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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game)

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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game)	comment	Vagabond Dog's Always Sometimes Monsters puts you in the shoes of a protagonist of your own choosing. A year ago, the host of a fancy party you were attending with your significant other picked you out of the crowd and gave you the chance to launch your dream career.Just one year later, your life's on the verge of complete collapse. Your landlord's ready to kick you out for missing too many payments, your career's in the toilet, your life in shambles... and the love of your life? They're about to marry somebody else.But maybe... maybe you can fix this. With only thirty days to turn your life around, every decision you make can take you one step closer to salvaging things... or dig you even deeper. Then there's the fallout others might suffer for your choices...So... How far are you willing to go? What are you willing to sacrifice, and who are you willing to hurt in the process?Always Sometimes Monsters was made available on Steam May 21st, 2014. It can also be purchased over here.A sequel entitled Sometimes Always Monsters was released on April 2, 2020.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_10dcbe05	type	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_10dcbe05	comment	Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: For all that he complains about his wife, Larry really does love Belinda. Enough that he's choosing to stay with her despite their growing financial difficulties. However, it's also Deconstructed: Larry's determination to stay with Belinda meant that he deliberately didn't let her know about said problems until it was absolutely impossible to avoid telling her. Needless to say, she wasn't happy, and has been wanting a divorce ever since, which he refuses to give her. In some endings, he finally grants her request.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1282bf4f	type	No Celebrities Were Harmed
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1282bf4f	comment	No Celebrities Were Harmed: A few here and there; the mayor of Beaton, Bob Hoard, bears a resemblance to Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, and the theater press conference includes representatives from Polyhedron Online (Polygon), Escapism Quarterly (The Escapist), and Joys n' Stiqs dot com (Joystiq). Escapism Quarterly's representative is a clear stand in for Jim Sterling.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_15184afb	type	This Loser Is You
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_15184afb	comment	This Loser Is You: If you manage to somehow not make it to San Verdano before the 30 days are up the gunman and the casino owner have no idea who you are, and demand to know why the hell you're telling them the story of some moron dicking around for a month.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_19ebe383	type	Never Trust a Trailer
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_19ebe383	comment	Never Trust a Trailer: In the pre-release builds, Belinda hired the hitman, though she was having second thoughts about whomever her target might be. In the game proper, it's somebody completely different. This was likely done to hide the fact that the hitman and his boss work for the casino.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1aa08f77	type	Multiple Endings
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1aa08f77	comment	Multiple Endings: Based off of your actions, most prominently how you handle the situation with Sam at the casino and whether or not you successfully object at the wedding.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c	type	Those Two Guys
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1c79ae8c	comment	The game development team is represented as Those Two Guys, regularly discussing their plans for making the game.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1cf11f13	type	No Sympathy
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1cf11f13	comment	No Sympathy: Larry can come off as particularly insensitive to your plight, due to how he refuses to acknowledge the role he played in it. For instance, he doesn't care how you might be hurt that the job opportunity he's got in mind for you is disposing of materials that might be related to your former book deal. It also adds a layer of hypocrisy to his attitude. You wouldn't be disposing of your failed books if you hadn't produced any; it implies that the protagonist did get at least one book published, it just didn't sell as well as the publishers wanted. Considering it's only been one year since signing the contract, there's been a lot of pressure on the protagonist. It could be plot spackle from the Special Edition only, but in that version at least, those are cover slips, implied to have been made for the book that never got written. This would mean that the publisher jumped the gun and started having the covers printed while the book was being written (and then abandoned).
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1da46897	type	Lady Macbeth
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1da46897	comment	Lady Macbeth: One possible interpretation of your Ex, albeit slightly more benevolent than more traditional examples. Depending on how the breakup plays out, the Ex eagerly encourages their significant other to be successful even if that means screwing their friend (who is also their own ex-lover) over, whether that friend is you or Sam.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1dea3034	type	Cool Shades
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1dea3034	comment	Cool Shades: Darkeff and Viper both wear shades, and still keep them while in bed.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1e1afc1b	type	Framing Device
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1e1afc1b	comment	The Framing Device is a standoff between a hired hitman and a Mysterious Stranger, who wants to recount the main story.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd	type	Breaking the Fourth Wall
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_1e7487cd	comment	Breaking the Fourth Wall: Early builds and demos would blatantly let you know when the demo was over, or you'd attempted to make a choice that wasn't ready yet. For instance, trying to take a certain path in Beaton would have the character currently accompanying you state, "No, sorry, you're too fat. You go in the vents until we figure out how the guard gameplay works." The game development team is represented as Those Two Guys, regularly discussing their plans for making the game.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_21d70919	type	Crapsack World
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_21d70919	comment	Crapsack World: The path the protagonist takes from Dubstown to the wedding has them couch-surfing in some miserably poverty-stricken areas. Vagrancy and homelessness are so rampant in Dubstown, the city has "street mattresses", and in Beaton, the homeless are rounded up like stray animals and detained in a charitable organization's soup kitchen/dormitory so they don't ugly up the public property, while those that are in a position to refuse a bed and food under a solid roof are left alone as long as they stay under the bridge. The only places free of obvious class and poverty issues are San Verdano and Los Vargas, both of which are utterly devoid of anyone but the very wealthy.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_22cf536c	comment	The hitman is revealed to be named Chekhov.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: If Larry kicks you out of his house for walking out on the warehouse job, the protagonist will despondently repeat the toast they gave at the party. Particularly poignant if you chose "To Great Partners".
