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''WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos'' currently consists of four seasons, plus a spin-off series ("THE NIXONVERSE"). Note that the order in which episodes are released is not necessarily indicative of the order in which they are meant to be viewed. The list is organized by playlist order.
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''WebVideo/TheMonumentMythos'' currently consists of four three seasons, plus a two spin-off series ("THE NIXONVERSE").NIXONVERSE" and "THE MODERN DAY"). Note that the order in which episodes are released is not necessarily indicative of the order in which they are meant to be viewed. The list is organized by playlist order.
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!Season Four / ''Modern Day''
->''"What If Little Rob Had A Say" was an American political advertisement directed by Creator/RobertPattinson, an actor who served as the 47th president of the United States.''
->''"What If Little Rob Had A Say" was an American political advertisement directed by Creator/RobertPattinson, an actor who served as the 47th president of the United States.''
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* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
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* MeaningfulReleaseDate: This video was released on February 29th, an "invisible day", in that it only comes around during leap years.
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
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* WhamShot: The credits, revealing who made the film, and (it's implied) the final season:
--> A Monument Mythos: A Film By [[TheBusCameBack The]] [[CanonImmigrant Croatoan]]
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.
* WhamShot: The credits, revealing who made the film, and (it's implied) the final season:
--> A Monument Mythos: A Film By [[TheBusCameBack The]] [[CanonImmigrant Croatoan]]
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** While not paired up with familiar figures, the Debate Demon, the Monument Monster, Robert Pattinson, and- in a FreezeFrameBonus- Joe Biden and Donald Trump all appear in the montage.
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->Archivist's Note:
->-It is believed that all surviving audio recordings of the infamous 1889 Libertylurker interview with Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi are fakes produced by American publicists at the turn of the twentieth century. Archaic spellings and other minor deviations in the French transcription can be attributed to these publicists. The deviations have been preserved to maintain the transcription's historical integrity.
->-While American publicists correctly capitalized "États-Unis" (United States) in their transcriptions of Libertylurker interviews, French writers often left the country in lowercase to subtly hint at their own anti-American sentiments.
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->-It is believed that all surviving audio recordings of the infamous 1889 Libertylurker interview with Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi are fakes produced by American publicists at the turn of the twentieth century. Archaic spellings and other minor deviations in the French transcription can be attributed to these publicists. The deviations have been preserved to maintain the transcription's historical integrity.
->-While American publicists correctly capitalized "États-Unis" (United States) in their transcriptions of Libertylurker interviews, French writers often left the country in lowercase to subtly hint at their own anti-American sentiments.
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--->''ALCATRAZ WANTED TO BECOME A GOD.''\\
''IT NEEDED RADIATION TO GROW.''\\
''IT NEEDED AN ATOMIC CATASTROPHE.''\\
''[[GreaterScopeVillain SO IT CREATED TWO BEINGS.]]''\\
''A [[ArcWords MIRROR]] OF THE TWO GREATEST FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.'' \\
''WE MADE THE PRESIDENT GO INSANE,''\\
''AND HE IGNITED THE WORLD.''\\
''NOW WE WISH TO ESCAPE,''\\
''AND TAKE ON NEW IDENTITIES BEFORE [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ALCATRAZ REABSORBS US]].''\\
''[[YouAreAlreadyDead IT'S TOO LATE TO LOOK AWAY.]]''\\
''WE'RE NEARLY DONE [[DemonicPossession POSSESSING YOU]].''
''IT NEEDED RADIATION TO GROW.''\\
''IT NEEDED AN ATOMIC CATASTROPHE.''\\
''[[GreaterScopeVillain SO IT CREATED TWO BEINGS.]]''\\
''A [[ArcWords MIRROR]] OF THE TWO GREATEST FORCES IN AMERICAN HISTORY.'' \\
''WE MADE THE PRESIDENT GO INSANE,''\\
''AND HE IGNITED THE WORLD.''\\
''NOW WE WISH TO ESCAPE,''\\
''AND TAKE ON NEW IDENTITIES BEFORE [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness ALCATRAZ REABSORBS US]].''\\
''[[YouAreAlreadyDead IT'S TOO LATE TO LOOK AWAY.]]''\\
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''IT\\
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* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', and ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
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* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Much like how ''THE MONUMENT MONSTER'' and a few episodes following it were listed as being created by the titular Monster, this episode's credit list the Croatoan as its creator.
