History VideoGame / HaveANiceDeath2022

* NoodleIncident: How Harriet and Mark died. Harriet's death concerned a "dramatic hang-gliding javelin-throwing contest," and left her skinless; Mark made a living driving a food truck for a children's show, but met an end that left him decapitated and missing all but a small chunk of his torso.

* MeaningfulName: Multiple, with the on-the-noseness and subtlety varying greatly. From [[DoubleEntendre Will Hung,]] The living hangman's noose, to Hector ''Krank'', a crab with a particularly curmudgeonly and abrasive personality.

One day, Death has a problem. He's overworked, there are more souls than ever before in need of reaping, and his scythe elbow is getting worse every day. The solution? Unleash the Sorrows, powerful death-spirits who will happily do all of the busywork for the Grim Reaper! Death's plan works like a charm; hundreds of souls are rolling in every hour, and the only thing Death needs to do is stamp the paperwork.

* EveryoneHasStandards: Death is generally unsympathetic, treats his employees poorly, and appears to take an active role in reaping souls, rather than merely coming for them when their lifespan has ended. Several Employee Handbook entrances make specific reference to the Sorrows wiping out massive numbers of human lives simply to ''audition'' for employment at Death, Inc. Even so, the lengths some of them have gone to disgust even the Grim Reaper himself.

* JacobMarleyApparel: Death, Inc is made up primarily of undead mortals, and most of them have injuries reflecting how they died. Patrick has a knife through his head, Harriet has [[FlayingAlive no skin,]] Mark has literally been [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated]]..

* JacobMarleyApparel: Death, Inc is made up primarily of undead mortals, and most of them have injuries reflecting how they died. Patrick has a knife through his head, Harriet has [[FlayingAlive no skin,]] Mark has literally been [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated..]]

* GoneHorriblyRight: Death unleashes the Sorrows because he's tired of reaping every single soul personally. They proceed to do their job so well that they make him almost completely obsolete; the only responsibility Death still has is personally rubber-stamping paperwork.

* JustifiedTutorial: Death has been sitting behind a desk stamping papers for untold years. Harriet, the companies fitness lady, stops him in his tracks in order to give him one at the start of the game.

* MajorInjuryUnderReaction: The NPC employees have a wide variety of injuries on their persons: Patrick has a knife through the head, Harriet has [[FlayingAlive no skin,]] Mark has literally been [[DecapitationPresentation decapitated!]] None of them show any signs of feeling pain in spite of their injuries. Justified. They're all dead after all.

* MeaningfulName: Multiple, with the on-the-noseness and subtlety varying greatly. From [[DoubleEntendre Will Hangman,]] The living hangman's noose, to Hector ''Krank'', a crab with a particularly curmudgeonly and abrasive personality.

* OcularGushers: Gordon Grimes doesn't just fall to his knees and melt, he falls flat on his belly, hands clasped and crying profusely, and melts, in defeat.

* TomTheDarkLord: The Sorrows, powerful creatures created by Death to reap the souls of the living, have such intimidating names as Hector, Gordon and Brad.

[[caption-width-right:350:''"Rest. In. Paperwork."'']]

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Naturally, being in charge of death, all the employees of Death Inc. regenerate should they be stuck fatally. It's partially why the enemies and Sorrows continue to be bosses on subsequent runs. Even if they are blown up, melt, or are consumed by their own pestilence, they can carry on about their business until Death returns to confront them. This is also why the game is a Roguelite - [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath killing Death isn't exactly going to do you a whole lot of good to begin with, let alone when he's your boss]].

** Candice the Cupcake, a mid-boss in the Addictions Department, weaponizes this, darting around on her perpetual sugar high and moving at super speed with a constantly fish-eyed, happy expression on her face.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Most of the sorrows you manage to beat down have absolutely priceless looks on their faces while [[AintTooProudToBeg they’re begging for mercy.]] Special mention goes to [[spoiler: both [[GeneralRipper Major Warren Pliskhan]] right before his weapons misfire and nuke him to kingdom come, and Death himself as he realizes the elevator to his [[HopeSpot vacation is about to explode…]]With him right in front of it.]]

* HopeSpot: [[spoiler: Upon beating the final sorrow (at least in early access) death prepares to take the elevator that finally leads to his vacation. Then [[GreaterScopeVillain someone]] goes flying around while [[LaughingMad cackling madly]] and disables the elevator…[[StuffBlowingUp which then explodes]]…[[OhCrap with death right in front of it.]] '''Rest In Paperwork.''']]

** The Sorrows are no better than he is. In fact, they're probably worst, with their rampant disregard for their wellbeing, overworking their subbordinates for their own ends.

** In general, whenever Death confronts one of the Sorrows, he makes it a point to tell them that [[EveryoneHasStandards mortality quotas have not been met.]] He also seems to take issue with how the Sorrows are Mean Bosses, causing more death when they were made only to split his workload, [[EveryoneHasStandards and is appalled at the lengths they're willing to go to achieve this.]]

* SleepModeSize: Partially at least. Death used to be the tall, dark, and Faceless figure we've all come to expect, as he lost the respect of the Sorrows by becoming a do-nothing figurehead, he got smaller and smaller physically too. Justified, to accommodate a player character focused on evading, which the platforming and combat center around.

** In general, whenever Death confronts one of the Sorrows, he makes it a point to tell them that [[EveryoneHasStandards morality quotas have not been met.]] He also seems to take issue with how the Sorrows are Mean Bosses, causing more death when they were made only to split his workload.

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Naturally, being in charge of death, all the employees of Death Inc. regenerate should they be stuck fatally. It's partially why the enemies and Sorrows continue to be bosses on subsequent runs. Even if they are blown up, melt, or are consumed by their own pestilence, they can carry on about their business until Death returns to confront them. This is also why the game is a Roguelite - [[TheProblemWithFightingDeath killing Death isn't exactly going to do you a whole lot of good to begin with, let alone when he's your boss]].

** lesser known is a bacteria called CRAB, also known as Carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii, found in mud and water. This can cause infections in blood, urinary tract, lungs, wounds, and other body parts.

** Hector Krank, Sorrow of Physical Illness, is a [[MadScientist Mad Scientist]] [[GiantEnemyCrab crab]] - an odd choice, until you remember what the crab represents in horoscopes...

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Naturally, being in charge of death, all the employees of Death Inc. regenerate should they be stuck fatally. It's partially why the enemies and Sorrows continue to be bosses on subsequent runs. Even if they are blown up, melt, or are consumed by their own pestilence, they can carry on about their business until death returns to confront them.

** Gordon Grimes, Sorrow of Industrial Polution, is [[BlobMonster a giant mass of tar/oil]] [[CorruptCEO with a sleazy personality]].