History NightmareFuel / TheStupendium

* Given the psychological horror aspects of ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'', it's only fitting that "The Ribbon" turns out to be just as mysterious and unsettling. Slowly, from the first verse of Alan describing his imprisonment like writer's block, to the second verse depicting Saga attempting to understand the sinister narrative weaving around her, to the third verse where Mr. Scratch interrogates Alan Wake, claiming to be the true Alan as if he is a character complaining to his own writer. All within the framing device of "Night Springs", the Alan Wake universe's equivalent of The Twilight Zone.

** One verse features Spamton ratting off a blisteringly fast set of bars that take stabs at the lightning speed fads appear and disappear at such speed that it make a mundane societal criticism sound like a vocal ''panic attack.''
--->'''Spamton:''' But the fact is everybody’s gotta have it, gotta have it, those who have it really have it, if you haven’t, well, you’ve had it, couldn’t hack it, now the haven'ts haven't had it and the haves are very glad it's just the haven'ts that're lacking what they’re having, [[ParanoiaFuel now the ads have got the traffic and we’ve grabbed your demographic]], so you’re packing up your basket 'cause your dad has gotta have it, he’ll be sad if you don’t wrap it with a tag, it’ll be tragic, so you’re manically grabbing at the shelves amid the panic, seems that everybody has it, man, you really gotta have it, [[HopeSpot so you get it, you’re ecstatic but a crackle in the static and the it is out of fashion, just a fad, a piece of plastic]], so you trash it then you get back into your car 'cause you don’t have it [[MadnessMantra and the fact is everybody’s gotta have it, gotta have it, those who have it really have it if you haven’t, well, you’ve had it, couldn’t hack it, now the haven'ts haven't had it and the hads are very glad it's-]] [[{{Understatement}} [=[[Hochi Mama]]=], what a mouthful!]]

--->'''Spamton:''' But the fact is everybody’s gotta have it, gotta have it, those who have it really have it, if you haven’t, well, you’ve had it, couldn’t hack it, now the haven'ts haven't had it and the haves are very glad it's, just the haven'ts that're lacking what they’re having, [[ParanoiaFuel now the ads have got the traffic and we’ve grabbed your demographic]], so you’re packing up your basket 'cause your dad has gotta have it, he’ll be sad if you don’t wrap it with a tag, it’ll be tragic, so you’re manically grabbing at the shelves amid the panic, seems that everybody has it, man, you really gotta have it, [[HopeSpot so you get it, you’re ecstatic but a crackle in the static and the it is out of fashion, just a fad, a piece of plastic]], so you trash it then you get back into your car 'cause you don’t have it [[MadnessMantra and the fact is everybody’s gotta have it, gotta have it, those who have it really have it if you haven’t, well, you’ve had it, couldn’t hack it, now the haven'ts haven't had it and the hads are very glad it's-]] [[{{Understatement}} [=[[Hochi Mama]]=], what a mouthful!]]

* Given the psychological horror aspects of ''VideoGame/AlanWakeII'', it's only fitting that "The Ribbon" turns out to be just as mysterious and unsettling. Slowly, from the first verse of Alan describing his imprisonment like writer's block, to the second verse depicting Saga attempting to understand the sinister narrative weaving around her, to the third verse where Mr. Scratch interrogates Alan Wake, claiming to be the true Alan as if he is a character complaining to hiw own writer. All within the framing device of "Night Springs", the Alan Wake universe's equivalent of The Twilight Zone.

-->'''Stupendium's character:''' "Don't get too sentimental."

--->'''Landlord:''' Assume that your neighbours are moving away\\
When the black van comes in the night\\

And they're gone 'fore the sun can arise...

You all decided to convert, so tell me '''why are you so nervous'''!\\

* "Wool Over Our Eyes" has the Stupendium do a ''frighteningly'' [[MotorMouth intense]] and convincing performance as [[VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb the Lamb]] when they go full throttle into being an amoral cult leader serving an EldritchAbomination with a HumanSacrifice (well, FunnyAnimal Sacrifice) every once in a while, sporting a horrific NightmareFace. The worst part is that even though their leader is clearly deranged and will ritually kill them, the cultists still serve the Lamb and The One Who Waits [[GullibleLemmings with smiles on their faces]].
--> '''The Lamb''': For your fervour has been fated now to satiate [[EldritchAbomination the beast]].\\

--> '''The Lamb''': For your fervour has been fated now to satiate [[EldritchAbomination the beast]]\\
In chains he waits beneath, and how he [[SealedEvilInACan craves to be released]],\\

And pledge unto their name, lest you be '''[[ImAHumanitarian plated at the feast]]'''!\\

Stay praiseful to your deity, their prophecy and priest,\\

--> '''The Lamb''': '''''For your fervour has been fated now to satiate [[EldritchAbomination the beast]], in chains he waits beneath, and how he [[SealedEvilInACan craves to be released]], we celebrate in blessed flame, so pray and take a seat, and pledge unto their name, lest you be [[ImAHumanitarian plated at the feast]], let your faith remain unshaken in our monastery’s beliefs, you’ve no claim to consecration when there’s [[CorruptChurch coffers to be greased]], stay praiseful to your deity, their prophecy and priest, for the sheep may be the shepherd, but [[GullibleLemmings the flock is being fleeced]].'''''

