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** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the "FCG," not the FCC.
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** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the "FCG," not the FCC. Also, the transition from analog to digital television takes place in this universe in 2021, not 2009 as in RealLife.
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* CosmicHorrorStory: Human civilization is at the mercy of some incomprehensible, extraterrestrial force that uses the Moon as a vessel, and those who look at it will GoMadFromTheRevelation. ''Real Sleep'' demonstrates this even further, revealing that [[spoiler:even ''dreaming'']] will not save you from its influence. Meanwhile, ''Skywatching'' implies that [[spoiler:[[InscrutableAliens something is definitely up there, and its constructions (namely, a strange cobweb-like area and a gigantic arrow symbol) spell only darker times for Earth]]]].
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* CosmicHorrorStory: Human civilization is at the mercy of some incomprehensible, extraterrestrial force that uses the Moon as a vessel, and those who look at it will GoMadFromTheRevelation. ''Real Sleep'' demonstrates this even further, revealing that [[spoiler:even ''dreaming'']] will not save you from its influence. Meanwhile, ''Skywatching'' implies that [[spoiler:[[InscrutableAliens something is definitely up there, and its constructions (namely, a network of strange cobweb-like area structures, various cylindrical buildings and a gigantic arrow symbol) and the presence of a gigantic bipedal creature that had been growing inside the Moon like a developing chick inside its egg spell only darker times for Earth]]]].
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** Apparently, President Lyndon B. Johnson oversaw a contingency broadcast in the event of America's downfall that encouraged the nation to [[spoiler:commit mass suicide]]. It appears to have accidentally aired during his term, unless the message was unchanged but accidentally aired in its original format in the modern world anyway. Never mind that the expiration date on the film was timed to [[spoiler:Friday,]] November 13, 1970... and the FreezeFrameBonus of one of the moon landings, all of which took place ''after LBJ would have left office'', indicating that he ran for president a second time and was reelected in the series's chronology. That said, [[spoiler:it seems to be several clips edited together, including one for 1975 and one for ''2016'']].
** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the "FCG", not the FCC.
** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the "FCG", not the FCC.
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** Apparently, President Lyndon B. Johnson oversaw a contingency broadcast in the event of America's downfall that encouraged the nation to [[spoiler:commit mass suicide]]. It appears to have accidentally aired during his term, unless the message was unchanged but accidentally aired in its original format in the modern world anyway. Never mind that the expiration date on the film was timed to [[spoiler:Friday,]] November 13, 1970... and the FreezeFrameBonus of one of the moon landings, all of which took place ''after LBJ would have left office'', indicating that he ran for president a second time and was reelected in the series's series' chronology. That said, [[spoiler:it seems to be several clips edited together, including one for 1975 and one for ''2016'']].
** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the"FCG", "FCG," not the FCC.
** The agency which oversees U.S. broadcasting during the switch to digital television is called the
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** ''Contingency'' looks to have been heavily inspired or influenced by [[https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-video-cnn-will-play-when-the-world-ends-1677511538 the "CNN Doomsday Tape"]], an alleged tape from the 1980s that Creator/TedTurner instructed CNN to withhold for broadcast unless there was a literal world-ending event, under the belief that CNN would be the last broadcast outlet of any sort to operate. But unlike ''Contingency'', Ted’s "last message" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6f7j1E61sM was a simple film of a marching band performing "Nearer My God, To Thee" in front of the network's original headquarters]] [[spoiler:and didn't tell anyone to commit suicide]].
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** ''Contingency'' looks to have been heavily inspired or influenced by [[https://jalopnik.com/this-is-the-video-cnn-will-play-when-the-world-ends-1677511538 the "CNN Doomsday Tape"]], Tape,"]] an alleged tape from the 1980s that Creator/TedTurner instructed CNN to withhold for broadcast unless there was a literal world-ending event, under the belief that CNN would be the last broadcast outlet of any sort to operate. But unlike ''Contingency'', Ted’s Ted's "last message" [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6f7j1E61sM was a simple film of a marching band performing "Nearer My God, To Thee" in front of the network's original headquarters]] [[spoiler:and didn't tell anyone to commit suicide]].
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* AnimalisticAbomination: In ''Show For Children'', Cadavre the skeleton finds something like this within the second pit. It seems to be a fossil with a bird’s beak and a cat’s sound.
** Due to the way the AnimalisticAbomination purrs, it is likely the [[spoiler: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/comic/2013/02/18/ce-nest-rien/ cat-skeleton thing from Broodhollow]]]].
