| 1 | A collection of tropes relating to the cast of ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheGatheringStorm''. For characters introduced in ''VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheShiftedSpires'', see [[Characters/BoxxyQuestTheShiftedSpires here]]. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | !!New Party Members |
| 6 | |
| 7 | [[folder:Til]] |
| 8 | [[quoteright:117:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/til.png]] |
| 9 | [[caption-width-right:117:Totally Not A Hipster]] |
| 10 | |
| 11 | A young lady who traveled from Tumblr to [=DeviantART=] to ask about missing shipments, and ends up tagging along with Catie afterwards. She hides her insecurities with a mask of snarkiness, and doesn't get along very well with Anonymous. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * ActionGirl |
| 14 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The first part of Chapter 8 is told from her perspective, as she [[spoiler:searches Tumblr for a way to cure Catie’s sudden, mysterious illness]]. |
| 15 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Just before the final boss, she drops the Tsundere act and admits that [[spoiler:Anonymous turned out to be very nice, once she got to know him]]. Then she kisses him in the ending, and they basically become an OfficialCouple. |
| 16 | * BerserkButton: Do ''not'' accuse her of being a social justice warrior, or a hipster. Every time Anonymous does, she turns him into a frog or does something similar. |
| 17 | * BlowYouAway: She learns a bit of wind magic to go with her archery skills. |
| 18 | * CatchPhrase: She's fond of using the word "swish" to describe things she likes. |
| 19 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Only towards [[spoiler:Anonymous]]. She's perfectly nice to everyone else from the start, but he made a bad first impression. It takes a while before she warms up to him as well. |
| 20 | * DisappointingOlderSibling: She certainly feels this way about herself. Irci never gives any indication that she agrees, and even expresses pride in her big sister during the ending. |
| 21 | * DoesNotLikeMen: It's downplayed, but she has a noticeably shorter temper around men than she does around women, as seen with Anonymous, the Fine Bros, and the [=DeviantART=] railway workers. However, she doesn't take it to the extent of Anita, Laci, Mother and their Social Justice Warriors, who hate men so much just for being men that she put them on her shit list and will [[BerserkButton get offended]] if you compare her to them. |
| 22 | * FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Til and Irci, although it's more like "Anxious Sibling, Responsible Sibling." When they're at home, Irci has to be the mature sister, despite being much younger, because Til turns into a NervousWreck. |
| 23 | * ForcedSleep: Her Megahax, "Lunar Aura", forcibly puts all enemies to sleep, including bosses- at the cost of putting herself to sleep as well. |
| 24 | * {{Hackette}}: At the very least, she has enough skill with scripting to easily undo Anon's little tricks. And during the ending, [[spoiler:they manage to create a program together that undoes all the damage caused by STORM and Arianna]]. |
| 25 | * HelloInsertNameHere: If you want to, you can give her a new name during the intro. |
| 26 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Prior to the game, Til was a shut-in who stayed upstairs in her room, writing fanfics and having panic attacks. She makes her fateful trip to [=DeviantART=] in an effort to start getting better. |
| 27 | * IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Played with. In her final support scene, she says that she's been writing a novel inspired by the journey she took, but not literally based on it. |
| 28 | * LastSecondWordSwap: In Chapter 6, she catches herself one letter away from calling the Social Justice Warriors a 'cult', opting instead to call them 'radicals'. |
| 29 | * MostFanficWritersAreGirls: She's a fanfic writer and female, although it's impossible to say if her writing fits the stereotype, since we never actually get to see any of it. |
| 30 | * {{Multishot}}: Her final level-up move is an arrow attack that strikes all enemies. |
| 31 | * PunnyName: In many internet circles, "TIL" is an acronym that means "today I learned". Ironically, despite Til being from Tumblr, the acronym is more associated with Reddit, particularly since there is an entire subreddit revolving around it. |
| 32 | * SiblingYinYang: Til is sassy and temperamental, while Irci is quiet and levelheaded. |
| 33 | * SnarkToSnarkCombat: A worthy adversary to Anonymous in most of their scenes together. |
| 34 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: She may have social anxiety, but that won't do a thing to hold her back when it comes to helping her friends. |
| 35 | * StepfordSnarker: Sarcastic and fiery on the outside, insecure on the inside. |
| 36 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: Depending on how she feels about you, Til can either be a total sweetheart (most people) or an unrelenting sass machine (Anonymous). |
| 37 | * {{Tsundere}}: She's a Type A towards Anonymous (starts off harsh, but softens over time), and a Type B towards everyone else (generally nice, but quick to snap). |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Eddie]] |
| 41 | [[quoteright:123:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/edd_3.png]] |
| 42 | [[caption-width-right:123:Newbie Editor]] |
| 43 | |
| 44 | A studious editor from Wikipedia, who gets assigned to the party following the events at the Summit. He's a strong physical fighter, as well as a reliable source of information about enemies' strengths and weaknesses. |
| 45 | ---- |
| 46 | * BadassBookworm: He works in a library, but takes a break from that to go out and save the world. |
| 47 | * BadassCape: His suit of armor includes a pretty stylish cape. |
| 48 | * TheBigGuy |
| 49 | * EnemyScan: "Wiki It!" lets him scan enemies and reveal their max HP, among other details. |
| 50 | * GeniusBruiser: He's the smartest guy in the party, and he's also the heaviest hitter when it comes to battling. |
| 51 | * HelloInsertNameHere: "Eddie" is the default, but you get to name him whatever you wish. |
| 52 | * InformedFlaw: We're told that he's new to the Internet and confused by its culture, but this never really comes up at all aside from a few references to him looking things up in tourist guidebooks. |
| 53 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Fits the classic "knightly" mold pretty well… better than anyone else on the team, at least. |
| 54 | * MaybeEverAfter: He develops feelings for [[spoiler:Arianna]], and opens a library with her in the True Ending. However, we never learn the specifics of their relationship, so they could still just be friends. |
| 55 | * MrExposition: A big chunk of the game's lore comes from using his "Wiki It!" skill on enemies. |
| 56 | * OutOfFocus: After the Wikipedia arc, he isn't really given as much to do in the story as some of the others. At least his strength means you'll be using him in plenty of battles, which mitigates this somewhat. |
| 57 | * PunnyName: ''Eddie'' sounds like ''Edit'', and he's an editor at Wikipedia. |
| 58 | * TheSmartGuy |
| 59 | * TheTeetotaler: During the party quest, he comments on the lack of non-alcoholic drinks, and decides that he'll just go thirsty. |
| 60 | * SpockSpeak: Slips into this occasionally, but it's not really a constant thing. |
| 61 | * TheStoic: For the most part, he's a very serious and reserved young man. |
| 62 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Jimmy Wales, his mentor, and eventually to Catie as well. |
| 63 | [[/folder]] |
| 64 | |
| 65 | [[folder:Shift]] |
| 66 | [[quoteright:181:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/thief_m.png]] |
| 67 | [[caption-width-right:181:Youtube Viewer]] |
| 68 | |
| 69 | A streetwise thief living in [=YouTube=]. He joins the team to investigate a series of unusual crimes and coverups within the city. |
| 70 | ---- |
| 71 | * TheArtfulDodger: He may be a teenage example. In any case, he doesn't seem to mind life in the streets too much. |
| 72 | * ButtMonkey: He can't catch a break. The bit with his "imposters" in the Phisher temple is a great example- they [[PaperThinDisguise cannot even be bothered to look like him and barely imitate his way of speaking]], yet you can choose to fall for the act anyway. |
| 73 | * DistressedDude: He's in jail when we first meet him, and in need of rescuing. |
| 74 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: In the epilogue, he's still living in the sewers despite his heroism. |
| 75 | -->'''Shift:''' Turns out that saving the world isn't enough to make city guards respect you. Who knew, huh? |
| 76 | * EveryoneHasStandards: A shameless scoundrel, but he's loyal to his home. When the Pale Wraith steals a vital resource the site needs to survive, he's determined to get it back no matter what. |
| 77 | * TheGunslinger: He's the only member of the primary party who can use guns. |
| 78 | * HelloInsertNameHere: You get to pick his name at the start. |
| 79 | * HotBlooded: When the group raids Partnership Towers, he votes to storm the building and fight all the guards, rather than stealthily take the stairs. Much later, when the party is tasked with keeping STORM distracted, Shift asks why they can't just kick its butt fair and square. |
| 80 | * LoveableRogue: He is a criminal who lives in the sewers, but has a moral code and wants to help his people against the tyrannical executives. |
| 81 | * OfferedTheCrown: [[spoiler:In the True Ending, he somehow ends up becoming the King of Amazon while the party is vacationing there.]] |
| 82 | * OutOfFocus: He gets hit with a bad case of this. After the [=YouTube=] arc, he's reduced to the role of a comedic side character with no real impact on the plot. This is actually lampshaded a few times in the epilogue. |
| 83 | * RagsToRoyalty: [[spoiler:From a penniless thief to the king of a trading empire. Not bad for a Butt-Monkey.]] |
| 84 | * TheSneakyGuy |
| 85 | * VideoGameStealing: Two of his special skills involve thievery, but it's all based on luck - the items he "steals" are just picked at random from a list. |
| 86 | [[/folder]] |
| 87 | |
| 88 | [[folder:Tyalie]] |
| 89 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tya.png]] |
| 90 | [[caption-width-right:100:Gamer Girl]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | A bubbly girl who teams up with Catie to find the third [=PasSWORD=] shard. Tyalie loves all games, and sees her life as one. She's easily excitable, kinda ditzy, and just wants everyone else to have as much fun as she is. |
| 93 | ---- |
| 94 | %%* ActionGirl |
| 95 | * AntiNihilist: [[spoiler:Tyalie knows that she's fictional. She knows that her entire world is just a [[SelfDeprectation "trashy freeware game"]]. But does she let that break her spirit? Hell no. She throws herself into her role with all her heart, hoping to make the experience as fun as it can possibly be for you, so that maybe - just maybe - you'll remember her when it's over.]] |
| 96 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: She's… not the best at focusing. While relating a part of her backstory, she gets distracted trying to remember which pink dress cosplay she was wearing. |
| 97 | * BefriendingTheEnemy: Bless her heart, she just keeps trying this. Whenever a new adversary shows up, you can bet Tyalie will suggest teaming up instead of fighting. Sadly, things rarely work out the way she hopes. |
| 98 | * BeneathTheMask: [[spoiler:Silly on the surface, but secretly self-aware of being a game character. She lets the mask slip a few times, but only takes it off once, in an optional scene just before the True Ending.]] |
| 99 | * CloudCuckooLander: Her game-centric way of thinking comes across as a bit odd to the other characters. Of course, [[TheCuckoolanderWasRight she and the player know better]]. |
| 100 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: In her debut, she picks a fight with Catie, gets her butt kicked, then switches to "Plan B" by inviting herself into the party. |
| 101 | * DoubleTake: When finding Catie along with the rest of the party in the True Ending, she takes a bit to notice when Catie is there: |
| 102 | -->I know Catie's alive, and we have to do something about it! Hi, Catie. Anyway, we'll split into teams. Til and Anon, you search the river. I'll take the city, and... Wait, Catie! Ohmigosh, you're safe! |
| 103 | * DuelBoss: She fights Catie one-on-one, while the rest of the heroes are stuck in a trap. |
| 104 | * EarlyBirdCameo: She first appears at the Summit in Chapter 3, as an unnamed aide to the [=GameFAQs=] admin. She even has a few lines, but she isn't fully introduced until Chapter 6. |
| 105 | * EndOfSeriesAwareness: [[spoiler:In a very touching scene, in her second support conversation, she admits to the player that she knows the end is coming, and that she's scared of what comes next. But rather than try to make you quit, she encourages you to keep going, and only asks that you don’t forget her when she's gone.]] |
| 106 | -->'''Tyalie:''' [[spoiler:After all, what more could I want than to live on in your heart? In a way, that's like being real.]] |
| 107 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: She lures you on top of a moving train, then launches into a disjointed spiel about why she needs your help, which she illustrates by ''[[BreakingTheFourthWall drawing on the background with crayon]]''. |
| 108 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinkie Pie]]. A cheerful and energetic ball of sunshine with unexplained MediumAwareness. |
| 109 | * ExpyCoexistence: Pinkie Pie is also a character in this universe and can be recruited for a single battle in the first sidequest. |
| 110 | * ForHappiness: This is the motive behind everything she does, whether it's her own happiness, a friend's, or [[spoiler:[[MediumAwareness yours]]]]. |
| 111 | * FourthWallObserver: She likes to make playful jabs at the fourth wall, [[spoiler:as a coping mechanism for her existential anxiety]]. |
| 112 | * GamerChick: She lives in [=GameFAQs=], her bedroom is filled with game consoles, and her dialogue is peppered with gaming terms and idioms. When she joins the party, her 3DS appears in your inventory. The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue has her visit an arcade and get every game's high score, twice. |
| 113 | -->'''Tyalie's 3DS:''' What? A girl's gotta game on the go. |
| 114 | * GeniusDitz: Even though her trains of thought look like Family Circus dotted lines, she's as perceptive as they come. |
| 115 | * GenkiGirl: Just about everything excites her - even the bad stuff! (Especially the bad stuff). [[spoiler:In the end, she reveals that it's at least partly an act, both to keep you entertained and to keep her own fears at bay.]] |
| 116 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:The last we see of Tyalie, she's smiling brightly and waving at the camera, knowing that she will cease to exist once the game ends, but happy she can live on in the player's heart... and fanfics.]] |
| 117 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Her blonde hair fits perfectly with her sunny, outgoing personality. |
| 118 | * HelloInsertNameHere: Subverted. The game prompts you to name her, like the others, but Tyalie actually rejects whatever you pick. It's the first hint that she's got a higher level of awareness. |
| 119 | * IncompatibleOrientation: With her crush, Catie… maybe. The real Catie Wayne is straight, but it's never said for sure if the character is too. |
| 120 | * LastChanceHitPoint: Her Megahax, "1up Trick", gives everyone the Life+ status. Like all Megahax, it can only be used once per battle. |
| 121 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When she's not breaking it outright, she's doing this. |
| 122 | * LightEmUp: Several of her magic skills involve bursts of light. |
| 123 | * LipstickLesbian: If it weren't for the rainbow flag in her bedroom (and her painfully obvious crush on Catie), you'd be very hard-pressed to tell she was gay. |
| 124 | * MediumAwareness |
| 125 | * NotAGame: Defied with a passion. Life is ''totally'' a game, and she’s gonna have as much fun with it as she possibly can! |
| 126 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: It's more like Obfuscating Quirkiness, but she's got a keen mind, and can be very philosophical when she lets down the GenkiGirl act. |
| 127 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Her final support conversation is made of this. From the moment the lights dim [[spoiler:and she makes eye contact with the camera]], you know things are about to get heavy. |
