Yume Nikki/YMMV

A list of some of the Subjective Tropes found in Yume Nikki.


 * Big Lipped Alligator Moment: Many, many bizarre things happen at random in the game and are never referenced again. But then, it's a dream, and there's no dialogue; it's only to be expected.
 * Ear Worm: The Aztec Rave Box, among other things.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse: Quite a few. Uboa and Masada, especially.
 * Epileptic Trees: There are a lot, due to the fact that there is no plot or characterization at all.
 * Freud Was Right: At least the fans like to think so. Arguably, many examples in game are indicative of this trope.
 * Good Bad Bugs: The boosted speed trick, which makes exploration a lot easier.
 * Goddamned Bats: Some of the Toriningen. They don't kill you (really, nothing in the game can ) but if they hit you, they'll send you to a secluded area that you can either escape by waking up or by using the Medamaude effect which takes you back to the hub.
 * Hell Is That Noise:
 * Uboa. Also known as: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA...
 * Stab something for a wonderful scream. An easy way to make this sound drive you insane is to take out the pointless room of walking eyes, or doing on of the few instances where you must stab a Toriningen.
 * Hilarious in Hindsight: Although Masada is often noted as Looking Like Cesare, he arguably looks even more like Tommy Wiseau. One poster of The Room even depicts Wiseau with slightly crossed eyes!
 * A composite of the two characters appears in this video of Smash Bros Lawl. (2:18)
 * It Was His Sled: How to make Uboa appear, as well as his very existence, which ruins a fair amount of the shock of discovering him. Then again, he has a 1 in 64 chance of appearing, meaning that most will never see Uboa anyway unless they either get very lucky or they explicitly try to find him. It can still be very shocking, however, when trying to find him, failing multiple times, doing it more just for the heck of it, and he suddenly appears.
 * Memetic Sex God: Masada and Uboa.
 * Memetic Mutation:
 * Many of the named NPCs -- specifically, Monoko and Poniko/Uboa(aaaaaAAAAAああああ) -- have become just as popular as Madotsuki herself on certain Image Boards.
 * ah not tan neet are not tan neet centimeter has become this for video sites.
 * Within the fandom, "NASU IS VERY EXCITING!" and "Let's monochrome ourselves!"
 * Little do you know that Uboa actually has a smooth, English voice and enjoys long walks on the beach, that is after he sends you to an alternate dimension.
 * One that we can take credit for is pointing out that Uboa looks an awful lot like Che Guevara.
 * A drawing of Madotsuki vomiting has circulated around the web and received many spin-offs.
 * Nightmare Fuel: So much of it.
 * Ship-to-Ship Combat: If you don't ship Masada/Madotsuki, be prepared for a virtual shove-in-a-puddle. And the people who don't ship them are usually too busy shipping him with Shitai.
 * Tear Jerker: If you want to read some of the fan theories, I suggest getting a few tissues beforehand.
 * That One Level:
 * The very big Hell maze.
 * The teleporter maze as well. While it lacks in size, it makes up for with a confusing network of Teleporters and Transporters.
 * True Art Is Angsty: The reaction to . The general response is that it not only undermines the themes of the game, but also the ambiguity of its reality.
 * True Art Is Incomprehensible: A lack of dialogue or plot forces you to come up with your own meaning.
 * Ugly Cute:
 * Monoko is what you get when you combine Body Horror with Moe.
 * Uboa, of all things, tends to get this treatment in fanart. It does have a big wide smile and eyes that suggests it's quite happy.
 * Western Gamers Love Yume Nikki: According to post No. 1420 on this page, Kikiyama was surprised to know that Yume Nikki was a lot more popular in the West than she expected.
 * The Woobie:
 * A very popular representation of Madotsuki.
 * Seccom Masada-sensei is often considered one as well, given where he resides: a spaceship in the middle of space, with no sentient company. If you take out your knife, he tries to get away from you. And then there is the table with two chairs, as if he would hope someone would come to him...
 * Mars-san, who's trapped alone in a cavern under Mars, looks as if it's crying, and its background music certainly doesn't help. It should be noted that it appears later on the same path as Secom Masada-sensei.