If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998

If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 (Or for short, "If M&D Lived In '98", or simply just "M&D '98") is an upcoming 2024 Garry's Mod animation made by Envy Octoling Animations. The animation is scheduled to be published onto YouTube in August of 2024. It is going to be '90s Teen themed.
The animation is of an interview with an Inkling girl named Meggy and an Octoling girl named Desti in an alternate universe where SMG4 was never born. They go back to the year 1998 in Oneshot Wren High School, where things went wrong.
The two girls fight each other in front of everyone in the school. Their principal, Mr. Sanders, warns them about a possible expulsion if they don't clean up their act. They go on a field trip with the rest of the class, where things go horribly wrong. They get lost in the woods, get robbed, and encounter a giant Octoling woman.
== Video ==
=== Teasers ===
* If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 (Teaser)
=== Full video ===
(Coming soon)
== Plot ==
In 2023, 42 year-old Inkling woman named Meggy, and a 39 year-old Octoling woman named Desti, sit down in an interview room, and they get asked questions by a 70 year-old English man named Reginald. The girls go back to the time in the year 1998 where they got into the weirdest shenanigans they've ever been through.
The girls flashback to the night of November 22nd, 1998, when Meggy was 17 years old, and Desti was 15 years old. The girls compete in "Turf War", which is a minigame in Splatoon where two teams of four use ink guns to splat the arena, and the team who can cover the arena with their ink the most, wins the game. Meggy's team, The Splat Squad, ends up failing miserably, while Desti's team, Octoposse, ends up winning the game, which upsets Meggy dearly.
The next day, on the morning of November 23rd, 1998, at Oneshot Wren High School, Meggy, who is still upset about the Turf War, goes to her locker, where she is comforted by her friends (Henry, Jake, Mindy, Hailey, Morgan, Francis and Letrelle). Meggy leaves, but bumps into Desti and her gang, Octoposse. Meggy gets humiliated by Desti, which provokes Meggy to punch her. The girls end up fighting. Their principal, Mr. Sanders, sees the fight, and pulls the girls into his office.
In Mr. Sanders' office, Mr. Sanders tells Meggy and Desti off, and threatens to expel them both on the spot. The girls are upset by this, but then Mr. Sanders changes his mind, and only suspends them for the day. Meggy and Desti leave the office, and go home. Meggy lives in a cheap apartment by herself, while Desti lives in a luxury mansion.
The next day, on November 24th, 1998, the school buses arrive at the school. Meggy arrives late, and gets laughed at by students on the bus next to her. While everyone is focused on Meggy, a mysterious tall figure gets on the bus, and messes with the steering wheel and settings of the bus, and then gets off the bus. Meggy and Desti get on the bus afterwards, and awkwardly sit next to each other, right before the bus drives off.
A montage of the bus driving on different roads and highways takes place, with the song "Cute" by Bensound playing in the background, and then eventually ends. Meggy and Desti, and everyone else, is asleep. Meggy wakes up, and wakes Desti up. Something didn't seem right. The bus driver, while trying to kill a fly, accidently snaps the end of the steering wheel off, which causes the bus to crash off a bridge. Meggy and Desti managed to survive, but the others weren't so lucky. The bus goes up in flames after the bus driver neglectfully lights a cigarette near gasoline.
Meggy and Desti pull out their bags, and empty them to see what they can make of it. Meggy just has a bunch of homework, which won't get them anywhere, while Desti has a bunch of energy drinks, which they end up drinking. The girls run across the woods at impossible, record-breaking speeds, due to the energy of the drinks, and then later crash.
Later in the night, Meggy and Desti find an abandoned tent and camp, where they later start a campfire, and rest by it. The girls talk for a while, and end up opening to each other more and more, becoming friends in the process. They talk about how terrible school is, how hard life is, how being on the spectrum is difficult, and how they lost their parents and family members. They both apologize to each other, and give each other a big, comforting hug, and get some sleep.
