Dream (television series)

Dream is a Jonathian television series based on the film franchise created by Caddam Green and Circle Corporation of the same name and plot. It is produced by JBC Studios and distributed by TCA, and airs in Jonathia on the television network JBC One, and internationally on the TCA Channel. The series is a comedic drama series primarily presented in the form of found footage clips, though the show often breaks this mould for certain scenes or episodes. Each of the characters are usually part of a faction, most notably L'Manberg, which lasted throughout the second season before being destroyed around episode 40. The show has aired over six seasons, the first of which aired in April of 2020. The sixth and final season aired between May and June of 2022, followed by a five-part finale which aired in September of 2022.
== Plot==
Dream takes place supposedly between the 1990s and present day, in a vast plane of existence known as the "Dream SMP", a location on a seemingly infinite Earth-like planet. The character Dream himself is a figure with a green hoodie, whose face, excluding the mouth in some circumstances, is obscured by a white mask with a smile drawn on it using a vivid marker.
Over time, the series began flourishing into multiple storylines involving the various lives of other characters. Countries such as L'Manberg, Las Nevadas, Snowchester, and Kinoko Kingdom are formed and dissolved over the course of the series. In addition to countries, the series also has multiple alliances formed between characters who share common interests.
==Cast==
The cast has changed variably over the course of the series. The names of several characters appear similar to that of usernames used by players in video games such as Minecraft. This has led to a headcanon created by some viewers that the series takes place inside a video game. None of the production team has admitted that this is, in fact, canon, though Isaiah Lonnington - who plays Connor - confirmed in May of 2021 that he agrees with this headcanon.
=== Major/main characters===
Character 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 	5 	6 	Finale
Dream 	Connor Fenchurch	Connor Fenchurch	Connor Fenchurch 	Connor Fenchurch 	Connor Fenchurch 	Connor Fenchurch 	Connor Fenchurch 	Connor Fenchurch
Tommy 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker 	Alan Parker
Tubbo 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox 	Joshua Fox
Wilbur 	 	Eric May 	George Lybens 	George Lybens 	Eric May 	Eric May 	Eric May 	Eric May
Ghostbur 	 	 	George Lybens 	George Lybens 	George Lybens 	 	 	
Technoblade	 	Boris Parker 	Boris Parker 	Boris Parker 	Boris Parker 	Boris Parker 	Boris Parker 	
Jschlatt 	 	Kaleb Brown 	 	 	Kaleb Brown 	Kaleb Brown 	Kaleb Brown 	
Eret 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson 	Harry Samson
Ranboo 	 	 	Christopher Harvall	Christopher Harvall	Christopher Harvall	 	 	Christopher Harvall
Ghostboo 	 	 	 	 	 	Christopher Harvall	Christopher Harvall	
BadBoyHalo 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges 	Robert Bridges
===Minor characters===
WARNING: This section is long.
In alphabetical order.
Character 	1 	2 	3 	4 	5 / 6 	F
Alyssa 	Kayla Foster 	 	 	 	 	
Awesamdude 	Joshua Shirley 	Joshua Shirley 	Joshua Shirley 	Joshua Shirley 	Joshua Shirley 	
BoomerNA 	 	 	 	 	Thomas Lynn 	
Callahan 	Adam Benson 	Adam Benson 	Adam Benson 	Adam Benson 	Adam Benson 	
CaptainPuffy 	 	 	Judith Capeson 	Judith Capeson 	Judith Capeson 	
Connor 	 	 	Isaiah Lonnington 	Isaiah Lonnington 	Isaiah Lonnington 	
Eryn 	 	 	 	 	Nicholas Robertson 	
FoolishG 	 	 	Graham Johns 	Graham Johns 	Graham Johns 	
Fundy 	Oscar Williams 	Oscar Williams 	Oscar Williams 	Oscar Williams 	Oscar Williams 	
GeorgeNotFound	Patrick Brown 	Patrick Brown 	Patrick Brown 	Patrick Brown 	Patrick Brown 	
Hannah 	 	 	Sarah Cook 	Sarah Cook 	Sarah Cook 	
HBomb 	Dominic Gray 	Dominic Gray 	Dominic Gray 	Dominic Gray 	Dominic Gray 	
Jack Manifold 	 	Preston Bruckner 	Preston Bruckner 	Preston Bruckner 	Preston Bruckner 	
Karl Jacobs 	 	Fredrick Weaves 	Fredrick Weaves 	Fredrick Weaves 	Fredrick Weaves 	
LazarBeam 	 	 	Jayden Whitehall 	 	 	
Nihachu 	 	Laura Weber 	Laura Weber 	Laura Weber 	Laura Weber 	
Philza 	 	Patrick Green 	Patrick Green 	Patrick Green 	Patrick Green 	
Ponk 	Michael van Hebaten	Michael van Hebaten	Michael van Hebaten	Michael van Hebaten	Michael van Hebaten	
Punz 	Chris Hill 	Chris Hill 	Chris Hill 	Chris Hill 	Chris Hill 	Chris Hill
Purpled 	George Fredrickson 	George Fredrickson 	George Fredrickson 	George Fredrickson 	George Fredrickson 	George Fredrickson
Quackity 	 	 	Alex Kaybirch 	Alex Kaybirch 	Alex Kaybirch 	Alex Kaybirch
Sapnap 	Daniel May 	Daniel May 	Daniel May 	Daniel May 	Daniel May 	
Skeppy 	Rick Stevenson 	Rick Stevenson 	Rick Stevenson 	Rick Stevenson 	Rick Stevenson 	
Slimecicle 	 	 	Simon Hedate 	Simon Hedate 	Simon Hedate 	Simon Hedate
TinaKitten 	 	 	 	 	Charlotte Stanaway 	
Vikkstar 	 	 	Jonathan Gaelyn 	 	 	
=== Uncredited===
Multiple side characters have had their actors uncredited over the show's history.
