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* BigDamnVillains: Slender shows up just in time [[spoiler:to save Story, Lee, and Mo from the Rake and its cultists]].
** He does it ''again'' in ''No. 32 - Option 1'' when [[spoiler:Story gets captured by Ajax]].



* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''No. 18: Back Home'' when Story says she spent a month at a mental health retreat and spoke to some professionals about what happened in ''No. 15''.

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* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''No. 18: Back Home'' when Story says she spent a month at a mental health retreat and spoke to some professionals about what happened in ''No. 15''.15''.
* VillainousRescue:
** Slender shows up just in time [[spoiler:to save Story, Lee, and Mo from the Rake and its cultists]].
** He does it ''again'' in ''No. 32 - Option 1'' when [[spoiler:Story gets captured by Ajax]].
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* {{Reincarnation}}: Towards the end of the series, Story discovers that she is the most recent incarnation of a woman who has been reborn throughout time -- and that all of her past selves ''also'' had trouble with the Slender Man.
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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "[[{{Foreshadowing}} call Ajax Pharmaceuticals]]".

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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad Literature/TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "[[{{Foreshadowing}} call Ajax Pharmaceuticals]]".



** Nikki has Film/HarryPotter cutouts all over her walls and listens to MumfordAndSons.

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** Nikki has Film/HarryPotter cutouts all over her walls and listens to MumfordAndSons.Music/MumfordAndSons.
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[[HeroWithAUniqueName Story Parker]] is kind of new to the YouTube beauty guru scene, but her passion for cool and quirkily-painted nails leads her to create a manicure channel nonetheless. Her first view videos go over quite well, until she starts receiving gory trinkets in the mail, losing periods of time, and repeatedly seeing [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos a tall, thin someone out of the corner of her eye]]....

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[[HeroWithAUniqueName Story Parker]] is kind of new to the YouTube Website/YouTube beauty guru scene, but her passion for cool and quirkily-painted nails leads her to create a manicure channel nonetheless. Her first view videos go over quite well, until she starts receiving gory trinkets in the mail, losing periods of time, and repeatedly seeing [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos a tall, thin someone out of the corner of her eye]]....
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''Keratin Garden'' was another addition to the Slenderverse, and notable for being [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet one of the few 'Verse contributions to feature a primarily-female cast]]. Unfortunately, after an extended hiatus (beginning in 2015), the series was officially ended by its creator and [[MissingEpisode removed]] from [=YouTube=].

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''Keratin Garden'' was another addition to the Slenderverse, and notable for being [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet one of the few 'Verse contributions to feature a primarily-female cast]]. Unfortunately, after an extended hiatus (beginning in 2015), the series was officially ended by its creator and [[MissingEpisode removed]] from [=YouTube=].creator.
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Or, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHAxR-niWZ8ZCMm-1aJsQ256R-E21eOBS Keratin Garden]]'' is a currently ongoing addition to the Slenderverse, and notable for being [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet one of the few 'Verse contributions to feature a primarily-female cast]].

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Or, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHAxR-niWZ8ZCMm-1aJsQ256R-E21eOBS Keratin Garden]]'' is a currently ongoing ''Keratin Garden'' was another addition to the Slenderverse, and notable for being [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet one of the few 'Verse contributions to feature a primarily-female cast]].
cast]]. Unfortunately, after an extended hiatus (beginning in 2015), the series was officially ended by its creator and [[MissingEpisode removed]] from [=YouTube=].
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** Nikki has HarryPotter cutouts all over her walls and listens to MumfordAndSons.

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** Nikki has HarryPotter Film/HarryPotter cutouts all over her walls and listens to MumfordAndSons.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Slendy shows up very briefly in both the mirror in ''No. 8: Power Outage'' and in Lailah's backseat ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny with his head jammed sideways against the ceiling]]) in ''No. 10: Lailah''.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Slendy shows up very briefly in both the mirror in ''No. 8: Power Outage'' and in Lailah's backseat ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny ([[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments with his head jammed sideways against the ceiling]]) in ''No. 10: Lailah''.
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** In ''No. 6: Sleepover'', Lailah wears a T-Shirt that reads "''[[ASongOfIceAndFire Grey Wind & Lady & Nymeria & Summer & Shaggydog & Ghost]]''."

