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It also features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpB6Nh3xss a music video]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ an]] InUniverse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ advertisement]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56QRK-VIA0&list=PLI-oiEIgb2QZ4Go7nX_uVVyOjG8eQgk6D official soundtrack]]. In addition, there is a video game, ''[[https://krainagrzybowtv.itch.io/smileguide Smile Guide: The Apple Escape]]'', taking place between episodes 5 and 6, where Agatha must wander Mushroomland and collect all apples to escape.
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It also features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpB6Nh3xss a music video]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ an]] an InUniverse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ advertisement]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56QRK-VIA0&list=PLI-oiEIgb2QZ4Go7nX_uVVyOjG8eQgk6D official soundtrack]]. In addition, there is a video game, ''[[https://krainagrzybowtv.itch.io/smileguide Smile Guide: The Apple Escape]]'', taking place between episodes 5 and 6, where Agatha must wander Mushroomland and collect all apples to escape.
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Episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_h2G6QMMjA One]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0g5QbWTkLo Two]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ptk2Ohn4vM Four]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1HmnzGIPs Five]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2g3Ht30gbM Christmas Special]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivwoME-JOU Six]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVwlLMSgcfo Epilogue]].
Starting in December 2019, the channel has pivoted to a new series called ''Indistinct Chatter''.
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''Smile Guide'' tells the adventures of Agatha and Maggie the squirrel in a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mushroomland]]. Agatha's Mother sometimes shows up, which for a moment turns the series into a reportage. It's made in Polish, but English subtitles are also available.
''Indistinct Chatter'' documents a series of COTN incidents. It's made in English.
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!! ''Smile Guide'' provides examples of:
* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name). [[note]]"Hatshepsut of Bytom" would indeed be a rare mix for an actual person, but quite typical for a pseudonymous call to the letters-to-the-editor section of a youth magazine in the implied time period.[[/note]]
* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name). [[note]]"Hatshepsut of Bytom" would indeed be a rare mix for an actual person, but quite typical for a pseudonymous call to the letters-to-the-editor section of a youth magazine in the implied time period.[[/note]]
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* TheNineties: The videos imitate a 90s TV show recorded on VHS casettes. The ending is set in 1994.
* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was
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* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]].
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[BestFriend But I love you anyway]].
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[BestFriend But I love you anyway]].
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* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], {{Subverted|Trope}}, as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]].
--> '''Maggie''': -->'''Maggie:''' [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[BestFriend But I love you anyway]].
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episode names imitate a video guide, but each one lacks a verb to be meaningful, e.g. “How to effectively an apple” (''Jak skutecznie jabłko'').
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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episode names imitate a video guide, but each one lacks a verb to be meaningful, e.g. “How "How to effectively an apple” apple" (''Jak skutecznie jabłko'').
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* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era. As a result, even those parts of the show which aren't supposed to be a MindScrew will not make sense unless you can recognize them from your lived experience, which only adds to the confusion.
* ShowWithinAShow: The “Valley of Flowers” (''Dolina Kwiatów''). Doubles as an in-universe case of DuelingWorks. The anime show with Maggie the squirrel probably counts as well.
* ShowWithinAShow: The “Valley of Flowers” (''Dolina Kwiatów''). Doubles as an in-universe case of DuelingWorks. The anime show with Maggie the squirrel probably counts as well.
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* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's 80s - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era. As a result, even those parts of the show which aren't supposed to be a MindScrew will not make sense unless you can recognize them from your lived experience, which only adds to the confusion.
* ShowWithinAShow: The“Valley "Valley of Flowers” Flowers" (''Dolina Kwiatów''). Doubles as an in-universe case of DuelingWorks. The anime show with Maggie the squirrel probably counts as well.
* ShowWithinAShow: The
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Agatha shows up in a beautiful flower field, with a sign saying “home”, making it look like she has finally made it home… only to fall into the ground, revealing she has not quite escaped yet. It then ends by saying that we will see Agatha in the last episode of the web-series.]]
