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The first game, ''[http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/7719/dark-parables-curse-of-the-briar-roseindex.html Curse of the Briar Rose]'', takes the story of [[Sleeping Beauty]] and transports it to modern Scotland, where an abandoned castle has a massive briar plant growing underneath it which threatens to engulf the nearby community. According to legend, Princess Briar Rose still sleeps in the heart of the castle, and in order to stop the plant and save the locals, you must break her enchantment and set her free.
The direct sequel, ''[http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/11723/dark-parables-the-exiled-princeindex.html The Exiled Prince]'', takes place in the Black Forest of Germany, where a chancellor's daughter and her bodyguard are the latest in a series of disappearances. It's believed that [[
The third game, ''[http://www.bigfishgames.com/download-games/15299/dark-parables-rise-of-the-snow-queen/index.html Rise of the Snow Queen],'' takes place in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, where a horrendous snowstorm has finally ended. As it did, the residents of a mountain village discovered that all of the children had gone missing. Reports of a beautiful woman in the snowstorm suggest the first appearance of the eponymous [[The Snow Queen
The fourth game is slated for a 2012 release and will feature [[Little Red Riding Hood
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* [[Digital Distribution]]: On the Big Fish Games website, and a few other places too.
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: Just about every item you need to progress through the games is broken up into fragments which you must reassemble by solving the hidden object scenes in which they've been scattered.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Sparkly
* [[Flower Motifs]]: Naturally, the castle where Princess Briar Rose is sleeping in the first game has a recurring rose motif.
** Roses also appear in the second game, along with many other kinds of flowers, but most of all there's a strong ivy motif {{spoiler|in memory of Princess Ivy}}.
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* [[Sequel Hook]]: Each game ends with a tantalizing glimpse of the next one in the series.
* [[No Name Given]]: The [[Player Character]] is only ever addressed as "Detective."
** Also, while the second game gives names to [[
** Neither the king nor the prince seen in the third game are given names; however, most of the other NPCs are.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: In the original, pretty much everyone from the [[Sleeping Beauty]] story except for Briar Rose herself and the evil godmother. In the second game, {{spoiler|all of the Frog Prince's five princess brides}}. In the third game, [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* [[Private Detective]]: The player character, a detective who specializes in fairy tale mysteries. Surprisingly, there's actually a call for that in this universe.
* [[Strategy Guide]]: These can also be purchased and downloaded for each game; they come included in the collector's editions.
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* [[Bookcase Passage]]: A section of wall-mounted bookshelves in the castle library opens to reveal the entrance to a shrine to Briar Rose's godmothers.
* [[Canon Dis Continuity]]: A piece in one of the puzzles features Cinderella's glass slipper; but to judge by the events of the second game, Cinderella's story took place at least a few generations after Sleeping Beauty's. Of course, this can be [[Hand Wave|hand waved]] because [[A Wizard Did It|the fairy godmothers crafted all the first game's puzzles]].
* [[Dude, She's Like, in
* [[Exactly What It Says
** The Evil Godmother, who is never identified by any other name.
* [[Fairy Godmother]]: Part and parcel of Briar Rose's story, of course.
* [[Giant Spider]]: There's one blocking the progress in the chapel storage area.
* [[Hair of Gold]]: Princess Briar Rose
* [[Rhymes
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Sleeping Beauty]]: Literally.
* [[Spell My Name
* [[Theme Naming]]: The only two of Briar Rose's good godmothers who are identified by any sort of name are the Godmother of the Rose and the Godmother of the Ivy. In the second game, you learn that Briar ''Rose'' had a sister named ''Ivy''.
* [[True Love's Kiss]]: Failed!
* [[Warp Whistle]]: A "mysterious arcane symbol" allows the detective to teleport at will between the alchemist's tower and the castle courtyard.
* [[The X of Y]]
* [[You Have to Burn
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* [[Animal Motifs]]: The [[Swan Lake]] Princess's house has an unsurprising swan motif going on.
* [[Animorphism]]: Prince James was cursed into a frog, then turned back into a prince by [[True Love's Kiss]]... {{spoiler|then became a frog again when his wife died.}}
* [[Anti-Villain]]: [[
* [[Baleful Polymorph]]: The Frog Prince, and the others enchanted to be frogs.
* [[Beneath the Earth]]: Where most of the game takes place.
* [[Bookcase Passage]]: Not seen until near the end of the game, but vitally important to saving Marie and her bodyguard.
* [[Brainy Brunette]]: [[Cinderella (
* [[Call Back]]: Princess Ivy is Princess Briar Rose's sister, and thanks the detective for helping her in the first game.
* [[Cartwright Curse]]: The Frog Prince has a form of this. {{spoiler|Since he's immortal, he outlives each of his wives - the original princess from his fairy tale, the [[Swan Lake]] Princess, the [[Little Mermaid]], [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Marie, the chancellor's daughter.
