History YMMV / WelcometoNightvale

* UnfortunateImplications: Averting this trope was the goal of Jeffrey Cranor's [[http://happierman.tumblr.com/post/69936379508/ch-ch-ch-ch-changes-or-who-is-carlos announcement on Tumblr]] that he was stepping down as Carlos' voice actor. "It sucks that there's a white straight male (me), playing a gay man of color (Carlos). Look, I know it's a voiceover, but it's not just that. We do live stage shows, and that's a visible role for a [=PoC=]." The role was recast with Dylan Marron, a gay Latino member of Cranor's Neo-Futurist performance art circle.

*** As of Episode 70B, we can cross [[spoiler: Mayor Dana]] off the list. [[spoiler:It was actually Hiram McDaniels' purple head, Violet, that bought Lot 37.]]

** Meta-example. Hearing Joseph Fink talking about how the cast will be appearing at [=DashCon=] and do a live-reading is a little cringeworthy knowing all that happened, especially to the cast themselves, who were suddenly told that their hotel rooms would not be provided by the convention, resulting in them ending up getting lodging from Airbnb that they paid out of their own pocket. When the [=DashCon=] then staff don't told that they wouldn't be paid for their live-reading either, they ultimately cancelled their appearance at the convention entirely.

** Meta-example. Hearing Joseph Fink talking about how the cast will be appearing at [=DashCon=] is a little cringeworthy knowing all that happened, especially to the cast themselves, who were suddenly told that their hotel rooms would not be provided by the convention, wound up getting lodging from Airbnb, and ultimately cancelled their appearance at the convention entirely.

-->The Flaky-Os marketing department must be complimented for the best use of viral marketing in Night Vale since Stan’s Pawn Shop released a ''virulent strain of Ebola'' back in ‘98.

--> And now a word from our sponsors. When we talk apocalypse, we talk fires and spires of smoke and screams and wars and horrid clouds of ash and floods. And this is a comforting vision, because it supposes we’re all in it together. But death is mostly something you keep to yourself. In all reality, the apocalypse is likely going to just be you alone in a room with the flu. Bed, Bath and Beyond: you’re going to need some new sheets.

* FaceOfTheBand: While Joseph Fink and Jeffrey Cranor write the episodes together, most people associate Night Vale with Joseph, probably because he (or his double) always does the pre-show announcements.

** With ''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation The SCP Foundation]]''. The town of Night Vale might as well be an SCP itself, or a nexus where multiple [=SCPs=] manifest.

* AbsenteeActor: In Episode 47 and most of 19B, [[spoiler:Cecil is not only absent, but [[UnPerson never even mentioned]].]] Justified in both cases, as 19B was ADayInTheLimelight for Desert Bluffs, with him and [[EvilCounterpart Kevin]] briefly switching places late into both versions of 19, while in 47 [[spoiler: [[HostileShowTakeover Kevin is hosting for Night Vale.]]]]
** Cecil is also silent throughout episode 65 after we hear him on the answering machine at the beginning, the rest of the episode dedicated to people leaving him messages.
** Episode 70A is narrated completely by Kevin and Carlos, with only brief mentions of Cecil.
** Cecil is also absent from episode 67.

* FoeYay: Some fans perceive Cecil's inexplicable, obsessive hatred of Steve Carlsberg to mean that Cecil might have dated him once and they had a nasty breakup, or that Cecil just has a weird hate-crush on him.
** Turns out in Episode 44 that [[spoiler:he hates him because he perceives Steve as a deadbeat dad to his beloved niece.]]
*** Or not. [[spoiler:In Episode 53, Steve himself notes Cecil was friendly towards him right up until Steve revealed an intimate-sounding knowledge of the way the totalitarian government works and he wasn't keeping it quiet. Cecil hates Steve for that and for trying to get his niece to see the same way.]]
** Episode 70A pretty much runs on FoeYay between [[spoiler: Carlos and Kevin of all people.]] Complete with slashy quotes ("He's a beautiful man who does beautiful things..."), at least one character's [[WordOfGay canon sexuality]], and [[spoiler: Kevin's]]... [[TheModestOrgasm interesting noises]] during a phone call.

* HoYay: Disturbingly, a good amount between [[spoiler: Carlos and Kevin]] in 70A. Could also double as FoeYay.

** Former Night Vale mayor Pamela Winchell is more-or-less portrayed as a relatively typical middle-aged black woman (plus or minus a few extra arms), [[AdultFear which makes the sanity-slippage that seems inherent in the mayoral position even more terrifying]] than if she were instead some sort of other-worldly monster with an entirely alien perspective of things.

* FunnyAneurysmMoment: From ""PYRAMID"", released in late 2012:
-->The Flaky-Os marketing department must be complimented for the best use of viral marketing in Night Vale since Stan’s Pawn Shop released a ''virulent strain of Ebola'' back in ‘98.

** In episode 4 ("PTA Meeting"), which was released in 2012, Cecil says, [[spoiler:"Remember, this is America. Vote correctly, or never see your loved ones again."]] Definitely harsh when you think about the issues in 2018 America.

** Cecil and Kevin (and sometimes Lauren) are usually drawn with a bit of ColourCodedForYourConvenience with the former wearing purple in some way, and the latter two being depicted wearing yellow (be it in ties, waist coat, tattoos, shirt, etc.). Fans associate their towns colors with their clothing in place of actual descriptions.

** Turns out in Episode 44 that [[spoiler: he hates him because he perceives Steve as a deadbeat dad to his beloved niece.]]

** Is the Man in the Tan Jacket [[spoiler: a {{Jerkass}} who callously upended three lives in a bid to force them to clean up someone else's mess, or is he just a desperate man driven to extreme methods by the fact that no one could remember his desperate pleas for help? Or alternatively, after his SurprisinglyHappyEnding: is he a very understandable, but still out-of-line JerkassWoobie who needed a little push to take responsibility and fix his own problems ?]]

** With ''[[Wiki/SCPFoundation The SCP Foundation]]''. The town of Night Vale might as well be an SCP itself, or a nexus where multiple [=SCPs=] manofest.