History VideoGame / CatsAreLiquid

* ConvectionScmhovection: both the orange liquid and fire only hurt Lumi and her friends when they touch it.

* {{Prequel}}: The game takes place before ALITS and explains how the cat got trapped here.

* {{Bookends}}:"The cat had been going through these maze like rooms for what felt like forever, and they just seemed to be continuing." This is the first line of the game and [[spoiler:the last thing the cat/Lumi says in reset mode, which occurs after the main game]].

* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Lumi never gets a good ending in either game]]
* BreakTheCutie: The cat starts off fairly positive in both games, but gradually becomes more desperate to either escape the the maze in ALITS, starting to despair when she realises [[spoiler:the rooms are an endless loop, and there is no exit]], then breaks completely once she [[spoiler:loses all of her abilities]], believing herself to be worthless. In ABP, she doesn't get it much better, with [[spoiler:all of her friends leaving her in the later worlds, leaving her broken and most likely somewhat unhinged as she decides to stay and create the worlds in ALITS and replay them forever]]

* AmnesiacDissonance: [[spoiler: Lumi realizes that she was the one who trapped herself in the worlds, but crosses the DespairEventHorizon and decides she likes it better here and pushes the escape door away]]

* {{Bookends}}:"The cat had been going through these maze like rooms for what felt like forever, and they just seemed to be continuing." This is the first line of the game and [[spoiler: the last thing the cat/Lumi says in reset mode, which occurs after the main game]]

* DespairEventHorizon: The cat crosses it by Level 9, due to her [[spoiler:losing all of her powers, and realising that the maze is an endless loop with no exit.]]
* {{Determinator}}: The cat lets nothing stop her from escaping the maze [[spoiler:up until the end when she starts to doubt her worth, and eventually kills herself]].

* RespawnPoint: The cat comes back to life and the room is reset after she dies. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is due to Lumi/the cat being unable to cope with death, and creating a mental world where [[DeathIsCheap]]]].

* TomatoInTheMirror: See Amnesiac Dissonance

* OnePersonOnePower: Lumi the cat is now joined by three identical but different-colored cats (green, blue, and red), and each cat (including Lumi) can do something that the other three can't.

* TomatoInTheMirror: See amnesia dissonance

* Amnesiacdissonance: [[spoiler: Lumi realizes that she was the one who trapped herself in the worlds, but crosses the DespairEventHorizon and decides she likes it better here and pushes the escape door away]]

* Tomatointhemirror: See amnesia dissonance

* Downerending: [[spoiler:Lumi never gets a good ending in either game]]

* BreakTheCutie: The cat starts off fairly positive, gradually becomes more desperate to escape the longer she stays in the maze, then she starts to despair when she realises [[spoiler:the rooms are an endless loop, and there is no exit]], then breaks completely once she [[spoiler:loses all of her abilities]], believing herself to be worthless.

-> ''She just wanted to get out.''

* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The cat is referred to as just that.

* KillTheCutie: At the end of the main game [[spoiler:a spiked ceiling comes down on the cat, and she dies, but this time she never respawns]].

* RespawnPoint: The cat comes back to life and the room is reset after she dies. [[spoiler:It's implied that this is due to the owner being unable to cope with death, and creating a mental world where DeathIsCheap]].

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We see the events of the game from the point of view of the cat's owner. [[spoiler:It's implied that he's been driven insane by the death of a loved one, and has created a mental world in which there is no death. The cat is a representation of his mind, or a part of it, trying to escape from this mental world and confront the real world]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: The cat is delighted when she gains the ability to create bombs, even though the ability isn't all that useful.
* UnreliableNarrator: See ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.

* DifficultySpike: All the levels beyond 7:1, after which you [[spoiler:lose the float ability]].

* RespawnPoint: The cat comes back to life and the room is reset after she dies. [[spoiler: It's implied that this is due to the owner being unable to cope with death, and creating a mental world where DeathIsCheap]].

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: We see the events of the game from the point of view of the cat's owner. [[spoiler: It's implied that he's been driven insane by the death of a loved one, and has created a mental world in which there is no death. The cat is a representation of his mind, or a part of it, trying to escape from this mental world and confront the real world]].

