Retro (Series)

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Retro is an action-comedy series that was developed by John Tvs/"Joe Reuben" Cartoons much before the time of Workin' Stiff and Friends.
== Overview ==
Retro started off as a joke-series, being made in the form of many drawings featuring Retro, a red Sonic The Hedgehog look-alike, and Trader, a blue look-alike of Miles "Tails" Prower, who initally had three tails instead of two. The inspiration for the character of Retro came from a promotional image taped on the glass of a McKay's store, in which the promotional image itself promoted an event called, "Retro Game Night", in which people could go and play old arcade games, as well as games from home consoles, such as the Nintendo Entertainment System or the Sega Genesis. The image shown a parody of the original Sonic The Hedgehog title screen, with a red Sonic giving off an angry look in a background from Contra. The image was so appealing to John Tvs, who later decided to make rumors about how Retro was a real character, with his own series and many characters within it, including Trader, and later, Retra, a yellow Amy Rose clone who loves to eat, and Seller, a green clone of Knuckles The Echidna who acted the most mature out of the inital group. Two later original characters, Oblivion The Demon, and Stripez The ??? were produced, and Magic Mario was also added into the main cast as a "crossover" character, and a new villain character, Dr. Maniac, was also later added into the series, being a clone of Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik. 
Retro also "spun-off" into another joke-series, called The Massive Blob Family, which was a series about the adventures of Retro, Trader, Retra, Bubblegum, and Corky, who all lived in a normal household and did normal things, for the most part, that is. This series was rumored to air on a network called "Cartoonathon", which was a rumored channel that supposedly aired shows called "The Centaur Man Show", "House of Zodiacs", "The Garbage Pail Kids: All BLOWN Up!", "Little Cancer's House", "The Green Bull Head Show", "Retro and Trader's Sketch Comedy Show", "Cartoons Gone WILD!", "The Hybrid Boris Anderson and Pals Cartoon!" and the later existing series on "Joe Reuben" Cartoons, "Donkey and Narwhal's Funny Cartoon Show!" and "Moral Beaver's Road Trip". Most of these shows were rumored to have adult themes in them, such as sex, violence, and drugs, and The Massive Blob Family was supposedly no different, as , and . Additionally, there was also a rumored edgy reboot called "The Massive Blob Family: Adult Party Cartoon", which contained more mentions of adult themes and also had entire episodes supposedly dedicated to them. A rumored movie, "The Massive Blob Family MOVIE", supposedly mentioned too, having an NC-17 rating.
Soon enough, more drawings of Retro and his friends and foes were being drawn, and more characters were supposed to added into it, like Adam Bomb, the mascot of the Garbage Pail Kids trading card series. However, these plans soon fell through, as Retro soon became insulted by John Tvs himself, being made fun of for , and the fact that Retro and his pals were just clones of Sonic characters, but recolored. Additionally, all of the characters were killed off in a comic called, "Arms-A-Gideon", which involved Retro and Trader being erased by a character called Draco The Dragonman, who erased the two characters out of existence and replaced them with the main characters of Shell-Shock The Electric Turtle, Shell-Shock and Snoot The Chameleon, who were made as the "new" Retro and Trader and to show that the creator was finished with unoriginal characters such as them.
Later, Retro is still lampooned, though, as he has been featured in some John Tvs videos, such as The KidsTube Mascot Drops Them' Rhymes, and The Contraversial History of Retro's Kart Racers, with the latter one being a joke documentary video that covered nearly the entire history of the series, as well as the joke-game called "Retro's Kart Racers", which released for the V-Smile system. The video was inspired by "WHAT HAPPENED TO CROW 64?", featuring mentions of similar contraversial themes but in a satirical light.
Additonally, a theme song has supposedly came out, although it is just the theme song of The Amazing Digital Circus slowed down and put into 432 Hz. The series has also been "rebooted", but this is not true as its reboot has the tagline of, "The stupidest series in the history of forever!".
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
==== Heroes ====
===== Retro The Blobthing =====
A red slimy creature that takes the form of Sonic The Hedgehog. Although he is somewhat good-natured, he is notoriously very racist, and also has a dislike for any food that is not from the resturant known as "Cook-Out". He is one of the many children of Dr. Maniac who got apdopted by Bubblegum, who later apdopted other slime creatures, and is one herself.
