History WebVideo / TenLittleRoosters

** [[spoiler:More like Wham Sound, but Episode 6 leads us to assume Ryan died in the hole (even cutting to his portrait prior to it)...and then we hear the sound of glass breaking.]]
** In the finale after the survivor has been revealed and the credits have rolled, Tolkien's "All that is gold does not glitter" poem appears onscreen (the same poem that Chris quoted in the first episode). All the lines of the poem fade from the screen except for the last line - [[spoiler: ''The crownless again shall be king'']]. Not only is this a clever reference to [[spoiler:Ryan being the last one alive]], but it also turns Chris' offhand comment into a huge ChekhovsGun, meaning that viewers could have predicted the survivor from the ''very first episode''.

* BrickJoke: In the first episode, Chris quote Tolkien whilst Gus quotes himself calling Chris a nerd. Fast forward to the finale, and the same Tolkien quote is shown after the credits, ''as well as'' Gus' made up quote.

* MeaningfulEcho: Chris' quoting Tolkien in the first episode is revealed to have more significance than it first seemed, as the full poem is shown during the epilogue. Specifically, the line about [[spoiler: "The crownless again shall be king."]]

** In the finale after the survivor has been revealed and the credits have rolled, Tolkien's "All that is gold does not glitter" poem appears onscreen (the same poem that Chris quoted in the first episode). All the lines of the poem fade from the screen except for the last line - [[spoiler: ''The crownless again shall be king'']]. Not only is this a clever reference to [[spoiler: Ryan being the last one alive]], but it also turns Chris' offhand comment into a huge ChekhovsGun, meaning that viewers could have predicted the survivor from the ''very first episode''.

* WimpFight: Ryan's fight with [[spoiler: the Creeper]]. All they do is slap Ryan around a bunch as he meekly tries to defend himself. When Ryan actually starts to fight back, he knocks them out in one punch. [[spoiler:This foreshadows his fight with Barbara, who also fights like this]].

--> ''The killer was killed... and then there was one.''

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: [[spoiler:Both Lindsay and Barbara's deaths are just as, if not more, gory and over-the-top as the guy's]]

The series takes place at the inogu...inaugg...''first'' banquet held at the Rooster Teeth office by [[BadBoss Burnie Burns]] with nine other Rooster Teeth employees[[labelnote:list]] [[KindHeartedCatLover Lindsay Jones]], [[TheSmartGuy Gus Sorola]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Chris Demarais]], [[SanitySlippage Miles Luna]], [[TheDitz Gavin Free]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically him and a clone]], [[TheDividual but they're treated as one person]]), Adam Ellis, [[HairTriggerTemper Michael Jones]], [[PungeonMaster Barbara Dunkelman]], and [[AxCrazy Ryan Haywood]][[/labelnote]]. However, the party goes downhill when Michael accuses everyone of committing serious crimes in the past, saying that one person is guilty of "cold-blooded murder".

The series takes place at the inogu...inaugg...''first'' banquet held at the Rooster Teeth office by [[BadBoss Burnie Burns]] with nine other Rooster Teeth employees[[labelnote:list]] [[TheChick Lindsay Jones]], [[TheSmartGuy Gus Sorola]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Chris Demarais]], [[SanitySlippage Miles Luna]], [[TheDitz Gavin Free]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically him and a clone,]] [[TheDividual but they're treated as one person]]), Adam Ellis, [[HairTriggerTemper Michael Jones]], [[PungeonMaster Barbara Dunkelman]], and [[AxCrazy Ryan Haywood]][[/labelnote]]. However, the party goes downhill when Michael accuses everyone of committing serious crimes in the past, saying that one person is guilty of "cold-blooded murder".

* BreakingTheFourthWall: [[spoiler:In the final episode, Ryan ends up questioning how the hell he got captured when the last thing he remembered was Lindsay saving him from the puma and getting killed for it. Barbara handwaves by saying that she ''somehow'' got the drop on him and knocked him out. Mostly so she could get to monologuing.]]