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_255a421	type	Retail Therapy
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_255a421	comment	Retail Therapy: Belinda has been coping with the death of her mother this way.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_27ba9b64	type	What Did I Do Last Night?
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_27ba9b64	comment	What Did I Do Last Night?: Your character automatically questions this after waking up in Los Vargas.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_29d26001	type	Spoiled Sweet
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_29d26001	comment	Spoiled Sweet: The Ex comes from an obviously wealthy home, is loved by just about everyone, and always encourages everyone to do their best. They also have no problem dumping whoever they're with for someone more successful, even if that success comes from them screwing over their friend to get ahead and they've already rejected that person once before.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a090d00	comment	If you take the coat check job at the Phoenix, one of the people coming in to the concert makes a big show of telling you what a cool place this is and how eager he is to get his hands on "sweet, illegal drugs". Both of your potential responses to him are "Are you a cop?"
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a6b9a7a	type	Minigame Zone
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a6b9a7a	comment	Minigame Zone: The Vagabond Dog office includes several arcade cabinets. You can also find arcade cabinets in some convenience stores and fast-food joints.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a7e7af1	type	Limited Wardrobe
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_2a7e7af1	comment	Limited Wardrobe: Lampshaded when the protag gets asked if they're really planning on wearing their usual clothes to the wedding. At the very beginning of the game, if you examine the wardrobe, the protag says something like: "I've never changed clothes since college, why start now?".
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_319a6fd7	type	Passed in Their Sleep
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_319a6fd7	comment	Passed in Their Sleep: Going to sleep with an empty stamina meter can cause your game to end this way.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_366e6748	type	RevengeSVP
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_366e6748	comment	RevengeSVP: Inverted - you are deliberately invited to the wedding of your ex by your former best friend Sam, and against the wishes of your ex, as a means of rubbing it in your face.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_392eb4f9	type	Mysterious Stranger
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_392eb4f9	comment	Mysterious Stranger: Whoever the stranger bundled up in winter clothes in the alleyway is...
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_3cb6468e	type	Bad Liar
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_3cb6468e	comment	Bad Liar: If you take the coat check job at the Phoenix, one of the people coming in to the concert makes a big show of telling you what a cool place this is and how eager he is to get his hands on "sweet, illegal drugs". Both of your potential responses to him are "Are you a cop?" Darkeff invokes this trope if you lie to him about Viper showing up before the show.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_401d4116	type	Broken Aesop
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_401d4116	comment	Broken Aesop: The overall theme of the game is right there in the title: "always sometimes monsters", the idea that the things you have to do to get by will always come at the expense of someone else, and being the hero of your own story can make you the villain of someone else's. The problem is that the crux of the story is the protagonist's failed book deal. The protagonist did produce at least one book, which meant they held up their end of the deal, and since Sam only got as far as they did because they were stealing credit for the protagonist's work, getting cut out of the deal was an entirely fair example of Laser-Guided Karma. At the start of the game, the protagonist is the only one of the main cast who never actually did anything wrong, but is still blamed for the other characters' problems anyway.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_40bb59d0	type	Blatant Lies
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_40bb59d0	comment	Blatant Lies: If you tell Larry that the manuscript Sam submitted is actually yours, he tells you that he'll find help you out and make things right. He absolutely has no intention on doing so.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e	type	Bittersweet Ending
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_40cc0c7e	comment	Bittersweet Ending: Arguably, the ending in which you manage to pay off Sam's debt directly but don't get your ex back - while the protagonist loses their ex, they still get the credit (and success) for the manuscript, and things might get better for them in the future.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_41c08e5	type	Establishing Series Moment
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_41c08e5	comment	Establishing Series Moment: The very first exchange in prerelease builds of the game is between a man who appears to be a hitman and the woman who hired him, who's having second thoughts. The man bluntly informs her that she already made her choice the moment she paid him and can't go back now. In the game proper, the roles are reversed: the hitman's trying to walk away from an aggressive client who wants to hire him to kill other people. Now it's the client who gives the "You already committed to this" speech.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4655ec83	type	Important Haircut
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4655ec83	comment	Important Haircut: Belinda considers getting one during a round of Retail Therapy, and may ask for your input on how to change it. If she doesn't like it, she reacts accordingly, and harasses the hairdresser and her boss to fix it.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_480ee6dc	type	InsurmountableWaistHighFence
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_480ee6dc	comment	In the homeless shelter, the protagonist asks a cop how he can jump over the Insurmountable Waist-High Fence. The cop tells him "maybe in the sequel".
