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Heathcliff family

Mark Heathcliff

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"YOU FUCKING BASTARD!"

Portrayed by: Alex Kister

"Who have I been praying to all this time?"

The very first protagonist of the series and a central posthumous character, a 17-year-old Christian boy who has been living in Mandela County since he was a child. In the many years that Mark has lived in the town, prior to his first appearance, he was witness and a survivor to multiple Alternate encounters, including at least 2 encounters with the Intruder himself.

Apocalyptic Log: All of his appearances are this one way or another, as it is implied that they are tapes being reviewed by agents of the Department of Temporal Phenomena in order to understand the Intruder's behavior.
- In Volume 333 he leaves behind his camcorder and his reaffirmations book, both of them containing notes and recordings of his last days inside his own room.
Author Avatar: He's played by Alex Kister himself. Even his birthday is the same as Alex's (July 24).
The Cameo: Appears in Volume 2 when the Intruder shows everything that happened in Mandela County to Adam.
Children Are Innocent: After his first encounter with the Intruder at the age of 4, he decides to make a school presentation based around it.
Determinator: Most people will commit suicide shortly after an encounter with an Alternate. Him? He lasted DAYS with one outside his door, and as revealed later, one inside his TV and another in his window, all three tormenting him.
- Averted in the Remake, where he's implied to last less than a day.
Dies Differently in Adaptation: Well, the differences are really minor, but as stated above, he lasts less than a day with Cesar's Alternate outside his room before comitting suicide in the Remake.
Driven to Suicide: After lasting days locked down inside his house with two Alternates, with no one coming to help, he reaches his Despair Event Horizon and decides to take his own life.
Foregone Conclusion: He's listed as "Victim 1" at the beginning of Volume 1, alluding that his fate is already sealed by the time you watch the footage.
Gone Mad from the Revelation: It's heavily implied that he didn't succumb to M.A.D. until Cesar's Alternate revealed him the truth about God's fate during the 3 days he spent locked inside his own room.
"my eyes are wide open"
Helpless Observer Protagonist: Much like everyone else in Mandela County, his only choice upon the Alternate invasion is to listen to the Public Service Announcements provided by the government and to hope everything goes well.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: Implied to be with Cesar. He trusts him enough to go to out in the middle of the night, knowing that the Alternates were around. This ultimately leads to his death in the hands of Cesar's Alternate.
Madness Mantra: Repeatedly wrote "Who have I been praying to all this time?" in his notebook before committing suicide.
Meaningful Name: A subtle one for sure, but it actually has some biblical ties; the name potentially comes from John Mark, the prophet who wrote the first books of the New Testament. Fittingly enough, Mark in the Mandela Catalogue series had documented the Intruder haunting his house as a child (so in a way, the first author).
Morton's Fork: While locked inside his bedroom with Cesar's Alternate outside, he's forced to choose between starving, potentially getting killed by the Alternate, or killing himself.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Left his house despite the PSA warning otherwise for the sake of helping his friend, only to be followed and driven to suicide by an alternate.
Posthumous Character: He's a central character in subsequent videos, but he dies during his first appearance in Volume 1.
Sanity Slippage: He goes through one while locked down in his room for days straight, receiving psychological torture from Cesar's Alternate outside his door.
- Exhibition reveals that he was already going through one at least one month prior to the events of Volume 1 due to the Intruder tormenting him, heavily relying on religious practices such as visiting churches.
  "Footage implies that Heathcliff has been paranoid for a prolonged period.
  Reasons are implied."
- Lt. Thatcher's incident report regarding Mark's camcorder footage describes the whole ordeal in grisly detail, including some extra dialogue with the Alternate that wasn't in Vol. 1 proper.
Trouble Follows You Home: He's literally followed home by Cesar's Alternate.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies in the very first episode he appears in.

Sarah Heathcliff

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"I'm still waiting."

Portrayed by: Christina Kister (Young), Rachel Ridley (Current)

"He had so much going for him. But you stripped that away with your filthy hands! You absolute... scumbags."

Mark's little sister. She's first seen in an old photo taken in front of a church in the early 80s, just to later be reintroduced in the series as the co-founder (alongside Adam) of the Bythorne Paranormal Society and the founder of it's predecessor, the Bythorne Paranormal Club. After a traumatic experience with an Alternate, she refuses to directly participate in any investigation, telling Adam to instead find a new partner and assuming the role of the BPS' online manager.

Adaptational Early Appearance: In the Vol. 1 Remake, Cesar's Alternate mentions her to Mark saying that "[his] little sister is so afraid." In the original Act 1, she wasn't seen or mentioned until Exhibition.
All There in the Manual: Her name was at first only known through a post in the Community tab, and her only appearance in the series being the church photo in Exhibition. Subverted with the release of the 333 extension, where she appears in an email to Thatcher Davis in the video and a more up-to-date picture of her (seen above) is seen on the website.
Author Avatar: She was played by Alex Kister's actual sister. Subverted in the 333 extension, where she's played by a completely different actress.
The Cameo: Appears on the Intruder's TV along with Mark and Cesar in Volume 2.
Chekhov's Gunman: She was first shown in an old picture from the 80s way back in Exhibition, just to come back in the 333 extension. As a member of the BPS, no less.
Jerkass Has a Point: While she doesn't know that the MCPD and Thatcher Davis in particular are frustrated at their inability to protect their constituents, she's correct in pointing out that the MCPD haven't helped the families of Alternate victims in the slightest and have refused to give them closure.
Meaningful Name: Named after the Biblical Sarah.
Only Sane Woman: Of the Bythorne Paranormal Society. With her two collegues being Adam Murray, the man who couldn't give less of a care when faced against clear and waking danger such as Alternates, seems prone to lashing out on close ones, exhibits overall anti-social behavior, and could very well be a sleeper Alternate, and Jonah Marshall, who constantly cracks jokes about his own customers and is a self-admitted stoner, she looks like the most rational person in the room.
This Is Unforgivable!: She's understandably mad at the MCPD, especially Thatcher Davis, after they left her brother to die in 1992.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Although you can't really blame her after what Adam showed her, her unwillingness to continue with the investigations and telling Adam to find a new partner sets in a motion of events that leads to Volume 2 taking place and, by extension, Jonah's death.
What the Hell, Hero?:
- Directly calls out Thatcher Davis and the MCPD for leaving her brother behind, calling them "absolute scumbags" and asking them how they're going to repay her for Mark's death.
- She also does this to Adam in Volume 4 when, after he messages her and tells her about Jonah's death, she quickly chews him out for not even caring at all about him dying and just passing it off as "bad news", bringing up the fact she cares more about him even though she didn't know him as much as Adam did, and demands he be the one break the news to their viewers.

Torres family

Cesar Torres

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Portrayed by: Andrew Long

A close friend of Mark's. Unfortunately, by the time the audience meets him, he was already replaced by an Alternate.

Author Avatar: Played by Andrew Long, a close friend of Alex's.
The Cameo: Along with Mark, he appears among the flashing images on the Intruder's TV in Volume 2.
Dead All Along: He's revealed to have been killed and replaced by an Alternate.
Foregone Conclusion: Similarly to Mark, he's listed as "Victim 2" at the beginning of Volume 1.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: Implied to be one with Mark, trusting him enough with keys to his house.
Iconic Outfit: His tuxedo, to the point it was reused in a different picture of him in Volume 333.
Meaningful Name: His name is likely based off of the biblical Caesar. To make it better, a line that mentions him is written by Mark.
Jesus said to them, “Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.” And they marveled at him. - Mark 12:17
Never Found the Body: The police department could not locate his body.
Sharp-Dressed Man: Wears a tuxedo in his few appearances.
Posthumous Character: He's already dead and replaced by the time the audience meets him in Volume 1, and both the location of some of Mark's segments in Exhibition and the entirety of Volume 2 are heavily implied to be his house.
Walking Spoiler: It's impossible to talk about him without mentioning the role he plays in the story, or rather, the role his Alternate plays.

Cesar's Mom

Portrayed by: Faith Cunningham

"Who are you? Ge- get away from me!"

The mother of Cesar Torres who was rushed to the hospital after she was inexplicably found unconcious. Cesar gets Mark to check the cameras in his house, since she screamed before he found her on the ground.

Ambiguous Situation: She isn't present in the Vol. 1 Remake whatsoever, leaving it ambiguous whether she's dead or alive. The introductory scene to the Remake does sample a scene that is heavily similar to her encounter with the Alternate in the original Vol. 1, but that's about it.
Big "NO!": Screams "No!" at the top of her lungs upon encountering an Alternate.
Never Found the Body: Heavily implied to be the case in Volume 333, since her prints do not appear in Thatcher's investigation.
Posthumous Character: Was most likely killed by the Alternate who killed her son.
Uncertain Doom: She's all but stated to be dead, since Cesar's Alternate mostly likely wouldn't have any use for her after killing her son and luring Mark to their house. Despite this, she doesn't play a role in Volume 333 even though she's ostensibly a victim of Cesar's Alternate.

Biblical times

Joseph

^{Wake up, Joseph.}

Mary's husband in the story of the Nativity. While he sleeps, the Alternate Gabriel visits him to tell him of his plan to deceive the shepherds.

Bedtime Brainwashing: Gabriel appears at his window and attempts to carry this out on him; however, because Joseph is a Heavy Sleeper, it's unclear if this takes place.
Heavy Sleeper: Manages to sleep like a rock through his meeting with Gabriel in its entirety; not even Gabriel repeating "WAKE UP" ad-nauseam will make him stir in the slightest!

Noah

Why do you try to escape what you fear, Noah?

Yes, that Noah. Despite Gabriel's orders of not building the Ark, he did it anyway. For this, he's forced to bring another creature on the boat. One that will give him his "last message".

Cool Boat: His titular Ark, which he built against Gabriel's orders.
Defiant to the End: He opted to ignore Gabriel's orders to not build the Ark, implying that he either knew something was wrong with him, or decided to follow God's orders only.
Killed Offscreen: He's alluded to be the first ever (human) victim of M.A.D and Alternates in general, although his death is never explicitly seen.
Oh, Crap!: He reacts in horror when "Gabriel" appears to them, knowing that he disobeyed his orders of not building the Ark.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Not complying with Gabriel's orders possibly led to the creation of Alternates, who would haunt humanity for millennia to come.

Adam

"On the sixth day, a man was created from the dust of the ground-"

^{Click here to see him after being deceived.}

"I don't know... It was good, but suddenly, I feel kind of scared..."

The first man on earth, In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made He him, you know the rest. He was shown in a brief cartoon segment that interrupts his Mirror Character's footage, serving as a paralleling shot back in Volume 2. After 2 entire volumes of not knowing about his whereabouts, he reappears again in Volume 4's intro, revealing an awful truth about humanity's origins after being deceived.

Ambiguous Situation: It's heavily implied that the Forbidden Fruit gave him M.A.D., but given the nature of who's messing with the footage, he may have been a victim of Twisting the Words.
- As of Volume 4, we really don't have any idea what the extent of his "alternification"'s implications are. Given that Adam and Murray are meant to be Mirror Characters and given the latter's ultimate fate, we can infer that Adam was indeed turned/replaced by an Alternate, but that does rise some questions. Namely, How is humanity even a thing after it's first member was presumably killed and replaced by an Alternate? Are they all part Alternate? Did God replace Adam with another human? There's no way to know for sure.
Ambiguously Human: And then there's the intro to Volume 4, where it implies that "Gabriel" deceived Adam first, and potentially replaced him with an Alternate.
The Bus Came Back: Not counting Gabriel, he and Eve are the only Biblical Times characters that reappear in the series after their initial debut.
Unwitting Instigator of Doom: Naturally, he alongside Eve were deceived to take a bite out of the Forbidden Fruit, causing the Original Sin.

Eve

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"-followed by a woman to keep him company."

^{Click here to see her after being deceived.}

"Come on, God's probably not even looking right now!"

The first woman on earth, who was tempted by Satan into biting the Forbidden Fruit.

The Bus Came Back: Not counting Gabriel, she and Adam are the only Biblical Times characters that reappear in the series after their initial debut.
Long Hair Is Feminine: She has vibrant long hair and is the first ever woman created by God.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: It's heavily implied that she accidentally gave her husband M.A.D. through the Forbidden Fruit.
Oh, Crap!: Her eyes are full of fear when she looks at what may be an Alternate impersonating Adam.
Unwitting Pawn: For Satan, who uses her to get to Adam.

Mandela County Police Department

As a whole

Mandela County Police Department

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Every Day Gets Brighter

The utterly useless police department of Mandela County, who are unable to stop the Alternates from killing people and kidnapping children.