-> ''Not all who work here are fucking nerds.''
-->-- '''Sorola'''

** Burnie gets really angry when he learns Ryan doesn't watch ''Machinima/RedVsBlue''.

** The fourth: [[spoiler:Burnie, while gearing up to find the killer, accidentally touches a scorpion while reaching for a gun, which ends up poisoning him. The poem stated that "Life imitated art", so Burnie had to die like how his character in ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' did, which in that case, was from the scorpion tank. Furthermore, it was ''Joel'''s scorpion, and Joel played Caboose, who had been driving the tank at the time.]]

** The sixth: [[spoiler:Adam is also ambushed by the killer and strangled by a computer mouse wire. What makes this bad is Miles is seeing this as a mocap animation and he's mistaking it for a ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'' mocap video... that goes into sex.]]

* VisualPun: [[spoiler:Burnie's death. He gets stung by a scorpion, then the camera pulls up to reveal [[Machinima/RedVsBlue the Scorpion Tank "Sheila"]].]]

* DysfunctionJunction: The RT employees are portrayed as having basically no camaraderie at all and barely able to tolerate each other to the extent that they'd pretty much all be quite happy to see the rest of them dead. Fairly common for RT SelfParody pieces, but really dialed UpToEleven this time around (so you will believe that anybody who hasn't died yet could be the murderer)

''Ten Little Roosters'' is a 2014 murder mystery comedy web series created by Creator/RoosterTeeth, consisting of eight episodes that aired weekly from November 4 to December 23. The series is an {{affectionate parody}} of Creator/AgathaChristie's novel ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'', with its TenLittleMurderVictims premise directly lifted from the original book.

* {{Corpsing}}: Happens to [[spoiler:Ryan]] several times in the finale when [[spoiler: being attacked by food by Barbara]].
** And before that in [[spoiler:episode 4 when he's fighting the creeper that may or may not be a hallucination]].

* AbsenteeActor: Gus is not present at all during episode 2 and is found at his desk in episode 3 claiming to have been working the whole time.

Shortly afterwards, the guests find a poem taped to the wall written in the style of the original "Ten Little Soldiers" poem (said poem can be read in full [[http://i.imgur.com/MGhHQid.jpg here]]), and from the first episode it becomes clear that the poem is outlining the murders of all but one of the party guests over the course of the night. Everyone is locked in, and they must figure out who [[TheMole the killer]] is among them.

The list of victims and how they died, and the eventual [[SoleSurvivor survivor]], is as follows:

* BloodyHilarious: The deaths of [[spoiler:the Gavins and Lindsay.]] And in the finale, [[spoiler:of the killer Barbara]].

Shortly afterwards, the guests find a poem taped to the wall written in the style of the original "Ten Little Soldiers" poem (said poem can be read in full [[http://i.imgur.com/MGhHQid.jpg here]]), and from the first episode it becomes clear that the poem is outlining the murders of several party guests over the course of the night. Everyone is locked in, and they must figure out who [[TheMole the killer]] is among them before they all die.

The list of victims and how they died is as follows:

''Ten Little Roosters'' is a 2014 murder mystery comedy web series created by Creator/RoosterTeeth, consisting of eight episodes that aired weekly from November 4 to December 23. The series is an {{homage}} to/{{affectionate parody}} of Creator/AgathaChristie's novel ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'', with its TenLittleMurderVictims premise being a direct allusion to the original book.

# ''[[TheChessmaster The Killer Was Killed]]'': [[labelnote:answer]] Barbara Dunkelman, the mastermind of the whole plot, is killed by Gavin's 100% Accurate Creeper Suit after mistaking it for a green screen outfit.[[/labelnote]]

''Ten Little Roosters'' is a 2014 murder mystery comedy web series created by Creator/RoosterTeeth, consisting of eight episodes that aired weekly from November 4 to December 23.

The series takes place at the inogu...inaugg...''first'' banquet held at the Rooster Teeth office by [[BadBoss Burnie Burns]] with nine other Rooster Teeth employees.[[labelnote:list]] [[TheChick Lindsay Jones]], [[TheSmartGuy Gus Sorola]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Chris Demarais]], [[SanitySlippage Miles Luna]], [[TheDitz Gavin Free]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically him and a clone,]] [[TheDividual but they're treated as one person]]), Adam Ellis, [[HairTriggerTemper Michael Jones]], [[PungeonMaster Barbara Dunkelman]], and [[AxCrazy Ryan Haywood]][[/labelnote]] However, the party goes downhill when Michael accuses everyone of committing serious crimes in the past, saying that one person is guilty of "cold-blooded murder".

