History AllThereInTheManual / WebOriginal

* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' (the Minecrafter and [=YouTuber=]) reveals in a livestream that sometimes, Minecraft Manhunt videos require more than one take, as Dream is occasionally caught and killed before even getting gear--and it wouldn't exactly be entertaining for the audience if a video was three minutes long.

* ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'':The trailer for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' complains how the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise has become extremely confusing for those that only watch the movies, since you have to follow tons of side material, including things like Website/{{Twitter}} posts explaining plot points and ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' (which had a ''Star Wars''-centric event which provided a scene alluded to in the opening crawl), for everything to make sense.
-->'''Narrator:''' Didn't know [Janna was [[spoiler:supposed to be Lando's daughter]]]? It was in the ''Rise of Skywalker'' visual companion book, idiot. You should have been reading that inbetween rounds of ''Fortnite''! Call yourself a ''Star Wars'' fan...

* ''ARG/TheNoedoleckinArchives'': The bulk of the lore not provided in the videos can be found on the creator's Twitter.

* Enforced in-universe in ''ARG/WelcomeHome'' — without any available footage, the only information available about this show comes from outside material.

* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYcHno-Zia0 Special Info Episode]] of ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'' gives a lot of information about the cats and the world that you would never know otherwise.
* Since some of the dialogue in ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn'' is unintelligible, most people wouldn't know what Iridescence's name is, or that the yellow pony's last name is De Noir. The former's shown on the website banner.

* Some of the ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'' [=DVDs=] have character profiles which give information on all of the characters that isn't found in the series, such as backstories, hometowns, and explanations for plotholes. For some characters, this is the only evidence of their full names. For instance, Sister's full name is [[spoiler: Kaikaina Grif]], Junior's is [[spoiler: Blarggity Blarg-Tucker]], and Sarge's is [[spoiler: Sargeant S. Sarge III]].
* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'':
** Creator/MontyOum's posted several full models of the show's characters and their weapons; this is many weapon names were revealed, and it's also how Junior's real name (Hei Xiong) and Adam's last name (Taurus) were first revealed.
** Things like character semblances and the like are often revealed in the show's podcast and at show panels, with one (controversial) example being Ironwood's semblance, [[TheDeterminator Mettle]].
** Torchwick's ice-cream-themed sidekick is known simply as "Neo" in the show proper. Spin-off media such as ''WebAnimation/RWBYChibi'' and ''Literature/RWBYRomanHoliday'' give her full name as "Neopolitan", with the latter revealing that it was a MeaningfulRename following her parents' deaths.

* ''WebAnimation/TrickMoon'': Characters that only show up in the opening theme are named in posts on creator Geneva Hodgson's twitter account, which also includes character details not shown in the short proper.

* Some of the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [=DVDs=] have character profiles which give information on all of the characters that isn't found in the series, such as backstories, hometowns, and explanations for plotholes. For some characters, this is the only evidence of their full names. For instance, Sister's full name is [[spoiler: Kaikaina Grif]], Junior's is [[spoiler: Blarggity Blarg-Tucker]], and Sarge's is [[spoiler: Sargeant S. Sarge III]].

* ''Roleplay/MSFHighForum'': Besides the same issues with MSF High proper, many characters have extensive backgrounds written up, or plotted up, that simply have not been publicly released. In addition, a few times, private roleplays have been used to save time on certain actions between NPCS...and these roleplays have not been released.
** And then there's how Michelle got turned into a catgirl...

* On Creator/MontyOum's Facebook page, he posted several full models of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' characters and their weapons; this is how most of the names of the weapons are revealed, and it's also how Junior's real name (Hei Xiong) and Adam's last name (Taurus) were first revealed.

