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1	->"[[BlatantLies This is a normal server]]. [[{{Gaslighting}} no matter what you see or hear, it's a normal server]]"
2	-->-- '''[[TheCommandments rule #1]] of the [REDACTED] SMP'''
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4	Started on by Garfilled, the [REDACTED] SMP is an [[AnalogHorror analogue]][[note]]well, inspired by[[/note]][=/=]SurrealHorror VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} server with an ongoing plotline, containing Garfilled, Deytra, Spleep, Ludocrypt, Elixer, Queenie, [=Trouble0=], Zeemyth, Pianocat, Povertybag, Debunky, and many other content creators.
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6	A small group of people are stranded in the wilderness, many with no idea how they got there. Despite initial assumptions, it rapidly becomes clear that [[{{Understatement}} something strange is afoot]], as a [[StalkerWithoutACrush shadowy figure]] watches from the distance and eyes are seen gazing out from the darkness. Despite the increasing danger, a small town begins to form around spawn.
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8	Then, they start finding [[BeingWatched cameras in the woods]]. The same shadowy figure from before appears again, this time seeming to lead Garfilled straight into the outpost; a destroyed facility of a camera company known as [[AmbiguouslyEvil the A.R.G]], who are secretly experimenting with the worlds magic for unknown purposes. Here, they learn that [[TomatoInTheMirror Garfilled]] is [[HumanoidAbomination Entity-01 "The Harbinger"]], a being who [[WeirdnessMagnet draws magical phenomena towards him]], even across worlds.
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10	From there, it touches upon the social ramifications of [[DoomMagnet Garfilled's condition]] and (dangerous) attempts to cure him, Zeemyth's attempts to avoid detection contested by Elixer's investigations into the A.R.G., Povertybag and Debunky attempting to become the richest on the server, as well as [[BreatherEpisode assorted little bits]] like a vandalism investigation and cafe renovation.
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12	'''Note:''' Unless otherwise specified, all tropes pertain to the '''characters''', not the '''content creators''' that play them.
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15	!![REDACTED] SMP contains examples of:
16	* AloofLeaderAffableSubordinate: Povertybag and Debunky's dynamic. While Povertybag is terse and business-focused, Debunky is energetic and seems to get along well with the other members of the server. [[{{Jerkass}} Neither of them are particularly respectful towards others, though]].
17	* AppliedPhlebotinum: Apparently, blaze rods are [[FastKillingRadiation radioactive]] and if you damage a lodestone, it sends [[PureEnergy energy]] out the side. Both of these have been used in [[WellIntentionedExtremist attempts to cure Garfilled]]. [[spoiler:[[StatusQuoIsGod It didn't work]].]]
18	* BotanicalAbomination: After nearly [[spoiler:blowing up most of spawn while trying to cure Garfilled's "condition",]] a green, plant-like thing covers most of the laboratory Trouble and Zeemyth were using. Tellingly, [[EveryoneHasStandards they]] choose to block it off, albeit with glass, rather then simply clearing it out of the lab.
19	* CatFolk: Garfilled, [[HumanoidAbomination at least visibly]]. [[LittleBitBeastly Deytra]] has cat ears and paws. Pianocat is just a straight example.
20	* TheCommandments: The [REDACTED] SMP apparently used to have a list of rules, but the video has been [[CanonDiscontinuity declared non-canon]]. The page quote is still from it, though.
21	* DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch: Apparently being pulled on the subjects with regard to the Entities, and is likely going to happen if any of the subjects survive.
22	* EvenEvilHasStandards: {{Downplayed\|Trope}}, but present:
23	** At one point, an unknown individual working for [[CorporateConspiracy the A.R.G.]] calls [[DeadlyPrank Debunky's prank on Queenie]] cruel. Later(?), some of their agents were killed by [[MadScientist Entity-14]] when they objected to its work.
24	** Povertybag also [[PetTheDog helps Queenie find boarding]] despite not gaining anything himself.
25	* FastKillingRadiation: {{Implied\|Trope}} with [[AppliedPhlebotinum blaze rods]] as [[MadScientist Trouble0]] considered it a legitimate possibility that their device could be used as an execution chamber.
26	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Quite a bit, although it has yet to come to fruition. The start of Povertybag's videos tend to imply that something bad is going to happpen, and it'll his fault. The A.R.G's footage has shown that they plan to "[[DeadlyEuphemism neutralise the threat]]" when the time is right.
