Line #25 VideoGame/CanYourPet


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2	''[[http://canyour.pet/ Can Your Pet?]]'' is a Flash game created by Korean developer [=GameAde=], released around 2010.
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4	It's a simple game, really. You have a little yellow pet chick, which you name and accessorize. You can feed them, give them a bath, and as you take care of them, unlock more things to do with them, like play ball, video games, or take them cycling. Very lighthearted fun....[[DisguisedHorrorStory Or is it?]]
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6	A mobile version of the game is available, along with sequels and spin-offs, like ''Can Your Lemon'' and ''Can Your Pet: Returns''.
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8	!!This game provides examples of:
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10	* AnthropomorphicFood: The lemon in ''Can Your Lemon''.
11	* BlackComedy: Pretty much the main reason the game exists.
12	* BlatantLies: The original game's description states "There will be great messages at the end of the game". What you actually get probably wouldn't be considered "great".
13	* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: The only way to "win" the original game is to click on the "bicycle" and [[spoiler:shred and can your pet]].
14	* CruelTwistEnding: Clicking on the bicycle results in it [[spoiler: turning out to be ''shredders'', which chop up your pet and stuff them in a tin can]].
15	* DisguisedHorrorStory: It may seem like a cute, simple, and fun pet simulator game, but whatever you do, [[spoiler:don't click on the "bicycle"…]]
16	* DoubleMeaningTitle: The game is titled ''Can Your Pet?'', as if asking what your pet ''can'' do. [[spoiler: It's actually asking if you want to ''can'' your pet (kill them and stuff their remains in a can)]].
17	* DownerEnding: The game ends with [[spoiler:your pet chick getting killed and stuffed in a can]].
18	* EarnYourHappyEnding: In ''Can Your Pet: Returns'', once you earn enough cans, you can choose to let your pet escape and survive.
19	* {{Feghoot}}: The entire game is incredibly short, and it all leads up to [[spoiler:the dark punchline in which your pet is, indeed, canned]].
20	* IdleGame: ''Can Your Pet: Returns'' becomes this once you upgrade enough times.
21	* IntentionalEngrishForFunny: The games' text and descriptions in the App Store are deliberately written in broken English.
22	* LighterAndSofter: ''Can Your Pet: Returns'' tones down the blood and gore from the original game and includes an alternate happy end, though the black comedy and implications remain.
23	* NewGamePlus: Restarting the game after completing it once updates the title screen [[spoiler:to show a bloody and traumatized chick instead of a cute and happy one]] and adds an additional item to the room, [[spoiler:the can of your previous pet]].
24	* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The little chick.
25	* StealthPun: The game's title. It actually means [[spoiler:killing your pet and stuffing its remains into a tin can]].
26	* SoundtrackDissonance: [[spoiler: The lighthearted Richie Kavanagh song "Chicken Talk" plays in the credits as the remains of your dead pet chicken slowly fall into a can.]]
27	* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: The game, on the surface, appears like a simple, lighthearted children's pet simulator, but pushing the last option [[spoiler:kills and shreds your pet]].
28	* VideoGameCaringPotential: You can play ball with your pet, give them food, give them a bath or, you know, [[spoiler:not click on the "bicycle"]].
29	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: You can choose to push the "bicycle" button, which [[spoiler: drops the chick into a pair of buzzsaws, before stuffing what's left into a tin can]].
30	* VirtualPet: The little pet chick in the original game, and the lemon in ''Can Your Lemon''.

Context VideoGame / CanYourPet