   the strangerhood is a comedy series created by rooster teeth productions. the series is produced primarily by using the machinima technique of synchronizing video footage from computer and video games to pre-recorded dialogue and other audio. the animation is created using the computer game the sims 2 as a parody of sitcoms and reality television. the series details the lives of eight "assorted stereotypes" who wake up living in a neighborhood called strangerhood lane, with no memory of who they are, where they are, or how they got there. the strangerhood is the second machinima series of four from rooster teeth productions. it is preceded by red vs. blue: the blood gulch chronicles and followed by panics. the series is a parody of popular culture, namely television shows such as desperate housewives, lost, 24, and american idol. the episodes are released online at the rooster teeth and official the sims 2 websites, and a dvd of the first season was released on may 5, 2006, available from gamestop stores in the united states and online worldwide. a second season is in production as a stretch goal for the lazer team's indiegogo crowdfunding campaign. ==plot==  one morning in the near future, a group of assorted stereotypes awake in a strange town with no memory of who they are or where they came from. their only clues come from the assorted labels that hold their names (wade's name badge and sam's underwear) and a mysteriously creepy voice issuing from their televisions. over the course of the season, they endure many trials including an unusual reality show kitchen task, a murder mystery among their group, a secret affair and of course their own strange personalities before they learn the horrifying truth behind the unusual events of the strangerhood. ===strangerhood studios=== strangerhood studios is a series of shorts, each about one 
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