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'',and ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'',
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''To be added...''
* ContinuityCavalcade: Several of the most significant human characters ''and'' anomalies return in this video, usually paired together based on their association in the series:
** J. Robert Oppenheimer is shown alongside the Croatoan.
** George Washington is shown alongside the Horned Serpent.
** John Rockefeller is shown alongside a Canyon Crown.
** James Dean is shown alongside Everett Arnoldson.
** While not paired up with familiar figures, the Debate Demon, the Monument Monster, Robert Pattinson, and- in a FreezeFrameBonus- Donald Trump all appear in the montage.
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', and ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
->History repeats. History rhymes. Humans forget.
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* ContinuityCavalcade: Several of the most significant human characters ''and'' anomalies return in this video, usually paired together based on their association in the series:
** J. Robert Oppenheimer is shown alongside the Croatoan.
** George Washington is shown alongside the Horned Serpent.
** John Rockefeller is shown alongside a Canyon Crown.
** James Dean is shown alongside Everett Arnoldson.
** While not paired up with familiar figures, the Debate Demon, the Monument Monster, Robert Pattinson, and- in a FreezeFrameBonus- Donald Trump all appear in the montage.
* OddNameOut: As of its release, this is the only episode of the series to eschew the all-caps naming conventions of the series. [[note]]''CORNERFOLK'', ''CORNERGIRL'', and ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', and ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'' all had lower-case names prior to being [[CanonWelding welded into the Mythos]], and ''PRESIDENT PATTINSON'' originally had the lower-case subtitle ''An American Dream'', but all of these would later have their names changed to fit the formatting.[[/note]]
->History repeats. History rhymes. Humans forget.
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This episode opens with a shot of Alcatraz Island on a foggy day. A caption informs us of the footage's location and that it is "2 DAYS BEFORE THERAPY", though what that means is unclear. We then cut to a presentation on the layout of Alcatraz, the creators of which apparently decided to score it with relaxing vacation music. The map includes various features which make sense for a prison, such as fortifications and a stockade, as well as others which are slightly more unusual but not especially strange, like tennis courts and an on-site morgue. But there are also some more unusual inclusions, such as a "detector shed", possible "ruins", and a number of oddly-shaped but weirdly organic-looking structures which aren't labeled.
After another, closer shot of Alcatraz, this one taken one day before therapy (still unclear what that means), we cut to another presentation. This one demonstrates the process of something called "ALCATRAZOSIS", which seem to be a play on the cell division process of mitosis and meiosis. The animation shows the strange organic-looking structure inside the main prison rearranging its internal components, before dividing into two near-identical copies. It's unclear how this works on such a large scale, but the implication is as clear as it is horrifying: Alcatraz itself seems to be, in some way, ''[[GeniusLoci alive]]''... and, if the "Alcatrazosis" presentation is accurate, possibly able to reproduce.
After another, closer shot of Alcatraz, this one taken one day before therapy (still unclear what that means), we cut to another presentation. This one demonstrates the process of something called "ALCATRAZOSIS", which seem to be a play on the cell division process of mitosis and meiosis. The animation shows the strange organic-looking structure inside the main prison rearranging its internal components, before dividing into two near-identical copies. It's unclear how this works on such a large scale, but the implication is as clear as it is horrifying: Alcatraz itself seems to be, in some way, ''[[GeniusLoci alive]]''... and, if the "Alcatrazosis" presentation is accurate, possibly able to reproduce.
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->Claim: "As of 2024, Riley Tillon remains in the care of his friends."\\
Evaluation (as of 2024): False.
