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preppings for season 2! !!!
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!!Bythorne Paranormal Society
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A cheap ParanormalInvestigation team, teased in a community tab post.
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* WhoYouGonnaCall: At least try to be this, it's yet to be revealed if they actually do legitimate paranormal investigations or if they're just pulling a ScoobyDooHoax.
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler Unlike Mark and Cesar, who are listed as "Victim 1" and "Victim 2" respectively, her fate is not very clear.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler [[spoiler: Unlike Mark and Cesar, who are listed as "Victim 1" and "Victim 2" respectively, her fate is not very clear.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: He's a central character in subsequent videos, [[spoiler: but he dies during his first appearance in Volume 1)]].
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* SpottingTheThread: They at first look exactly like the humans they copy, but upon having a closer look at them.... you'll realize that something is wrong.
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A fifth type of Alternate that was revealed in a community post. The only thing known about it them that unlike the Doppelgangers or Flawed Impersonators, they can transform into inanimate objects rather than human beings.
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->'''LetsPlay/Markiplier''': Hey, There's a smiley face!
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* HeroKiller: Is heavily implied to have killed Mark and his mother, and drives Mark to suicide.
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The utterly useless police department of Mandela County, who are unable to stop the Alternates from killing people and kidnapping children.
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''"Who are you? Get away from me!"''
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!!Sarah Heathcliff
Mark's little sister. She's only seen in an old photo taken in front of a church in the early 80s.
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''"Who are you? Get away from me!"''
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** The dubiously canon [[ReCut Original Copies]] reveal that she sent a voicemail to Mark during Volume 1, telling him that his family misses him.
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** The dubiously canon [[ReCut Original Copies]] reveal that she sent a voicemail to Mark during Volume 1, telling him that his family misses him.
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----Alternate who killed her son.]]
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!!Noah
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[[caption-width-right:350:Why do you escape what you dread, Noah?]]
Yes, [[Literature/TheBible that Noah]]. Despite Gabriel's orders of not building the Ark, he did it anyway. For this, he's forced to bring another creature on the boat. One that will give him his "last message".
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[[caption-width-right:350:Why do you escape what you dread, Noah?]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:Why do you escape what you dread, Noah?]]
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The antagonistic force of the series, shapeshifting demons who seek to kill their victims via proxy by causing them to commit suicide. They are alluded to be a temporal anomaly of some sorts.
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!!Noah
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* KilledOffscreen: He's alluded to be the first ever (human) victim of M.A.D and Alternates in general, although his death is never explicitly seen.
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The antagonistic force of the series, shapeshifting demons who seek to kill their victims via proxy by causing them to commit suicide. They are alluded to be a temporal anomaly of some sorts.
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* KilledOffscreen: He's alluded to be the first ever (human) victim of M.A.D and Alternates in general, although his death is never explicitly seen.
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**[[spoiler: Exhibition reveals that he was already going through one at least one month prior to the events of Volume 1 due to The Intruder tormenting him, heavily relying on religious practices such as visiting churches.]]
--->"FOOTAGE IMPLIES THAT HEATHCLIFF HAS BEEN PARANOID FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD.
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->"If you or a loved one has recently been effected by the result of exposure to analog television and mirrors, contact your local authorities immediately."
* AllYourPowersCombined: So far, he has shown abilities from three of four Alternate types (excluding himself of course) these being the Doppelganger's ability to shapeshift into semi-identical versions of their victims, being able to shapeshift into their "flawed" state at will. It's also implied that he has the ability to tamper with the PSA tapes, likewise to the Tulpas.
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* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He mocks Mark's [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous decision]], [[CrossesTheLineTwice Suicide]], saying it was the wrong one.''"wrong decision"'' to make.
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* SpottingTheThread: They at first look exactly like the humans they copy, but upon having a closer look at them.... you'll realize that something is wrong.
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* {{Satan}}: Heavily implied to be the Devil.
* WouldHarmASenior: Implied to have had an Alternate give the Biblical Noah M.A.D. as punishment for building the Ark.
* PreMortemOneLiner: "uh oh! bad decision, mark!".
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* SharpDressedMan: Wears a tuxedo in his only appearance.
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The Detectable. [[TheDreaded The Unspeakable.]] A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. They are in truth Satan himself, and has replaced Jesus, and convinced all christians Christians to falsely worship him instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.
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* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the Biblical times setting, and overaching overarching antagonist of the series in general; The entire plot was set up as a result of him deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing himself to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.
