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->''Trust me and everything will be fine. I am a good person.''

''[[http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/469443 The Bright In the Screen]]'' is a 2008 horror UsefulNotes/AdobeFlash game.

You are a stick figure. You are in an empty facility of some kind. You cannot remember why you're here or how you got here. The facility is totally empty except for you, a mysterious entity sending you messages through the many screens scattered throughout the facility, and the "red freaks", insane red stick figures that attack you on sight.

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!!This game provides examples of:

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: You play as one of the Red Freaks in one level.
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Uh, not exactly. [[spoiler: A screen informs you that "You are red when you are not looking". And then later on "You are a happy smiling Red Freak." Towards the end of the "goodbye" screen, you begin flashing red.]]
* BlackoutBasement: In two levels it's pitch black except for some words lit up in white. You can hover the cursor over yourself to use your flashlight. [[spoiler:At least you still have your gun.]]
* TheBlank: The "Red Freak Museum" shows self-portraits of the Red Freaks as this.
* BookEnds: At least in one version, [[spoiler: the ending literally takes you right back to the start. "Your new assignment" indeed.]]
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Everything red can kill you.
* DialogDuringGameplay: After clicking on a screen, it plays through its message independent of everything else. Because of this you can walk off from the "dialog" and miss things, watch multiple screens of dialog at once, or have to dodge Red Freaks if you want to read all of a message.
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the "Trash" story on some screens in the first version, a character misses the trash can, accidentally littering. The two others that witness this then proceed to beat him to death.
* EasterEgg: If you load the [[http://uploads.ungrounded.net/469000/469443_Bright_clean_FINAL.swf SWF file directly]] and stretch the window way too much in one direction, you can see some counter-glitching measures, like: a deadly red wall underneath all levels, red buttons to kill yourself in normally unreachable places, and informative messages such as [[spoiler:"What did you just did"]] and [[spoiler:"HOW YOU DARE GLITCHING MY GAME YOU LITTLE RED FREAK"]].
** You can also read [[spoiler: "What have you done?" if you click "Commit suicide" in any room, and stretch the window horizontally.]]
* EmptyRoomPsych: The "game" you can play while the game is loading. You can move around and shoot powerful-looking beams... but there's really nothing to shoot and nowhere to go. The old version had this room labeled "Red Therapy" and the new version tells you "You are red when you're not looking." The latest version (Ruffle ver) is labeled "We make our own chaos"
%%* EmptyRoomUntilTheTrap: Sometimes.
* FakePlatform: In some areas, screens and places that are black fool you into thinking there's a nice solid place to walk. They sometimes drop you into a room with Red Freaks. There's also an unavoidable one in the beginning. "I told you to mind the gap."
* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler:"You've already been through this".]]
%%* GainaxEnding
* GameplayAutomation: the "Seems like you've completely '''lost it'''" level. You only control the screen, and "you" navigate to the next level perfectly.
* HorrorHunger: The "Meat" stories shown on some screens in the second version. "This is AWFUL! I need it RAWRER!" *next screen shows blood all over* "Delicious."
* HumanoidAbomination: The "Red Freak Museum of Art" shows the Red Freaks as this.
* InformedEquipment: "You have a gun in your inventory."
* InterfaceScrew: in one level the screen jumps around as if glitching. Throughout the game the screen seems to vibrate just a tiny bit.
* LevelGoal: The doors at the far right of each level.
* LittleKnownFacts: The "Red Freak Facts" on some of the screens. "Fact: Red Freaks are all the same. But they don't care." "Fact: [[BlatantLies Opinion = fact. This is a fact.]]"
* MadnessInducedOmnivore: One of the [[MissionControlIsOffItsMeds unsettling slideshows]] shows a crude stick figure sitting in a restaurant, with the text "My steak is not completely cooked... but the raw bits taste better. Waiter! I want my meat RAWRER!" After a transition, the stick figure is sitting cheerfully at the table again with a [[BloodyHorror splattered red smile]].
* MindScrew: The game's description says, [[BlatantLies "Experience first-hand social human behavior,"]] and it only gets stranger from there.
* MissionControlIsOffItsMeds: The messages in the screens are either cryptic messages or outright lies.
%%* MoodSwinger: Whoever the hell controls those screens.
%%* MultipleEndings
* NonstandardGameOver: If you right click and choose "[[SchmuckBait commit suicide]]", the entire game screen turns gray and the only way out is reloading the game, starting from scratch.
** [[spoiler:Do this during the ending, and you'll get a message saying "What have you done?" [[DownerEnding That's the closest you'll get from a Happy Ending, all circumstances considered]]...]]
* OntologicalMystery
* PressXToDie: "Red buttons. They hurt you." They are useful if you get stuck and need to die to restart the level, though.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "Red Freak Fact #2: Red Freaks learn trough(sic) repetition." "Red Freak Fact #3: Red Freaks learn trough(sic) repetition."
%%* RunningOnAllFours: Most of the faster Red Freaks.
* SchmuckBait: "Don't press A though. A is bad." "Some of these guys are really angry." "Don't touch red walls." "I don't reccomend(sic) considering suicide." Among others.
* SilenceIsGolden: There are no sound effects for most of the game.
* TeasedWithAwesome: You have a gun that automatically kills any Red Freaks you click on for a while in the middle of the game, but it gets taken away from you [[spoiler:once the lights are back on.]]
* UnreliableNarrator: "This world was not made for you." "You can close the game whenever you want to." "If I were you... I would stop doing this." [[spoiler:"YOU NEVER LISTEN!"]]
%%* YouWakeUpInARoom: [[spoiler: One of the ''endings''.]]
* ZombieGait: The slower Red Freaks walk this way.
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