The next day, on November 25th, 1998, Meggy and Desti wake up after Meggy farts herself awake. The girls get up, and explore the woods more. They find a parking lot, which is nearly empty, but has only a few cars. An uncomfortable sense of familiarity hits both Meggy and Desti as they walk through the parking lot. Desti smells something, which is very familiar to her. She rushes to where the smell is coming from, which is her luxury mansion.
Meggy and Desti walk up to the mansion, only to find out that the door was left open, which worries Desti. The girls search around the mansion, but find nothing out of the ordinary. The girls enter the basement, which is actually an underground bunker, to see if anything was taken or stolen. Nothing was taken, except for the ashes of Desti's deceased mother. The girls find a note, which has a threat to Meggy and Desti's friends and family. The girls leave the mansion in a hurry.
At the school, Mr. Sanders and a few staff members (Mr. Baldimore, Mr. Steam and Mrs. Arson), are in the teachers lounge discussing about the missing bus of students. They come up with ridiculous theories, but then eventually find out what actually happened, which was the bus crashed and went up in flames. A big, fat, tall Octoling woman named Scarlet comes in, who supposedly knows who caused the accident, which was apparently planned. Everyone in the school comes together, where Scarlet traps everyone, and sucks them all into a big portal.
Meggy and Desti arrive at the school, but it's already too late. They search around the school, and find Morgan, whose wheelchair was stolen. Scarlet comes back, and takes helpless Morgan away. Meggy and Desti hear another noise, and hide. Desti hears a familiar voice, which she thought was her deceased mother. Meggy and Desti rushes over to where the voice came from, but only to reveal that it was Scarlet doing an impression of Desti's deceased mother. Scarlet chloroforms both Meggy and Desti, and then takes them through a portal.
Later, Meggy and Desti wake up. They are at Scarlet's home, which is to them, is nothing but black void. Scarlet reveals her true, ginormous size, and that Desti use to bully her in elementary school, also she came from the year 2023 to get revenge on Desti. Scarlet then tries to use mind-trickery on Meggy and Desti by showing them both things from 2018 and 2019 with a circle of TVs, but to no avail. Meggy and Desti blast the TVs with their ink guns, and destroy them all.
Scarlet shines a light on all the teachers, students and staff members she kidnapped, which Meggy and Desti are shocked to see. The two girls try to get their friends, but Desti gets caught by Scarlet's huge hand. After a heartwarming moment between Meggy and Desti, Scarlet puts Desti in her mouth and swallows her whole. Meggy gets upset, and gets her friends to help her throw things at Scarlet, which are all swallowed by Scarlet. After Meggy shoots her ink gun at Scarlet, which doesn't affect her in the slightest, apart from getting ink in her eye, she picks Meggy up, and eats her.
Meggy lands in Scarlet's stomach, joining Desti, as well as all the ink and other junk Scarlet swallowed. Meggy and Desti share another heartwarming moment, and give each other a big hug. The girls, all flustered, are still trapped in Scarlet's stomach, with no way out in sight. All hope seemed lost for Meggy and Desti, until Scarlet, after having a long "Maybe, maybe" conversation, and unknowingly drinks ipecac, which was put in her milk, and vomits Meggy and Desti back up.
After an awkward conversation about being in Scarlet's stomach, Scarlet reaches in for the students to eat them. Before she can reach them, a bus magically comes flying in, and hits Scarlet on the head, knocking her out unconscious. It was the same bus that crashed and went up in flames, and it was driven by the same bus driver from before, who somehow survived the crash and fire. After Desti refuses to get on the bus, Francis opens up a portal with a magical pen he was randomly given by an axolotl boy, and everyone goes through the portal back to the school.
One year later, on December 15th, 1999, everything is back to normal. Meggy goes to her locker to get her things, and is greeted by Desti. The girls chat for a while, they both hug, and then Desti leaves. Meggy's friends (Henry, Jake, Mindy, Hailey, Morgan, Francis and Letrelle) find Meggy, and thank her for saving them. Meggy's friends leave, and then so does Meggy. In 2023, Scarlet wakes up from her unconscious nap, and gets confronted by a short Octoling man, who is actually Henry from the future. Mrs. Arson was still at their place, and Future Henry figures out what happened. Mrs. Arson gets taken home via portal, and Future Henry tells Scarlet off. Back in 1999, everyone heads home. Meggy studies, while Desti and Octoposse go to the mall and do some shopping.
