Line #20 Characters/YumeNikki


1	This is a list of characters from ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'', with all of the tropes associated with them. Due to the heavily speculative nature of ''Yume Nikki'', be careful about taking the information regarding character personalities and motivation as hard fact.
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3	'''Beware of unmarked spoilers!'''
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
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9	!Main and Important Characters
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11	The characters who have an important role in both the original game and its adaptations.
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13	[[folder:Madotsuki]]
14	[[quoteright:118:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madotsuki_profile.png]]
15	[[caption-width-right:118:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in the manga]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/madotsuki_in_the_manga.png]][[/labelnote]]
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17	The main protagonist, who goes into her dream world to collect the 24 Effects. She is a small girl with an ambiguous past, personality, and role.
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19	* AbusiveParents: The manga [[ImpliedTrope implies]] that she has these, if her [[spoiler: begging Uboa to stop beating her up is an indication as she says "Mom".]]
20	* AxCrazy: She can be this depending on the player's choices. [[spoiler: In the manga her rage over being beaten up and robbed by Uboa causes her to go on a killing spree.]]
21	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: She goes into her [[AcidTripDimension Acid-Trip]] DreamLand, faces countless {{Eldritch Abomination}}s like Uboa, can have her head completely removed from her body, and has the same expression throughout all of it.
22	* CreepyChild[=/=]TeensAreMonsters: Possibly depending on how you play, if you interpret her to be a child or in her teens.
23	* TheCutie: In the manga, she certainly is. [[spoiler: At least at first.]]
24	* DarkAndTroubledPast: {{Implied\|Trope}}; the recurring motifs in her dreams, along with the fact she shuts herself in her room and [[spoiler:eventually [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]]]], suggest ''something'' traumatic had happened in her past, but it's never explicitly stated what.
25	* DreamEmergencyExit: Pinching herself is just about the ''only'' way to get her to wake up; fortunately, it allows her to escape dangerous situations such as the [[MookBouncer Toriningens']] otherwise inescapable rooms.
26	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After collecting all 24 Effects, Madotsuki jumps off of her apartment balcony.]]
27	* EyesAlwaysShut: The only exceptions being a few of her Effects. Averted in ''Dream Diary''.
28	* GamerChick: She's familiar enough with {{JRPG}}s to dream about them, and a Platform/{{Famicom}} in her room seems to be her only form of entertainment.
29	* HeroicMime: Downplayed. While there isn't any text dialogue in-game, Madotsuki does have sound effects for if she can't perform a certain action ("Dame" and "Muri").
30	* {{Hikikomori}}: One of the few traits everyone can agree on. [[spoiler: Madotsuki would rather die than leave her room through the front door.]] Subverted in ''Dream Diary'', [[spoiler:in which she finally decides to leave her room at the end.]]
31	* PsychoKnifeNut: Her primary weapon is the knife effect, which is not required to progress anywhere, but she can use it to stab most of the dream residents. Since this is her dream world, they do not attack her, and this is the only way to get a different reaction out of them, it suggests Madotsuki has some mental instability. The manga adaptation runs with it and makes her AxCrazy.
32	* {{Sleepyhead}}: Madotsuki doesn't do much aside from play ''[[GameWithinAGame NASU]]'' and sleep, and when she sleeps, she [[HeavySleeper doesn't wake up]] unless she pinches her cheek in the dream world or encounters something particularly traumatic.
33	* TheStoic: She barely shows much of a reaction to all of the strange events and creatures she encounters. She's more expressive in the manga, however.
34	* VagueAge: How old is she supposed to be? No one really knows but she's either a CreepyChild or a case of TeensAreMonsters.
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36	!!Frog
37	* BewitchedAmphibians: The Frog effect turns Madotsuki into a frog.
38	* OvershadowedByAwesome: The Frog Effect lets Madotsuki walk through water at normal speed! ... Except the Bike does the same thing AND provides a speed bonus outside of water, and there's only one section of the game where you'll actually be in water.