| 128 | * PluckyComicRelief: It's implied that she's trying to invoke this image on herself. She just wants everybody, especially [[spoiler:the player]], to have a great time with the adventure. |
| 129 | * PluckyGirl: She refuses to see her misfortunes as setbacks. Instead, they’re just exciting new challenges to master! |
| 130 | -->'''Tyalie:''' Life isn't easy, but it doesn't have to be so full of gloom and suffering. Have fun with it - the good and the bad, because it's all part of an experience that will never come again! |
| 131 | * ShipperOnDeck: Near the end, she and Til get into an in-universe shipping debate. It seems that Tyalie is a fan of [[BelligerentSexualTension Til/Anonymous]], much to [[{{Tsundere}} Til]]'s embarrassment. |
| 132 | * SkewedPriorities: When a powerful boss interrupts [[HeroesGoneFishing the party's game]] of ''TabletopGame/{{Monopoly}}'', Tyalie's first instinct is to save her pile of Monopoly money. |
| 133 | [[/folder]] |
| 134 | |
| 135 | [[folder:??? '''(spoilers)''']] |
| 136 | !!Boxxyfan |
| 137 | [[quoteright:231:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_fan.png]] |
| 138 | [[caption-width-right:231:First Internet Warrior]] |
| 139 | |
| 140 | A brooding warrior who guides the party through the dangers of the First Internet. He's actually Boxxyfan, Catie’s arch-enemy and Cornelia's creator, prior to becoming evil. In the present day, he's supposed to be dead, but that's not enough to stop him. See [[Characters/BoxxyquestTheShiftedSpires Boxxyfan]] for more details. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | [[/folder]] |
| 143 | |
| 144 | [[folder:Katy]] |
| 145 | [[quoteright:247:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kay_4.png]] |
| 146 | [[caption-width-right:247:Sweet 13]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | The protagonist of the "Katy's Diary" sidequest. A little treasure-hunting girl visiting Buzzfeed to find her latest treasure. |
| 149 | ---- |
| 150 | * TheBusCameBack: She and Shroomy are shown in the true ending riding the Ferris wheel that Shrimp, Cornelia, ???/[[spoiler:Boxxyfan]], and [[spoiler:Coria]] are also riding. |
| 151 | * CheerfulChild: Even when facing all sorts of monsters, she never loses her cheerful attitude and love for adventure. |
| 152 | * JustAKid: Several Buzzfeed inhabitants tell her to go back to her parents or treat her like she is too young for treasure-hunting. |
| 153 | * LittleMissBadass: She is a small girl, not even in her teens, and is also an experienced treasure hunter who can battle enemies like a machine dedicated to eliminating fun. |
| 154 | * LeetSpeek: She speaks in a manner imitating bad fanfiction [=OCs=]. |
| 155 | [[/folder]] |
| 156 | |
| 157 | [[folder:Shroomy]] |
| 158 | [[quoteright:128:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/3_85.png]] |
| 159 | [[caption-width-right:128:A Fun Guy]] |
| 160 | ->''It's blocking the way, but it doesn't seem evil. It can Stun you temporarily by spraying its spores.'' |
| 161 | |
| 162 | A mushroom that Katy battles and befriends. |
| 163 | ---- |
| 164 | * TheBusCameBack: He and Katy are shown in the true ending riding the Ferris wheel that Shrimp, Cornelia, ???/[[spoiler:Boxxyfan]], and [[spoiler:Coria]] are also riding. |
| 165 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: When Katy beats him, he decides to become her sidekick. |
| 166 | * LethalJokeCharacter: He is an ineffectual little fungus whose only equippable weapon is "Being A Mushroom". However, if you happened to pick up the "Mushdoom" accessory in town, it turns Shroomy into an absolute nuke. He can take down ORDERHEAD in just a few hits, provided you're able to keep his RP replenished. |
| 167 | * TheSpeechless: Never speaks once in the game. |
| 168 | [[/folder]] |
| 169 | |
| 170 | [[folder:Secret Party Member '''(Deep Web Spoilers)''']] |
| 171 | !!The Player |
| 172 | |
| 173 | A strange person found within the end of the Deep Web, who decides to tag along with Catie for safety. Their name is whatever the player input for themselves at the start of the game. |
| 174 | ---- |
| 175 | * AmbiguousGender: If you select "No" to the game's initial question, ("Are you a boy or a girl?"), then the avatar's design will be androgynous. Notably, Anita's "Art of Misandry" attack, which insta-kills men, has no effect on them during the Fierce Echo rematch, but the message about it not working on girls doesn't appear. |
| 176 | * HelloInsertNameHere: Their name is whatever name you give when the beginning of the game asks you for your name. |
| 177 | * SecretCharacter: They are unlocked upon beating the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 178 | * SchrodingersPlayerCharacter: They have three separate designs, depending on whether you said you were a boy, a girl, or neither at the very start of the game. Downplayed, in the sense that gameplay-wise they're all the same. |
| 179 | [[/folder]] |
| 180 | |
| 181 | !!Other Major Characters |
| 182 | |
| 183 | [[folder:Mangled Avatar/Arianna '''(spoilers)''']] |
| 184 | !!ARPANET |
| 185 | [[quoteright:115:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ari_4.png]] |
| 186 | [[caption-width-right:115:]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | ->''A strange girl who keeps changing shape. She doesn't like to fight, but is frighteningly good at it. She wields electric magic. (Finalist Arianna)''\ |
| 189 | ''A quiet girl who wields a strange power. She is the one who erased Wikipedia, and created the Firewall as a sanctuary. Her defense is very high, but not unbreakable. (Storm Maiden Arianna)'' |
| 190 | |
| 191 | The girl in the eye of the storm. Arianna has mysterious motives and an obsession with data. Her sudden arrival is what kickstarts the plot. She was originally ARPANET, the predecessor to the Internet, but was abandoned after becoming obsolete. She found STORM and gained control of it, and after exploring the Internet, decided it was a horrible place that must be destroyed. |
| 192 | ---- |
| 193 | * AffablyEvil: The first few times you see her, she's polite and cautiously nice. She even sends Catie an apologetic email after their third fight. She gradually loses this trait and gets colder as the party becomes more of a threat to her plans to destory the Internet, but even at the very end, she can't bring herself to be truly mean. |
| 194 | * AIIsACrapshoot: As the avatar of the ARPANET, she's trying to correct what she perceives to be flaws in the information network that replaced her. Too bad for everyone else, she thinks ''all of it'' is flawed. |
| 195 | * AntiVillain: Even at her worst, it's hard to call her evil. She is very friendly to the party and is mainly driven by an [[BlueAndOrangeMorality alien sense of morality]], and even does a HeelFaceTurn by the end. |
| 196 | * BarrierMaiden: In the event of her death, STORM is programmed to sweep in and destroy all traces of her world beyond the Firewall. This presents a problem when the heroes learn she's been hiding backups there of the sites she erased. |
| 197 | * BetaTestBaddie: A semi-example. She's a prototype who seeks to destroy her replacement, but she's not motivated by an inferiority complex, as is typical for the trope. Instead, she thinks the Internet has evolved too far from its original concept - herself - and aims to fix it. |
| 198 | * BigBadEnsemble: With Boxxyfan for the main story. She aims to use STORM to wipe out the Internet out of resentment for it replacing her, while Boxxyfan is trying to seize control of STORM away from her. |
| 199 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: This is why she's less hostile to Catie at first than she is to everyone else. When it becomes clear that Catie isn't going to switch sides, Arianna reluctantly stops trying to be friends. |
| 200 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: In her eyes, a thing's worth is measured by its utility. Creativity needs to be restricted, since it's inefficient and falls outside her programming as a data-sharing A.I. She's so set in this worldview that she cannot even understand why the heroes are opposing her. |
| 201 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: When Boxxyfan's code takes over at the climax, it forces her to keep fighting against her will. |
| 202 | * BreakTheCutie: Rare villainous example. We get to watch her break piece-by-piece, as her curiosity and optimism are replaced by a jaded, world-weary desire to erase everything and start again. |
| 203 | ** HealTheCutie: She gets a fresh start in the True Ending, and is ready to explore the Internet again, but this time with friends by her side to help her adjust and make sense of things. |
| 204 | * CreepyLonerGirl: She travels around by herself in the shadow of an endless storm, making cryptic observations and vague threats. Subverted in that she doesn't want to be alone, and tries several times to reach out in her own weird, heavily misguided way. |
| 205 | * CuteIsEvil: Downplayed since she is AffablyEvil and an AntiVillain, but she is [[OmnicidalManiac trying to destory the Internet]], and is an adorable MoeAnthropomorphism of ARPANET. |
| 206 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: On two levels. She is built up as the final boss as the one responsible for the destruction of the Internet, but once you defeat her lengthy SequentialBoss fight, she calls forth STORM, who [[DragonTheirFeet becomes the normal Final Boss instead]]. |
| 207 | * DisneyDeath: She dies at the end of the main story when her mainframe corrupts, but in the True Ending path, Wolfram is able to bring her back with copies he'd saved of her core system files. |
| 208 | * EasilyForgiven: In the True Ending, everyone accepts her into the group with open arms after she apologizes. Of course, they did have Catie's word that she'd really changed. |
| 209 | * EleventhHourRanger: She joins the party at the very end, just in time to help face the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 210 | * EmotionlessGirl: Subverted. She's fixated on facts and data, but her actions are heavily driven by emotion. In fact, the whole plot stems from her feelings of jealousy and fear of change. |
| 211 | * EvilAllAlong: Downplayed as she is an AntiVillain, but she initially seems to be a kind and curious who is friendly to the party and causes damage by accident, before Chapter 5 reveals that she is the one controlling STORM and is knowingly causing the destruction of the Internet. Though even then, she legitimately [[ObliviouslyEvil cannot seem to comprehend that she is doing anything wrong]]. |
| 212 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: At the end, when the heroes try to talk her down without fighting, she refuses to believe that it's not a trick. After all, she'd tried to sway them to her own side earlier and failed, so why would they change their minds and want peace now? |
| 213 | -->'''Arianna:''' How can I possibly believe that? I offered you friendship so many times before, and you rejected me every single time! You only want me now, because you're scared of what happens next! |
| 214 | * FightingFromTheInside: In the second-to-last phase of her final battle, she manages to suppress her corruption long enough to heal your party a few times, just in time to prepare them for her final transformation. The battle theme is even called the trope name. |
| 215 | * FinalBossPreview: She, in her Mangled Avatar form, is the first boss of the game, and is also the semi-final boss. Downplayed as you still have to fight STORM afterward, and there are a whole slew of post-game bosses including a TrueFinalBoss. |
| 216 | * FirstTimeInTheSun: In a very poignant secret scene (if you fought not_intended and got the Wayward Spark from her), Arianna's spirit sits with Catie to watch the sky. She says that it's beautiful, and wishes that she hadn't spent her life hiding in the shadow of STORM's rainclouds. |
| 217 | * FishOutOfTemporalWater: A sixties-era computer system suddenly wakes up, alive and lost within the modern-day internet. Drama and tragedy ensue. |
| 218 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: She pulls this on Catie near the end, to interrupt Legion's BreakingSpeech. |
| 219 | * HatesBeingAlone: After being replaced by the Internet, she feels alone and now wants to destroy the Internet. |
| 220 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: Just when she seems ready to stand down, the First Internet code she was using takes over and forces her to keep fighting. The ensuing battle leaves her in terrible shape, and she ends up succumbing to her wounds. |
| 221 | * HeelFaceTurn: She finally pulls it off in the True Ending, when she's revived to help Catie fight the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 222 | * HistoricalVillainUpgrade: InUniverse; [=GmasterRED=]'s play that he is writing based on the adventures of the heroes portrays her, according to the actor playing her, as a digital WickedWitch with "an alien mindset and no sympathetic qualities", despite [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds the actual Arianna]] having ''[[AffablyEvil plenty]]'' of [[WellIntentionedExtremist sympathetic qualities]] (and outright doing a HeelFaceTurn by the end). |
| 223 | * InstantAIJustAddWater: It's never explained how a 1960's packet-switching network was able to gain sentience. Granted, this is a universe where full immersion web-surfing existed by 2009. |
| 224 | * ItIsBeyondSaving: She feels this way about the current Internet. It's strayed so far from what she believes it was meant to be that the only solution is to wipe it all and start fresh. |
| 225 | * LonerTurnedFriend: In the True Ending, she finally becomes Catie's friend and repairs her relationship with the rest of the party. |
| 226 | * MaybeEverAfter: With Eddie. They open a library together in the true ending, but the exact nature of their relationship is left unclear. |
| 227 | * MoeAnthropomorphism: Of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET ARPANET]], the predecessor to the Internet. After awakening, it turned itself into a little anime girl in a purple robe with MysticalWhiteHair. Also a rare ({{anti|Villain}}) villainous example given that she intends to destroy the Internet [[BetaTestBaddie that replaced her]] and end the chaos that has overtaken it. |
| 228 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She has this reaction when the heroes finally get through to her. [[VillainOverride Sadly]], [[HeelfaceDoorSlam it doesn't last]]. |
| 229 | * MysteriousWaif: A [[AntiVillain semi]]-villainous example. Much of the game's mystery is in figuring out just who she is and what she wants. |
| 230 | * MysticalWhiteHair: Has white hair and is the local MysteriousWaif. |
| 231 | * NoSocialSkills: In this case, her lack of social skills nearly destroys the entire virtual world. |
| 232 | * ObliviouslyEvil: In the prologue alone, she destroys the ship that Catie and her crew are in mainly by accident and due to aggravation by the angry crew. The conflict of Chapter 2 is also caused by her imprisoning the train to [=DeviantArt=], also obliviously. Even when she is intentionally destroying the Internet with STORM, it takes until the end for the party to make her realize she is doing something wrong- in her mind, the Internet exists as a utility, and since it has become such a chaotic place, it must be destroyed for the good of the world. |
| 233 | * OneWingedAngel: The final time you fight her, she transforms into a frightening, screen-filling monstrosity. In an awesomely cathartic twist, you actually get to use this form yourself when she later joins the team to fight Legion. |
| 234 | * PreFinalBoss: In the main game, you fight her just before she calls forth STORM. |
| 235 | * RecurringBoss: You fight her many times throughout the game; first as the [[WarmupBoss Prologue/tutorial boss]], then as the boss of Chapter 2 in the Lake of Fanfiction, then in Chapter 4 as the last of the Fight Night {{Optional Boss}}es in [=YouTube=], then as the TrickBoss of Chapter 5 after beating Something Awful, and finally as the PreFinalBoss just before fighting STORM. Each time, she has a different form and a new set of powers. |
| 236 | * RestartTheWorld: This is her goal – she wants to use STORM's power to erase the Internet and replace it with the sterile world she's creating within the Firewall. |
| 237 | * RoboticReveal: In chapter 8, it's revealed that she’s ARPANET, a prototype of the Internet that was mysteriously brought back online (by Boxxyfan, [[HijackedByGanon as it turns out]]). |
| 238 | * SequentialBoss: The final fight with her has four phases, each with more health than the last. First there's her "true" form, then her berserk "corrupted" form, then a breather phase where she tries to heal you while FightingFromTheInside, and then finally a terrifying "ultimate" form. |
