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1->''"TO BEGIN AT THE END, WE MUST END AT THE BEGINNING!"''
2-->-- '''Andrew Hussie'''
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4Inspired by ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', ''Prospit Nights'' is a collaborative effort by the ''Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures'' forums that attempted to create [[SoBadItsGood the best, worst badfic of all time.]] As with ''Literature/AtlantaNights'', each of the writers had to write a chapter using only a brief chapter and character outline without talking about their chapter with anyone else, leading to a nonsensical and convoluted plot that crosses over with everything from ''VideoGame/BioShock'' to ''Franchise/SamAndMax''.
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6The "story" (such that it is), follows four kids; Trudy Tavis, Travis Trudy, Alex Alexson, and Vmsdfx Rewoi, as they stumble through a SBURB session that has fallen under siege by a malevolent entity known as Seigneur Français. But could the mysterious troll known as Reno Blight truly be behind everything? [[spoiler:Hell if I know.]]
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8The project was originally concieved by Edrobot (of Fanfic/JakeEnglishsMysteriousTheaterOfScientificRomanceFromTheYear3000 fame), though [=BlackHolePA=] took over about halfway through.
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10You can read it on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1183038/chapters/2413394 here]], and you can read the google docs version [[https://docs.google.com/document/d/1nSh1Vsvnvgh6uP0tqss50n5MQsFMUm2Sq5vQ5D3xfQM/pub here.]]
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12!Tropes that can be found in this work include
13* ArcWords:
14** "To begin at the end, WE MUST END AT THE BEGINNING!"
15** Also, [[Film/SouthlandTales "Pimps don't commit suicide".]]
16* AWizardDidIt: In Chapter 11, it's revealed that AT LEAST one chapter worth of inconsistencies and stupidity is because Vyro has a draft copy of the book, and he's writing bullshit to mess with people
17* AuthorAppeal: There's a few shout-outs to Creator/GrantMorrison, mostly because Edrobot (who wrote most of the outline) is a huge fan of his.
18* BreakoutCharacter: Seigneur Français was originally an imaginary joke character from Webcomic/AlabasterTheDoomedSession, who Edrobot got permission to use.
19* CliffHanger: "and no one knows if they survived. :( Keep reading to find out."
20* {{Crossover}} between ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}, VideoGame/LANoire, Franchise/{{Halo}}, Franchise/MassEffect, VideoGame/BioShock1, VideoGame/BioShockInfinite, VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption, ComicBook/DoomPatrol, Series/GetSmart, Film/DeadPoetsSociety,'' and ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2''.
21* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler: The semifinal chapter reveals that [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyXIII2 Caius Ballad]] was seeking to claim the [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog2006 Iblis Trigger]]. [[AbortedArc But then he gets shot to death by Blasto.]]]]
22* [[EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep Everyone Calls Him The Evil Father From]] ''Film/DeadPoetsSociety''.
23** Also [[spoiler:The Villain From Lighting Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]] is not referred to as anything else.
24* FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: All the time.
25* FantasticRacism: Pops up here and there. Overcoming prejudice against [[spoiler:[[Manga/AttackOnTitan titans]]]] is basically the plot of Chapter 4.
26* ForTheEvulz: Signeur Francais' story-warping agent Vyro completely changes Trudy's world, helps Conroy Duex send Travis to Colombia, creates an evil corporation, and turns the ending into a shitty CYOA. Why? Because he can.
27* ParodySue: Trudy Travis. An Albino, Half-Japanese girl with mysterious powers that seem to change every chapter.
28* RummageSaleReject: Lillith and Trudy are described like this in chapter 11.
29* ShoutOut:
30** Trudy's land is [[FanFic/MyImmortal "The Land of Ebony and Darkness"]], while Travis' Land is [[FanFic/LightAndDarkTheAdventuresOfDarkYagami "The Land of Blood And Bananas".]]
31** In the first epilogue's dialogue between Andrew Hussie and [[spoiler:The Villain From VideoGame/LightningReturnsFinalFantasyXIII]], dialogue was cribbed from ''Theatre/WaitingForGodot'', ''{{Anime/Paprika}}'', and ''Film/MysteryMen''.
32** A Luchador named Creator/RobLiefeld is blamed for having invented [[WebVideo/AtopTheFourthWall Youngbloods' Disease]].
33** The big twists at the end of ''Bioshock'' and ''VideoGame/BioShockInfinite'' are parodied, but in ways so outlandish that you'd be forgiven for thinking otherwise.
34** Travis is named after Travis Tea, the alleged author of ''Literature/AtlantaNights''.
35** [[spoiler: Travis' speech at the end is a variation of the [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Unlimited Blade Works chant]]]]
36** Invoked in a later chapter:
37-->'''Targeting Computer:''' Bruce! You've switched off your targeting computer!
38-->'''Troll Bruce Campbell:''' Yes I know. I did that because I'm going to use the force to blow it up as a reference to [[Franchise/StarWars start wars]]
39* SongFic: Chapter 3 dips into this with lyrics from "„The End“ from Music/MyChemicalRomance“."
40* SpoilerTitle: Double subverted with the final chapter, "THIS TITLE HAS SPOILERS MAKING IT MORE AERODYNAMIC [[spoiler:ALSO SEIGNUR FRANCIES DIES]]"
41* TakeThat:
42-->'''Targeting Computer''': But bruce! Star wasr is just a movie its not real! The force is just made up bullshit like Unicorns, the Loch Ness Monster, and Tea Party.
43* TimeParadox: [[spoiler: Cole Phelps becomes John Marston, who becomes Master Chief, who becomes Booker [=DeWitt=], who becomes Zachary Comstock, who then goes back to being Master Chief as part of a complicated time loop. And yet somehow later Cole, John, Booker and Chief are all fighting alongside each other in later chapters without so much as a mention of this.]]
44* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: Vyro directly messes with the readers by making the book unbearably stupid, especially in the second epilogue.
45* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Chole Phelps dies at least 5 different times in the same chapter.
46* UnusualChapterNumbers: Chapter 15 is titled "Chapter 42" and chapter 20 is titled "Chapter 22".
47* WackyWaysideTribe: [[ComicBook/DoomPatrol The Men From N.O.W.H.E.R.E.]] kidnap Travis at one point, and even (seemingly) kill Seigneur Français. But by the end of the chapter they've all but vanished in a PuffOfLogic.

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