Creepypasta and Slender Man

• Based off of “copypasta” –

copy+pasting information

between websites, usually stories

• Only HORROR-FIED!!

• Three styles of narrative

• Anecdotes

• Rituals

• The Lost Episode

• THEN WHO WAS PHONE?!

• Pokemon

• Lost Silver

• Creepy/Cursed

Black

• Smile Dog

• Cupcakes

• Ben Drowned

• Username 666

• The Grifter

• Polybius

• Happy Appy

• Something Pale and

Silent

• ETC.

• June 8th 2009 – Originated on Something Awful forums

• Features

• Tall, thin, black suit, blank face

• Stretchy arms, tentacle-like appendages on his back

• Can teleport at will

• Symptoms of contact include

• Insomnia, paranoia,

coughing fits, photo/video distortions

• Notable fanworks

• Marble Hornets – mockumentary

• Slender – indie video game