History Characters / GeminiHomeEntertainment

* CameBackWrong: Whether it was Nature's Mockery or the Wretch, whatever killed Mary left her in quite a state.

* UnwittingTestSubject: As hinted in [[https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugkx19aRsqnLuJWd3rx01t7vW-2Lt_ESVlVi a community post]], Barry became one for Moonlight Acres during his quarantine, being kept alive as to document his transformation. Notably, in ''Shifting Tendons'', his self-quarantine stops being a self-quarantine after 59 days.

* TooDumbToLive: WordOfGod states he is the one who took the picture of the Wretch seen at the end of ''Christmas Eve Party'', before musing that this meant he, instead of running for his life, apparently decided to snap a photo of the creature charging after him.

* AndIMustScream: ''Old Bones'' Implies that she's still conscious within the Wretch.

Uncanny doppelgangers that are created from Iris cryptid encounters.

Uncanny doppelgangers that are created from Iris cryptid encounters. Woodcrawler Fake People are synthesized based on the victim, while humans infected with Deep Root Disease are transformed into another type of Fake People. The whole ordeal is a bit complicated due to how little information there is, and it is unknown if these two Fake People undergo the same process or not.

* BodyHorror: The ones created by Nature's Mockery are the products of humans experiencing sudden muscular paralysis, body disfigurement and flesh decay. This leads to the Fake People barely resembling human beings.
* DecompositeCharacter: Where to even begin with this. So, there are two types of Fake People, created by two different creatures: one from Woodcrawlers, the other from Nature's Mockery. The Woodcrawler's Fake Human is a MeatMoss replica which is produced once a Woodcrawler infects a human - and for all intents and purposes, it eventually ends up something at least ''outwardly'' resembling a human being. [[NothingIsScarier Whatever happens to the human being used as a base is anyone's guess.]] On the other hand, the Fake People produced by the Nature's Mockery is a ''real'' human being that has been infected by Deep Root Disease, eventually becoming [[TranshumanAbomination a completely alien abomination]] which only ''vaguely'' resembles a human.
* KillItWithFire: Apparently an effective way of dealing with the Woodcrawler variant of Fake People, or at least preventing them from getting back up once killed.
* MeatMoss: The final forms of the Woodcrawlers' Fake People seem to look more-or-less like regular human beings, but they're obviously... off. If ''Home Invasion Help'' is any indication, however, they seems to ''begin'' "life" as a mess of meat moss which eventually amalgamates into a humanoid form. Now, the Nature's Mockery's Fake People on the other hand apparently remain as meat moss the entire way through.
* StumblingInTheNewForm: The organisms that produce Fake People are big, multilimbed StarfishAliens, so it's only natural that the resulting "humans" don't move like actual people.
* WasOnceAMan: Arguably. While the fake people produced by Nature's Mockery seem to definitely been regular humans at one point, the Woodcrawler's Fake People appear to be mimics and not human beings proper.

* TheAssimilator: Rather than possessing human beings, Skinwalkers actually take a person and makes them a part of their body. The end result is a visceral amalgamation of countless bodies, all surrounding a monstrous core.

* BodyOfBodies: [[spoiler:Skinwalkers take entire living beings and incorporates them into themselves, with ''Wretched Hands'' showing that at least six people have been assimilated into the Wretch of Moonlight Acres.]]
* BodySnatcher: In a very literal sense: rather than hijacking a person's body to control it, it somehow fuses them into itself.

* FleshGolem: Essentially, as its body is an amalgamation of various living things it managed to infect - humans and animals alike.

* LightIsNotGood / LightIsGood: All tend to be associated with bright light, whether it's by the lightly-colored Woodcrawler's legs or the bright light that passes as many of the creatures' main eye. At the same time, light also seems to play some part in staving the things off, as an integral part of the storm cellar in ''Storm Safety Tips'' is an aluminum dome which will emit light.

* EvilIsBigger: From what we can gather, evil is ''slightly'' smaller than ''{{UsefulNotes/Saturn}}''...and we know this from a lineup where some planets are depicted as the wrong size (i.e. Venus being larger than Earth), so we can't be sure the thing isn't even larger...

[[caption-width-right:350:''PHOTO COMPARISON SUGGESTS AN EXPONENTIAL INCREASE IN ORGANISM DETERIORATION SINCE MUTATION. ORGANISM HAS SINCE LOST ALL RESEMBLANCE TO [[spoiler: A BEAR.]]'']]

