History VideoGame / NobodySavesTheWorld

* AntiNepotism: In a shocking twist, the Thieves' Guild leader turn out to be this - any members wishing to lead the guild must prove themselves worthy. However, this rule, among other things, causes his niece (also a member) to become more distant, [[spoiler: eventually undertaking a dangerous heist of her own in the Guild's final quest.]]

* CrapsaccharineWorld: The bright cartoon visuals and comedic tone are contending with a full on invasion by an otherworldly EldritchAbomination, filling the world with vicious, increasingly grotesque monsters, and slowly covering the environment with a fleshy-looking fungus. Even separate from that, there's a number of glaring issues with the world like how there's literal dungeons filled with the bones of prisoners and guillotines, the desert civilization being mutated after the nearby power plant suffered a radioactive meltdown, and there's generally a lot of figurative corruption and incompetence in the land. Naturally, nearly all of this is PlayedForLaughs.

* EldritchAbomination: The Calamity, a monstrous organic ''mass'' that's trying to consume the world. Making matters worse, is that it quickly becomes that [[ItCanThink the thing is sentient]] [[EvilGloating and definitely malevolent.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler:Randy of all people]] becomes this. When you met back up with him in the final dungeon, [[spoiler:he's been battling the Calamity for hours, and refuses to give up even at the point of exhaustion. The Boss Battle isn't just you defeating the Calamity; it's running interference for Randy so he can expose the Calamity's weak point for you]].

* IronButtMonkey: Randy is this as every time you defeat a plot dungeon he gets more and more injured. But he keeps coming after you to get the Wand and to save his Mentor. [[spoiler:This makes his evolution into TheDeterminator not only organic but something to make the audience cheer for him.]]
* ItIsDehumanizing: The Calamity refers to Nobody - and later [[InspectorJavert Randy]] - as "it."
* ItsAllAboutMe: Nostramagus is implied to have this mentality, as his house is adorned with a neon sign stating "Home of the Legendary Nostramagus" and the game's first Demi-Dungeon is a museum in his basement dedicated to himself that includes such sights as statues of a more-muscular version of himself. [[spoiler:It's proven true in the endgame, to the point his own brother is surprised that Nobody is willing to dive straight into Hell to save the world rather than flee to a new dimension.]]
* {{Jerkass}}:
** Randy the Rad, Nostramagus's (repeatedly held-back) assistant; when you first encounter him learning about Nostramagus' disappearance, he immediately demands that you fetch him a complicated coffee order before he starts investigating. [[CharacterDevelopment He does become a better person...eventually]].
** [[spoiler:Nostramagus turned out to be this and Randy's behavior could be explained as him trying to imitate his mentor's behavior. The second he rejects Nostramagus, Randy becomes a lot more competent and pleasant.]]

* {{Necromancer}}: The Necromancer form, is a towering, skeletal figure clad in dark spiky armor and robes. As you might tell, it specializes in using the corpses of enemies, or familiars, to summon undead skeletal demons to attack foes though. The summoning spell itself also deals AOE damage and the Necromancer can also [[ShockAndAwe shoot lightning]] as a basic means of defense. Certain not-so-secret occultists hanging around north of Damptonia will hold the Necromancer in very high regard using terms of respect like "dark lord" and "my dark liege".

* TheParalyzer: The Magician's passive skills Stun Powder adds the ability to inflict Stun status effect with every attack which makes enemies unable to move for a short period of time.

* ProceduralGeneration: Although the overall plot remain consistent, the layout of the dungeons are randomly generated for every playthrough.

** [[VideoGame/NuclearThrone Yung Venuz]] appears on a wanted poster in Mugtown.

* SuicideMission: [[spoiler:Randy gives himself a self-imposed one as he forces his way through the barrier to the Mouth of Hell to defeat the Calamity.]]

* ThatManIsDead: At the very end of the game, [[spoiler:the Calamity offers to return Nostramagus to his regular Form, but he decides to forsake it and continue living as "Nobody" rather than accept a DealWithTheDevil]].
* ThrowTheDogABone: The ending has Randy [[spoiler:not only being celebrated as one of the two people who stopped the Calamity, but he gets a future date with Danielle the Mummy]].

* TheUnintelligible: One of the key [=NPCs=] is Danielle the Mummy, whose voice is always completely muffled because of the bandages wrapped around it. [[IntelligibleUnintelligible Every other NPC understands her perfectly, though.]]

