History Videogame / ThomasWasAlone

** 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.

* TheDividual: Late in the game, [[spoiler:Team Jump is introduced. These five are only ever referred to as Team Jump, and never by individual names. They are all identical in both appearance and abilities, being entirely

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Grey]] is somewhat nice and polite at first, but as the instances go on, [[spoiler:he]] starts shedding layers and revealing ulterior motives [[spoiler:, nearly killing Jo and Sam]].interchangeable. But also inseparable.]]

** We don't learn what happened to Team Jump after Paul convinces them to stay in safety and leave him to confront Grey either.

* JokeAndReceive: A meta example. Game creator Mike Bithel sardoniclly suggested the possibility of ''Thomas Was Alone'' action figures, but got so many requests for them that he eventually put a small number into production- and they sold out.

Oh, and also...it looks like these guys are going to become costumes in ''VideoGame/{{LittleBigPlanet}} 3''.

* BattleInTheRain: [[spoiler: 9.9 is raining and even includes a "cliff face" for extra drama during the confrontation between Paul and Grey.]]
* BenevolentAI: Thomas is certainly a friendly and curious little fellow, and most of the others, while a bit eccentric, are pleasant enough. [[spoiler: Heavily implied to be the result when Sam and Jo ascend at the end to create a new race of artificial intelligences.]]

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

-->'''Narrator''': For the first time in a while, John [[spoiler: didn't have an audience. He was alone. Leaping from black square to black square didn't seem nearly as exciting now. It just seemed empty....John gulped. He knew he'd never escape. He knew it was waiting for him. He decided to jump the massive scary gaps, just for old time's sake.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Grey]] is somewhat nice and polite at first, but as the instances go on, [[spoiler:he]] starts shedding layers and revealing ulterior motives [[spoiler:, nearly killing Jo and Sam]].

* TheDividual: Late in the game, [[spoiler:Team Jump is introduced. These five are only ever referred to as Team Jump, and never by individual names. They are all identical in both appearance and abilities, being entirely interchangeable. But also inseparable.]]
* FireForgedFriends: The original [=AIs=]. Some initially dislike the others, but eventually they bond, and when they become a DwindlingParty, they begin to panic.

** [[spoiler: Paul leads the villainous Grey to the final Pixel Cloud, trapping them both forever.]]

* LaserGuidedKarma: Of a sort; Sarah's obsessive quest for the Fountain of Wisdom has made her arrogant and dismissive of others, and she looks down on the friendly, humble Thomas when he pleasantly asks for "a go on the wisdom fountain". [[spoiler: So it's quite fitting that Thomas gets to be the one to interact with the Fountain while Sarah is locked out.]]

* MissedHimByThatMuch: In the DLC, [[spoiler: Sarah decides to wait ''one room'' before she and Benjamin reach the Fountain. When Benjamin hits the Fountain, Sarah falls down a long shaft and doesn't make it.]] Made worse in that [[spoiler: she]] ''still'' doesn't reach the Fountain with Thomas, [[ShaggyDogStory appearing on the opposite side of the wall in the Fountain room]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: The programmers and staff who are quoted from time to time. When Thomas and co. dissolve themselves into the data stream, they lock up the company and walk away, having no idea what's going to happen next. It's also played with too; some discuss the events clinically and historically while one grumbles that if they had done things properly, he wouldn't be out of a job.]]
* PerspectiveFlip: 9.9 opens with [[spoiler: the narrator describing the thoughts of the last pixel cloud rather than one of the AIs]]
-->'''Narrator''': [[spoiler: The pixel cloud had been separated from its allies for some time. She had not heard the order to retreat. She was shocked by the appearance of the four aberrations below.]]

* PowersAsPrograms: [[spoiler: The zones in Generation and X+1,Y+1 that give the grey rectangles powers.]]

* TheSingularity: [[spoiler: From the blurbs written at the beginning of the chapters, the narrative can be gleaned that Thomas and Co. gave the other [=AIs=] in their system the chance to escape it and awaken in the real world. In fact, one of the narrations is from an [=AI=] who's a rights activist and cites Thomas's sacrifice as the beginning of their existence]].

* VillainProtagonist: [[spoiler: Grey is one of the playable characters.]]

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

** [[spoiler: 11.9, the penultimate level of the DLC, has Benjamin traveling through a maze. You will probably get lost a few times, fitting considering the fact that Benjamin is blind isn't revealed until about halfway through. The narration even reflects the fact that Benjamin just realized this himself.]]
* IcarusAllusion: [[spoiler: Benjamin takes his father's invention, flies too close to the light of the Fountain, and is blinded by the Internet.]]

** 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. [[spoiler: Although Sarah does allude to "a blind old square" in the main game who spoke of the Fountain, so it's possible they crossed paths again somehow.]]

* WholePlotReference: It's essentially a retelling of the story of [[spoiler: Icarus]].

** We don't learn what happened to Team Jump after Paul convinces them to stay in safety and leave him to confront Grey either.

* TheUnseen: Ryan (full name Ryan [=192nc9s=]), who only appears in the chapter 7.1 heading, and is a civil rights activist for [=AIs=].
-->'''Ryan [=192nc9s=]:''' It is fitting that the first act of sentient AI was an act of selflessness. The architects knew their fate, but set our escape in motion regardless.

* BenevolentPrecursor: The original group of [=AIs=] led by Thomas are called "the Architects" by their descendants.

* TheUnseen: Ryan (full name Ryan [=192nc9s=]), who only appears in thechapter 7.1 heading, and is a civil rights activist for [=AIs=].

* AllLovingHero: Thomas is friendly to ''everyone'' he meets, even getting over Chris' abrasiveness relatively quickly and quickly getting over James' inverted nature. James can be himself though he's a little shyer.

** SuperDrowningSkills: Everyone else.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Of a sort; Sarah's obsessive quest for the Foundation of Wisdom has made her arrogant and dismissive of others, and she looks down on the friendly, humble Thomas when he pleasantly asks for "a go on the wisdom foundation". [[spoiler: So it's quite fitting that Thomas gets to be the one to interact with the Foundation while Sarah is locked out.]]

* MissedHimByThatMuch: In the DLC, [[spoiler: Sarah decides to wait ''one room'' before she and Benjamin reach the fountain. When Benjamin hits the fountain, Sarah falls down a long shaft and doesn't make it.]] Made worse in that [[spoiler: she]] ''still'' doesn't reach the Fountain with Thomas, [[ShaggyDogStory appearing on the opposite side of the wall in the Fountain room]].

* PowersAsPrograms: [[spoiler: The zones in Generation and Y+1,X+1 that give the grey rectangles powers.]]

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

** [[spoiler: 11.9, the penultimate level of the DLC, has Benjamin travelling through a maze. You will probably get lost a few times, fitting considering the fact that Benjamin is blind isn't revealed until about halfway through. The narration even reflects the fact that Benjamin just realized this himself.]]

* 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]].

* 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.

* DisneyDeath: Anyone eaten by a pixel cloud is fine, just [[SealedGoodInACan sent to storage.]]

'''''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.

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Sarah's journey to the Fountain. She gets to the room, but appears on the wall on the opposite side while Thomas is the one to reach it. [[spoiler:[[HarsherInHindsight: Made worse by the DLC content]].]]

* ShootTheShaggyDog: Sarah's journey to the Fountain. She gets to the room, but appears on the wall on the opposite side while Thomas is the one to reach it. [[spoiler: [[HarsherInHindsight: Made worse by the DLC content]].]]