History VideoGame / GibbousACthulhuAdventure

* {{Cliffhanger}}: at the end of the story, [[spoiler: Don, Buzz and Peace all jump into a portal to try to stop a Cosmic Horror after keeping it from invading their reality. Kitteh, who is left behind, ends up becoming a Cosmic Horror herself, the Beast.]] And then we cut to credits.

* InformingTheFourthWall: Lampshaded. It makes sense for Don to do this, seeing how he is a private eye; an occupation to which a penchant for flowery monologues is pretty much a requirement. When the perspective switches to Buzz, however, he quickly notices that he is talking to himself all of a sudden, and he fears it makes him sound crazy.

In the spooky city of Darkham, strange things are brewing. There are whispers of kooky cults popping up everywhere, and that believed this is connected to the reappearance of the classic TomeOfEldritchLore to rule them all, the ''Necronomicon''. Local PrivateDetective Don R. Ketype is asked by mysterious employers to track down a copy of the infamous book, but before he is able to gets his hands on it, it ends up in the hands of the hapless and unsuspecting librarian Buzz Kerwan. Through more shenanigans, Buzz ends up accidentally using the book to give his cat, Kitteh, the ability to speak. To the poor cat, however, this is a terrible curse; for cats aren't supposed to be understood, so making them more human is both a horrible downgrade and perversion of nature, so she demands that Buzz finds some way to undo his mistake.

In the spooky city of Darkharm, strange things are brewing. There are whispers of kooky cults popping up everywhere, and that believed this is connected to the reappearance of the classic TomeOfEldritchLore to rule them all, the ''Necronomicon''. Local PrivateDetective Don R. Ketype is asked by mysterious employers to track down a copy of the infamous book, but before he is able to gets his hands on it, it ends up in the hands of the hapless and unsuspecting librarian Buzz Kerwan. Through more shenanigans, Buzz ends up accidentally using the book to give his cat, Kitteh, the ability to speak. To the poor cat, however, this is a terrible curse; for cats aren't supposed to be understood, so making them more human is both a horrible downgrade and perversion of nature, so she demands that Buzz finds some way to undo his mistake.

* DecoyProtagonist: In the prologue, Don R. Ketype is set up to be a classical protagonist of a CosmicHorrorStory, as a PrivateDetective who stumbles upon something horrible he wish he hadn't (heck, his name even spells it out pretty clearly). But in short order, he is knocked out and abducted by members of the local cult, and the perspective switches over to Buzz instead.

* LovecraftCountry: Seeing how this uses the Franchise/CthulhuMythos as a basis, it is inevitable. Especially the town of Darkharm, which is an obvious pastiche of Creator/HPLovecraft's dark and crooked New England towns.

* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: If you try invoking the TropeNamer, at a doorman of a Voodoo club, he will wave you off by noting that it is "too classic" to be the actual password.

* CampbellCountry: Aside from the classic LovecraftCountry scenery, the game also leans into this, as parts of it takes place in locations inspired by the developers' native [[{{Uberwald}} Transylvania]].

-->'''Buzz:''' She's just as grumpy as usual, but I guess it fits her.

* AddedAlliterativeAppeal: ''All'' of [[Creator/DanBrown Daniel Maroon]]'s books. As Don will notice as he studies his section in the library.
-->"Daniel Maroon's ''Kryptic Kloisters''. Eh, he was reaching."\\

-->'''Buzz:''' This is Kitteh. My cat. She talks now.\\

'''Kitteh:''' ''Your'' cat?\\
'''Buzz:''' Uh, figure of speech.

* HorrorComedy: The game leans mostly to the comedic side, but make no mistake -- the CosmicHorrorStory's genre trappings when it comes to humanity's fragility in the face of inscrutable cosmic forces and terrifying existential questions and implications that rises therefrom are very much kept intact.

* LovecraftCountry: Seeing how this uses the Franchise/CthulhuMythos as basis, it is inevitable. Especially the town of Darkharm, which is an obvious pastiche of Creator/HPLovecraft's dark and crooked New England towns.

* HorrorComedy: The game leans mostly to the comedic side, but make no mistake -- the CosmicHorrorStory's genre trappings when it comes to humanity's fragility in the face of inscrutable cosmic forces and terrifying existential questions and implications therefrom is very much kept intact.

* DecoyProtagonist: In the prologue, Don R. Ketype is set up to be a more classical protagonist of a CosmicHorrorStory, as a PrivateDetective who stumbles upon something he wish he hadn't (heck, his name even spells it out pretty clearly). But in short order, he is knocked out and abducted by members of the local cult, and the perspective switches over to Buzz instead.

* ADogNamedDog: After Kitteh starts to talk, Buzz asks her if he should still call her "Kitteh", noticing that the name seems kind of stupid to say out loud that she can talk back. Kitteh admits that the name is kind of dumb, but also points out he has been calling her that for years already, so they might as well stick with it.

* ADogNamedDog: After Kitteh starts to talk, Buzz asks her if he should still call her "Kitteh", noticing that the name seems kind of stupid to say out loud that she can talk back. Kitteh admits that the name is kind of dumb, but notes he has been calling her that for years already, so they might as well stick with it.

''Gibbous -- A Cthulhu Adventure'' is a Comedy {{Cosmic Horror| Story}} PointAndClick AdventureGame from 2019, by the Transylvanian developer-team, Stuck In Attic. Best described as what happens when the Franchise/CthulhuMythos meets Creator/{{Disney}}, this is indeed a somewhat unusual one.

* HorrorComedy: The game leans mostly to the comedic side, but make no mistake -- the CosmicHorrorStory's genre trappings when it comes to terrifying existential implications is very much kept intact.

''Gibbous -- A Cthulhu Adventure'' is a Comedy {{Cosmic Horror| Story}} AdventureGame from 2019, by the Transylvanian developer-team, Stuck In Attic. Best described as what happens when the Franchise/CthulhuMythos meets Creator/{{Disney}}, this is indeed a somewhat unusual one.