Line #10 Podcast/TheLostCat


1	''The Lost Cat'' is a rather haunting, surreal podcast written and performed by A.P. Clarke. It tells of its narrator's experiences as he searches for his lost cat. Along the way, he encounters everything from [[EldritchAbomination Lovecraftian entities]] to parallel universes.
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3	The podcast's [[https://www.facebook.com/lostcatpodcast Facebook page]] states that it is intended to have 10 seasons. So far, only one has been released. It can be listed to [[http://thelostcat.libsyn.com/ here]].
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5	''Podcast/WelcomeToNightVale'' was a major influence. Similar to WTNV's "Weather" segment, each episode of ''The Lost Cat'' features one of A.P. Clarke's [[https://soundcloud.com/a-p-clarke original musical pieces]].
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8	!!This series provides examples of:
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10	* AfterTheEnd: Implied in several places. The world does feel similar to our own in places, yet there are monsters and surreal dangers everywhere, the narrator feels the need to arm himself when he leaves the house, the air quality varies, and there is a perpetual roaring from the other side of the lake.
11	* BazaarOfTheBizarre: Curiosity shops.
12	* CatsAreMean: In the pilot episode, the narrator travels to a house that has been taken over by cats, trapping the owner inside. They nearly chew off the narrator's foot.
13	* TheDeterminator: The narrator faces a dangerous house, an EldritchAbomination, journeys into a parallel universe, and [[ItMakesSenseInContext braves a curiosity shop]] all in search of his cat.
14	* DifferentWorldDifferentMovies: In the parallel universe, the ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}'' films starred Creator/SylvesterStallone.
15	* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: The series is kicked off by the narrator's cat vanishing. His subsequent search for it is the common string that ties together the rest of the series.
16	* GoneMadFromTheRevelation: In "The Half a Cat," the narrator learns of a sickly man who had his head transplanted to a new body. He believes he has become a monster and goes on a murderous rampage.
17	* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: At various points, the narrator gets turned inside out, has his skull removed, and has his hand bitten off. None of it fazes him much. [[spoiler: In fact, he's calm enough to outwit the people who stole his skull]].
18	* NeverTheSelvesShallMeet: In "The Pet Graveyard" episode, the narrator finds an anomaly that leads to a parallel universe, which he ventures into in search of his cat. He meets himself an they learn that his presence in a universe where he also exists is causing the anomaly to expand and potentially destroy the world. [[spoiler:They successfully "overload the system" somehow by fining other alternate selves in other universes and jumping into each other]].
19	* NoNameGiven: The narrator.
20	* SpiderSwarm: In Episode 5, the entire town is literally ''covered'' with spiders that pour out of the toilets and drains. The residents only escape by clustering around the Leviathan's hole while the spiders converge around them so high and thick ''they blot out the sky''.
21	* TorturedMonster: The Leviathan is essentially paralyzed by its confusion and conflict over its place in the universe.

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