Line #67 Characters/TheInfectiousMadnessOfDoctorDekker


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3	[[folder: In General]]
4	* EveryoneIsASuspect: You don't know who killed Doctor Dekker, but most of the characters could conceivably have done it. The killer is chosen at random at the beginning of the game, and some scenes are different depending on who did it.
5	* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Do your patients truly have supernatural powers, or are they delusional and only think they do?
6	* SanityMeter: Each of your recurring patients has one, as do you.
7	* SanitySlippage: Can happen to characters as the game progresses. Including you.
8	* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: Some of the patients describe seeing things that... aren't right. [[spoiler: Sometimes you do, too.]]
9	* WhateverHappenedToTheMouse: We get to see what happens to the five main patients but not the minor ones like Scarlett and Professor Warwick.
10	* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: At the end, depending on how the patients have been treated, you'll get to see what happened to them after the game.
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12
13	! Staff
14	[[folder: The Player]]
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16	* FeaturelessProtagonist: The game plays out almost entirely from the player character's point of view and we never find out anything about them, including their gender (There are hints that the doctor is male, given Marianna's flirtatious behavior. However, even that isn’t complete confirmation, as Marianna has admitted to seducing women as well as men).
17	* TextParser: How you interact with your patients.
18	* VideoGameCaringPotential: You're a therapist after all, and trying to actually help your patients can be very rewarding, since the ending will show what happened next.
19	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Alternatively, you can be a giant dick to all your patients.
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21
22	[[folder: Doctor Dekker]]
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24	* TheAlcoholic: Doctor Dekker himself, who kept vodka in his desk.
25	* HospitalHottie: Doctor Dekker may be this trope, due to the fact that [[spoiler: he may have been dating certain patients.]]
26	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: You learn later in the game that [[spoiler: Doctor Dekker was stabbed through the heart with a paper spike on his desk.]]
27	* InfectiousInsanity: Practically name-dropped in the title. Some characters even believe [[spoiler: their sessions with Dr. Dekker only made their symptoms worse, since they feel he had characteristics of a PsychoPsychologist.]]
28	* NeverFoundTheBody: At one point, [[spoiler: Dr. Dekker's body went missing.]]
29	* PlotTriggeringDeath: If Dr. Dekker hadn't died, you wouldn't be interviewing his clients.
30	* PosthumousCharacter: Our titular doctor.
31	* PsychoPsychologist: Some of the patients seem to think Doctor Dekker became this as he only made their problems worse.
32	* Really700YearsOld: We see a photo of a grave that says Dr. Dekker was born in 1875 but this is most likely a delusion.
33	* SlippingAMickey: It appears Doctor Dekker was this victim of this.
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36	[[folder: Jaya]]
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38	* JumpScare: A couple, mostly caused by Jaya breaking into your conversation to provide information.
39	* OnlySaneWoman: Jaya seems to be the only character to have a firm grasp of reality. [[spoiler: Unless she turns out to be the killer, that is. It also becomes obvious she's not telling you everything, killer or not.]]
40	* WhoWatchesTheWatchmen: Your assistant Jaya stresses the need to keep an eye on you as you work with the patients.
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42
43	! Patients
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45	[[folder: Bryce Hemmings]]
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47	* SecretTestOfCharacter: Bryce believes that the "hooded figure" is putting him through these.
48	* StalkerWithACrush: To a certain extent. He takes naked photos of his neighbor Jennifer without her knowledge, though he later repents.
49	* TimeStandsStill: Bryce describes experiencing this for one hour every night and he calls it the "Midnight Hour".
50	* TheUnreveal: Bryce says he can sometimes see a girl standing behind us and speculates that it might be a relative of ours. This is never brought up again and is ultimately left unexplained. [[spoiler: It's conceivable that the girl is Molly but since Bryce has no connection to her (unlike Nathan), it's not clear why he'd be able to see her.]]
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53	[[folder: Claire Castleford]]
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55	* AnimateDead: Claire considers herself to be something of a necromancer.
56	* InsanityDefense: This trope can come into play with Claire for her [[spoiler: crime of killing her husband. It's even mentioned that it would be quite convenient if her sanity was put in doubt.]]
57	* MercyKill: It can be argued that [[spoiler: if Claire killed David a second time, it would be this.]]
58	* OffWithHisHead: Claire [[spoiler: beheads the reanimated David with an axe.]]
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61	[[folder: Elin]]
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63	* DoomMagnet: [[spoiler: Regarded as such as many of her patients die not long after coming into her care, albeit this is due to her obliviously poisoning them with herbal supplements. And she can [[FridgeHorror be reassigned to the children's ward in the ending...]] ]]
64	* TheCutie: Absolutely. She'll even give you cookies! [[spoiler: And you can ask if they're poisoned, which may seem dickish but considering what you find out...]]
