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== [[Fridge Brilliance]] ==

* One thing that pleased me about the "Black Velvetopia" section of ''[[~~Psychonauts (Video Game)|~~Psychonauts]]'' was how all the different elements, each one bizarre on its own, added together -- the paint, the cards, the luchadors, the toreador, the high school paraphernalia -- to tell Edgar's story, piece by cryptic piece. Except there was one thing bugging me, even after completing the chapter: ''what's with the talking dogs''? They didn't seem to have anything to do with anything. Then days later, once I'd finished dealing with Loboto, Pokeylope et al at the top of the tower, I was treated to a cutscene that showed Edgar finishing his masterpiece...dogs playing poker. ''Of course''. - [[User:Whogus The Whatsler]]

* One thing that pleased me about the "Black Velvetopia" section of ''[[Psychonauts]]'' was how all the different elements, each one bizarre on its own, added together -- the paint, the cards, the luchadors, the toreador, the high school paraphernalia -- to tell Edgar's story, piece by cryptic piece. Except there was one thing bugging me, even after completing the chapter: ''what's with the talking dogs''? They didn't seem to have anything to do with anything. Then days later, once I'd finished dealing with Loboto, Pokeylope et al at the top of the tower, I was treated to a cutscene that showed Edgar finishing his masterpiece...dogs playing poker. ''Of course''. - [[User:Whogus The Whatsler]]

** Something that struck me when playing Psychonauts was the lack of Censors in the minds of {{spoiler|the Lungfish and Boyd,}} something that we were told existed in every mind (the censors, not the others). It took me a little while to realize that this was not only intentional, but a very clever decision as the first {{spoiler|had had their mind crushed under the dominion of Oleander and thus would have had all their censors repressed and/or destroyed}} and the second, {{spoiler|thanks to his overly suspicious mind, always incorporated different aspects of the world into his conspiracy. In effect, there is no difference between "good" and "bad", so there are no censors, presumably destroyed when he finally cracked.}} - Kaiser6012

** It's also noteworthy that many psychologists believe people with schizophrenia lack the ability to 'censor' their own mind and have trouble controlling their thoughts. Boyd's lack of censors is this idea made literal.

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== [[Fridge Horror]] ==

* Touched upon in ''[[~~Psychonauts (Video Game)|~~Psychonauts]]''' own [[Nightmare Fuel]] page, but once you get past the "OMG this is hilarious" part of The [[Milkman Conspiracy]], and start thinking about it, things get pretty creepy pretty fast. Particularly if you listen to Boyd's monologue. Some of the lines that make you pause and go "What." include:

* Touched upon in ''[[Psychonauts]]''' own [[Nightmare Fuel]] page, but once you get past the "OMG this is hilarious" part of The [[Milkman Conspiracy]], and start thinking about it, things get pretty creepy pretty fast. Particularly if you listen to Boyd's monologue. Some of the lines that make you pause and go "What." include:

** “Hi mom! Look at me, I’m tangled in a web of deception! How’s uncle G?”

** “I scream, you scream, we all scream, we all scream…”