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Yes, [[Literature/TheBible that Noah]]. Despite Gabriel's orders of not building the Ark, he did it anyway. For this, he's forced to bring another creature on the boat. One that will give him his "last message".
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The Detectable. [[TheDreaded The Unspeakable.]] A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. They are in truth Satan himself, and has replaced Jesus, and convinced all christians to falsely worship him instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In the dubiously canon [[Re-Cut Original Copies]], it shows that he mimicked Sarah's voice from a voicemail Mark received.
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A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. [[spoiler: They are in truth Satan themselves, and have imprisoned and replaced Jesus and convinced all christians to falsely worship them instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Pretended to be Jesus, implicitly performing numerous miracles the whole time, with the actual intent of getting humanity to worship them with the intent of eventually ravaging them.]]
* FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posing as Jesus for thousands of years in order to gain ultimate power.]]
* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Played With. They aren't god, but they have effectively replaced them as a result of manipulating the entirety of the human race into seeing them as him, and they are certainly evil.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: In their mimicked form of Gabriel and Jesus, they look entirely human, though the form doesn't seem to be perfect due to flashes of their [[NightmareFace true form]] being seen.]]
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Their true form seen in the page image has bizarre, elongated facial features.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Implied. The method that their alternates use in order to kill people is incredibly and needlessly cruel, generally revolving around tormenting the victims until they inevitably kill themselves, and it's likely that they're intentionally directing these actions. They seem to delight in spreading terror among people in the modern day even outside of this.]]
* SyntheticVoiceActor: [[spoiler: The only time their voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about them without revealing that they are [[spoiler: literally Satan and have replaced jesus.]]
[[/folder]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Pretended to be Jesus, implicitly performing numerous miracles the whole time, with the actual intent of getting humanity to worship them with the intent of eventually ravaging them.]]
* FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posing as Jesus for thousands of years in order to gain ultimate power.]]
* GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Played With. They aren't god, but they have effectively replaced them as a result of manipulating the entirety of the human race into seeing them as him, and they are certainly evil.]]
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: In their mimicked form of Gabriel and Jesus, they look entirely human, though the form doesn't seem to be perfect due to flashes of their [[NightmareFace true form]] being seen.]]
* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Their true form seen in the page image has bizarre, elongated facial features.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Implied. The method that their alternates use in order to kill people is incredibly and needlessly cruel, generally revolving around tormenting the victims until they inevitably kill themselves, and it's likely that they're intentionally directing these actions. They seem to delight in spreading terror among people in the modern day even outside of this.]]
* SyntheticVoiceActor: [[spoiler: The only time their voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about them without revealing that they are [[spoiler: literally Satan and have replaced jesus.]]
[[/folder]]
to:
* BigBad: [[spoiler: The entire plot was set up ApocalypticLog: All of his appearances are this one way or another, as a result it is implied that they are being reviewed by agents of them deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing themselves to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates the Department of Temporal Phenomena in order to ravage mankind.understand the Intruder's behavior.
* AuthorAvatar: He's played by Alex Kister, creator of Mandela Catalogue.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:After his first encounter with the Intruder at the age of 4, he decides to make a school presentation based around it.]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: {{Determinator}}: Most people will commit suicide shortly after an encounter with an Alternate. Him? [[spoiler: Pretended to be Jesus, implicitly performing numerous miracles the whole time, He lasted '''DAYS''' with the actual intent of getting humanity to worship them with the intent of eventually ravaging them.]]
* FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posingone outside his door, and as Jesus for thousands of years in order to gain ultimate power.revealed later, one inside his window, both tormenting him.]]
*GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Played With. They aren't god, but they have effectively replaced them as a result of manipulating the entirety of the human race into seeing them as him, DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After lasting days locked down inside his house with two Alternates, with no one coming to help, he reaches his {{Despair Event Horizon}} and they are certainly evil.decides to take his own life.]]
*HumanoidAbomination: ForegoneConclusion: He's listed as "Victim 1" at the beginning of Volume 1, alluding that his fate is already sealed by the time you watch the footage.
* HelplessObserverProtagonist: Much like everyone else in Mandela County, his only choice upon the Alternate invasion is to listen to the {{Public Service Announcement}}s provided by the government and to hope everything goes well.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to be with Cesar. He trusts him enough to go to out in the middle of the night, knowing that the Alternates were around. [[spoiler:In their mimicked form of Gabriel and Jesus, they look entirely human, though This ultimately leads to [[ExploitedTrope his death]] in the form doesn't seem to be perfect due to flashes hands of their [[NightmareFace true form]] being seen.Cesar's Alternate.]]
