History VideoGame / TurnipBoyCommitsTaxEvasion

* NuclearNasty: [[spoiler: Due to the [[AfterTheEnd true nature of the game]], pretty much every single creature in the game counts as one of these. The Stag, poor, poor Liz, and the boss version of Mayor Onion are the only ones which actually get powers due to their mutation.]]

** Potentially crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPotential and CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption... The Bunker Dungeon introduces enemies [[spoiler:that come to life from the last human families preservative foods being exposed to Turnip Boy's Radiation, indicated by the green glow that intensifies as he gets closer. To progress, you must go to Liz's room and take a key. While you are there, Liz is visibly shaking inside the dresser she hides in, which has a hazmat suit in front of it. Once you pick up the suit, she closes the door as the same green light begins to emanate from that dresser and finally becomes a crazed mutant after her second exposure to Turnip Boy when she attempt to catch up with her parents, who may-or-may-not be trying to defend them once they barricade themselves away from Turnip Boy adjacent to her boss room]].

** [[https://youtu.be/zjl4VKqN1p0 According to this tax tips video by Turnip Boy]], he's more than capable to talk normally, albert with weird monotone voice as a precaution because [[ItMakesSenseInContext his real voice apparently tends to drive the souls of men from their bodies]], which might explain why he prefer to be mute.

* BodyHorror: The Rotten as far as other food people go, such as a zombie lollipop that is dirty and has a band-aid hanging off of its side. [[spoiler:A more straightforward and serious example comes from those exposed to the nuclear waste and radiation. The Stag constantly vomits projectiles at you, Liz becomes a green mutant with slimy arms growing from her stomach and vomits deadly pools of slime, and Mayor Onion begins wildly sprouting roots while also vomiting goo and growing bigger in both phases.]]

''Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion'' is an action-adventure game developed by Snoozy Kazoo, published by Graffiti Games, and released in April 2021. You play as Turnip Boy, an adorable yet trouble-making turnip who, after failing to pay his taxes, is forced to become the mayor's assistant.

* WhatTheHellHero: The only way to interact with the various pieces of parchment you can find is to read them or rip them completely in half. This includes things of gratitude, sentimentality and otherwise importance, which occasionally elicits this kind of response to whomever just gave you the item. Subverted more often though, due to said characters also being typically rude to you in the first place (one of the first documents is a love letter from a strawberry, who insensitively expresses relief that you aren't in love with them when you deliver the news that a blueberry who is just a walk away loves them, gives you an unpackaged letter response. They simply state how rude that was.)

''Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion'' is an action-adventure game released in April 2021. Play as Turnip Boy, an adorable yet trouble-making turnip. Avoid paying taxes, solve plantastic puzzles, harvest crops and battle massive beasts all in a journey to tear down a corrupt vegetable government!

* AscendedFridgeHorror: The game hints at its history in the early sections and while the player can figure that out, the characters themselves ''really'' begin to stumble into the unsettling implications without fully focusing or comprehending them, starting with [[spoiler:finding war drafting documents and MIA letters in the Farmhouse, leading to seeing the ''ghost of the drafted son'' observe Turnip Boy in a hallway. It gets worse from there]].

* BlushSticker: Turnip Boy always has some lines on his cheeks, which creates this in an unconventional way. Other characters such as the swaddled beans in the cooler, have the more conventional version. [[spoiler:Further into the game with the twists being laid out, the sickly green glow from the nuclear waste, the bruise he gets on his head and potential to have Turnip Boys' head shaved as a cosmetic option, the blush sticker he has can more uncomfortably resemble the outline of his cheekbones when he's viewed head-on, as if he's suffering from radiation poisoning.]]
* BodyHorror: The Rotten as far as other food people go, such as a zombie lollipop that is dirty and has a band-aid hanging off of its side. [[spoiler:A more straightforward and serious example comes from those exposed to the nuclear waste and ratiation. The Stag constantly vomits projectiles at you, Liz becomes a green mutant with slimey arms growing from her stomach and vomits deadly pools of slime, and Mayor Onion begins wildly sprouting roots while also vomiting goo and growing bigger in both phases.]]

** [[spoiler:Aside from Turnip Boy's greenhouse being destroyed, the state of Veggievile and its citizens is left ambiguous after Mayor Onion detonates the nuke in the true ending]].

* AscendedFridgeHorror: The game hints at its history in the early sections and while the player can figure that out, the characters themselves ''really'' begin to stumble into the unsettling implications without fully focusing or comprehending them, starting with [[spoiler: finding war drafting documents and MIA letters in the Farmhouse, leading to seeing the ''ghost of the drafted son'' observe Turnip Boy in a hallway. It gets worse from there.]]

