#RUSTY LAKE HOTEL BAT SERIES#

The Eilander family of Paradise aren't much better, having formed a cult of sorts involving Rusty Lake and Human Sacrifice.Big, Screwed-Up Family: The Vanderboom family in Roots, although most of them would probably have been fine if not for Albert.Paradise has Gerard, who is noted for his big appetite.Boar in Hotel, as he will keep eating sandwiches in his room. The old woman in The Mill must be repeatedly bribed with food to craft several useful items for you.Crow at the murder scene, which was when he just got introduced to the case. However, he is seen with it while making his phone call to Mr. Beard of Sorrow: It is implied that Detective Vandermeer's shaggy facial hair is a byproduct of him obsessing over the Rusty Lake case for days on end.

Crow is often seen wearing a long black coat, complete with a white bowtie. Owl has a damn good reason for wanting them dead.

Asshole Victim: The animal guests in Hotel fall into this, since Paradise ultimately reveals that Mr.

Owl (or his stand-in) tells him that his mind's reaching a higher state of consciousness.

Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence: While ambiguous, the ending of Case 23 implies that this has happened to Detective Vandermeer.

Ascended Extra: Robert Hill first appears in one scene at the police station in Case 23, becomes an important side character in Theatre revealed to have ties to the murdered woman, and later becomes the protagonist of The White Door.Doing the math and considering what year this game is set in, the invention of the hamburger in this game is 104 years too early. Paradise has you make a burger for Gerard.Pigeon's room, but radios weren't commercially available until 1900, and the year the radio was first invented still comes after the year the events of Hotel were happening. The anachronism is that the cymbal monkey toys we know of weren't invented until the 1950s in Japan, decades after the year the game is set in, 1893. Boar's room, there are three cymbal monkeys. Rose was created by combining Albert's sperm, Ida's preserved egg, some water, and a strange green potion. Artificial Human: Rose from Roots technically counts as this, as she was created in the family house's alchemy lab by her father Albert, who wanted to have a child with his sister-in-law Ida.Art Evolution: Compare the Woman's design in a photo in Theatre to the same photo appearing in The White Door.Matchboxes ( almost always found in drawers).Flies, and to a lesser extent other insects (particularly butterflies/moths).Things associated with water/liquids: boats, lakes, fish, shrimp, seashells, dripping pipes, sinks.Arc Symbol: Quite a few, as you can expect from a surrealist work.However, since Time Travel is involved, it doesn't always take. Anyone Can Die: If you encounter a living being, odds are it's living on borrowed time.And Then John Was a Zombie: Not only does the Woman rise again as a Corrupted, but it is heavily implied to be the same Corrupted who killed her in the first place.And Now for Someone Completely Different: You play as a different character in several games, the biggest standouts being Vincent van Gogh in Arles and a parrot in Harvey's Box.Anachronic Order: Seasons takes place in 1964-1981, The Lake in 1969, Arles in 1888, Harvey's Box in 1969, Case 23 in 1971-1972, The Mill most likely in 1972, Birthday in 1933, Theatre in 1971, Hotel in 1893, Roots in 1860-1935, Cave in 1972, Paradise some time in the late 1700s or early 1800s, and Paradox in 1972 at the same time as Cave.Pheasant even does the deed herself (along with possibly Mrs.

How aware are the animals of their intended fates? Are they oblivious, or do they want to end up on a plate? Their hedonistic behavior and pompous attitude (in keeping with high-society guests in a luxurious resort) suggests the former, but they also each keep lethal weaponry nearby and don't react to Harvey's usage of said weaponry.

Ambiguous Situation: Even as things become clearer, there's still a lot that remains unknown, including how much of what the player sees is even real (as opposed to an elaborate metaphor).

Alchemy Is Magic: Alchemy is used to create the Elixir that grants enlightenment and makes people immortal.

Adult Fear: Emma Vanderboom in Roots loses her son while he's still very young and only learns of his actually being alive after she kills herself from the grief.

#RUSTY LAKE HOTEL BAT SERIES#

This series includes examples of the following: Or games involving trying to escape with a cube. Not to be confused with another series of works involving cubes and escaping.

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