Line #13 VisualNovel/TrickOrAlice


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3	'''Trick or Alice''' (Japanese:'''トリック・オア・アリス''') is an [[{{Eroge}} 18+]] [[RomanceGame otome game]] released on August 4, 2012, for Windows. The heroine (default name: Minase Arisa) seems to live an carefree life as an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent with her brother, Shizuku, until on the night of her birthday, she is suddenly transported to a bizarre place similar to the Wonderland of Lewis Carroll's tale. Its inhabitants, who have an eerie resemblance to people she knows in her previous life, claim that she is their 'Alice'.
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5	Distraught and wanting to return as soon as possible, she searches for the real Alice, while the inhabitants of this Wonderland have other plans for her...
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8	!!''Trick or Alice'' provides examples of the following tropes:
9	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: The [[{{GodSaveUsFromTheQueen}} Queen of Hearts ]] here is a attractive black-haired woman instead of the caricaturesque representation found in most media.
10	* AdaptationalVillainy: Unlike in the original tale, the Queen's executions are actually carried out, and she has a sadistic taste for forcing Wonderland's inhabitants to watch the executions, while taunting and gloating the witnesses about it. [[spoiler: This results in her KarmicDeath through [[{{OffWithHisHead}} her favorite method of execution]] in the "Alice in the Land of Despair" bad ending.]]
11	* AllMenArePerverts: From the flamboyant Cheshire to the stoic Light, they will eventually lift Arisa's skirt to see if 'It's all Alice'
12	* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: In his school good ending, when the Black Rabbit is destroying his heart and the world created from it piece by piece, Arisa calls out Shadow for being self-centered and not thinking about her wishes. Shadow responds by [[{{TearsOfRemorse}} tearfully]] saying he loves Arisa and asks what she thinks of him.[[{{HonorThyAbuser}} Arisa eagerly kisses him and says she wants to be with him forever.]] Doubles as IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy and a HeartfeltApology.]]
13	* BigOlEyebrows: Round/Ren has them, unusual for [[{{Keet}} how he acts otherwise]].
14	* BitchSlap: When a boy gets [[{{NoSenseOfPersonalSpace}} way too]] [[{{AllMenArePerverts}} close]] to her, Arisa is not afraid of giving them a slap in the face.
15	* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:[[{{ExaggeratedTrope}} Exaggerated]] with Shadow/Tooya. Behind the lovely, helpful and conforting act, lies a psychotic, perverted and vicious sadist, willing to get rid of anyone if it means he can succeed in his objective, but at the same time smart and manipulative enough to put on a MaskOfSanity for the others and be often a step ahead with his plans to get what he wants, which is, [[{{Yandere}} having Arisa all for himself.]] ]]
16	* CampStraight: Nao/Cheshire and Tooya/Shadow. The former constantly acts in a flamboyant manner no matter the conversation, hardly takes anything seriously, clearly enjoys the attention his fangirls give him and refuses to stop doing [[{{TerriblePickUpLines}} pick-up lines filled with sexual innuendo]] to Arisa, while the latter is a [[{{DudeLooksLikeALady}} beautiful]] and friendly boy with [[{{InTouchWithHisFeminineSide}} interested in baking sweets and flowers]], does [[{{HeadAndHipPose}} effeminate poses]] and has above all else a [[spoiler: [[{{Yandere}} unhinged]] ]] attraction to Arisa.
17	* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: It's a eroge for girls, so this is a certainty.
18	* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: As part of their IdenticalTwinIDTag, Shadow's beret is white, while Light's beret is black, [[{{IronicName}} contradicting their names.]]
19	* CockFight: [[spoiler:The routes of the Kamijou twins end having this, through in Tooya/Shadow's route this rivalry is one-sided and only a threat to his relationship with Arisa [[{{CrazyJealousGuy}} in his head.]] ]]
20	* DarknessVonGothickName: [[spoiler: seemingly]] [[{{SubvertedTrope}} Subverted]] with Shadow, who in spite of the name, is not only nicer to Arisa than his brother Light and seeks to cheer her with the best of his ability, but also likes flowers and taking sunbaths and in general his [[{{TheCutie}} cheerful, friendly and kind personality]] makes Arisa fall in love with him in his route. [[spoiler: [[{{DoubleSubverted}} Double Subverted]] when he reveals his true colors, with him becoming ''[[{{KnightOfCerebus}} way]]'' darker when it happens.]]
21	* DudeLooksLikeALady: The Kamijou twins. It's [[{{LampshadedTrope}} lampshaded]] multiple times by Arisa.
