Line #97 Characters/DotFlow


1	A character sheet for ''[[VideoGame/DotFlow .flow]]'' and all tropes associated with them. Due to the heavily speculative nature of the game, relying on coming up with your own interpretations and conclusions, please be careful about taking anything on the page as hard fact.
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3	'''Note:''' Unless otherwise stated, assume all examples below apply to the latest version of the game.
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5	'''Beware of unmarked spoilers!'''
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10	[[folder:Playable characters]]
11	!Sabitsuki
12	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sabitsukigrafitti_1.jpg]]
13	[[caption-width-right:350:[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=41015362 Official Artwork by lol]]]]
14	The main protagonist, who explores a surreal world via her computer.
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17	* AmbidextrousSprite: Averted; Sabitsuki always holds objects in her left hand no matter which way she is facing, and the tattoo effect's shoulder tattoo always appears on her left arm.
18	* AmbiguouslyGay: Sometimes interpreted as lesbian or otherwise bi, due to the heavy focus on female characters, feminine imagery, and the associated body parts in her mental world, compared to that of male characters. However, WordOfGod implies that Sabitsuki is aromantic, as he says, quote, Sabitsuki "doesn't understand love so much"
19	* AnArmAndALeg
20	** The limbless effect removes all four of Sabitsuki's limbs, forcing her to move or crawl at a slower speed than usual. Said effect is found by interacting with, appropriately enough, a chainsaw.
21	** The third ending has [[spoiler:a Cleaner chainsaw off Sabitsuki's legs]]. [[spoiler:Sabitsuki]]'s fate after this is ambiguous.
22	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Subtly implied to be [[spoiler:becoming a Kaibutsu]] or [[spoiler:a Fetus]] throughout the game.
23	* {{Animorphism}}[=/=]CatGirl: The cat effect gives Sabitsuki white cat ears and a tail, and its side-effect is turning Sabitsuki into a small white cat. This side-effect allows Sabitsuki to pass through small gaps.
24	* ArtificialLimbs: The machine effect gives her mechanical arms and legs (as well as some kind of headgear), and the television gives her a TV for a head.
25	* BlobMonster: Becomes one with the slime effect.
26	* BloodFromTheMouth: Given the [[BloodierAndGorier nature of the game]], Sabitsuki is often the victim of this.
27	* CarryABigStick: Wields an iron pipe as her main means of attack.
28	* CoolMask: The gas mask effect. The debug room gives her a variant with twintails.
29	* {{Delinquent}}: Speculated to have been one in the past due to the steel pipe, handgun, and black hood effects, and the fact that two of these effects are found around the children's hospital.
30	* DrivenToSuicide: One interpretation of her fate in [[spoiler:all endings]].
31	* EyesAlwaysShut: Sabitsuki's sprite implies she has these, outside of the monoeye effect and activated cat effect, which give her open eyes. Art done by lol depicts Sabitsuki with open eyes.
32	* FriendlessBackground: Heavily implied and speculated to have had one of these.
33	* GottaCatchEmAll: All twenty-five effects, which are speculated to correspond to important parts of Sabitsuki's mind and/or memories.
34	* TheHeroDies: Many dream world events involve her dying somehow, and she's heavily implied to die in [[spoiler:the endings]], depending on the interpretation.
35	* {{Hikikomori}}: Appears to be one, among [[MonstrousHumanoid other]] things.
36	* LittleBitBeastly: The unactivated cat effect gives Sabitsuki white cat ears and a tail.
37	* MeaningfulName: "Sabitsuki" can mean "covered in rust"; "Sabi" by itself means "rust".
38	* MindControlDevice: A few of her effects, when used: the whistle effect makes [=NPCs=] move in the direction Sabitsuki is facing, the handgun effect makes [=NPCs=] shocked or otherwise run away from her, and the dress effect makes any Cleaners in the area bow in her direction.
39	* ParentalAbandonment: Nothing is known of her parents, outside of speculation. Though there are hints that certain [=NPCs=] may be her mother, absolutely nothing is given about any possible father or other parent.
40	* ShouldersupNudity: This is seen if you have her look in the mirror of the Sweet Sugar Hotel [[http://dotflow.wikidot.com/sweet-sugar]] (image gallery at the bottom), even though she's wearing clothes in her sprite.