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40	!!Umbrella
41	* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Either the Umbrella or the Yuki-onna effect are required to douse the flames leading to the Poo Hair effect.
42	* AllYourPowersCombined: Switching to a different Effect allows Madotsuki to use another Effect while it's still raining. It lets Madotsuki use the Oni effect's thunder clap anywhere the player wants.
43	* WeatherManipulation: Makes it rain anywhere in the dream world. Removing it also causes all rain to stop, even the rain in the Dense Woods.
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45	!!Hat & Scarf
46	* AllYourPowersCombined: Using the Hat and Scarf while it's snowing enables Madotsuki to become a snowman.
47	* BoringButPractical: Using the Hat and Scarf to become a snowman and going to the Block World enables Madotsuki to stay with Mafurako after the latter teleports away after interacting with her, shortening the time the player has to spend to get to the White Desert.
48	* ImMelting: If you use the effect to become a snowman in the Snow world, use a bed to teleport to the staircase of hands, and enter the underground world with the giant flame, you can actually start to melt into Madotsuki puddle. However, after a certain point you will revert back into the non-snowman Hat and Scarf form.
49	!!Snow Woman (Yuki-onna)
50	* AbilityRequiredToProceed: Either the Umbrella or the Snow Woman effect are required to douse the flames leading to the Poo Hair effect.
51	* AllYourPowersCombined: Switching to a different Effect allows Madotsuki to use another Effect while it's still snowing.
52	* WeatherManipulation: Makes it snow anywhere in the dream world. Unlike the Umbrella, however, snow continues to fall in the Snow World after it's been unequipped.
53	* {{Youkai}}: Based off of {{Yukionna}} from Japanese mythology.
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55	!!Kitchen Knife
56	* BoringButPractical: It can be used to remove characters blocking Madotsuki's path, as well as for accessing certain areas.
57	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: Madotsuki can kill many characters in the dream for money with the Kitchen Knife effect, and injure almost every character in the game that she can reach.
58	* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Stabbing a Toriningen will cause it to go insane, and stabbing certain objects and characters will cause bad things to happen.
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60	!!Eye Palm (Medamaude)
61	* BoringButPractical: Well, as boring as having your head replaced with an eyeball inside of a giant hand can be. It teleports Madotsuki back to the Nexus when in the dream world.
62	* EscapeRope: Functions as this, teleporting Madotsuki back to the Nexus from anywhere in the dream world. Even in Uboa's Trap and the enclosed spaces the Torinigen send Madotsuki to.
63	* KarmaHoudini: Get caught by a Toriningen after stabbing it? Just use the Eye Palm and you can get away from that area without having to wake up!
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65	!!Fatten
66	* CosmeticAward: Not counting the Frog Effect, this is the first Effect in the player's list that is completely useless.
67	* TemporaryBulkChange: [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Does what it says on the tin.]]
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69	!!Midget
70	* BoringButPractical: Can be used to access Mars-san's area, as well as certain rooms in the Sewer Tunnel.
71	* {{Lilliputians}}: A more accurate name for this effect.
72	* PintSizedKid: It makes Madotsuki small enough to fit through certain gaps.
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74	!!Flute
75	* CosmeticAward: There's no point to collecting the Flute Effect besides completion.
76	* ImpracticalMusicalInstrumentSkills: Madotsuki plays just fine, but there's no uses for the Flute.
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78	!!Neon
79	* CosmeticAward: There's no point to collecting the Neon Effect besides completion.
80	* InterfaceScrew: Changes the screen to various colors when the action button is equipped.
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82	!!Faceless Ghost
83	* TheBlank: Given that it's based on the Nopperabou.
84	* CosmeticAward: There's no point to collecting the Nopperabou Effect besides completion.
85	* {{Youkai}}: Similar to the Snow Woman, it's based off of the Nopperabou.
