History VideoGame / CarnEvil

* BigBad: Tökkentäkker.

** In the food court area of Rickety Town, you can dunk one of the Guilloteens into a deep fryer.

* CircusOfFear: The final level.

* {{Jerkass}}: Umlaut.
* TheJester: Umlaut, again.

* NoNameGiven: The Protagonist

* StealthInsult: Umlaut's introduction to the Freak Show level insinuates that [[spoiler: you're a freak]]. It takes a second. [[spoiler:Although [[MindScrew he could be just screwing with you]], [[{{Troll}} as usual]]. Or he's [[ImpliedDeathThreat implying]] [[FateWorseThanDeath what'll become of you]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown once the freaks get through]] — he makes a similar implication in the intro to the final stage.]]

* TortureCellar: The Chamber of Horrors, a rather disturbing part of the Freak Show level. Beneath the chamber is a macabre assembly line of sorts, and guess what's being made there? [[spoiler: Nums for the final boss!]]

* TheDeadHaveEyes

* DownerEnding
* TheDragon: Umlaut to Tökkentäkker.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler: The ending where you and Betty wake up in front of the tomb seems to imply that only the two of you survived while the rest of the tour group died.]]

* ProngsOfPoseidon: The flying imps in the Big Top carry tridents (and [[GrievousBottleyHarm broken bottles]]).

** The KillerBees in Rickety Town rankle too.
** So do the human-headed flies and maggots in the Freak Show.

* VillainousHarlequin: Our flying skull-headed host.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Evil Marie screams quite, er... "[[OrgasmicCombat suggestively]]"... when she's [[FreudWasRight IMPALED]] on a fountain.

* MagicalClown: Umlaut, a magical flying jester head. All of the clowns in [=CarnEvil=] could technically be considered this, because they are zombies, but the magic comes not from the clowns themselves, but from either the [[RepulsiveRingmaster ringmaster]] or from [[EldritchLocation the carnival itself]].

* EnfanteTerrible: Boss of the Freak Show level. The developers, considering that ([[BlackComedy even by this game's standards]]) some arcade owners would find this too disturbing, have an option [[{{Bowdlerise}} to replace him]] [[KillerTeddyBear with a teddy bear]].

* TakeOverTheWorld: The official website states that Tokkentaker's ultimate goal is to turn the whole world into a twisted carnival via an army of giant freaks. Fortunately, he's only created one giant freak so far. Unfortunately, that giant freak is [[EnfantTerrible Junior]], the boss of the Freak Show.

* ChekhovsGun: The spider monkeys you let loose about halfway through the Freak Show level come back later.
* ChristmasElves: Demented ones who appear on the "Slay Ride" roller coaster. They look like the ComicBook/GreenGoblin and throw presents or stab with sharpened candy canes.

* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Dino-Rama, the dinosaur-themed tilt-a-whirl. In addition, there are also blue dinosaur mascots around the area.

* ShoutOut: The Museum of the Slightly Curious from the Freak Show level features a caveman from ''Trog!'' encased in a block of ice. You can see it in [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lD-d8_DTrJE this video]] at about 1:54.

* TakeThat: Yeah, it's ''probably'' a coincidence that the zombie dinosaurs in Rickety Town that you're supposed to shoot into bloody pieces look like ''Series/BarneyTheDinosaur''... [[SarcasmMode Probably...]]

* BlatantLies: The arcade cabinet will assure you that "That isn't a zombie/it's just a silly clown".

* BodyHorror: Up to {{Splatterhouse}} levels in the Freak Show, but you really should've guessed that.

* FadeAroundTheEyes: At the end, the screen fades to black around [[spoiler:Umlaut]]'s eyes, complete with an EvilLaugh, to show that he is BackFromTheDead. Subverted in that, instead of his eyes fading away as well, it just cuts to a screen saying "Game Over."

* SayMyName: All of the bosses, except Hambone and Junior, are announced to the player. Of these, Krampus, Eyeclops and Evil Marie introduce themselves when they appear, Tökkentäkker appears on a giant video screen when you reach the center ring of the Big Top, and Umlaut gets called out to the fight (Tökkentäkker: "Umlaut! Get him!")

* LateToThePunchline: Umlaut's introduction to the Freak Show level insinuates that [[spoiler: you're a freak]]. It takes a second. [[spoiler:Although [[MindScrew he could be just screwing with you]], [[{{Troll}} as usual]]. Or he's [[ImpliedDeathThreat implying]] [[FateWorseThanDeath what'll become of you]] [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown once the freaks get through]] — he makes a similar implication in the intro to the final stage.]]

* HighClassGlass: Tökkentäkker.

* MonsterClown: The last stage, the Big Top, is chock full of these - big and small.

%%* RailShooter

* SkeletonCrew: Tökkentäkker summons them to attack the players.

* EnfanteTerrible: Boss of the Freak Show level. [[TheDevTeamThinksOfEverything The developers, considering that]] ([[BlackComedy even by this game's standards]]) some arcade owners would find this too disturbing, have an option [[{{Bowdlerise}} to replace him]] [[KillerTeddyBear with a teddy bear]].

* IncendiaryExponent: When Hambone, mid-boss of the Haunted House makes his entrance, he is on fire for no reason.

* ChristmasElves: Demented ones who appear on the "Slay Ride" roller coaster. They look like the GreenGoblin and throw presents or stab with sharpened candy canes.

Luckily, the protagonist stumbles across the shooting gallery--which, in keeping with the macabre nature of this particular carnival, happens to have ''real'' shotguns. Grabbing one of them, with his hapless friend [[DamselInDistress Betty]] tagging along, he prepareso to blast his way out...or die trying.