Beatdown Lore

Within the Intros and Outros of Beatdown's character moveset videos, there exists a story connecting the characters together in the world of Beatdown. The lore of character interactions and world are explored and hinted at in these video segments.

## Timeline of Events

### Beatdown Establishment

* The Beatdown Committee is established by Ozpin, with the help of Asgore and Albus Dumbledore.
* DIO meets Tord and implants a flesh bud into him, making him one of his allies. [Diary of DIO]
* Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene are invited as PR/managers. They were sent an early prototype game that would give them an idea of what Beatdown was about. They accept. [Watts & Rosalene Intro]
* Qrow Branwen is invited by Ozpin to do some reconnaissance for the committee.
* Robert E.O. Speedwagon is invited as the head of the Assist Trophy branch.
* Strong Bad, John Egbert, Markiplier and Stephen Quire are all invited.
* Strong Bad is sent an email asking about Lawl, initially turned off by it until The Cheat delivers the invitation, which immediately changes his tone. [Strong Bad Intro]
* Markiplier is sent the same game prototype the Sigmund Doctors received to Let’s Play, promoting Beatdown while also coaxing him into joining. [Markiplier Intro]
	+ Darkiplier latches onto Mark, following him in a dark void parallel to the mansion much like the Upside-Down in Markiplier Manor.
* Homestar Runner notices Strong Bad was invited when breaking into his house to bring back his fondue pot. [Strong Bad Outro]
* Edd is invited. While mindlessly watching TV, Edd, Tom and Matt end up watching the 1ON1 between Frollo and the Nostalgia Critic, and get an idea. Edd immediately gets the idea of joining a Lawl, and extends the offer to Tom and Matt, but they are hesitant and stricken with PTSD when thinking about *Super Smash Bros. Lawl Ultimate*. Edd receives his invitation shortly after. [Edd Intro]
* Mama Umbridge is invited as a security guard. The Committee reviewed her files and determined her high unstable threat level could be kept in check by keeping her preoccupied as the head security officer of the Beatdown Mansion, being introduced by Albus Dumbledore. [Umbridge Intro]
* Stephen breaks shit in the mansion. Umbridge tries to calm him down, but to no avail. [Stephen Intro]