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87	!!Severed Head
88	* CosmeticAward: There's no point to collecting the Severed Head Effect besides completion.
89	* DidntNeedThoseAnyway: Madotsuki is reduced to just a head, nothing else. Given that this is AllJustADream, this trope is actually justified.
90	* OffWithHisHead: Obviously.
91	* OvershadowedByAwesome: You can use this Effect to view Closet Madotsuki in the Checkered Tile Path, since Madotsuki is too big to do it otherwise. Except you can also do it with the Midget Effect, and the Severed Head Effect reduces Madotsuki's movement speed to a crawl and Madotsuki can't pinch herself awake.
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93	!!Towel
94	* AndYourRewardIsClothes: If a towel is considered "clothing".
95	* CosmeticAward: There's no point to collecting the Towel Effect besides completion.
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97	!!Cat
98	* CatGirl: Turns Madotsuki into one of these.
99	* ThouShaltNotKill: Enables Madotsuki to get past characters that would otherwise require her to kill them with the Kitchen Knife Effect.
100	* WeirdnessMagnet: Quite literally, since using the Action button draws characters in the dream world to Madotsuki.
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102	!!Lamp
103	* AbilityRequiredToProceed: While it isn't ''required'', it makes getting the Kitchen Knife and Witch Effects a lot easier since it lights up dark areas.
104	* UselessUsefulSpell: It can light up dark areas! Too bad there are very few dark areas in the game.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	[[folder:Poniko/Uboa]]
108	[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poniko_sprite.png]]
109	[[caption-width-right:100:[[labelnote:Click here to see her as Uboa]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uboa_sprite.png]][[/labelnote]]
110	[[caption-width-right:100:[[labelnote:Click here to see her in the manga]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/poniko_in_the_manga.jpg]][[/labelnote]]
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112	A quiet girl who lives in a house located in the Pink Sea, which can be accessed through diving into a pool in an igloo in the Snow World. Upon flicking the light switch in her room, there's a 1/64 chance she'll turn into [[EldritchAbomination Uboa]].
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114	* AdaptationalJerkass: [[spoiler:While in the game, Poniko doesn't do much but stand in the center of her room and you can only trigger the Uboa event by repeatedly switching the lights on and off, in the manga, Poniko transforms into Uboa at the drop of a hat and robs Madotsuki, but not before beating her with an umbrella.]]
115	* AmbiguousGender: There was some debate on if Uboa is female like Poniko or if they're male, as they don't have TertiarySexualCharacteristics (like Nekoin's eyelashes). The manga suggests that they're female by giving Uboa a ponytail (like Poniko).
116	* AmbiguouslyHuman: She ''looks'' like a normal human girl, but then there's the fact she lives in a vacant area, shows no visible reaction to meeting another human in a world as strange as DreamLand and can turn into a horrifying blob-like creature if you turn off the lights in her room.
117	* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: In the manga she's a human girl just like Madotsuki, who was locked into DreamLand permanently when BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood didn't work on her.]]
118	* AscendedExtra: In the game, she's just another dream resident that aimlessly wanders her room. In the manga and light novel, she's an important character in her own right, to the point of being [[spoiler:the narrator]] in the latter.
119	* AuthorAvatar: Since the novel is explicitly stated to be the author's interpretation, and Poniko is a MotorMouth who overanalyzes all of the dream's environments, it's clear that Akira is projecting through her.
120	* BreakoutCharacter: They're the most recognizable character to the point where a discussion board of all things ''Yume Nikki'' related is called "Uboachan" and they're the wiki's favicon. At one point, they appeared in ''Webcomic/AwfulHospital'''s Abyss.
121	* CartoonCreature: What is Uboa? All we know is that they look like a blob with a mask for a face.