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** In ''No. 6: Sleepover'', Lailah wears a T-Shirt that reads "''[[ASongOfIceAndFire "''[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire Grey Wind & Lady & Nymeria & Summer & Shaggydog & Ghost]]''."
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: In ''No. 22: Sleepwalking'' [[spoiler:the Black Dog claws Story's face pretty badly]], but aside from wearing a pair of band-aids in the next episode, the wounds are never mentioned or even visible again.
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As she records and investigates the increasingly unsettling occurrences that seem to be following her, Story finds herself embroiled in [[TheConspiracy the elaborate workings of]] [[FrontOrganization a pharmaceutical company called]] [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Ajax]], whose pill "Vivirten" is ''supposed'' to prevent patients from seeing the Slender Man, [[GoneHorriblyWrong but which sometimes has]] [[NiceJobBreakingItHero the entirely opposite effect]].


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** The Black Dog is back as of ''No. 42 - The Colorado River''.
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* FollowTheLeader: Insofar as Slendy causing video distortion and the concept of "filming strange occurrences for the whole internet to see" are concerned. In terms of the actual story, though, [[DerivativeDifferentiation it manages to stand quite well on its own]].

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* DistaffCounterpart: Could be viewed as this to {{WebVideo/MarbleHornets}}, but has a unique enough concept to stand on its own.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Story has her moments, especially in the comments.
--> "'''[=Viva9626=]'''": [[FridgeLogic Why did you film in the shower???]]
--> '''Story''': did it for the vine
* DistaffCounterpart: Could be viewed as this to {{WebVideo/MarbleHornets}}, WebVideo/MarbleHornets, but has a unique enough concept to stand on its own.
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** The security guards at Ajax make reference to [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming someone]] [[MeaningfulName named]] [[TheCassandra Cassandra]].

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** The security guards at Ajax make reference to [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming someone]] [[MeaningfulName named]] [[TheCassandra Cassandra]].Cassandra]], and the founder's son [[spoiler:(who seems to have been one of Slender's victims way back in ''1902'')]] was named Hector.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Story blames herself for [[spoiler:causing the death of the Ajax security guards]].
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** The security guards at Ajax make reference to [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming someone]] [[MeaningfulName named]] [[TheCassandra Cassandra]].
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* GoryDiscretionShot: When Story wakes up after her [[spoiler:first run in with Ajax]], her camera lens is covered in blood. She follows the trail to the source and the screen blacks out for a second while she retches at whatever it was.

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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "call [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ajax Pharmaceuticals]]".

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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "call [[{{Foreshadowing}} "[[{{Foreshadowing}} call Ajax Pharmaceuticals]]".


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** He does it ''again'' in ''No. 32 - Option 1'' when [[spoiler:Story gets captured by Ajax]].
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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "call Ajax Pharmaceuticals".

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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "call [[{{Foreshadowing}} Ajax Pharmaceuticals".Pharmaceuticals]]".
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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Word-for-word in ''No. 30 - Exegesis''.
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* ArcWords: References to TheIliad appear ''everywhere'', from its ISBN number being used as part of a code to a note on Story's refrigerator to "call Ajax Pharmaceuticals".
* BigDamnVillains: Slender shows up just in time [[spoiler:to save Story, Lee, and Mo from the Rake and its cultists]].


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* TeleportationSickness: Story [[BloodFromTheMouth vomits blood]] after [[spoiler:being teleported back to Texas by the Slender Man]].
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* DontAskJustRun: [[WebVideo/WhisperedFaith Lee]] to Story in episode 27, right before [[spoiler:she's attacked by the Rake]].
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* {{Crossover}}: With WebVideo/WhisperedFaith in episodes 27 through 30.
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*** FridgeBrilliance Might also double as {{Foreshadowing}} to the Black Dog that starts appearing as of Episode 22 (''Smoke Alarms'').

