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** Throughout the game, it's hinted that [[spoiler:Hypnospace's BrainComputerInterface is not entirely safe]]. This comes to a head in [[spoiler:the [[MindVirus Mindcrash incident]], which actually ''kills'' several people -- [[PlayerPunch just about all of them being people the player has gotten to know through their quirky online presence]]. And if that wasn't bad enough, you get to experience what they saw ''and'' are faced with Hyppi desperately trying to save you from any damage it may cause by telling you to shut the headband off even as its own reality begins to fall apart around it]].
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** Throughout the game, it's hinted that [[spoiler:Hypnospace's BrainComputerInterface is not entirely safe]]. This comes to a head in [[spoiler:the [[MindVirus Mindcrash incident]], which actually ''kills'' several people -- [[PlayerPunch just about all of them being people the player has gotten to know through their quirky online presence]]. And if that wasn't bad enough, you get to experience what they saw ''and'' are faced with Hyppi [=HYPII=] desperately trying to save you from any damage it may cause by telling you to shut the headband off even as its own reality begins to fall apart around it]].
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* PlayAlongMeme: Comments on youtube uploads of the game's music, along with the games steam reviews, often pretend to be written by someone living in the game's universe, debating the various in-universe music genres like Coolpunk and Fungus, and expressing exaggerated adoration or disgust for characters like Chowder Man and Zane.
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* PlayAlongMeme: Comments on youtube [=YouTube=] uploads of the game's music, along with the games steam game's Steam reviews, often pretend to be written by someone living in the game's universe, debating the various in-universe music genres like Coolpunk and Fungus, Fungus Scene, and expressing exaggerated adoration or disgust for characters like Chowder Man and Zane.
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* TheWoobie: [=RebeRuthPin=], a Squisherz fan who's also a [[StopBeingStereotypical Christian who doesn't believe Squisherz is Satanic]]. She enters a Squisherz art contest... and wins! [[spoiler:...right before we learn via a farewell message on her webpage that she found out the hard way that her father DOES NOT approve of her being a Squisherz fan, contrary to what she had previously believed, because another member of her church found her webpage and ratted her out. He throws her Squisherz game away AND bans her from Hypnospace... before she can even learn that she won the contest. It's a heartbreaking moment, especially for anyone who had to live with parents caught in the grip of the Satanic Panic.]] The one upside to what happens to her is that [[spoiler:this means she avoids the Mindcrash.]]
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** [=RebeRuthPin=], aSquisherz [=SquisherZ=] fan who's also a [[StopBeingStereotypical Christian who doesn't believe Squisherz SquisherZ is Satanic]]. She enters a Squisherz [=SquisherZ=] art contest... and wins! [[spoiler:...right before we learn via a farewell message on her webpage that she found out the hard way that her father DOES NOT approve of her being a Squisherz [=SquisherZ=] fan, contrary to what she had previously believed, because another member of her church found her webpage and ratted her out. He throws her Squisherz [=SquisherZ=] game away AND bans her from Hypnospace... before she can even learn that she won the contest. It's a heartbreaking moment, especially for anyone who had to live with parents caught in the grip of the Satanic Panic.]] The one upside to what happens to her is that [[spoiler:this means she avoids the Mindcrash.]]
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The opening rap verse of Chowder Man's theme song awfully similar to ''Epic'' by Music/FaithNoMore.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The opening rap verse of Chowder Man's theme song sounds awfully similar to ''Epic'' by Music/FaithNoMore.
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* TheWoobie: [=RebeRuthPin=], a Squisherz fan who's also a [[StopBeingStereotypical Christian who doesn't believe Squisherz is Satanic]]. She enters a Squisherz art contest... and wins! [[spoiler:...right before we learn via a farewell message on her webpage that she found out the hard way that her father DOES NOT approve of her being a Squisherz fan, contrary to what she had previously believed, because another member of her church found her webpage and ratted her out. He throws her Squisherz game away AND bans her from Hypnospace... before she can even learn that she won the contest. It's a heartbreaking moment, especially for anyone who's had to live with parents caught in the grip of the Satanic Panic.]] The one upside to what happens to her is that [[spoiler:this means she avoids the Mindcrash.]]
** [=DarkTwilightTiff=], who mostly just wants to use Hypnospace to create fun short horror stories, but receives no end of unwanted attention from T1maggedon and Zane, and her complaints are ignored by Merchantsoft's broken moderation system which pins the blame on her since they don't have a way to handle dealing with a victim's harassment claims, as their harassment report system only works on direct instances of it. Making things worse, her reputation apparently suffers due to her proximity with Tim, and topping it all off [[spoiler: she ends up dying in the Y2K Mindcrash]].
** [=DarkTwilightTiff=], who mostly just wants to use Hypnospace to create fun short horror stories, but receives no end of unwanted attention from T1maggedon and Zane, and her complaints are ignored by Merchantsoft's broken moderation system which pins the blame on her since they don't have a way to handle dealing with a victim's harassment claims, as their harassment report system only works on direct instances of it. Making things worse, her reputation apparently suffers due to her proximity with Tim, and topping it all off [[spoiler: she ends up dying in the Y2K Mindcrash]].
