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* AnonymousBenefactor: "Questions Answerer", the mysterious figure that contacts WHRP and offers to run an exhibition on Welcome Home to present their findings to the public. [[spoiler:The first update subverts it somewhat, as the secret page takes the perspective of Questions Answerer, showing them growing increasingly confused and horrified (and more than a little mad) by all the bizarre stuff that WHRP is sending them.]]
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* BrownNote: In the first update, [[spoiler:both the website administrator and the Questions Answerer mention hearing an incessant ringing noise, that's slowly driving both of them to madness, with Answerer's notes filling in with repeated "I have to answer the phone".]]
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* NoNameGiven: While all puppets are named, all of the human characters remain anonymous. The closest to have their own name is Questions Answerer, and even there, it's a nickname derived from the name of their company, Questions Answered! Custodial Services.
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* OminousObsidianOoze: A hidden page in the first update shows [[spoiler:that all the material WHRP sent to Question Answerer seems to be covered in strange black substance. WHRP even warns them not to touch anything with their bare hands, and to pack up any object that begins to grow more of it. Despite that, it seems the precautions were not enough, as photos show the walls and floor of the exhibition absolutely smeared with the black ooze, and Question Answerer complains about nausea and headaches, the noted symptoms of coming into contact with the substance.]]
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** One of Barnaby's jokes talks about how he wants to be a "good Samaritan".
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22, 2023, when the website updated with new art and audio featuring the new voice cast. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story AlternateRealityGame/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22, 2023, when the website updated with new art and audio featuring the new voice cast. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.
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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: A series of hidden videos are shot from Wally's perspective as he just... stares into space for a long time while a pair of characters talk nearby and offscreen. The most he does is [[https://www.clownillustration.com/2-14-sp gesture "tea" in Morse]] at a teacup in front of him. Each video [[MoodWhiplash glitches and cuts off]] when somebody calls his attention.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2023_03_25_20_55_19_welcome_home_page___clownillustrations.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:Welcome Home, neighbor!]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome Home, neighbor!]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome Home, neighbor!]]
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* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover. [[spoiler:The update also shows photos from the team's exhibition, which includes a cardboard cutout of Wally, a rotary phone, and assorted art, in addition to the discovery of a company that created some of ''Welcome Home'''s merchandise, Marlo]].
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* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover. [[spoiler:The update also shows photos from the team's exhibition, which includes a cardboard cutout of Wally, a rotary phone, and assorted art, in addition to the discovery of a company that created some of ''Welcome Home'''s merchandise, Marlo]].Marlo Inc]].
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* RunningGag: Some of the secret tapes with Julie involve a made up color she created, "breen". Other characters express confusion at what breen is and the subject quickly gets shifted before an explanation is given.
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** One of Barnaby's jokes talks about how he wants to be a "good Samaritan".
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* ArtShift: Bugs crawling around the website are hidden links to dialogue videos. Most of them are colorful characters except for the last one [[https://www.clownillustration.com/woxyve in the "woxyve" page]], which is a photorealistic roach.
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* WhamLine: A set of video files on the website features conversations between two characters in the cast. Each one suddenly glitches and cuts off when one person asks for Wally's opinion, revealing he was quietly standing there the whole time. The last one with Barnaby and Home is the most ominous, as Wally is said to appear disturbed when Barnaby remarks that a clown without a kazoo is "like an artist without his paintbrush".
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* BilingualBonus: [[https://www.clownillustration.com/ourguestbookpage8 Page 8 in the Guestbook]] has a message in broken Brazilian Portuguese from somebody named Thaila[=/=]Tayla about how she wants to escape into Wally's world. He replies to her with a sun drawing cryptically titled "eu não sei onde estamos" ("I don't know where we are").
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''[Home produces some banging noises in response.]''\\
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''[Home produces some banging noises in response.response, which translate from Morse to "I do".]''\\
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the 1st update, [[eleven of the secret records are Wally getting progressively more agitated as whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. The final record, "Neighbor", doesn't have Wally at all, and is instead the sound of Home creaking]].
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: In the 1st update, [[spoiler:eleven of the secret records are Wally getting progressively more agitated as whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. The final record, "Neighbor", doesn't have Wally at all, and is instead the sound of Home creaking]].
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* AutismInMedia: Clown confirmed on his Tumblr that all the characters in the series are autistic in some way or another.
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* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: In the 1st update, [[eleven of the secret records are Wally getting progressively more agitated as whoever he's speaking to doesn't respond. The final record, "Neighbor", doesn't have Wally at all, and is instead the sound of Home creaking]].
