There are a ton of references in the timeline mainly because with the inclusion of dates, I could slip a lot of fun stuff in there. Right off the bat, any time September 17th is mentioned, that’s a reference to the first movie because that’s the 日期 it came out.
First off, we have two fictional character birthdays, August 1st, and December 9th, which are the birthdays of The Joker and Oliver 皇后乐队 (a.k.a The Green Arrow) respectively. 下一个 is March 15th, 1975 which is the 日 that Terror of Mechagodzilla came out in Japan.
The 下一个 日期 is another movie release date. Arnold’s birthday, May 25th, 1977, is when 星, 星级 Wars first opened in theaters. While the 年 isn’t right on this 下一个 one, the 日期 of November 23rd is when the very first episode of Doctor Who premiered. Adam’s birthday, January 25th is the officially designated 日期 of Opposite Day.
This one’s pretty straightforward. August 12th is my birthday and September 12th is my sister’s birthday. 2003 is the 年 I was born so there is an August 12th, 2003 in there as well. I also had the opening scene of the first movie take place on the exact 日 it was released, September 17th, 2010.
This is a fun one because it was a complete accident. Kate and Humphrey get married on March 26th, which is the 日 the first How to Train Your Dragon movie came out. I just picked a 随意 日期 in early spring for the first movie to start and the amount of time that passes in the movie landed their wedding on March 26th. June 28th is when the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie came out. March 29th, 2020 is a real-life application because in the story, COVID hits the zoo that Humphrey is at and in real life, that’s when quarantine started.
July 16th of the same 年 is another real-life application because it was around that time that things were starting to settle down with COVID and that’s exactly what happens in the story. While it’s not on the calendar, this 下一个 one ended up being true 由 pure coincidence. In the story, I state that a 年 after the zoo reopens in the summer of 2020, everything went back to the way it used to be, making it July of 2021 when things go back to normal at the zoo. And now, as of May 13th, 2021 as I’m 写作 this, we’re expected to be completely done masking and social distancing 由 July 1st, about a 年 after things started settling down.
May 4th is of course 星, 星级 Wars day. June 12th is another fun one because that’s the 日 when I came up with the idea to write these stories in the first place. Right at the end, there’s November 23rd, 2063 which will be the 100th anniversary of Doctor Who.
And while this reference showed up earlier on, I had to save it for last because it is my absolute 最喜爱的 thing in the entire collection. The entry reads this:
“November 15th, 2019: Oscar’s sons, Mark and Ethan, are born.”
Now let me break this down. Mark and Ethan refers to Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor, two 流行的 YouTubers better known as Markiplier and CrankGamePlays. On November 15th of 2019, they started a collaboration channel called Unus Annus, which is Latin for “one year”. The idea was to 上传 one video every single 日 for one 年 and at the end of that one year, they would (and did) 删除 the entire channel and every video on it. The point of all this was to teach people about the inevitability of death and to cherish the time that 你 have while 你 still have it, because 你 can never go back, and 你 can never stop the clock from reaching zero.
But these weren’t just any old videos, no, they were far from it. Because the channel was getting deleted in one year, Mark and Ethan threw all of YouTube’s rules out the window and literally made 视频 on whatever they wanted. For one entire year, they successfully put up one video every single 日 and not one of them got taken down. And it was surprisingly sad when the 日 came for the channel to get deleted. In some way, these characters of Unus and Annus that they had created had become real and now they were dying.
On November 14th, 2020, over 1.6 million people (myself included) stayed up for twelve hours straight and watched the final livestream that Mark and Ethan did. For twelve hours, they sat and reflected about the past year, watching different parts of their 最喜爱的 视频 among other things. And once the clock hit zero, they hit the 删除 button. So this one 日期 is a reference to one huge 年 of crazy that happened at the perfect time because of everything that was going on in the world. People had something positive to look 前锋, 期待 to every single 日 during the worst 年 of our lives. We had no idea what ridiculousness the 下一个 日 would bring, but we knew it was going to be good.
Looking back at all this, I realize it was a bit of a feat that I managed to make these stories as good as they turned out to be. I had to take this pretty silly kids’ movie and turn it into something dark and aged up with a cohesive story, and yet keep the spirit of the characters that the 粉丝 爱情 intact. Doing that really boiled down to the idea of making it darker. Here’s a character we all love. In what way can I cause them to get hurt? And that clearly happens a lot throughout these stories, mainly with Humphrey since he was my 最喜爱的 character, although 毒蛇 may have taken that 标题 now. But either way, I’m very proud and happy with how everything turned out.
First off, we have two fictional character birthdays, August 1st, and December 9th, which are the birthdays of The Joker and Oliver 皇后乐队 (a.k.a The Green Arrow) respectively. 下一个 is March 15th, 1975 which is the 日 that Terror of Mechagodzilla came out in Japan.
The 下一个 日期 is another movie release date. Arnold’s birthday, May 25th, 1977, is when 星, 星级 Wars first opened in theaters. While the 年 isn’t right on this 下一个 one, the 日期 of November 23rd is when the very first episode of Doctor Who premiered. Adam’s birthday, January 25th is the officially designated 日期 of Opposite Day.