* [[Due to
* [[First Girl Wins]]: {{spoiler|Princess Ivy, the Frog Prince's first wife, is still his favorite.}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: ''Exiled Prince'' contains a few sneak previews of ''Rise of the Snow Queen'', such as a magic mirror in Snow White's cottage whose words of warning are unintelligible.
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* [[Karma Houdini]]: Arguably, {{spoiler|the Frog Prince. He spends centuries haunting the Black Forest and turning people into frogs, until he's finally [[Killed Off for Real]] at the end of the game. Since all he wanted was to die, this isn't really punishment, especially since it reunited him with Princess Ivy.}}
* [[Only the Worthy May Pass]]: Literally, there is a door in the palace with a plaque stating exactly this. (It can only be entered on hard mode, when the requisite [[MacGuffin]] has been acquired.)
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: The [[Swan Lake]] Princess, as depicted here, and of course [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* [[Reflecting Laser]]/[[Mirrors Reflect Everything]]: Used in the palace armory in ''Exiled Prince'' to unlock a hidden panel.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Felix the Fish, the mascot of Big Fish Games, appears as a statue in the Little Mermaid's grotto.
** Another, possibly unintentional; the Frog Prince's outfit bears a strong resemblance to that of Ezio in the ''[[Assassin's Creed]]'' games.
* [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler|All the Frog Prince really wants is to die and be with his beloved first wife again.}}
* [[Unfinished Business]]: It's heavily implied that [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
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* [[All There in the Manual|All There in the Parables]]: Throughout the game, you'll collect parable gems which, when you have all of each kind, will explain how things got to be the way they are. These tell the parables of "The Rise of the Snow Queen," "The Mountain Beast," "The Golden Child," "The Tale of the Two Mirrors," and "The Snow Queen's Tale." The bonus game adds the parable of "The Witch and the Goddess."
* [[Anti-Magic]]: The Golden Child is a child born with an ability to resist all forms of magic.
* [[Backstory]]: The bonus game, featuring [[
* [[Big Badass Wolf]]: The Snow Queen's henchman uses a magic spell to summon one to keep the detective out of the Frozen Palace.
** According to the very brief preview given of the fourth game, [[Little Red Riding Hood
* [[The Chosen One]]: {{spoiler|Gerda}} is discovered to be the fabled Golden Child, whom the Snow Queen has been seeking.
* [[Daddy's Girl]]: [[
* [[Doting Parent]]: [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* [[Due to
* [[Famous Ancestor]]: Gerda, as it turns out, is a direct descendant of [[Hansel and Gretel
* [[Feathered Fiend]]: [[
* [[Giant Spider]]: In the bonus game, Hansel encounters one in the room whose door bears the insignia of the Spider King.
* [[Ghost City]]: The Snowfall Kingdom is a Ghost Realm. It's eventually clarified that most of the citizens fled for their lives, and those few who remained out of loyalty to the King froze to death. Only the Snow Queen and her henchman remain.
* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]
* [[Guilt Complex]]: It's revealed that [[Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs (
* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]: The Snow Queen uses a magic golden apple to hypnotize children before stealing them. There's an entire tree of magic apples growing in her palace.
* [[Irrational Hatred]]: [[
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Similar to the ''Exiled Prince'' example, {{spoiler|Snow White gets away pretty much scot-free with having abducted who knows how many children in the hopes of finding the Golden Child who could save her son.}}
* [[Kill It
* [[Legacy Character]]: The Golden Child. The powers are bestowed once every silver eclipse on a direct descendant of the original Golden Child, as explained in the bonus game.
* [[Magic Mirror]]: Before blocking the entrance to the palace, the Snow Queen's henchman informs the detective that "the mirror foretold your arrival."
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* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]: A villainous example. The Snow Queen's hair is white. When she's freed of {{spoiler|the False Mirror's control}}, it returns to its natural black.
* [[Regent for Life]]: The Snow Queen is sort of this for the Snowfall Kingdom, at least according to a statue in the courtyard. It's engraved with the King's own words that "I am gravely ill. My daughter Snow shall rule in my stead." It's noted in a diary entry elsewhere that the place went very much downhill after she took over.
* [[Send in
* [[Shout-Out]]: In the bonus game, the victim in the spider's lair is identical to a victim in ''Macabre Mysteries: Curse of the Nightingale'', which is also a product of Blue Tea Games.
* [[Single Tear]]: All that's needed from the Golden Child to undo an enchantment.
** [[Swiss Army Tears]]
* [[Snow Means Death]]: The Snow Queen's everlasting sorrow threatens to freeze the entire world.
* [[Tampering
* [[Tap
* [[Warp Whistle]]: Two shimmery portals enable the detective to teleport at will between the Frozen Palace and two other locations.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: As it turns out, {{spoiler|the Snow Queen, who does everything she does in order to revive her son}}.
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