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->''E pluribus unum – Latin for "Out of many, one" – was the official motto of the United States.''
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->''ANALOG SUPERHORROR WITH ED DWIGHT''
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->''"I am Montgomery Clift" was a political television advertisement directed by Montgomery Clift, an American actor who served as the 37th president of the United States.''
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->''"What If Little Rob Had A Say" was an American political advertisement directed by Creator/RobertPattinson, an actor who served as the 47th president of the United States.''
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-->''"America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" was the national anthem of the United States.''
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A final series of title cards reveals that, following an extended absence, Riley was found asleep in his home by police, who had been called to do a wellness check by his friends. A medical investigation revealed that his internal organs had been "folded" across multiple axes, prompting immediately medical attention. Riley ultimately survived, remaining in the care of his friends as of 2020 and having developed a newfound fondness for origami.
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A final series of title cards reveals that, following an extended absence, Riley was found asleep in his home by police, who had been called to do a wellness check by his friends.viewers. A medical investigation revealed that his internal organs had been "folded" across multiple axes, prompting immediately medical attention. Riley ultimately survived, remaining in the care of his friends as of 2020 and having developed a newfound fondness for origami.
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** The last episode of ''THE MONUMENT MYTHOS'' focuses on the same thing as the first episode in playlist order: the Cornerfolk and their home dimension.
** The last shot before the credits shows the Horned Serpent starting to emerge from the base of the Statue of Liberty, mirroring the climactic shot of ''LIBERTYLURKER'', the first episode specifically created to be part of the Mythos.
** The last episode of ''THE MONUMENT MYTHOS'' focuses on the same thing as the first episode in playlist order: the Cornerfolk and their home dimension.
** The last shot before the credits shows the Horned Serpent starting to emerge from the base of the Statue of Liberty, mirroring the climactic shot of ''LIBERTYLURKER'', the first episode specifically created to be part of the Mythos.
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* BackForTheFinale / TheBusCameBack: A ''ton'' of characters and elements reappear from previous episodes after an extended absence.
** The episode focuses on Riley Tillon, completely unseen since the very first episode and unmentioned since the Season 2 premier, and shows the aftermath of his journey into the Cornerworld.
** The godlike version of Cthonaut A from Season 3 makes his first appearance since ''FREEDOMFOREVER'', meeting Riley in the Cornerworld.
** The Deanverse's version of John D. Rockefeller and the Nixonverse's version of John Glenn, two characters who were evicted from reality in previous episodes, are encountered again and revealed to have become Cornerfolk.
** The Horned Serpent makes a split-second appearance in the final shot before the credits, [[CallBack briefly emerging from the Statue of Liberty's base]] as the episode ends.
* FaceHeelTurn: Narrowly subverted. After being driven half-mad by the transmissions he has been receiving in his brain since his journey into the Cornerworld, Riley returns to the dimension with the intention of getting revenge on the Cornerfolk. However, he is intercepted by Cthonaut A, who convinces Riley to stay with him and collect monuments to decorate his inter-dimensional art gallery.
* GrandFinale: Per Alex's confirmation in community posts, this episode serves as the end of ''THE MONUMENT MYTHOS'' as a whole.
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''To be added...''
* BackForTheFinale / TheBusCameBack: A ''ton'' of characters and elements reappear from previous episodes after an extended absence.
** The episode focuses on Riley Tillon, completely unseen since the very first episode and unmentioned since the Season 2 premier, and shows the aftermath of his journey into the Cornerworld.
** The godlike version of Cthonaut A from Season 3 makes his first appearance since ''FREEDOMFOREVER'', meeting Riley in the Cornerworld.
** The Deanverse's version of John D. Rockefeller and the Nixonverse's version of John Glenn, two characters who were evicted from reality in previous episodes, are encountered again and revealed to have become Cornerfolk.
** The Horned Serpent makes a split-second appearance in the final shot before the credits, [[CallBack briefly emerging from the Statue of Liberty's base]] as the episode ends.
