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** ''Hand in killer7'' mentions some interesting details about the characters that are just screaming to be fleshed out. According to it, KAEDE was killed by her brother who was a member of Japan's Liberal Party, by order of Matsuoka. Kevin is stated to have been forced to kill the man he loved.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: For a character that gets very little development, Con Smith is notably popular among fans of the game.
** Con is likely an inversion of TierInducedScrappy: he's very fast at shooting, reloads quickly, runs quickly (so you can get to Harman's Room and back in a short amount of time), and the low power of his bullets and low health don't matter because you can take out a Heaven's Smile before it gets to you.

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* EnsembleDarkhorse: EnsembleDarkhorse:
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For a character that gets very little development, Con Smith is notably popular among fans of the game.
** Con is likely an inversion of TierInducedScrappy: he's
game. He's very fast at shooting, reloads quickly, runs quickly (so you can get to Harman's Room and back in a short amount of time), and the low power of his bullets and low health don't matter because you can take out a Heaven's Smile before it gets to you.



* OneSceneWonder:
** The Russian Roulette scene with Benjamin Keane is considered one of the best scenes in the game, as well as being Keane's only cutscene.

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OneSceneWonder: The Russian Roulette scene with Benjamin Keane is considered one of the best scenes in the game, as well as being Keane's only cutscene.



* ThatOneBoss: Ayame Blackburn is ''ridiculously'' hard to hit and has a tendency to tag you with bullets every few seconds.
** [[spoiler: Andrei Ulmeyda]] starts the fight by trying to horrify the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou player]], causing them to run away from him and get lost in the maze. And running into him is a one hit kill. Good luck.

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* ThatOneBoss: ThatOneBoss:
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Ayame Blackburn is ''ridiculously'' hard to hit and has a tendency to tag you with bullets every few seconds.
** [[spoiler: Andrei Ulmeyda]] starts the fight by trying to horrify the [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou player]], causing them to run away from him and get lost in the maze. And running into him is a one hit kill.OneHitKill. Good luck.



** But perhaps there is a hint of twist, since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too]].
** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in [=killer7=]'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being]].

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** But perhaps there is a hint of twist, since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too]].
** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in [=killer7=]'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being]].
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* MagnificentBastard:
** Harman Smith is a god-like figure and government assassin who serves as the head of the Smith Syndicate. Very good friends with his arch enemy Kun Lan, Harman challenges him with games of chess, using the Smiths as figurative chess pieces in his greater-scoped game against Kun, even allowing Kun to harm those in his path. Constantly outwitting Kun and his men at every turn, Harman’s unafraid to get in on the action despite his frail, wheelchair-bound nature. He also uses his younger reincarnation to make Garcian Smith kill the Chairman of Education Greg Nightmare for him, which makes Garcian rediscover his past life as wicked hitman Emir Parkreiner. Despite getting killed by a mysterious assassin alongside Kun, Harman and Kun return a hundred years later in Shanghai, ready to repeat everything they’ve done and start their game anew.
** Emir Parkreiner is a deadly assassin who gained infamy as a teenage killing machine. In truth an immortal being who has been reincarnated several times, Emir became a secret assassin working for the government during high school. Tasked with taking out the Smiths, Emir managed to easily outwit and murder all six members at the Union Hotel, before feeling guilty and committing suicide on the rooftop. Reincarnated as Garcian Smith thanks to Harman, Garcian becomes the Syndicate’s cleaner, able to outwit, outmatch, and kill his opponents with ease. Breaking his connection with Harman after traumatically discovering his past as Emir, Garcian is still able to accept what happened and does whatever he can to take down the Last Shot Smile, even if it means the destruction of America or Japan.
** Andrei Ulmeyda, the ArcVillain of ''Cloudman'', is an eccentric, affable cult leader and president of the successful First Life Inc. A former postman who achieved fame by selling out his city to the Heaven Smiles in exchange for a portion of the Yakumo, Ulmeyda established a following built around himself. With First Life serving as a commercial-running front for his operations, Ulmeyda has also infected himself with countless diseases to make himself immune, selling his immunized blood as a vaccine. But when he acquired the Heaven Smiles disease, knowing that he’ll soon turn into a monster, Ulmedya summons the Smiths to execute him when he eventually transforms, taking credit for a Stacy concert bombing to get their attention. Ulmeyda ultimately dies a satisfied man, his spirit leaving behind encouraging advice to his follower Clements.
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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support (with 2D elements repositioned or expanded instead of stretching them), and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters. The only thing to really complain about is that all on-screen button prompts are for gamepad.

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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support (with 2D elements repositioned or expanded instead of stretching them), and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for functions such as switching between different characters.characters and healing. The only thing to really complain about is that all on-screen button prompts are for gamepad.
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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support (with 2D elements repositioned or expanded instead of stretching them), and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters.

