History Characters / MandelaCatalogue

* AdaptationalVillainy: The original Biblical Satan was created to balance the good and being somewhat of NecessarilyEvil. Here, he's a straigh up power hungry narcissistic with no good qualities.

* ItsAllMyFault: ''Presto'' has him tell Thatcher that he blames himself Jonah's death. He may have hated Jonah, but he never wanted him to die, and laments that Jonah's death was his fault for ignoring the warnings of "God".

** ''What'' exactly Adam said to her that left her in such a poor mental state is unknown, just that it was "hurtful" and led to the two breaking up, Adam writing her off as crazy, while Eve continues trying to reach out to him and is concerned.
** ''mandela catalyst'' would reveal she had an encounter with "The Preacher". While it is ambiguous ''when'' this encounter occurred, as "The Preacher" spoke using Adam's voice and she had no surprise over him being near her despite having not heard from him in weeks, and Eve was last seen in Vol. 4 still in the Mandela County Sheriff's Department, it's implied this encounter occurred ''before'' she broke up with Adam, and is connected to how she and Adam broke up, also implying she was afflicted with M.A.D. from it.

** The 333 extension makes clear his lashing out at Jonah was ''not'' an isolated incident, rather he has a history of lashing out at people who care about him and [[NeverMyFault blaming them for the issues]]. While testimonial from Eve makes it sound like he was once a nice guy until he started investigating the Alternates, she later admits that he said some awful things to her in a big fight they had, with Adam's testimonial having him claim ''she'' has a screw loose and is just bad-mouthing him.

** Vol. 4 makes it clear this is just how he ''naturally'' is, having a distinct LackOfEmpathy for Sarah and Jonah when dragging them on his expeditions, and caring more about his investigation about the Alternates than the fact Jonah is more than likely ''dead'', something Sarah [[WhatTheHellHero calls him out on]]. A look at his messages similarly shows him to have pissed off several others with his behavior, including his ex-girlfriend Eve who he's ghosted, and someone named Amanda who says "fuck you. youll get whats coming".

* NoodleIncident: Amanda's last message to Adam is nothing but insults, saying that Adam will get what's coming for him. We are never shown what Adam did to Amanda, raising some questions. According to Eve in ''Presto'', Amanda had also tried ''warning'' Eve about being in a relationship with Adam, suggesting she knew Adam before Eve met him, either as a friend or possible ex-girlfriend.

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* NoodleIncident: Amanda's last message to Adam is nothing but insults, saying that Adam will get what's coming for him. We are never shown what Adam did to Amanda, raising some questions.

* AlasPoorVillain: Yes, he was indisputably an asshole to pretty much ''anyone'' he's ever interacted with, including his work partner, his best friend, and even two of his exes, but come on! No one deserves to turn into the same vein of creatures[[note]]well, close enough vein of creatures. It was actually Intruder who killed his mom.[[/note]] that drove your mother to suicide and, upon the realization, suffer for what's implied to be several hours after multiple attempts to take your own life, [[ICannotSelfTerminate all failing]] yet [[AndIMustScream still excruciatingly painful]].
-->''"Please... SOMEONE KILL ME!"''

* BerserkButton: During his argument in Jonah in Volume 2, Jonah snaps at him that they never should've gone looking for Adam's mother, and that she's probably dead by now. Adam doesn't take it well.

* TomatoInTheMirror: There's an implication that the Intruder did ''something'' to Adam when he was younger that made him less human; the details are murky, but ''Vol. 4'' implies that he's an Alternate sleeper agent. Did the Intruder take the actual Adam and replace him with an Alternate, and he's been dormant about his true nature this entire time? Did he transform him into an Alternate-human hybrid? But whatever the case, it's safe to say that the ''thing'' in ''mandela catalyst'' isn't Adam anymore.

* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Satan in disguise and took Earth for himself thousands of years ago.

The Detectable. [[TheDreaded The Unspeakable.]] A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the ArchangelGabriel, but seems quite a bit off. In truth, this figure is Satan, an extremely intelligent and powerful Alternate who managed to replace the Archangel Gabriel during the birth of Jesus, convincing people that he's the "true savior" in order to become the ruler of Earth. He is single-handedly responsible for the Alternates managing to get onto Noah's Ark and spreading across the world, resulting in the Alternate Crisis.

The fifth type of Alternates that were revealed in a community post. The only thing known about them is that unlike the Doppelgangers or Flawed Impersonators, they can transform into inanimate objects rather than human beings. '''Alex Kister has confirmed that Mimic Alternates are no longer part of his vision for TMC.'''