Despair Event Horizon: They've seemingly past this a long time ago, given that they're reduced to repeatedly saying "Nothing is worth the risk".
Hero with Bad Publicity: By 2004, they're implied to be widely hated among the Mandela County populace to the point that the county is experiencing a mass exodus in part due to their incompetence.
Madness Mantra: "Nothing is worth the risk. Nothing is worth the risk. Nothing is worth the risk."
Morton's Fork: Either they risk officers and even the phone operators from being subjected to an Alternate attack if they try to help victims in the demons' crosshairs, or they leave the victim to be at an Alternates mercy with nothing but false reassurance. When they say 'nothing is worth the risk', they absolutely mean it.
Police Are Useless: They willingly leave people to die upon an Alternate encounter, saying that "Nothing is worth the risk". Frustrated people in Mandela County know how useless the police are and Thatcher resents how they don’t understand that the MCPD is just as terrified over their helplessness as everyone else.
Standard Police Motto: Their motto is revealed to be, ironically enough, "Every Day Gets Brighter" in Volume 333 despite the current Alternate situation getting worse throughout the whole series.

Lt. Thatcher Davis

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"If nobody's there to call you crazy...would you ever find out?"

Portrayed by: Thorne Baker

"I'm being ridiculed for looking so deep into this, but this is too intriguing for me to ignore. May have an update soon."

The lieutenant of the Mandela County Police Department. He seems to be the one behind the investigation of Mark Heathcliff's death and The Intruder overall. Originally serving as an Audience Surrogate for the first half of Act 1, he became a major protagonist from Volume 333 onwards.

Ascended Extra: Thatcher was originally an Audience Surrogate, who watched the recordings and existed in text only. In Volume 333, he becomes a plays a much larger role as his investigation into the Alternates is focused on.
Audience Surrogate: Like the audience, he watches the recordings and witnesses the horrors that they contain.
Apocalyptic Gag Order: Downplayed. He orders any evidence about the Distraught Mother's case to not be released to the public for any reason. It's also implied in the Volume 333 teaser that he might have ordered more information about the Alternate invasion to not be published.
Big Good: The closest the series has to one as he's the police officer in charge of investigating the Alternates and their many victims. He's also heavily implied to have been the one documenting the series, starting from Volume 1.
Broken Ace: Thatcher went from being a respected cop to a broken, sad man after meeting the Alternates; his urging to explore Mark's death by their hands leads to his partner, Ruth, dying and an Alternate trying to kill him and take his place. By Vol. 4, Thatcher sounds like he's about to put a gun in his mouth, but his resolve to stop the monster that looks like him prevents him from doing so.
Chekhov's Gunman: He was introduced as a Mention Only Character in Volume 1, then started getting teased to play a major role in a now deleted comment in "My Movie.mp4", which eventually led him to be a major protagonist in Volume 333.
Curiosity Killed the Cast: Thatcher's investigation into Mark's death ends up giving him so much grief he never would've expected. Downplayed as Vol. 4 reveals he's still alive, but his encounter with the Alternates has cost him his sanity and his partner, Ruth.
David Versus Goliath: He's named after the Trope Namer, after all. At the end of Volume 333, he's face to face against a giant Alternate, and even shoots the damn thing in the head, but unlike the biblical David however, his weapon did nothing to his oversized adversary. But, like his biblical namesake, he somehow survived his otherwise fatal encounter despite overwhelming odds.
Death Seeker: "every day gets brighter" reveals that he became this after his encounter with an Alternate. He talks at length about how the Alternates have taken away everything from him, even his identity, leaving him feeling like there's nothing left to live for anymore. However, he still makes it a point to seek his Revenge against the Alternate who copied him despite knowing what they're capable of, ending the video on a Determined Defeatist note.
Thatcher: I'm gonna kill this thing if it's the last fucking thing I do. I'm alive... but part of me doesn't want to be.
Defiant to the End: Even when Thatcher’s firearm proves completely ineffective against an Alternate that overpowers him and laughs triumphantly, he manages to shut it up with another bullet to the face, just as a final "screw you" to the Alternate. Implications are that he survived because of this bold and fearless gesture.
Despair Event Horizon: Has firmly crossed this after the events of Volume 333, and displayed in full during "every day gets brighter". While the Alternate failed in breaking him into suicide, the encounter has left him broken all the same. Where he feels completely hopeless, has no idea what he's supposed to do now, and outright says a part of him doesn't want to keep living.
Deuteragonist: Thatcher is the character with the most relevance in the narrative outside of Adam, acting as the Big Good in his quest to put an end to the Alternates rather than give in and die like they want him to. After it became clear Adam was a Decoy Protagonist in mandela catalyst, this left Thatcher as the default protagonist, a role he now shares with Eve.
Drowning My Sorrows: The 333 Extension reveals that he has been drinking due to a loss of sleep brought upon by the stress of his job. It's hard to blame him, since it's implied that lingering PTSD from his Alternate encounter also plays a role in this.
Dying Moment of Awesome: What does he do upon encountering a truly huge alternate who mocks him with the voices of the Intruder's victims and his colleague Ruth Weaver? He shoots it without saying a word. When he's overpowered by the Alternate and the alternate gives him a Pre-Mortem One-Liner while cackling triumphantly, he shoots it again to make the monster shut up! Subverted in that every day gets brighter reveals he hasn't died, though the encounter has turned him into a broken and vengeful man.
Faking the Dead: Implied. The 333 Extension has an "In Remembrance" post involving him and Ruth Weaver, despite the man being alive (at least to our knowledge).
Foregone Conclusion: Thatcher surviving the Alternate encounter in 1992 was technically already spoiled TWICE. First by a (albeit now deleted) pinned comment on "My Movie.mp4" which showed that he's still alive in the 2000s, and second by the Volume 333 Teaser itself, showing him in the cover of a magazine dated 1995.
"This video was found on a ton of computers here at the department this morning. We never received an email, message... anything. It just appeared in our files. I'm being ridiculed for looking so deep into this, but this is too intriguing for me to ignore. May have an update soon." - Lieutenant Thatcher, MCPD
The Ghost: Originally, he appeared in several of the videos, but always behind the camera and/or watching them. Averted as of Volume 333, where he's given a proper actor.
Gondor Calls for Aid: Invoked. Despite being a lieutenant of the MCPD, he calls for backup from the Bythorne and Werskha police departments and even hacks into a Bythorne channel to request just about any aid. Nobody comes and he's forced to face the giant Alternate inside the police station alone.
History Repeats: As seen in Meaningful Name below, this isn't the first time that a David fought against a giant. Downplayed however, in while he manages to survive the fight against the giant alternate, unlike his biblical namesake he did not slay his enemy. Although it could be argued his refusal to fear the Alternate and allow it to break him into suicide means he "defeated" it. He certainly doesn't feel like it, however.
Ironic Echo: The Pre-Mortem One-Liner he receives from an Alternate is the exact same Cesar's Alternate gave to Mark, the very own man he was investigating.
Meaningful Name: His last name is one letter off from David, who fought the giant Goliath in the Bible.
My Greatest Failure: Sees his abandoning of Ruth Weaver to the Alternate in the Murray House]] to be this. Spending a good amount of Volume 4 bemoaning and vilifying his cowardice, and driving himself to near-hysteric tears of grief and remorse over throwing his best friend and "guardian angel" into the fire to save himself because he was too afraid.
Narrator All Along: It's heavily implied that he has been documenting the entire series chronologically from Volume 1 to Volume 2. A community post even implies that he has a VHS copy of Overthrone, the very first episode of the series.
Nerves of Steel: Arguably Thatcher's signature trait, is him being able to keep calm and not let fear consume him in justifiably terrifying situations. And it is all but outright said that this ability is why he's survived encounters with the Alternates. Like when his Follower corners him and laughs after proving it is Immune to Bullets, Thatcher defiantly shoots it in the face one last time, the act making it ultimately leave him with his life. And later, proving that to be the case when he does it again when Ruth's Alternate visits him at night. Thatcher, while clearly shaken by it's sudden arrival, just calmly stays still and stares it down. Refusing to show fear even when it suddenly lunges in his direction in a desperate attempt to scare him, and thus the alternate slowly slithers away into the shadows after it becomes clear he isn't afraid.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Insists on continuing his investigation into Mark Heathcliff and the Intruder despite his promotion allowing him to step back and rest for a bit. This only leads to the presumed death of his friend Ruth Weaver and him being scarred for life following an encounter with an Alternate.
Odd Name Out: Unlike other human characters who have biblical first names, Thatcher Davis is so far the only one to have a biblical last name.
Police Are Useless: Deconstructs this trope hard in "every day gets brighter", where he expresses his frustrations with people blaming the MCPD for the various disappearances caused by the Alternates and calling into question their competence when in reality the police are just as helpless and terrified of the Alternates as the civilians are.
Thatcher Davis: "They don't realize that... we're in the same fucking boat as they are."
Stop, or I Will Shoot!: Yells this at an Alternate as it floats towards him.
Too Dumb to Live: Thatch, we get it. You're not doing your best mentally right now, but trusting a voice that says to be your intuition while referring to you in third person into following "the screams" is just a bad idea... It's heavily implied that following the screams led to his encounter with Adam, who was turning into an Alternate by that point.
WAKE UP, THATCH[ER]. CAN YOU HEAR ME? I AM YOUR INTUIT[ION]. DO YOU HEAR [THE] SCR[EAMS?] GO AND SEE.

Sgt. Ruth Weaver

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"What, did you get a similar call?"

Portrayed by: Bee "Fruitmasseuse" L.

"You do realize you just got promoted, right? You don't have to work on this bullshit case anymore."

The employee of the month in the MCPD. She, alongside Thatcher, were one of the only available police officers during the Intruder's Invasion of the Baby Snatchers.

Informed Ability: She is represented by a poster featuring her as the employee of the month. This implies she has certain skills, which aren't really shown.
Meaningful Name: Named after Biblical Ruth, who is an ancestor of King David. Similarly to Biblical Ruth, her story ends by kickstarting the beginning of David's story (or Davis, in Weaver's case).
Small Role, Big Impact: Is a strong contender for the shortest screentime a named character has in the series, yet her death is crucial to Thatcher's character arc from Volume 333 onwards.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies, or at the very least goes MIA, in the very same episode she's introduced in. Vol.4 definitively confirms that she's dead, with her alternate appearing in Thatcher's house in the middle of the night.

Evelin Miller

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"What's with the closet? The old TV? Why do you still-"

^{Click here to see her on the MCPD website}

Portrayed by: bl11nsided

"He was always the nicest guy, up until he started the investigations with Jonah..."

A witness of the BPS who had extremely close connections to Adam.

Arbitrary Skepticism: Flat out doesn't believe in the paranormal, despite the current Alternate crisis opening the door for other paranormal phenomena being real.
Expository Hairstyle Change: To show the audience that a significant amount of time has passed between the events seen in the mandelapolice.com ARG and Volume 4, she is seen with her hair constantly tied in a ponytail and with bangs, as opposed to her first appearance which showed her with longer, untied hair and without the bangs.
Go Mad from the Revelation: After a fight with Adam, Evelin vaguely recounts "some awful, terrible things that [she wishes] he never told [her]". Given the ending revelation, it's implied that she now has MAD.
Meaningful Name: A woman named Evelin, named after the first woman to ever exist in the bible, who's in a close relationship with a man named Adam. She takes on the name even more in Volume 4 in two separate ocassions, firstly by secretly viewing a tape that was meant to be only viewed by Dave, which cost her her job at MandelaTECH, much like how Eve biting the forbidden fruit cost her her place in Eden. And secondly, by entering the archive room in the MCPD in order to look through Adam's file, leading her into realizing his possible status as an Sleeper Agent Alternate and leaving her locked inside the building with an Alternate inside.
Noodle Incident:
- What exactly Adam said to her that left her in such a poor mental state is unknown, just that it was "hurtful" and led to the two breaking up, Adam writing her off as crazy, while Evelin continues trying to reach out to him and is concerned.
- mandela catalyst would reveal she had an encounter with "The Preacher". While it is ambiguous when this encounter occurred, as "The Preacher" spoke using Adam's voice and she had no surprise over him being near her despite having not heard from him in weeks, and Evelin was last seen in Vol. 4 still in the Mandela County Sheriff's Department, it's implied this encounter occurred before she broke up with Adam, and is connected to how she and Adam broke up, also implying she was afflicted with M.A.D. from it.

Bythorne Paranormal Society

In General

Bythorne Paranormal Society

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A cheap Paranormal Investigation team operating in Bythorne county.

Early-Bird Cameo: Bythorne County was originally mentioned in "Intruder Alert" as one of the counties that the Intruder stole children from.
Expy: Both their logo and name are a direct reference to the Real Life Paranormal Investigation team, The Atlantic Paranormal Society, or TAPS.
Oddly Small Organization: Shown to be comprised of two people in 2007 and three people in 2009. Justified since they're just a cheap paranormal team wanting to make a quick buck, and as it's later revealed, they started out as a highschool paranormal activity club.
Who You Gonna Call?: On the surface, they're a legitimate cheap Paranormal Investigation team. They even have proper equipment like spirit boxes and cameras, which is implied to have caused them to be wanted criminals in the first place.

Sarah Heathcliff

For tropes applying to her, see above in "The Heathcliff family".

"The Quiet Kids"

"The Quiet Kids"/Victims 3 and 4

"We lived our whole lives under the radar, right? Like the quiet ki-"

The two more iconic members of the BPS, and the first ones to be introduced, conformed of Adam Murray and Jonah Marshall. Dialogue in Volume 2 seems to imply that investigating the paranormal isn't their motivation at all, but to find someone who Adam lost, presumably his own mother.

