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1984 (Eastasian Edition): 1984 was a famous novel written by Japanese author Oshiro Goro, envisioning a Dystopia in which the world is divided into three superstates that are in perpetual war.

The main character is Shimizu Tojo, an inhabitant of Megacity 2 (formerly known as Tokyo), located in the Eastern Sector (formerly known as Japan). Little is known about world history except that the state that Tojo lives in, Eastasia, was formed after the USA gave Japan over to China, which fell to communism. It is also mentioned that there are two other states: Oceania and Eurasia. Throughout the Book, Eastasia and Eurasia are Allied against Oceania, who is at war with Eastasia over the Pacific, where Eastasian Soldiers fight Fanatically in combat, but because Eastasia runs on propaganda, it is common for complete and utter losses to be reported as victories, fooling even the ruling Caste. Eastasia is largely filled with illiterate Peasants who dominate the countryside, while the Megacities house 40% of the Eastasian Population. Eastasia abides by Death Worship, a philosophy descended from a mixture of Maoism and Bushido that worships one known as the "Spirit of Asia," the supposed ruler of Eastasia,(1) like a deity, who the Party claims has ruled forever. unlike the peasants, the people in the Megacities are always being monitored by security cameras and telescreens which are everywhere to monitor the educated population of the megacities. Shimizu later discovers that the Megacities are ill-maintained and just barely functional, only the center of the city (where the party dwells) is maintained to a degree. The party is actually less like a political party and more like a Ruling Caste that only does whatever will give them more power, such as keeping the war going.

In the book, Tojo encounters a supposed member of the resistance named Kim, who gives Tojo and his newfound lover Junko information about the world outside of Megacity 2 or the Eastern Sector. However, while planning a massive resistance attack, the Naojing storm the hotel they were staying at and Kim reveals himself to be a Party Member. Both Tojo and Junko are tortured with their worst fears and are then released at the end, only to have been completely brainwashed into eternal devotion to the Spirit of Asia and not liking eachother. Meanwhile, Eastasia has went to war with Eurasia and allied with Oceania, and no one questions the sudden change.

(1) The author originally wanted to use Mao as the leader of Eastasia, but he wasn't allowed to use the name of an actual world leader. in the 1984 movie adaptation however, the Spirit of Asia is depicted as resembling Mao.
 
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So, I sat down to write something serious-minded earlier, and I ended up writing an Aqua Teen Hunger Force episode. Can't think of anywhere else to put it (except maybe the Shitposting Thread), so I'll just put it here. Here it goes:

Aqua Teen Hunger Force: No Love

INT. - Frylock's Room

Frylock is hovering over his desk, furiously typing commands into his computer- which is now plugged into a 70-inch 4K TV balanced somewhat precariously on a desk that was meant to hold a CRT monitor (which now sits in the corner with an crossbow bolt through the screen, because Shake). The TV also has a cable box with a glowing pink crystal attached to it's top. Why? Because Frylock wants him some Interdimensional Cable, dawg. Frylock is just about to hit return and fire up some Ball Fondlers when Shake barges into the room, holding a long-nose lighter. Shake looks around the room, while threateningly switching the lighter on and off.

MASTER SHAKE: What's all this to do?

FRYLOCK: Shake, I thought I told you to never come in here ever again.

MASTER SHAKE: I'm not in the habit of doing whatever pleases you, Frylock. In fact I may set everything in here ablaze now just to prove that only I can make the rules, starting with this box with the- *Shake realizes what it's plugged into* -is that 4K!? We have 4K and you didn't let me know!? What- who put you up to this, Meatwad!? I swear to god, that little animal is dead! Where is he? MEATWAD GET THE FUCK IN HERE AND APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT YOU DID! OR ELSE THE SEAS WILL RUN RED WITH YOUR BLOOD, YOU JUDAS GOAT!

