Melon is a highly controversial aspect of the game, as mentioning the word causes Trip to immediately eject the player from the house, causing a bad ending.
Trip is usually tolerant, as minor insults like telling him to shut up, or saying obscenities cause him to attempt to laugh it off saying "Ha, never afraid to push our buttons, ha ha ha, heh...", or may cause Grace to intervene by saying "that was just a little poke in the ribs between friends". Only when Trip becomes angry will he eject the player from the house.
However the word melon or melons being mentioned at any point immediately causes him to eject the player; this has lead to much speculation on part of the fanbase.
Theories
- The word melon is a slang term to refer to the female breasts, and could be interpreted as an obscenity, as mentioning other slang terms such as "tits" also causes a similar reaction from Trip.
- Some theorists have stated that Grace is apparently a man and thus making Trip Gay, which implies that he dislikes melons, this is more or less supported by the fact that if you mention banana he smiles.
- A rumor recently sprang up, stating that when Trip was a boy he witnessed a close family member choke to death while eating one.
- Similar to above others claim that it was actually Trip who nearly choked to death, and as a result developed a slight phobia for the fruit.
- Digging through the code some people claim to have found dummied dialogue where Trip states that his sister loved shoving melons down his throat while spanking him, and thus making a deep hatred for the fruit.