History Franchise / TheSlenderManMythos

* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve (a.k.a "[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulpa Tulpa]]"):

** The sheer number of monsters in unrelated works that are reminiscent of Slendy is just a bit unsettling. This includes [[Literature/TheKingInYellow the Stranger in the Pallid Mask]], The "Thin Man" in ''{{Film/Metropolis}}'', [[Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth the Terrible Trivium]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Gentlemen]], [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos the Tall Man]], the other [[Film/{{Phantasm}} Tall Man]], [[Literature/{{Nightside}} the Harrowing]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Silence]]-- hell, go far enough back and you get the ''noppera-bo'' of Japanese myth.

Or, if you prefer: The Slender Man is an internet born character-entity originating from Website/SomethingAwful, created by user Victor Surge in the "Let's Create Paranormal Images" thread (Slender Man posts start [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post361861415 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.

* BaitAndSwitch: Some series hide the fact that they even include the Slender Man, most famous of which being WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID, but TheDeadAreWatching wins out for even hinting at Slendy for ''five months'' of the series run.

* TheBadGuyWins: Most stories that have actually finished either go for this or [[UnreliableNarrator cast doubt on the Slender Man being present at all]]. Of course, one could consider it unfair to actually defeat a communal character with finality.

** The final few entries of MarbleHornets implies a very interesting inversion of this; that the Sickness comes first and that Slender Man is a symptom thereof.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The users of the SomethingAwful forums, where Slender Man originates from, have expressed horror over some of the real-life repercussions of Slender Man becoming so popular, in particular the case where two young girls attempted to murder a friend to gain the fictional character's favour.

* ApocalypticLog: A good number of reports on this creature are found in this format.

** From the creator of TribeTwelve, ''[[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0rzusUAUtk There's a Monster in My Closet]]''.

* {{Plaguemaster}}: First seen in TribeTwelve and then later in other blogs, people associated with Slendy tend to come under an odd Sickness, the symptoms of which include coughing, bleeding from the mouth, nose, or eyes, vomiting, disorientation, potential black outs, and potentially fevers.

The AlternateRealityGame site Unfiction has a whole [[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=264 forum]] dedicated to the mythos, as well as a dedicated stand alone forum at [[http://slendernation.forumotion.com/forum Slender Nation.]] Reviews of stories can be found at [[http://slendereview.blogspot.com/ The Slendy Review]] blog. Non-story information can be found at [[http://slenderia.blogspot.com/ Encyclopedia Slenderia.]] [[https://www.youtube.com/user/compileTRUTH compileTRUTH]] also summarizes some series. An [[http://www.slendermanmythos.com/ extensive fan site]] is in the works, created by one of our tropers. Fans can also submit their Slender Man theories to be examined and expanded on via an in-game Website/YouTube channel at [[https://www.youtube.com/user/deaddoll00 FearPlay - Nerdy Horror.]]

* {{Foil}}: The Slender Man is often considered to be the foil to the standard HauntedHouse. While the Haunted House is usually in a more rural setting as something stationary and traps its victims, The Slender Man is often found in an urban environment and stalks his victims. Further analysis [[http://johnfossil.blogspot.com/2012/06/postmodern-horror-slender-man-mythos.html here]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[WildMassGuessing Some fans speculate]] that Slendy is only the servant of a more powerful and dangerous being. The single most common theory is that said more powerful and dangerous being is [[spoiler:WebOriginal/{{Zalgo}}]].

** The Webcomic/HannaIsNotABoysName forums created a less scary version known as Slendercow. It is quite {{Narm}}y, and its one true weakness is Sunny D. (These forums are quite cracky, and thus this almost makes sense.)

* {{Expy}}: Nearly every blog/vlog nowadays seems to have some character equivalent to [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets totheark or the Masked Man]].

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

Not to be confused with ''Film/TheThinMan,'' or [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos The Tall Man.]]

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

* FollowTheLeader:
** If there's a video blog series that features a project being abandoned because Slender Man got involved, you can thank WebVideo/MarbleHornets for that. If there's a written blog that gradually takes on a more insane tone after Slendy gets involved, culminating in [[DecoyProtagonist the current blogging character being replaced by a friend who is not so deeply entrenched in the madness]], you can thank Blog/JustAnotherFool for that.
** Also from Marble Hornets: Video distortion occurring whenever Slendy or one of his agents is close at hand, sometimes going as far as happening whenever he comes into frame (it's a useful tool since distortion can be used to hide many of the obviously fake aspects of whatever prop or costume is being used in that series).
** The Operator Symbol, once again originating from Marble Hornets, which has become a central symbol in the mythos.
** Slendersickness: Warning, prolonged exposure to Tall Dark and Faceless can lead to chronic respiratory problems and related symptoms.
** Some mysterious (often masked) yet apparently human figure related to Slender Man in some way (whether or not he is an actual agent of Slendy is debatable since WebVideo/MarbleHornets never explicitly states that this is the case). Extra points if the series is a vlog and the figure in question creates a separate Youtube account for posting video responses.
** Unsure if this was worked out beforehand, but when Nessa of [[http://exitnight-nessa.blogspot.com/ Enter Light]] was [[spoiler: taken by proxies and eventually turned into a slenderpuppet]], several other bloggers immediately began posting about being attacked.