** Due to the way the AnimalisticAbomination purrs, it is likely the [[spoiler: [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/comic/2013/02/18/ce-nest-rien/ cat-skeleton thing from Broodhollow]]]].
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* AnimalisticAbomination: In ''Show For Children'', Cadavre the skeleton finds something like this within the second pit. It seems to be a fossil with a bird’s bird's beak and a cat’s cat's sound.
** Due to the way the AnimalisticAbomination purrs, it is likely the[[spoiler: [[http://broodhollow.[[spoiler:[[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/comic/2013/02/18/ce-nest-rien/ cat-skeleton thing from Broodhollow]]]].
** Due to the way the AnimalisticAbomination purrs, it is likely the
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** The camcorder operator in ''Skywatching'' [[spoiler:identifying the "Moon" as '''"HIS THRONE"''', then eventually gets in front of the camcorder upon its big reveal and seemingly... and slowly... disappears]].
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** The camcorder operator in ''Skywatching'' [[spoiler:identifying the "Moon" as '''"HIS THRONE"''', THRONE,"''' then eventually gets in front of the camcorder upon its big reveal and seemingly... and slowly... disappears]].
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** ''Contingency'', in a weird way. [[spoiler:The PSA recommends that you adopt "the Victory Position" and reminds you that children and pets are "the smallest patriots".]] Nationalism under those circumstances would be funny if the context weren't so horrible.
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** ''Contingency'', in a weird way. [[spoiler:The PSA recommends that you adopt "the Victory Position" and reminds you that children and pets are "the smallest patriots".]] patriots."]] Nationalism under those circumstances would be funny if the context weren't so horrible.
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** The message at the end of ''Skywatching'', "Keep looking up", is a direct call-back to the warning in ''Weather Service'', telling the viewers not to look up.
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** The message at the end of ''Skywatching'', "Keep looking up", up," is a direct call-back to the warning in ''Weather Service'', telling the viewers not to look up.
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Which the PSA from ''Contingency'' advises you to avoid through [[spoiler:suicide]]. The PSA is from the "Department for the Preservation of American Dignity".
* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. At the very end, it's strongly implied that they were killed by [[spoiler: the creature pursuing them]].
* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. At the very end, it's strongly implied that they were killed by [[spoiler: the creature pursuing them]].
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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Which the PSA from ''Contingency'' advises you to avoid through [[spoiler:suicide]]. The PSA is from the "Department for the Preservation of American Dignity".
Dignity."
* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. At the very end, it's strongly implied that they were killed by[[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the creature pursuing them]].
* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. At the very end, it's strongly implied that they were killed by
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** According to the creator, Kris Straub, [[spoiler:the 51st State is "death"]].
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** According to the creator, Kris Straub, [[spoiler:the 51st State is "death"]]."death."]]
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* {{Filler}}: In-universe. During ''Skywatching'', the 12:30am broadcast slot is dedicated to a city council meeting recorded in 1991. The copyright notice on the actual, hijacked episode of Skywatching says it was recorded in ''1994''. Either the channel had nothing better than a three-year-old recording of a council meeting to show at that time, or the meeting's contents were [[EpilepticTrees somehow relevant to what was actually going on in the world]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Contingency''. [[spoiler: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU TO SAY GOODBYE WITH PRIDE, and THE 51st STATE IS NOT A PLACE, and to a lesser extent the "HOAX" APOLOGY CARD at the very end, "IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC BROADCAST DURING OFF-AIR REMOTE OPERATION RELAY TEST"]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Contingency''. [[spoiler: YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU TO SAY GOODBYE WITH PRIDE, and THE 51st STATE IS NOT A PLACE, and to a lesser extent the "HOAX" APOLOGY CARD at the very end, "IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC BROADCAST DURING OFF-AIR REMOTE OPERATION RELAY TEST"]].
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* {{Filler}}: In-universe. During ''Skywatching'', the 12:30am broadcast slot is dedicated to a city council meeting recorded in 1991. The copyright notice on the actual, hijacked episode of Skywatching "Skywatching" says it was recorded in ''1994''. Either the channel had nothing better than a three-year-old recording of a council meeting to show at that time, or the meeting's contents were [[EpilepticTrees somehow relevant to what was actually going on in the world]].
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Contingency''.[[spoiler: YOUR [[spoiler:YOUR COUNTRY NEEDS YOU TO SAY GOODBYE WITH PRIDE, and THE 51st STATE IS NOT A PLACE, and to a lesser extent the "HOAX" APOLOGY CARD at the very end, "IN CASE OF ACCIDENTAL PUBLIC BROADCAST DURING OFF-AIR REMOTE OPERATION RELAY TEST"]].TEST."]]
