History Characters / PhysicalExorcismSeries

* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: By the time of her introduction, Lily is the only one of the main characters who is an uncorrupted NiceGirl. So in the endings where she doesn't [[JadeColoredGlasses become a jaded mercenary]], she gets killed, either by the Cannibal Boy or, in the canonical end, Marty.

* GreaterScopeVillain: For every game after ''Loser Reborn''. Nya is the one sending Marty back in time whenever he regrets his decisions. Additionally, their cult recruited Sally's mother and caused the latter to neglect her daughters, depriving Sally and Seira of the emotional support they needed, which contributed to Sally developing a violent SplitPersonality, Shadow, out of the belief that she isn't loved. However, Shadow herself is killing Sally's boyfriends for her own purposes and has no direct connection to Nya. Meanwhile, Jade orchestrates the events of ''Case 00'' and some of ''Case 03'' on their behalf, and they even have some influence over the world of the ''VideoGame/PeacemakerSeries''. Basically every single bad thing that happens is part of their eternal tragedy to amuse them.

* InvincibleVillain: In ''Loser Reborn'', they're defeated in the canon ending, but their death doesn't stick in ''Extra Case'', and in both that and ''Case 03'', they [[TheBadGuyWins succeed]] in orchestrating a tragedy for their amusement. It's implied that the protagonists have no means of killing them because they're on a higher plane of existence.

A nigh-all powerful god and the true antagonist of the series. They are none other than Nyarlathotep. In ''Loser Reborn'', they reincarnate Marty into a false world and task Marty with saving it from the Cultist, while destroying anyone that gets in the way of their illusion. They also send Gla'aki to the real world to wreak havoc.

* BigBad: For the overall series, Nya is the evil all-powerful entity manipulating events across the entire series and causing much of the supernatural terrors [[ItAmusedMe for their amusement]].

* LaughablyEvil: Nya is a [[JerkassGod cruel god]] who erases anyone who points out the world's contradictions and later sends Gla'aki to the real world to start a zombie apocalypse there]]. They also have their share of sarcastic, fourth-wall breaking lines, especially in the fourth ending.

* MagicalEye: In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:she becomes a zombie and gains the ability to use the Evil Eye to stun others]].
* NamesToTrustImmediately: Sally's real name is Sarah Sweet. Despite the series' tendency to have morally dubious main characters, Sally has no hidden darkness and is genuinely supportive of Marty. ''Extra Case'' reveals she does have a lot of hidden darkness [[spoiler:that manifested as her evil alter ego, Shadow, but when she's in control of herself, she's still one of the more benevolent characters in the series.]]
* ReformedButRejected: In the ninth ending, [[spoiler:Sally turns herself in for the murders "Seira"/Shadow committed, but these crimes go public, resulting in endless harassment that causes her to relapse into Shadow. Marty realizes that even if she serves out her sentence, she'll never be able to return to a normal life, which is why he uses the final time loop to hide all evidence of Sally's crimes.]]
* SheepInSheepsClothing: Sally is portrayed as the main antagonist on the Steam art and title screen, making it seem like her kindness in the previous game was a lie. [[spoiler:In reality, she has an evil SplitPersonality based on her deceased sister, and she never wanted to kill her boyfriends at all. She even goes as far as to break up with Marty in order to protect him from the "curse" that killed her previous boyfriends.]]

[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/f7ugth0aeaaq5cs_0.jpg]] Sally's college friend and a member of the occult club.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Jade convinces Lily to pray to Nya [[spoiler:to help Sally and get her a proper body. Unfortunately, Jade and Nya orchestrate events so that Marty kills Lily in order to give Sally a complete body]].
* DyingDeclarationOfHate: In the epilogue of ''Case 03'', Lily [[spoiler:swears to kill Marty and Jade for betraying her, even if she has to come back as an evil spirit. The ending title is "New Cannibal Boy," which indicates she will become an enemy from beyond the grave]].

* TheHeroDies: She is the heroine of ''Case 03'' who goes on a quest to find and save her best friend/crush Sally, [[spoiler:only to be decapitated by Marty so her body can be used for Sally in the epilogue]].
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Although Lily is [[ProperlyParanoid rightly suspicious]] of Marty, she ends up trusting Jade more over the course of ''Case 03'' because the latter took a near fatal attack from the Cannibal Boy in her place. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:Jade betrays her anyways and helps Marty kill her]].

