“ | Why is this happening to me? | „ |
~ Insane Alan |
“ | There’s no way out... I need to get out of here!! | „ |
~ "Alan" losing his mind from madness. |
Insane Alan is the main antagonist of the 2010 horror videogame Alan Wake DLC's: The Signal and The Writer, and its 2021 both remakes.
He is the personification of the crazy and tormented part of Alan Wake's mind, which tries to destroy his real self, who is still fighting to escape the Dark Place, to end all the suffering he feels.
He was voiced by Matthew Porretta and modeled by Ilkka Villi, who also voiced and modeled Alan Wake and Mr. Scratch.
Biography[]
Background[]
When Alan Wake managed to imprison the Dark Presence to save his wife Alice, he was trapped in the Dark Place with no way to return to see Alice and his friends again, so it has proven difficult to stay sane. In fact, it was too much for him, that his mind has split into two states, the crazy state that took control of his mind and the strong state that fights to escape from there.
The Signal[]
After Alan Wake talks to Thomas Zane in the bathroom of the Oh Deer Diner, he leaves and finds the area filled with televisions playing a message from "Alan himself." Upon leaving through the back of the restaurant, it then happened exactly as the message described. Later, a new message is heard, and an invisible Taken appears, causing Alan to be chased throughout the forest.
According to Imaginary Barry, "Alan's" unsuspecting thoughts come together to create strange places that Alan will have to go through to reach his goal, even though he doesn't actually know what it is yet. Also his words begin to become "bad" things, forcing Alan to be careful. During that moment, Alan was confused about what was happening and ends up believing that this is all part of the creation of the Dark Presence.
When Alan Wake arrives at his "home", Zane appears and tells him that it is not the Dark Presence that is causing this but himself, meaning that he is trapped in his own mind. At that very moment when he realizes what is happening, Alan Wake refuses to believe that he is creating this, but suddenly Zane is pushed by the Insane Alan and his televisions begin to attack Alan.
After the battle against his crazy part of himself, Alan approaches the only television he can find, showing himself desperate for his confinement in the Dark Place, then he shows a sinister smile and finally a powerful scream that causes Alan to freeze. collapse in agony. Upon awakening, Alan has a memory in his mind of him with Dr. Emil Hartman at Cauldron Lake Lodge, but it is soon revealed that he is back in the Bird Leg Cabin, lying on the floor surrounded by handwritten pages, and slowly enters in panic, thus losing himself in madness completely.
The Writer[]
However, in this next episode it is revealed that the real Alan Wake is the one who was completely crazy and lost in the darkness, while he is actually the other part of Alan Wake's mind that continues fighting to escape from there, and his real goal is to cure the writer's own mind of madness.
Arriving at the cabin after defeating Imaginary Barry and the possessed, Alan Wake finally finds the insane Alan, lying on the ground, to cure him by just touching him, thus reabsorbing him into Alan's mind, and restoring sanity to the real Alan Wake.
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Trivia[]
- He is the first villain of the Alan Wake franchise, which is a dark version of the writer Alan Wake, however, he is not too dark and evil like Mr. Scratch.
- Although Alan Wake himself and fans of this franchise confused Insane Alan with Mr. Scratch, the poet Thomas Zane denies that detail, revealing that they are two different entities.
- Insane Alan symbolizes a sad and dark parallel to Alan Wake himself, since while the Rational Alan represents his strong version that continues to fight to escape from the Dark Place, Insane Alan represents his lost version that seeks to die in despair and madness after having surrender completely, even if he has to stop the other part of Alan, symbolizing his self-sabotage by finding a way to escape.
- Also, after he has been absorbed into Alan's mind, he represents the disappearance of his wish to die by realizing why it is worth escaping from the place.
- Despite his intention to kill Alan Wake himself but what he never managed to do it, surprisingly, in Alan Wake II, it was revealed that Alan Wake literally cannot die inside the Dark Place, because, every time he dies in that place, he simply wakes up again in his room, which makes it clear that, if Insane Alan had "won", he still wouldn't have gotten what he wanted.
External Links[]
- Insane Alan on the Alan Wake Wiki.
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