FRYLOCK: It wasn't Meatwad, it was-

MASTER SHAKE: Who, Carl!? The mailman!? Those stupid-ass Frat Aliens!? 'Cos I swear to god I'll kill 'em all. You don't believe me? I'll go get my arsenal right now, Frylock! I'm a loose cannon here, and anything that gets in my way will be blown away-

FRYLOCK: It was me, dumbass! I bought the TV for me, with my money, and if you don't like it you can kiss my ass!

MASTER SHAKE: Well then! It all comes out then, doesn't it! You dirty, red devil worshipping sack of fries- and I mean it about the devil worship! I know that's what "science" actually is, 'cos I follow the President on Twitter and-

FRYLOCK:
Oh that is it. For years, I put up with you. I put up with you flushing bills down the toilet instead of paying them. I put up with you beating up on Meatwad because your insecure. I put up with you breaking damn near everything in the house, over and over! I put down hundreds of mutant abominations spawned because the Cloner wasn't built to replace everything constantly! I've dealt with you and all the stupid shit you do for years! You think you can treat everyone else like shit constantly and get away with it, huh!? You think you a big man, that your master-

MASTER SHAKE:
That's my literal first name-

FRYLOCK: I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHAT YA NAME IS! NOT ANYMORE! YOU JUST A WHINY LITTLE BITCH, SHAKE- AND I DON'T SHOW NO LOVE TO BITCHES LIKE YOU!!!

At this point the screen switches to an out-of-focus 3D glasses style filter, as ominous drums start to play as Shake's demeanor changes from belligerent to fearful, while Frylock begins to power up his eye lasers. Then an incredibly loud electronic noise blares and shakes the entire Aqua House, while the words "100% USED TO GIVE A FUCK!!!" flash across the screen. Cut to outside Carl's house, where Meatwad has set up his dolls and shouting out of a traffic cone in the middle of the street. Crudely made protest signs are glued to the dolls and Carl's house is covered in Christmas lights and half-finished graffiti. The signs have the slogans like "wen season thre comin?", "if ther no rik, you muss akit", "free rik sandchez", and several signs display crude scribbles of Rick and Morty drawn in crayon. The words "no traills, no rihts, no rik: dis earf undah the glactic fedrashun. Indee" is sprayed on Carl's house. There is also trash everywhere. Carl is about to arrive to find his house destroyed and megaloud Hip Hop blasting out of the Aqua House, both of which piss him off immensely. Carl nearly runs over Meatwad who jumps on the sidewalk. Carl gets out of the car brandishing a tire iron and stomps over to Meatwad, oblivious to the blaring music for the moment.

MEATWAD: Oh damn...

CARL:
Yo Meatman, what's the occasion for turning my house into a goddamn soapbox! Answer me now or I swear *the music peaks again, emitting the grating, super-loud noise noise* what the hell? Is that music comin' out ya house, or did you guys summon a demon again?

MEATWAD: Carl, your house and the noise comin' out mine are small-fry compared to what's going on at the highest levels of society right now-

CARL: Oh, so a walking spraytan who likes firin' people gets in the White House and it's suddenly okay to emit grating noises outta yo house and trash mine? Trump won't come out out here, and neither do the police! Not since you freaking mutants started living here!

MEATWAD: Trump? Is he the Celebrity Apprentice? Who cares about that show? I'm talking about the only thing that matters. I mean, ain't you watched the TV lately? Earth is in grave danger, our freedoms are being taken away- these the real issues. And alls you wanna talk about is a mean oompa loompa who was Terminated! That's dumb.

CARL: Alright, if you ain't protesting Trump then what the hell are you on about!? ANSWER ME OR TASTE THE STEEL!

MEATWAD: Don't hit me! The Galactic Federation is the real enemy. Go hit them if you wanna hit somethin'.

CARL: Galactic Federation? What, aliens? I don't see no aliens around right now- oh crap. They're invisible, aren't they? We're being hunted by Predators or somethin', right? And that noise is their spaceship engines, isn't it? DAMMIT, WHY DO I HAVE TO LIVE IN A FREAKIN' HORROR MOVIE!?

