History YMMV / AlanTutorial

* DiagnosedByTheAudience: It's clear that Alan suffers from some kind of disorder. A FreezeFrameBonus in one video hints he may be autistic. It's also a common observation that his portrayal is close to the classical image of a schizophrenia patient.

* MST3KMantra: Alan's smartphone appears to still have battery and reception even when [[spoiler:he's living in the wilderness or trapped in his white cell with no contact for months on end. He also doesn't succumb to disease or starvation in those two situations.]] This shouldn't hamper your enjoyment of the videos.

* RealismInducedHorror While this is already a horror series, and the second half is less realistic than the first, with things being exaggerated. However, the first real bit of horror is in the very beginning, when all the audience knows is that Alan is a mentally handicapped man living in an abusive, or at least neglectful, household. The horror at this stage comes from watching Alan do his tutorials alone, some of them dangerous, while we receive numerous hints about his bad home life. It makes the series start off in a very unsettling way that slowly becomes more exaggerated and blatantly horrific.

** [[https://youtu.be/4sGokXOC-4I How to watch youtube clips in HD 720p (computer tutorial)]] starts on a benign enough note, with Alan watching telling his viewers how to change the visual quality on YouTube videos. The video he's watching abruptly changes to what looks to be cut footage from the earlier terrarium tutorial, in which Alan starts knocking the materials off the table and moaning incoherently. The strange and uncomfortable atmosphere isn't helped by the compressed, atonal noise blaring in the background. Alan himself seems unnerved by the video, given that he remains silent while watching himself have a tantrum.

* NightmareFuel: Alan's cell in general, but especially [[spoiler:the unidentified spinning meat, which begins to look remarkably like ''human legs'']].

TheWoobie: Alan. Even though it's never made clear exactly ''what'' the deal is with him and the situation he's in, Alan's childish nature is endearing to many viewers and it's easy to want a much better life for him than what he is shown to have in his videos.

TheWoobie: Alan. Even though it's never made clear exactly ''what'' the deal is with him and the situation he's in, Alan's childish nature is endearing to many viewers and it's easy to want a much better life for him than what he seems to have in his videos.

TearJerker: Generally, the whole damn series. Even though it's never made clear exactly ''what'' the deal is with Alan and the situation he's in, Alan's childish nature is endearing to many viewers and it's easy to want a much better life for him than what he seems to have in his videos.