Catherine: Difference between revisions

* [[Art Major Physics]]: [[Lampshade Hanging|The tutorial voice]] tells Vincent that these blocks aren't normal; you can connect them just at their edges and they won't fall. Vincent wonders why the hell gravity doesn't pull them down, but this is dream logic, after all.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: {{spoiler|Astartoth/Isthar}}, who played minor roles in [[Shin Megami Tensei I (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei I]], [[Shin Megami Tensei II (Video Game)|Shin Megami Tensei II]] and [[Raidou Kuzunoha VS King Abaddon]]. This version serves as {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]], narrator and, if you can beat babel mode, love interest.}}

* [[Attack of the Fifty Foot Whatever]]: ALL the bosses.

* [[Babies Make Everything Better]]: Subverted. Not only does the announcement of Katherine's alleged pregnancy cause Vincent to freak out, he starts having nightmares where he's chased by a giant baby. This is combined with ''[[Chainsaw Good]]'' in a later nightmare.

* [[Bishie Sparkle]]: Midnight Venus.

* [[BLAM Episode]]: {{spoiler|The Cathedral, up to and including the wakeup from that fake day.}} It would make more sense if it were a [[Alternate Universe]], but, [[Mind Screw|due to the game's nature]]...

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]] and/or [[No Fourth Wall]]:

** Trisha introduces and concludes the game to the player, and beyond that, the text messages Vincent receives from her are actually for you (Vincent thinks they're spam), {{spoiler|and when Astaroth says it has many names and faces and will see you again in another place, it's actually Trisha talking to the player again}}.

** Should you choose Catherine {{spoiler|Jonny's back story reveals he's been in love with Katherine since high school, and now that Vincent's out of the picture, his only reason to not pursue a relationship with her is gone.}}

** Or both, should you choose the freedom route.

* [[Climb Slip Hang Climb]]: An integral part of the gameplay.

* [[Creepy Child]]: The Child.

* [[Dramatic Irony]]: No characters remember things between the Nightmares and the waking world. They only remember that they've had nightmares, but no details. Of course, the audience has no such handicap.

* [[Driving Question]]

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Naturally, given the fact that the game has [[Multiple Endings]].

** If you helped them, {{spoiler|Daniel, Todd, Justin, Archie and Morgan}} also earned their happy endings.

{{quote| '''{{spoiler|Mutton}}:''' I can see you, boy. You and your underpants!}}

* [[Improbable Weapon]]: {{spoiler|Vincent's pillow.}}

* [[Interface Screw]]: The boss of Stage 3 spews hearts that reverse Vincent's controls if you don't take cover.

* [[Invisible to Normals]]: {{spoiler|Catherine, since she is a succubus. They can only be seen by the humans they're seducing.}}

* [[Nintendo Hard]]: To the point where Atlus had to patch in an Easy Mode in Japan so players can make actual progress. The international releases included it from the beginning.

* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: The Clock Tower boss is a giant killer mecha baby with [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaws]] coming out of one eye socket.

* [[Nobody Poops]]: Averted. Several scenes happen in the lavatory at Vincent's office, his friends sometimes get up to go to the restroom at the Stray Sheep (prompting the rest of them to talk about him while he's gone), and Catherine announces she's going to the bathroom at one point {{spoiler|though she may just have been using that as an excuse, being a succubus}}.

** That said, from a gameplay perspective, you can enter the restroom at the Stray Sheep, but all you can do in there is wash your face and look at Catherine's naughty pictures in the stall.

* [[Puzzle Platformer]]: [[Unexpected Gameplay Change|...to the dismay of the fanbase it seems.]]

* [[Recurring Dreams]]: Basically, ''the whole game''.

** {{spoiler|Boss, without his sunglasses, he is an [[Eldritch Abomination]] called Dumuzid, afterall.}}

* [[Red Herring]] There's a fair amount of "clues" that point toward {{spoiler|either Katherine or Erica}} being the "witch" that's cursing the male characters. {{spoiler|It turns out that Erica ''is'' the "witch" from the rumours, but not as you'd imagine: she has nothing to do with the supernatural events, and her identity as the "witch" is a result of misinformation and second-hand gossip from her schooldays with Vincent and friends}}.

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Midnight Venus is [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRSWkCuVyPg&feature=feedu pretty hot] without her [[Funny Afro]].

** Katherine in the True Lover's ending when she ditches the glasses and does up her hair.

** More than one line-check, as well. ''[[Castlevania II]]'', even an old DMX track.

*** {{spoiler|Thomas Mutton provides another Castlevania shoutout, remarking that it's a fine night for a curse.}}

** The way Vincent runs, especially on the map screen, is reminiscent of another [[Ghosts N Goblins (Video Game)|boxer-clad hero]] (from another [[Nintendo Hard]] series).

*** {{spoiler|Taken even further in the True Cheater ending, where we see Vincent fighting his way through Hell in his boxers.}}

** The Golden Playhouse intro is actually a parody of a real Japanese TV show called "Golden Theater".

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Finishing your drinks in the bar gets you a bunch of accurate alcohol trivia, which is appropriate for a game where the protagonist drowns his sorrows so often.

** {{spoiler|Trisha/Ishtar lampshades this when she reveals it, saying she had to leave some sort of clue.}}

* [[Slasher Smile]]: {{spoiler|Shadow of Vincent sports this at the real Vincent very briefly in a cutscene.}}

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]: Vincent and Jonny are the only ones in Vincent's circle of friends who smoke.

* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: {{spoiler|Thomas Mutton's}} speech before the final battle.