Line #91 Webcomic/WelcomeToHell


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2	[[caption-width-right:229: From top to bottom: [[MysteriousEmployer Mephistopheles]], [[PsychopathicManchild Sock]], and [[EmotionlessBoy Jonathan]].\
3	Not pictured: 9 minutes and 46 seconds of crazy BlackComedy.]]
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5	->'''Sock:''' You mean, I get to ''kill'' people?!\
6	'''Mephistopheles:''' Nnnnot exactly... You get to help people kill ''themselves''.
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8	''Welcome to Hell'' follows the story of Sock, a sweet but unstable teen who [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] after the AccidentalMurder of [[SelfMadeOrphan his own parents]]. In {{Hell}}, he meets Mephistopheles, the amicable manager of the underworld, who [[PsychoForHire offers him a job]]: Sock is to become a [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]], tasked with haunting humans and driving them to suicide. At first this seems like Sock's [[ProfessionalKiller dream job]]--a way he can finally act on his desires without consequence--but after meeting his first target, a disinterested high-schooler named Jonathan, he finds himself with another desire that just [[ThePowerOfFriendship might be stronger]]... and just might have a consequence.
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10	''Welcome to Hell'' started as a {{Webcomic}} on Platform/DeviantArt. Some pages are posted on [=DeviantArt=] and have garnered some really good responses as well as two Daily Deviations. It was then given successful funding through UsefulNotes/{{Kickstarter}} to make a fully-animated ShortFilm.
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12	[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LQe5nR2CgM The animation can be seen here.]] The webcomic [[http://real-faker.deviantart.com/art/Welcome-to-Hell-165357741 can be read here.]] Its Platform/{{Tumblr}} production [[http://welcometohellfilm.tumblr.com/ blog is here]].
13	One of the largest fanblogs [[https://fyeahwelcometohell.tumblr.com/ is here.]]
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15	!!This series contains recurring examples of:
16	* AccidentalMurder: Sock [[SelfMadeOrphan kills his parents]] while sleepwalking.
17	-->'''Mephistopheles:'''This is Sock. He just [[SelfMadeOrphan killed his parents]]. In his sleep.
18	* AerithAndBob: [[EmbarrassingFirstName Napoleon]] [[EmbarrassingMiddleName Maxwell]] Sowachowski has a very weird name, while Jonathan Combs doesn't.
19	* AfterlifeAntechamber: Mephistopheles' office acts as one for Sock, as he ends up there after he dies and [[SatanicArchetype Meph]] gives him his DevilsJobOffer.
20	* AHellOfATime: At least for [[CuteButPsycho Sock]] it is. He gets to get people to kill [[DrivenToSuicide themselves]]!
21	* {{Animesque}}: Early designs for the characters were drawn in a [[http://real-faker.deviantart.com/art/WHAT-ARE-YOU-54165023 more anime style.]]
22	* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Meph's [[DevilsJobOffer job offer]].
23	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' It’ll be your job to haunt, torment, pester, and be a general nuisance.
24	* ArmorPiercingResponse: Jonathan asks why Sock is still here. Sock retorts why he is still here. Jonathan's "Because you suck at your job" gets to Sock.
25	* BlackComedy: This trope is somewhat par for the course when the short is a lighthearted comedy about a teenager killing himself after killing his parents, going to hell, becoming an demon, and trying to get another teenager to kill himself.
26	* CelestialBureaucracy: Several mentions are made in the short of Hell being under renovations and demons having a quota of souls that they need to fulfill. The overall impression given of Hell is like that of a large, bureaucratic company.
27	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: [[TheStoic Jonathan]] has a lot of gray and muted colors, while [[CuteButPsycho Sock's]] color scheme is basically made up of a rainbow.
28	* DatelessGrave: PlayedForLaughs: Sock's tombstones don't even have proper ''names'' on them, to the point where he marked his own tombstone as just "ME".
29	* DevilsJobOffer: After [[CuteButPsycho Sock]] [[spoiler:kills his parents and himself]], [[{{Satan}} Mephistopheles]] gives him an offer.
30	-->'''Sock:''' So, what's gonna happen?
31	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' What's gonna happen is that i'm going to give you an offer.
32	-->'''Sock:''' Oh, you mean like a [[DealwiththeDevil deal with the dev-]]
33	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' I mean like a job offer.
34	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' Oh please, Mr. Sowachowski, I already have your soul, did'ya think I was gonna challenge you to a fiddling contest or something?
35	* DemonOfHumanOrigin: This is how all demons come into existence, according to [[WordOfGod Erica]]. Sock is a good example of this, as he gets a DevilsJobOffer to become a demon right after he dies.
36	* DigYourOwnGrave: The opening has Sock digging his own grave after [[SelfMadeOrphan killing his parents in his sleep]]. He then offs himself.
37	* DontFearTheReaper: Sock certainly wants Jonathan to believe that death is okay.
38	-->'''Sock:''' Jonathan, come on! A little death never killed anybody!
39	-->'''Jonathan:''' For the last time, stop talking to yourself and get out of my house!
40	* DrivenToSuicide: Sock kills himself after [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents]] and he is trying to convince Jonathan to follow in his footsteps.
41	* EvilLawyerJoke: The gluttons and the lawyers are in the middle of a turf war in hell, apparently.
42	* FacelessMasses: The short does not put much detail into the extras in the high school scenes.
43	* FangsAreEvil: When Sock tells Jon that he is a demon, Sock's teeth go all sharp for a second.
44	* FlippingTheBird: Jon is doing this in the page image above.
45	* GodJob: More Accurately a "Demonary position", Sock is given the unenviable task of making [[TheStoic Jonathan]] [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]].
