The Foolish Bonus Adventure

"The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)", is one of Mac Guy3135's Side Quests in his part of The Adventure Series Universe. Unlike the mainline adventures, the Seasons, this quest does not have an episode number and is not part of any specific season. It was edited together in a single day using footage originally captured during the filming of the longer quest, "The Adventure to Destroy the Lion's Heart Stone." Placed in the timeline between "The Quest to Save Santa" and "The Adventure to Annihilate the PC and Linux Guy Empires for Good," this adventure is characterised by its simplicity and poor quality, receiving some criticism from viewers.

## Plot

The adventure commences in an unspecified location on MAC C, introducing viewers to The Witch. She reveals her ill-fated attempt to create a super being using the combined powers of various characters, which resulted in an unintended mass teleportation. Instead of a super being, all the involved characters found themselves in the middle of MAC C. Realising her need to undo this disaster, The Witch begins recovering the displaced characters.

The scene then cuts to Mac Guy3135, Grandpa Mac Guy, Dipo, Dilys, and Seymour the Scarf Guy3511, who find themselves on MAC C, specifically north of The Sea of Fate, identifiable by its arid and treeless landscape. Realizing their predicament, Mac Guy3135 concludes where they are and the protagonists decide to begin walking. The Witch soon appears, explaining the consequences of her misapplied spell. In response, the group slanders The Witch, who informs them that Kion, Fuli, some Mac Guys and some PC Guys, including King PC Guy, Earl of General Matters, a Chef PC Guy, PC Plum, and 5 Baron PC Guys, are also somewhere nearby and should be located.

The story transitions to Kion and Fuli, who are puzzled by their sudden relocation. Fuli uses her speed to scan the area, but they find nothing except for the rest of the protagonists, with whom they unite. The Witch reiterates the situation, emphasising the need to find the PC Guys and then return home.

The adventure shifts once more to the PC Guys, who are briefly shrouded in darkness due to PC Plum's actions before realising his mistake and reversing it. These PC Guys, joined by some Mac Guys, eventually reunite with the other characters, forming a substantial group. The Witch again clarifies her misstep, sparking discord among the characters. Resolving to embark on the lengthy journey home, they utilise Fuli's back to carry Grandpa Mac Guy, Dilys, and The Witch. Several hours later, they encounter The ATM 4.0, which has been oversized due to timeline shenanigans.

Mac Guy3135 explains that a temporal anomaly has introduced the Black Timeline ATM into the Red Timeline adventure. However, due to its origin from another timeline, the characters are unable to interact with it. The Witch intervenes, casting a spell that enables it to transition between timelines. This spell inadvertently brings a paper cutout of The Troll to life, an item left inside The ATM. The Troll, demanding answers to three questions from all who enter The ATM, remains ignorant of the consequences of incorrect responses. Nonetheless, The Witch possesses the knowledge and uses it to cast The Troll into The Gorge. With this obstacle defeated, the characters enter The ATM, marking the conclusion of the adventure.

## Cast

* **The Witch:** A mystical and central character in the adventure who initiates the quest with her well-intentioned yet botched spell.
* **Mac Guy3135:** The secondary protagonist in The Adventure Series, known for his wit and resourcefulness.
* **Dilys:** A courageous and strong Welsh girl, Dilys accompanies Mac Guy3135 as a loyal sister and valuable ally throughout The Adventure Series.
* **Dipo:** A lighthearted Australian character with a love for birch and a hatred for oak.
* **Grandpa Mac Guy:** One of Mac Guy3135's fathers, offering wisdom and guidance to the group.
* **Seymour the Scarf Guy3511:** Leader of the Seymour the Scarf Guys.
* **Kion:** An Imported Character from The Lion Guard.
* **Fuli:** Another Imported Character from The Lion Guard.
* **King PC Guy:** The reigning monarch of MAC C and the secondary antagonists of The Adventure Series
* **Earl of General Matters:** The second in command figure within the PC Guy ranks.
* **PC Plum:** A remarkably powerful yet unintelligent police PC Guy, who arrests the very concept of light in the adventure.
* **Chef PC Guy:** A PC Guy with an ardent passion for cooking and a hatred for anything that can't be cooked.
* **Baron PC Guys:** A group of five high-ranking PC Guys.
* **Mac Guys:** A selection of Mac Guys from the Mac Guy Forest.
* **Fake Troll:** A paper cutout of The Troll that inadvertently comes to life, creating an unexpected challenge for the characters.

