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* [[SnowyScreenOfDeath Static on a television]], and its heir, the BlueScreenOfDeath.

Paranoia, by definition, requires a level of suspicion and distrust. A monster chasing after you in broad daylight is probably not Paranoia Fuel, but a shape shifting murderer targeting you who ''may'' be hiding among your friends or family or [[ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight the clothes in your closet]] most likely is. A good rule of thumb is if a show or commercial makes you double check the people or objects around you (or triple check, or quadruple check, or...) then it fits here.

** ParanoiaFuel/OneThousandWaysToDie

** ParanoiaFuel/{{Overwatch}}
** ParanoiaFuel/WatchDogs

* TheChessmaster: Things happening in your life or around you, whether big or small, could be a result of someone manipulating events for a gain, whether using you, someone else you know, or never even met as an UnwittingPawn without realizing it.

How can a viewer sleep easy in their bed, when they've seen how [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys toys can come alive when all is dark]] and wreak unspeakable vengeance? What trust can they have that anyone will protect them, when they've just seen some [[TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful kid's program]] [[SubvertedKidsShow where a kid just like them was]] [[BloodyHorror bloodily slaughtered]] by his own [[DemonicPossession possessed]] mother [[SugaryMalice as she sang a sweet lullaby?]]

* MindManipulation: Especially if they control your loved ones, or worse, controlled you, made you do humiliating things and then subjected you to LaserGuidedAmnesia.

Not directly related to the game ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''. Or, at least, that's what they want you to think. See also TheParanoiac, for whom '''''everything''''' is Paranoia Fuel (and whose paranoia tends to be a SelfFulfillingProphecy by virtue of making them evil jerks who anybody with any sense [[AssholeVictim will want to slaughter ASAP]]), and ImproperlyParanoid, which is when paranoia drives a person to do something stupid and/or reprehensible without necessarily being a recurring occurrence.

* TheChessmaster: things that is happening in your life or around you, whether big or small, could be a result of someone manipulating events, whether using you or someone else you know as an UnwittingPawn without realizing it.

!!Examples:

* InvisibleJerkass: They're everywhere.

* ParanoiaFuel/FanFic

* ParanoiaFuel/{{Other}}

One of the most psychologically devastating forms of NightmareFuel, because of its mental persistence and perception of [[InescapableHorror inescapable omnipresence]]. ''[[spoiler: He knows where you live...]]''

How can a viewer sleep easy in their bed, when they've seen how [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys toys can come alive when all is dark]] and wreak unspeakable vengeance? What trust can they have that anyone will protect them, when they've just seen some [[TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful kid's program]] where a kid just like them was [[BodyHorror bloodily slaughtered]] by his own [[DemonicPossession possessed]] mother [[SugaryMalice as she sang a sweet lullaby?]]

Not directly related to the game ''TabletopGame/{{Paranoia}}''. Or, at least, that's what they want you to think.

One of the most psychologically devastating forms of NightmareFuel, because of its mental persistence and perception of [[InescapableHorror inescapable omnipresence]].

* MasterOfDisguise/{{Shapeshifter}}: Your enemy could be disguised as someone you know (and may have [[KillAndReplace killed the real person]]), and is taking their place to be able to hurt you.

* GrandTheftMe[=/=]SpotTheImpostor[=/=]MasterOfDisguise: Your enemy could've swapped bodies with someone you know or is disguised as someone you know, and are now pretending to be the person to dig up dirt on you!

* GrandTheftMe[=/=]SpotTheImpostor[=/=]MasterOfDisguise: Your enemy could've swapped bodies with someone you know and are now pretending to be the person to dig up dirt on you!

* GrandTheftMe[=/=]SpotTheImpostor: Your enemy could've swapped bodies with someone you know and are now pretending to be the person to dig up dirt on you!

* [[TheyLookJustLikeEveryoneElse They Could Be Anyone]]: Anybody could be out to get you, even your friends and/or family

How can a viewer sleep easy in their bed, when they've seen how [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys toys can come alive when all is dark]] and wreak unspeakable vengeance? What trust can they have that anyone will protect them, when they've just seen some [[TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful kid's program]] where a kid just like them was [[BodyHorror bloodily slaughtered]] by his own [[DemonicPossession possessed]] mother [[SoundtrackDissonance as she sang a sweet lullaby?]]

How can a viewer sleep easy in their bed, when they've seen how [[SlidingScaleOfLivingToys toys can come alive when all is dark]] and wreak unspeakable vengeance? What trust can they have that anyone will protect them, when they've just seen some [[TastesLikeDiabetes cheerful kid's program]] where a kid just like them was [[BodyHorror bloodily slaughtered]] by his own [[DemonicPossession possessed]] mother [[CrapsaccharineWorld as she sang a sweet lullaby?]]

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