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* ArcSymbol: Hypnotic spirals tying to vinyl record engravings and eyes repeatedly appear in concept art and the website's hidden pages.
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* BodyMotifs: Eyes. The website's background is covered with them. Not to mention what appears to set Home apart from the other houses in the neighborhood is its eyes.
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* BodyMotifs: Eyes. The website's background is covered with them.them and Wally is always staring straight at the viewer. Not to mention what appears to set Home apart from the other houses in the neighborhood is its eyes.
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** The 1st update also hints that certain characters [[spoiler:may be more self-aware than initially thought]].
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* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover. [[spoiler:The update also shows photos from the team's exhibition, which includes a cardboard cutout of Wally, a rotary phone, and assorted art]].art, in addition to the discovery of a company that created some of ''Welcome Home'''s merchandise, Marlo]].
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22, 2023, when the website repudiated with new art and audio featuring the new voice cast. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22, 2023, when the website repudiated updated with new art and audio featuring the new voice cast. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22, 2023.2023, when the website repudiated with new art and audio featuring the new voice cast. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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* AllThereInTheManual: Enforced trope in-universe -- without any available footage, the ''only'' information available about this show comes from outside material.
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts.
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Enforced trope in-universe -- without any available footage, the ''only'' information available about this show comes from outside material.
material. [[spoiler:The new update features hidden video files that seem to be from the lost episodes. However, they also seemed to be filmed from Wally's perspective, so their authenticity is questionable]].
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts. [[spoiler:Somewhat subverted after the update, where hidden video files may derive from lost episodes, though nothing is confirmed by the Restoration team in-universe]].
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts. [[spoiler:Somewhat subverted after the update, where hidden video files may derive from lost episodes, though nothing is confirmed by the Restoration team in-universe]].
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny façade. The prologue portion of the story introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny façade. The prologue portion of the story introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
** The 1st update also hints that certain characters [[spoiler:may be more self-aware than initially thought]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead. [[spoiler:The update shows this in detail in the video files through their interactions: the official canon art and video show an awkward, but friendly relationship between the two; while the Restoration team and subsequent fan art has them much closer]].
** The 1st update also hints that certain characters [[spoiler:may be more self-aware than initially thought]].
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead. [[spoiler:The update shows this in detail in the video files through their interactions: the official canon art and video show an awkward, but friendly relationship between the two; while the Restoration team and subsequent fan art has them much closer]].
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: InUniverse, no known footage of the show exists, but the archive team is trying desperately to recover any and all tapes linked to the show.[[invoked]]
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover.
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover.
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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: InUniverse, no known footage of the show exists, but the archive team is trying desperately to recover any and all tapes linked to the show.[[invoked]]
[[spoiler: The update has hidden video files showing the characters interacting. These could be snippets from lost episodes; however, with the camera's perspective shown from Wally's point-of-view, the file's authenticity to canon is questionable]].
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover. [[spoiler:The update also shows photos from the team's exhibition, which includes a cardboard cutout of Wally, a rotary phone, and assorted art]].
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover. [[spoiler:The update also shows photos from the team's exhibition, which includes a cardboard cutout of Wally, a rotary phone, and assorted art]].
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22.22, 2023. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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the website's back up!
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website is currently was temporarily closed for maintenance until July 22. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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"Welcome Home primarily focused on the neighbors, the show's inhabitants, who were accompanied by a mixture of animated breaks and illustrated story book segments. The setting itself was a colorful and exaggeratedly designed town named 'Home' with unique elements like a post office and a bodega, as well as brightly colored creatures that lived within it.
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"Welcome Home primarily focused on the neighbors, the show's inhabitants, who were accompanied by a mixture of animated breaks and illustrated story book segments. The setting itself was a colorful and exaggeratedly designed town named 'Home' with unique elements like a post office and a bodega, as well as brightly colored creatures that lived within it.
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the website is currently closed for maintenance until late June or early July.July 22. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade. The prologue portion of the story introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade.façade. The prologue portion of the story introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
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You're there. I can't see you.\\
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity and traffic]] popularity]] of this project, the website is currently closed for maintenance until late June or early July. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] popularity and traffic]] of this project, the link may be down.website is currently closed for maintenance until late June or early July. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]].
here]]. [[note]]Due to the [[ColbertBump sudden popularity]] of this project, the link may be down. [[https://partycoffin.tumblr.com Here]] is the artist's website for more info.[[/note]]
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade. The prologue portion of the ARG introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
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* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade. The prologue portion of the ARG story introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror AlternateRealityGame created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The ARG is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]].
