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* CallBack: The decayed corpse of the [=FedEx=] guy is seen on the floor as well as the devious Littles in the ''Return to the Playhouse''. The employees from Burrito Bell are seen in Pickles' TV show.
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* CrossDressingVoices: It's easy to tell that a woman is doing all of the voice acting in the Alfred's Playhouse videos. She still does a pretty good job, though.
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The WebAnimation/AlfredAlferShorts.
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10 years in the making comes ''the Alfred Alfer Movie'', canon sequel to ''Alfred's Plahouse''. takes place sometime after Alfred breaks free of Pickles' hold on him as he has made a friend in [[Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie Labby]], also his only friend. After Labby abandons him in a surreal corn field, he is left alone to wander the literal Where the Dead go To Die and right back into Pickles' hands.
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10 years in the making comes ''the Alfred Alfer Movie'', canon sequel to ''Alfred's Plahouse''.Playhouse''. takes place sometime after Alfred breaks free of Pickles' hold on him as he has made a friend in [[Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie Labby]], also his only friend. After Labby abandons him in a surreal corn field, he is left alone to wander the literal Where the Dead go To Die and right back into Pickles' hands.
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** The dead patrons from the Dead Girl Strip Club
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-> Get out of bed,\\
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Here at [[TitleDrop Alfred's Playhouse!]]
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Here at [[TitleDrop Alfred's Playhouse!]]
Playhouse!]]"''
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The thing is: They're the same sick fucking puppy--Alfred!''
--> -- ''Opening narration''
10 years in the making comes ''the Alfred Alfer Movie'', canon sequel to ''Alfred's
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* TheAlcoholic: The Ni***rmelon is seen taking swigs from a bottle of hard liquor, which he uses to treat his urinary tract infections.
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* TheAlcoholic: The Ni***rmelon is seen taking swigs from a bottle of hard liquor, which he uses to treat his urinary tract infections. infections.
* AnimationBump: Judging from the teasers, it looks like the movie is going to have way better animation than the regular videos.
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* DissonantSerenity: Over the duration of Alfred's freak out, Lavrentiy Beria is seen periodically spreading lubricant on his body while nonchalantly.
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The series has been likened by some fans to [[Creator/DavidFirth David Firth's]] works such as
WebAnimation/SaladFingers and WebAnimation/SpoilsburyToastBoy. The series is very NotSafeForWork, full of sexual imagery, and pretty disturbing, but it has a touch of SurrealHumor.
WebAnimation/SaladFingers and WebAnimation/SpoilsburyToastBoy. The series is very NotSafeForWork, full of sexual imagery, and pretty disturbing, but it has a touch of SurrealHumor.
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The series has been likened by some fans to [[Creator/DavidFirth David Firth's]] works such as
as WebAnimation/SaladFingers and WebAnimation/SpoilsburyToastBoy. The series is very NotSafeForWork, full of sexual imagery, and pretty disturbing, but it has a touch of SurrealHumor.
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* ForegoneConclusion/ DownerEnding: Emily bluntly states in the trailer that Alfred's destiny is to get the rabies and die.
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-->"The Dishwasher discusses Marx over cocktails"
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* CompanionCube: Alfred talks to a lot of his belongings and treats them as people.
-->"The Dishwasher discusses Marx over cocktails"
-->"The Dishwasher discusses Marx over cocktails"
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* EnemyWithin: Pickles within the mind of Alfred, and he wins.
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* SelfHarm: Alfred has a "cutting leg" where he injures himself so people will feel bad for him.
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* BlackBugRoom: What Alfred's HappyPlace Playhouse has turned into by the premise of the show.
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* CuckooNest: Pickles reveals to Alfred that the Playhouse and all the trauma he has just experienced is only a hallucination.
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Canon sequel to ''Alfred's Plahouse'', the ''Alfred Alfer Movie'' takes place sometime after Alfred breaks free of Pickles' hold on him as he has made a friend in [[Labby Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie]], also his only friend. After Labby abandons him in a surreal corn field, he is left alone to wander the literal Where the Dead go To Die and right back into Pickles' hands.
