History WebVideo / MandelaCatalogue

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The series takes place in a world where a mysterious being (implied to be {{Satan}}) has taken the form of the Archangel Gabriel and then unleashed Alternates, shape-shifting creatures with an insatiable drive to [[KillAndReplace drive humans to suicide and take their forms]] on the world. Using technology for their nefarious goals focus of their invasion is the Mandela County in Wisconsin, where it had become a CrapsackWorld thanks to the existence of these entities, living in fear of the Alternates coming for them, with only the local police lieutenant and a paranormal-hunting club standing against these creatures.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[TagLine ...for the preservation of security.]]'']]

The series takes place in a world where a mysterious being (implied to be Satan) has taken the form of the Archangel Gabriel and then unleashed Alternates, shape-shifting creatures with an insatiable drive to [[KillAndReplace drive humans to suicide and take their forms]] on the world. Using technology for their nefarious goals focus of their invasion is the Mandela County in Wisconsin, where it had become a CrapsackWorld thanks to the existence of these entities, living in fear of the Alternates coming for them, with only the local police lieutenant and a paranormal-hunting club standing against these creatures.

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The series takes place in a world overrun by Alternates, shape-shifting organisms with the ability to transform into any creature they see and an insatiable drive to [[KillAndReplace kill and take on the form of humans]]. Society has become a CrapsackWorld thanks to the existence of these entities, and humanity lives in fear of the Alternates coming for them. The medium of which these videos are presented differs, ranging from a police training video, a phone recording coupled with surveillance footage, a PublicServiceAnnouncement for adults on how to [[HelicopterParents protect their children from]] "graphic content," and even an edit of a [[ReligiousEdutainment cartoon about the bible]].

Has nothing to do with the MandelaEffect, [[AmbiguousSituation from what we know of at least]].

* BerserkButton: In "Volume 2", Jonah pushes Adam’s during their argument; he brings up a loved one that was taken by the Alternates, which causes an already irritable Adam to snap at him. It isn’t until "Volume 333" that we learn it was [[MissingMom Adam’s mother]].

'''Jonah:''' [[SuddenlyShouting FUCKING LISTEN TO ME!]] You’re ''not'' invincible, okay? I know you thought that when we started doing these fucking ''death marches'', and nothing happened, and I get it, but [[PunctuatedForEmphasis this. Right here. Is]] ''[[PunctuatedForEmphasis REAL.]]'' And you should know that more than ''anybody''!\\
'''Adam:''' What’s that even supposed to mean?\\

* DespairEventHorizon: [[ExploitedTrope Exploited]] by the Alternates. After their victims lose all hope of being saved, they usually commit suicide.

* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction: The United States Department of Temporal Phenomena. Aside from issuing offical designations of the various types of alternates, as well as ways (real or not) on how to deal with them, nothing is really known about it.

---> "NOBODY CAME FOR ME."
* SubvertedKidsShow: "Overthrone" starts off by playing an unedited clip from ''The Beginner's Bible'' of Gabriel heralding Jesus's birth. Then, as the angels fly off into the distance, the {{Ominous Visual Glitch}}es start kicking in...

** The ReligiousEdutainment cartoon used to represent the Biblical events in the timeline is Creator/JimJinkins' ''The Beginner's Bible''.

** The ReligiousEdutainment cartoon used to represent the Biblical events in the timeline is ''The Beginner's Bible''.

* AngelicAbomination: A being that presents itself as ArchangelGabriel appears throughout the videos. While he looks like what we would imagine him to be, there's just something...off about him. He speaks in a [[SyntheticVoiceActor synthetic voice]], does horrible [[SlasherSmile slasher smiles]], and is later revealed to, infact, be [[FallenAngel Satan]] himself.