### Troublesome Newcomers

* Listings of the second quarter are sent out alongside various invitations for 10 newcomers.
* Psycho Dad and Psycho Kid play the Lawl prototype, but upon Psycho Dad losing, he rips the console out and shoots it, prompting an argument. [Psycho Dad Outro]
* Homestar is invited. He interrupts Strong Bad’s email to tell him the news, much to his disappointment. [Homestar Intro]
* Karkat Vantas is invited. He somehow gets into a pester chum conversation with Homestar when he jacks Strong Bad’s computer, and tries to contact friends also in tournaments. [Homestar Outro/Karkat Intro/Outro]
* Frisk is invited and moves into the mansion. After turning in their “permission form” to Umbridge (letter of invitation), they take a look through the mansion before accidentally bumping into Karkat. Instinct kicks in, and Frisk readies for combat until Watts intervenes, hoping to stop anything potentially messy. He takes them on a tour of the mansion, eventually meeting up with Rosalene. [Frisk Intro]
* Dan Backslide is invited. Before meeting up with Watts and Frisk, Rosalene anticipated a busy schedule and asked for Strong Bad, John and Edd to go deliver Dan’s invitation. The trio make it to the Tavern of Unsavory Repute, but get side-tracked talking about movies. Dan hears them and is ready to scream at them, but accidentally gets hit on the head by his invitation when John forgot his Stack modus was still on. They regroup, and eventually calm him down to bring him with them. [Dan Backslide Intro]
* Viola is invited. After being coaxed and guilted into going by the Black Cat, she arrives at the mansion while Watts and Rosalene are giving Frisk their tour. After checking in (and seeing the Cat already arriving), the tour continues. [Viola Intro]
* Rosalene gets a phone call from the trio, describing what happened with Dan. Watts and Rosalene discuss this, while Frisk gets suspicious of Viola’s true nature. Afterwards, Rosalene leads Frisk to their room while Watts does the same for Viola. Watts talks with Viola before hearing loud screams and banging downstairs, signalling for them to investigate. Frisk is settled into their room when they hear Dan screaming outside, signalling his arrival. [Frisk Outro/Viola Outro]
* Psycho Dad is invited. Stephen throws another temper tantrum and destroys shit, with his anger being able to overpower even Umbridge. Psycho Dad emerges from a broken mirror and when the two argue about the validity of their destruction, they both go on a rampage. Watts and Viola arrive just in time to witness the carnage. [Psycho Dad Intro]
* Tom is invited. Rosalene allows Strong Bad to make the call, but regrets it immediately when he turns it into a prank call. Tom nonetheless accepts, and gains his invite shortly. [Tom Intro]
* Matt is (finally) invited. He gains his invite while walking about, and immediately heads home to show the other two… who already gained theirs ages ago. Matt was ready to be offended before he was accidentally reminded of Ultimate, requiring Edd and Tom to calm him down. [Matt Intro]
* Lawler Happy Hour is held at Gaston’s Tavern, prompting many characters from different Lawls to have fun drinking. Tom goes in for a drink, with an (already) drunk Dan loudly complaining about “those Lawler boys.” When verbally attacking Gaston who tried to calm him down, he is kicked out by Trip into the snow. In the shadows of the night he is encountered by two mysterious figures. Dan is taken in by this shadowy figure. [Dan Outro]
* The mysterious figure uses a crystal ball to look into Psycho Dad’s life, taking note of his actions with his son Jesse. He concludes that despite his deplorable nature, he needs his power, and tells his associates exactly that. [Psycho Dad Outro]
* After Judy Kindle witnesses Mrs. Mavilda use donations for the orphans in a game of poker, The Mayor fires Mavilda from the orphanage. [Mrs. Mavilda intro]

### Beatdown's First Direct

* A special roster meeting is scheduled to be held in the mansion, with attendance mandatory and best behavior required from everyone. [Beatdown Direct Intro]
* Tom studies Tord's wanted poster plastered on the bulletin board. Umbridge reassures him that she'll catch him specifically, before Tom ends up regrouping with his friends. In the distance, Tord spies on the group and gets sinisterly nostalgic.
* During the roster meeting, it is revealed that PeanutButterGamer was invited as the winner of the first Empty Slot Voting. PBG is confused by this new proposition for him.
	+ While Watts was explaining the instructions for PBG and when he had to return to the mansion, PBG spaced out and forgot everything. [PBG Intro]
* Speedwagon takes a commemorative group picture of the roster with their newcomer.
* Later that night at the Beatdown Training Colosseum, 7 fighters are assembled in an experimental invitational method;
	+ The Crystal Gems warp into the building with caution and uncertainty. When they get ambushed by Training Dummies, they are quick to face the hoard head-on. After a few rounds of combat, they attempt to figure out just what they are fighting.
	+ The Gems are interrupted by an exploding cue-ball from Vriska Serket, who excitedly heads down to fight a hoard of these Dummies for herself. After prompting the Gems to join in the combat, Pearl is hesitant due to her rough language and demeanor, but Amethyst is quick to jump in.
	+ The Batter teleports into the arena, seeing this as a new area to purify. He summons his Add-Ons; Alpha, Omega and Epsilon, as they brutally destroy a handful of dummies.
	+ Epsilon uses the competence Drama to shed some light on a mysterious figure sneaking around the arena; Mrs. Mavilda. Not being able to call upon her lackeys, Mavilda worriedly tries to escape before being confronted by The Batter. While he tries to get her to leave due to her inability to fight, she tries proving him wrong with her chainsaw... before Amethyst gets knocked into her and forces her chainsaw out of her hands.
	+ After Mavilda's chainsaw decapitates a dummy, the head rolls by the feet of an invisible figure in a cloak, Harry Freakin' Potter. Harry is ready to fight, but is overwhelmed by the number of dummies in front of him. He uses Accio to summon his guitar and does what he knows best- he plays a song to serenade the dummies. While it certainly distracts the other fighters, the dummies are entranced with it. Vriska and The Batter want to continue fighting before being stopped by Garnet, who wanted to see how Harry handled things. After playing, he casts Expelliarmus on the group before everything suddenly stops. The 7 fighters are warped out of the arena. The 7 are brought to a black room with a monitor that welcomes them to the roster.
* Tord reports back to his mysterious master, the terrifying stand user DIO, with his surveillance of the mansion during their meeting. [Beatdown Direct Outro]
* A party is thrown for the newcomers.
	+ Vriska reunites with John (who is excited to see her again) and Karkat (who couldn't care less), but notices Ozpin retreating into the staff only basement. She shrugs it off for now and settles in. [Vriska Intro]

