Line #29 VisualNovel/ChopChopFruitSaladMysteryJamDokiDokiDatingSimThingy


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3	''[[https://vndb.org/v14965 Chop Chop Fruit salad Mystery Jam DokiDoki Dating Sim THingy]]'' ''[sic]'' is a 2014 MediaNotes/RenPy-based {{parody}} VisualNovel by denvilda. It's your typical high school DatingSim, except the characters happen to all be [[AnthropomorphicFood sentient fruit]].
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5	The story follows Apple, whose daily life is complicated by the mystery of "The Chopper," a serial killer hacking fruits in their town to pieces, and more importantly, the sexy relationships Apple develops with their fruit friends.
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8	!!''[=Chop Chop Fruit salad Mystery Jam DokiDoki Dating Sim THingy=]'' provides examples of:
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10	* AnthropomorphicFood: The protagonists are all talking fruit, with no other anthropomorphized features.
11	* ArtisticLicenseBiology: Banana squirts juice like the other fruits, despite bananas being too rich with potassium to be juiced like other fruits.
12	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:In Banana's bad ending, Pineapple breaks into the classroom and holds down Chopper before they kill Apple.]]
13	* BigNo: Apple shouts a long "NOOOOO!" after [[spoiler:Banana gets killed]].
14	* BigWhat: Banana screams "EHHHH?!?!" in their route when they learn that [[spoiler:Apple reciprocates their feelings]].
15	* BittersweetEnding: The "bad end" for Banana's route. [[spoiler:The Chopper gets arrested, but they'd already killed Banana, and Apple never loves another fruit]].
16	* BlushSticker: When the fruits get flustered, they get little pink {{animesque}} blush marks high on their body, where their face would be.
17	* BreakingTheFourthWall:
18	** The scene where Apple urinates has the creator explain in the text box that the peeing noises are vague because they did not want to look up how to write peeing noises.
19	** Corn explains in their introduction that they're only there because the author's friend on Tumblr wanted corn in the visual novel.
20	* BuffySpeak: The title refers to the game as a "Dating Sim [=THingy=]".
21	* CrashIntoHello: Apple meets Tomato by crashing into them in the hallways.
22	* DestructoNookie: In [[spoiler:Banana's good ending]], [[spoiler:Apple and Banana]]'s sex always results in them destroying the place with the fruit juice they ejaculate.
23	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:In the route where the Chopper stabs Banana, the latter confesses their love for Apple as they bleed out.]]
24	* EnforcedTrope: The only reason Corn is in the visual novel is because the creator's friend wanted a corn character.
25	* EroticDream: In Banana's route, Apple has a sexy dream about Banana taking their peel off.
26	* FantasticArousal: The equivalent of an erection in this universe is the "fruit pulp" throbbing.
27	* FeeFiFauxPas: If Apple tries to say something to Tomato after bumping into them, Apple panics and ask, "Do you enjoy being choked sexually?"
28	* GISSyndrome: All the backgrounds and characters are images from the real world taken off the internet. [[StylisticSuck The fruit images used for the characters aren't even made fully transparent.]]
29	* IfICantHaveYou: In Strawberry's bad ending, [[spoiler:Chopper-Strawberry murders Apple because they know Apple wants to be with Banana instead of Strawberry. Apple calls it a cliche yandere scene right before they get murdered.]]
30	* LampshadeHanging: The VN is full of dating sim tropes, and Apple makes fun of nearly all of them. The characters also draw attention to the lazy art on several occasions, like Apple remarking that Banana's room is identical to theirs (since the background used is the same).
31	* LaughingMad: The Chopper lets out a loud crazy laugh after chopping their victims.
32	* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After [[spoiler:Banana kills Strawberry]] in the former's good route, they tell Apple, "Now that we're done here, let's go home to me and let's never speak of this again."
33	* MasturbationMeansSexualFrustration: Apple walks in on Banana, who is repressing feelings for Apple, masturbating in the bathroom and squirting..."fruitjuice" everywhere.
34	* MomentKiller: Banana is about to confess their feelings to Apple in the bathroom, but they're interrupted by the sound of a scream. Apple lampshades the disappointment in their narration.
35	-->''"Damn. And this was getting good. This could have become a sex scene, why did that damn fruit have to scream."''
36	* MultipleEndings: Like many dating sims before it, the endings rely on the choices you make in the game.
37	* PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: Banana is Apple's childhood best friend with secret romantic and sexual feelings for Apple. They even refer to each other as their ''osananajimi.'' Apple lampshades this:
38	-->''"If this was a bad dating sim, Banana would be the osananajimi character who has feelings for the protagonist but denies this and either dies or is very unlucky in all routes but their own. [[WrongGenreSavvy But since this is a super sugoi and mega awesome game, that's not the case.]]"''
39	* ReturningTheHandkerchief: Discussed when Apple crashes into Tomato, as they remark that if they were in a "bad dating sim," they'd offer Tomato a handkerchief and exchange numbers so Tomato could return it, which would be the start of a new romance.
40	* RunningGag: Apple always refers to Strawberry as a "tsun piece of shit."
41	* SexyDiscretionShot: When characters have a sex scene, the scene just cuts to black with Apple describing the scene (which is apparently quite graphic).
42	* StylisticSuck: Words are often misspelled[[note]]in one instance, a typo is corrected in the ''next line of dialogue''[[/note]], the grammar is often incorrect, all of the art is composed of random real-life images hastily edited together, and the writing exaggerates DatingSim tropes to the point of being ridiculous. This, plus the ridiculous premise, all adds to the parody factor. The bad sprites may be an EnforcedTrope, given that Corn (who has a bad blur around their sprite) explains that [[BreakingTheFourthWall the author is bad at making sprites.]]
43	* TakeOurWordForIt: Apple's narration describes an epic fight scene with the Chopper without any accompanying visuals, because it is "far too epic to show in this game."
44	* TastesLikePurple: At one point, Apple remarks that they can "feel the smell" of fruitjuice.
45	* {{Tsundere}}: Strawberry is a caricature of the tsundere archetype, calling Apple "baka" every five seconds while dropping very obvious hints about their attraction. Apple, however, doesn't really care as much and frequently remarks that Strawberry's all ''tsun'' and no ''dere,'' and questions why the archetype is so popular. [[spoiler:Subverted when they turn out to be the Chopper and a {{yandere}}.]]
46	* WordSaladTitle: The title is a bunch of seemingly arbitrary words mashed together, ending with [[BuffySpeak "THingy"]].
47	* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Chopper-Strawberry]], who slices up all the other fruits in the school, is described as a yandere. In their route, they kill [[spoiler:Banana]] because they're jealous that [[spoiler:Banana is Apple's best friend.]]
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