All Work vs. All Play: In Volume 2, while Adam is centered around making an at least decent job as a paranormal investigator, Jonah just sits there cracking jokes and expressing his uneasiness for the house. This gets played with as the series continues, as it becomes more obvious Adam cares less about doing a decent job, and more about finding more evidence of Alternates no matter the cost, whereas Jonah is trying to act as a grounding agent to Adam by downplaying the situation in the hopes of dissuading Adam from continuing.
Bolivian Army Ending: By the end of Volume 2, Adam is stuck in a house without any escape while Jonah is being followed by an alternate heavily implied to be the Intruder. While Adam ultimately is revealed to be alive, the same can't be said for Jonah.
Call-Back: Prior to being revealed to be the third and fourth victims, both of the members of the Society were introduced in a community post showing their "Wanted!" Poster, which looked suspiciously similar to the "victim 1 and victim 2" scene back in Volume 1, alluding to their role in the episode.
Foregone Conclusion: Much like their predecessors, they're both marked as Victim 3 and Victim 4. Downplayed in that while they aren't dead at the end of Volume 2, they're still in a bad situation without any means to escape the Alternates. While Adam would turn up alive in Vol. 4, Jonah's status is still unknown.
Hair-Contrast Duo: Adam, whose hair looks darker in his photo, is the more serious and braver of the two, while light-haired Jonah is The Prankster who gets more easily scared. Somewhat subverted as Adam's actor is actually blond.
Price on Their Head: Due to their breaking of the Godzilla Threshold against the Intruder, both of them are wanted by the FBI with a reward of $100,000 on their heads.
Vitriolic Best Buds: In contrast to Mark and Cesar, who were implied to be close friends, both Jonah and Adam tease and argue with each other, but are the best of friends. Subverted in Volume 4, where it's revealed that Adam didn't even consider Jonah, or anyone for that matter, as his friend.
Wrong Genre Savvy: Their current situation could have been avoided were they smart enough to realize that the Woman's house was being "haunted" by Alternates, not by ghosts.

Adam Murray

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"He wasn't my best friend, I was HIS best friend. I don't have friends."

^{Click here to see him as the "suspect"/Jester.}

Portrayed by: Ty Osborne

"She tries to make me sound like I'm crazy, and I feel like I know myself enough to know that's fucking bullshit."

The leader and co-founder of the Bythorne Paranormal Society, who is currently wanted alongside his "friend" Jonah by the FBI for breaking with countermeasures against the Intruder.

Ambiguously Human: Whatever the Intruder did to him as a child did not leave him entirely human, if the Adam we've been following is the original Adam at all. When he was a toddler, he didn't react at all to any of the emotion tests and he's shown a remarkable resistance to the Alternates attempting to scare him. It doesn't help that his biblical counterpart was also heavily implied to be replaced by an Alternate, and that during his stay at Cesar's house, a voice can be heard telling Adam to "wake up", which in retrospect is implying he's a Sleeper Agent. It's especially noteworthy when in The Intruder's final speech in Volume 4, he talks about Adam in two distinct ways: when talking about the Infant Adam he cradled in his arms and took away, he says "Him", where as when he's talking to Adam directly he says "You", heavily implying that the "Adam" he is speaking to is not the same Adam as the human infant he stole away.
Alas, Poor Villain:
- Yes, he was indisputably an asshole to pretty much anyone he's ever interacted with, including his work partner, his best friend, and even two of his exes, but come on! No one deserves to turn into the same vein of creatures^note that drove your mother to suicide and, upon the realization, suffer for what's implied to be several hours after multiple attempts to take your own life, all failing yet still excruciatingly painful.
  "Please... SOMEONE KILL ME!"
- Thatcher invokes this in Presto, outright telling Adam he doesn't even care about the arrest warrant on him anymore, he just sees that Adam is in a lot of pain and wants to help him.
And Then John Was a Zombie: mandela catalyst has made it very clear that he's not human anymore.
Be Careful What You Wish For: Adam is practically obsessed with the Alternate happenings in Mandela and wants to know more about them to the point where he cares more about the knowledge than his fellow man. In an ironic twist, mandela catalyst reveals he's a sleeper agent that the Intruder made, and Adam is so shocked that he tries to kill himself. In his pursuit of the truth, he discovers a secret that even he doesn't want to know.
Berserk Button: During his argument with Jonah in Volume 2, Jonah snaps at him that they never should've gone looking for Adam's mother, and that she's probably dead by now. Adam doesn't take it well.
Adam: "What did you just fucking say to me?"
Big "SHUT UP!": Screams this in a corrupted clip in Vol. 4.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP! I'VE HAD ENOUGH OF YOU! PLEASE, JUST GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY H-"
Black Eyes of Crazy: If you invert the colors of his suspect photo from mandela catalyst, you'll notice his sclerae is now black, and the irises white.
Body Horror: When he's shown talking to Thatcher in "Presto", his eyes have entirely sunken in, his body has become extremely gaunt, and his jaw has become dislocated and misshapen.
Bungled Suicide: It's implied he tried to kill himself by drinking bleach, following his full transformation into an Alternate. It didn't work out, and Adam is found by Thatcher desperately begging for someone to kill him.
Conditioned to Accept Horror: Despite the Intruder's multiple attempts to scare him, he never gives in. If anything, it made him more interested in the case.
Connected All Along: As was often theorized by the fandom, Volume 333 confirms his identity as the Distraught Woman's son.
Decoy Protagonist: Adam is initially set up to be one of the key players in the Mandela Catalogue narrative, being one of the two leads in Vol. 2, Volume 1 and Vol.333 being connected to his origins, and acting as the deuteragonist in Vol.4. mandela catalyst however would see him be transformed into an Alternate, a tool to serve the Intruder's objective, begging Thatcher Davis to kill him after he failed to himself. The radio story that plays shortly before Thatcher finds him, "The Fate of the Jester", perfectly lampshades this.
Radio: As the boy laid there dormant, all of his humanity drained into a murky puddle, milky eyes cut through the thick blackness of the bedroom, a spectator. He was no longer the hero of this story, just a cog in the machine.
Dissonant Serenity: Vol.4 has him sporting a surprisingly cavalier attitude when Jonah's possible death, with even his eulogy videos being half-assed, 2009 YouTube quality. It's one of the hints towards Vol.4's revelation that he may be a sleeper Alternate.
Driven to Suicide: Horribly subverted. Adam tries to kill himself by downing a bottle of bleach when he's "activated" as a sleeper Alternate, but because Alternates can't die by conventional means, all the bleach does is burn his throat and vocal cords. By the time Thatcher finds him, he's in a lot of pain, and all Adam can do is unintelligibly scream while begging the detective to kill him.
Face–Monster Turn: By the time of mandela catalyst, Adam has become an Alternate, with his nature as an "Alternate Sleeper" finally realized.
Forgotten First Meeting: The captions in Volume 2 imply he has one with the Intruder, which may be Justified due to the nature of the latter. Volume 333 expands on this by implying that he's been scared of the TV to the point his mother decided to unplug it. This doesn't seem to have worked, however, as implied by multiple clips of a child's eye watching an unplugged TV switching channels rapidly throughout the video. The Intruder tries to remind him again during Volume 4 via hacking Adam's computer.
Hearing Voices: Heavily implied in Volume 4 and mandela catalyst. In Volume 4, he tells something to "shut up" and to "get the fuck out of my head!" Under the screaming at the end of mandela catalyst, Adam could possibly be saying "there is someone—", implying a presence in his mind. Though unexplained, the cause of this definitely has something to do with the Alternates.
History Repeats: As shown in Meaningful Name below, this isn't the first time Satan tricks someone named Adam by proxy. Both of them were tricked via a woman, who offers them something seemingly harmless at first, which ultimately results in their demise... or not, as Adam ends up surviving... allegedly... Yeah, no. At the end of mandela catalyst, it's heavily implied that he as well as his biblical counterpart were turned into Alternates.
I Cannot Self-Terminate: After starting to turn into an Alternate, he's implied to have drank a bottle of bleach to presumably die as a human. However, due to the invulnerability that comes with being an Alternate, he doesn't quite make it, leaving him still alive and in excruciating pain. The ending of mandela catalyst shows him screaming for Thatcher to kill him.
In the Hood: He wears a hoodie.
I Will Find You: His motives for founding the BPS is to find someone who was taken away from him by the Alternates, his own mother. Unfortunately for him, he seems unaware that she had died long before his crusade started.
It's All My Fault: Presto has him tell Thatcher that he blames himself for Jonah's death. He may have hated Jonah, but he never wanted him to die, and laments that Jonah's death was his fault for ignoring the warnings of "God".
Jerkass:
- The 333 extension makes clear his lashing out at Jonah was not an isolated incident, rather he has a history of lashing out at people who care about him and blaming them for the issues. While testimonial from Evelin makes it sound like he was once a nice guy until he started investigating the Alternates, she later admits that he said some awful things to her in a big fight they had, with Adam's testimonial having him claim she has a screw loose and is just bad-mouthing him.
  Adam: I have no idea what her issue was, she keeps making shit up about me. Just on a whim, constantly, there's always something new with— [static] —I have no idea what she's like with other guys, or if she's had this problem with other guys in past relationships, but, eh, there's gotta be something up with her.— [static] — She tries to make me sound like I'm crazy, and I feel like I know myself enough to know that that's fucking bullshit. Like, I'm sorry for being the mentally stable one in our relationship. She's got some screws loose up there man!
- Vol. 4 makes it clear this is just how he naturally is, having a distinct Lack of Empathy for Sarah and Jonah when dragging them on his expeditions, and caring more about his investigation about the Alternates than the fact Jonah is more than likely dead, something Sarah calls him out on. A look at his messages similarly shows him to have pissed off several others with his behavior, including his ex-girlfriend Evelin who he's ghosted, and someone named Amanda who says "fuck you. youll get whats coming".
Lack of Empathy: In The Mandela Catalogue Vol. 4, Adam is far from concerned about Jonah's fate and more focused on the footage of the alternates he got. When Sarah calls him out on this, he just hangs up on her.
Laughing Mad: After he's transformed into an Alternate and found by Thatcher Davis, he tries begging him to kill him. After the video glitches out though, he can be heard screaming in the background, before it eventually gives way to insane laughter. Fitting when the radio story that played right before Thatcher found Adam, "The Fate of the Jester", perfectly illustrates Adam's fate, as Adam is no longer human, but instead "The Jester".
Married to the Job: He seems to be very centered about his job as a paranormal investigator, going as far as accepting calls and jobs during his time as a wanted criminal and ignoring Jonah's warnings about entering the Woman's house after realizing that there was more than a cat haunting it.
Meaningful Name: He's named after Adam, the first man to ever exist in the bible, who defected from God by eating the Forbidden Fruit after being tricked by Satan.
Mirror Character: To Biblical Adam.
Missing Mom: It's heavily implied that his motivation of going after the Alternates is attributed to his searching for his long-dead mother.
No-Sell: Despite regularly chasing after Alternates, Adam is never actually afflicted with M.A.D., even when directly interacting with The Intruder. As M.A.D. is explicitly a result of someone being told information they don't want to know, the implication is that because Adam is seeking the Alternates out, he can't be afflicted with M.A.D., as he wants to know.
Rule of Symbolism: Moments before the reveal of him becoming an Alternate, we can hear a radio audiobook of Chapter 1 of "The Fate of the Jester", the excerpt that is read applying perfectly to Adam and his role in the narrative.
- The book is about a boy who lost his humanity in his sleep, who was no longer the "hero of this story" but instead a "cog in a machine". Adam was the closest character to a main protagonist in the series thanks to his focus in Vol.2 and Vol.4, and his quest for his Missing Mom sounds like a standard character motivation for a lead. He's a Decoy Protagonist though, an Unwitting Pawn of Gabriel and the Intruder in their own plans, nor is he even the real Adam Murray, but an Alternate Sleeper Agent that has finally been activated.
- Jesters are usually falsely equated with clowns and seen as The Fool. Court Jesters meanwhile are hardly as straightforward, being able to often say harsh truths and scathing criticisms of royalty under the guise of humor, and are just as likely to be skilled manipulators that very few suspect. As a Sleeper Agent, Adam's role was to further the plans of Gabriel and the Intruder, implicitly by spreading M.A.D. to others by getting his partners to "bear witness" to Alternates during their hunts. Rather than be seen as dangerous or the like though, Adam is instead viewed by his friends as mentally troubled at best, a complete jerkass at worst, allowing him to continue his hunts with new partners beneath their notice under the idea he's just obsessed rather than any ulterior motive.
Sanity Slippage: Adam ends up suffering a mental breakdown upon realizing his origins, not helped by the Intruder activating him and initiating a Painful Transformation. Adam tries drinking a bottle of bleach to kill himself before that can happen, but it ends up a Bungled Suicide due to his Alternate physiology, simply burning his throat instead. When Thatcher Davis finds him, he lets out a painful scream and tries begging Thatcher to kill him, before he eventually starts Laughing Mad, Adam giving way to "The Jester".
Sleeper Agent: The Intruder hints that Adam is a "Sleeper Alternate" of some kind in Vol 4, claiming that "your skin is not your own" and that "you're not the real you". The viewer is even shown distorted pictures of Adam at the volume's end, adding to this belief further.
Thrill Seeker: His initial reaction upon seeing that there might be more than a ghost cat to the case? Saying that it's "kinda interesting", proceeding with insisting to go back into the house despite Jonah's protests. This is expanded upon in Vol. 4 with the reveal he's been doing this before with Sarah, specifically searching for Alternates. In both cases, Sarah and Jonah can't abide by his recklessness any longer, and tell him to find someone else to drag with him.
Tomato in the Mirror: There's an implication that the Intruder did something to Adam when he was younger that made him less human; the details are murky, but Vol. 4 implies that he's an Alternate sleeper agent. Did the Intruder take the actual Adam and replace him with an Alternate, and he's been dormant about his true nature this entire time? Did he transform him into an Alternate-human hybrid? But whatever the case, it's safe to say that the thing in mandela catalyst isn't Adam anymore. Presto demonstrates that while he still retains some level of the "Adam" identity, he's slowly losing himself more and more, struggling to think straight while talking to Thatcher.
Unwitting Pawn: Adam, being an Alternate Sleeper Agent, was an unsuspecting tool in the plans of Gabriel and the Intruder. What his role was is somewhat unclear, but it's heavily implied his role was to inflict others with M.A.D. and make them susceptible to the Alternates via his hunts and making people be his partners, as Sarah, Eve, and Jonah all mentally suffered from the hunts and quit out of frustration with Adam, while Adam was seemingly impervious to M.A.D. and just looked for new partners. Only after he had done all he could would he be activated, the Intruder doing so at the end of Vol.4, and leaving him in a state of agony as he begs for death in mandela catalyst. The radio show playing right before Thatcher Davis finds him, "The Fate of the Jester", would lampshade this by calling "The Jester"/Adam a "cog in a machine" that thought he was "the hero of this story".
Villain Protagonist: Of Volume 4 and retroactively Volume 2.
- The series has made it very clear that Adam exhibits, at the very least, sociopathic behavior and aggressive behavior towards close ones, and if the 333 Extension is a reliable source, he would even lash out at his girlfriend, which led to her reporting him and the entire organization to the MCPD. And even then, he doesn't acknowledge that he's at fault.
- In Volume 4, Adam and Sarah's plotline literally revolves around the fact that Adam is being a complete asshole over Jonah, the one person that cared for him and who considered him his best friend, dying. In that same episode, we can see subtle clues that suggest that Adam has been a jerk towards more people than it was shown, including someone named "Amanda."
Walking Spoiler: Adam's true nature is heavily tied to the overarching plot of the series, and it's hard to talk about him without discussing how he's a Decoy Protagonist, but also an Alternate Sleeper Agent.