* SmitingEvilFeelsGood: In the normal ending of ''Case 03'', Lily [[spoiler:becomes emotionally numb due to mercy killing Sally and can only [[BloodKnight find joy]] in exorcising evil spirits]].
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:By the time of her introduction, Lily is the only one of the main characters who is an uncorrupted NiceGirl. So in the endings where she doesn't [[JadeColoredGlasses become a jaded mercenary]], she gets killed, either by the Cannibal Boy or, in the canonical end, Marty.]]

* AloneWithThePsycho: [[spoiler:In the ending, James is in a room alone with a cannibal and a manipulative psychic who is about to enjoy watching him get eaten.]]

* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:Not only is Hans's background similar to both versions of the Cannibal Boy story, he also talks about special kinds of meat he can eat and evil spirits, implying he may be a cannibal too. Though the special kind of meat also seems to refer to Brucie's meat in a sexual way. However, none of the dialogue confirms this and it's possible that Brucie's serial cannibalism and Hans's backstory somehow got mixed up in all the retellings of the Cannibal Boy story. Worse yet, he reappears in screenshots of ''Case 03'' as an antagonist.]]
* RedHerring: He appears to be the main antagonist of ''Case 03'' because of the developer's screenshots. In the full release, [[spoiler:it turns out the Cannibal Boy is actually a conglomerate of souls of abandoned children and Hans is unrelated to them, but they take Hans's form in order to make Brucie hesitate to attack them]].

* TwinSwitch: [[spoiler:Grete disguises herself as Hans after killing him, and then feeds Hans's flesh to Brucie.]]
* {{Yandere}}: Grete is implied to be one for Hans due to the creepy look in her eyes when interacting with him. [[spoiler:But she's also crazy about Brucie, to the point where she considers killing Jade when she suspects the latter is in a relationship with him. When she learns that Hans is the one in a relationship with Brucie, she snaps, murders Hans, and tricks Brucie into eating his flesh.]]

* TheDragon: The Grandmistress is the leader of the zombie cult and is loyal to Gla'aki. [[spoiler:When Marty and Brucie free Sally from her clutches, the Grandmistress offers her own body to act as Gla'aki's vessel.]]

* JerkassRealization: Seira treated Sally coldly because she was jealous that the latter was in a relationship with John. She realized she was wrong to let her jealousy of Sally consume her and wanted to reconcile with her sister, but she died in a car crash before she could get a chance. It's implied her desire for reconciliation is the reason why [[spoiler:she never became an evil spirit]].
* PosthumousCharacter: Despite Marty's assumptions, Seira [[spoiler:is neither alive nor an evil spirit, though her death traumatized Sally into developing an evil SplitPersonality]].

* BigBad: Of ''Extra Case: My Girlfriend's Secrets''. Sally seems to be the main villain, since she kills Marty in many loops in order to protect her secrets. [[spoiler:In reality, she's being controlled by her SplitPersonality, "Seira," aka Shadow, who is based on her traumatic memories of her sister and her SurvivorsGuilt over the car accident that killed her boyfriend and sister.]]
* LoveRedeems: Downplayed with the SerialKiller. [[spoiler:"Seira"/Shadow, Sally's SplitPersonality, agrees to spare Marty as long as he can give Sally the love and support she deserves, but will kill him if he fails. In the ninth ending, she emerges again when Sally falls into despair over becoming a pariah.]]
* SerialKiller: As Marty goes through loops to investigate Sally's secrets, [[spoiler:he learns that her alter ego, "Seira"/Shadow, killed her boyfriends in order to sew their body parts into her first boyfriend, John.]]
* SplitPersonality: The original game upon release [[spoiler:refers to "Seira" as a form of Dissociative Identity Disorder, who manifested due to Sally's belief that she doesn't deserve love. The 1.1.0 update changes the doctor's report to be more ambiguous about her true nature and refers to her as a "Shadow" manifestation of Sally's self-hatred.]]
* {{Yandere}}: As more endings are completed, it's revealed that [[spoiler:Sally's SplitPersonality, "Seira"/Shadow is based on her SurvivorsGuilt, her LoveTriangle with her sister and John, trauma over the car accident that killed her sister and John, and her belief that she doesn't deserve to be loved. Shadow wants to kill anyone with body parts that resemble John's and assemble them in the mad belief that she can bring John back.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Case 01'', he seeks revenge against the bullies led by [[spoiler:Lucy]], and Brucie and Jade have to stop him.
* CruelMercy: [[spoiler:While Black directly attempts to kill Blaze and kills Moss in a car accident, he spares Sapphire while killing her parents, driving her to insanity.]]
* DualBoss: The FinalBoss consists of both the evil spirit, Black, and [[spoiler:Lucy, who is possessed by him]].
* FreudianExcuse: Black was viciously bullied by his classmates [[spoiler:and the girl he had a crush on manipulated his feelings in order to torment him.]] As a result, he becomes an evil spirit seeking revenge against his bullies.