41	* SlasherSmile: Has a tendency to pull one at times.
42	* ThemeNaming: Another fangame character with a "-tsuki" in their name, though not gratuitously so; in Sabitsuki's case it means "covered with" rather than the usual "moon".
43	* TomatoInTheMirror: Sabitsuki is really [[spoiler:a Kaibutsu]], or at least, [[spoiler:in the process of becoming one]], though how aware she really is of this is questionable.
44	* TheUndead: The corpse effect makes her into a walking one.
45	* VagueAge: It's not clear how old she is (or supposed to be), though, according to lol, she's apparently, still growing, so there's that.
46	* YourHeadAsplode: Suffers this after seeing what's through the door of the bloody room event.
47	* YourMindMakesItReal: Implied to be why she leaks blood and eventually [[spoiler:sees nightmares and is speculated to go onto life-support]] when one raises the erosion counter.
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49	!Rust
50	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rust_flow.png]]
51	Some sort of alter-ego of Sabitsuki who appears after discarding all effects.
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53	* AmbiguousGender: It's unknown if Rust actually has a gender or not; in fanon it varies depending on whether she's interpreted as an alter-ego/split personality or a disease/part of a disease.
54	* AntiHero: Generally interpreted as one. She's usually this when interpreted as being Sabitsuki's protector.
55	* TheAssimilator: Speculated to be the/part of the reason why [[spoiler:Sabitsuki is turning into a Kaibutsu/Fetus]].
56	* BigBad: Very commonly interpreted as part of, if not ''the'', disease afflicting Sabitsuki.
57	* BroughtDownToNormal: Played straight and subverted: though Rust can't access any of Sabitsuki's effects normally, she can go to places Sabitsuki normally can't.
58	* CarryABigStick: Pulls out the iron pipe during certain game events, despite not normally having access to the effect.
59	* GottaCatchEmAll: All three empty boxes, which are heavily implied to be Sabitsuki's most traumatic and/or locked-away memories.
60	* MeaningfulName: See Sabitsuki's entry.
61	* OnlyAFleshWound: Takes some pretty ''awful'' damage after being hit by Fetuses and is still able to walk around fine; that is, until it gets just too much for her.
62	* SplitPersonalityTakeover[=/=]SplitPersonalityMerge: Speculated to do something of the kind with Sabitsuki, given how blurry the line between the two identities becomes; usually it's Rust doing the takeover.
63	* TheMirrorShowsYourTrueSelf: Looking in the mirror in the Sweet Sugar washrooms while playing as her shows an image of a horned, bleeding Rust in the reflection. Pressing the action button shows an image of Rust bleeding from the forehead, even if she hasn't been hit by Fetuses up to that point.
64	* WalkingSpoiler: Very central to the deeper story and main conflict of the game.
65	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Commonly interpreted as this, as she carries out more violent actions.
66	* {{Yandere}}: Sometimes interpreted as being one for Sabitsuki.
67	* YourHeadAsplode: Suffers this after being hit by too many Fetuses.
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73	!Oreko
74	[[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/oreko.png]]
75	[[caption-width-right:299:[[https://www.pixiv.net/artworks/8375939 Official Artwork by lol]]]]
76	A little girl with a diving helmet who appears frequently in multiple places in the dream world. Usually found underwater.
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78	* AllThereInTheScript: Her name comes from official art by lol and the labels of the events/variables associated with her in RPG Maker.
79	* IconicItem: Her diving helmet.
80	* ImaginaryFriend: Speculated to be one to Sabitsuki.
81	* MeaningfulName: Her name comes from a combination of the Japanese word for "orange" (''ore''nji) and the name suffix "-ko", which is generally associated with girls.
82	* PosthumousCharacter: One interpretation is that she is the memory of a girl Sabitsuki once knew, taking supporting evidence from the lamp area where her ghost is found, and her appearance in the Dead Hole event in the endgame.
83	* RelationshipValues: Has one exclusive to her known as the "friendship meter"; see the main page for details.