27	* FromBadToWorse: At first, the entities were only [[EliteMooks ghouls]], [[GlowingEyesOfDoom Lurkers]] and [[StalkerWithoutACrush the Observer]], but over time, [[LivingShadow Shadow Entities]], [[{{Pyromaniac}} a new observer]], [[SuperpoweredEvilSide the static entity]] and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Luna]] have joined their numbers; this is {{lampshade\|Hanging}}d by Trouble.
28	* GenericistGovernment: [[CityWithNoName The town around spawn]] has a mayor and elections; it also has taxes and [[ActionPolitician Povertybag]] is attempting to from a militia. Other then that, no information has been provided. Even the people living there don't seem to know much about its workings.
29	* GlowingEyesOfDoom:
30	** Lurker Entities have glowing eyes which are the only visible parts of their body.
31	** [[MalevolentMaskedMan Povertybag's]] eyes are seen glowing in a FlashForward. From context, it appears to be related somehow to the void, although nothing else is currently known.
32	** The Observer's only feature is its red eyes, and the [[AmbiguouslyRelated similar entity]] [[{{Pyromaniac}} targeting Deytra]] has larger eyes that burn bright enough to [[RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver tint its entire body red]].
33	* GoneHorriblyWrong: During Trouble's (consensual) attempts to cure Garfilled of his condition, [[spoiler:the 3rd experiment involved using a lodestone to send [[PureEnergy pure energy]] into Garfilled, [[WellIntentionedExtremist hoping this would cure him]] [[InsaneTrollLogic because lodestones attract compass needles and therefore are connected to attraction and disattraction and that has to do something, right?]]]] [[spoiler:Although [[HiddenDepths thanks to Trouble's heroism]], they avoided [[FantasticNuke blowing up most of spawn]], but they did accidentally summon [[BotanicalAbomination some kind of alien plant monster]].]]
34	* HumanoidAbomination:
35	** [[TomatoInTheMirror Garfilled, AKA Entity-01 "The Harbinger"]], resembles a [[CatFolk humanoid cat]], emits harmful doses of radiation that are partially covered by his armour, [[WeirdnessMagnet draws entities and other supernatural phenomena towards him]], but is ultimately a [[NiceGuy nice, trustworthy individual]] and [[IJustWantToBeNormal desires to be cured of his condition]].
36	** [[StalkerWithoutACrush Entity-02 "The Observer"]] is a strange black creature that appears, watches people, and [[StealthyTeleportation disappears the moment somebody's crosshair goes over it]]. [[AmbiguouslyEvil Nobody seems to have any idea why it does this]], although it either led Garfilled towards the outpost… or was heading there itself.
37	** To make matters even stranger, a [[AmbiguouslyRelated very similar Entity]] has been targeting [[KindheartedCatLover Deytra]] through [[{{Pyromaniac}} arson]], although it's unclear if they're the same entity or different. [[invoked]]WordOfGod on the matter is that [[NoNameGiven the pyromaniac's]] skin that we see is a shell keeping whats beneath contained, which appears to be [[LivingLava magma or lava]].
38	** The Faceless is an Entity resembling a player and capable of [[VoluntaryShapeshifting taking the form of anyone it wishes, including clothing]]. It's also capable of [[VoiceChangeling mimicking voices]], is immune to [[ImmuneToBullets arrows]], has [[HealingFactor healed from having its arm cut off in seconds]] (albeit with the regenerated parts starting in a [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm Steve skin]]), and is [[ImpliedTrope heavily implied]] to have been working for [[CorporateConspiracy the A.R.G]].
39	* IconicItem: Invoked by Zeemyth with his spyglass. Played straight with Povertybag and his diamond axe.
40	* ImproperlyParanoid: Both Povertybag and Debunky have [[PsychologicalProjection expressed fears of the other members of the SMP attempting to kill them]]. Despite Trouble's [[QuestionableConsent duplicitous experimentation]] and [[TheMole Zeemyth's espionage]], the [[NiceGuy rest of the SMP]] have rarely shown any real hostilities towards them or anyone really (well, except Garfilled that one time). Except for [[SitcomArchNemesis Queenie and Debunky]].
41	* KillerRobot: The robot the A.R.G. sends to [[spoiler:kill Elixer after she begins investigating them]].
42	* LackOfEmpathy: Debunky has sent Queenie on a months-long snipe hunt and badgered Garfilled about his DoomMagnet status. Povertybag has also demonstrated similar qualities in pursuit of [[PracticalCurrency diamonds]].