Jonah Marshall

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"Maybe it's mass hysteria. Do you think this is the rise of the war on the alternates?"

Portrayed by: Gabriel Linan

"Ugh, really? A freaking cat alternate?"

The second member of the Bythorne Paranormal Society, Adam's best friend, and The Prankster of the two. Unlike Adam, he isn't brave enough to go into investigations himself, so he just reduces to be the "man in the chair".

Ambiguous Situation: Jonah's current status is unknown. At the end of Volume 2, he pulls over after fleeing the house and is seemingly accosted by...something, with a muffled scream being the last we hear of him. In Volume 4, Adam is revealed to be alive, but he seemingly has no idea what happened to Jonah, and though he and Sarah assume that he's dead, we don't actually have confirmation whether Jonah survived the events of Volume 2 or not.
Arbitrary Skepticism: Despite being in a paranormal investigation team, he doesn't fully believe in Alternates, thinking of it as a mass hysteria of sorts. This gets subverted as the situation gets worse, as it turns out he does fully believe, he was just downplaying it in the hopes Adam would give up on the expeditions if he thought they were pointless, Jonah outright calling them "death marches" due to how dangerous they are.
Cowardly Sidekick: He doesn't want to enter the Woman's house, leaving Adam to do all the work. He justifies himself by saying that he's "allergic to cats".
Delinquent Hair: His hair is dyed white, that alongside the fact that he's literally a wanted criminal makes him qualify.
Genre Savvy: He knows that staying longer in the Woman's house would only bring trouble and drives away after failing to convince Adam to go with him.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: With Adam, who he initially seems reluctant in abandoning after everything goes downhill. And even then he heavily regrets leaving him behind. Vol. 4 however reveals this to be sadly one-sided on Jonah's side, as Adam only worked with him due to Sarah no longer wanting part in his expeditions, and Adam displays a Lack of Empathy to the idea that Jonah died. He even denies Jonah being his best friend, saying he was just Jonah's best friend, not the other way around.
History Repeats: As shown in Meaningful Name below, this isn't the first time a Jonah runs away from God (or at least someone who claims to be him in BPS Jonah's case), and by extension abandoning someone who needs to repent. In BPS Jonah's case, it was his friend Adam. And in Biblical Jonah's case, the whole city of Nineveh.
Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Jonah is sarcastic, lazy, and a stoner who ultimately left Adam behind to save his own life, but he genuinely cares about Adam's well-being, to the point of only being involved in the group for Adam's sake, and tried to get Adam to come with him instead of staying at the house, only giving up after Adam told him to just leave.
Meaningful Name: He's named after Jonah, one of the 12 minor prophets, who ran away from God Himself.
Only in It for the Money: In contrast to Adam's increasing interest in the "ghost cat" case right from the start, the only thing that gets a reaction out of Jonah is the prospect of a hefty paycheck.
Woman: How about $500 a night?
Jonah: Oh, hell yeah!
The Prankster: He admittedly "screws around sometimes" with Adam, this is exploited by the Intruder, who makes it seem like Jonah's actively trying to prank him to cause conflict between them.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: Gives this to Adam once he reaches his limit after realizing that the Paranormal Case was yet another Alternate encounter, which were implied to have caused them to be wanted by the FBI in the first place.
The Stoner: While Adam and Jonah are on their way to their client's house, Jonah has this to say about her:
Jonah: "...and who's to say she's not even crazy. Who's to say she's not as high as I'm going to be in 30 minutes?"
- In Volume 4, the last conversation Adam and Jonah had through the messenger program involved drugs, with Jonah saying that Adam should try the 25mg version of a drug next time.
Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Leaves Adam behind and gets the hell out of the house after getting into an argument with him. Unfortunately for him, the Intruder is inside his GPS... and chews him out for leaving his best friend in a hostile area with no means of getting out.
Tempting Fate: Says that it's a good thing that the GPSes weren't outlawed, as it's unlikely that the Intruder could appear in their screens. At the end of the video, this is how the Intruder torments him for abandoning his friend.
Trouble Follows You Home: Fleeing from the house and leaving Adam to fend himself with the Intruder, Jonah drives away in palpable panic and grief over what he's done. However, as Alternates are attracted to dread and Adam has long since lost his fear of their kind, the Intruder spends little time meddling with him now that they're alone and instead stalks Jonah in his own car to torment him via his GPS.
Uncertain Doom: His final scene in Vol. 2 is canonically the last time he's been seen alive at the moment, and it does not bode well for him, being harrassed by The Intruder and having pulled over to let out a muffled scream. While it is possible to survive a confrontation with an Alternate as Lt. Thatcher demonstrated, Jonah's odds aren't exactly looking good. Adam himself believes Jonah is dead, as the former claims that after walking in the snow for a while, he found Jonah's car pulled over still, but no sign of Jonah, leading to him just taking the car himself without a second thought for Jonah.
What the Hell, Hero?: The Intruder torments him with the fact he left Adam all alone in the middle of nowhere, with no means of transportations.

Others

Lynn Murray

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^{distraught at the sight of her missing infant}

Portrayed by: -Lighth0use-

"What do you mean? Do you realize how young he is?"

A mother who had divorced her husband and gets her baby kidnapped by the Intruder.

Amicable Exes: Downplayed. She and Jude clearly aren't the best of friends, but are willing to help each other out with their son's needs.
Art Shift: Upon committing suicide, her body briefly changes to that of a real woman with long hair. The lower half of her corpse we see in Volume 333 resembles this brief look.
Driven to Suicide: She kills herself after she finds her baby missing.
Madness Mantra: The words "distraught at the sight of her missing infant" appears multiple times after her suicide.
Meaningful Name: Her name is presumably short for "Marilynn", since she's a mother whom the Intruder mocks by playing the song "Ave Maria" after kidnapping her child.
Posthumous Character: Her hanging corpse has far more screentime than all of her living appearances.

Jude Murray

Portrayed by: Michael Vale

"I don't know what to do... I think my wife's hurt..."

A man who had divorced his wife and gets his baby kidnapped by the Intruder,

Chekhov's Gunman: He's said to play a major role in a future installment. Whether that installment was Volume 333 or a future episode is unknown.
Disappeared Dad: Assuming he didn't die and is in fact Adam's father, he isn't remotely implied to continue to stay with Adam in Volume 2.
Meaningful Name: He might have been named after the Biblical Jude.
Small Role, Big Impact: He^noteOr an alternate pretending to be him is the one who calls Thatcher Davis into his wife's home, leading to Ruth's presumed death and Thatcher facing off against a giant Alternate that leaves the poor lieutenant a broken man.
Uncertain Doom: He is not alluded to outside of Vol. 333. In Vol. 2, it's heavily implied Adam is searching specifically for his Missing Mom, leaving it unknown if Jude is also considered missing.

Mervin Marshall

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[AWAITING QUESTIONING]

Portrayed by: Bob Odenkirk (appearance only)

"You know what they say!"

A lawyer who was being investigated at some point by Thatcher Davis before 2004.

555: A variation. His entire phone number consists entirely of threes.
Alliterative Name: Mervin Marshall.
Ambiguous Situation: We don't know what he exactly did to get arrested by the MCPD, at least for the time being.
Ambiguously Related: His "meme" self was Jonah Marshall's father. It's unclear if they actually canonically share any relation or if they coincidentally have the same last name.
Amoral Attorney: Implied. Mervin must have done something to be investigated by Davis and to be held for questioning. There's also the fact that he's an expy of Saul Goodman (a well-known "criminal lawyer").
Ascended Meme: He started out as an inside joke in the Patreon-Only Discord server, and eventually became canonical to the series.
Expy: Of Saul Goodman, obviously. Though it’s currently unknown if he is as much of a "criminal lawyer" as Saul is.
Genre Refugee: A hilarious parody of Saul Goodman with a corny catchphrase of "You Know What They Say!" sticks out like a sore thumb in the dark and evil-infested world of the The Mandela Catalogue.
Joke Character: A rather comedic parody of Saul Goodman who sticks out from the mostly dark tone of the 333 Extension.
Mood Whiplash: His case file comes after we learn of Sarah Heathcliff's seething hatred of the MCPD, the deteriorating relationship between Evelin and Adam and the full details of Mark Heathcliff's last days. This causes quite a dramatic shift in tone.
Odd Name Out: The only character so far to not have a biblical name. Justified due to his status as an Ascended Meme and in part due to Saul being a biblical name.
Outliving One's Offspring: If he's canonically Jonah's father, then he outlived his son following his death in Volume 2.

Dave Lee

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"Can you remember our last good day? Yeah, me neither."

Portrayed by: Alex Kister

"If you need any more help, you can call me back or just send me another letter... and I'll be awaiting a response."

The manager of MandelaTECH, who aids Thatcher Davis in his investigations of the Alternates and the Intruder by recovering damaged VHS tapes for Thatcher to see. Due to his knowledges as a technician, he also creates computer programs said to be revolutionary, such in the case as "Face Studio". Unknown to him, however, he is being a pawn for a being beyond this comprehension or beliefs.

