History Literature / JohnDiesAtTheEnd

A web serial-turned-published-book by author David Wong (actually Jason Pargin, head editor of Website/{{Cracked}}), written in autobiographical style, narrated by [[AuthorAvatar a character named David Wong]] about his and his best friend's adventures featuring the paranormal.

* {{Earworm}}: Some of the evil racist remixed songs are quite catchy, even InUniverse. Just don't try to sing along...
--> Let's send 'em aaalllllll ba-ack to Aaaaafrica...

** Arguably Averted: a.) Dave ''shot'' the skinhead to death; the axe would have beheaded not the skinhead, but his corpse, b.) Even if you consider the corpse to have been the skinhead, the axe wouldn't have beheaded him, Dave would have,
** There is a hidden-in-plain-sight Theseus Ship, though: Is it even the 'same' skinhead?—it is stated that 'he' had found a new head.

--> '''John''': “Oh, no! It’s dark in here and here I am in the shower! Alone! I’m so naked and vulnerable!”

--> '''Morgan''': You believe in Hell, Mr. Wong?
--> '''Dave''': Uh, yeah. I guess.
--> '''Morgan''': Why? Why do you believe in Hell?
--> '''Dave''': Because it's the opposite of what I want to believe.

--> '''Amy''': Are you scared?
--> '''David''': Pretty much all the time, yeah.
--> '''Amy''': Why? [...]
--> '''David''': Because I sort of looked into Hell, but I still don't know if there's a Heaven or not.

-->"Dude, I can't believe you ain't all paralyzed by the pure, naked horror of this place."
-->After a long, long pause John said, "Uh, thank you."

--> [[spoiler:'''John''': GENTLEMEN, I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE A TOAST!]]

* PowderTrail - [[spoiler:John lights a giant self-wrapped cigarette that acts as a PowderTrail to the bomb that destroys part of the building in Shit Narnia.]]

-->I did it according to this equation:
-->@@l = E x ∞ @@
-->Which can be translated as "One small lie saves an infinite amount of explanation." I use it all the time. I've used it on you already.

* NamesTheSame: Jennifer Lopez, in a BaitAndSwitch comment. Subverted with "Morgan Freeman", who Dave notes doesn't look, sound, or is even named anything like his namesake (his real last name is "Appleton"). Dave admits he has a habit of naming random people he comes across after famous celebrities, regardless of actual resemblance.[invoked]

Dave and John are two college dropouts living in the middle of an "Undisclosed" town in Illinois. John is a deranged, irresponsible, carefree, slacker/rocker/drug enthusiast. Dave is an apathetic, bored, snarky withdrawn young man with a traumatic past and the tendency to get dragged along with whatever John happens to be doing. After a run-in with a living hallucinogenic drug at a party, the pair gain the ability to see ghosts, demons, and into other dimensions. HilarityEnsues. So does violence. And Monsters. And weirdness. And swearing. And an ''unbelievable'' amount of dick jokes and ToiletHumor.

Two sequels, titled ''Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt'' and ''Literature/WhatTheHellDidIJustReadANovelOfCosmicHorror'' have been released. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

* AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Korrok is a violent, tyrannical, evil, petty, narcissistic, sadistic, racist, homophobic, know-it-all organic supercomputer from another dimension, with the maturity of a 13-year-old playing an online game. It's a tower of flesh and nerves bigger than the statue of liberty, wants to rule the entire multiverse, and eats people wrapped in bacon.]]

* AnyoneCanDie: As a result of CloningBlues, almost every named character [[spoiler: including John, though, ironically, at the beginning, not the end, and he comes back anyway]] dies at one point in the novel, most of them onscreen.

The [[Film/JohnDiesAtTheEnd film adaptation directed by Don Coscarelli]] was released hit theaters on January 25th, 2013 and is also [[https://itunes.apple.com/us/movie/john-dies-at-the-end/id586527823 available on iTunes]]. Its trailer can be watched [[http://www.cracked.com/article_19477_john-dies-at-end-teaser-trailer.html here]] on Website/{{Cracked}}.

* KillUsBoth: Subverted. [[spoiler: Monster Dave becomes suicidal when he realizes he is a TomatoInTheMirror, but John and Amy conspire to prevent that.]]

* InfantImmortality: The dog version, with TeamPet Molly, who survives a miraculous amount of things. The ending strongly hints that [[spoiler:Molly is actually a disguised [[OurAngelsAreDifferent angel]], who takes on the form of Fred Durst to explain this (and a bunch of other stuff) to the narrator. Note when he says he's been "dogging" Dave around. Quotes included in the original text.]] [[{{Cliffhanger}} May or may not be the case]] in the sequel.

* WorldHalfEmpty - Shitload gives a speech about how he's amused by the fact humans constantly lie to themselves that they will not die any moment, for no reason, and not without someone there for them. After Vegas, David occasionally monologues like this, especially when he investigates the mall. He knows it's an attempt by the Shadow Men to make him kill John and Chrissy in a fit of nihilist-driven rage, though. The ending also ends with an in-universe AuthorTract by Dr. Marconi about how humans are nasty little shits.

Two sequels, titled ''Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDudeDontTouchIt'' and ''Literature/WhatTheHellDidIJustRead'' have been released. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

Two sequels, titled ''[[Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDude This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It]]'' and ''Literature/WhatTheHellDidIJustRead'' have been released. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

!!Provides examples of:

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Shit Narnia, [[spoiler: Korrok's home dimension.]] The inhabitants live in peace and harmony, harness biotechnology, are very welcoming and kind... [[spoiler:and serve a psychopathic eldritch abomination who seeks to conquer the multiverse, are horribly disfigured, and like to feed people to said abomination.]]

** LimpBizkit is repeatedly referred to as a terrible band.

* MoneySpider and CrateExpectations: Parodied at the mall. John embraces the situation to the extent to mention the possibility of finding mushrooms resembling the 1up mushroom from SuperMario. Played down quite a bit from the original version, which was essentially a chapter-long parody of {{First Person Shooter}}s and Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda. Justified because the demon who is [[RealityWarper creating the monsters]] is riding around in their friend, who they presume is mimicking a game in order to help them along.

** There is a hidden-in-plain-sight Theseus Ship, though: Is it even the 'same' skinhead?—it is stated the 'he' had found a new head.

-->--'''David Wong,''' referring to the [[SuperSerum Soy Sauce]]

Two sequels, titled ''[[Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDude This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It]]'' and ''What The Hell Did I Just Read'' have been released. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

A sequel, titled ''[[Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDude This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It]]'' has been released, with a third book, ''What The Hell Did I Just Read'' due for release in October 2017. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:it is heavily implied that the Shadow Men, and even Korrok himself, even with all the power they have over multiple universes, are themselves pawns of ''something''.

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler: it is heavily implied that the Shadow Men, and even Korrok himself, even with all the power they have over multiple universes, are themselves pawns of ''something''.

A sequel, titled ''[[Literature/ThisBookIsFullOfSpidersSeriouslyDude This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It]]'' has been released, with a third ''John Dies At The End'' book due for release in 2017. David Wong is also the author of ''[[Literature/FuturisticViolenceAndFancySuits Futuristic Violence and Fancy Suits]]'', an unrelated Science Fiction novel that has a similar sense of humour.

* TextualCelebrityResemblance: Subverted: Jennifer Lopez looks nothing like Music/JenniferLopez, name aside. "MorganFreeman" is a detective in Book One, but David admits that he looks nothing at all like Creator/MorganFreeman, besides being black - Dave admits that the guy looks more like another black actor, but Dave can't think of that actor's name (or even remember what the man's real name was). So he sticks with Morgan Freeman.