* FreezeFrameBonus: In ''Contingency''.
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: "Contingency" depicts the station accidentally airing a Cold War-era newsreel that was prepared in case this fate befell the country, warning that the US has just fallen to an invading power (implied to be the Soviet Union) and urging that [[spoiler:the nation's citizens commit mass suicide, deeming it preferable to living under occupation]].
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: "Contingency" ''Contingency'' depicts the station accidentally airing a Cold War-era newsreel that was prepared in case this fate befell the country, warning that the US has just fallen to an invading power (implied to be the Soviet Union) and urging that [[spoiler:the nation's citizens commit mass suicide, deeming it preferable to living under occupation]].
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* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon is featured in all videos (except for ''[[OddballInTheSeries Real Sleep]]''), which may or may not connect it to whatever EldritchAbomination is causing all of this - ''Weather Service'' tells the audience not to look at the Moon ([[PuppeteerParasite until it does]]) as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation it would induce madness]], ''Contingency'' has a split-second picture of [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace one of the Moon landings]] during its broadcast, ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' features a driver being led by his GPS [[spoiler: [[HomicideMachines right into a lethal ambush]]]] while driving at night with the Moon shining down, and ''Show For Children'' prominently features [[TheManInTheMoon a cartoon Moon, complete with a face]] [[spoiler: which seemingly makes [[DemBones Cadavre]] DeaderThanDead when it shines down on him at the end, [[ArtShift due to Cadavre going from cartoon bones like before]] [[OffModel to a disturbingly-realistic skeleton, like the skeleton that first scared him]]]].
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* {{Lunacy}}: The Moon is featured in all videos (except for ''[[OddballInTheSeries Real Sleep]]''), which may or may not connect it to whatever EldritchAbomination is causing all of this - ''Weather Service'' tells the audience not to look at the Moon ([[PuppeteerParasite until it does]]) as [[GoMadFromTheRevelation it would induce madness]], ''Contingency'' has a split-second picture of [[UsefulNotes/TheSpaceRace one of the Moon landings]] during its broadcast, ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' features a driver being led by his GPS [[spoiler: [[HomicideMachines [[spoiler:[[HomicideMachines right into a lethal ambush]]]] while driving at night with the Moon shining down, and ''Show For Children'' prominently features [[TheManInTheMoon a cartoon Moon, complete with a face]] [[spoiler: which [[spoiler:which seemingly makes [[DemBones Cadavre]] DeaderThanDead when it shines down on him at the end, [[ArtShift due to Cadavre going from cartoon bones like before]] [[OffModel to a disturbingly-realistic skeleton, like the skeleton that first scared him]]]].
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** Most of "Digital Transition" as well, by connecting some of the dots more clearly. If you pay attention to the freeze-frame background messages, [[spoiler: the heading changes from ANNOUNCEMENT to BETRAYAL to I COME IN, and then THROUGH THE WINDOW. At the same time we have the descriptor of "I the one you watched / I the always here". One of Local 58's slogans is "We've always been here," and the former description is applied to the moonlight entity in "Weather Service", as well as the same GO OUTSIDE NOW message. From all this we can infer that the moonlight entity is definitely interfering with Local 58's signal directly, and may have been directly influencing the station for a long, long time. Furthermore the entity's frantic attempts at denying the transition and the $150,000 penalty for watching analog signals post-digital conversion tells us that the entity cannot influence digital broadcast directly - only analog signals.]]
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** Most of "Digital Transition" ''Digital Transition'' as well, by connecting some of the dots more clearly. If you pay attention to the freeze-frame background messages, [[spoiler: the [[spoiler:the heading changes from ANNOUNCEMENT to BETRAYAL to I COME IN, and then THROUGH THE WINDOW. At the same time we have the descriptor of "I the one you watched / I the always here". here." One of Local 58's slogans is "We've always been here," and the former description is applied to the moonlight entity in "Weather Service", ''Weather Service'', as well as the same GO OUTSIDE NOW message. From all this we can infer that the moonlight entity is definitely interfering with Local 58's signal directly, and may have been directly influencing the station for a long, long time. Furthermore the entity's frantic attempts at denying the transition and the $150,000 penalty for watching analog signals post-digital conversion tells us that the entity cannot influence digital broadcast directly - only analog signals.]]
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: ''Contingency'']] urges parents to "tend to [their] children" first.
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: ''Contingency'']] [[spoiler:''Contingency'']] urges parents to "tend to [their] children" first.