43	* LaserGuidedKarma:
44	** Debunky sends Queenie on a months-long search for a [[SnipeHunt party he made up]]. When she returned, Povertybag ensures that she ends up boarding with him.
45	** Later on, Trouble is [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil enslaved by Entity-14 "The Computer"]]; guess who ends up [[spoiler:blowing up its brain with a firework? By the end of the episode, no less. Not that it'll keep the thing down long.]]
46	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Terms like 'server' and 'SMP' have been used by the players, and one of Trouble's early videos is framed as a Minecraft tutorial someone was forcing him to make.
47	* LightningCanDoAnything: So far, lightning has been used to make Shadow Entities visible and prevent an explosion.
48	* LuredIntoATrap: Very commonplace across the server, being done by both [[HumanoidAbomination Entities]] and subjects alike.
49	** Deytra and Garfilled use Garf as bait to lure [[spoiler:the Faceless]] beneath some gravel in a mineshaft in order to trap it to get around its [[spoiler:HealingFactor]].
50	** Entity-14 "The Computer" sends out a signal that [[MadScientist Trouble]] can pick up but needs a neural interface to decipher, which lures them to its location so it can [[spoiler:MindRape them into being its [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil slave]], as it lacks a body and had to kill off the A.R.G's scientists after [[EvenEvilHasStandards they objected to its experiments]]. They get out of it and kills the computer, although it apparently has backups somewhere.]]
51	** [[ChestMonster Entity-15-A]] does this to [[spoiler:Zeemyth]] by abducting [[spoiler:his]] dog and taking it to the PocketDimension where it sends everything it swallows. It also apparently likes to do this using Entity-15-C.
52	* MadnessMantra: The book Trouble finds goes a little… overboard with assuring them that [[DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch they're not crazy]]. Also seems to be happening with [[TheMole Zeemyth's]] orders, although why and what it means is as of yet unclear.
53	* NeckLift: How the [[NoNameGiven new Observer Entity]] kills Deytra, although it appears to also have a [[PlayingWithFire burning touch]]. [[DeathIsCheap She gets better, though]].
54	* NiceGuy: After [[DoomMagnet Garfilled]] decides to stay in his house so the town will be safe from him, his OnlyFriend Deytra comes to him every day with food despite his protests. Garfilled himself is rarely anything other then polite and cordial, and is willing to risk himself if it means minimising the harm he causes.
55	* OurGhoulsAreCreepier: Here, ghouls are [[TheUndead undead]] who rise from the ground either individually or in large numbers, albeit mainly around [[DoomMagnet Garfilled]]. They don't appear to have any special abilities but are still considered a threat, possibly because of higher stats or just because of their numbers.
56	* PracticalCurrency: The server uses diamonds as currency, which, considering [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} the medium]], are also able to be crafted into some of the [[InfinityMinusOneSword best]] [[ArmorOfInvincibility equipment]] in the game.
57	* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: This was the prevailing wisdom for the early SMP when encountering [[EldritchAbomination Entities]]. {{Subverted\|Trope}} later on as subjects acquire more gear, experience and numbers, becoming bolder.
58	* StraightManAndWiseGuy: A not-insignificant part of Debunky and Povertybag's dynamic, although it is largely overshadowed by [[CorruptPolitician Povertybag's]] status as mayor.
59	* TrainingMontage: How Povertybag trains Debunky in PVP, which includes several [[ShownTheirWork actual and useful tricks]].
60	* VillainProtagonist:
61	** Viewers have the option to look through the perspectives of [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Povertybag]] in his [[FlawExploitation villager scamming]], [[{{Greed}} questionable motives]] for pursuing office and [[spoiler:implied {{gaslighting}} of Queenie to recruit her.]]
62	** Also of note is [[TheMole Zeemyth]], who is deliberately [[SpannerInTheWorks slowing down]] and [[SinisterSurveillance spying on]] the subjects for [[CorporateConspiracy the A.R.G]].
63	** Or you could just watch the A.R.G's own short videos and cut out the middle man.
64	* YouAreNumberSix: {{Downplayed\|Trope}} but present among the A.R.G, who have numbered the subjects and entities, although only the Computer has been referred to as such to their face. [[TheMole Zeemyth]] has yet to refer to any subjects by their numbers, although if this is part of his disguise or a personal choice is unclear.
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