===== Trader The Blobthing =====
A blue slimy creature that takes the form of Miles "Tails" Prower. He is more good-natured than Retro, his younger brother, but acts slightly more immature and foolish than what he does at times. He is one of the many children of Dr. Maniac who got apdopted by Bubblegum, who later apdopted other slime creatures, and is one herself.
===== Retra The Blobthing =====
A yellow slimy creature that takes the form of Amy Rose. She is the only female member of the main gang and will eat anything, even inedible objects like construction vehicles. She is one of the many children of Dr. Maniac who got apdopted by Bubblegum, who later apdopted other slime creatures, and is one herself.
===== Seller The Blobthing =====
A green slimy creature that takes the form of Knuckles The Echidna. He is the most mature member of the main gang who likes nature the most, and also has an affinity for technology, rewiring some of Dr. Maniac's robots to become good-natured and to help Retro and his friends. He is one of the many children of Dr. Maniac who got apdopted by Bubblegum, who later apdopted other slime creatures, and is one herself.
===== Bubblegum The Blobthing =====
A pink slimy creature who is the foster mother of Retro and most of his friends. She used to be a human named "Barbara" who got horridly transformed into a pink blob by Dr. Maniac, who then made a deal with her to take care of Retro, Trader, Retra, and later, Seller, in exchange for her being able to marry Corky and for her to keep her vitality. She is a loving mother figure for Retro, and even cooks him replicas of Cook-Out food at times where he needs it. She is also married to Corky.
===== Corky The Blobthing =====
A purple slimy creature who is the foster father of Retro and most of his friends. He used to be a human named "Connor", whogot horridly transformed into a purple blob by Dr. Maniac, who then made a deal with him to take care of Retro, Trader, Retra, and later, Seller, in exchange for him being able to marry Bubbelegum and for him to keep his vitality. Corky is a technician and an engineer at heart, and he is also a good salesman, like Seller, who closely looks up to him and his mature attitude on life. He also knows how to grill and even how to build airplanes. Unlike the other blobs, he has a form of hair, with that being a mustache.
===== Magic Mario =====
A yellow-skinned clone of Mario who wears green, and also wears black overalls with gold buttons. Although prone to lashing out, he has proven himself as being a hero mutliple times on-end, even defeating Boombies, who was threatening him with marriage. He has similar abilities to Mario himself, and even has the ability to transform objects into other objects, hence the name "Magic-Mario".
===== Oblivion The Demon =====
A good-turned-villian who used to work for Dr. Maniac. He was born out of the Milky Way galaxy, and is the guardian of it, despite his demonic nature. Funnily enough, he was also the prior leader of the Qookz, a tribe of aliens who rode on the backs of dragons. He has sharp claws, and his tail makes it easy for him to stab anything in the back without him even trying to look. Additonally, he also helped Bubblegum and Corky in their last years to take care of Retro, before they got killed by Dr. Maniac.
===== Stripez The ??? =====
A weird hybrid creature who has many mammalian, reptilian, avian, amphibian, and even crustacean and insectian features. He was made in Dr. Maniac's lab, similarly to the main characters, as well as Bubblegum and Corky, but has rebelled instantly, and lived as a hermit for most of his life until he found Retro and his friends. He has similar abilites to Oblivion, and can even become invisible by pounding on his chest. To the dismay of Retro, he likes food from Sonic Drive-In the most out of anything.
==== Villians ====
===== Dr. Travis "Maniac" Robotnik =====
A cousin of Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik who is best experienced in making fake animals and slimy creatures; although robots are also made by him as well. He was jealous of being overshadowed by his cousin, so as a result, he has done other things than making robots in order to get the attention of the world. He has since made Retro and the gang, as well as Bubblegum, Corky, and Stripez The ???. Addtionally, he is also good at painting, though that fact is widely disregarded by many.
=== Other Characters ===
==== Other Heroes ====
===== Adam B. Bomb =====
A doll who is the leader of the Garbage Pail Kids clan. Despite being full of vice at times, he does manage to be selfless and help his friends with whatever they need, including Retro and the gang, whom he supplies explosives for him and his gang to use on Dr. Maniac's robots and other creations.