122	* EldritchLocation: Uboa's Trap World, accessible only by interacting with Uboa, is a nightmarish otherworld with nobody but Uboa itself and the [[https://yumenikki.fandom.com/wiki/Bloody_Touching_Monster "Bloody Touching Monster"]] in the distance to keep Madotsuki company. It's also a dead end; the only way to leave is to pinch Madotsuki awake or use the Eye Palm effect.
123	* {{Foil}}: To Madotsuki. They're both human girls living alone in a single room that they refuse to leave under any circumstances. But while Madotsuki mentally leaves her room to explore the dream world, Poniko doesn't leave hers ''at all'' and might be just a figment of Madotsuki's imagination.
124	** The manga takes this a step further. [[spoiler: Poniko is a human girl trapped in the same dream world as Madotsuki, but while the latter is a somewhat naive newcomer who is friendly and optimistic, Poniko has figured out the purpose and nature of the world they're trapped in long ago and has absolutely no qualms about using violence, theft and blackmail to escape it. Poniko attempts to leave by cheating the system and actively screwing Madotsuki over, which gets her killed. Madotsuki, after getting her memories back, goes back to being compliant and manages to wake up because of that.]]
125	* IcyBlueEyes: Sports a pair of what can be interpreted to be these. She really doesn't react much to whatever Madotsuki does.
126	* JumpScare: When Uboa is summoned, the screen suddenly flashes, the room starts shaking, and mocking faces appear on the furniture. Furthermore, the action that triggers their appearance has only a 1/64 chance each time, meaning they may appear when the player does not expect it.
127	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: In the manga, Poniko is killed by Madotsuki, after purposely corrupting her.]]
128	* MeaningfulName: Uboa's name is a corruption of "uhoa", a Japanese scream [[note]]for example, Emperor Mateus' death scream in ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyII''[[/note]]. However, the syllables in the creature's name [[TheUnpronounceable don't sound right together]] in Japanese, not unlike "Cthulhu" in English.
129	* MorphicResonance: In the manga, Uboa gets a ponytail (along with arms).
130	* NarratorAllAlong: [[spoiler:After about a dozen of chapters in the novel, the narration switches from "you" to "I" when Madotsuki meets Poniko in her room. From there on Poniko takes the central focus.]]
131	* NotSoStoic:
132	** Poniko will be drawn to Madotsuki if she wears the Cat effect or run away from her when the Knife effect is equipped. Even Uboa moves toward Cat Madotsuki, which is the only way to make it move at all.
133	** In the manga, seeing Madotsuki's [[spoiler: corrupted form]] unnerves her and when Madotsuki grabs her she flips out, hammering her hands with her fists and demanding to be let go.
134	* OmniscientHero: In the novel, [[spoiler:Poniko]] can narrate what exactly Madotsuki is doing even when not in the same world as her.
135	* TheStoic: She doesn't react to Madotsuki at all, even when directly interacted with, and always wears a slightly annoyed expression on her face.
136	* TragicVillain: She's a complete jerk in the manga, but after learning about her backstory, it's hard not to understand where she's coming from. [[spoiler: Like Madotsuki and presumably other girls before them, she was trapped in the Dream World's LotusEaterMachine against her will, so she could be [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood turned]] into a "good girl". When that didn't work, whoever was in charge of the project decided to just lock her away in the program, making her prolonged stay in it a AndIMustScream - situation.]]
137	[[/folder]]
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139	[[folder:Monoe]]
140	[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monoe.png]]
141	A [[SmugSmiler smug smiling]] girl in the White Desert.
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143	* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], as she shares the same monochrome color palette as the rest of the [[MeaningfulName White Desert]] denizens. "Eerie" is also a good descriptor of her, as she silently smiles at the player before disappearing.
144	* JumpScare: In ''YUMENIKKI –DREAM DIARY–'', she does this if you approach her in the Staircase area, where she screams at the player.
145	* PerpetualSmiler: While her world sprite looks cheerful, the full-screen image of her face you see when you interact with her is [[SmugSmiler unnervingly smug]].
