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** The fourth wall dissolves entirely in the final episode, which is about [[spoiler:Creator/JasonSegel himself looking for a new purpose in life and a story to tell, discovering the original Institute ARG in California, and setting out to write the show, working various friends and acquaintances in as other characters: Simone, for example, is based on a woman he supposedly met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting who clued him in to the game.]]
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** The fourth wall dissolves entirely in the final episode, which is about [[spoiler:Creator/JasonSegel [[spoiler:a fictionalized account of how Creator/JasonSegel himself looking for a new purpose in life and a story to tell, discovering discovered the original real-life Institute ARG in California, and setting out was inspired to write the show, working various friends and create ''Dispatches from Elsewhere''. Various acquaintances in he met along the way are written into the show as the other main characters: Simone, for example, is based on a woman he supposedly met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting who clued him in to the game.]]
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** Lee [[spoiler:the game's Architect]] is always shown wearing black, fitting her shadowy role in the show's events.
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* CooldownHug: Peter gives Fredwynne one at the museum, when he gets upset at not retrieving a clue from his MemoryPalace.
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** The fourth wall dissolves entirely in the final episode, which is about [[spoiler:Creator/JasonSegel himself looking for a new purpose in life and a story to tell, discovering the original Institute ARG in California, and setting out to write the show, working various friends and acquaintances in as other characters: Simone, for example, is based on a woman he supposedly met at an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting who clued him in to the game.]]
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** The music streaming service everyone uses is called [[Franchise/TheMuppets Manamana]].
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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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** namedropped and lampshaded by Simone, who has a lot of fun pointing out the similarities to ''Film/Amelié'', and says she prefers the "magic realism stuff" when Fredwynn theorizes the game is a con to steal their personal information.
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** namedropped and lampshaded by Simone, who has a lot of fun pointing out the similarities to ''Film/Amelié'', ''Film/{{Amelie}}'', and says she prefers the "magic realism stuff" when Fredwynn theorizes the game is a con to steal their personal information.
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**namedropped and lampshaded by Simone, who has a lot of fun pointing out the similarities to ''Film/Amelié'', and says she prefers the "magic realism stuff" when Fredwynn theorizes the game is a con to steal their personal information.
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*FourEyesZeroSoul: The Milkman, an oddly sinister figure who may be working for the Jejune Institute.
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-->'''Simone:'''It's all an experiment about cooperation... ''Barf.''
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*BaitAndSwitchComment:
-->'''Simone:'''It's all an experiment about cooperation... ''Barf.''
-->'''Simone:'''It's all an experiment about cooperation... ''Barf.''
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* WhamShot: Fredwynn is STILL convinced they're being played after the game ends as scheduled. [[Spoiler:So he break's into the urn holding Clara's ashes and... Takes a bite. Then another. Because the urn is holding nothing but candy.]]
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* WhamShot: Fredwynn is STILL convinced they're being played after the game ends as scheduled. [[Spoiler:So [[spoiler:So he break's breaks into the urn holding Clara's ashes and... Takes a bite. Then another. Because the urn is holding nothing but candy.]]
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*WhamShot: Fredwynn is STILL convinced they're being played after the game ends as scheduled. [[Spoiler:So he break's into the urn holding Clara's ashes and... Takes a bite. Then another. Because the urn is holding nothing but candy.]]
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**Lee [[spoiler:the game's Architect]] is always shown wearing black, fitting her shadowy role in the show's events.
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*CurbstompBattle: a sadly realistic example. Simone flees from two men who throw a bottle at her, but trips in a dark alley. With nowhere to run, she turns, maces them both, and finishes off one with a solid kick to the balls in seconds. She's shown shaken by the experience rather than triumphant.
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*CoolHat: Fredwynn's grey, wide-brimmed fedora.
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*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.
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** Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCan'tRefuse for Clara.
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** Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCan'tRefuse AnOfferYouCantRefuse for Clara.
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** Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCantRefuse for Clara.
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** Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCantRefuse OfferYouCan'tRefuse for Clara.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Lee seems to feel she has become one, which [[spoiler:may be why she organized the game to redeem herself.]]
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Lee seems to feel she has become one, which [[spoiler:may one,[[spoiler:which may be why she organized the game to redeem herself.]]]]
**Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCantRefuse for Clara.
**Octavio is presented as one in Clara's story, complete with a sinister assistant and an OfferYouCantRefuse for Clara.
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* CooldownHug: Peter gives Fredwynne one at the museum, when he gets upset at not retrieving a clue from his memory palace.
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* CooldownHug: Peter gives Fredwynne one at the museum, when he gets upset at not retrieving a clue from his memory palace.MemoryPalace.
*CorruptCorporateExecutive: Lee seems to feel she has become one, which [[spoiler:may be why she organized the game to redeem herself.]]
*CorruptCorporateExecutive: Lee seems to feel she has become one, which [[spoiler:may be why she organized the game to redeem herself.]]
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*MemoryPalace: Fredwynne uses the technique by name to recall clues and details about the game, represented by him watching a bank of television monitors on a wall; he later teaches Janice to access hers, which starts as an empty space because, as Fredwynne explains, she hasn't learned to organize her thoughts for easy access.
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* PerspectiveFlip: "Lee" begins as one of these, showing various events from previous episodes from her point of view instead of our heroes'.
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*FunnyBackgroundEvent: in Episode 7, while Octavio delivers his monologue straight to the camera, Peter and Fredwynn can be seen chasing the Milkman right through a fountain behind him.
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-->'''Elegant Squatch:''' If you're not gonna hit that, Elegant Squatch is ''all'' about the rebound.
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*AbhorrentAdmirer: Downplayed, but it's a little off-putting how "Elegant Squatch" hits on Simone, not least because he's almost seven feet tall and covered in hair.
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*TheLittleShopThatWasntThereYesterday: Early on the game leads Peter into one, a garish pocket store filled with bizarre sculptures and lights, where he first meets Simone; [[spoiler:inverted when the shop packs up and disappears the last day of the game]].
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Parodied with "Elegant Squatch," a Bigfoot who is part of the game, has sick dance moves, and a museum membership. And who is also warm for Simone's form.
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* BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Parodied with "Elegant Squatch," a Bigfoot who is part of the game, has sick dance moves, a top hat, and a an art museum membership. And who is also warm for Simone's form.
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* Bigfoot,Sasquatch,andYeti: BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: Parodied with "Elegant Squatch," a Bigfoot who is part of the game, has sick dance moves, and a museum membership. And who is also warm for Simone's form.
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* BigfootSasquatchandYeti: Bigfoot,Sasquatch,andYeti: Parodied with "Elegant Squatch," a Bigfoot who is part of the game, has sick dance moves, and a museum membership. And who is also warm for Simone's form.
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*DareToBeBadass: Commander 14's enthusiastic radio broadcasts are this in spades, urging the players to join the Elsewhere Society to save Clara.
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* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler:Peter and Simone]] in the episode "Cave Of Kelpius." Complete with a serenade and a cheering crowd.
