Line #65 VideoGame/BlushBlush


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Lone wolf Volks, when he's not a...well, a wolf.]]
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4	''Blush Blush'' is a UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} DatingSim IdleGame created by Sad Panda Studios as their second game, after ''VideoGame/CrushCrush''. However, rather than wrecking the lives of various girls, you accidentally transform a variety of boys into animals and must turn them back to normal via TrueLovesKiss. It's available for free on [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/777130/Blush_Blush/ Steam]], albeit in Early Access. There is also an NSFW DLC, under the name of ''Blush Blush: Uncut'', available for purchasing or for players with the Panda Pass.
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7	!!This work provides examples of:
8	* AbsurdlyHighLevelCap: The multiplier for resets caps at 14,000. Not even a fourth of that is required to reach the end point of the current build in a reasonable amount of time.
9	* {{Animesque}}: As its predecessor, the boys are all drawn in this style. Subverted in that while in animal form, they are more {{Disneyesque}}.
10	* AntiFrustrationFeatures: Interestingly, there have been some changes in this game that invoke this trope without them being implemented in ''Crush Crush''.
11	** There is no additional fee for buying gifts in bulk, as it was removed during a balancing update.
12	** Sad Panda Studios has confirmed that the x64 boost that can be bought through diamonds will be its cap for the foreseeable future, as they believe players will want to work for the speed rather than [[BribingYourWayToVictory buy it]].
13	* ArcNumber: Played for laughs, as it's [[{{LOL69}} 69]].
14	** Marshmallow's employee number in the zoo is #69247, or 69 24/7.
15	** Anon needs 69 of two different gifts while romancing him.
16	** 69 is a potential answer to Reece's math question, along with [[{{JustForFun/FortyTwo}} 42]].
17	* CallBack: Eli mentions seeing you on the street with Volks.
18	** He's later on the receiving end when Scale mentions that a "unicorn" flirted with him on the subway.
19	* CashGate: As the love advances, so do the required gifts. Also notable is that the gifts for human form are different, and notably more expensive. Dates similarly get more expensive - in both money and time slots - as the boys are cured of their curses.
20	** Anon in particular is notable in that his gifts are much more expensive than any of his predecessors and even a few of his successors before the maxed lover level.
21	* ContinuityCameo: There's a few from VideoGame/CrushCrush.
22	** Volks' introduction has him saving you from an aggravated Bearverly.
23	** A couple of the other Marshmallow people in Dmitri's introduction are dressed like Elle and Nina.
24	** During Ichiban's introduction, a Marshmallow dressed like Mio is in line to get his autograph.
25	* ContinuityNod: Again, to VideoGame/CrushCrush.
26	** Eli is canonically confirmed to be Iro's brother, while Anon is Nina's and Dmitri is Lotus'.
27	** Poe mistakes Marshmallow's messages in his phone fling as responses from his phone's Sirina at first. He also mentions his professor being a science teacher moonlighting as an English literature one, which Miss Desirée happens to be doing according to her final CG.
28	* CarnivoreConfusion: Kelby's Dinner date in his animal form has him eating a chicken drumstick, and Dmitri in boar form talks about eating bacon for breakfast.
29	* DistractedByTheSexy: The exact reason why the whole plot begins in the first place is that the main character was distracted by two boys having a go at each other. This is only revealed in the uncensored version.
30	* EasternZodiac: The main twelve boys each correspond to an animal from the Zodiac, but with a twist, such as a pegasus instead of an ordinary horse.
31	* EveryoneIsBi: In spite of some characters implied to have a preference for one or the other, everyone ultimately ends up liking a Marshmallow of either gender.
32	* FameGate: Dmitri, William and Scale all require a certain amount of reset bonus to progress through their relationships.
33	* FeatherFingers: Most of the boys comment on how hard it is to keep with with their routines lacking human like hands with the exception of Eli. He is playing on hard mode with his hooves but is easily able to hold drinks and eat popcorn.
34	* ForcedTransformation: The game's inciting incident is you getting distracted by hot guys visiting the zoo and giving them magical transformation water instead of the regular kind, which turns them all into various {{talking animal}}s.
35	* GoodLuckCharm: Garret's lucky underwear. Unfortunately, it does ''not'' protect said wearer from magic spells.
36	* IHaveThisFriend: Nimh at Crush level:
37	-->'''Nimh:''' Hey! You remember all those activities we were doing when I was a rabbit? Are you still interested in doing them with an almost-rabbit? I'm...asking for a friend?
38	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Part of the humor of the game is mocking the silly or cliché situation they found themselves in.
39	** Dmitri at the acquaintance level.
40	--->'''Dmitri:''' Not to sound ungrateful for your help, my little bird, but I don't suppose you could hurry this process up a little, yes? Perhaps with a generous purchase of diamonds...
41	* LighterAndSofter: Comparatively tamer than ''Crush Crush'', with no dark evil that has to be eliminated (in fact, one of the Phone Flings is a demon that takes a liking to the player quickly).