146	* SmugSmiler: [[PerpetualSmiler Her sole expression]].
147	* {{Teleportation}}: Disappears to another part of her cave once interacted with.
148	[[/folder]]
149
150	[[folder:Monoko]]
151	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monoko.png]]
152	A pigtailed girl in the White Desert.
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154	* BodyHorror: Using the Stoplight effect and interacting with her will show her to have this; with five arms, some kind of wound in her torso, a melting eyeball, and probably a melting mouth.
155	* GirlishPigtails: She sports these, making her look younger than Monoe.
156	* GrotesqueCute: Appears to be a a [[GenericCuteness generic cute girl]] until the player uses the Stoplight effect on her, at which point she turns into a cute girl with BodyHorror.
157	* JungleDrums: Is inexplicably accompanied by these in her full-screen BodyHorror animation.
158	[[/folder]]
159
160	[[folder:Seccom Masada-sensei]]
161	[[quoteright:104:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masada_seccom.png]]
162	A musician on a spaceship.
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164	* BigDamnHeroes: In the manga, [[spoiler:he defeats Mars-san and saves Madotsuki from its DemonicPossession by tossing all the effects inside it]].
165	* ADayInTheLimelight: Chapter 6 of the manga focuses mostly on Masada's turn in the Dream World.
166	* TheDragon: [[spoiler:He works for Mars-san in the manga and helps it run the Revival Pouch.]]
167	* FishEyes: His eyes are "googly", one facing up and the other facing down.
168	* HeelFaceTurn: In the manga, [[spoiler:he goes from TheDragon to Mars-san to stopping it and pulling a BigDamnHeroes to save Madotsuki from it]].
169	* LooksLikeCesare: White skin, black hair and clothes, and lanky body like the TropeNamer.
170	* MeaningfulName: Or a meta ShoutOut, as some of his name is a combo between "{{Music/Michael\|Jackson}}" (he walks backwards), two Japanese pianists, Sakamoto Ryuuichi and Komuro Tetsuya, and Dada (he looks like the villains from the ''Franchise/UltraSeries'').
171	* NoMouth: Like a few other characters, he doesn't have a mouth.
172	* OverlyLongName: His full "name" as designated by the fans is "Sentimental Komuro Michael Sakamoto Dada-sensei". "Seccom Masada" (or more accurately Se-Ko-Mu-Ma-Sa-Da-sensei) is just the [[{{Portmanteau}} truncated]] version.
173	[[/folder]]
174
175	[[folder:Toriningen]]
176	[[quoteright:217:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/toribig.png]]
177
178	Members of Madotsuki's DreamLand that function as the enemies of the game. If they catch her, they will drop her in a room that she cannot escape from except by waking up. A few "sane" Toriningen also appear occasionally.
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180	* AdaptationalVillainy:
181	** In the original game, they would simply teleport Madotsuki to a small room. In ''Dream Diary'', they try to [[ToServeMan eat her]].
182	** In the novel, they instead strangle Madotsuki to death, though in a dream DeathIsCheap.
183	* BirdPeople: What their species name translates to.
184	* ButterFace: In ''Dream Diary'', they look like normal women from the neck down but have bulging eyes and long, bloody beaks.
185	* MookBouncer: The crazy Toriningen always warp you to an inescapable area. Stabbing a nice Toriningen will make her into one of these.
186	* SuperSpeed: The Candle World Toriningen, who moves 8x as fast as Madotsuki. There's no way to outrun it except turning invisible and exploiting a glitch that lets the player run at the same pace as it.
187	* TurnsRed: Stabbing one sane Toriningen will cause ALL Toriningen to go insane.
188	* VideoGameCrueltyPunishment: Stabbing a Toriningen will cause them to chase Madotsuki and put her in an enclosed space away from everything else.