Gigantic... [[EldritchAbomination creatures]], composed of a mixture of humans and once-living animals. One, known as "The Wretch", has been prowling the campgrounds of Moonlight Acres since the 1940's.

->''Shifting tendons shape anatomy.''\\
''Mutation of the heart.''

->''[[AndIMustScream You will hear screaming.]]''\\
''They stole their voices.''

-->'''I AM STILL HERE'''
-->RELIC OF THE FAITHLESS DAY
-->'''DON'T LEAVE ME YOU BASTARDS'''
-->OLD BONE GROWS

* NothingIsScarier: We don't really know what Neptune's mutation does. It is said to be the 'lens' of the Iris, but much like Saturn's rings are the 'gateway', we have no idea what this actually entails. We see it shoot a beam of light, and that's it. Neptune's even given center-stage as the logo for ''Gemini Home Entertainment'' as a whole, yet it has only appeared twice (and technically, in one of those instances it ''didn't appear at all''!) ''What is Neptune?!''

* OrificeInvasion: They apparently can possess people by entering through their "proboscis" — the nose. In retrospect, the phrase "enter via proboscis" more likely indicates the ''Woodcrawlers'' have a proboscis which they use to infect people, and not that they enter through the human equivalent of the proboscis, but in any event, this still would imply the trope.

* BodyHorror: ''Old Bones'' elaborates a little on the process of Skinwalker assimilation: the body welcomes the foreign tissue, the organs fuse together blindly, the bones don't decay, and the tissue refuses to die. And it's best not to dwell on the state of the patient's mind during all of this.

* BodyHorror: The Wretch has a large number of tongue-like tentacles within its mouth, as well as from open holes in its limbs. A diagram of its skull in ''Old Bones'' shows that not only is it many times larger than [[spoiler:the bear skull it used to be]], but is unnaturally elongated and lacks eyes and teeth.

* BodyHorror: Extreme. It's a plant that treats people as living soil. ''Old Bones'' elaborates a little on what exactly happens as the roots spread; the body welcomes the foreign tissue, the organs fuse together blindly, the bones don't decay, and the tissue refuses to die. And it's best not to dwell on the state of the patient's mind during all of this.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: They're obviously ''not'' human, but they have obviously gone to some lengths to appear as such... albeit, not very well.

* AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler:It was created by accident when Arthur Glenn decided to sacrifice a bear instead of a human to the Well-Dressed Men]].

[[folder:The Wretch]]

->''"Do not answer the knocking at the door."''

A gigantic... [[EldritchAbomination creature]], composed of a mixture of humans and once-living animals. It prowls the campgrounds of Moonlight Acres.

* TheAssimilator: Rather than possessing human beings, the Wretch actually takes a person and makes them a part of their body. The end result is a visceral amalgamation of countless bodies, all surrounding a monstrous core.

* BigCreepyCrawlies: Though we've seen little of it above the limbs, it's clearly the size of a multi-story building. Makes one wonder how it's able to gently knock on a door despite its ''hand'' being the size of a small car.

* BodyHorror: It has a large number of tongue-like tentacles within its mouth, as well as from open holes in its limbs. A diagram of its skull in ''Old Bones'' shows that not only is it many times larger than [[spoiler:the bear skull it used to be]], but is unnaturally elongated and lacks eyes and teeth.
* BodyOfBodies: [[spoiler:It takes entire living beings and incorporates them into itself, with ''Wretched Hands'' showing that at least six people have been assimilated into it.]]

* SingleSpecimenSpecies: While it's unclear if more than one of it exists, the only one depicted so far is the one prowling Moonlight Acres, which was created under very specific circumstances.
* WasOnceAMan [[spoiler:Technically, it was once a bear, but not anymore]].

* DecompositeCharacter: Where to even begin with this. So, there are two types of Fake People, created by two different creatures: one from Woodcrawlers, the other from Nature's Mockery. The Woodcrawler's Fake Human is a MeatMoss replica which is produced once a Woodcrawler infects a human - and for all intents and purposes, it eventually ends up something at least ''outwardly'' resembling a human being. [[NothingIsScarier Whatever happens to the human being used as a base is anyone's guess.]] On the other hand, the Fake People produced by the Nature's Mockery is a ''real'' human being that has been infected by Deep Root Disease, eventually becoming [[TranshumanAbomination a completely alien abomination]] which only ''vaguely'' resembles a human, and then, a [[FleshGolem specimen of the Wretch]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His attempt to satisfy the deal without sacrificing humans and/or children created an abomination of flesh the Wretch that would haunt Moonlight Acres for decades to come.

