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'''''Cthulhu Saves The World''''' is a
A 16-Bit console style role-playing game, with tongue in cheek [[Cthulhu Mythos|Lovecraftian]] humor, rampant [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshading]] of JRPG tropes, plenty of [[Genre Savvy]], and [[No Fourth Wall]] to speak of, it is both a loving tribute and parody of the 16-bit JRPG.
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* [[Absurdly High Level Cap]]: As seen in [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kT6A2Ew1fT8 this video] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpZ3N8cN260 this other one] (ATTENTION: Final boss spoilers in both videos!), there is no such thing as a level cap in this game. Even though new skills stop being obtained and upgraded at level 40, you can keep gaining stats as long as you keep gaining experience. The amount of experience needed to level up doesn't even go up after that point, you always need 99999 experience points to go up a level.
* {{spoiler|[[And the Adventure Continues...]]: In the PC version's extended ending, Cthulhu and Umi are shown traveling through space in the now-repaired Ultharian mothership.}}
* [[Affectionate Parody]]
* [[After Combat Recovery]]: All HP and a partial amount of MP is restored after each battle.
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* [[Color Coded for Your Convenience]]: In ''Cthulhu's Angels'', {{spoiler|Normal Umi gets her usual blue-haired portrait, but Dark Umi has silver hair.}}
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: If you can beat {{spoiler|Dem}} in the main game, he'll join your party. Played straight ''and'' subverted in ''Cthulhu's Angels'': {{spoiler|Dark Umi}} is a mandatory recruit and {{spoiler|Sara takes Dem's place as the [[Bonus Boss]]}}. Subverted with {{spoiler|Dacre and Ember}}: since this is a different story than that of the main campaign, events unfold somewhat differently...
* [[Dem Bones]]: The name of a commonly encountered enemy. [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Did You Just Punch Out]] {{spoiler|[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|AZATHOTH?]]}}
* [[Dronejam]]: There's an area where there's [[
* [[Emo]]: October shows vague hints of this at points. For example, when Umi asks her what her blood type is:
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** Played with in Cthulhu's Angels during {{spoiler|the final encounter with the Narrator. October gives a heartfelt rant about how her life has been nothing but tragedy after tragedy because the Narrator felt the need to be artistic.}}
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Evil Is Sexy]]: [[In
* [[Face Palm]]: Cthulhu does this a lot.
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* [[Fourth Wall Observer]]: Cthulhu. The entire story is kicked off by him ''eavesdropping on the narrator''.
** The other characters also join in, especially in the Cthulhu's Angels [[New Game+|alternate campaign]] for the PC release.
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* [[Healing Checkpoint]]: Save points fully replenish your mana.
* {{spoiler|[[Hostile Show Takeover]]}}: {{spoiler|At the end of Cthulhu's Angel's, the party usurps The Narrator to take back control of their own fate.}}
* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: The description for the Vampire enemy is "[[Twilight (
* [[Interactive Narrator]]
* [[Lampshading]]: One of the early bosses has "Has a much higher max HP now than he will in a couple minutes." Sure enough, after he [[Defeat Equals Friendship|joins your party]], his max hp drops to a tenth of what it was.
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* [[Retreaux]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: ''Lots''.
** The blurb for gargoyles says that [[Gargoyles
** [[Bad Dudes|"The city of Dunwitch has been taken over by undead monsters! Are there any dudes bad enough to rescue the city?"]]
** Two enemies in the Ghost Forest are [[Alvin and The Chipmunks|witch doctors and chipmunk hordes.]]
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** The zombie tunic is the same color as [[Minecraft]] zombies' shirt/pants.
** The blurb for Specters says that they've [[Mass Effect|definitely never been in space]].
** The bonus bosses in the Soulcaster cave are based on, [[Exactly What It Says
** One of the skill-raising chests contains "[[The Lord of the Rings|rings of power]]".
* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: {{spoiler|Umi in ''Chtulhu's Angels'', as a result of a curse.}}
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* [[Teaser Equipment]]: Yhere's some extremely high level armor for the [[Staff Chick]] in the first shop you find. The price is suitably high.
* [[Time Limit Boss]]: If the [[Bonus Boss]] isn't beaten in a few turns, he uses an unavoidable [[Total Party Kill]] attack.
* [[Took a Level
* [[Total Party Kill]]: The [[Bonus Boss]] in the main game wipes out your entire party after a few turns.
* [[The Very Definitely Final Dungeon]]: {{spoiler|R'lyeh.}}
** In ''Cthulhu's Angels'', {{spoiler|the Grand Library.}}
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* [[Walking Shirtless Scene]]: No shirt can contain the awesomeness that is Chtulhu!
* [[What Could Have Been]]: According to the Commentary, the towns' pubs were originally going to contain a [[Dating Sim]] minigame between Cthulhu and Umi, but time constraints forced this to be scrapped. Sidequests for each optional dungeon were also planned, but again, time constraints meant that only the first one got a sidequest, and the rest were purely optional treasure hunts similar to those in [[Breath of Death VII]].
* [[What Happened to
** They show up one more time in the PC version, towards the very end, as [[Villain Forgot to Level Grind|strong as the first time]]. They only show up one time in ''Cthulhu's Angels''... {{spoiler|but the female of their number is the second Angel, recruited on the starting beach.}}
** You never find out exactly who cursed Cthulhu at the start of the game. The game makes a point about him being a mysterious man, then never bothers to tell you who he is.
*** ''Cthulhu's Angels'' resolves this mystery, although the differences between the campaigns allows for some doubt if it applies to the main campaign - {{spoiler|Dacre, the insane mage from the original, is responsible for Cthulhu's sealing. Presumably the deed drove him mad, leaving him the half-brained genius you find in the Water Temple.}}
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