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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support (with 2D elements repositioned or expanded instead of stretching them), and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters. The only thing to really complain about is that all on-screen button prompts are for gamepad.
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* CreepyCute: Susie Sumner is a cute girl..who killed millions before she died and came back as axsevered head. Also, her dialogue is recored with a text to speech program.

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* CreepyCute: Susie Sumner is a cute girl..who killed millions before she died and came back as axsevered a severed head. Also, her dialogue is recored with a text to speech program.
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* CreepyCute: Susie Sumner is a cute girl..who killed millions before she died and came back as axsevered head. Also, her dialogue is recored with a text to speech program.
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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support, and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters.

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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support, support (with 2D elements repositioned or expanded instead of stretching them), and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters.
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* PolishedPort: The PC port adds mouse aiming, HD and widescreen support, and runs at a smooth 60 FPS. There is also the option to select between Japanese and English language versions (the voices are the same in both except for the garbled speech of the Remnant Psyches, and Japanese version adds subtitles), and added keyboard shortcuts for switching between different characters.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Different cultures are important for humanity as a whole, and trying to force one culture into becoming another will only lead to chaos and hatred. The game elects to tell the story of America and Japan in a relationship like this, [[spoiler: though the twist is that both countries are trying to do it to one another.]]
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* AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack covers a wide variety of genres, and ranges from creepy and atmospheric to just plain awesome and catchy.

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* AwesomeMusic: SugarWiki/AwesomeMusic: The soundtrack covers a wide variety of genres, and ranges from creepy and atmospheric to just plain awesome and catchy.
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal]]. Since this is a Creator/Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
** But perhaps there is a hint of [[TwistEnding twist]], since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too]].

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal]]. Since this is a Creator/Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
untwist.
** But perhaps there is a hint of [[TwistEnding twist]], twist, since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TsZMmJO_OM Taxidermy]], the song that plays after [[spoiler: Dan allows Curtis to be killed by his own device]] is pure NightmareFuel.
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** Among the Remnant Psyches, Travis Bell and Susie Sumner seem to be the most liked.

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* CultClassic: Introduced the Western world to Creator/Suda51, and many still consider it the high water mark of his career.
* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Critical attention for the game has mostly focussed on its [[MindScrew bizarre plot and characters]] and distinctive presentation. The minimalist gameplay is mostly considered little more than a bridge between story segments. (It has its fans too, though, especially among killer7's biggest fans who love all its parts.)

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* CultClassic: Introduced the Western world to Creator/Suda51, and many still consider it the high water mark of his career.
career (including Suda himself).
* DemonicSpiders:
** Broken and Rolling Smiles move really fast and their weakpoints are a nightmare to hit.
** Poison Smiles are normally just a way to train the player to use weakpoints (if they're killed normally, they get right back up). On the unlockable killer8 ultra-hard difficulty, however, they become incredibly dangerous as all weakpoints are invisible. You're forced to guess at random, shooting different parts of the Smile until you get it right as they get closer and closer. (You could also use a counter attack on them, but [[spoiler:Young Harman]] doesn't have one and all of the other characters are woefully underpowered in this mode).
* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Critical attention for the game has mostly focussed focused on its [[MindScrew bizarre plot and characters]] and distinctive presentation. The minimalist gameplay is was mostly considered little more than a bridge between story segments. (It has its fans too, though, especially among killer7's biggest fans who love all its parts.)parts, and it's deliberately designed to [[GameplayAndStoryIntegration synergize with the story]]).



* GoddamnBats: Broken and Rolling Smiles move really fast and their weakpoints are a nightmare to hit.



** Once he [[spoiler:becomes a Remnant Psyche,]] Mills gets ''very'' affectionate towards Garcian, calling him "Garcie" and fretting over [[NotSoStoic him crying (unseen by the player)]]. Hard to say for sure whether this is platonic or something more.

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** Once he [[spoiler:becomes a Remnant Psyche,]] Mills gets ''very'' affectionate towards Garcian, calling him "Garcie" and fretting over [[NotSoStoic him crying (unseen by the player)]]. Hard to say for sure whether this is platonic or something more.



* TheScrappy: Some consider Iwazaru this. [[spoiler: Possibly done on purpose so people would have no qualms shooting the Last Shot Smile down in the end.]]

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* TheScrappy: Some consider Iwazaru this. [[spoiler: Possibly done on purpose [[spoiler:Possibly intentional so people would have no qualms shooting the Last Shot Smile down in the end.]]end]].



* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] Since this is a Creator/Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
** But perhaps there is a hint of [[TwistEnding twist]], since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too.]]
** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in [=Killer7=]'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being.]]