The original Cannibal Boy, who ambushes their prey by transforming into their victims' loved ones and tapping on their windows.

* BigBadEnsemble: They are the main antagonist of ''Case 03'', since they eat the bodies of anyone who answers to their window knocking and are behind a string of murders, [[spoiler:though Marty turns out to be the actualy culprit for two of them]].

* NotMeThisTime: Not all the murders in ''Case 03'' were done by them, since [[spoiler:two women were killed by Marty, though Lily and Brucie assume that the Cannibal Boy did it after Marty turns out to be innocent of Sally's murder. Jade is aware of who did which murders though, thanks to her telepathy]].
* OffWithHisHead: The Cannibal Boy has a reputation for cleanly cutting off their victims' heads and eating the body. In ''Case 03'', they inflict this fate on [[spoiler:Sally, resulting in Marty reviving Sally's head as a zombie]].

* TrueCompanions: Averted. Not only are they constructs created by Nya, the ones on the left side of the castle are only recruited through brainwashing. In the canon ending, [[spoiler:Marty chooses to side with his IRL best friend, the Cultist, over his party members that he has a shallow bond with.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Loser Reborn'', The Cultist is summoning Daemon Sultan Azathoth to destroy the RPG world [[spoiler:in order to free the comatose Marty/Mary from Nya, who wants to keep them in the false world for their own amusement and rules it as a tyrant]].
* TheExtremistWasRight: [[spoiler:The Cultist is correct about Nya being a false god and the demon they're trying to revive, Azathoth, is actually the comatose protagonist in the real world. In the second ending, they'll team up with the protagonist to defeat Nya and return the protagonist to the real world.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: Unlike Marty, [[spoiler:the Cultist is dead in the real world and can only exist in the false RPG world, so he dies in the canon ending where he wakes up Marty from the coma.]]
* OnlyFriend: According to the Steam page, the protagonist has only one friend. [[spoiler:That friend died in the same car accident and reincarnated as the Cultist, who believes it's his duty as the protagonist's friend to get him out of the false RPG world.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The Cultist is willing to team up with the undead and [[spoiler:use his own brainwashing abilities to force the castle's female soldiers to work for him. His goal is to wake the protagonist up from their coma and return them to the real world rather than allow them to stay in Nya's false world.]]

* BadBoss: In ''Case 03'', Nya [[spoiler:orders Jade to manipulate Marty into killing Lily for the sake of entertainment. They reward Jade by abruptly reincarnating her into the ''VideoGame/PeacemakerSeries'' without so much as a warning]].

** In the tenth and final ending of ''Extra Case'', [[spoiler:Nya restores Marty's memories of all the previous loops, all [[ForTheEvulz for their own amusement]]. The trauma turns Marty into a {{Yandere}} who will do anything to protect Sally's secrets.]]
** In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:either Lily becomes another cold-hearted Ghosteater, or she is beheaded by the Cannibal Boy or Marty; either way, Nya gets their amusement]].