* In ''Literature/TheLastAngel'', the author goes into a lot of details on the setting in answering readers' questions on the forum he posts on.
* ''Roleplay/LeagueOfIntergalacticCosmicChampions'' falls into this with several characters introductions being deleted off the web, information revealed in other cybersoap boards and author fics giving backstory.
* Some of the ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' [=DVDs=] have character profiles which give information on all of the characters that isn't found in the series, such as backstories, hometowns, and explanations for plotholes. For some characters, this is the only evidence of their full names. For instance, Sister's full name is [[spoiler: Kaikaina Grif]], Junior's is [[spoiler: Blarggity Blarg-Tucker]], and Sarge's is [[spoiler: Sargeant S. Sarge III]].
* On Creator/MontyOum's Facebook page, he posted several full models of ''{{WebAnimation/RWBY}}'' characters and their weapons; this is how most of the names of the weapons are revealed, and it's also how Junior's real name (Hei Xiong) and Adam's last name (Taurus) were first revealed.
* Plinkett from ''WebVideo/RedLetterMedia'' '''hates''' this trope, and during one of his ''Franchise/StarWars'' reviews points out how stupid it is; when watching a movie everything you see really needs to be explained ''within the movie itself,'' not in countless other pieces of literature and comics.

* [[RuleOfThree Completing the trifecta]], WebSite/SFDebris ranted on his review of Creator/DannyBoyle's ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' and ''Film/StarTrek2009'' about how this is a pet peeve of his, because you shouldn't have to go out and buy a comic book/additional novel/check a website/hunt for a deleted scene to be able to understand a detail (or series of details) that appears in the movie and that, standing by itself, is actually (borderline or totally) nonsensical. He has mentioned that he is a teacher and thus this being a personal peeve makes sense: he cannot give a good grade to a report that forces him to hunt for data the student decided to exclude. He even went as far as lament that this trope dilutes [[Film/StarTrek2009 Nero's]] impact tremendously, making him an "emo Romulan" when the backstory is probably ''even better than [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan's]]''.
* After he finished ''Literature/FineStructure'', the author released supplementary material that didn't fit in (some canonical, some not) and started [[WordOfGod taking questions]]. Some of the most pressing questions, however, were dismissed by ShrugOfGod -- the fact that certain questions are never answered is part of the point.
* ''Roleplay/SurvivalOfTheFittest'' (and by extension other PlayByPostGames) can fall into this at times. Some information is only given in character profiles, and not mentioned anywhere else for any number of reasons. At other times, you may have to look through [[DevelopingDoomedCharacters pre-game]] threads, other characters' plotlines, and sometimes even past versions to fully understand events that go on in the main game.
* The ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' has a wiki that's maybe four or five hundred pages, most of which came from the secret [[WordOfGod Canon Bible]] the authors work from, even though it's maintained by fans. It has tons of detail, even on characters we haven't seen yet and secret threats we haven't even had ''mentioned'' yet in {{Canon}}.
* ''Literature/TrintonChronicles'' also has a wiki page which is mostly kept by the author's, there is no known [[WordOfGod Canon Bible]] par-say but there is a web page, a wiki page, and secret documents maintained by the creator.

* The FanFic/AntiClicheAndMarySueEliminationSociety has a [[http://acmses.wikia.com/wiki/ACMSES_Wiki Wiki]] maintained by the authors that details events and characters.
* The official website for ''WebVideo/TheMercuryMen'' provides tons of supplementary material, including blueprints, digital props, and faux-1960’s trading cards.

* In [[Literature/NottingCove Fairies of Notting Cove]] an extra seventh chapter was released alongside the final chapter. It contained mostly meaningless details with some things that couldn't be written in.

* The story of ''WebVideo/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition'' is entirely contained in its [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Sonic%202%20SE/manual manual.]]
* While watching WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, you could ''probably'' guess that Turrell was exhibiting NeverMyFault qualities while blaming WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic for blowing up his planet (which didn't happen), but that's only confirmed in the ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' commentary where Rob says Turrell got "distracted" by the Critic's review of ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' and that's why he's so pissed off.
* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYcHno-Zia0 Special Info Episode]] of ''WebAnimation/DSBTInsaniT'' gives a lot of information about the cats and the world that you would never know otherwise.