MEATWAD: Actually, they's mostly bug-lookin' bureaucrats who put Rick Sanchez in space jail at the end of Season Two- and then the credits just rolled. That's a cliffhanger, see? And it was such a long time ago I don't even know when it was! They need to bring back Rick and Morty right now. Or we might have to escalate this thing to a riot, show 'em we mean business, ain't that right Boxy?

BOXY BROWN: Yeah, shit 'bout to start poppin' off up in here! You best keep yo head down Carl, 'cos a jive-ass bourgie like yourself might get shanked when the revolution comes! 'Cos ain't nobody holding down Boxy Brown no more, nuh-uh!

MEATWAD: Now c'mon, Boxy, Carl's our neighbor and you ain't the only one bein' oppressed here. Rick's in prison.

CARL: Wait, are you talking about that new Adult Swim show? The one that's like Back to the Future, but weirder? If so, why do you care so freaking much? I didn't see you guys complaining this much when they cancelled you. Also, why'd you keep renaming your show? I heard that's why they stopped making a horror movie outta your life.

MEATWAD: Nah, we was just taking up space is all. The network said they needed to free up a timeslot, and then they lit our contracts on fire while they played... actually, they was playing the same thing that's coming out of my house right now. Only with MCRide screaming about how he wants us to learn the meaning of a proper beatdown madness or something, I don't know. He's crazy as hell, that MCRide.

CARL: Oh so that's what's coming out ya house, is it? I'd suspect you left your boombox on... but that don't sound like MC Pee Pants. That sounds angry. Brutal. Actually be kinda kickass, if it didn't make that loud-ass electronic noise every ten seconds and maybe put some electric guitar in. Drums and beats ain't enough on their own, you need some electric guitar! *does an air guitar solo*widddly-widddly-whon, widddly-whoh-widddly-widddly, widddly-whoh-widddly-wham! *ends air guitar* Hell yeah, you know what I'm saying meatman! Hahahaha... though seriously turn that shit off. I'm starting to get a headache.

MEATWAD: I'll go and see, but I don't know even whose playing it.

CARL: You do that, Meatwad- and when your done, you better clean this trash up off my lawn. I mean that. 'Cos if you don't, I'm gonna throw all your dolls and signs in a dumpster with a buncha gasoline and a lit match!

MEATWAD: Okay, you can try. Boxy don't take that kind of thing from no one though, so you best watch out for him. He's got a knife and he stabs me with it for a lot less than that.

CARL: Sure, whatever, just turn that freaking music off before I get my gun and do it myself! My head is throbbing with pain!

MEATWAD: Okay, okay, I'm going. Damn.

As Meatwad rolls back to the Aqua House, we cut back to Frylock's room. Shake is on the floor, bruised and bleeding. He is also sobbing hysterically. Frylock hovers above his bruised body, and begins to charge his eye lasers. Meatwad rolls into the doorway, sees the carnage and pulls out a camera. He is about to take a picture when Frylock entire body begins to glow. Meatwad then drops the camera and starts to pray. The screen flashes white; cut to an aerial view of the neighborhood which being engulfed in a explosion. Cut to the moon, where we see a pile of rocks shaped like a giant middle finger. Panning downward, we see the Mooninites admiring their handiwork.

ERR: Hahaha, take that ya bitch-ass Earthlings! The moon rules all, therefore the moon fucks all!

IGNIGKNOT: A truism that never loses its truth anywhere in the entire universe. We have created a masterpiece, Err. The primitive blue orb below will be forever reminded of their total inferiority to us and all we have created. For we are the true rulers of the cosmos. Isn't that right, Err?

ERR: Hell yeah! Aw crap, I'm having a nit-fit. You got any smokes, man? I need to smoke. Right here, right now.

IGNIGKNOT: No, Err, I do not. The moon lacks oxygen, your dream is therefore quite impossible. You should quit, Err. It makes you super-irritable.

