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The Candidate

episode of Welcome to Night Vale
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The Candidate

Summary

The Candidate is a podcast episode[1]. It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • The Candidate's instance of is recorded as podcast episode[3].
  • Joseph Fink wrote the screenplay for The Candidate[4].
  • Jeffrey Cranor wrote the screenplay for The Candidate[5].
  • The Candidate's composer is recorded as Jon Bernstein[6].
  • The Candidate's part of the series is recorded as Welcome to Night Vale[7].
  • The Candidate's copyright license is recorded as proprietary license[8].
  • The Candidate's language of work or name is recorded as English[9].
  • The Candidate was distributed by audio podcast[10].
  • The Candidate's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • The Candidate was released on December 1, 2012[12].
  • The Candidate's characters is recorded as Cecil Palmer[13].
  • The Candidate's voice actor is recorded as Cecil Baldwin[14].
  • The Candidate's narrative location is recorded as Night Vale[15].
  • The Candidate's theme music is recorded as The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt[16].
  • The Candidate's theme music is recorded as The Ballad of Magnus and Axel[17].
  • The Candidate's takes place in fictional universe is recorded as Welcome to Night Vale universe[18].
  • The Candidate's title is recorded as The Candidate[19].
  • The Candidate's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11574', 'amount': '+1436'}[20].
  • The Candidate's production code is recorded as 12[21].
  • The Candidate's narrator is recorded as Cecil Palmer[22].
  • The Candidate's copyright status is recorded as copyrighted[23].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Screenwriters include Joseph Fink[4] and Jeffrey Cranor[5].

Publication

The Candidate was published on December 1, 2012[12]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[9]. Its part of the series is recorded as Welcome to Night Vale[7]. It was distributed by audio podcast[10].

Subject and Themes

The Candidate's part of the series is recorded as Welcome to Night Vale[7].

Why It Matters

The Candidate is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Spotify. Retrieved . github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10w ago · Trade · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → episode of Welcome to Night Vale
    Theme music → The Ballad of Fiedler and Mundt, The Ballad of Magnus and Axel
    Characters → Cecil Palmer
    Voice actor → Cecil Baldwin
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ [[Property:P2364]]: 12, #quickstatements; #temporary_batch_1783488392636"
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