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The [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]] to the [[Adventure Game]] classic ''[[The Longest Journey]]'', '''''Dreamfall: The Longest Journey''''' was released in 2006. It introduces a new heroine
Yet another [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]], ''[[Dreamfall Chapters]]'', was [[Development Hell|first announced]] in 2007 and was released from 2014 to 2016 as five episodes. According to the [[Word of God]] (i.e. Tørnquist's late blog), it ties some of the numerous loose ends that were [[Left Hanging]] after ''Dreamfall'' back together, but won't be the long-awaited [[Grand Finale]] of the saga. The latter will have to wait until what Tørnquist has called the true ''The Longest Journey 2''.
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* [[108]]: Only one copy of {{spoiler|Roper Klack's}} book remains because when the reader reaches page 108 ''they explode''. The last remaining copy has been de-enchanted though, and is safe to read.▼
* [[And Now for Someone Completely Different]]: Playing as
* [[Apocalypse How]]: Class 0 in the form of the Collapse.
* [[Arc Words]]: "Faith will bring you where you are needed the most."▼
** "The Undreaming is unchained."▼
* [[Arcadia]]
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* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: In [[Real Life]] Morocco, just over 99 percent of the population is Arab-Berber, about 90 percent speak Moroccan Arabic and/or a Berber language, and nearly everyone is Muslim. Zoe Castillo is from Casablanca but has a European surname and speaks with a British accent (and drinks wine, has premarital sex, and celebrates Christmas). There are a few people walking around in normal Moroccan/Muslim outfits but they're set dressing, you mostly can't even talk to them. Also, for some reason most important people in the Japanese corporation you visit are white. You could argue that it has something to do with it being set in the future, [[Least Common Skin Tone|but why does the future have to be increasingly more white?]]▼
▲** "The Undreaming is unchained."
* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guys Win]]: While Zoë is able to stop Faith from inadvertantly destroying Stark, she fails to stop the launch of the Dreamer console. Back in Arcadia, the resistance suffers a crushing blow, leaving no one able to stop the Azadi's mysterious plans}}.
▲* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: In [[Real Life]] Morocco, just over 99 percent of the population is Arab-Berber, about 90 percent speak Moroccan Arabic and/or a Berber language, and nearly everyone is Muslim.
* [[Call Back]]: ''Dreamfall'' is full of these.
* [[Cliff Hanger]]: The ending.
* [[Corrupt Church]]: The Azadi's religion, {{spoiler|Kian calls them out on it before he's arrested.}}▼
* [[Constructed World]]
▲* [[Corrupt Church]]: The Azadi's religion,
* [[Cyberpunk]]: ''Dreamfall'' is more sleek about it than the original game.
* [[Darkest Hour]]:
* [[Desperately Looking for a Purpose In Life]]: The theme of Zoë and April's arcs.
* {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}: Calling it this would be a serious understatement.
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* [[Goal in Life]]: Discussed in-depth, especially with Zoe's story arc.
* [[Government Conspiracy]]: Project Alchera.
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
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** {{spoiler|Kian}} had the beginnings of one at the end of ''Dreamfall''.
* [[How We Got Here]]: Most of the narration is
* [[In the Future We Still Have Roombas]]: One level has
* [[Its Pronounced Tropay|It's Pronounced Tro-PAY]]: The deity of the Azadi Empire is the God''ess'', emphasis on the second syllable.
* [[Knight Templar]]: The Azadi, who seek to
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: Several locations [[Easter Egg|contain]] [[Recursive Reality|game boxes of the game itself]]. For an added bonus, they have not only the final game cover but many designs discarded before the release, as well as some old ''
* [[The Library of Babel]]: The Dark People's library.
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Partially averted, with different, context-sensitive outfits for both April and Zoë.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: {{spoiler|The dreamer machines}} can have this effect. They even have a flower component that covers a person's face.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: Faith is really
* [[Matriarchy]]: The Azadi Empire is ruled by six Empresses, political power is expressly the woman's domain (though military power is the man's), they worship a Goddess, and the term for an orphan without fortune or connections is a "motherless" child. Sub-trope Enlightened Matriarchy (great cultural and scientific achievements, started off saving the entire civilization), or Original Matriarchy (overstayed their welcome big time to become an occupation, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well-Intentioned Extremism]] on full display including the [[Fantastic Ghetto]], repressive government, assassinations
▲* [[Knight Templar]]: The Azadi, who seek to {{spoiler|destroy the world in order to "cleanse it".}}
▲* [[Matriarchy]]: The Azadi Empire is ruled by six Empresses, political power is expressly the woman's domain (though military power is the man's), they worship a Goddess, and the term for an orphan without fortune or connections is a "motherless" child. Sub-trope Enlightened Matriarchy (great cultural and scientific achievements, started off saving the entire civilization), or Original Matriarchy (overstayed their welcome big time to become an occupation, [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|Well-Intentioned Extremism]] on full display including the [[Fantastic Ghetto]], repressive government, assassinations, and mass murder).
▲* [[Mega Corp]]: Lots of them in Stark, e.g. WATIcorp.
** The police is owned by a megacorp. What does this mean? When you're arrested, you're read both your rights ''and'' a catchy soda ad.
* [[No Animals Were Harmed|No Grubbers Were Harmed]]
* [[Noob Bridge]]: In ''Dreamfall'', the music puzzle that lets
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: The jury is still out on {{spoiler|April's}} case... and will remain thus until ''Chapters'', apparently. But [[Death Is Dramatic]], right? Right?...
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]
▲* [[108]]: Only one copy of {{spoiler|Roper Klack's}} book remains because when the reader reaches page 108 ''they explode''. The last remaining copy has been de-enchanted though, and is safe to read.
* [[Our Dragons Are Different]]: The Draic Kin.
* [[Physical God]]: The Guardian, after the Changing of the Guard.
* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Alvin Peats when talking to
* [[Ridiculously Human Robot]]: WATICorp's trademark talking-animal robots, which in the past have been programmed with features such as ADHD.
* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: April is killed near the end}}.
* [[Simple Score of Sadness]]: A simple piano solo from "Rush" when {{spoiler|Faith dies
* [[Simultaneous Arcs]]: Occurs throughout the game after you're introduced to the other two characters. Produces a very striking moment, when Kian meets April and player is being switched from one to other in their dialogue.
* [[Stealth-Based Mission]]: Several parts, most notably the Grubber cave and the WATICorp building.
* [[Stepford Smiler]]:
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* [[The Stinger]]: The ending... again.
* [[Stringy-Haired Ghost Girl]]: Faith,
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]: April is just a normal art student in the first game, but a competent fighter and a huge rebel leader in the second.
* [[Two Lines, No Waiting]]: The plot structure, albeit with three plot strands.
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