** The Intruder tells Adam to stop "following the shepherds" and to "wake up".

** Also relatedly, in the ORIGINAL_COPIES, the religious elements were completely absent. They don't come up during Mark's Soliloquy, the Toddler Assessment has none, and most notably of all, "Gabriel" shows up as the example of a Type Two Alternate, but here was clearly intended to simply represent a "detectable" Alternate, e.g. one that has features that are human-ish but somewhat uncanny (and go much more noticeably squiffy when it goes on the mental offensive, and this is also where the reality-warping-indicating audio distortion begins in this take on the Alternate lineup). This was one of the first elements to be revised as Mandela Catalogue became a going concern, because right after the ORIGINAL_COPIES, "Overthrone" came out, turning the previously-anonymous Type Two example into the False Gabriel we all know and hate-love today, and with the Type Two example removed from the revised, compiled videos in "Mandela Catalogue Volume 1".
* EldritchAbomination: Whatever is causing the creation of the "alternates" isn't yet shown. In "Intruder Alert," the video explicitly states that whatever's moving the victim's corpse is [[InvisibleMonsters "an invisible force."]]

* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: The alternate that threatens Mark from outside his door speaks in an eerie, unnaturally stuttered voice.
* FacialHorror: See NightmareFace below, but special mention goes to the alternate Gabriel in "Overthrone," who has ''unnaturally'' [[SphereEyes tall, almost cartoonish eyes]] and a '''[[SlasherSmile massive,]]''' [[SlasherSmile unnatural grin.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Before we are shown the interactions between Mark and Cesar, they are listed as "victim one" and "victim two" respectively, meaning that something ''will'' be happening to them. The same is done with Adam and Jonah, who are listed as "victim three" and "victim four" respectively.

* NoSell: The only method demonstrated to work against Metaphysical Awareness Dissorder (M.A.D.) is to ''want'' more of the undesired information that caused it. Both Adam Murray and Thatcher Davis seem to have survived their encounters because of this.

* {{Satan}}: The Alternate Gabriel is heavily implied to be this, given how the hidden captions that show up after it appears in "Overthrone" and "Exhibition" are both quotes made in reference to Satan. The one in "Overthrone" being from [[Literature/TheDivineComedy The Divine Comedy]] when Dante looks upon Satan, and the one from "Exhibition" being from the Corinthians as a passage that specifically talks about how Satan will disguise himself as an angel of light.

** In Exhibition, it is revealed that the Alternates have been present ever since the events of Noah's Ark. From a biblical perspective this follows a history where Satan managed to trick Mary and the shepherds into worshiping him, imprison Jesus, and usurp Earth for himself. ''Volume 4'' reveals that his influence goes back to the [[ArcNumber Third]] Day of Creation, with him deceiving and turning Adam into an Alternate early into the seventh day.

The series takes place in a world overrun by Alternates, shape-shifting organisms with the ability to transform into anything they see and an insatiable drive to [[KillAndReplace kill and take on the form of humans]]. Society has become a CrapsackWorld thanks to the existence of these entities, and humanity lives in fear of the Alternates coming for them. The medium of which these videos are presented differs, ranging from a police training video, a phone recording coupled with surveillance footage, a PublicServiceAnnouncement for adults on how to [[HelicopterParents protect their children from]] "graphic content," and even an edit of a [[ReligiousEdutainment cartoon about the bible]].

* Volume 4 follows Sarah Heathcliff and some returning characters dealing with the aftermath of the incidents of Volume 2 and 333, and reveals new information about the nature of the Alternates and their plans.

* AlternateRealityGame: The series has elements of this, stemming from the [[http://mandelapolice.neocities.org/ old Mandela County Police Department website]], itself revealed through [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9TiJirfSfQ "old mandela police site link"]], a LoggingOntoTheFourthWall episode from Sarah Heathcliff's perspective. The "DATABASE LOGIN" page accepts input -- logging in with the username "[=ThatcherDavis92=]" and password "everydaygetsdarker" reveals Lt. Thatcher Davis's case files on Mark Heathcliff and the Bythorne Paranormal Society, as well as a short video entitled "thoughts" recorded by Davis himself, regarding his promotion to lieutenant at the beginning of Vol. 333 and the mental stress that came with the job.

* {{Objectshifting}}: The fifth type of Alternates' main ability is, presumably, turn into inanimate objects, albeit with the disadvantage of [[HellIsThatNoise audibly breathing]].

* Volume 4 follows the aftermath of the incidents of Volume 2 and 333, and reveals new information about the nature of the Alternates and their plans.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[{{TagLine}} ...for the preservation of security.]]'']]

** Although Word of God states that he was named with {{LetsPlay/Markiplier}} in mind, Mark Heathcliff, the first protagonist of the series, fits into this category by sharing names with John Mark, who wrote the first books of the New Testament.