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Take the 50-question quizThe word "creepypasta" is a variant of which older internet slang term?
Copypasta itself comes from "copy and paste", for text that goes viral by being reposted.
On which website did the word "creepypasta" first appear around 2007?
The imageboard's culture shaped the genre's anonymous, first-person style.
Which 2001 story is sometimes called the first creepypasta?
Others point to 1990s chain emails that promised a terrible fate for not forwarding them.
In which year was Creepypasta.com created?
The Creepypasta Wiki and r/nosleep both followed in 2010.
Which subreddit, founded in 2010, became a major home for creepypasta-style horror?
Time magazine says the genre peaked in 2010, when The New York Times covered it.
Which fictional 4chan monster from 2005 is retroactively counted as a creepypasta?
It predates the word creepypasta by about two years.
Which Syfy anthology series bases each season on a different creepypasta?
Its first season adapted Candle Cove in 2016.
Which horror author was to curate a never-made Machinima series on Slender Man and Ben Drowned?
Machinima shut down before the series was produced.
Which US institution has archived creepypastas as part of its web-culture collection?
Some folklorists call creepypastas the digital age's legends; others call them anti-legends.
"Squidward's Suicide" and "Dead Bart" belong to which creepypasta subgenre?
A real SpongeBob episode had to re-edit a scene that referenced the Squidward story.
Which episode of the Bikini Bottom cartoon re-edited a scene alluding to a creepypasta?
The reference was to "Squidward's Suicide".
Sonic.exe, Herobrine and Lavender Town Syndrome are examples of which subgenre?
Many blame the in-game horrors on ghosts or malevolent AI.
Which Twine survey-style horror piece appears in the Electronic Literature Collection 4?
Scholar Ondrak classes creepypasta as "fourth generation digital fiction".
The Mandela Catalogue is cited as an example of which creepypasta-descended subgenre?
Local 58, a Candle Cove spin-off, is another analog horror series.
Who created Slender Man in 2009?
He posted under the pseudonym Victor Surge.
On which forum was Slender Man born?
It was a Photoshop contest to create paranormal images.
What pseudonym did Slender Man's creator post under?
Knudsen added the figure to two black-and-white photos of children.
What is Slender Man called in the web series Marble Hornets?
The series ran from 2009 to 2014 and got a 2015 film, Always Watching.
Which Minecraft mob was inspired by Slender Man?
It is tall, dark and hates being looked at.
What was the 2012 PC title based on the character called?
Its website crashed under download demand; The Arrival followed in 2013.
Who played Slender Man in the 2018 Screen Gems film?
Doug Jones had played him in 2015's Always Watching: A Marble Hornets Story.
Which Stephen King novella was among Knudsen's inspirations for Slender Man?
Shadow people, Mothman and the Tall Man from Phantasm were others.
In which US state did the 2014 Slender Man stabbing case take place?
Creepypasta.com responded by reminding readers its stories are fiction.
Which 2016 documentary was inspired by the Slender Man case?
The case was tried as adults in 2017.
Which online user created Jeff the Killer in October 2008?
A Newgrounds user named killerjeff then role-played the character and expanded the lore.
What phrase is Jeff the Killer known for whispering?
A fan-made rival, Jane the Killer, followed.
How much did the 2015 Indiegogo campaign for a Jeff the Killer film raise before closing?
A new adaptation was announced at Tongal in 2026.
The Backrooms originated in a 2019 thread on which 4chan board?
The original poster asked for disquieting images that "feel off".
The original Backrooms photo was taken in which Midwestern city?
It showed a former furniture store mid-renovation in 2002 and was only traced in 2024.
Which YouTuber's 2022 Backrooms short grew into a 24-episode series and an A24 film?
He was 16 when he uploaded "The Backrooms (Found Footage)".
Which studio produced the 2026 Backrooms feature film?
It was released in May 2026 with Parsons directing.
What is the verb for slipping out of reality into the Backrooms?
The term comes from the video-game cheat that lets players pass through walls.
What are the Poolrooms?
Fans folded them into the Backrooms as a level; the 2026 film briefly visits them.
Which Zelda game is Ben Drowned based on?
The story's time loop mirrors the game's three-day cycle.
Under what pen name did Alexander D. Hall create Ben Drowned?
The narrator of the first arc shares the name.
What was Ben Drowned's original title?
The first chapters appeared daily on 4chan's /x/ board in September 2010.
What is the name of the cult in Ben Drowned's second arc?
Readers found it by decoding a cipher hidden on Hall's YouTube account.
On what date did Ben Drowned conclude?
The final arc launched on Majora's Mask's 20th anniversary.
What does SCP stand for in SCP Foundation?
The site's motto is "Secure, Contain, Protect".
What was the first SCP ever posted?
It is a concrete-and-rebar statue that only moves when unobserved.
In which year was the first SCP posted on 4chan?
The wiki proper launched on Wikidot in 2008.
Which artist's sculpture was used for the original SCP-173 image?
The image was removed in 2022 after years of rights concerns.
Which 2012 game brought a surge of new members to the SCP Wiki?
Its success pushed SCP-173 into mainstream gaming culture.
What is the SCP Wiki's sister site for non-Foundation fiction?
It shares the setting but not the report format.
Who wrote Candle Cove?
The Verge noted it stands out for having a known author rather than anonymous folk origins.
Candle Cove is framed as a discussion on what?
The twist is that the TV only ever showed static.
Which Onion article inspired Candle Cove?
Lidsville was a real 1970s Sid and Marty Krofft show.
What is the villain of the fictional Candle Cove show called?
He is a skeleton pirate marionette.
Which actors starred in the 2016 Syfy adaptation of Candle Cove?
It premiered on Syfy on October 11, 2016.
Which later series by the same author is a spin-off of Candle Cove?
Kris Straub created both.
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