*NightmareFace: RealLifeRelative: Mark's little sister, Sarah, is played by Alex Kister's sister.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Their true form seen He goes through one while locked down in the page image has bizarre, elongated facial features.his room for ''days'' straight, receiving psychological torture from Cesar's Alternate outside his door.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Implied. The method that their alternates use in order to kill people is incredibly and needlessly cruel, generally revolving around tormenting ----
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cesar Torres]]
!!Cesar Torres
[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_victim_2.png]]
A close friend of Mark's. Unfortunately, by thevictims until they inevitably kill themselves, and it's likely that they're intentionally directing these actions. They seem to delight in spreading terror among people in time the modern day even outside of this.audience meets him [[spoiler:he was already replaced by an Alternate.]]
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*SyntheticVoiceActor: [[spoiler: The only AmbiguouslyBrown: His name is clearly hispanic, however the actor who portrays him is white. Whether he is meant to be brown in-universe is unknown.
* AuthorAvatar: Played by a close friend of Alex's.
* ForegoneConclusion: Similarly to Mark, he's listed as "Victim 2" at the beginning of Volume 1.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied to be one with Mark, trusting him enough with keys to his house.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He's already dead and replaced by the timetheir voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.audience meets him.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: It'sbasically impossible to talk about them him without revealing that they are [[spoiler: literally Satan and have replaced jesus.mentioning the role he plays in the story, [[spoiler:[[or rather, the role his Alternate plays.]]
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sarah Heathcliff]]
!!Sarah Heathcliff
Mark's little sister. She's only seen in an old photo taken in front of a church in the early 80s.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Her name is only known through a post in the Community tab.
* AmbiguousSituation: She is nowhere to be seen during Volume 1 and subsequent episodes, begging the question to what happened to her.
** The dubiously canon [[Re-Cut Original Copies]] reveal that she sent a voicemail to Mark during Volume 1, telling him that his family misses him.
* AuthorAvatar: Played by Alex Kister's sister.
* RealLifeRelative: As stated above.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Noah ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Noah
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_noah_8.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Why do you escape what you dread, Noah?]]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: He opted to ignore Gabriel's orders to not build the Ark, implying that he either knew something was wrong with him, or decided to follow God's orders only.
* KilledOffscreen: He's alluded to be the first ever (human) victim of M.A.D and Alternates in general, although his death is never explicitly seen.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Not complying with Gabriel's orders possibly led to the creation of Alternates, who would haunt humanity for milennia to come.
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[[/folder]]
!Alternates
The main antagonists of the series, shapeshifting demons who seek to kill their victims via proxy by causing them to commit suicide. They are alluded to be a temporal anomaly of some sorts.
[[folder:In General]]
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* BrownNote: It is believed that direct contact of any kind will lead to developing M.A.D.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of the psychological type, in hopes to cause their victim to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide.]]
* MindRape: Their type of psychological torture is implied to be this, as it can spread a mental disorder known as "[[FunWithAcronyms M.A.D.]]", which has a 97% chance to drive the affected to suicide.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: By the end of "Exhibition", it's heavily implied that they were created by Satan.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: If one is to see or hear them directly, they will be subjected to M.A.D.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Most of the Alternates look, or at least try in some cases, to blend in with their enviroment, were it be as humans, [[spoiler: inside mirrors or as objects.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of them so far seem to have this ability.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 1: Doppelgangers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_type_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The first example of the Type 1 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.]]
The most common type of Alternates, shapeshifters who copy other human's appearance and voice, to very close results.
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* MeaningfulName: In general culture, Doppelgangers are known as "an apparition or double of a living person." Similar to what they're doing, minus the [[DeadPersonImpersonation living part]].
*GlamourFailure: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. At first glance, you won't realize if someone is a Doppelganger, but upon closer inspection you can see small flaws in their disguise.
* KillAndReplace: Due to being the only Alternates with the ability to mimic the human body without any major flaw, most of them so far seem to use this as their modus operandi.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 2: Detectable '''(SPOILER WARNING)''']]
!!Type 2: Detectable (Later known as the Unspeakable)
See the Archangel Gabriel.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 3: The Flawed Impersonators]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_type_3_3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The second example of Type 3 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.]]