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In the [[SelfParody Self-Parody]], [[JustForFun/TheScrimbloCatalogue ''The Scrimblo Catalogue'']], an Alternate shapeshifts into a car. Similarly to what the Mimics do.

* TheyLookLikeUsNow: Most of the Alternates look, or at least try in some cases, to blend in with their environment, were it be as humans, inside mirrors or as objects.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: None of them are shown to have ''any'' redeemable qualities whatsoever. This comes with being demons created by Satan. Showcased in Volume 4, where a multi-armed Alternate (or a whole horde of them) are attracted to the sounds of people in suffering.

* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Satan in disguise and the current ruler of Earth.

** Apocryphon is a term for early Christian writings that were meant to be "secret teachings". Genesis Apocryphon literally means something like "Secret Teachings of Genesis". Now, I remind you that most of humanity believes that the events of the Book of Genesis happened as they were told in the Bible, not as they happened in Volume 4. The Volume 4 version of Genesis is implicitly being called a secret teaching. This also extends to the other key events that the clips found in the channel cover, such as Easter.

!!The Intruder/Stanley

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https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/stanleyparablebutepic.png [[{{Tulpa}} Your new friend]] [[NotSoImaginaryFriend is somewhere in your house.]] [[/labelnote]]]]

A mysterious entity that Mark Heathcliff first encountered as a child. He has apparently tormented Mark on-and-off ever since, going as far as temporarily altering the United States Department of Temporal Phenomena's logo to announce his death, which possibly made his presence known to the Department. He has the ability to appear on any kind of technology, as shown in Exhibition. Though he's on the same side as the Alternates, it's been stated both in Intruder Alert and by [[https://twitter.com/alexkisterr/status/1421609776002347013 Word of God]] that the Intruder isn't an Alternate himself.

* RememberTheNewGuy: In Volume 333 he's heavily implied to have tormented Mark during the events of Volume 1 through his TV. In the Volume 1 video, there is nothing that alludes to this.

* SlasherSmile: Even for an Alternate, 6 takes a ''little'' too much glee in causing humans pain and suffering and he isn't afraid to show that with a horrible plastered-on grin.

The Detectable. [[TheDreaded The Unspeakable.]] A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the ArchangelGabriel, but seems quite a bit off. In truth, he's Satan, an extremely powerful Alternate who managed to replace the Archangel Gabriel during the birth of Jesus, convincing people that he's the "true savior". He is single-handedly responsible for the Alternates managing to get onto Noah's Ark and spreading across Earth, resulting in the Alternate Crisis.

* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Satan in disguise ''and'' the current ruler of Earth.

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Dave dies after getting his eyes melted by Gabriel. If that wasn't bad enough, ''mandela catalyst'' reveals that he also did ''[[NothingIsScarier something]]'' to Dave's brain. Whatever it was isn't clear, but the nurses at the Bythorne Hospital were pretty spooked (WordOfGod in the Discord server states that Gabriel made Dave's brain ''explode'').

* DarkIsEvil: WordOfGod states that upon first entry, all Alternates are humanoid pitch black figures until they shapeshift.
* {{Expy}}: WordOfGod states that the main inspiration for the Alternates as a whole are the Woodcrawlers from ''WebVideo/GeminiHomeEntertainment''.

* SpellMyNameWithAThe: Every major Alternate is referred to at one point with a title starting with "The." '''The''' Antichrist[[note]]Name which Alex Kister repeatedly used to refer to Gabriel[[/note]]/[[FanNickname False Shepherd]], '''The''' Intruder, '''The''' Alternate[[note]]Name given to the 333 Alternate in the credits[[/note]], '''The''' Perpetrator[[note]]Name given to Cesar's Alternate in the mandelapolice ARG[[/note]], '''The''' Jester, and so on.

* ShapeShifterDefaultForm: According to WordOfGod, N's general appearance is what ''all'' Alternates look like in their natural state.

* SpeakIllOfTheDead: He [[CrossesTheLineTwice mocks Mark's suicide]], saying it was the ''"wrong decision"'' to make.

** Faith Cunningham also had The Preacher as her profile picture, which may imply that "Woman" and the Preacher are one and the same. Or at least they are in her own [[WordOfSaintPaul headcanon]].

* AllThereInTheManual: Following the trend of Alternates going unnamed in the actual series and being named in WordOfGod statements, its name, or at least a nickname to refer to it, was revealed in a poster posted in Alex's Twitter.