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] TheReveal]]. Since this is a Creator/Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
** But perhaps there is a hint of [[TwistEnding twist]], since [[spoiler:Emir apparently shot himself after killing the Smith Syndicate on the rooftop, meaning that he was dead, too.]]
too]].
** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in [=Killer7=]'' [=killer7=]'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being.]]being]].

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* OneSceneWonder:

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** Harman and Kun Lan are both this and FoeYay, especially since a literal interpretation of the [[spoiler:Last Shot Smile]] is that [[spoiler:Kun Lan dresses up in bondage for Harman]].
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* HoYay: Travis' description of how he got killed by the [=Killer7=] is pretty suggestive.

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Travis' description of how he got killed by the [=Killer7=] is pretty suggestive.suggestive.
** Once he [[spoiler:becomes a Remnant Psyche,]] Mills gets ''very'' affectionate towards Garcian, calling him "Garcie" and fretting over [[NotSoStoic him crying (unseen by the player)]]. Hard to say for sure whether this is platonic or something more.
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] Since this is a Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] Since this is a Suda51 Creator/Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
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* HellIsThatNoise: Anything and everything on the mission select screen.
** The Heaven Smiles' laughter is easily the most iconic part of the game.
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* CultClassic: Introduced the Western world to GoichiSuda, and many still consider it the high water mark of his career.

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* CultClassic: Introduced the Western world to GoichiSuda, Creator/Suda51, and many still consider it the high water mark of his career.

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* AnticlimaxBoss: The Last Shot Smile, boss of the PlayableEpilogue.

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The Last Shot Smile, boss of the PlayableEpilogue.



* HoYay: Travis' description of how he got killed by the Killer7 is pretty suggestive.

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* HoYay: Travis' description of how he got killed by the Killer7 [=Killer7=] is pretty suggestive.



** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in killer7'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being.]]

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** It's a case of AllThereInTheManual. ''Hand in killer7'' [=Killer7=]'' implies that [[spoiler: Emir has been reborn. Harman even says in the game that Emir was not a mortal being.]]
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* CreepyAwesome: About half of everyone in the game. The ghosts helping the Smiths, Heaven Smiles, Kevin Smith...

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Two people don't decide an Ensemble Darkhorse like that, no matter how well known.


** Andrei Ulmeyda, despite only appearing for one chapter, is a fan-favorite thanks to his over-the-top eccentricity and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]] performance by Creator/CamClarke.
** [=LPers=] [[ChipCheezum Chip and Ironicus]] really like Travis and Yoon-Hyun during their LP of the game.

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** Andrei Ulmeyda, despite only appearing for one chapter, is a fan-favorite thanks to his over-the-top eccentricity and [[LargeHam incredibly hammy]] performance by Creator/CamClarke.
** [=LPers=] [[ChipCheezum Chip and Ironicus]] really like Travis and Yoon-Hyun during their LP of
Creator/CamClarke. [[spoiler:His utterly horrifying boss battle is also considered to be one of, if not the, most memorable in the game.game]].



* OneSceneWonder: The Russian Roulette scene with Benjamin Keane is considered one of the best scenes in the game, as well as being Keane's only cutscene.

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The Russian Roulette scene with Benjamin Keane is considered one of the best scenes in the game, as well as being Keane's only cutscene.
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* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Critical attention for the game has mostly focussed on its [[MindScrew bizarre plot and characters]] and distinctive presentation. The minimalist gameplay is mostly considered little more than a bridge between story segments.

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* EnjoyTheStorySkipTheGame: Critical attention for the game has mostly focussed on its [[MindScrew bizarre plot and characters]] and distinctive presentation. The minimalist gameplay is mostly considered little more than a bridge between story segments. (It has its fans too, though, especially among killer7's biggest fans who love all its parts.)
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* SignatureScene: On a lighthearted note, the Cloudman intro. On a darker note, Garcian and Keane's game of Russian Roulette.
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* TakeThatScrappy: For those who despise Iwazaru, don't worry. [[spoiler:The Post Final Boss either is Iwazaru or someone taking on his appearance, and all he does is run away before standing around, waiting to be shot five times]].
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* MagnumOpus: This game and the ''No More Heroes'' games are the three competitors for Suda's best work.
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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] Since this is a Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].

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* TheUntwist: [[spoiler:Garcian's identity and his murder of the other Smiths isn't just heavily foreshadowed, it's everything but flat-out stated long before TheReveal.]] Since this is a Suda51 game, opinions are divided on whether this is a poorly-executed TwistEnding, a parody of twist endings (a la ''NoMoreHeroes''), ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes''), or a deliberate [[TheUntwist untwist]].
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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).

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* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: Oddly enough, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education]], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like JohannSebastianBach's Music/JohannSebastianBach's Music/ToccataAndFugueInDMinor ([[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]]).
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* CrazyAwesome: But of course.

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* CrazyAwesome: But Large swaths of course.the cast.

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