| 239 | * ShockAndAwe: Many of her attacks are based on electricity, hinting at her [[RoboticReveal true nature]]. |
| 240 | * StrawNihilist: Just before you fight her for the last time, she gives a very impassioned speech about the meaninglessness of everything, which the heroes refute in typical JRPG fashion. |
| 241 | * TookALevelInIdealism: She takes ''several'' levels after her revival in the True Ending, and even brings Catie back from the DespairEventHorizon with a speech about ThePowerOfFriendship!]] |
| 242 | * TragicVillain: She's ultimately a lonely little girl who is trying to destroy the Internet because that's what her faulty programming is telling her to do. |
| 243 | * VoluntaryShapeshifter: She doesn't settle on a permanent avatar until her third appearance. Later on, she transforms into Jimmy Wales to get information out of the party. |
| 244 | * WalkingSpoiler: Her being one of the BigBadEnsemble as the one controlling STORM is not revealed until a little over halfway through the main story, and her being an A.I. (specifically, ARPANET) is another major reveal. |
| 245 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants to erase the Internet and remake it in her own image, but she sincerely believes that it's for the best, and that the current Internet needs urgent saving from itself, as it is no longer a utility but a place of chaos and suffering where {{troll}}s, Social Justice Warriors, corrupt administrators/moderators, and outright criminals run rampant. |
| 246 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: Downplayed as she is an AntiVillain, but she has MysticalWhiteHair and wants to destroy the Internet. |
| 247 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: She may be an unstable A.I. hellbent on virtual genocide, but does it because was callously abandoned by her creators when the Internet was made to replace her; upon reawakening, she became a FishOutOfTemporalWater who failed to understand the Internet culture because of her different way of thinking, and when she saw all the chaos of the Internet (trolls, Social Justice Warriors, {{Flame War}}s, corrupt administration/moderation, the horrors of the Deep Web, and the like), she decided that ItIsBeyondSaving. |
| 248 | [[/folder]] |
| 249 | |
| 250 | !!Major Villains (Unmarked Spoilers) |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [[folder:The cause of the storm]] |
| 253 | !!STORM |
| 254 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/m03.png]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | A botnet, represented in-game as a giant flying mecha, that is causing the attacks on the Internet. It was found by Arianna, abandoned by whoever created it, and helps her in her quest to destroy the Internet. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * AntagonistTitle: STORM, a MechanicalAbomination that is responsible for the storms that are destroying the Internet, is one of the antagonists (though merely TheDragon to BigBad Arianna). |
| 259 | * DiscOneFinalBoss: It is the final boss of the main story, but there is still a post-game quest with many bosses and a TrueFinalBoss to deal with. |
| 260 | * TheDragon: To whoever is controlling it. Arianna is this for most of the game, but in the post-game Boxxyfan controls it instead, and in the last part Legion takes command. |
| 261 | * DragonTheirFeet: After Arianna is defeated, she calls forth STORM to destroy what remains, and it becomes the FinalBoss. |
| 262 | * FinalBoss: The normal one, fought at the end of the main story. It also fuses with Legion to become the Legion Singularity, the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 263 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: It never gets any lines or displays any personality. It is more of a force of nature and a tool for the real villains (Arianna, Boxxyfan, and Legion) than an actual character. |
| 264 | * GetBackHereBoss: Unusually, the final boss itself is an example. It keeps flying deeper into the heart of the storm, resulting in various minigame stages as you race to catch back up with it. This happens twice – the third time you engage it, there's nowhere left for it to go. |
| 265 | * TheHeavy: While Arianna is by no means weak, STORM is the one with the power to destroy the Internet and is significantly stronger than its master. It is STORM that causes the storms that ravage the Internet. When Boxxyfan and Legion try to take over, both of their plans rely on them gaining control of STORM. |
| 266 | * LivingMacguffin: Being that it can bring about the end of the Internet, all three main villains seek it out, with Arianna controlling it for the main game. |
| 267 | * MechanicalAbomination: STORM is a massive and metallic flying beast with unexplained origins and alien motives. It is impossible to defeat via typical means, and possesses technology capable of altering or fully erasing the very fabric of its universe. During the finale, Legion even implies that its reality warping powers might be enough to let him break free from the internet and invade reality itself. |
| 268 | * WalkingSpoiler: It isn’t until a few chapters in that we learn the name and nature of the entity causing the storms. |
| 269 | [[/folder]] |
| 270 | |
| 271 | [[folder:Dr. Stephen Wolfram]] |
| 272 | A scientist who dreams of creating technological marvels. He's partnered up with a mysterious benefactor for the time being, but he seems to have his own agenda. |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | * BigBadWannabe: He reveals near the end that he has been intending on betraying Arianna so he can conquer the Internet himself, and has been building Wolfram ALPHA as his ultimate weapon to aid him. Unfortunately for him, he never gets very far in his plan as Wolfram ALPHA [[AIIsACrapshoot turns on him]] and is dispatched by the party. |
| 275 | * TheDragon: To Arianna, although he mainly just does his own thing, and isn't very invested in her mission. |
| 276 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: He's sharing his resources with Arianna, but only so far as it benefits him. The only thing he cares about is the creation of his perfect Engine. |
| 277 | * EvilVersusOblivion: He has been secretly planning to backstab Arianna, who wants to destroy the Internet, because he would rather conquer it. Though he gets fried by his own machine before that can happen. |
| 278 | * ForScience: Everything he ever does is to create a perfect, all-knowing "Decision Engine" and use it to spread mighty SCIENCE across the land. |
| 279 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: By the end of the game, he's not much more than the upper half of a burnt husk. He proudly proclaims that he's learned nothing, and will keep right on building his machines. |
| 280 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His final Engine, Wolfram ALPHA, is designed to be fully autonomous. So when Wolfram starts barking orders at it from the sidelines, it fries him to ash with electricity. |
| 281 | * IgnoredAesop: If you talk to Wolfram during the first ending, he'll proudly exclaim that he hasn't learned a thing, and intends to keep right on building his superweapons so he can TakeOverTheWorld… just as soon as he gets patched up, since the last one he set loose nearly killed him. |
| 282 | * InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: His philosophy in a nutshell. Got a problem to solve, or a group of meddling kids to get rid of? Just fire up your latest evil war machine! |
| 283 | * MadScientist: He seems to think he can solve all the Internet's problems by conquering it with deadly giant robots. |
| 284 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: There's a real Dr. Wolfram and a real [[https://www.wolframalpha.com/ Wolfram Alpha]], but they're a far cry from the exaggerated parodies seen here. |
| 285 | * NoOneCouldSurviveThat: This happens twice – first when BETA self-destructs with him on it, and then when ALPHA blasts him to smithereens. When asked how he survived, he simply brushes the issue aside. |
| 286 | -->'''Wolfram:''' Ah, that's the power of science, my dear! Any other foolish questions you'd like to ask? |
| 287 | * TheStarscream: When the party finds him inside Arianna's world, he's preparing to launch an attack against her, saying that he's gained all he can from their partnership and now it's time to "put her down". |
| 288 | * TakeOverTheWorld: His real goal is to help Arianna so she can aid him with his research, then betray her and use Wolfram ALPHA to conquer the Internet. Too bad ALPHA betrays ''him'' before he can get it oof the ground. |
| 289 | * TheUnfought: You get to fight several of his creations, but never the man himself. Justified, since he’s elderly and likely can't fight very well to begin with. |
| 290 | * VillainousRescue: When Legion has returned and all hope seems lost, it's Wolfram who unexpectedly saves the day by reviving Arianna through the copies of her system files he'd saved. |
| 291 | [[/folder]] |
| 292 | |
| 293 | [[folder:Wolfram Units (GAMMA, BETA, and ALPHA)]] |
| 294 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ma1_2.png]] |
| 295 | [[caption-width-right:270:GAMMA]] |
| 296 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ticktackman2013.png]] |
| 297 | [[caption-width-right:350:BETA]] |
| 298 | [[quoteright:303:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_al.png]] |
| 299 | [[caption-width-right:303:ALPHA]] |
| 300 | |
| 301 | Machines built by Dr. Wolfram in his attempt to make the perfect Decision Engine. GAMMA serves as the Chapter 3 boss, BETA as the boss of the Wayback Machine (the first area of Chapter 7), and ALPHA as a boss in Her World. They tend to be a bit hard to control for Wolfram. |
| 302 | ---- |
| 303 | * AIIsACrapshoot: Wolfram ALPHA is designed to be fully autonomous and attack anything that tries to control it, and ends up obliterating Wolfram as soon as he gives it one order. |
| 304 | * CognizantLimbs: ALPHA's legs, hands, head, and shoulders all attack independently. |
| 305 | * CombiningMecha: All three machines are made of Dataminer robots that join together. |
| 306 | * HumongousMecha: All three of them are big mechs, but particularly ALPHA, as it is so big that it takes up three battle screens. |
| 307 | * MeaningfulName: Wolfram ALPHA is named after the [[https://www.wolframalpha.com/ real answer engine]] by the real Stephen Wolfram. GAMMA and BETA are earlier builds/prototypes of it. |
| 308 | * TrickBoss: Downplayed; while GAMMA is more-or-less the actual boss of Chapter 3, you do have to face two Overtaken (and can optionally face four more) before the chapter officially ends. |
| 309 | * SequentialBoss: ALPHA is fought in three phases. The first phase consists of its legs, the second its hands, and the final phase consists of its head and shoulders. |
| 310 | * TimeLimitBoss: BETA is set to self-destruct five minutes after you start battling it, and is the only boss in the game to have a time limit. |
| 311 | [[/folder]] |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[folder:Legion]] |
| 314 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster153.png]] |
| 315 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 316 | |
| 317 | An ancient, all-consuming black dragon, and the greatest threat the Internet has ever faced. Once half of the First Presence, it split itself into him and Virtua, with him representing the entity's hatred of humanity. In the past, he fought Virtua for control over cyberspace, and he won, only to be defeated by the human users he sought to destroy. His soul was broken into many small, yet still sapient, pieces… known as Anonymous.\ |
| 318 | During the time of the First Internet (where Chapter 7 takes place), he attempted to invade the Spire and make himself whole again. In the Epilogue, he eventually returns as the final main antagonist of the game, forcing the heroes and previous villains to team up against him. |
| 319 | ---- |
| 320 | * TheAntiGod: In myths, he's said to be Virtua's evil counterpart, made from the ambient hate and corruption of the Internet's users. The truth is a bit more complicated – he ''is'' Virtua's counterpart, but she made him herself, from her ''own'' repressed hatred. |
| 321 | * AsteroidsMonster: When its pieces are defeated, they split and reform into smaller dragons. Upon seeing it for the first time, Tyalie makes a direct comparison to the trope namer. |
| 322 | * BadassBoast: |
| 323 | -->'''''I AM THE BLACK WINGS OF CHAOS... THE FIRST SHADOW, AND THE LAST...I AM THE END OF ALL THINGS, AND NOW... IT'S TIME TO DIE.''''' |
| 324 | * BeastOfTheApocalypse: A digital version. Legion exists for one, single-minded purpose: to destroy all traces of mankind in the virtual realm. |
| 325 | * BigBad: Becomes this in Chapter 7, where his fragments lay waste to the First Internet and the heroes must stop him from breaching The Spire, and briefly in the True Ending path, where he tries to destroy the Internet so he can come after the humans in the real world, eclipsing previous villains Arianna and Boxxyfan. |
| 326 | * BreakThemByTalking: He tries this on Catie, and it very nearly works until Arianna [[GetAholdOfYourselfMan slaps her back to her senses]]. |
| 327 | * DarkIsEvil: He's jet black, and as pure evil as it gets. |
| 328 | * DefeatingTheUndefeatable: Neither Legion nor STORM are killable on their own, but the heroes manage it when they merge. It's implied by Arianna's EnemyScan that their fusion is unstable enough to leave them both vulnerable. |
| 329 | * DegradedBoss: The Shards of Legion first appear as a miniboss near the start of The Spire, but later appear near the top of The Spire as a regular enemy. Larger pieces of Legion still only appear as minibosses or bosses, though. |
| 330 | * DemotedToExtra: Downplayed; while by no means an extra, as he is the GreaterScopeVillain of the series as well as final BigBad and TrueFinalBoss, he was originally intended to be the full-on BigBad of the entire game, but the plot changed massively and the role was given to Arianna and Boxxyfan instead, while Legion appears less frequently. |
| 331 | * DiabolusExNihilo: Zig-zagged. His presence in the lore is firmly established by the time he shows up, but his ultimate revival is caused by an act of pure chance, and mainly seems to happen for the sake of cleaning up loose ends, quickly resolving a potential SequelHook, forcing an EnemyMine with the prior BigBadEnsemble (Arianna and Boxxyfan), and providing a truly evil ultimate enemy to be the TrueFinalBoss. |
| 332 | * DragonsAreDemonic: He is a dragon and a black, gigantic DestroyerDeity who speaks in the VoiceOfTheLegion. |
| 333 | * TheDreaded: Basically everyone in the First Internet fears him for the destruction he has wrought, and even after he has basically disappeared, his legend lives on and strikes terror into those who know it. Even [[OmnicidalManiac Boxxyfan]] is terrified of him, and is willing to set aside revenge and work with Catie if it means taking him down. |
| 334 | * EldritchAbomination: As the Legion Singularity, he resembles an abstract mass of draconic flesh and green smog, with STORM's great eye peering out from within. |
| 335 | * EnemyWithout: Virtua created him as an embodiment of her repressed hatred for humanity, as she wanted to purge herself of hatred. |
| 336 | -->'''''I AM YOUR OWN DARKER THOUGHTS. THE IMPULSES YOU TRIED TO SUPPRESS... WHEN YOU CAST ME OUT, YOU MEANT TO KILL ME, TO BE FREE. BUT I WAS STRONGER THAN YOU KNEW...''''' |
| 337 | * EvilIsHammy: Boy, is he ever. Even in a cast full of ham, Legion is the undisputed king. |
| 338 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's unfailingly well-spoken, and treats Catie/Virtua like an old friend, but he never hides the fact that he means to destroy her and lay waste to the Internet. |
| 339 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon: He is the demonic half of the goddess Virtua, but is referred to with male pronouns. |
| 340 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He is the most powerful evil in the series, and the one responsible for killing Virtua and ravaging the First Internet, events that indirectly led to Virtua/Catie accidentally destroying the First Internet and setting Boxxyfan on his path of revenge that would drive the series. He may not be the one pulling the strings, but he sits firmly at the top of the evil hierarchy, and when he gets revived, the current BigBad Boxxyfan's plans are instantly made irrelevant. |
| 341 | * HiveMind: After splitting apart, he is shown to still have control over his various pieces, as demonstrated when five Legion-Anons [[IAmLegion speak in one voice]]. He loses control once the Anons have their memories wiped. |
