History TearJerker / WhoKilledMarkiplier

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* While starting off as a comedic murder mystery, the four part miniseries "Who Killed Markiplier?" takes a sad turn in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDRW-lY6sQA the fourth and final part]]. The Colonel becomes convinced that the Detective orchestrated the series' events and engages him in a standoff, ultimately shooting him dead. When the [[FeaturelessProtagonist District Attorney]] tries to wrestle the Colonel's gun away from him, they get shot as well. The DA then enters the "Upside Down" and encounters the spirits of Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer, who reveal that Mark killed himself and used magic from the [[EldritchLocation House]] to take Damien's body in an act of vengeance. Celine uses her powers to revive Damien, herself, and the DA in the latter's body. The Colonel, who had been regretting his actions and waiting by the DA's body for '''''ten hours''''', pondering their death, witnesses them return to life and goes insane, believing his friends played a cruel prank on him. WordOfGod confirms this is the origin of [[AxCrazy Wilford]] [[CloudCuckoolander Warfstache]] and why he treats death as a joke; he sincerely thinks people will just come back and laugh about it. Watching the Colonel shuffle off desperately calling out to his friends and knowing what becomes of him is so heartwrenching, even Mark said he didn't realize how tragic it was until editing. Furthermore, due to the [[SapientHouse evil house entity]] corrupting their souls, Celine and Damien return as a malevolent force made of the [[FaceMonsterTurn worst traits of themselves]], revealed at the very end of the video to be [[HumanoidAbomination Darkiplier]], who imprisons the DA's soul in the house, taking full control of their body, then departs to exact revenge on Markiplier.

* While starting off as a comedic murder mystery, the four part miniseries "Who Killed Markiplier?" takes a sad turn in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDRW-lY6sQA the fourth and final part]]. The Colonel becomes convinced that the Detective orchestrated the series' events and engages him in a standoff, ultimately shooting him dead. When the FeaturelessProtagonist tries to wrestle the Colonel's gun away from him, they get shot as well. The protagonist then encounters the spirits of Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer in "The Upside Down", who reveal that Mark killed himself and used magic from the [[EldritchLocation House]] to take the Mayor's body in an act of vengeance. The Seer uses her powers to revive the Mayor, herself, and the protagonist in the latter's body. The Colonel, who had been regretting his actions and waiting by the protagonist's body for '''''ten hours''''', pondering their death, witnesses them return to life and goes insane, believing his friends played a cruel prank on him. WordOfGod confirms this is the origin of Wilford Warfstache and why he treats death as a joke; he sincerely thinks people will just come back and laugh about it. Watching the Colonel shuffle off desperately calling out to his friends and knowing what becomes of him is so heartwrenching, even Mark said he didn't realize how tragic it was until editing. Furthermore, due to the [[SapientHouse evil house entity]] corrupting their souls, Celine and Damien return as a malevolent force made of the [[FaceMonsterTurn worst traits of themselves]], revealed at the very end of the video to be Darkiplier, who imprisons the protagonist's soul in the house, taking full control of their body, then departs to exact revenge on Markiplier.

* While starting off as a comedic murder mystery, the four part miniseries "Who Killed Markiplier?" takes a sad turn in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDRW-lY6sQA the fourth and final part]]. The Colonel becomes convinced that the Detective orchestrated the series' events and engages him in a standoff, ultimately shooting him dead. When the FeaturelessProtagonist tries to wrestle the Colonel's gun away from him, they get shot as well. The protagonist then encounters the spirits of Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer in "The Upside Down", who reveal that Mark killed himself and used magic from the [[EldritchLocation House]] to take the Mayor's body in an act of vengeance. The Seer uses her powers to revive the Mayor, herself, and the protagonist in the latter's body. The Colonel, who had been regretting his actions and waiting by the protagonist's body for '''''ten hours''''', pondering their death, witnesses them return to life and goes insane, believing his friends played a cruel prank on him. WordOfGod confirms this is the origin of Wilford Warfstache and why he treats death as a joke; he sincerely thinks people will just come back and laugh about it. Watching the Colonel shuffle off desperately calling out to his friends and knowing what becomes of him is so heartwrenching, even Mark said he didn't realize how tragic it was until editing. Furthermore, unfortunately due to the [[SapientHouse evil house entity]] corrupting their souls, Celine and Damien return as a malevolent force made of the [[FaceMonsterTurn worst traits of themselves]], revealed at the very end of the video to be Darkiplier, who imprisons the protagonist's soul in the house, taking full control of their body, then departs to exact revenge on Markiplier.