189	[[/folder]]
190
191	[[folder:Mars-san '''(Manga spoilers)''']]
192	[[quoteright:209:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mars_san.png]]
193	A one eyed, one footed crying alien found in the very depths of Mars. In the manga, it is the entity behind the Revival Pouch, a nightmare realm it rules like a god. It imprisoned Madotsuki, Poniko, and numerous other girls inside the dimension to traumatize them into becoming "good girls".
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195	* AdaptationalVillainy: It's the BigBad of the manga, but its game counterpart only ever stays in a dark room and cries, and its appearance doesn't connote malevolence like the other nightmare creatures.
196	* AliensAreBastards: In the manga, it is the boss of the dream world responsible for traumatizing the prisoners into "good girls", and it definitely seems to not be of Earth.
197	* BigBad: Of the manga adaptation. It is the boss of the dream world who is keeping Madotsuki and the other girls trapped inside to [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood turn them]] into "good girls".
198	* {{Cyclops}}: It only has one giant, red/green eye.
199	* DemonicPossession: In the manga's finale, it pops out of Madotsuki's body and takes control of her.
200	* EldritchAbomination: In the manga, it appears to have created the Revival Pouch, an entire nightmare dimension full of insanity, and has abolsute control over it. It is also never explained what this thing is, where it came from, or why it wants to turn Madotsuki and the others into "good girls".
201	* LonelyPianoPiece: The background music in his dingy boiler room is a five-note piano piece backed by record player static. Interacting with him also plays three piano notes (high B flat, E flat, F).
202	* OneWingedAngel: In the manga, once Poniko has managed to destroy the diary holding its world together, it turns from a giant, disembodied toe-like creature to a hulking humanoid monstrosity.
203	* ProneToTears: [[ExaggeratedTrope Exaggerated]]. Mars-san is ''always'' crying.
204	[[/folder]]
205
206	!Other Dream Residents
207
208	[[folder:General]]
209	All of the other dream residents in ''Yume Nikki''.
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211	* AllThereInTheManual: Most of their names are revealed in the files.
212	* DreamPeople: While the [[Literature/TheRestaurantAtTheEndOfTheUniverse "things" are also people]], there are a few [[AmbiguouslyHuman strange "humans"]] scattered throughout the dream world, such as [[SmugSmiler Monoe]], [[BodyHorror Monoko]], [[{{Invisibility}} Mafurako]], and [[StopPokingMe Poniko]]. FacelessMasses also appear in the Mall and the Sky Garden.
213	* NonMaliciousMonster: Despite their sometimes threatening appearances, the vast majority of "monsters" simply mind their own business. The sole exceptions are [[EldritchAbomination Uboa]], [[NightmareFace FACE]], and the [[MookBouncer Toriningen]].
214	* OurMonstersAreWeird: What else would inhabit a creepy and surreal dream world?
215	* TheQuietOne: None of the dream residents speak except to scream if Madotsuki kills them with the Kitchen Knife effect, with the only exception being the lizard people in the Famicom World and any sound effects the player can draw out by interacting with certain characters.
216	[[/folder]]
217
218	[[folder:NASU]]
219	[[quoteright:120:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nasu_sprite.png]]
220	The protagonist of the GameWithinAGame ''NASU''.
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222	* BigEater: NASU eats all of the eggplant it catches.
223	* BirdPeople: One of the common interpretations of NASU.
224	* FeaturelessProtagonist: There's even less information about NASU than Madotsuki.
225	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Eggplants.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Effect Dream Residents]]
229	Residents that give Madotsuki Effects when she interacts with them.
230
231	!!!Buyo-Buyo
232	It's a weird something that gives the "Squish-Squish" effect.
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234	* CartoonCreature: It's hard to guess what he is. Are those his tentacles or his hair? Actually, what is he supposed to be?
235
236	%%!!!Dwarf
237	%%A fast moving elf or gnome that gives the "Midget" effect.
