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* GentleGiant: Tall Paul, an employee at ''Mythic Quest'' played by the 6' 7" [[note]]2,01 m[[/note]] Humphrey Ker who also happens to be a really nice and easygoing guy.
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* CallBack: In the season 2 episode Backstory!, which is about CW's career, Ian appears wearing a Dark Quiet Death t-shirt, a major game from the studio that once leased the same building that Mythic Quest is currently occupying.
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** In "Backstory," he goes all-in for ideas like a fancy sci-fi food he thinks original..and is told he basically described fondue.
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Amazingly, for all his backward thinking, "Backstory" reveals C.W. was ahead of his time seeing the potential in video games in 1973 when his fellow sci-fi authors dismissed it as "no one cares about television."
* ItWillNeverCatchOn: Amazingly, for all his backward thinking, "Backstory" reveals C.W. was ahead of his time seeing the potential in video games in 1973 when his fellow sci-fi authors dismissed it as "no one cares about television."
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* WhamEpisode: "Backstory!" is one for C.W.'s characterization: [[spoiler:it turns out that he isn't a once-good writer whose quality of work has declined over the years, but that he was never really a good writer at all, with his Nebula-winning novella actually having been written entirely by Isaac Asimov and sent to him as a mean joke. His one genuinely good, innovative idea, namely the rich potential of storytelling in video games, was mocked back in the 70s]].
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* WhamEpisode: "Backstory!" is one for C.W.'s characterization: [[spoiler:it turns out that he isn't a once-good writer whose quality of work has declined over the years, but that he was never really a good writer at all, with his Nebula-winning novella actually having been written entirely by Isaac Asimov and sent to him as a mean joke. His one genuinely good, innovative idea, namely the rich potential of storytelling in video games, was mocked back in the 70s]].
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: It's noted several times that C.W. Longbottom won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel in 1973. (The actual winner was Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves''.) [[spoiler: CW’s work that won was a rework draft Asimov did for him. Meaning Asimov still won]]
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: It's noted several times that C.W. Longbottom won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel in 1973. (The actual winner was Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves''.) [[spoiler: CW’s work that won was a rework draft Asimov did for him. Meaning Asimov still won]]won.]]
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* SpannerInTheWorks: CW. His treasured Nebula Award is prominently displayed in his office. [[spoiler]] After someone spots its reflection in Dana's glasses, it leads to her being exposed as an in-house streamer, and earning her the hatred of those who consider her a fraud and losing almost all of the followers she's built up. [[/spoiler]]
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: Ian's name is pronounced "Eye-an" rather than "Ee-an". [[spoiler:Episode 8 reveals that his name was originally pronounced as "Ee-an", but he changed it to disassociate himself from his father.]]
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* OutOfGenreExperience: The episode "Dark Quiet Death" is nothing like the rest of the WorkCom style of the show, it plays as a fairly realistically drama portraying the start of a relationship through to its end as the success of their combined work and the concession they have to make in their vision causes them to break up.
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** ''Dark Quiet Death'''s film version (turning a game meant as slow-paced horror with monsters you can't kill into a schlocky action film about an ActionGirl blowing through armies of monsters) is pretty clearly mocking the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' films.
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** ''Dark Quiet Death'''s film version (turning a game meant as slow-paced horror with monsters you can't kill into a schlocky action film about an ActionGirl blowing through armies of monsters) is pretty clearly mocking the ''Film/ResidentEvil'' films.''Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries'' .
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** The pitch trailer for ''Zeus'', Ian's half of the new expansion, is composed ''entirely'' of stock footage. The fun part is picking out which games were used.
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** The pitch trailer for ''Zeus'', Ian's half of the new expansion, is composed ''entirely'' of stock footage.cinematics from other games (mostly from the Ubisoft catalogue). The fun part is picking out which games were used.
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** The pitch trailer for ''Zeus'', Ian's half of the new expansion, is composed ''entirely'' of stock footage. The fun part is picking out which games were used.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: In the season 2 finale, Jo agrees to a deal from Brad's brother Zach on getting cash for stocks after sharing problems with the company. It's only then she realizes what she did constitutes insider trading and at least ten years in prison. Both Zach and Brad mock Jo on failing to see such an obvious problem.
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** Zach also lied to everyone that it was Brad's birthday with a big cake...which is all mocking Brad's ''eating disorder''.
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* It Will Never Catch On: Amazingly, for all his backward thinking, "Backstory" reveals C.W. was ahead of his time seeing the potential in video games in 1973 when his fellow sci-fi authors dismissed it as "no one cares about television."
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* It Will Never Catch On: ItWillNeverCatchOn: Amazingly, for all his backward thinking, "Backstory" reveals C.W. was ahead of his time seeing the potential in video games in 1973 when his fellow sci-fi authors dismissed it as "no one cares about television."
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* It Will Never Catch On: Amazingly, for all his backward thinking, "Backstory" reveals C.W. was ahead of his time seeing the potential in video games in 1973 when his fellow sci-fi authors dismissed it as "no one cares about television."
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** In "Backstory," he goes all-in for ideas like a fancy sci-fi food he thinks original..and is told he basically described fondue.
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* AntiClimax: In-universe as episode 2 is all about avoiding this. For years, the game has built up a mysterious Masked Man armored knight with fans buzzing on his identity. Brad has hyped it up as "it'll blow you away" when fans find out his identity. The problem is, despite what Brad and C.W. tell everyone, they have ''never'' had any plan for who the Masked Man is and now realize if they don't come up with something big, the backlash will be huge.