### Rising Shadows

* Chara emerges within the void, drawn to Darkiplier's hatred of Mark. Chara offers their services to Dark.
* Matt tries to play hide and seek across the mansion while interacting with the various residents. He gets very distracted and accidentally makes it to Mt. Ebott, where he falls into the Underground. He’s greeted and lead on by Flowey who tries to kill him, before being rescued by Frisk, who was visiting the old place. [Matt Outro]
* Tom, getting bored with the shows they are watching, gets up to get himself a drink. On his way to the kitchen, he spots a figure trying to break into a private door. When confronting the figure, he sees his old rival, Tord, greeting him like nothing was different. When Umbridge walks in to investigate the commotion, Tord feigns defeat until opening fire on the two with his AK-47. Tord barges his way into the room, and before Umbridge could stop him he already escapes with a file box filled with confidential information. He flies out the broken window as Tom and Umbridge are left hungry for justice. [Tord Intro]
* Tord returns to DIO while he is having a discussion with their unlikely ally; Headmaster Galvatron, reporting from Nezzer's factory. While discussing plans, DIO warns Galvatron to halt his ambitions if they cross into his own. After Galvatron leaves the call (due to being interrupted by Mr. Nezzer), DIO questions the alliance before noticing Tord had completed his task. The file boxes are opened, containing files with information about the various universes in Beatdown. DIO commends Tord for his efforts, but reminds him his work is not done and sends him back out. [Tord Outro]
	+ After ending his call with DIO, Galvatron tends to a meeting with Mr. Nezzer and Mr. Waternoose.
* Mrs. Mavilda is approached by Psycho Dad and Dan Backslide to join DIO's forces. When being brought to DIO's Hideout and recognizing Tord as the one who broke into the mansion, DIO quickly convinces her to join him with money. [Mrs. Mavilda Intro/Outro]
* PBG receives a letter in the mail telling him he's late to his arrival at the mansion. Realizing he forgot, he runs all the way to the mansion and passes out in the back yard. Mark wakes him up. [PBG Intro]
* Mark tours PBG through the mansion and lets him meet some of the fighters in the dining hall. PBG makes an offer to play the *Arthur Board Game*, causing everyone to slowly leave the dining hall while he reads the back of the box, much to his dismay. [PBG Outro]
* Tord experiences short flashbacks of his budding alliance with DIO, but soon snaps out of it as he goes out to loot more locations. Unknown to him, a figure is in the shadows observing him... [Tord Outro]
* Stu Pickles is invited. The Peregrine Mendicant is sent by Rosalene to deliver Stu’s invitation, and accidentally breaks his neighbor's grill in the process. [Stu Intro]
* Gary Oak is invited. In a training match between Psycho Dad and Karkat Vantas, Gary interrupts with a grand entrance, with his invitation in hand. He boasts his superiority and taunts Karkat, ready to test his skills on him. [Gary Intro]
* Speedwagon reads a paper detailing the recent break-ins across the city. He realizes soon that he was running terribly late to the Assist Trophy orientation and quickly goes there. [Assists Vol 1 Intro]
* The Assist Trophies hang out in a welcome party with snacks and entertainment. Speedwagon is content with how things are going, but is called out by Watts. He is brought into a conference room where some of the heads of Beatdown's committee are waiting. Watts waits in the adjacent waiting room with Gary Oak for Rosalene's arrival. Asgore offers him some tea, and Dumbledore forces him to have a seat. The Headmaster greets Speedwagon. [Assists Vol 1 Outro]
	+ After being outraged over some of his fellow Assist Trophies disliking his movie, the Evil Director, along with his assistant Larry, leaves the Assist Trophy dorm, trying to figure out a new movie idea. Strong Bad overhears this, and shows the two his script idea for a new *Dangeresque* movie, which the Evil Director approves of. [Dangeresque Intro]
