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* OffWithHisHead: In the final puzzle area of the game, there is a guillotine in a closet with a key on the other side. Choosing to place your head through the head-hole ends about as well as you'd expect.
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* OneHitKill: There are no health bars in this game. Get caught by a monster, and you die instantly.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Joanna was murdered because she was an obnoxious primadonna who was difficult to work with and wouldn't stop ranting about her ex.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Joanna was Josephine murdered Joanna because she was an obnoxious primadonna who was difficult to work with and wouldn't stop ranting about her ex.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Joanna was murdered because she was an obnoxious primadonna who was difficult to work with and wouldn't stop ranting about her ex.
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* AntagonistTitleAntagonistTitle: The Ms. Director in question is Josephine Violante, who traps and murders innocent girls in her mansion.
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* HardboiledDetective: Ida Bainbridge... sort of. She was hired as an actress to play the part of a detective before she was murdered, and is consequentially stuck wearing the costume she died in. This does not stop her from introducing herself as a detective to everyone she meets, or from using dime store crime novel lingo. [[spoiler: In the GoldenEnding, she decides to become a detective for real, and is last seen trying to convince Patty to start an agency with her.]]
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* RunOrDie: When faced with a monster, your only choices are "run" or "hide". If you get caught, it's game over.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Counterclockwise from left to right: Joanna Gillespe, Anna Barton, Donna [=VanTassel=], Patricia Dahl, Ida Bainbridge, Suzanne Francis, Daisy Thorton... and Josephine Violante, the Director, looming ominously in the background.]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Counterclockwise from left to right: Joanna Gillespe, Anna Barton, Donna [=VanTassel=], Patricia Dahl, Ida Bainbridge, Suzanne Francis, Daisy Thorton... and the Director herself, Josephine Violante, the Director, looming ominously in the background.]]
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Ms. Director is an indie horror puzzle adventure game created by SketchyNonsense in UsefulNotes/RPGMaker VX Ace, and released [[https://sketchynonesense.itch.io/msdirectorgame on itch.io]] on October 20th, 2020 and officially [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/1462430/MsDirector/ on Steam]] on May 18th, 2021. A free demo is available [[https://sketchynonesense.itch.io/msdirector-demo on itch.]]
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* AlwaysCheckBehindTheChair: Examining all the sofa cushions during Joanna's investigation sequence earns you a quarter. This does absolutely nothing besides take up space in your inventory.
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* KillTheLights: Watching the reel labelled with Ida's name shows [[spoiler:her, still alive, searching Anna's room before getting locked inside as the lights shut off.]] Ida stops the reel from playing any further.
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The worst ending is earned by betraying Ida's trust by [[spoiler:accepting a bribe from Josephine at the last moment.]] It is possible to do this [[spoiler:even after kissing Ida, showing that you trust her after she defied Josephine.]] ''Whoof.''
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The worst ending is earned by betraying Ida's trust by [[spoiler:accepting a bribe from Josephine at the last moment.]] It is possible to do this [[spoiler:even even after kissing [[spoiler:kissing Ida, showing that you trust her after she defied Josephine.]] ''Whoof.''
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* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: The worst ending is earned by betraying Ida's trust by [[spoiler:accepting a bribe from Josephine at the last moment.]] It is possible to do this [[spoiler:even after kissing Ida, showing that you trust her after she defied Josephine.]] ''Whoof.''
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* AllInARow: Once Ida joins the party, she follows behind Patty wherever she goes. The player can't talk to her except by examining objects she will comment on.
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* RelationshipValues: While it is not as important to the ending as some other choices, the game keeps track of how often you examine objects with Ida in your party, and you need a certain amount of interactions with her to achieve the best ending.
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* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Ida the tomboy and Patty the girly girl.
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* LipstickLesbian: Patty, the very picture of feminine Hollywood glamour, has relationships with other women and outright states she does not like men that way. Some of the other girls would apply here too.
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* {{Gayngster}}: Daisy, a member of the mob, is bisexual. [[spoiler:And so is her ex, the wannabe-mobster Ida.]]
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* ClosetGay: Discussed as part of the homophobia inherent in the setting. Anna is very careful not to out herself when talking about her girlfriend Donna. At other times morality clauses in Hollywood contracts are mentioned.
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* CastFullOfGay: Every character is some flavour of lesbian, bisexual, pansexual, or otherwise sapphic, and a few are also trans/nonbinary.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Ida was murdered because she witnessed the crime scene of Anna's murder.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Ida was murdered because she witnessed the crime scene of Anna's murder.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Ida was murdered because she witnessed the crime scene of Anna's murder.
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* GoldenEnding: Ending 4, which can only be achieved by winning Ida's trust and helping all the ghosts, and is unambiguously the happiest.
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* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler:Nora, the musician, can only be found hiding in the music room at the very end of the game, after Ida and Suzy have gone missing. She explains that Josephine doesn't know she exists and has been hiding in the walls throughout the entire game.]]
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* NeglectedSidequestConsequence: You can still reach the end while ignoring the optional ghosts, but Doris and Madeline must he helped in order to achieve the best ending. If you neglect their sidestories until [[spoiler:Ida and Suzy get kidnapped]], you're too late.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Patty must help the ghosts move on by granting their lasts wishes, and they will reward her with some item or information she needs in order to escape.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Patty must help the ghosts move on by granting their lasts last wishes, and they will reward her with some item or information she needs in order to escape.
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* StoryDifficultySetting: The "Safe Mode" was implemented partially so that players seeking different endings would have an easier time replaying multiple times.
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* PeriodPiece: Set in 1937, the game stays true to many aspects of the era, including homophobia and the impact of the Hays Code on Hollywood and the queer actresses working there.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Patty must help the ghosts move on by granting their lasts wishes, and they will reward her with some item or information she needs in order to escape.
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* BarredFromTheAfterlife: Josephine has trapped the ghosts in the mansion until Patty helps them move on. [[spoiler:Even after moving on, they're still trapped in limbo and Josephine can call them back at will.]]
