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* [[And I Must Scream]]: D has been stuck haunting Blood Edward Island for ''57 years'' by the time Ashley meets him. [[Fridge Horror|He apparently has had nothing better to do over the years than to count the days after he died]], which makes sense when you realize that he remembers ''nothing'' about his past and practically no one visits the island anymore (and even then most people can't see him anyway). {{spoiler|And if you fail to get the good ending, he will be stuck haunting the island ''forever''}}.
* [[Anti-Villain]]: {{spoiler|Ryan Gray/Fitzgerald}} in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' is this, [[Adaptational Heroism|a far cry from his original counterpart]].
* [[Ascended Extra]]: Sayoko Robbins has a lot more relevance in the sequel and ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', even though she's dead at that point.
* [[Back Tracking]]: CONSTANTLY.
** Just remember that in the first game, once you enter the Edward mansion {{spoiler|or the laboratory}}, you can't go back.
* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Ashley's outfit in both games. Averted in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', though {{spoiler|the original outfits can be unlocked after completing the first playthrough}}.
* [[Because You Were Nice to Me]]: This turns out to be the motivation of {{spoiler|Ryan Fitzgerald's [[Living Memory]]}} in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]''. {{spoiler|He wanted to [[Back from the Dead|bring Sayoko back to life]] since she was the only one who acknowledged his own existence. He transfers this sentiment to her daughter Ashley in the end.}}
* [[Big Bad]]: {{spoiler|Bill in the first game, Ryan
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: {{spoiler|Rex saves Ashley and Richard from being shot by Ryan}}.
* [[Bizarrchitecture]]: An admittedly mild example, but the Edwards' mansion features things like [[Songs in the Key of Lock|hidden doorways that respond to certain sounds]] and a wall that opens up when the candles on it have been lit the right way. Rather impressive when you consider that these things were already there by the early 20th century.
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** Ashley's bag also contains the shirt she wore and her teddy bear from the first game.
* [[Continuity Reboot]]: The ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' remake functions as this, adding dramatic changes to the narrative in order to give it a sense of closure.
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Ashley becomes one to Matthew in the sequel.
* [[Cute Ghost Girl|Cute Ghost Boy]]: D.
* [[Daddy Didn't Show]]: Twice, Ashley starts the game going to meet him and twice he's not there. In the first game, instead of leaving it at that, she decides to go looking for him. It's a bit more understandable when you discover {{spoiler|he was drugged and unconscious for some time while Bill gave Ashley the runaround}}. When it happens again in the second game, it's more the workaholic/absent-minded reason. That time, she's ready to turn and leave, but can't.
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Ryan Grey, after Richard refuses to kill him. [[Save the Villain|Richard ends up saving his ass]]}}.
** {{spoiler|Henry after killing Thomas and indirectly causing Daniel's death}}.
** Speculated by Greg Davis in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' in regards to {{spoiler|Judd Fitzgerald}}.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Though they have their [[Bittersweet Ending|bitter]] parts, this is present in all the games, particularly in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]''.
* [[Easter Egg]]: Plenty. If you get [[100% Completion]] and restart on that same save, there are a lot of differences. Also, a book on one bookshelf is entitled "[[The Legend of Zelda]] Chronology".
* [[Engineer Exploited For Evil]]: Both Sayoko and Richard have shades of this.
* [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]]: {{spoiler|With Bill's [[Disney Villain Death]] and Daniel (who was already dead by that point) peacefully passing on, the Edward bloodline is officially extinct by the end of the game.}}
* [[Evil Counterpart]]: ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' retools {{spoiler|Ryan}} into an [[Anti-Villain|anti-villainous]] counterpart to {{spoiler|D/Daniel Edward}}. Complete with {{spoiler|Ashley getting them to pass away peacefully at the end.}}
* [[Fake Memories]]: The titular device can implant these. {{spoiler|It's a set of these that cause Richard to think he might have killed his wife}}.
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* [[For Science!]]: Several JC Valley members.
* [[For the Money]]: Thomas' reason for {{spoiler|attempting to murder his brother was to get his hands on their grandfather's inheritance}}. It is actually a subversion, as he needed the money {{spoiler|to pay for his son's medical bills}}.
* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Ryan's past childhood experience for his actions? {{spoiler|Having his childhood memories wiped clean due to his trauma of losing his mother, which affected his emotion growth and turned him into a [[The Sociopath|sociopath]].}}
** ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' makes him have a wildly different one: {{spoiler|Instead of becoming emotionless, Ryan died from his experience with the ANOTHER prototype after his father tried to get him to recover from his mother's death. The Ryan Ashley has been interacting with was a [[Living Memory]] born from the original Ryan's memories.}}
** Elizabeth's [[Rich Bitch|behavior]] at the start of the sequel stems from her mother abandoning her when she was twelve and her father keeping secrets from her, which only gets worse with his engagement with [[Gold Digger|Sofia]].
* [[Genetic Memory]]: {{spoiler|Ryan tries this on Ashley near the finale of the second game
* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: D.
* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Ashley gets a teddy bear at the end of the game and has the most ''adorable'' picture of her hugging it during the credits. She still has it in the sequel.
* [[Bigger Bad|Greater-Scope Villain]]:
** In the original games, {{spoiler|Ryan Gray, as he manipulated Bill to kill Sayoko, leading to the events of the first game.}}
** In ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', there's {{spoiler|Judd Fitzgerald}} whom, [[Anti-Villain|while not exactly a villain]], did set up the events of the series by {{spoiler|starting the memory research and his [[Accidental Murder]] of his son Ryan leading to the creation of his [[Living Memory]] clone and all that follows in said timeline.}}
* [[Guide Dang It]]: Every. Single. Puzzle. Except the one where you put together the sign out in front, which no one bothered to do, since you could read it anyway. But wait, you have to do every puzzle to get [[100% Completion]]? [[Guide Dang It]]!
* [[Hate Sink]]: [[Dark Action Girl|Sofia Callaghan]] from the Wii sequel is [[Flat Character|nothing more]] than a [[It's All About Me|selfish]],
* [[Heel Realization]]: {{spoiler|Ryan Gray/Fitzgerald}} in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', after learning {{spoiler|Sayoko refused to be brought back if that meant sacrificing her own daughter.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Sayoko Robbins. {{spoiler|Both her real and memory self in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]''.}}
* [[Hot Mom]]/[[Hot Dad]]
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Naturally. Usually justified in that the stuff she carries is of reasonable size, but it does make for an odd moment in the second game when she pulls Ryan's suitcase out of nowhere to return it to him.
* [[I Can't Reach It]]: So there's a trunk up on a shelf too high to reach. So how about you pick up the baseball hidden in the corner and ''throw it at the large piece of luggage''!
* [[Ill Girl|Ill Boy]]: D had a heart condition when he was alive, which was the reason he and his father went to the Edward mansion. {{spoiler|His heart condition set in while running from his uncle, losing his balance and dying by falling off a cliff.}}
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: D referring to himself and Ashley as "kindred spirits". Ashley lampshades how lame that was.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: '''[[Averted Trope|Hell no]]'''. The series has at least one case of a child dying, with D in the first game and {{spoiler|Matthew's little sister Kelly}} in the second. ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' adds {{spoiler|the original Ryan Fitzgerald}} into the mix.
* [[Inner Monologue]]: Ashley has a number of these. Matt starts lampshading them in the later half of the game.
* [[Interface Spoiler]]: There are five buttons on the DTS. You can use four from the start, but the fifth doesn't work until [[The Reveal]].
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* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Ashley is like any good adventure game hero in that aspect in the first game, but she gets away with it since the original owners of the location all died. D lampshades this by calling her strange for taking charcoal. It's a little more toned down in the second game.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: One of the original intentions of the Trace/Another machine, as a means to remove traumatic memories.
* [[Late Arrival Spoiler]]: [[Double Subverted]]. The sequel dances around the first game's revelation of Sayoko's killer's identity for most of the game, only for it to be rather bluntly brought up again near the end.
* [[Late to the Party]]: Ashley's fifty-seven years late to the events on Blood Edward Island.
* [[Lock and Key Puzzle]]: There are a few standard locked doors to deal with.
