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* [[Abandoned Warehouse]]: Several of these exist on the edge of the city.
* [[Ace Pilot]]: If propaganda encountered early in the corpo lifepath is to be believed, Saburo Arasaka was one of the most decorated Japanese Naval pilots of [[World War II]].
* [[Advert-Overloaded Future]]: There are adverts all over the place.
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** Played straight with some rouge instances of Delamain.
* [[Alternate Continuity]]: Shares a lot in common with the RPG, but also has a lot different.
* [[Alternate History]]: By 2013 brain uploading technology exists.
* [[Amusement Park of Doom]]: A shuttered amusement park occupied by gang members can be found in Pacifica.
* [[Analog Punk]]: Not a straight example, but there’s way more paper media and removable physical media then one would expect given how far in the future it is.
* [[The Apunkalypse]]: Society is heavily degrading, and many of the people on the streets are punks.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{Spoiler|Dexter DeShawn backstabs the player}}, but still gets killed due to events set off by a death he was only tangentially involved in, and one that he didn’t want any part in either.
* [[Attack Drone]]: These pop up in a few areas.
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* [[Bullet Time]]: There are ways to make the gameplay slow down a bit. Other characters can use the same mechanics against the player, dodging bullets in a blur.
* [[Car Fu]]: Even without vehicular weapons, ramming with a vehicle is an effective tactic.
* [[The Casino]]: An underground casino can be visited as part of a job.
* [[Character Customization]]: V's stats are selected by the player.
* [[The City Narrows]]: Some areas of Night City have a bad reputation, even for Night City.
* [[City of Adventure]]: Night City is the focal point of the game.
* [[Combat Medic]]: The player can encounter Trauma Team very early on. Even though they’re helping the same person, it doesn’t stop them from keeping a gun trained on the player once the body is laid down in the stretcher.
* [[The Conspiracy]]: There are several conspiracies ongoing during the game.
* [[Conspiracy Theorist]]: V must appease Clarice by destroying plastic flamingos, which Clarice seems to think are part of some dangerous plot.
* [[Conspiracy Thriller]]: Much of the plot derives from various corporate conspiracies, with V tied up or intentionally inserting themselves into them.
* [[Cool Bike]]: Jackie rides one.
* [[Cool Train]]: An abandoned nuclear powered freight locomotive can be brought back online and used in a heist. Despite being abandoned in the desert, its bright yellow paint job is intact.
* [[Coolest Club Ever]]: A few in game.
** Jackie talks about the Afterlife bar like this, and in universe isn’t far off.
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* [[Cyberpunk with a Chance of Rain]]: When it rains in Night City.
* [[Cyberpunk Is Techno]]: Not all music, but some of the tracks are quite electronic.
* [[Cyberspace]]: Can be visited when working with the Voodoo Boys.
* [[Cyborg]]: Cybernetic implants are extremely common.
* [[Dangerous Workplace]]: Being counterintel in Arasaka is dangerous, {{Spoiler|As corpo V learns.}}
* [[Decade Dissonance]]: The wealthy use incredible technology, while poorer areas often make due with obsolete technology. Because the wealth is highly concentrated in night city, different areas tend to have different levels of tech on display.
* [[Development Hell]]: Had a long and storied development.
* [[Disappeared Dad]]: V half heartedly accuses Delamain of this when dealing with one of his rouge cars.
* [[Divided States of America]]: The New United States of America is fractured.
* [[Down in the Dumps]]: A huge junkyard exists on the edge of Night City.
* [[Dying Town]]: Some of the communities surrounding Night City are incredibly small and depressed.
* [[Dystopia]]: There are massive societal problems that aren’t being addressed anytime soon.
* [[Enemy Civil War]]: Militech has a small scale internal conflict between management trying to flush out a mole.
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* [[Flying Car]]: Favored by Trauma Team.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{Spoiler|Johnny Silverhand is brought up at the bar just before the job before he is introduced.}}
* [[Friendly Local Chinatown]]: Night City has a Chinatown.
* [[Future Slang]]: Lots, mostly in the form of Choom and Gonk.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: The unexpected intersection of Arasaka family politics with the heist for the relic kicks off the events of the game.