* WhamShot: When Nobody encounters the Secret Corp Scientist, [[spoiler:on the edge of succumbing to the fungus sickness, after she gives him the code and fully succumbs, her eyes turn completely black just like Nobody's]].

* YouGetMeCoffee: At the start of the game when Nobody meets Randy, he orders Nobody to get a [[OvercomplicatedMenuOrder caramel macchiato, venti, extra shot, half-skim milk, half mountain goat milk, 2 percent foam]]. After the fourth Calamity Dungeon, Nobody [[spoiler:(who is the cursed form of Nostramagus)]] can turn it around on him by saying "Coffee, black."

* StatusEffects: Some of your skills can inflict negative effects on enemies or give yourself beneficial buffs.
** Negative StatusEffects include [[DamageOverTime Poison, Burn]], [[TheParalyzer Stun]], [[TheVirus Infected]], Slow, and [[SupernaturalFearInducer Fear]]. All of them (aside from Infected) need several attacks to build up before they can take effect and they dissipate with time.
** Attack UP and Defense UP buffs temporaly increase your offense or defense, respectively, stacking up to five maximum.
* StatusInflictionAttack: Some of your skills can inflict various StatusEffects, such as Rat's Gnaw that inflicts Poison. There are also passive skills that add StatusEffects to ''all'' your attacks, like Stun Powder.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Astrolabus took the killing blow meant for his brother Nostramagus/Nobody to prevent the Calamity from completing the ritual to break entirely free.]]

* TheNameless: Given the protagonist's status as an AmnesiacHero, their base form is designated as "Nobody" ([[ProtagonistTitle as in]], "''Nobody'' Saves the World").

* GenreMashup: The setting mixes together various different settings, from HighFantasy wizards and medieval peasant villages to AfterTheEnd DesertPunk.

* SwissArmyTears: The Slug form's main means of defence is to barrage foes with damaging tears that can inflict the "Slow" status effect.

* EscortMission: There are three total, but they're all completely optional and spread out among the vast multitude of quests available to you.

** Another side mission has Nobody protect a very slow mail-rabbit so he can safely deliver an order of dragon-nip.

* ShipTease: Of all people between [[spoiler:Randy and Danielle the Mummy]] during the game's ending.

* TheBeastmaster: Multiple forms allow Nobody to conjure up familiars to fight for them. This include Magician, which summons rabbits and tigers from thin air, and Necromancer, which summons demons from enemies corpses. The familiars themselves are quite fragile, but can be enhanced via passive skills.

* BraidsOfAction: The Ranger has a pair of braids in her purple hair.

* AbilityMixing: Nobody eventually unlocks the ability to use one Form's skills as another; for example, using the Rat's Dark-elemental and Poisoning Gnaw move as a Ranger in order to take advantage of an elemental weakness.

** The citizens of Mutown have all been horribly mutad after a nuclear plant meltdown. Some of them look more grotesque than the monsters you slay, but aside from their looks, they are just regular people living normal lives.

* KillerRabbit: The rabbit familiars summoned by Magician's Hat Trick skill look like normal white bunnies, but they are fast and deal a lot of damage with their attacks, quickly tearing your enemies to shreds.

** The Calamity infects everything with a horrible [[MeatMoss fleshy fungus]], including the still alive people.
** The citizens of Mutown have all been mutated after a meltdown on a nearby nuclear plant. The people with the more extreme mutations look like grotesque piles of mismatched limbs, though they don't seem to mind.

* BoringButPractical: The Ranger's Dodge ability just makes Nobody dash forward while doing a little damage, but it costs no mana to use, can be earned fairly early, has a short cooldown that can be upgraded to be shorter, and is useful in just about any kit to escape dangerous situations, or just to move around the map faster.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Definitely has shades of this. The bright cartoon visuals and comedic tone are contending with a full on invasion by an otherworldly EldritchAbomination, filling the world with vicious, increasingly grotesque monsters, and slowly covering the environment with a fleshy-looking fungus.
** Even separate from that, there's a number of glaring issues with the world like how there's literal dungeons filled with the bones of prisoners and guillotines, the desert civilization being mutated after the nearby power plant suffered a radioactive meltdown, and there's generally a lot of figurative corruption and incompetence in the land. Naturally, nearly all of this is PlayedForLaughs.

* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:Nostromagus. He was revered as being the most powerful wizard in the land but there's a lot of evidence to suggest that he was a horrible, selfish {{Narcissist}} and a NominalHero at best. Also the Calamity plaguing the lands is entirely his fault because he got bored and wanted a challenge and [[EvilIsNotAToy got more than what he bargained for.]]]] [[spoiler: As Nobody, he eventually manages to avert this over the course of his adventure.]]

* MissedTheCall: The note on Nostromagus's wand make it clear that Randy the Rad was supposed to get the wand that Nobody uses for the rest of the game, but Randy's so much of a {{Jerkass}} that Nobody decides to keep it for themself, beginning their journey. [[spoiler:It works out pretty well since it eventually helps Randy [[CharacterDevelopment grow considerably as a person]] and by the end Nobody and Randy team up to defeat the Calamity and save the world anyway.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: Nobody apparently gives the impression of being childlike. Young apprentice wizard Randy mistakes them for a fellow apprentice, the shopkeeper at Mutown calls thinks they're a child, a resident of Stonefish Village calls them a baby salamander, and an optional Objective implies that Nobody sees themself as some sort of "bald baby". [[spoiler:They're actually the great Wizard Nostrodamus who used to be a bulky, wizened older man with a wild scruffy gray beard until their experiences with The Calamity reduced them to their current form.]]

* AntiGrinding: When players travel through areas after levelling up significantly, monsters will flee from them on sight, die in one hit and won't count towards any experience tasks, forcing players to progress to higher levelled areas to keep gaining XP.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: "Ratsbane, the One-Punch Monk" at the Knight's Guild is constantly boasting about [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative his skill in being able to vanquish rats with a single punch.]] His sidequest involves proving him wrong (which requires equipping the Rat with Egg's Hard Shell ability). Succeed and he'll be quite [[BreakTheHaughty he'll be utterly shocked]] before conceding that he was wrong to underestimate rats.

* DarkIsNotEvil: Nobody's somewhat offputting [[BlackEyesOfEvil pitch black]] [[EmptyEyes eyes]] set them apart from the rest of the cast and are present in every form, of which most range from somewhat threatening-looking like the [[RuggedScar battle-scarred Guard]] and [[InTheHood shady-looking Rogue]] to blatantly monstrous like the [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily huge-mawed]] [[OurMermaidsAreDifferent Mermaid,]] the [[OurZombiesAreDifferent ever rotting Zombie]] who weaponizes TheVirus, and the [[EvilIsBigger huge]] [[DemBones skeletal]] {{Necromancer}} decked out in [[SpikesOfVillainy spiky]], [[HornsOfVillainy villainous-looking armor.]] None of this changes the fact that Nobody is in fact trying to save the world.

* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: PlayedStraight for the first two forms unlocked after ranking up with the Rat form. The tough-looking, armored, masculine Guard fights with a sword and heavy stomp attacks while the more feminine Ranger with [[LongHairIsFeminine long]] [[BraidsOfAction braided hair]] shoots arrows from afar.

* PyramidScheme: Alastair, the head of the N.L.O.W., runs it like this. Nobody is forced to pay fees for being a member, ''plus'' taxes [[PayingForAir for ludicrous reasons]], and later runs into a member of the N.L.O.W. who tries to pull Nobody in with a survey. Thankfully, by the time Alastair gets so bold as to take all your money, [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal the other members are sick of him and throw him out]].

* YouGetMeCoffee: At the start of the game when Nobody meets Randy, he orders Nobody to get a [[OvercomplicatedMenuOrder caramel macchiato, venti, extra shot, half-skim milk, half mountain goat milk, 2 percent foam]]. After the fourth Calamity Dungeon, Nobody [[spoiler:(who is the cursed form of Nostramagus)]] can turn it around on him by saying "Coffee, black."

** [[Franchise/TheSimpsons The Stonecutters' Sacred Parchment]] is hanging on a wall in the N.L.O.W. headquarters.

* ArrogantKungFuGuy: The "Ratsbane Monk" at the Knight's Guild is constantly boasting about [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative his skill in being able to vanquish rats with a single punch.]] His sidequest involves proving him wrong which will require equipping onto the Rat form an ability that can nullify an attack that deals too much damage at once. Succeed and he'll be quite [[BreakTheHaughty he'll be utterly shocked]] before conceding that he was wrong to underestimate rats.

** The hooded Merchant is obviously some sorta scaly, reptilian creature that makes ominous remarks about some of his wares potentially being cursed and will cheerfully refer to the Necromancer form as "Dark Lord" like certain evil cultists hanging around the hills north of Damptonia. Nonetheless, he's a valuable asset to Nobody and pretty friendly if snarky.

