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* [[Artificial Human]]: Homunculus. {{spoiler|Or so we are led to believe}}

* [[Dead to Begin With|Dead to Begin with]]

** [[Who Dunnit to Me|Whodunnit to Me]]

** [[Who Dunnit to Me?|Whodunnit to Me]]

* [[Deal With the Devil|Deal with the Devil]]: Subverted. Eike assumes that Homunculus wants his soul in exchange for bringing him back to life, but Homunculus denies wanting any such thing. {{spoiler|This is then [[Double Subversion|Double Subverted]] in Endings D and E.}}

* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: The levels set in the distant (1900's) and far past (1500's) are shown as shades of gray and sepia, respectively.

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* [[Gossipy Hens]]: The two older women and the little girl. Especially their incarnations in the medieval era.

* [[Have a Nice Death]]: "I don't think returning to the present is the way to solve this problem."

* [[Hey ~~Its~~ That Voice]]: [[Super Mario Bros|MARIO]] is the voice of Homunculus.

* [[Hey It's That Voice]]: [[Super Mario Bros|MARIO]] is the voice of Homunculus.

* [[Identical Grandson]]: Many of the characters in each era.

* [[It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY]]: Eike Kusch. Since the game appears to be set in Germany, the name is most likely supposed to be pronounced "Eye-kuh Koosh", but the English voice actors pronounce it as "Ike Kush". Dr. Wagner's name is continuously mispronounced as "Wag-ner", whereas anyone with even a passing knowledge of classical music can tell you it should be "Vahg-ner".

* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]]: Eike Kusch. Since the game appears to be set in Germany, the name is most likely supposed to be pronounced "Eye-kuh Koosh", but the English voice actors pronounce it as "Ike Kush". Dr. Wagner's name is continuously mispronounced as "Wag-ner", whereas anyone with even a passing knowledge of classical music can tell you it should be "Vahg-ner".

** Eike's name is actually pronounced that way in the Japanese version as well, so it wasn't a localisation mistake in any case. <ref>His name is written as "Aiku Kasshu" in Japanese phonetics, which would sound like "Ike Kush".</ref> Same deal with the mispronunciation of Wagner, which is "Wahgunah" in Japanese phonetics, which is the same as how the original Wagner's name is written in Japanese. The only one whose pronunciation did change was Dana, who was "Day-na" in the English version but "Dan-na" ("Dana" in Japanese phonetics) in the Japanese version. Incidentally, both are acceptable pronunciations of the name.

*** Wagner's pronunciation was corrected on the PSP version.

* [[Insurmountable Waist High Fence]]: "I guess this is as far as I go."

* [[Justified Extra Lives]]

* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Inflicted upon Dr. Wagner by Homunculus so he does not get to enjoy his eternal youth.}}

* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Inflicted upon Dr. Wagner by Homunculus so he does not get to enjoy his eternal youth.}}

* [[Literal Genie]]: {{spoiler|Homunculus during Ending E. Although it's fairly obvious, given his personality and actions throughout the game, that he's just being [[Jerkass|cruel for the sake of it.]]}}

* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Eike is closer to Dana and Hugo than any of them realize....}}

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Eike is closer to Dana and Hugo than any of them realize....}}

* [[Mineral MacGuffin]]: The Philosopher's Stone.

* [[Mind Screw]]: With a plot designed to make sense after you've played the game six times, it's only to be expected.

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** [[San Dimas Time]]: Used to give each level a half hour time limit.

** [[Stable Time Loop]]: The game is full of these, lots of them in optional sidequests. {{spoiler|In fact, the main plot could be considered a stable time loop.}}

** And notably averted [[Timey Wimey Ball]].

** And notably averted [[Timey-Wimey Ball]].

** [[Tricked Out Time|Tricked out Time]] is how Eike survives a good deal of his deaths.

* [[Playing Against Type]]: Homunculus is voiced by Charles Martinet, who is also the voice actor for [[Mario]].

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