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* PuppeteerParasite: One possible explanation for the second party on the County Weather Service alert in ''Weather Service''. "THE WARNING HAS BEEN LIFTED. GO OUTSIDE NOW". [[spoiler:The party who begins with "ITS IN THE LIGHT" seems to have partially undergone this process; they may be the first party, or another.]] There are points in the footage where the first and second party appear to be fighting to the death, with the first desperately trying to warn the viewer before the second either kills them or drives them mad; for example, "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON" becomes shrouded with an OminousVisualGlitch to become "CAN YOU READ THIS [?] LOOK AT THE MOON" before the first party attempts to highlight the sentences to show their real meaning.
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* PuppeteerParasite: One possible explanation for the second party on the County Weather Service alert in ''Weather Service''. "THE WARNING HAS BEEN LIFTED. GO OUTSIDE NOW". NOW." [[spoiler:The party who begins with "ITS IN THE LIGHT" seems to have partially undergone this process; they may be the first party, or another.]] There are points in the footage where the first and second party appear to be fighting to the death, with the first desperately trying to warn the viewer before the second either kills them or drives them mad; for example, "IF YOU CAN READ THIS, DO NOT LOOK AT THE MOON" becomes shrouded with an OminousVisualGlitch to become "CAN YOU READ THIS [?] LOOK AT THE MOON" before the first party attempts to highlight the sentences to show their real meaning.
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* ShoutOut: "Digital Transition" opens with a clip from ''Series/OneStepBeyond''.
* SilenceIsGolden: The first two videos lack any spoken dialogue, or even non-verbal sounds (with the exception of [[spoiler:the screaming]] and unintelligible conversations in what sounds like an office space (which can be heard during the first [=EAS=] broadcast, just before the second party arrives and begins attacking) in ''Weather Service'', and the garbled-to-the-point-of-unintelligibility vocals from the second audio track in ''Contingency'' (which was recorded sometime around 1910, so of course it would sound garbled). Likewise, the cartoon “A Grave Mistake” has a 1929 copyright date, so the gradual loss of the audio track as the cartoon plays in ''Show for Children'' due to a poor-quality public-domain print or simple neglect is justified.
* SilenceIsGolden: The first two videos lack any spoken dialogue, or even non-verbal sounds (with the exception of [[spoiler:the screaming]] and unintelligible conversations in what sounds like an office space (which can be heard during the first [=EAS=] broadcast, just before the second party arrives and begins attacking) in ''Weather Service'', and the garbled-to-the-point-of-unintelligibility vocals from the second audio track in ''Contingency'' (which was recorded sometime around 1910, so of course it would sound garbled). Likewise, the cartoon “A Grave Mistake” has a 1929 copyright date, so the gradual loss of the audio track as the cartoon plays in ''Show for Children'' due to a poor-quality public-domain print or simple neglect is justified.
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* ShoutOut: "Digital Transition" ''Digital Transition'' opens with a clip from ''Series/OneStepBeyond''.
* SilenceIsGolden: The first two videos lack any spoken dialogue, or even non-verbal sounds (with the exception of [[spoiler:the screaming]] and unintelligible conversations in what sounds like an office space (which can be heard during the first [=EAS=] broadcast, just before the second party arrives and begins attacking) in ''Weather Service'', and the garbled-to-the-point-of-unintelligibility vocals from the second audio track in ''Contingency'' (which was recorded sometime around 1910, so of course it would sound garbled). Likewise, the cartoon“A "A Grave Mistake” Mistake" has a 1929 copyright date, so the gradual loss of the audio track as the cartoon plays in ''Show for Children'' due to a poor-quality public-domain print or simple neglect is justified.
* SilenceIsGolden: The first two videos lack any spoken dialogue, or even non-verbal sounds (with the exception of [[spoiler:the screaming]] and unintelligible conversations in what sounds like an office space (which can be heard during the first [=EAS=] broadcast, just before the second party arrives and begins attacking) in ''Weather Service'', and the garbled-to-the-point-of-unintelligibility vocals from the second audio track in ''Contingency'' (which was recorded sometime around 1910, so of course it would sound garbled). Likewise, the cartoon
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* TooDumbToLive: The driver in ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' never questions the strange instructions their Sat Nav is giving them, even when it tells them to follow signs labelled "Do Not Enter". Subverted when they encounter [[spoiler:the monster]], at which point they high tail it out of there as fast as they can, all while the Sat Nav is repeatedly telling them to turn around. Still, the fact that they followed those instructions in the first place would make UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin roll in his grave.