* [[Lonely Rich Kid]]: Elizabeth.
* [[Love Makes You Evil]]: A common theme is that people will do things from questionable to flat-out evil for the people they love.
** In the original game, {{spoiler|Bill was all but stated to have been in love with Sayoko, which Ryan exploited to get him to murder her.}}
** The tragedy of Blood Edward Island was caused by {{spoiler|Thomas trying to kill his brother Henry for the inheritance because he needed to support his sick son.}}
** ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' has {{spoiler|[[Living Memory|Ryan Gray/Fitzgerald]]'s motivation being bringing Sayoko back to life [[Because You Were Nice to Me|since she was the only one who understood him]].}}
** Also from ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', {{spoiler|Judd Fitzgerald's experiments with ANOTHER were all done to heal his son Ryan from the trauma of losing his mother, and later on bring him back to life.}}
* [[The Man Behind the Man]]: {{spoiler|Ryan Grey}}.
* [[Master of Unlocking]]: The TAS gives Ashley the ability to open any electronic lock.
* [[Memento MacGuffin]]: Ashley's pendant in the second game.
* [[The Messiah]]: Ashley in the second game. Her actions end up solving a number of the personal problems of the other characters, as well as {{spoiler|uncovering a pollution scandal that drove Matt's dad's business into the ground}}.
* [[Mistaken for Murderer]]: {{spoiler|
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: You can eat the candies the Captain gives you at ''any'' time, even right after {{spoiler|Ashley finds out her mom is dead}}, resulting in Ashley gleefully exclaiming, "I love candy!".
* [[Motionless Chin]]: Pretty jarring in the sprites when they talk.
* [[Mr. Smith]]: Yup, there's a dude calling himself John Smith wandering around Lake Juliet. As if the sunglasses and black formal suit didn't make him suspicious enough.
* [[Multiple Endings]]: There are two in the original game, the "good" one where {{spoiler|D recovers all his memories and moves on to the afterlife}} or the "bad" one where {{spoiler|he doesn't get back all his memories and continues to wander the island}}. ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' does away with this by making the "good" ending canon from the start of the sequel.
* [[Neutral Female]]: Ashley may solve all the puzzles, figure out the sub-plots and pull her dad's fat out of the fire, but she just kind of stands there in the final confrontations. It's justified in that she's a teenage girl up against a gun-toting maniac and her dad is the one they have issues with.
* [[New Game+]]: Going back and replaying on a beaten game file unlocks all kinds of [[Easter Egg|Easter Eggs]].
* [[Nice Guy]]: While she does have flaws, Ashley is generally kind and helpful to a fault, particularly in the second game.
** D is pretty much the same way.
** Sayoko Robbins was similar to Ashley not just in appearance, but in personality as well. {{spoiler|Especially evident in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', as she was the only one who bothered to understand [[Living Memory|Ryan]] when no one else did.}}
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: A downplayed, but incredibly tragic version. {{spoiler|After witnessing his father's death at his uncle's hands, Daniel saw Henry as an [[Evil Uncle]] who wanted to kill him as well and ran away from him. In reality, Henry only murdered Thomas in self-defense and wanted to explain himself to Daniel and calm him down. [[Tear Jerker|It didn't end well]].}}
* [[Obviously Evil]]: {{spoiler|Ryan Grey}} in the Wii version.
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' has a completely unintentional example with {{spoiler|Judd Fitzgerald trying to cure his incredibly traumatized son Ryan by putting him into the ANOTHER prototype.}}
* [[One-Letter Name]]: D because he can't remember his real name, only the one-letter nickname. {{spoiler|His real name is revealed to be Daniel Edward}}.
* [[One Degree of Separation]]: Sayoko met with quite a few people during her time at Lake Juliet.
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* [[Plot-Driven Breakdown]]: The one time Ashley really needs the TAS to pop open a lock, the batteries run out.
* [[Point and Click Game]]
* [[Poorly-Disguised Pilot]]: As stated above, a lot of time is spent on Matt and his sub-plot with plans for his own game. However, it still ties in well enough with what Ashley is trying to do to avoid being too intrusive. This is done away in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', when he gets an actual conclusion to his story.