Adaptational Heroism: The Dave Lee we see in the non-canon promo doesn't do anything remotely heroic and is quickly killed by the Intruder for his utter incompetence (a plushie version of him nonetheless). In Volume 333 however, he aids Thatcher Davis in his investigation of the Intruder and manages to recover two minutes of The Might of the Subconscious from the Murrays' television and even tells Davis that he's ready to help him more in his investigation. When he comes face-to-face with the Unspeakable, he tells him that he's not real and defiantly says that Satan cannot accomplish anything before getting his eyes gouged out.
Adaptational Intelligence: The non-canon Dave Lee doesn't seem to have a clue on what to do when encountering an Alternate and tells his "tech geeks" that an appearance by the Intruder is just a "really unique defect" that can be immediately fixed by unplugging the TV and plugging it back in. His canon appearance in Volume 333 however reveals that he is aware of Thatcher's investigation into the Intruder (and by extension the rest of the Alternates) and shows actual technical expertise when he recovers two whole minutes of The Might of the Subconscious from one of the tapes that Davis sent to him.
Ascended Extra: Begnning as a Canon Immigrant from the Makeship plush promos, to being a background character in Vol. 333, to becoming one of the protagonists in Vol. 4.
Ambiguously Related: He is identical in appearance to Mark save for his moustache and hair, raising the question if they're related in some way.
Author Avatar: Another character portrayed by Alex Kister.
Call-Back:
- His death by having his eyes gouged out by Gabriel is heavily reminiscent of Mark's last words, "my eyes are wide open."
- Overall, the scene leading to his death scene is a clear parallel to Noah's final encounter with Gabriel in Exhibition. First of all, both men are older than the rest of the cast up to that point, and both are referred to as prophets. When Gabriel descends from the skies, both come to this realization by slowly turning and looking up to the sky, in Dave's case with a shot near identical to Noah in Exhibition. From then, both are told that they will be punished for not following his every word, followed by their deaths.
Canon Immigrant: Originally presented as an non-canon character for the Makeship Intruder Plush Promo before becoming an actual character in the series proper.
Cruel and Unusual Death: Dave dies after getting his eyes melted by Gabriel. If that wasn't bad enough, mandela catalyst reveals that he also did something to Dave's brain. Whatever it was isn't clear, but the nurses at the Bythorne Hospital were pretty spooked (invokedWord of God in the Discord server states that Gabriel made Dave's brain explode).
Nurse #1: Oh, Jesus...
Nurse #2: What?
Nurse #1: Come here, look.
Nurse #2: Oh my god!
Nurse #1: Yeah. Brain's not supposed to do that.
David Versus Goliath: Much like Thatcher Davis, he is confronted with an immensely powerful alternate (in this case, it's Satan) and defies said Alternate. Unlike Davis however, Dave is not so lucky and ends up having his eyes gouged out.
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: The man looks at Satan himself straight to the eye and tells him "he's not real" and that he won't accomplish anything. Normally, such bold fearlessness is the perfect means to repel an Alternate, as Thatcher proved. However Gabriel, obviously, is no mere Alternate. So this, of course, accomplishes nothing and leads to his death.
Eye Scream: Killed by the Unspeakable by popping out his eyes. We only get to see the aftermath; Dave lying on the floor, dying from blood loss.
Flat-Earth Atheist: Says in Vol. 4 that he's "not a man of god", implying that he's an atheist. Even when face-to-face with Satan himself, he tells him that he's "not real".
Meaningful Name: Similar to Mr. Davis, Dave may have been named after the Biblical David as well. This is amplified by his death, which comes from facing the Alternate Gabriel himself, essentially falling to the "Goliath" of alternates. The Alternate Gabriel even calls him "David".
Retirony: Gets killed by Gabriel not too long after disbanding MandelaTECH and having cut his ties with Thatcher.
Sunglasses at Night: Is never seen without wearing sunglasses, even after his eyes are gouged out.
Unwitting Pawn: Is revealed to be this by none other than Gabriel himself. In his efforts to aid Thatcher in his investigation, he gave the Alternates everything they wanted; the altered tapes are now fully repaired and readily viewable to anyone, and with Face Studio 2, he's given them the perfect tool they need to copy any face they could ever want and create Tulpas with ease. Though he ultimately stops just short of...whatever his final purpose was for them, he had done enough for them to continue off of. Which led to...
You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: All but outright declared by Gabriel himself, as he says that Dave had already done all his bidding for him right before seemingly killing him.

Adam's Online Friends

In Volume 4, we are shown Adam's private messages in some sort of social media. Among these, we are able to see names of characters that are likely yet to be introduced properly.

Atrocious Alias: One of Adam's friends has the username xXxNOAHxXx, an obvious pastiche of "edgy" usernames from the older days of the internet.
Foreshadowing: It's hard to spot, but Adam's last message to Tyler Johnson is him asking what "fs2" is. Later in the episode, we're shown the existence of Face Studio 2, likely what Tyler was referring to.
The Ghost: Naturally, we never see any of them.
Meaningful Name: Some of them seem to be named after biblical figures, much like the main cast, such is the case of xXxNoahxXx and Tyler Johnson.
Noodle Incident: Amanda's last message to Adam is nothing but insults, saying that Adam will get what's coming for him. We are never shown what Adam did to Amanda, raising some questions. According to Evelin in Presto, Amanda had also tried warning Evelin about being in a relationship with Adam, suggesting she knew Adam before Evelin met him, either as a friend or possible ex-girlfriend.

The Alternates

As a whole

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If you see a person that has a biologically impossible characteristic, run away and hide.

"In the event of an Alternate encounter, follow the T.H.I.N.K. principle."

The antagonistic force of the series, shapeshifting demons who can imitate just about any lifeform and seek to kill their victims via proxy by driving them to suicide, typically through prolonged torture. They are alluded to be a temporal anomaly of some sorts.

all lowercase letters: In the closed captions, all of their dialogue is in this format, save for Alternate Gabriel's and Stanley's.
Always Chaotic Evil: None of them are shown to have any redeemable qualities whatsoever. This comes with being demons created by Satan. Showcased in Volume 4, where a multi-armed Alternate (or a whole horde of them) is attracted to the sounds of people suffering.
Brown Note Being: It is stated by the Department of Temporal Phenomena that direct contact of any kind will lead to developing M.A.D.
Cold-Blooded Torture: Of the psychological type, in hopes to cause their victim to commit suicide.
Dark Is Evil: invokedWord of God states that upon first entry, all Alternates are humanoid pitch black figures until they shapeshift.
Expy: invokedWord of God states that the main inspiration for the Alternates as a whole are the Woodcrawlers from Gemini Home Entertainment.
Flight: It's implied that they have this ability at some capacity. In The THINK Principle, you can see that among the "biologically impossible characteristics" listed there's an Alternate being upside down, and in Volume 333 you can see Thatcher's Follower revealing itself to Thatcher by slowly descending from the ceiling in a puppet-like fashion.
Hive Mind: If Makeship's Gabriel Vinyl Figure's description is any indication, the Alternates are part of a Hivemind led by Satan himself.
- Although not outright stated to exist in the mainstream series, implications of an Alternate Hivemind were already being given out as soon as Volume 1, more specifically in the 911 operator section which tells the viewer to not talk too much to a victim reporting an Alternate encounter, saying that they might accidentally reveal their fear and therefore "uploading" it to the Hivemind.
- Then there's the 333 Alternate, who repeats Arc Words from Volume 1 such as "uh oh, bad decision!" and "there's not enough room for the both of us" while not even being brought onto existence after these phrases were originally said. It also seems to mimic 3 separate victims of the Intruder, implying that he is also connected to the Hivemind in some level.
Humanoid Abomination: While some can disguise themselves better than others, their monstrous true nature always bleeds through the facade, ranging from simple, almost mundane-seeming oddities in their appearance to a distorted parody of the human form. Then there’s their Shapeshifter Default Form, which is a humanoid mass of darkness.
Invincible Villain: So far, nothing has been shown to hinder them in the slightest. Not even hot lead, which Mark and Davis learn the hard way. If they do have a weakness, then the Intruder will make sure that information doesn't go far.
Leitmotif: A lot of Alternates tend to make their appearance accompanied with a distorted song playing in the background. This includes Gabriel and the Intruder, even if the latter is not an Alternate himself. Ave Maria seems to be the most recurring, being heard on at least 3 occasions throughout the series.
Mind Rape: Their type of psychological torture is implied to be this, as it can spread a mental disorder known as "M.A.D.", which has a 97% chance to drive the affected to suicide.
Not Using the "Z" Word: Despite being implied to be demons, none of the characters refer to them as such at any given point.
Nigh-Invulnerability: Double Subverted. The USDTP implied that Alternates were able to be killed via weapons in Volume 1, Volume 333 however repeatedly showcases that shooting an Alternate will, at most, stall it for just a bit. Cesar's Alternate wasn't affected after being shot repeatedly with a Desert Eagle, and Thatcher's Follower merely flinched after being hit by a bullet to the head.
Our Demons Are Different: They're all but stated to be demons, being creatures with uncertain origins that cause psychological and (at some unknown extent) physical damage. By the end of Exhibition, it's heavily implied that they were created by Satan himself.
Spell My Name with a "The": Every major Alternate is referred to at one point with a title starting with "The." The Antichrist^note/invokedFalse Shepherd, The Intruder, The Alternate^note, The Perpetrator^note, The Jester, and so on.
They Look Like Us Now: Most of the Alternates look, or at least try in some cases, to blend in with their environment, whether it be as humans, inside mirrors or as objects.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Alternates can mimic absolutely anything they see right down to the tiniest scratch, though the results aren't always flawless, as with the Type 3 Alternates.

Type 1: Doppelgangers

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The first example of the Type 1 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.

"Unidentifiable by the naked eye."

The most common type of Alternates, shapeshifters who copy other human's appearance and voice, to very close results.

Kill and Replace: Due to being the only Alternates with the ability to mimic the human body without any major flaw, most of them so far seem to use this as their modus operandi.
Meaningful Name: In general culture, Doppelgangers are known as "an apparition or double of a living person." Similar to what they're doing, minus the living part.
Spotting the Thread: They at first look exactly like the humans they copy, but upon having a closer look at them.... you'll realize that something is wrong, like a longer neck or shorter height.

Type 2: Detectable/Unspeakable

Type 2: Detectable (Later known as the Unspeakable)

"The name that shall not be named."

See "The Archangel Gabriel".

Type 3: Flawed Impersonators

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The second example of Type 3 Alternates, seen in The T.H.I.N.K Principle.

"Doppelgangers that have not completed the process/process interruption."

Doppelgangers whose process of shifting has been interrupted or left uncompleted, causing their human disguises to distort in horrifying ways.

The Blank: Some of them lack facial features entirely.
Body Horror: Due to their transformation being interrupted, their bodies have been deformed in such a way they don't even look human anymore. On top of their Facial Horror, their bodies can end up stretched out and mangled or have grossly inhuman proportions, if their representation in the THINK Principle is anything to go by.
Glamour Failure: Their deformations range from removing every facial feature to a pitch black face with no facial features but eyes.
Obviously Evil: Unlike the Doppelgangers, you can obviously tell these guys do not mean well.

Type 4: Tulpas

"Most recent threat."

The fourth type of Alternates, seemingly created by children's imagination through a television show called The Might of the Subconscious. They can supposedly appear on mirrors, as hinted by the community post that first revealed them.

Meaningful Name: In Theosophy, Tulpas are Imaginary Friends who are willed into having sentience and independence from their creator. In Volume 333, it's heavily implied that this is what causes them to exist.
Mirror Monster: They can presumably appear on mirrors.
Your Mind Makes It Real: They are implied to be children's imaginary friends brought to life.

Specific Alternates

"The Archangel Gabriel"

"Gabriel"/Satan/ "O'Brien"

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"can't you see? i decieved them. such weak minds."

^{Click here to view "Gabriel's" appearance in Exhibition}

Portrayed By: A whisper text-to-speech program (Overthrone-Exhibition)^note, Kyle "ItsameWario" DeNigris (Volume 4 onwards)

"i am your true savior. i know everything about what makes you human. i know what you love. i know what you dread."

The Detectable. The Unspeakable. A mysterious figure first seen in "Overthrone" that presents itself as the Archangel Gabriel, but seems quite a bit off. In truth, this figure is none other than the Devil himself, who managed to replace the Archangel Gabriel during the birth of Jesus and convince people that he's the "true savior," allowing him to conquer Earth within the following millennia. He is single-handedly responsible for the Alternates managing to get onto Noah's Ark and spreading across the world, resulting in the Alternate Crisis.