* NothingIsScarier: With the Alternates, we at least have some idea of how they work, but the intruder is officially (InUniverse and [[WordOfGod out]]) identified to '''not''' be an Alternate... which just makes him scarier since we have no clue what he is or what he's truly capable of.

The Detectable. [[TheDreaded The Unspeakable.]] A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the ArchangelGabriel, but seems quite a bit off. In truth, he's Satan, an Alternate who managed to replace the Archangel Gabriel during the birth of Jesus, convincing people that he's the "true savior". He's responsible for the Alternates managing to get onto Noah's Ark, causing the current Alternate crisis.

-->''"Wake up, Joseph. '''Wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up'''"''

* AmbiguousSituation: It's heavily implied that the ForbiddenFruit gave him M.A.D., but given the [[ManipulativeBastard nature]] of [[{{Satan}} who]] is '''possibly''' messing with the footage, he may have been a victim of TwistingTheWords.

* Nigh-invulnerability: They're shown to be ImmuneToBullets, and in Mandela Catalyst

* RuleOfSymbolism: Moments before the reveal of him becoming an Alternate, we can hear a radio audiobook of Chapter one of "The Fate of the Jester", a book about a boy who lost his humanity in his sleep turning from [[ProtagonistJourneyToVillain the "hero of the story" into a "cog in a machine"]], as a [[BigBad "spectator"]] with white eyes was watching him from the shadows.

* DecoyProtagonist: Adam is initially set up to be one of the key players in the ''Mandela Catalogue'' narrative, being one of the two leads in Volume 2, Volumes 1 and 333 being connected to his origins, and acting as the {{deuteragonist}} in Volume 4. ''mandela catalyst'' however would see him be transformed into an Alternate, a tool to serve the Intruder's objective, begging Thatcher Davis to kill him [[ICannotSelfTerminate after he failed to himself.]] The radio story that plays shortly before Thatcher finds him, "The Fate of the Jester", perfectly lampshades this.
-->'''Radio:''' As the boy laid there dormant, all of his humanity drained into a murky puddle, milky eyes cut through the thick blackness of the bedroom, a spectator. He was no longer the hero of this story, just a cog in the machine.

** ''mandela catalyst'' would reveal she had an encounter with "The Preacher". While it is ambiguous ''when'' this encounter occurred, as "The Preacher" spoke using Adam's voice and Eve was last seen in Vol. 4 still in the Mandela County Sheriff's Department, it's implied this encounter occurred ''before'' she broke up with Adam, and is connected to how she and Adam broke up, also implying she was afflicted with M.A.D. from it.

[[folder:Adam Murray (Walking Spoiler)]]

* MeaningfulName: In an universe where the Bible is evil, it is nicknamed "The Preacher" due to being the responsible for giving Adam M.A.D.
** It also appears after the Intruder ''preaches'' somewhat.
** It is fitting, as Interlude reveals that the Preacher is imitating a nun.

[[folder:Adam Murray]]

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Whatever the Intruder did to him as a child did not leave him entirely human, if the Adam we've been following is the original Adam at all. When he was a toddler, he didn't react at all to any of the emotion tests and he's shown a remarkable resistance to the Alternates attempting to scare him. It doesn't help that his biblical counterpart was also heavily implied to be replaced by an Alternate, and that during his stay at Cesar's house, a voice can be heard telling Adam to "wake up", which in retrospect is implying he's a SleeperAgent.
** It's especially noteworthy when in The Intruder's final speech in Volume 4, he talks about Adam in ''two distinct'' ways: when talking about the Infant Adam he cradled in his arms and took away, he says "Him", where as when he's talking to Adam directly he says ''"You"'', heavily implying that the "Adam" he is speaking to is ''not'' the same Adam as the ''human'' infant he stole away.

--> '''Adam:'''' "''What'' did you just [[PrecisionFStrike fucking say to me?]]"

* DrivenToSuicide: Horribily Subverted. Adam tries to kill himself by downing a bottle of bleach when he's "activated" as a sleeper Alternate, but because Alternates can't die by conventional means, [[BungledSuicide all the bleach does is burn his throat and vocal cords.]] By the time Thatcher finds him, [[AndIMustScream he's in a lot of pain, and all Adam can do is unintelligibly scream]] while [[DeathSeeker begging the detective to kill him.]]

* Nigh-Invulnerable: They're shown to be ImmuneToBullets, and in Mandela Catalyst

* WalkingSpoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Satan in disguise.

* SignificantAnagram: Leaving all that non-sensical wall of text behind, what's more likely is that allocateundamage is simply an anagram of mandelacatalogue.