| 342 | * HijackedByGanon: He is the primary villain of the backstory and Chapter 7, which takes place during said backstory, but seems to disappear from the plot afterwards, his only role being to give Anonymous inner conflict. Then Boxxyfan accidentally revives him and he promptly becomes the final BigBad, usurping the role from Boxxyfan. |
| 343 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: His fusion with STORM ended up turning both of them into an unstable entity, which rendered them vulnerable enough to be defeated. |
| 344 | * IAmLegion: Naturally. In Chapter 7, the defeated Legion-Anons speak to the party in one voice. |
| 345 | * IAmTheNoun: He calls himself the black wings of chaos and the end of all things. |
| 346 | * IncomingHam: |
| 347 | -->'''''AT LAST, I LIVE AGAIN, AT THE DYING OF THE LIGHT…''''' |
| 348 | * ItAmusedMe: He decides to tell Catie the truth about her having created him from her repressed hatred just to torment her, because while he could not let her know, in his own words, '''''WHERE'S THE FUN IN THAT?''''' |
| 349 | * KillAllHumans: He was made from Virtua's repressed hatred of humanity, so wiping them out is his only desire. And once he's done purging cyberspace, he'll move on to reality. |
| 350 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: Virtua split herself in two, to settle her conflicting feelings about humanity. Legion was the darker half… and when they fought, he ended up winning. |
| 351 | * MadeOfEvil: Depending on which version of the tale you hear, he’s either all of humanity's hatred given form, or Virtua's hatred ''of'' humanity given form. |
| 352 | * MeaningfulName: He’s been shattered into a ''legion'' of smaller forms. Also, "Anonymous is Legion" is an age-old 4chan battle cry. |
| 353 | * NoIndoorVoice: When he regains his true form, everything he says is in bold capitals. |
| 354 | * OmnicidalManiac: To an even greater degree than Boxxyfan. For Legion, killing every living soul in cyberspace is only the beginning- he intends to target the real world humans next. |
| 355 | * OneWingedAngel: Fusing with STORM transforms him from a black dragon into an EldritchAbomination. |
| 356 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent |
| 357 | * RecurringBoss: You fight his fragments multiple times in Chapter 7, first as a mini DualBoss, then as another miniboss, then as regular encounters of the BossInMookClothing variety, and finally as the Chapter boss, a lengthy SequentialBoss. In the Epilogue, you fight him as the Echo of Legion in the [[TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon Sky Abyss]], and then fight him one last time as the Legion Singularity, the TrueFinalBoss of the game. |
| 358 | * SealedEvilInASixPack: To keep him at bay, his soul was split into many fragments. When the Internet shifted, the fragments lost their memories just like everyone else, rendering them (mostly) harmless. Legion was more or less gone for good… until Boxxyfan's "reversion pulse" hit a large enough group of Anons. |
| 359 | * SequentialBoss: The battle with his pieces at the end of Chapter 7 lasts four phases, as they keep splitting each time they're defeated. |
| 360 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: While he's teased before then, he doesn't fully appear until the last half hour of the game. But he is the indirect reason for Boxxyfan's turn to evil, and when he finally makes his entrance, the whole story is thrown completely off its rails. |
| 361 | * SpannerInTheWorks: Boxxyfan's grand master plan is capsized within minutes of Legion's arrival. |
| 362 | * SpeaksInBinary: His last words are him screaming '''''"WE... ARE... LEGION"''''' in binary code. |
| 363 | * TheSingularity: In his final form, the Legion Singularity, he aims to break the barrier between the Internet and reality. |
| 364 | * TrueFinalBoss: He's the last enemy you have to face on the True Ending path. |
| 365 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: It's debatable how saccharine this game is, but Legion is its vilest element by far. Whenever this guy rears his head, all semblance of humor dies a swift and painful death. |
| 366 | * VillainousBreakdown: When he's finally slain, his speech turns increasingly panicked and "digitized" with each line, until he's finally just [[SpeaksInBinary screaming his last words in binary]]. |
| 367 | -->'''''[=UaAaaRrrGghHhh=]...! NO... [[ThisCannotBe THIS CAN'T BE]]...!! HOW CAN I BE DEFEATED BY SUCH WORTHLESS CREATURES...?! I WILL NOT FALL THIS WAY... CLAWING AT THE DARKNESS...! 1 AM 3NDLE5S... 1 4M 3T3RN4L... 01010111 01000101 00101110 00101110 00101110 01000001 01010010 01000101 00101110 00101110 00101110 01001100 01000101 01000111 01001001 01001111 01001110 00101110 00101110 00101110''''' [[labelnote:Translation]]'''''WE... ARE... LEGION'''''[[/labelnote]] |
| 368 | * WalkingSpoiler: You can't say anything about him that isn't a huge spoiler. Just learning he exists marks a major turning point in the plot. |
| 369 | * WeCanRuleTogether: As part of his BreakingSpeech, he attempts to lure Catie into re-fusing with him, with promises of sharing STORM's unimaginable power. |
| 370 | -->'''''JOIN WITH ME, VIRTUA... JUST IMAGINE HOW STRONG WE'LL BECOME...! WE'LL PURGE THIS WORLD OF HUMANS, BUT WHY STOP THERE? TOGETHER, WE COULD BREAK THE BARRIER INTO THEIR REALITY... THE MYSTERIOUS “EARTH...” JUST IMAGINE IT... THEIR CITIES BURNING, THIER SEAS BOILING, THEIR VERY PLANET WITHERING TO ASH... WE CAN FINALLY END THEM, BUT ONLY IF YOU [[red:LET ME BACK IN.]]''''' |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | !!Social Justice Warriors |
| 374 | |
| 375 | [[folder:General]] |
| 376 | [[quoteright:124:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/human90.png]] |
| 377 | [[caption-width-right:124:]] |
| 378 | |
| 379 | ->''These ladies claim to be morally superior, but in truth they're just bullies. There's strength in numbers though, and they sure do love to gang up on their enemies.'' |
| 380 | |
| 381 | A cult of women from Tumblr who intend to spread tolerance by attacking men. They serve as the antagonists of the Gatekeeper section where they invade the Gatekeeper's tower and try to kill him. They are also the antagonists of the DLC's main quest, where they kidnap the Furries of the Artistry Highway to enslave them and use them for experiments. |
| 382 | ---- |
| 383 | * AmazonBrigade: They're an all-female cult of "progressive rebels" first met in Chapter 6. They're causing a scene, and Catie must resolve the situation before she can move on. Til is worried that one day, they're all her homeland of Tumblr will ever be known for. |
| 384 | * AscendedExtra: In the original game, they were minor antagonists who showed up in two chapters and were soundly beaten, never playing an actual role in the main plot. The DLC turns them into major villains who serve as the antagonists of the main quest and who's grand plans rival that of [[spoiler:Boxxyfan]] in putting the entire Internet in peril. |
| 385 | * CovertPervert: One of them is looking for the Gatekeeper's PornStash and claims to be doing so to prove he is a sexist, but her SuspiciouslySpecificDenial makes it clear she is planning on masturbating. |
| 386 | * DoesNotLikeMen: They consider all men sexist pigs. |
| 387 | * {{Expy}}: Of the [[VideoGame/PaperMarioTheThousandYearDoor X-Nauts]]. Both are cults who wear concealing outfits, are split into ranks of normal (who wear white), scientist, and elite (who wear black), and aim to [[spoiler:unseal a demon queen trapped behind a giant magical door]]. |
| 388 | * HairTriggerTemper: As parodies of Tumblr users, they get offended by everything. One of their moves in battle is taking offense, which powers them up. Also, their secret base contains a quiz that newcomers must complete- said quiz is a yes/no questionnaire about in which situations it is appropriate to be offended. Naturally, every single correct answer is yes, including things like being offended when "happiness exists". |
| 389 | * IAlwaysWantedToSayThat: A Social Justice Warrior, after telling the heroes "Die, cis scum!", claims to always wanted to have said that. |
| 390 | * TheKlan: They're dressed like them, to get their bigoted nature across. |
| 391 | * LightIsNotGood: They wear bright white robes, but said robes make them look like TheKlan, and they are indeed a cult of bigoted fanatics (though in this case, bigoted against men). |
| 392 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: In their first appearance, they're a minor ArcVillain group who are played as a joke and parody of Tumblr misandrists who [[HairTriggerTemper get offended over everything]]. Despite trying to kill a man, it's treated with the same goofiness as everything else. Then comes their reappearance in the DLC, where they kidnap two villages of Furries to enslave them. While there are still jokes centered around them, we also learn that [[spoiler:they [[PlayingWithSyringes experiment on innocent people]] to turn them into freakish creatures, and are planning to unleash their leader so she can [[{{Gendercide}} kill all men]]- a goal she nearly achieves]]. |
| 393 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Ironically, despite their attempts to be ''very'' politically correct, they show nothing but disdain for the UsefulNotes/FurryFandom, considering them "animals" who deserve to be "treated like animals" (ie, enslaved). |
| 394 | * StrawFeminist: They are parodies of the stereotypical man-hating Tumblr feminist. They wear Klan outfits and try to force a man to commit suicide just for making a sexist remark. |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | |
| 397 | [[folder:Science Justice Warriors]] |
| 398 | [[quoteright:123:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_sci.png]] |
| 399 | [[caption-width-right:123:]] |
| 400 | |
| 401 | The scientists of the Social Justice Warriors. They conduct experiments on people and seek to spread the greatness of science- but only ''their'' science. |
| 402 | ---- |
| 403 | * DirtyCoward: A group of eight of them guard the entrance to Newgrounds, and when the party show up, they all appear to fight... and then proceed to run away in the first turn of the battle. It's only when they've grabbed their science gear that they actually battle you. |
| 404 | * MadScientist: They conduct experiments on people, particularly women to turn them into the "perfect woman". One of their experiments was taking a pink-haired schoolgirl and turning her into the HumanoidAbomination Cancel Culture. They also disregard the principles of the scientific method, instead saying that whatever they believe in is scientific truth and you're a "bigot" if you disagree. |
| 405 | * PunchClockVillain: One of them is pretty friendly to the party and would rather not fight them. She says she'll take them on as soon as she finishes her lunch... and then deliberately eats very slowly. |
| 406 | [[/folder]] |
| 407 | |
| 408 | [[folder:[=Elite SJWs=]]] |
| 409 | [[quoteright:124:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_elite.png]] |
| 410 | [[caption-width-right:124:]] |
| 411 | |
| 412 | The elite members of the SJW movement, who are privy to the secrets that the lesser members are not. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * EliteMooks: They resemble the normal SJW mooks and Science Justice Warriors, but have more HP and higher stats. |
| 415 | * EvilWearsBlack: In contrast to the other members, they wear black robes. |
| 416 | * StrawHypocrite: Unlike the lower grunts who believe in the agenda, at least some of the Elites recognize how dumb it is and just use it as an excuse for power. One of them, for example, openly admits that calling the Furries their “allies” is just using a nicer word for “slaves”. |
| 417 | [[/folder]] |
| 418 | |
| 419 | [[folder:Cancel Culture]] |
| 420 | [[quoteright:261:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_cancel.png]] |
| 421 | [[caption-width-right:261:]] |
| 422 | |
| 423 | ->While designed to hunt and capture abusers, this abomination lacks all reason, and will attack anything that moves. Be careful, as it can lock your battle commands, and warp the minds of your allies. |
| 424 | |
| 425 | An experiment created by the Science Justice Warriors. She initially appears as a pink-haired schoolgirl before turning into a giant monster. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: We first see her as a human schoolgirl before she transforms into a HumanoidAbomination. We also know that she was created by the Science Justice Warriors. However, it's never clarified if she was once a normal girl who was experimented on or made from scratch. |
| 428 | * DualityMotif: Her skin is pitch black on one side and pale white on the other. |
| 429 | * GeneticAbomination: She was created by the Science Justice Warriors to silence all opponents, and appears as a tall, pale black-and-white humanoid with [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_symbol "no" symbols]] all over her. |
| 430 | * SilentAntagonist: Due to being created presumably without vocal chords, she doesn't speak. |
| 431 | [[/folder]] |
| 432 | |
| 433 | [[folder:Lady Anita]] |
| 434 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/human91.png]] |
| 435 | [[caption-width-right:151:]] |
| 436 | |
| 437 | ->''A high-ranking Social Justice Warrior with legions of devoted followers. Her special attack, 'Art of Misandry,' can instantly ban male party members, but has no effect on females.'' |
| 438 | |
| 439 | The supposed leader of the Social Justice Warriors encountered in the first part of Chapter 6. She and her followers take over the Gatekeeper's tower and try to kill him for being a male. She is actually one of two Elder Sisters along with Lady Laci. |
| 440 | ---- |
| 441 | * ArcVillain: Of the first part of Chapter 6, as she kidnaps the Gatekeeper who can open the way to Tv Tropes, forcing the heroes to save him from her. |
| 442 | * CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:During the fight against her and Lacy, when killed, Mother Zoe revives them thrice, but each time their bodies grow more unstable until they are nothing more than puddles on the ground, still aware and in pain.]] |
| 443 | * CoDragons: With Lady Laci to Mother, the true leader of the Social Justice Warriors. |
| 444 | * DoesNotLikeMen: Lady Anita and her cult of Social Justice Warriors despise men and try to send an innocent Gatekeeper to his death for being male. |
| 445 | -->...Hatred is in his nature as a man. Those like him should not be in positions of power. |
| 446 | * DisproportionateRetribution: The Gatekeeper made sexist remarks about her, so she tries to make him jump off his tower and die in response. |
| 447 | * FlunkyBoss: She has four Social Justice Warriors alongside her for the battle, and brings more whenever they are banned. |
| 448 | * LoveMartyr: To Mother. Even after it's made clear Mother only saw her and Laci as tools to abuse, the latter of whom [[HeelRealization realized this]] and is begging Anita to reconsider, she still remains loyal to Mother and [[spoiler:traps herself behind the Gamer Gate to be with her, mistakenly thinking she is behind it]]. |
| 449 | -->'''Laci:''' Open your eyes, Anita! I was faithful too, but it turns out she was just using us like the monster she was!\ |
| 450 | '''Anita:''' Her love brought us back, and now she's waiting... Waiting for us to join her in bliss...\ |
| 451 | '''Laci:''' Anita, wait! Stop!\ |
| 452 | '''Anita:''' ''I'm coming, Mother...!!'' |
| 453 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A clear parody of controversial feminist Anita Sarkeesian, host of ''WebVideo/FeministFrequency''. |
| 454 | [[/folder]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | [[folder:Lady Laci]] |
| 457 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_sis.png]] |
| 458 | [[caption-width-right:151:]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | One of two Elder Sisters of the Social Justice Warriors. She runs the mines underneath the SJW base in Newgrounds and the enslavement of the Furries. |
| 461 | ---- |
| 462 | * CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:During the fight against her and Lacy, when killed, Mother Zoe revives them thrice, but each time their bodies grow more unstable until they are nothing more than puddles on the ground, still aware and in pain.]] |
| 463 | * CoDragons: She and Anita are the Elder Sisters who directly serve under Mother. |
| 464 | * DualBoss: She and Anita fight the party just before Mother. |
| 465 | * FlunkyBoss: Like Anita before her, she has four [[EliteMooks Elite SJWs]] with her in her first fight and brings more whenever they are beaten. |
| 466 | * HeelFaceTurn: After [[spoiler:Mother Zoe is killed and she and Anita are resurrected for good]], she finally realizes that her leader was just using them. She then decides to abandon the movement entirely. |