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85	!Smile
86	[[quoteright:295:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smilelol.jpg]]
87	[[caption-width-right:295:[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=19490078 Official Art by Lol]]]]
88	[[caption-width-right:295:[[labelnote:In-game close-up when playing as Sabitsuki]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smile_closeup_1.png[[/labelnote]]]]
89	[[caption-width-right:295:[[labelnote:In-game close-up when playing as Rust]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/smile_closeup2.png[[/labelnote]]]]
90	A black-haired boy with plus eyes and a hammer that appears prominently in the school area.
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92	* AllThereInTheScript: His name comes from a filename.
93	* AmbidextrousSprite: Always holds his hammer in his left hand.
94	* BigBrotherInstinct
95	** Seen in the event where he's with his sister: Sabitsuki taking out the iron pipe or firing the handgun makes Smile push his sister behind his back.
96	** On the speculation side of things, it's often theorized that one reason he broke off his relationship with Sabitsuki was to protect his sister.
97	* DrivenToSuicide: At least one theory states that he did this at one point, seeing as you find him on a balcony in one of his many appearances, and balconies commonly have a negative connotation in ''Yume Nikki'' and related games.
98	* EyeScream: One common interpretation of his plus eyes is that those pluses were marks carved into him.
99	* LikeBrotherAndSister: Speculated to have had a relationship with Sabitsuki like this in the past, if not speculated to be actual family.
100	* MeaningfulName: His smile is practically his number one trademark.
101	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: It's unknown if Smile is his real name or a nickname; some interpret it as a nickname.
102	* ShoutOut: Presumably to the Cross-Eyes and the character Dokuga from ''Manga/{{Dorohedoro}}''
103	* SlasherSmile: One of his trademarks. Notably pulls a very large one, along with a creepy laugh, when trying to attack him in his house.
104	* WeUsedToBeFriends: One guess is that Sabitsuki and Smile knew each other and were probably friendly. In the Corrupted School, while playing as Sabitsuki, he kills her and, if you're playing as Rust, she kills him, the latter is interpreted as revenge.
105	!!"Sister":
106	A mysterious little girl that's seen ducking behind Smile, in one scene
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108	* BigBrotherInstinct: When Sabitsuki pulls out her pipe or handgun effect, Smile pushes her behind him
109	* NoNameGiven: She doesn't have have an official name besides what fans have dubbed her and "Sister" being used as a title for lol's art of a girl resembling her
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111	!Cleaners
112	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/cleaner.jpg]]
113	[[caption-width-right:250:[[https://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=13570534 Official artwork by lol]]]]
114	[[caption-width-right:97:[[labelnote:In-game sprite]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maid_90.png[[/labelnote]]]]
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116	The maids of the Sugar Hole bar, and another reoccurring NPC.
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118	* AllThereInTheScript: Their title comes from the title of a piece of official art done by lol.
119	* ChainsawGood: Associated with chainsaws, though the "good" status is debatable.
120	* ChekhovsGunman: They turn out to be ''far'' more important and crucial to the story than first thought.
121	* GasMaskMooks: Constantly wear gas masks, and are never seen without them.
122	* NoNameGiven: Their real name, if any, is not known.
123	* ParentalSubstitute: Speculated to be one for Sabitsuki, if not her real mother.
124	* WalkingSpoiler: As a result of [[spoiler:their role in the endings]].
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126	!Takibi-san ("Charlotte")
127	A pink-haired girl sitting beside a bonfire in the alleys.
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129	* AllThereInTheScript: Named "Takibi-san" in the list of the game's switches.
130	* KilledOffForReal: If Sabitsuki pipes her, she won't respawn
131	* PlayingWithFire: Commonly associated with fire, due to her only appearance being sitting by a fire.
132	* MeaningfulName: "Takibi" means bonfire.
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134	!Onigo ("Black Haired Girls")
135	A reoccurring [=NPC=] resembling a pale-skinned black-haired girl in a blue dress.
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137	* AllThereInTheScript: Their name comes from one of the game's switches.
138	* DeathByChildbirth: Implied, considering that a major and gory event with them in it is called "Childbirth"
139	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Have paper-white skin that contrasts with their hair. It has the effect of making them look somewhat sickly, which fits given the Childbirth event and that one is seen in a hospital bed in the past Parade ward.
