History VideoGame / CreepyCastle

** Darking: what if you eventually came to the conclusion that world peace could only be achieved through [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans extreme, unpopular and perhaps even immoral means]] or that [[spoiler:the happiness you feel is not worth the suffering you have to pay in exchange]]?

** [[spoiler:Moth]], [[HiddenDepths of all people]] : what if you felt you were unqualified for your current job but had to keep it anyway because leaving would mean getting other people into trouble? That you were not the great person other people think you are? What if you felt that you had to avoid getting into relationship to avoid losing or being lost to loved ones, a not so unreasonable fear when you have a dangerous job and also ended up having a hitman after you?
** [[spoiler:Storm]] : what if you came to the conclusion that the world can't be saved, that there's nothing that can be done about it except to end it all? What if you came to the realization as you came to your senses that you did some reprehensible things that you felt you shouldn't have done?
** Ant Queen : what if you had to deal with a narcissist parent that only cared about you to the extend of how your existence would benefit them and had to go in damage control mode to prevent your friends being harmed by that parent? What if by putting your nose where it doesn't belongs you ended up on the wrong side of a criminal organization who wouldn't hesitate to shoot you?
** The people of Floria : what if some people from far away put some kind of contraption or something near where you live to exploit natural resources and the result is that the nature all around start to die?
** [[spoiler:Possessor]] : what if at the end of your life you had to face the possibility that the values and beliefs you had were wrong?

* BigBad: Darking [[spoiler:-- at least until Possessor awakens.]]

Not to be confounded with the level of the same name in [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/DonkeyKong64 Donkey Kong 64]].

* ActionGirl: Butterfly and Ant Queen solve many of their problems by punching their opponents in the face.

* GuestFighter: Five characters from other indie games show up as bosses who must be fought before being unlocked: [[VideoGame/ShovelKnight Plague Knight]], [[VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy Dr. Fetus]], [[VideoGame/CaveStory Balrog]], [[VideoGame/1001Spikes Alan Hawkins]], and probably the most surprising, [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Chica]].

* GuestFighter: Three of them show up: VideoGame/ShovelKnight, [[VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy Dr. Fetus]], and probably the most surprising, [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Chica]].

* GuestCharacter: Three of them show up: VideoGame/ShovelKnight, [[VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy Dr. Fetus]], and probably the most surprising, [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Chica]].

* TheCameo: One of the hidden bosses in the game is [[VideoGame/SuperMeatBoy Dr. Fetus]]. He complains about how there are no buzzsaws in the castle before fighting you.

[[caption-width-right:300:A conspiracy is welling deep within the stone walls of an ancient castle.The keep’s master is leading its denizens to construct a revolutionary new device made to move the world forward onto a new path of evolution.]]

* ActionGirl: Butterfly and Ant Queen solves many of their problems by punching the opponents in their face.

* ActionGirl: Ant Queen solves many of her problems by punching them in the face.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: You may encounter a room with ominous ambiance, some monitors in the center, and a switch that allows you to open or close a door to the left or right. [[spoiler:[[Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Cue Chica!]]]]

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** The people around Darking : what if someone you once greatly respected turned over time into a much worse one as time go on, most likely due to [[spoiler:the loss of a loved one]]?
** Darking : what if you eventually came to the conclusion that world peace could only be achieved through [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans extreme, unpopular and perhaps even immoral means]] or that [[spoiler:the happiness you feel is not worth the suffering you have to pay in exchange]]?
** Luvaci : what if you ended up having to work for a ManipulativeBastard that will use any trick in the book to force you to do stuff?
** Monsoon : Oh boy. What if you came to the realization that your job is wrong but you can't do anything openly about it because it would cost you the chance to accomplish the one thing that matter to you in life? Also, what if suddenly [[spoiler:you lost almost all of your family and for kicker the only one that survived is the one responsible for the incident? On top of that, what if before said incident you had a fight with your family and never got to reconcile afterward?]][[note]]That last bit is debatable but at this point remain a possible interpretation of what happened.[[/note]] What if you suffered so much that the concept of losing all emotions sounded reasonable to you?