* GodIsEvil: At first, Nya seems like a snarky, but still helpful deity by reincarnating the protagonist. However, they'll erase any [=NPC=] who dares to point out contradictions in the world. [[spoiler:They're also trying to keep the protagonist in their false world and spitefully sends Gla'aki to the real world in case the protagonist turns on them.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: For every game after ''Loser Reborn''. Nya is the one sending Marty back in time whenever he regrets his decisions. Additionally, their cult recruited Sally's mother and caused the latter to neglect her daughters, [[spoiler:depriving Sally and Seira of the emotional support they needed, which contributed to Sally developing a violent SplitPersonality, Shadow, out of the belief that she isn't loved. However, Shadow herself is killing Sally's boyfriends for her own purposes and has no direct connection to Nya.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:Despite looking like an androgynous human, Nya is really Nyarlathotep, a lovecraftian being. This is implied at the start of the game, where you can ask if headpatting works on them, only for Nya to state that they aren't a girl and they have no actual head. In the first ending [=CG=], they have eyes in their hair, further confirming that they're something monstrous.]]

* LaughablyEvil: Nya is a [[JerkassGod cruel god]] who erases anyone who points out the world's contradictions [[spoiler:and later sends Gla'aki to the real world to start a zombie apocalypse there]]. They also have their share of sarcastic, fourth-wall breaking lines, especially in the fourth ending.
* OtherworldlyAndSexuallyAmbiguous: Nya takes on a form resembling a girl, but admits to not being one and is treated as genderless, being [[spoiler:an ancient eldritch god]].
* VillainousLegacy: [[spoiler:Nya, the seemingly deceased BigBad of ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'', had a hand in summoning Gla'aki to the real world. This makes them one of the main causes of the zombie apocalypse, though it's unknown how exactly they're connected to Gla'aki's cult.]]
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler:Nya knows it's possible that the protagonist will try to return to the real world, so they send Gla'aki there to create a zombie apocalypse. ]]

* EverybodyHatesHades: Gla'aki, the goddess of the undead, admits to craving destruction [[spoiler:and starts a zombie apocalypse in the real world the moment Nya sends her there.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: Brucie and Jade are an exorcist team and are always seen together, but there is no romantic relationship between them. Jade teases Brucie about being his girlfriend, but he repeatedly clarifies that their relationship is purely professional (and he's still broken up over Hans).

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Brucie shows romantic affection for both Hans and Grete, though mostly Hans. He also enjoys eating them both.

** In the fifth ending of ''Extra Case'', Brucie is disturbed [[spoiler:when Marty hallucinates that Sally is still alive, in contrast to Jade who is amused by this tragic conclusion.]]

** [[spoiler:When Grete feeds Hans to Brucie, she didn't expect Brucie to immediately strangle her and eat her too.]]
** He proves to be the stronger [[spoiler:Cannibal Boy when he summons an army of assimilated evil spirits to eat the first Cannibal Boy's conglomerate of evil spirits, all while assimilating them in the process]].

* HonorBeforeReason: Lucy hires Brucie to kill the Grandmistress in order to avenge Sapphire, who was killed by the Grandmistress's zombies. [[spoiler:Brucie technically fails to kill the Grandmistress because the latter sacrificed her own life to revive Gla'aki, so he offers Lucy a discount again, despite Lucy being willing to pay him more. Jade notes that Brucie's principles of client satisfaction is the reason why the exorcist duo is poor.]]
* {{Hypocrite}}: Given the revelations of Brucie and Jade's viler deeds in ''Case 00'', [[spoiler:Brucie comes off as hypocritical if he kills Lucy as retribution for her bullying in the bad ending, since he and Jade have committed similar if not worse crimes.]]

* MyGreatestFailure. In ''Case 03'', Brucie reveals [[spoiler:that he feels guilt over Grete killing Hans, who he [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes genuinely loved]]. The Cannibal Boy of Mt. Candyhouse takes advantage of this by shapeshifting into Hans in order to make him hesitate]].

* OnlySaneByComparison: Unlike Jade, Brucie doesn't seem to have any direct connection to the eldritch gods and thus isn't obsessed with their sick entertainment. Unfortunately, he's still a cannibal who likes to eat both humans and evil spirits.
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:When Brucie learns that Grete fed Hans to him, Brucie is at first slightly shocked, but then decides that he enjoys the taste of Hans's flesh and eats Grete because as Hans's twin sister, she would probably taste just as good. This is despite having romantic feelings for both of them. Jade implies that Brucie sees eating others as [[InterplayOfSexAndViolence equivalent to having sex with them]].]]