* FaceHeelTurn: Narrowly subverted. After being driven half-mad by the transmissions he has been receiving in his brain since his journey into the Cornerworld, Riley returns to the dimension with the intention of getting revenge on the Cornerfolk. However, he is intercepted by Cthonaut A, who convinces Riley to stay with him and collect monuments to decorate his inter-dimensional art gallery.
* GrandFinale: Per Alex's confirmation in community posts, this episode serves as the end of ''THE MONUMENT MYTHOS'' as a whole.
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: At one point Leonard Morlin makes a casual reference to the fact that the cutting down of Special Trees only became possible in 1945; the episode doesn't elaborate on this, although the choice of year would suggest that the development of nuclear weapons was key to this breakthrough. [[spoiler:It wouldn't be until ''THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT'', a full two and a half seasons later, that the series would elaborate on this.]]
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The bulk of the remainder of the episode consists of the footage those patrols captured. On Monday, a faint light can be seen falling from the sky over the mountain, landing out of sight with a distant ''boom''. On Tuesday, a stationary light can be seen between two of the heads, blinking rapidly for a moment before going out. On Wednesday no anomalies are visible, but a strange howling sound can be heard in the background. On Thursday, a small spike is shown to be growing from the top of the mountain, which appears to have grown bigger when recorded again on Friday night. On Saturday, we don't actually get to see what happened, but based on the siren sounds audible (and the fact that the patrolling officer was presumably too alarmed to bother removing his damn lens cap), it probably isn't good. And on Sunday, we see a brief flash of the infection in its full form: a series of vast spikes growing across the entire monument, the faces of which have now been deformed and are barely recognizable.
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The bulk of the remainder of the episode consists of the footage those patrols captured. On Monday, a faint light can be seen falling from the sky over the mountain, landing out of sight with a distant ''boom''. On Tuesday, a stationary light can be seen between two of the heads, blinking rapidly for a moment before going out. On Wednesday no anomalies are visible, but a strange howling sound can be heard in the background. On Thursday, a small spike is shown to be growing from the top of the mountain, which appears to have grown bigger when recorded again on Friday night. On Saturday, we don't actually get to see what happened, but based on the siren sounds audible (and the fact that the patrolling officer was presumably too alarmed to bother removing his the damn lens cap), it probably isn't good. And on Sunday, we see a brief flash of the infection in its full form: a series of vast spikes growing across the entire monument, the faces of which have now been deformed and are barely recognizable.
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One week later, another set of graffiti is found in the same handwriting elsewhere on the monument. This one claims that they will be
The bulk of the remainder of the episode consists of the footage those patrols captured. On Monday, a faint light can be seen falling from the sky over the mountain, landing out of sight with a distant ''boom''. On Tuesday, a stationary light can be seen between two of the heads, blinking rapidly for a moment before going out. On Wednesday no anomalies are visible, but a strange howling sound can be heard in the background. On Thursday, a small spike is shown to be growing from the top of the mountain, which appears to have grown bigger when recorded again on Friday night. On Saturday, we don't actually get to see what happened, but based on the siren sounds audible (and the fact that the patrolling officer was presumably too alarmed to bother removing his damn lens cap), it probably isn't good. And on Sunday, we see a brief flash of the infection in its full form: a series of vast spikes growing across the entire monument, the faces of which have now been deformed and are barely recognizable.
In a final note, a local photographer mentions that Mount Rushmore now smells strongly of baby powder. She claims that this is because of the patrols they now send along the mountain each night, covering the entire monument in an unidentified powder.
* AndThisIsFor: Implied. The initial vandalism has the author specifically call out the sacrifice of immigrants at Ellis Island and [[spoiler:the imprisonment of Lincolnlookers]] as being among the atrocities committed by the US government.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The spikes seen growing from the top of Mount Rushmore on Sunday look decidedly similar to the design of [[spoiler:the Special Trees]] seen in later episodes.
* NothingIsScarier: We don't get to see any of what is happening on Saturday because of the lens cap, but the sirens suggest that it's quite bad. We also only get a [[FreezeFrameBonus brief glimpse]] of the full infection on Sunday.