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* TooDumbToLive: The driver in ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' never questions the strange instructions their Sat Nav is giving them, even when it tells them to follow signs labelled "Do Not Enter". Enter." Subverted when they encounter [[spoiler:the monster]], at which point they high tail it out of there as fast as they can, all while the Sat Nav is repeatedly telling them to turn around. Still, the fact that they followed those instructions in the first place would make UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin roll in his grave.
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** '''[[TheSixties 1960s]]''' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xJIMulakM "I Concentrate on You"]] by Ray Conniff.
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** '''[[TheSixties 1960s]]''' '''[[TheSeventies 1970s]]''' - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-xJIMulakM "I Concentrate on You"]] by Ray Conniff.
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* AteHisGun: Recommended in [[spoiler:''Contingency'' (complete with instructions!]] But if there's no loaded firearm at hand or you prefer another method, use what seems good to you.
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* OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler: ''Contingency'']] urges parents to "tend to [their] children" first.
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Not sure if this counts as a Call Back, but...
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** After Cadavre escapes the second grave, the skeleton shown in the first grave is briefly overlaid on the gravestones as it fades out to the next scene.
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** ''Digital Transition'' ends with the message, "There are other receivers," the same message at the end of ''Station ID''.
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** Cadavre and his girlfriend are seen in their [[TheNineties 90s]]/[[TurnOfTheMillennium 2000s]] incarnations as part of Local 58's history in ''Digital Transition,'' implying that they got their own revival show.
*** ''Digital Transition'' ends with the message, "There are other receivers," the same message at the end of ''Station ID''.
*** ''Digital Transition'' ends with the message, "There are other receivers," the same message at the end of ''Station ID''.
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* DaylightHorror: In ''Contingency'', tranquil footage of nature and urban landscapes accompanies an emergency broadcast urging you to [[spoiler:commit suicide]].
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* DaylightHorror: In ''Contingency'', tranquil (albeit dated) footage of nature and urban landscapes accompanies an emergency broadcast urging you to [[spoiler:commit suicide]].
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** In ''Contingency'', ''The Star Spangled Banner'' plays reasonably normally and as it should considering the footage's age. ''My Country, 'Tis of Thee'' on the other hand grows increasingly distorted as the broadcast goes on, becoming especially ominous as the broadcast begins to discuss [[spoiler:The Victory Position]] and [[spoiler:INFANTS AND PETS - THE SMALLEST PATRIOTS]].
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** In ''Contingency'', ''The "The Star Spangled Banner'' Banner" plays reasonably normally and as it should considering the footage's age. ''My age [[note]](the credits state that it is from a 1910 recording)[[/note]]. "My Country, 'Tis of Thee'' Thee" on the other hand grows increasingly distorted as the broadcast goes on, becoming especially ominous as the broadcast begins to discuss [[spoiler:The Victory Position]] and [[spoiler:INFANTS AND PETS - THE SMALLEST PATRIOTS]].
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''THRU THEIR DOMAIN''\\
''DID WE REALLY BELIEVE''\\
''THEY WOULDN'T ADD THEIR OWN''
''THRU THEIR DOMAIN''\\
''DID WE REALLY BELIEVE''\\
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''THRU THEIR DOMAIN''\\
''DID WE REALLY BELIEVE''\\
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* {{Filler}}: In-universe. During ''Skywatching'', the 12:30am broadcast slot is dedicated to a city council meeting recorded in 1991. The copyright notice on the actual, hijacked episode of Skywatching says it was recorded in ''1994''. Either the channel had nothing better than a three-year-old recording of a council meeting to show at that time, or the meeting's contents were [[EpilepticTrees somehow relevant to what was actually going on in the world]].
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!!This series provides examples of:
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: ''Show for Children'' has a seeming animation error where the Moon is shown to go in front of the tree instead of continuing to be behind it, as if the animators forgot about depth perception. [[spoiler:But come ''Skywatching'', where the Moon appears to be getting closer...]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** ''Show for Children'' has a seeming animation error where the Moon is shown to go in front of the tree instead of continuing to be behind it, as if the animators forgot about depth perception. [[spoiler:But come ''Skywatching'', where the Moon appears to be getting closer...]]
** ''Show for Children'' has a seeming animation error where the Moon is shown to go in front of the tree instead of continuing to be behind it, as if the animators forgot about depth perception. [[spoiler:But come ''Skywatching'', where the Moon appears to be getting closer...]]
