History WebAnimation / Interface

* MonsterClown: Mischief has the appearance of a monstrous clown, although he is CreepyGood and quite friendly instead of malicious or evil. Episode 14 reveals he used to be a literal clown in circus called [[FluffyTheTerrible Percy]]. [[spoiler:Episode 23 complicates things by revealing that he is an EmotionEater, making it ambiguous as to whether or not he is "evil". Even the finale doesn't completely clear things up, but he at least had good intentions for Henryk]].

* NotSoAboveItAll: [[spoiler:A variation using weirdness instead of silliness -- the Blue Guy may in fact be immortal.]]

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler:Blue Guy, AKA Henryk Niebieski is a hundred years old, born in 1910.]]

** A shot of KAMI's creation in Episode 3 seems reminiscent of [[Anime/GhostInTheShell a full-body prosthesis.]]
** At Episode 3, Greetings Robotics created KAMI with partnership of the United Nations Counter-Terror Comittee, a few letters away from [[VideoGame/DeusEx United Nations Anti-Terrorist Coalition]].

* TheStoic: ''Everyone''.

* CanadaEh: The series is primarily set in an AlternateHistory version of Canada, which post-1943 has become Orwellian {{cyberpunk}}. Primarily set in Justin's actual hometown of Montreal (complete with bilingual French/English background elements, such as the announcer in the museum, and recognisable landmarks such as the Olympic Park and the museum itself) but the finale of the series takes place in a lighthouse based on the real life Peggy's Point, which would at that point situate the story in Nova Scotia.

* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Mr Greetings' eyes are completely shadowed in his appearances. In the UN speech, his eyes are completely hidden, and when he watches KAMI uploading Cerebral Electricty to the Mechanical Saccorhytus, his eyes only become colored at the end of the process, with the orange light coming from the screen.

* HeroicMime: Henryk never, ever speaks onscreen. The most he ever vocalizes is his frantic breathing when Mischief suddenly turns into a unicycle with him on it. [[spoiler:He's not [[TheSpeechless mute]], or at least he wasn't always; his daughter quotes him, numerous times, about what Henryk said to her and to his wife.]]

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The full quote is [[InvokedTrope invoked]] by Mr Greetings in Episode 12, as he's not sure if he became this trope or not.
* LifeEnergy: "Cerebral Electricity" is a strange and apparently ''sentient'' energy that, according to Mr Greetings, "was not a foreign substance. It simply revealed for ourselves to observe, to understand." Considering how he talks about "ghost stories and myths [becoming] reality" and how KAMI is shown to be absorbing a ghost in episode 4, it seems to be linked with souls and spirits. [[spoiler:Episode 21 reveals that the Philadelphia experiment ''caused'' Cerebral Electricity to be revealed to the world.]]

** Mr Greetings is a {{Downplayed|Trope}} example, who is no less unsettling due to CreepyShadowedUndereyes. [[spoiler:The finale has it even worse when he is shown interfaced with the Mechanical Saccorhytus; his eyes and mouth connected to cybernetic parts]].

* RuleOfSymbolism: The series runs on this trope, many actions and events happen purely for their symbolical value. Such as the Blue Man begin inside René Magrite's ''The Son of Man'', the man hatching from the egg in Dali's ''Birth of The Geopoliticus Child'' having Mischief's trademark pink skin. Mischief [[Literature/BookOfGenesis offering an apple]] to Blue Guy while saying [[Literature/TheFourGospels "The truth shall set you free"]] with the same apple from Episode 5 "The Son of Man", revealing the same paiting but now without the apple in the way, implying that whatever was "obstructing" Blue Guy's mind is now clear. Or in episode 12, KAMI spawning 8 arms like an Hindu god and crashing into a crucified position in the Mount Royal Cross [[spoiler: when fighting the Octopus Chef, this implies her future (Or ongoing) transformation into a [[PhysicalGod godlike being]]]].

''Interface'' is a [[Main/ScienceFiction sci-fi]] SurrealHorror web series created by Canadian Website/{{YouTube}}r and animator Justin "Umami" Tomchuk. Umami is most known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBgz9h7GGM Thomas the Thermonuclear Bomb]] video, although Interface is his most celebrated series. In 29 October 2018, Creator/AdultSwim released two short animations made by Umami called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYOHMfFGBc "Open Wide Up"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45sfguuzQw "Stranger Danger"]] featuring Interface's co-protagonist Mischief.

''Interface'' is a [[Main/ScienceFiction sci-fi]] SurrealHorror web series created by Canadian Website/{{YouTube}}r and animator Justin "u m a m i" Tomchuk. Umami is most known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBgz9h7GGM Thomas the Thermonuclear Bomb]] video, although Interface is his most celebrated series. In 29 October 2018, Creator/AdultSwim released two short animations made by Umami called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYOHMfFGBc "Open Wide Up"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45sfguuzQw "Stranger Danger"]] featuring Interface's co-protagonist Mischief.