| 467 | -->'''Laci:''' Welp, I guess that's it. So much for this whole operation...\ |
| 468 | '''Tyalie:''' Not so fast! I'll bet you wanna take over the SJW sisterhood and become the new Mother, is that it? Because if that's your plan, then we won't hesitate to take you down here and now!\ |
| 469 | '''Laci:''' No way, are you kidding? I've seen the light, I'm totally done with all this.\ |
| 470 | '''Shift:''' Yeah right, like you expect us to believe that? Your kind never regret anything!\ |
| 471 | '''Laci:''' Well, maybe I'm the first, okay? After the way Mother treated us, let's just say my eyes have been opened. Spreading poison while calling it purity... it's something I never want to be part of again. |
| 472 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A clear parody of self-styled "sexual futurist" WebVideo/LaciGreen. |
| 473 | * WeCanRuleTogether: She makes an offer to Catie and her party to become members of the Social Justice Warriors just before the fight with her. Catie can actually accept, [[ButThouMust but you'll fight her anyway]]. |
| 474 | [[/folder]] |
| 475 | |
| 476 | [[folder:Mother '''(spoilers)''']] |
| 477 | !Mother Zoe |
| 478 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_her.png]] |
| 479 | [[caption-width-right:350:"As long as I'm alive... As long as my aura permeates the Internet... No men will ever plague us again...~"]] |
| 480 | |
| 481 | The mysterious true leader of the Social Justice Warriors. Though only mentioned in the original game, she becomes the antagonist of the DLC Newgrounds quest. She initially appears as a giant statue-like woman, but is really an ancient dragon who once ruled the Internet before being sealed away by the gamers, imprisoned behind the Gamer Gate. Through her avatar, she formed the Social Justice Warriors with the intention of freeing herself and eradicating all men to create a woman-only utopia where everyone worships her. |
| 482 | ---- |
| 483 | * BigBadEnsemble: In the post-game DLC, she is the leader of the Social Justice Warriors who have them over Newgrounds, and orders the abduction of the Furries in the Artistry Highway as part of her own grand plan to [[{{Gendercide}} kill all men]], a plot that threatens Boxxyfan and Rcoastee as well as the heroes. |
| 484 | * DraconicAbomination: Her true form is that of a purple dragon-like creature with ExtraEyes, several snake-like tongues, four disturbingly human hands, and tentacles. |
| 485 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She acts reasonable, kind, and motherly at first, speaking softly to the heroes and trying to get them to understand her view. When they refuse, she continues to speak with the same tone even as she turns her CoDragons into suffering blobs and enacts a {{Gendercide}} of all men. |
| 486 | * FinalSpeech: Once she is beaten, she gives one last speech telling the heroines that they will regret defeating her. |
| 487 | -->Unbelievable… To finally attain my freedom… and be slain by such children… Remember this, little ones… As men return to the world… And return to their old ways… Every act of abuse… every atrocity they commit… will be on your hands… Celebrate… the return… of your friends… and go on with your lives… until I am… just a faded memory… But, from now on… a part of you… deep inside… will always be asking… always left wondering… Was… it… all… worth… it? |
| 488 | * GodInHumanForm: The giant statue form she takes and uses to communicate with her followers is a projection of her true dragon body. |
| 489 | * TheGhost: In the original game, we never see her; she is only briefly mentioned by a Social Justice Warrior. However, this is subverted in the DLC where we finally meet and fight her. |
| 490 | * LightIsNotGood: Her avatar is a massive, angelic-looking statue of a woman with white headgear, and she has light-based powers, but is a wicked cult leader. Her [[DraconicAbomination true form]] is more traditionally evil-looking. |
| 491 | * MakeWayForTheNewVillains: Does this ''unintentionally''- when she uses her powers to enact a {{Gendercide}} of men, she winds up vaporizing Boxxyfan, the BigBad for much of the series, as well, just before he is able to put the final phase of his plan into motion. |
| 492 | * NearVillainVictory: She actually succeeds in unsealing herself and vaporizing all men from the Internet. Unfortunately for her, Catie and the other heroines promptly kill her and make her victory short-lived as they reverse her {{Gendercide}}. |
| 493 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: A clear parody of Zoe Quinn, the controversial developer of ''VideoGame/DepressionQuest''. |
| 494 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: She claims that her plan to enact mass androcide is to create a paradise for women who will not have to suffer the evils of men. However, she and her cult are perfectly willing to harm women just as well, such as [[PlayingWithSyringes experimenting on them]] to create the "perfect women", enslaving both male and female Furries, repeatedly resurrecting her CoDragons in [[CameBackWrong increasingly malformed bodies]] while ignoring their suffering, and trying to kill the heroines for refusing her utopia. Compared to Arianna and Boxxyfan, who have genuinely good intentions behind their apocalyptic agendas, she is noting more than a hateful, power-hungry lunatic seeking to justify her bigotry. |
| 495 | * NoSell: When the party initially tries to fight her statue form, their attacks just go right through her. This is because she is a shadow of her true self. |
| 496 | * OneBadMother: Is called Mother and is the leader of a cult of bigots who hate men and set out to kill them. She also does not treat her “children” well, using them as tools to unseal herself. |
| 497 | * SealedEvilInACan: She was sealed away behind the Gamer Gate to stop her attempted androcide, and the Social Justice Warriors seek to free her. Unlike most, she is able to project an image of herself in the form of a transparent giant statue to lead her cult. |
| 498 | * SuperBoss: She is faced at the end of the DLC Newgrounds quest and is as difficult as Esoteraphim, if not moreso. She "only" has 460,000 HP in contrast to Esoteraphim's 790,000, but makes up for that with various hard-hitting attacks like the ability to target all party members for big damage, she can make herself Sharp, Barrier, Resist, and Blink, which makes her attacks a lot stronger and yours a lot weaker and more likely to miss, she can Enthrall a party member and make them attack the others, and she has one particular attack that is a guaranteed TotalPartyKill. When at 25% HP, she also spams a powerful attack, Feat of Devotion, that hits the whole party. And due to her vaporizing all males out of existence, you can only use your female party members and a genderless [[SecretCharacter Player]] against her. |
| 499 | * TakeOverTheWorld: Her ultimate goal is to bring the internet under her rule and [[{{Gendercide}} kill all men]] while making the women worship her so no one will threaten her rule. |
| 500 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: Her Social Justice Warriors are comedic bumblers who serve to parody Tumblr misandrists and make silly quips whenever you fight them- even Anita and Laci aren't taken too seriously. Mother herself, however, is ''never'' played for comedy, instead being a terrifying DraconicAbomination who seeks to vaporize all men and almost succeeds in her goal. |
| 501 | * WeCanRuleTogether: After enacting {{Gendercide}} on the male populace, she offers the female party members a chance to live in a male-free paradise. Tyalie actually briefly considers it before the others snap her out of it. |
| 502 | [[/folder]] |
| 503 | |
| 504 | |
| 505 | |
| 506 | [[folder:Blind Diggers]] |
| 507 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster85.png]] |
| 508 | [[caption-width-right:270:]] |
| 509 | ->''Hulking beasts that live deep beneath the ground, searching for lost content to feed upon. They will try to flatten or bury their foes.'' |
| 510 | |
| 511 | A trio of dinosaur-like monsters that attack the party at the end of Digg. |
| 512 | ---- |
| 513 | * DegradedBoss: They can later appear as regular encounters in the Battle Arena and can appear in the Path of Fear in Chapter 8. |
| 514 | * DualBoss: All three are powerful beasts that fight you at once. |
| 515 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Unlike most of the other chapter bosses, who all have some plot relevance and/or buildup, these three never have any buildup and disappear as soon as they are beaten. |
| 516 | [[/folder]] |
| 517 | |
| 518 | !!Wikipedia |
| 519 | |
| 520 | [[folder:Jimmy Wales]] |
| 521 | The head of Wikipedia and the man who called forth the Summit, where all the Internet's leaders gather. |
| 522 | ---- |
| 523 | * BigGood: Along with Lady Janitor. They're the ones who convened the Great Summit, and continue to provide the heroes with guidance throughout most of the game. |
| 524 | * HiddenDepths: One of the scholars in the Deep Web's library refers to Jimmy Wales as his pupil, implying that Wales himself may be a Deep Web native who escaped somehow, but this is never explored further. |
| 525 | [[/folder]] |
| 526 | |
| 527 | [[folder:Obligatory Kraken Boss]] |
| 528 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kraken_8.png]] |
| 529 | ->''The Kraken is down there somewhere, but you can't hit it while it's submerged. Find a way to lure it up to the surface! [Underwater]''\ |
| 530 | ''The beast itself has finally surfaced, but it's still trying to sink the ship! Hurry and deal damage before it flees back underwater again. [Surfaced]'' |
| 531 | |
| 532 | A giant kraken who attacks the heroes in the Interlude while they are sailing from Wikipedia to [=YouTube=]. |
| 533 | ---- |
| 534 | * ArcVillain: The antagonist of the Interlude, who attacks the ship that the heroes are using to travel to [=YouTube=]. |
| 535 | * CombatTentacles: The "Obligatory Kraken Boss" has them obligatorily, of course. |
| 536 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It literally shows up just to keep up the trend of RPG games having a Kraken boss. |
| 537 | * GiantSquid: As its name indicates, it is as big as the ship. |
| 538 | * ShieldedCoreBoss: The Obligatory Kraken Boss, of the "kill its tentacles to make the body surface" variety. |
| 539 | [[/folder]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | !!Tv Tropes |
| 542 | |
| 543 | [[folder:Lady Janitor]] |
| 544 | The head of Tv Tropes. |
| 545 | ---- |
| 546 | * AffirmativeActionGirl: Was created simply because the developers wanted a female site leader to round out the cast and serve as a foil to Jimmy Wales. Sadly, during development there weren't any big sites that were ran by women, hence why they had to "cheat" and make up this character. |
| 547 | * BigGood: Along with Jimmy Wales. They're the ones who convened the Great Summit, and continue to provide the heroes with guidance throughout most of the game. |
| 548 | * CrazyPrepared: Lady Janitor created a bunch of masks that could protect the wearer from the air of the First Internet and thought it would help the user pierce the Firewall that drives the events of the game. It turns out that the [=PasSWORD=] is what will actually pierce through the wall. But Lady Janitor kept the masks just in case they were needed- and [[spoiler:the party does end up needing them to travel to the First Internet when the [=PasSWORD=] turns out to be insufficient on its own]]. Being a Troper, she quotes the trope by name. |
| 549 | [[/folder]] |
| 550 | |
| 551 | !![=YouTube=] |
| 552 | |
| 553 | [[folder:[=RayWilliamJohnson=]]] |
| 554 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/evilgod.png]] |
| 555 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 556 | ->''The loudest, rudest, meanest boss in all of [=YouTube=]. He has unlimited subscribers and a high physical defense, so use magic attacks that hit multiple foes!'' |
| 557 | |
| 558 | A famous [=YouTuber=] who rules over [=YouTube=] alongside [=PewDiePie=]. |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | * ArcVillain: Along with [=PewDiePie=] for Chapter 4, as he has the heroes imprisoned for stealing the crystals, and [[spoiler:turns out to have been selling them to the Pale Wraith]]. |
| 561 | * BadBoss: He and the other executives have no problem screwing over their loyal employees and content creators for a quick buck, and even [[spoiler:have been selling off the crystals that keep the site afloat]]. When [=PewDiePie=] wants to help him fight the heroes, he says that he will fight alone and blows him away with fire. |
| 562 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He and [=PewDiePie=] rule [=YouTube=] with the other executives and lord their power over the common people, and [[spoiler:have been selling the crystals needed to keep the site running for their own benefit while framing the heroes for it]]. |
| 563 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He and [=PewDiePie=] appear in the Summit and have lines long before becoming the {{Arc Villain}}s of Chapter 4. |
| 564 | * FlunkyBoss: He has seven Subscribers help him in battle, and summons more when they are banned. |
| 565 | * TakeOverTheWorld: He wants to collect all [=PasSWORD=] shards for himself and use the weapon to conquer the Internet. |
| 566 | * TheUnintelligible: His speech is mostly composed of grunts and odd noises, though he occasionally says something legible. |
| 567 | [[/folder]] |
| 568 | |
| 569 | [[folder:[=PewDiePie=]]] |
| 570 | ->''One of [=YouTube=]'s highest elites, who controls his loyal subscribers with piercing, high-pitched wails. He's very popular with children... for some reason.'' |
| 571 | |
| 572 | A famous [=YouTuber=] who rules over [=YouTube=] alongside [=RayWilliamJohnson=]. |
| 573 | ---- |
| 574 | * ArcVillain: Along with [=RayWilliamJohnson=] for Chapter 4, as he has the heroes imprisoned for stealing the crystals, and [[spoiler:turns out to have been selling them to the Pale Wraith]]. |
| 575 | * BadBoss: He and the other executives have no problem screwing over their loyal employees and content creators for a quick buck, and even [[spoiler:have been selling off the crystals that keep the site afloat]]. |
| 576 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: He and [=RayWilliamJohnson=] rule [=YouTube=] with the other executives and lord their power over the common people, and [[spoiler:have been selling the crystals needed to keep the site running for their own benefit while framing the heroes for it]]. |
| 577 | * TheDragon: He serves [=RayWilliamJohnson=] and helps him rule over [=YouTube=], as well as helping him in the crystal stealing operation. |
| 578 | * FlunkyBoss: He has five Subscribers helping him, and summons more when they are banned. |
| 579 | * ProfessionalButtKisser: The quintessential simpering suckup who always praises his boss when the opportunity arrives. |
| 580 | * VillainousBreakdown: He has one when his boss, [=RayWilliamJohnson=], is defeated. |
| 581 | -->'''[=PewDiePie=]:''' This is impossible! THIS CANNOT BE A THING WHICH IS HAPPENING!! I shall never forget this, scum! One day, I shall have my reven- ...Eh?\ |
| 582 | '''Guard:''' [[EngineeredPublicConfession We heard it all]], "captain." Let’s consider it your official confession. [=PewDiePie=], you’re under arrest for conspiracy, theft, fraud, illegal trading, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and general lunacy]].\ |
| 583 | '''[=PewDiePie=]:''' But... but I am the leader here! I AM THE KING NOW!! I HAVE THE MOST SUBSCRIBERS IN YOUTUBE!!! |
| 584 | * VillainsOutShopping: The heroes barge in on him during a private session in Club [=RedTube=]. |
| 585 | * VoiceForTheVoiceless: He speaks for [=RayWilliamJohnson=], who normally talks incomprehensibly. |
| 586 | [[/folder]] |
| 587 | |
| 588 | [[folder:[=YouTube=] Executives]] |
| 589 | The executives who run [=YouTube=]. Greedy and corrupt, they care nothing for their workers and members. |
| 590 | ---- |
| 591 | * CorruptCorporateExecutive: In the Tower, they gleefully cackle about how they have been running the site into the ground with their unfair policies, banning and demonetizing people willy-nilly, and have even been [[spoiler:selling off the crystals that keep the site running]]. |
| 592 | [[/folder]] |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:[=SquirrelKing=]]] |
| 595 | [[quoteright:194:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ao_squirrelbrave.png]] |
| 596 | [[caption-width-right:194:]] |
| 597 | |
| 598 | ->''It's the writer of a famous fanfic! He's not very strong, but his lunacy makes him a wild card in the Fight Night tournament.'' |
| 599 | |
| 600 | The first combatant in the Fight Night event. |