22	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: [[spoiler:Courtesy of Shadow SlippingAMickey, Arisa wakes up in the middle of this situation.]]
23	* [[{{Eroge}} Eroge:]] A rare non-[[{{Yaoi Genre}} BL]] one aimed at a female audience. A large portion of the CG's are sex scenes, [[spoiler: consensual or not.]]
24	* FetishizedAbuser: [[spoiler:Tooya/Shadow]]'s route has shades of this. [[spoiler: [[{{NoSenseOfPersonalSpace}} From his disrespect of Arisa's personal space]], (That unlike [[{{NakedPeopleAreFunny}} Cheshire]] or [[{{TheGlomp}} Round]], it's NOT PlayedForLaughs, argueable molestation by using cream on her finger as a [[{{LecherousLicking}} excuse to lick and suck on it ]], to outright rape, in most works this would be crossing the MoralEventHorizon, but in spite of everything, Arisa cannot help but comment about how beautiful his face is, and will seek to confort him in his outbursts.]]
25	* GroundhogDayLoop: Since Alice is absent, Wonderland has been through this, repeating the same day where Chrono holds a tea party and Jack gets executed. Arisa attempts to find the real Alice in order to end this and go back to her world.
26	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: In one of his bad endings, Round traps Chrono in his dream world so he won't cause trouble anymore, at the cost of sleeping forever.]]
27	* {{Keet}}: When not sleeping, Ren/Round is a textbook example: Small, hyperactive, cute, and often [[MotorMouth talks quickly]] He is also a PluckyComicRelief in his route.
28	* KnightOfCerebus: While the game is definitively not a SugarBowl in spite of the art style, the routes where [[spoiler:Shadow]] plays a important role will have a darker and more dramatic tone that stands out from the others.
29	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: [[spoiler:In his route, Light and Arisa were so OvercomeWithDesire that they ended having sex at the library.]]
30	* MrFanservice: Pretty much all male characters.
31	* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler:Shadow mantains his cheerful demanor even while explaining how he thought the events that led to Jack's execution were interesting.]]
32	* NotGoodWithRejection: [[spoiler:Shizuku/Black Rabbit in Nao/Cheshire's route. In the Wonderland good ending he is almost DrivenToSuicide because of it, but gets better. on the School Garden path however, he attempts to MurderTheHypotenuse '''twice''', ends commiting murder-suicide in a bad ending because [[{{IfICantHaveYou}} Arisa refuses to accept him after he erases Cheshire through the book, ]]and on the good ending he punches the wall in rage multiple times '''to the point his hand bleeds''' when his attempt fails, before killing himself and destroying Wonderland while Arisa and Cheshire escape because in his own words, [[{{Yandere}} he cannot accept Arisa being happy with another man.]] ]]
33	* SissyVillain: [[spoiler: Shadow]] is said to look like a girl multiple times, does effeminate gestures and poses, wears an outfit with lots of frills, speaks politely to everyone he sees, is interested in baking sweets, flowers and has a higher pitched voice than the other characters. [[spoiler: And is an [[{{AxCrazy}} utterly deranged]] {{Yandere}} and [[{{TheChessmaster}} manipulator]] with no restrants when trying to take Arisa for himself. [[{{Downplayed Trope}} Downplayed]] when he is having a VillainousBreakdown, since when this happens, [[{{OOCIsSeriousBusiness}} his voice gets deeper.]]]]
34	* SpreeKiller: [[spoiler: In the "Alice in the Land of Despair" bad ending, Arisa, reaching the DespairEventHorizon after Cheshire gets decapitated while the Queen of Hearts gloats about it, grabs a halberd and starts decapitating people on a rampage through Wonderland, beginning with the [[{{AssholeVictim}} Queen]] and her guards.]]
35	* LargeHam: Jack, although it's [[{{Justified Trope}} Justified]] since he is [[spoiler:desperately trying to escape his execution.]]
36	* TaremeEyes: Arisa and Ren/Round have them, emphasizing the former's sweet personality and the latter's innocence.
37	* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: Chrono suffers this in Shadow's route.]]
38	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Arisa and Alice were always the same person all along.]]
39	* TwinThreesomeFantasy:[[spoiler:PlayedForDrama in the "Black birdcage" bad ending, when Tooya/Shadow [[{{PowerPerversionPotential}} uses the real world book]] [[{{RapeByProxy}} to brainwash his brother into having sex with Arisa together on the classroom.]] ]]

Context VisualNovel / TrickOrAlice