===== The Qookz =====
The Qookz are a tribe of alien creatures who ride on the backs of dragons. In the Retro series, they are shown as being generic-looking, but despite that, they are very skilled warriors, even being able to take down Retro and the rest of the main gang, before they are shown to be led into defeating Dr. Maniac instead of helping him. They were later seen in "Moral Beaver's Road Trip", in the episode, "Serpent Bearing", which shows Moral Beaver and his friends converting them to Christianity. They are also known to enslave smaller creatures called "Mammalians", who take on the form of feline/canine hybrids with features of rodents and even fish, who aren't mammals. In Workin' Stiff and Friends, they are shown to be related to Qozak I.
===== Ace The Playing Card =====
A sentient playing card who is shown as being able to control the fates of many characters. Retro and his friends were able to change its heart and be able to reform Dr. Maniac.
===== Shun Kazami & Kinuyo Kasuga =====
A duo that consists of Shun Kazami from Bakugan: Battle Brawlers and Kinuyo Kasuga from Stars Align. They are shown as lovers, yet despite that, are actually able to help out Retro and his friends in rather weird ways, mainly through Skyress, who Kinuyo rides on the back of. Shun is later shown as a background character in Workin' Stiff and Friends, and is later seen working with Workin' Lazy, Bomb The Mechanic, and The Phillie Phanatic in the Weirdtown McDonald's location in season 5 of the show, better known as The Workin' Lazy Show!.
===== The Phillie Phanatic =====
A large flightless bird that is believed to be related to velociraptors. He is shown to help out Retro in the rumored game Retro Game Night! as a power-up. He is later seen working with Workin' Lazy, Shun Kazami, and The Phillie Phanatic in the Weirdtown McDonald's location in season 5 of the show, better known as The Workin' Lazy Show!.
===== Hugo The Hornet =====
A large blue and purple hornet. He is shown to help out Retro in the rumored game Retro Game Night! as a power-up, similarly to the Phillie Phanatic.
==== Neutral Characters ====
===== Elmo & Barney =====
A duo that conists of Elmo and Barney The Dinosaur. They show up in the rumored game Retro Game Night! as bosses in Alpine Hill Zone. After defeating them, they are shown to run off, and it is not specified as whether or not they ever become good.
== Relationships With Other Series ==
=== Relationship To Sonic The Hedgehog ===
This series is ultimately a rip-off of Sonic The Hedgehog, and even John Tvs says so himself. There is not much more to say, as one can clearly tell that the characters are clearly clones of the characters in that series.
=== Relationship To Workin' Stiff and Friends ===
==== Parody Nature ====
The series' parody nature is not really shown in the series' beginning, but is clearly shown later in the series' run, especially with the so-called "reboot" photo. It is a self-depricating series, similar to that of Workin' Stiff and Friends, with all of its promo pictures stating that the characters are not original, which is a form of self-depricating humor.
==== Random Crossovers ====
The series is shown to have unoriginal crossovers planned, with Magic Mario showing up early on, and Adam Bomb showing up as a character, before the "reboot" came out in the form of the reboot picture. These random crossovers became the basis for the background characters in Workin' Stiff and Friends.
===== Relations To The Barney Bunch =====
The Barney Bunch is a show that is the main inspiration for the background characters in Workin' Stiff and Friends and is also the inspiration for the Retro "reboot parody" image.
==== Unoriginal Characters ====
Both Retro and Workin' Stiff and Friends are known for having unoriginal characters as the main characters as the franchise. This is done intentionally as a part of the parody nature of both series. Ironically, Retro has more original characters than that of Workin' Stiff and Friends.
=== Relationship To "Joe Reuben" Cartoons ===
The same creator of Retro is also the same creator of "Joe Reuben" Cartoons, and Retro is one of the main reasons why Shell-Shock The Electric Turtle was created. That series later became Bludnik The Kappa & Ninja Cricket, and the rich lore of the series is also one reason why the many "Joe Reuben" series are full of lore, too.
== Trivia ==
* The Retro Game Night! game was supposed to be a Streets Of Rage-styled game in which Retro and his friends would've got help from other characters to defeat Dr. Maniac and his army. This game never came out, as it was only an idea.
* This series has many connections of Workin' Stiff and Friends, and without it, the series wouldn't have been made in the first place.