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_483152c4	type	The Resenter
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_483152c4	comment	The Resenter: Oh, Sam... They just can't stand that you were poised to obtain everything they thought they should have had.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_48e8fe57	type	Happily Adopted
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_48e8fe57	comment	Happily Adopted: The Ex is Casey's adopted son or daughter.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f	type	Leaning on the Fourth Wall
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4a3e547f	comment	Leaning on the Fourth Wall: If you make the wrong choice during the But Thou Must! moment in the opening sequence, the disguised stranger's response appears to be Addressing the Player directly. Vagabond Dog has a studio in Dubstown, and you can overhear some of their workers discussing a game they're working on. For instance, in one conversation, one is trying to convince the other that adding a tutorial would undermine the reality of their setting. In the homeless shelter, the protagonist asks a cop how he can jump over the Insurmountable Waist-High Fence. The cop tells him "maybe in the sequel". If you go under the bridge in Beaton and agree to Fawkes' alternative to paying the $200 toll for a place to sleep, he'll remind the protagonist that unless there's someone controlling their every move, they only have themselves to blame for falling so low as to resort to prostitution.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4b32995a	type	Friend-or-Idol Decision
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4b32995a	comment	Friend-or-Idol Decision: There are situations where you can screw over somebody who's trying to help you in exchange for getting money or something else that might help you reach San Verdano faster.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4cca4ac7	type	Trapped by Gambling Debts
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4cca4ac7	comment	Trapped by Gambling Debts: Can happen to your pal Sam, at which point it's naturally up to you to bail them out, or let them deal with the fallout.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4e3d253b	type	Downer Ending
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4e3d253b	comment	Downer Ending: Whether you did your best to avoid hurting others or willingly screwed over everyone who crossed your path, ultimately you're just another monster who gets what you deserve.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4ef92d0b	type	The Atoner
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4ef92d0b	comment	The Atoner: Markansas used to be quite the troublemaker before finding faith, and has since become a preacher at the local church.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4f84cdef	type	Smug Snake
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_4f84cdef	comment	Smug Snake: Your cranky landlord loves to rub in your protag's face how their life's gone down the tubes. If you spend a night out on the streets, expect him to be waiting by the mailboxes the next morning to taunt you about that. Dr. Bearenstein comes off like one when insulting one of his own patients.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_504e271f	type	But Thou Must!
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_504e271f	comment	If you make the wrong choice during the But Thou Must! moment in the opening sequence, the disguised stranger's response appears to be Addressing the Player directly.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5141fc93	type	Forgot to Pay the Bill
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5141fc93	comment	Forgot to Pay the Bill: You start out owing $500 to your landlord. Given you have only $13 in your account, this may be more along the lines of couldn't pay the bill.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5313c266	type	Bookends
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5313c266	comment	Book Ends: The first and last decision you make is whether or not the hitman should shoot the stranger.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_53c9fc92	type	Flashback
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_53c9fc92	comment	It's established early on that your protagonist's own poor decisions led to their current situation. Flashbacks eventually determine the details of what happened.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_544f446	type	Loser Protagonist
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_544f446	comment	Loser Protagonist: At the start of the game proper, your hero's completely down on their luck, alone, on the verge of losing their shabby apartment, and desperate to get one last check from your publisher. What's more, it's heavily implied from the get-go that this is a direct result of their own poor choices squandering all the promise they had.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_54bb502b	type	Nobody Poops
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_54bb502b	comment	Nobody Poops: Averted. Your protagonist can cheerfully drop a deuce whenever they find themselves with available facilities.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_55554032	type	Irrational Hatred
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_55554032	comment	Irrational Hatred: Sam hates the protagonist for being greedy and self-absorbed... because the protagonist "stole" their opportunities by being more talented and more attractive.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5a365ed2	type	Incompatible Orientation
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5a365ed2	comment	Incompatible Orientation: Can come up if you happen to be playing with a couple who's the same gender. In one flashback, your friend Sam may worry that the person they're crushing on doesn't swing the same way.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5ce7dbb9	type	Central Theme
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5ce7dbb9	comment	Central Theme: The importance of choices and their consequences.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f	type	Save Scumming
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5cfeb43f	comment	Save Scumming: The easiest way to raise money without compromising your morals is to buy lottery tickets, scratch them, and then save before you cash them in. Since the amount they're worth is randomized, you can just keep trying until they're all $50.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5f6c6cc1	type	Can't Get Away with Nuthin'
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5f6c6cc1	comment	Can't Get Away with Nuthin': No matter how decent you try to be, Casey will still call you out for the bad things you write about doing, even if the game doesn't give you the option to refuse, or if the option exists, but might literally kill you. For instance, you might get called out for taking the janitor job at the strip club rather than going to church, but there's no mention of the fact that there are no opportunities for making money in Salt City except that one, and as kind and generous as Mark is, he doesn't give you food, and dumpster-diving for your dinner depends on your luck. If you didn't have the foresight to get the fishing rod and get a good sized stock of fish to carry with you (as there are no fishing spots in Salt City), taking that job can easily be the difference between finishing the game and starving to death. Not to mention that most people wouldn't really consider "getting a job" to be morally inferior to "going to Mass in the middle of the week". It might be different if the job was to actually perform as a dancer, but you're going there as a janitor. Is working in a strip club really so immoral that it makes doing basic chores a sin? It makes Casey seem like a a judgmental prat, especially considering that scene only happens because they were snooping through your stuff. No matter what choices you make, Casey will always find something to disapprove of. For example, they call you out for blackmailing Dr. Bearenstein into giving Viper/Darkeff the operation they need...but they'll also call you out if you leave town without securing treatment for them in some way, and the only other way to get treatment forthem is to let their ex smash up Bearenstein's car, an action which hinders your opportunity for a free ride out of town. You get called out for taking the warehouse job in Beaton and undermining the worker's strike in progress, but you ALSO get called out for walking out on the job without doing any work (and even if you actually do the work of moving hundreds of boxes, it's impossible to finish; the only way to move on to the next part of the game is to walk out in the middle). Even avoiding writing in your journal doesn't work, as there is a mandatory entry you have to make at the beginning of the game, and certain actions, like cutting Stan's brakes, will get you called out even if you didn't write in your journal the night they happened.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1	type	Time Skip