Doppelgangers whose process of shifting has been interrupted or left uncompleted, causing their human bodies to distort in horrifying ways.
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* BodyHorror: Due to their transformation being interrupted, their bodies have been deformed in such a way they don't even look human anymore.
* GlamourFailure: Their deformations range from removing [[TheBlank every facial feature]] to [[DarkIsEvil a pitch black face with no facial features but eyes.]]
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[[/folder]]
!!Discovered in 2005.
[[folder:Type 4: The Tulpa]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tulpa.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:THEY EXIST ON DIFFERENT SPECTRUMS.]]
Alternates who exist on "Different Spectrums", allowing them to enter televisions, mirrors, and windows.
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* DespairGambit: They kidnap children and babies in order to cause distraught in their parents, effectively driving them to suicide.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: Although not technically ghosts, they can turn invisible to the naked eye and can appear on screens, mirrors, and windows and snatch sufficiently small people from them, such as [[AdultFear babies and children]]. It is also implied that they were the ones responsible for tampering with the PSA tapes.
* RememberTheNewGuy: They're implied to be the ones responsible for tampering with the Department of Temporal Phenomena's PSA tapes. Despite this, they weren't introduced until "Intruder Alert".
* VillainEpisode: "Intruder Alert" serves as a proper introduction to them, showing what they can do and how they operate.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 5: The Mimic]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[SelfParody Self-Parody]], [[JustForFun/TheScrimbloCatalogue ''The Scrimblo Catalogue'']], an Alternate shapeshifts into a car. Similarly to what the Mimics do.
* HellIsThatNoise: In the little that is known from them, it's assumed that they produce a noticeable breathing sound.
* {{Objectshifting}}: They can transform into objects rather than people.
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[[/folder]]
!!Specific Alternates
[[folder:The Archangel Gabriel ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Gabriel/Satan
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesus_7_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:CAN'T YOU SEE? I DECEIVED THEM.]]
A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. They are in truth Satan himself, and has replaced Jesus, and convinced all christians to falsely worship him instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.
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* ArtStyleDissonance: In the cartoony representation of the Biblical times, he stands out by being the only character represented in a realistic portrait.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the Biblical times setting, and overaching antagonist of the series in general; The entire plot was set up as a result of him deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing himself to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.
* {{CAPSLOCK}}: The text he uses to monologue at the end of Overthrone is a [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience red text in all caps]].
* DevilInDisguise: He is heavily implied to be Satan himself by the hidden captions in the videos.
* FalseProphet: He proclaims himself to be the "true savior" to humanity to Mary and the Shepherds.
* MonsterProgenitor: To the Alternates. He knows exactly how they work, and describes that a "change" will happen to Noah's mind once he encounters the Alternate he infiltrated in the Ark, a change that sounds suspiciously similar to M.A.D.
* PsychoticSmirk: He dons one during his speech to Noah in Exhibition.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: In the 2005 document, "Unspeakable" is in singular, implying that as far as the Department knows, he's the only Alternate of his kind.
* SlasherSmile: He has the ability to heavily contort his face at will, as shown in the page image.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Combined with {{Creepy Monotone}}. In every single appearance he makes after his role is revealed, he speaks with a [[ExaggeratedTrope barely hearable whisper]] to his victim(s).
* SpeakOfTheDevil: The implied reason of why he was [[MeaningfulRename renamed from the "Detectable to the "Unspeakable"]] in the Department of Temporal Phenomena's files.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: The only time his voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.
* TheDreaded: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to be this by the Department of Temporal Phenomena. In his description, his name is described as the one that shall not be named.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he is literally Satan and has replaced jesus.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Intruder ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!6/The Intruder
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/intruder_0.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:I AM INSIDE YOUR HOME.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:The Intruder in Volume 1.]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inside_your_house_8.png]][[/labelnote]]
A Tulpa who has been tormenting Mark ever since his childhood. He is to be the main antagonist for season 2.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His real name, 6, is never mentioned in-universe and has instead been decided through Discord, and announced in a Twitter post.
