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Describe '''''Killer7''''' here?
''Where do we start''? Well, for one thing, this game is the brainchild of the developers who designed ''[[Lollipop Chainsaw]]'' and ''[[No More Heroes]]'', and with a resume like ''that'', you would expect ''Killer 7'' to be [[Crazy Awesome|freakin' bananas]], which is certainly is.
In an alternate timeline, a worldwide ban on nuclear
During this peacetime, a group of mysterious, vicious creatures known as "Heaven's Smiles" begin to attack; they start by attacking delegates at a key treaty signing, then begin striking at random from there. The Heaven's Smiles appear to exist specifically to cause terror, but only one person knows their true purpose: their leader, an enigmatic man known only as Kun Lan.
To stop Kun Lan and the Heaven's Smiles, the elderly, wheelchair-bound Harman
While this plot summary appears clear and concise, it only scratches the surface of the game's story. As the Smiths keep getting called in to deal with each new threat from Kun Lan, a deep conspiracy with ties to the origins of both
With that, we depart from the realm of sensibility. ''Killer7'' can become an exceedingly confusing game, thanks to its multiple layers of metaphor and symbolism. Themes of war, religion, personal conflict
In contrast to the [[Mind Screw]] storyline, the developers uniquely streamlined the gameplay of ''Killer7'': a character moves along a set of predetermined paths, so all a player can do is choose forks and turn around. When attacked, players hold down a button to switch into first-person view and aim crosshairs manually (similar to ''[[Resident Evil]] 4''). The Heaven's Smiles remain invisible until players use another button to scan for them; as they approach, players can see an obvious glowing spot upon them, and while shooting this spot results in their instant death, players will find it difficult to do so. Any enemy who gets in too close to the player will laugh at the player before exploding and causing damage. [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist]] most of the
While players can practically count the polygons in the characters's faces, the game makes excellent use of shading and shadows to create a unique graphical style. Two levels also feature anime cutscenes, both done by different studios.
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* [[Adult Fear]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PXwWjxbzuIk&feature=related This scene] (warning: NSFW) basically sums up a most horrifying scenario for any parent.
* [[Aerith and Bob]]: On the same team, we have KAEDE, Garcian... and Kevin.
* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: Pedro is an organ smuggler and child trafficker, but {{spoiler|holy shit, NO ONE deserves what happens to him}}.
* [[A God Am I]]: Kun Lan and Trevor Pearlharbor both have shades of this.▼
** He deserved it, all right.
*** His family though? [[Understatement|Not so much.]]
* [[All There in the Manual]]: ''Hand In killer7'', which actually makes the story even '''more''' complicated, though mostly because its based on an early version of the game's story, which had a few differences with the final version.
* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: Travis Bell, Harman's first hit. Appears in a variety of suggestive poses with flamboyant, sometimes innuendo-laden tank tops, usually in hot pink print ('Bad Girl', 'Sexual'). In a library area in the first level, he describes himself as 'the Chief's first catch', then describes his death like it were an orgasm: 'To be honest, that shit felt good'.
** {{spoiler|Kevin}} is also gay [[Word of Gay|according to]] ''[[All There in the Manual|Hand in killer7]]'', though this is never brought up in the game.
* [[Amnesiac Dissonance]]: {{spoiler|Garcian Smith, aka Emir Parkreiner
* [[Anti-Grinding]]: You can only process a certain amount of Thick Blood per level, though that amount is usually high enough that you can make use of SOME grinding.
* [[Arc Words]]
* [[Badass]]: Many characters, ''especially'' [[Sociopathic Hero|Dan Smith]].
* [[Badass Family]]
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Harman Smith.
* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: Dan and Garcian both wear tasteful suits when out killing. MASK also starts off with a flashy suit, but changes into a wrestler costume later.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Andrei Ulmeyda
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: That's why they call Emir the Ace of Aces:
** Kevin,
** Con,
** Kaede,
** Coyote,
** MASK, {{spoiler|the superhero, was struck down when he was unmasked and most vulnerable - in the shower
** Dan,
* [[Beyond the Impossible]]: A fully upgraded Mask De Smith cannot kill the invincible smiles at the end of the game, but he can destroy the frame rate and the console trying.
