The Crawlspace

The Crawlspace is a location inside of Tom's basement and it represents Tom's mind. Characters go in and out of the Crawlspace during the events of the various series.

Meaning/Significance
While the exact behavior and mechanics of being "inside" the Crawlspace and "outside" of the Crawlspace are unknown, it's generally believed that being in the Crawlspace means you are being repressed, where being outside of the Crawlspace is being expressed. As the characters are all inside of Tom's mind, it may mean that the characters, and what they represent, are simply salient in conscious mind vs. auxiliary and in the background.

It has also at times been used as a metaphor for the relevancy of NFL teams, although it's unknown how significant that is for the events of Coach.

Since the characters inside of Tom's mind are a part of him, they can't be killed permanently when outside the Crawlspace. On the other hand, death inside the Crawlspace is permanent.

Locations
This is a list of locations that exist inside the Crawlspace.


 * The Beach
 * Long Island, New York
 * AFC East's house
 * NFC East's house
 * The Woods
 * Florida
 * Danny's house
 * Atlanta, Georgia