* ChekhovsGunman: Makes his first appearance at the end of Volume 1, but doesn't have a significant role until "Intruder Alert" and Season 2.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: [[JustifiedTrope Justified.]] In his first appearance, he tries to match Mark's drawing of him, to horrible results. Later on, he looks like a regular human.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Due to his name never being mentioned in-universe, he's commonly reffered to as "The Intruder"
* MookPromotion: Went from appearing in two episodes to having a whole season dedicated to him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Word Of God}} states that he was inside Mark's window when he was locked down with Cesar's Alternate. In-Universe, there is nothing that alludes to this.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He's implied to change the Department of Temporal Phenomena's logo to "The Death of Mark Heathcliff" in "Exhibition".
* VillainEpisode: The appropiately named "Intruder Alert" episode is this for him and the Tulpas in general, showing their modus operandi and their abilities.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: He speaks with the [[AmbiguouslyRelated same whispering text-to-speech]] Gabriel speaks in Intruder Alert.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cesar's Alternate]]
!!Cesar's Alternate
[[quoteright:144:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sus_cesar.png]]
[[caption-width-right:144:I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU! I HAVE A SURPRISE!]]
An alternate who has taken the form of Cesar in order to lure Mark into his house and follow him.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In the dubiously canon [[Re-Cut Original Copies]], it shows that he mimicked Sarah's voice from a voicemail Mark received.
* DissonantSerenity: One of the main hints that he's an alternate is how ''calm'' he sounds after his mother got sent to the ER.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Suffers from this once he tries to imitate Sarah's voice.
* EvilLaugh: He laughs for a prolonged period prior to Mark's death.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Not only does he shapeshift into Mark's dead best friend, but presumably into his sister too.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He mocks Mark's [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous decision]], saying it was the wrong one.
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[[/folder]]
!Others
[[folder:United States Department of Temporal Phenomena]]
!!United States Department of Temporal Phenomena
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/temporal_phenomena_department_tmc.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Tempus Fugit]]
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* FunWithAcronyms: They've named a mental disorder caused by exposure to the Alternates as "M.A.D".
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
* UnreliableNarrator: [[JustifiedTrope Justified.]] Most of the information they provide has been altered in one way or another by the Tulpas.
** However, they do state the Tulpas to be the most recent Alternate threat, when in reality they've been around since at least the 70s.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Mandela County Police Department]]
!!Mandela County Police Department
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*PoliceAreUseless: Willingly leave people to die upon an Alternate encounter, saying that [[MadnessMantra "It's not worth the risk"]]
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Speaker]]
!!The Speaker
An unknown individual at the end of Overthrone, mourning being fooled by the Alternates and monologing through text.
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* {{all lowercase letters}}: They use all lowercase letters to communicate.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Their section seems to abruptly interrupt Gabriel's, meaning they could be powerful enough to beat his influence for at least a while.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: While Gabriel's text is red in all caps, theirs is [[LightIsGood white in all lowercase]].
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[[/folder]]
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* AuthorAvatar: He's played by Alex Kister, creator of Mandela Catalogue.
* ChildrenAreInnocent: [[spoiler:After his first encounter with the Intruder at the age of 4, he decides to make a school presentation based around it.]]
*
* FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posing
*
*
* HelplessObserverProtagonist: Much like everyone else in Mandela County, his only choice upon the Alternate invasion is to listen to the {{Public Service Announcement}}s provided by the government and to hope everything goes well.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to be with Cesar. He trusts him enough to go to out in the middle of the night, knowing that the Alternates were around. [[spoiler:
*
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Cesar Torres]]
!!Cesar Torres
[[quoteright:183:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_victim_2.png]]
A close friend of Mark's. Unfortunately, by the
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*
* AuthorAvatar: Played by a close friend of Alex's.
* ForegoneConclusion: Similarly to Mark, he's listed as "Victim 2" at the beginning of Volume 1.
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Implied to be one with Mark, trusting him enough with keys to his house.
* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:He's already dead and replaced by the time
* WalkingSpoiler: It's
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Sarah Heathcliff]]
!!Sarah Heathcliff
Mark's little sister. She's only seen in an old photo taken in front of a church in the early 80s.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Her name is only known through a post in the Community tab.
* AmbiguousSituation: She is nowhere to be seen during Volume 1 and subsequent episodes, begging the question to what happened to her.
** The dubiously canon [[Re-Cut Original Copies]] reveal that she sent a voicemail to Mark during Volume 1, telling him that his family misses him.
* AuthorAvatar: Played by Alex Kister's sister.
* RealLifeRelative: As stated above.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder: Noah ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Noah
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_noah_8.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:Why do you escape what you dread, Noah?]]