* BlushSticker: Turnip Boy always has some lines on his cheeks, which creates this in an unconventional way. Other characters such as the swaddled beans in the cooler, have the more conventional version. [[spoiler: further into the game with the twists being laid out, the sickly green glow from the nuclear waste, the bruise he gets on his head and potential to have Turnip Boys' head shaved as a cosmetic option, the blush sticker he has can more uncomfortably resemble the outline of his cheekbones when he's viewed head-on, as if he's suffering from radiation poisoning.]]
* BodyHorror: The Rotten as far as other food people go, such as a zombie lollipop that is dirty and has a band-aid hanging off of its side. [[spoiler: A more straightforward and serious example comes from those exposed to the nuclear waste and ratiation. The Stag constantly vomits projectiles at you, Liz becomes a green mutant with slimey arms growing from her stomach and vomits deadly pools of slime, and Mayor Onion begins wildly sprouting roots while also vomiting goo and growing bigger in both phases.]]

* FurryConfusion: The main cast is primarily composed of sentient, semi-anthropomorphic produce. Later in the game, you end up finding a regular turnip, to Turnip Boy's utter confusion, and the characters are shocked to discover sentient acorns, because after all everybody knows acorns are just plain old nuts, not living beings. [[spoiler: It's because this is not actually a proper fantasy world, but a post-apocalyptic one: the sentient veggies were mutated by nuclear fallout, and the sentient acorns later appeared from a large puddle of toxic waste.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: One of the penultimate bosses is [[spoiler: a surviving human, Liz, having been mutated to the point where her skin is gray, her eyes are blank green, and extra arms of toxic waste protrude from her stomach]].
* LeftHanging: The game ends after [[spoiler: you defeat Mayor Onion]] and goes straight to credits with [[spoiler:Turnip Boy sleeping and a song being played, and confirming that, yes - he did commit tax evasion]]. This after leaving many plotlines with no proper conclusions and has points such as:
** [[spoiler: Mayor Onion detonating a nuke with Turnip Boy being stranded on debris in space with Earth far below him.]]
** [[spoiler: Turnip Boy still being radioactive and surviving humans still being in their Bunker, locked in an even more secure part of it.]]
** [[spoiler: Annie the Avocado's research.]]
** [[spoiler: The building of Onion's City Hall.]]

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: Should you disturb the graves in TheLostWoods - which you will for one reason or another - you can dig up an angry, crying BedsheetGhost as an enemy that attack by teleporting in order to come at you at other angles and can be struck. [[spoiler: Much earlier than that, its averted with the Ghost of Liz's brother that appears in the Farmhouse after a certain point, aside from blood from a headwound and what looks to be a broken leg, he is a regular-sized floating flickering human spirit.]]

* SociopathicHero: Turnip Boy is compelled to rip every document he comes across, including petitions and love letters, and can partake in vandalism and jailbreaking while completing sidequests. [[spoiler: In a twist, its revealed that this is most likely due to how his father raised him. He somehow became a mafioso when he was mutated, and tearing up documents was most likely a very important part of getting rid of evidence, which is stated as such in his last letter to his son.]]

** Potentially crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPotential and CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption... The Bunker Dungeon introduces enemies [[spoiler: that come to life from the last human families preservative foods being exposed to Turnip Boy's Radiation, indicated by the green glow that intensifies as he gets closer. To progress, you must go to Liz's room and take a key. While you are there, Liz is visibly shaking inside the dresser she hides in, which has a hazmat suit in front of it. Once you pick up the suit, she closes the door as the same green light begins to emanate from that dresser and finally becomes a crazed mutant after her second exposure to Turnip Boy when she attempt to catch up with her parents, who may-or-may-not be trying to defend them once they barricade themselves away from Turnip Boy adjacent to her boss room.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: One of the penultimate bosses is [[spoiler: a surviving human, Liz, having been mutated to the point where her skin is pitch-black and extra arms of toxic waste protrude from her stomach]].

** [[spoiler: Mayor Onion detonating a nuke with Turnip Boy being stranded on debris in space with earth far below him.]]

** [[spoiler:The two human silhouettes which implied to be Liz's parents are barricade themselves further into the bunker and its door remain locked even after Turnip Boy defeated the mutated Liz, leaving their fate unknown]].
** [[spoiler:Aside of Turnip Boy's greenhouse ended up destroyed, the state of Veggievile and its citizens are left ambiguous after Mayor Onion detonate the nuke in the true ending]].