46	* GraveHumor: Sock isn't very good at making gravestones, as shown by the three graves he makes simply saying [[SelfMadeOrphan Mom, Dad]], and [[DrivenToSuicide Me]].
47	* GraveMarkingScene: The opening shows Sock making three graves simply saying [[SelfMadeOrphan Mom, Dad]] and [[DrivenToSuicide Me]].
48	* GymClassHell: Jonathan is seen playing basketball in gym class and he has a horrible time. Sock deliberately [[InvokedTrope invokes]] this trope by messing Jonathan's throws.
49	* HappyDance: Sock does little jig while Jonathan waits for the bus in the second montage, much to Jonathan's [[FacePalm chagrin]].
50	* HearingVoices: Sock is told that only Jonathan can hear him. In turn, Sock is the only one who can hear Mephistopheles. HilarityEnsues whenever Sock talks to Meph within hearing distance of Jon.
51	* HighSchool: A good portion of the short is set in Jonathan's high school, FZS high.
52	* InsistentTerminology:
53	** Sock -- who is a dead human -- is not a ghost. He's a demon.
54	--->'''Jon:''' So, you're really a [[OurGhostsAreDifferent ghost]]?\
55	'''Sock''': ''[[OurDemonsAreDifferent Demon]]'', actually.
56	** Mephistopheles is very particular about people using his actual name. The creator says it's because he doesn't want to be associated with "[[OurDemonsAreDifferent rumors]]" that pop-culture has been spreading about him for centuries.
57	* LateForSchool: Jonathan is seen running for the bus to get to school with toast in his mouth.
58	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[spoiler: Mephistopheles mentions that he hadn't planned on Sock's job lasting longer than a student thesis film]].
59	* LemonyNarrator: Mephistopheles acts as this in the opening, which makes him being a rather offbeat narrator somewhat inevitable due to his DeadpanSnarker nature and non-objective point of view.
60	* LeftHanging: The animation [[spoiler: ends without showing what Jonathan's ultimate fate will be.]]
61	* LyricalDissonance: The song, “I Will Never (Be Your Friend)”, which plays during the second montage, has a very bouncy melody.
62	* MaleRestroomEtiquette: Jonathan embarrasses himself by yelling at Sock in a restroom.
63	* MathematiciansAnswer: Jonathan's file lists that his age is "[[VagueAge teen]]" and his hair is "[[AnimeHair animation]]".
64	* MeaningfulName:
65	** Part of Sock's name -- Maxwell -- is a reference to Music/TheBeatles' song, "Maxwell's Silver Hammer"... it's an [[LyricalDissonance upbeat song]] about a SerialKiller.
66	** Mephistopheles is named after the demon character from Myth/{{Faust}}.
67	** The band Jonathan listens to, Valhalla Soundbox, is named after an afterlife for heroes in Norse mythology (also named after a band the film's sound technician started in high school).
68	* {{Montages}}: The animated short has a series of clips showing [[IneffectualSympatheticVillain Sock]] trying to torment Jonathan.
69	* MundaneAfterlife: Hell seems to be organized like a corporation.
70	* OddFriendship: Sock and Jonathan have one of these. A [[AffablyEvil friendly, homicidal]] [[OurDemonsAreDifferent demon]] and a [[TheStoic dour]] teen.
71	* OffscreenAfterLife: In the animation, we only see Sock and Mephistopheles' [[TakeOurWordForIt reactions]] to what Hell looks like. The webcomic shows [[http://real-faker.deviantart.com/art/WtH-7-184090805 a little more]], but not in great detail.
72	* OpeningMonologue: Meph narrates one during the GraveMarkingScene.
73	--> '''Mephistopheles:''' This is Sock. He just killed his parents. In his sleep.\
74	'''Mephistopheles:''' Now, of course, most people would be a little shaken after having just sleep-murdered their parent's, but Sock was not most people.\
75	'''Mephistopheles:''' You see, Sock had been struggling to kill things all his life. You could say he had some slight homicidal tendencies.\
76	'''Mephistopheles:''' No, what bothered Sock is what he'd have to do next.
77	* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Here, they are just dead humans who have been offered a job.
78	* PeopleFallOffChairs: Jonathan falls off his chair in class because Sock literally threw himself at him.
79	* RedOniBlueOni: Sock is usually excited and hyper, while Jonathan is much more cold and dour.
80	* RefrigeratorAmbush: Sock talks to Jonathan while in his refrigerator in the opening segment.
81	* ShoutOut: When Mephistopheles is making Socks a deal, he asks, "Did'ya think I was gonna challenge you to a fiddling contest or something?", a reference to the song "The Devil Went Down to Georgia."
82	* SuicideDare: Sock's job is doing this to Jonathan, as he is trying to get Jonathan to kill himself so he will go to Hell. [[MinionWithAnFInEvil He's pretty terrible at it, though.]]
83	* SignedUpForTheDental: [[{{Satan}} Mephistopheles]] offers a comprehensive benefits package, along with dental.
84	* TitleDrop: [[{{Satan}} Meph]] uses the title of the webcomic when he first meets Sock.
85	-->'''Mephistopheles:''' WelcomeToHell! Wouldya like a hand?\
86	'''Sock:''' Sure! Thanks mister.
87	* VagueAge: Sock's age is listed as 15-20, [[OlderThanTheyLook despite the fact that he could pass for considerably younger]] and Jonathan's age is "teen" according to his [[EncyclopediaExposita Hellfile]].
88	* WelcomeToHell: The title. Also given a TitleDrop when [[AffablyEvil Mephistopheles]] introduces [[CuteButPsycho Sock]] to his afterlife.

Context Webcomic / WelcomeToHell