* ProceduralGeneration: Although the overall plot remain consistent, the layout of the overworld and the dungeons are randomly generated for every playthrough. "Demi-Dungeons" are the exception, with a fixed layout.

** One training hall has swords from various other series hanging on its wall, including [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZelda the Master Sword]], [[VideoGame/XenobladeChronicles1 the Monado]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII the Buster Sword]], the VideoGame/{{Transistor}}, [[Franchise/KingdomHearts the Keyblade]], the [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Dragon Slayer]] and an [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Energy Sword]].

* SignatureHeadgear: Nostramagus is always depicted as wearing a RobeAndWizardHat overtop of a barbarian helmet and upper armor. [[spoiler:Nobody starts wearing the hat and helmet after the TomatoInTheMirror reveal, but throws them away in the ending after deciding ThatManIsDead.]]

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The crux of gameplay progression is completing quests to gain experience points and FP, the latter of which powers up and unlocks new "Forms", such as a Rat, Ranger, or Slug, that have different abilities and can be used to reach new areas.

* ButThouMust: Most of the dialogue options are between two different ways of saying the same thing. Examples: upon finding Nostramagus' wand, the game asks if you'd like to give it to [[JerkAss Randy]]; your options are "No" and "Hell no, he's a jerk". A later choice to let Randy apprehend you after acquiring a PlotCoupon is between "No" and "[[HaHaHaNo Haha...no]]", and someone asking if you're allied with Randy lets you say "No" or "A thousand times no". The handful that aren't this type instead give the option of rejecting a request or challenge, and for those you can return to choose again.

* FeaturelessProtagonist: The protagonist's default Form, "Nobody", is a naked white humanoid with an EyelessFace as their only defining feature. An NPC in a town full of humanoid mutants mistakes Nobody for a child suggesting that they're on the shorter side. [[spoiler:[[{{Invoked}} Invoked;]] [[EldritchAbomination The Calamity]] stole any defining features from Nostramagus' form as part of the ritual to summon it to the material plane.]]

* InspectorJavert: The main reason [[{{Jerkass}} Randy]] keeps hounding you is because you have Nostramagus' wand, insisting that you give it to him and even landing you in a cell at one point. [[JerkassHasAPoint Granted, Nobody]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint did]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint steal the wand]] ([[spoiler:[[TomatoInTheMirror though it later turns out Nobody was unknowningly getting their gear back from themselves]]]]), but still.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Nostramagus is implied to have this mentality, as his house is adorned with a neon sign stating "Home of the Legendary Nostramagus", and the game's first Demi-Dungeon is a museum in his basement dedicated to himself that includes such sights as statues of a more-muscular version of himself. [[spoiler:It's proven true in the endgame, to the point his own brother is surprised that Nobody is willing to dive straight into Hell to save the world rather than flee to a new dimension.]]

** Randy the Rad, Nostramagus' (repeatedly held-back) assistant; when you first encounter him learning about Nostramagus' disappearance, he immediately demands that you fetch him a complicated coffee order before he starts investigating. [[CharacterDevelopment He does become a better person...eventually]].

* MissedTheCall: The note on Nostromagus' wand make it clear that Randy the Rad was supposed to get the wand that Nobody uses for the rest of the game, but Randy's so much of a {{Jerkass}} that Nobody decides to keep it for themself, beginning their journey. [[spoiler:It works out pretty well since it eventually helps Randy [[CharacterDevelopment grow considerably as a person]] and by the end Nobody and Randy team up to defeat the Calamity and save the world anyway.]]

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The reason The Calamity is present in the first place is because [[spoiler:Nostramagus wanted to test out his new wand and, unsatisfied with merely killing were-slimes with it, summoned The Calamity with the Dragon Lord's Tome. This backfired immediately, with The Calamity taking Nostramagus' body and memories, and would have also taken his life if not for Astrolabus' HeroicSacrifice]].

** After Randy accuses the protagonist of stealing Nostramagus' wand, one guard checkpoint will be lined with {{Wanted Poster}}s for their "Nobody" form...and one for Flame Face from ''VideoGame/{{Guacamelee}}''.

