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The "Deanverse"

The Arnoldson Family

General

The most prominent family in the first two seasons, who often encounter and end up as victims of the various paranormal anomalies in the Deanverse.

And Then John Was a Zombie: Half the family seen end up becoming cryptids after a bad encounter with the paranormal.
Born Unlucky: Throughout the videos, every Arnoldson ends up being on the receiving end of a lot of abuse and torment, from tragic backgrounds to downright cruel fates.
Weirdness Magnet: It seems as though the family ends up walking into or attracting dangerous events and creatures.

Nathaniel Arnoldson

Nathaniel Arnoldson/Doctor Disturbing I

"But first, we spread the word."

—Nathaniel Arnoldson

The other half of the Arnoldson siblings, Nathaniel was an ADA affiliate who eventually settled down and had a son and daughter. He first appeared in CANYONCROWN.

And Then John Was a Zombie: When Lauren hides from Maya underneath the tarp, we can see what is very clearly a second shadow creep in next to hers. The implications of this are fairly obvious... and unpleasant.
Black Site: His sole 'appearance' behind the camera has him walking right into a derelict Maize building to investigate whatever secrets might have been left behind. After barely escaping a warm, moist and incredibly agitated 'cave' underneath the building, he finds out exactly why these buildings are empty now.
Disappeared Dad: FALLENFATHER revealed that he died in May 2021, possibly due to his ongoing "health problems." As we see later in the video, this may not be true.
The Ghost: He's not seen or heard on recording, having only manned a camera for his expeditions as his legacy. He does technically appear in FALLENFATHER, although we only see his shadow... unless you look behind the tree.
Stylistic Suck: Having only Maize Movie Maker to work with, he made hastily edited videos of his findings with stock transition effects and simple text commentary over his footage, although he was good enough at keep the footage clear and viewable otherwise. For reference, Maize Movie Maker is the series equivalent to Windows Movie Maker.
Western Terrorists: Is, or was, a member of the ADA in the past alongside his sister, Maya. His rebellious actions are put on display in MAIZEMOVIEMAKER, where he writes the usual ADA graffiti on the side of an abandoned Maize facility before trespassing inside for his video. A painting by James Dean eventually shows up in a posthumous compilation of Nathaniel's favourite paintings, implying his beliefs ended up flipping, or were never as we assumed them to be.
Write Who You Know: In a very limited sense. Nathaniel's death is an homage to the creator's own father's passing, with FALLENFATHER being a tribute to him. Nathaniel and the creator's father likewise share the same birthdays and dates of death. Outside of FALLENFATHER, however, it is unclear how, if at all, Nathaniel is reflective of Eric Casanas.

Lauren Arnoldson

Lauren Arnoldson/Doctor Disturbing II

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Me and my brother deep in thought

"I love you, Dad. I hope you're happy wherever you are."

— Lauren Arnoldson

Nathaniel's daughter. She first appeared in CANYONCROWN.

Dropped a Bridge on Her: She, alongside her brother, are killed in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE with little to no explanation other that they were riding two "giant balloons" (heavily implied to be Maya and Nathaniel's Crowns)
The Ghost: She doesn't speak on camera and any photos of her are taken from the back, opting for a pretty rushed job at making home movies with text commentary instead.
Interspecies Friendship: Forms one with a squirrel she found in the Grand Canyon she calls Mister Squirrel. He happens to follow her back home along with something else.
Stylistic Suck: Like her father, her films are made with Maize Movie Maker and are noticeably lower in production quality. They're cobbled together with still photographs, tons of royalty free music and stock transition effects, white text on a blue screen and barely viewable blurry footage of a Canyon Crown lunging out of its hiding spot. Given that she's just making home movies for herself, it's understandable she's not working so hard in that regard.
Trouble Follows You Home: It seems like the Crown she spied on her vacation trip followed her back home, peeking its silhouette through the window curtains while she tries to hide. In fact, there are two of them! Considering the likelihood of these giant rotting heads being what's left of Maya and Nathaniel, it may not be so much like trouble and more like a long awaited family reunion. And as it turns out, this was implied to be the case in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE.

Maya Arnoldson

"I'm leaving now. I won't bother you."

"They don't care if I talk about it or not. No one would take me seriously."

— Maya Arnoldson

The sister of Nathaniel Arnoldson who went missing near the Grand Canyon, she was a member of the ADA prior to a peculiar set of run ins with government conspiracies. She first appears in LINCOLNLOOKER.

And I Must Scream: She was allegedly mistaken for a different Lincolnlooker and was trapped inside the Lincoln Memorial for two weeks before she was released. Eventually though Leonard brings the validity of Lincolnlookers into question, meaning Maya may have just been lying. Then played straight as she falls right into a real horrible fate, seeing life as a Canyonggalan is only slightly more pleasant.
And Then John Was a Zombie: If the words Lauren in CANYONCROWN are anything to go by, then the Canyonggalan who reveals themselves to the camera really is Maya - and she's definitely not in very good shape.
Cassandra Truth: The Government didn't even try to buy her silence when she was accidentally made a Lincolnlooker, because they knew the idea of each president picking someone to imprison in Lincoln's monument for the entirety of their term would sound too ridiculous to believe.
Maya: "Lincolnlooking is just too absurd."
Off with Her Head!: Her fate, at the hands of Freedom no less.
Rapid-Fire "No!": Shouts this before Freedom decapitates her in GIZAGUARDIAN.
She Knows Too Much: Possibly the reason why Freedom was hunting her down when she discovered something beneath a Maize building.
Was Once a Man: She became a Canyon Crown when Freedom caught up and decapitated her.

Quinn Arnoldson

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He's gonna fly

Nathaniel's son. First appeared in CANYONCROWN.

Bit Character: He plays no role in the storyline, with even the DC Representative admitting he's frivolous.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: Like his sister, he was killed off with little to no explanation in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE other than that they were riding two "giant balloons."
The Ghost: Like his sister Lauren, he is never heard speaking, and the only visual we have of him is from behind.
No Name Given: Though his name had been revealed much earlier thanks to Word of God, Quinn's name was never actually stated in a video until the series finale, ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE.

Individuals

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

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"Ask the Americans."

"The most difficult part, the most painful, the one that made my sleep go away and my hair go gray, was the construction of the pedestal."

— Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

The designer for both the Statue of Progress and the Statue of Liberty. He revealed some parts of the process of designing the Statue of Liberty, namely constructing the pedestal, in 1889.

Chekhov's Gunman: The first-ever human character to appear plays a huge role later in the series, as the one who finally reveals the true identity of the Horned Serpent.
Conveniently Interrupted Document: In LIBERTYLURKER, the second half of his 1889 interview is cut off. LIBERTYLURKERS reveals the full interview, including why the Statue of Liberty and, by extension, the Statue of Progress were created.
My God, What Have I Done?: LIBERTYLURKERS shows that he heavily regrets building both the Statues of Progress and Liberty, as both were used by the Americans as abattoirs for numerous innocents. The fact that said innocents were fed to the Horned Serpent made him extra guilty.
Secret-Keeper: Prior to the Libertylurker interview, he was the only one who knew of the Horned Serpent being trapped in the Statue of Liberty aside from the US Government.
Small Role, Big Impact: Appears in only two episodes, but he is the one who finally reveals who the Horned Serpent really is.

James Dean

"This is Jimmy, signing off."

"What are we waiting for? Let's bring them back home!"

— James Dean

Yes, the James Dean. 37th President of the United States, elected in 1968 instead of Richard Nixon. He first appears in DEANDEMOCRACY.