* AmbiguousEnding / LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The game ends after you defeat Mayor Onion and goes straight to credits with Turnip Boy sleeping and a song being played, and confirming that, yes - he did commit tax evasion. This after leaving many plotlines with no proper conclusions and has points such as: ]]
** [[spoiler: Mayor Onion detonating a nuke with Turnip Boy being stranded on debris in space with earth far below him.]]
** [[spoiler: Turnip Boy still being radioactive and surviving humans still being in their Bunker, locked in an even more secure part of it.]]
** [[spoiler: Annie the Avocado's research.]]
** [[spoiler: The building of Onion's City Hall.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: If the player has unlocked the TrueFinalBoss, [[spoiler:the IRS agents that were working for Mayor Onion all end up sacrificing themselves in order to take down God Onion... except one of them, Ellan, refused to do the sacrifice but Turnip Boy force him anyway]].

** [[https://youtu.be/zjl4VKqN1p0 According to this tax tips video by Turnip Boy]], he's more than capable to talk normally, albert with weird monotone voice as a precaution because [[ItMakesSenseInContext his real voice apparently tended to drive the souls of men from their bodies]], which might explain why he prefer to be mute.

** [[spoiler:The two human silhouettes which implied to be Liz's parents are barricade themselves further into the bunker and its door remain locked even after Turnip Boy defeat Liz, leaving their fate unknown]].
** [[spoiler:Aside of Turnip Boy's greenhouse ended up destroyed, the state of the Veggievile and its citizen are left ambiguous after Mayor Onion detonate the nuke in the true ending]].

** Potentially crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPotential and CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption... The Bunker Dungeon introduces enemies [[spoiler: that come to life from the last human families preservative foods being exposed to Turnip Boy's Radiation, indicated by the green glow that intensifies as he gets closer. To progress, you must go to Liz's room and take a key. While you are there, Liz is visibly shaking inside the dresser, which has a hazmat suit in front of it. Once you pick up the suit, she closes the door as the same green light begins to emanate from the dresser she hides in and finally becomes a crazed mutant after her second exposure to Turnip Boy when she attempt to catch up with her parents, who may-or-may-not be trying to defend them once they barricade themselves away from Turnip Boy adjacent to her boss room.]]

* DifficultySpike: Initially the game is a fairly easygoing experience, most enemies don't specifically target you, dungeons are riddled with destructibles that yield and bosses can be hit at any time with rather easy attacks to contend with. however as early as the Farmhouse, and especially once you go into the Forgotten Woods and fight the [[spoiler: fully mutated Stag you've been encountering]], you're suddenly given less forgiving challenges, with enemies that target, latch on, fire at, and swarm you, and more active hazards and puzzles.

->''Go to bed, Turnip Boy. You've done well. But us, we've gathered here to say farewell, till next time. So you can [[https://youtu.be/1M8WboKNt4c sing along]], or don't. Do you?''

** [[https://youtu.be/zjl4VKqN1p0 According to this tax tips video by Turnip Boy]], he's more than capable to talk normally, albert with weird monotone voice because [[ItMakesSenseInContext his real voice apparently tends to drive the souls of men from their body]], which might explain why he prefer to be mute.

* AfterTheEnd: In the penultimate dungeons, [[spoiler:it's revealed that vegetables first gained sentience due to nuclear radiation caused by a war that killed all the humans. Or almost all of them, anyway, until Turnip Boy came around and finished the job]].

* HeelFaceTurn: If the player has unlocked the TrueFinalBoss, [[spoiler:the IRS agents that were working for Mayor Onion all end up sacrificing themselves in order to take down God Onion]].

* NeverSayDie: Typically, characters will never say that others are dead and say that they will become or join The Rotten. Justified, as they are mostly all farm produce items.

-->Sorry... [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann that show]] came out in, like, 2007.
* SilentProtagonist: In dialogue, Turnip Boy can only emote with exclamation or question marks, never saying a word.

* WhatTheHellHero: The only way to interact with the various pieces of parchment you can find is to read them or rip them completely in half. This includes things of gratitude, sentimentality and otherwise importance, which occasionally elicits this kind of response to whomever just gave you the item. subverted more often though, due to said characters also being typically rude to you in the first place (one of the first documents is a love letter from a strawberry, who insensitively expresses relief that you aren't in love with them when you deliver the news that a blueberry who is just a walk away loves them, gives you an unpackaged letter response. they simply state how rude that was.)
** potentially crossing over with VideoGameCrueltyPotential and CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption ... The Bunker Dungeon introduces enemies [[spoiler: that come to life from the last human families preservative foods being exposed to Turnip Boy's Radiation, indicated by the green glow that intensifies as he gets closer. To progress, you must go to Liz's room and take a key. While you are there, she is visibly shaking inside of a dresser, which has a hazmat suit in front of it. once you pick up the suit, she closes the door as the same green light begins to emanate from the dresser. She becomes a crazed mutant, who may-or-may-not be trying to defend her family once they barricade themselves away from Turnip Boy adjacent to her boss room.]]

