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1* AlternateCharacterInterpretation:
2** The narrator and his motivations. Is he pushing Naughty into scaring and killing the other bears because he enjoys seeing bears die or is he doing this out of genuine care for Naughty but saw no other options? Him being AxCrazy suggests the former, but the latter is also suggested when he shows genuine concern for him in the ending scene and does encourage Naughty to make friends with the others a few times, which failed.
3** The bears continue to mistreat Naughty Bear even when it's clear that he's easily provoked. Is it simply AesopAmnesia and TooDumbToLive at once or do they simply not care because they've come back to life somehow by the next episode, thus don't get any permanent consequence?
4** Is Naughty the bad guy, or have the other bears bullied and ostracized him to the point that he's become an unstable mess in a world where death has no real consequences?
5* CatharsisFactor: Pretty much the main point of the game, getting to de-fluff a colony of [[AssholeVictim jerks]] in a variety of ways.
6* CriticalDissonance: The game got mixed to poor reviews from critics but garnered a sizable audience.
7* FridgeHorror: Located, conveniently, in the refrigerators themselves. All the bears are full of fluff and so is all the wildlife (fluffouls, fluffrogs etc.) and all the bears ever eat are sweets. [[NightmareFuel SO WHY DO THEY HAVE MEAT IN THEIR FRIDGES?]]
8* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The intro has a moment where Naughty pulls out a wrapped present he had made for Daddles. He gets mocked for it, natch, but the intention was still very sweet.
9** Dr. Juggles in ''Panic in Paradise'' wanting to help Naughty. Whilst you still have to [[TheWoobie kill him]], it's otherwise nice to know that someone else other than the Narrator seems to genuinely care about Naughty.
10* HilariousInHindsight: Despite the mixed reception, the game itself (as well its executions) was served as a base for the developer's 2016 BreakthroughHit ''VideoGame/DeadByDaylight''. It came full circle when Naughty Bear himself was introduced to ''DBD'' as a Legendary skin for the Trapper.
11* SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome: The ironic kills, examples include killing a politician with a disco's toilet and getting R.O.B.O - B.3.A.R.5 to kill their own master.
12* JerkassWoobie: Naughty Bear might be a murderer, but the other bears mistreat him so much that he becomes just plain pitiable and you end up rooting for him to get revenge on them.
13* NightmareFuel: On the game's official website, Naughty Bear would come out in a cheap JumpScare. Not really scary in itself, until you'd reach the main page where Naughty would stand there, watching you. He wouldn't do anything, but his KubrickStare was quite unnerving.
14** In-verse, some of Naughty's nastier kills and tactics can be this due to their brutality (driving bears to commit suicide and slamming their heads into electric equipment come to mind). Some of the enemies as well, such as the vampiric and zombie bears.
15** Just the whole concept of Naughty Bear. Although, it's PlayedForLaughs the whole game encourages you the player in divulging in the acts of violence and dismemberment (or "defluffication" in-universe) against the many inhabitants of Paradise Island. Even though they're mostly made up of AssholeVictims some of their demises are pretty unpleasant. But the biggest thing though is how the player is made to be a SuperPersistentPredator and a one man killing machine.
16** Some of the short collection of videos promoting the game at it's time can come off a bit like this too. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMItn-xhnG4 Here's]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5mF7zyqkLU all]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6oLh-q9EYw four]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B47mXy6hoac of them.]]
17** The title screen of ''Panic In Paradise''. When the company logos are listed, the same jolly kids' show-esque music from the first game is heard, which [[JumpScare abruptly cuts to a stylized comic-book style illustration of a deranged-looking Naughty]] advancing on Daddles with a shotgun; scored to a [[https://youtu.be/5HRg9l6xy1U horror movie-esque soundtrack]] with deep piano notes and PsychoStrings. Even worse, you can press the Square button here to have Naughty graphically blast Daddles apart; complete with [[{{Gorn}} his arm flying off and his head and chest splitting open]]. And [[VideoGameCrueltyPotential you can do it as much as you like until you press Start]].
18-->''"A GOOD BEAR IS A DEAD BEAR."''
19* SurprisinglyImprovedSequel: Panic In Paradise is considered to be one by most of the player base. More weapons and kill animations (Albeit, many weapons share kill animations), more levels with less repetition, and a ''VideoGame/{{Hitman}}''-esque formula that provides level progression with assassinations and kills, not points.
20* TearJerker: Naughty being an outcast in general: He is mocked, harassed and bullied by the other bears on a daily basis, even if he tries to do anything nice for them which makes it all the more [[CatharsisFactor satisfying]] when you have him [[RoaringRampageofRevenge "deal with them personally".]]
21** The [[spoiler: ending,]] which has [[spoiler: the other bears [[EarnYourHappyEnding celebrating Naughty]] after saving the island from the aliens, seemingly finally accepting him and even awarding him with a cake... Only for Daddles to [[YankTheDogsChain immediately smash the cake in Naughty's face as the other bears then laugh at him mercilessly,]] before Naughty slumps and sadly walks away. We are then shown Naughty with his back facing the camera, [[BreakTheCutie seemingly crying to himself]]. It does turn into both a moment of [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Funny]] and [[SugarWiki/MomentsofAwesome Awesome]] when Naughty turns around with an RPG and [[LaserGuidedKarma fires it at the cabin the other bears are in]], blowing them up, but still...]]
22* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotForKids: The game becomes less violent when you consider that the teddies bleed fluff.
23* TheWoobie: One of your targets in ''Panic in Paradise'' is the kind Dr. Juggles, a psychiatrist bear whose mission involves you ''[[DrivenToSuicide driving him to suicide]]'' despite him seemingly wanting to help Naughty.

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