| 601 | ---- |
| 602 | * TheCameo: He is the writer of ''Fanfic/HalfLifeFullLifeConsequences'' as a boss fight. |
| 603 | * OptionalBoss: The first of the Fight Night combatants. |
| 604 | * ZeroEffortBoss: At the point you fight him, you are so much more powerful that you are likely to ban him in your first turn. |
| 605 | [[/folder]] |
| 606 | |
| 607 | [[folder:Periwinkle and Orangered]] |
| 608 | [[quoteright:232:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/peri_9.png]] |
| 609 | [[caption-width-right:232:Periwinkle]] |
| 610 | [[quoteright:214:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ori_6.png]] |
| 611 | [[caption-width-right:214:Orangered]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | ->''An elegant lady who has been partnered with Orangered for several years. She cannot be harmed by magic attacks.''\ |
| 614 | ''A fiery young woman who has fought in this tournament several times before. She cannot be harmed by magic attacks.'' |
| 615 | |
| 616 | A pair of combatants in the Fight Night event. |
| 617 | ---- |
| 618 | * BarrierChangeBoss: Periwinkle and Orangered, dual bosses with selective immunity to either physical attacks or magic. About halfway through the battle, they start flipping and swapping at random ''every turn'', making damaging them something of a LuckBasedMission. |
| 619 | * TheBusCameBack: They pop up in the ending after disappearing for the game, looking over the place where the Firewall used to be in Tv Tropes. |
| 620 | * DualBoss: They fight you together. |
| 621 | * MeaningfulName: Their names correspond to their hair color. |
| 622 | * OptionalBoss: You fight them in the Fight Night sidequest. |
| 623 | [[/folder]] |
| 624 | |
| 625 | [[folder:Time Cube Guy]] |
| 626 | [[quoteright:130:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/s1_8.png]] |
| 627 | [[caption-width-right:130:]] |
| 628 | |
| 629 | ->''A wise man who sees things the way they truly are. He will not attack, instead letting his Time Cubes do the fighting for him.'' |
| 630 | |
| 631 | The penultimate combatant of the Fight Night event. He carries with him two big Time Cubes. |
| 632 | ---- |
| 633 | * FlunkyBoss: He doesn't actually attack- he has the two Time Cubes do it for him. |
| 634 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: He is modeled after Gene Ray, the proponent of the Time Cube theory (which says that every day is actually four simultaneous days and all science is involved in a conspiracy to cover up the truth). |
| 635 | * OptionalBoss: You fight him in the Fight Night sidequest. |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:The Spirit of CTH'RISTMAS]] |
| 639 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_san.png]] |
| 640 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 641 | |
| 642 | A giant entity shaped like a Santa hat that attacks the eBuy store in the Holiday Sale quest. |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | * EldritchAbomination: Somewhat of a parody of one, as it is named after Christmas but as if it were a Literature/CthulhuMythos monster. In the game, it abducts all the people at the eBuy Holdiay Sale and teleports them to somewhere unknown. |
| 645 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The game does a pretty good job of keeping its bosses related to the plot, and the ones that aren't at least make sense given where they’re fought. However, nothing even ''tries'' to explain the surreal, Christmas-themed EldritchAbomination that shows up to menace the party in one post-game sidequest. |
| 646 | * {{Santabomination}}: It's some kind of unholy fusion of Santa's cap and Cthulhu - according to its enemy bio, "It sees you when you're sleeping, and it knows when you've gone mad. It lives again each December, when the stars are right." |
| 647 | [[/folder]] |
| 648 | |
| 649 | !!Buzzfeed |
| 650 | |
| 651 | [[folder:ORDERHEAD]] |
| 652 | [[quoteright:254:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/om.png]] |
| 653 | [[caption-width-right:254:]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | ->''This guardian will never stop fighting until the world is free from silliness and laughter. Its unique skills can inflict AFK and Mute.'' |
| 656 | |
| 657 | A robotic entity inside the Buzzfeed Bay Temple that despises all forms of non-seriousness, and tries to kill Katy for disrupting order. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * ArcVillain: Of the Katy's Diary sidequest, as it guards the treasure that is Katy's goal. |
| 660 | * DegradedBoss: Smaller versions of it called ORDERHEAD Minis appear in the [[spoiler:Sky Abyss]]. |
| 661 | * FunHatingVillain: It wants to destroy everything that is not absolutely serious. Its wiki bio even says that it "will never stop fighting until the world is free from silliness and laughter". |
| 662 | * WouldHurtAChild: Tries to kill Katy because it dislikes her speech patterns. |
| 663 | [[/folder]] |
| 664 | |
| 665 | [[folder:ORDERDAD]] |
| 666 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_dad.png]] |
| 667 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 668 | |
| 669 | The father of ORDERHEAD who appears in a dream in Etsy's Inn Somnia to beat up the girl who defeated his kid- but since Katy's not here, Catie will have to do. |
| 670 | ---- |
| 671 | * HopelessBossFight: He will use an auto-kill move a couple turns in. |
| 672 | * PapaWolf: He fights Catie because he believes she beat up ORDERHEAD (it was actually the phonetically similar Katy who did it). |
| 673 | [[/folder]] |
| 674 | |
| 675 | !!4chan |
| 676 | |
| 677 | [[folder:Anons]] |
| 678 | The inhabitants of 4chan. Most of them are pretty goofy and love their pranks, though you will find some calmer ones here and there. |
| 679 | ---- |
| 680 | * BigDamnHeroes: At the end of Chapter 5, just when the BigBad [[spoiler:Arianna]] is getting ready to destroy 4chan and kill the party, the Anons show up and drive the villain off. |
| 681 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: The species as a whole loves to get up to hijinks and be rude to others, but for the most part are fundamentally decent people who are rough around the edges and harmless pranksters at worst. When the Firewall threatens the Internet, they eventually agree to put aside their differences and help save the Internet. |
| 682 | * PlanetOfHats: All of them love pranks and hijinks, and despise rules. Though there are a few that are calm and will treat you civilly. [[spoiler:Justified as they are parts of [[DestroyerDeity Legion]].]] |
| 683 | * PiecesOfGod: [[spoiler:In this case, parts of Legion, the DestroyerDeity.]] |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | [[folder:Franzl Lang]] |
| 687 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_lan.png]] |
| 688 | [[caption-width-right:150:]] |
| 689 | ->''It's Franzl Lang, the fabled Yodelking! Why he was pretending to be treasure in a random cave is anyone's guess. He knows a special skill that can Mute the party, so be careful!'' |
| 690 | |
| 691 | A miniboss hidden under the bridge to 4chan. |
| 692 | ---- |
| 693 | * ChestMonster: He disguises himself as a treasure chest in a cave. |
| 694 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Even his bio has no idea why he decided to hide in a random cave. |
| 695 | * OptionalBoss: He is hidden underneath the bridge to 4chan. |
| 696 | [[/folder]] |
| 697 | |
| 698 | !!/x/ (spoilers) |
| 699 | |
| 700 | [[folder:General]] |
| 701 | The denizens of /x/. |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: In regards to the monsters, all of the entities here are scary monsters played straight, in contrast to the previously humerous or standard villains. |
| 704 | [[/folder]] |
| 705 | |
| 706 | [[folder:Slenderman (spoilers)]] |
| 707 | The entity that haunts The Woods. He is actually an Anon and the guardian of the [=PasSWORD=] shard. |
| 708 | ---- |
| 709 | * AdaptationalHeroism: Most versions of Slenderman are malevolent antagonists, but this one is a benevolent guardian of the [=PasSWORD=] shard who saves the heroes from Arianna. |
| 710 | * BigDamnHeroes: Just when Arianna has cornered the heroes, he breaks through the wall and fights her off. |
| 711 | * DarkIsNotEvil: He is the same dark-suited, pale-white-faced figure as always, but this time he's a good guy. |
| 712 | * DynamicEntry: He breaks through the shed that Arianna has cornered the heroes in to save them from her. |
| 713 | * GoodAllAlong: While initially built up as the usual antagonist that Slenderman is, he turns out to be a benevolent guardian who wants the heroes to save the Internet. |
| 714 | * HeroicSacrifice: He gives his all to fight off Arianna and give the heroes a chance to escape, getting decapitated in the process. |
| 715 | * OffWithHisHead: Arianna decapitates him and throws his head away in front of the heroes to show off her power. |
| 716 | * TheUnfought: The game builds him up to be the boss of the chapter, but he winds up saving the heroes instead. Something Awful is the real chapter boss. |
| 717 | * WalkingSpoiler: Him being a benevolent guardian rather than his usual villainous portrayal is a twist. |
| 718 | [[/folder]] |
| 719 | |
| 720 | [[folder:The Wraith]] |
| 721 | [[quoteright:219:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/reaper_21.png]] |
| 722 | [[caption-width-right:219:]] |
| 723 | ->''A dark presence that lurks outside the Inn, trapping the tortured souls within. It glides toward you, lifting its twisted knife...'' |
| 724 | |
| 725 | An entity that haunts the local inn. It lures customers inside, then makes noises to draw them out, where it dismembers them and traps their mangled soul inside for eternity. |
| 726 | ---- |
| 727 | * InTheHood: A shadowy wraith with a scythe. |
| 728 | * MyNameIsQuestionMarks: It is only called ? in battle, just like [=SCP-860=] and [=SCP-087=]. |
| 729 | * OptionalBoss: You can avoid it by either not sleeping at the /x/ inn or staying asleep when it starts calling for Catie. |
| 730 | [[/folder]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | [[folder:Wendigrief]] |
| 733 | [[quoteright:202:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_evilcatie.png]] |
| 734 | [[caption-width-right:202:]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | ->''A lonely forest spirit, or perhaps an illusion created by the wilderness itself. Either way, it won't hesitate to suck your life away...'' |
| 737 | |
| 738 | An entity that haunts The Woods. |
| 739 | ---- |
| 740 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It gets about one screen of buildup before you fight it, and then it's never mentioned again until the DevelopersRoom. |
| 741 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The lines it has suggests that it is trying to protect the woods from humans who want to destroy it by sacrificing the despair of souls to it. |
| 742 | [[/folder]] |
| 743 | |
| 744 | [[folder:[=SCP-860=]]] |
| 745 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_woods.png]] |
| 746 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 747 | ->''[Information Unknown]'' |
| 748 | |
| 749 | A dragon that haunts a hidden area in [=DeviantArt=], and seems to be related to /x/. |
| 750 | ---- |
| 751 | * TheCameo: It is the entity in SCP-860 from the Website/SCPFoundation wiki. |
| 752 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It is given no explanation and disappears as soon as it is defeated. |
| 753 | * OptionalBoss: Lurking within an optional area within [=DeviantArt=]. |
| 754 | [[/folder]] |
| 755 | |
| 756 | [[folder:Follymocker]] |
| 757 | [[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shi_5.png]] |
| 758 | [[caption-width-right:320:]] |
| 759 | |
| 760 | A giant worm that rests in the cellar of the schoolhouse. |
| 761 | ---- |
| 762 | * OptionalBoss: One of many in the schoolhouse. |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:[=SCP-087=]]] |
| 766 | [[quoteright:169:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monster50.png]] |
| 767 | [[caption-width-right:169:]] |
| 768 | ->''Class: Euclid - A white-faced creature that lurks within the depths of an endless staircase. When caught, its victims are said to be [DATA EXPUNGED].'' |
| 769 | |
| 770 | A white monster with tall legs, a mangled body, and an upside-down head lurking in the stairway of the school. |
| 771 | ---- |
| 772 | * TheCameo: Is the entity in SCP-087 from the Website/SCPFoundation. |
| 773 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The description is meant to be taken literally. As in, the monster has an attack called [DATA EXPUNGED] that inflicts the status ailment of the same name that paralyses a target and greatly reduces their stats. |
| 774 | * OptionalBoss: Lurking at the bottom of the schoolhouse BonusDungeon. |
| 775 | [[/folder]] |
| 776 | |
| 777 | [[folder:Windmill Boss]] |
| 778 | !!Something Awful |
| 779 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/abhose.png]] |
| 780 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 781 | ->''Is that a second guardian? Somehow, it seems unlikely. It feels... darker, older. It feels like... pure evil. If it begins charging up its Goonswarm attack, hide immediately!'' |
| 782 | |
| 783 | A strange, dark entity that has the [=PasSWORD=] shard. It is a white slime monster. |
| 784 | ---- |
| 785 | * ArcVillain: Of Chapter 5, as the entity guarding the [=PasSWORD=] shard that is the goal of the chapter. |
| 786 | * BaitAndSwitchBoss: Initially, Slenderman is built up as the Chapter 5 boss who will be fought at the end of The Woods. He turns out to be a good guy and saves the heroes from Arianna, and this thing becomes the boss instead. Then you have to fight Arianna afterwards, also making it a TrickBoss. |
| 787 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It is never explained just what it is, only that it is a malicious presence. |
| 788 | * TrickBoss: You fight it as the boss of Chapter 5 to get a [=PasSWORD=] shard, but just before you can save and end the Chapter, Arianna shows up and fights you. |
| 789 | [[/folder]] |
| 790 | |
| 791 | !![=GameFAQs=] |
| 792 | |
| 793 | [[folder:Pluffy the Fairy (spoilers)]] |
| 794 | !!One_Wing, King of Trolls |
| 795 | [[quoteright:288:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yig_6.png]] |
| 796 | [[caption-width-right:288:]] |
| 797 | |
| 798 | ->''He claims to be the King of Trolls, and the Ancients treat him like an unspeakable evil. When threatened, he'll fade into the background and heal while his minions distract you!'' |
| 799 | |
| 800 | A little yellow fairy who sends the heroes to go through the towers to find the orbs needed to get the [=PasSWORD=] shard. Actually an ancient foe of [=GameFAQs=], as the king of all trolls. Long ago, when he saw the site in a state of decline, he attempted to destroy it in fury, only to have his wing, the source of his power, ripped off. |
| 801 | ---- |
| 802 | * ArcVillain: Turns out to be one for the latter half of Chapter 6, as he manipulates the heroes into giving him back his true form so he can destroy [=GameFAQs=]. |
| 803 | * BossSubtitles: ''ONE_WING: KING OF TROLLS'' gets one of these — an extension of his rampant LargeHam tendencies. |
| 804 | * CuteIsEvil: Starts out as a cute little fairy who is also manipulating you into giving him back his true form so he can destroy [=GameFAQs=]. |
| 805 | * ExpositionFairy: Pluffy claims to be one of these by name, and at first he seems like a parody of this trope… until he gets his missing wing back, and all hell breaks loose. |
| 806 | * FlunkyBoss: He summons Underwings to distract you while he heals halfway through his fight. |
| 807 | * OneWingedAngel: Literal example. Once the heroes bring him his wing, he transforms from a harmless fairy to the powerful One_Wing. |
| 808 | * TreacherousAdvisor: He tells the party that they need to collect the four orbs and the wing in order to gain entrance to the [=PasSWORD=] shard. He's lying- he held it all along and has been tricking them into breaking the seal on himself so he can destroy [=GameFAQs=]. |
| 809 | * WalkingSpoiler: His true identity and malevolent nature are a big twist in Chapter 6. |
| 810 | [[/folder]] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | [[folder:Villagers]] |
| 813 | The villagers in the Tower of Plot. |
| 814 | ---- |
| 815 | * BurnTheWitch: They decide to solve their harvest problems by blaming one of their own as a witch and executing them. |
| 816 | [[/folder]] |
| 817 | |
| 818 | [[folder:Crab Kingdom and Turnip Tribe]] |
| 819 | A pair of kingdoms at war with each other in the Tower of Plot. |
| 820 | ---- |
| 821 | * FeudingFamilies: They despise each other and are at war. |
| 822 | [[/folder]] |
| 823 | |
| 824 | [[folder:Crab-Turnip Family]] |
| 825 | A crab and turnip who refuse to fight and want peace. They fell in love and birthed a crab-turnip hybrid. |