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_5fcb9ad1	comment	At the start, you're an up-and-coming writer hand-picked by an agent interested in their work. One year later, when the game proper begins, you're a month behind on your rent and about to be kicked out onto the street, your significant other broke up with you and is about to marry another person, and everything generally sucks pretty hard.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: The protagonist can play this straight at the wedding if Sam doesn't die at the casino by choosing to remain silent when given the option to object. The lack of usage of this trope from Sam shows just what kind of person they are. To be more specific, they chose not to back off when the love interest showed interest in the protagonist instead of them, and, when the love interest tells Sam not to send a wedding invitation to the protagonist because it would be awkward, Sam does it anyways, just to rub it in the protagonist's face. Lastly, at the wedding should the protagonist object and win back their ex, Sam is a Sore Loser about it.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_63d861f8	type	Even Evil Has Loved Ones
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_63d861f8	comment	Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Mechanic Stan isn't exactly nice to you, but it turns out he has kids.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66755d29	type	Author Avatar
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66755d29	comment	Vagabond Dog has a studio in Dubstown, and you can overhear some of their workers discussing a game they're working on. For instance, in one conversation, one is trying to convince the other that adding a tutorial would undermine the reality of their setting.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66805a18	type	Race for Your Love
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66805a18	comment	Race for Your Love: Your protagonist wants to make it across the country to San Verdano in time to stop their Love Interest from getting married to somebody else.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66907f54	type	Hourglass Plot
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_66907f54	comment	Hourglass Plot: Darkeff and Viper view their relationship like this, and describes it as such if the other one overdoses: The relationship between Sam and your protag functions this way, as it seems as though it's impossible for both to be happy at the same time.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_68913e61	type	Hello, [Insert Name Here]
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_68913e61	comment	Hello, [Insert Name Here]: Here, it's presented as you and your significant other signing a gift card. It's worth noting that all of the possible protagonists and at least three quarters of the potential love interests have default names, but you can only learn a protag/LI's name by talking to them after you've already picked someone else, or by running into them again later in the game.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6adf60d1	type	Hidden Eyes
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6adf60d1	comment	Hidden Eyes: The only part of the stranger's body that isn't covered up is around their eyes. Instead, it's covered by black shadows.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6b05b601	type	Jerkass Has a Point
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6b05b601	comment	Jerkass Has a Point: While the landlord is nothing but rude to you no matter what you do, at the end of the day, he's your landlord and you're late on rent that you legally owe him.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59	type	The Reveal
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6b2b3b59	comment	The Reveal that Sam constantly stole your work casts a much harsher light on certain things in retrospect.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30	type	Meaningful Name
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6bda9a30	comment	Meaningful Name: The hitman is revealed to be named Chekhov. Dr. Bearenstein's name seems rather punny if you learn about the whole thing with Teddy. Beaton's mayor, Tom Hoard, is accused by his opponent of colluding with the local MegaCorp.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6cc4e01e	type	SchrÃ¶dinger's Question
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6cc4e01e	comment	SchrÃ¶dinger's Question: The choices you make at the beginning determine who your character is as well as their orientation.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6d332aea	type	Driven to Suicide
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6d332aea	comment	Driven to Suicide: A couple characters can have this fate.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32	type	GottaCatchEmAll
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_6e9e1e32	comment	Gotta Catch 'Em All: The "Indie Heroz" action figures, figurines of various indie game characters found everywhere in the game world. Usually they're just hidden into boxes, vases etc. but you can purchase some of them or even steal them from a child's backpack.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7241785e	type	You Can't Fight Fate
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7241785e	comment	You Can't Fight Fate: Although the game offers a great deal of choice, either the protagonist or Sam has to end up as a suicidal hobo.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_72852a93	type	Henpecked Husband
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_72852a93	comment	Henpecked Husband: Larry Hunter sees himself as this, complaining about his nagging wife Belinda. When your protag wants to introduce him to their significant other, he responds "Always happy to meet the ball and chain!"
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_729c69f3	type	Politically Incorrect Villain
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_729c69f3	comment	Politically Incorrect Villain: Red, the foreman, openly uses slurs and refers to Larry as the protagonist's "dark friend".
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_73328e84	type	Suicide by Cop
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_73328e84	comment	Suicide by Cop: The stranger's ultimate objective is to provoke the hitman into killing them. However, you assume control of said hitman for the final decision and may slay or spare them at your discretion.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9	type	Grey-and-Gray Morality
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7335ffa9	comment	Grey-and-Gray Morality: People can be utter Jerkasses to your protagonist, but often have some reason for behaving that way. Whether or not those reasons are valid depends on your point of view. And of course, your protag may not be a prize themselves.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_735b4101	type	Colour-Coded for Your Convenience
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_735b4101	comment	Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: In the opening sequence of prerelease builds, the hired hitman's dialogue is colored red, the woman with him has pink text, and the Mysterious Stranger has green.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_735e71c2	type	Recursive Canon
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_735e71c2	comment	Recursive Canon: Vagabond Studios exists in-game, and you can see a couple members of the development team talking about making the game. At the end, they purchase the rights to the book based on the protagonist's journal; thus, in-universe, the game is based on the book, and shows the process of the book's first draft being written and the game being made.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7593bcd5	type	Full-Body Disguise
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7593bcd5	comment	Full-Body Disguise: The stranger in the alleyway is bundled up in thick winter wear, and what little of their face might be visible is instead cast in shadow. The hitman initially mistakes them for a bum. Your protagonist automatically uses this if they agree to search the doctor's home, as they anticipate the presence of security cameras and fear being caught.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_76c72a08	type	SchrÃ¶dinger's Gun
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_76c72a08	comment	SchrÃ¶dinger's Gun: It's impossible to avoid the confrontation with Casey; no matter how moral your actions are throughout the game, Casey will always find something to call you out on.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7ae00dcc	type	Driven by Envy
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7ae00dcc	comment	Driven by Envy: Old Sam turns out to be a bit of a Green-Eyed Monster when it comes to your hero and everything they had.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7b6e47a5	type	Armor-Piercing Question
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7b6e47a5	comment	Armor-Piercing Question: After accusing you of coming all this way not just to participate in the wedding, but to try crashing it and making off with your ex, Casey asks you to consider what would make your former lover happiest. Can you really say they'd be better off with you?