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*** FridgeBrilliance Might also double as {{Foreshadowing}} to the Black Dog that starts appearing as of Episode 22 (''Smoke Alarms'').
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*** FridgeBrilliance Might also double as {{Foreshadowing}} to the Black Dog that starts appearing as of Episode 22 (''Smoke Alarms'').
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->''Every night I close and lock this door and every morning this week it's been open. I have two deadbolts. [...] [[DamselOutOfDistress I have to figure out what's going on]]''.

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->''Every night I close and lock this door door, and every morning this week it's been open. I have two deadbolts. [...] [[DamselOutOfDistress I have to figure out what's going on]]''.



* FollowTheLeader: Insofar as Slendy causing video distortion and the concept of "filming strange occurrences for the whole internet to see" are concerned. In terms of the actual story, though [[DerivativeDifferentiation it manages to stand quite well on its own]].

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* FollowTheLeader: Insofar as Slendy causing video distortion and the concept of "filming strange occurrences for the whole internet to see" are concerned. In terms of the actual story, though though, [[DerivativeDifferentiation it manages to stand quite well on its own]].
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->''Every night I close and lock this door and every morning this week it's been open. I have two deadbolts. [...] [[DamselOutOfDistress I have to figure out what's going on]]''.
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* SanitySlippage: ''No. 15''.



* TeamPet: Darwin.

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* TeamPet: Darwin.Darwin.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in ''No. 18: Back Home'' when Story says she spent a month at a mental health retreat and spoke to some professionals about what happened in ''No. 15''.

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[[caption-width-right:350:I don't think he was invited.]]



* FreezeFrameBonus: Slendy shows up in the mirror in ''No. 8: Power Outage'' and in Lailah's backseat ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny with his head jammed sideways against the ceiling]]) in ''No. 10: Lailah''.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: Slendy shows up very briefly in both the mirror in ''No. 8: Power Outage'' and in Lailah's backseat ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny with his head jammed sideways against the ceiling]]) in ''No. 10: Lailah''.
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[[HeroWithAUniqueName Story Parker]] is kind of new to the YouTube beauty guru scene, but her passion for cool and quirkily-painted nails leads her to create a manicure channel nonetheless. Her first view videos go over quite well, until she starts receiving gory trinkets in the mail, losing periods of time, and repeatedly seeing [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos a tall, thin someone out of the corner of her eye]]....

Or, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLHAxR-niWZ8ZCMm-1aJsQ256R-E21eOBS Keratin Garden]]'' is a currently ongoing addition to the Slenderverse, and notable for being [[ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet one of the few 'Verse contributions to feature a primarily-female cast]].

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!! This show provides examples of:

* DistaffCounterpart: Could be viewed as this to {{WebVideo/MarbleHornets}}, but has a unique enough concept to stand on its own.
* FollowTheLeader: Insofar as Slendy causing video distortion and the concept of "filming strange occurrences for the whole internet to see" are concerned. In terms of the actual story, though [[DerivativeDifferentiation it manages to stand quite well on its own]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: Slendy shows up in the mirror in ''No. 8: Power Outage'' and in Lailah's backseat ([[CrowningMomentOfFunny with his head jammed sideways against the ceiling]]) in ''No. 10: Lailah''.
* {{Hellhound}}: The Black Dog.
* HeroWithAUniqueName: [[WhoNamesTheirKidDude Who names their kid ''Story'']]?
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Par for the course in the 'Verse.
* ItsProbablyNothing: The girls assume that the creepy tall dude peering through their window is one of their brothers playing pranks.
* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Pretty much a requirement given the subject matter.
* ShoutOut:
** In ''No. 6: Sleepover'', Lailah wears a T-Shirt that reads "''[[ASongOfIceAndFire Grey Wind & Lady & Nymeria & Summer & Shaggydog & Ghost]]''."
** Nikki has HarryPotter cutouts all over her walls and listens to MumfordAndSons.
* TeamPet: Darwin.

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