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* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Agatha shows up in a beautiful flower field, with a sign saying “home”, "home", making it look like she has finally made it home… only to fall into the ground, revealing she has not quite escaped yet. It then ends by saying that we will see Agatha in the last episode of the web-series.]]
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* SchmuckBait: One secret area has a sign outside saying “free appel”, and it indeed has a lone apple. But grabbing it causes a whole bunch of Maggie’s {{Mooks}} to appear and chase you.
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* SchmuckBait: One secret area has a sign outside saying “free appel”, "free appel", and it indeed has a lone apple. But grabbing it causes a whole bunch of Maggie’s Maggie's {{Mooks}} to appear and chase you.
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* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name).
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]]
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[LesYay But I love you anyway]].
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]]
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[LesYay But I love you anyway]].
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* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name).
name). [[note]]"Hatshepsut of Bytom" would indeed be a rare mix for an actual person, but quite typical for a pseudonymous call to the letters-to-the-editor section of a youth magazine in the implied time period.[[/note]]
* AnalogHorror: Although the series is not quite aligned with the genre, it is the closest fit as far as comparisons go -- a grainy old footage of something that looks rather innocent at the beginning, but steadily grows more disturbing and sad, also employing many of the tropes listed in the genre entry.
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easilyforgiven]]
forgiven]].
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard![[LesYay [[BestFriend But I love you anyway]].
* AnalogHorror: Although the series is not quite aligned with the genre, it is the closest fit as far as comparisons go -- a grainy old footage of something that looks rather innocent at the beginning, but steadily grows more disturbing and sad, also employing many of the tropes listed in the genre entry.
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard!
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* CrosscastRole: Agatha's mother is played by a male. Or, at least, dubbed. The mother's voice seems to be a form of voiceover that is commonly used in TV reportages to obscure the voice of the interviewed person to ensure her anonymity.
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* CrosscastRole: Agatha's mother is played by a male. Or, at least, dubbed. The mother's voice seems to be [[note]]Such a form of voiceover that as is exhibited by Agatha's mother is commonly used in TV reportages to obscure the voice of the interviewed person to ensure her anonymity.[[/note]]
* DecadeThemedFilter: In its DeliberateVHSQuality variety, alongside with muted synthesizer music.
* DecadeThemedFilter: In its DeliberateVHSQuality variety, alongside with muted synthesizer music.
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* MysteriousStranger: Agatha's Mother mentions "a man from [[TitleDrop Mushroomland]]".
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era.
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era.
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* MysteriousStranger: Agatha's Mother mother mentions "a man from [[TitleDrop Mushroomland]]".
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era. As a result, even those parts of the show which aren't supposed to be a MindScrew will not make sense unless you can recognize them from your lived experience, which only adds to the confusion.
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era. As a result, even those parts of the show which aren't supposed to be a MindScrew will not make sense unless you can recognize them from your lived experience, which only adds to the confusion.
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* {{Retraux}}: The game looks like an old-timey 3D platform game, though Agatha cannot jump.
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* {{Retraux}}: The game looks like an old-timey 3D platform game, game of the early Playstation generation, though Agatha cannot jump.
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''Mushroomland'' (orig. ''Kraina Grzybów'') is a Polish youtube channel famous for its UsefulNotes/{{dada}}istic videos stylised for retro TV shows.
It contains the series ''Smile Guide'' (orig. ''Poradnik Uśmiechu'') and ''Indistinct Chatter''
''Smile Guide'' tells the adventures of Agatha and Maggie the squirrel in a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mushroomland]]. Agatha's Mother sometimes shows up, which for a moment turns the series into a reportage. It's made in Polish, but English subtitles are also available.
''Indistinct Chatter'' documents a series of COTN incidents. It's made in English.
It also features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpB6Nh3xss a music video]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ an]] InUniverse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ advertisement]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56QRK-VIA0&list=PLI-oiEIgb2QZ4Go7nX_uVVyOjG8eQgk6D official soundtrack]]. In addition, there is a video game, ''[[https://krainagrzybowtv.itch.io/smileguide Smile Guide: The Apple Escape]]'', taking place between episodes 5 and 6, where Agatha must wander Mushroomland and collect all apples to escape.
Episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_h2G6QMMjA One]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0g5QbWTkLo Two]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ptk2Ohn4vM Four]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1HmnzGIPs Five]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2g3Ht30gbM Christmas Special]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivwoME-JOU Six]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVwlLMSgcfo Epilogue]].
Starting in December 2019, the channel has pivoted to a new series called ''Indistinct Chatter''.
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!! ''Smile Guide'' provides examples of:
* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name).
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]]
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[LesYay But I love you anyway]].
* BilingualBonus: In the first episode we can see dark-skinned Maggie with a text "TEUFEL". ''Teufel'' is german for ''devil''. (Also counts as GratuitousGerman.)
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Agatha mentions paper in the first episode. And the whole second episode is centered about paper.
* CrosscastRole: Agatha's mother is played by a male. Or, at least, dubbed. The mother's voice seems to be a form of voiceover that is commonly used in TV reportages to obscure the voice of the interviewed person to ensure her anonymity.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:It's implied Agatha gets stuck in the Mushroomland forever. Her mother decides to keep waiting for her until death.]]
* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler:Agatha's final monologue has shades of it. She is grateful for having her eyes removed and ears glued shut so she won't see or hear the world's filthiness.]] This may be a metaphor for her being sheltered by her mother.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episode names imitate a video guide, but each one lacks a verb to be meaningful, e.g. “How to effectively an apple” (''Jak skutecznie jabłko'').
* MindScrew: Being based entirely on surrealism, this is a given.
* MysteriousStranger: Agatha's Mother mentions "a man from [[TitleDrop Mushroomland]]".
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era.
* ShowWithinAShow: The “Valley of Flowers” (''Dolina Kwiatów''). Doubles as an in-universe case of DuelingWorks. The anime show with Maggie the squirrel probably counts as well.
* SurrealHorror: Pretty much the bread and butter of the series. Of course...
* SurrealHumor: Sometimes the absurdism is just for the sake of it, though.
* TheNineties: The videos imitate a 90s TV show recorded on VHS casettes. The ending is set in 1994.
!!''Smile Guide: The Apple Escape'' provides examples of:
* BigBad: Maggie the Squirrel is trying to stop Agatha from collecting all the apples and escaping Mushroom Land, and sends versions of herself as enemies.
* EvilLaugh: Maggie lets out a continuous and long, ghoulish laugh during the boss fight against her.
* GottaCatchThemAll: The goal of the game is to get all 25 apples scattered around Mushroomland and take them to the exit.
* GuideDangIt: Since the tiles you need to step on to progress to each area are invisible, and falling down takes you back to the start, you will end up needing a walkthrough to avoid spending hours figuring out the TrialAndErrorGameplay. Thankfully, the subreddit [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/19CrrF07nTPfYdCqGGrfOKbGlmum3g3mWvg1RY7vScqE/htmlview has compiled one]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Agatha shows up in a beautiful flower field, with a sign saying “home”, making it look like she has finally made it home… only to fall into the ground, revealing she has not quite escaped yet. It then ends by saying that we will see Agatha in the last episode of the web-series.]]
* JumpScare: At certain points, scary images of the characters will appear on the screen.
* OneHitPointWonder: Agatha will die from being touched by an enemy even once, and will have to effectively restart the game all over again.
* {{Retraux}}: The game looks like an old-timey 3D platform game, though Agatha cannot jump.
* SchmuckBait: One secret area has a sign outside saying “free appel”, and it indeed has a lone apple. But grabbing it causes a whole bunch of Maggie’s {{Mooks}} to appear and chase you.
* SurrealHorror: Even more so than the original series, which had moments of humor- here, the atmosphere is dark all the way through.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Most of the map consists of invisible tiles that will only become visible when you step on them, and if you step outside a tile, you fall down and are sent to the start. There is no way to discern the location of safe tiles to step on.