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7cc8d769	type	Sore Loser
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7cc8d769	comment	The lack of usage of this trope from Sam shows just what kind of person they are. To be more specific, they chose not to back off when the love interest showed interest in the protagonist instead of them, and, when the love interest tells Sam not to send a wedding invitation to the protagonist because it would be awkward, Sam does it anyways, just to rub it in the protagonist's face. Lastly, at the wedding should the protagonist object and win back their ex, Sam is a Sore Loser about it.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7d89315b	type	"The Reason You Suck" Speech
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7d89315b	comment	"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Larry repeatedly reminds your protag that they lost their contract because they failed to deliver a proper book to them in time. He refuses to acknowledge any part he might have played in this. Mechanic Stan gives Markansas one deriding and insulting his faith, harping on how his past problems keep coming back to haunt him. Casey gives one to your protagonist after reading their journal, specifically asking why they really came all the way to San Verdano. If the Mexican Standoff ends with Chekhov killing the stranger after hearing the main story, he then turns around and gives one to his former boss, making it clear that he won't be doing his dirty work any longer. Alternatively, if he lets the stranger live, then they deliver a very similar one when the boss proves unable to do the deed himself.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7df2b942	type	Moving the Goalposts
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7df2b942	comment	Your landlord Moving the Goalposts if you ticked him off. Instead of just flat-out telling you no, he makes a show of considering your offer, accepting it... and then tacking on the extra fee.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7ed25068	type	Video Game Caring Potential
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7ed25068	comment	Videogame Caring Potential: You can reach out to others, befriend a lonely old woman, get addicts sober, and help people get their lives together.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7f1be21	type	Functional Addict
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7f1be21	comment	Functional Addict: Darkeff is recovering from drug addiction, which you can help him with... or hinder. Depending on the players actions, he and Viper can go to rehab and sober up.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7fbb2a3	type	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7fbb2a3	comment	Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: It's established early on that your protagonist's own poor decisions led to their current situation. Flashbacks eventually determine the details of what happened. Event chains can intersect in unexpected ways; for instance, you can opt to deal with Dr. Bearenstein by smashing up his car. If you were planning to get out of Dubstown by riding with Jack, you may find your plans changing because he was going to borrow a car from his doctor friend...
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7febc23b	type	Establishing Character Moment
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_7febc23b	comment	Establishing Character Moment: When the landlord's berating your character for being a deadbeat, he throws in some kind of racist and/or sexist slur just for the hell of it, such as making some off-color suggestion on how you could earn the money.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_80251be3	type	How We Got Here
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_80251be3	comment	How We Got Here: The Framing Device is a standoff between a hired hitman and a Mysterious Stranger, who wants to recount the main story. During the main game, Flashbacks are used to fill in what happened in the past. If the Mysterious Stranger is relating these as well, we've got Flashbacks Within a Flashback going on.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8151ec48	type	Driving Question
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8151ec48	comment	Driving Question: How far would you go to fix your mistakes and get what you want out of life?
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_82518cf7	type	Motor Mouth
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_82518cf7	comment	Motor Mouth: The pigtailed little girl at the daycare center completely fills the text boxes with her speeches.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_82accf22	type	Gainax Ending
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_82accf22	comment	Gainax Ending: After the Downer Ending sequence, even if you were shot, either you or Sam (depending on who got credit for the journal at the end) appears alive and well at a book signing where you get your book optioned as a video game for a million dollars by the developers. And then you go back to Casey's house and find a game system and a weird server room in his garden shed, no matter what ending you get. Based on what your ex says in the ending where Sam dies, it's implied that either the sequence at Casey's house is a flashback, or the Framing Device wasn't actually true.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_83f0971b	type	Mexican Standoff
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_83f0971b	comment	If the Mexican Standoff ends with Chekhov killing the stranger after hearing the main story, he then turns around and gives one to his former boss, making it clear that he won't be doing his dirty work any longer. Alternatively, if he lets the stranger live, then they deliver a very similar one when the boss proves unable to do the deed himself.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_89434320	type	Protagonist-Centered Morality
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_89434320	comment	Protagonist-Centered Morality: Exploring this is one of the game's themes. What are you willing to do to try and secure a happy ending for your hero? What lines are you willing to cross? Who are you willing to screw over?