Back in 2023, the interview with 42 year-old Meggy and 39 year-old Desti finishes up with Reginald. 41 year-old Henry and 87 year-old Mrs. Arson, who joined both Meggy, Desti and Reginald during the interview, finish up as well, say their goodbyes, and leave. Reginald stops recording, also finishes up, says his goodbyes to the two women, and leaves. Meggy and Desti finish up too, and leave, with the credits starting to roll as they both leave the interview room.
== Characters ==
(OC) = Original characters for this animation adaptation, please do not steal.
(AU) = Alternate Universe characters for this animation adaptation, please do not steal.
=== Protagonists ===
* Meggy, a 17 year-old nerdy, but a prideful and kind Inkling girl who becomes Desti's best friend and wants to become a Splatfest Champion (AU)
* Desti, a 15 year-old Emo Octoling girl who is the most popular Octoling in Oneshot Wren High School and a well-known Splatfest Champion (AU)
=== Supporting characters ===
* Henry, a nerdy but useful Octoling boy who is the smartest kid in Oneshot Wren High School (OC)
* Jake, a very tall and slender Octoling boy who is a high school senior (OC)
* Mindy, a chubby Inkling girl who has a kind heart (OC)
* Hailey, a short Inkling girl who is really sassy (OC)
* Morgan, a handicapped Octoling boy who is Oneshot Wren High School's biggest geek (OC)
* Francis, a big green Humanoid Lizard who is a big Powerpuff Girls fan (AU)
* Letrelle, a young Inkling boy who is Mr. Steam's son (OC)
=== Minor characters ===
* Mr. Sanders, Oneshot Wren High School's principal (OC)
* Mr. Baldimore, Oneshot Wren High School's best math teacher (AU)
*Mr. Steam, Oneshot Wren High School's main music teacher who is Italian-American (OC)
* Mrs. Arson, Oneshot Wren High School's strictest substitute teacher (OC)
* DJ Octavio, the Leader of the Octarians and Desti's father (AU)
* Chris Inksworth, an Inkling Sports Commenter (OC)
* The Squid Sisters, two of Inkopolis' popular Pop Idol and Reporters for Inkopolis News Time.
** Callie
** Marie
* Bradly, Meggy's Turf War and Splatfest Coach (OC)
* The Bus Driver, Oneshot Wren High School's bus driver (OC)
* Garry the Butler, DJ Octavio's butler (OC)
=== Antagonists ===
* Scarlet, a tall, tough and chubby Octoling woman who used to be a student at Oneshot Wren High School and wants to get revenge on Desti (OC)
=== Interviewer ===
* Reginald, an old English man who interviews Meggy and Desti about their experiences in 1998 (OC)
=== Mentioned characters ===
* Oneshot Wren, a famous deceased Splatfest Champion (AU)
* Richard, Meggy's deceased father (AU)
*Meggy's unnamed mother, Meggy's deceased mother (AU)
*Desti's unnamed mother, Desti's deceased mother (AU)
== Voice cast ==
* Meggy as herself
* Desti as herself
* ElevenLabs AI as Scarlet, Mindy, Hailey and Reginald
* Dr. Envious Octoling as...
**Henry
**Jake
**Morgan
**Francis
**Letrelle
**Mr. Sanders
**Mr. Baldimore
**Mr. Steam
**Mrs. Arson
**DJ Octavio
**Chris Inksworth
**The Bus Driver
**Garry the Butler
== Soundtrack ==
=== Used songs ===
* "Cute" by Bensound
* "Ink Me Up" from the Splatoon OST
== Taglines ==
(Coming soon)
== Transcript ==
* Transcript
== Project timeline ==
=== 2021 ===
* September ??? - The idea came.