Action Politician: Downplayed, but still in place. While he isn't out directly combating and fighting ADA members, he's taking a personal hand in undoing their antics.
- His reaction to them cutting down power lines in DEANDEMOCRACY to sabotage his election campaign is to help people by personally reinstalling some of them himself.
- His reaction to them activating hundreds of air raid sirens at deafening volume in DEANDISASTER as an act of terrorism is to leave the safety of his hiding spot and deactivate one of these machines nearby all by himself, even if it meant becoming deaf and suffering horrific facial injuries.
Affably Evil: Dean is possibly some kind of amoral Humanoid Abomination with a Charm Person effect and little regard for personal autonomy in his initiatives. Part of his charisma also comes from him just being kind of a swell and humble guy who races cars with political opponents.
Ambiguously Evil: While Dean is indeed a charismatic and dutiful president whose opposition are terrorists who've gone out to harm thousands of Americans, James Dean himself also possibly sent said terrorists to be "reformed" near national monuments (take note of what these monuments normally contain), as well as having Freedom be used to get rid of any remaining ADA members and turn them into Crowns. The unifying of American tech companies under the Department of Technology and the compulsory installation of hearing implants into the US population can also be interpreted both very positively or as very shady prospects depending on personal point of view.
Ambiguously Human: Whether he is or isn't a human, there's something off about him. If he is a human transformed by the anomalies, he is the most human-looking by far.
Anti-Villain: If he really is evil, then he is of the Well-intentioned variant. President Dean truly wants to help the American people, in particular the most marginalized in American society, and genuinely cares for the welfare of his constituents despite being incredibly shady and possibly not even human. His systematic Human Sacrifice of the ADA, merging of all tech companies into a single government- controlled entity and erasure of American deaf culture (though mostly unintentional) are all done for the good of normal American citizens and are actually shown to benefit them.
Beige Prose: By political standards. His manner of speech doesn't sound brief, but he's perhaps the most laconic of all US presidents when addressing the public, especially when it comes to speeches; he's never shown talking for more than two minutes. This is especially notable when the other president shown in the series, Rockefeller, takes all the time and space he needs to empty his thoughts into entire paragraphs.
Charm Person: As viewers, we're aware that there's something off about Dean, as he was able to become elected president effortlessly by the American people. His brief and casual speeches that are often times mere honeyed words wins the hearts of thousands, he's able to convince the opposing Nixon to enjoy the evening in derby races, and even the dead silence of his TV broadcasts gain an insane amount of public approval, citing that they can enjoy his visage just fine even if there's nothing to be heard. On the other hand, the ADA seems to have an unnatural and overblown hatred of the man as if his mere presence drives them violently mad, showing that Dean's unnatural vibes goes both ways.
Deadpan Snarker: Occasionally; notably when the Statue of Freedom was shot off the Capitol Building and moved to an "undisclosed location" within the Grand Canyon. When asked why it would be moved there, Dean says simply "The rocks won't shoot her down."
Determinator: At the very least, being deafened and horrifically injured by a blaring warning siren didn't stop him from immediately addressing the nation (on live TV no less, still looking like he'd walked out of a truck accident) and rallying both the people and the tech companies to deal with both the ADA and the widespread deafness.
Dull Surprise: The real, living and preserved George Washington was discovered in the Delaware river, and all he has to admit is "I'm surprised." Considering how he likely knows about the multiple dimensions doppelgangers can come from, it's fair to say this was just the best reaction he could tell the press for something he already knows.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: It's implied that his superhuman charisma doesn't work as well with people who are more aggressive in nature as it does with other people, eventually leading into the foundation of the terrorist group, the Anti-Dean Association. Downplayed in that it's also implied that prolonged exposure to Dean will make his charisma break through, as was shown with Richard Nixon, who was reluctant at first when Dean invited him to race but eventually became close friends with him.
Fictionalized Death Account: Inverted. In our universe, Dean died in a car crash in 1955, way before the 1968 presidential election. In the Deanverse, he survived the car crash (or never got into it to begin with) and ran for president as a consequence.
Humanoid Abomination: He definitely has an inhuman ability to influence people, but it's deliberately left ambiguous whether he's just a man with strange abilities or something far more. A few hints exist as to the latter, though, with several shots of him involving extreme distortion, different Nightmare Faces appearing behind him occasionally, a twisted shadow, and the sinister message from Maize that a number of videos and images of him have been edited to preserve national security.
Our Presidents Are Different: A bongo playing president of few words who'd rather challenge his opponents to racing than openly debate them? Yep, that's James Dean.
President Evil: Zig-Zagged. Dean actually does care about the American people and actively tries to help them, whether personally or by rousing the government into action, but also uses his opposition as sacrifices for Special Trees and Freedom, and has likely elected someone to be a Lincoln Looker as per tradition. However, said sacrifices are the ADA, who are Knight Templars at best complicit in killing thousands and ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals that they exaggerate and embellish certain phenomena to drum up dissent against the US government. It's unclear if Dean really is evil, but at worst he's an Anti-Villain.
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Instead of being an American actor who died in his twenties, James Dean is the 37th President of the United States. Although, it's mentioned that he was indeed an actor before campaigning.
Villain with Good Publicity: Again, assuming he's even a villain, Dean has what is certainly a supernatural effect on the American people that make them love him unconditionally, despite (and in many cases even moreso because of) a number of actions that would be considered ethically questionable in our world. Uniting all tech companies in the nation under a single governmental body, making mechanical implants compulsory for all Americans, calling anyone opposed to his presidency "anti-American," and sending said anti-American individuals to state prisons to be "reformed" are all at best incredibly shady actions, even if they are meant to benefit the American people. However, the fact that they do greatly benefit the American people, along with President Dean's progressive attitude and light-hearted, eccentric personality, all lead to him becoming loved by pretty much everyone. This even extends to the real world, where countless YouTube commenters praise him and state that they'd genuinely love to have seen him be president in our own reality, with only a small percentage drawing attention to his inherently shady nature past it being a quirk.

John D. Rockefeller

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"Forgive me."

"To be elected the president of a country is the greatest honor a people can bestow. But at the moment, I do wish to be the famous oil tycoon that young Virginia Arnoldson believed I was."

— John D. Rockefeller

John D. Rockefeller, in this universe, is President of the United States during the 1890s and 1910s. He first appeared in ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY.

Assassination Attempt: He believes that it won't be long until someone comes to take his life as retribution for his actions, and seems resigned to this fate despite all the protection he's got. The Air Force One Angel later succeeds in making the man vanish in spite of all his security.
The Fatalist: Starts drifting into the mindset after the Special Tree affair, wondering why he went through with it even after the tree itself made it near-impossible.
Rockefeller: Perhaps I never had the opportunity to select another tree. Perhaps I was meant to select that tree regardless of my persistent character. Perhaps we are all trollies, forced to follow the path of the track to each of our destinations. I take solace in that thought.
Fictionalized Death Account: While still occurring on May 23, 1937, his death in the Deanverse highly differentiates from ours. In our universe, Rockefeller died of Arteriosclerosis in his Florida home. In the Deanverse, he is potentially Reduced to Dust by the Air Force One Angel in an underground bunker underneath Rockefeller Plaza.
My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to finding out that the zeppelins named after him would be used to bomb thousands of Germans is this, and it continues to be for years on end. He also has this same reaction upon finding out what happened to the children who were near the tree in ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY, and refuses to blame anyone but himself for having dug up the Special Tree in the first place. In the end, he's left wishing he had indeed been the oil magnate Virginia thought he was, because perhaps then he'd have caused less damage as a whole.
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Much like James Dean, Rockefeller in this universe is one of the presidents of the United States rather than a billionaire through an oil monopoly.
Uncertain Doom: Whether he was fully assassinated or not is left uncertain, because the last thing we learn is the Air Force One Angel breaching his bunker door with a high-powered heat ray and making him disappear. Whether he was simply vaporized to the point absolutely nothing was left or actually taken elsewhere entirely remains unanswered. In AIRFORCEONEFALLENANGEL, it's said that he was "evicted from reality," whatever that means. Later on in The Nixonverse, we actually witness a man get evicted from reality and vanish, but it's still a very vague way to go. It's ultimately revealed by the Grand Finale that he was quite literally removed from the Deanverse entirely, becoming a Cornerfolk, averting this trope.

Leonard W. Morlin

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"Victory or Death!"

"For Everett. For Virginia. For America."

— Leonard W. Morlin

The former director of an unspecified organization, implied to be the Department of Technology, dedicated to combating TFMDs. He first appeared in LINCOLNLOOKER and has since appeared in STARRYSPHINX, and ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE. And as it's revealed, a younger version of him is read about in WASHINGTONWONDERLAND.

And Then John Was a Zombie: The realization that he's no longer himself, but an Alcatraz-created copy down to the subatomic level leads him to kill himself via self-immolation.
Dark Is Not Evil: He appears as a completely black silhouette in WASHINGTONWONDERLAND, but it is in this episode that we learn of his love for Virginia and how he was the only one who liked her in possibly the whole dimension.
Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment: While the Arnoldson family is heavily implied to actually be related to the Deanverse's Virginia and not the one he married, they still treat him as part of their family and he even refers to them as such in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE.
Eagle Land: He seems to be a type 3, believing that the United States has permanent solutions to the TFMD threat where the Egyptian government doesn't, but this causes him to trample over the sovereignty of Egypt in the process. The failure of his solutions, and the fact that President Dean shifted attention of his organization from anomalies to controlling climate change and humanity, seems to have left him somewhat jaded on this.
Kill It with Fire: According to him, burning 'does the trick' when killing an Alcatraz copy, as he proved with himself.
Minor Major Character: Despite his apparently high rank, he's only appeared in a handful of episodes and had very little impact besides discovering the truth about the pyramids and possibly waking up the Special Trees. His far more notable contribution is marrying Virginia and impregnating her with Everett. ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals that he was captured by the ADA and forced to read anti-government scripts about anomalies such as the Lincolnlookers and the Starry Sphinx to add legitimacy to the group's fearmongering campaign.
Mr. Exposition: His initial couple of on-screen roles are to explain the story behind Lincolnlooking and the pyramids. As he states before committing suicide, he was doing this for ADA propaganda.
Nuke 'em: His apparent primary answer to TFMDs, as the coming of the Sphinx is met with heavy weapons fire and he speaks favorably about something developed in 1945 being able to cut down Special Trees.
Two Aliases, One Character: Downplayed. As it turns out, he and Virginia's lover (also named Leonard) from WASHINGTONWONDERLAND are the same man.
Unreliable Narrator: Leonard outs himself as such during his final broadcast, adding that the ADA had been forcing him to read propagandised scripts about anomalies such as Lincolnlooking and the Sphinx.
Outliving One's Offspring: While his and Virginia's son is not exactly dead, he never had the chance to see him grow, or even see him be born.

Virginia

Virginia Fate Arnoldson

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"I'm sorry, Pa. I'm sorry, Ma. I'm sorry, friends. I'm sorry, Leonard. I'm sorry, Everett. Please remember me. Please, please remember me."

— Virginia

A little girl who wanted to be the first to put up an ornament on a Special Tree, only to go missing along with her friends. She first appears in ROCKEFELLERTREETRAGEDY.

Apocalyptic Log: As a child, she wrote "Virginia in Wonderland" as a way to explain her situation to the inhabitants of this new universe. After arriving to the Deanverse a second time as an adult, she underwent an unsuccessful lobotomy and gave people a more complete version of the fact, this time with the segments of Wonderland almost intact.
Break the Cutie: While the video she debuted in started out happily, from the time she puts the star on the Special Tree to the last video debuted in is a conga line of hurt.
Broken Bird: She more or less becomes this at the end of her life, being abandoned by her parents and lamenting the life she lost.
Cruel Mercy: Her fate: She's lobotomized and eventually dies, her last actions being interviewed over her later life and paintings involving her family, friends, her lover, and her baby/friend she met through the Special Trees dimension.
Doppelgänger Gets Same Sentiment: Inverted. As seen in WASHINGTONWONDERLAND, her parents were not one bit happy about their daughter getting replaced by her alternate universe self.
Intergenerational Friendship: Had one with a man named Everett, who she met in Wonderland and played with for what seemed like "500 years." He's implied to be a grown-up version of her own son.
Human Ladder: How she planned to place her star ornament on the Special Tree by getting her friends to form one. Surprisingly, it worked until the tree started bending.
It's All My Fault: In WASHINGTONWONDERLAND, she more or less says in her final interview everything is her fault for what happened with the Special Tree.
Kill and Replace: For a stretched definition of kill, Virginia and her friends ended up accidentally doing this. Their otherworldly counterparts have also gone missing, and they incidentally arrived in their world to their 'parents,' only for everyone to realize that something has gone horribly, horribly wrong once the kids are examined.
- Played straight in WASHINGTONWONDERLAND where she was brought to the Washington Monument to be victim to another Special Tree.
The Lost Lenore: Despite it being many years since her death, ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals that Leonard still loves Virginia and he dedicates his final broadcast to her memory.
Meaningful Name: Her middle name is literally Fate, and fate sure as hell has not been kind to her.
Spotting the Thread: The doctors and parents are able to quickly tell that she and the rest of her friends are not their children or even belong in their world at all, having slightly different bodily features and no memory of things that should be familiar to them, sometimes not even sharing the same name of their counterpart. By far the most extreme detail doctors noted was that all of them had their internal organs arranged 'backwards,' hinting that this reversed placement was natural in their world but abnormal in the world they landed in.
Trapped in Another World: She and her friends fell victim to this when the Special Tree Rockefeller planted sent them to an alternate universe.
Trauma Conga Line: And how. As if the initial idea of being forced into an alternative universe as a mere child wasn't enough, WASHINGTONWONDERLAND expands Virginia's story to a heartbreaking extent: spending "years" with a mysterious protector in the Special Tree's dimension, being sent to an alternate reality out of nowhere, being abandoned by her counterpart parents, being abandoned by her foster parents, spending 5 terrible years in an orphanage, being separated from her friends, finding out her father is dead and her mother has become a recluse, being denied passage back to her home dimension 3 times over 9 years, finally falling in love and then becoming pregnant, and then assumedly finally securing transport back to her home dimension... only to be sucked back into the alternate dimension all over again, only this time, without her child in tow; after which she was quickly spirited off to a hospital where she is lobotomized... unsuccessfully. Talk about kicking a man when he's already down!
Walking Spoiler: What happened to Virginia and her friends ends up revealing a great deal about the nature of the Special Trees, and by extension, a load of other conspiracies and events that occur in the series.

