The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Jeff the Killer: A Retrospective
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Viewer discretion is advised.
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Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
04:04 Muddied Origins
06:11 Explosion in Popularity
10:18 Character, Copycats, & the Creepypasta Fandom
25:45 The Downfall of Jeff and Creepypasta
30:38 Will Jeff the Killer Return?
33:54 Closing & Credits
34:49 Channel Update
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I swear, people are either gonna love or hate this video. There's no in between when it comes to Jeff the Killer.
Here it is, the long awaited Jeff the Killer retrospective! I said months in advance that I had a lot to say about this character (both positive and negative), and the time has arrived for me to express those thoughts and make my case for why I think this character - despite all his problems - deserves another shot.
Anyways, be sure to check out this year's Halloween Palooza when it drops this Halloween! I promise the mic quality will be good this time (hopefully).
Take care and I'll see y'all in the next one.
4nt
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Clips Used:
https://pastebin.com/bW5ZMP3e
Music Used:
https://pastebin.com/94JZn5fz
Art Used:
https://pastebin.com/1Wmwzjdd
Additional Sources:
"What is Unfiction | ARGs and the History of Online Storytelling" by Night Mind: What is Unfiction? | ARGs & the History of...
The two citations from the Slender Man wikipedia page cited in this video:
1) Chess, Shira; Newsom, Eric (27 November 2014). Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-1-137-49113-8.
2) Rogers, Katie (2016). "'Slender Man,' a Horror Meme, Gets Ready to Step Out of the Shadows". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
The Rake Reddit Page: Reddit: what_is_the_difference_between_the_rake_the
(NOTE: the association between the Rake, the Wendigo and the Skinwalker is actually a misconception in the creepypasta community, but I figured it needed to be brought up regardless. It was what I believed as a young teen during the height of creepypasta, and I'm sure there's others that believed the same thing, so I thought it was important to mention. Not that any of these three are even real to begin with, lmao.)
The Google Trends line graph comparing search history between the terms "creepypasta" and "emo": https://trends.google.com/trends/expl...
The Psychology behind Why We Love (or Hate) Horror: https://hbr.org/2021/10/the-psycholog...
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1) A cosmic entity that kidnaps children that we cannot understand even though it is humanoid.
2) An evil twink.
Like his backstories come off as extremely generic and cliche but that's all the more reason for his young fans to project themselves onto him.
6 days later
Jeff the killer returns in the Pastra rewrite.
Meaning a lot of them ended up being teenage serial killers, forest monsters, and cursed game cartridges.
When you read all the gorey details, especially when it comes to the CSA, you can tell that this was written by a kid who was going though a lot in life. To put it simply, Clockwork wasn't made to be a serious story, it was made to be a vent piece. Which is why I tend to look at it with softer eyes.
Regardless, I hope the author is doing ok. Nobody deserves to go through that and I hope that the ridicule from the larger internet didn't get to them too badly.
Please give it a listen it does so much right.
Pastra turned a joke into a genuinely great story and villain.
The Rise and Fall (and Rise?) of Jeff the Killer: A Retrospective
fourentee
218,507 views
Viewer discretion is advised.
-------------------------------------------------------
Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
04:04 Muddied Origins
06:11 Explosion in Popularity
10:18 Character, Copycats, & the Creepypasta Fandom
25:45 The Downfall of Jeff and Creepypasta
30:38 Will Jeff the Killer Return?
33:54 Closing & Credits
34:49 Channel Update
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I swear, people are either gonna love or hate this video. There's no in between when it comes to Jeff the Killer.
Here it is, the long awaited Jeff the Killer retrospective! I said months in advance that I had a lot to say about this character (both positive and negative), and the time has arrived for me to express those thoughts and make my case for why I think this character - despite all his problems - deserves another shot.
Anyways, be sure to check out this year's Halloween Palooza when it drops this Halloween! I promise the mic quality will be good this time (hopefully).
Take care and I'll see y'all in the next one.
4nt
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Clips Used:
https://pastebin.com/bW5ZMP3e
Music Used:
https://pastebin.com/94JZn5fz
Art Used:
https://pastebin.com/1Wmwzjdd
Additional Sources:
"What is Unfiction | ARGs and the History of Online Storytelling" by Night Mind: What is Unfiction? | ARGs & the History of...
The two citations from the Slender Man wikipedia page cited in this video:
1) Chess, Shira; Newsom, Eric (27 November 2014). Folklore, Horror Stories, and the Slender Man: The Development of an Internet Mythology. Palgrave Macmillan US. pp. 58–59. ISBN 978-1-137-49113-8.
2) Rogers, Katie (2016). "'Slender Man,' a Horror Meme, Gets Ready to Step Out of the Shadows". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 27 October 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2016.
The Rake Reddit Page: Reddit: what_is_the_difference_between_the_rake_the
(NOTE: the association between the Rake, the Wendigo and the Skinwalker is actually a misconception in the creepypasta community, but I figured it needed to be brought up regardless. It was what I believed as a young teen during the height of creepypasta, and I'm sure there's others that believed the same thing, so I thought it was important to mention. Not that any of these three are even real to begin with, lmao.)
The Google Trends line graph comparing search history between the terms "creepypasta" and "emo": https://trends.google.com/trends/expl...
The Psychology behind Why We Love (or Hate) Horror: https://hbr.org/2021/10/the-psycholog...
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In the famous words of another fictional crazy man: "I regret nothing."
I hope you all enjoyed this long, nostalgia driven retrospective! Do you think Jeff deserves another shot, or should we let sleeping dogs lie? What would you do differently if you were to reboot the character? Leave your thoughts in the comments below!
- 4nt
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EDIT: Just a heads up, the Ticci Toby rewrite has been postponed.
Initially I was gonna just do a revised version of the original story to cap off this year's 2024 Halloween Palooza. I don't like how the story handled Toby's tourettes, so I was just going to omit that from the narration and call it a day. But after watching both the Morgue Files and Pastra's rewrite, I felt inclined to throw my hat into the ring and flex my own writing capabilities. I do want to be able to write and publish my own original stories someday, so this seems like the perfect opportunity to work on that.
The Jeff the Killer shitpasta has also been cancelled for reasons I laid out in a recent community post. I won't be showcasing any MrCreepypasta clips in my videos going forward, the man is a freak and I had no idea until I recently saw Slimebeast's video on the matter. I apologize for even including clips of his in this video, he can rot in hell for all I care now.