History TearJerker / WhoKilledMarkiplier

* 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 to death. 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 protagonist in the latter's body. The Colonel, who had been regretting his actions and waiting by the protagonists' 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 as the origin of Wilford Warfstache, and why he treats death as 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 heart wrenching, even Mark said he didn't realise 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 protagonists' soul in the house, taking full control of their body before departing to exact revenge on Markiplier.
** In essence, the entire miniseries was a tragic origin story: the Colonel went insane and became Wilford Warfstache and Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer became a horrible sliver of themselves merged into Darkiplier.
* Combined with NightmareFuel; Abe's {{Curse}}. Anyone who partners up with him is destined for a tragic death. While this is upsetting for anyone who partners up with him, imagine how it affects Abe. He has to live with the fact that every one of his partners died on his watch, and he couldn't do anything about it.
* Poor, poor Damien; one of his best friends dies on the night that they were supposed to be having a good time, and he's the only one who really cares about his death. He later ends up dying when Celine's ritual [[GoneHorriblyWrong goes awry]], and has his body stolen by Mark, leaving him trapped in the upside-down with Celine. After the viewer dies, the House enacts the final step of its plan, and merges the souls of him and Celine with itself and steals the body of the District Attorney, eradicating all of their positive qualities in the process, becoming shells of their former selves. The worst part about all of this is that Damien did ''nothing'' to deserve any of this; he just happened to be a casualty of it all.

!!The Warstache Automated Interview Automoton

* Mixes with Heartwarming; Wilford consoling Abe after the latter realizes he's been going through an endless nightmare.

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!!Who Killed Markiplier?

* Actor!Markiplier has been fully corrupted by his time in the manor, becoming a narcissistic egomaniac without any traces of empathy.

Just because it's a comedic, cliché-ridden murder mystery ([[TropesAreTools which is not a bad thing, mind you]]), it doesn't mean the story is completely free of sad moments. In fact, one could even say that this story has more of these moments than the ones it's inspired from.

!!Interview #69: Benjamin Butler
* It seems nobody is safe from the effects of Markiplier Manor: Benjamin jumps whenever he hears the word "murder", expecting lightning. Seemingly the events of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' left him with some form of PTSD. His reputation was also tarnished because many people in-universe believe [[TheButlerDidIt that he killed Mark]] despite the fact that the Colonel is the one responsible.
* Benjamin is still mourning the death of Mark almost a year after he died, and it's made very clear in his [[ADayInTheLimelight interview livestream]] that he misses him dearly and would do anything to get him back.
* Benjamin stated in his [[ADayInTheLimelight interview livestream]] that Mark and Celine were HappilyMarried, and describes that they were practically made for each other. As such, he's confused as to why they broke apart. However, [[DramaticIrony we, as the viewer know]] that Markiplier Manor is capable of manipulating others into doing things they wouldn't normally do for the sake of forwarding it's plan. [[FridgeHorror Then you realize that Markiplier Manor most likely was responsible for breaking apart the two]] because it would help it achieve it's escape plan, despite how happy they were together.

!!DAMIEN

!!Supplementary Material

* Benjamin stated in his [[ADayInTheLimelight interview livestream]] that Mark and Celine were HappilyMarried, and describes that they were practically made for each other. As such, he's confused as to why they broke apart. However, [[DramaticIrony we, as the viewer know]] that Markiplier Manor is capable of manipulating others into doing things they wouldn't normally do for the sake of forwarding it's plan. [[FridgeHorror Then you realize that Markiplier Manor most likely was responsible for breaking apart the two]] because it would help it achieve it's escape plan, despite how happy they were together.

* It seems nobody is safe from the effects of Markiplier Manor: Benjamin jumps whenever he hears the word "murder", expecting lightning. Seemingly the events of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' left him with some form of PTSD. His reputation was also tarnished because many people in-universe believe [[TheButlerDidIt that he killed Mark]] [[spoiler:despite the fact that the Colonel is the one responsible]].

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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 [[spoiler: shooting him to death.]] When the FeaturelessProtagonist tries to wrestle the Colonel's gun away from him, [[spoiler: they get shot as well]]. The protagonist then encounters the [[spoiler: spirits]] of Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer in "The Upside Down", who reveal that [[spoiler: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 [[spoiler: revive]] the Mayor, herself and protagonist in the [[spoiler: latter's body]]. The Colonel, who had been regretting his actions and waiting by the [[spoiler: protagonists' body]] for '''''ten hours''''', pondering their [[spoiler: death, witnesses them return to life and goes insane,]] believing his friends played a cruel prank on him. WordOfGod confirms this as the [[spoiler: origin of Wilford Warfstache, and why he treats death as 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 heart wrenching, even Mark said he didn't realise how tragic it was until editing. Furthermore, unfortunately due to the [[spoiler: [[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 protagonists' soul in the house, taking full control of their body before departing to exact revenge on Markiplier.]]
** In essence, [[spoiler:the entire miniseries was a tragic origin story: the Colonel went insane and became Wilford Warfstache and Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer became a horrible sliver of themselves merged into Darkiplier]].

* Combined with NightmareFuel; Abe's {{Curse}}. Anyone who partners up with him is destined for a tragic death. While this is frightening for anyone who partners up with him, imagine how it affects Abe. He has to live with the fact that every one of his partners died on his watch, and he couldn't do anything about it.

* Benjamin stated in his [[ADayInTheLimelight interview livestream]] that Mark and Celine were HappilyMarried, and describes that they were practically made for each other. As such, he's confused as to why they broke apart. However, [[DramaticIrony we, as the viewer know]] that Markiplier Manor is capable of manipulating others into doing things they wouldn't normally do for the sake of forwarding it's plan. [[FridgeHorror Then you realize that Markiplier Manor most likely was responsible for breaking apart the two]] [[CompleteMonster because it would help it achieve it's escape plan, despite how happy they were together]].

* It seems nobody is safe from the effects of Markiplier Manor: Benjamin jumps whenever he hears the word "murder", expecting lightning. Seemingly the events of ''Who Killed Markiplier?'' left him with some form of PTSD. His reputatiom was also tarnished because many people in-universe believe [[TheButlerDidIt that he killed Mark]] [[spoiler:despite the fact that the Colonel is the one responsible]].

** In essence, [[spoiler:the entire miniseries was a tragic origin story: the Colonel went insane and became Wilford Warfstache and Damien the Mayor and Celine the Seer became a horrible sliver of themselves merged into Darkiplier]].