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b442f50	type	Did Not Get the Girl
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b442f50	comment	Did Not Get the Girl: Or guy. Either Sam or the protagonist is put in this position by the end (depending on your choices). Or both of them should you opt to have Sam killed for being unable to pay their gambling debt. Whoever is placed in this position becomes the Mysterious Stranger.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b4f491c	type	Villainy-Free Villain
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b4f491c	comment	Villainy-Free Villain: Your landlord is a raging asshole, but he's ultimately demanding money you do legitimately owe him and he has every right to kick you out on your ass if you can't pay up.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b68d9a7	type	Stalker with a Crush
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8b68d9a7	comment	Stalker with a Crush: One of the Flashbacks reveals how your friend Sam was crushing on your eventual significant other and following them around. Awkward.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8e0430ab	type	Non-Standard Game Over
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8e0430ab	comment	Non Standard Game Over: If you go to sleep on an empty stomach, you run the risk of dying in your sleep due to starvation.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8ed5c6e4	type	Asshole Victim
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8ed5c6e4	comment	Asshole Victim: Played With; you can potentially screw over some real Jerkasses, but circumstances are rarely black and white. Not to mention YOU can be this in somebody else's eyes. Regardless of your actions, Sam always sees you this way.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8ff843dd	type	Video Game Cruelty Punishment
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_8ff843dd	comment	Videogame Cruelty Punishment: If you sell Lady Bird to the Cookie Factory (one of the earliest choices that requires you to first befriend someone before you exploit them for money), later on you find out that the poster advertising championship training for dogs was telling the truth, and now she's Princess of the Big Dog boxing ring in Salt City. And if you can't beat her in time, you're not getting to San Verdano without killing a man.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_91479a10	type	SchrÃ¶dinger's Player Character
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_91479a10	comment	SchrÃ¶dinger's Player Character: Averted; almost all of the other party guests who you didn't select as your protagonist or ex still appear, with their own distinct names and roles in the story.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_94e4b975	type	Vomit Indiscretion Shot
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_94e4b975	comment	Vomit Indiscretion Shot: Whenever a character vomits, you can expect to see the stains afterwards.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7	type	Take a Third Option
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_950bbfa7	comment	Take a Third Option: In Beaton you can support the incumbent Republican or up and coming Democrat for mayor. The greatest reward comes from exposing them both as being in cahoots in a conspiracy. In the casino, you can choose to simply pay off Sam's debt instead of making the Sadistic Choice, provided you have the ten thousand dollars.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_973d220f	type	Never My Fault
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_973d220f	comment	Larry repeatedly reminds your protag that they lost their contract because they failed to deliver a proper book to them in time. He refuses to acknowledge any part he might have played in this.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0	type	Story Branching
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9aa17eb0	comment	Story Branching: Uses braid-like branching; your long-term goal of reaching San Verdano remains the same, as do the towns you stop at along the way. However, your methods and experiences depend entirely on your choices.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9ae85487	type	Dr. Jerk
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9ae85487	comment	Dr. Jerk: Doctor Bearenstein takes the attitude that people who can't pay for their treatment aren't worth saving anyway. He hasn't found success by working for free.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9b7de69c	type	False Friend
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9b7de69c	comment	False Friend: Sam was stealing the protagonist's work throughout college, planned to steal the protagonist's manuscript (probably twice), and won over the protagonist's love interest just so s/he could invite him/her to their wedding and rub their faces in it.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9c4003a1	type	One True Love
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9c4003a1	comment	One True Love: Deconstructed. What happens when someone is your One True Love, but you aren't theirs?
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1	type	Foreshadowing
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_9d12bbc1	comment	Foreshadowing: In one of the flashback sequences, the protagonist's professor accuses them of plagiarism, as their paper is remarkably similar to their roommate's. As it turns out, it's quite possible the roommate stole from them, and later in the game they may take credit for the protagonist's journal.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4	type	My God, What Have I Done?
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a1b141f4	comment	My God, What Have I Done?: Jack the ad exec has a nervous breakdown over their career choice and will commit suicide or murder if the protagonist doesn't intervene - and intervene correctly. If you chose to sabotage Stan's car, Carla has this reaction when she sees Stan's kids encouraging him. Let Sam get shot, and the protag has a panic attack afterwards, questioning whether or not that really happened.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a39d6056	type	Nice to the Waiter
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a39d6056	comment	Nice to the Waiter: Belinda demonstrates the Inverted version if you accompany her during her Retail Therapy; she's horrible to the hairdressers at her favorite salon. If she doesn't like what they do to her hair, she even tries to get them fired, refusing to acknowledge the instructions she gave them.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a536f3a3	type	Gender-Blender Name
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a536f3a3	comment	Gender-Blender Name: Used for a form of SchrÃ¶dinger's Gun at times: Your old writing partner, Sam, will always be the same gender as you. Similarly, Casey will always be the same gender as your ex.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a70223	type	Karma Houdini
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a70223	comment	Karma Houdini: If you choose to cut Stan's brakes, which ends up killing him in front of his children, you feel guilty but never actually face any consequences. If you play the protagonist as a selfish Jerkass, then this trope gets played straight if you let Sam live, protest at the wedding, and win your love interest back. Alternately, it gets subverted if Sam dies or you fail to convince your ex to take you back. As it turns out, Sam really isn't the greatest person around, so giving them the journal and letting them take credit for your work and marry your ex plays this very straight.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a74ca4fc	type	The Peeping Tom
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a74ca4fc	comment	The Peeping Tom: Your protag can spy on others through keyholes.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649	type	I Should Write a Book About This
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a8cbf649	comment	I Should Write a Book About This: Invoked: One of the conditions your agent establishes when offering to help your protag is that, at the end of the month, they want you to turn over your personal journal. Regardless of what happens, they think they can turn what you've written about your experiences into a good story.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a922f8de	type	To Be Lawful or Good