Adaptational Badass: Biblical Satan failed in both overthrowing God and tempting Jesus with power, and was eventually thrown into Hell as a result. Mandela Catalogue's Satan however, managed to defeat and impersonate the Archangel Gabriel and take his place, release his demons to drive humans to suicide and turn himself into the de facto ruler of Earth.
All Your Powers Combined: So far, he has shown abilities from three of other four Alternate types, these being the Doppelganger's ability to shapeshift into semi-identical versions of their victims, being able to shapeshift into their "flawed" state at will. It's also implied that he has the ability to tamper with the PSA tapes, likewise to the Intruder.
The Bad Guy Wins: He’s already won, effectively, having come out on top in the conflicts that the Biblical Satan failed in and ended up winning much, much more after that. By the modern age, humanity is constantly suffering under the spread of evil and his Alternates.
Big Bad: He's the main antagonist of the Biblical times setting, and overarching antagonist of the series in general; The entire plot was set up as a result of him replacing Gabriel and causing himself to be worshiped by humanity and then unleashing Alternates in order to ravage mankind.
Broken Record: When he's speaking to a sleeping Joseph in Overthrone:
"wake up, joseph. wake up wake up wake up wake up wake up"
The Cameo: His post-Exhibition Act 1 appearances have him appear only briefly.
- He is seen as a green serpent in Vol. 2 and is shown to be responsible for the Original Sin.
- Appears at the very end of Vol. 333 next to a statue of Jesus and Simon Of Cyrene, still sporting the Psychotic Smirk he had in Exhibtion.
CAPS LOCK: The text he uses to monologue at the end of Overthrone is a red text in all caps. And again at the end of Vol.4.
Contractual Boss Immunity: The leader of the Alternates, and a being of incredible power, the latter being unsurprising, as incredible power comes with the territory of being Satan. And when Dave Lee faces him, he proves to not have the, so far, only true weakness of the Alternates. Thatcher proved that complete fearlessness in the face of an Alternate makes them incapable of affecting you, and forces them to leave you. Dave Lee looks the literal Devil in his eyes, and says right to his face that he's not real and he won't accomplish anything. Gabriel, in response, laughs in his face and kills him directly rather than indirectly, further cementing him as something on a much different level than his minions.
Dark Is Evil: His second appearance has him completely covered in darkness and he's literally the embodiment of evil who is responsible for the current Alternate crisis.
Demiurge Archetype: A case where the Demiurge is Satan, who somehow killed and replaced the Archangel Gabriel, then overthrew Jesus himself. Posing as the both of them and as God, he tricks humanity into worshipping him instead of the true god, describing himself as the "one true savior". He also unleashes Alternates, demon doppelgängers of human beings, onto the world to destroy humanity via a mass Kill and Replace in order to ensure his goal of global conquest goes unchallenged, furthering the themes of illusion, deceit, and impersonation.
Devil in Disguise: Throughout the videos, it becomes clearer and clearer that "Gabriel" is none other than Satan himself. Starting from vague hidden captions in the first couple of episodes referencing the Devil to straight up being implied to be the Serpent of Eden in the latest of episodes.
Divinely Appearing Demons: Having stolen the identity of the Archangel Gabriel, Satan uses his face and likeness to deceive various biblical figures and prophets in the Biblical Times sections. Subverted in the Modern Times, where he stopped giving a care about his disguise a long time ago and deforms it into monstruous proportions.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: O'Brien, the man with the southern accent talking to Dave Lee about a job offer on the Church at the very beginning of Volume 4? Yep. That was Gabriel all along.
The Dreaded: Implied to be this by the Department of Temporal Phenomena. In his description, his name is described as the one that shall not be named.
Evil Laugh: Gives one right before Dave Lee's death.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: Taken to its Logical Extreme. Satan may take on the form of the Archangel Gabriel, but he's still the Devil, and has no qualms with destroying humanity.
False Prophet: He proclaims himself to be the "true savior" of humanity to Mary and the Shepherds.
For Doom the Bell Tolls: His appearance to Noah in Exhibition is heralded by the cacophonous sound of church bells overlaid with brief flashes of his actions in Overthrone. They get louder and louder as "Gabriel" comes closer to Noah.
Glamour Failure: His disguise is perfectly identical to the actual Archangel Gabriel, save for the small detail that he doesn't have wings. Not bothering with the disguise anymore when his work is done, he apparently lets loose his Facial Horror before the shepherds.
Grayscale of Evil: Every time he approaches the scene, the screen turns completely grey.
Greater-Scope Villain: As expected of the embodiment of evil, the entire tragedy behind the Alternates plaguing humanity was started by him, he's changed world history for the worse by subverting divine will and becoming the ruler of Earth, and is about the most powerful and dreaded entity the series has to offer. In the modern times however, he's either dormant or absent from the main events, with other Alternates, namely the Intruder, leading most of the carnage instead.
Hero Killer: Going off his actions, he's managed to dispose of Archangel Gabriel, deceived Adam and Eve into commiting the first sin, afflicted and doomed Noah with M.A.D after forcing him to help spread the Alternates across Earth, possibly forced Jesus Christ into damnation and flat out subverted God's will in general, with any acts He could have done to curb Satan being nonexistent even in the modern age. His first onscreen kill comes in Vol.4, where he's implied to have gouged Dave Lee's eyes out.
Hive King: His Makeship Vinyl Figure's description describes him as the "leader of the Hive Mind that doomed Mandela County from the start."
I Know What You Fear: Says to the Shepherds that he knows what they fear.
"i know what you love. i know what you dread."
Implied Death Threat: Delivers one to Noah once he fails to comply with his demands, saying that he will receive his "last message" from what's presumably an Alternate.
Light Is Not Good: He wears the same white robes as Gabriel, except this time he is the false shepherd to others.
Monster Progenitor: To the Alternates. He knows exactly how they work, and describes that a "change" will happen to Noah's mind once he encounters the Alternate he infiltrated in the Ark, a change that sounds suspiciously similar to M.A.D.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: By 2005, he is known by the Department of Temporal Phenomena as the "Unspeakable" for obvious reasons.
Non-Standard Character Design: In the cartoony representation of the Biblical times, he stands out by being the only character represented in a realistic portrait. This is subverted in the Volume 2 flashback to the creation of Original Sin, where he's represented as an animated serpent, and Double Subverted in the Volume 4 flashback, where he's depicted as his usual statue self once again.
Perpetual Smiler: Played for Horror. In all of his appearances, "Gabriel" has either a malevolent, ear-to-ear smile or an arrogant, yet vicious smirk.
Psychotic Smirk: Before he donned his deformed and inhumane smile, he smirked. Just ask Noah.
Rule of Symbolism: Unlike the rest of the Alternates, who can't seem to be perfectly capable of replicate human faces, Satan is perfectly capable of copying someone down to the last detail. Though, his "Gabriel" disguise seems to have one major flaw that sets him apart from the real deal: He doesn't have wings, referencing him being a Fallen Angel.
Sadist: He smiles wickedly while watching humanity being doomed after he replaces Jesus and laughs maniacally after killing Dave Lee.
Single Specimen Species: In the 2005 document, "Unspeakable" is in singular, implying that as far as the Department knows, he's the only Alternate of his kind.
Slasher Smile: He has the ability to heavily contort his face at will, as shown in the page image.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Combined with Creepy Monotone. In every single appearance he makes after his role is revealed, he speaks with a barely audible whisper to his victim(s). This is dropped in Vol. 4, where when he is finally voiced, he's prone to a more theatrical pattern of speech and maniacal laughter.
Speak of the Devil: The implied reason of why he was renamed from the "Detectable" to the "Unspeakable" in the Department of Temporal Phenomena's files.
Synthetic Voice Actor: Until Vol. 4, the only time his voice has been heard has been in the form of a frightening, harsh and primitive text-to-speech programming. And when he finally does have a voice, that synthetic voice remains in the background of his speech.
Walking Spoiler: It's basically impossible to talk about him without revealing that he's actually Satan in disguise and conquered the entire world thousands of years ago.
Would Harm a Senior: Implied to have had an Alternate give the 600-year old Biblical Noah M.A.D. as punishment for building the Ark.

N

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A flawed impersonator whose disguise has been reduced to nothing but pitch darkness with two eyes. Although it would be more accurate to say he has no disguise at all.

All There in the Manual: Likewise to the Intruder, his name is never outright stated in the series and was instead revealed via Twitter.
- His appearance not simply being a flawed disguise, but a lack thereof, was only revealed on Alex's Twitter.
Body Horror: Manages to outdo the other flawed impersonators seen by a wide margin. His "body", if you can even call it that, is nothing but pitch black darkness and the only human feature he has are two eyes.
The Cameo: He briefly appears in the Intruder's screen while he shows Adam the events of Mandela County from Volume 1.
Dark Is Evil: A pitch dark Alternate, clearly not the best of combinations.
Emerging from the Shadows: Camouflaging in the shadows appears to be his way of attacking.
Living Shadow: His body almost seems 2 dimensional, giving this effect.
Shape Shifter Default Form: According to invokedWord of God, N's general appearance is what all Alternates look like in their natural state.
The Spook: He's largely absent from the series save for being used as an example of a flawed disguise, with similar looking black figures with beady white eyes appearing in televisions and windows that may-or-may-not be him (and could also be the Intruder) appearing in other installments.
Wham Shot: The end of The Think Principle shows a bedroom covered in darkness...before the lights flicker on to reveal N staring at the camera.

Cesar's Alternate

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i have a gift for you! i have a surprise!

^{Click here to see him in Volume 1}

Portrayed by: Andrew Long (Phone Call), Michelle Strohwig

"One last thing, try to get a good view of the back hallway."

An alternate who has taken the form of Cesar in order to lure Mark into his house and follow him.

Adaptational Late Appearance: In the original Vol. 1 and in the mandelapolice.com ARG, it's implied that he cornered Mark in his room immediately after he went to Cesar's house. In the Remake, he has to break into Cesar's house again to check if Mark was still there, and when he realizes that Mark had already left, it takes him a whole day to corner him in his room.
The Cameo: Appears as a silhouette with only his eyes visible on the Intruder's TV in Volume 2, and his "Wanted!" Poster briefly appears during one of the transitions in Volume 333.
Clock King: Played for Horror. He mimics the voice of what appears to be a TV announcer talking about the time while tormenting Mark.
"What time is it? It's just after eight."
Death Glare: As soon as Mark shoots him, he rushes towards Mark and gives him a frightening stare. Which prompts Mark to shoot himself.
Dissonant Serenity: One of the main hints that he's an alternate is how calm he sounds after his mother got sent to the ER.
Electronic Speech Impediment: Suffers from this when he speaks to Mark outside his door.
Evil Laugh: He laughs for a prolonged period prior to Mark's death.
Face Framed in Shadow: In Volume 333, the evidence gathered by Lt. Thatcher's police investigation into Mark's death includes a mugshot of Cesar's Alternate, with half of his face being obscured by pitch black shadows.
Hero Killer: Forces Mark to kill himself after tormenting him outside of his room for several days.
Immune to Bullets: Implied. There's many empty bullet casings on Mark's bed after Thatcher finds his body in Volume 333. Futhermore, Mark lets out a Battle Cry after opening the door, indicating he at least planned on fighting at first.
Pre-Mortem One-Liner: "uh oh! bad decision, mark!"
Slasher Smile: Is shown to sport a wide-faced grin when the video distorts.
Speak Ill of the Dead: He mocks Mark's suicide, saying it was the "wrong decision" to make.
Tranquil Fury: Implied by the tone of his voice when he speaks to Mark in Volume 333, seemingly starting to lose his patience.
"You need to open the door, NOW. I am not going away..."

"Woman"

Portrayed by: Faith Cunningham

"i still hear the meows of my old cat, jonny, but the little guy passed away a few years ago."

An Alternate posing as a lady in order to lure the BPS in her house by presenting them a paranormal case involving the meows of her recently deceased cat.

Ambiguous Situation:
- Given that the location of Volume 2 is heavily implied to be Cesar Torres' house, and that she shares voice with Cesar's mother, fans speculate that she might be Cesar's Alternate from Volume 1 taking her form.
- Faith Cunningham also had The Preacher as her profile picture, which may imply that "Woman" and the Preacher are one and the same. Or at least they are in her own invokedheadcanon.
Call-Back: The method she uses to lure the BPS into her house is similar to the one Cesar's Alternate used to lure Mark.
Dead All Along: Heavily implied to have been an Alternate in disguise.
No Name Given: She's credited as simply "Woman".

"The Preacher"

"The Preacher" / "A Messenger"

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^{Click here to view The Preacher's appearance in Interlude}

The Alternate who was sleeping inside Cesar's house in Volume 2, seemingly summoned by the Intruder. Not much is known about it until the release of Interlude, where the Preacher is shown to be a new type of Alternate with an "overdriven assimilation", causing it to be a grotesque and malformed copy of a nun.

All There in the Manual: Following the trend of Alternates going unnamed in the actual series and being named in invokedWord of God statements, its name, or at least a nickname to refer to it, was revealed in a poster posted in Alex's Twitter.
The Bus Came Back: After not being seen since Vol 2, the Preacher returns in Interlude.
Connected All Along: In Volume 4, a picture of her shows up after the Intruder mentions Adam's "monsters in the bedroom", implying that she was one, if not all of them.
Ghostly Gape: Has wide, dark eyes and an open mouth looking almost like it's screaming.
The Grotesque: Unlike a typical Type 3, which is a flawed assimilation of a human, causing it to be missing parts of a body, the Preacher is an overdriven assimilation, causing human features to be present, but greatly exaggerated and disproportionate as to still appear inhuman.
Mr. Exposition: During its jumpscare, a hidden message shows in the captions informing the viewer about M.A.D. symptoms.
Nuns Are Spooky: It's an Alternate mimicking a nun.
The Unintelligible: Although many attempts have been made by the fandom, its whispers don't seem to say anything understandable, unlike Gabriel's.
Trespassing to Talk: Effectively what it did — It was outside the house until after the Intruder threatens Adam. Unless, of course, you consider the Intruder to be the owner of the house. Then technically it was invited.

Thatcher's Follower

Thatcher's Follower^Note

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i wanna play with the man in the tv!

^{Click here to see him copying Thatcher in Vol 4}

Portrayed by: Thorne Baker (Vol.4)

"This is Lieutenant Thatcher Davis. Seems like I made a mistake. Everything's clear here at the station. Calling off all units. Over."

An Alternate with the appearance of a malnourished giant with loose skin. Throughout Volume 333 it stalks and eventually attempts to murder Thatcher Davis. After Thatcher manages to escape it in Vol. 4, it takes on his form and continues to psychologically torture him.

