History Fanfic / GManMeetsTheMysteryMan

* ActingInTheDark: Hitchcock's understanding of VideoGame/HalfLife is extremely limited (and by that I mean he knows virtually nothing outside of the fact that there's a character named Gordon Freeman who saves the world or something and there's a creepy guy called the G-Man). Meanwhile, [=PeabodySam=]'s knowledge of Film/LostHighway [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig extends to a single scene]].

VideoGame/HalfLife meets Creator/DavidLynch. You read that right.

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The premise is simple enough. G-Man is at a party, when he is approached by [[LostHighway a certain other creepy mysterious character with an otherworldly vibe and unknown intentions, morals, or motives who may or may not be human]]. A bit of shenanigans involving Series/{{Fringe}} and Film/TheAdjustmentBureau and HilarityEnsues.

* ActingInTheDark: Hitchcock's understanding of VideoGame/HalfLife is extremely limited (and by that I mean he knows virtually nothing outside of the fact that there's a character named Gordon Freeman who saves the world or something and there's a creepy guy called the G-Man). Meanwhile, [=PeabodySam=]'s knowledge of LostHighway [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZowK0NAvig extends to a single scene]].

** In LostHighway, the scene where the Mystery Man claims to have met someone before and then answers the phone at his house while still standing right in front of him is a very creepy scene. Here, it's PlayedForLaughs, largely because the guy making the call is just as creepy.

* MoodWhiplash: When the G-Man calls his house after the Mystery Man tells him he is there, anyone who has seen LostHighway knows what's going to happen next... [[spoiler: except [[Series/{{Fringe}} September]] accidentally picks up the phone instead, and then the Adjustment Bureau has to fix it so that the Mystery Man picks up as was originally supposed to happen]].

* SurrealHumour: True to [[LostHighway the original film]], the Mystery Man is somehow able to answer the phone in G-Man's house while still ''standing right in front of him'', though in this case it's partially PlayedForLaughs despite being a very creepy moment in the original movie.

* SurrealHumour: True to [[LostHighway the original film]], the Mystery Man is somehow able to answer the phone in G-Man's house while still ''standing right in front of him'', though in this case it's partially PlayedForLaughs despite being a very creepy moment in the original movie.
* XMeetsY: VideoGame/HalfLife meets Film/LostHighway.

* NoodleImplements: We never find out just ''what'' was in that package the Mystery Man planned go give G-Man, just that the latter already knew.

This... strange short story was the product of tropers Users/JohnAlexanderHitchcock and Users/PeabodySam noticing a slight resemblance in two really strange creepy characters with an otherworldly vibe, and deciding to work out what would happen if they actually met.

* AffectionateParody: Users/PeabodySam is a big fan of VideoGame/HalfLife while Users/JohnAlexanderHitchcock admires the works of Creator/DavidLynch.

* TheEndOrIsIt: "Be prepared for unexpected circumstances".

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* TheCameo: By characters from Series/Fringe and Film/TheAdjustmentBureau of all things.

The premise is simple enough. G-Man is at a party, when he is approached by [[LostHighway a certain other creepy mysterious character with an otherworldly vibe and unknown intentions, morals, or motives who may or may not be human]]. A bit of shenanigans involving Series/Fringe and Film/TheAdjustmentBureau and HilarityEnsues.

* UncannyValley: The two central characters.

* SurrealHumour: True to [[LostHighway the original film]], the Mystery Man is somehow able to answer the phone in G-Man's house while still ''standing right in front of him'', though in this case it's partially PlayedForLaughs.

The premise is simple enough. G-Man is at a party, when he is approached by [[LostHighway a certain other creepy mysterious character with an otherworldly vibe and unknown intentions, morals, or motives who may or may not be human]]. A bit of shenanigans involving Series/Fringe and Film/TheAdjustmentBureau and HilarityEnsues.