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So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror AlternateRealityGame puzzle/story created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The ARG story is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]].
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* JumpScare: Across the webpage, one will find certain out-of-place letters. If one puts these letters into the website's URL, they will be greeted with [[https://www.clownillustration.com/voywex this]] page, where Wally's eyes are shaking violently as he tells the viewer to stay quiet out of fear of being overheard by something.
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2023_03_25_20_55_19_welcome_home_page___clownillustrations.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:Welcome Home, neighbor!]]
''Welcome Home'' was an American children's [[PuppetShows puppet show]] created by Playfellow Workshop. Its first episode reportedly aired on October 11, 1969. According to the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team's website, the synopsis is as follows:
"Welcome Home primarily focused on the neighbors, the show's inhabitants, who were accompanied by a mixture of animated breaks and illustrated story book segments. The setting itself was a colorful and exaggeratedly designed town named 'Home' with unique elements like a post office and a bodega, as well as brightly colored creatures that lived within it.
"Episodes usually began with Wally introducing the focus or theme for the day before coming across other characters who would join him on his escapades until the end of the day, which would signify the end of the show. All of the characters had notable, recurring segments that were sprinkled throughout the entirety of the show's run, such as Eddie Dear creating arts and crafts, Sally Starlet performing plays, or Wally Darling painting a picture with the help of other members of the cast. The viewer was often regarded as an additional neighbor, with Wally speaking to them on a regular basis."
The show was abruptly pulled from television in 1974, and nothing further was heard from Playfellow Workshop -- ''Welcome Home'' would be their only production. [[MissingEpisode No footage of the show is known to exist]], but a dedicated group of anonymous fans and enthusiasts are working tirelessly to uncover whatever scraps of information they can about this show. But as they uncover scripts, development sketches, old storybooks, and advertising connected to the show, it's entirely possible they're uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror AlternateRealityGame created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The ARG is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]].
Not to be confused with [[Film/WelcomeHome the 2018 film]].
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!!This ARG provides examples of:
* The70s: The wardrobe, color palette, and general aesthetic of the show all heavily evoke the seventies.
* AffectionateParody: At first, ''Welcome Home'' seems like a cross between ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', but once the dark mystery behind the surface is uncovered, you will see that it's also suspiciously similar to ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared''.
* AllThereInTheManual: Enforced trope in-universe -- without any available footage, the ''only'' information available about this show comes from outside material.
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts.
* BodyMotifs: Eyes. The website's background is covered with them. Not to mention what appears to set Home apart from the other houses in the neighborhood is its eyes.
* BiblicalMotifs: The website appears to have mild references to biblical phrases and events, though it's quite subtle.
** On the front page, the site tells you to "love your fellow neighbor," which is almost word-for-word a reference to "Love thy neighbor."
** Sally Starlet's backstory has her be the brightest star in the sky who eventually fell down to Earth, which directly refers to the backstory of Lucifer.
** Wally's design gives visual callbacks to American televangelists (what with the bouffant hair and taste for dress clothes), and WordOfGod [[https://www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/632427198253547520/wally-gives-me-tv-pastor-vibes-i-live-in-the?source=share mentions]] Jimmy Dean as inspiration. While it's in the context of the website's News page, Wally appears on a card asking the viewer, "have you heard?"[[note]]The full phrase, "Have you heard the good news?" is often used by religious recruiters.
[[/note]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade. The prologue portion of the ARG introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead.
* DisguisedHorrorStory: The ''Welcome Home'' website introduces itself as an archive of all things related to the production of the eponymous fictional puppet show. There is an expansive selection of concept art and character blurbs on display to help viewers learn about the show and its characters... But if some viewers dig deeper, they'll find that these puppets may be living a far less ideal life than what first impressions would imply.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: From Clown Illustrations' official Twitter account, the series dates back to 2018, and the [[https://twitter.com/_PartyCoffin_/status/1008180462815068162 initial lineup of characters]] was drastically different, as Sally Starlet, Howdy Pillar, and Eddie Dear were not created at that time. The lineup also includes a second bird character that was later scrapped.
* FurryConfusion: Howdy Pillar is an anthropomorphic caterpillar, while Frank studies non-anthro butterflies.
* HideYourGays: InUniverse. Eddie and Frank are confirmed to be a married couple through WordOfGod, but the Playfellow Workshop could only have their relationship expressed through subtle hints and throwaway dialogue.
* JumpScare: Across the webpage, one will find certain out-of-place letters. If one puts these letters into the website's URL, they will be greeted with [[https://www.clownillustration.com/voywex this]] page, where Wally's eyes are shaking violently as he tells the viewer to stay quiet out of fear of being overheard by something.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: InUniverse, no known footage of the show exists, but the archive team is trying desperately to recover any and all tapes linked to the show.[[invoked]]
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover.
