Overthrone

**Overthrone** is the first video released for The Mandela Catalogue and is the first video of Act 1. Overthrone introduces the threat of the False Shepherd.

## Summary

The episode begins with two shepherds tending to their sheep, only to be interrupted by a voice from the sky. "Do not be afraid!" the voice says, "I bring good news of great joy, for you and all people. Tonight, your savior was born in Davistown. He is Christ, the Lord. You will find Him wrapped in soft cloth and lying in a manger." A glitched screen of angels singing ends the scene. The screen projects, "Rejoice! Jesus Is Born!"

A TTS voice begins to narrate a story. "A long time ago, there was a woman named Mary who lived in the city of Nazareth. She was in love with a man named Joseph. Mary was young and a virgin, but she got a very special message from an angel named [redacted]." The angel descends to Mary, but before speaking he is first seen with a heavily distorted face, which is then censored as they continue: “I am the angel Gabriel,” they say, “I’ve come to bring good news!” Mary drops her basket in surprise and asks, “News? For me?” Before the scene can continue, the screen freezes and whispers can be heard. With closed captions on, the following can be read in binary: "I am the one true savior. I must reverse the delusion. Joseph is next." Mary replies, "Whatever God (shown as 'Gods' in the caption) wants, I will do." and Gabriel ascends back into the sky.

Joseph is seen sleeping while Gabriel stares at him through the window, they tell Joseph, "I will fool the shepherds. I will know their greatest fear. I will know your greatest fear." After, he repeatedly tells Joseph to wake up.

We are brought back to shepherds, once again interrupted by Gabriel, only his face is redacted and are surrounded by darkness. They greet the shepherds again, "I have great news, I am your true savior. I know everything about that makes your human. I know what you love. I know what you dread." We are then shown the face of Gabriel, which distorts into a contorted version of itself with tall eyes and a large smile.

The image disappears, and the sounds of panting can be heard. With closed captions on, the following can be read:
"How frozen I became and powerless then, Ask it not, reader, for I write it not, Because all language would be insufficient. I did not die, and I alive remained not. Think for thyself now, hast though ought of wit, What I became, being of both deprived."

A desert landscape is shown, with text in a bold red font reading:
**"CAN'T YOU SEE? I DECEIVED THEM. SUCH WEAK MINDS."**

The city of Nazareth is then shown, now with text in a thin, gray font reading:
"I am bound to my chains on my ankles that grow heavier with every step, the infinite amount of sand will be my tomb, and my foolishness will be my legacy. if there is a god, please help me."

"The End", with the Looney Tunes end card theme playing, is displayed.

## Trivia

* The text seen after Gabriel shows their true appearance is a transcript from Dante's Inferno, as Dante observes Satan at the bottom of Hell.
* The music playing after Gabriel's face distorts is a cover of "Jesus Loves Me" by Listener Kids.
* Alex Kister believes that Overthrone is outdated and has certain regrets over things such as Gabriel's face reveal.
	+ Alex has gone on to say Overthrone is more comparable to a YouTube Poop than an Analog Horror Short.

* Probably because of being the first video of the series, there are many fanmade videos similar to Overthrone on the internet. A very popular one is probably "(FAN REMAKE) Mandela Catalogue - Overthrone". On the comment wall of the video, Alex Kister himself stated that this video was very special to him.