* PatrioticFervor: [[spoiler:The ''Contingency'' PSA takes this [[ExaggeratedTrope up a couple notches]] by urging all Americans, in the event America is defeated, to commit suicide, including killing [[WouldHurtAChild children]] and pets if necessary, purely to preserve America's integrity.]]
* ThatsNoMoon: As the series progresses, it becomes clear that the Moon has become some sort of EldritchAbomination that drives people to madness.
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* TooDumbToLive: The driver in ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' never questions the strange instructions their Sat Nav is giving them, even when it tells them to follow signs labelled "Do Not Enter". Subverted when they encounter [[spoiler:the monster]], at which point they high tail it out of there as fast as they can, all while the Sat Nav is repeatedly telling them to turn around.
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* TooDumbToLive: The driver in ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' never questions the strange instructions their Sat Nav is giving them, even when it tells them to follow signs labelled "Do Not Enter". Subverted when they encounter [[spoiler:the monster]], at which point they high tail it out of there as fast as they can, all while the Sat Nav is repeatedly telling them to turn around. Still, the fact that they followed those instructions in the first place would make UsefulNotes/CharlesDarwin roll in his grave.
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** ''Weather Service'': [[spoiler:Natural disasters and disease, mistrust in the media.]]
** ''Contingency'': [[spoiler:There are fates worse than death, foreign enemy occupation, government-sanctioned mass killing.]]
** ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'': [[spoiler:Not only is our technology unreliable, it can be actively subverted by those who want to harm us.]]
** ''Show For Children'': [[spoiler:Death is inexorable and comes for us all.]]
** ''Weather Service'': [[spoiler:Natural disasters and disease, mistrust in the media.]]
** ''Contingency'': [[spoiler:There are fates worse than death, foreign enemy occupation, government-sanctioned mass killing.]]
** ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'': [[spoiler:Not only is our technology unreliable, it can be actively subverted by those who want to harm us.]]
** ''Show For Children'': [[spoiler:Death is inexorable and comes for us all.]]
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** ''Weather Service'': [[spoiler:Natural disasters and disease, mistrust in the media.]]
** ''Contingency'': [[spoiler:There are fates worse than death, foreign enemy occupation, government-sanctioned mass killing.]]
** ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'': [[spoiler:Not only is our technology unreliable, it can be actively subverted by those who want to harm us.]]
** ''Show For Children'': [[spoiler:Death is inexorable and comes for us all.]]
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''ＬＯＣＡＬ５８'' is a WebOriginal AnalogHorror [[GenreAnthology anthology series]] by Creator/KrisStraub of ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}''. The videos, which are presented in the form of found footage and emergency alerts from the titular (fictitious) US station WCLV-TV, paint a picture of a station and broadcast area where things are ''wrong'', [[AmbiguousSituation but it's not entirely clear what]]. WildMassGuessing abounds.
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''ＬＯＣＡＬ５８'' is a WebOriginal AnalogHorror [[GenreAnthology anthology series]] by Creator/KrisStraub of ''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}''.''Webcomic/{{Chainsawsuit}}'' fame, and a spin-off of his story ''Literature/CandleCove'', centering around the mysterious TV channel that the show aired on. The videos, which are presented in the form of found footage and emergency alerts from the titular (fictitious) US station WCLV-TV, paint a picture of a station and broadcast area where things are ''wrong'', [[AmbiguousSituation but it's not entirely clear what]]. WildMassGuessing abounds.
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* UsefulNotes/ColdWar: The kinescope that makes up ''Contingency'' features an expiration date of November 13, 1970 and features dialogue that speaks of the enemy force invading America as if its identity was common knowledge, implying that the force in question is the Soviet Union and that the footage was created at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: "Contingency" depicts the titular station accidentally airing a Cold War-era newsreel that was prepared in case this fate befell the country, warning that the US has just fallen to an invading power (implied to be the Soviet Union) and urging that [[spoiler:the nation's citizens commit mass suicide, deeming it preferable to living under occupation]].
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: "Contingency" depicts the titular station accidentally airing a Cold War-era newsreel that was prepared in case this fate befell the country, warning that the US has just fallen to an invading power (implied to be the Soviet Union) and urging that [[spoiler:the nation's citizens commit mass suicide, deeming it preferable to living under occupation]].
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* InvadedStatesOfAmerica: "Contingency" depicts the titular station accidentally airing a Cold War-era newsreel that was prepared in case this fate befell the country, warning that the US has just fallen to an invading power (implied to be the Soviet Union) and urging that [[spoiler:the nation's citizens commit mass suicide, deeming it preferable to living under occupation]].
