History VideoGame / AnnabelleRPGMaker

* AnAesop: As explicitly spelled out by Melody in ''Annabelle: Projection'', sometimes it is better to ignore negativity than fight it.
-->Whatever is just nonsense trying to disturb you. Ignore it. If there's ever a time when you truly need to fight, fight. If you keep wasting all your energy fighting everything, you're going to be tired all the time. Ignore what you can, and fight what you must.

** The overall villain of the series is Jason Sunray, who has no fantastical powers and is just some guy with an apartment, but is an abusive husband and father who molests his own daughter. His abuse is the very reason for all the nightmares and issues that Annabelle struggles with through the series.

* BandLand: The first area in the first two games is a series of hallways with music notes and dancing. It represents the dance hall that Annabelle snuck out to meet Melody at.

* HubLevel: The Nexus, as usual, but the latter two games also have a door in the Nexus that leads to an area which is used to unlock all the other areas, depending on what abilities you have.

-->Whatever is just nonsense trying to disturb you. Ignore it. If there's ever a time where you truly need to fight, fight. If you keep wasting all your energy fighting everything, you're going to be tired all the time. Ignore what you can, and fight what you must.

* BigBad: [[SinisterMinister The Preacher]] is the mysterious robed woman who runs The Church, an OrphanageOfFear where [[EvilOrphanageLady she]] abuses the orphans and plans to keep Annabelle under her thumb. [[spoiler:It turns out that "she" is [[HijackedByGanon Jason]], having returned from his supposed death and wanting to kill Annabelle.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Annabelle has finally escaped The Church and gotten Jason arrested, so she goes to meet Melody again... only to discover that her mother sold the house already. To [[AlphaBitch Riley]] and her dad, no less]].

* DeniedFoodAsPunishment: Roxanne recounts the first time she swore, and Father Martin commanded her to stop. She ignored him and got sent to her room without food ''or even water''.
* ElectricTorture: Upon capturing [[spoiler:Frankie]] for stealing the Front Office Key, The Preacher ties him to a chair, takes out a taser, and repeatedly shocks him with it, demanding to know where he hid the key. [[spoiler:He then [[WouldHurtAChild shocks the kid to death]] just to stop him from interfering further in his plans.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Roxanne, at one point, asks Annabelle if the reason she's locked up in The Church is because of her father, who abused her and who she knifed in self-defense. [[spoiler:That is indeed the case, far more than either realize- because her father is secretly running the place.]]
* FosteringForProfit: This turns out to be [[spoiler:the real motive of The Preacher- by intentionally traumatizing the orphans/patients under his care, thus making sure they never recover and rejoin society, he keeps the state flowing money to him]].
* MadnessMantra: One Unfortunate Youth is seen repeating "i'm not pure" after being forced to drink ipecac and vomiting, because he was told that only the pure would be able to handle it.

* PoliceAreUseless: The Preacher/[[spoiler:Jason Sunray]], who runs [[OrphanageOfFear The Church]], got the job by lying to the police, saying that [[spoiler:Tiffany Moonlight]], who was supposed to get the job, was mentally unfit. [[spoiler:Tiffany]] is a kind and stable individual while [[spoiler:Jason]] is a known abuser and [[spoiler:molester]], but for some reason the police believe [[spoiler:Jason]], who then gets the job. [[spoiler:Thankfully, the ending has the police [[BigDamnHeroes arrest Jason and save the day]]]].

-->'''Father Martin:''' You leave her alone, [[spoiler:[[HijackedByGanon Jason]]]]!

* BigBad: [[AlphaBitch Riley]] is Annabelle's toxic freind before she met Melody and the cause of her mental issues that she deals with in the game.

* BigBad: [[AlphaBitch Riley]] is the leader of Annabelle's bullies at school and the cause of her mental issues that she deals with in the game.

Followed up by an interquel, ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/thedreamsofmelodymoonlight/309821 The Dreams Of Melody Moonlight]]'', in which Melody has nightmares of her own involving Annabelle, and a prequel, ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/annabelleprojection/350308 Annabelle: Projection]]'', focusing on Annabelle's school life as she deals with the bullying from [[AlphaBitch Riley]] and her cohorts, eventually gaining a friend in Ego (a recurring character from ''Annventure'') who offers to help her fight against the bullies. Unlike previous games, this one has a purely linear world and instead adds RPG combat. Annabelle is also one of the main characters of ''An Annventure to End Them All''.

Annabelle returns in the true sequel, ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/theexorcismofannabellesunray/645628 The Exorcism of Annabelle Sunray]]'', where she is sent to an abusive religious institution known as 'The Church', for troubled orphans, and must escape the clutches of The Preacher, a robed woman who serves as the head of the institution. It was originally intended to be the first of a new trilogy, titled ''The Life Of Annabelle Sunray'', but the creator DiedDuringProduction.

* BrokenBridge: The first three games are actually rather linear despite being ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' fangames because you are prevented from going far in certain areas until you have a certain Effect needed to pass. The latter two even prevent you from going into an area unless you unlock it from the HubLevel.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The doors all have different colors, and ''Annabelle Sunray'' has different-colored keys to correspond to said doors.

* PermanentPlaceholer: InUniverse, the orphanage known as The Church was originally going to receive a proper name, but it never did.

Followed up by two sequels, ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/thedreamsofmelodymoonlight/309821 The Dreams Of Melody Moonlight]]'', in which Melody has nightmares of her own involving Annabelle, and ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/annabelleprojection/350308 Annabelle: Projection]]'', focusing on Annabelle's school life as she deals with the bullying from [[AlphaBitch Riley]] and her cohorts, eventually gaining a friend in Ego (a recurring character from ''Annventure'') who offers to help her fight against the bullies. Unlike previous games, this one has a purely linear world and instead adds RPG combat. Annabelle is also one of the main characters of ''An Annventure to End Them All''.