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* TheWoobie: [=RebeRuthPin=], a Squisherz fan who's also a [[StopBeingStereotypical Christian who doesn't believe Squisherz is Satanic]]. She enters a Squisherz art contest... and wins! [[spoiler:...right before we learn via a farewell message on her webpage that she found out the hard way that her father DOES NOT approve of her being a Squisherz fan, contrary to what she had previously believed, because another member of her church found her webpage and ratted her out. He throws her Squisherz game away AND bans her from Hypnospace... before she can even learn that she won the contest. It's a heartbreaking moment, especially for anyone who's who had to live with parents caught in the grip of the Satanic Panic.]] The one upside to what happens to her is that [[spoiler:this means she avoids the Mindcrash.]]
** [=DarkTwilightTiff=], who mostly just wants to use Hypnospace to create fun short horror stories, but receives no end of unwanted attention from T1maggedon and Zane, and her complaints are ignored by Merchantsoft's broken moderation system which pins the blame on her since they don't have a way to handle dealing with a victim's harassment claims, as their harassment report system will flag onlyworks on direct instances the page where harassment appears even if the page is hosting a screenshot of it. someone else's inappropriate behavior. Making things worse, her reputation apparently suffers due to her proximity with Tim, and topping it all off off, [[spoiler: she ends up dying in the Y2K Mindcrash]].
** [=DarkTwilightTiff=], who mostly just wants to use Hypnospace to create fun short horror stories, but receives no end of unwanted attention from T1maggedon and Zane, and her complaints are ignored by Merchantsoft's broken moderation system which pins the blame on her since they don't have a way to handle dealing with a victim's harassment claims, as their harassment report system will flag only
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** On December 31st, Counselor Ronnie's mailbag has a letter from a nervous kid telling him he's having a rough time at school and asking Ronnie to be his friend. Counselor Ronnie comforts him wholeheartedly, and tells him that even though he's a busy guy, the kid can always write him when he just needs to talk to somebody. [[spoiler: This becomes especially so once you learn that Ronnie was really a {{Troll}} planted by the m1nx hacker group. [[EveryoneHasStandards Even they will look out for a bullied kid.]]]]
** [[spoiler: After the TimeSkip]], you learn that Tamara, the beleaguered English major who's been posting her poetry online in an attempt to cope with her dead-end job, [[spoiler: has since become a successful children's book author and poet. She made her dream come true!]]
** [[spoiler: After the TimeSkip]], one of the quests is to hunt down a few demo tracks from a teenaged wannabe rapper [[spoiler: because [[YoungFutureFamousPeople he's now extremely famous and successful]] and Tamara, an old friend of his, thinks it'd be fun to surprise him with them. They're every bit as embarrassing as you'd expect, but rather than make fun of him, Tamara and his fans think they're adorably unpolished and good reminder that everyone starts somewhere.]]
** On December 31st, Counselor Ronnie's mailbag has a letter from a nervous kid telling him he's having a rough time at school and asking Ronnie to be his friend. Counselor Ronnie comforts him wholeheartedly, and tells him that even though he's a busy guy, the kid can always write him when he just needs to talk to somebody. [[spoiler: This becomes especially so once you learn that Ronnie was really a {{Troll}} planted by the m1nx hacker group. [[EveryoneHasStandards Even they will look out for a bullied kid.]]]]
** [[spoiler: After the TimeSkip]], you learn that Tamara, the beleaguered English major who's been posting her poetry online in an attempt to cope with her dead-end job, [[spoiler: has since become a successful children's book author and poet. She made her dream come true!]]
** [[spoiler: After the TimeSkip]], one of the quests is to hunt down a few demo tracks from a teenaged wannabe rapper [[spoiler: because [[YoungFutureFamousPeople he's now extremely famous and successful]] and Tamara, an old friend of his, thinks it'd be fun to surprise him with them. They're every bit as embarrassing as you'd expect, but rather than make fun of him, Tamara and his fans think they're adorably unpolished and good reminder that everyone starts somewhere.]]
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* PlayAlongMeme: Comments on youtube uploads of the game's music, along with the games steam reviews, often pretend to be written by someone living in the game's universe, debating the various in-universe music genres like Coolpunk and Fungus, and expressing exaggerated adoration or disgust for characters like Chowder Man and Zane.
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: The opening rap verse of Chowder Man's theme song awfully similar to ''Epic'' by Music/FaithNoMore.
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** [=DarkTwilightTiff=], who mostly just wants to use Hypnospace to create fun short horror stories, but receives no end of unwanted attention from T1maggedon and Zane, and her complaints are ignored by Merchantsoft's broken moderation system which pins the blame on her since they don't have a way to handle dealing with a victim's harassment claims, as their harassment report system only works on direct instances of it. Making things worse, her reputation apparently suffers due to her proximity with Tim, and topping it all off [[spoiler: she ends up dying in the Y2K Mindcrash]].