* [[Pop Quiz]]: One per chapter. Justified in that Ashley is trying to keep track of what all is going on and remember it.
* [[Puzzle Reset]]: Just press the "back" button!
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* [[Screw Politeness, I'm a Senior!]]: Ms. Graham, who's a pretty grouchy person at first. She gets better as Ashley gets to know her.
* [[Screw This, I'm Outta Here]]: Ashley attempts this at the start of the second game, but she blew most of her money before the start of the game and ends up unable to pay for the bus fare.
* [[Self-Fulfilling Prophecy]]: {{spoiler|Thomas Edward's motivation for having his grandfather's inheritance is to take care of his son since he had a severe heart condition that could kill him if not treated. Him trying to kill his own brother set a chain of events that led to said son dying from said heart condition anyway (on top of falling off a cliff).}}
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: {{spoiler|Both Henry and Thomas
* [[Ship Tease]]:
* [[Shout-Out]]: In ''Another Code R'', Ashley can examine a stepladder in the boathouse. She then thinks to herself, [[Ace Attorney|"It's a ladder. No, wait, that's called a stepladder. What's the difference anyway?"]]
** A rather easy-to-miss example in ''Another Code R'': [[The Legend of Zelda (video game)|"It's dangerous to go alone."]]
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* [[Tell Me About My Father|Tell Me About My Mother]]: Ashley inquires Jessica about both her parents at the start of the game.
* [[Time Skip]]: Two years pass between the first and second games.
* [[Together in Death]]: In ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', {{spoiler|D finally passing on has him reuniting with his father in the afterlife.}}
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Richard is a bit of a [[Everything's Better with Chocolate|chocoholic.]] One of his office drawers is loaded with chocolate bars.
* [[Tragic Villain]]: {{spoiler|Ryan, though the reasons vary between the Wii game and ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]''.}}
* [[Transferable Memory]]: Yup, the machine can do that too.
* [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: Ashley after witnessing the events of her third birthday. Also {{spoiler|Matthew forgetting his sister's death.}}
* [[Trial and Error Gameplay]]
* [[Tsundere]]: Ashley has a bit of Type B in her. She's normally a very nice person, but she's prone to hissy-fits when she gets mad.
** She inherited it from her mother, who was a genuinely kind person yet fiery when she has to put her foot down.
* [[Undeath Always Ends]]: At least once per game.
** D is finally laid to rest in the good ending.
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* [[Unexpected Inheritance]]: The DAS and TAS.
* [[Unfinished Business]]: D and, in the sequel, {{spoiler|Kelly}}.
* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: The root cause of the Edward family's downfall? None other than {{spoiler|D/Daniel Edward himself, either by his heart condition when he was alive or by scaring Bill (the Edward's last descendant) in the present, which made him fall off a cliff to his death.}} [[The Woobie|Ouch]].
** The whole ANOTHER project in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'' happened because of {{spoiler|Ryan Gray/Fitzgerald being horrendously traumatized by his mother's death, making his father try to get him to recover by putting him in the ANOTHER prototype [[Offing the Offspring|with disastrous results]].}}
* [[Video Wills]]: {{spoiler|Sayoko left a message for Ashley in the TAS explaining some of what she did}}.
* [[Villain Exit Stage Left]]: {{spoiler|Sofia manages to get away scott-free at the end of the game, though Ashley does manage to inform Rex about what she was up to}}. Averted in ''[[Video Game Remake|Recollection]]'', when it's mentioned {{spoiler|she got arrested.}}
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Ryan has a remarkably calm one in the Wii version, until he goes batshit at Ashley for crying}}.
* [[Visual Novel]]
* [[Welcome to Corneria]]: Played straight in the first game where you can endlessly select conversation options, averted in the second as they disappear after you choose them.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Chapter 4 of the first game. You find out what happened to Ashley's mom, meet the last person on the island and find out what happened to Jessica all in short order.
* [[What Beautiful Eyes!]]: Ashley has her mom's eyes, which Jessica says were quite beautiful.
* [[When You Coming Home, Dad?]]: Part of
* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Ryan Grey in ''Another Code R''.
* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]: The protagonist Ashley, of course.
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