babies!"]]
* SunglassesAtNight: Rire never removes his sunglasses, except when he wants to show off [[SupernaturalGoldEyes his glowing yellow demon eyes.]]

* TongueTrauma: Both Lawrence’s and Cain have endings that involve [[spoiler: ripping the player character’s tongue out.]]
* VideoGameCaringPotential: [[spoiler: Surprisingly enough, there are several opportunities in both games to be nice even though you really, ''really'' wouldn't have to be. The [[GoldenEnding best endings]] in the second game all have elements of this in play.]]
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: [[spoiler:You can attack Ren in the basement if you have a knife during Strade's route, which will lead to]]...
* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Yeah, go ahead, [[spoiler:slice open poor little [[NiceGuy Ren's]] arm with that knife. Strade will be ''[[SarcasmMode very]]'' [[SarcasmMode pleased with you]].]]
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Rire is not even ''mentioned'' during the second game, [[spoiler: if you don't count his cameo in the bonuses section]]. This might have something to do with the fact that Rire's creator, Darqx, didn't participate in development.

* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler: Lawrence's "You both know the truth." ending is this in full-force, since the MC reaffirms him he's not the only one who's seen the river.]]
* YouGotSpunk: [[spoiler: Rire]] is more entertained if you play this way.

* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Akira, helped by a [[spoiler: RelativeButton]].

** Vincent takes it to the [[UpToEleven logical extreme]] and seems to have a [[WalkingShirtlessScene shirt allergy.]]

* BastardBoyfriend: ''All'' of them to some degree or another. Heavy, ''heavy'' emphasis on "bastard".

''Boyfriend to Death'' was released on June 3rd, 2016. PC and Mac versions can be downloaded and played for free at its [[http://boyfriendtodeath.com/index.html official website]].

A [[http://boyfriendtodeath.com/btd-2-fresh-blood.html sequel was released]] on March 18th, 2017.

A SpiritualSuccessor titled ''Till Death Do Us Part'' was released on October 3rd, 2017.

A fourth game titled ''Dollmaker'' is currently in development.

* BastardBoyfriend / BastardGirlfriend: The player character starts Chris' route as one.

A lonely college student wakes up after a night of hard drinking, and immediately decides to [[TheAlcoholic head to another bar]] to drown their sorrows, and [[ItSeemedLikeAGoodIdeaAtTheTime maybe find someone to hook up with]]. Tonight is not their lucky night as depending on which bar they go to, they run across either a [[MeatgrinderSurgery deranged scientist]], a vicious [[SerialKiller serial killer]], or [[DevilInDisguise a literal demon]]. From there, [[FromBadToWorse things escalate pretty quickly]], and the protagonist soon finds themselves at the mercy of these lovely gentlemen, all of whom are more interested in [[BreakTheCutie vicious torture]] than any kind of romance.