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Based on ''The Institute'', a 2013 documentary covering a [[LooselyBasedOnATrueStory real-life ARG]] in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco that began in 2008 and ran for several years -- although Segel has switched the scene to UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}. The ARG's real-life director, Jeff Hull, is a consulting producer on the series.

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Based on ''The Institute'', a 2013 documentary covering a [[LooselyBasedOnATrueStory [[BasedOnATrueStory real-life ARG]] in UsefulNotes/SanFrancisco that began in 2008 and ran for several years -- although Segel has switched the scene to UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}}. The ARG's real-life director, Jeff Hull, is a consulting producer on the series.
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** The music streaming service everyone uses is called [[Franchise/TheMuppets Manamana]]. May be an ActorAllusion as Jason Segel starred in the 2011 film ''Film/TheMuppets'', which featured that song.

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** The music streaming service everyone uses is called [[Franchise/TheMuppets Manamana]]. May be an ActorAllusion as Jason Segel starred in the 2011 film ''Film/TheMuppets'', ''Film/{{The Muppets|2011}}'', which featured that song.
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* EnigmaticInstitute: The Jejune Institute, led by the enigmatic Octavio Coleman Esq., appears to be a very strange scientific corporation that works on bizarre inventions such as personal force fields, VR replications of people's memories, and methods of communicating with dolphins. Part of the game the show revolves around is the protagonists trying to determine if Jejune is good, evil, or potentially a front for a data mining scam.
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* CoolHat: Fredwynn's grey, wide-brimmed fedora.

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* DeconstructedTrope: Peter and Simone have a very RomanticComedy beginning to their relationship, including a MeetCute, literally hearing music when they see each other, and a BigDamnKiss... which makes it that much harder when they have a real first date and realize they actually have very little in common outside of the game (not helped by Peter's extreme social awkwardness and seeming lack of interests). They end up realizing they need time apart to work on themselves before they can try a serious relationship.



* RealityEnsues: In the first episode, Simone is elated by being part of the game; but when she leaves the safety of the group, two harassers show us why a trans woman is unsafe walking in a dark city alone at night.
** Peter and Simone have a very RomanticComedy beginning to their relationship, including a MeetCute, literally hearing music when they see each other, and a BigDamnKiss... which makes it that much harder when they have a real first date and realize they actually have very little in common outside of the game (not helped by Peter's extreme social awkwardness and seeming lack of interests). They end up realizing they need time apart to work on themselves before they can try a serious relationship.

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-->''We all share one common wish -- a secret, one rarely uttered but more universal than any hope ever hoped -- that one day it will be revealed that there's been a mistake. That one day you will learn that you are meant for more. That one day someone will arrive from the mundane nothingness and say the words: "No, my friend, not you. You don't belong here. Come with me. You belong with the special ones."''
--->--'''Octavio Coleman, Esq.'''

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-->''We ->''We all share one common wish -- a secret, one rarely uttered but more universal than any hope ever hoped -- that one day it will be revealed that there's been a mistake. That one day you will learn that you are meant for more. That one day someone will arrive from the mundane nothingness and say the words: "No, my friend, not you. You don't belong here. Come with me. You belong with the special ones."''
--->--'''Octavio -->-- '''Octavio Coleman, Esq.'''
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** Peter and Simone have a very RomanticComedy beginning to their relationship, including a MeetCute, literally hearing music when they see each other, and a BigDamnKiss... which makes it that much harder when they have a real first date and realize they actually have very little in common outside of the game (not helped by Peter's extreme social awkwardness and seeming lack of interests). They end up realizing they need time apart to work on themselves before they can try a serious relationship.
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*LetsGetDangerous: As Peter prepares to go through a door in a dark basement, the rest of the (normally timid) team quickly prepare for a major fight; Simone readies her Mace keychain, Janice breaks a bottle into a shiv, and Fredwynn draws a switchblade he carries.

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