140	* TheFaceless: Their faces are never seen, always being obscured by either their hair or blood.
141	* MissingMom: Commonly speculated to be Sabitsuki's dead mother, given the Childbirth event and the presence of one in the past Parade ward, in a hospital bed; the present version of said area notably leads to a version of the Dying Girls event where Rust gets an empty box, and a young Sabitsuki is found in the hospital room next door, whereas she isn't there in the past version. Some also take evidence from the black-haired girls' presence in the endings, gore demo, and a sprite set which involves a young Sabitsuki bursting from a pile of gore resembling the remains of the exploded black-haired girls.
142	* OrcusOnHisThrone: There is a room in the body area where a black-haired girl sits on a throne of flesh; aside from this, she does nothing but react to effects such as the whistle. If you kill her, Sabitsuki can sit there as well.
143	* TheVirus: Speculated either to be one, or a representation of Sabitsuki's immune system, given their presence in the body area. Notably, in the Rust endgame, they instantly explode into gore as soon as they appear; the Rust endgame is also when the Fetuses spawn in every area (not only the body world).
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145	!Kaibutsu
146	Chaser enemies resembling pale, bloodied schoolchildren. Touching them sends Sabitsuki to an inescapable area.
147	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaibutsus.png]]
148	[[caption-width-right:250:(Normal)]]
149	[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:(Enraged)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaibutsus_8.png[[/labelnote]]]]
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151	* AllThereInTheScript: Their name comes from a filename.
152	* AmbidextrousSprite: The Sabitsuki Kaibutsu always hold their pipes in their left hands, just like Sabitsuki does.
153	* AmbiguousGender: The short-haired Kaibutsu have been interpreted as both male and female, due to the ambiguity of their sprites.
154	* BodyHorror: All undergo some kind of body horror regarding their face.
155	* TheBully: Speculated to be a representation of this, given their school uniforms and usually-violent behavior.
156	* CarryABigStick: The Sabitsuki-lookalikes carry pipes, and the bar Kaibutsu wields a crowbar.
157	* CastOfSnowflakes: Three (four counting the Sabitsuki-lookalike) different types with a unique hairstyle (chin-length hair, shoulder-length hair, and twintails) and facial horror (hole, eyes, mouth), and then three child versions found in the Parade ward. The Parade ward even implies there's a fourth/fifth type with a ponytail or bun and another facial horror that can't be discerned due to the small sprite, but there's no "grown-up" counterpart for this type, which may be a significant detail.
158	* TheHyena: Their distinctive laugh is one of their trademark features.
159	* KillItWithFire: The bar Kaibutsu will stuff Sabitsuki into a furnace after killing her.
160	* LaughingMad: Laugh like crazy when enraged. Though this was taken out in newer versions, the Kaibutsu do still laugh a little when smacked, the infamous candle world Kaibutsu will constantly laugh after being enraged, and the Sabitsuki Kaibutsu laugh constantly while chasing Sabitsuki in her corrupted school event.
161	* MeaningfulName: "Kaibutsu" means "monster".
162	* NightmareFace: One of their notable features. Depending on the type of Kaibutsu, you get a bloody hole in the face, a bloody hole with two pink eyes, a large and bloody mouth with obvious teeth, and a {{slasher smile}} for the Sabitsuki lookalike.
163	* NoNameGiven: The separate Kaibutsu, outside of fanon, aren't given any names.
164	* OffWithHisHead: Depending on how you look at the sprites, the bar Kaibutsu seems to behead Sabitsuki when she tries to attack them.
165	* OneHitKill: The bar Kaibutsu to Sabitsuki when attacked, and the Sabitsuki-lookalikes when they catch her in the corrupted school event.
166	* SlasherSmile: The Sabitsuki lookalike has one. The twintail Kaibutsu is also commonly interpreted as having one.
167	* TheVirus: Seem to be this to humans, through some sort of disease or bodily experimentation. [[spoiler:The third ending strongly implies that Sabitsuki has, or is becoming one herself]].
168	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: All the Kaibutsu types have white hair, and definitely lean from the neutral to evil side of things.
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170	!Fetuses ("Red Demons")
171	The second type of chaser enemy. Touching them takes off Sabitsuki's effects and damages Rust.
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173	* TheAssimilator: Take over the Kaibutsu in Rust's corrupted school event; Rust also appears to turning into one when she gets into the heavily damaged stages.