->''Go to bed, Turnip Boy. You've done well. But us, we've gathered here to say farewell, till next time. So you can [[https://youtu.be/AMWS3ELvZ1A sing along]]. Or don't. Do you.''

* HumanoidAbomination: One of the penultimate bosses is [[spoiler: A surviving human, Liz, having been mutated to the point where her skin is pitch-black and extra arms of toxic waste protrude from her stomach]].

* AmbiguousEnding / LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The game ends after you defeat Mayor Onion and goes straight to credits with Turnip Boy Sleeping and a song being played, and confirming that, yes - He did commit tax evasion. This after leaving many plotlines with no proper conclusions and has points such as: ]]

** [[spoiler: Turnip Boy still being radioactive and Surviving Humans still being in their Bunker, locked in an even more secure part of it.]]

** [[spoiler: the Building of Onion's City Hall.]]

* BodyHorror: The Rotten as far as other food people go, such as a zombie Lollipop that is dirty and has a band-aid hanging off of its side. [[spoiler: A more straightforward and serious example comes from those exposed to the nuclear waste and ratiation. The Stag constantly vomits projectiles at you, Liz becomes a green mutant with slimey arms growing from her stomach and vomits deadly pools of slime, and Mayor Onion begins wildly sprouting roots while also vomiting goo and growing bigger in both phases.]]

* AscendedFridgeHorror: The game hints at its history in the early sections and while the player can figure that out, the characters themselves ''really'' begin to stumble into the unsettling implications without fully focusing or comprehending them, starting with [[spoiler: Finding war drafting documents and MIA letters in the Farmhouse, leading to seeing the ''ghost of the drafted son'' observe Turnip Boy in a hallway. It gets worse from there.]]

* AmbiguousEnding / LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The game ends after you defeat Mayor Onion and goes straight to credits with Turnip Boy Sleeping and a song being played, and confirming that, yes - He did commit tax evasion. This after leaving many plotlines with no conclusions and has points such as: ]]

** [[Annie the Avocado's research.]]

* AmbiguousEnding/LeftHanging: [[spoiler: The game ends after you defeat Mayor Onion and goes straight to credits with Turnip Boy Sleeping and a song being played, and confirming that, yes - He did commit tax evasion. This after leaving many plotlines with no conclusions and has points such as: ]]

* FurryConfusion: The main cast is primarily composed of sentient, semi-anthropomorphic produce. Later in the game, you end up finding a regular turnip, to Turnip Boy's utter confusion, and the characters are shocked to discover sentient acorns, because after all everybody knows acorns are just plain old nuts, not living beings. [[spoiler:It's because this is not actually a proper fantasy world, but a post-apocalyptic one: the sentient veggies were mutated by nuclear fallout, and the sentient acorns later appeared from a large puddle of toxic waste.]]

* HumanoidAbomination: One of the penultimate bosses is [[spoiler:the last surviving human, having been mutated to the point where her skin is pitch-black and extra arms of toxic waste protrude from her stomach]].

* SociopathicHero: Turnip Boy is compelled to rip every document he comes across, including petitions and love letters, and can partake in vandalism and jailbreaking while completing sidequests.

* WhereItAllBegan: The endgame takes place in and around Turnip Boy's house. [[spoiler:More specifically, a lot of it takes place ''under'' it, in his father's secret basement.]]

* AndYourRewardIsClothes: There are multiple sidequests in the game, which award different hats for Turnip Boy to wear.

* HeelFaceTurn: If the player has unlocked the TrueFinalBoss, [[spoiler:the IRS agents all end up sacrificing themselves in order to take down God Onion]].

* TreacherousAdvisor: At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Mayor Onion, who had been requesting Turnip Boy to gather various tools, arms himself with them and fight Turnip Boy for control of a hidden weapon cache]].

* AfterTheEnd: In the penultimate dungeons, [[spoiler:it's revealed that vegetables first gained sentience due to nuclear radiation caused by a war that killed all the humans]].

* TrueFinalBoss: If Turnip Boy rips up every other document in the game before fighting the FinalBoss, [[spoiler:Mayor Onion sets off a nuke and mutates into God Onion]].

* HintSystem: If the player beats the game without OneHundredPercentCompletion, a three-eyed cat (representing one of the developer's pets) appears in a cave near the starting area, telling the player where they're missing documents to rip.