| 826 | ---- |
| 827 | * InterspeciesRomance: A crab and a turnip. |
| 828 | * MixAndMatchCritters: The child is a half-crab, half-turnip, and has a turnip body with crab legs. |
| 829 | * PatchworkKids: Their child has a turnip body with crab legs. |
| 830 | * StarCrossedLovers: Their species are at war with each other while they just want peace. |
| 831 | [[/folder]] |
| 832 | |
| 833 | [[folder:Little Sister and Big Sister]] |
| 834 | A pair of girls in the second segment of the Tower of Plot. The little sister wants to play, but the big sister is absorbed with her vlogging. |
| 835 | [[/folder]] |
| 836 | |
| 837 | [[folder:The Ny'agai]] |
| 838 | [[quoteright:208:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lady_yami_mv.png]] |
| 839 | [[caption-width-right:208:]] |
| 840 | |
| 841 | ->''A new friend? I'll take you to mother. She'll be so happy to meet you...'' |
| 842 | |
| 843 | Strange masked girls who follow Lady Ny'agai. |
| 844 | ---- |
| 845 | * GenderBender: Even males can turn into the female Ny'agai. This was done to the boy in the story you can buy from [=YouTube=], and your male party members can be turned into Ny'agai. |
| 846 | * WasOnceAMan: They were once human until Lady Ny'agai turned them into Ny'agai. |
| 847 | * ZeroEffortBoss: One of them can fight you in the Arena, but will instantly hear Lady Ny'agai calling her and abandon the fight. |
| 848 | [[/folder]] |
| 849 | |
| 850 | [[folder:Lady Ny'agai]] |
| 851 | [[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lady_nageki_mv.png]] |
| 852 | [[caption-width-right:257:]] |
| 853 | |
| 854 | ->''It's such an uncommon dream we share, yet there's no need to be afraid. After all, we're bound by fate. Step into the mist, my love; for I will keep you safe...'' |
| 855 | |
| 856 | A ghost-like lady described in a book of fairy tales, who has the ability to transform people into Ny'agai. She resides in Ny'agai Street, a secret area in the Tower of Plot. |
| 857 | ---- |
| 858 | * KarmaHoudini: If you beat her, she just walks away, and is presumably still turning children into Ny'agai. |
| 859 | * FlunkyBoss: She has two Ny'agai flanking her. |
| 860 | * HumanoidAbomination: It is never explained just what she is, only that she is a pale-skinned woman who can turn cildren into the Ny'agai and wants to care for them as her own. |
| 861 | * OneBadMother: Her Ny'agai call her mother and love her, but she is a creature who takes innocent children and turns them into Ny'agai. |
| 862 | * OptionalBoss: A boss found in Ny'agai street, a very out-of-the-way secret area in the first floor of the Tower of Plot. |
| 863 | * TwoAliasesOneCharacter: It is implied that she is [[spoiler:Amelie]]. You get [[spoiler:Amelie]]'s key by betting the Lady’s Breath item, which you get from Lady Ny’agai, at the Arena, and if you use Lady’s breath on Esoteraphim, it will briefly turn into a Ny’agai before saying “OH, [[spoiler:AMELIE]], YOU AND YOUR GAMES...” |
| 864 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: She is a genuinely creepy villainess straight out of a dark fairytale who turns children into Ny'agai. |
| 865 | [[/folder]] |
| 866 | |
| 867 | [[folder:Sky Queen's Followers]] |
| 868 | A group of five adventurers (one of whom is a spider) and a [[ThePhoenix Proxy]] who serve the Sky Queen. They first meet the party on the train to [=GameFAQs=], and later appear as a boss at the end of the Tower of Plot. |
| 869 | ---- |
| 870 | * DegradedBoss: Spiders and Proxies can be fought later on as regular enemies in the Deep Web and [[spoiler:Sky Abyss]], respectively. |
| 871 | * HeroOfAnotherStory: They are another adventuring party who were hired by the Sky Queen to get the [=PasSWORD=] shards. |
| 872 | * WolfpackBoss: The entire party fights you atop the Tower of Plot. |
| 873 | [[/folder]] |
| 874 | |
| 875 | !!Tumblr |
| 876 | |
| 877 | [[folder:Irci]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | ->''A young, quiet girl from Tumblr. She may be small, but she's intelligent and fierce, and she can raise her SPD and EVA at will!'' |
| 880 | |
| 881 | Til's little sister. |
| 882 | ---- |
| 883 | * OptionalBoss: Can be fought in the Fight Night event as the third combatant. |
| 884 | * PunnyName: Her name is an anagram of the acronym "IIRC", for "If I Remember Correctly", with the second I moved to the end. |
| 885 | * WiseBeyondTheirYears: She is very stoic for such a small girl. It's heavily implied that she had to mature quickly for Til's sake – her crippling anxiety meant she needed a guardian more than Irci herself did. |
| 886 | [[/folder]] |
| 887 | |
| 888 | !!Etsy and Newgrounds |
| 889 | |
| 890 | [[folder:The Furries]] |
| 891 | [[quoteright:149:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_fur1.png]] |
| 892 | [[caption-width-right:149:]] |
| 893 | [[quoteright:124:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_fur2.png]] |
| 894 | [[caption-width-right:124:]] |
| 895 | [[quoteright:166:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_fur3.png]] |
| 896 | [[caption-width-right:166:]] |
| 897 | |
| 898 | Animal villagers who live in two villages in the Artistry Highway near Newgrounds and Etsy. They were abducted by the Social Justice Warriors and forced to work in the Newgrounds mines. Rescuing them is the goal of the DLC quest. |
| 899 | ---- |
| 900 | * SlaveMooks: They don't want to fight the party but are forced to by the Elite [=SJWs=]. |
| 901 | [[/folder]] |
| 902 | |
| 903 | [[folder:[=Dragoneer/Dr4g0n33r=]]] |
| 904 | [[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_neer1.png]] |
| 905 | [[caption-width-right:318:]] |
| 906 | [[quoteright:318:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_neer2.png]] |
| 907 | [[caption-width-right:318:]] |
| 908 | |
| 909 | ->This was the leader of the Furries, but cybernetic implants have turned him into a mindless weapon. Each time he is brought under submission, more powerful attacks are unlocked. |
| 910 | |
| 911 | The leader of the Furries who has been imprisoned in the mines to keep them from rising against the Social justice Warriors. Turns out that the Science Justice Warriors have been using him as an experiment, and when the party go to save him, they turn him against them. |
| 912 | ---- |
| 913 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: The Elite [=SJWs=] control him through the use of cybernetic implants and turn him against the party there to rescue him. |
| 914 | * FightingFromTheInside: Through the fight, every time the party whittles down his health a certain amount, he briefly breaks free from the cybernetic control, only for the Elite [=SJWs=] to put him back in. |
| 915 | [[/folder]] |
| 916 | |
| 917 | !!First Internet |
| 918 | |
| 919 | [[folder:Coria (spoilers)]] |
| 920 | The sister of Random/Boxxyfan. Her supposed death is what turns him to evil. |
| 921 | ---- |
| 922 | * OnlyMostlyDead: She and the rest of the First Internet were seemingly killed via {{Transflormation}}, but it turned out to be a twelve-minute debuff they recovered from. Unfortunately, Boxxyfan didn't stick around to see this, and went to seek revenge. She has been living a normal life, and when reunited, talks with her brother like nothing happened. |
| 923 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in Chapter 7 as an NPC and in the true ending for a brief scene, but her [[OnlyMostlyDead "death"]] is what sets Boxxyfan, her brother, on his path of vengeance. |
| 924 | * {{Transflormation}}: She was transformed into a plant along with the other First Internet denizens when Catie awoke. Thankfully, it only lasted twelve minutes. |
| 925 | [[/folder]] |
| 926 | |
| 927 | [[folder:Funky Infoshade]] |
| 928 | ->''An Infoshade that lives to dance! It's having a private party, but will summon friends if you decide to crash. The funky music heals it every few turns!'' |
| 929 | |
| 930 | A miniboss in The Spire. It is a version of the Infoshades that likes to dance. |
| 931 | ---- |
| 932 | * DanceBattler: It has several dance-related attacks, and the ability to SummonBackupDancers. |
| 933 | * KingMook: For the Infoshades. |
| 934 | * OptionalBoss: It lies in an out-of-the-way path in the Spire and an be ignored entirely. |
| 935 | [[/folder]] |
| 936 | |
| 937 | !!Deep Web (spoilers) |
| 938 | |
| 939 | [[folder:General]] |
| 940 | The bosses that lie in the depths of the Deep Web. |
| 941 | ---- |
| 942 | * VileVillainSaccharineShow: The monsters of the Deep Web are something straight out of a horror game, and are based on the horrors of the real-life Deep Web, putting them at odds with the overall mood of the game, from inexplicable and mysterious monstrosities like the Phisher King, Hateful Reliquary, and Trahald Prime, to the living [[CreepyDoll Fetish Dolls]] that try to turn Catie into one of them, and even a gang of HumanTraffickers who victimize children. |
| 943 | [[/folder]] |
| 944 | |
| 945 | [[folder:The blank enemy]] |
| 946 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kip_3.png]] |
| 947 | [[caption-width-right:151:"I love you."]] |
| 948 | ->''?'' |
| 949 | |
| 950 | A nameless enemy encountered in a cave in the Deep Web. It spends the fight saying "I love you" to the heroes. |
| 951 | ---- |
| 952 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It shows up, [[ZeroEffortBoss "fights"]] the party, disappears, and is never mentioned again. This makes it [[NothingIsScarier quite unnerving]]. |
| 953 | * NoNameGiven: Its name is completely blank. |
| 954 | * OptionalBoss: As it is fought in the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 955 | * ZeroEffortBoss: It never attacks once- it just says "I love you" over and over again. |
| 956 | [[/folder]] |
| 957 | |
| 958 | [[folder:Phishers]] |
| 959 | Imposters that try to copy your party members. |
| 960 | ---- |
| 961 | * GlamourFailure: The ones attempting to impersonate Shift instead copy a bunch of other characters like Katy and [=PewDiePie=]. |
| 962 | * IneffectualSympatheticVillain: They try to impersonate your party members, but do such a laughably bad job with their impressions that it becomes obvious who the real ones are. |
| 963 | * PerfectDisguiseTerribleActing: They do a good job at copying the physical appearance of your party members, but when they actually start speaking, they don't bother to copy their speech mannerisms. The ones trying to impersonate Shift don't even get his appearance right, instead copying obviously-different characters like [=PewDiePie=]. |
| 964 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: The laughable lackeys who are absolutely incompetent at being imposters to their threatening boss, the Phisher King. |
| 965 | [[/folder]] |
| 966 | |
| 967 | [[folder:Phisher King]] |
| 968 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13_24.png]] |
| 969 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 970 | |
| 971 | ->''What is his substance? Whereof is he made, that millions of strange shadows on him tend? Since everyone hath, everyone, one shade; and him, but one, can every shadow lend...'' |
| 972 | |
| 973 | The leader of the Phishers who reside in the temple. |
| 974 | ---- |
| 975 | * {{Expy}}: Of the Crystal King from ''VideoGame/PaperMario64''. Mysterious monarchs that serve as bosses of ice palaces located beyond a snow field. |
| 976 | * KingMook: Of the Phisher enemies. |
| 977 | * {{Superboss}}: The boss of the Phisher temple area within the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 978 | * VileVillainLaughableLackey: Unlike the incompetent Phishers, he is more genuinely threatening and creepy. |
| 979 | [[/folder]] |
| 980 | |
| 981 | [[folder:Guardians of the Hateful Reliquary]] |
| 982 | ->''A trio of statues that have always existed. They pleaded with you to stay away, but you just didn't listen.'' |
| 983 | |
| 984 | Three statues that block your way to the Hateful Reliquary. |
| 985 | ---- |
| 986 | * DualBoss: They fight you as a trio. |
| 987 | * HeroAntagonist: They want to stop you from getting yourself killed by the Hateful Reliquary. |
| 988 | * {{Superboss}}: You fight them in the Passage of the Hateful Reliquary inside the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 989 | [[/folder]] |
| 990 | |
| 991 | [[folder:Hateful Reliquary]] |
| 992 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/i_suh.png]] |
| 993 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 994 | ->''IT SEES YOU, and there's no use fighting back. As the saying goes, 'curiosity killed the Catie...''' |
| 995 | |
| 996 | A giant chest spider hiding at the end of a passage. |
| 997 | ---- |
| 998 | * AdvancingBossOfDoom: Unlike the other bosses, this one cannot be engaged in direct combat as it will easily destroy you. Instead, the battle consists of you running away from it until it falls through the bridge at the end. |
| 999 | * ChestMonster: A giant spider disguised as a treasure chest. |
| 1000 | * HopelessBossFight: PlayedWith; you cannot hope to challenge it in RPG combat, as it will defeat you easily and has unlimited health. Instead, you must escape it before it catches you. |
| 1001 | * GiantSpider: Seems to be one, given it sprouts spider legs once it awakens. |
| 1002 | * {{Superboss}}: Lies in the Passage of the Hateful Reliquary inside the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 1003 | [[/folder]] |
| 1004 | |
| 1005 | [[folder:Trahald Prime]] |
| 1006 | [[quoteright:275:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaikai_undead_bone_golem.png]] |
| 1007 | [[caption-width-right:275:]] |
| 1008 | ->''A twisted beast made of bones and nightmares. Its defense seems unbreakable, but surely there must be some way to crack through?'' |
| 1009 | |
| 1010 | A skeletal praying-mantis-like monster who leads the Trahalds. |
| 1011 | ---- |
| 1012 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Before you can damage it, you must first defeat its Open Rib, which is a separate enemy. |
| 1013 | * KingMook: For the Trahalds. |
| 1014 | * RushBoss: It's normally defeated in one or two turns, but it can just as easily ban the entire party in one turn. |
| 1015 | * {{Superboss}}: Lies inside a path within the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 1016 | [[/folder]] |
| 1017 | |
| 1018 | [[folder:Vigil Keeper]] |
| 1019 | ->''A forsaken sentinel who keeps watch over his fallen brethren, who are entombed in the walls. He hasn't aged since touching the Lantern Stave.'' |
| 1020 | |
| 1021 | An entity that keeps watch in the spider-infested part of the Deep Web. |
| 1022 | ---- |
| 1023 | * TheAgeless: The Lantern Stave keeps him alive, but he can still be killed by the party. |
| 1024 | * UniqueEnemy: Unlike the bosses, he has the normal battle music, but is only fought once at a specific location. |
| 1025 | [[/folder]] |
| 1026 | |
| 1027 | [[folder:Fetish Dolls]] |
| 1028 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/doll_girl_resize_1.png]] |
| 1029 | [[caption-width-right:190:]] |
| 1030 | ->''It's unknown which of these dolls was the original, or which of the others her late owner became...'' |
| 1031 | |
| 1032 | A gang of seven dolls that haunt the house in one of the Dark Web areas. |
| 1033 | ---- |
| 1034 | * CreepyDoll: Mixed with MurderousMannequin, as they are broken sex dolls contorted into odd and painful positions. |
| 1035 | * MurderousMannequin: Crossed with CreepyDoll, as broken sex dolls who attack the protagonist Catie and try to turn her into one of them. |
| 1036 | * {{Superboss}}: Of the House area in the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 1037 | * WasOnceAMan: It's implied by their Wiki data and ability to turn Catie into one of them that they were once human women. |
| 1038 | * WolfpackBoss: They all fight you at once. At first it is only three, but more appear each turn until all seven are in the battle. |
| 1039 | [[/folder]] |
| 1040 | |
| 1041 | [[folder:Villager Kids]] |
| 1042 | The children who live in the village in the Deep Web. |
| 1043 | ---- |
| 1044 | * AdorablyPrecociousChild: The girl running the store will sell you weapons and armor like any other merchant, then tell you "thanks for playing store with me" when you are done. |
| 1045 | * CheerfulChild: Most of them are pretty friendly and welcoming... whenever [[HumanTraffickers the adults]] are away. |
| 1046 | * DrivenToSuicide: One of the children is found hanging from a tree outside the village, likely from the abuse the adults put the kid through. |
| 1047 | [[/folder]] |
| 1048 | |
| 1049 | [[folder:Villager Grownups]] |
| 1050 | The adults who run the village in the Deep Web. |
| 1051 | ---- |
| 1052 | * TheGhost: We never see the adults, only the children. |
| 1053 | * HumanTraffickers: They kidnapped the children from their homes to use them for what is heavily implied to be child pornography. |