174	* BellyMouth: Appear to have a large mouth on their stomachs.
175	* TheCorruption: Generally speculated to be a representation of some sort of corruption. As well as this, touching a fetus raises the erosion counter by a little bit.
176	* FetusTerrible: Their official title and being mostly found in a rather uterine like area invokes this
177	* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Their mouths appear to be ringed with teeth.
178	* OneHitKill: The large fetuses in Rust's corrupted school event immediately kill her if she touches them.
179	* TooManyMouths: Appear to have both a mouth on their face and stomach.
180	* TheVirus: Speculated to be part of the disease inflicting Sabitsuki.
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182	!Doctor and Nurse
183	A man and woman that can be encountered in the hospital area.
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185	* BackAlleyDoctor: Evokes this, given the hospital's proximity to a literal back alley.
186	* DirtyCoward: The doctor jumps up from his chair and attempts to run if Sabitsuki should enter his office holding the pipe or if she equips it while in the room.
187	* DressedToHeal: Both are dressed as you'd expect: in a white lab coat and a nurse's uniform, respectively.
188	* HospitalHottie: Based on the sprite, the nurse is quite cute.
189	* KilledOffForReal: If you pipe them, they don't respawn, however, the Nurse in the Plant Labyrinth will
190	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: There is what appears to be an arrow painted in dried blood on the wall outside the door of their office, and the rooms beyond the entrance hall better resemble a butcher shop than they do hospital rooms. And that was ''before'' the Dead Hole event was added to the game.
191	* ThoseTwoGuys: They're usually seen in the same room, more often than not, however, the nurse can be seen separately in the Plant Labryrinth.
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193	!Sugar Girl
194	A [[VagueAge girl or woman]] that can be encountered by triggering certain events.
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196	* ChildhoodFriend: A possible identity, as in her first appearance she is seen with another Sabitsuki in what appears to be a flashback. Her second appearance in the "Deterioration" location (Room 1) with young Sabitsuki seems to imply this further (supposing it's not implying that she's Sabitsuki's MissingMom).
197	* DrivenToSuicide: Speculated and implied by her standing on the edge of a statue in the "Vomitgirl area" and the sad music playing the background.
198	* DummiedOut: A search through the game's files reveals that she has a full set of walking sprites, however, she isn't animated in-game. Though, in the newest location, "Deterioration", has her sitting in the hallway and smoking.
199	* MissingMom: A possible identity. She could be Sabitsuki's mother, that is, if the black haired girls aren't meant to represent her, or if they are meant to represent her after something bad happened to her. Her appearance with a younger Sabitsuki in Room 1 of "Deterioration" seems to imply this, if it doesn't imply they're ChildhoodFriends.
200	* NoNameGiven: The first event to feature her was added in 2013, but she has yet to be given even a widely-used nickname. However, one of the wikis call her "Sugar Girl", which comes from the events and location we find her.
201	* NoodleIncident: While it's not known what happened to her, it's implied that whatever it was wasn't pleasant.
202	* TheOldestProfession: One of the events that allows you to see her is initiated in the [[LoveHotel seedy hotel]] where, after interacting with a maid with a hole for a face, Sabitsuki must navigate a maze filled with sugar statues of naked women in various suggestive positions while feminine panting can be heard in the area's background music.
203	* TheOneThatGotAway: Building on the imagery surrounding one of her events, it's possible that the two girls were romantically involved, or that [[AllLoveIsUnrequited Sabitsuki at least had a crush on her]].
204	* RepressedMemories: One interpretation as to why it takes so much effort to trigger events with her in them is because something tragic happened to her and, whatever it was, Sabitsuki wanted to forget it.
205	* UnknownCharacter: In comparison to the other [=NPC=]s, as, besides speculations and the fact that she's only seen through certain events and certain locations, there isn't much known about her.
206	* WeUsedToBeFriends: Whatever Sabitsuki and the girl's relationship was, in one of her appearances she disappears before you can interact with her and, in the other, she is unreachable, which suggests the two might've been close at one point but then grew apart.
207	[[/folder]]

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