History WebAnimation / TheCloak

* OnlyAFleshWound: Having leg cut off doesn't cause Nate to bleed out.

* DrillSergeantNasty: Blake electrocutes Nate - twice – for insubordination, including when Nate simply questions the suicidal nature of their mission.

* Cliffhanger: Since only one episode was produced, the identity of the alleged communist the Cloak was tracking is never revealed and it's left unknown if there really was a communist conspiracy.

* SecondaryTitleCharacter: The video focuses more on Nate and Jimbo than the eponymous Cloak. Although the Cloak is the main focus of the story, Nate serves as the protagonist.

* BurningQuestion: Is there really an international and intergalactic communist conspiracy? And who is the evil communist the Cloak is tracking? Unfortunately, these questions will never be answered.

* CliffhangerEnding: Since only one episode was produced, the identity of the alleged communist the Cloak was tracking is never revealed and it's left unknown if there really was a communist conspiracy.

!!The 2008 video provides examples of:
* AbortedArc: We never do find out the fate of Joshua, the Libertarian Lizard.
* AdaptationalVillainy: Whereas the original Cloak was implied to be correct in his communist conspiracy and avoided killing others (including helping the injured Nate), this Cloak kills anyone he suspects to be a communist.
* AdaptationalWimp: The original Cloak single-handily wiped out a military base and holds his ground with another soldier. The new Cloak flees when a single police officer shoots his axe away and [[spoiler:and is gunned down by a SWAT team without putting up a fight]].
* AffablyEvil: "Well, we gotta get this body out of the building. Oh, how about seafood for lunch?
* TheAlcoholic: Robert, though he doesn't seem to get drunk off it all. Then again, he doesn't seem to digest it in the first place.
* AnAxeToGrind: Cloak's "Axe of Capitalism".
* AxCrazy: The Cloak, quite literally.

* BloodyHilarious
* BoomHeadshot
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Cloak, Robert, and basically, almost everyone with more than three lines of dialogue.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Nearly all of the violence in the original was off-screen and the only characters killed were soldiers implied to be actual communists. This version keeps the violence on-screen and sees the Cloak kill innocent civilians.
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: The Cloak survived the original video, although whether he was intended to survive the full series will never be known]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: Set up with Cloak's PatrioticFervor, then slowly peeled away. He hates communists and at first he seems to believe that he lives in a [=McCarthy=]-era Red Scare where Soviet Spies were just waiting to subvert everything. Before long he's shown to actually believe communists are shapeshifting demonic/alien monsters trying to secretly take over the world in a David Icke kind of conspiracy. As the 'toon rolls on it becomes clear he's just a murderous asshole nutjob.
* EverythingFades[=/=]ThisWasHisTrueForm: Spoofed with the CEO of Toy Barn. Cloak was expecting him to turn into a "giant red squid of some sort" or otherwise just dissolve.
* TheHeroDies: Both the heroes actually, assuming you could call them that.
* HumanoidAbomination: The Cloak- a walking, talking cloak with a hood with an [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} extremely weird vision of reality.]]

* {{Metaphorgotten}}: "My precious childhood is being raped in front of my eyes, and by Eskimos, no less... with their cold, feely hands."
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Robert's reaction after microwaving his cat on an impulse.
* PrivateDetective
* RocksFallEveryoneDies: [[spoiler: Cloak and Robert are killed by a SWAT team.]]
* ShoutOut: In the Toy Barn, you can see toys from WebAnimation/CharlieTheUnicorn and Mr. Happy Face, as well a characters from a video that didn't exist at the time, Bino the Elephant.
* SpiderLimbs: Robert uses ''his '''spine''''' to manipulate objects.
* SpoofAesop: "Antonio, Communism is a Mistress, which you soon find out is a Mist'''er''', and no amount of salt-baths will ever rinse you of the shame."
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: 'I have shrimp for sale, none of which I've licked.'
* TalkativeLoon: Robert says some very strange things:

!!This video provides examples of:

The original 2004 video took place on a futuristic Mars, where the United Mars Army (UMA) is stationed. UMA grunts Nate and Jimbo investigate a massacre at one of the military bases, which leads to them encountering the Cloak and his pledge to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]]. The video was intended to begin a series, but no further episodes were created and the Cloak character was rebooted in 2008.

''The Cloak'' is an original web animation created by the master of random comedy, Jason Steele, at Creator/FilmCow Productions.