''Interface'' is a [[Main/ScienceFiction sci-fi]] SurrealHorror web series created by Canadian Website/{{YouTube}}r and animator ''u m a m i'', whose real name is Justin Tomchuk. Umami is most known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBgz9h7GGM Thomas the Thermonuclear Bomb]] video, although Interface is his most celebrated series. In 29 October 2018, Creator/AdultSwim released two short animations made by Umami called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYOHMfFGBc "Open Wide Up"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45sfguuzQw "Stranger Danger"]] featuring Interface's co-protagonist Mischief.

** [[spoiler: Blue Guy's real name; Henryk ''Niebieski'']]. [[spoiler:Niebieski]] is a Polish word meaning "blue/azure" or "celestial", which fits as Blue Guy [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin wears blue clothing]], and appears to have a connection to Mischief [[spoiler:due to Cerebral Electricity]].

* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: [[spoiler: Blue Guy, AKA Henryk Niebieski is a hundred years old, born in 1910.]]

* AlienSea: The sea is a blood red color. [[spoiler: Episode 21 reveals that this, just like the sky, was caused by the Philadelphia experiment.]]

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:In Episode 23, Mr. Greetings claims that Mischief is this, being an EmotionEater who feeds off of the grief of others]]. [[spoiler: Somewhat {{Subverted}} in the finale, where Mischief's true intentions still aren't fully revealed but he does reunite Henryk with his great granddaughter and performs a surreal HeroicSacrifice]].

** [[spoiler: It [[TransformingMecha transforms]] into a nightmarish, baby-like HumongousMecha in the finale, with Mr Greetings himself interfaced with it]].

* DrivenToSuicide: First in Episode 11, where the Blue Guy contemplates in throwing himself out of a building, a little before Mischief found him. [[spoiler: And in Episode 20, Henryk's attempted suicide results in the car accident that killed his late family]].

** Mr Greetings is a {{Downplayed}} example, who is no less unsettling due to CreepyShadowedUndereyes. [[spoiler:The finale has it even worse when he is shown interfaced with the Mechanical Saccorhytus; his eyes and mouth connected to cybernetic parts]].

* UnfazedEveryman: The Blue Guy is this. He is briefly scared when he first sees Mischief and then he quickly simply accepts its weirdness. When he start to wander around with Mischief, he simply accepts the weirdness happening around him, [[spoiler: this might be because he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld over a hundred year old Immortal]] and he has SeenItAll]]

* CanadaEh: The series is primarily set in an AlternateHistory version of Canada, which post-1943 has become Orwellian {{cyberpunk}}. Primarily set in Justin's actual hometown of Montreal (complete with bilingual French/English background elements, such as the announcer in the museum) but the finale of the series takes place in a lighthouse based on the real life Peggy's Point, which would at that point situate the story in Nova Scotia.

* CanadaEh: The series is primarily set in an AlternateHistory version of Canada, which post-1943 has become Orwellian {{cyberpunk}}. Primarily set in Justin's actual hometown of Montreal (complete with bilingual French/English background elements, such as the announcer in the museum) but the finale of the series takes place in a lighthouse based on the real life Peggy's Point, which would at that point situate the story in Nova Scotia

''Interface'' is a sci-fi SurrealHorror web series created by Canadian Website/{{YouTube}}r and animator ''u m a m i'', whose real name is Justin Tomchuk. Umami is most known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBgz9h7GGM Thomas the Thermonuclear Bomb]] video, although Interface is his most celebrated series. In 29 October 2018, Creator/AdultSwim released two short animations made by Umami called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYOHMfFGBc "Open Wide Up"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45sfguuzQw "Stranger Danger"]] featuring Interface's co-protagonist Mischief.

''Interface'' is a SurrealHorror web series created by Canadian Website/{{YouTube}}r and animator ''u m a m i'', whose real name is Justin Tomchuk. Umami is most known for his [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MBgz9h7GGM Thomas the Thermonuclear Bomb]] video, although Interface is his most celebrated series. In 29 October 2018, Creator/AdultSwim released two short animations made by Umami called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ReYOHMfFGBc "Open Wide Up"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A45sfguuzQw "Stranger Danger"]] featuring Interface's co-protagonist Mischief.

After a GrandFinale at Episode 24. ''Interface'' was followed by another web series named ''SAFE MODE''. Following a new protagonist, the three-headed "Smear" as he is set by Mr. Greetings to find a mysterious threat and remove the Interface from [[TitleDrop safe mode]]. Since it's set in a virtual reality and not in the "real life", it doubles down on the surreal art.