42	** Unlike Ayano, Cole doesn't murder a potential boy during his intro, instead killing a non-magical goldfish. A decent number of the boys [[ThreatBackfire don't take his threats seriously]]... if they even [[BullyingADragon see him as a threat]].
43	* LittleBitBeastly: After the kiss, the boys take on this form until reaching Lover status, when they become fully human again.
44	* LuminescentBlush: Regardless of the boys' personalities, they all can't help but blush when they are receiving gifts from Marshmallow.
45	* MagikarpPower: The Farmer job starts out slow as molasses with only ten dollars' worth of pay and requires fifty Time Blocks to work. At max level, it's automated, gives five billion worth of pay, and only requires five Time Blocks to work.
46	* MasqueradeBall: A possible date option after reaching Lover status, which shows the boys dressed up and either wearing or holding a mask relating to their former transformation.
47	* MustHaveCaffeine: What Eli lives on after all-nighters and massive benders.
48	-->'''Eli:''' I need electrolytes and caffeine stat. I may have partied a little too hardy last night, if you know what I mean.
49	* MythologyGag: When Ichiban levels up above lover level, he'll say, "If I was in your shoes, I probably would've lasted 3 days tops." Markiplier played Blush Blush in order to see Ichiban, the character supposedly based on him, and managed to get him into human form in just under 3 days.
50	* NakedFirstImpression: Reece's first images in both versions of the game, due to being NakedOnArrival. Of course, there's a SceneryCensor in the SFW version.
51	** Poe realizes too late that he's sent a picture of himself completely in the buff to a random person instead of his phone assistant in the NSFW version. He has boxer briefs on in the SFW version.
52	* PlayEveryDay: Get 7 or 14 days in a row for a pinup. There's also usually a daily bonus diamond, which takes an hour and a few time blocks.
53	* {{Pun}}: Loaded with them, with a lot of the characters having a fondness for it both in gameplay and dialogue. For instance, one of Eli's requests is for 314 '''pi'''es.
54	* RescueRomance: Volks and Kelby are both introduced saving the player from something; [[VideoGame/CrushCrush Bearverly]] and drowning, respectively.
55	* RummageSaleReject: Eli is ''not'' impressed by your fashion choices and invites (read: forces) you on a shopping trip.
56	* {{Scotireland}}: Anon has a very thick accent that seems to combine mannerisms from both countries.
57	* ShirtlessScene: The reward for reaching Lover level is a shirtless picture of the boy spread out on a couch. [[MaleFrontalNudity In the SFW version, at least.]]
58	* ShoutOut: Wouldn't be a Sad Panda game without loads of these, most of which are related to their animal forms.
59	** Nimh gets invited to a tea party [[Literature/AliceInWonderland with a guy in a top hat and a dormouse]].
60	** Anon is really annoyed at people yelling Series/{{Zoboomafoo}} at him.
61	** Garret is a lumberjack who got turned into a [[Myth/PaulBunyan big blue bull]].
62	** Still in his boar form, Dmitri will say [[WesternAnimation/TheLionKing1994 Hakuna Matata]].
63	** Dmitri also mentions [[Literature/CharlottesWeb befriending a spider who calls him "some pig"]].
64	** Upon getting Ichiban's friendship photo, he (as a tiger) says you're GRRRRRRRREAT!
65	** Scale's Halloween outfit that resembles [[WesternAnimation/MiraculousLadybug Chat Noir's costume]].
66	** Scale is a dragon, so someone approaches him with balls and asks for their wishes to be granted. If that wasn't enough, his boxers are covered in [[Manga/DragonBall dragon balls]].
67	** Sven was inspired by [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog]], with his need for speed.
68	** Even if you don't count Eli's rainbow-maned Pegasus, Garret still says he always knew that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic friendship was magic]].
69	** William makes frequent references to Series/TheFreshPrinceOfBelAir.
70	* SmellsSexy: Your pheromones smell "pretty hot" to Volk.
71	* SpearCounterpart: The whole game theme is one to VideoGame/CrushCrush.
72	* ThePowerOfFriendship: Conversed, discussed, and invoked.
73	-->'''Garrett:''' So are you saying that, somehow, through the power of friendship, you can break the curse?
74	** ThePowerOfLove, on the other hand, is what really breaks the curse. It is similarly lampshaded and discussed.
75	--->'''Anon:''' So yer sayin' that "feels = reals" or soma nonsense, and the power of love and friendship is gonna change me back? I cannae believe I'm stuck in [[SelfDeprecation some weeaboo bullshit fantasy game]].
76	* TickleTorture: When the boys are at maxed hearts and still in beast form, they tend to complain about being tickled. They don't seem to mind as much once human again.
77	* TrueLovesKiss: Upon reaching the midpoint in your relationship with a guy, a (non-love) kiss makes them a LittleBitBeastly, with another relationship upgrade and kiss further on completely curing them.
78	* YouAllLookFamiliar: Anyone who isn't the boy in question is an amorphous Marshmallow blob with clothes and accessories.

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