''Cats are Liquid'' is a 2D platformer [[MobilePhoneGame phone game]], in which you are a cat who can turn into liquid, navigating through various maze-like rooms.

!!''Cats are Liquid'' provides examples of the following tropes:

* BottomlessPit: These appear in World 9 only, [[spoiler:and send the cat across the DespairEventHorizon because this means there is no world outside of the maze and that she can never escape.]]
* BreakTheCutie: The cat starts off fairly positive, gradually becomes more desperate to escape the longer she stays in the maze, then she starts to despair when she realises [[spoiler: the rooms are an endless loop, and there is no exit]], then breaks completely once she [[spoiler: loses all of her abilities]], believing herself to be worthless.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: Orange things hurt the cat. This is lampshaded when the cat knows not to touch the orange liquid, simply because it's orange.

* {{Determinator}}: The cat lets nothing stop her from escaping the maze [[spoiler: up until the end when she starts to doubt her worth, and eventually kills herself.]]

* DifficultySpike: All the levels beyond 7:1, after which you [[spoiler:lose the float ability.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: A possible interpretation of the ending, where a spiked ceiling suddenly appears and crushes the cat, is that the cat, after realising that her owner will never let her escape, commits suicide.]]

* FiveStagesOfGrief: The cat goes through these (except for bargaining) when she [[spoiler:loses the square. Initially, she refuses to accept it, then she becomes angry at the square for being secretive, then she forgives it and becomes sad when she realises that it helped her and asked for nothing in return, then finally accepts that she has to live without the square.]]

* KillTheCutie: At the end of the main game [[spoiler:a spiked ceiling comes down on the cat, and she dies, but this time she never respawns.]]

* UnreliableNarrator: See ThroughTheEyesOfMadness.

* BottomlessPit: These appear in Level 9 only, [[spoiler:and send the cat across the DespairEventHorizon because this means there is no world outside of the maze and that she can never escape.]]

* PowerFloats: At the start of Level 2, the cat gains the power to float without any visible means of doing so.

* DifficultySpike: All the levels beyond 8:1, after which you [[spoiler:lose the float ability.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: The cat crosses it by Level 9, due to her [[spoilers:losing all of her powers, and realising that the maze is an endless loop with no exit.]]

--> ''She just wanted to get out.''

'''Warning: Spoilers are marked, but some tropes are spoileriffic by nature, so be careful!'''

* ArcWords: Early on, "She didn't know why" is repeated fairly regularly, and later on so is "She wanted to get out" or variations of it.

* Determinator: The cat lets nothing stop her from escaping the maze [[spoiler: up until the end when she starts to doubt herself, and eventually kills herself.]]

'''Warning: The spoilers are marked, but some tropes are spoileriffic by nature, so be careful!'''

* UnreliableNarrator: We see the events of the game from the point of view of the cat's owner. [[spoiler: It's implied that he's been driven insane by the death of a loved one, and has created a mental world in which there is no death. The cat is a representation of his mind, or a part of it, trying to escape from this mental world and confront the real world]].

'''Warning: The spoilers are marked, but some tropes are spoileriffic by nature, so be careful

* AndIMustScream: The square says that bouncy orange pads cause it physical pain, and also that other objects on the pads feel the same pain. Unlike the square, these can't move and never die, so they're going to spend all eternity is constant agony.

* DifficultySpike: All the levels beyond 8:1, after which you [[spoiler:lose the float ability]]

* FiveStagesOfGrief: The cat goes through these (except for bargaining) when she [[spoiler:loses the square]]. Initially, she refuses to accept it, then she becomes angry at the square for being secretive, then she forgives it and becomes sad when she realises that it helped her and asked for nothing in return, then finally accepts that she has to live without the square.

* BreakTheCutie: The cat starts off fairly positive, gradually becomes more desperate to escape the longer she stays in the maze, starts to despair when she realises [[spoiler: the rooms are an endless loop, and there is no exit]], then breaks completely once she [[spoiler: loses all of her abilities]].

* DeathIs

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: A possible interpretation of the ending, where a spiked ceiling suddenly appears and crushes the cat, is that the cat, after realising that her "owner" will never let her escape, commits suicide.]]