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* HarsherInHindsight: The name of the blog ''CUT!'', after it got, well, [[MissingEpisode cut]].
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Because let's face it, some of the stories can be downright boring without Slender Man in the picture.
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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Zero's [[http://despairpalesbeforeme.blogspot.com/2010/11/conversations-with-ole-blankity-blank.html post about getting attacked by Rika]] was ''hysterical''. "DAT ASS" indeed.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: Don't [[MarbleHornets give Slender Man]] [[MemeticMutation your twenty dollars.]] [[http://iamslenderman.blogspot.com/2010/02/give-me-20-dollars.html Give it to Haiti.]]
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: A fair number of fan theories involve Slendy himself not being evil or malevolent. Either he's a lonely figure who unintentionally curses those he comes into contact with in his efforts to make friends, a harbinger of doom, or even an incompetent guardian trying (and failing) to save people.
* ArchiveBinge: There's been a lot written about the Slender Man, and it can be tempting to do this. Just remember, [[ParanoiaFuel the more you know about him, the more likely he is to hunt you]]. An all-too-common way of doing this is watching all the [[MarbleHornets entries]] in one go, usually at night. The first entries are creepy but intriguing. And by the time you get to the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel juicy]] stuff, you are too [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curious]] to stop and too terrified to go to bed.
* CompleteMonster: One interpretation of Slender Man is that he is a cruel being who prolongs the fear that his victims feel before brutally torturing and killing them so he can make people as miserable as possible. See BlueAndOrangeMorality on the main page for why this may not be the case.
** Tom, Slendy's Dragon in [[http://awandandaprayer.blogspot.com A Wand and A Prayer]] certainly qualifies.
* ArchiveBinge: There's been a lot written about the Slender Man, and it can be tempting to do this. Just remember, [[ParanoiaFuel the more you know about him, the more likely he is to hunt you]]. An all-too-common way of doing this is watching all the [[MarbleHornets entries]] in one go, usually at night. The first entries are creepy but intriguing. And by the time you get to the [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel juicy]] stuff, you are too [[CuriosityKilledTheCast curious]] to stop and too terrified to go to bed.
* CompleteMonster: One interpretation of Slender Man is that he is a cruel being who prolongs the fear that his victims feel before brutally torturing and killing them so he can make people as miserable as possible. See BlueAndOrangeMorality on the main page for why this may not be the case.
** Tom, Slendy's Dragon in [[http://awandandaprayer.blogspot.com A Wand and A Prayer]] certainly qualifies.
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** This is also [[http://worstjestever.blogspot.com/ Maduin's MO]]. Examples of his prior experiments include throwing [[MemeticMutation twenty dollars]] at the Slender Man, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny dressing an]] [[TheQuisling Agent]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny up as Slendy himself.]] ]]
* CreepyAwesome: Because let's face it, fans wouldn't be trying to make unadulterated HighOctaneNightmareFuel into a meme if this trope weren't in effect.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Zero's [[http://despairpalesbeforeme.blogspot.com/2010/11/conversations-with-ole-blankity-blank.html post about getting attacked by Rika]] was ''hysterical''. "DAT ASS" indeed.
* CreepyAwesome: Because let's face it, fans wouldn't be trying to make unadulterated HighOctaneNightmareFuel into a meme if this trope weren't in effect.
* CrowningMomentOfFunny: Zero's [[http://despairpalesbeforeme.blogspot.com/2010/11/conversations-with-ole-blankity-blank.html post about getting attacked by Rika]] was ''hysterical''. "DAT ASS" indeed.
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* EpilepticTrees[=/=]WildMassGuessing: Just what is Slender Man, and what is his purpose? Is he [[WhenTreesAttack a humanoid tree]]? An alien? Was he [[WasOnceAMan human once?]] A being from the future? the past? A being from another dimension? Is he the harbinger of doom himself? Or is he just a messenger for [[BiggerBad some far greater evil]]? What makes Slender Man such a unique case is that, because there is no definite [[WordOfGod "God" whose Word is the final say on all this]], the answers to all of these questions [[RunningTheAsylum rest entirely with us]].