Shortly afterwards, the guests find a poem taped to the wall written in the style of the original "Ten Little Soldiers" poem, and from the first episode it becomes clear that the poem is outlining the murders of several party guests over the course of the night. Everyone is locked in, and they must figure out who the killer is before they all die.

The series is an {{homage}}/{{affectionate parody}} of Agatha Christie's 1939 murder mystery novel ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' with many elements alluding to the original book - ten guests are accused of previously committed crimes, are killed off one by one, and their only clue is a poem left by the murderer (said poem can be read in full [[http://i.imgur.com/MGhHQid.jpg here]]).

After the first episode, viewers were asked to submit guesses as to who is the killer and who will be the survivor (confirmed to ''not'' be the killer). After each episode aired, the viewers were also asked to guess who will die in the next episode, as well as how they will die.

* ClusterFBomb:
** Lindsay's quote in her portion of The Know:

* AsideGlance: When they find the poem on the wall, Burnie, with Miles and Gus behind him, comments that it is an ominous portent for the evening. Then all three look straight at the camera with little grins.

* BreakingTheFourthWall:
** In the first episode, after Burnie sees the poem on the door:
--->'''Burnie''': [[LampshadeHanging This looks like some kind of ominous omen for the rest of the evening.]]\\
(''Him, Miles, and Gus look at the camera'')
** [[spoiler:In the final episode, Ryan ends up questioning how the hell he got captured when the last thing he remembered was Lindsay saving him from the puma and getting killed for it. Barbara handwaves by saying that she ''somehow'' got the drop on him and knocked him out. Mostly so she could get to monologuing.]]

* TheVoiceless: So far the person in the skull mask hasn't said a word.

A sequel series, ''WebVideo/TheElevenLittleRoosters'', was announced at RTX 2015. A prologue series, ''Assassin Superstars 360'', premiered on December 20, 2016, and the official series premiered on January 16th, 2017. This time, with the exception of the survivor, characters are original characters, and not RT employees playing fictional versions of themselves. Both series were then followed by another SpiritualSuccessor series, ''WebVideo/DeadLittleRoosters'', in 2021.

After the survivor escapes, they are recruited by an international spy agency to root out TheMole in a group of 18 assassins and spies from 11 agencies around the world.

A sequel series, ''WebVideo/TheElevenLittleRoosters'', was announced at RTX 2015. A prologue series, ''Assassin Superstars 360'', premiered on December 20, 2016, and the official series premiered on January 16th, 2017. This time, with the exception of the survivor, characters are original characters, and not RT employees playing fictional versions of themselves.

''Ten Little Roosters'' is a 2014 murder mystery comedy web series created by Creator/RoosterTeeth, consisting of eight episodes that aired weekly from November 4 to December 23.[[note]]However, if the description for episode 7 means anything, there will be a second season.[[/note]]

The series takes place at the inogu...inaugg...''first'' banquet held at the Rooster Teeth office by [[BadBoss Burnie Burns]] with nine other Rooster Teeth employees.[[labelnote:list]] [[TheChick Lindsay Jones]], [[TheSmartGuy Gus Sorola]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Chris Demarais]], [[SanitySlippage Miles Luna]], [[TheDitz Gavin Free]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically him and a clone,]] [[TheDividual but they're treated as one person]]), [[BadassBeard Adam Ellis]], [[HairTriggerTemper Michael Jones]], [[PungeonMaster Barbara Dunkelman]], and [[AxCrazy Ryan Haywood]][[/labelnote]] However, the party goes downhill when Michael accuses everyone of committing serious crimes in the past, saying that one person is guilty of "cold-blooded murder".

* BadassBeard: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]] - Adam's beard ''looks'' great, but it has a tendency to get stuff caught in it, as well as getting trapped in things (doors, microphones etc.)