* BaitTheDog: At the end of ''Case 01'', she seems to show some kindness when comforting Black's spirit after the bullying he suffered so he can pass on. After he leaves, she reveals that she's just really good at acting like she actually cares about other people, but really did that because it's her job to exorcise Black.
* TheCorrupter: Much like [[spoiler:her master Nya]], Jade excels at manipulating people into letting their darker impulses take over:
** In ''Case 00'', Jade [[spoiler:initially allows Grete to believe the former is in a relationship with Brucie, only to reveal that Brucie is dating Hans, all to drive Grete into {{Yandere}} insanity]].
** Marty [[IgnoredEpiphany almost sees]] the error of his ways in ''Case 03'' and starts to realize that he's being inconsiderate of Sally in his attempts to protect her, [[spoiler:but Jade convinces him to kill Lily and graft her body to Sally's head. Worse yet, Jade relishes in the possibility that Lily will become an evil spirit because of this betrayal]].
* TheDragon: In ''Case 03'', it turns out Jade [[spoiler:has the ability to communicate with the eldritch gods and is orchestrating tragedies for her and Nya's amusement]].
* EyesAlwaysShut: Unless she's about to do something really screwed up, she always keeps her eyes shut, giving her a mischievous look befitting her manipulative schemer nature.
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In ''Case 03'', she goes from at least a NominalHero willing to fight against Nya’s forces to a willing servant who helps orchestrate horrible tragedy to amuse them (albeit only so [[WellIntentionedExtremist Nya will spare the world in return instead of destroying it]]).]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Jade can hear the words of [[spoiler:Nya and similar eldritch gods, causing her to realize that the world is just a game to the gods that could be shut down at any time. As a result, she only lives for her own amusement and is willing to team up with Nya to entertain herself]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler:She is actually an agent of Nya who helps set up some of the conflicts and tragedy to amuse her master.]]

* StoneWall: Jade has high defenses and HP, but her offensive stats are so low that she'll deal ScratchDamage on hard mode.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:She indicates via an analogy in ''Case 03'' that she ''has'' to orchestrate horrific tragedies so Nya won't destroy the world out of boredom.]]

The Ghosteaters' client during ''VideoGame/PhysicalExorcismCase01'' and ''VideoGame/Case02ParanormalEvil''. She is a schoolgirl who hires the duo to repel an evil spirit targeting her and her friends.

* TheBadGuyWins: Due to her ideology, [[spoiler:Lucy essentially wins in both endings. Either she gets away scott-free for driving Black to suicide or Brucie kills her and succumbs to her darwinist ideology]].

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Lucy seems kindhearted at first, due to her sharing food with the starving exorcists. [[spoiler:The missing journal page shows that she's a SocialDarwinist who drove Black to suicide because she considers him weak.]]
* FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Lucy was [[RapeAsBackstory raped]] by her father, who turned into an abusive drunk because he was mistreated by his boss. This causes her to become a sadistic darwinist who believes she should become strong so she can turn her pain on the weak.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she's obviously trying to [[NeverMyFault deflect blame]] from herself, [[spoiler:Lucy]] has a point that the school is ineffectual at stopping bullies and that people abuse their power throughout [[SocietyIsToBlame society]].
* KarmaHoudini: In the true ending, [[spoiler:Brucie chooses to spare Lucy despite her role in driving Black to suicide. He states that he's not interested in delivering justice and that if he kills her, then he'll be just like her in being the strong one preying on the weak.]]
* ALighterShadeOfBlack: In the context of ''Case 00'', [[spoiler:Lucy is less evil than Brucie and Jade despite being a sadistic bully, since she at least seems to treat her friends well as opposed to manipulating and eating them]].
* PlayingWithFire: In ''Case 01'', when Brucie and Jade bring up their superpowers, Lucy sarcastically claims that she has dark flame powers. [[spoiler:Lucy turns out to have innate power over fire, as shown in the final boss fight where Black makes her use these powers on the Ghosteaters.]]