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: Many posters on the original forum thread remarked that they had had nightmares about the Slender Man only a day after he had been originally mentioned.
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* MemeticBadass:
** To some, Zeke Strahm from the blog SeekingTruth, largely on account of being the first person willing to actually stand up and fight Slender Man.
** Evan of EverymanHYBRID as well, for the same reason (as well as being quite the KnifeNut).
* MemeticMolester: Slendy apparently likes to hang out around children, as the earliest photoshops show. SeekingTruth suggests that any adults Slender targets are simply children he didn't get to finish off. Make of that what you will. [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=slender+woman#/d2jquty This comic]] provides one possible explanation. It...doesn't really make things any better.
* MemeticMutation: Slender Man first showed up in a "make normal photos paranormal!" photoshop thread. After the first few Slender Man pics, he took over the thread. Appropriately enough.
** There is also an ongoing joke that Slender Man is stalking Alex and Jay because he wants their $20 and that he would go away if only they gave him the money. {{Word of God}}s state that they are sick of that particular joke.
** The whole project is basically a deliberate manufacture and study of how MemeticMutation becomes an UrbanLegend.
** Some would claim this trope doesn't belong. After all, ''he's real''.
* MoralEventHorizon: The bloggers get quite angry when Slendy starts using children as proxies.
** To some, Zeke Strahm from the blog SeekingTruth, largely on account of being the first person willing to actually stand up and fight Slender Man.
** Evan of EverymanHYBRID as well, for the same reason (as well as being quite the KnifeNut).
* MemeticMolester: Slendy apparently likes to hang out around children, as the earliest photoshops show. SeekingTruth suggests that any adults Slender targets are simply children he didn't get to finish off. Make of that what you will. [[http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=§ion=&q=slender+woman#/d2jquty This comic]] provides one possible explanation. It...doesn't really make things any better.
* MemeticMutation: Slender Man first showed up in a "make normal photos paranormal!" photoshop thread. After the first few Slender Man pics, he took over the thread. Appropriately enough.
** There is also an ongoing joke that Slender Man is stalking Alex and Jay because he wants their $20 and that he would go away if only they gave him the money. {{Word of God}}s state that they are sick of that particular joke.
** The whole project is basically a deliberate manufacture and study of how MemeticMutation becomes an UrbanLegend.
** Some would claim this trope doesn't belong. After all, ''he's real''.
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** He was also [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xj6F_piB_HE college roommates with Bakura]].
** The more anxious you are, the more likely it is he'll come for you. This has lead to such anti-Slenderman tactics as listing to yackysacks, or looking at lolcats to keep yourself from panicking.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBnEHT-fBo You'll never take him seriously again.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: He can be anywhere. No. Really.
** Used to great effect in JustAnotherFool which encompasses soldiers encountering Slendy in Iraq; this is initially dismissed as ridiculous, Slendy's American, right? Cue a commenter pointing out the German and Romanian variants of the legend.
** As the saying goes, "[[SpeakOfTheDevil He only exists if you're thinking about him.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Now try]] not to think about him."
* TearJerker:
** [[http://fighthimuntiltheend.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-back.html Robert's (Sage) first post after Redlight took over and then deleted his blog. Also, Zero's reply.]]
** What happens to [[http://exitnight-nessa.blogspot.com/2010/11/mission-statement.html Nessa]], particularly in the last post of [[http://paranotsonormal.blogspot.com/2010/11/it-wasnt-supposed-to-be-like-this.html Para-Not-So-Normal]]. ItGotWorse. The Slenderproxies either decided to resurrect her for shits and giggles or they made Fizz believe he'd killed her when he hadn't, because she returned as a Slenderproxy and tormented Zero for a while before asking him to kill her forever and put her out of her misery. He apparently followed through with it, but just before the solstice, he [[http://despairpalesbeforeme.blogspot.com/2010/12/confession.html confessed that he gave her to Redlight.]]