* RealityEnsues: We see in the third episode that, rather than taking a stand or actively searching for the murderer, a lot of the employees are doing the most reasonable thing: hiding and waiting for the cleaning lady to come in the morning and let them out. [[spoiler:This ends up working against Gus, who is impaled by the murderer, and Adam, who is strangled by the murderer.]]
** Also, a few of the characters are actively trying to find ways to contact outside help.
** Quite a few people undergo the SanitySlippage one would expect from being locked in an inescapable place with the promise that all of you will be murdered one by one, having no clue when ''you'll'' go, and until then having to watch your friends die. Specifically Miles, Ryan, and Lindsay go through stages, though Ryan's is more from [[spoiler: suspecting himself as the killer and being deprived of oxygen]].
** [[spoiler: Lindsay tries speaking "puma" and using her affection of cats to win over the puma. She is promptly mauled.]]

* SanitySlippage: Whilst nobody seems to be completely sane to begin with, you get the sense that some people are starting to lose their grip on their sanity.
** Miles is easily the first to go this way in episode 2, gaining a SlasherSmile when he decides it's time to "put on The Suit". [[spoiler:Episode 3 reveals that "The Suit" was the Ruby Rose costume.]] However, despite this, he is notably the only one to keep attempting outside communication so that the police will be summoned, which might make him ''more'' level-headed than his co-workers who hide, try to find the killer alone, or just write poetry during the crisis.

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: [[spoiler:Lindsay]] thought they could speak [[spoiler: puma]]. [[RealityEnsues Nope]].

* BaitAndSwitch: Ever since [[spoiler:he got stuck on the hole]], it seemed like [[spoiler:Ryan would end up being the one who "Ran Out of Air"]]. Episode 6 makes it seem that way, [[spoiler:due to cutting to Ryan's portrait after Ryan ''supposedly'' succumbs to asphyxiation... only for [[WhamLine the sound of shattering glass]] to be heard as Ryan bursts out]].

* KilledOffForReal: WordOfGod says that [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3272624 once someone dies, they stay dead for the rest of the series.]] Confirmed in-series by Burnie in a discussion with Ryan.

* NotHisSled: WordOfGod confirms that while the series follows the basic premise of ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'', it will not use its original ending, both to make it easier for those playing at home to follow along with, and to keep viewers familiar with the original in the dark.

* PlotHole: WordOfGod highlights the rule that there's only one survivor left at the end, and the survivor can't be the same person as the murderer. All very well and good, but the poem in the series - which was written by the murderer - says the same thing, which means that either the killer wrote that [[PoeticSerialKiller for the sake of the poem]], or they've already predicted their own death...

* TogetherInDeath: WordOfGod says that whatever happens to Gavin must happen to his clone as well - if one gets murdered then [[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3272624 the other one must die in the exact same way at the same time.]] [[spoiler: This happens to be their fate in episode 2.]]

** [[spoiler:More like Wham Noise, but Episode 6 has the sound of glass breaking... after we are left to assume Ryan died in the hole (we even cut to his portrait prior to it).]]
** When the time approaches for a victim to die, and you remember the line of the poem set for this episode, it suddenly becomes one in hindsight.
** In the finale after the survivor has been revealed and the credits have rolled, Tolkien's 'All that is gold does not glitter' poem appears onscreen (the same poem that Chris quoted in the first episode). All the lines of the poem fade from the screen except for the last line - [[spoiler: ''The crownless again shall be king'']]. Not only is this a clever reference to [[spoiler: Ryan being the last one alive]], but it also turns Chris' offhand comment into a huge [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Gun]], meaning that viewers could have predicted the survivor from the ''very first episode''.

* NotSoDifferent: The reason why [[spoiler: Barbara was trying to mess with Ryan's mind and make him think he was crazy - Ryan's natural sociopathy meant that he would have figured out Barbara from the beginning, so she needed a way to distract him]].
** Ryan's attempts to stop himself from getting murdered can count as this:

''Ten Little Roosters'' is a murder mystery web series created by Creator/RoosterTeeth that first aired on November 4, 2014. The series takes place at the inogu...inaugg...''first'' banquet held at the Rooster Teeth office by [[BadBoss Burnie Burns]] with nine other Rooster Teeth employees.[[labelnote:list]] [[TheChick Lindsay Jones]], [[TheSmartGuy Gus Sorola]], [[TheFriendNobodyLikes Chris Demarais]], [[SanitySlippage Miles Luna]], [[TheDitz Gavin Free]] ([[ItMakesSenseInContext technically him and a clone,]] [[TheDividual but they're treated as one person]]), [[BadassBeard Adam Ellis]], [[HairTriggerTemper Michael Jones]], [[PungeonMaster Barbara Dunkelman]], and [[AxCrazy Ryan Haywood]][[/labelnote]] However, the party goes downhill when Michael accuses everyone of committing serious crimes in the past, saying that one person is guilty of "cold-blooded murder". Shortly afterwards, the guests find a poem taped to the wall written in the style of the original 'Ten Little Soldiers' poem, and from the first episode it becomes clear that the poem is outlining the murders of several party guests over the course of the night. Everyone is locked in, and they must figure out who the killer is before they all die.

The series is an homage/{{affectionate parody}} of Agatha Christie's 1939 murder mystery novel ''Literature/AndThenThereWereNone'' with many elements alluding to the original book - ten guests are accused of previously committed crimes, are killed off one by one, and their only clue is a poem left by the murderer (said poem can be read in full [[http://i.imgur.com/MGhHQid.jpg here]]). The first episode can be seen [[http://roosterteeth.com/archive/?id=9929&v=more here]] - the following episodes were released once per week on Tuesdays, with the finale airing on December 23.[[note]]However, if the description for episode 7 means anything, there will be a second season.[[/note]] After the first episode, viewers were asked to submit guesses as to who is the killer and who will be the survivor (confirmed to ''not'' be the killer). After each episode airs the viewers were also asked to guess who will die in the next episode, as well as how they will die.

-->'''[[spoiler: Barbara]]''': The time of [[spoiler: God dammit Barb]] is over! I'm God now so it's [[spoiler: BARB dammit barb!]]

* RunningGag: Adam's beard getting trapped into things and vice-versa.

** Barbara trying to solve everything with her cat piano. [[spoiler:Turns out to be she's using the piano to control her animal minions]]

* SpeaksFluentAnimal: [[spoiler: Lindsay]] thought they could speak [[spoiler: puma]]. [[RealityEnsues Nope]].

* FamousLastWords:
** "And if that person tries to kill me ''*coughs*'' if they... if they try... ''*starts to choke*'' [[KilledMidSentence Gavin...]]" - [[spoiler: Michael]]
** "Bollocks..." - [[spoiler: Gavin]]
** "I would have followed you, my brother... my captain... my king..." - [[spoiler:Chris]]
** "That was kind of stingy..." - [[spoiler:Burnie]]
** "Ow..." - [[spoiler:Gus]]
** "[[spoiler:Miles]], is that you?" - [[spoiler:Adam]]
** "Oh my God, please, aahhhhhhhhh!" - [[spoiler:Lindsay]]
** "No... no, I ''can'' do this! I'm the hero of this story! I'm-a gonna win! I can do this! There is absolutely no way that I will not survive this!" [[spoiler:Miles]]
** "Get... what is that? Make it stop! No! No! No! NOOOOOOOO!!!!!" [[spoiler:Barbara]]

-->'''Burnie''': [[LampshadeHanging This looks like some kind of ominous omen for the rest of the evening.]]\\

--> ''Not all who work here are fucking nerds.''

* EndingFatigue: InUniverse; mentioned by Burnie in episode 3 when he tells Chris that his ''LOTR'' role-playing is "about as long as those 12 endings to that shitty movie". This is taken to another level when [[spoiler:Chris' death, mirroring [[Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing Boromir]]'s, is humorously prolonged after Chris dramatically collapses, seeming to have died, only to get back up. This happens several times, long enough to piss Burnie off.]]

* PersonAsVerb: In Episode 6, [[spoiler:Lindsay refers to Chris' death as "getting [[Film/TheFellowshipOfTheRing Boromir]]'d".]]

* NeverSplitTheParty: Double subverted. [[spoiler: Adam]] rejects an offer to team up with another Rooster, asserting that the killer is ''planning'' on people coming together so he can kill them [[spoiler: since that's exactly what happened to Gavin]]. They pay dearly for this mistake.