* TheSocialDarwinist: Lucy claims that all of society practices this even if they don't admit it. The school was unwilling to punish bullies, resulting in a darwinist mindset within the school's students and even the teachers who claim that the victims need to "toughen up." She also brings up how the government persecutes the homeless by paying people and ordering the police to spray them when they sleep. [[spoiler:She is also a victim of someone abusing their power, since she was sexually abused by her father, who was abused by his boss. This mindset is so ingrained in her that she's slightly disappointed when Brucie spares her, since Brucie killing her would validate her belief that the strong prey on the weak.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:he's not the Cannibal Boy, but he's engaging in his own serial killings in order to find a body that Sally can attach her head to. This is also a case of EvilVersusEvil, since the Cannibal Boy is the one who killed Sally in the first place, leading to Marty helping to defeat the evil spirit. Afterwards, he kills Lily and grafts her body to Sally's head]].
* CharacterDevelopment: While Brucie and Jade mostly stay the same, Marty's character changes a lot throughout the series. He starts out as a self-absorbed isekai protagonist, but learns to face reality thanks the the support of his best friend. Once he awakens in the real world, he starts out unconfident in his ability to save Sally, but Brucie's words give him the courage he needs to fight against Gla'aki's cult. Unfortunately, his character development takes a turn for the worse when [[spoiler:Nya traps him in a time loop where he discovers that Sally has a shadow personality that commits serial killings, causing him to become obsessed with protecting Sally's happiness by destroying all evidence of her crimes. Once the Cannibal Boy kills Sally, Marty loses whatever little sanity he had left and murders innocent women in order to provide a new body for Sally]].
* FallenHero: He's a genuine hero in ''Case 02'' by defeating Gla'aki's cult, but the time loop of ''Extra Case'' turns him into a {{Yandere}} for Sally. In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:he really goes off the deep end after the Cannibal boy kills Sally, and he uses Gla'aki's extract to turn her head into a zombie. He then beheads at least two women to use their bodies to graft to Sally's head, and ends the game by beheading Lily. In the end, he has become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters no better]] than Shadow as a SerialKiller and a servant of the very god he once opposed]].

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Marty starts each loop with only vague memories what happened. In the final loop, [[spoiler:Nya restores his memories, causing him to remember all the times he died, as well as outcomes where he lived but Sally met an unfortunate end. This causes him to lose his sanity and become willing to do anything to ensure that he and Sally can have a "happy" ending.]]
* HelloInsertNameHere: The protagonist is allowed to choose a new name for themselves, with Marty Stu and Mary Sue being the defaults. [[spoiler:Their real name is different, but Nya keeps censoring their name out every time the Cultist says it.]]