* [[spoiler:ColonyDrop]]: The final menace that Dopterra faces is [[spoiler:Possessor possessing a living mountain from another planet to crash it into Dopterra, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt effectively ending civilization as it currently exists.]]]]

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Darking intends to achieve peace by using the Heartbreaker to remove the emotions of people. Also, [[spoiler:despite knowing that it's wrong, he believes that using the Heartbreaker to prevent people's suffering from the painful events of life is worth it]].

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Moody's gimmick is that his color will dictate his attack. [[spoiler:Attacking him [[TurnRed while he's red]] will trigger a nasty counterattack.]]

** [[spoiler:Storm]] : what if you came to the conclusion that the world can't be saved, that there's nothing that can be done about it except to end it all? What if you came to the realization as you came to your sense that you did some reprehensible things that you felt you shouldn't have done?

** Monsoon : Oh boy. What if you came to the realization that your job is wrong but you can't do anything openly about it because it would cost you the chance to accomplish the one thing that matter to you in life? Also, what if suddenly [[spoiler:you lost most of your family and for kicker the only one that survived is the one responsible for the incident? On top of that, what if before said incident you had a fight with your family and never got to reconcile afterward?]][[note]]That last bit is debatable but at this point remain a possible interpretation of what happened.[[/note]] What if you suffered so much that the concept of losing all emotions sounded reasonable to you?

** Monsoon : Oh boy. What if you came to the realization that your job is wrong but you can't do anything openly about it because it would cost you the chance to accomplish the one thing that matter to you in life? Also, what if suddenly [[spoiler:you lost most of your family and for kicker the only one that survived is the one responsible for the incident? On top of that, what if before said incident you had a fight with your family and never got to reconcile afterward?]][[note]]That last bit is debatable but at this point remain a possible interpretation of what happened.[[/note]]

** Darking : what if you eventually came to the conclusion that world peace could only be achieved through [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans extreme, unpopular and perhaps even immoral means]] or [[spoiler:the happiness you feel is not worth the suffering you have to pay in exchange]]?

%%* AdultFear:

* ActionGirl: Both Ant Queen and Butterfly solve many of their problems by punching them in the face.

** During the game, you may find Duel Manuals explaining the various battle minigames. They are signed by a certain 'BF'. [[spoiler:Butterfly is one of Darking's generals and the one writing the manuals. She gives you some info when you meet her. Then she becomes the main character of two scenarios, kicking butts [[ActionGirl left and right.]]]]

* AlasPoorVillain: Ant Queen to [[spoiler:Possessor]], after realizing he was [[spoiler:an artificial being like her, but believed he had no freedom to choose their own path in life like she did]]. She thinks of it as tragic.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Happens to Darking when Possessor... [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin possesses]] him]].
* ApologeticAttacker: Stickbug apologizes to Moth, as his new job as a boss requires to fight him.
* BigBad: Darking [[spoiler: - at least until Possessor awakens.]]

** In Creepy Castle, when [[spoiler: Centipede is about to attack you, Arrow Ace]] will intervene so that you may freely face Darking.
** In the Final Fist, [[spoiler: when Ant Queen end up being stuck alone on the meteor as it explode, Stickbug teleport her back to her ship]].

** The [[spoiler: Architect]] you fight will pause the fight a moment [[ThisCannotBe to realise he can actually be harmed]] with Ant Queen suggesting him to go back to talk instead.

** The boss theme of Madam, "Persona Non Grata", is a remix of "Moonlight Sonata" which play where you finds her.
** The themes of [[spoiler: the shadow bosses]] in The Final Fist are remixes of previous boss themes.
** The Destroyer is a medley of various themes from the game including "Welcome to Creepy Castle", "All That Remains Is To Fly", "Due Exaltation", "The Darkest Inflection" and "Wanting All The Things You'll Never Have".
** Inverted with the theme "Preludium for the Lost" which is based on the boss theme "Concerto for the Lost".

