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** For the overall series, [[MadScientist Dr. Philip A. Rotschstein]] is the villain of the first half of the series, as the head of the [[NebulousEvilOrganization Rotschstein Institute]] who created the in-universe haunted games as experiments and wants to TakeOverTheWorld. After his death, Kara Gentner and [[spoiler:Darius Immanuel Guerrero]] take over, their conflicting agendas and desire to claim the powerful [[spoiler:[=TriNemesis=] ship]] driving the conflicts from then on.
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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2566430/DERE_Vengeance/ DERE VENGEANCE]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErc-UPseBI announced in early August 2018]] and released on September 19, 2023, in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2566430/DERE_Vengeance/ DERE VENGEANCE]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErc-UPseBI announced in early August 2018]] and released on September 19, 2023, in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.revenge against Kara, who is attempting to escape the game, and requires your help to put an end to the entity.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd. Then in Puzzling Peaks.EXE, [[spoiler:she turns {{Yandere}} and tries to prevent you from leaving the game]]. This is because [[spoiler:the developer repurposed the remains of Kara's data]].

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* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd. Then in Puzzling Peaks.EXE, [[spoiler:she turns {{Yandere}} and tries to prevent you from leaving the game]]. This is because [[spoiler:the developer repurposed the remains of Kara's data]]. Then in DERE VENGEANCE, [[spoiler:she fuses with the [=TriNemesis=] and threatens to take over the human world should she escape the game]].
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* ShoutOut: The first DERE game played in ''Sorority Rites'' remastered is a spooky unreleased arcade game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Polybius}} DEREBIUS]]''.

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* ShoutOut: The first DERE game played in ''Sorority Rites'' remastered is a spooky unreleased arcade game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Polybius}} ''[[Myth/{{Polybius}} DEREBIUS]]''.

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* ''DERE VENGEANCE'', a new platformer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErc-UPseBI announced in early August 2018]], in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.

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* ''DERE VENGEANCE'', a new platformer ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2566430/DERE_Vengeance/ DERE VENGEANCE]]'', [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErc-UPseBI announced in early August 2018]], 2018]] and released on September 19, 2023, in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.



** DERE VENGEANCE will have A.I.D.E.N., a "New" version of A.I.D.E.

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** The initial trailer for DERE VENGEANCE will have had A.I.D.E.N., a "New" version of A.I.D.E.


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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The store description for DERE Vengeance includes the statement that one of the player's companions is the Dev himself, who is "very kind and morally right".

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* BonusStage: Two in a row appear at the end of level 2 (in Dere Evil .exe)
* BrainUploading: In ''The Last Yandere'', [[spoiler:the Kara that the player interacts with is actually a digital copy stuck in their head]].

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* BonusStage: Two in a row appear at the end of level 2 (in Dere Evil .exe)
of DERE EVIL.EXE, taking the forms of [[GameWithinAGame "Dere Quest" and "Derendid"]].
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In ''The Last Yandere'', [[spoiler:the Kara that the player interacts with is actually a digital copy stuck in their head]].



** DERE EVIL.EXE has a girl named Yanna within it. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles Stone, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]

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** DERE EVIL.EXE has a girl named Yanna Yanna, from ''Sorority Rites'', trapped within it. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles Stone, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]



* FunWithAcronyms: DERE EVIL.EXE has A.I.D.E., or "Artificial Intelligence for Dere.Exe", which is meant to aid the player.

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* FunWithAcronyms: FunWithAcronyms:
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DERE EVIL.EXE has A.I.D.E., or "Artificial Intelligence for Dere.Exe", which is meant to aid the player.



* GameWithinAGame: DERE EVIL.EXE attempts to give the player access to two bonus games early on, "Dere Quest" and "Derendid", but they both crash thanks to Yanna. [[spoiler:The rest of the experience takes place in a version of DERE EVIL.EXE ''inside'' the bonus games, so that the actual Yanna and Myles can't be messed with by the Dev. Yanna and Myles are even listed in the credits, under "Game Within A Game Within A Game Within A Game By".]]