Ambiguous Situation: At a glance, it appears to be a Type 3 whose disguise has seemingly extended more than intended. However, Stanley's TV show about bringing Imaginary Friends to life being part of the "Murray v. [???] Altercation Reel", Stanley saying "your new friend is somewhere in your house" and the Alternate first being seen in the Murrays' house, the TV show's piano theme playing when it stretches its face, and it talking in a childish voice about friends, all seem to imply that it's a Type 4 created by Lynn and Jude Murray's child.
Call-Back: Delivers two previously seen lines to Thatcher before attacking him, "uh oh! bad decision, thatcher!" (seen before in Vol. 1 when it was directed at Mark) and "THERE IS NOT ENOUGH ROOM FOR THE TWO OF US LIEUTENANT" (seen before in The THINK Principle, not directed at anyone in particular). The full implications of this are unknown.
Evil Laugh: Lets one out after stretching its face into a smile.
Hero Killer: It's heavily implied it murdered both Thatcher Davis and Ruth Weaver in Vol 333, though Thatcher is shown to have survived in a later video, leaving Ruth's fate ambiguous. Confirmed in Vol.4 to have killed Ruth.
Humanoid Abomination: More-so than most Alternates, who either largely have a resemblance to humans or have utterly inhuman features. This one has a malnourished looked to it and it can also stretch its face to form a deranged smile. The Alternate's new "Thatcher form" is just as horrific; it takes his basic look, but its flesh, eyes, and mouth are loose and twitchy, and its left eye is blind.
Immune to Bullets: Being shot in the head only stuns it for a few seconds.
Kick the Dog: Though it fails to make Thatcher afraid of it, and fails to make him commit suicide, thus forcing it to leave him alone, it still takes the time to give the Lieutenant one last parting twisting of the knife; implications being for no reason other than sheer pettiness at being bested. Taunting his uselessness and comparing him to Mark Heathcliff, who killed himself, implicitly suggesting he should go the same route.
Leitmotif: It is associated with the classic Christian hymn "Amazing Grace". It is introduced singing the first two stanzas, and its arrival at the Mandela County Police Station is heralded by a heavily distorted recording of the hymn.
Marionette Motion: It floats and moves around like a puppet on strings. Curiously enough, the pose that it takes while doing this resembles Jesus' during his crucifixion.
Mirror Character: To the giant Goliath.
No Name Given: It's not given any kind of name in the credits besides "Alternate".
Nothing but Skin and Bones: The Alternate's form is twisted in such a way that its body resembles that of a malnourished human.
Premortem One Liner: "uh oh! bad decision, thatcher!"
"Reason You Suck" Speech: After stealing Thatcher's face, voice, and (most of) his life, the Alternate Thatcher calls him a hopeless man with no place in the world, comparing him to a scared little boy with a gun.
Thatcher's voice: "Afraid of your own reflection, lieutenant? Dead or alive... you're no use to these people. A man without a purpose... in a world that doesn't need him. A scared boy with a gun. Sound familiar?"
Shapeshifter Guilt Trip: Uses the voices of Cesar, Ruth, and Mark to both scare and mock Thatcher.
Cesar's voice: "You're too late."
Ruth's voice: "You left me behind."
Mark's voice: "This town is in shambles because of you."
Shout-Out: Its appearance heavily resembles SCP-096.
Slasher Smile: It uses its own fingers to force its face's loose skin to smile before attempting to kill Thatcher. It retains a sadistically joyous smile, even when impersonating Thatcher.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: In the same vein as the Intruder, Thatcher's Follower taunts Thatcher by laying his impotence bare, comparing him to "a scared boy with a gun" without ever raising its voice.
Twisting the Words: Implied to be doing this with the two children's dialogue it's mimicking.
Unknown boy's voice: "Mommy, wanna meet my best friend? He likes to hide, but-"
Unknown girl's voice: "-he wants to meet you! I wanna play with-"
Unknown boy's voice: "-the man in the TV!"
Wham Shot: At the end of Vol 333, this is the first Alternate who we get to see move on-camera.
What the Hell, Hero?: It blames Thatcher for the current state of Mandela County and leaving Ruth behind.

Allies of the Alternates

The Intruder/"Stanley"

The Intruder/Stanley/6

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Do you remember that night, Murray?

^{Click here to view The Intruder's appearance in Intruder Alert}

^{Click here to view The Intruder's appearance in Volume 1}

^{Click here to view Stanley}

Portrayed by: A whisper text-to-speech program (Intruder Alert-Volume 2), Michelle Strohwig (Spirit Box), Leon Rodriguez (Volume 333 onwards)

"Nobody is coming to help you. Nobody knows where you are. Nobody knows. Do you understand?"

A strange entity that Mark Heathcliff first encountered as a child. He has apparently tormented Mark on-and-off ever since, going as far as temporarily altering the United States Department of Temporal Phenomena's logo to announce his death, which possibly made his presence known to the Department. He has the ability to appear on any kind of technology, as shown in Exhibition. Though he's on the same side as the Alternates, it's been stated both in Intruder Alert and by Word of God

that the Intruder isn't an Alternate himself.

All There in the Manual: His real name, 6, is never mentioned in-universe and has instead been decided through Discord and announced in a Twitter post.
Ambiguous Situation: As implied by Volume 333, he may have been the one to hijack or even create the The Might of the Subconscious TV program, causing children's imaginary friends to manifest in the real world as Tulpas. These implications are seemingly confirmed in Volume 4.
- What is he? He's not an Alternate. He had to mold himself after Mark's drawing, which implies he isn't human. That leaves very little room as to what he could be.
Arc Words: The phrase "Intruder Alert" seems to represent him.
Badass Boast: Has one in Volume 2, where he warns Adam that he shouldn't let him "wake the others", hinting that he can call upon more alternates to torment him and Jonah.
Big Bad: In the latter half of Act 1, he seems to be the main antagonist of the Modern Times setting. He's seen playing a major role in the Alternate Invasion by being the responsible (or at least partially responsible) for the kidnapping of the children throughout 4 different counties, the creation of the Tulpa Alternates, as well as directly antagonizing two of the main protagonists of the first two volumes: Mark Heathcliff and Adam Murray.
Broken Record: When he's taunting Jonah near the end of Volume 2:
"Open your eyes. Open your eyes. Open your eyes."
Card-Carrying Villain: Comes with being affiliated with the Alternates. He potentially reveals Mark's death to the entirety of the United States, possibly kickstarting an investigation on him, seemingly on purpose. And in Volume 2, he briefly shows off his two past victims' portraits to Adam.
Chekhov's Gunman: Makes his first appearance at the end of Volume 1, but doesn't have a significant role until Intruder Alert onwards.
Depraved Kids' Show Host: He's this as Stanley. The Might of the Subconscious pretty much stretches the definition of a "Kids' Show" given its content, but he fits the bill nonetheless as he is an affiliate of the Alternates who aids them by teaching kids how to make their very own "imaginary friends".
Despair Gambit: Uses this quite often, mainly when he kidnaps children, often leading to their parents suffering from M.A.D. at the distraught of their missing children.
Early Installment Character-Design Difference: Justified. In his first appearance, he tries to match Mark's drawing of him, to horrible results. Later on, he looks like a regular human, although he retains his hooded design he used to haunt Mark.
Electromagnetic Ghosts: He's not technically a ghost, but he can appear on practically any piece of technology. He also can, at some limited extent, come out of the surface he's inside of, often in the form of a hooded man sporting his face.
Enemy Summoner: Backs up his threat in Badass Boast by calling in The Preacher. Downplayed, as it still had to walk into the house.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Due to his name never being mentioned in-universe, he's commonly referred to as "The Intruder" or slight variations like "Home Intruder." Even in out-universe instances, "6" is never listed as his name, as seen in the Volume 4 credits where he's credited as "Stanley."
Expy Coexistence: The 333 extension reveals that Limbo and Jim Henson do exist in the Mandela Catalogue universe, who Stanley was inspired by.
The Heavy: Satan may be the one responsible for the Alternates as a whole, but the series focuses more on some of the Intruder's victims, making it rather clear that the Intruder is the most dangerous antagonist besides Satan himself.
Iconic Outfit: His hooded outfit he sported during Volume 1 and briefly during Volume 2.
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: The most notorious, and by far the worst deed of his is the kidnapping of over 3,000 children across four different counties in 1992. To pour salt on the wound, he even stayed for a while to see their parents' reaction and drive them to suicide, and in ''Volume 333', the possibility of him manipulating their children into creating Tulpa Alternates inside their houses before kidnapping them is given.
Interim Villain: In-Universe example^Note. In the modern times setting, Satan is almost nowhere to be seen save from a few cameos, leaving him as the biggest threat humanity has to face until Gabriel's return.
Invisible Monster: He's invisible to the naked eye when he's desecrating the dead mother's body at the end of Intruder Alert.
Last Disrespects: Not long after his favorite victim he stalked since childhood, Mark Heathcliff, kills himself he decides to announce his demise on public television by messing with announcements that’d be put out by the Department of Temporal Phenomena, along with a petty taunt to anyone else who may be watching.
THE DEATH OF MARK HEATHCLIFF - ''If you or a loved one has recently been effected by the result of exposure to analog television and mirrors, contact your local authority immediately. (…) Financial compensation will not be available."
- Even though he made the mother's child vanish and drove her to suicide, he still sticks around to mess with investigators by sneering into the camera from the shadows and tamper with the corpse, lifting and waltzing her remains around as a taunt of some sort. By the time the Department gets their hands on the body, it has been completely left unidentifiable.
Leitmotif: Every appearance of his in the first half of Act 1 from Volume 1 onwards was accompaniated with Alessandro Moreschi's Ave Maria. This stopped being the case in the latter half onwards, however.
Meaningful Name: As a biblical number, 6 is related to "human weakness, the evils of the devil and the manifestation of sin", fitting for the villainous Intruder who enjoys taking advantage of his victims' weakness. And of course it's a number associated with Satan himself, the guy that the Intruder works for.
Mook Promotion: Went from appearing in two episodes to becoming the closest to a Big Bad the series has.
Nothing Is Scarier: With the Alternates, we at least have some idea of how they work, but the intruder is officially (In-Universe and invokedout) identified to not be an Alternate... which just makes him scarier since we have no clue what he is or what he's truly capable of.
Ominous Latin Chanting: His appearance in the TV is accompanied by the Castrati Alessandro Moreschi singing Ave Maria.
Ominous Music Box Tune: A creepy music box tune version of "Over the Rainbow" is heard during his appearance in Mandela Catalogue Vol. 2. Which is abruptly interrupted when another Alternate's head peeps in the TV.
Perpetual Frowner: Not the Intruder himself, but his puppet Stanley practically NEVER smiles.
Remember the New Guy?: In Volume 333, he's heavily implied to have tormented Mark during the events of Volume 1 through his TV. In the Volume 1 video, there is nothing that alludes to this.
- He's also implied to have been the one who tampered with the Department's PSA's all along, spreading misinformation to the viewers and making them more likely to die in case of an Alternate attack.
Sadist: All the Alternates are demons and enjoy their work, but 6 in particular seems to really enjoy emotionally fucking with people. He's seen smiling at the woman in Intruder Alert immediately after abducting and likely murdering her child with the knowledge that he's about to drive a woman to suicide, remorselessly emotionally tortured Mark for years since childhood, and repeatedly taunts Jonah for abandoning his friend.
Series Mascot: The Intruder is by far the most recognizable character in the entire series, the most talked about, as well as the very first one to get an official merchandise plushie.
Shout-Out: His appearance as Stanley is a reference to Limbo: The Organized Mind by Jim Henson. The edutainment nature of Stanley's show might also bring to mind Sesame Street's "Count to Ten with Nobody", which also features a face made of puppeted rubber bands.
Slasher Smile: Even more than the Alternates, 6 takes a little too much glee in causing humans pain and suffering, and he isn't afraid to show that with a horrible plastered-on grin.
Soft-Spoken Sadist: Courtesy of Leon Rodriguez's voice acting, the Intruder now speaks with a soft, almost soothing voice from Volume 333 onwards. All while he either teaches kids how to create their own monster or torments Adam about his connection with him.
Speak Ill of the Dead: He's implied to change the Department of Temporal Phenomena's logo to "The Death of Mark Heathcliff" in Exhibition.
Supernatural Fear Inducer: His mere presence on a property apparently instills irrational dread and paranoia even if the victim has no idea he’s nearby, and save for Adam and one brave investigator, it's been enough to completely deter people from entering the home he's occupying.
Suppressed Rage: When he gets interrupted by Sarah's voicemail in Volume 4, all he does is staying silent. He eventually fades into the darkness, clearly very upset about it.
Synthetic Voice Actor: He speaks with the same whispering text-to-speech Gabriel speaks in Intruder Alert. As of Volume 2, his main voice is altered to sound different from Gabriel's, but you can still hear it when he's tormenting Jonah. Finally, in Volume 333 he's given a proper voice actor.
Two Aliases, One Character: Volume 4 heavily implies that he disguised himself as "Stanley".
Villain Episode: The appropiately named "Intruder Alert" episode is this for him, showing his modus operandi and abilities.
Villain Has a Point: If he's the alternate following Jonah after he leaves Adam, then he's right in saying that leaving Adam is a dick move.
"what will he do without you"
Would Hurt a Child: At least implied, being responsible for the disappearances of thousand of children across 4 separate counties.
You Are Number 6: Fitting given that his name is literally "6".