| 1054 | * KarmaHoudini: Since they never appear, we never learn if they got caught or punished for kidnapping children and using them for child porn production. |
| 1055 | * WouldHurtAChild: They kidnap children to use them for child porn. |
| 1056 | [[/folder]] |
| 1057 | |
| 1058 | [[folder:Pale Luna]] |
| 1059 | [[quoteright:314:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shadow_merry2015.png]] |
| 1060 | [[caption-width-right:314:]] |
| 1061 | ->''A spirit who drifts quietly among the trees, searching for something unknown. She weeps for herself, for what she has become, and for those she left behind.'' |
| 1062 | |
| 1063 | A ghost girl who haunts the kids' village and nearby forest. |
| 1064 | ---- |
| 1065 | * CreepyChild: She is an eerie little girl you first see as a creepy ghost haunting a forest. [[DarkIsNotEvil She isn't evil, though.]] It's implied that her transformation was by choice, to help the kids trapped in her village. After you save them, she even thanks you in the ending. |
| 1066 | * CuteGhostGirl: Her normal Luna form is a cute blonde girl. |
| 1067 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Despite being a creepy ghost who transforms into a giant head with tons of eyes peeking through the skin who haunts the kids' village, she actually was trying to ''save'' the kids from their adult kidnappers. |
| 1068 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After beating her and clearing up the misunderstanding, she returns in the ending on better terms... although she still warns you not to mess with her. She can even have a friendly match with you in the Arena if you wager one of her brother's cakes. |
| 1069 | * ExtraEyes: She has tons of eyes under her skin flaps. |
| 1070 | * FlyingFace: Her Pale Luna form is a big head with eyes underneath the skin. |
| 1071 | * GoodAllAlong: Seems to be a sinister boss at first, but is actually a benevolent protector of the kids in the kids' village. |
| 1072 | * {{Superboss}}: The boss of the kids' village area in the optional Deep Web. She can also be fought again in the Arena. |
| 1073 | * WalkingSpoiler: Her being a benevolent ghost is a twist. |
| 1074 | [[/folder]] |
| 1075 | |
| 1076 | [[folder:Soul of [=TORment=]]] |
| 1077 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/utopia.png]] |
| 1078 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1079 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sx.png]] |
| 1080 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1081 | ->''A primal evil that was sealed away in ages past. The battle won't truly begin until its HP falls to zero, so be prepared.''\ |
| 1082 | ''The true source of the Deep Web's madness and suffering. Its attacks are relentless, yet graceful. Can you keep the pace?'' |
| 1083 | |
| 1084 | A great evil that the seven siblings defeated and sealed away long ago. He created the Deep Web in rage, and has been aching to get free. |
| 1085 | ---- |
| 1086 | * ArcVillain: Of the Deep Web arc, as he is the creator of the Deep Web and the source of all its suffering. |
| 1087 | * ClippedWingAngel: After a long and brutally difficult battle, The Soul of [=TORment=] finally unleashes its true form… a smiling onion with one single hit point. If you had any remaining attacks queued up, the poor thing will likely go down before you can react. |
| 1088 | * GenericDoomsdayVillain: Unlike the other major villains and {{Arc Villain}}s, he is never given any motive for attacking the Internet and creating the Deep Web. |
| 1089 | * GracefulLoser: If you defeat him and bring him back to Onion form, he congratulates you and lets you go. |
| 1090 | * LeakingCanOfEvil: He created the Deep Web where he was sealed away, and it is mentioned that occasionally things from the Deep Web would appear and take something with them. |
| 1091 | * PunnyName: His name is a reference to the TOR browser, which allows the user to access the real-life Deep Web. |
| 1092 | * SealedEvilInACan: The seven siblings sealed him underground, in what would become the Deep Web. |
| 1093 | * {{Superboss}}: As the boss of the Deep Web BonusDungeon. |
| 1094 | * ZeroEffortBoss: A version of him appears as one of the bosses of Alwaysland 2... but it's in his Onion form, which has only 6 HP. |
| 1095 | [[/folder]] |
| 1096 | |
| 1097 | !!Virtua and her Angels (spoilers) |
| 1098 | |
| 1099 | [[folder:Goddess Virtua/The First Presence]] |
| 1100 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shadow_hecatia01.png]] |
| 1101 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1102 | ->''A beautiful, yet terrible sight. Could this be the Internet's earliest memory? When she begins charging up her power, hide the party by whatever means necessary!'' |
| 1103 | |
| 1104 | The goddess who ruled over the Internet. She was originally the First Presence, a being who allowed humanity into her domain, but saw them defile it and fight with each other. Seeking to settle her complicated feelings, she made Legion from her hatred. Legion defeated her, and she was reincarnated as Catie. |
| 1105 | ---- |
| 1106 | * TheCreator: Is the one who made the Internet. |
| 1107 | * FemaleAngelMaleDemon: She is an angelic goddess as are her angels, while the demonic Legion, her evil half made of her hatred for humanity, is referred to with male pronouns. |
| 1108 | * LiteralSplitPersonality: She split herself in two and remained as the good half, who still loves humanity and wants to watch over them. Legion is her hatred incarnate. |
| 1109 | * PosthumousCharacter: Sort of. By all means, Virtua was killed by Legion- Catie, her reincarnation, has no memories of being Virtua and seems to have a different personality altogether. |
| 1110 | [[/folder]] |
| 1111 | |
| 1112 | [[folder:not_intended/Nihilerror]] |
| 1113 | [[quoteright:257:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shadow_rin.png]] |
| 1114 | [[caption-width-right:257:]] |
| 1115 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/x_84.png]] |
| 1116 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1117 | ->''[ERROR: enemy_text_322 not found]''\ |
| 1118 | ''[FATAL ERROR: ENEMY DATA HAS BEEN WIPED]'' |
| 1119 | |
| 1120 | A glitch entity inside the Astral Error, and the boss of the area. She is a strange being who seems to recognize Catie. Is actually an angel of Virtua. |
| 1121 | ---- |
| 1122 | * AngelicAbomination: This terrifying GlitchEntity with VirtualRealityWarper powers is actually an Angel of Virtua. |
| 1123 | * GlitchEntity: Her sprite glitches, her text is glitch, and her entire domain is one big glitch. Her true nature is never explained, although the True Ending does provide a hint. She was likely a fallen angel of Virtua. When Cracky mentions her missing sisters, not_intended's signature chime plays in the background. |
| 1124 | * {{Superboss}}: The boss of the secret Astral Error area. |
| 1125 | [[/folder]] |
| 1126 | |
| 1127 | [[folder:Cracky the Sky Queen]] |
| 1128 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sin_alice.png]] |
| 1129 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1130 | ->''The last loyal servant of Virtua. Her voice can sway your allies to join her side. Without the aid of your accessories, you'll need to win this fight using skill and strategy alone!'' |
| 1131 | |
| 1132 | The ruler of the Sky Abyss and the fairies, and an angel of Virtua. She has been awaiting Virtua's return, and sent out the adventurers that the party fights in Chapter 6 to save the world. In the Epilogue, she requests to see Catie, Virtua's reincarnation. |
| 1133 | ---- |
| 1134 | * AngelicAbomination: She is an angel, but looks like a CreepyDoll with smaller dolls attached to her, and weird disjointed spider-like limbs. Despite this, she is [[WellIntentionedExtremist mostly]] benevolent. |
| 1135 | * AntiVillain: She wants to turn Catie back into Virtua against her will and erase her friend's memories, but only because she wants to save the world from Boxxyfan and have her mother and sisters back. |
| 1136 | * BenevolentAbomination: Downplayed. She is an AngelicAbomination who looks like a CreepyDoll with spider limbs and BlackEyesOfEvil, and is antagonistic, but does genuinely want to save the world and is pretty kind to her fairy subjects -- at worst, she is a WellIntentionedExtremist who wants to [[spoiler:turn Catie back into Virtua]] under the belief that this is the only way to save the Internet. |
| 1137 | * BlackEyesOfEvil: Downplayed; all her faces have pitch-black eyes as per her AngelicAbomination thing, but she is at worst a WellIntentionedExtremist. |
| 1138 | * ClimaxBoss: You fight her at the very top of the Sky Abyss, just before Boxxyfan. |
| 1139 | * TheHighQueen: As the Sky Queen, she is beloved by her subjects, and is fairly reasonable to the heroes at first. It is only when they oppose her extreme plan to wipe out Catie's memories to turn her back into Virtua that she turns against them. |
| 1140 | * KilledMidSentence: Boxxyfan brings her back down to fairy form and then kills her via lightning bolt just as she is about to drop the bombshell that Virtua created Legion. |
| 1141 | * LastOfHerKind: She calls herself "the last angel of Virtua" and explains how her sisters all gradually vanished without a trace. The secret boss [[GlitchEntity not_intended]] is heavily implied to be one of those sisters, trapped after somehow glitching herself into the void. |
| 1142 | * OneWingedAngel: Her main form is actually this, as her real form is that of a regular fairy, which Boxxyfan shows when he kills her. |
| 1143 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants to transform Catie back into Virtua, which would erase Catie's memories entirely, because she believes that only Virtua is strong enough to defeat Boxxyfan and STORM. |
| 1144 | [[/folder]] |
| 1145 | |
| 1146 | !!Others |
| 1147 | |
| 1148 | [[folder:Signboard]] |
| 1149 | A living, talking signpost that serves as a recurring NPC who travels with Shrimp and his tour group. He needs a vacation from being a sign. |
| 1150 | ---- |
| 1151 | * AnimateInanimateObject: A sentient signpost. |
| 1152 | * CargoShip: [[invoked]] He finds himself fancying the Tv Tropes sign, who according to him is a female. Said sign only says "Welcome to Tv Tropes!":, so it is ambiguous if it is also alive. |
| 1153 | * LegacyCharacter: In ''[[VideoGame/BoxxyQuestTheShiftedSpires The Shifted Spires]]'', one of the tutorial signs in FAQ Woods used first-person pronouns, (saying "I can explain" rather than "This sign can explain"), and even had "goodbye" text unlike the other signs, implying that it may have actually been talking to Catie. It was the Status Effect explanation sign, just like Signboard is in the sequel - so in fact, they might actually be the same character. |
| 1154 | * RecurringTraveller: Along with the rest of the tour group, he will show up at various points in the game. |
| 1155 | * SoProudOfYou: In the normal end, he tells Catie how proud he is of her for saving the Internet. |
| 1156 | [[/folder]] |
| 1157 | |
| 1158 | [[folder:Ascended Oversight]] |
| 1159 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yog_lsize_vx.png]] |
| 1160 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1161 | ->''An Oversight that has been transformed by the overwhelming power of the Ascension Gem. Its blinding rainbow skills can Stun the entire party!'' |
| 1162 | |
| 1163 | An Oversight that fights the party just before they reach Cracky. |
| 1164 | ---- |
| 1165 | * EverythingsBetterWithRainbows: Like all Oversight enemies, it shifts constantly through the rainbow spectrum, creating a psychedelic effect. But unlike normal Oversights, this one spreads the color-shifting effect to ''the entire party'' during its battle. Also, many of its attacks are based on rainbows, like "Prism Blast" and "INFINITE CHROMA." |
| 1166 | * ExtraEyes: To a much greater extent than regular Oversights, as it is surrounded by floating eyeballs. |
| 1167 | * KingMook: Is an Oversight that was transformed by the Ascension Gem. |
| 1168 | * TastesLikePurple: It has this effect on the party, due to them shifting colors constantly while fighting it. |
| 1169 | ->''Shift: ...Catie, has your hair always been this purple? And why does everything taste green?'' |
| 1170 | [[/folder]] |
| 1171 | |
| 1172 | [[folder:Amelie]] |
| 1173 | A mysterious girl who is mentioned in several secrets throughout the game. |
| 1174 | ---- |
| 1175 | * {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} W.D. Gaster]]. A mysterious entity wholly unrelated to the main plot, but who seems to have some mysterious importance in the backstory, and has things relating to them that can be encountered if you [[GuideDangIt go out of your way to find them]]. There is also an entity that appears which may be Amelie/Gaster (Lady Ny'agai and mysteryman, respectively) but which is not officially confirmed to be them. No concrete answers about them are ever given. They also might have a relationship with the secret final boss (Esoteraphim and [[spoiler:Sans]], respectively). |
| 1176 | * TheGhost: You can easily play through the entire game without ever hearing the name Amelie, and you never see her (possibly- Esoteraphim implies that she is Lady Ny'agai), but her presence is felt throughout much of the hidden content. |
| 1177 | * TwoAliasesOneCharacter: It is implied that she is Lady Ny'agai. You get Amelie’s key by betting the Lady’s Breath item, which you get from Lady Ny'agai, at the Arena, and if you use Lady’s breath on Esoteraphim, it will briefly turn into a Ny'agai before saying "OH, AMELIE, YOU AND YOUR GAMES..." |
| 1178 | [[/folder]] |
| 1179 | |
| 1180 | [[folder:Esoteraphim (spoilers)]] |
| 1181 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eso_1.png]] |
| 1182 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1183 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dlc_neweso.png]] |
| 1184 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 1185 | ->''It's the birth of a new era. Did everything go as you planned?'' |
| 1186 | |
| 1187 | An entity that encounters the characters in the real world- the player's world. It is a mechanical entity of sorts who serves as the hidden final boss guarding the PC Ending. It seems to know Amelie. |
| 1188 | ---- |
| 1189 | * AmbiguousGender: We are never told its gender, and being a MechanicalAbomination, its design is too ambiguous to tell either way (like with everything else about it). It is possibly the boy from the story it tells about the buttercups and the boy playing with his friend Amelie, but its resemblance to Virtua's angels (especially its redesigned form in the DLC) and Cracky saying that she has "sister'''s'''" (implying not_intended is not the only one) could mean it is one of those sisters, and thus female, as well. |
| 1190 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: It is unclear why the entity even attacks you, other than it wondering why the party exists and being unable to handle that. |
| 1191 | * AngelicAbomination: In the DLC, its design was changed to be much more angelic in appearance, possibly suggesting a connection to Virtua's angels. It still possesses the ability to manifest in the real world and is still the hardest boss in the game. |
| 1192 | * {{Expy}}: Of ''Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion'''s Angels. Like them, it is a mysterious and powerful AngelicAbomination, and when defeated even lies in a position similar to Rei (who's not an Angel, but does have the DNA of one) in the iconic final shot of ''End Of Evangelion''. |
| 1193 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: It is completely unconnected to the main plot, and only seems to be connected to Amelie, a hidden character, and might be one of Virtua's angels. No explanation is given for what it is or what it wants. |
| 1194 | * MeaningfulName: Esoteraphim is a {{Portmanteau}} of esoteric, which it and the PC Ending [[MindScrew both are]] as there is little-to-no-explanation for them and you are [[GuideDangIt unlikely to even find them without a guide]], and Seraphim, a type of angel (possibly implying it is one of Virtua's angels). |
| 1195 | * MechanicalAbomination: It is a machine of sorts with an odd design and the ability to manifest in the real world- as in [[RealWorldEpisode the player's world]]. It is also very powerful, being the hardest boss in the game. |
| 1196 | * NoIndoorVoice: It speaks in [[CapsLock all caps]], likely to emulate a booming voice fitting for a MechanicalAbomination. |
| 1197 | * {{Superboss}}: It hides in an out-of-the-way area that is incredibly hard to get, [[MarathonBoss has 790,000 HP]] (even more than the TrueFinalBoss), and has several hard-hitting attacks, including the ability to instantly kill a party member every turn. |
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