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a922f8de	comment	To Be Lawful or Good: Many of the choices you're faced with come down to this. And yes, that includes potentially killing people who might stand between you and your ex, or even just unfortunate strangers.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a9ee4fee	type	Secret Diary
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_a9ee4fee	comment	Secret Diary: Your protagonist keeps a journal that you can opt to write in every evening before turning in for the night. Larry wants you to keep it up as part of his fee for helping you.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_aa8dcc21	type	MegaCorp
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_aa8dcc21	comment	Beaton's mayor, Tom Hoard, is accused by his opponent of colluding with the local MegaCorp.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_acf33d00	type	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_acf33d00	comment	Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Can potentially happen in Beaton, if you get roped into helping rig the election and wind up blowing the whole thing wide open. Inviting you to the wedding may completely blow up in your old friend's face, as it gives your protag a chance to fix everything... or at least expose them for what they are.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438	type	Deadpan Snarker
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_ae3d6438	comment	Deadpan Snarker: Your main character can be pretty snippy and snarktastic about their situation.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_af6e7d83	type	Static Role, Exchangeable Character
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_af6e7d83	comment	Static Role, Exchangeable Character: The opening sequence has the player choose two of multiple individuals to be the protagonist and the love interest, and whoever isn't picked can show up later in the game. The stranger can turn out to be one of two individuals depending on your choices at the wedding. They can either be the protagonist or Sam, whichever one doesn't end up with the love interest.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_b0692cd9	type	Intro-Only Point of View
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_b0692cd9	comment	Intro-Only Point of View: You control an unnamed hitman in the frame story, and you briefly assume control of Larry at the beginning of the story as he chooses the main protagonist.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_b09c818	type	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_b09c818	comment	"Blackmail" Is Such an Ugly Word: One character would prefer you call his offered bribe a 'gift basket' instead. Your protagonist can opt to blackmail the doctor if you find good enough dirt on them, but skirts around actually calling it blackmail during the confrontation.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_babc974	type	Sadistic Choice
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_babc974	comment	In the casino, you can choose to simply pay off Sam's debt instead of making the Sadistic Choice, provided you have the ten thousand dollars.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bb18a227	type	It's All About Me
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bb18a227	comment	It's All About Me: You can play the protagonist this way, if you so choose. Larry is more concerned about how supporting you has impacted his own career, and doesn't particularly care to spare your feelings about this. Belinda is even more blatant about this. Turns out Sam is probably the most shining example of this mentality.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba	type	Timed Mission
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bb48f8ba	comment	Timed Mission: You have thirty days to get your life together. Good luck.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bf020789	type	Developer's Room
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_bf020789	comment	Developer's Room: Vagabond Dog Studios, next door to the protagonist's apartment building. You can even open their safe and steal their $50 game development budget. Doing so resets the game. The developers themselves are always hanging out at the local coffee shop(s).
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec	type	Irony
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c335b9ec	comment	Irony: Larry advises the protag to ditch their writing partner, Sam, in order to take a solo deal. Eventually, you learn that he's since taken Sam on as a client. The Reveal that Sam constantly stole your work casts a much harsher light on certain things in retrospect.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f	type	Informed Attribute
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c3448a6f	comment	Informed Attribute: Your Ex is perfect, a real one-in-a-million catch! Everyone says so! But depending on how you play it, they may have broken up with the Protagonist for pretty cruel reasons (one of them being that the protagonist's self esteem is too low) and no matter what ending you get, the Ex is just as happy with either the Protagonist or Sam, despite being aware of their history.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c4976d7c	type	Vehicular Sabotage
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c4976d7c	comment	Vehicular Sabotage: In Salt City, your protagonist may be approached with a plan to cut the brakes on Mechanic Stan's car.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c4db6423	type	Yank the Dog's Chain
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c4db6423	comment	Yank the Dog's Chain: At the start, you're an up-and-coming writer hand-picked by an agent interested in their work. One year later, when the game proper begins, you're a month behind on your rent and about to be kicked out onto the street, your significant other broke up with you and is about to marry another person, and everything generally sucks pretty hard. Your landlord Moving the Goalposts if you ticked him off. Instead of just flat-out telling you no, he makes a show of considering your offer, accepting it... and then tacking on the extra fee.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Tons of them. The achievements in the Steam version are all shout outs to songs, such as "They're Gonna Love You" being a shout out to Pink Floyd's "Have a Cigar" and Meet the New Boss being a direct reference to The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again". "Papers, papers, papers, puh-lease!" The name of one of Vagabond's games is Coldline: Toronto. The Indie Heroz figurines all are of characters or items from other games, including Dropsy, Monster Loves You!, Charlie Murder, Postal 2, and Hotline Miami.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_ca95473c	comment	Series Continuity Error: In the Ex's wedding vows, s/he says s/he loved the bride/groom from the moment they first saw them. Sam was the Ex's creepy stalker when the Ex first saw them.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_cfd569ac	comment	Take Your Time: Averted. You've got 30 days, no more. But if you make it there exactly in 30 days, you don't get there in time to go to Sam's bachelor(ette) party in Los Vargas. Without you there, Sam never racks up the gambling debt because your presence doesn't make him/her so insecure as to feel s/he needs a fairytale honeymoon to be happy with the Ex, and the casino owner and the gunman don't recognize the mysterious stranger in the ending.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d332bf54	type	Lampshaded
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d332bf54	comment	Lampshaded when the protag gets asked if they're really planning on wearing their usual clothes to the wedding.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d397657d	comment	Hoist by His Own Petard: Many of the bad things you can do will come back to haunt you in exactly the right way to ruin your progress. This is also most of what happens to Sam, pretty much from the get-go, especially if s/he loses the love interest at the wedding or dies. All the bad things that happen to them are a direct consequence of them trying to humiliate or take advantage of the protagonist in some way. Even the big date with the love interest would have gone on un-interrupted if s/he didn't plagiarize the protagonist's work.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d39e327f	type	What the Hell, Hero?
