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'''''Ben Drowned''''' (also known as ''You Shouldn't Have Done That'', ''Haunted Majora's Mask'', or just by its author's name ''Jadusable'') is a [[Creepypasta]] turned [[Alternate Reality Game]] created by user [http://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable Jadusable] about how he got a free ''[[The Legend of Zelda:
[[Genre Blindness|This goes about as well as you'd expect.]] After he gets home and plays it, he notices some odd quirks and strange bugs. After performing the [
▲''Ben Drowned'' (also known as ''You Shouldn't Have Done That'', ''Haunted Majora's Mask'', or just by its author's name ''Jadusable'') is a [[Creepypasta]] turned [[Alternate Reality Game]] created by user [http://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable Jadusable] about how he got a free ''[[The Legend of Zelda Majoras Mask (Video Game)|Majora's Mask]]'' cartridge from a strange old man.
The first part of the story can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20131018021702/http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?showtopic=494 here], the second part is [https://web.archive.org/web/20130522091255/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Arc_2 here], and what has happened in the third part so far can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20141010074956/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Hubris_Arc here]. It's not a good idea to read them [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|if you plan on getting any sleep tonight]]. Also, OOC happenings can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226210527/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Out_of_Character_Updates here
▲[[Genre Blindness|This goes about as well as you'd expect.]] After he gets home and plays it, he notices some odd quirks and strange bugs. After performing the [http://bit.ly/zF4wao fourth day glitch], things get... ''very'' frightening.
▲The first part of the story can be found [http://z15.invisionfree.com/Within_Hubris/index.php?showtopic=494 here], the second part is [http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Arc_2 here], and what has happened in the third part so far can be found [http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Hubris_Arc here]. It's not a good idea to read them [[High Octane Nightmare Fuel|if you plan on getting any sleep tonight]]. Also, OOC happenings can be found [http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Out_of_Character_Updates here]. There is also a [[Ben Drowned (Web Video)/Characters|Character Sheet]] that needs [[Needs More Love]].
Jadusable himself has a [http://www.twitter.com/alexanderdhall Twitter account] set up to answer any questions as well as provide general updates.
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▲[[Ben Drowned (Web Video)|Ben Drowned]] should not be confused with [[Dan Browned]].
* [[And I Must Scream]]: [[I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream|Literally]], in Jadusable's nightmare where he gets transformed into another Elegy Statue.
▲* [[And I Must Scream]]: [[I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream|Literally]], in Jadusable's nightmare where he gets transformed into another Elegy Statue.
** ''I tried to scream but the mask was pressed so tightly against my face that it was my new face... and my new face had no mouth.''
* {{spoiler|[[All Just a Dream]]}}: king kong.wmv seems to be one for {{spoiler|Goron Link after he gets [[Drunk
* [[Apocalyptic Log]]: Jadusable's account of what he sees in the game starts becoming one of these.
* {{spoiler|[[April Fools' Day]]}}: king kong.wmv.
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* [[The Artifact]]: ''Majora's Mask'' elements went on the back burner after the retooled second arc began. [[What Could Have Been|The original draft of the game, before Jadusable ran into financial problems]], would've kept said elements to the end, however.
* [[Being Watched]]: Jadusable starts feeling like this not long after he gets the game.
* [[Bloodless Carnage]]: Even though the story is really terrifying, the videos are all shot within the engine of Majora's Mask, an E rated game.
** Surprisingly, at 4:42 in Jadusable.wmv, Link suffers an instant death as a blood splatter appears on the screen. Truth is, Ocarina and Majora both had blood for when you got hit, but was so unrealistic looking (though it was indeed red) that the games got an E-rating anyway.
* [[Body Horror]]: {{spoiler|Jadusable's dream.}} Also, although a less bloody version than usual for this, Link's "glitched" back.
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* [[Dead Person Conversation]]: {{spoiler|Possible aversion. At first you think the chat messages with BEN are this, but then it turns out BEN may not be, well, BEN, after all.}}
* [[Defictionalization]]: A rare collaborative and (mostly) non-deliberate example. After reading thetruth.rtf, hordes of people started inputting BEN-related questions and answers into [[Cleverbot]], effectively training it to play the role of BEN when prompted.
* [[Development Hell]]: And HOW. For starters, the real trailer to the game was supposed to come out on May
* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: {{spoiler|[[Played for Laughs]] during [[April Fools|king kong.wmv]] when [[
* [[Evil-Detecting Dog]]: a pack of them is present in the orchard from the Ryukaki arc.
* [[Evil Is Not a Toy]]: In this case, [[A Worldwide Punomenon|evil IS a toy.]]
* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|"My eyes...they took...my eyes."}}
* [[Filk Song]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dw1nnjAiHNQ "Hey I'm Ben (Shadow of my Chair Mix)"] and [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gq5NgUm5Hhc "Set Me Free"], for starters.