* [[BFG]]: Harman's rifle. He calls it the "God Killer", and it's supposed to be an anti-tank gun.
* [[Big No]]: One of the the most horrifying examples, ever, courtesy of one Curtis Blackburn.
* [[Book Ends]]:
* [[Button Mashing]]: How you revive dead Smiths. The more stamina the higher the bar you have to fill (
* [[Call Back]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3x_JbQXHCY&feature=related This scene] from "Alter Ego" is notorious for not making sense, even in the game's context... unless you've played
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: HANDSOME ''WINK''!
** [[Charged Attack|Collateral Shot!]]
* [[Carnival of Killers]]
* [[Chasing Your Tail]]: Fighting the Ceramic Smile.▼
* [[Catch Phrase]]: Everyone has a special one for when you hit an enemy in its [[One-Hit Kill]] spot, when you deliver a counter attack and when you kill a nearby enemy when he's crawling towards you.
* [[Cel Shading]]
▲* [[Chasing Your Tail]]: Fighting the Ceramic Smile.
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: {{spoiler|Emir}} to a staggering degree.
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[China Takes Over the World]]:
* [[Cosmic Chess Game]]
* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]: Ayame Blackburn.
* [[Creepy Child]]: Kess and Susie. Susie
▲* [[Dark Messiah]]: Ulmeyda. {{spoiler|But he's actually not that bad a guy.}}
* [[Daylight Horror]]: And the bright lighting emphasizes the bizarre, cel-shaded, technicolor palette, making the world around you only look ''that'' much more alien and hostile.
* [[Dead All Along]]
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]
* [[Death Is a Slap on The Wrist]]: Apparently played straight, but in the long run, [[Subverted Trope|it's subverted]]. Dying as Dan, Kaede, Kevin, Coyote, Con or Mask simply transports you back to the last Harman's Room you visited. You can then switch to Garcian and make your way back to the place where the persona got killed, retrieve it, get transported back to Harman's Room and resurrect it by [[Quick Time Event|repeatedly pressing X]]. You even get to keep all the blood you've collected. However, this means playing through the same stretch of level at least three times: 1) the original run before dying, 2) as Garcian up to the spot where you died, 3) a third run with the restored persona. Considering that the enemies respawn constantly, and Garcian is the weaker member of
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: {{spoiler|The Smith's aren't Harman's split personalities. They're Garcian's. Somewhat of a subversion considering Harman barely gets any screentime anyway
* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: In the prologue, Kun Lan tells Harman, "It's Friday night... LET'S DANCE." The mission takes place on January 20, 2010. A Wednesday.
** You could [[Fridge Brilliance|also]] take this as
* [[Door to Before]]: Many.
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* [[Earn Your Title]]: Garcian is The Cleaner, he retrieves dead bodies and brings them back to life; Dan is the Hellion, because of how reckless and violent he is; KAEDE is named Barefoot, because she never wears shoes, and so on.
* [[Easter Egg]]: {{spoiler|1=Hopper7, where the regular [[Mooks|Smiles]] become HopperMen. Only the first level is available and all the enemies die in one hit
** To get that, even you must beat
* [[Everything's Deader
* [[Evil Albino]]: Kun Lan; Kevin Smith.
* [[Expressive Shirt]]: Travis has several.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Samantha has one (thankfully, not graphic) sex scene.
** Though for some, it would be considered [[Fetish Fuel]].
* [[Final Speech]]: Subverted; {{spoiler|Dan}} kills {{spoiler|Curtis}} partway through his.
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* [[For Massive Damage]]: Every Heaven's Smile has a glowing weak spot that instantly kills it. This is the easiest way to gather Thick Blood, which is needed for character advancement.
* [[For the Evulz]]: The Heaven's Smiles aren't trying to change anything-they just want to cause havoc.
* [[The Four Gods]]: At one point, you have to match them to their directions.
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Harman and Kun Lan play a ''lot'' of chess.▼
* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Con.
▲* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Harman and Kun Lan play a ''lot'' of chess.
* [[Gambit Roulette]]: {{spoiler|The ''entire game''}}, as revealed in the supplementary material, Jacob's Report.