[[caption-width-right:350:''ORGANISM HAS SINCE LOST ALL RESEMBLANCE TO [[spoiler: A BEAR]]'']]

A gigantic... [[EldritchAbomination creature]], composed of living animals that hunt on the campgrounds of Moonlight Acres.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Arthur Glenn, sick of having to sacrifice people to appease the Well-Dressed Men, decides to sacrifice a bear instead. Said bear mutates and assimilates him, and causes further problems in the decades afterwards.]]

-->''"[[spoiler:Organism has since lost all resemblance to a bear]]."''

[[caption-width-right:350:A stranger's fangs scrape the walls.]]
->''Curtis, I tell you this with complete certainty: if I could do it over again, I would never have made that deal.''

[[caption-width-right:250:JACK DO YOU SEE ME. I HAVE BECOME SOMETHING ELSE]]
[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her after being fused with the Wretch]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screen_shot_2021_01_07_at_74308_pm.png[[/labelnote]]]]

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[[caption-width-right:350:''Nothing can live inside the Marianas Trench.'']]

* DecompositeCharacter: Where to even begin with this. So, there are two types of Fake People, created by two different creatures: one from Woodcrawlers, the other from Nature's Mockery. The Woodcrawler's Fake Human is a MeatMoss replica which is produced once a Woodcrawler infects a human - and for all intents and purposes, it eventually ends up something at least ''outwardly'' resembling a human being. [[NothingIsScarier Whatever happens to the human being used as a base is anyone's guess.]] On the other hand, the Fake People produced by the Nature's Mockery is a ''real'' human being that has been infected by Deep Root Disease, eventually becoming [[TranshumanAbomination a completely alien abomination]] which only ''vaguely'' resembles a human, and then, a Skinwalker.

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: His vacant eye sockets briefly flash white as the Skinwalker emerges from his carapice.

* MeatMoss: ''Shifting Tendons'' shows that although he survived his encounter with the Skinwalker at the Christmas party, he became infected with a Root, which gradually transformed him into a mass of splayed blood vessels, writhing muscles and [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin shifting tendons]] that only barely resemble the human he once was. [[AndIMustScream This didn't kill him.]]

Moonlight Acres staff that was subsumed into a Skinwalker.

* IAmLegion: ''Wretched Hands'' shows he has been assimilated, quite physically, into the Skinwalker.

* TooDumbToLive: WordOfGod states he is the one who took the picture of Skinwalker-Mary seen at the end of ''Christmas Eve Party'', before musing that this meant he, instead of running for his life, apparently decided to snap a photo of a Skinwalker charging after him.

[[caption-width-right:250:[[labelnote:Click here to see her Skinwalker appearance.]]\\

* AndIMustScream: ''Old Bones'' Implies that she's still conscious within the Skinwalker.
* CameBackWrong: Whether it was Nature's Mockery or a Skinwalker, whatever killed Mary left her in quite a state.

* IAmLegion: ''Wretched Hands'' shows she is just one of many unfortunate souls that have been subsumed into the implicitly ''colossal'' Skinwalker that has haunted the Moonlight Acres camp-grounds since at least 1946.

* IAmLegion: ''Wretched Hands'' shows he is yet another body forming the Skinwalker: perhaps even one of the first, given [[NiceJobBreakingItHero his actions created it to begin with]].

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Attempting to satisfy the deal he made with the Well Dressed Men without hurting anybody leads to him being among the first [[FateWorseThanDeath subsumed into the Skinwalker]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: His attempt to satisfy the deal without sacrificing humans and/or children created the Skinwalker that would haunt Moonlight Acres for decades to come.

* AFeteWorseThanDeath: ''Christmas Eve Party'' depicts a party held at Moonlight Acres on Christmas Eve 1985. One which the Skinwalker gatecrashes, absorbing and/or killing multiple attendees.

[[folder:Skinwalkers]]

->''"Another popular myth arose in the 30s when campgoers began to have sightings of Skinwalkers."''

Gigantic... [[EldritchAbomination creatures]], composed of living animals that hunt on the campgrounds of Moonlight Acres.

