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* [[Convection Smonvection]]: The entirety of the Volcano stage. It even has rising pillars of lava, but you're fine as long at they don't touch your hitbox.
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Junya Inoue voices Jitterbug, and a boss in ''Deathsmiles II''.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: In the second game: two optional bosses in the form of a gigantic teddy bear with a big bulge in its crotch and an eye hanging out, and a gigantic rabbit doll. The final stage has a number of evil cherubs with red glowing eyes who laugh while their heads spin around [[The Exorcist (Film)|Exorcist]]-style.
* [[Cute'Em Up]]
* [[Darker and Edgier]]: The story of IIX.
* [[Deadly Walls]]: Averted. Even if you get squished between a wall and a screen edge, you'll simply be harmlessly shoved to where there's open space.
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Did You Just Punch Out Tyrannosatan]]
* [[Difficulty Byby Region]]: According to test runs by some players, the US version has less slowdown, making it more difficult than the Japanese version. In some cases, the US version runs at an average speed of 150% that of the Japanese version. This leads to some [[Fridge Logic]] when you consider that American players on average have less experience with [[Bullet Hell]] games than Japanese players.
** Cave eventually admitted to optimizing the code for the US region, and in turn, removing slowdown in numerous spaces.
** As of this writing, a patch has just come out for the North American version and according to players it brings the level of slowdown closer to the Japanese 360 version.
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* [[Egopolis]]: The second game's bonus stage is dedicated to Satan Claws.
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: Several. Satan is the biggest one.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The final stage of the second game. That castle has [[MCM. C. Escher]] inspired architecture covered in giant [[Chess Motifs|chess playing fields]]. It also has a nice view of the planets in the solar system. Up close.
* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: The game's most prominent cosmetic element.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Cows]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEW25Ssb8yw Mary], the boss of the Lakeside Village.
* [[Exactly What It Says Onon 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 Withwith Cows|Mary]], on the other hand, is simply subtitled "Giant Cow".
* [[Executive Meddling]]: Microsoft wants less arcade ports on XBLA, to the frustration of Cave. Which is why the second game's Japanese retail edition was put on sale directly for download on XBLA.
* Everythingisbetterwithprincesses: Princess Tiara in the iOS version. Also, Windia's familiar calls her a princess.
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** [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHfNpoKFC14 One of the first stages is even ''called'' Halloweentown.]
** The sequel practically IS [[The Nightmare Before Christmas]].
* [[Harder Than Hard]]: Level 999 in ''Mega Black label''. [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Death Mode]] in both versions.
* [[Haunted House]]: One of the fields in the second game.
* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: Follett wears a nurse hat and is one of the better-developed characters.
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** 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.
* [[Improbably-Female Cast]]
* [[I Read It for Thethe 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.
* [[Lethal Chef]]: Sakura may or may not be this. Her "Stay" ending says that her cooking seems to be really popular, but the descriptions of the food aren't very appetizing. Casper doesn't seem to have much confidence in her cooking either.
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* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: The Final Boss is Satan? Worse. Demonic Imperator Tyrannosatan.
* [[Nintendo Hard]]: Mostly on Death Mode and level 999
* [[No Fair Cheating]]: [[Zig -Zagging Trope|ZigZagged]] on the X360 version. Decreasing the difficulty blocks achievements. Increasing the number of lives blocks achievements. Fair enough. Decreasing the number of life bars blocks achievements. Well, given one achievement, that's fine and dandy. Increasing the difficulty blocks achievements. Let that last one sink in a bit.
** In other words, the only way to get achievements on the X360 version is to play at factory default settings. Even if you change to settings to where EVERY achievement is more difficult to fulfill the conditions of, you can't play using modified game settings.
** And then it gets subverted for Death Smiles IIX, where you are allowed to change ALL of the options in your favor and still get at least one of the True Final Boss achievements.
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