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Canon sequel to ''Alfred's Plahouse'', the ''Alfred Alfer Movie'' takes place sometime after Alfred breaks free of Pickles' hold on him as he has made a friend in [[Labby Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie]], [[Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie Labby]], also his only friend. After Labby abandons him in a surreal corn field, he is left alone to wander the literal Where the Dead go To Die and right back into Pickles' hands.
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Canon sequel to ''Alfred's Plahouse'', the ''Alfred Alfer Movie'' takes place sometime after Alfred breaks free of Pickles' hold on him as he has made a friend in [[Labby Film/WhereTheDeadGoToDie]], also his only friend. After Labby abandons him in a surreal corn field, he is left alone to wander the literal Where the Dead go To Die and right back into Pickles' hands.
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* NightmareFetishist: After Alfred wakes up in the shed of of bodies he begins screaming, then laughing and begins to drag a corpse home.
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* NightmareFetishist: After Alfred wakes up in the shed of of bodies he begins screaming, then laughing and begins to drag a corpse home.home.
* WorldOfChaos: The corn field.
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* WorldOfChaos: The corn field.
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[[caption-width-right:434:''"You're in the Playhouse,\\
You're in the Playhouse,\\
Alfred's Playhouse,\\
Bow down!"'']]
[[caption-width-right:434:''"You're in the Playhouse,\\
You're in the Playhouse,\\
Alfred's Playhouse,\\
Bow down!"'']]
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* VillanousFriendship: Pickles is portrayed as having a kinship with famous dictators Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, and also Lavrentiy Beria.
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* BrownNote: The [=FedEx=] guy, that poor bastard, begins weeping uncontrollably and begs to be free after Alfred pulls him into the Playhouse [[GoMadFromTheRevelation and begins hallucinating]].
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* BreakThemByTalking: Dictator Pickles' speech. He explains who he is, what the Playhouse is, what his plans are, and how Alfred is powerless to stop him. Alfred is left with no other choice than to give up power over his body and his dignity, submitting to his new master.
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* LotusEaterMachine: Pickles appears to have trapped Alfred's true personality within this, taking full control of his, by the end
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* MadnessMantra: Alfred had "I am loved, I am loved, I am loved" in the Rise of Alfred Alfer, Pickles has "''POPSICLE''-- ''POPSICLE''-- ''POPSICLE''"
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"And what do we do when we hear the secret word, boys and girls? ... We '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEAM.'''''"
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"And what do we do when we hear the secret word, boys and girls? ... We '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEAM.'''''"'''''"
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!!The ''Alfred Alfred Movie'' provides examples of:
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Emily has stated that Alfred dragging the body bag home is reminiscent of a dog carrying a trophy home to his master.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Ni***rmelon beast doesn't give a shit about Alfred or his problems, calls him a bitch-fairy, and tells him to suck his dick or get out.
* NightmareFetishist: After Alfred wakes up in the shed of of bodies he begins screaming, then laughing and begins to drag a corpse home.
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!!The ''Alfred Alfred Movie'' provides examples of:
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Emily has stated that Alfred dragging the body bag home is reminiscent of a dog carrying a trophy home to his master.
* {{Jerkass}}: The Ni***rmelon beast doesn't give a shit about Alfred or his problems, calls him a bitch-fairy, and tells him to suck his dick or get out.
* NightmareFetishist: After Alfred wakes up in the shed of of bodies he begins screaming, then laughing and begins to drag a corpse home.
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* TheWoobie: Alfred, between his abusive and neglectful parents and being sexually abused as a child.
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''Alfred's Playhouse'' is one of the most [[MindScrew surreal,]] [[DerangedAnimation disturbing,]] and NightmareFuel filled web video series on the internet. The series is about a traumatized, mentally ill dog named Alfred Alfer, who tries to forget about his abusive childhood by [[ThinkHappyThoughts imagining himself in a happy fantasy world]]. In the videos, his alter-ego, Dictator Alfred, emerges, who is an AxCrazy psychopath who dreams of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. Alfred also shows himself to be [[IJustWantToBeLoved incredibly needy and lonely]], and he's often forced out of his fantasy land by harsh reality.
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''Alfred's Playhouse'' is one of the most [[MindScrew surreal,]] [[DerangedAnimation disturbing,]] and NightmareFuel filled web video series on the internet. The series is about a traumatized, mentally ill dog named Alfred Alfer, who tries to forget about his abusive childhood by [[ThinkHappyThoughts imagining himself in a happy fantasy world]]. In the videos, his alter-ego, Dictator Alfred, Pickles, emerges, who is an AxCrazy psychopath who dreams of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. Alfred also shows himself to be [[IJustWantToBeLoved incredibly needy and lonely]], and he's often forced out of his fantasy land by harsh reality.
