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* ShockAndAwe: The Electro Pin.

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* ShockAndAwe: The Electro Pin.Pin, which allows you to damage enemies who touch you directly.



* {{Yandere}}: Queen Vanessa. Reading her letters and diaries around her mansion reveals that she freaked out when she was crowned as queen because it meant [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses she couldn't be a pretty princess any more]], and she apparently ''cut off all her lover's hair in his sleep and dyed it'' so it would ''match hers perfectly.''

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* {{Yandere}}: Queen Vanessa. Reading her letters and diaries around her mansion reveals that she freaked out when she was crowned as queen because it meant [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses she couldn't be a pretty princess any more]], and she apparently ''cut off all her lover's hair in his sleep and dyed it'' so it would ''match hers perfectly.'' She also banned bacon from the house because she thought he loved it more than her, and has apparently had thoughts of chaining him up in the basement so he can't escape.
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** The announcer for the balloon race in Mafia Town is doing his best [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing T.T.]] impression.

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** The announcer for the balloon race in Mafia Town is doing his best [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing T.T.]] impression. impression.
** Using the Fox Mask in one area of Queen Vanessa's manor reveals a hidden drawing of [[VideoGame/{{Psychonauts}} Raz.]]
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* BadassCape: Hat Kid again

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* BadassCape: Hat Kid againagain.
* BossSubtitles: Only one as of Alpha, but the battle against the TNT-toting Mafia members gets a subtitle.


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* EvilBrit: Mustache Girl, at least when she has proper voice acting.
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* EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses: Once upon a time, Queen Vanessa was Princess Vanessa. Then she was crowned queen... And thanks to the loss of her cute, sparkly title, ''everything'' went downhill from there.
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* ShoutOut: Some of the graffiti in Mafia Town reads, "Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough." While this is a well-known chant associated with FootballHooligans, given the game's inspirations (and the fact that one of its composers is Grant Kirkhope), it's almost certainly a reference to ''[[VideoGame/Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' and how Mayahem Temple's music is a corruption of this chant.

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* ShoutOut: Some of the graffiti in Mafia Town reads, "Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough." While this is a well-known chant associated with FootballHooligans, given the game's inspirations (and the fact that one of its composers is Grant Kirkhope), it's almost certainly a reference to ''[[VideoGame/Banjo-Kazooie ''[[VideoGame/BanjoKazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' and how Mayahem Temple's music is a corruption of this chant.
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* DidNotDoTheBloodyResearch: The beach where the balloon race is held is bordered by signs saying "sod off." Given that one of their staff members is British, it's possible that they were trying to [[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Get Crap Past The Radar]]... or said British member {{troll}}ed them into it.


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* GainaxEnding: The ending of the Alpha Build. After completing the two storyline missions included in the game, you get a nice [[AWinnerIsYou "Thank you for playing the alpha build of A Hat in Time!"]] message. [[spoiler: Suddenly, you find yourself in the middle of a dark, snowy street somewhere in what appears to be France during the early 1900's. One of the storefronts opens, and out steps what appears to be Hat Kid... [[SheIsAllGrownUp Only she's very much not a kid anymore.]] You can walk around the quiet, snowy street corner, but you can't jump or use any of your abilities. Eventually, you can walk up to the window of a bookstore, which appears to be displaying several books of fairytales, to see the credits.]]


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* PsychoStrings: Queen Vanessa's theme picks these up the closer she draws to you.


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* ShoutOut: Some of the graffiti in Mafia Town reads, "Come and have a go, if you think you're hard enough." While this is a well-known chant associated with FootballHooligans, given the game's inspirations (and the fact that one of its composers is Grant Kirkhope), it's almost certainly a reference to ''[[VideoGame/Banjo-Kazooie Banjo-Tooie]]'' and how Mayahem Temple's music is a corruption of this chant.
** The announcer for the balloon race in Mafia Town is doing his best [[VideoGame/DiddyKongRacing T.T.]] impression.


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* TakenForGranite: Queen Vanessa's gaze turns her victims to stone. Her mansion is even decorated with several of her... trophies.


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* {{Yandere}}: Queen Vanessa. Reading her letters and diaries around her mansion reveals that she freaked out when she was crowned as queen because it meant [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses she couldn't be a pretty princess any more]], and she apparently ''cut off all her lover's hair in his sleep and dyed it'' so it would ''match hers perfectly.''
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** The backer alpha reveals that the ties are currency you can trade for items.
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* {{Jerkass}}: Hat Kid shows quite a bit of brattiness in certain parts of the alpha (like when she angers a mafia by sticking her tongue at him.
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* MascotMook: Mafia well aware of how tied Mafia is to game's public image.
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** Hat Kid's partner is Timmy. [[spoiler:As in, Tim-e.]]
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Queen Vanessa's terrifying gaze. Run away!
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* LittleMissBadass: Hat Kid's pretty tough for a little girl.


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* ToiletHumor: There's a haunted outhouse in the second level. The haunted toilet is apparently so menacing it gets its own {{Leitmotif}}.
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* StealthPun: The "challenge stages" included in the prototype version include {{Temporary Platform}}s that look like cookies. [[spoiler: Because that's the way the cookie crumbles.]]