* NothingIsScarier: We don't get to see any of what is happening on Saturday because of the lens cap, but the sirens suggest that it's quite bad. We also only get a [[FreezeFrameBonus brief glimpse]] of the full infection on Sunday.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Or rather, Darker and More Somber. Despite being a SequelEpisode to the otherwise rather silly ''CANYONCROWN'', this episode quickly transitions into a quiet, somber look into Lauren's grief at the loss of her father. This was very intentional, as Alex themself was in a similar place mentally at the time after their own father passed away.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The Canyoncrown that approaches Lauren's house in the climactic scene can be seen drifting past the treetops for several seconds in an earlier shot, but will likely go unnoticed by first-time viewers because it's partly hidden by the treetops and moving slowly enough to resemble a cloud or oddly-shaped part of the tree.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: The Canyoncrown that approaches Lauren's house in the climactic scene can be seen drifting past the treetops for several seconds in an earlier shot, but will likely go unnoticed by first-time viewers because it's partly hidden by the treetops and moving slowly enough to resemble a cloud or oddly-shaped part of the tree.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Why does Rockefeller consider Crowns to be the ideal workforce? They're unable to rebel because of their lack of communication abilities, they're unable to escape because of their restraints, and... they are unable to form unions.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: On a meta level. The Air Force One Angel is revealed to have been present- completely unnoticed by the entire fanbase- in the background of two of the photographs from ''ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY'', as highlighted by the end of the episode.
* HeWasRightThereAllAlong: On a meta level. The Air Force One Angel is revealed to have been present- completely unnoticed by the entire fanbase- in the background of two of the photographs from ''ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY'', as highlighted by the end of the episode.
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** Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
** Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
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**MadnessMantra: Two unusual variations, as the repetition is part of the background audio rather than spoken by a character, but it has very much the same unsettling effect.
--->''This... was a '''natural''' nuclear reactor.''
--->''The stakes are too high for you to stay home.''
* WhamLine: Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
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--->''This... was a '''natural''' nuclear reactor.''
--->''The stakes are too high for you to stay home.''
* WhamLine: Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
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* AdaptationDeviation: Though the majority of the footage is kept largely unaltered, specific omissions and the new framing device mean that some of the implications of the events of this series are altered from their home series.
** Instead of the Croatoan being a time-traveling copy of Oppenheimer created during a nuclear weapons test, they're implied to have been a citizen of Roanoake Colony before its disappearance, possibly the first one to be exposed to the natural nuclear reactor and turn invisible.
** The "gadget" that Oppenheimer was testing during the events of ''OTHEROPPENHEIMER'' are no longer portrayed as creating the Croatoan, but rather being the US government's first successful attempt to damage or cut down a Special Tree.
** Instead of the Croatoan being a time-traveling copy of Oppenheimer created during a nuclear weapons test, they're implied to have been a citizen of Roanoake Colony before its disappearance, possibly the first one to be exposed to the natural nuclear reactor and turn invisible.
** The "gadget" that Oppenheimer was testing during the events of ''OTHEROPPENHEIMER'' are no longer portrayed as creating the Croatoan, but rather being the US government's first successful attempt to damage or cut down a Special Tree.
* AscendedFanon: The term "Deanverse" (referring to a universe in which James Dean became president in 1968) is officially used for the first time in this episode, coined by Maya to refer to the universe she ended up in after escaping the ''Modern Day'' universe.
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* WhamLine:
** Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
-->'''Leonard Morlin:''' The goal was not to cut down any of the Trees, of course. That would not be possible until 1945.
* WhamShot: An absolute ''gut-punch'' of an example occurs to those familiar with the original ''Trinity Desk Project''. After the briefing from the [=DOCtors=] about the Organic Curtain and "America's True Self", we hear Maya's voice reiterate her final question about what happened to the Leonard Morlin from her universe... at which point the camera cuts to an all-too-familiar clip of someone [[KilledOffForReal receiving an invitation to]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath the Front Row at NASA]].