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* GameWithinAGame: DERE EVIL.EXE attempts to give the player access to two [[BonusStage bonus games games]] early on, "Dere Quest" and "Derendid", but they both crash thanks to Yanna. [[spoiler:The rest of the experience takes place in a version of DERE EVIL.EXE ''inside'' the bonus games, so that the actual Yanna and Myles can't be messed with by the Dev. Yanna and Myles are even listed in the credits, under "Game Within A Game Within A Game Within A Game By".]]



* UnexpectedGameplayChange: DERE.EXE starts as an endless runner before enough diamonds are collected to reach the main, platforming section of the game.

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DERE.EXE starts as an endless runner before enough diamonds are collected to reach the main, platforming section of the game.



* UnwantedRevival: In DERE EVIL.EXE, [[spoiler:Myles refuses the Dev's plan of bringing her back, knowing that a life would have to be taken for her to be revived, and that the father that mourned her will be able to move on.]].

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* UnwantedRevival: In DERE EVIL.EXE, [[spoiler:Myles refuses the Dev's plan of bringing her back, knowing that a life would have to be taken for her to be revived, and that the father that mourned her will be able to move on.]].on]].
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* BonusStage: Two in a row appear at the end of level 2 (in Dere Evil .exe)


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* ButThouMust: DERE EVIL.EXE doesn't allow skipping the bonus games, nor deleting the save data.


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* EvolvingTitleScreen: In DERE EVIL.EXE, The main menu's title will flicker in a glitched state.


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* HelloInsertNameHere: DERE EVIL.EXE requires the player to use the microphone to speak their name, but this is subverted because the app doesn't have microphone permissions.


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* RatchetScrolling: While minor backtracking (and camera movement) is allowed, the game removes platform tiles past a certain point.
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** ''Sorority Rites'': [[spoiler:Lilith of the Rotschstein Institute]] is the one behind the deaths at the mansion, [[spoiler:killing them with the Trinemesis ship to use them as experiment subjects]].
** ''The Last Yandere'': Kara Gentner is the titular {{Yandere}} who makes the protagonist her target. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she is working for Dr. Phillip A. Rotschstein of the Rotschstein Institute, the one running the experiments.]]

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** ''Sorority Rites'': [[spoiler:Lilith Lilith of the Rotschstein Institute]] Institute is the one behind the deaths at the mansion, [[spoiler:killing them with the Trinemesis [=TriNemesis=] ship to use them as experiment subjects]].
** ''The Last Yandere'': Kara Gentner is the titular {{Yandere}} who makes the protagonist her target. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she is working for [[MadScientist Dr. Phillip A. Rotschstein Rotschstein]], founder of the Rotschstein Institute, Institute and the one running the experiments.experiments who intends on using the protagonist and the [=TriNemesis=] to TakeOverTheWorld and wipe out billions.]]
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The ''DERE.EXE'' series, also known as the [=AppSir=] verse, is a series of horror games created by [=AppSir, Inc.=] Taking place in a city in the Philippines, it chronicles several characters and their experiences with the titular in-universe series of platform games... all of which are [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame haunted]].

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The ''DERE.EXE'' series, also known as the [=AppSir=] verse, is a series of horror games created by [=AppSir, Inc.=] Taking place in a city in the Philippines, it chronicles several characters and their experiences with the titular in-universe series of platform games... all of which are [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame haunted]].
haunted]]. As the characters play through these strange games, they become involved in the mystery of their developer, [=AppSir Inc.=], and the sinister [[NebulousEvilOrganization Rotschstein Institute]] that has some connection with them and their games.



* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer. Also has a remastered version which adds more DERE games.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer. Also has a remastered version which adds more an additional DERE games.game.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a VisualNovel about an unnamed cancer patient befriending a cake shop woman named Kara Gentner. Though things go swimmingly at first, it gradually turns out that Kara is more unstable than she seems, and is not willing to let him go. This eventually leads the protagonist to a mysterious game, ''PROGENITOR DERE''.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer.
computer. Also has a remastered version which adds more DERE games.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a VisualNovel about an unnamed cancer patient befriending a cake shop woman named Kara Gentner. Though things go swimmingly at first, it gradually turns out that Kara is more unstable than she seems, and is not willing to let him go. This eventually leads the protagonist to a mysterious game, ''PROGENITOR DERE''. Like ''Sorority Rites'', it received a remaster that expands on the story and has more DERE games.


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* ShoutOut: The first DERE game played in ''Sorority Rites'' remastered is a spooky unreleased arcade game called ''[[VideoGame/{{Polybius}} DEREBIUS]]''.
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** ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a remake of ''The First Evil''.

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** ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a remake of ''The First Evil''.Fear''.

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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/phobos-dere-gb PHOBOS DERE.GB]]'', a game for UsefulNotes/GameBoy emulators. A guilt-ridden scientist uncovers a haunted game cartridge and must face his fears while reliving his past.
* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/prima-dere-zx PRIMA DERE.ZX]]'', a game for UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum emulators. The game is an old experiment from Rotschstein Institute, in which a little knight called Kingsley must explore a castle to find cassette tapes; it was considered a success despite numerous player casualties.




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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: The Yanderes created by Dr. Rotschstein, including Kara and Kia.]]

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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler: The Yanderes [[spoiler:The Yanderes]] created by Dr. Rotschstein, MadScientist [[spoiler:Dr. Rotschstein]], including Kara [[spoiler:Kara and Kia.]]Kia]].



* MadScientist: [[spoiler: Dr. Rotschstein, Lilith, and Bijuu, who created artificial Yandere.]]

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* MadScientist: [[spoiler: Dr. [[spoiler:Dr. Rotschstein, Lilith, and Bijuu, Bijuu]], who created artificial Yandere.]][[spoiler:artificial Yandere]].

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** ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a remake of ''The First Evil''.



* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475420/Puzzling_Peaks_EXE/ Puzzling Peaks EXE]]'', a physics puzzle game featuring Knightley (in spherical form) and A.I.D.E. from ''DERE EVIL.EXE''.
* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a midquel that takes place before the events of ''DERE EVIL.EXE''.

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475420/Puzzling_Peaks_EXE/ Puzzling Peaks EXE]]'', a physics puzzle game featuring Knightley (in spherical form) and A.I.D.E. from ''DERE EVIL.EXE''.
* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a midquel that takes place before the events of ''DERE EVIL.
EXE''. This one consists of 100 levels where you must move platforms to pilot the immobile Knightley to the end of each level and get his body back from Yanna.



* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd. [[spoiler:This is because the developer repurposed the remains of Kara's data.]]

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* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd. [[spoiler:This Then in Puzzling Peaks.EXE, [[spoiler:she turns {{Yandere}} and tries to prevent you from leaving the game]]. This is because the [[spoiler:the developer repurposed the remains of Kara's data.]]data]].



** ''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'': Kara Gentner, now inside the game, is attempting to escape the titular game and kill people in the real world. [[spoiler:Or at least, her SuperpoweredEvilSide is- the real Kara [[TomatoInTheMirror is the protagonist]].]]

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** ''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'': Fear'' and ''Rebirth Of Horror'': Kara Gentner, now inside the titular game, is attempting to escape the titular game and kill people in the real world. [[spoiler:Or at least, her SuperpoweredEvilSide is- the real Kara [[TomatoInTheMirror is the protagonist]].]]


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** ''Puzzling Peaks.EXE'': Yanna Curtis is once again the antagonist, having turned Knightley into a sphere. [[spoiler:Except like before, she is GoodAllAlong; this time, A.I.D.E. is revealed as the real antagonist who wants to keep you playing forever.]]

