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* EntryPoint: The [[TitleCharacter titular character]] reaches out for the potential player's help by means of edited ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' videos on Youtube.

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* EntryPoint: The [[TitleCharacter titular character]] Wilbur reaches out for the potential player's help by means of edited ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' videos on Youtube.
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* EntryPoint: The [[TitleCharacter titular character]] reaches out for the potential player's help by means of edited ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' videos on Youtube.
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* BlatantLies: In his initial email to Jack, Wilbur claims to have invented keyframing and 2 of the 6 strings on a guitar.

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* BlatantLies: In his initial email to Jack, Wilbur claims to have invented keyframing keyframing[[note]]a vital tool used in editing and animation[[/note]] and 2 of the 6 strings on a guitar.

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On the 10th of December 2018, Youtuber [=JackSucksAtLife=] received an email from a man named Wilbur Soot, who showed interest in becoming his new video editor. Intrigued, Jack sent back some raw footage for Wilbur to edit, and filmed himself reviewing the footage. It seemed normal at first, until it randomly cut to a poorly shot video of Wilbur in a decrepit old house, asking for help. It only got stranger from there...

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On the 10th of December 2018, Youtuber [=JackSucksAtLife=] received an email from a man named Wilbur Soot, Music/WilburSoot, who showed interest in becoming his new video editor. Intrigued, Jack sent back some raw footage for Wilbur to edit, and filmed himself reviewing the footage. It seemed normal at first, until it randomly cut to a poorly shot video of Wilbur in a decrepit old house, asking for help. It only got stranger from there...
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Thus far, the ARG has gone unsolved. Wilbur has said that fans have all the clues, but that nobody has put the story together yet.
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-->-- '''Wilbur'''

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-->-- '''Wilbur'''
'''Editor Wilbur Soot'''
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* MoodWhiplash: The first video of the series starts off light-hearted, with Jack laughing at the strange email from Wilbur, followed by a genuine review of the editing job Wilbur did for him. Then the video cuts to Wilbur in a dimly lit room, begging for help, while Jack watches in frightened confusion.
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* MoodSwinger: Later on in the series, Wilbur starts flip-flopping between aggressively manic and subdued depression. This is signified by his glasses - with the glasses on, he speaks in a very quiet, monotone voice, and barely moves, with the glasses ''off'' he becomes very animated, his voice becomes much livelier, and his behavior much more aggressive.

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* MoodSwinger: Later on in the series, Wilbur starts flip-flopping between aggressively manic aggressive mania and subdued depression. This is signified by his glasses - with the glasses on, he speaks in a very quiet, monotone voice, and barely moves, with the glasses ''off'' he becomes very animated, his voice becomes much livelier, and his behavior much more aggressive.
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* {{Irony}}: Wilbur repeatedly pokes fun at Jack for only making ''Videogame/{{Minecraft}}''-content. About a year later, Wilbur would become one of the most well-known ''Minecraft''-Youtubers and streamers on the platform. Something that has certainly [[https://youtu.be/kBJYPoBrFcQ?t=576 come to his attention]].
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* BlatantLies: In his initial email to Jack, Wilbur claims to have invented keyframing and 2 of the 6 strings on a guitar.
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* FullNameBasis: Wilbur consistently refers to Jack as "Jack Massey Welsh [=SucksAtLife=]".

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On the 10th of December 2018, Youtuber [=JackSucksAtLife=] received an email from a man named Wilbur Soot, who showed interest in becoming his new video editor. Intrigued, Jack sent back some raw footage for Wilbur to edit, and reviews the footage live. It seems normal at first, until it randomly cuts to a poorly shot video of Wilbur in a decrepit old house, asking for help. It only gets stranger from there...

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On the 10th of December 2018, Youtuber [=JackSucksAtLife=] received an email from a man named Wilbur Soot, who showed interest in becoming his new video editor. Intrigued, Jack sent back some raw footage for Wilbur to edit, and reviews filmed himself reviewing the footage live. footage. It seems seemed normal at first, until it randomly cuts cut to a poorly shot video of Wilbur in a decrepit old house, asking for help. It only gets got stranger from there...


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* MythologyGag: The people at the start of "The Final Editor Wilbur Video" expressing concern over Wilbur are all members of ''WebVideo/SootHouse''.
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->''"It's nice when things end with a bow on the top, isn't it Jack? It's nice when things end with a bow... on the top..."''
-->-- '''Wilbur'''

The Editor Wilbur ARG is an Alternate Reality Game, detailing the story of Editor Wilbur, who reaches out for help through edited Minecraft videos.

On the 10th of December 2018, Youtuber [=JackSucksAtLife=] received an email from a man named Wilbur Soot, who showed interest in becoming his new video editor. Intrigued, Jack sent back some raw footage for Wilbur to edit, and reviews the footage live. It seems normal at first, until it randomly cuts to a poorly shot video of Wilbur in a decrepit old house, asking for help. It only gets stranger from there...

The playlist of all the videos can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjcmTtLW6yc&list=PLheGV8_eaJeQ2qJ1S3N9TQ7P8ZjbycH3l here]]. [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Z2n6Y8NJW6hk7Ql81qD0BUk1P41b-vz4A-U8U1cC2FI/edit#heading=h.2gazcsgmxkub This document]] details everything that has been discovered so far. The [[Website/{{Reddit}} subreddit]] can be found [[https://www.reddit.com/r/SootHouseClues/ here]].

!! The Editor Wilbur ARG contains examples of:
* ArcWords: "I'm so cold."
* DeadManWriting: Played with. [[spoiler: In his final video, Wilbur says that "this version" of him will be dead. The person Wilbur Soot is still alive, it's the character of Editor Wilbur that has died.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: In his final video, Wilbur starts trying to explain everything that has happened... And then straight up ''disappears'' mid-sentence.]]
* MoodSwinger: Later on in the series, Wilbur starts flip-flopping between aggressively manic and subdued depression. This is signified by his glasses - with the glasses on, he speaks in a very quiet, monotone voice, and barely moves, with the glasses ''off'' he becomes very animated, his voice becomes much livelier, and his behavior much more aggressive.
* SerialEscalation: Related to the ArcWords, Wilbur's clothing seems to signify he keeps getting colder. In the first video, despite being in a seemingly unheated room, Wilbur is only wearing a long-sleeved T-shirt. Slowly, he starts putting on warmer clothes and more and more layers, until in the final video he's wearing a winter coat, scarf and cap, and ''still'' says he's colder than he's ever been in his life.

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