* [[Gang of Hats]]: A few of these exist in Night City, such as the Scavs that specialize in stealing cybernetic gear.
* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Viktor Vektor as a doctor and a boxer.
* [[Ghost Town]]: One is the site of a fire fight when getting Pan Am's car back.
* [[Gaia's Lament]]: The environment is seriously degraded, and it is discussed that many animals are scarce or extinct.
* [[Gone Horribly Right]]: Computer logs show that Delamain, an AI, was able to turn a struggling company around, automating more and more work until he simply bought out the rest of the company and no longer needed human employees. He was at least affable about this, treating his former coworkers fairly and with respect.
* [[Guns Are Worthless]]: Typically averted, as guns are typically an effective weapon. Against enemies who have enhanced speed, they can dodge most bullets with their own [[Bullet Time]].
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: A ton of named characters exist in the game.
* [[The Mall]]: A run down one exists in Pacifica.
* [[Manchurian Agent]]: {{Spoiler|Mayoral candidate Jefferson Peralez and his wife Elizabeth Peralez are having their thoughts influenced and monitored by their own security team. They aren’t the only ones being targeted by such activities.}}
* [[Mega Corp]]: Quite a few in the setting. Arasaka is the most prominent example, but there are others such as Militech.
* [[Mission Control]]: T-Bug, while infiltrating the hotel and the events leading up to it.
* [[Multiple Choice Past]]: The player can choose one of three Lifepaths for V, each of which unlocks some unique sidequests and dialogue options.
* [[New Neo City]]: A data shard with flavor text explains that there is Old [[Dubai]] that is hard to live in but left alone from corporate oversight, and a separate New Dubai that is safer.
* [[Neural Implanting]]: Through use of shards.
* [[No-Tell Motel]]: An intentional example with the name [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|No-Tell Motel]].
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** For a time, ''[[Google Stadia]]'' was recommended as the platform the play it on if the user did not own a high end PC.
** The [[YouTube]] channel ''[[Rerez]]'' has a [https://youtu.be/DIjZjWiuTZg video] showing the unpatched state of the game on the [[Xbox One|Xbox One S]].
* [[Oppressive States of America]]: Enough that some states fought against the government for more autonomy.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Delamain, who normally never swears, tells "Beep Beep Motherfucker" during a hit and run on V's car in a Parking garage. {{Spoiler|It wasn’t the true Delamain, who is always polite, but a rouge aspect.}}
* [[Privately-Owned Society]]: The Mega-Corps clearly hold a lot of sway over the Night City government, and are the real power players of the city.
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* [[R-Rated Opening]]: One of the first missions has the player rescue an unconscious person in the nude.
* [[Scenery Porn]]: The layout and architecture of Night City are fleshed out, featuring vibrant and distinct areas.
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: V needs to find a punch card to steal a nuclear powered locomotive, a cyberdeck that was top of the line in 2020 still has security countermeasures that nearly fry one of 2077s best netrunners, etc.
* [[Shout Out]]: Several:
** An arcade machine can be found in the game that shows pixelated versions of Roach and Gerald from ''[[The Witcher]]''.
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** ''[[Cyberpunk 2077: Trauma Team]]'': A [[Comic Book Adaptation]] published by [[Dark Horse Comics]].
** ''[[Cyberpunk: Edgerunners]]'' animated by [[Studio Trigger]].
* [[Take Your Time]]: In most cases there is really no rush to do anything.
* [[Tarot Motifs]]: There are scannable punk themed tarot graffiti in different parts of Night City.
* [[Technology Porn]]: A lot of the high tech gear, cars, etc in the game is highly detailed, often with at least a short blurb about it.
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** Panam is first met working on a car.
** Judy is a skilled braindance editor who also has a robotics workbench in her apartment.
* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Many characters have dyed hair, including blue hair.
* [[Your Head Asplode]]: Ozob Bozo has a grenade implanted where his nose should be. Keep punching him in the head, and it will go off.
* [[Zeerust Canon]]: Being based on the much earlier tabletop RPG, a lot of designs are clearly based on the design and expectations of [[The Eighties]].
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