History WebVideo / HiImMaryMary

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mary is almost always barefoot. The only time she dons footwear of her own volition is a single occasion of her wearing socks in order to relieve her boredom by sliding across the hardwood floor of the house, and she takes them off once she's gotten bored of that too. She does wear boots when in the Garden, but they are part of an automatic InstantCostumeChange that happens to her upon entering it. She does not seem to actually own any part of her "Garden outfit" since she can't find any of it in the house. Fittingly, in the ending [[spoiler:she puts on her boots, getting ready to leave the house]].

* CrossThrough: With WebVideo/StanFrederick. In his video, he's revealed to be at least partially responsible for the [[spoiler:knocking in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRP14WWFds "last 8 months."]] The rest is [[GeniusLoci the house itself]].]]

* JumpScare: {{Subverted}} in the second episode, when Mary washes her hands. The distorted, masked figure that appears is not a quick flash, it stays in the mirror for quite some time. The mirror monster actually stays there ALL NIGHT. It does not stop laughing at Mary until the morning, although the exact hour of disappearance and reappearance for the monsters is not known (Mary has stated on her Twitter that a monster was slamming doors well before the sun set).

* OntologicalMystery: How Mary ended up trapped in the hellish house, and indeed how the house's world and monsters came to be, is pretty much unknown save for a few cryptic clues. [[spoiler: Mary eventually reveals an audio log she found, dated the night before she first woke up in the house, that indicates she might have locked herself in a psychological battleground as a result of her depression, self-loathing, and pushing away her friends. Whether this is a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, Mary becoming an unconscious RealityWarper, or something else entirely is still unknown, though -- [[ParanoiaFuel assuming any of the clues can be trusted at all]].]]

* ShoutOut: The "Mary Mary" part of the title is in reference to the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary."

-->'''Veiled Woman''': [[spoiler:"You already know. After all, YOU MADE US."]]

* WorldOfSymbolism: The monsters and the setting are all manifestations of Mary's mental problems.

As of "check in", however, Mary has gained unrestricted internet access and can see and interact with her viewers. The reasons for this are currently unknown, though her Twitter shows that the change happened immediately upon the changeover to 2018.

* BeautifulVoid: "The Garden", a forested island that is connected to the house and which Mary is able to visit at night. Its nature and relation to the house's world is unknown, but Mary latches onto it as a key to protecting her sanity. [[spoiler: This turns out to be [[FromBadToWorse an even greater danger]], as Mary develops an unhealthy codependence with the location and undergoes SanitySlippage when she's told by her followers that it's bad for her.]]
** The video titled "rain" shows the Garden going through several strange changes, including [[spoiler: severe weather events, the addition of rusted trucks and tractors, a massive abandoned tunnel ([[OhCrap which the shadow entity has access to]]), and random transitions into the Ocean. Finally, Mary enters to find that the place has become a nearly unrecognizable snowy wilderness.]]

* BigGood: [[spoiler: The rarely-glimpsed woman in white who inhabits the Garden is the only entity in the house world trying to protect Mary's sanity and help her escape. She first reaches out to the audience through messages encoded into Mary's Blogspot, then actively starts reaching out to her when she can.]]

* CrossThrough: With WebVideo/StanFrederick. In his video, he's revealed to be at least partially responsible for the [[spoiler: knocking in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRP14WWFds "last 8 months"]]. The rest is [[GeniusLoci the house itself]].]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Mary seems to have hit this as of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRP14WWFds "last 8 months"]], claiming that she gives up and is thinking about asking her tormentor to end it.]]
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mary is almost always barefoot. The only time she dons footwear of her own volition is a single occasion of her wearing socks in order to relieve her boredom by sliding across the hardwood floor of the house, and she takes them off once she's gotten bored of that too. She does wear boots when in the Garden, but they are part of an automatic InstantCostumeChange that happens to her upon entering it. She does not seem to actually own any part of her "Garden outfit" since she can't find any of it in the house. Fittingly, in the ending [[spoiler: she puts on her boots, getting ready to leave the house]].
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The description for "last 8 months" and related blog post indicate that not only is Mary suicidal, but she wants the Veiled Woman to kill her, believing the monster wants her dead to begin with. She actually tries it in the climax, Anagnorisis, but is stopped at the last moment when she realizes the Vieled Woman is lying about her being alone.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler: After all her torment, she finally stands up to the monsters, is able to go outside, and, despite still having Depression, is able to fight it, and feel better about herself]].
* EldritchLocation: The house. Despite appearing normal, it has cabinets that refill automatically, lights that turn on and off by themselves, unbreakable windows, and doors that almost never openable (except when they do, and lead straight into the ocean). [[spoiler: Various clues throughout the series strongly imply that the house world is [[YourMindMakesItReal a product of Mary's own depression and self-imposed isolation]].]]