* InspectorJavert: The main reason [[{{Jerkass}} Randy]] keeps hounding you is because you have Nostramagus' wand, insisting that you give it to him and even landing you in a cell at one point. [[JerkassHasAPoint Granted, Nobody]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint did]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint steal the wand]] ([[spoiler:[[TometoInTheMirror though it later turns out Nobody was unknowningly getting their gear back from themselves]]]]), but still.

* MissedTheCall: The note on Nostromagus' wand make it clear that Randy the Rad was supposed to get the wand that Nobody uses for the rest of the game, but Randy's so much of {{Jerkass}} that Nobody decides to keep it for themself, beginning their journey. [[spoiler:It works out pretty well since it eventually helps Randy [[CharacterDevelopment grow considerably as a person]] and by the end Nobody and Randy team up to defeat the Calamity and save the world anyway.]]

* AmnesiacDissonance: It turns out that [[spoiler:Nobody is a ''far'' better person than Nostramagus ''ever'' was]].
* AmnesiacHero: Nobody wakes up alone in a dingy shack, with no memory of how they got there...and also no pants.

* FakeUltimateHero: [[spoiler:Nostromagus. He was revered as being the most powerful wizard in the land but there's a lot of evidence to suggest that he was a horrible, selfish {{Narcissist}} and a NominalHero at best. Also the Calamity plaguing the lands is entirely his fault because he got bored and wanted a challenge and [[EvilIsNotAToy got more than what he bargained for.]]]]

** Averted and zigzagged with later forms like the [[TestosteronePoisoning extremely masculine-looking]] Bodybuilder fighting by tossing barbells from a distance while the Zombie has long hair, visible breasts, and a tattered dress and fights by wildly clawing and biting at close range.

* InspectorJavert: The main reason [[{{Jerkass}} Randy]] keeps hounding you is because you have Nostramagus' wand, insisting that you give it to him and even landing you in a cell at one point. [[JerkassHasAPoint Granted, Nobody]] ''[[JerkassHasAPoint did]]'' [[JerkassHasAPoint steal the wand]], but still.

* OlderThanTheyLook: Nobody apparently gives the impression of being childlike. Young apprentice wizard Randy mistakes them for a fellow apprentice, the shopkeeper at Mutown calls thinks they're a child, a resident of Stonefish Village calls them a baby salamander, and an optional Objective implies that Nobody sees themself as some sort of "bald baby". [[spoiler:They're actually the great Wizard Nostrodamus who used to be a bulky, wizened older man with a wild scruffy gray beard until they're experiences with The Calamity reduced them to their current form.]]

* SoProudOfYou: Downplayed but [[spoiler:Astrolabus immediately changes his plans to flee when Nobody wants to charge into the Mouth of Hell to save Randy. He remarks that the idea of his brother putting someone ahead of himself is remarkable]].

* {{Necromancer}}: The Necromancer form, is a towering, skeletal figure clad in dark spiky armor and robes. As you might tell, it specializes in using the corpses of enemies, or familiars, to summon undead skeletal demons to attack foes though. The summoning spell itself also deals AOE damage and the Necromancer can also [[ShockAndAweshoot lightning]] as a basic means of defense. Certain not-so-secret occultists hanging around north of Damptonia will hold the Necromancer in very high regard using terms of respect like "dark lord" and "my dark liege".

* OlderThanTheyLook: Nobody apparently gives the impression of being childlike. Young Randy, mistakes them for a fellow apprentice, the shopkeeper at Mutown calls thinks they're a child, a resident of Stonefish Village calls them a baby salamander, and an optional Objective implies that Nobody sees themself as some sort of "bald baby". [[spoiler:They're actually the great Wizard Nostrodamus who used to be a bulky, wizened older man with a wild scruffy gray beard until they're experiences with The Calamity reduced them to their current form.]]

* MissedTheCall: The note on Nostromagus' wand make it clear that Randy the Rad was supposed to get the wand that Nobody uses for the rest of the game, but Randy's so much of {{Jerkass}} that Nobody decides to keep it for himself, beginning his journey. [[spoiler:It works out pretty well since it eventually helps Randy [[CharacterDevelopment grow considerably as a person]] and by the end Nobody and Randy team up to defeat the Calamity and save the world anyway.]]

* CutsceneIncompetence: The cutscene after your second major dungeon has Randy the Rad successfully knock down and disarm Nobody with a single blast of magic despite all the fighting you've had to have done just to make it that far. Thankfully, he also gets hit by some Incompetence when the force of the magic causes the ceiling to drop a huge boulder right on top of him, allowing Nobody to recover and leave with the magic wand.