** It should be noted that much of the supplementary material outright contradicts the game.
* [[Gangsta Style]]: Coyote and Con.
** Con does so while [[Dual-Wielding]], but Coyote has an especially bad case - he does not merely hold his gun sideways, but DIAGONALLY OVER HIS HEAD. Possibly subverted somewhat, as he has serious kickback and is one of the most difficult characters to aim with.
* [[Genre Busting]]: Both the story and gameplay are nearly impossible to neatly categorize. In terms of gameplay, the limited movement, fixed camera angles
* [[Go-Karting with Bowser]]: Harman and Kun Lan
▲* [[A God Am I]]: Kun Lan and Trevor Pearlharbor both have shades of this.
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: The Heaven's Smiles don't seem to care whether or not they ever reach their target.
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* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Con and Mask (technically Grenade Launchers Akimbo for Mask).
* [[Handguns]]: what most of the characters are armed with.
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* [[High-Pressure Blood]]: KAEDE, {{spoiler|Andrei Ulmeyda}}.
* [[Hints Are for Losers]]: You don't want the expanded hints. Trust us.
* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Dan}} finishes {{spoiler|Curtis}} off by {{spoiler|activating the machinery in the room they fought in-- Curtis is subsequently [[Gory Discretion Shot|cleaned]] and hung up to dry
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: {{spoiler|Ulmeyda}}.
* [[In Medias Res]]: ''Target 00: Angel'' pretty much throws you straight into the game without a single bit of exposition.
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* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: In the end, it's incredibly easy to miss the connections.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Oh boy.
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** Less ambiguously, several targets including
* [[Kick Chick]]: Kaede's counterattacks, even despite her status as Barefoot.
* [[Knife Nut]]: Kevin Smith.
* [[Let's Play]]: By [[Chip Cheezum]] and General Ironicus, seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20120502063411/http://chipandironicus.com/games/k7/index.html here]. Ironicus's thoughts on the ending: [[Mind Screw|"Nothing has anything to do with anything."]]
* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Harman only ever wears traditional Hasidic Jewish gear, Garcian a white suit, and Kevin nothing but sunglasses and chinos. MASK changes his clothes exactly three times in the game, and in each case, it's a plot point; on the other hand, before finding the blue mask, he wears a different mask in each level. In contrast, Dan, KAEDE, Coyote
* [[Locked Door]]: And Coyote's a thief; do the math.
* [[Losing Your Head]]: Susie Summers.
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** Not to mention the fact that he can [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|flatten bullets by headbutting them]].
** Another example: Ayame Blackburn, who wears a animegao cosplay mask.
* [[Metal Slime]]: Camilla and Mini Smiles.
▲* [[Mercy Kill]]: {{spoiler|Ulmeyda specifically hired you to kill him when he becomes a Smile}}.
* [[Mexican Standoff]]: Subverted; it looks like one, but then everyone opens fire.
* [[Mighty Glacier]]: MASK de Smith.
* [[Milkman Conspiracy]]:
* [[Mind Screw]]: Don't think about it too hard or your brain will start crying.
* [[Mook Maker]]: Mother Smiles.
* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Travis and Iwazaru, but can you trust either of them?
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*** Not exactly,
**** Actually,
** Besides them, the Smiths travel with a whole bunch of quirky [[Our Ghosts Are Different|Remnant Psyches]] who give them help, advice, items, confusion and nightmares.
* [[Not So Stoic]]: {{spoiler|Garcian has a difficult time coping with the final [[The Reveal|reveal]]}}.
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* [[Pop Quiz]]: On the way to Ulmeyda's lair.
* [[The Psycho Rangers]]: The Handsome Men, a [[Super Sentai]] parody.
* [[Rain of Blood]]: {{spoiler|Ulmeyda gives one off when he transforms into a Heaven's Smile. His blood is so full of diseases that it kills everyone present except his followers (who regularly partake of his blood) and the Smiths (who are [[Dead to Begin With]])
* [[The Reveal]]: ''Many'' in the final chapters. *
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* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: The game has several examples of this. From The Yakumo references in the early chapters, to the whole plot being subtly developed as a [[Cosmic Chess Game]], to allusions to World War II, to the flag capture allusion in the last chapter, etc.