## Production

"The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" stands out in terms of production for its simplicity and distinctive visual style. The adventure was filmed against a backdrop of a single paper cutout featuring a hilly landscape, a blue sky, and a solitary volcano, drawing inspiration from "The Lion Guard: The Rise of Scar." This cutout was attached to sticks and positioned outdoors.

Character representation in this adventure was achieved using small laminated paper cutouts. These cutouts were created shortly before filming and were exclusively used for this adventure. Mac Guy3135's shift to digital animation rendered these paper cutouts useless and so they only appear in this one quest.

The ATM (All terrain Monster) featured in the adventure was the exact same model as seen in "The Adventure to Destroy the Lion's Heart Stone", where Mac Guy3135 and The Creatures collect Mac Guy's Uncle. The ATM is on a comparatively larger scale due to the production difference and the adventure's narrative. An interesting technique employed during filming involved shaking the character cutouts to simulate their movements when speaking, a concept inspired by Seymour.

In terms of text, the adventure relied solely on subtitles, with different text colors indicating the speaker. As the PC Guy Font had not yet been created, a default font was used instead.

The adventure was filmed in a single day, and its editing was carried out on a separate day, albeit at a much later time. The editing process was exclusively performed using iMovie, resulting in a final product with a resolution of 1080p at 30 frames per second in h.264.

For its musical score, "The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" featured Mac Guy OST tracks composed by Krobbizoid and royalty free tracks from Kevin MacLeod and Danywood. Notably, all the music tracks used in this adventure had been previously featured in other Adventure Videos, with no unique tracks created or utilised exclusively for this quest. Specific character themes were incorporated when a character played a central role in a scene, enhancing the adventure's auditory experience. Prominent characters such as The Witch, The Troll, Fuli, and King PC Guy had their individual theme music played to accompany their on-screen presence.

## Reception

"The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" garnered the worst reception among all of Mac Guy3135's Adventures and was met with notable criticism. On YouTube, the adventure received a meager like-to-dislike ratio of 5.6%, with one like and approximately 17 dislikes. Commenters did not hold back their disappointment, offering comments such as "Well. That's 9 minutes of my life I can never get back," "This has more errors than my average test paper," and "Lol, what an absolutely pointless vid." Much of the criticism centered around perceived plot holes within the adventure, with viewers questioning why The Witch, who could teleport the characters to the location, could not similarly transport them back.

## Trivia

* "The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" is commonly regarded as the worst received Adventure Video in the entire series.
* Filming for this adventure took place in 2017, marking it as the final Adventure filmed using an iPod touch 6G.
* On the same day of filming, scenes for "The Adventure to Destroy the Lion's Heart Stone" were also shot, along with unused footage that could potentially be utilized for "(1) - The Director's Cut."
* This adventure is likely the last full adventure edited using a MacBook Pro 2011.
* The thumbnail format employed for this adventure was primarily used during Season 1 of Mac Guy3135's Adventures.
* Interestingly, "The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" shares its filming location with the opening sequence of "The Adventure to Destroy the Empire of the PC Guys." which was filmed a year earlier.
* The adventure gathered the worst like-to-dislike ratio of any of Mac Guy3135's videos, including non adventures.
* Due to Mac Guy3135 being a hoarder, the character cutouts and background used in this adventure remain in Mac Guy3135's possession, even six years after its creation.
* "The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" erroneously claims to be set before "TQTDTME," when, in fact, it was set afterward. This is indisputable because of the adventure's usage of the ATM 4.0, a model featured in "The Adventure to Destroy The Lion's Heart Stone" and subsequent adventures. At the time of TQTDTME, only the ATM 1.0 had been invented, placing this adventure chronologically after TQTDTME and around The Adventure to Destroy The Lion's Heart Stone.
* "The Foolish Bonus Adventure (\*)" has one of the longest cast lists among all Adventure Videos, featuring nearly every main character. To date, this record has only been surpassed by The Adventure to Annihillate the PC and Linux Guy Empires for Good.

## Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv7w\_EKtdrY