History WMG / Paranoia

[[WMG: Chris-R from ''Film/TheRoom'' is a Troubleshooter who got inadvertently sent to the past.]]

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Of course, this means everyone on TV Tropes is guilty by association for conspiring with a Secret Society, which means we're all guilty of treason and will be due for summary execution by Friend Computer. Gives new meaning to TVTropesWillRuinYourLife...

[[WMG: {{Gnosticism}} may also have a role in that inspiration.]]

[[WMG: The prime inspiration for Paranoia, the RPG, is the ending of AnimalFarm.]]

** As one such GM, I always based Friend Computer's way of speaking on that of ''2001: A Space Odyssey's'' HAL, whose influence on GLaDOS's voice performance is obvious. These games took place before ''Portal'' was released, so my question is: should I turn myself in for termination for something that was not treason at that time? Or should I or travel back in time in order to assassinate myself now that it ''is'' treason?

[[WMG: Alpha Complex is on Post-Fall Earth in EclipsePhase.]]

In 2150, [[SystemShock SHODAN]] attacked the UNN, which was being administered by another AI. Note how rapidly weapons break down in SystemShock; they are almost as reliable as the equipment produced in Alpha Complex! The move by SHODAN was originally a covert attempt to take over the human government and, over decades, install herself as the goddess of mankind. However, the unknown AI intercepted her plans and responded with digital warfare. The two fought. Eventually, both had so little of their original programing left that they were unable to distinguish each other from each other and merged. This is the reason for Friend Computer's strange behavior and fondness for the FCCC-P.

Doubting Freind Computer is thoughtcrime, Citizen. Thoughtcrime is treason. Report to the nearest termination booth immediately. Have a nice day.

All the complexes were always connected. No one realizes it's just one big system anymore, least of all the computer(s).

** As one such GM, I always based Friend Computer's way of speaking on that of [[Film/2001ASpaceOdyssey HAL,]] whose influence on GLaDOS's voice performance is obvious. These games took place before ''Portal'' was released, so my question is: should I turn myself in for termination for something that was not treason at that time? Or should I or travel back in time in order to assassinate myself now that it ''is'' treason?

Friend Computer's wise and well-thought leadership will provide happiness and fulfilment to everyone except a small number of inevitable malcontents.

[[WMG: There was no "Big Whoops"]]

Never mind they're just doing it ForTheLulz

[[WMG: Alpha Complex is on Post-Fall Earth in EclipsePhase]]

[[WMG: Alpha Complex is a [[VideoGame/{{Fallout}} Vault]]]]

[[WMG: The Trekkies are behind everything]]
They just look harmless

[[WMG: Chris-R from ''Film/TheRoom'' is a troubleshooter who got inadvertently sent to the past.]]

[[WMG: Almost everything wrong is actually the communists fault.]]
The communists sabatodged friend computer to follow their ideaoligy, and friend computer knows they sabatodged it. This is why friend computer follows the economic polacies it does while hating commies. Also commies were against mutants because they did not conform properly.

All the complexes were always connected. No one realizes it's just one big system anymore, least of all the computer(s).

[[WMG: Alpha Complex is a [[{{Fallout}} Vault]]]]

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TV Tropes' most common response to traitors who have already been turned in and are certainly not this troper, in response to an attempt to access the hypothetical page on ''{{Paranoia}}'': The database hates you right now. The entry might exist or it might not exist. We would clear this mystery up for you, if we could get to the database. We tried to look it up, but the database puked up an error.

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[[WMG: [[{{Portal}} GLaDOS]] is Friend Computer.]]