GENESIS APOCRYPHON

"GENESIS APOCRYPHON"/"allocate undamage"

"Thanks for Review. More coming soon"

The owner of a rather suspicious channel that uploads The Beginner's Bible clips.

Ambiguous Situation: The term "allocate undamage" sounds like another way to say "reverse the delusion", this and the fact that the link of one of their videos was in a TV corruption, and that they're running a channel dedicated to uploading corrupted Beginner's Bible videos may indicate that they're "Gabriel", or at least someone who's aware of his goals.
Alternate Reality Game: Not really an ARG per se, but you have to look up the gibberish that pops up on the tv in mandela catalyst to find their channel.
Meaningful Name:
- Apocryphon is a term for early Christian writings that were meant to be "secret teachings". Genesis Apocryphon literally means something like "Secret Teachings of Genesis". Given that most of humanity believes that the events of the Book of Genesis happened as they were told in the Bible, not as they happened in Volume 4, this makes the Volume 4 version of Genesis implicitly being called a secret teaching. This also extends to the other key events that the clips found in the channel cover, such as Easter.
- Allocate Undamage, as was previously pointed out, sounds eerily similar to "reverse the delusion", a phrase that Gabriel said in his very first appearance in Overthrone. To allocate something means to distribute, the person who runs the channel believes that, by distributing the videos, they are by extension distributing "undamage", a way to reverse the "delusion".
Significant Anagram: Allocateundamage is an anagram of mandelacatalogue.
You No Take Candle: The channel owner seems to struggle to talk basic English, often times capitalizing random words, forgetting to use determiners such as "the," and excessively spacing words.
"Happy ... easter"

Others

United States Department of Temporal Phenomena

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Tempus Fugit

^{Click here to see their revised logo.}

The US Department charged with the heavy responsibility of combatting the Alternates, whose PSAs are the ones we are watching.

Ambiguous Situation: Just how much of the PSAs were manipulated by the Intruder and how much as just plain wrong to begin with is unknown.
- In fact, the general dissonance between the information they present and the public’s knowledge of Alternates leaves in question whether the entire department is a fabrication.
Blatant Lies: An unforeseen threat has been eliminated.
The Cameo: Their logo is briefly shown alongside other images on the Intruder's TV in Volume 2.
Fun with Acronyms: Throughout the series, they named the measures one must follow to avoid being a victim of the Alternates the THINK Principle, and named a mental disorder caused by exposure to the Alternates as "M.A.D".
Godzilla Threshold: They outlawed most kinds of technology after the Intruder proved to be a menace, and anyone who has contraband technologies are regarded as criminals.
Government Agency of Fiction: The US Agency charged with combatting M.A.D and the Alternates.
Unreliable Narrator: Justified. Most of the information they provide has been altered in one way or another by the Intruder.

Mandela County Child Endangerment Awareness Association

As their name implies, they're encharged with the prevention and awareness spread of child endangerment in Mandela County.

One-Off Character: We never hear from them after Intruder Alert.
Spotting the Thread: After the Intruder starts tampering with their PSA, the once gentle and calm TTS voice is sped up, giving it a hurried and more androgynous voice.

The Archangel Gabriel

Gabriel

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"Don't be afraid! I bring good news of great joy!"

"Tonight your savior was born in David's town. He is Christ, the LORD. You will find him wrapped in soft cloth and lying in a manger."

The Archangel Gabriel, for real this time. He only appears in the intro sequence of Overthrone, doing the annunciation to the shepherds in the place of the group of angels. His appearance is cut short due to Satan replacing him.

Death by Adaptation: Heavily implied to have been killed by Satan, or at least was given a Fate Worse than Death by him.
Impersonation-Exclusive Character: Appears to be this so far, with his sole role being replaced by Satan early on in the story.
Kill and Replace: It's implied Satan killed him before taking his identity.
Light Is Good: He wears a white robe and is God's angelic messenger.
Small Role, Big Impact: Other than Satan using his likeness to torment God's followers, he doesn't play an important role in the story so far.
Uncertain Doom: His ultimate fate is not known, although it's heavily implied that he's either dead or worse.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Only appears in the intro to Overthrone, and is implied to have been killed and replaced by Satan soon after.

The Speaker

"if there is a god... please help me."

An unknown individual (often speculated to be Jesus Christ, the real Archangel Gabriel or the Virgin Mary), at the end of Overthrone, mourning being fooled by the Alternates and monologuing through text.

all lowercase letters: They use all lowercase letters to communicate.
And I Must Scream: Regardless of whether they are human or not, they are trapped in what they describe as a tomb of infinite sand.
Ambiguously Human: Their section seems to abruptly interrupt Gabriel's, meaning they could be powerful enough to beat his influence for at least a while.
Color-Coded Speech: While Gabriel's text is red in all caps, theirs is white in all lowercase.
Hijacked by Jesus: Inverted. If they truly are Christ or at least Gabriel or Mary, then they were the ones who got hijacked by the Alternates.

"The Shepherd"

"You followed the shepherd."

After Satan or his creations fail to make a human do their bidding or follow their orders, they mention that they have "followed the Shepherd." Though the true identity of this "Shepherd" is unknown, it's heavily implied that they're none other than Jesus Christ, The Good Shepherd Himself.

Ambiguously Human: They're heavily implied to be Jesus Christ Himself. The fact that "Gabriel" didn't mention them after failing to deceive Noah, an event that took place before Jesus's birth, may reinforce this line of thinking.
Ambiguously Related: The Speaker, The Shepherd, and Jesus being one and the same is currently ambiguous.
The Dreaded: Ironically enough, for a cabal of demons that are strengthened by fear. Gabriel/Satan speaks of The Shepherd in quiet, Tranquil Furious tones, and it is heavily implied that The Shepherd and their presence in the world, and their influence on it's people, is the sole reason why, in spite of appearing to have already won, the Alternates have insisted on staying subtle and haven't just taken the world by storm already.
The Ghost: They're not shown at any point in the series, nor are they directly referred to by name.
Good Shepherd: If their alias and how the Alternates talk to them is any indication, they are this.
Only Known by Their Nickname: Only referred to as "The Shepherd" and nothing else.

Non-Canonical

Alex Kister

The very first protagonist of the series and a central posthumous character, a 17 year old Christian man living in- Wait, that's not right... Ah, here it is: Alex Kister, an 18 year old man who had been posting various images implying that he was under the attack of an Alternate, or worse. His account was under investigation due to the publishing of classified information. Out of universe, this was a theatrical way to announce a hiatus to work on Volume 333.

Alternate Self: No pun intended, but he's implied to be one of the actual Alex Kister.
Author Guest Spot: It's fairly easy to guess that this is an Alternate Self to the real Alex Kister.
Character Blog: It's revealed that the weird posts and names in Alex's Instagram and Twitter account were caused because we were seeing this Alex's accounts.
Decomposite Character: Implied, given that Mark and Dave already look like Alex in real life.
Die Laughing: His last Twitter post before his disappearance was him describing his terrifying encounter with an Alternate. With several laughing and skull emojis.
"😂😂😂i saw it when it woke me up in the middle of the night i hid under the covers with the hope that it would disappear but i looked again and it was still there mouth agape 😂😂😂 LMAO THEY GOT ME FOR GOOD THIS TIME 💀"
Temporary Online Content: His Character Blog was only available for a temporary amount of time back in early 2022, leaving any trace of it erased save for screenshots and wiki pages.

Intruder / "Phone a Friend" Plush Promo crew

In General

Alternate Timeline: The "Phone a Friend" advertisement classifies this timeline as "alternate timeline #02894089898024".
Joke Character: The short has a clear comedic tone to it that differentiates it from the tone the series had been going for until now.
One-Off Character: Due to the promo now being canonical to the series, they're this.

Dave Lee (Non-Canon)

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LIVE DAVE REACTION

Portrayed by: Alex Kister

"Hey! How's it going, tech geeks?"

The supposed manager of MandelaTECH, who has been making exactly 332 videos on how to fix certain technological defects.

Author Avatar: Another character played by Alex Kister.
Continuity Nod: MandelaTECH was first mentioned in the in-universe description for Soccer Game 2009, making this their first on-screen appearance.
Dissonant Serenity: For a guy running a tech store in Mandela County of all places, he doesn't have much of a reaction when he sees the Intruder of all things haunting his technology.
Have You Tried Rebooting?: His suggestion of what to do upon an encounter with the Intruder.
No-Sell: He says the Alternate Cesar plush is brought to you by "The mysterious voices that tell me funny things at night!" heavily implying he's immune to MAD
Too Dumb to Live: Assuming that he's seen the various government announcements, he suggests that an appearance by the Intruder can be remedied by unplugging the TV he appears in. This gets him killed by a plushie version of the Intruder.

Intruder Plush

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I AM ONLY AVAILABLE UNTIL MAY 26!!!

It's the Intruder. But they turned him into a marketable plushie. Let him in your home just for $27.99!!

Bait-and-Switch: He will enter your home! (only if you pay him the small price of $27...And 99¢)
Creepy Doll: The doll jumps on its own at one point in the video. The quality of the video doesn't help at all.
Madness Mantra: THIS IS WORTH THE RISK. THIS IS WORTH THE RISK. THIS IS WORTH THE RISK.
Refuge in Audacity: Both the video promo and its Makeship description make it clear that buying this plushie is a really really bad idea, unless you're comfortable with having a Creepy Doll that stalks you at night inside your home.
Subverted Catchphrase: This is... WORTH THE RISK!

Alternate Type 5: Mimics

Type 5: Mimics

"audible breathing."

A fifth type of Alternate that unlike the Doppelgangers or Flawed Impersonators, transform into inanimate objects rather than human beings. They were introduced and mentioned only in a single community post, and aside from an Alternate turning into a car in The Scrimblo Catalogue, have gone completely unused in the series. They were later completely stricken from canon.

Foreshadowing: In the Self-Parody, The Scrimblo Catalogue, an Alternate shapeshifts into a car. Similarly to what the Mimics do.
Hell Is That Noise: In the little that is known from them, it's assumed that they produce a noticeable breathing sound.
Objectshifting: They can transform into objects rather than people.

Mervin Marshall (Meme)

Mervin Marshall

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"That's why I founded the Bythorne Paranormal Society!"

Portrayed by: Bob Odenkirk (not really)

"I'm actually cataloguing these things in Mandela County myself, sort of a Mandela Catalogue, if you will."

One of Wisconsin's most cunning lawyers and Jonah Marshall's father. Set in a war path against the Alternates after seeing his son almost be kidnapped by the Intruder, Mervin would be relocated to Bythorne County, where he would found the Bythorne Paranormal Society. Grief-stricken after his son's death, Mervin would confess to his sins to the MCPD after representing Victim 5 in court in a mindblowing live-action segment.^note

Ascended Meme: Not only did he become an actual canonical character, but as of Volume 4 live-action segments started to be used in the series. Also Jonah's dead.
Awesome by Analysis: Realized that his relocation to Bythorne wasn't for compensation, but to keep his mouth shut after the MCPD tried to keep details of the Intruder outside of the range from the public.
Badass Bystander: Days after the Intruder attempted to kidnap Jonah, Mervin goes on a rampage against the Alternates, even succesfully managing to kill one.
Connected All Along: His wife, Patricia Marshall, is heavily implied to be the Distraught Mother.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: He's later revealed to be the founder and leader of the Bythorne Paranormal Society.
Expy: Of Saul Goodman with tints of Hutch Mansell.
The Lost Lenore: Patricia Marshall, his wife, was among the many others who killed themselves during the Intruder's Invasion of the Baby Snatchers.
Outdated by Canon: Mervin Marshall was a Joke Character made before Volume 333 even premiered, sadly he was bound to be a victim of this. The Distraught Mother and the Father were revealed to be Adam's parents, the BPS founders were Adam and Sarah, etc.

Characters / Mandela Catalogue

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Humans

Heathcliff family

Mark Heathcliff

Sarah Heathcliff

Torres family

Cesar Torres

Cesar's Mom

Biblical times

Joseph

Noah

Adam

Eve

Mandela County Police Department

Mandela County Police Department

Lt. Thatcher Davis

Sgt. Ruth Weaver

Evelin Miller

Bythorne Paranormal Society

Bythorne Paranormal Society

Sarah Heathcliff

"The Quiet Kids"/Victims 3 and 4

Adam Murray

Jonah Marshall

Others

Lynn Murray

Jude Murray

Mervin Marshall

Dave Lee

The Alternates

Type 1: Doppelgangers

Type 2: Detectable (Later known as the Unspeakable)

Type 3: Flawed Impersonators

Type 4: Tulpas

Specific Alternates

"Gabriel"/Satan/ "O'Brien"

N

Cesar's Alternate

"Woman"

"The Preacher" / "A Messenger"

Thatcher's FollowerNote Supplementary name. Will change if an official one is provided.

Allies of the Alternates

The Intruder/Stanley/6

"GENESIS APOCRYPHON"/"allocate undamage"

Others

United States Department of Temporal Phenomena

Mandela County Child Endangerment Awareness Association

Gabriel

The Speaker

"The Shepherd"

Non-Canonical

Alex Kister

In General

Dave Lee (Non-Canon)

Intruder Plush

Type 5: Mimics

Mervin Marshall

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