History VideoGame / BlacksadUnderTheSkin

* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: Frank Cassidy is a greedy character who wanted to pay Joe Dunn's murderer's lawyer fee because Joe convinced everyone to vote against the idea of making it illegal for boxers to fight without a manager. When he discovers that Quince is a peadophile, he orders his bodyguard, Billy Bob, to execute him.]]

* YourCheatingHeart: The prologue sees Blacksad ambushed at his own office by a charging rhino, who is the husband of his current client, and knows that the Blacksad's investigation is about to reveal his adultery. If Blacksad manages to fend off the assault long enough for him to calm down, he offers a large bribe in exchange for his silence. It's up to the player's conscience whether to take it. He can also choose to [[spoiler:rat out the rhino to the husband of the woman he was having an affair with, leading to disastrous consequences for him]].

* TheAtoner: Dennis O'Leary helps Bobby Yale's career behind the scenes [[spoiler:as a way to atone for setting up Bobby's father to die 16 years ago]].

* MistakenForCheating: Blacksad can accuse Mary of [[spoiler:cheating on Joe Dunn with Yale due to a picture in his apartment]], only for her to explain that [[spoiler:Bobby Yale is her nephew]].

* YourCheatingHeart: The prologue sees Blacksad ambushed at his own office by a charging rhino, who is the husband of his current client, and knows that the Blacksad's investigation is about to reveal his adultery. If Blacksad manages to fend off the assault long enough for him to calm down, he offers a large bribe in exchange for his silence. It's up to the player's conscience whether to take it.

** Quincy, an eagle that runs brothels with underage girls on the side [[spoiler: if he doesn't die for cheating at cards he dies because Cassidy's niece was one of the girl he abducted.]]

* BrokenBird: Sonia Gunn does her best to keep her composure, but at best she has to live with both the [[spoiler:the death of her father and the knowledge that her beloved surrogate uncle was behind his murder.]] Otherwise, she either [[spoiler:gets sent to jail or shoots herself in the head after killing Thorpe.]]

* GoldenEnding: It's possible to prevent the deaths of both [[spoiler:Mary and Sonia.]] The player can even help Bobby [[spoiler:avenge his father]] by providing him the right clues at the end of the game.

* HeelRealisation: [[spoiler: Eugene (the rhinoceros who attacked Blacksad in the intro) is true to his word when he admits his affair only happened once and he truly loves his wife. If he survives the game: then his wife informs Blacksad that Eugene has given her breakfast in bed and has organized a second honeymoon to Niagra Falls after having a scare at work.]]

* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Thorpe]] started his criminal career because he [[spoiler:wanted to walk again.]] Fittingly, he [[spoiler:dies in his wheelchair.]]

* PressXToNotDie: This being a game in the genre defined by Creator/TelltaleGames and Creator/QuanticDream (Blacksad is even voiced by Barry Johnson, who worked on both ''VideoGame/BeyondTwoSouls'' and ''VideoGame/DetroitBecomeHuman'') quick-time events are a frequent occurrence, and failing them will often result in death and having to restart the section.
* ScaryBlackMan: Billy Bob. He is not as big as Yale and Jake or even Blacksad but he far more sinister and always ready to kill someone.

** He wished he drove a yellow cadillac instead of his current car. He gets the chance in "Armadillo."

** Joe Dunn being a jazz like Blacksad means he also has records of Fletcher, the famous musician in "Silent Hell".

* AlphaBitch: [[spoiler:Helen Moore.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: Billy Bob. He is not as big as Yale and Jake or even Blacksad but he far more sinister.

* AlphaBitch: [[spoiler:Heather Moore.]]

* ScaryBlackMan: Billy Bob.

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: On the other hand, John can be played as a hardboiled opportunist who backstabs everyone around him when given the opportunity. This playstyle usually grants short term rewards but can make the investigation more difficult in the long run.

** Quincy, an eagle that runs brothels [[spoiler: if he doesn't die for cheating at cards he dies because Cassidy's niece was one of the girl he abducted.]]

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jimmy]], who beat up a widow and almost drowned her adolescent son to blackmail her into recommending him to replace his cousin [[spoiler:(who he also killed in a hit-and-run)]] on O'Leary's gang so he could spy on it for [[spoiler:Cassidy.]]

* PlayerPunch: Preventing [[spoiler:Mary's death]] results in a different cleaning lady named Clarice Freeman [[spoiler:getting killed by Randall Leigh.]] To further salt the wound, Blacksad finds out that Clarice [[spoiler:was a mother of two young girls.]]

''Blacksad: Under the Skin'' is a 3D cinematic AdventureGame, [[LicensedGame based on]] the Spanish noir comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}''. In the comic's continuity, the game serves an {{Interquel}}, taking place chronologically between the stories ''Arctic Nation'' and ''Red Sou''l. It was developed by the Spanish Pendulo Studios (known for ''VideoGame/RunawayARoadAdventure'') and released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PS4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on November 14th, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version to follow on December 10th, 2019.

''Blacksad: Under the Skin'' is a 3D cinematic AdventureGame, [[LicensedGame based on]] the Spanish noir comic book series ''ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}''. It was developed by the Spanish Pendulo Studios (known for ''VideoGame/RunawayARoadAdventure'') and released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PS4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on November 14th, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version to follow on December 10th, 2019.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Jimmy]], who beat up a widow and almost drowned her infant son to blackmail her into recommending him to replace his cousin [[spoiler:(who he also killed in a hit-and-run)]] on O'Leary's gang so he could spy on it for [[spoiler:Cassidy.]]

* NonStandardGameOver: Blacksad can actually refuse to take the case at the very start of the game, retire during the middle of it if he fails to question a prime suspect during the middle of it, or allow [[spoiler:the true mastermind to walk free.]]

* BrokenBird: Sonia Gunn does her best to keep her composure, but at best she has to live with both the [[spoilder:the death of her father and the knowledge that her beloved surrogate uncle was behind his murder.]] Otherwise, she either [[spoiler:gets sent to jail or shoots herself in the head after killing Thorpe.]]

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:O'Leary and Cassidy are still running amok in all the endings. Thorpe can potentially get away with all the murders he orchestrated as well.]]

* HeelRealisation: [[spoiler: Eugene (the rhinoceros who attacked Blacksad in the intro) is true to his word when he admits his affair only happened once and he truly loves his wife. If he survives the game: then his wife informs Blacksad that Eugene has given her breakfast in bed and organized a second honeymoon to Niagra Falls after having a scare at work.]]

''Blacksad: Under the Skin'' is a 3D cinematic AdventureGame, developed by the Spanish Pendulo Studios (known for ''VideoGame/RunawayARoadAdventure'') and released for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], UsefulNotes/PS4 and UsefulNotes/XboxOne on November 14th, with a UsefulNotes/NintendoSwitch version to follow on December 10th, 2019.

In it, New York detective John Blacksad is hired by Sonia Dunn, the owner of a boxing club who inherited it after her father, Joe Dunn, was found dead in a suspected suicide. The job consists of investigating the disappearance of the club's star boxer Bobby Yale, who was about to fight in the biggest match of his career; if he won, the reward would have saved the club from its long-standing financial woes. Instead, she finds herself on the brink, and Blacksad, who is also largely broke, must go to seediest underbelly of NYC to locate Yale.

* FunnyAnimal[=/=] LittleBitBeastly: Like in the comic, the male characters like Blacksad himself are largely the former, while the female characters are typically the latter, with a much more human-looking appearance and animal features often consigned to the ears, shape of nose and skin tone.

* NeckSnap: Blacksad can potentially die like this at ''the very opening'' of the game, hwn