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* WoodenStake: Not used in-game, but Karen has a supply of them for some reason.
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* WoodenStake: Not used in-game, but Karen has a supply of them for some reason.reason.
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1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage with a workaholic husband and taking care of her ungrateful son day after day. Though she notices strange things happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Karen keeping house took a trip down Lovecraft Lane as she had to clean up the mess Cthulhu is making for her.
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* LovecraftLite: Karen is an ordinary housewife who has to stop Cthulhu from causing chaos in her own house, and she has the resources to do so.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Karen keeping the house in order took a trip down Lovecraft Lane as she had to clean up the mess Cthulhu is making for her.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Karen keeping the house in order took a trip down Lovecraft Lane as she had to clean up the mess Cthulhu is making for her.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Karen's weapon to fight off Cthulhu and its eldritch influence is a vacuum cleaner.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Karen keeping house took a trip down Lovecraft Lane as she had to clean up the mess Cthulhu is making for her.
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* WoodenStake: Not used in-game, but Karen has a supply of them for some reason.
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* GravityScrew: A variant of Fun with Gravity. Anything in the house that isn't furniture is subjected to gravity defiance due to eldritch forces at work.
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* HereWeGoAgain: When her husband notices something weird happening to the house, Karen sees eldritch activity start up again and readies her magic vacuum cleaner to start cleaning house yet again.
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* CassandraTruth: Susan's message to Karen is pointing out there's something eldritch taking hold of her house. Karen doesn't give much thought to it until the influence grows stronger.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Karen doesn't get the attention she really wants from her husband, who is always working or participating in activities with friends than her.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Karen doesn't get the attention she really wants from her husband, who is always working or participating in activities with friends than spending time with her.
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* DemonicPossession: The meatloaf, of all things, is possessed and had to be exorcised.
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* DemonicPossession: The meatloaf, of all things, is possessed and had to be exorcised.exorcised before being put in the oven.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karen experiences - and even voices - her jealousy of Susan because her son Francis liked her cookies more than his mother's.
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* GreenEyedMonster: Karen experiences - and even voices - her jealousy of Susan because of her position in society and her son Francis liked her cookies more than his mother's.
* HolyWater: Stored in abundant numbers of spray bottles in the closet for exorcism needs, especially misbehaving meatloaf.
* HolyWater: Stored in abundant numbers of spray bottles in the closet for exorcism needs, especially misbehaving meatloaf.
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1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of her ungrateful son day after day. When she notices strange things happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality.
But when the chaos gets way out of hand, she is forced to take matters into her own hands and clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by silver bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE '''''WON'''''.]]
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by silver bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE '''''WON'''''.]]
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE '''''WON'''''.]]
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy silver bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE '''''WON'''''.]]
* SilverBullet: Karen orders a bundle of silver bullets, which helps her fight off the eldritch influence invading her house and subsequently Cthulhu.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore: Karen uses one (delivered to the home by Susan) to magically power up her vacuum cleaner.
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* TomeOfEldritchLore: Karen uses one (delivered to the home by Susan) to magically power up her vacuum cleaner.cleaner.
* WoodenStake: Not used in-game, but Karen has a supply of them for some reason.
* WoodenStake: Not used in-game, but Karen has a supply of them for some reason.
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* StayInTheKitchen: This is a given since the game is set in the '50s. Francis even outright says this to his own mother.
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* StayInTheKitchen: This is a given since the game is set in the '50s. Francis even outright says this to his own mother.mother.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Karen uses one (delivered to the home by Susan) to magically power up her vacuum cleaner.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: Karen uses one (delivered to the home by Susan) to magically power up her vacuum cleaner.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Karen is prone to this when she is alone or ignored by her family time and time again.
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* SnarkingThanks: Karen couldn't help sarcastically remarking how thoughtful Susan was for giving her a tome to help fight the eldritch influence.
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* DemonicPossession: The meatloaf, of all things, is possessed and had to be exorcised.
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* AwfulWeddedLife: Karen doesn't get the attention she really wants from her husband, who is always working or participating in activities with friends than her.
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* EpunymousTitle: ''The Call of Cthulhu'', except the title character is Karen.