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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short spinoff to ''The Last Yandere'' that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. In-universe, [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims it was going to be their first product, and to have originally planned for a December 1999 release. It follows a girl named Kia and her experiences as a test subject for a secretive project...

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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short spinoff to ''The Last Yandere'' that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. In-universe, [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims it was going to be their first product, and to have originally planned for a December 1999 release. It follows a girl named Kia and her experiences as a test subject for a secretive project...project.



* ''DERE VENGEANCE'', a third platformer announced in early August 2018, in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1475420/Puzzling_Peaks_EXE/ Puzzling Peaks EXE]]'', a physics puzzle game featuring Knightley (in spherical form) and A.I.D.E. from ''DERE EVIL.EXE''.
* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1597110/DERE_EXE_Rebirth_of_Horror/ DERE EXE: Rebirth of Horror]]'', a midquel that takes place before the events of ''DERE EVIL.EXE''.
* ''DERE VENGEANCE'', a third new platformer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PErc-UPseBI announced in early August 2018, 2018]], in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.
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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel KineticNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer.
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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332890/HopBound/ HOPBOUND]]'', a spin-off of ''DERE EVIL'' focusing on Mayumi, a reclusive girl who believes the soul of her boyfriend, Eron, who died in a car accident resides in the game and searches for him. Along the way, she meets Irvin, a boy looking for someone himself.

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332890/HopBound/ HOPBOUND]]'', a spin-off of ''DERE EVIL'' focusing on Mayumi, a reclusive girl who believes the soul of her boyfriend, Eron, who died in a car accident accident, resides in the game and searches for him. Along the way, she meets Irvin, a boy looking for someone himself.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student named Myles undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a VisualNovel about an unnamed cancer patient befriending a cake shop woman named Kara Gentner.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel&hl=en_CA DERE.EXE: The First Fear]]'', a platform game that starts out normal, until something within the programming attempts to be released.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student named Myles Stone. After accidentally stepping on the shoe of [[AlphaBitch Venice]] and angering her, Myles finds herself undertaking a sorority initiation initiation- in which she must enter a supposedly haunted mansion and spend the night there- that quickly goes wrong.
wrong. She meets Yanna Curtis and learns of the dark history of the mansion. Meanwhile, her father finds a strange game called ''DERE ALPHA'' on Myles' computer.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a VisualNovel about an unnamed cancer patient befriending a cake shop woman named Kara Gentner. Though things go swimmingly at first, it gradually turns out that Kara is more unstable than she seems, and is not willing to let him go. This eventually leads the protagonist to a mysterious game, ''PROGENITOR DERE''.
* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short spinoff to ''The Last Yandere'' that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. In-universe, [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims it was going to be their first product, and to have originally planned for a December 1999 release. It follows a girl named Kia and her experiences as a test subject for a secretive project...
* ''PROTO DERE'', a UsefulNotes/NintendoEntertainmentSystem game that can be played on an NES emulator. You play as a nameless blocky entity that goes through the in-universe game, which is being corrupted by Sara
Gentner.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel&hl=en_CA DERE.EXE: The First Fear]]'', a platform game that starts out normal, until something Kara, now a malicious entity within the programming programming, attempts to be released.



* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short Visual Novel that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims it was going to be their first product, and to have originally planned for a December 1999 release...despite the company itself not existing before 2017.



* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332890/HopBound/ HOPBOUND]]'', a spin-off of ''DERE EVIL'' focusing on Mayumi, a reclusive girl who believes the soul of her boyfriend who died in a car accident resides in the game and searches for him.

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332890/HopBound/ HOPBOUND]]'', a spin-off of ''DERE EVIL'' focusing on Mayumi, a reclusive girl who believes the soul of her boyfriend boyfriend, Eron, who died in a car accident resides in the game and searches for him.him. Along the way, she meets Irvin, a boy looking for someone himself.






* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Dr. Rotschstein, Lilith, and Bijuu believe themselves to be descendants of the aliens whose technology they use, as well as various influential leaders, and plan to control the world after reducing its population.]]

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** ''Sorority Rites'': [[spoiler:Lilith of the Rotschstein Institute]] is the one behind the deaths at the mansion, [[spoiler:killing them with the Trinemesis ship to use them as experiment subjects]].
** ''The Last Yandere'': Kara Gentner is the titular {{Yandere}} who makes the protagonist her target. [[spoiler:[[DiscOneFinalBoss However]], she is working for
Dr. Phillip A. Rotschstein of the Rotschstein Institute, the one running the experiments.]]
** ''The Other Yandere'': [[spoiler:Dr.
Rotschstein, Lilith, as before, runs the Yandere experiments that Kia was created in.]]
** ''PROTO DERE'': Sara Gentner, Kara's mother, is the entity responsible for corrupting the titular game. [[spoiler:Subverted as she isn't actually malevolent; the game itself is deleting
and Bijuu believe themselves restoring her as part of an experiment by the Rotschstein Institute.]]
** ''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'': Kara Gentner, now inside the game, is attempting
to be descendants escape the titular game and kill people in the real world. [[spoiler:Or at least, her SuperpoweredEvilSide is- the real Kara [[TomatoInTheMirror is the protagonist]].]]
** ''DERE EVIL.EXE'': Yanna Curtis is the entity who kidnapped Myles Stone and is holding her inside the titular game. [[spoiler:[[GoodAllAlong Except]] she is actually trying to protect her from [[AuthorAvatar Darius Immanuel Guerrero]], the Dev who wants to revive Myles by [[WellIntentionedExtremist killing someone in her place]].]]
** ''HOPBOUND'': Miyu, one
of the aliens whose technology they use, as well as various influential leaders, players of the titular game, is the strange entity who tries to stop Mayumi from finding Eron's soul. She is actually [[spoiler:Mayumi's depressed memories and plan to control the world after reducing its population.]]hatred of Eron given form]].


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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.

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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student named Myles undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.



* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/871950/DERE_EVIL_EXE/ DERE EVIL.EXE]]'', a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} sequel (which includes [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/899360/DERE_EXE_The_First_Fear/ the previous game as free DLC]]).

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/871950/DERE_EVIL_EXE/ DERE EVIL.EXE]]'', a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} sequel (which includes [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/899360/DERE_EXE_The_First_Fear/ the previous game as free DLC]]). In this one, you play as a little knight called Knightley who must save the princess Myles from the evil entity Yanna.


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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1332890/HopBound/ HOPBOUND]]'', a spin-off of ''DERE EVIL'' focusing on Mayumi, a reclusive girl who believes the soul of her boyfriend who died in a car accident resides in the game and searches for him.

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''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'' is a thriller platform game created by [=AppSir, Inc.=] It is actually the third in a series of games, and while experience with prior titles is not necessary, there is a set order of events:

* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a kinetic Visual Novel about a transfer student undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a Visual Novel about a cancer patient befriending a woman named Kara Gentner, who is suspected to be a tad psychotic.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel&hl=en_CA DERE.EXE: The First Fear]]'', a platform game that starts out seeming normal, until something within the programming attempts to be released.

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The ''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'' EXE'' series, also known as the [=AppSir=] verse, is a thriller platform game series of horror games created by [=AppSir, Inc.=] It is actually the third Taking place in a city in the Philippines, it chronicles several characters and their experiences with the titular in-universe series of games, and while experience with prior titles is not necessary, there is a set order platform games... all of events:

which are [[TheMostDangerousVideoGame haunted]].

Games in the series:
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a kinetic Visual Novel KineticVisualNovel about a transfer student undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a Visual Novel VisualNovel about a an unnamed cancer patient befriending a cake shop woman named Kara Gentner, who is suspected to be a tad psychotic.
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* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel&hl=en_CA DERE.EXE: The First Fear]]'', a platform game that starts out seeming normal, until something within the programming attempts to be released.



* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/artificial-iridescence Artificial Iridescence]]'', a kinetic VisualNovel about a recently married couple who suddenly get caught up in events outside their control.



* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/artificial-iridescence Artificial Iridescence]]'', a kinetic VisualNovel about a recently married couple who suddenly get caught up in events outside their control.

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* ''Artificial Iridescence'', a kinetic VisualNovel about a recently married couple who suddenly get caught up in events outside their control.

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* ''Artificial Iridescence'', ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/artificial-iridescence Artificial Iridescence]]'', a kinetic VisualNovel about a recently married couple who suddenly get caught up in events outside their control.



* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:The Yanderes created by Dr. Rotschstein, including Kara and Kia.]]

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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The Yanderes created by Dr. Rotschstein, including Kara and Kia.]]
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* ''Artificial Iridescence'', a kinetic VisualNovel about a recently married couple who suddenly get caught up in events outside their control.

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* ''DERE VENGEANCE'', a third platformer announced in early August 2018, in which the in-story developer of previous DERE.EXE titles seeks his revenge.



** DERE VENGEANCE will have A.I.D.E.N., a "New" version of A.I.D.E.



* {{Yandere}}: Recurring character Kara Gentner. Also, Kia in ''The Other Yeandere''.

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* MeaningfulName: The player's avatar in DERE EVIL.EXE is deemed "Knightly" by the Dev. [[spoiler:The Dev's entire motivation is "white knighting" Myles, thinking his solution to her problem is a just cause regardless of any evidence to the contrary, including Myles' own words.]]
* MirrorBoss: In DERE EVIL.EXE, one of the final obstacles Yanna creates is a copy of the player with inverted colors, who reflects all their left and right movements, and will cause damage if touched; it can be passed by guiding it into an enemy blocking the path forward that would damage the player.


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* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: In the latter half of DERE EVIL.EXE, [[spoiler:the Dev deletes A.I.D.E. when Kara's personality starts reemerging, and warning the player about the Dev's true intentions.]]

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* ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:The Yanderes created by Dr. Rotschstein, including Kara and Kia.]]



* BiggerBad: [[spoiler: Dr. Rotschstein, Lilith, and Bijuu believe themselves to be descendants of the aliens whose technology they use, as well as various influential leaders, and plan to control the world after reducing its population.]]



** DERE EVIL.EXE features a similar copy of a person within the game, named Yanna. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles Stone, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]

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** DERE EVIL.EXE features has a similar copy of a person girl named Yanna within the game, named Yanna.it. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles Stone, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]



* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Kara Gentner in DERE.EXE wants the player to set her free by beating the game, though her bad memories manifest as obstacles. Yanna Curtis in DERE EVIL.EXE wants the player to ''stop'' playing the game, because [[spoiler:she and Myles Stone don't want to take someone's life in exchange for reviving Myles]].

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* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Kara Gentner in DERE.EXE wants the player to be set her free by beating the game, though her bad memories manifest as obstacles. Yanna Curtis in DERE EVIL.EXE wants the player to ''stop'' playing the game, game and willingly creates obstacles, because [[spoiler:she and Myles Stone don't want to take someone's life in exchange for reviving Myles]].Myles as the Dev plans to do]].



* GameWithinAGame: DERE EVIL.EXE attempts to give the player access to two bonus games, "Dere Quest" and "Derendid", but they both crash thanks to Yanna. [[spoiler:The rest of the experience takes place in a version of DERE EVIL.EXE ''inside'' the bonus game, so that the actual Yanna and Myles can't be messed with by the dev. Yanna and Myles are even listed in the credits, under "Game Within A Game Within A Game Within A Game By".]]
* HumanWeapon: [[spoiler:Kara was purposefully created to be a Yandere for their destructive potential and complete loyalty to a "Sempai".]]