* NoFourthWall: In-universe, scripts indicate that the viewer of the show was treated as another neighbor, with Wally directly addressing them on a regular basis a la [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]].
* OddFriendship: Julie and Frank - respectively the cheeriest neighbor and a PerpetualFrowner - are described as being best friends.
* OneBookAuthor: In-universe -- ''Welcome Home'' was the only show ever created by the Playfellow Workshop.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: One of the prologue's hints is an [[https://www.clownillustration.com/singingmp4 audio file]] in which Wally sings Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," presumably to Home as a lullaby. Wally sounds utterly forlorn throughout the entire clip.
-->''[After he finishes singing, Wally lets loose a mirthless laugh.]''\\
'''Wally:''' Ha ha ha. I don't know the other words... That's all Barnaby taught me... Do you like it...?\\
''[Home produces some banging noises in response.]''\\
'''Wally:''' That's good... I think.
* {{Retraux}}: The website itself evokes web design from the mid-to-late 90s, with its colorful borders, hit counter, guestbook, and abundance of animated gifs.
* SapientHouse: Wally's house is alive and its windows are large moving eyes. While this is presented as just a typical puppet show quirk at first glance, it quickly becomes apparent that this is meant to be unsettling.
* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Even if one doesn't look too deeply into things, there are scattered hints that not everything is quite so bright and cheerful, as a [[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below misclick on Wally's house might reveal,]] to name one example.
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-->''"Wally is your best friend."''
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[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/2023_03_25_20_55_19_welcome_home_page___clownillustrations.png]] [[caption-width-right:350:Welcome Home, neighbor!]]
''Welcome Home'' was an American children's [[PuppetShows puppet show]] created by Playfellow Workshop. Its first episode reportedly aired on October 11, 1969. According to the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team's website, the synopsis is as follows:
"Welcome Home primarily focused on the neighbors, the show's inhabitants, who were accompanied by a mixture of animated breaks and illustrated story book segments. The setting itself was a colorful and exaggeratedly designed town named 'Home' with unique elements like a post office and a bodega, as well as brightly colored creatures that lived within it.
"Episodes usually began with Wally introducing the focus or theme for the day before coming across other characters who would join him on his escapades until the end of the day, which would signify the end of the show. All of the characters had notable, recurring segments that were sprinkled throughout the entirety of the show's run, such as Eddie Dear creating arts and crafts, Sally Starlet performing plays, or Wally Darling painting a picture with the help of other members of the cast. The viewer was often regarded as an additional neighbor, with Wally speaking to them on a regular basis."
The show was abruptly pulled from television in 1974, and nothing further was heard from Playfellow Workshop -- ''Welcome Home'' would be their only production. [[MissingEpisode No footage of the show is known to exist]], but a dedicated group of anonymous fans and enthusiasts are working tirelessly to uncover whatever scraps of information they can about this show. But as they uncover scripts, development sketches, old storybooks, and advertising connected to the show, it's entirely possible they're uncovering something that should have stayed hidden...
So, yeah. As you might have guessed, ''Welcome Home'' is, in truth, an in-development PsychologicalHorror AlternateRealityGame created in 2022 by Clown Illustrations. The ARG is currently in its prologue stage, and can be found [[https://www.clownillustration.com/welcome-home here]].
Not to be confused with [[Film/WelcomeHome the 2018 film]].
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!!This ARG provides examples of:
* The70s: The wardrobe, color palette, and general aesthetic of the show all heavily evoke the seventies.
* AffectionateParody: At first, ''Welcome Home'' seems like a cross between ''Series/SesameStreet'' and ''Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood'', but once the dark mystery behind the surface is uncovered, you will see that it's also suspiciously similar to ''WebVideo/DontHugMeImScared''.
* AllThereInTheManual: Enforced trope in-universe -- without any available footage, the ''only'' information available about this show comes from outside material.
* AllThereInTheScript: Again enforced in-universe -- while no footage of the show has been recovered, information on the show and the characters has been gleaned from surviving scripts.
* BodyMotifs: Eyes. The website's background is covered with them. Not to mention what appears to set Home apart from the other houses in the neighborhood is its eyes.
* BiblicalMotifs: The website appears to have mild references to biblical phrases and events, though it's quite subtle.
** On the front page, the site tells you to "love your fellow neighbor," which is almost word-for-word a reference to "Love thy neighbor."
