"Weird at last! Weird at last! God almighty, weird at last! Welcome to Night Vale."
A large pyramid appears out of nowhere with a message to send, despite the Sheriff’s Secret Police's efforts to destroy and/or deny the existence of it. Cecil suspects it to be a publicity stunt pulled by local cereal company Flaky-Os (even after the company repeatedly denies this).
Tropes present in PYRAMID include:
- Continuity Nod: Telly the barber from episode 3 makes a comeback. Khoshekh also appears for the first time since episode 2.
- Crazy Cat Lady: McKayla put her three-years-old dog to sleep and adopted six tabby kittens
- Disproportionate Retribution: for a terrible crime of giving Carlos a haircut Telly wanders the desert, going mad enough to mistake cactuses for clients and suffering from the sun damage. Cecil thinks he deserves it.
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Paranoia Fuel: Secret Police advises to avoid strangers "as well as friends and loved ones because how well do you know those people anyway? Are you aware of their location every second of every day? Who among us does not have secrets?" - Shaped Like Itself: "[The pyramid] has been described as a sort of triangle-shape, but three-dimensional."
- Thoughtcrime: Cecil searching "Dog Park" on Audible.com results in a bright red screen reading "thoughtcrime".
"Today's Proverb: “Nice bolo tie!” is the greatest compliment a person can ever receive."
