History WebOriginal / TheBackrooms

* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The ways that the Dentists kill off their victims is by ripping out their teeth and gums and then eating them.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Entity 140, "Blanche" is a very friendly and polite lady [[spoiler:whose true form is a mind-shattering EldritchAbomination who tries their best to keep a more comprehensible form]]. The person interviewing her even lampshades this.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Entity 140, "Blanche" is a very friendly and polite lady [[spoiler:whose true form is a mind-shattering EldritchAbomination who tries her best to keep a more comprehensible form]]. The person interviewing her even lampshades this.

* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Entity 140, "Blanche" is a very friendly and polite lady [[spoiler:whose true form is a mind-shattering EldritchAbomination who tries her best to keep a more comprehensible form]].

* SchmuckBait: Entering the "exit" in Level 2 and 3 will lead you to "The End", a library with empty shelves and only one computer. "The End" is a [[LuredIntoATrap trap]] location meant to trick people into thinking they've left the Backrooms.
* SortingAlgorithmOfThreateningGeography: Every level of the Backrooms has a ranking that determines the Survival Difficulty of the level, a 0 meaning that it is safe, a 5 the most dangerous.

* NewWeird: The entire premise is a NewWeird take on the AscendedGlitch, the Backrooms an EldritchLocation anyone can wind up in if they noclip out of proper reality. Of course it's comprised entirely of abandoned apartment buildings and office space full of {{Humanoid Abomination}}s.

* SchmuckBait: Entering the "exit" in Level 2 and 3 will lead you to "The End", a library with empty shelves and only one computer. "The End" is a [[LuredIntoTheTrap trap]] location meant to trick people into thinking they've left the Backrooms.

* CreepyChild: Child facelings are almost always hostile and will often attack in small groups with sharp objects such as knives. Even when they aren't out for blood they still like playing nasty pranks and scaring people.

* DontGoIntoTheWoods: Some of the more dangerous and creepy locations in The Backrooms take the form of vast forests. This includes [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-14 Level 14: Paradise]], [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-23 Level 23: The Petrified Garden]], [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-32 Level 32: Forest of the Skeleton Queen]] and [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-47 Level 47: The Adderwood]]. There are also a few inversions of this trope as well such as the [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/crimson-forest Crimson Forest]] and [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/level-39 Level 39: Enchanted Forest]] which are both relatively safe and pleasant compared to the other levels.

* DeconstructedTrope: The premise is based on the video game concept of "noclipping" (or leaving the boundaries of a video game level), and examines what would happen if a real-life person "noclipped" out of reality. The results are [[CosmicHorrorStory horrifying]].

The Backrooms is an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]] and quasi-AlternateRealityGame based upon the eponymous EldritchLocation, an infinite series of rooms decorated in mono-yellow wallpaper and moist carpet, lit by fluorescent lights, supposedly accessed when one noclips out of reality. Currently, a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms KnowYourMeme article]] exists documenting the phenomenon and a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBackrooms/ subreddit]] and [[https://backrooms.fandom.com/wiki/Backrooms_Wiki wiki]] have been made to expand upon the lore.

The Backrooms is an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]] and quasi-AlternateRealityGame based upon the eponymous EldritchLocation, an infinite series of rooms decorated in mono-yellow wallpaper and moist carpet, lit by fluorescent lights, supposedly accessed when one noclips out of reality. Currently, a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms KnowYourMeme article]] exists documenting the phenomenon and a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBackrooms/ subreddit]] and wiki have been made to expand upon the lore.

* SchmuckBait: Entering the "exit" in Level 2 and 3 will lead you to "The End". "The End" is a trap location meant to trick people into thinking they've left the Backrooms.

* TheVirus: Several [[EldritchAbomination entities]] in the backrooms are infectious, such as the [[SlasherSmile Smilers]] and [[MonsterClown Partygoers]].

* MeaningfulName: The entities, and very much so. Take the 16th entity, spider-like creatures that essentially cause people to fall into a coma, called [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/entity-16 "Nguithr'xurhs"]] for example. Eventually gets Lampshaded, as their wiki entry states that the name was kept that way as a remainder of how powerful the sedation effect can get.

* MeaningfulName: The entities, and very much so. Take the 16th entity, spider-like creatures that essentially cause people to fall into a coma, called [[http://backrooms-wiki.wikidot.com/entity-16 "Nguithr'xurhs"]] for example. Eventually gets Lampshaded, as their wiki entry states that the name was kept that way as a remainder of how the sedation effect can get.

* TheVirus: Several [[EldritchAbombination entities]] in the backrooms are infectious, such as the [[SlasherSmile Smilers]] and [[MonsterClown Partygoers]].

The Backrooms is an [[MemeticMutation internet meme]] and quasi-AlternateRealityGame based upon the eponymous EldritchLocation, an infinite series of rooms decorated in mono-yellow wallpaper and moist carpet, lit by fluorescent lights, supposedly accessed when one noclips out of reality. Currently, a [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-backrooms KnowYourMeme article]] exists documenting the phenomenon and a [[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheBackrooms/ subreddit]] has been made to expand upon the lore.

* EldritchLocation: The Backrooms themselves, lying outside of reality, being infinite in scale, and being inescapable, certainly qualify.

* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: The Backrooms are said to be made up of millions of square miles of empty, identical halls.

%%* EldritchLocation: The Backrooms themselves.

* UnnaturallyLoopingLocation: The backrooms are said to be made up of millions of square miles of empty, identical halls.

* NothingIsScarier: The main appeal of the original story. Who knows what could be lurking in those endless halls?

* EldritchLocation: The Backrooms themselves.

* NothingIsScarier: The main appeal of the original story. Who knows what could be lurking in those endless halls?
* ParanoiaFuel: Anyone could accidentally noclip out of reality at any time and wind up here, and there's no escape. Forever.

* NothingIsScarier: The main appeal of the original story. Who knows what could be lurking in those endless halls?