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* GameWithinAGame: DERE EVIL.EXE attempts to give the player access to two bonus games, games early on, "Dere Quest" and "Derendid", but they both crash thanks to Yanna. [[spoiler:The rest of the experience takes place in a version of DERE EVIL.EXE ''inside'' the bonus game, games, so that the actual Yanna and Myles can't be messed with by the dev.Dev. Yanna and Myles are even listed in the credits, under "Game Within A Game Within A Game Within A Game By".]]
* HumanWeapon: [[spoiler:Kara was purposefully and Kia were artificially created to be a Yandere for their destructive potential potential, ability to blend in with regular humans, and complete loyalty to a "Sempai".]]
* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: [[spoiler:Used to artificially create Yanderes, as well as store complete digital copies of people's consciousness.
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* MadScientist: [[spoiler: Dr. Rotschstein, Lilith, and Bijuu, who created artificial Yandere.]]



** BadEnd: [[spoiler:The player deletes Yanna under the Dev's orders. Myles, who doesn't want to be revived at the cost of someone else's life, deletes herself.]]
** GoldenEnding: [[spoiler:The player defies the Dev and chooses to restore Yanna. The Dev says that they'll get revenge on the player and leave, while Yanna and Myles thank the player. They also reveal that most of the experience was a GameWithinAGame, and would have deleted mere avatars of themselves in the other ending to fool the Dev and player into leaving them alone.]]



* TheUnFavourite: In ''The Other Yandere'', [[spoiler:Kia is this, as Kara Gentner is considered by Dr. Rotschstein to be their ultimate creation]].



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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short Visual Novel that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims to have planned for a December 1999 release...despite the company itself not existing before 2017.

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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short Visual Novel that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims it was going to be their first product, and to have originally planned for a December 1999 release...despite the company itself not existing before 2017.



* BrainUploading: A copy of Kara's mind is trapped within DERE.EXE.

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* BrainUploading: In ''The Last Yandere'', [[spoiler:the Kara that the player interacts with is actually a digital copy stuck in their head]].
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* HumanWeapon: [[spoiler:Kara was purposefully created to be a Yandere for their destructive potential.]]

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* MultipleEndings: DERE EVIL.EXE has two, depending on whether or not the player tries to go through with the Dev's plan.

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* ''[[https://appsir.itch.io/theotheryanderesegagenesisgame The Other Yandere]]'', a short Visual Novel that is currently only available as a demo for Sega Megadrive emulators. [=AppSir, Inc.=] claims to have planned for a December 1999 release...despite the company itself not existing before 2017.



* AsHimself: Darius Immanuel D. Guerrero, credited as the main developer on store pages, is the Dev that the player interacts with in the DERE.EXE games.



** DERE EVIL.EXE features a similar copy of a person within the game, named Yanna. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]
* EyelessFace: In DERE EVIL.EXE, Yanna interferes with the player as a 3D model with black gunk where her eyes should be.

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** DERE EVIL.EXE features a similar copy of a person within the game, named Yanna. [[spoiler:And the developer is attempting to bring back Myles, Myles Stone, one of Kara's victims, with the game.]]
* ChekhovsGun: In DERE EVIL.EXE; see GameWithinAGame.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Kara Gentner in DERE.EXE wants the player to set her free by beating the game, though her bad memories manifest as obstacles. Yanna Curtis in DERE EVIL.EXE wants the player to ''stop'' playing the game, because [[spoiler:she and Myles Stone don't want to take someone's life in exchange for reviving Myles]].
* EyelessFace: In DERE EVIL.EXE, Yanna Curtis interferes with the player as a 3D model with black gunk where her eyes should be.