238
239	!!!FC Demon
240	A demon in the [=FC=] World that gives the Oni effect.
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242	* AllThereInTheManual: Its name is "Oni" in the game files.
243	* AmbiguousSituation: When Madotsuki interacts with it, it makes the smooch sound (ちゅう), which would imply that it smooches the player character.
244
245	!!!Fleebie (Red Ghost)
246	A ghost that runs away but gives you the "Triangle Hankerchief" effect.
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248	* MeaningfulName: Of Fan Nickname variety, as this ghost runs away.
249
250	%%!!!Frog
251	%%A frog that gives the "Frog" Effect.
252
253	!!!Guillotine
254	A smiling guillotine that gives the "Severed head" effect.
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256	* AnimateInanimateObject: Guillotine's don't smile but this one does.
257
258	!!!Ittan-momen
259	A moving towel that gives the ''Towel" effect.
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261	* {{Yokai}}: It's the youkai of a towel or a long strip of cloth.
262
263	!!!Kimajo
264	A tree that's either alive or has something living in it that gives the "Witch" effect.
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266	* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Kimajo is a living tree or is a red-eyed creature inside of the tree.
267
268	!!!Lamp
269	A lamp with feet that gives the "Lamp" effect.
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271	* AnimateInanimateObject: It's literally just a walking lantern.
272
273	!!!Medamaude
274	A random hand with an eye in the palm. Gives Madotsuki the "Eye Palm" effect.
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276	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: It has an eye in its palm.
277	* MeaningfulName: Its name means "eyeball palm"
278	* NeedleInAStackOfNeedles: It's found in the Eyeball World, which is chock-full of similar-looking disembodied arms.
279
280	!!!Mouth Monsters
281	Three monsters that give the "Long", "Blond", and "Poop Hair" effects. Unnervingly, they're always found near what appear to be puddles of blood.
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283	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: The poop mouth monster in terms of dropping the "Poop Hair" effect.
284	* {{Youkai}}: With their blob-like appearance and large mouths, they are possibly a reference to the ''nuppeppo''.
285
286	!!!Nekoin
287	A floating cat head-shaped coin that gives Madotsuki the "Cat" effect.
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289	* BreakOutCharacter: She's the only other character on the main page of Kikyama's website.
290	* TertiarySexualCharacteristics: Her eyelashes clues fans that she's a girl.
291
292	!!!Neon Parrot
293	A glowing parrot that gives the "Neon" effect.
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295	* ShoutOut: Some fans think the parrot character from ''VideoGame/SluggishMorss'' is a reference to this guy
296
297	!!!Nopperabou Ghost
298	A faceless ghost that gives the "Nopperabou" effect.
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300	* TheFaceless: True to it's name, as it's the only ghost that doesn't have a face.
301	* ShoutOut: Probably unintentional but it looks like the ghosts and Youmu's ghost half from ''Franchise/TouhouProject''.
302
303	!!!Shitai-san
304	A corpse NPC that gives the "Stoplight" effect.
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306	* LookBothWays: He's in the middle of the road and gives the Stoplight effect, implying he was hit by a car.
307	* MeaningfulName: His name means "Mr. Corpse", which is what he is.
308
309	!!!Strober
310	Some long stick guy that's eating something. Gives the "Fat" effect.
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312	* BigEater: He's constantly eating something that appears to be an ice cream cone or an egg.
313
314	!!!Yuki-Onna
315	A woman in a kimono that gives Madotsuki the "Yuki-Onna" effect.
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317	* AnIcePerson: True to folklore and she's also encountered in the Snow World. Interestingly, the effect she gives can stop the snow when Madotsuki uses it.
318	[[/folder]]
319
320	[[folder:Jellyfish]]
321	[[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jelly_5.png]]
322	A pair of red jellyfish (with legs) seen at different points of the game.
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324	* {{Teleportation}}: Of a sort. One in Dense Woods B will teleport Madotsuki to the Teleport Maze, while the one Dense Woods A makes it so walking east from it will take Madotsuki to [[UnnaturallyLoopingLocation the Infinite Road]] instead of back to Puddle World.
