Alex Johnson
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Keith Le Blanc <- the wikiword is fine so idk why it displays weird here
Game Helpin' Squad
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Recap.Lightning Made Of Owls
Notions
- True Art Comix: A comic strip that does the same exact True Art Is Incomprehensible jokes over and over, until eventually descending into Mind Screw itself.
This game contains a lot of blunt satire, mainly about consumerism, rationalism, and tech-optimism. Sometimes annoyingly blunt. Consider your expectations managed.
(Weakly:) It was the best I could do given the circumstances.
(Weakly:) It was the best I could do given the circumstances.
Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix)
Basic Trope: A work is the song "Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix)" by DNA and Suzanne Vega.
- Straight: Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix).
- Exaggerated: A re-remix of Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix), also by Alan Coulthard.
- Downplayed:
- Other versions of Tom's Diner.
- Other remixes made by Alan Coulthard.
- Justified: DNA wanted Alan Coulthard to make his own remix of Tom's Diner.
- Inverted: A Sequel Song from the point of view of the guy behind the counter, remixed by Alan Coulthard's evil twin, Anal Wontsoft.
- Subverted: A remix of Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix) that starts out sounding identical.
- Double Subverted: But it turns out all of the underlying song is still present, just with new sections inserted.
- Parodied: A remix of the fictional song "Bob's Taco Stand" that includes a bunch of incoherent piano stabs.
- Zig Zagged: A re-remix of Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix) that adds a bunch of reverse cymbals and high-pass fade-outs that sound like they're about to segue into a beat drop or something, but it never does, and the entire song plays out unchanged otherwise.
- Averted: Most works avert this trope simply by existing and not being about Tom's Diner or having any involvement from Alan Coulthard.
- Enforced: "Alan, we'll need you to remix this new hit single."
- Lampshaded: "Up next is the Alan Coulthard remix of 'Tom's Diner', by DNA and Suzanne Vega."
- Invoked: DNA invites Alan Coulthard into the studio.
- Exploited: Alan Coulthard gets good money for his remix.
- Defied: Alan Coulthard refuses to remix the song.
- Implied: A song is listed as being by DNA and Suzanne Vega, and remixed by Alan Coulthard.
- Discussed: "What's that remix of Tom's Diner called that has the piano solo in the middle?"
- Conversed: "Gee, I guess this song is really good, if it not only got remixed once by DNA, but again by Alan Coulthard."
- Deconstructed: Someone is distracted while listening to this song and falls into a well.
- Reconstructed: It turns out the well was a huge fan of Suzanne Vega.
- Played For Laughs: Weird Al covers the song, putting his usual spin on it. (This does NOT apply of Weird Al only covers the original Tom's Diner, or makes a cover that isn't specifically based on Tom's Diner (Alan Coulthard Remix).
- Played For Drama: It's a solo piano arrangement.
- Played For Horror: The song is rewritten to be about Tom's Diner being a Living Structure Monster that eats anyone foolish enough to come inside. Scary piano.note note note note note note note note note note