* October ??? - The characters were written.
* November ??? - Some part of the story was written privately.
=== 2022 ===
* January 16th - The project was announced on Fandom.
* January 23rd - The "Meggy And Desti" page was created on The Crow-verse Wiki.
* January 24th - The character designs of Jake and Henry were made.
* January 25th - The original logo was made public.
* February 6th - The maps used for the animation were picked out.
* February 9th - Meggy's character design was made.
* February 22nd - The character designs started being made.
* March 7th - The script started being written, and it was made public.
=== 2023 ===
* July 8th - The theme was changed to a '90s theme and renamed to "If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998".
* July 10th - The logo was changed.
* August 6th - The character designs of Hailey and Morgan were made.
* August 11th - Animation production began.
* August 26th - The character design of Scarlet was made.
* September 2nd - The character design of Mr. Sanders was made.
* October 7th - The character designs of Letrelle and Mr. Steam were made.
* October 19th - The rest of the character designs were made.
=== 2024 ===
* January 1st - A teaser was uploaded to YouTube, and the animation's poster was published.
* April 28th - Animation production finished.
* April 29th - Editing process began.
== Gallery ==
File:If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 Poster.png|Animation Poster
File:M&D '98 Teaser Thumbnail.png|Teaser Thumbnail
File:If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 Logo (White Background).png|If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 Logo (White Background)
File:If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 Logo.png|If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 Logo (Transparent)
== Pop culture ==
=== Influences ===
* Splatoon (2015 video game)
* Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010 film)
* Baldi's Basics (2018 video game)
* Mean Girls (2004 film)
* Back to the Future (1985 film)
* Shrek (2001 film)
* Toy Story (1995 film)
* Toy Story 2 (1999 film)
* Total Drama (2007 TV series)
=== References ===
Note: This may contain spoilers to certain films, TV shows or video games. You have been warned.
* The Lost 1996 Version of "Shrek"
** The scene where Meggy and Desti talk by the campfire is a direct parody of the Campfire Scene from The Lost 1996 Version of "Shrek".
== Trivia ==
* The animation style is still pictures with fade transactions. One picture shows on screen, and then fades to the next one.
** This was done to simulate a "Flashback" kind of thing, and to save time on mouth animation.
* Jake's full name is "Jake Octavius". If the animation took place in The Crow-verse timeline, Jake would be the biological father of Sarah, Octavia and Octin.
* If Meggy And Desti Lived In 1998 was inspired by High School Musical, Baldi's Basics, Back To The Future, and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid.
* It is targeted at a young audience, The Crow-verse is targeted at people who are the age of 15 or older because of its dark themes and rude humor.
** If Meggy And Desti Lied In 1998 has rude humor, but the themes are not as dark as The Crow-verse.
* Chris Inksworth was based off Chris McLean from the 2007 television series Total Drama.
* Mrs. Arson was named after the crime "Arson" because it fits her strict personality as a Substitute Teacher.
* Despite being the villain of The Anime Arc, Francis is one of Meggy's closest friends in M&D '98.
* Luke Lerdwichagul (SMG4), who created both Meggy and Desti, was born in 1999. The animation takes place in 1998, which makes Luke non-existent.
* On July 8th, 2023, Oneshot Wren was proven to be a horrible character in the SMG4 Universe.
** Oneshot Wren High School was still named after him anyway, despite his horrible nature.
** Back when the script was being written in 2022, Oneshot Wren was known as a "good guy".
* Garry the Butler was named after Garry Newman, the creator of Garry's Mod.
* The animation's original concept was way too similar to Colorsphere Studios "Meggy & Desti". It was later given a '90s theme, so it would be different.
* The AI voice that was used for Scarlet is named "Glinda", which is from ElevenLabs AI.
* If you think about it, Scarlet is actually just Gluttony in different clothes and makeup.
* The person who created the animation and voiced all the male characters, Dr. Envious Octoling, hates the 1990s, but still went with the '90s theme anyway.
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