Other Virginia

Virginia Fate Arnoldson

The Deanverse's original Virginia. Despite not showing up physically, she's implied to play a major role in the story by being the implied founding member of the Arnoldson family.

Alternate Self: To the Nixonverse's Virginia, who had accidentally taken her place and vice versa after the Rockefeller Tree Tragedy.
Earn Your Happy Ending: Unlike her Nixonverse counterpart, she went on to form a happy family, maybe even briefly returning to her home universe, and died in peace in 1980 at the age of 59.
The Ghost: She doesn't show up physically at any given point, and the only mentions of her are indirect. Despite this, she still plays a major role in the story's lore.
Offscreen Romance: She has one with an unknown man, resulting in the foundation of the Arnoldson Family.
Spotting the Thread: Implied to have happened in both universes. When she arrived to the Deanverse, she had different clothes and lacked her counterpart's Youthful Freckles, as well as knowing she wanted to put a bear on top of the Rockefeller Special Tree and not an ornament.
Small Role, Big Impact: As stated above, she was implied to be the one responsible for the founding of the Arnoldson Family, which would expose multiple anomalies to the public in the future.

Thomas Crawford

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"Freedom is difficult to cast, apologies for delays."

"He was amused that the slaveholding Americans wanted him to make a statue named Freedom."

— Louisa Crawford

The sculptor behind the Statue of Freedom who went missing three weeks after he finished it. In truth, he had managed to place his whole body into the statue itself. He is first mentioned in FREEDOMFALLER.

Body Horror: When his wife saw what has become of her husband, she was horrified at what he has become
Louisa Crawford: "I saw him inside. All of him."
Fusion Dance: He and his daughter are now inside Freedom, controlling it from within.
Dramatic Irony: He had intended for Freedom to act as a symbol against slavery. Only to be enslaved by the American Government as an assassin against dissenters, creating slave laborers for the American Government. He was even told to take the liberty cap off his work.
Happily Married: To his wife, Louisa Crawford. Louisa even wishes that they spent more time together before he sliced himself up.
Mad Artist: Can't get any more mad than slicing yourself up into pieces to put yourself inside your own work, not to mention doing the same to your own child.
Major Injury Underreaction: While his wife is reasonably worried that he had cut off the tip of his finger by accident while working with Giza Glass, Crawford himself couldn't stop himself from laughing. Even though he felt no pain thanks to the anomalous effects of the Glass, he's far too mad to have felt any panic from it.
Villain Has a Point: Despite clearly being insane, Crawford is right that the slaveholding Americans are hypocrites for requesting that a statue symbolizing freedom be built just for them.

Doctor Disturbing

A documentarist focusing on government coverups. His first appearance is in SUEZCANALCRAB. After his passing, one of his children take the mantle. The second Doctor Disturbing first appears in ROCKERFELLERREVELATION.

Tropes applying to the both of them:

Author Avatar: Both of them can be seen as one to Alex Kansas, both being YouTubers (or an equivalent) that make videos on the supernatural.
Documentary Episode: Every episode that they star in is an in-universe documentary of theirs.
Legacy Character: The name "Doctor Disturbing" is this. Once the first Doctor Disturbing passes, one of his children decide to continue with his legacy.
Two Aliases, One Character: ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals that the second Doctor Disturbing's identity is none other than Lauren Arnoldson, and by extension, her father, Nathaniel Arnoldson, is the first Doctor Disturbing.

Tropes applying to the First Doctor Disturbing:

"Of the over 12,000 Americans who had arrived, only 944 survived."

Creepy Monotone: In all of his appearances, he doesn't show any emotion while speaking of the TFMDs.
Dropped a Bridge on Him: We're briefly told at the beginning of ROCKEFELLEREVELATION that he unexepectedly passed away, and that his child will continue his work to the best of their ability. As it turns out, it's because his fate was already revealed in FALLENFATHER as Nathaniel Arnoldson.
He Knows Too Much: Implied to be why he passed away, being killed by the government to stop the spread of info about TFMDs. His true identity as Nathaniel Arnoldson may also have played a role, as Nathaniel was implied to be a former member of the ADA.

Tropes applying to the Second Doctor Disturbing:

"My father unexpectedly passed away three months ago. I will try my best to continue his work."

Disappeared Dad: Similarly to Lauren, it is revealed in ROCKEFELLERREVELATION that their dad also passed away recently, leaving his child to continue his work. These similarities are because the second Doctor Disturbing is actually Lauren Arnoldson.
Exact Words: Says that they will "try their best" to continue their father's work. They certainly try, but using Maize Movie Maker could only get them so far.
Stylistic Suck: In comparison to their father's work, which was professionally made and had him narrating them, the second Doctor doesn't narrate their videos and uses Maize Movie Maker as a means to edit them, causing a severe drop in quality.
Sucksessor: Their father's work looked more professional, complete with narration. The second Doctor, on the other hand, instead uses the rather basic Maize Movie Maker to create documentaries. This causes quite a dramatic shift in quality.

Howard Melrose

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"I don't know why, and it's gonna sound crazy, but I felt compelled to help."

"It looked like something from a medieval painting. All of their bodies were slammed into each other. Everyone became one."

— Howard Melrose

An American reporter currently living in Egypt in exile. His first appearance is LINCOLNLOOKER.

Ambiguously Evil: Considering ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals his account about Lincolnlooking may be fabricated, his true motives become muddy. Is he really an Intrepid Reporter willing to pay the price of his findings? Is he a member or partisan of the ADA willing to help them lie about TFMDs to discredit the UZ government? Or is it simply payback against the UZA for his exile?
- It's far more implied that Leonard's account of why Lincolnlooking exists was the thing that was fabricated, as he said his accounts were "their words in [his] mouth".
Badass Bystander: He was on tour in DC when he and a group of other tourists heard scratching coming from the Lincoln Memorial. Rather than leave when ordered by the secret service, he and the other tourists proceeded to smash the monument to try and save the person trapped inside.
The Exile: Exiled to Egypt by the United States government for revealing the secret about Freedom being used to kill ADA Members and other dissenters.
Information Wants to Be Free: Presumed to be the reason why he leaked classified documents about Freedom, even at the risk of becoming one of her victims.
Intrepid Reporter: At the New Delaware Journal, he released classified documents detailing the movements and targets of the Statue of Freedom at the Grand Canyon. He is still a journalist as of 2021, reporting on the Suez Canal Crab disaster.
Minor Role Major Impact: He is nothing but a humble reporter, and in LINCOLNLOOKER simply a tourist, but his actions have directly revealed the horrors of at least two monuments to the public, and given his commentary on a third.
You Can't Go Home Again: In retaliation for revealing the truth of Freedom, he was exiled from the United States and forced to flee to Egypt.

Ferdinand de Lesseps

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"All happiness flows from efficiency."

"Until now, what you have heard was from a speech I wrote for the grand opening of the Canal. However, I did not read this speech."

— Ferdinand de Lesseps

A French diplomat and the developer of the Suez Canal.

Minor Major Character: Despite being an important diplomat and the developer of the Suez Canal, he only appears at the beginning of LIBERTYLURKERS. However him revealing that he built the Suez Canal on the orders of the man beneath America (i.e., the Horned Serpent) sets up Bartholdi's interview that fully reveals just who this "man" is.
Mood Whiplash: His interview initially starts with him explaining his goals regarding the Suez Canal and hoping that it increases both efficiency and happiness across the world. It then veers into him revealing that he never actually read the speech nor did he build the Canal of his own free will.
Never Sleep Again: Downplayed in that he isn't physically harmed, but the Horned Serpent is capable of literally entering his dreams.
Secret-Keeper: Like Bartholdi, de Lesseps kept secret the Horned Serpent's involvement in building a monument, in his case the Suez Canal.
Spear Carrier: Appears only at the start of LIBERTYLURKERS to talk about the Suez Canal and his reasons for building it, but he reveals that something ordered him to build the Canal.

George Washington

George Washington/Hanodaganears

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The Sinking Man and The Forbidden Fruit

The Founding Father himself, the first President of the United Zones of America.

Body Double: The discovery of Washington's frozen body in the Delaware River seems to imply that he has been there since the Revolutionary War, leading the Delaware River Journal to conclude that anything Washington is said to have done after the crossing must have been done by some stand-in who was taking his place.
Hidden Villain: The discovery of a frozen Washington in the icy waters of the Delaware River notwithstanding, LIBERTYLURKERS states that George Washington was sucked into the Special Tree dimension when he had attempted to chop down his father's tree, where he eventually emerged as none other than the Libertylurker itself. What's more, President Grant identified the Libertylurker as the Horned Serpent.
Human Popsicle: Washington, one way or another, apparently fell into the Delaware River during his infamous crossing and was frozen there until he was happened upon by fishermen in 1976.
Mugging the Monster: Going by the ADA's records, it appears everything that happened to him began when he tried to hack down a Special Tree, most certainly without anything resembling an idea of what it really was. This most likely triggered its transformation reflex, and he got sent to Wonderland, where he became something else.
Red Baron: He's known to the Native Americans as Hanodaganears, which is Seneca for "Town Destroyer" or "Devourer Of Villages." As it turns out, the fact that the Horned Serpent shares this same nickname is not a coincidence at all.