The plot is pretty simple: the Cloak (self described "[[PrivateDetective private investigator]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist life-long fighter of the international Communist conspiracy]]") teams up with his sidekick, the [[NightmareFuel disembodied head]] of film-noir legend Robert Mitchum. Together, they set out to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]], as well as many [[InnocentBystander innocent bystanders]].

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JepOL9EMDqU Click here to watch the video...]]

The Cloak is an original web animation created by the master of random comedy, Jason Steele, at Creator/FilmCow Productions. The plot is pretty simple: the Cloak (self described "[[PrivateDetective private investigator]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist life-long fighter of the international Communist conspiracy]]") teams up with his sidekick, the [[NightmareFuel disembodied head]] of film-noir legend Robert Mitchum. Together, they set out to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]], as well as many [[InnocentBystander innocent bystanders]].

** Considering the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} mental state]] of the two protagonists, it's possible that they just forgot about the whole mission.

* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies:]] Both the heroes actually, assuming you could call them that.

-->'''The Cloak:''' Well it seems the law has been laid down, Robert.
-->'''Robert:''' What's "the law?"
-->'''The Cloak:''' Harsh and unforgiving, and now we're on the lam, outcasts of society. Pushed away from the large, warm bosom of Lady America. It's not fair, Robert, ''I want that bosom''!
-->'''Robert:''' Well you did ''axe up two innocent people''!

The Cloak is an original web animation created by the master of random comedy, [[CrazyAwesome Jason Steele]], at Creator/FilmCow Productions. The plot is pretty simple: the Cloak (self described "[[PrivateDetective private investigator]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist life-long fighter of the international Communist conspiracy]]") teams up with his sidekick, the [[NightmareFuel disembodied head]] of film-noir legend Robert Mitchum. Together, they set out to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]], as well as many [[InnocentBystander innocent bystanders]].

* TheAlcoholic: Robert, though he doesn't seem to get drunk off it all. [[RealityEnsues Then again, he doesn't seem to digest it in the first place]].

* GeniusBonus: If you know anything at all about communism (which the Cloak clearly does not), the plot becomes even more funny:
** The Cloak becomes suspicious upon hearing Yorick's name, suspecting him to be Russian and therefore a communist, but is relieved when he learns that it's actually a Polish name. Poland was a Communist-governed socialist republic at the same time that Russia was, and of course, neither of them are any longer.
** The Cloak accuses a corporate CEO of being a communist- patently ridiculous, since the central tenet of communism is that companies should by owned and managed collectively by their workers, not by one powerful person.

* ShoutOut: In the Toy Barn, you can see toys from CharlieTheUnicorn and Mr. Happy Face, as well a characters from a video that didn't exist at the time, Bino the Elephant.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The Cloak, Robert, and possibly the cheery Mormon CEO.

* BlackCloak: The Cloak is show to be a animate talking cloak rather than a person wearing a cloak.

* AnAxeToGrind

-->And that's what you get. You get my Ax of Capitalism... right in your face.
* BlackCloak

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: the Cloak, Robert, and possibly the cheery Mormon CEO.
* EverythingFades[=/=]ThisWasHisTrueForm: Spoofed with the CEO of Toy Barn.
* [[spoiler:TheHeroDies: Both the heroes actually, assuming you could call them that.]]

* [[spoiler: RocksFallEveryoneDies]]

* YouExclamation

The Cloak is an original web animation created by the master of random comedy, [[CrazyAwesome Jason Steele]], at FilmCow Productions. The plot is pretty simple: the Cloak (self described "[[PrivateDetective private investigator]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist life-long fighter of the international Communist conspiracy]]") teams up with his sidekick, the [[NightmareFuel disembodied head]] of film-noir legend Robert Mitchum. Together, they set out to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]], as well as many [[InnocentBystander innocent bystanders]].

* HeroicSociopath

{{The Cloak}} is an original web video created by the master of random comedy, [[CrazyAwesome Jason Steele]], at FilmCow Productions. The plot is pretty simple: the Cloak (self described "[[PrivateDetective private investigator]] and [[ConspiracyTheorist life-long fighter of the international Communist conspiracy]]") teams up with his sidekick, the [[NightmareFuel disembodied head]] of film-noir legend Robert Mitchum. Together, they set out to destroy the [[DirtyCommunists evil forces of Communism]], as well as many [[InnocentBystander innocent bystanders]].