* TheWoobie: Pretty much anyone stalked by Slendy. Except maybe [[SeekingTruth Zeke Strahm.]]
** Or maybe even [[IronWoobie Zeke Strahm.]]
** The more anxious you are, the more likely it is he'll come for you. This has lead to such anti-Slenderman tactics as listing to yackysacks, or looking at lolcats to keep yourself from panicking.
** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acBnEHT-fBo You'll never take him seriously again.]]
* ParanoiaFuel: He can be anywhere. No. Really.
** Used to great effect in JustAnotherFool which encompasses soldiers encountering Slendy in Iraq; this is initially dismissed as ridiculous, Slendy's American, right? Cue a commenter pointing out the German and Romanian variants of the legend.
** As the saying goes, "[[SpeakOfTheDevil He only exists if you're thinking about him.]] [[InsaneTrollLogic Now try]] not to think about him."
* TearJerker:
** [[http://fighthimuntiltheend.blogspot.com/2010/11/im-back.html Robert's (Sage) first post after Redlight took over and then deleted his blog. Also, Zero's reply.]]
** What happens to [[http://exitnight-nessa.blogspot.com/2010/11/mission-statement.html Nessa]], particularly in the last post of [[http://paranotsonormal.blogspot.com/2010/11/it-wasnt-supposed-to-be-like-this.html Para-Not-So-Normal]]. ItGotWorse. The Slenderproxies either decided to resurrect her for shits and giggles or they made Fizz believe he'd killed her when he hadn't, because she returned as a Slenderproxy and tormented Zero for a while before asking him to kill her forever and put her out of her misery. He apparently followed through with it, but just before the solstice, he [[http://despairpalesbeforeme.blogspot.com/2010/12/confession.html confessed that he gave her to Redlight.]]
* TheWoobie: Pretty much anyone stalked by Slendy. Except maybe [[SeekingTruth Zeke Strahm.]]
** Or maybe even [[IronWoobie Zeke Strahm.]]
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** [[spoiler: Actually, it's still the same Slender Man. He still attacks and stalks other bloggers and runners. He only makes exceptions for Sandra and her friends because she's an anomaly to Him.]]
*** You still might as well make him glitter in the daytime...
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*** You still might as well make him glitter in the daytime...
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** As mentioned under CrazyAwesome, Maduin the Jester's [[http://worstjestever.blogspot.com/2010/11/pranks-done.html pranks]]. One consisted of knocking out a proxy, dressing him in a Slender Man costume, propping him up in front of a mirror, and [[HilarityEnsues watching the fun]]. He also walked straight up to Slendy himself, [[MemeticMutation handed him a twenty]], and turned heel and fled, leaving a very confused EldritchAbomination behind him.
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** After reading that theory, Sandra gets pissed off the Santa has eight deer and Slender has none, so she decides to makes a plushie named "Spindly Deer".
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*** Of course, YMMV on what your response to these examples of NightmareRetardant is, either "That's lame and silly and ruins the Slender Man character" or "Phew, that makes Him marginally less scary and means I get a few hours of sleep for the first time in a week."
*** Of course, YMMV on what your response to these examples of NightmareRetardant is, either "That's lame and silly and ruins the Slender Man character" or "Phew, that makes Him marginally less scary and means I get a few hours of sleep for the first time in a week."
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** In H(a)unting, He decides to leave Sandra a little "gift"...[[spoiler: a baby silkie chicken, named Preston, who often serves as comic relief.]] Can double as a CMoH, as [[spoiler: Sandra had played with silkies at a state fair several days earlier, and it's implied Preston was on of them.]]
** In H(a)unting, He decides to leave Sandra a little "gift"...[[spoiler: a baby silkie chicken, named Preston, who often serves as comic relief.]] Can double as a CMoH, as [[spoiler: Sandra had played with silkies at a state fair several days earlier, and it's implied Preston was on of them.]]