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* AxCrazy: Alfred's alter ego, Dictator Alfred, who wants to take over the world and force everyone to worship him.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in Dictator Alfred's case.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in Dictator Alfred's case.
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* AnimationBump: Judging from the teasers, it looks like the movie is going to have way better animation than the regular videos.
* AxCrazy: Alfred's alter ego, DictatorAlfred, Pickles, who wants to take over the world and force everyone to worship him.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in DictatorAlfred's Pickles's case.
* AxCrazy: Alfred's alter ego, Dictator
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in Dictator
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* BoundAndGagged: This happens to Alfred quite a bit, usually just for a split second on the videos... but he is also restrained when talking to Dictator Alfred and sometimes when being raped.
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* PsychopathicManchild: In a nutshell, Alfred is the manchild, and Dictator Alfred is the psychopathic one. Alfred is shown to be an adult and having a job, but he acts very much like a child, and his fantasy world is like a surreal version of Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse. Dictator Alfred is cold, power-hungry, and generally AxCrazy.
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* PsychopathicManchild: In a nutshell, Alfred is the manchild, and Dictator Alfred is the psychopathic one. Alfred is shown to be an adult and having a job, but he acts very much like a child, and his fantasy world is like a surreal version of Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse. Dictator Alfred Pickles is cold, power-hungry, and generally AxCrazy.
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* SplitPersonality: On one hand, there is the happy but needy Alfred Alfer, who is secretly traumatised by his abusive childhood. On the other, there is vengeful, megalomaniacal Dictator Alfred, who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the world]] and is cruel to Alfred.
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* SplitPersonality: On one hand, there is the happy but needy Alfred Alfer, who is secretly traumatised by his abusive childhood. On the other, there is vengeful, megalomaniacal Dictator Alfred, Pickles, who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the world]] and is cruel to Alfred.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dictator Alfred. Whenever Alfred was being sexually abused, he would shut down and go into his happy fantasy world... But later Dicator Alfred tells Alfred that when Alfred was in his happy place, Dictator Alfred was being abused and had to take on all of the bad things that Alfred couldn't deal with.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dictator Alfred.Pickles. Whenever Alfred was being sexually abused, he would shut down and go into his happy fantasy world... But later Dicator Alfred Pickles tells Alfred that when Alfred was in his happy place, Dictator Alfred Pickles was being abused in his place and had to take on all of the bad things that Alfred couldn't deal with.
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* {{Lilliputians}}: In ''Alfred's Playhouse Part 2'', in the beginning of the video Alfred tells the audience that he secretly has "friends living inside my wall." Then, tons of little elf-like creatures ''climb all over Alfred, fondling him, vomiting on him, and defacating everywhere while Alfred laughs.'' For a full minute or so. And his laughter soon turns into a screaming meltdown. Yeah, have we mentioned that these videos are chocked full of straight NightmareFuel?
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-> Get out of bed,\\
But don't wonder how the blood got there! (Good morning)\\
[[RapeAsDrama If Steve Martin violated you in your sleep again,]] \\
You will not care.\\
[[ThinkHappyThoughts 'Cause there's a place you can escape to mentally,]]\\
Where only silliness is making forced entry\\
For the purpose of self-preservation,\\
Here at [[TitleDrop Alfred's Playhouse!]]
--> -- ''Beginning Theme Song in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxHATXa_j0 Alfred's Playhouse Part 1]]''
''Alfred's Playhouse'' is one of the most [[MindScrew surreal,]] [[DerangedAnimation disturbing,]] and NightmareFuel filled web video series on the internet. The series is about a traumatized, mentally ill dog named Alfred Alfer, who tries to forget about his abusive childhood by [[ThinkHappyThoughts imagining himself in a happy fantasy world]]. In the videos, his alter-ego, Dictator Alfred, emerges, who is an AxCrazy psychopath who dreams of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. Alfred also shows himself to be [[IJustWantToBeLoved incredibly needy and lonely]], and he's often forced out of his fantasy land by harsh reality.