** Did you think that [[spoiler: Stickbug]] was just a character thrown in for a cute boss battle? Think again! [[spoiler: He ends up being one of Ant Queen's partners in her scenario.]]
** During the game, you may find Duel Manuals explaining the various battle minigames. They are signed by a certain 'BF'. [[spoiler: Butterfly is one of Darking's generals and the one writing the manuals. She gives you some info when you meet her. Then she becomes the main character of two scenarios, kicking butts [[ActionGirl left and right.]]]]
* ChekhovsSkill: Despite not being particularly smart, Stickbug has little difficulty handling [[spoiler: Ant Queen's ship while she's visiting various planets]] which ends up being a big deal at [[spoiler: the end of The Final Fist]].
* [[spoiler:ColonyDrop]]: the final menace that Dopterra face is [[spoiler:Possessor possessing a living mountain from another planet to crash it into Dopterra, [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt effectively ending civilization as it currently exist.]]]]
* CombiningMecha: It's unclear if both [[spoiler: the Greeny Walker and Pinky Stomper]] were created with the fonction to combine or were remodeled into a single mecha but the fact remains that either way they were made with the purpose to become together the [[spoiler: Megapunk]].
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Moody's gimmick is that his color will dictate his attack. [[spoiler: Attacking him [[TurnRed while he's red]] will trigger a nasty counterattack.]]
* CriticalHit: There are two variants. [[DynamicDifficulty If you do well]] enemies will occasionally do two points of damage instead of one while trading blows. Meanwhile, the special attack item will allow you to do a special, uncounterable attack that also does two damage on regular enemies. Some bosses also used said type of attack.

** The battle against [[spoiler: the possessed Darking]] doesn't go too well for Moth.
** [[spoiler: The Zylindarr's alien colonization of Dopterra that was attempted thousands of years ago pretty much ended when they fought the planet's protector.]] One of them describes it as [[PhysicalGod a creature that doesn't die]].
* DarkReprise: In The Final Fist, [[spoiler: each shadow you fight is accompanied by a song that's this, for the song associated with their original form.]]
* DeadlyEuphemism: The Ancient Tablets talk about [[spoiler: the world being reset or the protector purifying the world under certain circumstance.]] While they don't elaborate on what that exactly means, the events in the game show that apparently [[spoiler: sending a meteor crashing onto the planet counts.]]
* DemonicPossession: This is what [[spoiler:[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Possessor]]]] do.

** Butterfly refuses to be taken by despair despite how bad things end up looking. Similarly, Ant Queen refuses to give up [[spoiler: on saving Dopterra from the Meteor]] despite being told that it's impossible to do so.
** [[spoiler: Due to a series of losses, Possessor ends up having his real body destroyed and has to resort to possessing a chunk of planet Florius to crash it on Dopterra to accomplish his purpose. Even that ultimately fails [[VillainousValor despite him trying his hardest against Ant Queen]].]]
* DodgeTheBullet: Some attack make you literally dodge the bullets the enemy shoot at you.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: During the final battle of 'The Final Fist', [[spoiler: items that allow you to recover health and make the boss vulnerable will regularly appear in your inventory.]]
* EmotionSuppression: Darking intend to use a device called the Heartbreaker which removes emotions to achieve world peace.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: the goal of [[spoiler: Possessor]] is to [[spoiler: accelerate the end of the current civilisation so that a new one can take over]]. Things don't look too bad until it escalates into [[spoiler: a meteor being hurled toward Dopterra, which would end most life on the planet]].

* TheFatalist: [[spoiler:Possessor, ironically. Despite his boasts to the contrary, the only reason he tries to end civilizations to make way for new ones is because [[ItsWhatIDo it's what he was made for]] and so believes he's obligated to do it; the thought of having a life outside of his "divine duty" is alien and pointless to him. The Architects that created him aren't any better, viewing their own existence as little more than a cog in a universal machine.]]

** Moth [[spoiler: also fights Bee to find out who of them is worthy of taking down Darking. The two of them apparently do this regularly.]]
** Butterfly ends up having to fight [[spoiler: a possessed Moth]].
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: You may encounter a room with ominous ambiance, some monitors in the center and a switch that allows you to open or close a door to the left or right. [[spoiler: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/FiveNightsAtFreddys Cue Chica!]]]]