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d39e327f	comment	What the Hell, Hero?: Given the game's Driving Question is how far you're willing to go and who you're willing to screw over, it's only natural these can come up. When your protag tries to call out Larry for their paycheck not being as high as expected, Larry fires right back with one of these. As he points out, the contract hinged on your ability to deliver a book that never materialized. Larry also isn't happy if you walked out on the warehouse job, and you get called out either by him or by Belinda. Your protag's outraged when they discover Casey reading their diary. This then gets thrown right back in your face as Casey grills you about all the questionable decisions you've made so far.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d442f9d1	comment	Toilet Humor: Some disgrunted workers in Beaton take revenge on the warehouse manager by turd-bombing his car. Under certain circumstances, you can opt to join in.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d4bf11d1	type	Dramatic Unmask
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d4bf11d1	comment	Dramatic Unmask: At the end of the game, if the hitman chooses to wait a moment instead of pulling the trigger, the stranger finally unmasks themselves to reveal either the protagonist or Sam, whoever didn't get the girl/guy.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d52d28b6	type	Hypocrite
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_d52d28b6	comment	Hypocrite: Liberte is receiving campaign donations from several amoral corporations, including the very same MicroShaft corporation that's bankrolling Bob Hoard. After getting your journal, Larry will usually claim that he never lost faith in you... no matter how he treated you ahead of time. Larry does a lot of this. He constantly blames the protagonist for not yielding a book and ruining both their reputations, but he's the one who cut Sam out of the publishing deal, knowing they wrote as a team. In one ending, he complains that the protagonist is nothing but a selfish, lazy asshole, but the warehouse job proves that the protagonist did produce at least one book, but for some reason, it didn't count. Then there's how your old pal treats you, and how they can berate you for wasting your chance to make something of yourself... while facing their potential death over a gambling debt. The Ex gets a little of this, too. If you ask them for their opinion about the writing contract, they advise you to sign it because your only responsibility is to yourself knowing that Sam is getting screwed on the deal, and if asked about Sam in the flashbacks, they'll say he or she is creepy...and then they end up getting engaged to Sam less than a year after breaking up with the protagonist.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_de7b7cbf	type	Drugs Are Bad
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_de7b7cbf	comment	Drugs Are Bad: Darkeff is trying to kick the habit for good, but his ex-girlfriend Viper doesn't think much of his efforts, and may bring him a baggie full of heroin before his latest show. One of them overdoses on it. Hailey's so desperate to get some 'Happy Pills' that she'll point your protag towards her dealer if you agree to help. Find the dealer, and he'll drive home that he's bad news by offering you a deal for cheaper pills made from 'Eco-Friendly' Toxins.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e3cee2e7	type	Empathic Environment
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e3cee2e7	comment	Empathic Environment: If you leave Sam to die, it will rain at the wedding. Otherwise, it's sunny out.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e3f34fb4	type	Featureless Protagonist
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e3f34fb4	comment	Featureless Protagonist: Averted. Your character's gender, appearance and orientation all have an effect on how others treat you. Options that are available to one protagonist may be barred to another simply because somebody doesn't like something about your looks.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e567510d	comment	Determinator: The protagonist. Their moral fiber might be questionable and they might be willing to sink pretty low to get the job done, but they will not be stopped.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e8b295de	type	PlayedWith
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_e8b295de	comment	Played With; you can potentially screw over some real Jerkasses, but circumstances are rarely black and white. Not to mention YOU can be this in somebody else's eyes.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_eb8ec7c8	type	Jerkass
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_eb8ec7c8	comment	If you play the protagonist as a selfish Jerkass, then this trope gets played straight if you let Sam live, protest at the wedding, and win your love interest back. Alternately, it gets subverted if Sam dies or you fail to convince your ex to take you back.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_eb8f64a6	type	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_eb8f64a6	comment	No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Zig-zagged. In gameplay terms doing good deeds can drain you of limited cash but often provides alternative, possibly better rewards such as rare items or a place to sleep. But - selflessly bailing out Sam with your manuscript may end with either him/her being genuinely grateful... or gloating in your face.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_ecb70eb4	type	Video Game Cruelty Potential
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_ecb70eb4	comment	Videogame Cruelty Potential: You can screw others over for your own personal gain. Lie, cheat, steal, blackmail, betray, drive them to suicide... or worse. It all depends on your actions.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f3c801ef	type	Cranky Landlord
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f3c801ef	comment	Cranky Landlord: He isn't too happy that your protag is a month behind on the rent, and is primed to throw you out if you don't pay up ASAP.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f64a9cf7	type	Earn Your Happy Ending
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f64a9cf7	comment	Earn Your Happy Ending: If the protagonist manages to pay off Sam's gambling debt with $10,000, then they're able to keep the journal and the credit for their work. Follow this up by successfully objecting at the wedding, and congratulations! You get your love interest and a successful book deal, while Sam is either shot by Chekhov or left to live out the rest of their miserable existence as a hobo.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f66dfb4b	type	His Name Really Is "Barkeep"
Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_f66dfb4b	comment	His Name Really Is "Barkeep": It seems that the name of the fishing kid in Beaton actually is Fishing Kid, according to the initials he leaves to mark the fishing spots.
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Always Sometimes Monsters (Video Game) / int_fff371b4	comment	Death Seeker: The Mysterious Stranger is heavily implied to be one, given how they ultimately leave their life in Chekhov's hands.
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