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with [[CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian]] elements created by Trumbus Games and released in July 2020.
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with [[CthulhuMythos [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian]] elements created by Trumbus Games and released in July 2020.
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with Lovecraftian elements created by Trumbus Games and released in July 2020.
1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of her ungrateful son day after day. But when she notices strange things happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she is forced to take matters into her own hands and clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of her ungrateful son day after day. But when she notices strange things happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she is forced to take matters into her own hands and clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with Lovecraftian [[CthulhuMythos Lovecraftian]] elements created by Trumbus Games and released in July 2020.
1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of her ungrateful son day after day.But when When she notices strange things happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before normality. But when the chaos gets out of hand, she is forced to take matters into her own hands and clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
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1950s suburban housewife Karen is trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an her ungrateful child son day after day. But when she notices strange things going on happening in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has is forced to take matters into her own hands to and clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
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* {{Housewife}}: Karen's role in the family. Though, she isn't happy with how she's been treated.
* LargeHamRadio: Charles, the radio host, gives out the daily goings-on and interviews with other housewives in an over-the-top personality. But then his behavior takes a weirder turn each day...
* LargeHamRadio: Charles, the radio host, gives out the daily goings-on and interviews with other housewives in an over-the-top personality. But then his behavior takes a weirder turn each day...
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with Lovecraftian elements created by Trumbus Games and released in 2020.
1950s housewife Karen is stuck in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an ungrateful child day after day. But when she notices strange things going on in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has to take matters into her own hands to clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
1950s housewife Karen is stuck in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an ungrateful child day after day. But when she notices strange things going on in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has to take matters into her own hands to clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
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''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame sprinkled with Lovecraftian elements created by Trumbus Games and released in July 2020.
1950s suburban housewife Karen isstuck trapped in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an ungrateful child day after day. But when she notices strange things going on in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has to take matters into her own hands to clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
1950s suburban housewife Karen is
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE ''''WON''''.]]
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* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE ''''WON''''.'''''WON'''''.]]
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* SanitySlippage: Charles, the radio host, gradually goes crazy as he rambles about the stars being right, speaking the language of R'Lyeh and generally talking nonsense.
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* BlackSpeech: Throughout the game, garbled speech is heard by Karen as her home life gets more chaotic over time.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE ''''WON''''.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Karen experiences - and even voices - her jealousy of Susan because her son Francis liked her cookies more than his mother's.
* SanitySlippage: Charles, the radio host, gradually goes crazy as he rambles about the stars being right, speaking the language of R'Lyeh and generally talkingnonsense.nonsense.
* StayInTheKitchen: This is a given since the game is set in the '50s. Francis even outright says this to his own mother.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Karen singlehandedly beat Cthulhu with a ''vacuum cleaner'' empowered by holy bullets and powerful magic. AND SHE ''''WON''''.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Karen experiences - and even voices - her jealousy of Susan because her son Francis liked her cookies more than his mother's.
* SanitySlippage: Charles, the radio host, gradually goes crazy as he rambles about the stars being right, speaking the language of R'Lyeh and generally talking
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[[caption-width-right:300:Yeah, it's as weird as it sounds.]]
''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame created by Trumbus Games and released in 2020.
1950s housewife Karen is stuck in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an ungrateful child day after day. But when she notices strange things going on in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has to take matters into her own hands to clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
!!''The Call of Karen'' just wants a happy trope, happy life:
* SanitySlippage: Charles, the radio host, gradually goes crazy as he rambles about the stars being right, speaking the language of R'Lyeh and generally talking nonsense.
[[caption-width-right:300:Yeah, it's as weird as it sounds.]]
''The Call of Karen'' is a free-to-play comedy SimulationGame created by Trumbus Games and released in 2020.
1950s housewife Karen is stuck in an unhappy marriage and taking care of an ungrateful child day after day. But when she notices strange things going on in her own house, she struggles to maintain some sense of normality before she has to take matters into her own hands to clean up what's causing the disruption in the first place.
!!''The Call of Karen'' just wants a happy trope, happy life:
* SanitySlippage: Charles, the radio host, gradually goes crazy as he rambles about the stars being right, speaking the language of R'Lyeh and generally talking nonsense.
