History Franchise / TheSlenderManMythos

** There's also ''[[http://www.whatistheentity.com Entity.]]''
** ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'' itself [[http://variety.com/2013/digital/news/marble-hornets-flying-to-bigscreen-818489/ is getting a movie,]] tentatively titled "The Operator." With Creator/DougJones playing Tall, Dark, and Faceless itself.
** ''Beware The Slenderman'' is a TrueCrime documentary about a 2014 stabbing incidnet committed by children who were convinced Slenderman was real. It's notable for devoting a significant amount of time to explain the various ways in which the myths spread and changed over time on the Internet, and how mythology in general is formed.

** He's also one to WebOriginal/TheRake; Slender Man is a HumanoidAbomination that prefers to let teleporting and tentacle summoning do the killing for him, wears a suit, stands tall and silent at all times and has no clear motive to speak of. The Rake is an AnimalisticAbomination that uses fearsome claws as weapons, is nude, has a mangled, hunched over appearance mixed with a savage persona and has the ''very'' clear motive of killing whatever it comes into contact with.

* DaylightHorror: Many vlogs/photoshops take place during the day, making the mythos even creepier in some cases.

* ContinuityLockout: Starting to get there, what with the increasing number and interconnectedness of the various works. WebVideo/MarbleHornets, the major codifier of the Mythos, is a notable exception, as it tells its story in a minimalist manner without referencing any other sources.

*** This has almost single handedly caused ContinuityLockout

** Slendy [[ParanoiaFuel supposedly]] [[UnreliableNarrator attacked a US Army convoy]]. One of the humvees targeted had half its chassis completely incinerated, as if someone had bathed it in a star.

* SpiritualSuccessor: Some fans consider it to be one of the Franchise/CthulhuMythos.

* SurpriseCreepy: A popular method for developing Slender series is starting out the series in question a a normal (and generally boring) blog or vlog. After a few entries (sometimes foreshadowed by the presence of mythos elements or not), slendy will make his grand entrance and things will go downhill from there.

** Creator/LittleKuriboh offers ''[[http://yu-gi-ohabridged.blip.tv/file/4457836/ Concrete Giraffes.]]''

** In one post, [[http://wwwrunningwonthelp-lya.blogspot.com/2010/12/shes-better.html Sandra]] wakes up from a period of psychosis screaming "OH GOD THE BUNDLE DATA REDACTED THROW D-CLASS AT IT", an obvious reference to Wiki/SCPFoundation. Crosses over into FridgeBrilliance when you look it up and learn that [[spoiler: many Slenderfans believe SCP-582, "Bundle", is no other than Slendy Himself.]] [[http://scp-wiki.wikidot.com/scp-582 Reading the page, it's not surprising they would come to this conclusion.]]

** The only one that's actually been released so far, Film/{{Windigo}}. It's called that because everyone in the movie mistakes Slendy for the {{wendigo}}. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5apy27bksGo It's legally available to watch for free.]]

** [[http://www.slendermanfilm.com Apparently, there's a Slender Man movie coming out in August.]] Since there's little to no information on the website, it's often theorized to be a hoax/joke. Also, the timer reset when it counted all the way down for the first time, and is currently sitting at 0 seconds.

There is a figure that does not hide or lurk in the shadows, but stands tall and unseen in the light of day -- visible only to its prey as it stalks them. It appears as an extremely tall, thin humanoid in a formal suit with impossibly long limbs and [[TheBlank no face to speak of.]] Its origins are as much a mystery as what -- if anything -- it wants. Its presence is associated with paranoia, delusions, and even physical illness. Those who see it are often driven to scrawling strange messages and scribbling sketches of a dark, faceless figure -- prior to their going utterly insane, or disappearing entirely. The less you know the better, for knowing too much may make you the subject of its interest.

Or, if you prefer: The Slender Man is an internet born character-entity based on the {{Bogeyman}} and originating in his present form on Website/SomethingAwful, created by user Victor Surge in the "Let's Create Paranormal Images" thread. ([[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post361861415 Slender Man posts start here,]] though most of the images are now gone). It soon reached memetic status, spreading through several blogs and videos, and quickly became the horror we know and fear today.

** Starting with Milo's Tape, ''WebVideo/TribeTwelve'' has Slender Man making audible growling sounds, which culminates in a pretty terrifying EvilLaugh in Crawlspace. Taken UpToEleven as later episodes have him transforming into a GiantSpider and making animalistic screeches.

*** As it turned out [[spoiler: the film very effectively uses the mythos as a RedHerring; the first half leads you to believe a Slender Man-type figure is responsible for the missing children, but the real explanation is completely non-supernatural and much more rooted in AdultFear.]]

* TheBlank: The most common depiction of the Slender Man involves no actual facial features on it's face- just blank whiteness. Among his original attributes was that his face would appear different to every viewer, however; considering this, it's likely that his facelessness on the original photoshops was meant to be some sort of GlamourFailure, but everyone decided to run with him ''actually'' being faceless. Variations include [[FacialHorror a wrinkled, alien-ish head that couldn't]] ''[[FacialHorror possibly]]'' [[FacialHorror have facial features]] and [[NauseaFuel a writhing, twisted ball of flesh.]]

* RuleThirtyFour: Yes. With WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}} and [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Cthulhu]]. [[http://encyclopediadramatica.com/Slender_Man Read it at your own risk.]] (it's in the "The Pasta" section of the article)
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