Nancy Drew (video game): Difference between revisions

* [[Canon Welding]]: ''Alibi in Ashes'' does this with a few of the different book series. Brenda Carlton is exclusive to the ''Files'' spin-off series, and Deirdre Shannon is exclusive to the ''Girl Detective'' series (Simon and Schuster considers ''Girl Detective'' an official continuation of the original Nancy Drew Mystery Stories; however, in reality, they fit better somewhere between [[Series Reboot]] and Spin Off.) However, they're both suspects in ''Alibi in Ashes,'' which effectively weld both the ''Files'' and ''Girl Detective'' series to the original Nancyverse. It's especially interesting because they're pretty much Expies of each other (both are the [[Alpha Bitch]] that functions as a jealous nemesis to Nancy, although Deirdre is a more straightforward example, while Brenda is more an [[Alpha Bitch]] all grown up.)

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Played realistically. At the end of ''Danger By Design'', the culprit's insistence in calling their attacks makes them easier to defeat.

* [[Captain Obvious]]: Nigel's memoirs in ''The Curse of Blackmoor Manor'', which Nancy must transcribe, contain statements like "I was very small when I was born." Well, duh...

* [[Changeling Tale]]: In ''The Curse of Blackmoor Manor'', it's rumored that one of the Penvellyns {{spoiler|(specifically, Elinor Penvellyn)}} was a changeling.

* [[Crystal Skull]]

* [[Dark Mistress]]: In ''Ghost Dogs of Moon Lake'', Mickey Malone's girlfriend, Vivian.

** Also played straight on occasion, when the proper response is to step ''back'' immediately upon hearing the cue that something's about to fall on you.

* [[Death Trap]]: Nearly every game features a form of a death trap.

* [[Easter Egg]]: Constantly, if you know where to look.

* [[Elegant Gothic Lolita]]: Yumi Shimizu in ''Shadow at the Water's Edge'', though her favoring of the color pink makes her more of a Sweet Lolita.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|Deidre in ''Alibi in Ashes'' hates Nancy since she's going out with Ned. But she states that although she hates Nancy, she doesn't ''hate'' Nancy enough to accuse her of burning down Town Hall.}}

* [[The Faceless]]: Nancy, as the games are in first person perspective. Bess and George were faceless until Ransom of the Seven Ships.

* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: The secret passages in ''The Curse of Blackmoor Manor'' seem to invoke this - dark, dank tunnels with ambient background music that sounds like dripping water. The only light source is a green glowstick that illuminates a small patch of the hallway at a time, leaving everything else pitch black. Even if you ''just'' checked the shadows, and you ''know'' there’s nothing there... you’ll wonder.

* [[Nouveau Riche]]: Margherita Faubourg in ''The Phantom of Venice.''

* [[Oktoberfest]]: Played straight at first in ''The Captive Curse'', which is set in Bavaria. However, conversations with the employees reveal that their boss forces them to wear lederhosen and dirndls because that's what tourists expect of Germany.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: As Nancy's journeys begin taking her to new and exciting places in the later games, they also subject the player to new and horrific fake accents. Among the most [[Egregious]] examples of this are Kyler's spotty "British" accent in ''The Haunting of Castle Malloy'' and Yumi's inconsistent [[Japanese Ranguage]] in ''Shadow at the Water's Edge.''

* [[Perky Goth]]: While not outright ''perky'', Mel from ''Warnings at Waverly Academy'' is revealed to not quite be the stereotypical goth she appears to be at first (for one thing she loves milk and cookies but has to hide that cause of her 'goth appearance')

* [[The Prankster]]: Lukas Mittelmeier in ''The Captive Curse.''

* [[Sauna of Death]]: One puzzle in game 16, ''White Wolf of Icicle Creek'' features Nancy being locked in a sauna and trying to get out.

* [[Scenery Porn]]: One usually agreed upon thing is that the games are absolutely gorgeous, with mansions, castles, theaters, and Orient Express-style trains abound. Add to that the locations she visits: New Orleans, San Francisco, Paris, Tokyo, Hawaii, England, Egypt.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Later games contain shout-outs to earlier games.

** Not to mention there are shout-outs to other real life stuff. The culprit in "Secret of Shadow Ranch" even uses a variant of the "Here's Johnny!" catch phrase from [[The Shining]].