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{{quote|''"I wanna make the insufferable suffer!'' <br />
{{quote|''"I wanna make the insufferable suffer!''
''Bring back the dark!'' <br />
''Bring back the dark!''
''Bring back the gruesome!'' <br />
''Bring back the gruesome!''
''Bring on the Grimm!"''|Grimm}}
''Bring on the Grimm!"''|Grimm}}


Once upon a time, people told stories with dark danger lurking around every corner and important warnings. But as time passed, the stories got watered down into a pile of mushy stuff that would put [[Walt Disney]] to shame.
Once upon a time, people told stories with dark danger lurking around every corner and important warnings. But as time passed, the stories got watered down into a pile of mushy stuff that would put [[Walt Disney]] to shame.


In this episodic platformer, your player character is Grimm, a dirty dwarf who hates how the fairy tales have turned out and decides to bring back their darker aspects... by running around the settings of said tales, [[Walking Wasteland|his very presence]] causing things to become as grim and gruesome as he is.
In the 23-episode [[platformer]] series '''''American McGee's Grimm''''', your player character is Grimm, a dirty dwarf who hates how the fairy tales have turned out and decides to bring back their darker aspects... by running around the settings of said tales, [[Walking Wasteland|his very presence]] causing things to become as grim and gruesome as he is.


A [[Comic Book]] adaptation by [[IDW Publishing]] has Grimm, having successfully Grimmified the fairy tale world, moving on to various [[Comic Book]] settings, starting with a [[Captain Ersatz]]-filled superhero universe in "[[Crisis Crossover|Crisis on Earth 57]]",
A five-issue 2009 [[Comic Book]] adaptation by [[IDW Publishing]] has Grimm, having successfully Grimmified the fairy tale world, moving on to various [[Comic Book]] settings, starting with a [[Captain Ersatz]]-filled superhero universe in "[[Crisis Crossover|Crisis on Earth 57]]",


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* [[An Aesop]] - Grimm delivers one of these at the end of each darkened fairy tale, they range from normal, to [[Space Whale Aesop|Space Whale]], to (unsurprisingly) [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|Family Unfriendly]].

== This video game contains the following tropes: ==

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* [[An Aesop]] - Grimm delivers one of these at the end of each darkened fairy tale, they range from normal, to [[Space Whale Aesop|Space Whale]], to (unsurprisingly) [[Family Unfriendly Aesop|Family Unfriendly]].
* [[Bloody Hilarious]] - Most definitely prevalent.
* [[Bloody Hilarious]] - Most definitely prevalent.
* [[Broken Aesop]] - Stories like Cinderella or Rapunzel shouldn't be changed just because they have some unseemly parts to them...''unless'' they had a happy ending to begin with, like [[A Christmas Carol]].
* [[Broken Aesop]] - Stories like Cinderella or Rapunzel shouldn't be changed just because they have some unseemly parts to them...''unless'' they had a happy ending to begin with, like [[A Christmas Carol]].
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* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: What Grimm thinks cats follow
* [[Pragmatic Villainy]]: What Grimm thinks cats follow
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] - Grimm likes to give these to abused heroines, such as Cinderella and The Girl Without Hands.
* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] - Grimm likes to give these to abused heroines, such as Cinderella and The Girl Without Hands.
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: The ultimate result of much of Grimm's interference is such gems like "[[Black and Grey Morality|you can't get rid of cruelty in your own generation, so why bother]]" and "[[Cats Are Mean|Felines are cruel and vicious creatures who only help others out of the knowledge that they'll come off better in the long term]]". To show just how bad the [[Sugar Bowl]] is before Grimm comes along, these actually make more sense then the [[Broken Aesop|previous]] [[Family Unfriendly Aesop|ones]].
* [[Spoof Aesop]]: The ultimate result of much of Grimm's interference is such gems like "[[Black and Grey Morality|you can't get rid of cruelty in your own generation, so why bother]]" and "[[Cats Are Mean|Felines are cruel and vicious creatures who only help others out of the knowledge that they'll come off better in the long term]]". To show just how bad the [[Sugar Bowl]] is before Grimm comes along, these actually make more sense then the [[Broken Aesop|previous]] [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop|ones]].
* [[Shout Out]] - To many films, such as ''[[The Terminator]]'' and, more obscurely, ''[[Metropolis (Film)|Metropolis]]''.
* [[Shout-Out]] - To many films, such as ''[[The Terminator]]'' and, more obscurely, ''[[Metropolis]]''.
** At the end of the Golden Goose episode, Grimm plans to sail the ship the final level takes place in to [[Yoshis Island (Video Game)|Yoshis Island]].
** At the end of the Golden Goose episode, Grimm plans to sail the ship the final level takes place in to [[Yoshi's Island]].
** Even in the Puss in Boots story, after the [[Grimmification]], he says the [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]] [[Me Me]]
** Even in the Puss in Boots story, after the [[Grimmification]], he says the [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]] meme.
* [[Snow Means Death]] - In the ''Godfather Death'' episode, Grimm's progress turns most of the areas into frozen wastelands.
* [[Snow Means Death]] - In the ''Godfather Death'' episode, Grimm's progress turns most of the areas into frozen wastelands.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]] - Grimm is like this at times.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]] - Grimm is like this at times.
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Revision as of 14:53, 13 July 2021

"I wanna make the insufferable suffer!
Bring back the dark!
Bring back the gruesome!

Bring on the Grimm!"
—Grimm

Once upon a time, people told stories with dark danger lurking around every corner and important warnings. But as time passed, the stories got watered down into a pile of mushy stuff that would put Walt Disney to shame.

In the 23-episode platformer series American McGee's Grimm, your player character is Grimm, a dirty dwarf who hates how the fairy tales have turned out and decides to bring back their darker aspects... by running around the settings of said tales, his very presence causing things to become as grim and gruesome as he is.

A five-issue 2009 Comic Book adaptation by IDW Publishing has Grimm, having successfully Grimmified the fairy tale world, moving on to various Comic Book settings, starting with a Captain Ersatz-filled superhero universe in "Crisis on Earth 57",

Tropes used in American McGee's Grimm include:
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