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* HilariousInHindsight: If Zane doesn't get banned, [[spoiler:Dylan's heartfelt eulogy talks about how Zane didn't get to grow up to be someone his mother was proud of.]] Cut to Zane, twenty-something years later, behaving ''exactly'' how he did in 1999.
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* GameBreakingBug: This has since been fixed, but the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version used to crash when encountering the glitch effect that happens when trying to access [=NetSettler=] pages or [[spoiler:during the [=Y2K=] update]].
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** Why did you, the player character, take your job as a moderator? Do you genuinely care about making Hypnospace better, or did you decide to volunteer simply because you wanted something to do every night? And for that matter, [[spoiler:why did you keep your Enforcer headband after the Mindcrash and the following product recall, when you would've known it was dangerous and even almost lethally injured you]]?
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** Why did you, the player character, take your job as a moderator? Do you genuinely care about making Hypnospace better, or did you decide to volunteer simply because you wanted something to do every night? And for that matter, [[spoiler:why did you keep your Enforcer headband after the Mindcrash and the following product recall, when you would've known it was dangerous and even almost nearly lethally injured you]]?
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** Why did you, the player character, take your job as a moderator? Do you genuinely care about making Hypnospace better, or did you decide to volunteer simply because you wanted something to do every night? And for that matter, [[spoiler:why did you keep your Enforcer headband after the Mindcrash and the following product recall, when you would've known it was dangerous and possibly lethal]]?
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** Why did you, the player character, take your job as a moderator? Do you genuinely care about making Hypnospace better, or did you decide to volunteer simply because you wanted something to do every night? And for that matter, [[spoiler:why did you keep your Enforcer headband after the Mindcrash and the following product recall, when you would've known it was dangerous and possibly lethal]]?even almost lethally injured you]]?
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* AntiClimaxBoss: For all its buildup, [[spoiler:the Mindcrash]] is incredibly easy to take down, as it only requires an easy-to-guess password that should be obvious if you've been following [[spoiler:Tim and Tiffany's relationship]]. Even if you don't know it right away, [[spoiler:it's on his FLST]]. By extension, this means the entirety of [[spoiler:New Year's Eve]] passes by pretty quickly. Likely [[IntendedAudienceReaction intentional]], since it indicates that [[spoiler:something doesn't add up about the Mindcrash]], and leads to a more suitably challenging finale.
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* {{Narm}}: One of the secret Discord backer pages has a ThatWasTheLastEntry-style horror story, and it's pretty effective... except that the story's victims, named Jake Morgan and Elizabeth Wylde, are represented with photos of Adrian and [[ViewerGenderConfusion Dylan Merchant]]. While it's unlikely the backer would have known who the photos were supposed to represent, it still makes it pretty difficult to take seriously if you find it after you finish the main game.
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** If you feel like you aren't getting proper quality sleep, ''do not'' ignore it.
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** If you feel like you aren't getting proper quality sleep, ''do not'' ignore it.Above all things, [[Website/{{Reddit}} remember the human]]. No matter how superficial, crude, whatever that someone might seem on the Internet, there's still a ''person'' on the other side of the page. [[https://youtu.be/SIkdvGMG4gY This video essay argues that this aspect is one of the game's greatest strengths]].
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* AccidentalAesop: [[spoiler:Always save the things you currently take for granted, because you never know when it might come crumbling down.]]
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** [[spoiler:Always save the things you currently take for granted, because you never know when it might come crumbling down.]]]]
** If you feel like you aren't getting proper quality sleep, ''do not'' ignore it.
** [[spoiler:Always save the things you currently take for granted, because you never know when it might come crumbling down.
** If you feel like you aren't getting proper quality sleep, ''do not'' ignore it.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: An easy-to-miss detail after [[spoiler:the helicopter crash]] is that [[spoiler:the list of KRUNCHER's band members list changes to include "drum machine"]]. For as [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] and [[TearJerker upsetting]] as what happened was, this bit comes off as a moment of deadpan resignation.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: An easy-to-miss detail after [[spoiler:the helicopter crash]] is that [[spoiler:the list of KRUNCHER's band members list changes to include say "drum machine"]]. machine" instead of "'Kuff' Johnson on drums"]]. For as [[NightmareFuel horrifying]] and [[TearJerker upsetting]] as what happened was, this bit comes off as a moment of deadpan resignation.resignation.
* GameBreakingBug: This has since been fixed, but the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version used to crash when encountering the glitch effect that happens when trying to access [=NetSettler=] pages or [[spoiler:during the [=Y2K=] update]].
* GameBreakingBug: This has since been fixed, but the UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version used to crash when encountering the glitch effect that happens when trying to access [=NetSettler=] pages or [[spoiler:during the [=Y2K=] update]].
