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** Mister Scratch of all people is a helpless slave to the way he's written. As a self-aware fictional character, it bothers him enough that he tries to bring it up with Alan but ''can't''.

* [[Badass Decay]]: When the kidnapper, Mott, is introduced, he kills multiple Taken in quick succession, and is quick to display that [[Genre Savvy|he knows how to effectively defeat them]]. Later, he's {{spoiler|effectively killed offscreen. But then again, he was confronted by the [[Eldritch Abomination|main host of the Darkness]], so he was rather outclassed.}}

* [[~~Big~~ ~~Lipped~~ ~~Alligator Moment~~]]: In ''American Nightmare'', during your final trip to the observatory, you fight a horde of Taken while "Balance Slays the Demon" plays seemingly from nowhere. Does Rachel [[Source Music|play it for you over the intercom]]? Is Alan hearing it in his head because [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he enjoyed the Children of The Elder God fight more than he let on]]? Or perhaps it's [[Fridge Brilliance|part of the soundtrack to the episode of Night Springs he is living]]?

* [[Non Sequitur Scene]]: In ''American Nightmare'', during your final trip to the observatory, you fight a horde of Taken while "Balance Slays the Demon" plays seemingly from nowhere. Does Rachel [[Source Music|play it for you over the intercom]]? Is Alan hearing it in his head because [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|he enjoyed the Children of The Elder God fight more than he let on]]? Or perhaps it's [[Fridge Brilliance|part of the soundtrack to the episode of Night Springs he is living]]?

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: Alan defeats the Dark Presence and saves Alice, but at a price. {{spoiler|He is stuck under the lake writing to appease the darkness... for now}}.

* [[Breather Level]]: There are several places in the game, albeit brief ones, where Alan moves about during daylight. These sections are safe, allowing the player to relax a little while some exposition goes on, and occasionally enjoy some [[Scenery Porn]] of the local environment.

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** [[Word of God|Remedy]] has stated that they like Agent Nightingale's character and would like to explore his mysterious backstory further.

* [[Goddamned Bats|Goddamned Crows]]:

** The Dark Crows, which are about as close to the trope namer as possible without actually being mammals. Also those damned [[Bear Trap~~|Bear Traps~~]] in certain parts of the woods.

** The Dark Crows, which are about as close to the trope namer as possible without actually being mammals. Also those damned [[Bear Trap]]s in certain parts of the woods.

** In "The Signal" it becomes [[Goddamned Bats|Goddamned Books]]

** In ''American Nightmare'', the [[Goddamned Bats]] are literal [[Demonic Spiders]].

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** Judging by some interviews, Lake is a native Finnish speaker (as is the company) with a really heavy accent so English may not be his first language resulting in some translation issues.

* [[Nausea Fuel]]: In one of Mr. Scratch's recordings in ''American Nightmare'', he slashes the throat of one of Alan's female fans while gently massaging her head. The gurgling noise she makes as she dies is ''very'' disturbing.

* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: Having a deranged hybrid of [[Kingdom Hearts|the Heartless]] and [[Resident Evil|the Ganados]] flail at you wildly with a rusty sickle is unnerving right up until he kindly informs you, "Omega-3 fatty acids are GOOD for your health!".~~<br /><br />But then swings back to [[Nightmare Fuel]] when you realize that the random phrases are ''all that's left of the original person.''~~

* [[Nightmare Retardant]]: Having a deranged hybrid of [[Kingdom Hearts|the Heartless]] and [[Resident Evil|the Ganados]] flail at you wildly with a rusty sickle is unnerving right up until he kindly informs you, "Omega-3 fatty acids are GOOD for your health!".

But then swings back to [[Nightmare Fuel]] when you realize that the random phrases are ''all that's left of the original person.''

** But then another shouts "It's rabbit season!" to which you reply, "No it's duck season!" and blow his beak off with a hunting rifle.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The Taken are basically Zombie (unliving shells of the people they were) Demon (possessed by the DP) Vampires (supernatural durability, aversion to light, only come out at night).