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* AntiClimax: In-universe as episode 2 is all about avoiding this. For years, the game has built up a mysterious Masked Man armored knight with fans buzzing on his identity. Brad Ian has hyped it up as "it'll blow you away" when fans find out his identity. The problem is, despite what Brad Ian and C.W. tell everyone, they have ''never'' had any plan for who the Masked Man is and now realize if they don't come up with something big, the backlash will be huge.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Brad's brother, Zach. He seems a genial, loveable guy who doesn't notice his brother's contempt and everyone loves him. When they're alone, it comes out he's an egotistical, manipulative, ruthless bully who cowers Brad into ''begging'' not to ruin his life.
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** Subverted for laughs when Ian tries to explain to Poppy who the Beatles were. When she snaps she knows full well who one of the most iconic bands in history was, he replied "I couldn't be sure, you didn't know what ''Film/WeirdScience'' was!"
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Ian for sure, called out on it constantly by everyone. Notably when [[spoiler: his own son notes Ian has spent their entire conversation talking about himself in their difficult relationship]].
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* GilliganCut: A common trick.
** Prepared to fight someone in the game, Ian boasts "I can beat anyone at any time." Cut to his character being blown up by Poppy who laughs at just how bad Ian is at his own game.
** Prepared to fight someone in the game, Ian boasts "I can beat anyone at any time." Cut to his character being blown up by Poppy who laughs at just how bad Ian is at his own game.
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* ThreatBackfire: Quite a few times, someone tries to pull the "if you do this, I walk" only to sure enough end up being called out and fired.
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* ThreatBackfire: Quite a few times, someone tries to pull the "if you do this, I walk" only to sure enough end up being line. Either A)Ian completely misses it and ignores them or B)they get called out on it and fired.forced to go.
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* SelfServingMemory: All over the place.
** Ian has a remarkable ability to rework things to always be in his favor.
** Brad isn't far behind him. After Poppy spends all day at a convention trying to get them to accept Dana as their new streamer, it takes seeing some girls excited to hire her. At which point, Brad and Ian act like this was always their idea and Poppy never said a word about it.
** To be fair, Poppy can fall into this herself, thinking she's the sane person around but just as prone to ignoring the needs of others.
** Jo talks over being bullied by a girl in school...who wanted her to play with dolls so Jo hit her with vicious memes to almost kill herself. Even ''Ian'' calls out "you were the bully in that scenario" but Jo insists it was the other way around.
** Ian has a remarkable ability to rework things to always be in his favor.
** Brad isn't far behind him. After Poppy spends all day at a convention trying to get them to accept Dana as their new streamer, it takes seeing some girls excited to hire her. At which point, Brad and Ian act like this was always their idea and Poppy never said a word about it.
** To be fair, Poppy can fall into this herself, thinking she's the sane person around but just as prone to ignoring the needs of others.
** Jo talks over being bullied by a girl in school...who wanted her to play with dolls so Jo hit her with vicious memes to almost kill herself. Even ''Ian'' calls out "you were the bully in that scenario" but Jo insists it was the other way around.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Happens a lot, usually with Ian completely forgetting he once angered someone who's turned it into a vendetta.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Doc gets one near the end of Dark Quiet Death, when he realizes that he sacrificed his marriage and integrity for the sake of a more mass-appeal marketable product. Unfortunately he's powerless to stop it at that point.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Doc gets one near the end of Dark "Dark Quiet Death, Death", when he realizes that he sacrificed his marriage and integrity for the sake of a more mass-appeal marketable product. Unfortunately Unfortunately, he's powerless to stop it at that point.
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* AntiClimax: In-universe as episode 2 is all about avoiding this. For years, the game has built up a mysterious Masked Man armored knight with fans buzzing on his identity. Brad has hyped it up as "it'll blow you away" when fans find out his identity. The problem is, despite what Brad and C.W. tell everyone, they have ''never'' had any plan for who the Masked Man is and now realize if they don't come up with something big, the backlash will be huge.
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* RealAwardFictionalCharacter: It's noted several times that C.W. Longbottom won the prestigious Nebula Award for Best Sci-Fi Novel in 1973. (The actual winner was Creator/IsaacAsimov's ''Literature/TheGodsThemselves''.)
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Doc gets one near the end of Dark Quiet Death, when he realizes that he sacrificed his marriage and integrity for the sake of a more mass-appeal marketable product. Unfortunately he's powerless to stop it at that point.
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** Poppy manages to play both David and Ian in season 2, by manipulating both of them to give her exactly what she wants when forced to give a speech at a women in gaming conference.
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** A few quick snippets of unaltered Horizon footage are even used as scene transitions in the season 2 episode, Juice Box.
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** The scene transitions in season 1 look suspiciously like VideoGame/ForHonor animations, an Ubisoft game. Although somewhat subverted by the fact that the episode doesn't otherwise call them out.
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** Poppy's planning board in "YumYum" lists ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' as a potential inspiration, only to have "OVERRATED" underlined beneath it.
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** Poppy's planning board in "YumYum" [="YumYum"=] lists ''VideoGame/HalfLife'' as a potential inspiration, only to have "OVERRATED" underlined beneath it.
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** Most of "Backstory!" takes place in the early 70's during the early days of C.W.'s career.
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** Most of "Backstory!" takes place in the early 70's during the early days of C.W.'s career. The episode's epilogue shows Ian and Poppy hiring C.W in 2015.