* IfICantHaveYou: Subverted. In the final ending, [[spoiler:Marty grabs the knife and seems ready to commit MurderSuicide on Sally with the knowledge that if events play out normally, she'll be subjected to a life of shame. Instead, he stabs the corpse "Seira"/Shadow patched together in order to dispose of it and prevent Sally from being incriminated.]]
* IgnoredEpiphany: In ''Case 03'', when Lily calls Marty out for being controlling of Sally and not considering her feelings, it seems like he might finally tone down his {{Yandere}} attitude. In the true ending, [[spoiler:he kills Lily to use as Sally's new body without Sally's knowledge, all while claiming that he's not hurting her feelings as long as she doesn't know]].
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: In ''Case 03'', Marty goes from being willing to [[spoiler:bury any evidence incriminating Sally to killing innocent women to give Sally a new body]].
* LaserGuidedKarma: In the normal and non-canon ending of ''Case 03'', Marty [[spoiler:is arrested for serial murders after the Cannibal Boy is defeated, despite how the Cannibal Boy is a different person. However, the true ending reveals he did kill at least one innocent woman before the Ghosteaters went to his second house, meaning the arrest is justified. That said, Sally's death does get wrongly pinned on him, though that [[AesopCollateralDamage death happened in the first place]] because of his plan to bury incriminating Shadow's incriminating evidence]].
* LoserProtagonist: As indicated by the title, the protagonist is considered a loser [[spoiler:because he has no more living loved ones or friends in the real world and escaped to a false world as a form of wish-fulfillment.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In ending 7, Marty believes [[spoiler:Seira is still alive and is the one killing him in all the loops. He kills her, but later learns that she was DeadAllAlong and that "Seira" and Sally share a body, which means he just killed his girlfriend. He loses it and hallucinates that "Seira's" ghost is out to get him.]]
* {{Necromantic}}: In ''Case 02'', Marty secretly kept Gla'aki's goddess extract. In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:Marty uses it to bring back Sally as a zombified head after the Cannibal Boy ate her body. He then becomes a SerialKiller trying to find a replacement body for Sally]].
* NotMeThisTime: In ''Case 03'', Marty [[spoiler:isn't the one who killed Sally, as that was the original Cannibal Boy. However, he is responsible for killing two women in a mad attempt to get Sally a new body. In the true ending, he kills Lily to accomplish this goal]].
* PurelyAestheticGender: The player can choose which sex the protagonist reincarnates into. This has no effect on gameplay other than having a separate ending achievement and CG. [[spoiler:This works in favor of the protagonist if they decide to fight the Cultist, since their soul originally belonging to a male makes them immune to headpatting.]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: Marty only has vague memories of every loop, though Nya is aware of every loop because she's the one sending Marty back in time. Every other character has no knowledge of the loops, [[spoiler:which leads to Sally thinking Marty is slightly more crazy than he actually is when he takes extreme actions to make sure the tragedies of the previous loops never come to pass.]]
* ThrowTheDogABone: Marty is the titular loser of ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'', having lost his family and only friend to a car accident. In this game, he befriends Sally and manages to save the world from Gla'aki's cult. Subverted by the stinger, which shows that he's still not in the clear due to [[spoiler:getting involved in another paranormal case.]]

* TookALevelInJerkass: After the events of ''Extra Case'', Marty becomes a toxic and controlling boyfriend towards Sally, [[spoiler:to the point where he forces her to help cover up Shadow's evidence. After the Cannibal Boy of Mt. Candyhouse kills Sally, Marty loses whatever scruples he had left and kills women in order to find a new body for Sally, whether Sally likes it or not]].
* TookALevelInKindness: In ''VideoGame/LoserReborn'', Marty was willing to use headpatting to effectively brainwash women into joining his party. In this game, he treats Sally as a genuine friend rather than an object. It helps that he's going through a [[TheApocalypseBringsOutTheBestInPeople zombie apocalypse]] rather than a wish-fulfillment reincarnation plot this time. Sadly, this doesn't last by the end of ''Extra Case'', where he loses his sanity and moral standards.

A girl who Marty encounters and falls in love with in ''VideoGame/Case02ParanormalEvil''.

* AlternateIdentityAmnesia: Sally has episodes where she doesn't remember what she was doing. [[spoiler:She is almost never conscious at the same time her SplitPersonality, "Seira"/Shadow, takes over her body, though she does sometimes have vague dreams about the latter's crimes.]]
* CameBackWrong: In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:the Cannibal Boy eats all of her body below the head and Marty uses Gla'aki's extract to revive her head as a zombie. As a result, she develops a taste for blood and is slowly going through SanitySlippage]].
* DeathSeeker: In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:she considers her zombification to be a FateWorseThanDeath because she constantly craves blood and could become a danger to others. She asks Lily to kill her, which happens in the normal ending, but in the true ending, Lily convinces Sally to continue living instead]].
* DrivenToSuicide: In the eighth ending, [[spoiler:Sally slits her own throat to prevent her SplitPersonality from killing Marty.]]

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Brucie and Jade are a pair of amoral exorcists who hurt as many people as they help, and [[spoiler:even Marty eventually descends into {{Yandere}}-dom]]. Their enemies, on the other hand, are the ''Literature/CthulhuMythos'' deities who see humanity as their toys and lack whatever good qualities the protagonists have.

