History YMMV / ZeroEscape

* MemeticMutation: Anything about Temporal Ass Pain, [=TAPers=], or an Ass Slap Puzzle. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user savefrog made [[http://savefrog.tumblr.com/post/167945341780/every-zero-escape-game a post]] poking fun at the series' many pseudoscientific {{Info Dump}}s. Nearly every single line from it has gone memetic. If you'd like to hear it acted out in audio form, user bananadumbledore hired WebVideo/ProZD to [[https://bananadumbledore.tumblr.com/post/178459832300/it-needed-to-happen-sooner-rather-than-later do just that]].[[/labelnote]]

* MagnificentBitch: [[spoiler:Zero I/Akane Kurashiki/June leads [[LaResistance Crash Keys]] to save the world from [[ReligionOfEvil Free the Soul]]. After being captured and experimented upon, Akane psychically sends herself to the future, where she disguises herself as "Zero", kidnapping several people, including the executives who kidnapped her, and forcing them into the [[DeadlyGame Nonary Game]]. Monitoring the game alongside her brother, Akane strings along her enemies to see them eliminate each other and keep the truth of the game from them, successfully getting Junpei to save her past self before fleeing with her brother. Years later, Akane teams up with Sigma Klim to create a second Nonary Game, forcing a younger Sigma and Phi to develop their own time travel powers in the name of saving the world from a deadly virus through complex planning, then infiltrates the facility where the virus was unleashed in the future, and through her [[TheDeterminator determination]] manages to save the whole world from the evil [[BigBad Brother/Delta]].]]

* ObscurePopularity: An interesting example. This franchise sold far better in the US than in Japan, yet it never had a lot of exposure despite having a decent sized fandom and selling better in the US.

* MemeticMutation: Anything about Temporal Ass Pain, [=TAPers=], or an Ass Slap Puzzle. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user savefrog made [[http://savefrog.tumblr.com/post/167945341780/every-zero-escape-game a post]] poking fun at the series' many pseudoscientific {{Info Dump}}s. Nearly every single line from it has gone memetic. If you'd like to hear it acted out in audio form, user bananadumbledore hired Creator/ProZD to [[https://bananadumbledore.tumblr.com/post/178459832300/it-needed-to-happen-sooner-rather-than-later do just that]].[[/labelnote]]

* {{Narm}}: The idea of [[spoiler:a snail indirectly killing 6 billion humans]] is probably either CrossingTheLineTwice or this. [[https://zeroescape.fandom.com/wiki/Snail The Zero Escape wiki’s page on it]] helps make it funnier.

* EndingAversion: After playing the first two, most people will want to play the third to clear up all those cliffhangers, so the ending doesn't actually get ''avoided'', but most would agree that ''ZTD'' doesn't measure up to the other games due to not being the all-questions-answered GrandFinale the previous game and WordOfGod implied.

* MemeticMutation: Anything about temporal ass pain, [=TAPers=], or an ass slap puzzle. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user savefrog made [[http://savefrog.tumblr.com/post/167945341780/every-zero-escape-game a post]] poking fun at the series' many pseudoscientific [[InfoDump Info Dumps]]. Nearly every single line from it has gone memetic.[[/labelnote]]

* {{Narm}}: The idea of [[spoiler:a snail indirectly killing 6 billion humans]] is probably either CrossingTheLineTwice or this. [[https://zeroescape.fandom.com/wiki/Snail the Zero Escape wiki’s page on it]] helps make it funnier.

* MagnificentBitch: [[spoiler:Zero I/Akane Kurashiki/June leads [[LaResistance Crash Keyes]] to save the world from [[ReligionOfEvil Free the Soul]]. After being captured and experimented upon, Akane psychically sends herself to the future, where she disguises herself as "Zero", kidnapping several people, including the executives who kidnapped her, and forcing them into the [[DeadlyGame Nonary Game]]. Monitoring the game alongside her brother, Akane strings along her enemies to see them eliminate each other and keep the truth of the game from them, successfully getting Junpei to save her past self before fleeing with her brother. Years later, Akane teams up with Sigma Klim to create a second Nonary Game, forcing a younger Sigma and Phi to develop their own time travel powers in the name of saving the world from a deadly virus through complex planning, then infiltrates the facility where the virus was unleashed in the future, and through her [[TheDeterminator determination]] manages to save the whole world from the evil [[BigBad Brother/Delta]].]]

* ObscurePopularity: An interesting example. This franchise sold far better in the US than in Japan, yet it never had a lot of exposure despite having a decent sized fandom and sold better in the US.

* ObscurePopularity: An interesting example. This franchise sold far better in the US than in Japan, yet it never had a lot of exposure despite having a decent sized fandom and sold better in the US.

* {{Narm}}: The idea of [[spoiler:a snail indirectly killing 6 billion humans]] is probably either CrossingTheLineTwice or this. [[https://zeroescape.fandom.com/wiki/Snail the Zero Escape wiki’s page on it]] helps make it funnier.

* ObscurePopularity: An interesting example. This franchise sold far better in the US than in Japan, yet it never had a lot of online exposure despite having a decent sized fandom and sold better in the US.

* ObscurePopularity: An interesting example. This game sold far better in the US than in Japan, yet it never had a lot of online exposure despite having a decent sized fandom and sold better in the US.

* MagnificentBitch: Zero I/Akane Kurashiki/June leads [[LaResistance Crash Keyes]] to save the world from [[ReligionOfEvil Free the Soul]]. After being captured and experimented upon, Akane psychically sends herself to the future, where she disguises herself as "Zero", kidnapping several people, including the executives who kidnapped her, and forcing them into the [[DeadlyGame Nonary Game]]. Monitoring the game alongside her brother, Akane strings along her enemies to see them eliminate each other and keep the truth of the game from them, successfully getting Junpei to save her past self before fleeing with her brother. Years later, Akane teams up with Sigma Klim to create a second Nonary Game, forcing a younger Sigma and Phi to develop their own time travel powers in the name of saving the world from a deadly virus through complex planning, then infiltrates the facility where the virus was unleashed in the future, and through her [[TheDeterminator determination]] manages to save the whole world from the evil [[BigBad Brother/Delta]].

* MemeticMutation: Anything about temporal ass pain, [=TAPers=], or an ass slap puzzle. [[labelnote:Explanation]]Tumblr user savefrog made [[http://savefrog.tumblr.com/post/167945341780/every-zero-escape-game a post]] poking fun at the series' many pseudoscientific [[InfoDump Info Dumps]]. Nearly every single line from it has gone memetic.[[/labelnote]]

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Spike Chunsoft felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Spike Chunsoft felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.
* EndingAversion: After playing the first two, most people will want to play the third to clear up all those cliffhangers, so the ending doesn't actually get ''avoided'', but most would agree that ZTD doesn't measure up to the other games due to not being the all-questions-answered GrandFinale the previous game and WordOfGod implied.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Spike Chunsoft felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.

* [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Westeners Love Zero Escape]]: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Spike Chunsoft felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Spike Chunsoft felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: The series is made in Japan, but has much better sales in the West than in its homeland. This resulted in development on the third game being delayed, as Aksys felt that the Japanese sales were not good enough to justify funding it.