This one’s pretty straightforward. August 12th is my birthday and September 12th is my sister’s birthday. 2003 is the 年 I was born so there is an August 12th, 2003 in there as well. I also had the opening scene of the first movie take place on the exact 日 it was released, September 17th, 2010.
This is a fun one because it was a complete accident. Kate and Humphrey get married on March 26th, which is the 日 the first How to Train Your Dragon movie came out. I just picked a 随意 日期 in early spring for the first movie to start and the amount of time that passes in the movie landed their wedding on March 26th. June 28th is when the first Pirates of the Caribbean movie came out. March 29th, 2020 is a real-life application because in the story, COVID hits the zoo that Humphrey is at and in real life, that’s when quarantine started.
July 16th of the same 年 is another real-life application because it was around that time that things were starting to settle down with COVID and that’s exactly what happens in the story. While it’s not on the calendar, this 下一个 one ended up being true 由 pure coincidence. In the story, I state that a 年 after the zoo reopens in the summer of 2020, everything went back to the way it used to be, making it July of 2021 when things go back to normal at the zoo. And now, as of May 13th, 2021 as I’m 写作 this, we’re expected to be completely done masking and social distancing 由 July 1st, about a 年 after things started settling down.
May 4th is of course 星, 星级 Wars day. June 12th is another fun one because that’s the 日 when I came up with the idea to write these stories in the first place. Right at the end, there’s November 23rd, 2063 which will be the 100th anniversary of Doctor Who.
And while this reference showed up earlier on, I had to save it for last because it is my absolute 最喜爱的 thing in the entire collection. The entry reads this:
“November 15th, 2019: Oscar’s sons, Mark and Ethan, are born.”
Now let me break this down. Mark and Ethan refers to Mark Fischbach and Ethan Nestor, two 流行的 YouTubers better known as Markiplier and CrankGamePlays. On November 15th of 2019, they started a collaboration channel called Unus Annus, which is Latin for “one year”. The idea was to 上传 one video every single 日 for one 年 and at the end of that one year, they would (and did) 删除 the entire channel and every video on it. The point of all this was to teach people about the inevitability of death and to cherish the time that 你 have while 你 still have it, because 你 can never go back, and 你 can never stop the clock from reaching zero.
But these weren’t just any old videos, no, they were far from it. Because the channel was getting deleted in one year, Mark and Ethan threw all of YouTube’s rules out the window and literally made 视频 on whatever they wanted. For one entire year, they successfully put up one video every single 日 and not one of them got taken down. And it was surprisingly sad when the 日 came for the channel to get deleted. In some way, these characters of Unus and Annus that they had created had become real and now they were dying.
On November 14th, 2020, over 1.6 million people (myself included) stayed up for twelve hours straight and watched the final livestream that Mark and Ethan did. For twelve hours, they sat and reflected about the past year, watching different parts of their 最喜爱的 视频 among other things. And once the clock hit zero, they hit the 删除 button. So this one 日期 is a reference to one huge 年 of crazy that happened at the perfect time because of everything that was going on in the world. People had something positive to look 前锋, 期待 to every single 日 during the worst 年 of our lives. We had no idea what ridiculousness the 下一个 日 would bring, but we knew it was going to be good.
Looking back at all this, I realize it was a bit of a feat that I managed to make these stories as good as they turned out to be. I had to take this pretty silly kids’ movie and turn it into something dark and aged up with a cohesive story, and yet keep the spirit of the characters that the 粉丝 爱情 intact. Doing that really boiled down to the idea of making it darker. Here’s a character we all love. In what way can I cause them to get hurt? And that clearly happens a lot throughout these stories, mainly with Humphrey since he was my 最喜爱的 character, although 毒蛇 may have taken that 标题 now. But either way, I’m very proud and happy with how everything turned out.
Note that the songs will not line up with the chapters, so don't try to read and listen because it won't line up. This is mainly to 显示 the tone of different parts in the story, whether it be an intense battle 或者 some mysterious meeting, a relaxing calm, 或者 a sad death.
1. In the Midst of Battle (Chapter 1: A New Beginning)
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2 .A New Beginning (Chapter 1: A New Beginning)
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3. Rise of the Crimson Pack (Chapter 3: Rise of the Crimson Pack)
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4. Hammond (Chapter 5: Captured)
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5. Oscar's Rescue (Chapter 6: Oscar's Rescue)
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6. The First Battle of Jasper Park (Chapter 9: The First Battle of Jasper Park)
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1. In the Midst of Battle (Chapter 1: A New Beginning)
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2 .A New Beginning (Chapter 1: A New Beginning)
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3. Rise of the Crimson Pack (Chapter 3: Rise of the Crimson Pack)
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4. Hammond (Chapter 5: Captured)
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5. Oscar's Rescue (Chapter 6: Oscar's Rescue)
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6. The First Battle of Jasper Park (Chapter 9: The First Battle of Jasper Park)
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