* "Wool Over Our Eyes" has the Stupendium do a ''frighteningly'' [[MotorMouth intense]] and convincing performance as [[VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb the Lamb]] when they go full throttle into being an amoral cult leader serving an EldritchAbomination with a HumanSacrifice (well, FunnyAnimal Sacrifice) every once in a while. The worst part is that even though their leader is clearly deranged and will ritually kill them, the cultists still serve the Lamb and The One Who Waits with smiles on their faces.

* "Wool Over Our Eyes" has the Stupendium do a ''frighteningly'' intense and convincing performance as [[VideoGame/CultOfTheLamb the Lamb]] when they go full throttle into being an amoral cult leader serving an EldritchAbomination with a HumanSacrifice (well, FunnyAnimal Sacrifice) every once in a while. The worst part is that even though their leader is clearly deranged and will ritually kill them, the cultists still serve the Lamb and The One Who Waits with smiles on their faces.

--> '''The Lamb''': '''''For your fervour has been fated now to satiate [[EldritchAbomination the beast]], in chains he waits beneath, and how he [[SealedEvilInACan craves to be released]], we celebrate in blessed flame, so pray and take a seat, and pledge unto their name, lest you be plated at the feast, let your faith remain unshaken in our monastery’s beliefs, you’ve no claim to consecration when there’s [[CorruptChurch coffers to be greased]], stay praiseful to your deity, their prophecy and priest, for the sheep may be the shepherd, but [[GullibleLemmings the flock is being fleeced]].'''''

* The original "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syy_IoW92XE Why did I say Okie Doki?]]" has a scene where [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]] takes over the Stupendium's computer, which would be bad enough without ''[[UncannyValley the lips]]''. (Though it could wrap around to being hilarious)

* The original "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syy_IoW92XE Why did I say Okie Doki?]]" has a scene where [[VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Monika]] takes over the Stupendium's computer, which would be bad enough without ''[[UncannyValley the lips]]''.

* Despite the tongue-in-cheek premise of the [[VideoGame/Fallout76 game it's based on]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xGuAmk0Ed4 Vault Number 76]] is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs. Its lyrics paint the tragic tale of a Vault Dweller [[SlowlySlippingIntoEvil progressively losing themselves]] to the barbaric horrors of life in the Wasteland. The lyrics (and many of the visuals) get darker to reflect their SanitySlippage, going from the desperation of scrounging for supplies to glorifying their murder of other named characters in increasingly brutal ways. Now an [[EvilMakesYouUgly absolutely ragged and black-eyed mess]], the Dweller's last stanza is about how [[BloodKnight the horrors of war "are awesome"]] and stave off their boredom. Another overachiever becomes a monstrous killer in a world that encourages it. [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou Even the back-up singers weren't safe]]; the lead singer has brutally murdered the rest of his band and his SlasherSmile ends the song.

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf6SK2grByI An Impostor Calls]]" ends on a NothingIsScarier note that INVOKES FridgeHorror: [[spoiler: After [[VideoGame/AmongUs the imposter]] (Stupendium) is ejected, he says "Who's to say I was the only one aboard?", and the text, which at first reads "0 Imposters remain.", changes to "0 Imposters remain'''?'''", implying that just because ''he'' was eliminated doesn't mean the danger is over.]]
** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpbTj60kTgI The version]] on Dan Bull's upload is worse. [[spoiler: As the viewer is themselves a crewmate, you watch Blue get ejected, and Orange proceeds to ominously announce the task he's about to perform, then completely fails to do it. It's then that you see "Blue was not the Imposter" and realize that the Imposter is now all alone with you.]]

* "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGDDc6Q_cYE Back Together]]" is mostly a LighterAndSofter song about ''Videogame/FiveNightsAtFreddysVRHelpWanted'' with a few verses by the villain Glitchtrap. At the end of the video, Stupendium stops playing the game and has some pizza. Then he looks at the camera and his eyes glow violet, implying Glitchtrap successfully possessed him. What sells it is how well Stupendium underplays TheReveal.

* In the VideoGame/BeatSaber music video [[https://youtu.be/PnKxhbRqqx0?t=133 "Impossible Geometry"]] he gives himself a simple but effective NightmareFace that's also a FlyingFace just by putting glowing rings in his irises while [[ObsessionSong singing about how addicted]] he is to the game. It's enhanced by having his face slowly drift closer to the viewer.

* "The Toybox" stars the Stupendium as a frighteningly realistic doll, able to dismember himself and twist and turn creepily, with other toys seen growing hostile (with [[VideoGame/PoppyPlaytime Huggy Wuggy]] himself showing up a few times). He is implied to be a former employee "Stuart Pendium".

** At one point Spamton imitates a predictive algorithm, rattling off a long chain of products which start off being related to the viewer's hypothetical search for [[TheInternetIsForCats cat pics]] and end up including a [[BadPeopleAbuseAnimals choke chain]], Adderall pills and a '''[[WesternTerrorists pipe bomb]]'' -- which is a healthy dose of RealismInducedHorror considering how algorithms on the internet in RealLife have unwittingly steered users towards dangerous/illegal content.

* "Ad Infinitum", befitting a song about the totally unhinged [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Spamton]], consists of insane and mad babbling as he tries to make a sale with the viewer. It’s so bad that most of the time the lyrics don’t even rhyme.

* The Toybox" stars the Stupendium as a frighteningly realistic doll, able to dismember himself and twist and turn creepily, with other toys seen growing hostile (with Huggy Wuggy himself showing up a few times). He is implied to be a former employee "Stuart Pendium".