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The Worm (Web Animation)

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The Worm is an animated horror short film created by Don't Walk Home Alone After Dark. It was released on October 13th, 2023 and is available for free on YouTube. A psychologist becomes determined to find out what troubles his teenaged patient Sparrow Moon. But in digging deeper, he might get more than he bargained for. Not to be confused with Worm, the first novel in the Parahumans series.
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Noodle Incident: By the short's present, Sparrow has done something so extreme that she was checked into a mental hospital and the court considers to have her transferred to an isolated psychiatric ward. We never find out what she actually did.
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Emotion Eater
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Emotion Eater: The Worm feeds on its victims' fear and dread, intentionally inducing nightmares to get its meals every time its current host goes to sleep.
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Downer Ending: In forcing Sparrow to reveal the reason behind her unspecified actions, the psychologist has made himself the Worm's next host. Desperate to escape the Worm, he passes it on to the person who has been listening to this story this whole time - you.
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Sole Survivor
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Sole Survivor: Sparrow is the only still living member of the so-called Woodfield Five, a group of teens who fell victim to mysterious violent mental breaks.
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Final Girl
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Final Girl: It's implied Sparrow was this to the Woodfield Five incident. While her four friends eventually all succumbed to the Worm, Sparrow managed to survive and contain it long after.
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Nightmare Weaver
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Nightmare Weaver: The Worm preys on its host's deppest fears and uses them to turn every dream its host has into a nightmare, so it can feed on the ensuing feelings of terror.
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No Name Given
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No Name Given: While we get the patient's name (Sparrow Moon), the psychologist never introduces himself.
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Nothing Is Scarier
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Nothing Is Scarier: Aside from what it does, nothing about the Worm is known. Not where it originated, not what exactly it even is. The Worm isn't even it's name. It's what Sparrow came to call it due to not knowing what it actually was.
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Decoy Protagonist
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Decoy Protagonist: Initially it seems like the short will focus on Sparrow and her mental losing battle against the Worm - only for the psychologist to become the central character after the first dream sequence.
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You
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The Fourth Wall Will Not Protect You: The short film ends with the psychologist apologizing to the viewer since, by telling them about the Worm, he has made them its new host.
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Curiosity Is a Crapshoot
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Curiosity Is a Crapshoot: The psychologist drugging Sparrow to get her to tell him what's troubling her ends up getting him infected with the Worm. Could be invoked by the viewer as well, as by listening to the psychologist's story from start to finish the viewer has become the new host.
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Dark and Troubled Past
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Dark and Troubled Past: Averted. The psychologst mentions that Sparrow had a completely normal and happy childhood, making her suddenly snapping and committing the act that got her institutionalized even more strange.
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold
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Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Downplayed and in the end subverted with the psychologist. He's a blonde man who really wishes to know the reason for why Sparrow did what she did. While this seems to be out of a genuine desire to help her at first, the way he recalls the story implies that it was a matter of professional pride as well. In the end when the psychologist becomes infected with the Worm he doesn't try containing it like Sparrow did, but instead willingly passes it on - to you, the viewer.
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