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* DefiantToTheEnd: He opted to ignore Gabriel's orders to not build the Ark, implying that he either knew something was wrong with him, or decided to follow God's orders only.
* KilledOffscreen: He's alluded to be the first ever (human) victim of M.A.D and Alternates in general, although his death is never explicitly seen.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Not complying with Gabriel's orders possibly led to the creation of Alternates, who would haunt humanity for milennia to come.
----
[[/folder]]
!Alternates
The main antagonists of the series, shapeshifting demons who seek to kill their victims via proxy by causing them to commit suicide. They are alluded to be a temporal anomaly of some sorts.
[[folder:In General]]
----
* BrownNote: It is believed that direct contact of any kind will lead to developing M.A.D.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Of the psychological type, in hopes to cause their victim to [[DrivenToSuicide commit suicide.]]
* MindRape: Their type of psychological torture is implied to be this, as it can spread a mental disorder known as "[[FunWithAcronyms M.A.D.]]", which has a 97% chance to drive the affected to suicide.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: By the end of "Exhibition", it's heavily implied that they were created by Satan.
* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: If one is to see or hear them directly, they will be subjected to M.A.D.
* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Most of the Alternates look, or at least try in some cases, to blend in with their enviroment, were it be as humans, [[spoiler: inside mirrors or as objects.]]
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: All of them so far seem to have this ability.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 1: Doppelgangers]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_type_1.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The first example of the Type 1 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.]]
The most common type of Alternates, shapeshifters who copy other human's appearance and voice, to very close results.
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* MeaningfulName: In general culture, Doppelgangers are known as "an apparition or double of a living person." Similar to what they're doing, minus the [[DeadPersonImpersonation living part]].
*GlamourFailure: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. At first glance, you won't realize if someone is a Doppelganger, but upon closer inspection you can see small flaws in their disguise.
* KillAndReplace: Due to being the only Alternates with the ability to mimic the human body without any major flaw, most of them so far seem to use this as their modus operandi.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 2: Detectable '''(SPOILER WARNING)''']]
!!Type 2: Detectable (Later known as the Unspeakable)
See the Archangel Gabriel.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 3: The Flawed Impersonators]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tmc_type_3_3.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The second example of Type 3 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.]]
Doppelgangers whose process of shifting has been interrupted or left uncompleted, causing their human bodies to distort in horrifying ways.
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* BodyHorror: Due to their transformation being interrupted, their bodies have been deformed in such a way they don't even look human anymore.
* GlamourFailure: Their deformations range from removing [[TheBlank every facial feature]] to [[DarkIsEvil a pitch black face with no facial features but eyes.]]
----
[[/folder]]
!!Discovered in 2005.
[[folder:Type 4: The Tulpa]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tulpa.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:THEY EXIST ON DIFFERENT SPECTRUMS.]]
Alternates who exist on "Different Spectrums", allowing them to enter televisions, mirrors, and windows.
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* DespairGambit: They kidnap children and babies in order to cause distraught in their parents, effectively driving them to suicide.
* ElectromagneticGhosts: Although not technically ghosts, they can turn invisible to the naked eye and can appear on screens, mirrors, and windows and snatch sufficiently small people from them, such as [[AdultFear babies and children]]. It is also implied that they were the ones responsible for tampering with the PSA tapes.
* RememberTheNewGuy: They're implied to be the ones responsible for tampering with the Department of Temporal Phenomena's PSA tapes. Despite this, they weren't introduced until "Intruder Alert".
* VillainEpisode: "Intruder Alert" serves as a proper introduction to them, showing what they can do and how they operate.
----
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Type 5: The Mimic]]
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[SelfParody Self-Parody]], [[JustForFun/TheScrimbloCatalogue ''The Scrimblo Catalogue'']], an Alternate shapeshifts into a car. Similarly to what the Mimics do.
* HellIsThatNoise: In the little that is known from them, it's assumed that they produce a noticeable breathing sound.
* {{Objectshifting}}: They can transform into objects rather than people.
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[[/folder]]
!!Specific Alternates
[[folder:The Archangel Gabriel ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!Gabriel/Satan
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesus_7_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:CAN'T YOU SEE? I DECEIVED THEM.]]
A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. They are in truth Satan himself, and has replaced Jesus, and convinced all christians to falsely worship him instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.
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* ArtStyleDissonance: In the cartoony representation of the Biblical times, he stands out by being the only character represented in a realistic portrait.
