History Videogame / ThomasWasAlone

** Laura is tentative about forming a relationship with Chris because everyone else she allowed to bounce on top of her used her and then abandoned her. In her case, "bounce" is perfectly innocent - she's a springboard - but still...

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

* PlayerCharacter: The game [[AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent often switches between them]]. In total: [[CuriousAsAMonkey Thomas]], [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]], [[InASingleBound John]], [[SuperNotDrowningSkills Claire]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]], [[spoiler:[[GravityScrew James]], [[TokenRomance Jo, Sam]], [[TeamDad Paul]], [[BigBad Gr]][[VillainProtagonist ey]] and [[HiveMind Team Jump]].]]

''Thomas Was Alone'' is a puzzle platforming game for the PC by Mike Bithell about getting coloured blocks to walk into doors. Also, heartwarming friendship, and the awakening of AI, narrated by Danny Wallace.

* CuriousAsAMonkey: Thomas likes to observe how things work. He's nearly bowled over when he [[spoiler: connects to the internet]].

* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with '[[LOLcats cats who can't spell]]' but also to ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'' and ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim''.

** Claire also senses a [[Franchise/StarWars disturbance in the force]] and a [[TheMatrix shift in the matrix]].

** After [[spoiler: connecting to the Internet and before he and his friend disperse themselves into the datastream]], Thomas ruefully muses that he'll never get to meet Creator/NathanFillion.

* SuperNotDrowningSkills: Claire

* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler: Anna tries to warn Benjamin of what will happen when he get's close to the fountain, namely the creation of the Pixel Clouds and Benjamin getting blinded only for him to ignore her]].

* ForegoneConclusion: As it takes place prior to Thomas's adventure, we know that [[spoiler: Sarah's quest to reach the Fountain will end in vain]].

* [[spoiler: IcarusAllusion: Benjamin takes his father's invention, flies too close to the light of the Fountain, and is blinded by the Internet.]]

* AerithAndBob: Thomas,[[spoiler: Chris, John, Claire, Laura, James, Sarah, Jo, Sam, Paul...then Grey, and Team Jump. ]]

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Several times when a new character is introduced. Most obvious is the start of 'Generation' when Thomas and the gang are replaced as Player Characters by [[TeamDad Paul]], [[TokenRomance Sam and Jo]], [[MeaningfulName Team Jump]] and [[TokenEvilTeammate Grey]]; this section is very different in both gameplay and tone from the rest of the game and seems to have been the internal design for a sequel that was scrapped. This is lampshaded when 'Generation' is reached as the achievement for that section is "Electric Boogaloo"

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence

* BenevolentArchitecture: Early on Thomas notes that the world seems to be designed to push his abilities, not actually stop him.
* BigBad: The [[HeroKiller Pixel Cloud]] for most of the game. In the final two scenarios, [[ItsAllAboutMe Grey the Liar]] takes this role, with the [[LastOfHisKind final Pixel Cloud]] serving as BiggerBad.

** CoolOldGuy: Paul, the grey rectangle in the final chapters.

* HiveMind: Team Jump are five identical squares that speak and think in unison.

** Similarly, Paul and Jo in the final scenarios, for the same reasons. In all cases, however, [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman their shortness makes them vital at least once]] when a switch in a tiny tunnel needs activating or similar.

* VillainProtagonist: Grey is one of the playable characters.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Team Jump. Unlike all the other characters, their fate is left unknown. [[spoiler: It's likely they found a way out of their own though.]]

* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Thomas and rest of the original crew disperse themselves into the datastream in order to awaken all the other AIs.]]

* BigBad: The [[HeroKiller Pixel Cloud]] for most of the game. In the final two scenarios, [[ItsAllAboutMe Grey the Liar]] takes this role, with the [[LastOfHisKind final Pixel Cloud]] serving as BiggerBad.
* ChekhovsGunman: Paul may or may not be the "old square" who told Sarah about curves and the outside world.

* {{Minimalism}}

* GameBreaker: James paired with any other character has the potential to go anywhere on the level, due to Jame's having reversed gravity. James standing on another character will cancel out both's gravity, allowing them stay floating in mid-air until one moves or jumps, which can be used to easily bypass entire sections of levels with ease.

* GameBreaker: James paired with any other character has the potential to go anywhere on the level, due to Jame's gravity cancelling out the other character's, they will stay floating in mid-air until one moves or jumps, allowing them to easily bypass entire sections of levels with ease.

* GameBreaker: [spoiler: James] paired with any other character has the potential to go anywhere on the level, due to [spoiler: their gravity cancelling out one another, they will stay floating in mid-air until one moves or jumps,] allowing them to easily bypass entire sections with ease.

* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with '[[LOLcats cats who can't spell]]' but also to ''Videogame/{{Portal}}'' and ''Videogame/{{Skyrim}}''.
** Claire, the superhero, felt that spikes were her [[{{Superman}} Kryptonite]].
** Claire also senses a [[StarWars disturbance in the force]] and a [[TheMatrix shift in the matrix]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The fates of Benjamin's father after Benjamin leaves him, and of Anna after she leaves Benjamin and Sarah, are left unknown. Additionally, as Benjamin is not mentioned in the main story, his own fate is ultimately unknown.

* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with '[[LOLcats cats who can't spell]]' but also to ''Videogame/{{Portal}}'' and ''{{Skyrim}}''.

* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with '[[LOLcats cats who can't spell]]' but also to ''Videogame/{{Portal}}'' and ''TheElderScrolls/{{Skyrim}}''.

''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 than 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 John]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]] the Insecure.

''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 Danny Wallace.

** Similarly, Paul and Jo in the final scenarios, for the same reasons. In all cases, however, [[ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman their shortness makes them vital at least once]] when a switch in a tiny tunnel needs activated or similar.

''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.

* ShoutOut: Namely to internet memes, with '[[LOLcats cats who can't spell]]' but also to ''Videogame/Portal'' and ''TheElderScrolls/Skyrim''.

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

''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 John]] the Proud, [[FloatingPlatforms Claire]] the [[CloudCuckooLander Superhero]], [[GoombaSpringboard Laura]] the Helpful, [[GravityScrew James]] the Self Conscious, [[DoubleJump Sarah]] the Adventurer, and [[JerkWithAHeartOfGold Chris]] the Insecure.

* AerithAndBob: Thomas,[[spoiler: Chris, John, Claire, Laura, James, Sarah, Chris, Jo, Sam, Paul...then Grey, and Team Jump. ]]

* [[spoiler: DownerEnding: Benjamin is left blinded, and will likely not return home any time soon. Also, the pixel clouds are now unleashed upon the world.]]

!!This game provides examples of:

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Team Jump. Unlike all the other characters, their fate is left unknown. [[spoiler: It's likely they found a way out of their own though.]]