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British Home Entertainment was an Analog Horror series created by "Igiroitsu
" that parodies Gemini Home Entertainment and other popular analog horror series. Much like in Gemini, the videos are presented in the form of short guides and documentaries but instead feature the United Kingdom as the main setting. The series riffs on British stereotypes, culture and history while still keeping the elements of horror.
The videos in this series include:
- "Squall Survival Guidancee", which parodies Gemini's "Storm Safety Tips" and is quite shorter.
- "Artificial Intelligence Schooling", which parodies "Artificial Computer Learning".
- "London's Prominent Landmarks" which seems to parallel Gemini's "Our Solar System"
- "Irish Potato Disease" it's version of Gemini's "Deep Root Disease".
- "Campsite Information Tape" is a parody of Gemini's "Camp Information Video".
- "The United Kingdom's Otherworldly Creatures" is a parody of Gemini's "World's Weirdest Animals".
- "Mandenshire Catalogue Vol. 1" a parody of The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 1
- "WINSTONOBSERVER" a parody of "LIBERTYLURKER" and "LINCOLNLOOKER" from THE MONUMENT MYTHOS.
- "Games For Brits" goes back to Gemini with a parody of "Games for Kids".
- "ITV 58 Forecast Service" is a parody of ＬＯＣＡＬ５８'s "Weather Service".
- "Slumber Facsimile Percipient" a parody of "Sleep Image Visualizer"
On November 2nd, 2023, Igiroitsu uploaded a video titled "End," in which they confirmed that "British Home Entertainment" has come to an end due to losing interest in riffing on UK politics and the lowering prevalence of Analog Horror as a genre. The channel has begun the process of re-branding into an effects-testing ground, though videos under the "BHE" banner will remain up as an archive.
The series can be watched here.
THE TROPES ARE WITH US, TRANSMITTING ITS MESSAGE OF NEW ORDER.
- Alliterative Name: The titular campsite in "CAMPSITE INFORMATION TAPE" and the British counterpart of Moonlight Acres is named Effulgence Encampment.
- Adaptational Name Change: Parodied. Companies like Regnad Computing and Harbinge Technologies have been changed to the more British English sounding Drazah Computing and Herald Laboratories to fit with the setting.
- Affectionate Parody: Of Gemini Home Entertainment. Instead of being a Cosmic Horror Story where something very wrong has happened to the world, the "supernatural" occurrences are confined only to Britain. Later episodes parody The Mandela Catalogue, ＬＯＣＡＬ５８, and THE MONUMENT MYTHOS as well.
- A Foggy Day in London Town: Forecast Service takes a jab at typical British Weather by making the Sun the Eldritch Abomination. The "Unusual Meteorological Event" the video talks about is that the sky is actually clear enough for the sun to be visible for a change.
- Ambiguous Situation: We don't really get told anything else about the Royal Family other than they have been "corrupted" by the London Eye. Have they been killed and replaced? Have they been brainwashed into serving the London Eye? We don't really get an answer.
- Analog Horror: A parody of the genre that is set in (and makes fun of) the UK.
- Authority in Name Only: Averted. The British Royal Family, after being "corrupted" by the London Eye, have apparently regained control of Britain with the prime minister's nationwide position being described as "quite fragile". Who knew that all it took for the UK to return to being an absolute monarchy was for the House of Windsor to be influenced by a sentient London landmark?
- Big Bad: The London Eye is the Suspiciously Similar Substitute for the Iris, being the entity behind the various strange happenings in the UK.
- British Teeth: British Broadcasting features a hacking that involves presenting an "American Lesson" and includes instructions on how to brush your teeth.If you experience any form of pain, for god's sake, go to a dentist, and not a regular old doctor.
- Deliberate VHS Quality: Obviously.
- Flowery Elizabethan English: What the AI from Drazah Computing lapses into after the first iteration.
- Hell Is That Noise: The appearance of Drazah Computing's logo is accompanied by loud church bells.
- Lower-Class Lout: Chavs pull double duty as stand-ins for both the Woodcrawlers in The United Kingdom's Otherworldly Creatures and the Alternates in Mandenshire Catalogue Vol. 1.
- Oireland: A new pathogen strain has developed in Irish-imported potatoes, which causes Brits to slowly turn into stereotypical Irishmen.
- Quintessential British Gentleman: The "average Briton" that appears during Irish Potato Disease is one of these, complete with a fancy suit and tie.
- Sdrawkcab Name: Drazah Computing in ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SCHOOLING, backwards for "Hazard" a synonym for "Danger", which is the basis for Regnad in Gemini Home Entertainment.
- Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: The videos use some... idiosyncratic... turns of phrase in order to sound more "British".(Of Kensington Palace) This place used to be the residence of many of the sovereignty until the 1760.
- This is also how Victim 1 and 2 from Mandenshire Catalogue Vol. 1 speak. To a ridiculous degree.
- Synthetic Voice Actor: In Mandenshire Catalogue Vol. 1, Victims 1 and 2 are voiced using a Text-to-speech program, specifically Naratext, instead of actual human voice actors like in the original scene being parodied.
- Transformation Horror: Parodied in Irish Potato Disease. Symptoms of the Irish Potato Disease include an urge to drink alcohol, hatred of Brits, reddish hair and constantly itching for a fight.
- Violent Glaswegian: The "Northeners" in Campsite Information Tape are these, descending upon Effulgence Encampment and racking up quite a few casualties.
- Virtuous Character Copy: Whereas THE MONUMENT MYTHOS's Libertylurker is a monster beneath the Statue of Liberty that eats people, the Winstonobserver is a docile Living Statue that protects the people of the UK.
