History VideoGame / Catherine

* PeekABangs: Vincent doesn't usually wear his hair this way, but he does for a brief period after [[spoiler:Katherine breaks up with him]].

** In ''Full Bodied'', the long showers Rin enjoys. The first shower was too cold, prompting Vincent to tend to Rin and teach Rin how to fix the temperature. Should Vincent choose to romance Rin, this would lead to them bonding over his helping with the temperature of the shower. Later as the game progresses, Rin takes another shower but the water gets too hot and Rin passes out, prompting Vincent to go help [[spoiler: and there it is revealed that Rin is actually male]].

** If you continue to pursue Rin in your journey, a demon will task you a question in your dreams about whether or not you should continue a relationship with someone despite them keeping secrets, and based on some of the answers, the demon will taunt you about Rin having a secret as well. Further foreshadowing that [[spoiler: Rin is not only male but also an alien.]]
-->'''Demon''': Let me give you a hint...that pianist is hiding a very big secret.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[ThematicThemeTune Yo.]]''[[note]]Pictured: [[BettyAndVeronica Katherine]], [[ThirdOptionLoveInterest Rin]], and [[BettyAndVeronica Catherine]]. Also sheep. And Vincent. And [[PuzzleGame climbing]].[[/note]]]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Exaggerated. The whole story of the game is that cheating men are subject to horrifying and insomniac nightmares where they must climb towers to survive in another day.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: While the actual location the game takes place in is never mentioned (characters specifically avoid saying, even using terms like "this country"), the setting is a very American-looking city. Despite that, there are some things that are distinctly Japanese about it:
** Vincent's apartment is absolutely teeny. While Japanese apartments ''are'' that small, American ones typically are much more spacious. Furthermore, he has posters with kanji written on them. Not to mention the ring-shaped bulbs in his ceiling light, which are more identifiable with Japan.
** A sushi restaurant with a conveyer belt, which while common in Japan are very rare Stateside. Not implausible if they live in a major city on the West coast.
** At one point, during an optional text conversation with Catherine if you tell her not to bother you, she will eventually reply with "You're so boring!", followed by a [[http://i.imgur.com/P2j2uDA.jpg rather Japanese emoticon]]. This isn't to say that Japanese-style emoticons aren't uncommon in the US; stuff like "^_^" and ">_<" get used fairly regularly. You will rarely, if ever, find someone using the one in the picture, though.
** In one of the cutscenes, it is very noticeable that Vincent and Katherine leave their shoes at the door entrance; this is a Japanese custom that doesn't see much use in America.
** Characters specifically go on about women's wrestling, and the [=WrasslInsanity=] PPV seems to be a women's-only show. In Japanese pro wrestling, men and women generally perform in seperate promotions, but in the States, unisex leagues are far more common.
** [[spoiler:One of Mutton's motivations for the nightmares]] is the low birth rate of "this country". While it's well-documented that Japan's birth rate (and population numbers in general) has been in a steep decline for decades, population growth is far less of a problem in the United States. Based on the True Freedom ending [[spoiler:it's possible that this is not even on Earth but an entirely different planet meaning the low population rate could very well be a major problem for the "country" or the whole planet.]]
** When Vincent is describing Catherine on the phone he describes her as "she's white", like being Caucasian is unusual for the area.

* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: The majority of the cast is white with Anglo-Saxon names, and the town is a rather American-looking city. However, the actual name of the place is very deliberately avoided, along with the other quirks mentioned above under WeAllLiveInAmerica. The police officer Morgan wears a hat with a checkered rim, resembling those worn by police in England rather than the United States. On top of all of that, the True Freedom ending shows [[spoiler:Vincent at a spaceship dock overlooking the city, wherein it appears to be a small colony in a desert -- and certainly not on Earth at all -- as an incredibly sci-fi-looking spaceship flies in the background with no visible sky]], raising more questions than it answers.

* MegaTwintails: Catherine's twintails break physics. [[spoiler:They also look like the horns a demon could have, say... a succubus.]]

* NoBisexuals: Discussed and Averted in Full Body. After Vincent discovers [[spoiler: Rin's male genitalia, he freaks out, rebuffs Rin and questions his sexuality. Arguing that he could not be gay for another guy. However, after some realization of what he has done and his feelings for Rin haven't changed, he outs himself to his friends as a bisexual and goes to be happy forever with Rin.]]

* {{Gainaxing}}: No, not [[MsFanservice Catherine]] -- but Trisha -- has ridiculous bouncing chest physics implemented on her.

* [[TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive Catherine Knows Where You Live]]: {{Justified|Trope}}, due to [[spoiler:her being a {{Succubus}}, and has the ability to teleport to anywhere. She doesn't do this in front of the camera, but, towards the ending, she can randomly appear right next to Vincent]].

* HellHasNewManagement: [[spoiler:In Catherine's true ending, Vincent storms the hellish dimension where [[HornyDevils Catherine]] is from, dethrones her father (stated to be a very powerful demon himself, even if he is a BumblingDad), and rules over the succubi until, as Catherine states, "there is nobody who doesn't recognize your power". Damn.]]

* HornyDevils:
** [[spoiler:Catherine (a succubus).]]
** In Catherine's true ending, [[spoiler:Vincent becomes an incubus.]]

* EroticEating: One early image shows [[http://img840.imageshack.us/i/imgcatherine24.jpg/ Catherine eating a slice of pizza in a very.. .seductive manner]].

* VaporWear: Trisha's AbsoluteCleavage makes her obviously bra-less.

* AbsoluteCleavage: [[http://catherine.wikia.com/wiki/File:Image_77.png Midnight Venus]].

Notable on [[Wiki/ThisVeryWiki This Very Wiki]] for [[WMG/{{Catherine}} spawning its own]] WildMassGuessing page before it even got a works page.

* AMistakeIsBorn: On day 3, Vincent unexpectedly finding out that [[spoiler:Katherine is pregnant]]. This sort of revelation hits him like a ''truck'', and it would with any other couple if they weren't [[spoiler:planning on having kids (just yet)]].

* NiceHat: Orlando.

** In ''Full Body'', the Safety difficulty fulfils this role. Not only are the puzzle layouts identical to "Easy", but there's no time limit and you have infinite retries.

[[WMG/{{Catherine}} Spawned its own]] WildMassGuessing page before it even got a works page.

* IfItsYouItsOkay: [[spoiler: Vincent can continue to romantically pursue Rin following his UnsettlingGenderReveal, should the player choose this. While Vincent ultimately decides in-story that he doesn't think gender matters all that much after all, it's clear that Rin is the only person who's ever prompted Vincent to consider that he isn't straight.