Line #49 WebVideo/AlanLong


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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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