History Roleplay / AirlockedRoundFive

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Along with Choromatsu, listed under MurderTropes, Price also tells Church that [[ArchEnemy the Director]] killed himself.]]

* MurderTropes
** '''Victim 1:''' AccidentalMurder, SlashedThroat
** '''Culprit 1:''' SquashedFlat
** '''Victim 2:''' SuperDrowningSkills, PsychoKnifeNut, OffWithHisHead
** '''Culprit 2:''' DuelToTheDeath, HighVoltageDeath
** '''Victim 3:''' DeathByFallingOver
** '''Culprit 3:''' FaceDeathWithDignity
** '''Motive Death 1/2:''' HighVoltageDeath
** '''Motive Death 3:''' LiterallyShatteredLives
** '''Motive Death 4:''' SlashedThroat
** '''Victim 4:''' StuffBlowingUp
** '''Culprit 4:''' BetterToDieThanBeKilled
** '''Punishment:''' KilledOffscreen, SickbedSlaying
** '''Victim 5:''' TamperingWithFoodAndDrink
** '''Culprit 5:''' BetterToDieThanBeKilled, DrivenToSuicide
** '''Victim 6:''' NotTheFallThatKillsYou
** '''Culprit 6:''' FacepalmOfDoom, TakingYouWithMe
** '''Victim 7:''' HumanPincushion
** '''Culprit 7:''' HuntingAccident

-->I can't [=remember’@ÚÒææ\\\@îÐÞ@ŒäÒÊÜÈæ@’@ÈÞÜNè@îÂÜè@èÞ@Ðêäè@ÂÜòÞÜ=]

* SelfDemonstrating/{{Zalgo}}: [[spoiler:Used as PAL is trying and failing to fight back against his upgrade.]]
-->I can't [=remember’@ÚÒææ\\\@îÐÞ~@ŒäÒÊÜÈæ~@’@ÈÞÜNè@îÂÜè@èÞ@Ðêäè@ÂÜòÞÜ=]

* AlienLunch: While all of it is technically edible, some of the food in the food court (particularly the bugs in Sur'Kesh Express) would be incredibly unappetizing to most modern-era humans.

* StatusEffects: Week 5 gives all kinds of them as sabotages, from standards like Slow, Haste, and Mute to odd ones like [[BalefulPolymorph Chicken, Toad,]] and [[TheMusicMeister Sing]].

* ArcWords: "[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Memory is the key]]." Church, who would of course recognize the phrase, starts to comment on it.

** '''Victim 2:''' SuperDrowningSkills, KnifeNut, OffWithHisHead

* StandardStatusEffects: Week 5 gives all kinds of them as sabotages, from standards like Slow, Haste, and Mute to odd ones like [[BalefulPolymorph Chicken, Toad,]] and [[TheMusicMeister Sing]].

* EveryoneIsGay: Discussed, even if it's exaggerated.
-->'''Junpei:''' Are there any ladies among us who aren't adorable lesbians? Are we... are we space's lesbian singularity?
-->'''Church:''' ...I think some of them are bi.

* DyingAlone: Discussed when Clarith remembers Michaela's second death. Choromatsu also mentions that it's his greatest fear, even if he doesn't know why or remember that those were Osomatsu's FamousLastWords. [[spoiler:When Church confronts Price about his past, he learns that this also happened to the Director.]]

* ClimaxBoss: Subverted. Rox shows up at the right time and she's been well-established as TheDragon, but the Champions don't actually get to face her in a trial at that point, [[spoiler:and it's uncertain for a while whether that was even actually her]].

* SplashOfColour: In deadland's final form, [[spoiler:the Matsuno brothers' home and neighbourhood are in black and white except for their backyard.]]

** Near the end of the game, Arianna tries to go back to [[spoiler:the simulated mall. Instead, she ends up in a simulation of ''Flavourtown,'' which is breaking down and being devoured by a massive void, which is confirmed to be deadland.]]

-->"Let us one and all write a story's ending that we'll at least have [[EarnYourHappyEnding earned]], rather than walk the hollow and empty paths written out for us."
-->'''-Ardyn'''

* AscendedMeme: "Knifeglaive," the FanNickname for Ardyn, Church, Junpei and Yuuri, finally gets used in-game when the group is deciphering the Ouija board messages.

* BadassBoast: The Champions often throw these at Xander on motive day to try and defy his threats or rally the others not to give in.
-->'''The Doctor:''' If you touch [[IHaveYourWife her]], there is not a thing in this or any universe that will be able to save you.

* BreakingOldTrends: Instead of a GoodCopBadCop pair of Overseers, Xander plays both roles himself, being a strict Overseer who wants the game seen through for his own reasons yet still having his HiddenDepths leak out with the odd show of kindness. As well, just like in Round 4, "protected by a Roomba" and "a Lucian king or in the service of one" are no longer favored traits of the RNG, nor is "survived a previous DeadlyGame" because ''everyone'' has.

* BrickJoke: Four rounds later, we finally get cookie cutters in the prize machine.

* {{Callback}}: Ardyn makes one to the second culprit after remembering 2-1.
-->'''Ardyn in 2-1:''' This is not your fault. And even should the whole world hate and curse you merely for existing and doing what was right, I will accept you. And even should you hate and curse yourself in turn, I forgive all that which you cannot.
-->'''Ardyn in 5-2:''' This is not your fault. And even should the whole world hate and curse you merely for existing, I will accept you.