65	* HospitalHottie: Elin works as a nurse and is also quite pretty.
66	* KindheartedCatLover: Elin has a cat called Church and she is indeed quite kind.
67	* MayDecemberRomance: 25-year-old Elin dates Max, one of her former patients who is 77.
68	* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler: She is incapable of understanding that whatever [[AllNaturalSnakeOil herbal nonsense]] she's giving to her patients has been killing them, not to mention that she sees nothing wrong with giving it to them without the consent of them or their doctor, in complete violation of everything one is taught in med school.]]
69	* {{Shapeshifting}}: Elin claims to be able to do this in certain circumstances.
70	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Elin claims to be able to "shift" into her patients' relatives. [[spoiler: She does not seem to realize how this can be manipulative.]]
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73	[[folder: Glyn]]
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75	* TakeThat: Glyn took his date to see ''Film/Zoolander2'' and says he doesn't recommend it.
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78	[[folder: Marianna]]
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80	* MythicalMotifs: Due to her tendency to draw people to her, and for herself to be drawn to the sea, Marianna is compared to a siren.
81	* RapeAsDrama: Comes up during a possible conversation with a patient as [[spoiler: Marianna can accuse you of this, making reference to you "getting inside her" and it hurting. If you press her further, she goes into more detail. She says she strips naked while your face turns into worms that get inside her. She then accuses you of being the "sick one".]]
82	* RecurringDreams: She later tells you of these. [[spoiler: Complete with an EldritchAbomination and MeatMoss!]]
83	* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Marianna has blackouts that end with her being found naked on the beach. This results in unwanted attention from the police and her Uber driver. Though she does enjoy dancing in her underwear (or less).
84	* StalkerWithACrush: Marianna seems to attract a LOT of these. [[spoiler: Possibly including you.]]
85	* TheTease: Marianna acts like this to others, including you. She often flirts with the player, though hopefully you won't reciprocate.
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87
88	[[folder: Nathan Peel]]
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90	* GroundhogDayLoop: Nathan believes he is stuck in one. [[spoiler: At one point, you get stuck alongside him.]]
91	* ItsAllMyFault: Nathan blames himself [[spoiler: for the truck driver's suicide, after sending him an accusing letter.]]
92	* MentalTimeTravel: Nathan says he experienced this. It's one of the reasons why he's a patient.
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95	[[folder: Scarlett]]
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97	* DreamWalker: She claims to be one of these, and it seems to hurt her relationships with other people due to what she sees in these dreams.
98	[[/folder]]
99
100	! Minor Characters
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102	[[folder: David Castleford]]
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104	* CallForward: David is mentioned in the prequel. Eve goes to see him and he determines that her optic nerve is severed, which means she should be blind.
105	* CameBackWrong: After being murdered David came back as an unintelligent hunter, if Claire is to be believed.
106	* EmptyShell: After Claire had [[spoiler: killed her husband for cheating, David came back as this.]]
107	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: David qualifies as this, due to the fact that [[spoiler: Claire stabbed him with a steak knife.]]
108	* MercyKill: It can be argued that [[spoiler: David's second death, if he experienced it at all, is this.]]
109	* OffWithHisHead: Claire [[spoiler: beheads the reanimated David with an axe.]]
110	* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler: The reanimated David kills Anoushka]] if you tell Claire to [[spoiler: let him live.]]
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113	[[folder: Hannah]]
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115	* TheLostLenore: This trope applies as [[spoiler: Hannah was Nathan's fiancée and has died some years back.]]
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118	[[folder: Iris]]
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120	* PunnyName: Iris just so happened to be the assistant to David the optician. Claire lampshades it as being incredibly on the nose.
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123	[[folder: Molly]]
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125	* CreepyChild: A little girl named Molly sometimes shows up that invokes this.
126	* DeathOfAChild: Molly's father committed suicide and took her with him.
127	* {{Foreshadowing}}: The opening sequence consists of clips from Dr. Dekker's therapy sessions including one with a girl called Molly who says her father is trying to hurt her. [[spoiler: We later find out that her father committed suicide and took her with him.]]
128	* OffingTheOffspring: Molly's father [[spoiler: kills both her and himself via carbon monoxide poisoning.]]
129	* WouldHurtAChild: Molly's father [[spoiler: commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning while both of them are in the car.]]
130	[[/folder]]
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132	[[folder: Professor Warwick]]
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134	* ProfessionalGambler: Professor Warwick tried to become one.

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