The Big Five

The Big Five and the Big Three are terms often used in relation to the Slenderverse, especially Everyman's canon.

The Original Big Three
In the Slenderverse's early years, the "Big Three" moniker was used more than the "Big Five." Many such lists existed, but most included the following three series as the "Big Three:"


 * Marble Hornets
 * EverymanHYBRID
 * TribeTwelve

Of course, this was before TribeTwelve was discredited, and disregarding canons, instead opting to go with the influence each series had.

The Original Big Five
As the list of slenderseries grew in number, many people began expanding the list to include five entries rather than three. These typically were:


 * Marble Hornets
 * EverymanHYBRID
 * TribeTwelve
 * MLAndersen0
 * DarkHarvest00

Again this disregards the two seperate canons that are represented in the list, and was created before the situations surrounding certain series.

Other Big Fives
Of course, the "Big Five" format is subjective and has had many different interpretations, including substituting Marble Hornets for another series to avoid conflicting canons, and the following list compiled by Kyle Slone, creator of the Excrescences Mythos:


 * Either CaughtNotSleeping or OneMoreSoul2TheCall
 * OsirisChronicles
 * Either FutureRefused2Change or ThousandYardStare
 * MyDarkJournal
 * The Tulpa Effect

In recent years, there has also been a significant push to base the Big Five off of the overall influence a non-problematic series has had on the fanbase, regardless of canon:

(The following list is purely speculative and cannot possibly satisfy everyone's opinions on the matter.)


 * Original Victor Surge post on the SomethingAwful forum
 * Marble Hornets
 * EverymanHYBRID
 * Stan Frederick
 * etc.

The Big Five of Generation III
NOTE: As of Friday, January Eighth, 2022, the creators associated with Gen III have unilaterally agreed to dismantle the "Big Number" system due to the potential for elitism. As such, this section of the article is now considered obsolete and is only kept for archival purposes.

Shortly after Novak created the concept of The Generations, a short "Big Three" list was compiled consisting of the following series:


 * I Could Make You Care
 * 2FreeEnigma
 * Recollect

This was changed at some point to reflect Sealtoast's view that Recollect is separate from Gen III. The list then looked like this:


 * I Could Make You Care
 * 2FreeEnigma
 * JSCamera

But was quickly changed, both with the cutting of ties with problematic creator Derek Furlow and with the expansion of the generation to include a greater number of series.

Now the current Big Five of Gen III looks like this:


 * I Could Make You Care
 * 2FreeEnigma
 * REM Sleep
 * TheNoisesBelow
 * JackArtAndMusic

At some point, the Big Five may have been briefly become a "Big Six," although what series would have been added is unknown and irrelevant as of 1/7/2022.

To date, no other "generation specific" Big Three or Big Five lists have been compiled.