Alan Wake/Characters: Difference between revisions

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* {{spoiler|[[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|Did You Just Rewrite Cthulhu?]]}}

* [[Happily Married]]: He and Alice do fight occasionally, but Alan wouldn't keep looking for her with such determination if they didn't have a good marriage.

* [[Help Your Self in ~~The~~ Future]]: Just about every useful item in the game was {{spoiler|written into the plot by Alan himself}}. Lampshaded in his internal monologues when noting that flash grenades aren't exactly standard electrician equipment.

* [[Help Your Self in the Future]]: Just about every useful item in the game was {{spoiler|written into the plot by Alan himself}}. Lampshaded in his internal monologues when noting that flash grenades aren't exactly standard electrician equipment.

* [[The Hero]]

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}: ''Maybe''. {{spoiler|As of the end of "The Writer" he's on his way back to the real world.}}

* [[Jerkass]]: He has quite the short temper.

** [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Consider his situation.

** [[Jerk ~~With~~ a Heart of Gold]]: Also, his affection towards his wife and allies proves he's a decent sort of person.

** [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Also, his affection towards his wife and allies proves he's a decent sort of person.

** See also [[Took a Level In Kindness]]

* [[Large Ham]]: The {{spoiler|1=insane part of his mind that antagonizes the rational part (the player character) throughout the two DLCs}} could possibly make even Mr. Scratch look like a salad in comparison.

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* [[Private Eye Monologue]]

* {{spoiler|[[Reality Warper]]}}: His manuscript pages foreshadow various events throughout the game.

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Room in ~~The~~ Middle of Nowhere]]: As of the end Alan is trapped in the cabin under Cauldron Lake.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Room in the Middle of Nowhere]]: As of the end Alan is trapped in the cabin under Cauldron Lake.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: Twofold in ''American Nightmare''. He's much better at working with the plans he's written into being as well as his own [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|instincts]]. However, he's also altered the genre of the story from Surreal Horror to a surreal form of Action, allowing himself access to bigger guns.

* [[Took a Level In Kindness]]: In ''American Nightmare'', Alan is far more patient with the other survivors than he was during his time in Bright Falls. He notes that, given the sheer insanity of the challenges he faced in the original game and beyond, there's next to nothing that could really get his blood pressure up anymore.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* [[Imaginary Friend]]: In the DLCs anyway.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Delivers many references including ''[[~~Zork (Video Game)|~~Zork]]'' and [[Lord of the Rings]], to name a few.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Delivers many references including ''[[Zork]]'' and [[Lord of the Rings]], to name a few.

* [[Tender Tears]]: When saying goodbye to {{spoiler|Alan as he leaves the Well-Lit Room.}}

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: After arming himself in the general store and taking out a huge Taken with a flare gun.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: It is never revealed what happened to him and the others {{spoiler|in the Well-Lit Room.}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: It is never revealed what happened to him and the others {{spoiler|in the Well-Lit Room.}}

** The Alan Wake files reveals that {{spoiler|he's out and about, and was suing the writer of said file for awhile until he was persuaded to stop.}}

** ''American Nightmare'' reveals that he's now a manager in the music industry, and the Old Gods of Asgard are one of his clients. He also keeps in touch with Sheriff Breaker, and co-handles Alan's works with Alice.

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* [[Rabid Cop]]

* [[Running Gag]]: Calls Alan by different author names.

* [[What You Are in ~~The~~ Dark]]: Makes up his relatively few [[Pet the Dog]] moments.

* [[What You Are in the Dark]]: Makes up his relatively few [[Pet the Dog]] moments.

=== Sheriff Sarah Breaker ===

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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: In contrast to Agent Nightingale, is ready and willing to listen to Alan.

* [[Shotguns Are Just Better]]: The fact that it has unlimited shells probably helps.

* [[What Happened to ~~The~~ Mouse?]]: It is never revealed what happened to her and the others {{spoiler|in the Well-Lit Room.}}

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: It is never revealed what happened to her and the others {{spoiler|in the Well-Lit Room.}}

** In the Alan Wake Files, set after the game, {{spoiler|she's talked to the author on a few things, but doesn't talk about what happened during the game or why there's a lot of damage and missing people in Bright Falls.}}

** ''American Nightmare'' implies she's still sheriff, and states that she and Barry still keep in touch.

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* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The developer commentary track remarks that the Dark Presence is an utterly alien being that simply doesn't understand human morality, or even human behavior, which is why it lets Wake get away with a lot of the stuff he does. However, it does understand humans well enough to manipulate Wake by holding Alice hostage, as well as to lure him into a trap using Rose.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: According to Alan's reading of Zane's poetry, the Presence is an avatar of a vast, horrible monstrosity that is explicitly compared to a [[HP Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] being.

* [[Eldritch Abomination]]: According to Alan's reading of Zane's poetry, the Presence is an avatar of a vast, horrible monstrosity that is explicitly compared to a [[H.P. Lovecraft|Lovecraftian]] being.

* [[Everything Trying to Kill You]]: The poltergeist objects in particular. Including the parade float.

* [[The Heartless]]

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* [[Reality Warper]]

* [[Ret-Gone]]: {{spoiler|Did this to himself}}.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: He acts as Alan's guide and aids him, though indirectly. {{spoiler|Becomes much more direct in [[Journey to ~~The~~ Center of ~~The~~ Mind|"The Signal"]] and [[Enemy Within|"The Writer"]] DLC, which are almost completely Zane trying to guide Alan through the Dark Place and teach him to fight it's influence.}}

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: He acts as Alan's guide and aids him, though indirectly. {{spoiler|Becomes much more direct in [[Journey to the Center of the Mind|"The Signal"]] and [[Enemy Within|"The Writer"]] DLC, which are almost completely Zane trying to guide Alan through the Dark Place and teach him to fight it's influence.}}

=== Pat Maine ===

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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Ensemble]]}}: {{spoiler|With the Dark Presence and Agent Nightingale, but never meets the latter.}}

* [[Blatant Lies]]: {{spoiler|Alice isn't dead, dammit!}}

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Aims to control the dark presence. By the end of chapter 4 he becomes yet another of the dark presence's many victims.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Aims to control the dark presence. By the end of chapter 4 he becomes yet another of the dark presence's many victims.}}

* [[Smug Snake]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Man Behind the Man]]}}: He was {{spoiler|manipulating Mott.}}