** There's also [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ciKYJRqPi8k "Tower of Torments (Supermoon Synth Mix)"], which is a dark remix of {{spoiler|[[Rickroll|"Never Gonna Give You Up"]]}}. Depending on how you classify it, it also counts as a [[Villain Song]] for Skull Kid / Ben.
* [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]]
* [[Gaslighting]]: Mentioned in passing in thetruth.rtf. {{spoiler|BEN thinks it would have been hilarious to just randomly close a window or move the mouse a little bit occasionally and wait for Jadusable to notice.}}
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* [[Madness Mantra]]: "{{spoiler|You shouldn't have done that...}}"
** {{spoiler|FUCK YOU BEN I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU}}
* [[Missing Episode
** And they were. Here's [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoL4qoSfanI huntyoudown.wmv].
* [[Mistaken for Evidence]]: No, [[Cleverbot]] is not important.
** Nor is [https://web.archive.org/web/20190710224450/http://oosu.net/mask1.htm this], if Jadusable's youtube channel is a reliable source. Or not...
*** [[Word of God]] says any information that isn't found [http://www.youtube.com/user/Jadusable here] or [
*** A group of investigators within the ARG broke away from the main group to try and calmly sort through the mystery themselves. Naturally, once they initiated a sequence that led to the game progressing, people called them out on "taking credit for things they didn't do." One of the most notable of these underdog geniuses was someone who went by "Nero," though he certainly wasn't the only one.
* [[The Most Dangerous Video Game]]
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* [[108]]: 108 minutes after Jadusable posted TheTruth.txt, {{spoiler|BEN revealed his escape.}}
** Also, in jadusable.wmv, there are 108 rupees being carried.
* [[Plot Parallel]]: A ''retroactive'' example, in that {{spoiler|the real [[Majoras Mask]] functions as a parallel for
* [[Rule 34]]: It is out there. [[Rule
** There is a fic called the Orchard of Love that features KaydXBike, BENXBike, and KelbrisXBEN action.
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: Thetruth.txt wasn't posted to 4chan, but to a file sharing service as an .rtf file {{spoiler|by BEN, so he can get you, too.}}
* [[Schedule Slip]]: The ARG was apparently supposed to conclude (or have something important happen) on [[Arc Date|4/23]]. Due to Jadusable's coding buddy being busy with work, it (and the rest of the third arc) got delayed.
* [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Shout-Out]]: The name on Ifrit/Matt's Gmail account was "Matt HUBRIS", the capitalization on the name possibly being a subtle shout out to ''[[Everyman HYBRID]]''.
** There seem to be a few for either adaptation of [[The Shining]]. The whole "Link Statue following you" thing seems to be based on the hedge animals that follow that story's protaganist, Danny. Then there's the line "Come play with us..."
** [[Doctor Who|Weeping Angels]] are also referenced.
* {{spoiler|[[Tomato in
* [[
** And the ARG started back up, working the original announcement about the cancellation into the ARG itself by [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]. It has been implied that [[The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You]].
*** No, it most certainly will not. The latest series of events are the chronicles of one Ryukaki, who was originally [[One of Us]] and was simply following the ARG until shit literally got real (at least according to his first video).
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: {{spoiler|Nearly all the major characters, due to BEN's influence.}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler|1=TheTruth.rtf}}
* [[The Wiki Rule]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20131019154256/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Jadusable_Wiki Jadusable Wiki].
* [[A Wizard Did It]]: The haunted ''Majora's Mask'' game {{spoiler|is obviously being played on a modern computer and being modified through Gameshark codes instead of a capture from an N64. Understandable, though, since actually modding a ''Majora's Mask'' cartridge would take a ridiculously long amount of time and effort.}} The in-story explanation? BEN did it.
* [[Word of God]]: Jadusable did a long blog post (found [https://web.archive.org/web/20130518225008/http://www.youshouldnthavedonethat.net/index.php/the-truth
** {{spoiler|Someone on 4chan also theorized that Jadusable's the moon, though it makes much more sense to say that he is, in fact, the Skull Kid, as he's suckered into something that could destroy everything by accident. Also, Alex is back.}}
** Jadusable held a Q&A on Feb. 16th answering some burning questions such as {{spoiler|What mhftt stands for. Matt Hubris Four Two Three}}. Most questions were met with noncommittal responses or a [[Shrug of God]], though. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150226210012/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/2/16/11_Chatango_Interview Transcribed here].
* [[You Bastard]]: Comes up in [https://web.archive.org/web/20130809164448/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Newspaper_Letter#Letter the letter].
* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: In the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130809164448/http://jadusable.wikia.com/wiki/Newspaper_Letter#Letter letter].
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