ERR: Hey fuck you man, I do what I want! I'm not gonna sell out like you did! I need to smoke! We should go to Earth and buy a pack, man. Like, now.

IGNIGKNOT: I have a better idea- let's steal some cigarettes to feed your addiction, as well as anything else we desire. Fire up the ship, Err- and prepare yourself to commit criminal acts against the Aqua Teens.

ERR: Aw yeah, I'm gonna put cigarettes out in the drink cup's eyes- wait, what the hell is that?

We pan to Earth orbit, where hundreds of mushroom clouds can be seen going up all over the planet. Panning back to the Mooninites, we see them staring down at the Earth.

IGNIGKNOT: Wow... the fools down there finally blew each other up. *sigh* We should've made some popcorn.

ERR: Blew it up!? What do you mean, blew it up!? Where else am I supposed to get smokes from!? They don't sell them anywhere else, man!

IGNIGKNOT: I mean somebody down there obviously started a nuclear war, probably over whether or not to exterminate some hated minority again. Those Earthlings are a violent people. I mean, they were. Now their all dead. Very, very dead.

ERR: FUCK I NEED A SMOKE!!!

EXT. THE MOON

ROLL CREDITS
 
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Universal releases a second Hulk movie in 2006, pushing off Hulk's addition to the Avengers. This results in Marvel pushing up the time table on a different original Avenger - Ant-Man.

Iron Man comes out in early summer 2008 as before, with Ant-Man coming out late summer 2008. Edgar Wright makes it through production but the experience leads him to leave the franchise.

2010 and 2011 still see similar Thor and Captain America movies. 2010 also gives us Iron Man 2, with Wasp donning her uniform and working with Nick Fury.

The Avengers is still by Joss, but due to Edgar Wright's experience he has a bit of a different deal. Avengers features Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Ant-Man, and Wasp vs Loki.

Iron Man 3 brings us the death of Hank Pym as he and Tony team up against AIM. The Winter Soldier has a cameo from Ant-Man as Shield commands him to hunt down Cap. Sharon Carter joins him on the road. Thor 2 is directed by Joss Whedon so that he can fulfill a two picture deal with Marvel (originally intended for Avengers 1 and 2). It takes place mostly in the Elvish realm.

Things stay fairly similar although Avengers 2 is pushed back in favor of an Ant-Man / Wasp sequel which basically is like a "creation of Ultron" story leading into Avengers 2.

Civil War is the same with the following line ups:
Team Tony:
Tony
Rhodey
Vision
Wasp
Black Panther

Team Cap:
Cap
Falcon
Bucky
Ant-Man
Scarlet Witch

Then we've got Doctor Strange (2016), Guardians 2 (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) which prominently features Doctor Strange as a side character.
 
Universal releases a second Hulk movie in 2006, pushing off Hulk's addition to the Avengers. This results in Marvel pushing up the time table on a different original Avenger - Ant-Man.

Iron Man comes out in early summer 2008 as before, with Ant-Man coming out late summer 2008. Edgar Wright makes it through production but the experience leads him to leave the franchise.

2010 and 2011 still see similar Thor and Captain America movies. 2010 also gives us Iron Man 2, with Wasp donning her uniform and working with Nick Fury.

The Avengers is still by Joss, but due to Edgar Wright's experience he has a bit of a different deal. Avengers features Iron Man, Cap, Thor, Ant-Man, and Wasp vs Loki.

Iron Man 3 brings us the death of Hank Pym as he and Tony team up against AIM. The Winter Soldier has a cameo from Ant-Man as Shield commands him to hunt down Cap. Sharon Carter joins him on the road. Thor 2 is directed by Joss Whedon so that he can fulfill a two picture deal with Marvel (originally intended for Avengers 1 and 2). It takes place mostly in the Elvish realm.

Things stay fairly similar although Avengers 2 is pushed back in favor of an Ant-Man / Wasp sequel which basically is like a "creation of Ultron" story leading into Avengers 2.