** Sally Starlet's backstory has her be the brightest star in the sky who eventually fell down to Earth, which directly refers to the backstory of Lucifer.
** Wally's design gives visual callbacks to American televangelists (what with the bouffant hair and taste for dress clothes), and WordOfGod [[https://www.tumblr.com/partycoffin/632427198253547520/wally-gives-me-tv-pastor-vibes-i-live-in-the?source=share mentions]] Jimmy Dean as inspiration. While it's in the context of the website's News page, Wally appears on a card asking the viewer, "have you heard?"[[note]]The full phrase, "Have you heard the good news?" is often used by religious recruiters.
[[/note]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: It takes only a little searching on ''Welcome Home's'' site to uncover a dark mystery lurking beneath the show's sunny facade. The prologue portion of the ARG introduces an ambiguously sinister relationship between Wally and Home, Wally's house and the only sentient building in the area. The first major hint is shown on a hidden page labeled "[[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below So Below]]," which depicts Wally kneeling before one of Home's jittery, ''bloodied'' eyes.
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: WordOfGod is that Eddie and Frank are canonically in a romantic relationship, but due to the show airing in the late 60s-early 70s, when LGBT+ people weren't as accepted, The Playfellow Workshop could never show their relationship, and had to resort to [[HideYourGays subtly hinting at it]] instead.
* DisguisedHorrorStory: The ''Welcome Home'' website introduces itself as an archive of all things related to the production of the eponymous fictional puppet show. There is an expansive selection of concept art and character blurbs on display to help viewers learn about the show and its characters... But if some viewers dig deeper, they'll find that these puppets may be living a far less ideal life than what first impressions would imply.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: From Clown Illustrations' official Twitter account, the series dates back to 2018, and the [[https://twitter.com/_PartyCoffin_/status/1008180462815068162 initial lineup of characters]] was drastically different, as Sally Starlet, Howdy Pillar, and Eddie Dear were not created at that time. The lineup also includes a second bird character that was later scrapped.
* FurryConfusion: Howdy Pillar is an anthropomorphic caterpillar, while Frank studies non-anthro butterflies.
* HideYourGays: InUniverse. Eddie and Frank are confirmed to be a married couple through WordOfGod, but the Playfellow Workshop could only have their relationship expressed through subtle hints and throwaway dialogue.
* JumpScare: Across the webpage, one will find certain out-of-place letters. If one puts these letters into the website's URL, they will be greeted with [[https://www.clownillustration.com/voywex this]] page, where Wally's eyes are shaking violently as he tells the viewer to stay quiet out of fear of being overheard by something.
* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: InUniverse, no known footage of the show exists, but the archive team is trying desperately to recover any and all tapes linked to the show.[[invoked]]
* TheMerch: InUniverse, it's stated by the ''Welcome Home'' Restoration Team that the show had quite a lot of merch in its five year run, including books, toys, and even vinyl records of the show's songs. Attempting to find this merchandise is part of their efforts, and the gallery includes an advertisement of some of this merchandise and recreations of a few Valentines Day cards the team managed to recover.
* NoFourthWall: In-universe, scripts indicate that the viewer of the show was treated as another neighbor, with Wally directly addressing them on a regular basis a la [[Series/MisterRogersNeighborhood Mister Rogers]].
* OddFriendship: Julie and Frank - respectively the cheeriest neighbor and a PerpetualFrowner - are described as being best friends.
* OneBookAuthor: In-universe -- ''Welcome Home'' was the only show ever created by the Playfellow Workshop.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: One of the prologue's hints is an [[https://www.clownillustration.com/singingmp4 audio file]] in which Wally sings Stephen Foster's "Beautiful Dreamer," presumably to Home as a lullaby. Wally sounds utterly forlorn throughout the entire clip.
-->''[After he finishes singing, Wally lets loose a mirthless laugh.]''\\
'''Wally:''' Ha ha ha. I don't know the other words... That's all Barnaby taught me... Do you like it...?\\
''[Home produces some banging noises in response.]''\\
'''Wally:''' That's good... I think.
* {{Retraux}}: The website itself evokes web design from the mid-to-late 90s, with its colorful borders, hit counter, guestbook, and abundance of animated gifs.
* SapientHouse: Wally's house is alive and its windows are large moving eyes. While this is presented as just a typical puppet show quirk at first glance, it quickly becomes apparent that this is meant to be unsettling.
* SurprisinglyCreepyMoment: Even if one doesn't look too deeply into things, there are scattered hints that not everything is quite so bright and cheerful, as a [[https://www.clownillustration.com/so-below misclick on Wally's house might reveal,]] to name one example.
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-->''"Wally is your best friend."''
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