* Since some of the dialogue in ''WebAnimation/DusksDawn'' is unintelligible, most people wouldn't know what Iridescence's name is, or that the yellow pony's last name is De Noir. The former's shown on the website banner.

* ''LetsPlay/{{Dream}}'' (the Minecrafter and [=YouTuber=]) reveals in a livestream that sometimes, Minecraft Manhunt videos require more than one take, as Dream is occasionally caught and killed before even getting gear—and it wouldn't exactly be entertaining for the audience if a video was three minutes long.
* ''WebVideo/HonestTrailers'':The trailer for ''Film/TheRiseOfSkywalker'' complains how the ''Franchise/StarWars'' franchise has become extremely confusing for those that only watch the movies, since you have to follow tons of side material, including things like Website/{{Twitter}} posts explaining plot points and ''VideoGame/{{Fortnite}}'' (which had a ''Star Wars''-centric event which provided a scene alluded to in the opening crawl), for everything to make sense.
-->'''Narrator:''' Didn't know [Janna was [[spoiler:supposed to be Lando's daughter]]]? It was in the ''Rise of Skywalker'' visual companion book, idiot. You should have been reading that inbetween rounds of ''Fortnite''! Call yourself a ''Star Wars'' fan...

* The story of ''VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2SpecialEdition'' is entirely contained in its [[http://lparchive.org/LetsPlay/Sonic%202%20SE/manual manual.]]

* ''LetsPlay/Dream'' (the Minecrafter and [=YouTuber=]) reveals in a livestream that sometimes, Minecraft Manhunt videos require more than one take, as Dream is occasionally caught and killed before even getting gear—and it wouldn't exactly be entertaining for the audience if a video was three minutes long.

* The ''[[Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse Global Guardians Encyclopedia]]'' had tens of thousands of entries, detailing all kinds of fun facts, most of which never made it into any story at all. Examples include how the Las Vegas casinos dealt with superhumans who use their powers to cheat a casino (harshly), when the first flying car was released to for public purchase (1974), to how much it costs to buy a John Deere Iron Man II brand power-assist exoskeleton ($75,000), and pretty much everything in between.

* While watching WebVideo/ToBoldlyFlee, you could ''probably'' guess that Turrell was exhibiting NeverMyFault qualities while blaming WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic for blowing up his planet (which didn't happen), but that's only confirmed in the ''ScoobyDoo'' commentary where Rob says Turrell got "distracted" by the Critic's review of ''Film/BattlefieldEarth'' and that's why he's so pissed off.

* [[RuleOfThree Completing the trifecta]], WebSite/SFDebris ranted on his review of Creator/DannyBoyle's ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' and ''Film/StarTrek2009'' about how this is a pet peeve of his, because you shouldn't have to go out and buy a comic book/additional novel/check a website/hunt for a deleted scene to be able to understand a detail (or series of details) that appears in the movie and that, standing by itself, is actually (borderline or totally) nonsensical. He has mentioned that he is a teacher and thus this being a personal peeve makes sense: he cannot give a good grade to a report that forces him to hunt for data the student decided to exclude. He even went as far as lament that this trope dilutes [[Film/StarTrek Nero's]] impact tremendously, making him an "emo Romulan" when the backstory is probably ''even better than [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan's]]''.

* [[RuleOfThree Completing the trifecta]], WebSite/SFDebris ranted on his review of Creator/DannyBoyle's ''Film/{{Sunshine}}'' and 2009's ''Film/StarTrek'' about how this is a pet peeve of his, because you shouldn't have to go out and buy a comic book/additional novel/check a website/hunt for a deleted scene to be able to understand a detail (or series of details) that appears in the movie and that, standing by itself, is actually (borderline or totally) nonsensical. He has mentioned that he is a teacher and thus this being a personal peeve makes sense: he cannot give a good grade to a report that forces him to hunt for data the student decided to exclude. He even went as far as lament that this trope dilutes [[Film/StarTrek Nero's]] impact tremendously, making him an "emo Romulan" when the backstory is probably ''even better than [[Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan Khan's]]''.