-->'''1-1:''' ...I can't say I wouldn't have tried to undo everything. Maybe it's even the right thing to do. But Eru-chan didn't do anything to you, and the rest of us need to keep on going.
-->'''5-4:''' I tried the same thing once, [[spoiler:Doctor]]. Maybe it was the right thing, but the people I love told me there was another way, and there was, even if it didn't just undo everything. But now we have a road to take that won't need to get everyone killed first.

* ChekhovsBoomerang: Remember in round one when the holodeck got stuck on the deadland setting throughout week six? We finally get an explanation for that and it ties into the round five plot. [[spoiler:Deadland is run on the same server as the simulations used during R1, R4, and the first half of R5, and it's possible to communicate between the two. What's more, you can also glitch between them...]]

* ChekhovsGag: The Round 2 cast starts to remember the superhero-themed nicknames they gave each other early on, and as in R2, it's used for a few jokes. [[spoiler:Then Junpei's death references ''ComicBook/TheNightGwenStacyDied.'']]

* DramaticIrony: Baked into the premise of the round. Notable examples, however, are the case of Choromatsu's brothers being his hostage in the hostage motive. We, of course, know that they've already taken two.

* EsotericHappyEnding: [[spoiler:This is what Nina ''wants'' her show to have, with everyone giving up and living in deadland forever while she [[KarmaHoudini gets away with her crimes]]. The survivors have other ideas.]]

* ExactWords: Junpei's secret during the first motive is that he'd kill any number of people for 'the woman he loves'. Before the first trial, he believes this refers to Akane. After beginning to regain his R2 memories, he realizes it refers to ''Yuuri''.

* {{Irony}}: Every kiosk is used as a sleeping area for two people, ''except'' for "[[InnocentInnuendo Bed Buddies]]," which has only a single occupant.

* KilledOffscreen: Aside from all the victims being this by necessity (though some had murder logs in museboxes unlocked later), [[WordOfGod word of the mun]] says that [[spoiler:Jack was killed by the void consuming deadland]].

* LoopholeAbuse: Xander, blushing as Church is stripping in the courtroom, says, "...I mean, there's no rule stating all Champions must be dressed."

* UnexpectedCharacter: [[spoiler:Players thought the survivors who hadn't been apped to the round would just be handwaved out. Then Week 5 gave a motive of executing them one by one until someone died.]]

* VillainBall: Discussed. This round often brings up comments, especially once the characters are finally able to remember the truth, that the network is putting in untold resources and technology the rest of their universe hasn't come close to perfecting, and that even a CashCowFranchise like ''Airlocked!'' can't be worth the trouble. This brings up theories that maybe the ImmoralRealityShow is just a means to an end rather than done for profit's sake.

* WhamEpisode: The ValentinesDayEpisode reveals that [[spoiler:Xander doesn't remember Lightning and has the same WistfulAmnesia moments the others are getting]]. In the same conversation, Ardyn also figures out that Xander is a prince, which he confirms, and which Jane and Arianna find shocking.

** Near the end of the game, Arianna tries to go back to [[spoiler:the simulated mall. Instead, she ends up in a simulation of ''Flavourtown,'' which is breaking down and being devoured by a massive void, and which WordOfGod swiftly confirms was deadland.]]

* {{Zalgo}}: [[spoiler:Used as PAL is trying and failing to fight back against his upgrade.]]
-->I can't [=remember’@ÚÒææ\\\@îÐÞ~@ŒäÒÊÜÈæ~@’@ÈÞÜNè@îÂÜè@èÞ@Ðêäè@ÂÜòÞÜ=]

* BrokenWinLossStreak: [[spoiler: After surviving a [[VisualNovel/{{Danganronpa}} ridiculous]] [[Roleplay/AirlockedRoundOne amount]] of {{deadly game}}s, including a previous round of his current ordeal, Togami finally bites the dust in Week 4.]]

** [[spoiler:Jamie/Tobias]] never said his companion [[spoiler:C.E.C.E.]] was ''dead'' after the Week of Terror. He just said she was ''gone.''

* OneOfUs: For the InUniverse fandom--apparently, [[spoiler:the Empress of Earth]] is an ''Airlocked!'' fan.

* DyingAlone: Discussed when Clarith remembers Michaela's second death. Choromatsu also mentions that it's his greatest fear, even if he doesn't know why or remember that that was Osomatsu's FamousLastWords. [[spoiler:When Church confronts Price about his past, he learns that this also happened to the Director.]]

* ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Of a sort. Xander is a familiar face, but the specifics of the LaserGuidedAmnesia inflicted everyone mean that no one realizes he used to be one of them.

* CartwrightCurse: Fukawa loses not only both of her love interests as the game goes on, but a number of people she'd grown close to and begun to consider family -- to the point of starting to wonder if there's any point in letting herself continue to care for people at all.

* BrokenWinLossStreak: [[spoiler: After surviving a {{VisualNovel/Danganronpa ridiculous}} {{Roleplay/AirlockedRoundOne amount}} of {{deadly game}}s, including a previous round of his current ordeal, Togami finally bites the dust in Week 4.]]]]]]

* BrokenWinLossStreak: [[spoiler: After surviving a [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa ridiculous]] [[Roleplay/AirlockedRoundOne amount]] of {{deadly game}}s, including a previous round of his current ordeal, Togami finally bites the dust in Week 4.]]]]]]

* BrokenWinLossStreak: [[spoiler: After surviving a [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa ridiculous]] [[Roleplay/AirlockedRoundOne amount]] of {{deadly game}}s, including a previous round of his current ordeal, Togami finally bites the dust in Week 4.]]

* BrokenWinLossStreak: [[spoiler: After surviving a ridiculous amount of {{deadly game}}s, including a previous round of his current ordeal, Togami finally bites the dust in Week 4.]]