Death Smiles: Difference between revisions

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The game's most prominent cosmetic element.

* [[Everything's Better with Cows]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEW25Ssb8yw Mary], the boss of the Lakeside Village.

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]:

** The back of the box: '''Death smiles at us all. Lolis smile back!''

** Most of the bosses are given cool-looking subtitles. [[Everything's Better with Cows|Mary]], on the other hand, is simply subtitled "Giant Cow".

* [[Fairy Companion]]: Every heroine gets one. Sakura gets two.

* [[Fan Service]]: Rampant when it comes to the art (the main menu screen gives a clear shot of Follet's considerable cleavage, among other things), but mostly absent from the game itself with the exception of one of Follet's endings.

* [[Fan Service Pack]]: In the second game, Rosa's and Follet's proportions are noticeably altered.

* [[Fluffy the Terrible]]: Mary the Giant Cow. Later, Lili the Giant Reindeer.

* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: Arguably {{spoiler|Tyrannosatan}}. He has no real relevance to the plot; he simply shows up from the portal to the demon world without warning and ''eats'' the [[Big Bad]] after you've beaten him.

** Debatable. Although Jitterbug opened the gate for him, it's very likely he's the mastermind behind the invasion that resulted.

* [[I Choose to Stay]]: {{spoiler|Each ending gives your character an option to return to the real world or stay in Gilverado. The sequel makes the "stay" option canon for every character.}}

** In the second game, at first the only playable characters were Windia, Casper, Supe and Lei. Rosa and Follett return for the consoles, making the canon up in the air -- well, except for Rosa; she may not be playable, but she clearly appears as an NPC in the introduction for Supe.

* [[I Read It for the Articles]]: Among fans, the controversial character design often takes second chair to the gameplay.

* [[I Was Told There Would Be Cake]]: Keeping in tune with the Lolicon theme, health can be restored with parfaits and cake.

* [[Life Meter]]: In place of lives. You start with three boxes. A bullet takes off the rest of your current box, and collision with enemies and non-bullet projectiles will take off half. However, when your life meter runs out, [[Game Over]].

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The second game's character art.

* [[The Magic Goes Away]]: Subverted. {{spoiler|Some characters have endings in which if they return to the Real World, they keep their powers. Casper finds her kidnappers and enacts sweet vengance. Sakura and her father turn to a VERY successful life of crime. But the sequel canonizes the characters staying in Gilverado.}}

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* [[Magic Music]]: The plot of the second game is focused on this. The magic music is literally a bunch of gigantic golden music notes, named the Wish Notes, that can be grabbed physically. When collected together, they can grant one wish.

* [[Meido]]: Follett wears a maid outfit.

* [[More Dakka]]: Much more.

* [[Satan]]: Or should I say, ''Tyrannosatan''?

** Satan Claws in the sequel!

* [[Sequel Difficulty Drop]]: The second game features more slowdown, a smaller hitbox, a more easily filled super meter, easier extends, a much simpler scoring system, easier to obtain life-up items and a much, MUCH easier route to the [[True Final Boss]]. Arrange Mode is also much easier; you don't have the ability to independently steer your familiar any more, but it can now eat ALL bullets (except large boss projectiles) instead of just suicide bullets.

* [[Simon Says Mini Game]]: In the iPhone mode of ''Deathsmiles'' to banish bosses.

* [[Sleep Cute]]: In one of the second game's stage-complete images, Windia is shown taking a nap after making some paper snowflakes.

* [[Token Mini-Moe]]: Although arguably the entire cast qualifies, Casper was, at 11, originally the only child among a group of youthful-looking teens. Then Supe came along as a playable character in ''Deathsmiles II'', as well as getting a cellphone game. She's only '''7''', and so [[Moe]] it hurts. Supe is quite possibly the Grand Duchess of [[Token Mini-Moe]].

* [[True Final Boss]]: {{spoiler|Bloody Jitterbug}} in ''Mega Black Label''.

* [[Turns Red]]: Most bosses do this in Level 3 stages. Also {{spoiler|Bloody Jitterbug}}.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Most people won't pay attention to {{spoiler|Jitterbug}} falling out of Tyrannosatan's mouth. {{color|white| At least, until he doesn't and then they fight Bloody Jitterbug.}}