* Rosalene tours Stu throughout the mansion, and eventually has him wait in the waiting room with Gary while Rosalene attends the meeting. Stu tries to make small talk with Gary, but he simply insults Stu's inventing abilities and totes his superiority. During the meeting, the staff discuss the Tord break-in and what to do. While Dumbledore panics, the Headmaster calms everyone down and their strategy moving forward involved asking certain fighters to assist in tracking down Tord. Meanwhile, Stu and Gary argue and Stu's Mr. Friend doll is accidentally crushed by Watts. Their tours resume while Stu is still annoyed by Gary doubting his abilities. Rosalene tries to cheer him up before sending him off to his room. Inside his room, Stu finds Headmaster Ozpin waiting for him with the Mr. Friend doll he found left behind in the waiting room. He offers Stu a position working on the robotics in the Training Colosseum. [Gary Outro/Stu Outro]
* DIO, in no state to go out in the daylight, sends Tord, Dan and Psycho Dad out to pick up new recruits he had his eyes on. The recruits turned out to be The Thwomps, who were recently laid off by Bowser for their incompetence. Dan crashes the runabout while distracted by Tord’s hentai magazine and The Thwomps find the trio in a wreckage, ultimately being persuaded. [Thwomps Intro]
* Strong Bad, The Cheat, John, Edd, Tom and Matt head to an abandoned house in the woods near the mansion to look for treasure. The Thwomps, aware of their arrival, hide for an ambush. While the six split up, Strong Bad and John are jumped as they must fight them off. The Cheat goes to help Strong Bad and drags Edd down with him (after Tom refused). The two run to their aid but find a mysterious figure already in the hall, summoning thunder to defend Strong Bad and John. This turned out to be Reinhardt, a hero summoned by Kiran. [Thwomps Outro/Kiran Intro]
* The Order of Heroes go to investigate issues with the summoning gate, flashing various colors and being unpredictable. As Kiran investigates, they are thrown into a portal going into an unknown world. Alfonse, Sharena and Anna jump in after to try and save their summoner from who knows what. Kiran ends up in the abandoned house, where they explore and hear Strong Bad's cries for help. [Lore Supplement; The Gates of Askr]
* The three defeat The Thwomps, launching them out the house, with the two retreating on a floating block. Strong Bad and John want to know more about Kiran and the Breidablik, but Kiran hears Alfonse searching for them outside. They go to meet up with their fellow members of The Order of Heroes. [Kiran Outro]
* It begins raining. Frisk admires the calmness, when they are interrupted by the sensation of being watched. They feel Chara in a parallel void. As Frisk goes to try and find the source, they bump into Viola. While this is happening, Chara begins finally having a formal conversation with Ellen, aka the real Viola. As Chara monologues about their interesting existence within this world, and how they are drawn to powerful souls seeking vengeance or violence. Ellen makes it clear she just wants her body back. Viola tells Frisk that she noticed how they questioningly stare at her, and threatens to keep them silent. She is interrupted by Markiplier, who asks what the two are doing in the hall. Viola walks off, and Mark is uneasy. In the void, Darkiplier emerges, and with Chara, makes a proposition for Ellen to team up. Being manipulated into it, she agrees. [Chara Intro/Ellen Intro/Darkiplier Intro]
* Eduardo is invited. The crew at the abandoned house head back to the mansion when it starts to rain. As they dry off inside the main hall/lobby and admire their loot, Eduardo, Jon and Mark appear and taunt the group and brag about their superiority, much to Edd's anger. Strong Bad has a crisis when Eduardo calls him a loser too. When Eduardo stomps off on his own, Chara, Ellen and Darkiplier select him as a prime candidate to use as a host. [Eduardo Intro/Outro]
* Later that night, a mysterious unknown number texts the Beatdown staff group chat ready to tell them about the interest in Kiran.
* Tord is tasked with attempting to recruit D Kess into DIO's forces, but when he refuses, a battle ensues. Tord seemingly kills Kess, but he is revived and blows Tord away and earning Scratch Cat's trust in the process [Lore Supplement; The Red Leader and Big D]
* A Shale Ogre attacks Homestar, Stephen, Gary and Kiran. As the four try to fight it off, they are saved by Ruby Rose, who slays the ogre. [Halloween Direct]