* MoralSociopathy: Despite their LackOfEmpathy towards others and their need for stimulation, Brucie and Jade make an effort to treat their clients with good faith. [[spoiler:In the true ending of ''Case 01'', Brucie gives Lucy a discount for the exorcism fee because he failed to save Sapphire from going insane.]] Brucie also has an odd fixation with moral consistency, since he disagrees with how meat-eating people can eat some animals, but not others.
* PlatonicLifePartners: Brucie and Jade are an exorcist team and are always seen together, but there is no romantic relationship between them. Jade teases Brucie about being his girlfriend, but he repeatedly clarifies that their relationship is purely professional (and he's gay anyhow, judging by his love for Hans).
* SociopathicHero: The protagonists' stated job is to [[EvilVersusEvil defeat evil spirits]], but neither seem to be capable of much empathy and are both capable of telling lies with a straight face. Brucie admits he does this job because evil spirits have no human rights, which means there are no consequences for whatever he does to them. He's also a cannibal who sees no difference between eating livestock, pet animals, and humans. Jade admits she's only in this line of work for the sheer thrill of it and complains when the case sounds too corny, showing that she isn't emotionally invested in it. She also likes to manipulate people into committing crimes for her own amusement. Though this is downplayed for Jade because she at least seems to care about being with Brucie.
* VillainProtagonist: Brucie and Jade were hinted to be sociopaths in ''Case 01'', but ''Case 00'' confirms they are most definitely villains. Brucie is a cannibal who is implied to eat a certain number of people a year, including his friend James. Jade likes to use her mind-reading to manipulate people into committing crimes and orchestrated the incident where [[spoiler:Brucie ate Hans and Grete]]. Even when they work as exorcists in ''Case 01'', they're only in it for fun and profit.

* DepravedBisexual: [[spoiler:Brucie shows romantic affection for both Hans and Grete, though mostly Hans. He also enjoys eating them both.]]

* PlatonicLifePartners: Brucie and Jade are an exorcist team and are always seen together, but there is no romantic relationship between them. Jade teases Brucie about being his girlfriend, but he repeatedly clarifies that their relationship is purely professional.

* TheCorrupter:

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In Case 03, she goes from at least a NominalHero willing to fight against Nya’s forces to a willing servant who helps orchestrate horrible tragedy to amuse them (albeit only so [[WellIntentionedExtremist Nya will spare the world in return instead of destroying it]].]]

A group of paranormal investigators who fight evil spirits for pay. They consist of the duo Brucie and Jade, with Marty becoming a friend and ally of them.

** In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:either Lily becomes another cold-hearted Ghosteater, or she is beheaded by Marty; either way, Nya gets their amusement]].

* FallenHero: He's a genuine hero in ''Case 02'' by defeating Gla'aki's cult, but the time loop of ''Extra Case'' turns him into a {{Yandere}} for Sally. In ''Case 03'', [[spoiler:he really goes off the deep end after the Cannibal boy kills Sally, and he uses Gla'aki's extract to turn her head into a zombie. He then beheads at least two women to use their bodies to graft to Sally's head, and ends the game by beheading Lily. In the end, he has become [[HeWhoFightsMonsters no better]] than Shadow as a SerialKiller]].

* TheBadGuyWins: In the tenth and final ending of ''Extra Case'', [[spoiler:Nya restores Marty's memories of all the previous loops, all [[ForTheEvulz for their own amusement]]. The trauma turns Marty into a {{Yandere}} who will do anything to protect Sally's secrets.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: Nya is the one sending Marty back in time whenever he regrets his decisions. Additionally, their cult recruited Sally's mother and caused the latter to neglect her daughters, [[spoiler:depriving Sally and Seira of the emotional support they needed, which contributed to Sally developing a violent SplitPersonality, Shadow, out of the belief that she isn't loved. However, Shadow herself is killing Sally's boyfriends for her own purposes and has no direct connection to Nya.]]

* InvincibleVillain: In ''Loser Reborn'', they're defeated in the canon ending, but their death doesn't stick in ''Extra Case'', and in both that and Case 03, they succeed in orchestrating a tragedy and corrupting someone. It's implied that the protagonists have no means of killing them because they're on a higher plane of existence.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In Case 03, she goes from at least a NominalHero willing to fight against Nya’s forces to a willing servant who helps orchestrate horrible tragedy to amuse them.]]

* InvincibleVillain: In ''Loser Reborn'', they're defeated in the canon ending, but their death doesn't stick in ''Extra Case''. It's implied that the protagonists have no means of killing them because they're on a higher plane of existence.

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Sally's college friend and a member of the occult club.