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  • All There in the Manual: Of all the countless questions left unanswered, Weaver has since provided information of quite a many.
  • Deleted Scenes:
    "Red came back as some kind of 'force', as seen in the OP's image. Things started coming to life, including the walls themselves. Shit hit the fan. Ruby had a temporary hallucination where everything in the facility was suddenly friendly and happy, Red was wishing her a happy birthday, etc.
    Then Ruby nearly died when the Bird Zombie attacked, Tom beat the thing to death to save her but lost an arm.
    "
  • Discredited Meme: Weaver got sick of "hug Tom" being suggested every odd scene, and has stated he half regrets having them ever hug in the first place.
  • Fan Nickname:
    • CJOPAZE. Additionally known as "Perogra"; infrequently referred to as the "Bound Watcher", "He Who Slumbers in the Buried Dark", and the "God of the Green Throne". A recurring Ruby Quest player—known as "Amazing"—attempted to clarify it as "Syo-pah-zay".
    • For Daisy: Hound Zombie, Hook Zombie, Plant Zombie, and Bellsprout. Also Maddie, although that was more a case of mistaken identity.
    • For Stitches: The players called him "Stitches" because of how he'd been sewed back together. It then turned out to be Accidentally-Correct Writing, as "Stitches" is his actual name, though original form was called the "Bear Zombie".
    • For Jay: Emobird
    • For Ace:He was referred to as "Spade" for a time, due to the famous symbol ♠ attributed to him. This mistake was corrected later when it was made clear that "Ace" was his true name.
    • For Dr. S: Fans usually refer to him as Sven, to fit in with the Animal Crossing theme (Sven being a goat villager from that game)
    • For Bella: Monitorface, or Monitorhead. Both of these refer to her first few appearances, wherein all the players saw was monitors showing her face.* Fan-Preferred Couple: Daisy and Stitches. They don't interact during the story, but they're a very popular Beta Couple in fanart.
  • Follow the Leader: RQ inspired a lot of other "Quest" collective games on /tg/ and other boards, such as Mudy Quest. Asking whether this was a good or bad thing can cause fierce debates.
  • Cast of Expies: All of Ruby Quest's characters are based on/named after characters from Animal Crossing.
  • What Measure Is a Fictional-Character?: A Real Life example; nearing the end of the main game, /tg/ goes into a huge debate over the moral consequences of whether or not to Mercy Kill Bella.
  • Trolling Creator: Weaver had actually admitted this during the Déjà Vu special.note 
  • What Could Have Been: Dr S never made it into the story proper besides some references. Weaver states that Filbert filled in for most of Dr. S's purposes.

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