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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, and politics all weave into one gigantic [[Mind Screw]], wrapping around each other like the bondage straps around [[Ninja Butterfly|Iwazaru]].
 
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 Onon The Wrist]] most of the time -- as Garcian can retrieve the severed heads of the other Smiths and revive them -- but if Garcian himself dies, the game ends.
 
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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* [[Badass Family]] / [[Badass Crew]]: The Smiths.
* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Harman Smith.
* [[Badass in Aa 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 {{spoiler|is able to hold off on becoming a Heaven Smile for a surprisingly long time, and when he ''does'' it's far from a mundane transformation.}}
* [[Beat Them At Their Own Game]]: That's why they call Emir the Ace of Aces:
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* [[Dead All Along]]
* [[Dead Man's Chest]]
* [[Death Is a Slap Onon 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 Killer7, dying isn't the walk in the park it's supposed to be. {{spoiler|Although, technically, all the characters are dead already}}.
* [[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.
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** 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, and light [[Adventure Game]] elements suggest a [[Survival Horror]] game (not surprising, seeing as it was produced by [[Shinji Mikami]]), while the combat resembles a [[Rail Shooter]] and the powerup system is more reminiscent of a traditional action game with [[RPG Elements]]. The plot, meanwhile, plays out like a bizarre lovechild of [[Hideo Kojima]], [[David Lynch]], and [[Quentin Tarantino]].
* [[Go-Karting Withwith Bowser]]: Harman and Kun Lan..
* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: The Heaven's Smiles don't seem to care whether or not they ever reach their target.
** {{spoiler|Most of the deceased characters you meet don't hold grudges, even when talking to the one who made them deceased in the first place. So, really, it's ''after'' they go out. Susie seems to be the exception.}}
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* [[Handguns]]: what most of the characters are armed with.
* [[Heal Thyself]]: Using the blood of their enemies, no less.
* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Ulmeyda is voiced by Cam Clarke, who you might recognize as [[Metal Gear Solid|Liquid Snake]], [[Akira (Manga)|Kaneda]], and [[Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Leonardo]].
** Harman is none other than Dwight Schultz, AKA [[The A-Team (TV)|Howling Mad Murdock]].
** Garcian (Greg Eagles) is [[Eternal Darkness|Michael Edwards and Chattur'gha]] as well as [[Metal Gear Solid|Gray Fox, Donald Anderson, and Peter Stillman]].
** Dan (Michael Gough) is [[Xenosaga (Video Game)|Jin Uzuki]], [[Metal Gear Solid|Johnny Sasaki]], [[Resident Evil|Osmond Saddler]], [[Castlevania|Richter Belmont]], and [[Silent Hill|Harry Mason]].
** KAEDE ([[Tara Strong]]) is [[Fairly Oddparents|Timmy Turner]], [[Final Fantasy X|Rikku]], and [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight Sparkle]].
** Coyote (Benito Martinez) is [[The Shield|David Aceveda]].
** Samantha (Heidi Anderson) is the Gamecube [[Resident Evil|Jill Valentine.]]
** Toru Fukushima (Jim Ward) is [[The Fairly Odd Parents|Chet Ubetcha]], [[Ben 10 (Animation)|Diamondhead, XLR8, Wildvine]], [[Metal Gear Solid|Granin]], [[Painkiller|Asmodeus]], [[Ratchet and Clank|Captain Quark]], and [[Resident Evil 4|Jack Krauser]].
** Jean DePaul (James Horan) is [[Rachet And Clank|Slim Cognito.]]
** Hiro Kasai (Robin Atkin Downes) is [[Ratchet and Clank|Captain Slag]], [[Final Fantasy Tactics|Delita Heiral]], [[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|The Medic]], [[Kingdom Hearts|Luxord]], and [[No More Heroes|Travis Touchdown]].
** Gabriel Clemence (Chris Cox) is [[Justice League Unlimited|Captain Atom, Shining Knight]], and [[Jak and Daxter|Pecker]].
** Curtis Blackburn (Alastair Duncan) is [[The Batman (Animation)|Alfred Pennyworth,]] and [[Legacy of Kain|Mortanius.]]
** Love Wilcox (Debi Derryberry) is [[The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron|Jimmy Neutron]], [[Zatch Bell|Zatch]], [[Tenchi Muyo!|Ryo-ohki]], [[Yakuza|Haruka]], [[No More Heroes|Matt Helms]], and [[The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy|Nergal Jr.]]
** Kun Lan (Joe Lala) is [[Golgo 13|Don Roccini]].
** The Narrator (Jack Angel) is [[Transformers|Omega Supreme and Ultra Magnus]].
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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 Byby 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.
* [[In the Name of Thethe Moon]]: ''"Ayame Blackburn, Survive!"''
* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]: In the end, it's incredibly easy to miss the connections.
* [[Karmic Death]]: Oh boy.
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* [[Secret Character]] {{spoiler|(Young Harman)}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Some of Travis's T-shirts are references to Tyler Durden's in ''[[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.]]
{{quote| '''Old Harman''': Tricks are for kids, Kun. I'm an old man...}}
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* [[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".]]
* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: Oddly enough, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fAfIyrUg5q8 Ministry of Education], the final boss's theme, sounds a lot like [[Johann Sebastian Bach]]'s [[Toccata and Fugue Inin D Minor (Music)|Toccata and Fugue In D Minorminor]] ([http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVJD3dL4diY&feature=channel_video_title c.f. here]).
* [[Tomato in Thethe 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.
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