Annabelle returns in ''[[https://gamejolt.com/games/theexorcismofannabellesunray/645628 The Exorcism of Annabelle Sunray]]'', where she is sent to an abusive religious institution known as 'The Church', for troubled orphans, and must escape the clutches of The Preacher, a robed woman who serves as the head of the institution. It was originally intended to be the first of a new trilogy, titled ''The Life Of Annabelle Sunray'', but the creator DiedDuringProduction.

* OrphanageOfFear: The Church in ''Exorcism'' is a religiously-flavored one, as they take in orphans only to tell them that their traumas are their fault and abuse them both physically and emotionally. Yet somehow the institution won several humanitarian awards. [[spoiler:This is because it did before Jason had come in control of the place.]]

* PoliceAreUseless: In ''Exorcism'', The Preacher/[[spoiler:Jason Sunray]], who runs [[OrphanageOfFear The Church]], got the job by lying to the police, saying that [[spoiler:Tiffany Moonlight]], who was supposed to get the job, was mentally unfit. [[spoiler:Tiffany]] is a kind and stable individual while [[spoiler:Jason]] is a known abuser and [[spoiler:molester]], but for some reason the police believe [[spoiler:Jason]], who then gets the job. [[spoiler:Thankfully, the ending has the police [[BigDamnHeroes arrest Jason and save the day]]]].

* AnAesop: As explicitly spelled out by Melody in ''Annabelle: Projection'', sometimes it is better to ignore negativity than fight it.
-->Whatever is just nonsense trying to disturb you. Ignore it. If there's ever a time where you truly need to fight, fight. If you keep wasting all your energy fighting everything, you're going to be tired all the time. Ignore what you can, and fight what you must.
* BandLand: The first area in the first two games is a series of hallways with music notes and dancing. It represents the dance hall that Annabelle snuck out to meet Melody at.
* BigBad:
** Original game, ''The Dreams of Annabelle Sunray'', and ''The Dreams of Melody Moonlight'': [[AbusiveParents Jason Sunray]] is Anabelle Sunray's abusive father and the main figure in her nightmares who torments both her and Melody.
** ''Annabelle: Projection'': [[AlphaBitch Riley]] is the leader of Annabelle's bullies at school.
** ''The Exorcism Of Annabelle Sunray'': [[SinisterMinister The Preacher]] is the mysterious robed woman who runs The Church, an OrphanageOfFear where [[EvilOrphanageLady she]] abuses the orphans and plans to keep Annabelle under her thumb. [[spoiler:It turns out that “she” is [[HijackedByGanon Jason]], having returned from his supposed death and wanting to kill Annabelle.]]
* BittersweetEnding: In ''Exorcism'', [[spoiler:Annabelle has finally escaped The Church and gotten Jason arrested, so she goes to meet Melody again... only to discover that her mother sold the house already. To [[AlphaBitch Riley]] and her dad, no less]].
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Melody in ''Annabelle Sunray'' outright refers to the game as a fangame (as in a ''VideoGame/YumeNikki'' fangame) at one point.

* DualWorldGameplay: The Theatre area has some doors and enemies that will not appear unless you press a light switch, and can be turned off by pressing the switch again.
* FoodAsBribe: In ''Exorcism'', the Preacher offers candy to whoever finds and captures the escaping Annabelle.
* FosteringForProfit: In ''Exorcism'', this turns out to be [[spoiler:the real motive of The Preacher- by intentionally traumatizing the orphans/patients under his care, thus making sure they never recover and rejoin society, he keeps the state flowing money to him]].
* FourIsDeath: The original game and ''Melody Moonlight'' have four doors of SurrealHorror and abuse to venture through.
* HubLevel: The Nexus, as usual, but the latter two games also have a door in the Nexus that leads to an area which is used to unlock all the other areas, depending on what abilities you have.
* TheMaze: The first two games have one of the invisible variety, where the pathways are periodically revealed by green bars passing through them.
* NoYou: Ego says this word-for-word in response to a bully calling Annabelle's clothes filthy and telling her she has greasy hair.
* OrphanageOfFear: The Church in ''Exorcism'' is a religiously-flavored one, as they take in orphans only to tell them that their traumas are their fault and abuse them both physically and emotionally. Yet somehow the institution won several humanitarian awards. [[spoiler:This is because it did before Jason had come in control of the place.]]
* PermanentPlaceholer: InUniverse, the orphanage known as The Church was originally going to receive a proper name, but it never did.
* PoliceAreUseless: In ''Exorcism'', The Preacher/[[spoiler:Jason Sunray]], who runs [[OrphanageOfFear The Church]], got the job by lying to the police, saying that [[spoiler:Tiffany Moonlight]], who was supposed to get the job, was mentally unfit. [[spoiler:Tiffany]] is a kind and stable individual while [[spoiler:Jason]] is a known abuser and [[spoiler:molester]], but for some reason the police believe [[spoiler:Jason]], who then gets the job. [[spoiler:Thankfully, the ending has the police [[BigDamnHeroes arrest Jason and save the day]]]].

* YouAreFat: Riley in ''Annabelle: Projection'' calls the titular Annabelle fat among other insults.

* YouFool: An NPC in ''Annabelle: Projection'' says that Ego and Annabelle cannot possibly defeat the Intrusive Thoughts. When Ego claims otherwise, the NPC says "FOOL FOOL FOOL FOOL".