YMMV / Coming Out on Top

• Accidental Innuendo: The developers managed to sneak one in Penny's dialogue, at least on the earlier version.
  Penny: I'm still at the lab. Gross... did you hear that? This keyboard has serious issues. The 'G' key made a squishy sound each time I press down on it.
• Adorkable:
  • Ian is the lovable master of this trope; leave it to him to demonstrate his dramatically silly kung-fu skills in an effort to intimidate Brad during Brad's story mode. Then again, his kung-fu may be real...
  • Phil may be an extremely tough marine, but his love of trivia and comic books are quite endearing.
  • Oz. Compared to Pete he's introverted and quite shy, but the reason he and Pete are together now is because he become fixated on an old, abandoned erotic comic Pete faithlessly worked on a few years ago and encouraged him to continue working on it.
• Alternate Character Interpretation: Penny and Ian may be worried for Mark's feelings, but forcefully convincing him that Alex is too good for him, right after they become aware of some sign that Mark's crush isn't so unrequited after all, makes their intentions questionable.
  • Alex's private talks with Mark may serve as a mere hypocrisy to preserve Alex's self-image as an impeccable gentleman rather than solve the problem with honest repentance.
    • Yes, it's perfectly logical to pursue a ten years younger boy if you seek maturity...
• Awesome Music: Using Pansy Division's "Luv Luv Luv" as the Main Menu music.
• Base-Breaking Character: You'll either find Penny's snark hilarious and the best part of the game, or overbearing, creepy annoying. How bad or good her attitude is also depends on scenes.
• Harsher in Hindsight: At first, Ian just seems annoying by showing disapproval in EVERY other guy Mark pursues, but it's not until playing Ian's route that you realize it's because Ian is in love with Mark and is too afraid to lose their friendship to tell him.
• What Do You Mean, It's Not Symbolic?: Teaching anatomy. And Alex does review his anatomy lessons on Mark as his boyfriend.

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