Line #16 VideoGame/ThanksKillingDay


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3	''[=ThanksKilling=] Day'' is a {{Retraux}} SurvivalHorror VideoGame by [=CloneKorp=], [=RDH=] Development, and Aka_Nook.
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5	The game casts you as a young boy who's family is getting ready for Thanksgiving. As they're preparing, the boy is tasked with fetching his grandfather, who was sent to get a turkey for their Thanksgiving dinner. As soon as the kid steps outside, however, he hears his grandfather's scream of terror from over by the silo and decides to investigate.
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7	Before the kid knows it, his night's plans have gone from "celebrate Thanksgiving with my family" to "survive against some kind of killer pilgrim".
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9	The game was released on December 20th, 2022.
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12	!!''[=ThanksKilling=] Day'' contains examples of:
13	* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:While the kid's father is wrestling with the turkey monster, it takes his arm off.]]
14	* ApocalypticLog: Like any SurvivalHorror, there are notes strewn about the game world telling you about the events that came before.
15	* BatterUp: The kid in the prologue picks up a baseball bat that he can use to defend himself against the turkeys[[spoiler:, and the killer pilgrim. It doesn't do much good against the latter]].
16	* BeneathTheEarth: [[spoiler:There's a large underground facility underneath the farm. The kid finds it when he falls into the hole in the toolshed.]]
17	* DownOnTheFarm: The main setting of the game is the family farm.
18	* FeatheredFiend: Aside from the killer pilgrim, all the enemies in the game are murderous turkeys. [[spoiler:If course, in the end, we find out that the killer is some kind of humanoid turkey monster.]]
19	* FloorboardFailure: When the kid finds [[spoiler:his mother calling the police in the toolshed]], the floor gives out under [[spoiler:her]].
20	* HyperactiveMetabolism: Food items, mainly peanut butter and jelly, act as healing items in the game.
21	* IKnowMaddenKombat: In the room behind the fireplace, the kid can find a hockey stick that he can use as a weapon.
22	* InfiniteFlashlight: The flashlight in the game never seems to need new batteries.
23	* ItemCrafting: You can make [=PB&J=] sandwhiches by combining peanut butter and jelly.
24	* LockAndKeyPuzzle: Like many a survival horror game, this has locked doors that require a key to open. There aren't many, though.
25	* LostInTheMaize: There's a crop maize standing between the silo and the rest of the farm.
26	* MummiesAtTheDinnerTable: When the kid returns to his [[spoiler:at that point, on fire]] home, he finds his family at the dinner table[[spoiler:, including his by-then-dead grandparents]].
27	* POVCam: While the game does used the fixed camera thing from survival horrors past, there's also the option to switch to a first-person view.
28	* {{Retraux}}: The game is rendered in [=PS1=]-era graphics, and there's even an option to invoke an old Standard Definition filter.
29	* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: At one point, the kid tries to escape from the killer by [[spoiler:driving away in the tractor. Of course, since he's a kid, he ends up swerving all over the cornfield and crashing into a tree]].
30	* WouldHurtAChild: The killer pilgrim spends the game trying to kill the PlayerCharacter, a child. [[spoiler:He does the same to the kid in the prologue.]]

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