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* StealthPun: The "challenge stages" included in the prototype version include {{Temporary Platform}}s that look like cookies. [[spoiler: [[DontExplainTheJoke Because that's the way the cookie crumbles.crumbles]].]]
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* BadassCape: Hat Kid again
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* MoodWhiplash: The first level is bright and colorful. The second is dark and creepy.
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''A Hat in Time'' is a throwback to the collect-a-thon {{Platformer}}s of the {{Nintendo 64}}, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.

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''A Hat in Time'' is a throwback to the collect-a-thon {{Platformer}}s of the {{Nintendo 64}}, TheFifthGenerationOfConsoleVideoGames, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', ''VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
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* StealthPun: The "challenge stages" included in the prototype version include TemporaryPlatforms that look like cookies. [[spoiler: Because that's the way the cookie crumbles.]]

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* StealthPun: The "challenge stages" included in the prototype version include TemporaryPlatforms {{Temporary Platform}}s that look like cookies. [[spoiler: Because that's the way the cookie crumbles.]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hat Kid is just Hat Kid. Same goes for Mustache Girl. No so much with Hat Kid's partner, Timmy, though.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hat Kid is just Hat Kid. Same goes for Mustache Girl. No Not so much with Hat Kid's partner, Timmy, though.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Hat Kid is just Hat Kid. Same goes for Mustache Girl. No so much with Hat Kid's partner, Timmy, though.


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* StealthPun: The "challenge stages" included in the prototype version include TemporaryPlatforms that look like cookies. [[spoiler: Because that's the way the cookie crumbles.]]
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* GirlsWithMoustaches: The main villain is like this. She's even called Mustache Girl.

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* TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily: The Mafia of Cooks. Their criminal activities involve beating up barrels dressed as old ladies (to intimidate people) and punching seagulls for eating their fish, and they won't harm Hat Kid unless she attacks them first.



* TheMafia: . . . of Cooks! [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily Much more lighthearted than most examples]], but they're still not good people.
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* LivingShadow: The Snatcher.
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* SpeakingSimlish: Was added as a voice acting option as a stretch goal.

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* SpeakingSimlish: Was added as a voice acting option as for reaching a stretch goal.
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* SpeakingSimlish: Was added as a voice acting option as a stretch goal.
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* TheMafia: . . . of Cooks! Much more lighthearted than most examples, but they're still not good people.

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* TheMafia: . . . of Cooks! [[TheFamilyForTheWholeFamily Much more lighthearted than most examples, examples]], but they're still not good people.

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* CoolMask: All of the Forest Dwellers wear animal masks (possibly because they have no faces otherwise). Hat Kid can even wear some of them herself.



* MaskPower: All of the Forest Dwellers wear animal masks (possibly because they have no faces otherwise). Hat Kid can even wear some of them herself.
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* SignificantAnagram: Time Item.
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* YouAllLookFamiliar: All of the Mafia Goons are identical, except for slight differences in clothing.

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* YouAllLookFamiliar: All of the Mafia Goons are identical, except for slight differences in clothing.clothing.
* YouNoTakeCandle: The Mafia of Cooks talk like this.
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''A Hat in Time'' is a throwback to the collect-a-thon games of the {{Nintendo 64}}, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.

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''A Hat in Time'' is a throwback to the collect-a-thon games {{Platformer}}s of the {{Nintendo 64}}, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.
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''[[http://hatintime.com/ A Hat in Time]]'' is an upcoming PC (and possibly WiiU) game from independent developer "Gears for Breakfast". It stars a petite time-traveller named Hat Kid who is trying to restore the broken pieces of time. Aided (questionably) by Tim, the eccentric CEO of Time, and stymied by the mischievous Mustache Girl, she must travel to different worlds collecting the Time Items.

''A Hat in Time'' is a throwback to the collect-a-thon games of the {{Nintendo 64}}, including ''VideoGame/SuperMario64'', ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', and ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong64'', though with a brightly colored cel-shaded visual style reminiscent of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker''.

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!!This game contains examples of the following tropes:

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Hat Kid can collect and wear quite a lot of different hats and other accessories.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Are the Mafia of Cooks Russian? . . . Italian? . . . whatever.
* BadassAdorable: Hat Kid.
* EccentricMentor: Tim, the CEO of Time.
* {{Egopolis}}: Mafia Town.
* GoombaStomp: Hat Kid's other primary form of offense besides her umbrella. Some enemies require you to use both to defeat them.
* GottaCatchEmAll: The Time Items, pins, hats, . . . neckties?
* KillItWithFire: The Snatcher's only weakness is fire.
* LethalLavaLand: Mafia Town eventually becomes this.
* TheLostWoods: The Subcon Forest.
* TheMafia: . . . of Cooks! Much more lighthearted than most examples, but they're still not good people.
* MaskPower: All of the Forest Dwellers wear animal masks (possibly because they have no faces otherwise). Hat Kid can even wear some of them herself.
* NiceHat: Tons of them.
* ParasolOfPain: Hat Kid's umbrella, which has various upgrades including a hookshot and a pogo bounce.
* PlayingWithFire: The Fire Spirits.
* PlotCoupon: The Time Items.
* TheRival: Mustache Girl.
* ShockAndAwe: The Electro Pin.
* VariableMix: Used in a similar fashion to ''VideoGame/BanjoKazooie'', with the instrumentation of the level theme changing in different areas.
* YouAllLookFamiliar: All of the Mafia Goons are identical, except for slight differences in clothing.

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