** There's been several Slender Man inspired crimes recently. One of them would, in an ordinary blog or vlog, imply the attacker is turning into a [[MoreThanMindControl Proxy]]. Slender Man is theorized to have been created through the Tulpa Effect, AKA the 'Make Lots of Stories and Think About It A Lot' Effect. Put two and two together, you get... [[FourIsDeath four.]]

* {{Plaguemaster}}: First seen in TribeTwelve and then later in other blogs, people associated with Slendy tend to come under an odd Sickness, the symptoms of which include coughing, bleeding from the mouth, nose, or eyes, vomiting, disorientation, potential black outs, and potentially fevers. how this happens is unknown.

And now he even has his own video game titled ''VideoGame/{{Slender}},'' available for free. Another video game, which is an expansion of the original with a story and more levels, was released in collaboration with Blue Isle Studios. It is called VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival, and is available to buy on Blue Isle Studio's site.

** Not necessarily. Stirling is also a town in Scotland.

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[[caption-width-right:300:[-''"One of two recovered photographs from the Stirling City Library blaze, taken one week earlier. Notable for being taken the day which fourteen children vanished and for what is referred to as '[[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent The]] [[HumanoidAbomination Slender Man]]'. Deformities cited as film defects by officials. Actual photograph confiscated as evidence."''-] ]]
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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 originating from Website/SomethingAwful, created by user Victor Surge in the "Let's Create Paranormal Images" thread (Slender Man posts start [[http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3150591&userid=0&perpage=40&pagenumber=3#post361861415 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.

In addition, there is many a strange story from people who appear to have seen him, as well as photographs by people who have not been heard from since. A more-or-less full list can be found at [[http://slenderversemedia.tumblr.com/ here]]; the TV Tropes articles for the works can be found in Recap.TheSlenderManMythos.

The AlternateRealityGame site Unfiction has a whole [[http://forums.unfiction.com/forums/index.php?f=264 forum]] dedicated to the mythos, as well as a dedicated stand alone forum at [[http://slendernation.forumotion.com/forum Slender Nation]]. Reviews of stories can be found at [[http://slendereview.blogspot.com/ The Slendy Review]] blog. Non-story information can be found at [[http://slenderia.blogspot.com/ Encyclopedia Slenderia.]] [[http://www.youtube.com/user/compileTRUTH compileTRUTH]] also summarizes some series. An [[http://www.slendermanmythos.com/ extensive fan site]] is in the works, created by one of our tropers. Fans can also submit their Slender Man theories to be examined and expanded on via an in-game YouTube channel at [[http://www.youtube.com/user/deaddoll00?feature=mhee FearPlay - Nerdy Horror]]

And now he even has his own video game titled ''{{VideoGame/Slender}}'', available for free. Another video game, which is an expansion of the original with a story and more levels, was released in collaboration with Blue Isle Studios. It is called VideoGame/SlenderTheArrival, and is available to buy on Blue Isle Studio's site.

A film titled ''Entity'' was also pending release, [[https://www.facebook.com/Entitymovie but was canned in 2014]].

Not to be confused with ''TheThinMan'', or [[ChzoMythos The Tall Man]].

!!These stories provide examples of:

** Then there's [[http://ihavenothingbuthateinmyheart.blogspot.com/ I'll See You In Hell]], which is written by a serial killer.

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Not to be confused with ''TheThinMan.''

** The sheer number of monsters in unrelated works that are reminiscent of Slendy is just a bit unsettling. This includes [[Literature/TheKingInYellow the Stranger in the Pallid Mask]], The "Thin Man" in ''{{Film/Metropolis}}'', [[Literature/ThePhantomTollbooth the Terrible Trivium]], [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer the Gentlemen]], [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos the Tall Man]], [[Literature/{{Nightside}} the Harrowing]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Silence]]-- hell, go far enough back and you get the ''noppera-bo'' of Japanese myth.