* BigBad: He's the main antagonist of the Biblical times setting, and overaching antagonist of the series in general; The entire plot was set up as a result of him deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing himself to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.
* {{CAPSLOCK}}: The text he uses to monologue at the end of Overthrone is a [[ColourCodedForYourConvenience red text in all caps]].
* DevilInDisguise: He is heavily implied to be Satan himself by the hidden captions in the videos.
* FalseProphet: He proclaims himself to be the "true savior" to humanity to Mary and the Shepherds.
* MonsterProgenitor: To the Alternates. He knows exactly how they work, and describes that a "change" will happen to Noah's mind once he encounters the Alternate he infiltrated in the Ark, a change that sounds suspiciously similar to M.A.D.
* PsychoticSmirk: He dons one during his speech to Noah in Exhibition.
* SingleSpecimenSpecies: In the 2005 document, "Unspeakable" is in singular, implying that as far as the Department knows, he's the only Alternate of his kind.
* SlasherSmile: He has the ability to heavily contort his face at will, as shown in the page image.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Combined with {{Creepy Monotone}}. In every single appearance he makes after his role is revealed, he speaks with a [[ExaggeratedTrope barely hearable whisper]] to his victim(s).
* SpeakOfTheDevil: The implied reason of why he was [[MeaningfulRename renamed from the "Detectable to the "Unspeakable"]] in the Department of Temporal Phenomena's files.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: The only time his voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.
* TheDreaded: [[ImpliedTrope Implied]] to be this by the Department of Temporal Phenomena. In his description, his name is described as the one that shall not be named.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he is literally Satan and has replaced jesus.
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[[/folder]]
[[folder:The Intruder ('''UNMARKED SPOILERS''')]]
!!6/The Intruder
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[[caption-width-right:350:I AM INSIDE YOUR HOME.]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:The Intruder in Volume 1.]]\\
https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/inside_your_house_8.png]][[/labelnote]]
A Tulpa who has been tormenting Mark ever since his childhood. He is to be the main antagonist for season 2.
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* AllThereInTheManual: His real name, 6, is never mentioned in-universe and has instead been decided through Discord, and announced in a Twitter post.
* ChekhovsGunman: Makes his first appearance at the end of Volume 1, but doesn't have a significant role until "Intruder Alert" and Season 2.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: [[JustifiedTrope Justified.]] In his first appearance, he tries to match Mark's drawing of him, to horrible results. Later on, he looks like a regular human.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Due to his name never being mentioned in-universe, he's commonly reffered to as "The Intruder"
* MookPromotion: Went from appearing in two episodes to having a whole season dedicated to him.
* RememberTheNewGuy: {{Word Of God}} states that he was inside Mark's window when he was locked down with Cesar's Alternate. In-Universe, there is nothing that alludes to this.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He's implied to change the Department of Temporal Phenomena's logo to "The Death of Mark Heathcliff" in "Exhibition".
* VillainEpisode: The appropiately named "Intruder Alert" episode is this for him and the Tulpas in general, showing their modus operandi and their abilities.
* SyntheticVoiceActor: He speaks with the [[AmbiguouslyRelated same whispering text-to-speech]] Gabriel speaks in Intruder Alert.
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[[folder:Cesar's Alternate]]
!!Cesar's Alternate
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[[caption-width-right:144:I HAVE A GIFT FOR YOU! I HAVE A SURPRISE!]]
An alternate who has taken the form of Cesar in order to lure Mark into his house and follow him.
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* AllThereInTheManual: In the dubiously canon [[Re-Cut Original Copies]], it shows that he mimicked Sarah's voice from a voicemail Mark received.
* DissonantSerenity: One of the main hints that he's an alternate is how ''calm'' he sounds after his mother got sent to the ER.
* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: Suffers from this once he tries to imitate Sarah's voice.
* EvilLaugh: He laughs for a prolonged period prior to Mark's death.
* ShapeshifterGuiltTrip: Not only does he shapeshift into Mark's dead best friend, but presumably into his sister too.
* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He mocks Mark's [[AmbiguousSituation ambiguous decision]], saying it was the wrong one.
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!Others
[[folder:United States Department of Temporal Phenomena]]
!!United States Department of Temporal Phenomena
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[[caption-width-right:350:Tempus Fugit]]
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* FunWithAcronyms: They've named a mental disorder caused by exposure to the Alternates as "M.A.D".
