History VideoGame / CharlieMurder

* Kelly, AKA Skelekitten, manager, backup vocalist, tambourinist, and Mesmer: Her unique ability is an evade roll, allowing her to pass through any number of attacks, and her spells lean heavily towards [[StandardStatusEffects crowd control]] and [[WhiteMage support magic]] to a lesser extent.

* TheBigGuy: Rex, the Drummer. A unique spell of his makes him even bigger.

* Rex, AKA The Rexecutioner, drummer and Tank: His unique ability allows him to grab and throw [[ImprobableWeaponUser nearly]] [[CarFu anything]], including some foes who are normally impossible to grab. His great size also provides resistance against being grabbed himself. His magic tends to be self-buffs or utility spells.

* AndShowItToYou: One of Rex's later abilities. He tears the heart out of near dead enemies, and ''eats it''.

* TheBigGuy: Rex, the Drummer.

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Sort of. There's an optional (and slightly hidden) area in the very first stage that needs a certain relic to access, normally meaning backtracking. Beating it unlocks an "alternate band", enabling you to select different versions of each character. These different versions have identical skill lists, but their spells are often dramatically different, sometimes even completely unique.

* [[spoiler:HappilyMarried: Paul and Kelly in the Good Ending.]]

* Rex, AKA The Rexecutioner, drummer and Tank: His unique ability allows him to grab and throw [[ImprobableWeaponUser nearly]] [[CarFu anything]], including some foes who are normally impossible to grab. His magic tends to be self-buffs or utility spells.

* StylisticSuck: Throughout the game, you get mail from Paul- uh, [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "Lord Mortimer"]], full of mockery, evil gloating, and really bad spelling, punctuation, and grammar.

* StylisticSuck: Throughout the game, you get mail from Paul- uh, [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "Lord Mortimer"]], full of mockery, evil gloating, and really bad spelling punctuation and grammar.

* StylisticSuck: Throughout the game, you get mail from Paul- uh, [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs "''Lord Mortimer''"]], full of mockery, evil gloating, and really bad spelling punctuation and grammar.

* PressXToNotDie: Some enemies will latch onto you or pin you to the ground, rendering you helpless while you slowly get gnawed or pounded to death until you mash the right button enough to break free.

Charlie is the lead singer of the titular band, Charlie Murder, a massively popular [[Music/PunkRock Punk Rock]] band. But on his rise to fame, Charlie and the band happened to spurn Charlie's former friend, Paul. Powered by envy and jealously, Paul [[MeaningfulName Bitterman]] [[DealWithTheDevil strikes a deal]] with dark forces, becoming Lord Mortimer, lead singer of the DeathMetal band Gore Quaffer. In a short span of weeks, [[BattleOfTheBands a massive rivalry between the two bands builds up]], eventually culminating in Gore Quaffer's guitarist [[{{Necromancer}} Circe Bathory]] starting a fully blown zombie apocalypse, and shortly thereafter beating Charlie Murder within an inch of their collective lives. Charlie and crew narrowly survive, pull themselves together, and set out to set Gore Quaffer straight once and for all.

* Rex, AKA The Rexecutioner, drummer and Tank: His unique ability allows him to grab and throw [[CarFu Nearly anything]], including some foes who are normally impossible to grab. His magic tends to be self-buffs or utility spells.

* Charlie Murder, lead singer and Berserker
* Tommy Homicide, bassist and Shaman
* Kelly, AKA Skelekitten, manager, backup vocalist, tambourinist, and Mesmer,
* Lester Deth, guitarist and Mage
* Rex, AKA The Rexecutioner, drummer and Tank

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: The game beings with Charlie and crew beating up devils in Hell, before being revived by paramedics.

* LikeABadassOutOfHell: The game beings with Charlie and crew beating up devils in Hell, before being revived by paramedics.

* BoozeBasedBuff: The beer category has some of the best stat improving items in the game, and has one of the most easily obtainable large healing items...though they normally all make you temporarily drunk, randomizing which attacks come out regardless of button pressed, and slowing your run and jump speed.

The gameplay model, referred to as a "BrawlPG" by the developers, plays out as an unusual mix between ''RiverCityRansom'', ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' arcade game. Fallen foes drop pocket change which can be used to buy food and clothing. Food and drink provide both healing and permanent stat boosts, while clothing provides a whole host of benefits: torso clothing primarily provides significant defense boosts and elemental resistances, hats strengthen your character's magic power (here referred to as ''Anar[[KiAttacks chi]]''), and gloves strengthen your punches and kicks, as well as adding some extremely splashy [[ElementalPowers elemental damage.]] All of the clothing can also have tangental enchantments that are harder to quantify, such as lifesteal, stun chance, or causing stasis on knockback.

* InstrumentOfMurder: All the band members utilize their instrument to kick ass.

Charlie is the lead singer of the titular band, Charlie Murder, a massively popular [[Music/PunkRock Punk Rock]] band. But on his rise to fame, Charlie and the band happened to spurn Charlie's former friend, Paul. Powered by envy and jealously, Paul [[MeaningfulName Bitterman]] [[DealWithTheDevil strikes a deal]] with dark forces, becoming Lord Mortimer, lead singer of the DeathMetal band Gore Quaffer. In a short span of weeks, [[BattleOfTheBands a massive rivalry between the two bands builds up]], eventually culminating in Gore Quaffer's guitarist Circe Bathory starting a fully blown zombie apocalypse, and shortly thereafter beating Charlie Murder within an inch of their collective lives. Charlie and crew narrowly survive, pull themselves together, and set out to set Gore Quaffer straight once and for all.

The gameplay model, referred to as a "BrawlPG" by the developers, plays out as an unusual mix between ''RiverCityRansom'', ''VideoGame/{{Borderlands}}'', ''VideoGame/FinalFight'', and ''VideoGame/TheSimpsons'' arcade game. Fallen foes drop pocket change which can be used to buy food and clothing. Food and drink provide both healing and permanent stat boosts, while clothing provides a whole host of benefits: torso clothing primarily provides significant defense boosts and elemental resistances, hats strengthen your character's magic power (here referred to as ''Anar[[KiAttacks chi]]''), and gloves strengthen your punches and kicks, as well as adding some extremely splashy [[ElementalPowers elemental damage.]] All of the clothing can also have tangental enchantments that are harder to quantify, such as lifesteal or causing stasis on knockback.

Charlie Murder is a Side Scroller BeatEmUp game from SkaStudios, playing a bit more like the classics that inspired it than their notoriously breakneck Dishwasher series.

A Side Scroller BeatEmUp game from Ska Studios.

Charlie is the lead singer of the titular band, Charlie Murder. A massively popular metal band. But on his rise to fame, Charlie and the band happened to spurn Charlie's former friend, Paul. Powered by envy and jealously, Paul [[DealWithTheDevil strikes a deal]] with dark forces, becoming Lord Mortimer, lead singer of the band Gore Quaffer. After beating Charlie and crew within an inch of their lives, they set out for revenge against their evil former bandmate.

* TheBigGuy: Tank, the Drummer.