The series has been likened by some fans to [[Creator/DavidFirth David Firth's]] works such as
WebAnimation/SaladFingers and WebAnimation/SpoilsburyToastBoy. The series is very NotSafeForWork, full of sexual imagery, and pretty disturbing, but it has a touch of SurrealHumor.
''Alfred's Playhouse'' was created by Creator/EmilyYoucis, who seems to be a bit of a CrazyAwesome MadArtist. She is currently working on a full-length Alfred Alfer movie entirely on her own. Her Youtube Channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyYoucis here]], and her Newgrounds account is [[http://emily-youcis.newgrounds.com/ here]].
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Alfred's parents were this trope. He mentions in a song that they left him at Goodwill and tried to drown him in the bathtub. And then there's his sexual abuse. Although a human did that to him, his [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]] certainly didn't help him deal with the trauma.
* AlliterativeName: Alfred Alfer.
* AxCrazy: Alfred's alter ego, Dictator Alfred, who wants to take over the world and force everyone to worship him.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in Dictator Alfred's case.
* BlackComedy
* BoundAndGagged: This happens to Alfred quite a bit, usually just for a split second on the videos... but he is also restrained when talking to Dictator Alfred and sometimes when being raped.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Alfred.
* CloudCuckoolander: Alfred, mainly because he is trying to ignore and repress all of the terrible things that have happened to him.
* CrossDressingVoices: It's easy to tell that a woman is doing all of the voice acting in the Alfred's Playhouse videos. She still does a pretty good job, though.
* DerangedAnimation
* HappyPlace: Alfed's titular playhouse, where he goes to avoid confronting the reality of his past abuse.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Alfred. He is pretty desperate to get other people to love and accept him, and is very needy.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Alfred has been violent, either because he was afraid that other people were going to harm him and lashed out in terror, or because Dictator Alfred took over.
* ParentalAbandonment: Alfred's parents are shown to be ignoring him all the time, apparently left without him while at a Goodwill, and Alfred claims that he was the result of an unsuccessful abortion.
* PsychopathicManchild: In a nutshell, Alfred is the manchild, and Dictator Alfred is the psychopathic one. Alfred is shown to be an adult and having a job, but he acts very much like a child, and his fantasy world is like a surreal version of Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse. Dictator Alfred is cold, power-hungry, and generally AxCrazy.
* RapeAsBackstory: Alfred is definitely a good example, and his abuse is the reason why he is so unhinged.
* SplitPersonality: On one hand, there is the happy but needy Alfred Alfer, who is secretly traumatised by his abusive childhood. On the other, there is vengeful, megalomaniacal Dictator Alfred, who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the world]] and is cruel to Alfred.
* SurrealHumor
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Emily Youcis does the voices for everyone in her videos.
* ThinkHappyThoughts: Alfred's usual response to being raped or having a flashback is to separate himself from reality and go to his happy fantasy world.
* [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman Of A Thousand Voices]]: The creator, Emily Youcis. She has done the whole series entirely by herself, including providing voices for the mostly male cast.
* TheWoobie: Alfred, between his abusive and neglectful parents and being sexually abused as a child.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dictator Alfred. Whenever Alfred was being sexually abused, he would shut down and go into his happy fantasy world... But later Dicator Alfred tells Alfred that when Alfred was in his happy place, Dictator Alfred was being abused and had to take on all of the bad things that Alfred couldn't deal with.
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"And what do we do when we hear the secret word, boys and girls? ... We '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEAM.'''''"
-> Get out of bed,\\
But don't wonder how the blood got there! (Good morning)\\
[[RapeAsDrama If Steve Martin violated you in your sleep again,]] \\
You will not care.\\
[[ThinkHappyThoughts 'Cause there's a place you can escape to mentally,]]\\
Where only silliness is making forced entry\\
For the purpose of self-preservation,\\
Here at [[TitleDrop Alfred's Playhouse!]]