Organizations

The ADA

The Anti-Dean Association/Anti-Device Association

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"The Anti-Dean Association is an Anti-American Association."

— James Dean

The Anti-Device Association, originally the Anti-Dean Association, and later the splinter group Advocates for the Division of America, are a reactionary terrorist group who both oppose the progressive policies of the Dean administration and try to expose the secrets of the anomalous world they live in. Their first appearance is in DEANDEMOCRACY.

Ambiguously Evil: While they are terrorists who willingly caused an air siren raid that killed countless people, they also oppose the Government that sacrifices thousands of people daily near national monuments. ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE seems to firmly set them on the side of evil, revealing that they've been producing faked confessions to justify their cause.
Arch-Enemy:
- James Dean, who they absolutely hate because of various reasons. They also believe that he is the devil himself. The feeling becomes mutual by DEANDISASTER, where he calls them an "anti-American association" and sends them to "correctional facilities" that are heavily implied to be the various national monuments.
- The ADA is also heavily opposed to Maize, given their collaboration with the Dean-created Department Of Technology.
Asshole Victim: After the events of DEANDISASTER, many of their members were sent to "correctional facilities," which are heavily implied to be a cover-up for a replacing process using the Special Trees.
Anti-Hero: If you see them as heroes anyway. Their goal of exposing the US Government's numerous coverups and bringing justice to their victims is noble, but killing thousands of people using air raid sirens puts them firmly in the unscrupulous side of things. Ultimately subverted by the end of the season 2, where not only was it revealed that they made multiple anomalies up and coerced Leonard Morlin into presenting them to the public through reliable sources just for the sake of giving their claims veracity, but it's also implied that the only anomalies they actually exposed to the public were the ones that posed a threat to them (i.e., Freedom and the Special Trees correctional facilities).
Beware the Silly Ones: Watching the videos in order, you'd be forgiven for thinking that the ADA are a bunch of rascals who write graffiti on haunted monuments and make cheesy anti-Dean smear campaigns. Up until DEANDISASTER anyways, where they open with their horribly animated James Dean cutout waltzing on screen, approaching the viewer, and splitting his mouth wide open while loudly blaring a siren - signaling the beginning of their anomalous air raid attack, which ended up killing hundreds of thousands of civilians, realistically reaching a kill count of millions, through sheer volume and chaos.
Card-Carrying Villain: By the words of the US government, most ADA members are very proud to be rebels and will gladly admit it when confronted. Even if the government is openly searching for them and arresting them by the dozen for forcible rehabilitation.
Demonization: Their campaigns while Dean was around painted him as being the Devil for things like liking Jazz or for his charismatic nature. They later do it to other figures such as Philip Reed. As revealed in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE, everything we've heard from them and people they've kidnapped has been blatant propaganda to demonize the entire United States.
Documentary of Lies: ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals the ADA has been fabricating the existence of certain anomalies to erode public confidence in the UZ government, even going as far as forcing Leonard Morlin to work on their pieces since his former government office would add credence to their words.
Does This Remind You of Anything?: Word of Manticore stated that they're based off real world alt-right groups, such as QAnon. They also storm the U.S. Capitol on January 6th, much like how the extremist groups did in real life.
Even Evil Has Loved Ones: A number of ADA members, most notably Nathaniel Arnoldson, have family members who they love.
Fun with Acronyms: The organization manages to always keep themselves as the ADA no matter the iteration they rework themselves as.
Graffiti of the Resistance: Their graffiti (or at least similarly styled graffiti) can be seen in RUSHMOREREVENGE, WASHINGTONWORMHOLE, and MAIZEMOVIEMAKER as ways for them to spread their message.
Hoist by His Own Petard: During a riot against the Capitol, ADA members managed to blast the Statue of Freedom off of her spot on the building and send the statue hurdling into the ground. The rioters below learned the hard way that she's very much alive and wrathful.
Hypocrite: The Anti-Device Association, who as the name implies are opposed to Maize's Devices, have an official TWTTR account, where they still push their anti-device agenda.
Jumping Off the Slippery Slope: While they were notoriously evil beforehand, DEANDISASTER shows how far they are willing to go to promote themselves and their agenda. It results in thousands of Americans getting killed or deafened by the sirens they themselves hacked into, resulting in the foundation of the Department of Technology.
Kill and Replace: They're on the receiving end of this, in a sense. After a failed assassination attempt on Dean involving air sirens so loud, they'd distort the skin of victims whilst deafening them, many members are taken off for rehabilitation within national US monuments to cure them of their violent and rebellious ways, with almost flawless results reported from their families. Given that many of these monuments contain the Special Trees, AKA gateways to other dimensions, it's fairly blatant that the USA is either banishing or executing ADA members inside these trees and grabbing their clueless and non-rebel counterparts from the other side to replace them.
Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: No matter what happens, their countless efforts to demonize and reduce public support of Dean backfires on them immensely.
- Them taking down the power lines in the Southeast causes Dean to go down himself and fix them, bringing up public support for him even more.
- Them ruining Dean's televised speech by muting his audio causes audiences to fixate on how he looked as a presidential figure, which made him even more popular, with Stanley Kubrick going as far to say the broadcast was the best silent film ever made.
- Their air siren scheme only made Americans love for Dean go through the roof when he, with help from Maize, introduced hearing implants for countless Americans who needed them following the incident, effectively eradicating deafness in the U.S.
Politically Incorrect Villain: It's implied that they are this, accusing Dean of being a demon because he likes... Jazz music, demonizing pre-Civil War slave laborers as incompetent, and having the apparent support of George Wallace. Probably the result of the majority of Americans who were immune to Dean's anomalous charm being elderly white southerners. What we see of them in the modern day doesn't seem to be nearly as bad in this regard, however, but they do make baseless claims such as the T-Machines being directly responsible for the Ever Given getting stuck in the Suez Canal, and promptly organizing the hoarding of the Ever Given after repeatedly accusing Egypt and its government of conspiracy and "robbing the American people."ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE reveals that they're willing to even coerce people into reading their own manufactured scripts and pass them off as facts just to push their agenda.
The Revolution Will Not Be Civilized: At best, they're a group of Knight Templars who've killed thousands in a mass terror attack. Even if they're genuinely opposed to the TFMDs, their methods are brutal and leave mass collateral damage.
To Unmasque the World: Their ultimate goal, at least on the surface, is to expose the US government's numerous cover-ups about the TFMDs. Later events show that this was all lies,with the government's involvement in them shown to have been embellished.
Villain Has a Point:
- The Anti-Dean Association, despite being incredibly ruthless and willing to take innocent lives, are correct in their assessment that something is wrong with President Dean (even though they incorrectly identify him as a disguised Satan).
- The Anti-Device Association's opposition to Maize and the Department Of Technology is not unfounded, given that these are the same people who attempted to control The Horned Serpent for their own ends.
Western Terrorists: They're a terrorist organization residing mostly in the United States. Go figure.
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: They present themselves as an organization willing to do what the government doesn't, and with the end goal of exposing their true colors to make America a better place, while in reality they're just a group of extremist Consummate Liar terrorists, and very incompetent ones at that.

ADA III (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Advocates for the Division of America

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"A THOUSAND STATES OF AMERICA ARE A THOUSAND STATES OF PEACE."

"We are no longer the Anti-Device Association. We are the Advocates for the Division of America."

— The Advocates for the Division of America

A splinter group of the Anti-Device Association, a Doomsday Cult who worships the Horned Serpent as a god, formed with the sole purpose in mind of freeing it off the crust of the Earth.

Darker and Edgier: While most of the other ADAs' deeds were Played for Laughs save for the occasional exception, the Advocates are portrayed as an actual menace to the UZA.
Divided States of America: In a more literal sense. Their ultimate goal is to literally split the Earth open in order to free the Horned Serpent, whom they believe will cause the creation of a "state" for each and every person.
Dropped A Bridge On Them: All of their members are reduced to ashes by the Angel off-screen just two episodes after their introduction.
Documentary of Lies: Like the iterations of the ADA before them, they create fake anomalies and report them to the public to inspire distrust between citizenry and the government.
Greater-Scope Villain: Not at the extent of the Horned Serpent, but they can be seen as one. They're responsible for the Angel's hijacking of the Air Force One and the Infection that is seen throughout 4 episodes in Season 1 and results in America removing all state borders and replacing them with Zones, and yet they weren't properly introduced until the very last episodes of Season 2.
Hoist by Their Own Petard: Their attempt to weaponize the Angel leads to the Angel killing them all off in retaliation. Although they do finally succeed in their goal of "division," just not while any are left to act on it.
Hijacking Cthulhu: Attempted to use the Angel as a weapon against the UZA. When the Angel finds out, they're not happy and proceeded to massacre the entire group.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: The Advocates For The Division Of America worship the Horned Serpent, an eldritch horror beneath America, as their god and are willing to destroy the Earth itself in order to free it.
New Era Speech: After the Unification of 2003, they broadcasted a signal explaining their motives and plans with the Angel.
Obviously Evil: Unlike their two other predecessors, who at the very least try to make it seem like they want the greater good for America, they are clearly not well intended and have made it clear through the 2003 World Egg Broadcast.
Posthumous Villain Victory: While none of their members were able to witness it, their goal to free the Serpent was accomplished 19 years later thanks to the confrontation between the Angel and Freedom; a confrontation that was planned by the very own people they opposed.
Reduced to Dust: Their fate at the hands of the Angel after they realize they were planning to use them as a weapon.
Renegade Splinter Faction: Averted. They make it pretty clear from the start that they have strayed far from the group's original goals and have no intention to go back.

Maize

Maize Machines

"Control is confidence, and today there are no doubts."

"There are no extraterrestrials. Visit our TWTTR account for more fun facts! 🌽"

Maize, in the universe of the Monument Mythos, is an American-grown supplier of electronic goods. They first appear in MAIZEMOVIEMAKER.

