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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Alan finds Michael Farabee tortured to death by Mr. Scratch, this being the first time we even encounter him. His only purpose in the story is to direct Alan to the Observatory.
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* AsteroidsMonster: We are introduced to a breed of Taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.

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* AsteroidsMonster: We are introduced to the Splitter, a breed of Taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: A [[ColonyDrop satellite]] just happens to get hit by a meteor and hits the radio tower Alan needs hit.



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* FramingDevice: The beginning of the episode shows the events of the story happening on another episode of ''Night Sprngs'', hinting that the story might not actually be happening.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In one of Alan's transcripts, he mentions that having the ability to literally rewrite reality can be inherently toxic to people who can't cope with such things and believes himself capable of coping.

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* FramingDevice: The beginning of the episode shows the events of the story happening on another episode of ''Night Sprngs'', Springs'', hinting that the story might not actually be happening.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: In one of Alan's transcripts, he mentions that having the ability to literally rewrite reality can be inherently toxic to people who can't cope with such things and believes himself capable of coping.
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* AsteroidsMonster: We are introduced to a breed of Taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.



* LiteralSplitPersonality: We are introduced to a breed of taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.

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* LiteralSplitPersonality: We are introduced FramingDevice: The beginning of the episode shows the events of the story happening on another episode of ''Night Sprngs'', hinting that the story might not actually be happening.
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to a breed literally rewrite reality can be inherently toxic to people who can't cope with such things and believes himself capable of taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.
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!The Mechanic
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!Tropes featured in this episode of ''[[VideoGame/AlanWake Alan Wake's New Nightmare]]'':

* ForTheEvulz: In the recording he left for Alan, Mr. Scratch tells Alan that he plans on systematically destroying everything Alan has because he believes that he didn't know what to do with any of it before [[SerialKiller strangling a victim he has tied to a chair]].
* LiteralSplitPersonality: We are introduced to a breed of taken that, when light is shined on them, splits into two weaker versions of them.

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