History Franchise / TheSlenderManMythos

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 gon.e) It soon reached memetic status, spreading through several blogs and videos, and quickly became the horror we know and fear today.

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 (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.

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

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

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: This disclaimer on [[http://slenderia.blogspot.com/2010/09/intro.html the first Encyclopedia Slenderia post]].

** Go back ''really'' far, and you get the ''gurumuka'' of the UsefulNotes/AustralianAborigines on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Groote_Eylandt Groote Eylandt]], sort of a cross between Slendy and a vampire... which is unnerving when you consider the number of Slenderblogs set in Australia, as well as the purported Australian origins of the first two photos.

* HiddenInPlainSight: Used in WebVideo/TribeTwelve and WebVideo/XMandelbrot. Both series protagonists are quite disturbed at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od-z7tJENho&feature=channel_video_title what]] they [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reUk9q2MI7s&feature=relmfu missed]].

** 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.

** Yggdrasil allusions also pulled up a ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' reference in Just Another Fool, namely Logan living on Ash Tree Lane. Several other short stories also involve a lot of ''Literature/HouseOfLeaves'' references (such as [[http://quiaegosicdico.blogspot.com/ A Lack of Lexicon]], which has a ton of references) as well, likely due to the appeal that the work has to lovers of the mythos.

* SliceOfLife: Due to the nature of journals and blogs, a good portion of the ARGs and stories lean toward this. Granted, the slice of life includes the occasional bit of weirdness or horror, but most of them still need to work, shop, and interact with people. It could be argued that part of the draw is watching how a regular person goes about his life with addition of the paranormal.

* UnreliableNarrator: Very common. But did the Slender Man drive the narrator crazy, or was he already crazy and using Slendy as an excuse? And then come the cases where the narrator isn't so much crazy as [[CompileTuth just lying.]]

* VillainProtagonist: Several Slenderblogs are written from the point of view of Slendy's minions, such as Morningstar in [[http://themorninghunter.blogspot.com/ The Morning Hunter]].

** CompileTruth became the first video series to star one.

Unfortunately, in 2014, two mentally ill twelve-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, stabbed their twelve-year-old friend, Peyton Leutner, nineteen times in an effort to please the fictional character. Leutner, thankfully, survived, and the girls were committed to mental institutions. [[https://www.facebook.com/Entitymovie This incident led to the cancellation of the film ''Entity'', and the franchise's overall decrease in popularity.]]

Unfortunately, in 2014, two mentally ill twelve-year-old girls, Anissa Weier and Morgan Geyser, stabbed their twelve-year-old friend, Peyton Leutner, nineteen times in an effort to please the fictional character. Leutner, thankfully, survived, and the girls were committed to mental institutions. This incident led to the cancellation of the film ''Entity'', and the franchise's overall decrease in popularity.

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

* DevilButNoGod: As of 2013, Slender Man has had no "good" counterpart. This is likely due to the Creator/HPLovecraft influence.

There are three main projects that are most commonly associated with the Slender Man mythos, and many others:
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Not to be confused with ''Film/TheThinMan'' or [[VideoGame/ChzoMythos The Ta]][[Film/{{Phantasm}} ll Man]].

There are three main projects that are most commonly associated with the Slender Man mythos:

* LiteraryAgentHypothesis: You can be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that some stories may be real accounts dressed up as fiction....

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

* SuddenlyVoiced: Sort of. He's never audibly spoken, although he has written (or seemed to write) several blog entries.
** However, in the 'Deluge' entry of ''WebVideo/MarbleHornets'', if the audio is reversed and the right channel removed, a low pitched voice can be heard to call 'Alex', the name of one of the main protagonists: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRahdmGYQmo

* {{Expy}}: Nearly every blog/vlog nowadays seems to have some character equivalent to [[WebVideo/MarbleHornets totheark or the Masked Man]]. [[TropesAreNotBad This is one of the way key concepts in the Mythos developed.]]

* CaramelldansenVid: Yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhF-Mue_dyM really.]] Word is out on whether or not this makes him less scary. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0vl8cuhpLk&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLDA97D1CC2CCCAE13 Two, actually.]]
** And now, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MjoknnWX1g SLENDER MAN GANGNAM STYLE]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: One could argue that his penchant for dressing in suits qualifies him.

Another film, titled ''Film/SlenderMan'', was released on August 10th, 2018 to mixed reviews.

* AltumVidetur: As many a horror movie or story would suggest, Latin can be creepy!

* [[SharpDressedMan Sharp Dressed Humanoid Abomination]]

* SpeakOfTheDevil: It's a common [[WildMassGuessing theory]] that you can only see the Slender Man if you know of him, or if he is captured with technology. So, before reading this page, he could have been [[ParanoiaFuel standing right behind you.]] But don't turn around. He only exists if you're thinking about him. [[SchmuckBait Now try not to think about him.]]

Another film, titled ''Film/SlenderMan'', was released on August 10th, 2018 to mixes reviews.

Another film, titled ''Film/SlenderMan'', is to be released on May 18th, 2018.

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

* WebVideo/MarbleHornets
* WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID
* WebVideo/TribeTwelve

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

*** WebVideo/MarbleHornets has [[spoiler:Tim, who was not only seemingly committed for paranoia, suicidal tendencies, and seizures, but was trapped in a hospital fire, yet miraculously survived. All of these are Slender Man calling cards.]]
*** WebVideo/EverymanHYBRID, at the very least, has [[spoiler:Steph, whose immediate family were murdered by him, leading her to feel stalked by him ever since. It's also been hinted at, however, that all of the main characters have a childhood connection.]]
*** WebVideo/TribeTwelve has [[spoiler: practically every major character. Both Mary Asher and Milo had regular, or semi-regular, contact with Slender Man during childhood. Additionally, Noah was revealed not only to have been observed by the collective as a child, but to have survived a house fire when he was younger. Whilst the house fire is suspicious enough on it's own, Noah's parents mention seeing someone suspiciously Slender-like walking through the rubble. Noah's grandfather, Karl, also grew up in a German community near the Black Forest that used folktales of the "Great Man", who supposedly lived in the woods, to [[ScareEmStraight frighten their children into obedience]]. It should be noted, however, that Karl did not have a direct encounter with Mr. Tall, Dark and Faceless until adulthood.]]

*** [[http://blip.tv/yugioh-the-abridged-series/marik-plays-slender-6359133 As a follow-up]], Marik does a LetsPlay of ''{{Slender}}''.

** 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}}'' (some translations have him as "The Slender Man"), [[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.

* MostWritersAreMale / ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: Played straight in the early days of the mythos, but now mostly averted. There are many blogs and vlogs written by women or starring female characters.