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* GeniusLoci: Thomas and TV!Alan describes the Dark Place's interpretation of Bright Falls as a place ''literally'' out to get him, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} the shifting architecture of the town]] being the Dark Place playing tricks on him.

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* GeniusLoci: Thomas and TV!Alan TV Alan describes the Dark Place's interpretation of Bright Falls as a place ''literally'' out to get him, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} the shifting architecture of the town]] being the Dark Place playing tricks on him.



* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Inverted. Alan describes TV!Alan as an author that has it out for his protagonist (Player!Alan).

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* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Inverted. Alan describes TV!Alan TV Alan as an author that has it out for his protagonist (Player!Alan).(the Alan controlled by the player), effectively him act like a KillerGameMaster.
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* FlyingBooks: Hordes of Alex Casey books swarm together and attack you, behaving exactly like the flocks of Taken birds throughout the main game.



* InvisibleMonsters: Taken that only appear as light outlines appear halfway throughout the episode. The only way to make them visible completely is to destroy the darkness around them.



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* AllJustADream: A lot of the story implies that everything that is happening is just a bad dream. The warped, unpredictable setting, the recurring application of memories made manifest and the nightmare imagery. Even one of the collectibles are just a bunch of ticking alarm clocks.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Alan Wake waking up... back in the Diver's Isle recreation in Dark Place, Alan slowly going mad from desperation.

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* GeniusLoci: Thomas and TV!Alan describes the Dark Place's interpretation of Bright Falls as a place ''literally'' out to get him, [[{{Bizarrchitecture}} the shifting architecture of the town]] being the Dark Place playing tricks on him.
* HelpfulHallucination: Midway through, Alan encounters a figment version of Barry sent by Thomas to help Alan escape.
* LiteralMetaphor: The Dark Place operates on this principle. Thomas describes the flashlight and gun as merely representations of a gun and flashlight (though they still work as though they were real) and Alan can turn floating words into objects by shining a light on them.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Inverted. Alan describes TV!Alan as an author that has it out for his protagonist (Player!Alan).
* ShoutOut: When Alan finds his cellphone, Thomas calls him and asks "Can you hear me now?" like the famous Verizon commercial.
* WorldSundering: Being a world where reality is loose, the Dark Place's interpretation of Bright Falls is not only imperfectly made, but as time goes on parts of the world start vanishing. Thomas implies that this is the Dark Place playing tricks on him.
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DLC Episode 1:
!The Signal
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!Tropes featured in this episode of ''VideoGame/AlanWake'':

* FakeTown: The entirety of Bright Falls was recreated in the Dark Place, Alan reliving events in what can only be described as a warped [[DreamLand dream-like]] version of the game's plot and setting.

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