History WebVideo / Dad

-->''Mom scares Dad when she has a bad day''\\
''So he sleeps on the couch, he stays out-of-the-way''

* MindScrew

--> Cheryl is gentle, she is so special \\

--> ''The thought alone kills me''
--> ''All that money out the window''

---> ''Need myself a 20-pound sledge''\\
''To obliterate the neighbor's shed''\\
''ERROR ERROR, IGNORE, IGNORE''\\
''Let Dad rephrase that part of the song''\\
''Dad's not jealous of the neighbor's shed...''

--->''Entire show's Dad's favorite part''\\
''He's programmed with a beating heart''\\
''[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial I mean I was born here like you]]''\\
''A normal type of birthing too''

** In "40K Celebration!" Neighbor runs into Dad's family, claiming to have been practicing {{telepathy to better talk to his "favorite family". This appears to be the first time in the series that someone outside of the family has communicated without talking.

[[caption-width-right:287:From left to right: [[SingleGirlSeeksTheMostPopularGuy Daughter]], [[NightmareFuelStationAttendant Dad]], and [[BigBad Mom]].]]

[[caption-width-right:287:From left to right: Daughter, Dad, and Mom.]]

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]], {{science fiction}} {{black|Comedy}} [[HorrorComedy comedy horror]] {{dram|edy}}a Website/YouTube AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

* ShoppingMontage: In "Dad Bod - Official Music Video", Dad and Cheryl are shopping when Dad goes to try on clothes. While Cheryl sits boredly outside and gives her opinion on his clothes, Dad dances around and tries things on in montage-style.

* UncannyValley: The segments of the show within the server focusing on Dad can come off as this, with Dad behaving very much unlike a human (and looking outright terrifying in some videos, such as when he smashes the sweets with the hammer), weird music playing in the background and the manipulation of the various characters via the orbs.

* SurrealHorror The whole damn series itself.

* MoodWhiplash: "Scarlett Dawn" has Dadbot and Marty playing frisbee together, in order to take a break from their long shift at work. Marty starts to tell Dadbot about his being engaged, something Dadbot himself is also excited about. [[spoiler:Then Dadbot throws the frisbee a little too hard, and kills Marty, ending the episode on a far more tragic and upsetting note.]] * MindScrew

* MoodWhiplash: "Scarlett Dawn" has Dadbot and Marty playing frisbee together, in order to take a break from their long shift at work. Marty starts to tell Dadbot about his being engaged, something Dadbot himself is also excited about. [[spoiler:Then Dadbot throws the frisbee a little too hard, and kills Marty, ending the episode on a far more tragic and upsetting note.]]
%% * MindScrew

%% * SurrealHorror

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]]
{{Science Fiction}} [[BlackComedy black]]
[[HorrorComedy comedy horror]] {{dram|edy}}a [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

--> ''Mom scares Dad when she has a bad day''\\

** In "40K Celebration!" Neighbor runs into Dad’s family, claiming to have been practicing [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Telepathy Telepathy]] to better talk to his "favorite family". This appears to be the first time in the series that someone outside of the family has communicated without talking.

** “Dad Feels Aevum” reveals that [[spoiler:this telepathic language is called Arcane, and it’s a native language of Kepler 22B]].

* ShowWithinAShow: “Andan’s Run” features an ad for the new show ''Dadass''.

* UncannyValley: The segments of the show within the server focussing on Dad can come off as this, with Dad behaving very much unlike a human (and looking outright terrifying in some videos, such as when he smashes the sweets with the hammer), weird music playing in the background and the manipulation of the various characters via the orbs.

---> ''Entire show's Dad's favorite part''\\

** “Dad Elucidated”: [[spoiler:Andan wakes up and goes on the run, Cheryl reveals her relationship with Neighbor/Malvin, Andan gets a message from his wife Ella, and Emily is revealed to be on Earth looking for help]]. From there, the course of the series is altered, [[spoiler:with Cheryl having to use Dadbots to keep the channel running while she hunts Andan.]]
** “Andan’s Run” is the finale of the first season, and boy is it a doozy. [[spoiler:Andan and Emily both return to Kepler 22B, Cheryl has also gone to space to find her daughter, the Dark Party is confirmed to be real, the CUBE upgrades into becoming Scarlett, and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking we finally get an explanation for why Andan and Nathan Barnatt]] [[IdenticalStranger look the same]].]]

* MindScrew

* SurrealHorror

However, despite the innocuous set-up, ''Dad'' does have a plot and sets up a mystery for the viewers, which every video hinting at some deeper backstory, giving clues as to the true nature of Dad and his family, and/or containing codes for viewers to crack. [[SurrealHorror It turns out that everything might not be what it seems... [[KudzuPlot and nor is anyone or anything else]].

{{Science Fiction}} [[HorrorComedy Horror-comedy]] {{Dramedy}} [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

However, despite the innocuous set-up, ''Dad'' does have a plot and sets up a mystery for the viewers, which every video hinting at some deeper backstory, giving clues as to the true nature of Dad and his family, and/or containing codes for viewers to crack. It turns out that Dad might not be what he seems... [[KudzuPlot and nor is anyone or anything else]].

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]] {{Science Fiction}}[==][[HorrorComedy Horror-Comedy]] {{Dramedy}} [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]] {{Science Fiction}}[[HorrorComedy Horror-Comedy]] {{Dramedy}} [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]] {{Science Fiction}}[[=]][[HorrorComedy Horror-Comedy]] {{Dramedy}} [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.

''Dad'' is a [[SurrealHorror surrealist]] {{Science Fiction}}
[[HorrorComedy Horror-Comedy]] {{Dramedy}} [[Website/YouTube Youtube]] AlternateRealityGame web series created and produced by comedian Nathan Barnatt.