* GovernmentAgencyOfFiction
* UnreliableNarrator: [[JustifiedTrope Justified.]] Most of the information they provide has been altered in one way or another by the Tulpas.
** However, they do state the Tulpas to be the most recent Alternate threat, when in reality they've been around since at least the 70s.
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[[folder:Mandela County Police Department]]
!!Mandela County Police Department
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*PoliceAreUseless: Willingly leave people to die upon an Alternate encounter, saying that [[MadnessMantra "It's not worth the risk"]]
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[[folder:The Speaker]]
!!The Speaker
An unknown individual at the end of Overthrone, mourning being fooled by the Alternates and monologing through text.
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* {{all lowercase letters}}: They use all lowercase letters to communicate.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Their section seems to abruptly interrupt Gabriel's, meaning they could be powerful enough to beat his influence for at least a while.
* ColourCodedForYourConvenience: While Gabriel's text is red in all caps, theirs is [[LightIsGood white in all lowercase]].
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* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about them without revealing that they are [[spoiler: literally Satan and have replaced jesus.]]
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A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that appears to be mimicking Gabriel. [[spoiler: They are in truth Satan themselves, and have imprisoned and replaced Jesus and convinced all christians to falsely worship them instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.]]
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A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that appears to be mimicking Gabriel.presents itself as the archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. [[spoiler: They are in truth Satan themselves, and have imprisoned and replaced Jesus and convinced all christians to falsely worship them instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.]]
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* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: Their true form seen in the page image has bizarre, elongated facial features.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Implied. The method that their alternates use in order to kill people is incredibly and needlessly cruel, generally revolving around tormenting the victims until they inevitably kill themselves, and it's likely that they're intentionally directing these actions. They seem to delight in spreading terror among people in the modern day even outside of this.]]
* {{Sadist}}: [[spoiler: Implied. The method that their alternates use in order to kill people is incredibly and needlessly cruel, generally revolving around tormenting the victims until they inevitably kill themselves, and it's likely that they're intentionally directing these actions. They seem to delight in spreading terror among people in the modern day even outside of this.]]
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!!Alternates
[[folder: False Archangel Gabriel (Major Spoilers)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesus_7_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:WAKE UP JOSEPH]]
A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that appears to be mimicking Gabriel. [[spoiler: They are in truth Satan themselves, and have imprisoned and replaced Jesus and convinced all christians to falsely worship them instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.]]
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*BigBad: [[spoiler: The entire plot was set up as a result of them deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing themselves to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Pretended to be Jesus, implicitly performing numerous miracles the whole time, with the actual intent of getting humanity to worship them with the intent of eventually ravaging them.]]
*FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posing as Jesus for thousands of years in order to gain ultimate power.]]
*GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Played With. They aren't god, but they have effectively replaced them as a result of manipulating the entirety of the human race into seeing them as him, and they are certainly evil.]]
*HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: In their mimicked form of Gabriel and Jesus, they look entirely human, though the form doesn't seem to be perfect due to flashes of their [[NightmareFace true form]] being seen.]]
*SyntheticVoiceActor: [[spoiler: The only time their voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.]]
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!!Alternates
[[folder: False Archangel Gabriel (Major Spoilers)]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jesus_7_7.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:WAKE UP JOSEPH]]
A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that appears to be mimicking Gabriel. [[spoiler: They are in truth Satan themselves, and have imprisoned and replaced Jesus and convinced all christians to falsely worship them instead. In the present day, they have begun unleashing a force of "Alternates" that are implicitly demons that have tormented thousands of humans to death, and engaged in KillAndReplace strategies.]]
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*BigBad: [[spoiler: The entire plot was set up as a result of them deliberately overthrowing Jesus and causing themselves to be worshipped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.]]
*BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Pretended to be Jesus, implicitly performing numerous miracles the whole time, with the actual intent of getting humanity to worship them with the intent of eventually ravaging them.]]
*FalseProphet: [[spoiler: Has been posing as Jesus for thousands of years in order to gain ultimate power.]]
*GodIsEvil: [[spoiler: Played With. They aren't god, but they have effectively replaced them as a result of manipulating the entirety of the human race into seeing them as him, and they are certainly evil.]]
*HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler: In their mimicked form of Gabriel and Jesus, they look entirely human, though the form doesn't seem to be perfect due to flashes of their [[NightmareFace true form]] being seen.]]
*SyntheticVoiceActor: [[spoiler: The only time their voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming.]]
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