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* GameWithinAGame: DERE EVIL.EXE attempts to give the player access to two bonus games, "Dere Quest" and "Derendid", but they both crash thanks to Yanna. [[spoiler:The rest of the experience takes place in a version of DERE EVIL.EXE ''inside'' the bonus game, so that the actual Yanna and Myles can't be messed with by the dev. Yanna and Myles are even listed in the credits, under "Game Within A Game Within A Game Within A Game By".]]


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* TheStinger: At the end of the credits of DERE EVIL.EXE, [[spoiler:there is a brief flash of a restored digital Kara wondering where she is]].


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* UnwantedRevival: In DERE EVIL.EXE, [[spoiler:Myles refuses the Dev's plan of bringing her back, knowing that a life would have to be taken for her to be revived, and that the father that mourned her will be able to move on.]].

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/871950/DERE_EVIL_EXE/ DERE EVIL.EXE]]'', a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} standalone sequel (which includes [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/899360/DERE_EXE_The_First_Fear/ the previous game as free DLC]]).

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* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/871950/DERE_EVIL_EXE/ DERE EVIL.EXE]]'', a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} standalone sequel (which includes [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/899360/DERE_EXE_The_First_Fear/ the previous game as free DLC]]).



* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd.

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* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd. [[spoiler:This is because the developer repurposed the remains of Kara's data.]]



** DERE EVIL.EXE features a similar copy of a person within the game, named Yanna.
* EyelessFace: There's a JumpScare in DERE EVIL.EXE that's a 3D model of Yanna with black gunk where her eyes should be.

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* EyelessFace: There's a JumpScare in In DERE EVIL.EXE that's EXE, Yanna interferes with the player as a 3D model of Yanna with black gunk where her eyes should be.be.
* FissionMailed: Both EXE games feature fake glitches and game crashes right before quick scares and/or a major change in gameplay.


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* UnexpectedGameplayChange: DERE.EXE starts as an endless runner before enough diamonds are collected to reach the main, platforming section of the game.
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* AIIsACrapshoot: As progress is made in DERE EVIL.EXE, A.I.D.E. becomes a tad...odd.
-->''"After this game, I want to be in the outside world with you. We will be able to enjoy human activities like eating and breathing, together."''


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* FunWithAcronyms: DERE EVIL.EXE has A.I.D.E., or "Artificial Intelligence for Dere.Exe", which is meant to aid the player.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dere_evil_dot_exe_header.jpg]]

''DERE.EXE: The First Fear'' is a thriller platform game created by [=AppSir, Inc.=] It is actually the third in a series of games, and while experience with prior titles is not necessary, there is a set order of events:

* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.sororityritesvisualnovel&hl=en Sorority Rites]]'', a kinetic Visual Novel about a transfer student undertaking a sorority initiation that quickly goes wrong.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.thelastyandere&hl=en_CA The Last Yandere]]'', a Visual Novel about a cancer patient befriending a woman named Kara Gentner, who is suspected to be a tad psychotic.
* ''[[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appsir.pleasedontplaythisgamederevisualnovel&hl=en_CA DERE.EXE: The First Fear]]'', a platform game that starts out seeming normal, until something within the programming attempts to be released.
* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/871950/DERE_EVIL_EXE/ DERE EVIL.EXE]]'', a UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} standalone sequel (which includes [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/899360/DERE_EXE_The_First_Fear/ the previous game as free DLC]]).

!!Tropes:

* TheBerserker: Kara, who [[spoiler:destroyed an entire town]] before the events of DERE.EXE.
* BrainUploading: A copy of Kara's mind is trapped within DERE.EXE.
* HumanWeapon: [[spoiler:Kara was purposefully created to be a Yandere for their destructive potential.]]
* NunsAreSpooky: The later sections of DERE.EXE feature nuns without faces as an enemy type. This is likely a connection to [[spoiler:Kara being raised in a facility disguised as a church dormitory.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: In the last area of DERE.EXE, [[spoiler:the featureless black box player character is the disguised digital remnant of Kara Gentner's mind, rather than someone being antagonized by her]].
* {{Yandere}}: Kara Gentner

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