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* BizarreInstrument: Francis is introduced with an acoustic guitar visibly modified into an electric one with attached speakers.
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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Invoked InUniverse. The game doesn't really have outright ''evil'' characters, but some of the people Francis can interact with in Calypso early on are a little hostile towards him, from a snooty busker who thinks he's better than everyone else, to a skiffle band who all but threaten Francis with bodily harm.

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* JerksAreWorseThanVillains: Invoked InUniverse. The game doesn't really have outright ''evil'' characters, but some of the people Francis can interact with in Calypso early on are a little hostile towards him, from a snooty busker who thinks he's better than everyone else, to a skiffle band who all but threaten Francis with bodily harm. Even Francis's allies treat him like a nuisance and never bother to explain anything, and Violetta blatantly steals his thunder during the final performance and takes the bulk of the credit.
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* SharedFamilyQuirks: Besides their obvious shared talent in playing the guitar, Francis and Johnson Vendetti [[spoiler: both have stage personas different from their regular selves that they created for their musical careers. Violetta reveals in the end that the songs that Johnson Vendetti wrote as a folk music legend was for a persona not unlike Francis' intergalactic one.]]
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* ShiftingSandLand: The second alien world, GlimmerDimm. Francis ends up accidentally stranded there without a ride back when booked at a gig in The Lumiere Violente and needs to find a Warp Turtle in a hot, vast desert full of dunes, hot spring vents, and the ancient ruins of a fallen city.

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* ShiftingSandLand: The second alien world, GlimmerDimm.Glimmerdimm. Francis ends up accidentally stranded there without a ride back when booked at a gig in The Lumiere Violente and needs to find a Warp Turtle in a hot, vast desert full of dunes, hot spring vents, and the ancient ruins of a fallen city.
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* SceneryPorn: Probably one of the main hooks of the game. Throughout his journey, Francis gets to traverse across several sprawling alien landscapes with gorgeous scenery that wouldn't look out of place spray-painted on the side of a van and Francis strumming on his guitar will often cause the landscape to light up in a glorious symphony of light and sound.
* ShiftingSandLand: The second alien world, GlimmerDimm. Francis ends up accidentally stranded there without a ride back when booked at a gig in The Lumiere Violente and needs to find a Warp Turtle in a hot, vast desert full of dunes, hot spring vents, and the ancient ruins of a fallen city.
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* AwesomeMcCoolname: Early in his journey, Francis has the opportunity to change his name to something more appropriate to the profile of a space rocker.
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Violetta reveals in the end that Johnson Vendetti's entire career as a folk music legend was a persona not unlike Francis' intergalactic one.]]
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* NotSoDifferent: [[spoiler: Violetta reveals in the end that Johnson Vendetti's entire career as a folk music legend was a persona not unlike Francis' intergalactic one.]]

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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Francis can change his wardrobe and hairstyle at one point, courtesy of an ally he meets on his journey.

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* AndYourRewardIsClothes: Francis can change his wardrobe and hairstyle at one point, courtesy ArcSymbol: The Musical Key, a series of an ally he meets on his journey.five specially arranged dots used in the SimonSaysMinigame. A lot of creatures actually have it as part of their biology, even ones you ''don't'' play music with.


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* DudeNotFunny: Francis' reaction to seeing a man cosplaying as the zombie of his late uncle.


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* HiddenEyes: Every human in the game has eyewear that conceals their their eyes.


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* ImmoralRealityShow: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]], due to falling under OffscreenVillainy, but it's made clear every performance has a high risk of death, with Francis' ending up stranded on one planet being a massive ratings booster.


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* TookALevelInBadass: Francis, halfway through the second performance. He goes from nervously trying to back out of any dangerous situation to trash-talking a dictator and starting a revolution. By the end of the game, even the guy he's intimidated by back in Calypso fails to scare him.
* VirtualPaperDoll: Francis can change his wardrobe and hairstyle at one point, courtesy of an ally he meets on his journey.
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A 2021 musical adventure game developed by Australian studio Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Creator/AnnapurnaInteractive.

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A 2021 musical adventure game AdventureGame developed by Australian studio Beethoven & Dinosaur and published by Creator/AnnapurnaInteractive.
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* {{Expy}}: While Johnny "Galvatron"'s band The Galvatrons are inspired by many artists, "Galvatron" stated the main character is "Music/DavidBowie traveling off from London on an interstellar trip to create [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]]."

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While Johnny "Galvatron"'s band The Galvatrons are inspired by many artists, "Galvatron" stated the main character is "Music/DavidBowie traveling off from London on an interstellar trip to create [[Music/TheRiseAndFallOfZiggyStardustAndTheSpidersFromMars Ziggy Stardust]].""
** "Galvatron" also states Johnson Vendetti is based on Music/BobDylan.

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