Doukutsu Days

""Quote looked around. After looking he saw someone udner a rock. He mnages to lift the rock and he saw a guy he never saw before. It was Mr. Vacan.""

- The first line of the story

Doukutsu Days is a Cave Story fanfic written by Mr. Vacan. It is stated by the author himself to be both a Troll Fic and a Cave Story analogue of My Immortal.

A sequel, Doukutsu Days 2: Electric Boogaloo was later made, followed by Doukutsu Days 3: The Final Revenge, the final entry in the series.

""He [Mr. Vacan] then wumdered if he could ghost-phast right through the dror. "I wumder if I could ghost-phast right through the dror." he propositioned."
 * Anticlimax: The final antagonist ultimately dies of a heart attack.
 * Author Avatar: Mr. Vacan, who surprisingly averts Mary Sue status by virtue of being mostly a bemused bystander, and The Load, come the sequel.
 * Come The Final Revenge, his Mary Sue-ness seems to gone up to the point of him
 * Big Damn Heroes: When Curly, Quote and Mr. Vacan fight, various friendly characters show up all at once to help them fight.
 * Big Eater: Quote, after falling out with Curly. He soon becomes bloated and round like a Deleet.
 * Bishie Sparkle: When Mr. Vacan enters the sunlight of his kingdom, his body sparkles, and Santa and Mahin try to kill him, believing he turned into a vampire. It turns out that diamonds floating in the sky were sticking to his body.
 * Brick Joke: Swiper appears in The Final Revenge to fire a Spirit Bomb, which he says will take 6 chapters to fully charge. 6 chapters later...
 * Catch Phrase: The Gunsmith Hermit's: "Where's me Polar Star?!"
 * Cerebus Syndrome: Slightly from the first to the second, and even more from the second to the third. The series that once featured Quote getting fat from eating too much culminates in
 * Though the overarching plots seem to increase in seriousness, silliness and random references always seem to increase as well.
 * Check, Please!: Said by Kanpachi, at Santa's restaurant.
 * Chekhov's Gunman: The Chinfish that gets hit by a rock in the Plantation?
 * Continuity Nod: From Days to Electric Boogaloo: Quote's affinity for Lady Gaga songs. Plenty of subtle nods to the game occur in addition:
 * The room named Gum from Grasstown becomes Jenka's new home.
 * Misery steals a blade "from pixies in the outer walls", presumably referring to the Little family.
 * To make a fishing rod, Quote uses the tow rope that was used in the game's Brutal Bonus Level.
 * A subversion occurs when naming various flowers. Mentioned among the list are red flowers, an important plot device in the game. Mr. Vacan realizes something amiss in the list... purple flowers.
 * The Final Revenge is full of references to its two predecessors: Using Ran Ran Ruu to teleport, Trollestia singing Trololo, Quote and Curly watching Tekken Toppo Gummy Lagoon, etc.
 * Crack Fic
 * Demonic Possession: Ma Pignon gets possessed by Pooh Black. The resulting entity is called Pooh Pignon.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: Oftentimes, something will be described in third-person narrative, and is immediately followed by a character saying the exact same thing.
 * Department of Redundancy Department: Oftentimes, something will be described in third-person narrative, and is immediately followed by a character saying the exact same thing.


 * : Occurs at the ending of Electric Boogaloo, courtesy of
 * Misery, I Am Your Uncle: Which is actually obvious.
 * Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo: The second installment title.
 * Revenge of the Sequel: The third installment title.
 * Our Ghosts Are Different: Mr. Vacan appears as a ghost in Electric Boogaloo, due to seemingly dying at the end of the first story. He takes the form of a Bedsheet Ghost that can hold dishes and leak ectoplasm sweat.
 * Quizzical Tilt: "Mr. Vadan tilted his head 3 degress."
 * Rouge Angles of Satin
 * Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Said verbatim by Misery; Balrog had something urgent to tell Misery: Ballos had become evil.
 * Shout-Out: Quote: "Who else will I have ice cream with?"
 * Sir Swearsalot: Mahin can seemingly never go a sentence without a Cluster F-Bomb.
 * Spirit Advisor: Queen Princess Trollestia becomes an intangible voice in the third volume, only audible to Mr. Vacan. Of course, she spends more time being facetious than providing advice.
 * Suddenly Voiced: "Quote was able to talk because he found out how to tlak."
 * Troll: Queen Princess Trollestia in Electric Boogaloo. Her name is taken from the Fan Nickname of My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic character Princess Celestia.
 * Troll Fic: Admitted by the author.
 * Trouser Space: During a party on the Outer Wall, Quote and Curly find a place to get some privacy. When they're alone, Quote unzips his pants to reveal... an ice cream sundae, which he and Curly eat.
 * Where Are They Now? Epilogue: The ending of the first installment.