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* [[Alien Abduction]]: One of the main characters claims that she was abducted several times when she was a child by at least two different alien races. One of these later returns to check up on their subjects... and remove their brains. |
* [[Alien Abduction]]: One of the main characters claims that she was abducted several times when she was a child by at least two different alien races. One of these later returns to check up on their subjects... and remove their brains. |
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* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]]: Everything they write about in tabloids is true. |
* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]]: Everything they write about in tabloids is true. |
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Revision as of 21:22, 7 November 2015
The Chronicle (2001-2002) is a sci-fi TV series based on the News from the Edge novel series by Mark Sumner. The show follows a group of reporters for the tabloid newspaper The Chronicle and their encounters with real monsters and aliens -- most of whom turn out to be not as scary as they seem. The show ran for one season of 22 episodes on the Syfy.
Tropes used in The Chronicle include:
- Alien Abduction: One of the main characters claims that she was abducted several times when she was a child by at least two different alien races. One of these later returns to check up on their subjects... and remove their brains.
- Conspiracy Kitchen Sink: Everything they write about in tabloids is true.
- ET Gave Us Wi-Fi: Aliens created the Internet, according to the pilot episode.
- Headless Horseman: The Headless Biker from Hell in "Bring Me The Head of Tucker Burns".
- Historical In-Joke: The Native Americans sold Manhattan to the European settlers because there was a monster living underground there.
- Keep Circulating the Tapes: Has never been released on DVD in any form other than bootleg. Even few clips survive on the internet.
- Magnificent Bastard: Donald, the tabloid editor. Until the finale
- Pig Man: Sal, a heroic hacker pigman, was the consequence of government genetic manipulation.
- Sauna of Death: In one episode, the tabloid reporters were dealing with the angry ghosts fat people killed in a fat farm sauna. In the end, they had to rescue the murderer from suffering the same fate.