--> -- ''Beginning Theme Song in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CxHATXa_j0 Alfred's Playhouse Part 1]]''
''Alfred's Playhouse'' is one of the most [[MindScrew surreal,]] [[DerangedAnimation disturbing,]] and NightmareFuel filled web video series on the internet. The series is about a traumatized, mentally ill dog named Alfred Alfer, who tries to forget about his abusive childhood by [[ThinkHappyThoughts imagining himself in a happy fantasy world]]. In the videos, his alter-ego, Dictator Alfred, emerges, who is an AxCrazy psychopath who dreams of [[TakeOverTheWorld world domination]]. Alfred also shows himself to be [[IJustWantToBeLoved incredibly needy and lonely]], and he's often forced out of his fantasy land by harsh reality.
The series has been likened by some fans to [[Creator/DavidFirth David Firth's]] works such as
WebAnimation/SaladFingers and WebAnimation/SpoilsburyToastBoy. The series is very NotSafeForWork, full of sexual imagery, and pretty disturbing, but it has a touch of SurrealHumor.
''Alfred's Playhouse'' was created by Creator/EmilyYoucis, who seems to be a bit of a CrazyAwesome MadArtist. She is currently working on a full-length Alfred Alfer movie entirely on her own. Her Youtube Channel is [[https://www.youtube.com/user/EmilyYoucis here]], and her Newgrounds account is [[http://emily-youcis.newgrounds.com/ here]].
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!! This series provides examples of:
* AbusiveParents: Alfred's parents were this trope. He mentions in a song that they left him at Goodwill and tried to drown him in the bathtub. And then there's his sexual abuse. Although a human did that to him, his [[ParentalNeglect uncaring parents]] certainly didn't help him deal with the trauma.
* AlliterativeName: Alfred Alfer.
* AxCrazy: Alfred's alter ego, Dictator Alfred, who wants to take over the world and force everyone to worship him.
* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: This happens in Dictator Alfred's case.
* BlackComedy
* BoundAndGagged: This happens to Alfred quite a bit, usually just for a split second on the videos... but he is also restrained when talking to Dictator Alfred and sometimes when being raped.
* BreakTheCutie: Poor Alfred.
* CloudCuckoolander: Alfred, mainly because he is trying to ignore and repress all of the terrible things that have happened to him.
* CrossDressingVoices: It's easy to tell that a woman is doing all of the voice acting in the Alfred's Playhouse videos. She still does a pretty good job, though.
* DerangedAnimation
* HappyPlace: Alfed's titular playhouse, where he goes to avoid confronting the reality of his past abuse.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Alfred. He is pretty desperate to get other people to love and accept him, and is very needy.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: Alfred has been violent, either because he was afraid that other people were going to harm him and lashed out in terror, or because Dictator Alfred took over.
* ParentalAbandonment: Alfred's parents are shown to be ignoring him all the time, apparently left without him while at a Goodwill, and Alfred claims that he was the result of an unsuccessful abortion.
* PsychopathicManchild: In a nutshell, Alfred is the manchild, and Dictator Alfred is the psychopathic one. Alfred is shown to be an adult and having a job, but he acts very much like a child, and his fantasy world is like a surreal version of Series/PeeWeesPlayhouse. Dictator Alfred is cold, power-hungry, and generally AxCrazy.
* RapeAsBackstory: Alfred is definitely a good example, and his abuse is the reason why he is so unhinged.
* SplitPersonality: On one hand, there is the happy but needy Alfred Alfer, who is secretly traumatised by his abusive childhood. On the other, there is vengeful, megalomaniacal Dictator Alfred, who wants to [[TakeOverTheWorld rule the world]] and is cruel to Alfred.
* SurrealHumor
* [[TalkingToHimself Talking To Herself]]: Emily Youcis does the voices for everyone in her videos.
* ThinkHappyThoughts: Alfred's usual response to being raped or having a flashback is to separate himself from reality and go to his happy fantasy world.
* [[ManOfAThousandVoices Woman Of A Thousand Voices]]: The creator, Emily Youcis. She has done the whole series entirely by herself, including providing voices for the mostly male cast.
* TheWoobie: Alfred, between his abusive and neglectful parents and being sexually abused as a child.
* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Dictator Alfred. Whenever Alfred was being sexually abused, he would shut down and go into his happy fantasy world... But later Dicator Alfred tells Alfred that when Alfred was in his happy place, Dictator Alfred was being abused and had to take on all of the bad things that Alfred couldn't deal with.
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"And what do we do when we hear the secret word, boys and girls? ... We '''''SCREEEEEEEEEEEEEAM.'''''"