Abandoned Area: Most, if not all their old production and research facilities were abandoned after their meddling with the Horned Serpent caused some kind of freak electrical attack across the nation. Although abandoned, neither they or the government are keen on letting anyone get a foot inside and discover what's been happening.
Alliterative Name: Their complete name, Maize Machines. This even extends to their editing program, Maize Movie Maker.
The Cuckoolander Was Right: As it turns out, Maize's statement that aliens are not real turns out to be the case as the Sphinx (and possibly the False Children) are revealed in ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE to be propaganda created by the ADA.
Dissonant Serenity: Most of the videos in Season 2 contain cheery statements from Maize in the description. To say that these usually don't fit the situation is an understatement.
- Their description in MAIZEMOVIEMAKER has them note that several photographs of President Dean have been manipulated to protect national security interests. They call this a "fun fact" by the way.
- Averted in FALLENFATHER, where their statement is just a short "we hope you're happy wherever you are" aimed at either Nathaniel Arnoldson or Eric Casanas.
- The description of ALCATRAZAPOCALYPSE contains an In-Universe note from them before the world ends... where they urge their followers to post their last words on TWTTR.
Edible Theme Naming: Their name as well as their logo reference corn. Their earliest products do as well, specifically the "Kernel" (cochlear hearing implant) and the "Popcorn" (early personal computer, before they were all outlawed.)
Fictional Counterpart: What with the food-themed naming of the company as well as the names of the founders of it (Rob Careers and Rob Watroba), Maize is more than likely meant to be an alternate universe's equivalent to Apple.
- Their electronics also create more between our world and theirs, with TWTTR machines being an especially primitive version of Twitter programmed into bulky devices, and Maize Movie Maker as the equivalent for Windows Movie Maker.
Hijacking Cthulhu: They attempted to control the Horned Serpent with the help of the Department of Defense. The results, from what can be seen, were so utterly disastrous that Maize and the government vowed to recall and destroy all personal computers in the country.
MegaCorp: From what can be seen, they seem to have an absolute monopoly over electronic goods.

The Montyverse^note

Returning Characters

Howard Melrose

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"You've got the wrong number."

"Never answer a call from Howard Melrose."

— Rod Serling

An American reporter seemingly no different from his Deanverse counterpart. However, he plays a more important role in the Montyverse: perhaps even more important than he realises.

Ascended Extra: He goes from being a minor character from the first two seasons to having several focus episodes across Season 3.
Barrier Maiden: DEANDEVIL reveals he is, somehow, one of two people who hold the entire Montyverse together. Enough so that Cthonaut A elects to intervene in his and James Dean's deaths.
Frame-Up: Following Eunice Dean's suicide, Howard is painted as her murderer in DEANDEVIL by the U.S. government (more specifically, her grief-stricken younger brother), with public service announcements going as far as to claim he can kill people with his voice alone.
Older Than They Look: He's 18 in GOLDENGATEGIRL, which happens in 1968. This would at the very least make him 72 in WASHINGTONWANDERER, happening in 2022, but he still seems pretty youthful and without a single grey hair. He either has very good genes or Cthonaut A. is deliberately keeping him young.

Eunice

Eunice Dean

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"Oh, am I in the area? I'm on top of the world!"

"Call me whenever something exciting happens. I promise I'll listen in Wonderland."

— Eunice

Whenever Howard Melrose makes a discovery, he rings up Eunice, a girl who he met through a phone call when he was looking out at the bay in San Francisco. In her only physical appearance, it's heavily implied that Eunice was both Dead All Along and James Dean's older sister.

Ambiguous Situation: Howard still mentiones her in LINCOLNLOOKERS, begging the question if these events also happened in the Deanverse exactly as they did in the Montyverse.
Dissonant Serenity: She has a rather heartwarming conversation with Howard Melrose moments before jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge. Even when she says goodbye to him, you can't hear the sadness in her voice at first glance.
Driven to Suicide: In GOLDENGATEGIRL, she jumps off the titular bridge after a brief conversation with Howard Melrose, telling him to call her whenever he finds something exciting.
The Ghost: She is mentioned by Howard in both LINCOLNLOOKERS and WASHINGTONWANDERER, but she is never seen, or even heard from. Until GOLDENGATEGIRL, that is.

James Dean

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"You're already a better president than I'll ever be."

"Nobody likes me anymore. Everybody wants to run me over in the street now. I'm just a dirty dog!"

— James Dean

In the Montyverse, James Dean suffered from a Heroic BSoD after learning of the death of one of his family members and his public turning against him which eventually led to him discarding running for president in 1968 entirely and finding a substitute.

Adaptational Job Change: In-universe, Rod Serling made him the President in his story "The Death of President Dean" (recounting Dean's death in the plane crash), as both he and his publishers believed it made for a more eye-catching title than "The Death of Vice President Dean".
Barrier Maiden: Cthonaut A claims both he and Howard Melrose somehow hold the Montyverse together, and seemingly interferes with their deaths to stop the two from ruining humanity.
Evil Counterpart: Grief has made him a monster, and DEANDEVIL is solid evidence. Compared to his Deanverse counterpart, he is shown to be more expressive, mainly showing emotions characteristic of a manic episode. These emotions eventually led him to... frame an 18-year-old who just happened to talk to his sister before her suicide as her killer and make him one of the most wanted criminals in the entire world. He is even willing to kill himself and dozens of innocent civilians in a terrorist attack just to kill the guy.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: Dean is extremely charismatic, so charismatic that the possibility of the public not liking him anymore was practically impossible in the Deanverse. He isn't so lucky in the Montyverse, however, as he himself admits that everybody wants to see him dead.
Meaningful Echo: "You're already a better president than I'll ever be."
Misplaced Retribution: He was so desperate to find someone to point the finger at in anger after his sister's death that he framed a goddamn teenager and attempted to kill him to satiate his need for revenge.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: In the Deanverse, the most expression you'd ever purposely get out of him was a measly "I'm surprised." In his first appearance in the Montyverse, we hear him completely broken and on the verge of tears, practically begging Monty to take his place in the presidential elections. In DEANDEVIL, his grief eventually consumes him, turning him into a vengeful man more than willing to put Howard Melrose in the FBI's most wanted list and kill himself and dozens of innocent civilians in a plane crash just to kill the guy.
Plot Parallel: James Dean, who was nicknamed as the Devil by the ADA and Cthonaut A, takes Air Force Two on an unauthorized flight and, were not for Cthonaut A's intervention, would have changed the fate of the universe. This is a clear reference to the Angel taking over the Air Force One and using it to spread the infection throughout the USA, effectively changing the fate of the Deanverse for worse.
Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Dean did not take the news of his elder sister's suicide well, and pinned the blame solely on Howard Melrose, going so far as to label him her murderer and order his arrest. Eventually, he takes matters into his own hands and flies Air Force Two into a plane Melrose was on, killing them both... for a while, at least.
Uncertain Doom: Despite his actions in DEANDEVIL leading to his death, Cthonaut A implicitly stops this from happening, and he appears "alive and well" in CLIFTCHAOS, with the DC Representative claiming it wasn't a Wonderland copy either. However, FREEDOMFOREVER suggests Dean is still dead, perhaps as a result of Cthonaut A leaving the Montyverse.

Lauren Arnoldson

A young girl with a passion for Mister Squirrel and Maize Movie Maker, who has a more fortunate fate than her Deanverse counterpart.

Last Episode, New Character: She only appears in the final few minutes of FREEDOMFOREVER, the last episode of Season 3.
Loyal Animal Companion: Even in broadly different universes, she and Mister Squirrel managed to link up and become friends.
Mrs. Exposition: Her primary role in FREEDOMFOREVER is to illustrate the fate of the Union following the destruction of the Martian Serpent and the creation of the Manticore constellation.
Spared by the Adaptation: Thanks to the Angel's ashes affecting the past, Lauren is still alive in the Montyverse, as opposed to falling to her death in the Grand Canyon.

Individuals

Elon Musk

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"let's nuke some ice caps"

"I'm on Mars LOL"

— Elon Musk

A billionaire, the new owner of TWTTR, and presumably the first person to step on Mars. He uses his resources and power to lead an investigation on Mars, eventually leading in the liberation of the Martian Serpent.

Allohistorical Allusion: The entirety of MUSKMARS is both a big parody and a middle finger to Elon.
- In 2012, Musk claimed that he would send the first man to Mars in just 10 years. In the Montyverse, he actually does accomplish this.
- The most notable one is how he owns a "Martian Glass Mine" and uses Crown slaves to work in there. This is a clear reference to the Musk family getting their wealth from Errol Musk's share of an Zambian emerald mine.
- Just like how he became the owner of Twitter in real life, he also became the owner of TWTTR at some point of the timeline.
Asshole Victim: The DC Representative claims that he died after his foolishness set the Martian Serpent loose, and given both this and his other actions, it's safe to say he won't be missed.
Jerkass: Just like Rockefeller, he decided it was alright to enslave people as Crowns for the purposes of heavy labor. Unlike Rockefeller, he doesn't try to justify his actions and shows no shame in them, instead mocking people for thinking he'll get comeuppance on a different planet.
Killed Offscreen: According to the DC Representative after FREEDOMFOREVER's release, he died after releasing the Martian Serpent.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: If you can even call him a "hero." He nukes his own Glass Mine in Mars, resulting in the Martian Serpent freeing itself from the surface of Mars, falling towards Earth.
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Unlike his real life counterpart, Elon Musk was able to successfully reach Mars and colonize it as American territory in 2022.
Slavery Is a Special Kind of Evil: Like Rockefeller before him, he has slaved Crowns and used them for manual labor in Mars, presumably involving the Glass Mines. Some of the public clearly isn't happy about it.
Too Dumb to Live: Sure, Musk, you've found a gigantic glowing pyramid on Mars and a reliable source of pseudo-Giza Glass. Why not drop a nuke on top of all of it?! You've unleashed another Great Serpent that's headed towards Earth now. Good job.
Vulgar Humor: One of the first changes he made to TWTTR was to allow users to write by hand on the device. It inadvertedly allows people to draw penises on it.

Montgomery Clift

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"I am Montgomery Clift."

"Jimmy, is that you?"

— Montgomery Clift

Once again, the Montgomery Clift, who in this universe is still alive and planning on running for president, with a little help from one of his friends. He's the new universe's namesake and the winner of the 1968 presidential elections.