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* {{Crossover}}:
** Cadavre from ''Show For Children'' is a character from ''Webcomic/{{Broodhollow}}'', one of Kris' webcomics.
** In the channel bumper seen before the programming list in a few episodes, it also lists Edenvale, Ichor Falls, and Lasker City as being part of the Greater Mason County area. All of these are [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/comic/2012/10/29/next-stop/ listed as destinations for the train Wads takes]] to Broodhollow.
** Cadavre from ''Show For Children'' is a character from ''Webcomic/{{Broodhollow}}'', one of Kris' webcomics.
** In the channel bumper seen before the programming list in a few episodes, it also lists Edenvale, Ichor Falls, and Lasker City as being part of the Greater Mason County area. All of these are [[http://broodhollow.chainsawsuit.com/comic/2012/10/29/next-stop/ listed as destinations for the train Wads takes]] to Broodhollow.
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* ShoutOut: "Digital Transition" opens with a clip from ''Series/OneStepBeyond''.
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* ThePenIsMightier: totally inverted with the DPAD emblem, which has a sword '''on top of''' a feather pen (which can also be seen as a spoof of the 1960s-era logo for [[PublicServiceAnnouncement the Advertising Council]], which had a pen on top of a sword).
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* ThePenIsMightier: totally Totally inverted with the DPAD emblem, which has a sword '''on top of''' a feather pen (which can also be seen as a spoof of the 1960s-era logo for [[PublicServiceAnnouncement the Advertising Council]], which had a pen on top of a sword).
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* ArtEvolution: The in-universe evolution of the Local 58 logo throughout the decades is shown in ''Digital Transition''.
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* ArtEvolution: The in-universe evolution of the Local 58 logo throughout the decades is shown in ''Digital Transition''.Transition'', ending with a thin and simplified logo in 2021.
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* ArtEvolution: The in-universe evolution of the Local58 logo throughout the decades is shown in ''Digital Transition''.
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* ArtEvolution: The in-universe evolution of the Local58 Local 58 logo throughout the decades is shown in ''Digital Transition''.
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** ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' features a GPS [[spoiler:being somehow possessed by some sort of unseen monster. When the unseen and unwitting victim "arrives at their destination", they are greeted by a [[MightyRoar loud roar]]. The screen pixelates and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the next shot is of them driving away really really fast]]]].
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** ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' features a GPS [[spoiler:being somehow possessed by some sort of unseen monster. When the unseen and unwitting victim "arrives at their destination", they are greeted by a [[MightyRoar loud roar]]. The screen pixelates and [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere the next shot is of them driving away really really fast]]]]. As the chase continues, the GPS is still reporting the distance from the "destination," which is catching up to the car.
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** ''Contingency'' takes the biscuit, during and after [[spoiler:the Hoax [=DPAD=] announcement]] is aired - this may well have affected anyone in the entire mainland United States who was awake to see the broadcast, or at the very least, anyone awake within the area Local58 broadcasts to.
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** ''Contingency'' takes the biscuit, during and after [[spoiler:the Hoax [=DPAD=] announcement]] is aired - this may well have affected anyone in the entire mainland United States who was awake to see the broadcast, or at the very least, anyone awake within the area Local58 [=Local58=] broadcasts to.
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** ''Contingency'' takes the biscuit, during and after [[spoiler:the Hoax [=DPAD=] announcement]] is aired - this may well have affected anyone in the entire mainland United States who was awake to see the broadcast.
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** ''Contingency'' takes the biscuit, during and after [[spoiler:the Hoax [=DPAD=] announcement]] is aired - this may well have affected anyone in the entire mainland United States who was awake to see the broadcast.broadcast, or at the very least, anyone awake within the area Local58 broadcasts to.
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* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. They are indeed implied to die.
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* DarknessEqualsDeath: As ''You Are On The Fastest Available Route'' progresses, the driver follows their GPS onto steadily less and less lit, populated roads. They are indeed At the very end, it's strongly implied to die.that they were killed by [[spoiler: the creature pursuing them]].
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** Apparently, President Lyndon B. Johnson oversaw a contingency broadcast in the event of America's downfall that encouraged the nation to [[spoiler:commit mass suicide]]. It appears to have accidentally aired during his term, unless the message was unchanged but tested in its original format in the modern world anyway. Never mind that the expiration date on the film was timed to [[spoiler:Friday,]] November 13, 1970... and the FreezeFrameBonus of one of the moon landings, all of which took place ''after LBJ would have left office''. That said, [[spoiler:it seems to be several clips edited together, including one for 1975 and one for ''2016'']].
