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* TelevisionIsTryingToKillUs

'''''[[{{Eversion}} BEHIND YOU]]'''''

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[[caption-width-right:350:[-I ''hate'' the outside. [[Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000 Screw you, outside!]]-] ]]

* [[TheConspiracy Sinister Conspiracy]]: there is a... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sinister conspiracy]] at work in the world, and they have it in for you. Sometimes goes hand-in-hand with "They Could Be Anyone" above: ''Anyone'', even someone you trust, could conceivably be part of this conspiracy.

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

** ArtifactOfDeath: That beautiful ring you just found? Has a part of a radioactive source as its stone. That big metal thing your shovel hit while digging up your backyard? Is a WorldWarII-era land mine or other explosive device.

When things that should be harmless, or on the viewer's side, turn nasty, stripping away all sense of safety. [[spoiler: THEY CAN SEE YOU. THEY KNOW WHERE YOU LIVE!]]

* [[SnowyScreenOfDeath Static on a television.]]

* Also, [[ArsonMurderandJaywalking static on a television.]]

How can a viewer sleep easy in their bed, when they've seen how 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 cheerful kid's program where a kid just like them was bloodily slaughtered by his own possessed mother as she sang a sweet lullaby?

->'''ALWAYS WATCHING'''
->'''NO EYES'''

[[caption-width-right:350:[-I ''hate'' the outside. [[MysteryScienceTheater3000 Screw you, outside!]]-] ]]

To clarify, 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.

->'''[[SuperPersistentPredator ALWAYS WATCHING]]'''
->'''[[EldritchAbomination NO EYES]]'''

** ''ParanoiaFuel/WatchDogs''

* [[TheConspiracy Sinister Conspiracy]]: there is a... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sinister conspiracy]] at work in the world, and they have it in for you. Sometimes goes hand-in-hand with "They Could Be Anyone" above: ''Anyone'', even some you trust, could conceivably be part of this conspiracy.

* [[TheConspiracy Sinister Conspiracy]]: there is a... well, [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin sinister conspiracy]] at work in the world, and they have it in for you.

->''"Right behind you..."''
-->-- '''The [[MagnificentBastard Spy]]''', ''VideoGame/TeamFortress2''

* {{Gaslighting}} is when someone tries to deliberately provoke a feeling of this upon you by altering your everyday environment without your knowledge.

* NothingIsScarier: Sure [[HellIsThatNoise that sound]] could have [[CatScare just been the neighbor's cat]], but then again...

** ArtifactOfEvil: That beautiful ring you just found? Has a part of a radioactive source as its stone. That big metal thing your shovel hit while digging up your backyard? Is a WorldWarII-era land mine or other explosive device.