325	* UnknownCharacter: More so than the other [=NPCs=], as these guys are just, well, there. They don't react like the usual [=NPCs=] do to the effects and, when interacted with, they just make a chime or teleport the player somewhere. [[spoiler: Two also appear at the very end of the game during the credits sequence.]]
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder:[=KyuuKyuu-kun=]]]
329	[[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kyuukyuu.png]]
330	A tall phallus-shaped NPC that rubs the stairway railing.
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332	* AmbiguouslyRelated: It's the sole NPC that appears in the corridor leading up to FACE, implying a connection between the two even if it isn't clear.
333	* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: A subtle one, where if Madotsuki has the Cat effect equipped, he rubs slower but, if Madotsuki has the Knife effect equipped, he rubs faster. That's not even getting into how, to get to him, Madotsuki has to stab a zipper on the wall (and how that zipper bleeds).
334	* MeaningfulName: He's named after the Japanese onomatopoeia for a rubbing sound.
335	[[/folder]]
336
337	[[folder:FACE (The Red King)]]
338	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/face_920.png]]
339	Though he's more of an event, than a character, he comes after Madotsuki goes through a door in The Stairway.
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341	* ADogNamedDog: One of his names is simply "FACE", which is all the player sees of him.
342	* EldritchAbomination: In a game full of these, he comes the closest to embodying the spirit of the trope, as he defies any sense of shape or volume, and the only tangible feature the player can make out is his NightmareFace. He apparently affects Madotsuki in such a way - by [[CatapultNightmare forcing her awake]] - that isn't seen from any other dream resident.
343	* EvilSoundsRaspy: {{Exaggerated}}; the only noise it makes is a [[SensoryAbuse harsh]] static growl. The most comparable noise would be a garbage disposal.
344	* NightmareFace: As literal as this trope gets, he's a nightmare the takes the form of an abstract, demonic face.
345	* SensoryAbuse: Emits a harsh static growl and strobing colors.
346	* ShoutOut: He looks like one of Louis Wain's later paintings of cats.
347	* UnknownCharacter: Not as much as the Jellyfish but there's definitely some sort of confusion as to what he's supposed to be or what he might represent.
348	[[/folder]]
349
350	[[folder:Kamakurako]]
351	[[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kamakurako.png]]
352	A sleeping girl that lives in an igloo.
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354	* HeavySleeper: Probably more so than Madotsuki. She barely does anything when you use the Cat effect.
355	* MeaningfulName: While there isn't a Japanese word for "igloo", the "kamakura" part of her name is reference to a type of snow hut that kids play in.
356	[[/folder]]
357
358	[[folder:Mafurako]]
359	[[quoteright:138:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mafurako.png]]
360	A girl in the Block World that's invisible except for her hat and scarf.
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362	* EyesOutOfSight: Her hair covers most of her face.
363	* {{Invisibility}}: You only see her hat and scarf, but if you use the Stoplight effect, you'll see her appearance in full.
364	* MeaningfulName: Her name means "muffler girl", "muffler" being another another name for scarf.
365	* ShrinkingViolet: As her invisibility tells the player, she doesn't want to be seen.
366	[[/folder]]
367
368	[[folder:Steve "Leif" Kareha]]
369	[[quoteright:116:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/steve_9.png]]
370	An NPC that's hard to find.
371	----
372	* EasterEgg: It lacks any distinguishing feature other than being one of the most difficult [=NPC=]s to find in Madotsuki's dreams.
373	* MeaningfulName: In a meta sense, as it was named after the [[https://archive.uboachan.net/yn/res/330.xhtml#848 first people]] to find it.
374	* MixAndMatchCritters: It looks like a cross between a snail and a butterfly.

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