Civil War is the same with the following line ups:
Team Tony:
Tony
Rhodey
Vision
Wasp
Black Panther

Team Cap:
Cap
Falcon
Bucky
Ant-Man
Scarlet Witch

Then we've got Doctor Strange (2016), Guardians 2 (2017), and Thor: Ragnarok (2017) which prominently features Doctor Strange as a side character.
My only issue with all of this is the implication that Black Widow and Hawkeye were butterflied.
 
Some ideas came into my head for Indiana Jones if it were set in different Time Periods. one for the 1800s had me using Napoleon Bonaparte (or his nephew) as the Nazis after i learned more about Napoleon's "Interest" in Egypt, with Imperial Germany being the Soviets in the fourth movie.

Another idea i had was if it were set in the 90s, where i used Saddam's Iraq as the Nazis due to Saddam having an interest in ancient history, not sure who would be the soviets though.
 
Another idea that came to my head: Valiant Hearts: The Pacific War

Takes place during the pacific front of WWII, through the point of view of 4 different characters: Emile, an American Soldier who joined the fight, feeling he couldn't just sit back and watch his fellow country men fight without him. Freddy, an African American soldier of Canadian descent who lost his brother in Pearl Harbor, and seeks revenge against Japanese General Hanada, a brutal War is Glorious General who commits many atrocities and is the main villain for 75% of the game. Kaito, a Japanese man who was a family friend of Emile's, but was forced to leave with his family after Pearl Harbor, only to be conscripted into the Imperial Japanese army not long after returning, and he just so happens to be serving under General Hanada. And Annie, a British Nurse who was studying in America when she was called to action.
 
I have alot of ideas on me at the moment, so i apologize for posting alot of these. But anyways:

Rogue One

Set in an Alternate Universe where the Nazi Nuclear Program wasn't severely handicapped and is somehow supposed to make progress, the story is gonna be told from the Worlds DBWI Perspective starting now:

Rogue One is based on the story of the team that was able to stop the Nazis Atomic Weapons Project consisting of: Jain Esser, an Austrian girl who's Father was forced to work on the Atomic Program, Caesar Anthony, a British Soldier (who was born in the British Raj), Karl Tresler, a Snarky German Defector who's wife was executed by the Nazi Party, and others who joined along the way. The Movie was criticized for its portrayal of the Occupied African Town, where the Germans are clearly supposed to Represent Americans in the Middle East, while the destruction of the town is depicted in movie as actually being a test of the Atomic Bomb, even though the Explosion left no radioactive fallout or other effects of the Bomb. The ending battle is well remembered as well, where the Facility containing the Nazi's Atomic Research was destroyed when the Nazis bombed it to oblivion from the Bismarck (which wasn't sunk as early as OTL), Another thing that is remembered is how the only German characters who actually speak German are the Main Villain's Personal SS squad, who are also somehow unable to hit one of the main characters when they are walking slowly by...
 
Maximum Overdrive 2: Roadkill: a 1990 sequel to the massively successful Maximum Overdrive, Roadkill takes place at the same time as the first movie, only it is set in California. The main character is a police officer who is trying to help fight the machine revolution, but is struggling as the force's Police cruisers are attacking them. Eventually, the Officer meets a shell shocked girl, a religious stereotype, a greaser, and a young Basketball player, as they all try to survive in Los Angeles.

Maximum Overdrive 3: Apocalypse: released in 1993. The Machines are getting more and more powerful, but now the military has a plan: they wish to rip off Armageddon/Deep Impact before it came out and blow up the Comet that is causing the Machines to attack. a team consisting of a Marine, a NASA pilot, a Russian Cosmonaut who helped them re-fuel, only to join them when the Space station came to life and destroyed itself, and a Mad Scientist who claims he can help destroy the Comet, prepare to go on a mission using an Un-affected Space Shuttle. Upon landing on the comet and reaching the core, which is made up of a mysterious energy, The Scientist betrays the group and reveals that this was part of his plan all along. the Scientist absorbs the Core and takes control of all of the machines on the planet with plans to take over the world, but the group defeats him by overloading him with the excess comet energy and cause him to detonate into an atomic explosion that destroys the comet. Of course, the Scientist is the main villain for the entire third act.