Alex Kaybirch plays another character, Mexican Dream, a character parodying Dream, from a fictional nation called Mexico, named in reference to the nation of the same name from the online series The Earth Project, based on the eponymous fictional planet of Earth. Mexican Dream's supposed girlfriend, Mamacita, is played by Jane Lobbens.
Also uncredited are:
*Christina Fox, who plays Drista, Dream's sister.
*Brian Maguire, who plays Ninja, a character who briefly arrived in the world, married GeorgeNotFound (played by Patrick Brown), and then leaving.
==Production==
thumb|252x252px|Connor Fenchurch playing Dream.
The conceptualization of the series actually came to fruition in June 2017, when following a breakdown between relations between Fox Corporation and Circle, the Dream franchise was put on sale. JBC and TCA both later purchased a 50% stake each in the franchise. JBC began production on the series in February of 2018. The majority of the original cast of the movies did not return for the television show; the only actor to return was Robert Bridges, who reprised his role as BadBoyHalo. Meanwhile, the original actor cast as Dream in the movies, Norman Gallagher, passed away of a heart attack on the 29th of May, 2018. Replacing Gallagher in the role was Connor Fenchurch, a regular star on Jonathian television, and who was actually going to play Tommy, a newly introduced character. Tommy would later be played by Alan Parker.
Season two began filming in 2020, around the time that season one began airing. Season three was filmed between December 2020 and January 2021. Season four was filmed between April and June 2021. Season five was due to be filmed in August, but was delayed a month due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the onslaught of the Delta variant in Jonathia. Filming eventually occurred across October of 2021. A sixth season was commissioned and officially began filming in February 2022, and finally released on May 3rd, 2022. It is believed the sixth season will be the final season, though this has yet to be confirmed by the TCA.
Around filming of season two, Wilbur's actor, Eric May, was involved in a car crash that left his right arm broken. While he recovered, the scriptwriters needed a way to fill in the absence of May's character. In the end, the crew agreed to literally kill off the character in episode 30, being replaced with a character named Ghostbur, played by Lyvenan actor George Lybens, who also filled in for Wilbur in his last episodes. May returned to the show in season five, along with his character. Ghostbur was, in a mirror of Wilbur's departure, killed off. Lybens later returned to Lyvena.
Boris Parker, the actor for Technoblade, died on July 1st, 2022 from cancer. Fans of the show poured onto social media to post tributes to the late actor, as did fellow actors in the show. Meanwhile, JBC Three aired a dedication special to Parker's legacy, featuring clips of many programs he had appeared in, including Dream.
In mid-August of 2022, JBC announced that the show would end in September 2022, and a five-part finale would be aired.
==Episodes==
==Reception==
The first two seasons were generally well-received by old and new fans alike.
Since the fourth season, viewership has been plummeting. Some reasons cited include a lack of good storylines in recent episodes.
==Controversy==
===L'Manberg flag controversy===
Controversy arose with the design of the flag of L'Manberg featured in the series. With no actual flag to go off; the film franchise solely used a symbol showing an X with a circle around it; JBC and TCA had to improvise. The flag created was a blue-white-red horizontal tricolour with a black semicircle with a yellow outline on the left of the flag. Three Xs, one yellow and two red, lined the middle of the flag.
Many took offense from the flag as it looked similar to the logo of the Revolutionary Party (Albian: Rivolutionaritetparti), a right-wing political party based in Albia. The logo used the same colour scheme and the three Xs. While largely a coincidence - none of the show's crew or cast had any knowledge of the political party's existence - the flag still stirred up controversy across many social media websites. The party itself did not respond to the allegations, though it did recieve some attention from people inside and outside Albia. Some claim that this attention helped the party gain twelve seats in the parliament - it's first seats since 2005 - during the 2021 Albian general election, though many Albian political commentators deny this.
In reaction to the controversy, the crew created a new, censored version of the flag come season two. It removed the crosses, and replaced the circle with a triangle, with a yellow chevron-like shape donning roughly three-quarters of the triangle's edge. However, there was no communication to set designers or costume designers until halfway into filming season two, leading to confusion as to what flag had to be used. Both flags were largely used in tandem until season three, when the old flag was officially deofficiallized.
==Spin-offs==
On January 31st, 2021, a spin-off series titled Tales from the SMP aired on JBC One's sister network, JBC Three, for the first time. This series followed Karl Jacobs, played by Fredrick Weaves, and his adventures through different time periods. Tales from the SMP has also been used to explain several plot points in the main series. Several cast members from the main series have made guest appearances on the show as different characters.
A second series was commissioned in September 2021, and after months of mystery, Tales from the SMP finally premiered on February 12th, 2022.
==See also==
*Dream (franchise)
*TCA
*JBC
*Connor Fenchurch
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