History VideoGame / SuperDarylDeluxe

* {{Superboss}}: Some bosses can be fought again as "beta bosses." The "beta" version of the boss is more powerful than the original, and keeps getting stronger the more times you defeat it.

* BonusBoss: Some bosses can be fought again as "beta bosses." The "beta" version of the boss is more powerful than the original, and keeps getting stronger the more times you defeat it.

* SuspiciouslySimilarSong: "Phantomblasters", the BGM for the Paranormal Investigation Club [[spoiler:after they get funds from Ebenezer Scrooge]], is quite clearly based on the theme song from ''Film/{{Ghostbusters}}''.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Daryl's [[HeroicMime lack of dialogue]], lack of emotional reciprocity, unchanging facial expression, and complete inability to read social cues all suggest some kind of pervasive development disorder.

* PerkyGoth: Abby, a pink-haired young woman whose locker is full of shadow-based equipment, is one of the friendliest characters in the game and cares deeply for her fellow students.

* WorldOfHam: All of the voice-acting is over-the-top, especially from the BigBad.

* VendorTrash: Subverted. Due to a high number of the missions in the game consisting of fetch quests, it's difficult to ascertain what item drops from slain enemies will be integral later on. Even the jewels, which initially seem like rare items only useful for selling, are required to forge powerful equipment and to unlock the [[spoiler:secret journal of Eli Bavarius]].

!!Super Daryl Deluxe provides examples of:

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] Music Trials in the Art & Music section. The first one is a puzzle, the second one a fight against some enemies to recover items, then the game cuts to a screen saying "663 Trials Later..." and then Beethoven while talking with Daryl shows surprise at how the dweeb handled some of the most outlandish trials.

* FunWithAcronyms: Due to a filing mixup, the Paranormal Investigation Squad and the Transcendental Investigation Team wound up becoming merged into the '''T'''ransparanormal '''I'''nvestigation '''T'''eam '''S'''quad.

* FaceFramedInShadow: All of the Trenchcoat Kids, one can only see eyes and a manic grin. Humorously, some of them have disguises on top of it.
* TheFaceless: The main villain is never shown from above the neck, to hide the fact that [[spoiler:he has a SkullForAHead]].

* {{Animesque}}: The fight against the Guardian of Literature has her unleash typical anime moves such as energy spheres, teleporting, sudden energy blasts, boosting her aura and so on. Her character design however is in the same "indie comic book" style as all other characters.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The [[NumberOfTheBeast 666]] Music Trials in the Art & Music section. The first one is a puzzle, the second one a fight against some enemies to recover items, then the game cuts to a screen saying "663 Trials Later..." and then Beethoven while talking with Daryl shows surprise at how the nerd handled some of the most outlandish trials.

* SchmuckBait: One mission involves selling one of Leonardo Da Vinci's paintings to an art collector so you can use the funds to get Beethoven off of the painter's back about funding his latest opera. The art collector is willing to pay 250 ducats for the painting, but there's a vendor skulking around the gallery who wants to buy the work off of you for $10 and a modest store discount. Ducats, for the uninformed, are made of solid gold and each of them are priced at around $148 each at today's prices. In an attempt to make you regret shirking his deal, the vendor will reveal that he has incredibly powerful gear (one of which, supposedly, can make Daryl ''talk'') in stock. Every one of the shown items is worth $10,000. However, even if you somehow managed to scrounge up that much money, you'll find out that you can't buy any of this gear at all.

* IdenticalStranger:
** Genghis Khan mistakes Daryl for his grandson Kublai. In fact, inside the warlord's tent there is a portrait of the "real" Genghis and another one that looks exactly like Daryl, glasses included, but in Mongolian clothing. The narration in the Journal also implies that Genghis Khan is an ancestor of Daryl's, but it's unclear if it's anything but a delusion on Daryl's part.
** The pyramid has a gardener who is identical to the one at Water Falls High, besides her clothes.

* PunnyName: A few of them among the students, like Claire Voyant, Ken Speercy, etc.

** Alan and other people never remembering Daryl's name, calling him Drew, Daniel, Donald, etc.

* RubberHoseLimbs: Daryl's arms, legs, and spine are all extremely bendy, to the point where his normal walking and running animations don't look like anything a human could do.

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler:Caesar, Cleopatra, and Napoleon