!!''Indistinct Chatter'' provides examples of:
* BirdPeople:
** Simon from "What is the COTN Incident?" is a rather warped example, being a humanoid birdlike thing that appears to be solid red in color and devoid of feathers.
** Bonkie and Prucas, he two cartoon guys advertising Bramble Bor in "Have You Ever Seen a Cow" also qualify, albeit as more comedic variants.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At one point in "Have You Ever Seen a Cow?", Dooper and Fungela just stare at the camera and smile for almost a full minute.
* FunWithAcronyms: "COTN" is revealed to mean "Creature Of The Night".
* MindScrew:
** The COTN Incident was an incident that occurred when a single frame from a fast food commercial was broadcast as part of a signal endurance test, only for the frame to show a strange birdlike creature — nicknamed "Simon" — walking into frame and biting into the burger (which promptly grew a second instance of him). Thing is, it was a ''single frame'', so nothing should be moving at all…
** "Have You Ever Seen a Cow?" is this in its entirety.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Bonkie and Prucas, the cartoon bird people selling Bramble Bor.
* TomatoInTheMirror: It's implied that Dooper, the little boy from "Have You Ever Seen a Cow" is [[spoiler:a COTN (Creature Of The Night) himself]].
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It contains the series ''Smile Guide'' (orig. ''Poradnik Uśmiechu'') and ''Indistinct Chatter''
''Smile Guide'' tells the adventures of Agatha and Maggie the squirrel in a [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Mushroomland]]. Agatha's Mother sometimes shows up, which for a moment turns the series into a reportage. It's made in Polish, but English subtitles are also available.
''Indistinct Chatter'' documents a series of COTN incidents. It's made in English.
It also features [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfpB6Nh3xss a music video]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ an]] InUniverse [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Urp-3kLTekQ advertisement]], and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r56QRK-VIA0&list=PLI-oiEIgb2QZ4Go7nX_uVVyOjG8eQgk6D official soundtrack]]. In addition, there is a video game, ''[[https://krainagrzybowtv.itch.io/smileguide Smile Guide: The Apple Escape]]'', taking place between episodes 5 and 6, where Agatha must wander Mushroomland and collect all apples to escape.
Episodes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_h2G6QMMjA One]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0g5QbWTkLo Two]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ptk2Ohn4vM Four]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1HmnzGIPs Five]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2g3Ht30gbM Christmas Special]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ivwoME-JOU Six]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVwlLMSgcfo Epilogue]].
Starting in December 2019, the channel has pivoted to a new series called ''Indistinct Chatter''.
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!! ''Smile Guide'' provides examples of:
* AerithAndBob: Hatshepsut of Bytom; Hatshepsut is a female pharaoh's name and Bytom is a middle-sized Polish city. She fails to solve a riddle where the answer was “Zbigniew the dog” (Zbigniew being a perfectly normal, if slightly old-fashioned, Polish male name -- but definitely not a typical dog name).
* BerserkButton: You better not call Maggie a ''retard''. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as Agatha is [[EasilyForgiven easily forgiven]]
--> '''Maggie''': [[NoYou YOU]] are the retard! [[LesYay But I love you anyway]].
* BilingualBonus: In the first episode we can see dark-skinned Maggie with a text "TEUFEL". ''Teufel'' is german for ''devil''. (Also counts as GratuitousGerman.)
* ChekhovsBoomerang: Agatha mentions paper in the first episode. And the whole second episode is centered about paper.
* CrosscastRole: Agatha's mother is played by a male. Or, at least, dubbed. The mother's voice seems to be a form of voiceover that is commonly used in TV reportages to obscure the voice of the interviewed person to ensure her anonymity.
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:It's implied Agatha gets stuck in the Mushroomland forever. Her mother decides to keep waiting for her until death.]]
* HappinessInSlavery: [[spoiler:Agatha's final monologue has shades of it. She is grateful for having her eyes removed and ears glued shut so she won't see or hear the world's filthiness.]] This may be a metaphor for her being sheltered by her mother.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: The episode names imitate a video guide, but each one lacks a verb to be meaningful, e.g. “How to effectively an apple” (''Jak skutecznie jabłko'').
