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Mikaeli Hitting Metal, also known as You Hit Metal 17 Times and other, similar names, is an Analog Horror-Comedy series made by Adrian Gray. The series features Mikaeli, a contestant on a game show where he must hit metal to win. Every day. What starts as just a standard Instagram meme page posting the same video every day morphs into a much deeper story involving the sinister Veil Industries and its Mirage system.The full series can be found on its Instagram page, as well as on Adrian Gray's YouTube channel. |
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Analog Horror |
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Analog Horror: The news report segments and Veil Industries internal media are presented in this style. |
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Trouble Entendre: In a news interview, Michael assures those following the story that they will be kept "in the loop". |
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Lotus-Eater Machine: This is the true nature of the game show Mikaeli is trapped in, a Mirage world designed to be his personal hell. |
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Organic Technology |
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Organic Technology: An entity called the Source produces organic nodes that are inserted into subjects' brains, which allows them to enter Mirage experiences. |
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Sliding Scale of Comedy and Horror: At its heart, the series is a comedy, with communism jokes and musical numbers, and the game show segments keep a lighthearted tone even as the participants are lamenting their situation. The horror elements are much more insidious. |
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Converse with the Unconscious: Michael's wife tries to get through to him while he's comatose. It works. |
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"I Want" Song |
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"I Want" Song: "Fair Enough", a jaunty little tune about Mikaeli's growing desperation to leave the time loop. |
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Villain Protagonist |
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Villain Protagonist: Mikaeli's true identity is Michael Lee, the shady CEO of Veil Industries. |
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Gag Dub |
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Gag Dub: The game show segments consist of footage from a real German show called Wetten, dass..?, dubbed over with an original story. |
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Commie Land |
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Commie Land: The game show is set in East Germany during the Cold War. Mikaeli wins a photo of motorcar for his performance on the show. He's then immediately arrested, because property is theft. |
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Inside a Computer System |
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Inside a Computer System: Veil Industries' flagship product, Mirage, is a virtual reality system offering a variety of experiences for its customers to choose from. |
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"Groundhog Day" Loop |
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"Groundhog Day" Loop: It soon becomes apparent that Mikaeli is trapped in one. After he escapes, he forces Samantha to take his place, and it's revealed that the game show host is a victim as well. |
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Corrupt Corporate Executive: Michael Lee of Veil Industries is one of the minds behind Mirage and all the horrors it entails. |
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Musical Episode: Two of them, both taking place inside the game show. |
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Evil Is Petty: Michael gets back at Samantha by forcing her to take his place in the simulation. And just for good measure, he turns her avatar into a hideous monster with a gravelly voice. |
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