Arthur the Cavetank

Arthur the Cavetank (full title: ARTHUR THE CAVETANK | Arthur's Past Stories) is a Spyman's Cosmos one-shot created by Dr Saturn, released on July 18, 2016. Originally it was supposed to be first episode of a series called Arthur's Past Stories. Each episode of the series would present Arthur telling stories from different periods of history and his life to the main four. However the idea was scrapped by the creator.
In the video, Arthur tells about his early years as a cavetank in 120,000 BC, when along with Neon Piano, he was trying to hunt for some food.
== Plot ==
The video opens with Arthur sitting in an armchair by a fireplace. Seemingly, he breaks the fourth wall by welcoming the viewers into the series. After a short time though, it is revealed that he is actually talking to his grandsons - OkiWan, Dr Saturn, Phil and Spy. They seem to not be interested in what's he's saying at all. However, Arthur doesn't care and starts telling the story anyway.
In 120,000 BC Arthur and Neon are both living in the same cave. One morning, Neon proposes going hunting. Arthur agrees, though appears to not know what hunting is. Then, out of nowhere, he hits the glowing piano with a club.
Later, Arthur and Neon are hidden in the bushes, waiting for a prey. Neon says it's right in front of them, which surprises Arthur who asks where is it, not seeing any living creature. Neon says it's the rock in front of them that they are hunting for. The tank complains that he doesn't want to eat a rock, to which Neon replies that they are starving and commands him to shoot it. Arthur obeys and hits the rock with a laser. Much later, the two is back in their cave. While Arthur is preparing the rock on fire, Neon is guarding it, as well as the fire.
Back to Arthur and grandsons, he recollects the taste of the rock and tells the four friends that they should try eating rocks themselves. They still, however, are bored by the story and don't say anything. Despite that, Arthur continues telling it.
At night, both him and his friend are sleeping, when another caveman enters their cave. He appears very similar to Frank, suggesting it's his ancestor. He awakens Neon and asks if he can borrow some meat. The piano explains that they are poor and only eat rocks, which makes Frank's ancestor furious. The two has an argument and ultimately Frank's ancestor challenges Neon to a duel, but is immediately shot and killed by Arthur.
Arthur ends telling the story and asks his grandsons if they wonder what happened to Frank's ancestor. For the first time they change their attitude, but instead of get interested they get scared, figuring out that Arthur and Neon ate the intruder. However Arthur defends himself, saying he can't be a cannibal, as Frank's ancestor wasn't a tank like him. The video ends on that.
== Characters ==
* Arthur
* OkiWan
* Dr Saturn
* Phil
* Spymankiller
* Neon Piano (debut)
* Frank's ancestor (debut)
== Trivia ==
=== General ===
* Intended to be a pilot for a series called Arthur's Past Stories. Became a one-shot after the series was cancelled.
** The series was cancelled after roughly a year, due to lack of ideas.
* There were some ideas that came from The Philmer, like an episode set during the Trojan War or in Ancient Egypt. In the latter, Arthur and Neon would meet OkiWan's ancestor.
*One frame from the video was unexpectedly corrupted during the montage. The frame was Arthur explaining he ate Frank's ancestor.
*OkiWan's shirt in this installment appeared in the 9th episode of OkiVerse.
=== Continuity ===
* A shot from this video, featuring the main four, is shown in Corrupted Chaos, only remade to OkiWan's style and with some slight changes.
Category:One-Shots
Category:Spyman's Cosmos series
Category:Episodes
Category:Hypnothis Era