History Series / TheCryOfMann

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Gravesite tells the prisoner if that if they answer his questions, everything will go smoothly...but otherwise, "this whole show will go south".

* RedIsViolent: The flashback of Prince murdering a soldier is accompanied by the lighting turning red when he makes the killing blow. Similarly, and fitting with the color theme, Prince also carries a red handkerchief, and is the most violent of the group.

!!"Call of Warr" contains examples of:

** In ''Call Of Warr'', Glintz-Terry has a crush on Ashes, who has a crush on Durkin.

* ChainedToARailway: Gravesite's "Undercover Soldier" script starts with a bunch of scared people chained to the railway tracks, only to be aided by a hero in a fireman's uniform.

* RedIsViolent: The flashback of Prince murdering a soldier is accompanied by the lighting turning red when he makes the killing blow. Similarly, and fitting with the color theme, Prince also carries a red scarf.

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: Durkin storms off after Prince starts being a drunken, obnoxious {{Jerkass}} to him when he was having a nice time with the girls.

** Durkin mentions off-handedly that his troop used to have nine soldiers, one of them being ''The Cry Of Mann'''s "Soldier Erin".

* ContinuityNod: Jouglat repeatedly talks about meeting up with "Soldier Erin", a caller he met early in the series, which is one of his main motives for going back to the warr. He also tells Frank that "I'm not just a bear you can poke with a stick", referencing the game he used to play with his "childhood friend" Emerson, while Frank is threatening him and stopping him from leaving the house.

!!"The Cry of Mann" contains examples of:

* AfterlifeWelcome: When [[spoiler:Jouglat]] is dying, he is greeted and kept company by the Ghost Lady, who remains with him even while he's in his casket. Notably, she'd been there the entire time, but his death allows him to actually see her, unlike everyone else.
* AlwaysNight: The show only takes place at night, despite everyone being awake, active, and working in each episode. Courtney points out how it feels like it's always night, and seems confused about it, so it's implied this isn't normal.
* AmbiguousEnding: [[spoiler:Tank Mann returns and solves the conflict almost instantly, which leads the callers to question in his subsequent faux-Q&A whether they did the right thing at all. Tank dodges every question posed to him, including those calling him out for not being there for his family, and the whole thing ends with a bright white light followed by several minutes of ocean noise]].
* AwkwardHandshake: Jouglat and the Mailman share one, which lasts for far too long and consists of an uncomfortable-looking Jouglat keeping his distance, while the obliviously happy mailman just keeps shaking.
* BittersweetEnding: While [[spoiler: Tank Mann returns and the family seems to be slowly returning to normal, Jouglat was killed by Frank and Jack has turned into an orange-muscled behemoth. Agent Martinez's attraction to Berry also ends badly as a caller preoccupies Berry as Martinez is about to leave, who was planning on making her move.]]

** Orange is associated with "supernatural" elements, including the phones, Ghost Lady, and [[spoiler: Jouglat's funeral clothes]].

* ComfortTheDying: After Jouglat gets killed by Frank, Ghost Lady stays by him as he passes on, even giving him food and talking him through his pain and fear. He also gets support from caring audience members, both in-call and in-chat.
* ContinuityNod: Jouglat repeatedly talks about meeting up with "Soldier Erin", a caller he met early in the series, which is one of his main motives for going back to the warr. He also tells Frank that "I'm not just a bear you can poke with a stick", referencing the game he used to play with his "childhood friend" Emerson, while Frank is threatening him and stopping him from leaving the house.
* {{Corpsing}}: As a live show, this was inevitable.
** Looking closely, Lorelei can be seen trying not to laugh in one scene when doing Martinez's funny walk.
** As a literal example, Ben can be seen struggling to keep his straight face when playing a corpse, outright ''grinning'' when Jack hugs Jouglat.
* EmptyPilesOfClothing: When [[spoiler:Tank defeats Gergiev]], he disappears in a puff of smoke; Courtney and Jack are left holding his empty jacket in awe.
* FamilyDrama: Focuses on the drama going on with the Mann Family and their associates.

