History VideoGame / TheDarkestTales

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Teddy always walks bare-pawed.

** After Teddy is knighted by a statue of king, the statue begins to crumble, saying he was ''"Not meant for human life, but to be the life essence of [[Film/{{Excalibur}} future memories.]]"''

* ArcVillain: Each level has it's own main antagonist. The Hate has Little Red Riding Hood, The Guillible and The Greed have the Giantess and The King, The Selfish has Sten the Genie and so on and so forth.

* BackgroundBoss: Pinocchio is situated in the background of his boss fight, with Gepetto standing on top of him and directing his attacks. Teddy had to wait for him to fall over onto the platform in the foreground, which will cause Gepetto to tumble off of him and become vulnerable to Teddy's attacks.

* LightIsGood: Invoked with Lighty, a night light who despite her haughty personality, only wants what's best for her owner Alicia.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Downplayed. Teddy doesn't sink or die immediately if he falls into water, but after a short time he'll take damage from being in it. The narration in the cut-scene before The Madness implies this is due to Teddy soaking up the water and eventually becoming too heavy to stay afloat.

* {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The dream version of Alicia's room morphs into her dreamlands as soon as Teddy makes it onto the bed.
* ArcVillain: Each level has it's own main antagonist. The Hate has Little Red Riding Hood, The Guillible and The Greed have the Giantess and The King, The Selifsh has Sten the Genie and so on and so forth.

** Snow White and the leader of the Tooth Fairies in The Selfishness.

* EvilVsEvil: Little Red Riding Hood has a seething hatred for the Clockwork Wolves, who are mindless beasts eager to devour anyone who gets lost in The Hate. However, the methods she uses to hunt them down make her little better than them, such as setting fire to a village so the wolves will burn within it and using Teddy as bait to lure them away from her.

* MagicMirror: There are two kinds of mirrors in the dreamworld. The broken mirrors act as portals between the different acts of the level and between the levels. The intact ones are save points and allow Teddy to change his equipment and view his skills.

* SuperDrowningSkills: Downplayed. Teddy doesn't sink or die immediately if he falls into water, but after a short time he'll take damage from being in it. The narration in the cut-scene before The Madness implies this is due Teddy soaking up the water and eventually becoming too heavy to stay afloat.

* ArcVillain: Each level has it's own main antagonist. The Hate has Little Red Riding Hood, The Guillible and The Greed have the Giantess and The King, The Selifsh has Sten and so on and so forth.

In her childhood, little Alicia loved her stories and toys. Now she's all grown up and dream demons have invaded her sleep, threatening to consume her. Strapped for options, her faithful night light Lighty recruits Teddy Scissorpaws, Alicia's old grumpy stuffed bear, to venture into her dreams and save her before it's too late.

* ArcVillain: Each level has it's own main antagonist. The Hate has Little Red Riding Hood.

* LevelInTheClouds: The Guillible takes place on the beanstalk from ''Jack and the Beanstalk'', having Teddy and Lighty climb up the titular plants to reach the giants' castle in the clouds.

* RunOrDie: The first two times you come across a Clockwork Wolf, Teddy won't have his scissors yet and thus has no means to defend himself. Making your only option to ''book it''. Or, in the case of the second one, stay right where you are and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard watch the stupid creature fall right into a spike pit and kill itself in it's eagerness to maul Teddy]].

In her childhood, little Alicia loved her stories and toys. Now she's all grown up and dream demons have invaded her sleep, threatening to consume her. Strapped for options, her faithful night light recruits Teddy Scissorpaws, Alicia's old grumpy stuffed bear, to venture into her dreams and save her before it's too late.

* GoodMorningCrono: The game begins with a bit of narration, then really starts once Light opens the toy box and wakes up Teddy.

* HealThyself: Light can fix Teddy's seams when they come too loose, but will use up mana whenever she does so.
* ImprovisedWeapon: All of Teddy's weapons are created through his various uses of an old pair of scissors, empowered by Light's magic.
* LightIsGood: Invoked with Light, a night light who despite her haughty personality, only wants what's best for her owner Alicia.
* LivingToys: Played straight with Teddy, who is a living stuffed bear, but downplayed with Light, who is a living night light, which isn't exactly a toy.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Teddy and Light don't particularly like each other, with Teddy being bitter about Light replacing him as Alicia's defender and Light viewing Teddy as an old grump. They have to put aside their mutual dislike in order to rescue Alicia, though neither misses a chance to snipe at the other or make jabs whenever the opportunity presents itself.

* HealThyself: Light can fix Teddy's seams when they come too loose, but will waste mana whenever she does so.

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Teddy and Light don't particularly like each other, with Teddy being bitter at Light replacing him as Alicia's defender and Light viewing Teddy as an old grump. They have to put aside their mutual dislike in order to rescue Alicia, though neither misses a chance to snipe at the other or make jabs whenever the opportunity presents itself.

''The Darkest Tales'' is an indie DarkFantasy Action Platformer developed by Trinity Team and published by [=101XP=]. It was released on Steam on October 13, 2022.\\

* TeethclenchedTeamwork: Teddy and Light don't particularly like each other, with Teddy being bitter at Light replacing him as Alicia's defender and Light viewing Teddy as an old grump. They have to put aside their mutual dislike in order to rescue Alicia, though neither misses a chance to snipe at the other or make jabs whenever the opportunity presents itself.

* {{Grimmification}}: As a result of Alicia's worsening mental health, the fairy tales she loved as a child are horrifically warped in her dreams, turning them a lot BloodierAndGorier than they originally were. Red Riding Hood is a CreepyChild hutning wolves, the Little Mermaid is more of sea witch and Sleeping Beauty's sleep deprivation hasn't exactly left her in the best state.
* LivingToys: Played straight with Teddy, who is a living stuffed bear, but donwplayed with Light, who is a living night light, which isn't exactly a toy.

* LivingToys: Played straight with Teddy, who is a living stuffed bear and Light who is a living night light, which isn't exactly a toy.

In her childhood, little Alicia loved her stories and toys. Now she's all grown up and dream demons have invaded her sleep, threatening to consume her. Strapped for options, her faithful night light recruits Teddy Scissorpaws, Alicia's old grumpy stuffed bear, to venture into her dreams and save her before it's too late.\\

* {{Bizarrchitechture}}: The dream version of Alicia's room morphs into her dreamlands as soon as Teddy makes it onto the bed.

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