Island Life

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Island Life is an Animal Crossing New Horizons fan made series created by Li Li crossing 16 . The series is made by using Harv's Island photo studio in the game. The series was originally going to release in 2022, but due to multiple circumstances, the whole series got delayed a year and was filled in with  a series of shorts for Halloween, and a pilot that was originally going to release in 2021. The actual series finally began on January 14th, 2023 with the episode “loathing times day”.

The series is rated PG-13 (due to things like crude language) with a mix of family friendly.

## **Synopsis**

The series fallows the misadventures of A 16 year old girl named Lila, her younger brother Cody, and their childhood best friends, Emma, and Tyler as they live their lives in their community island of Paw-tucket. Island Drama and hyjinx ensue.

The youtube series tackles Topics such as friendship, kindness, family relationships, caring and connection, Appreciating others , perspective-taking, managing emotions and empathy. And heavy topics such as depression, bullying, homesickness, mental heath, anxiety, toxic families, Verbal and emotional abuse, and even grief. Most of (but not all) the stories are based on past experiences or feelings Li Li has had.

## Main Characters

Lila - The Peppy, optimistic and energetic 16 (later 17) year old titular protagonist and the scout master of the Paw-tucket camp. She's Cody's older sister.

Cody - The blunt, loyal and implosive 14 (Later 15) year old owner of the Paw-tucket hotel and Lila's younger brother and best friend. He's the youngest of the gang.

Emma - The smart, independent and sweet 19 year old Teacher and Principal of the Paw-tucket community School. She is Tyler's younger sister and one of Lila’s best friends.

Tyler - The proud, playful and loving 20 (later 21) year old Lifeguard and Doctor in training. He runs the Paw-tucket lifeguard Clinic. He is Emma's older brother and best friend.

Bucky - The Shy, introverted, and kind-hearted 18 year old farmer who loves animals and tends to the plants and crops on the island. He's the new guy in town and often struggles fitting into his new island life.

## Villagers

Antonio - The in-your-face jock anteater villager.  He is a nurse at the lifeguard clinic (as of "Jinxed") and Tyler's Island bestie.

Canberra - The Australian sisterly koala villager. She along with Antonio works as nurses for the lifeguard Clinic (As of "Jinxed").

Flurry - The apprehensive normal hamster villager who is often naive and takes things literally.  She is Lila's Island bestie. She works at The Rob's Bank on Paw-tucket.

Hornsby - The dimwitted lazy rhino villager who runs a comedy show on Paw-tucket.  He is Walker's best friend and Emma's Island bestie.

Tammi - The quirky upbeat peppy lemur (monkey) villager. She's Flora and Bucky's best friend.

Phil - The narcissistic smug pheasant (ostrich) villager who everyone dislikes. He is Raymond's arch rival and Flora's boyfriend.

Flora - The down to earth but melodramatic peppy flamingo (ostrich) villager.  She is Tammi's BFF, close to Bucky and is Phil’s girlfriend.

Yuka - The sweet but gossip loving snooty villager. She is Raymond's ex-girlfriend (They are on good terms).

Raymond - The voice of reason smug cat villager. He is Phil's arch rival and Walker's best friend. He along with Flurry works at The Rob's Bank on Paw-tucket.

Walker - The sweet, tender hearted and playful Lazy Dog villager. He's basically everything you love about a dog.  He is Raymond and Hornsby's best friend, and Cody's Island bestie.

## Island Neighbors

Monique (Not the cat)- The Res-Rep of Holiday. She's Tyler's love interest.

Junior - The Res-Rep of Playpen. He is 6 years old.

Justin - The Res-Rep of Tropolus. He's Lila's Love interest.

Dixon - The Res-rep of Thrash City. He's a bully who's been Lila and her friends' "frienimey" sense they were kids.

Brian - Dixson's brother.

Fay - The Res-rep of Fable land.

Dreamy - Fay's younger sister.

Dewy - Fay's brother.

## **History**

November 22, 2020 - the game Animal Crossing New Horizons was received.

late October 2021 -  the idea for Island life was born.

December 2021 -  first episode was made, but was shelved.

April 1st 2022 -  in April Fools Day prank episode was posted.

October 2, 2022 -  series would kickoff with a mini series of shorts for Halloween.

December 23, 2022 -  the aforementioned first episode was finally released but with labeled as the “pilot”.

January 14th -  February 22nd 2023 -  the first episode of Island life was posted in two parts thus staring Season 1.

 February 27th  2023 -  The island Life backup/bonus content channel was made.

April 2023- The series went on hiatus.

July 2023 - The series was back from break for a short time.

October 2023 - Season 2 of the shorts for Halloween was announced and released.

## Spin-offs

Halloween costume shorts

Fairycore Tales

## Trivia

* The series was inspired by the multiple Animal Crossing voice acting mini movies and skits on YouTube.  the idea for the series came in November of 2021. Because li li  saw Little to no Animal Crossing mini movies that were voice acted  so she was like “fine I'll do it myself.”
* A lot of the series stories and continuity correspond with events in Li Li's actual game file. Weather it be real or imaginary.
* The series' writing was heavily influenced by Bluey.
* First episode was gonna come out in February 2022, but was held off.
* Li Li technically is in the series as a minor role. She is the Mayor and Lila and Cody's temporary care giver.
	+ The reason why she was not the main star of the show was because she felt awkward about it, so she was replaced with Lila instead.