### Events of *BeatdownBound*

* Tom gets into a drunken rage, and tears up Tord's wanted poster.
* Homestar plays hide-and-seek with Matt, and makes himself look like a statue, replacing the statue in the front of the mansion.
	+ After giving up on looking for Homestar, Matt plays hide-and-seek with The Dover Boys instead.
* Strong Bad and John Egbert have a prank war.
* Anna opens up a shop in the Beatdown Training Colosseum.
* Asgore makes a memorial in the mansion's garden, in loving memory of his children, Asriel and Chara.
* General Ironwood pays a visit to Ozpin, discussing the suspicious absence of Salem in this world.
* Spinel is revealed to be recruited for DIO's cause.
* Enya the Hag and Terence T. D'Arby are revealed to still be loyal to DIO.
* Vriska Serket is revealed to have her head filled with static occasionally, with important memories being blocked out. Blaming this on Tord, she mentions her desire to get a straight answer from him.
* Qrow Branwen hides in the mansion's attic.
* Garfield the Deals Warlock is transferred from the Fantasy Costco at the Bureau of Balance, with the current store at an undisclosed location (soon revealed to be within the city).

### Encroaching Darkness

* Sixshot ambushes Tord on the city roofs and challenges him to another battle test. After their fight, which was being watched by the Sheriff of Nottingham, the two throw insults at each other, which culminates in Sixshot saying that they will kill whoever gets in Galvatron's way. After Tord leaves, it is revealed that Vriska was the figure in the shadows watching Tord. With a video recorded of the fight, Vriska states she's ready to take matters into her own hands. [Throw Some Lawl Z; Tord VS. Sixshot]
* Mrs. Mavilda antagonizes PeanutButterGamer and other fighters for playing games instead of working, but is immediately shut down by them all. Later that night, she would play games of poker with DIO's henchmen. Daniel D. D'Arby would convince her to play a game (despite Tord's warning) that resulted in Mavilda's soul turning into a poker chip. After Terence disciplines his brother, Mavilda's soul is freed and she eagerly asks for another game. [Mavilda Outro]
* Watts, alongside Homestar, Edd and Matt, visit the Fantasy Costco to browse the wares. Garfield the Deals Warlock attempts to sell the group on a mystery bag for a large price of $800. Homestar offers to contest Garfield's wager and enters a test of mercantile wits. Homestar makes a bad deal by trading Pom Pom's Gold Bowl for the bag, which had a mirror. On the walk back to the mansion, Homestar is distracted by a marking on the ground pointing him to an alleyway, where he is cornered and approached by Spamton, ready to make a deal. [Spamton Intro]
* Spamton gets Homestar to buy some pipis, but when Homestar begins feeling uncomfortable with the interaction, Spamton prods Homestar into staying and offers to help him "get big". Homestar flees, and when Spamton couldn't keep up, he becomes dejected. He then sees a crowd of people watching the television monitors within a store, promoting Beatdown and a tournament that will be taking place. When Spamton sees Frisk and their SOUL on TV, he gets a boost in spirits and sets his sights on obtaining that SOUL. [Spamton Outro]
* Under Darkiplier's influence, Eduardo buys Damien's cane from the Fantasy Costco. [Spamton Outro]
* The Beatdown Committee, through Watts and Rosalene's recommendation, decide on asking The Crystal Gems to track down Tord.
* After a few weeks of producing the film, every single resident of the Beatdown Mansion (excluding The Batter) gathers at the theatre to watch the premiere of the new *Dangeresque* movie, titled *Dangeresque: 4 Real This Time!*. The movie is disliked by most of the mansion, with Strong Bad gaining praise from Edd, Tom, Matt and John Egbert. Larry spots them, and yells at the group for their idiocy. [Dangeresque Intro/Outro]