* [[Russian Roulette]]: {{spoiler|"This gun holds ''seven'' bullets."}}
* [[Sadistic Choice]]: Presented to the player at the end of the game: kill
* [[Secret Character]]: {{spoiler|(Young Harman)}}.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Some of Travis's T-shirts are references to Tyler Durden's in ''[[Fight Club (film)|Fight Club]]''. Appropriate, given Travis's relationship to the protagonist and the [[Trick Twist]] of the game.
** The manager of the Union Hotel is apparently Edo McAllister from ''[[Flower, Sun, and Rain|Flower, Sun and Rain]]'', another Suda51 game.
** Some of Dan's suits look like [[Cowboy Bebop|Spike Spiegel's]] and [[Lupin III|Lupin's.]]
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* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: Harman Smith and Kun Lan play chess while not engaging in their neverending conflict.
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: Dan Smith.
* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "Greensleeves" over a murder scene, loud (and ''[[Ear Worm|awesome]]'') techno as you're walking down a completely ordinary hall... it goes on.▼
* [[Solve the Soup Cans]]: Oh so many instances.
▲* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: "Greensleeves" over a murder scene, loud (and ''[[Ear Worm|awesome]]'') techno as you're walking down a completely ordinary hall... it goes on.
* [[Split Personality]]: The Smiths; it's on the box cover. {{spoiler|But when it comes to ''whose'' personality they split from, [[Covers Always Lie]]
** To make matters even crazier about the history of
** The fact that Dan wants to kill Harman is a bit of [[Truth in Television]]. It isn't uncommon for real life split personalities to want to kill each other.
*** Coyote's hatred of Dan could also qualify. Supposedly, he and Dan were rivals, competing for KAEDE's love before they died.
* [[Spy Speak]]:
** {{spoiler|"Hello Mr. Smith, the election is drawing near. Have you decided on your vote? If you haven't, please let the Republic Party make the most of your precious vote. Thank you and have a nice day."}}
* [[Surreal Horror]]: Many parts of the game.
* [[Suspiciously Similar Substitute]]: The Steward, who replaces {{spoiler|Samantha after she is killed by Harman}}.
* [[Terrorists Without a Cause]]: The Heaven's Smiles, identified by a narrator as [[Shaped Like Itself|"terrorism for the sole purpose of causing terror
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|All the Smiths, with the exception of Harman, are actually ''Garcian's'' split personalities
▲* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: {{spoiler|All the Smiths, with the exception of Harman, are actually ''Garcian's'' split personalities.}}
* [[Trailers Always Lie]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvhNEPfjV-w This trailer,] from way back in 2003, is particularly interesting as [[Dummied Out|virtually none of the dialogue or cutscenes in it]] [[What Could Have Been|appear in the game itself.]]
** An article in a gaming magazine prior to the game's release stated that the characters would each have different abilities than what made it into the game.
*** KAEDE was supposed to be able to kill the Smiles by raining blood down on them, like she does with the barriers. It was supposedly because she had some kind of [[Poisonous Person|toxin in her system]].
*** Coyote was supposed to be able to preform a roundhouse kick, that would clear a room full of Smiles.
* [[Unorthodox Reload]]: Con reloads like he's playing hackeysack.
* [[Vicious Cycle]]: {{spoiler|No matter who wins each time, Harman and Kun Lan begin the game again in a hundred years
* [["Wake
* [[The Walrus Was Paul]]: Many believe the entirety of the game's plot to be an extreme example of this.
* [[Wasted Song]]: ''Rave On'' is the most popular song in the entire soundtrack. The location where it plays? A completely featureless corridor of stairs that takes all of 20 seconds to walk through.
** The aforementioned [[Let's Play]] turns these scenes into a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] by having the characters "dance" to the song via timed presses of the "go forward" button.
* [[Wave Motion Gun]]: ''"Collateral shot!"''
* [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?]]: Possibly the intention of Suda51 [[Teasing Creator|because he loves to do it]]. What's more awesome than walking up a staircase with a ''rave'' in the background?!
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