Allohistorical Allusion: In real life, James Dean and Montgomery Clift weren't friends, and Clift apparently was quite annoyed that Dean would call him. Here, however, he seems happy to hear the sound of his voice and genuinely concerned with his worries.
In Spite of a Nail: Even though James Dean didn't become president in this reality, Clift ended up inspiring an Anti-Clift Association according to the DC Representative.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He is an alternate counterpart to a real life actor who didn't even think in pursuing a presidential career, was rumoured to belong to the LGBT community, and suffered from a car crash in the mid-50s. This guy is literally just Dean with a new coat of paint! Granted, Dean is this guy's VP, but still.

Rod Serling

FBI Special Agent Rod Serling

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"I should've stayed a writer."

"No more jokes about taking Air Force Two for a one-man kill assignment. I'm trusting you, Mr Dean."

— Rod Serling

Yes, Rod Serling is an FBI agent in this reality. He has been tasked with a personal assignment from Vice President James Dean to track down Howard Melrose and bring him to justice.

Horrible Judge of Character: He gives the exact flight plan of Howard Melrose' upcoming journey to James Dean, despite knowing that he is in a compromised state from grief and has previously "joked" about taking Air Force Two out to kill Melrose personally. Take a guess what happens.
My Country, Right or Wrong: He starts a national manhunt for Howard Melrose, a man guilty of nothing more than taking a phone call from a desperate woman, on the grounds that the Vice President has ordered it. He even goes so far as to give personal details to said VP despite knowing he was in a poor emotional state and likely to act out of anger.

Cthonaut C

C protects the child

"The spaghetti's sent us back home. We're in Wonderland. There's a child here too."

— Cthonaut C

An American Cthonaut (Underworld Explorer) tasked with entering and exploring the Martian Serpent, who encounters a very special child inside...

The Blank: Is never seen directly in their debut, and is only depicted inside a face concealing protective suit. Howard Melrose calls them "this guy," but it's not indicated if he actually has any information on the Cthonaut.
Fling a Light into the Future: Eventually Cthonaut C gave up on hope of being rescued, but made sure to draw a record of important events for anyone who might find them. The most important events on their mind were all related to caring for the child.
Mama Bear / Papa Wolf: Acts extremely defensive of the Child's Copy, fending Climbers off with a sword when approached.
Parental Substitute: Acts as this for the Child's Copy while they're together in Wonderland, feeding and caring for the child born in such an inhospitable environment. When a tree eventually takes the child away, Cthonaut C spends a significant amount of time grieving, only getting some solace by drawing out their story.

Modern Day

Donald Trump

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^{Click here to see his leaked photo}

"I don't use the threat because I respect the threat. The less I use it, the more powerful it becomes. The threat alone ended World War Two. It's true. Ask the Japanese."

— Donald Trump, American President

The former president of the United States.

Body Horror: He gains severe eye injuries after watching an anomalous film, then his final tape recording implores whoever gets their hands on it to destroy his remains with fire. ALCATRAZ, ALWAYS reveals that his body, along with that of several others, was mutilated to a severe degree.
Facial Horror: His eyes begin bleeding uncontrollably after he's exposed to an anomalous film, and his condition does not improve with time. In fact, at the time of his final rally his face is entirely obscured by a TV MA label, indicating his appearance has continued to degrade.
Killed Off for Real: Dies of radiation poisoning at Alcatraz after his final rally gets hit by a nuclear attack.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: The Mythos usually portrays Trump with his trademark ego and tendency to brag, so when his final tape has him declare that he is "a grateful nobody" and implore whoever finds it to burn his corpse until nothing identifiable remains, it's a major indicator of just how bad things have gotten.
Tears of Blood: Had these in his original mugshot. It was removed with special software, but the original photo got leaked to the public. This turns out to have been caused by viewing a film depicting a spinning circle, reminiscent of the one in the original MISTERMANTICORE video, implied to be the same one that Leonard Morlin and his class watched.
Vocal Dissonance: Anyone even slightly familiar with the real Donald Trump should know how he sounds, which makes it all the more amusing that in this series he has an incredibly deep, smooth, suave-sounding voice (while still talking exactly like Trump).
Wound That Will Not Heal: His eye injuries from watching the anomalous film caused him to cry blood persist afterwards, to the point where he faced off against Robert Pattinson for the presidency with them.

Robert Pattinson

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"Heaven is a room filled with silence and devoid of people."

"What if little Rob had a say?"

— Robert Pattinson

An actor who now serves as president of the United States.

Driven to Madness: The presence of the Monument Monster is enough to drive him mad to the point where he launches the nuclear weapons produced for "Operation Seed", which had the effect of empowering Alcatraz.
Loophole Abuse: While Pattinson is presumably English like his real-life counterpart, he mentions that his parents served in the US military, allowing him to claim American citizenship and run for President.
President Evil: Possibly. FOOTAGE OF FINAL TRUMP RALLY has Trump claim that Pattinson was responsible for directing the United States' own nuclear arsenal towards itself, but given that this is Donald Trump talking, it's hard to say for sure whether or not this is in fact the case, especially given that we know for a fact that the Debate Demon and Monument Monster have been influencing the presidents for an unknown time.
Recurring Element: He's yet another celebrity turned president in the Monument Mythos like James Dean, Montgomery Clift, and Donald Trump before him.

Maya Arnoldson

Maya Wray Arnoldson

A version of Maya Arnoldson, who appears as a young woman in the modern day.

Character as Himself: The credits for THE SPECIAL TREE list both Maya and Leonard as being played by themselves.
Composite Character: Is one to the original Maya and Lauren, having been imprisoned in a Lincoln Looker in the past, and has a pet called "Mr Squirrel", although in this case they are a cat.
Dimensional Traveler: She escapes the Modern Day universe by using the corner of her room like the Cornerfolk, and ends up in the Deanverse.
Early-Bird Cameo: Makes an appearance in heavy close up as part of a montage in DEBATEDEMON.
World Half Full: When she comes to the Deanverse, she notes that, while it's full of countless horrors just like her home, it's also full of something utterly absent where she was from: hope.

Leonard Morlin

Leonard West Morlin

Character as Himself: The credits for THE SPECIAL TREE list both Leonard and Maya as being played by themselves.
Dimensional Traveler: He escapes the Modern Day universe in a manner similar to how Maya does it, and ends up in the Deanverse as well.
Killed Off for Real: Leonard becomes one of the unfortunate Front Row Seaters after arriving in the Deanverse.
Survivor Guilt: According to the title cards of THE SPECIAL TREE, he subconsciously feels this on account of having been the only person in his class not affected by the tape they watched.

Virginia Arnoldson (Modern Day)

Virginia Arnoldson

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"I understand."

"I hid in the corner of the living room. I couldn't dare to turn around. I couldn't see what else had exploded behind me. I just couldn't."

— Virginia Arnoldson

A version of Virginia Arnoldson in the Modern Day timeline.

Ambiguously Human: There's something off about this version of Virginia, borne out by things like being able to fit into small "corner houses" that she built, or provoking the Uncanny Valley in her fellow children at the orphanage. Then she ends up transforming into something as a young adult.
Corner of Woe: Played for Horror. She's found cowering in the corner looking away from her parents' grisly fates, and she builds strange house models from Special Tree wood that she places in the corners that only she can fit in.
In Spite of a Nail: Even in the Modern Day timeline, she ends up causing a major accident involving a ladder and runs into Leonard Morlin.
Self-Made Orphan: She inadvertently caused her parents' deaths by throwing her mother's jewelry onto their chandelier. When her father attempts to retrieve the jewelry, the ladder he stands on tilts, causing him to grab the chandelier; when his wife ran to assist him, the chandelier and her husband fell on top of her, killing them both.
Tomato in the Mirror: She becomes a Debate Demon-like creature after running away from the Walt Disney Home for Children.

The Nixonverse

The Avenues

In General

"Regards, the Avenues."

The most prominent family of the Nixonverse and apparent creators of the videos, who are ostensibly knowledgeable about its various anomalies and actively investigate them.

Dissonant Serenity: Averted. Unlike Maize whose notes in the description do not fit the tone at all, the Avenues' notes are short and occasionally somber.
The Ghost: Only Molly and Alice appear onscreen, and they are barely visible at that. Unlike the Arnoldsons, the rest of the family don't appear outside of those two. It's likely that the cameraman that films Molly in THE QUEEN OF THE LUNARIANS is the Avenues' equivalent to Quinn.
Going for the Big Scoop: Both Alice and Molly are willing to put themselves in danger to report on the entities, with Alice in particular being among the first to step foot on Alaska post-nuking to report on the Last Son.
Mirror Character: Downplayed. While both Avenues that we see on screen have clear parallels with the Arnoldsons (with Maya and Alice being the most notable), they still differ from them in various ways.
Weirdness Magnet: Inverted. The anomalies don't go to them, the Avenues go to the anomalies.

Alice Avenue

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"At any time, at any place, the Knight can save us."

"I hope he remembers from this story and changes his mind. I want us all to be healthy again. I hope we remind him back. Reverse the King. Return our language."

— Alice Avenue

A recurring journalist in the series, who reported on the Knight during D-Day. She has various connections to the other anomalies of the Nixonverse, including the Last Son and Luna. Despite mostly being affiliated with the Knight, she is a clear expy of Lois Lane.