** In the original scenario, Stickbug will mention [[spoiler: how Monsoon is awesome]]. Guess [[spoiler: who Stickbug picks up in Due Exaltation?]]
** If you can decipher them early enough, the Ancient Tablets have info which [[spoiler: describes the intention and duty of certain characters you'll meet later]]. Similarly, the hieroglyphs in the Depths have some things to say about the plot of the game. On them, you can see [[spoiler: the Architects as well as the final form of Possessor]]. Also. a statue of [[spoiler: an Architect]] can be seen long before you realize its significance.
** In Due Exaltation, there's a place in Floria where there a giant statue where you're being told that the mountain you see in the distance is actually a living being. [[spoiler: Both end up being possessed.]]
* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: Molt was taken over by Possessor at some point in the past and destroyed the earlier reptilian civilization of Dopterra.]]
* FunnyAnimal: the game world is filled with them, a good portion being bugs like our hero Moth.
* AGlassOfChianti: In scenario 2, [[spoiler: Possessor]] is seen in cutscenes holding a glass.

* HeroicSelfDeprecation: [[spoiler:Moth (who was the protagonist of Creepy Castle and was as competent as Butterfly in scenario 2)]] describe himself not as a hero but a person who ended up with the responsibility to be one.

* HurtingHero: [[spoiler:Moth, [[HiddenDepths of all people]],]] have issues like [[spoiler:feeling he has to be a hero despite being unqualified for the job and trying to not let people get near him and avoiding them getting hurt]]. Due to this, he fall easily to [[spoiler:Possessor's [[MoreThanMindControl influence]]]] and ends up having to [[spoiler:face his shadow.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: In Due Exaltation, despite not having any obligation to do so, Ant Queen decides to [[spoiler: let Stickbug stay on her ship]]. In The Final Fist, [[spoiler: Stickbug is the one who get Ant Queen out of the exploding meteor]].

* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler: Possessor honestly believes that his purpose of ending civilizations to accelerate the birth of a new one is very important and lament that it won't be carried anymore when he's defeated.]] Ant Queen disagree with him.
* OutsideContextProblem: The original scenario has you dealing with Darking. The next problem you have to deal with [[spoiler:a few moment afterward is a mysterious powerful entity that suddenly awakened without any warning, possessed Darking and intend to destroy the world.]] There are actually a few sources that tell of said thing but they are rare due to [[spoiler:said entity having ended entire civilizations several times in the past.]]
* SadBattleMusic: At first the battle against [[spoiler:Darking]] is your standard climatic battle against the BigBad but then [[spoiler:Darking ask to what extend we know pain and if we have ever felt the loss of love]] and Heart Heist start to play as the tone of the battle changes.

** In scenario 2, [[spoiler:Possessor]] can't believe Butterfly somehow beat him up and questions how [[spoiler:Moth ultimately escaped [[MindControl his influence]]]] (the implication being that he shouldn't have been able to do so) [[VillainousBreakdown loosing smugness]] in the process. [[{{Determinator}} It doesn't stop him]] to resort to more drastic measures to accomplish his purpose.
** The [[spoiler: Architect]] you fight at first find the idea of Ant Queen fighting him amusing but later [[BossBanter will pause the fight to realise he can actually be harmed with Ant Queen suggesting to go back to talk instead]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: While technically nothing is said, before the FinalBattle of scenario 2 the face [[spoiler:Possessor]] makes tells that he's in a unpleasant situation and is about to [[spoiler:fight with his real body only because his initial plan failed.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Possessor]] is smug at first in scenario 2 but is loosing his cool when first beaten by Butterfly (which he counter by [[spoiler:[[DemonicPossession taking control]] of Moth]]) and then by [[spoiler:Moth escaping his control]]. Despite all of that he keep resorting to more and more extreme measures to accomplish his purpose.
* VillainousRescue: In Due Exaltation, Ant Queen is saved by [[spoiler: Pinky Punk on the meteor due to her needing Ant Queen's body to create an obedient clone]].
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Darking intend to achieve peace by using the Heartbreaker to remove the emotions of people. Also, [[spoiler:despite knowing that it's wrong, he believe that using the Heartbreaker to prevent people of suffering from the painful events of life is worth it.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Madam calls out Ant Queen for [[spoiler: beating up her men and breaking into her house]] instead of just telling her that the operation on Floria [[spoiler: was draining the life of the planet]].

* ActionGirl: Both Ant Queen and Butterfly solves many of their problems by punching in the face.