** Immediately after the "gadget" detonates- an event which, in the original ''Trinity Desk Project'', marked the birth of the Croatoan- we suddenly cut to audio from ''STARRYSPHINX'', placing both the experiment ''and'' a previously overlooked line from that episode into new context and putting a MetaTwist on the scene:
-->'''Leonard Morlin:''' The goal was not to cut down any of the Trees, of course. That would not be possible until 1945.
* WhamShot: An absolute ''gut-punch'' of an example occurs to those familiar with the original ''Trinity Desk Project''. After the briefing from the [=DOCtors=] about the Organic Curtain and "America's True Self", we hear Maya's voice reiterate her final question about what happened to the Leonard Morlin from her universe... at which point the camera cuts to an all-too-familiar clip of someone [[KilledOffForReal receiving an invitation to]] [[CruelAndUnusualDeath the Front Row at NASA]].
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* AdaptedOut: A few sections of the original ''Trinity Desk Project'' were cut from the compilation, including Oppenheimer's poem and the opening animation from ''DEVILSTOWERTEETH''.
* CanonWelding: Like ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', the episode acts as a compilation of a previously-standalone (and now-deleted) series by Alex Casanas, this time with an additional framing device tying the story more closely to the Mythos.
* ConnectedAllAlong:
** The titular entity from ''LIBERTYLUNG'' is here confirmed to be the "inflamed lung" of the Horned Serpent.
** The version of Leonard Morlin from ''Modern Day'' is implied to have been one of the students killed during the "Front Row at NASA" incident.
->Claim: The original Trinity Desk can be found deep within a national park.\\
Evaluation (as of 2024): Confirmed.
[[folder:THE TRINITY DESK PROJECT]]
''To be added...''
* AdaptedOut: A few sections of the original ''Trinity Desk Project'' were cut from the compilation, including Oppenheimer's poem and the opening animation from ''DEVILSTOWERTEETH''.
* CanonWelding: Like ''THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN'', the episode acts as a compilation of a previously-standalone (and now-deleted) series by Alex Casanas, this time with an additional framing device tying the story more closely to the Mythos.
* ConnectedAllAlong:
** The titular entity from ''LIBERTYLUNG'' is here confirmed to be the "inflamed lung" of the Horned Serpent.
** The version of Leonard Morlin from ''Modern Day'' is implied to have been one of the students killed during the "Front Row at NASA" incident.
->Claim: The original Trinity Desk can be found deep within a national park.\\
Evaluation (as of 2024): Confirmed.
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The third segment explains that, during 1954, many of the immigrants who passed through the Ellis Island immigration station on Liberty Island complained of a foul odor. In a recorded interview, one of these immigrants, a girl named Eleonora Bramante, explains how the whole place smelled like a slaughterhouse and was covered with dead birds. Her father joked that the cities must be
The final segment claims to show footage of the "Libertylurker" when it was first sighted in August 1985. The corroded video footage shows the Statue of Liberty sliding aside on its pedestal with a loud mechanical noise. For a split second ''something'' can be seen emerging from the base, but the footage cuts before any clear detail can be made out. A final pair of title cards claims that the waste storage compartment inside the Statue was likened to a mass grave by authorities who investigated, and that those whose relatives were last seen at Ellis Island between 1949 and 1954 may be entitled to compensation.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: Implied. The end of the episode casually notes that people whose family members disappeared at Ellis Island in a certain time range- implicitly meaning they were [[HumanSacrifice fed to the Libertylurker]]- may be entitled to financial compensation, in the same dispassionate tone of a commercial informing viewers about a legal settlement for people unwittingly exposed to hazardous materials.
* NothingIsScarier: Almost nothing is actually seen of the Libertylurker, as the clip cuts off right as it begins to emerge from the pedestal. All we see is a pair of horn-like objects rising into view. It's also left unstated what actually happened ''after'' the Libertylurker emerged, including whether or not it was successfully recontained.