Alliterative Name: Alice Avenue. A clear allusion to another journalist reporting on a flying superhero, Lois Lane.
Ambiguous Situation: What led her to try to burn the pictures of Luna, or how her granddaughter even got a hand of them, is unknown.
Because Destiny Says So: She is a very strong believer in Determinism, believing that not a single inhabitant of the Nixonverse has free will and that everyone has a "destined" time of death. The D-Day Knight seems to challenge this system, causing her to speculate that as a being with no world he has no destiny, and thus is the only being in creation with free will.
Big "OMG!": She screams one right before the D-Day Knight throws her off the Chrysler Building.
Call-Back: The short clip we are shown of her memorial statue morphing heavily resembles previous videos from Seasons 1 and 2 about American monuments, what with the heavy breathing and constant camera shaking.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Thrown off the Chrysler Building by the D-Day Knight and falls to her death.
Expy: She's an obvious reference to Lois Lane, down to her name and occupation. Adding to this, her news organization is The World Nightly in clear reference to The Daily Planet. D-DAY KNIGHTFALL even confirms that she's identical to Noel Neill, Lois Lane's actress in The Adventures of Superman, through her statue◊.
The Ghost: We never see Alice onscreen in any of the videos where she appears in. The most we get is her statue and a barely visible silhoutte of her corpse falling from the Chrysler Building in THE D-DAY KNIGHT RETURNS.
Going for the Big Scoop: Has no problem stepping foot on the radioactive ruins of Alaska to report on the Last Son's fate.
Implied Love Interest: To the Knight. She constantly praises the Knight, and has nothing but good things to say about him. Her admiration goes farther than him just being the embodiment of Screw Destiny in the Nixonverse. The fact that the Knight's grief at her death is enough to turn him into a literal monster implies that they were close.
Intrepid Reporter: Comes with being an expy of Lois Lane. Aside from the implications that she encountered the Knight at some point in search of her scoop, she's among the first to step foot on the irradiated ruins of Dark Alaska, presumably to report on the Last Son's missing eye.
Irony: Despite her constant praise of the Knight and yearning for his return, she is the Knight's first victim when he makes a comeback.
Living Statue: Or so did the Knight believe. After her death, the Knight kept insisting to the World Nightly that she still lived on through her memorial statue, only to be proven wrong once he decapitated it and wore its face as a helmet for a day straight. The realization of this fact made him to go into grieving and eventually turned him into a monster.
Mirror Character: To Maya Arnoldson. Both are part of a family that reports on the paranormal and are implied to have worked with people who are currently attempting to destroy the world. Even their fates are similar: Both Alice and Maya were supposedly doomed to live inside a statue, only to be freed, and decapitated by an anomaly soon after.
Overly Long Scream: Her scream in THE D-DAY KNIGHT RETURNS is an example that is played for horror, as the scream starts distorting as the camera pans over to her falling silhouette.
She Knows Too Much: The D-Day Knight drops her from the Chrysler Building for sharing secrets she wasn't meant to.
The Scream: Screams at the top of her lungs as she falls from the Chrysler Building in THE D-DAY KNIGHT RETURNS. It eventually distorts as the video ends.

Molly Avenue

"GRANDMA TRIED TO BURN THESE"

— Molly, on Alice's pictures of Luna.

Alice's granddaughter.

Back for the Finale: After not appearing since THE MISSING EYE OF JESUS CHRIST, she returns (albeit not onscreen) in the finale to film the Crescent Creature ^note's transformation into the Horned Serpent.
Contrasting Sequel Main Character: She acts as this to Lauren. While both of them act in revealing the truth of the world, Lauren follows in the footsteps of her father, while Molly does so without the support of her grandmother. Additionally, while Lauren hide behind the guise of Doctor Disturbing, Molly carries no false identity to hide behind.
The Faceless: Molly's face is always out of frame whenever she appears.
Intrepid Reporter: Much like her grandmother, she is willing to risk her life to report on the anomalies ocurring in the Nixonverse. In THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX, she records the Crescent Creature transforming into the Horned Serpent despite the clear danger that this imposes.
Narrator All Along: She's revealed by Word Of God to have been the one compiling the videos, apparently as VHS Tapes.
Noodle Incident: According to a Discord Q&A by Alex, she apparently has knowledge of what happened in the Deanverse and is implied to be aware of who the Horned Serpent is. We never find out how, why or when she found out about the other universes.
Hates Their Parent: Or grandparent in this case. Molly is implied to not have a high opinion of her grandmother, since she suspects that Alice has been keeping secrets from her.
Unknown Character: Other than being Alice's granddaughter and somehow getting her hands on pictures of Luna, we know next to nothing about Molly. She pretty much disappears after THE MISSING EYE OF JESUS CHRIST, only to resurface in the finale without much explanation.

Astronauts

Ed Dwight

"I'm recording now. Tell me everything."

The first man to ever set foot on the Moon. Can be seen remarking upon the Last Son of Alcatraz, Luna, and The Moon God.

Ambiguous Situation: The different recordings of his final words at the beginning of ''THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX''. Did he sternly tell Nixon to tell him everything he knows? Did he politely and emphatically ask him? Or did he subtly threaten him with the word potentially going out about his existence? Hell, did he even say any last words?
Back for the Dead: After not being seen since JESUS IN VIETNAM, he returns in NIXON IS GOD to be murdered by Nixon.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Tells Nixon to tell him everything. Nixon then proceeds to tell him everything he needs to know about the world, which drives Ed to suicide... or rather, which drives Nixon to murder him.
Body Horror: A Wham Shot of his autopsy report at the end of NIXON IS GOD reveals almost all of his body inexplicably sheared away. THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX implies this could have been what was left of his body after Nixon murdered him... somehow.
Driven to Suicide: After Nixon warns him about his three creations going insane, Ed ends up killing himself with his Ray Gun. Although later imagery showing his body seemingly vanishing suggests that Ed did it to free himself of the misery that is being evicted from reality. Subverted in THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX, where it is revealed that he didn't kill himself; in actuality, Nixon killed him.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Dwight. No human was ever meant to hear what I have said."
Dropped a Bridge on Him: After not appearing in the majority of episodes until now, the first sentence in NIXON IS GOD is literally his autopsy report.
Fatal Family Photo: A photo of him and his family is briefly shown before he committed suicide. Or rather, as THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX reveals, his murder by Nixon.
Just Following Orders: Despite clearly wanting to let Luna speak her piece after landing, he still shoots at her when ordered to by John Glenn. Thankfully for him, Luna recognizes this and spares him, instead directing her wrath at Glenn.
Properly Paranoid: Later episodes confirm that his concerns about The Last Son becoming a giant to conquer everyone on Earth were completely justified.
Ray Gun: Had one on hand during the Moon landing, and attempts to shoot Luna with it when ordered to by John Glenn. It doesn't work obviously and Luna is merciful enough to direct her anger at Glenn instead of Dwight.
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: In our universe, NASA controversially denied him a position as an astronaut despite years of training and became a sculptor instead. In the Nixonverse, not only was he accepted, but he deservedly became the first man to step on the moon. Played With in the end of THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX, the Nixonverse ceases to exist completely and is fictionalized as a comic book in what appears to be our world, where Ed Dwight is not only still a sculptor, but also the artist for the Nixonverse comic.
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: It's implied that his warnings about the Last Son led to the U.S. Government becoming increasingly paranoid of him and later subduing him. Unfortunately for Ed, this sets off a chain of events that leads to the Last Son turning into a giant who wants to conquer the Earth thanks to the American government.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: His following of John Glenn's orders to shoot Luna leads to her ordering an invasion of Earth that takes the D-Day Knight to fully stop.
Weirdness Magnet: All of his appearances so far have depicted him narrating an encounter or, at the very least, giving his remarks about an anomaly. During the Moon Landing, not only did he meet Luna, the Queen of the Lunarians, and watch her evict his co-worker John Glenn from reality, but he also witnessed the Moon God, took a photograph of him, and recorded a conversation they had. He is also seen being personally interviewed about his thoughts on the Last Son, heavily implying that he has met him at some point.

John Glenn

"Ed? What the hell are you waiting for, man? Blast her!"

"CAUSE OF DEATH:"
"EVICTION FROM REALITY"
"due to (or as a consequence of)"
"LUNARIAN ENCOUNTER"

The Commander of the Apollo 11 Mission, who encountered Luna on the surface of the Moon and ordered Ed Dwight to shoot her.

Asshole Victim: His "eviction from reality" doesn't sound pleasant, but considering he ordered Ed to shoot a kind being just after said being had just expressed her belief humans are flawed but can be better, it's hard to feel bad for the bastard.
Call-Back: The phrase "eviction from reality" first appeared in Season 2's ROCKEFELLERREVELATION, where it was used to describe Rockefeller's fate.
Cruel and Unusual Death: His "eviction from reality" took sixty three seconds to complete, implying that he was Reduced to Dust in that amount of time. Subverted in light of the reveal in CORNERWORLD that he was ultimately turned into a Cornerfolk, meaning it's arguable whether he truly died.
Historical Villain Upgrade: In our world, John Glenn was a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War before becoming an astronaut ... but that doesn't explain his trigger-happy aggression toward a peaceful Luna.
Humans Are Bastards: What is his immediate reaction to an otherworldly being giving him and his comrades a lovely speech about humanity? To order Ed to shoot her, of course!
In Spite of a Nail: Despite the utter weirdness of the Nixonverse, Glenn still manages to end up in space albeit as part of the Apollo 11 mission rather than Project Mercury.
Jerkass: What else can you call a guy whose response to a non-hostile entity's speech about how Humans Are Flawed is to prove her wrong in the worst way and order someone to shoot her?
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: Him ordering Ed Dwight to shoot Luna, combined with the Apollo 12 mission retreiving her eye to brainwash the Last Son convinces Luna that Humans Are Bastards and prompts her Face–Heel Turn.
Reduced to Dust: Potentially, if his "eviction from reality" was the same as Rockefeller's.
Sacrificial Lamb: Exists only to show the extent of Luna's powers by unwittingly becoming her victim.
Small Role, Big Impact: He's dead within a few minutes of his appearance and is not mentioned afterward, but his death alerted the Americans to the power of Lunarian anatomy. This would lead to the US transforming the Last Son into "Jesus" using a stolen Lunarian eye. His order for Ed Dwight to shoot Luna also leads to the invasion of the Lunarians once this attack convinces Luna that Humans Are Bastards.
Too Dumb to Live: Choosing to shoot an alien life-form armed with what seems to be a magic wand could've ended with him and his men getting killed. Thankfully, Luna rightfully directs her anger at Glenn and evicts him from reality...whatever that entails.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Ordering Ed to shoot at Luna ultimately changes her vision of humanity for the worst and unchains a series of events that eventually leads to the Lunarians invading Earth and the universe being fictionalized.
We Come in Peace — Shoot to Kill: The second Luna finishes her speech, he orders Ed Dwight to shoot her. She survives the shot, and retailates by shooting Glenn with her magic wand.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Gets "evicted from reality" by Luna in his very first appearance and basically exists just to show what Luna is capable of. He's also the the first named character we see die in the Nixonverse.

Michael Collins

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"My God in Heaven, there's air here!"

The Command Pilot of the Apollo 11 Mission, who was able to witness Luna and her speech, as well as learning that the Moon somehow has a breathable atmosphere.