** The Woman in White [[spoiler: seems to be a benign one, since her exposing her (otherwise normal) face causes the video to become distorted, and [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm her voice is heard as birdsong and bells]] despite her making coherent mouth movements and Mary apparently understanding her just fine.]]

* MirrorMonster: The masked monster seems to live inside the house's mirrors. [[spoiler: That's not to say it can't leave, however...]]

* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: When the mirror monster comes out of the mirror and catches Mary, she lifts up mask which reveals a sickly and ugly face with yellow teeth though we only see the bottom half of it. This is most likely symbolic of how no matter how beautiful a person is that if they aren't that good of a person then they are ultimately ugly on the inside.]]

* ShoutOut: The "Mary Mary" part of the title is in reference to the nursery rhyme "Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary".

* ShrinkingViolet: Mary avoids showing her face in full in the series, citing the fact that she's [[Understatement shy]].
* TookALevelInBadass: In "anagnorisis", after [[SpottingTheThread catching up with the Veiled Woman's lies]], Mary becomes more pro-active and begins to talk back the monsters. [[spoiler: Eventually she is able to realize her power over the House and the Garden and uses it to defeat the Veiled Woman.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: In "gone" Mary learns she is unable to interact with the outside world and is physically assaulted by the Veiled Woman]]

* WhamShot: The end of "Discovery", when Mary unveils [[BeautifulVoid the Garden]] by stepping through a random door at night... and falling straight into the ocean.
** At the end of "rain", after several clips showing that the Garden is going through bizarre changes, [[spoiler: Mary enters one last time and finds the whole place frozen over]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The Ocean is never visited again, and the Garden may have replaced it, as it's unclear whether the Garden is on the island Mary swam to or if they're entirely separate worlds. [[spoiler: It returns in "rain" when the Garden starts changing, implying that they're not just the same world, but the same ''location''.]]

* KnifeNut: The mirror monster is often shown wielding a knife.

[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_b4VvmzIVwf8bCC-eoMDzg "Hi I'm Mary Mary"]] (officially spelt as hiimmarymary) is a horror [[AlternateRealityGame ARG]] started in 2016, currently based out of a Website/YouTube channel, [[https://twitter.com/hithereiammary a Twitter account]], and [[http://hiimmarymaryblog.blogspot.com/ a Blogspot]].

* {{Adorkable}}: Mary has her moments, especially once she becomes more adept at navigating the house and its threats. [[spoiler: Once she gets full internet access and starts goofing around more freely, this hits overdrive.]]

* CrossThrough: With WebOriginal/StanFrederick. In his video, he's revealed to be at least partially responsible for the [[spoiler: knocking in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRP14WWFds "last 8 months"]]. The rest is [[GeniusLoci the house itself]].]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mary is almost always barefoot. The only time she dons footwear of her own volition is a single occasion of her wearing socks in order to relieve her boredom by sliding across the hardwood floor of the house, and she takes them off once she's gotten bored of that too. She does wear boots when in the Garden, but they are part of an automatic InstantCostumeChange that happens to her upon entering it. She does not seem to actually own any part of her "Garden outfit" since she can't find any of it in the house.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The description for "last 8 months" and related blog post indicate that not only is Mary suicidal, but she wants the Veiled Woman to kill her, believing the monster wants her dead to begin with.]]

* BigGood: [[spoiler: The rarely-glimpsed WomanInWhite who inhabits the Garden is the only entity in the house world trying to protect Mary's sanity and help her escape. She first reaches out to the audience through messages encoded into Mary's Blogspot, then actively starts reaching out to her when she can.]]

* WomanInWhite: One is seen in the background of the garden in "check in", just before the camera glitches and cuts away. [[ParanoiaFuel Mary doesn't seem to notice it or comment on it in the video]], though it comes to her attention on Twitter. [[spoiler: A secret message in the coding of the Blogspot implies that [[BigGood she may actually be trying to help and protect Mary]].]]

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* DespairEventHorizon: Mary seems to have hit this as of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRP14WWFds "last 8 months"]], claiming that she gives up and is thinking about asking her tormentor to end it.

* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The description for "last 8 months" and related blog post indicate that not only is Mary suicidal, but she wants the Veiled Woman to kill her, believing that's what the monster wants her dead to begin with.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mary is usually barefoot, though since she's trapped inside a copy of her parents' house, it's justified.