* Pearl revisits the Gem temple in Beach City, lamenting Steven Universe's mysterious absence and memories blocked by static. When returning to the Beatdown mansion via Warp Pad and meeting up with Garnet and Amethyst again, the three are summoned to Ozpin's office by Umbridge. After the proposal is given, and reminding themselves of the virtues of Rose Quartz and the Crystal Gems group, they agree to track Tord down. [Crystal Gems Intro]
* One week passes and the Gems are performing reconnaissance in the City.
	+ After returning to the mansion from a training match, Vriska notices the Gems leaving for their Tord hunt. Karkat catches Vriska, obviously lost in thought and plotting, and asks her what she's doing. She gives him a vague answer about having plans be made and absconds to her room. There, she reveals a bulletin board she set up tracking Tord, ready to confront him. [Vriska Intro]
	+ Tord attempts to break into a jewellery store, but Vriska is already watching over him. She rolls her Fluorite Octet to the ground and traps him in a spider web, then once she descends down to him she disarms him by making the gun jam (by taking all his luck and slapping him). Vriska finally confronts Tord about the static memories she experiences and why she cannot remember anything after she killed Tavros. Tord reveals that he cannot remember anything either, being told [by DIO] that something happened to him that he can't recall. He also revealed the mansion break-in had nothing to do with their memories. After Vriska hints at them working together, Tord denies by mentioning he has a job to do. Vriska goes to plan B, and tries to use her Psionics to mind control him and put him to sleep. Just as he begins dozing off, Spamton emerges from the dumpster and interrupts her, throwing Pipis around (while also having a mini Spamton latch onto both of them). Tord escapes in the confusion and drops a slip of paper, while Vriska punches Spamton in the face. After seeing Tord run into an occupied alleyway, Vriska becomes frustrated that the Gems got to him first. [Vriska Outro]
	+ Amethyst and Pearl begin bickering, which turns into a yelling match after Amethyst plays a joke on Pearl. Garnet yells at her teammates to make them get it together as Tord accidentally runs into the same alleyway while running away from Vriska. He tries to sneak past the trio but is caught and chased down. The Gems easily overwhelm and capture Tord, but their time to celebrate is cut short when DIO stands in the shadows above them. When refusing to give Tord back, Amethyst steps up to stand up to DIO. Time stops briefly and Amethyst is buried in knives with Tord back behind DIO. Amethyst poofs, and Garnet rushes to attack DIO. The World comes out and the two trade blows before Garnet is knocked to the ground. Pearl fires a spear shot through the dust cloud and hits the roof, shining very little light on DIO's shadowy figure before he flees with Tord. [Crystal Gems Outro]
* Later that night, the Gems debrief in Ozpin's office with the committee and Amethyst reforms, seemingly taking some time to do it. [Crystal Gems Outro]
	+ Seemingly after this meeting, Ozpin has a meeting with Vriska to discuss the events of the night. Vriska is annoyed with Ozpin's attempts to talk with her and dismisses his concerns. Ozpin leaves without getting any information from Vriska and reassures her that she can talk with him. Once Vriska returns to her room, she adds the piece of paper Tord dropped to her bulletin board; information on Sigmund Corporation. [Vriska Outro]

### Future Events (Uncategorized)

* As a training session at the Training Colosseum wraps up and the fighters warp back to the mansion, Spinel appears, getting angry after seeing the Crystal Gems.
* A Beatdown tournament is held, where Gary emerges victorious. Another trainer watches the broadcasted event, wanting to challenge Gary...
* Psycho Kid watches the Beatdown tournament advertised on a television monitor in the city, and upon seeing Psycho Dad, he looks at the TV with a sad expression on his face before he walks off.