In Spite of a Nail: Despite the multiple differences the Nixonverse's Apollo 11 mission has with our universe's Apollo 11 mission, Michael Collins served as the Command Pilot in both of them.
Sole Survivor: Alluded to being the only survivor of the Apollo 11 Mission, since John Glenn was "evicted from reality" and Ed Dwight was killed by Nixon. Averted in THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE, where it's revealed that he is abducted by Luna and turned into the first "true" Lunarian.
Weird Moon: Points out that there's breathable air on the Moon. NIXON IS GOD later implies that it is The Moon God/Richard Nixon's doing, but THE ABSOLUTE NIXONVERSE makes it clear that he was talking about the subterranean Lunarian city, not the actual surface.

Individuals

The Driver (SPOILERS UNMARKED)

James Dean

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"The next life you save might be mine."

"You won, little bastard. You won."

— James Dean

The Nixonverse's version of James Dean, who shares the same fate as his real life counterpart, but inspired and helped create a certain someone in the process.

Alternate Self: To the Deanverse's James Dean, who in contrast to him did survive the car crash and went on to become the 37th president of the United States.
Cerebus Retcon: His involvement in The Last Son's backstory hits completely different now that we know that the Last Son was an extension of Nixon, a close friend of his Deanverse Alternate Self.
Dead Alternate Counterpart: To the Deanverse's James Dean, who managed to survive the car crash and go on to become U.S. President instead of Nixon.
Death by Origin Story: His death leads to the Last Son becoming super-powered and inspired to help those in need.
Early-Bird Cameo: He's briefly heard in THE LAST SON OF ALCATRAZ running a PSA about safe driving. His car crash with a pre-superhero Last Son is also briefly shown.
Mythology Gag: "Little Bastard" was the name of James Dean's car in real life.
Posthumous Character: He's dead by the time the series starts, but his death inspiring the Last Son's heroics (and possibly being responsible for giving him the powers) is what sets the plot into motion.
Real Event, Fictional Cause: The car crash that killed him was caused by the Last Son.
Small Role, Big Impact: His death is briefly shown in the very first episode and his real identity is only confirmed in THE D-DAY KNIGHT RETURNS, but his death inspires the Last Son to take up the role of a superhero to help people. His death is also implied to be what gave Richard Nixon such a cynical overview of the Nixonverse.
Wham Shot: After a teenager Last Son unexpectedly crashes into a car, the boy checks on its dying passenger... who looks exactly like a certain someone: James Dean.

The House in the Ocean

Humans

Eli Tillon

"Everyone in my neighbourhood evacuated as soon they heard the news. Except me. I want to see what happens."

A local astronomer who after attempting to investigate a phenomena with a friend, turned into a "Container" for something he couldn't even fathom.

Ambiguous Situation: After the revelation of The House in the Ocean being a cover-up story, it's unknown if Eli actually exists or if the last name "Tillon" is a mere coincidence.
Astral Projection: When the Crescent King rewires his neural networks, his mind separates from his body and renders him helpless but to watch. He makes it clear that he could still feel his body as this was happening.
Brainwashed and Crazy: Becomes a "container" for the Crescent King in his first appearance. He doesn't seem to be very sane after that.
Losing Your Head: Eli's head rolls off his neck to allow the Crescent King to emerge. He got better.
Sharing a Body: Implied to be his situation after becoming a "Container." In The Only House in the Ocean, the video starts with the text "Tillon's turn to talk," followed by the Crescent Creatures video. After the video is over, another text pops up, this time reading "My Turn."
Spock Speak: In his first appearance, he describes in full detail his experience with the Crescent King using sophisticated terminology. He seems to have dropped in later appearances though. Him dropping it might be foreshadowing to the Lunarians slowly but surely mangling the English language.
Unexplained Recovery: When the Crescent King emerges from his "container," Eli's head is ripped off. The original (re)upload of the video outright confirmed his death in its description; however, Eli is inexplicably alive and well later on in the series as he describes his observation of the "Crescent Creatures" in his neighborhood.
Year Outside, Hour Inside: Eli claims to have defiled his body for three days to prevent the Crescent King from deeming him an appropriate vessel. According to the original reupload, however, this period actually lasted three years.

Ronald Reagan

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"I urge the American people to stop shooting the House. I know it's tempting, but no good can come of it."

^{Click here to see him after his "accident"}

"All I know is that those windows couldn't be glass."

The 40th President of the United States and the former member of an unnamed House Club who left due to an "accident."

Alliterative Name: Ronald Reagan.
Ambiguous Situation: Since THE HOUSE IN THE OCEAN is confirmed to be a cover-up story by the U.S. government, the actual fate of Reagan, and whether it shares similarities with his fate in the videos, is unkown.
Body Horror: We briefly get to see what Reagan's face looked like after the accident. Half of his face appears to be missing, or covered in skin
Cassandra Truth: Urged the American people to stop shooting at the houses, lest they have nasty accidents like he did. Keep in mind that his "nasty accident" is heavy Facial Horror as a result of shooting at the houses. Unfortunately, no one listened to his warnings.
Facial Horror: Half of his face gets mutilated by one of the houses. It isn't a pretty sight.
Unexplained Recovery: How he was able to recover from getting half his face covered in skin is never explained. Possibly justified after SEA OF THE LAST SON, where it's revealed that The House in the Ocean was a cover-up story.

The Bushes

George W. Bush and Laura Bush (née Welch)

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(The Bushes are ambushed.)

"Laura and I... went out to shoot some houses... and then..."

— The Last Phone Call Of George W. Bush

The 43rd President and First Lady of the United States respectively. They went out to shoot some houses, and end up being ambushed by the houses which leads to both of them meeting terrible fates.

Ambiguous Situation: After the revelation of The House in the Ocean being a cover-up story, the Bushes' actual fate, and whether it shares similarities with the ones seen in the videos, is ultimately unknown.
Body Horror: Poor Laura gets her body swollen beyond all comprehension, and it's heavily implied that the same thing happened to George.
Our Presidents Are Different: George W. Bush is firmly a President Target, since his only role in the story is to be ambushed by a group of houses and killed along with his wife.
We Hardly Knew Ye: George Bush only gets a few lines before he and Laura are killed by the houses they were shooting at.

Reality.

The Artist (SPOILERS UNMARKED)

Ed Dwight

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"In our world, Ed Dwight never went to the Moon."

"In our world, Ed Dwight preserves the past."

— Unknown.

Ed Dwight's Alternate Self in a reality that overwrote the Nixonverse after its fictionalization. He is nearly identical to his Real Life counterpart, with the sole exception of him being the artist behind the Nixonverse comic book.

Early-Bird Cameo: Possibly. Given the certainty with how he talks about the Last Son, it's likely that the voice heard in THE LAST SON OF ALCATRAZ (listed in the credits as being "Ed Dwight") is none other than this Ed Dwight's, not the Nixonverse's.
Fictional Counterpart: Supplementary material for Monument Mythos Season 3 reveals that he went on to found Dwight Comics, or DC for short. It is also said that DC and Maize Comics have a rivalry of some sorts, clearly paralelling the rivalry of DC Comics and Marvel Comics.
Narrator All Along: Of some bits of Season 3, most notably AFTERANGEL and bits of WASHINGTONWANDERER^note.
Richard Nixon, the Used Car Salesman: Downplayed. Like his real-life self, he never became an astronaut and became a sculptor, however he is the artist for the Nixonverse comic book.
Shout-Out: THE ED DWIGHT PARADOX is a reference to Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox.
Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to talk about this version of Ed without spoiling the outcome of the Nixonverse.
Wham Shot: This is the one and only picture in the entire franchise that isn't mirrored, edited, or altered in any way. This is MISTER MANTICORE's way of saying that this isn't an Alternate Universe anymore, this is actually OUR world.

The DC Representative

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Welcome to Dwight Comics!

The Dwight Comics Representative/DC Guy/Mr. Comics

"Type your questions, theories, and findings in the latest upload's comments section! A Dwight Comics representative will reply to all new comments."

— Dwight Comics

It's him! It's the DC Comics Representative. This fine individual has been chosen by Dwight Comics to represent their company when it comes to answering the countless questions from the fanbase, and as such he has the answers to EVERYTHING! He won't answer most of them, though, they don't pay him enough.

Body Horror: The guy claims he "put" pockets on his thighs... Ow...?
Embarrassing Nickname: One singular guy called him DC Guy. He doesn't like that singular guy anymore.
Fun with Acronyms: In the 5/5/23 QnA, he hardly signs any of his messages with "-DC," instead opting by using random words like "Decrease your Curiosity" and "Dinosaur Car"^noteSomeone's getting fired...
Mr. Exposition: His sole role in the story is to serve as a QnA host after the deletion of the Monument Mythos Discord server. As such, he answers as much questions about the Mythos and Nixonverse as possible, meta questions included due to the nature of DC Comics.

Characters / THE MONUMENT MYTHOS - Humans

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The "Deanverse"

The Arnoldson Family

Nathaniel Arnoldson/Doctor Disturbing I

Lauren Arnoldson/Doctor Disturbing II

Maya Arnoldson

Quinn Arnoldson

Individuals

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi

James Dean

John D. Rockefeller

Leonard W. Morlin

Virginia Fate Arnoldson

Virginia Fate Arnoldson

Thomas Crawford

Doctor Disturbing

Howard Melrose

Ferdinand de Lesseps

George Washington/Hanodaganears

Organizations

The Anti-Dean Association/Anti-Device Association

Advocates for the Division of America

Maize Machines

The Montyversenote Confirmed◊ to be a separate universe from the Deanverse by the DC representative.

Returning Characters

Howard Melrose

Eunice Dean

James Dean

Lauren Arnoldson

Individuals

Elon Musk

Montgomery Clift

FBI Special Agent Rod Serling

Cthonaut C

Modern Day

Donald Trump

Robert Pattinson

Maya Wray Arnoldson

Leonard West Morlin

Virginia Arnoldson

The Nixonverse

The Avenues

Alice Avenue

Molly Avenue

Astronauts

Ed Dwight

John Glenn

Michael Collins

Individuals

James Dean

The House in the Ocean

Humans

Eli Tillon

Ronald Reagan

George W. Bush and Laura Bush (née Welch)

Reality.

Ed Dwight

The Dwight Comics Representative/DC Guy/Mr. Comics

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