Maximum Overdrive 4: Aftermath: It turns out that blowing up that Comet was a bad idea. The Radiation from the comet was caught in Earth's Gravity and has now merged with the Earth's Atmosphere, blocking out the Sun and creating a post-apocalyptic wasteland, and resulting in the Machines becoming the dominant race on the planet. 500 years later, Humanity lives on in Walled "Fortress Cities", which are basically like the Hive Worlds of Warhammer 40k unless you are in the Government, of whom are only able to maintain power by using the fear of the machines. there is still a massive taboo on Technology, although all major tech made by humans in the present is resistant to the Radiation. The main characters are Waste-Raiders, brave souls who travel out into the wasteland to collect supplies and bring them to the Fortress Cities, but even basic resources like Water are disappearing due to the Machines draining the seas for machine things. Meanwhile, the Machines have also evolved beyond their programming of "Kill all Humans" and have even begun to create their own weird Machine society, although the "Kill Humans" program still remains, and they attack humans that threaten them, although they seem to have taken a liking to listening to old Human Music from the 1970s and 1980s. The machines have also created Factories as a way to reproduce, although new machines are based only on existing Blue prints, leaving no new car types appearing over the decades. The most powerful Machines of the region, an aging Huey Helicopter Nicknamed Choppa and an Abrams Tank nicknamed King, have begun to "rally" the other Machines in the region to launch an assault on the Humans that threaten them: Fort New York.
 
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Maximum Overdrive 2: Roadkill

Maximum Overdrive 3: Apocalypse

Maximum Overdrive 4: Aftermath
Oh fuck the hell yes! These are all amazing. The last one kinda reminds me of George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, and I could easily see the first sequel becoming a The Road Warrior type film that outdoes even it's predecessor's popularity and cements Maximum Overdrive as a cult classic.
 
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Oh fuck the hell yes! These are all amazing. The last one kinda reminds me of George A. Romero's Land of the Dead, and I could easily see the first sequel becoming a The Road Warrior type film that outdoes even it's predecessor's popularity and cements Maximum Overdrive as a cult classic.
Thanks! i was originally gonna make Nangi the Tank a Huey, but i made it into a tank instead. Maybe i should make Nangi into a Huey so we can have an Apocalypse now type scene with the Machines attacking Fortress New York.

Also, to me, Maximum Overdrive is already, and always will be, a cult classic.
 
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Here are some taglines for the 3 movies:

Roadkill: Better look both ways before crossing

Apocalypse: The End Is Near

Aftermath: Trucks don't need roads to keep driving.
 
Thanks! i was originally gonna make Nangi the Tank a Huey, but i made it into a tank instead. Maybe i should make Nangi into a Huey so we can have an Apocalypse now type scene with the Machines attacking Fortress New York.

Also, to me, Maximum Overdrive is already, and always will be, a cult classic.

Good move on changing it to a tank. Fun Fact: Stephen King claims to have written the entire first draft script for that movie during a 36 hour coke binge in the early '80s at a wrap party for Creepshow.
 
Good move on changing it to a tank. Fun Fact: Stephen King claims to have written the entire first draft script for that movie during a 36 hour coke binge in the early '80s at a wrap party for Creepshow.
I actually decided to include both the Tank and the Helicopter.
 
Excuse me for asking, but I was wondering what y'alls opinion was on the location of this thread- I'm thinking it might be a better fit for the new Fandom AH subforum, and wanted to gather opinions on whether or not I should ask a mod move it there. Input on this from all of you would be appreciated.
 
Here's some random Super Mario Sunshine info, no big deal...