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** Apparently, President Lyndon B. Johnson oversaw a contingency broadcast in the event of America's downfall that encouraged the nation to [[spoiler:commit mass suicide]]. It appears to have accidentally aired during his term, unless the message was unchanged but tested accidentally aired in its original format in the modern world anyway. Never mind that the expiration date on the film was timed to [[spoiler:Friday,]] November 13, 1970... and the FreezeFrameBonus of one of the moon landings, all of which took place ''after LBJ would have left office''.office'', indicating that he ran for president a second time and was reelected in the series's chronology. That said, [[spoiler:it seems to be several clips edited together, including one for 1975 and one for ''2016'']].
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Given the channel's number and themes involving [[NothingIsScarier the unknown]], it appears to be one for the Creepypasta ''Literature/CandleCove'', one of Kris Straub's previous creations. To wit, Kris [[https://www.reddit.com/r/local58/comments/coobcc/did_they_ever_air_candle_cove_on_local_58/ confirmed]] that Local 58 aired ''Candle Cove'' in the early 1970s.
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* SpiritualSuccessor: Given the channel's number and themes involving [[NothingIsScarier the unknown]], it appears to be one for the Creepypasta ''Literature/CandleCove'', one of Kris Straub's previous creations. To wit, Kris This connection is reinforced by Kris's [[https://www.reddit.com/r/local58/comments/coobcc/did_they_ever_air_candle_cove_on_local_58/ confirmed]] confirmation]] that Local 58 aired ''Candle Cove'' in the early 1970s.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75VLQuFPrY Weather Service]]'', an overnight weather warning for a rather unusual meteorological event. Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" [=YouTube=] channel on October 26, 2015.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI Contingency]]'', a UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson-era PSA from the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity to be shown in the event the United States was conquered conventionally by an enemy force (or, if [[invoked]]FridgeLogic comes into play, the end of the world was happening). Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" [=YouTube=] channel on January 12, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0 You Are On The Fastest Available Route]]'', dashcam footage with accompanying GPS audio, taken over roughly three-and-a-half hours in the early morning of November 21, 2014. Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" [=YouTube=] channel on June 19, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following "Chainsawsuit Original"'s rebranding into ''[=FilmJoy=]''.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI Contingency]]'', a UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson-era PSA from the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity to be shown in the event the United States was conquered conventionally by an enemy force (or, if [[invoked]]FridgeLogic comes into play, the end of the world was happening). Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" [=YouTube=] channel on January 12, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0 You Are On The Fastest Available Route]]'', dashcam footage with accompanying GPS audio, taken over roughly three-and-a-half hours in the early morning of November 21, 2014. Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" [=YouTube=] channel on June 19, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following "Chainsawsuit Original"'s rebranding into ''[=FilmJoy=]''.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M75VLQuFPrY Weather Service]]'', an overnight weather warning for a rather unusual meteorological event. Originally published on the "Chainsawsuit Original" ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on October 26, 2015.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI Contingency]]'', a UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson-era PSA from the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity to be shown in the event the United States was conquered conventionally by an enemy force (or, if [[invoked]]FridgeLogic comes into play, the end of the world was happening). Originally published on the"Chainsawsuit Original" ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on January 12, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0 You Are On The Fastest Available Route]]'', dashcam footage with accompanying GPS audio, taken over roughly three-and-a-half hours in the early morning of November 21, 2014. Originally published on the"Chainsawsuit Original" ''Chainsawsuit Original'' [=YouTube=] channel on June 19, 2016.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following"Chainsawsuit Original"'s ''Chainsawsuit Original''[='=]s rebranding into ''[=FilmJoy=]''.
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3c66w6fVqOI Contingency]]'', a UsefulNotes/LyndonJohnson-era PSA from the Department for the Preservation of American Dignity to be shown in the event the United States was conquered conventionally by an enemy force (or, if [[invoked]]FridgeLogic comes into play, the end of the world was happening). Originally published on the
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh09uIN6tl0 You Are On The Fastest Available Route]]'', dashcam footage with accompanying GPS audio, taken over roughly three-and-a-half hours in the early morning of November 21, 2014. Originally published on the
* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017.
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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MEHCJVhyZ0 Station ID]]'', the card for the start of the broadcast day. Lets you know that even if you don't watch, it doesn't matter -- [[ArcWords there are other receivers]]. Published on November 2, 2017.2017, shortly after ''[=Local58=]'' was given its own [=YouTube=] channel following "Chainsawsuit Original"'s rebranding into ''[=FilmJoy=]''.
