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** Claire, the superhero, felt that spikes were her [[{{Superman}} Kryptonite]].
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* ArcWords: ''Up...And to the right.''

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: James' narration could be taken as a parallel to that of a young man struggling with his sexuality. He describes himself as "weird", "different" and "inverted" ("invert" is a very old term meaning gay) and he is worried that, although Thomas accepts him for who he is, the others won't be quite so understanding.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: James' narration could be taken as a parallel to that of a young man struggling with his sexuality. He describes himself as "weird", "different" and "inverted" ("invert" is a very old term meaning gay) and he is worried that, although Thomas accepts him for who he is, the others won't be quite so understanding. The real reason though, is that his gravity is opposite to the rest of the rectangles, thus 'inverted'.
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* AdvancingWallOfDoomAdvancingWallOfDoom: Twice in succession, one from the left, and another from below.
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* TheLoad: Chris is slow, short and has a pitiful jump. His most useful role is as a stepping stone for Laura, and even then he's not the only one.

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* TheLoad: Chris is slow, short and has a pitiful jump. His most useful role is as a stepping stone for Laura, and even then he's not the only one. He is aware of these shortcomings.
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* [[CoolOldGuy Cool Old Gal]]: Sarah, the fearless adventurer of the group, is said to have a "wizened old head" despite being a little purple rectangle.


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* TheLoad: Chris is slow, short and has a pitiful jump. His most useful role is as a stepping stone for Laura, and even then he's not the only one.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: Claire, on discovering that she has SuperNotDrowningSkills, instantly concludes that she's a superhero and ponders getting a cape. John also engages in heroic behavior, but mostly because he likes the ego boost.
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* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Claire
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: James' narration could be taken as a parallel to that of a young man struggling with his sexuality. He describes himself as "weird", "different" and "inverted" ("invert" is a very old term meaning gay) and he is worried that, although Thomas accepts him for who he is, the others won't be quite so understanding.
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* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Thomas and rest of the original crew disperse themselves into the datastream in order to awaken all the other AIs.]]
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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of {{Artificial Intelligence}}s who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of {{Artificial Intelligence}}s who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] John]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].
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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of {{ArtificialIntelligence}}s who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of {{ArtificialIntelligence}}s {{Artificial Intelligence}}s who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].
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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's {{ArtificialIntelligence}}s who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].
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** TheHeart: Laura
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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].
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* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ability of the game to humanize a bunch of rectangles is what the game is most praised for.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome?: Personified rectangles.

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* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ability of the game to humanize a bunch of rectangles is what the game is most praised for.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome?: Personified rectangles.
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**TheLeader: Thomas
**TheLancer: John
**TheSmartGuy: Chris
**TheBigGuy: Claire
**TheChick: James
**TheMentor: Sarah

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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Rectangles with personalities.



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* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with 'cats who can't spell' but also to Portal and Skyrim.



* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ability of the game to humanise a bunch of rectangles is what the game is most praised for.

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* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ability of the game to humanise humanize a bunch of rectangles is what the game is most praised for.for.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome?: Personified rectangles.
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* TitleDrop: The first line of the narration.
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* TemporaryPlatform: But only in one early level.

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* TemporaryPlatform: But Of the crumbling variety, but only in one early level.
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* TemporaryPlatform: But only in one early level.
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* VideoGameCaringPotential: The ability of the game to humanise a bunch of rectangles is what the game is most praised for.

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* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: The characters [[spoiler:and after Design is completed the zones which give the grey rectangles powers.]]



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* PowersAsPrograms[[spoiler:PowersAsPrograms: The zones in Generation and Y+1,X+1 that give the grey rectangles powers.]]
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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].Chris]].

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[TheLoad Chris]] the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Grump]], [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, and [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer.

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Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[TheLoad Chris]] the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Grump]], [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, and [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer.Adventurer, and [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg Chris]].
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Thomas Was Alone is a puzzle platforming game for the PC by Mike Bithell about [[BetterThanItSounds getting coloured blocks to walk into doors]]. Also heartwarming friendship, and the awakening of AI. Narrated by DannyWallace

Thomas Was Alone is a story about a group of ArtificialIntelligence's who meet up in their respective test instances thanks to an error in the coding of how each chamber is generated. It starts with [[TheMario Thomas]] finding himself alone, but after traversing through the first couple test instances (see: Tutorial) he finds himself in an instance with [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], who doesn't much care for Thomas, or his ability to [[TheLoad jump much higher then he can]]. This goes on, showcasing each new character and their special ability in the world until we have our band of seven: [[TheMario Thomas]] the Friendly, [[TheLoad Chris]] the [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Grump]], [[InASingleBound Jon]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, and [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer.

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