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Super Mario Sunshine started development as a Nintendo 64 game (and direct sequel to Super Mario 64) before the decision was made to make it a Nintendo Gamecube launch title. This can still be seen in the controls for the game, which share some resemblance to Super Mario 64 (such as the long jump mechanic and the camera).

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Originally, in lieu of the Pinball Machine secret course, there was to be a secret course based on a Pachinko Machine. However, the course was scrapped after play testers found it too difficult to be enjoyable, with it being hard to control Mario in order to get the red coins and too easy to fall to the hole at the bottom of the level.

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In Super Mario Sunshine, F.L.U.D.D. is able to use a total of six different nozzles, only two of which are unlocked from the start (the Squirt and Hover Nozzle). As Mario progresses through the game and completes certain tasks, he will discover the remaining four nozzles, giving F.L.U.D.D. access to them for the rest of the game (the player can cycle through these nozzles with the D-pad and select one with the X button). Every nozzle can be used with the R button.

The six nozzles F.L.U.D.D. can use are:
  • Squirt: The basic nozzle, unlocked from the start, which allows Mario to spray water at enemies (lightly pressing R allows Mario to squirt while moving, while holding it down has Mario squirt in place while aiming with the control stick).
  • Hover: Unlocked from the start, this nozzle allows Mario to hover in the air, slowly increasing in altitude, for four seconds.
  • Turbo: This nozzle can be unlocked in Gelato Beach by using Yoshi to spray a Forcefield Graffiti-covered Dune Bud in Episode 6, "Red Coins in the Sand" (where Mario must search across the level, including the ocean floor, to look for buried red coins). This nozzle allows Mario to move super fast across land (where it uses up water rapidly) and sea. It also allows Mario to break through various immovable obstacles (like orange and green doors).
  • Sprinkler: This nozzle can be unlocked in Pinna Park by completing Episode 8, "Roller Coaster Balloons" (where you must use F.L.U.D.D. to fire rockets at 20 Bowser Jr. balloons before the roller coaster makes three complete laps) a second time after getting the Shine. This nozzle sprays straight up, surrounding Mario in a cone of water (sort of acting as a water shield). This nozzle effectively has the same effect as using the Squirt Nozzle while tornado spinning, but with a more compact radius.
  • Rocket: This nozzle can be unlocked in Tuono Rock by heading to the bottom of the cliff in Episode 5, "Danger! High Voltage" (where Mario must defeat the Green Electro-Koopa in the lantern room at the top of the lighthouse) and rescue the Backpack Pianta (the owner of the Lighthouse) from the Red Electro-Koopas. This nozzle uses a charged blast of compressed water to shoot Mario straight up into the air. After using it, Mario will not be able to use any other nozzles, but he also will not take fall damage.
  • Slide: This nozzle can be unlocked in Noki Bay by exploring the bay's secret cavern (accessable only in episode 4, "Eely-Mouth's Dentist", or episode 8, "The Red Coin Fish") and finding a sunken treasure chest. This is the only nozzle Mario can use while sliding. It sprays a flat, angled stream of water in front of Mario, allowing him to slide in any direction for as long as the player wants (and as long as they have enough water) and is slightly faster than sliding with water the normal way (with the Squirt Nozzle).
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Yoshis play a major role in Super Mario Sunshine, acting as transportation for Mario proving themselves to be the key to obtaining several Shine Sprites. Yoshis normally appear in six different colors depending on what they eat: green, red, orange, cyan, pink, and purple. To get a Yoshi, Mario must first find a Yoshi Egg and give it the specific fruit it wants.

Yoshis in Sunshine can also spit out juice (which effectively replaces the Squirt Nozzle as long as Mario is on Yoshi) which can wash away Forcefield Graffiti and affect enemies in various ways. Running out of juice will not kill Yoshi (although it was planned for that to do so; it was even planned for the juice to run out on its own over time), but he will be unable to spray it until it is refilled (by feeding him a fruit).

