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* FetishFuel: Maria.

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* FetishFuel: Maria. She was literally created to be this, in-universe.



** Pretty much all of the characters with the exception of Pyramid Head count really.


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** Pretty much all of the characters with the exception of Pyramid Head count really. \n\n Whether they hang on to it all the way through or not depends, but every one of the main characters will have your sympathy at some point.

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* MagnumOpus: Considered on by many a Silent Hill fan as the greatest game in the franchise.

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* MagnumOpus: Considered on one by many a Silent Hill fan as the greatest game in the franchise.
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* MagnumOpus: Considered on by many a Silent Hill fan as the greatest game in the franchise.
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** Pyramid Head, [[NightmareFetishist amongst a sizable chunk of the fandom]].
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** Beyond pursuing the protagonist, what Pyramid Head's exact purpose is a matter of debate amongst the fandom. Theories range from a demon brought to existence to torture James for his perceived prior sins to being a personification of James' repressed sexual desire.
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** "There was a hole here. It's gone now."
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* AwesomeMusic: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LB7LZZGpkw Theme of Laura]]
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* NeverLiveItDown: James sticking his hand into a toilet without so much as a sound of protest. Not only do the sequels love to make fun of it, but it's a fairly common ShoutOut for the series.
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** ''The Silent Hill HD Collection'' due to Konami's loss of the original source code, renders ''[=SH2=]'' and ''3'' this. Technical issues include voice acting that lags slightly in cutscenes, the removal of graphics that were used to cover up incomplete graphics in the original game, and slowdown in the PS3 version whenever the HDD is accessed.

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** ''The Silent Hill HD Collection'' due to Konami's loss of the original source code, renders ''[=SH2=]'' and ''3'' this. Technical issues include voice acting that lags slightly in cutscenes, cutscenes (inexcusable considering they ''recorded new voices for all the characters'' for this release), the removal of graphics that were used to cover up incomplete graphics in the original game, and slowdown in the PS3 version whenever the HDD is accessed.
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If you\'re going by how he looks in Homecoming or the movie maybe. In this he\'s wearing a bloody smock and it\'s pretty hard to even see what skin is visible on his body with that giant head of his.


* CreepySexy: Pyramid Head to many fans. For a violent, inhuman monster, he's got [[HeroicBuild one hell of a body.]]
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Holy crap, this was unspoiled all this time?


* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There is still a tremendous back-and-forth argument on the correct way to interpret James. Many see him as a heartbreaking sympathetic man put into a terrible situation and [[spoiler:ended his wife's suffering]] as a result, while others see him as a selfish misogynist who [[spoiler:murdered his wife to move on with his life]]. However, the fans aren't the only ones, as James himself is unsure of which is really true, and his exact motivations for killing Mary vary depending on the ending you get.

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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: There is still a tremendous back-and-forth argument on the correct way to interpret James. Many see him as a heartbreaking sympathetic man put into a terrible situation and [[spoiler:ended his wife's suffering]] as a result, while others see him as a selfish misogynist who [[spoiler:murdered his wife to move on with his life]]. However, the fans aren't the only ones, as James himself is unsure of which is really true, and his exact motivations for [[spoiler: killing Mary Mary]] vary depending on the ending you get.
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** The utterly inhuman scream that the Mannequins make when you attack them. Their feminine appearance only makes it worse.
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** She's a child and honestly I think it's more appropriate to be concerned for '''her''' well being instead of his.
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These aren\'t YMMV. Moving.


* FanDisservice: Nice plumber's crack you got there, Eddie.



* NothingIsScarier: At the start of the game, James spends the first fifteen or so minutes walking down a fog-shrouded path along the edge of a cliff. There are no monsters or any obstacles of any sort, and barely any sounds other than your footsteps (and those [[BeingWatched mysterious footsteps]] coming from behind you... [[ParanoiaFuel or are they?]])
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*** Maybe he ''did'' reflect on it, but came to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil the]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope wrong]] [[WhosLaughingNow consclusion]].

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*** Maybe he ''did'' reflect on it, but came to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil the]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope wrong]] [[WhosLaughingNow consclusion]].conclusion]].
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*** Maybe he ''did'' reflect on it, but came to [[ThenLetMeBeEvil the]] [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope wrong]] [[WhosLaughingNow consclusion]].
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* AnticlimaxBoss: Pyramid Head. When you first meet him, you'll just have to evade his attacks till he leaves. [[spoiler:Near the end of the game, you encounter TWO Pyramid Heads. You'll have to repeat the same process, then they'll just spontaneously kill themselves.]]
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* ToughActToFollow: While some fans like 3, there are many prefer 2 over it. Well, as for 4...
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* FridgeHorror: So very much.

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* FridgeHorror: So very much.FridgeHorror:
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*** Or, you know, if you hate people for ''[[spoiler:shooting dogs and blaming it on bullies.]]''

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*** Or, you know, if you hate people for ''[[spoiler:shooting dogs and blaming it on bullies.bullies, then completely and utterly failing to face any self-reflection of any kind despite being literally forced to.]]''
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*** Or, you know, if you hate people for ''[[spoiler:shooting dogs.]]''

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*** Or, you know, if you hate people for ''[[spoiler:shooting dogs.dogs and blaming it on bullies.]]''
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** Silent Hill (the town) only tries to lure in people [[TankControls who have really poor control over their legs]].
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** ''The Silent Hill HD Collection'' due to Konami's loss of the original source code, renders ''[=SH2=]'' and ''3'' this. Technical issues include voice acting that lags slightly in cutscenes, the removal of graphics that were used to cover up incomplete graphics in the original game, and slowdown in the PS3 version whenever the HDD is accessed.
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* FridgeHorror: So very much.
** [[spoiler: The Leave ending. So James is getting out of Silent Hill. With Laura. You know, that girl whose best friend (Mary) James has killed? Do you think she'd let James be free after they get out of there?]]
** [[spoiler: Dog ending. Lighthearted as it may seem , it also makes it absolutely clear that the town is under Mira(the dog)'s control, everyone inside included. No one is free anymore.]]



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* FridgeHorror: The moment when you realize [[spoiler: Maria is the BigBad]] and has [[spoiler: been planning to kill you all along.]] Suddenly, fighting off all those Lying Figures doesn't seem as frightening.
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* EvenBetterSequel: The first ''Silent Hill'' was well-received. But ''Silent Hill 2'' is not only considered the defining game of the series, but one of the greatest achievements in video game horror, primarily thanks to it's more psychologically compelling and complex storyline.
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* FanDisservice: Nice plumber's crack you got there, Eddie.
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** If you hear the jokes before playing the game, it might sound like he's just supposed to be an awesome, deadly character, rape being video game slang for "[[CurbStompBattle very one-sided kill]]". [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Not the case]].

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** If you hear the jokes before playing the game, it might sound like he's just supposed to be an awesome, deadly character, rape being video game slang for "[[CurbStompBattle very one-sided kill]]". [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel Not the case]].

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