* FlashbackNightmare: When Jouglat faints at the end of a scene, the next scene shows him re-experiencing his NearDeathExperience in the warr, eventually waking back up in the living room.
* FlowersOfRomance: Courtney states that her boyfriend before meeting Tank Mann was a sweet young man who brought her a bouquet of wildflowers.
* ForbiddenHoliday: Trool Day is very nearly cancelled as a result of [[spoiler:Jouglat's death]], however Tank Mann makes sure it comes back.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Both Ghost Lady and Gergiev could communicate with the stream's chat. Played down with Ghost Lady, as she was her usual kooky and adorable self. Played straight with Gergiev, who actively threatened the chat on a regular basis. [[spoiler: After Jouglat dies, he also joins the chat, wondering where he is and eventually gets comforted by those in the chat. Once Tank Mann returns, he begins answering calls himself, all while staring at the viewers the entire time.]]
* InsistentTerminology: Berry like the fruit, Jouglat like the plant.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Tank Mann is only officially introduced into the cast at the end of the last episode.
* LoveTriangle: Jouglat is attracted to Agent Martinez who is attracted to Berry.
* LowCountGag: When Jack becomes obsessed with working out and getting stronger, he makes a caller guess how many reps he did. The caller guesses 200... and Jack responds with "close, I did like, 30!"
* MomentKiller: In the last episode, Berry and Martinez are about to have a romantic moment, sealing the deal after all the ShipTease...and then a phone rings. Berry answers, Martinez is forced to leave, and the whole moment was forgotten before it could even start.
* MythologyGag: One caller tried telling Jack that he had [[Film/ThisHouseHasPeopleInIt Lynks Disease]], much to Jack's confusion.
* NapInducingSpeak: Jouglat pours his heart and soul out to Agent Martinez, who responds by going to sleep in the middle of his monologue.
* OminousKnocking: Every single time someone knocks at the Mann family's door, it's played dramatically, as everyone in the room goes silent and stares at the door in fear as the knocking continues for several seconds. Each time, it drags on just long enough for it to feel just as worrying for the audience as it does for the characters, despite it usually just being the mail-man.
* OminousVisualGlitch: Gergiev's appearances are occasionally accompanied with TV Static overlapping the image and audio.
* PercussiveTherapy: After his art show is ruined, Jack goes berserk and destroys not only the work in the living room, but also the work in his artist's studio.
* PoorCommunicationKills: A major theme of the show. Everybody just talks ''at'' each other, only truly holding conversation with the callers, who in turn struggled to keep up with the conversations and often failed to make things better. When [[spoiler:Jouglat was killed]], it was heavily implied that it could've been avoided, had the callers communicated with him properly.

* SaltTheEarth: Courtney claims that she wants to destroy the house piece-by-piece, and then literally salt the ground so that nothing can ever grow on the land again, simply out of pure hatred for being there.
* SayMyName: The mailman screams Jouglat's name [[spoiler:when he sees him dead.]]
* ShoutOut: Most of Frank's cryptic questions to the callers are references to various Creator/HPLovecraft stories.
* SilentCredits: There's usually at least some noise being made during the credits, often a scene that runs straight to the end, often where viewers can still call and talk until the last second. At the end of episode 4, however, the scene is notably silent, just featuring Ghost Lady silently eating popcorn, emphasizing the drama that was Jack's disastrous art show.

!!"Tanking Mann" contains examples of:

* MetaFiction: A fictionalized series about an after-show for ''The Cry Of Mann'', complete with Actors acting "[[AsHimself As Themselves]]", and fake drama between the Tanking Mann cast and Wham City.
* ProductPlacement: In-Universe; The set eventually becomes filled with cans of "La Colombe" coffee.

* LoveTriangle: Glintz-Terry has a crush on Ashes, who has a crush on Durkin.

* MetaFiction: A fictionalized series about an after-show for ''The Cry Of Mann'', complete with Actors acting "AsThemselves", and fake drama between the Tanking Mann cast and Wham City.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Something is very wrong with the Mann family.]]

!!Examples:

* WordAssociationTest: One of Gravesite's investigation tactics includes playing a game of Word Association with Prisoner Sarah. It doesn't go anywhere, and Prince protests that it isn't helping.

%% * StylisticSuck: Gravesite's script for "Undercover Soldier".

%% !!"Call of Warr" contains examples of:

%% * CrossCastRole: Cricket Arrison as Glintz-Terry.