History VideoGame / ExhibitOfSorrows

* AndIMustScream: The clown dolls are heavily implied to be former visitors whom the portrait clown has turned into exhibits themselves after murdering them in gruesome ways. Even worse, their changing facial expressions suggest that they're somewhat alive in their new forms, but can't move, rendering them unable to defend themselves when you're forced to torture them to get their red keys.

You're visiting the circus-themed Exhibit of Smiles. There's some music playing. Interact with the exhibits to progress, and explore and enjoy to your heart's content. Do not upset the clown.

''Exhibit of Sorrows'' is a point-and-click game created by adayofjoy. It is available for free on its [[https://adayofjoy.itch.io/exhibit-of-sorrows itch.io page]].

'''As the game takes only a few minutes to play though and is virtually impossible to talk about properly without giving away all the major twists it is highly recommended that everyone check it out personally before reading the rest of this page as many of the trope names listed below are spoilers by themselves. You have been warned!'''

** Mr. Washy's nameplate changes to "Nothing feels better than staying clean," and he is killed when the faucet dispenses a mysterious black liquid into his tub instead of water.

* ScaryJackInTheBox: The jack-in-the-box seems to be one of the few outright malevolent entities in the exhibit, especially once its eventually confirmed to be some type of horrifying monster towards the end of the game.

You're visiting a circus-themed exhibit. There's some music playing. The exhibits are interactive. Explore and enjoy to your heart's content. Do not upset the clown.

* {{Backtracking}}: After you finish the exhibit the first time, the light suddenly goes out and you're forced to walk all the way back to the emergency switch. Following that, you have to go through every exhibit again, only this time it's not nearly as fun or cute.
* BlankWhiteVoid: The portrait clown seems to trap the protagonist in one during the ending of the game. Given the implications that all of the attractions in the Exhibit of Sorrows are children that were imprisoned by the clown it seems that the same fate has now befallen the player character.

* {{Fingore}}: Getting Mr. Handy's red key require doing his finger-counting game again - and then breaking said fingers one by one. The last one several times.

* AndIMustScream: The clown dolls are heavily implied to be former visitors whom the clown has turned into exhibits themselves after murdering them in gruesome ways. Even worse, their changing facial expressions suggest that they're somewhat alive in their new forms, but can't move, rendering them unable to defend themselves when you're forced to torture them to get their red keys.

* MonsterClown: The clown and the Jack-In-The-Box both reveal themselves as malicious otherworldly monsters in the end. The clown regularly lures children into his exhibit to turn them into exhibits. What exactly the Jack-in-the-Box's deal is isn't even hinted at, but he's terrifying in his own right.

* NoNameGiven: While the other clown dolls in the exhibit have descriptive names, the main clown just goes by his job title.

* {{Sadist}}: The clown takes a disturbing pleasure in hurting children, going so far as to sabotage the exhibits in a way that forces you to maim and hurt the clown dolls to get the red keys, when before you only had to perform silly games that did not require harming them in any way. He also happily describes their last living moments on their signs to you after you're done destroying them.

* WouldHurtAChild: The changing pictures behind the clown dolls on your second round in the exhibits heavily imply that the clown lured children into his exhibit, killed them in cruelly ironic ways that mirrored what they liked about it most and then turned them into clown dolls.

As the game takes only a few minutes to play though and is virtually impossible to talk about properly without giving away all the major twists it is highly recommended that everyone check it out personally before reading the rest of this page as many of the trope names listed below are spoilers by themselves. You have been warned.

''Exhibit of Sorrows'' is a point-and-click game created by adayofjoy. It is available for free on it's [[https://adayofjoy.itch.io/exhibit-of-sorrows io page]].

You're visiting a circus-themes exhibit. There's some music playing. The exhibits are interactive. Explore and enjoy to your heart's content. Do not upset the clown.

* AnArmAndALeg: On Ms. Stretch's exhibit, you have to pull one of her arms onto a button to proceed. This works fine the first time you do it, but after the second time the button suddenly moves further away. Unfortunately, Ms. Stretch's flexibility has a limit and trying to reach the distant button tears her arm clean off. It's implied by the pictures hanging behind her that the clown did a very similar thing to her whens he was still human.

* NonIronicClown: Mr. Floaty, Ms. Stretch, Mr. Washy and Mr. Handy all mean you no harm and are heavily implied to be victim of the clown themselves.
* {{Sadist}}: The clown takes a disturbing pleasure in hurting children, going so far as to sabotage the exhibits in a way that forces you to maim and hurt the clown dolls to get the red keys, when before you only had to perform silly games that did not require harming them in any way. He also happily describes their last living moments on their signs to you after you're done destroyeing them.

* WouldHurtAChild: The changing pictures behind the clown dolls on your second round in the exhibits heavily imply that the clown lured children into his exhibit, killed them in cruelly ironic ways that mirrored what they liked about it and then turned them into clown dolls.

''Exhibit of Sorrows'' is a point-and-click game created by adayofjoy. It is avaiable for free on it's [[https://adayofjoy.itch.io/exhibit-of-sorrows io page]].

* NonIrconicClown: Mr. Floaty, Ms. Stretch, Mr. Washy and Mr. Handy all mean you no harm and are heavily implied to be victim of the clown themselves.