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2 | [[caption-width-right:250:''[[MindScrew The image changed by itself.]] [[DeadpanSnarker Great.]]'']] |
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4 | ->''Uh, hey guys. Uh, my name is Alan. You probably know that because you've seen the Twitter I've been... '''Gifted with.''' There's people congregating over there, but, uh, the thing I wanted to show you was outside...'' |
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6 | ''[[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCnUb6RQgdH-8Cs3mVQS5h6w/feed Alan Long]]'' is an AlternateRealityGame and UrbanFantasy web series. Loosely based on the [[http://whatistwigs.tumblr.com/ "What is Twigs?"]] ARG, the series follows two teenagers as they are stalked by a cult of masked people and an [[EldritchAbomination unseen monster]] that [[UnreliableNarrator may or may not exist.]] |
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8 | The titular hero of the series, Alan, comes home one day to find his house broken into. Upon further inspection, he discovers that the perpetrator is [[AloneWithThePsycho still inside of his house]] and is meddling with his stuff. He decides to use an old camera to find the guy. [[MindScrew Then things get weird.]] |
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10 | The associated CharacterBlog on Twitter is [[https://twitter.com/twigsexperience here.]], and the companion channels can be found [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCbJNaR2b64AaXsSM0hQZEg here]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdIyDKjHSZNNxs-Fc4rPwjg here]]. |
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12 | !!''Alan Long'' contains examples of: |
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14 | * AbandonedArea: The lake bed looks more like an ancient exposed drainage tunnel than an actual lakebed. |
15 | %%* AccidentalHero: Alan himself. We don't know why he's been chosen to be Twigs' whipping boy. Hell, he could've been selected randomly for all we know. |
16 | %%* ActionDuo: |
17 | %%** Alan and Vincent. They're basically buddy detectives at this point. |
18 | %%** The Watcher and Horseman appear to be this as well, though to a lesser extent. |
19 | %%* ActionFilmQuietDramaScene: Memento Mori depicts Alan and Vincent [[spoiler: discussing Jackson's possible death at the hands of Twigs.]] |
20 | %%* ActionSurvivor: Alan and Vincent. They've stated repeatedly that they have no idea what they're doing or why why're doing it, they're just going through the motions. |
21 | * AlienGeometries: The trail is implied to be this. Though Alan claims it's only a couple of miles in size, the cuts in Return to the Trail imply that he and Vincent walk through it for ''hours.'' |
22 | %%* AllThereInTheManual: The ''What is Twigs?'' ARG includes a lot of information about Twigs that isn't talked about in the series. |
23 | * ArbitrarySkepticism: Alan and Vincent hold that belief that Twigs doesn't exist for the first half of season 1 despite having literally been {{Teleport Spam}}med and given LaserGuidedAmnesia. |
24 | * ArcSymbol: The symbol appearing in the channel picture; Return to the Trail shows that [[spoiler: drawing it on the ground in the trail causes TeleportSpam.]] |
25 | %%* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler: Jackson]] apparently dies off-screen in Memento Mori |
26 | * BreatherEpisode: |
27 | ** Most [[WhamEpisode Wham Episodes]] are followed by one. Examples include March Update, Reconciliation, and Mail. |
28 | ** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] with Memento Mori. [[spoiler: Though it appears to be a normal "what are we going to do next" episode, it's actually about Alan and Vincent discussing the implications of ''[[ActionFilmQuietDramaScene Jackson's apparent death.]]'']] |
29 | %%* TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive: |
30 | %%** The Watcher sneaks into Alan's house multiple times. |
31 | %%** April Update reveals that they've [[spoiler: taken pictures outside of Vincent's house.]] |
32 | %%* CharacterBlog: Alan has a Twitter. |
33 | %%* ClusterFBomb: Alan swears ''a lot.'' |
34 | %%* TheComicallySerious: Vincent in Trail Footage. |
35 | %%--> '''Vincent:''' He threw a ''stick'' at me! |
36 | * DynamicEntry: The Watcher's entrance in Trail Footage. They burst through the treeline directly in front of Alan and Vincent. |
37 | --> '''Alan:''' ''Fucking shit!''\ |
38 | '''Vincent:''' What the-\ |
39 | '''Alan:''' Run! |
40 | %%* EldritchLocation: |
41 | %%** The trail. |
42 | %%** [[spoiler: Jackson's]] house as well. |
43 | %%* TheEveryman: Alan and Vincent. |
44 | * FoundFootageFilms: The whole series is done using amateur documentary-like footage filmed by Alan. |
45 | %%* HumanoidAbomination: |
46 | %%** The masked people. |
47 | %%** Twigs can take on a human form as well. |
48 | * HauntedHouse: [[spoiler: Jackson's]] house. [[spoiler: Alan and Vincent wake up there with no idea how they got there, and [[BrownNote something in or around the house]] causes Vincent to go into a trance and attack Alan.]] |
49 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: Alan and Vincent suffer a perfect 3 months of memory loss.]] |
50 | %%* MalevolentMaskedMan: [[WhiteMaskOfDoom The Watcher]] and Horseman both easily qualify. |
51 | * MindScrew: The series features AlienGeometries and an EldritchAbomination that may not even exist. And that's only the tip of the iceberg. |
52 | * NoFourthWall: Alan talks to viewers and asks questions through the Twitter account. |
53 | %%* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: "PRELUDE." seems to be one for Horseman, who is implied to be [[UnreliableNarrator Alan.]] ]] |
54 | * UnreliableNarrator: Alan and Vincent have no video proof of Twigs even existing and believe that the viewer's should just take their word for it. |
55 | %%* WhamEpisode: |
56 | %%** A few. The biggest ones are 3 Months and Return to the Trail. |
57 | %%** Memento Mori also qualifies. Though it's fairly normal, its subject matter is a pretty big deal. |
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