* MindScrew: Being based entirely on surrealism, this is a given.
* MysteriousStranger: Agatha's Mother mentions "a man from [[TitleDrop Mushroomland]]".
* {{Retraux}}: The whole series is made to look like a late 80's - early 90's children's educational TV show interspersed with a TV investigative journalism report from about the same era.
* ShowWithinAShow: The “Valley of Flowers” (''Dolina Kwiatów''). Doubles as an in-universe case of DuelingWorks. The anime show with Maggie the squirrel probably counts as well.
* SurrealHorror: Pretty much the bread and butter of the series. Of course...
* SurrealHumor: Sometimes the absurdism is just for the sake of it, though.
* TheNineties: The videos imitate a 90s TV show recorded on VHS casettes. The ending is set in 1994.
!!''Smile Guide: The Apple Escape'' provides examples of:
* BigBad: Maggie the Squirrel is trying to stop Agatha from collecting all the apples and escaping Mushroom Land, and sends versions of herself as enemies.
* EvilLaugh: Maggie lets out a continuous and long, ghoulish laugh during the boss fight against her.
* GottaCatchThemAll: The goal of the game is to get all 25 apples scattered around Mushroomland and take them to the exit.
* GuideDangIt: Since the tiles you need to step on to progress to each area are invisible, and falling down takes you back to the start, you will end up needing a walkthrough to avoid spending hours figuring out the TrialAndErrorGameplay. Thankfully, the subreddit [[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/u/0/d/19CrrF07nTPfYdCqGGrfOKbGlmum3g3mWvg1RY7vScqE/htmlview has compiled one]].
* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:At the end of the game, Agatha shows up in a beautiful flower field, with a sign saying “home”, making it look like she has finally made it home… only to fall into the ground, revealing she has not quite escaped yet. It then ends by saying that we will see Agatha in the last episode of the web-series.]]
* JumpScare: At certain points, scary images of the characters will appear on the screen.
* OneHitPointWonder: Agatha will die from being touched by an enemy even once, and will have to effectively restart the game all over again.
* {{Retraux}}: The game looks like an old-timey 3D platform game, though Agatha cannot jump.
* SchmuckBait: One secret area has a sign outside saying “free appel”, and it indeed has a lone apple. But grabbing it causes a whole bunch of Maggie’s {{Mooks}} to appear and chase you.
* SurrealHorror: Even more so than the original series, which had moments of humor- here, the atmosphere is dark all the way through.
* TrialAndErrorGameplay: Most of the map consists of invisible tiles that will only become visible when you step on them, and if you step outside a tile, you fall down and are sent to the start. There is no way to discern the location of safe tiles to step on.
!!''Indistinct Chatter'' provides examples of:
* BirdPeople:
** Simon from "What is the COTN Incident?" is a rather warped example, being a humanoid birdlike thing that appears to be solid red in color and devoid of feathers.
** Bonkie and Prucas, he two cartoon guys advertising Bramble Bor in "Have You Ever Seen a Cow" also qualify, albeit as more comedic variants.
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: At one point in "Have You Ever Seen a Cow?", Dooper and Fungela just stare at the camera and smile for almost a full minute.
* FunWithAcronyms: "COTN" is revealed to mean "Creature Of The Night".
* MindScrew:
** The COTN Incident was an incident that occurred when a single frame from a fast food commercial was broadcast as part of a signal endurance test, only for the frame to show a strange birdlike creature — nicknamed "Simon" — walking into frame and biting into the burger (which promptly grew a second instance of him). Thing is, it was a ''single frame'', so nothing should be moving at all…
** "Have You Ever Seen a Cow?" is this in its entirety.
* ThoseTwoGuys: Bonkie and Prucas, the cartoon bird people selling Bramble Bor.
* TomatoInTheMirror: It's implied that Dooper, the little boy from "Have You Ever Seen a Cow" is [[spoiler:a COTN (Creature Of The Night) himself]].
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