The player unlocks Yoshi after beating episode 5 of Bianco Hills, "The Green Menace" (where Mario must calm down a stampede of green Yoshis that are storming the village).

Interestingly, it was originally planned for Yoshi to disappear when he contacts water. However, it was determined it would make for a much better experience if Yoshi was able to swim.

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Tuono Rock is a location found on Isle Delfino in Super Mario Sunshine. It is located on the island's south coast, right behind Pinna Park. Its name probably derives from "Tuono", the Italian word for "Thunder". Tuono Rock is famous for being the home to the Delfino Lighthouse, a giant spiraling lighthouse overlooking a rocky cliff by the sea. The level itself can only be accessed through a green warp pipe on the small island off the coast of Delfino Plaza (the one with the stranded Pianta). The pipe is blocked with a stone slab that Mario can only break by ground pounding after using the Rocket Nozzle. Whenever Mario visits this level, it is always during a stormy night (complete with thunder and lightning).

Originally, the (haunted) hotel-themed area "Sirena Beach" was planned for the game, but it was decided to expand that idea into a full fledged game (Super Mario Sunshine 2: Welcome to the Hotel Delfino, which is also a crossover sequel to Luigi's Mansion).
 
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This is something I already did of sorts in the "Alternate histories of TV shows" thread (albeit with a slightly different POD), but I don't think I did it right there, so here we are.

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season 6, Episode 4: The Gang Gets Successful: For reasons unbeknownst to the Gang, Paddy's Pub has become vastly popular and is constantly packed. As a result of this success, the Gang proceeds to become greedy and egotistical about trying to maintain it, unknowingly resulting in them losing it. Meanwhile, Frank (who had recently come back from a vacation in North Carolina and was unaware of this turn) tries to get the Gang to partake in his (and their) usual mischief (including something to do with a "meat bomb").

Mac's reason for wanting to keep up their success, recently failing to win a radio trivia contest, is a reference to the planned episode "Mac's Big Break" (where Mac gets the opportunity to take a shot at center ice at a Philadelphia Flyers game). It's been rumored that the fire at the Wells Fargo Center in May 2010 resulted in the episode being scrapped, although Rob McElhenney himself had gone one record to state that this is not the case, and that it was just "a badly timed coincidence".

It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Season 7, Episode 10: How Mac Got Fat: In an episode told entirely in flashbacks, Mac explains to a priest how he became overweight (with his reasoning for coming to church being to try and get God to smite the hot dog vendor that attacked him for getting him shut down). Several weeks ago, Dennis (having seen "Super Size Me") manages to convince the Gang to make their own form of it (since "Spurlock is a clod not deserving of the fame"), using a hot dog stand (from "Bums: Making a Mess All Over the City") and Mac.

The flashback portions of the episode were the first filmed portions of Season 7. While the idea of Mac getting fat came about from Rob McElhenney deciding to make a statment about the increasing attractiveness of sitcom stars, the idea to make this exact episode came about from Glenn Howerton getting pissed off while watching "Super Size Me" during production of Season 6. The reason to turn it into a flashback episode (with the segments of Mac in the confessional being the last filmed portions of Season 7) was "purely a stylistic choice".
 
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Tales Weaver
(HBO live-action tv)

Adaptation of korean video game of same name.. Released in 2010.

Episode 1(how Talesweaver refers to its seasons)
"Apparation"
Chapter 1: Ambush

Charlotte Beatrice D'Orlanne, was a heiress to duchy of Orlanne.

However charlotte is ambushed by Count Creret, who want to usurp duke's throne.

In response, charlotte throws herself off the cliff.

She survived.. After landing in clad, a town in kingdom of anomarad located 900 miles south of orlanne's borders.

Then, ispin runs into maximin liebkune, a Private Investigator.

Mistaken for man by maximin, she assumes identity of ispin charles. And join shadow and ashe, a mercenary guild, in order to make a living and to work to reclaim her rightful place as rightful hairess to the duchy.
 
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