* AnimalisticAbomination: [[spoiler:One was created by accident when Arthur Glenn decided to sacrifice a bear instead of a human to the Well-Dressed Men]].
* TheAssimilator: Rather than possessing human beings, the Skinwalker actually takes a person and makes them a part of their body. The end result is a visceral amalgamation of countless bodies, all surrounding a monstrous core.
* BearsAreBadNews: [[spoiler:At least one Skinwalker terrorizing Moonlight Acres started out as a bear, which was used as a sacrifice in 1946. The Statue [[CameBackWrong changed it]], and in the years since it's mutated beyond all recognition]].
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Though we've never seen them above the arm... legs, they're clearly the size of a multi-story building. Makes one wonder how they're able to possess normal-sized people, or how they're able to gently knock on a door despite its ''hand'' being the size of a small car.
** Somewhat averted, as its long, spindly legs are quickly overshadowed its massive bodies, which are... [[BizarreAlienBiology incredibly hard to describe]]. Just take a look at Beau Nadler's folder further down.
* BodyHorror: Its feet are essentially hands, and its legs are unnaturally long and many.
* BodyOfBodies: Unlike what the name would have you believe, a Skinwalker does not disguise itself as a human (or animal) by [[BodySnatcher inhabiting them]] like a parasite, instead, it takes entire living beings and incorporates them into itself. It is not something that walks in skins, it is a walker ''made of skins.''
* BodySnatcher: In a very literal sense.
* EvilIsBigger: The one we see in full is almost as tall as a telephone pole.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: [[spoiler:Arthur Glenn, sick of having to sacrifice people to appease the Well-Dressed Men, decides to sacrifice a bear instead. [[KarmicDeath Said bear mutates and assimilates him]].]]

* MeaningfulName: An entity capable of possession named a Skinwalker. Possibly subverted, see below.
* MustBeInvited: Despite its immense size and strength, ''Camp Information Video'' shows that the Skinwalkers do not flaunt it to tear apart the cabins at Moonlight Acres to get at the campers. Instead, all it does is [[OminousKnocking knock at the cabin doors]], and only act when someone opens the doors for it.
* NonIndicativeName: It seems the entity is not a "skinwalker" in a literal sense – as opposed to possessing a human being and "wearing" their skin, these skinwalkers straight-up ''integrate'' whole animals into their bodies, a "walker of skins" rather than a "walker in skin".
* SkinWalker: It's in the name.
* WasOnceAMan [[spoiler:Technically, at least one was once a bear, but not anymore]].

* BodyHorror: Extreme. It's a plant that treats people as living soil.

[[folder:Glenn Arthur]]

* DreamWalker: Show up in the dreams visualized by Harbinge Technologies' "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Sleep Image Visualizer]]."

->''THE STARS ARE MOVING NOW''\\
''DO YOU SEE THE HUNGRY EYE''\\
''[[OhCrap HERE I AM]]''

->''Assistant activity supervisor''
->''[[CruelAndUnusualDeath Answered door]]''

->''RIGHT THIGH''\\
''BEAU NADLER''

->''Remain calm.''\\
''Your tears are filled with salt.''

->''Blood pumps through the Garden's veins.''\\
''The crops mature.''

->''Ask...''\\
''...if they can recall their mother's name.''\\
''...if they have stopped dreaming.''\\
''...if they have felt new bones.''

* YouDontLookLikeYou: The [[VideoGame/LethalOmen game]] portrays them as completely featureless white mannequins with no lower body, meanwhile those shown in the actual ''Sleep Image Visualizer'' video look identical to a normal human being (down to having regular skin and wearing clothes) just with a [[TheBlank featureless]] head.

* NonIndicativeName: If ''Old Bones'' is any indication, the Well Dressed Men have ''never'' been easy on the eyes, and as such, one cannot help but wonder why, of all things, they were named based off of what they wear. Faceless horrors come and go, but fashion is forever.

* AmbiguouslyEvil: All they do is show up in people's dreams and look at them. Unsettling, sure, but evil? It is unknown if they're associated with the Iris and its spawn, opposed to the Iris, or on an entirely different level.
* TheBlank: Their mannequin-like heads lack any discernable facial features.

* NonIndicativeName: While we have no explicit ''proof'' the Well Dressed Men looked exactly as they do now way back in the 1930s, when they were implicitly given their name, one cannot help but wonder how or why someone took a look at a suited man with a mannequin head and concluded that their name should be based on their mode of dress. Faceless horrors come and go, but fashion is forever.