StopSignCam Lore

## **Bananasaregr8**

Bananasaregr8 was a chat regular and local who owned a red Jeeptruck and had an intense love of Fanta, which unfortunately was not carried at the store on a regular basis (boooo!) . Bananasaregr8 was the one who bestowed Phteven the Prius with its name, and was also known for treating chat with beautiful, precise, amazing, proper stops at unexpected moments. Banana also helped the Devil stop traffic once, and got his own !banana command. Banana is an elusive figure nowadays, but can rarely be spotted in chat, like some rare, beautiful unicorn.

## Bicycle Man

One rainy Sunday night, chat noticed a possibly intoxicated man standing near the store with a bicycle, after he unceremoniously picked the bike up and hulk smashed it into the pavement. Bicycle man then spent quite a long period of time standing over the bike, apparently trying to verbally convince the contraption to work. The bike, unsurprisingly, was not cooperative with the man's endeavors, which is totally understandable considering the mistreatment it endured and also I doubt the bike could understand English. After many, many minutes of the man slowly inching the bike towards the entrance of the store, his efforts attracted the attention of the local Police department, who arrived to ask "Um excuse me sir, what exactly are you doing here" (allegedly.) The man then did a little dancy wobble hand shaky shaky around, which I suppose was his attempt to explain to the cops what the issue was via interpretive dance like the noble bee. This did not exactly seem to satisfy the cops, as an ambulance soon arrived to take our struggling cyclist off to be checked for whatever personal problems that could cause one to Powerslam™ an unruly bicycle to the ground in the first place. The cops took the bike, off to bike jail, I guess, and all was right in the lot once again.

## **Blue Subie**

The Blue Subaru is a vehicle often spotted in the lot at SSC. Usually called simply the ‘Blue Subie’, it is mostly notable for its iconic bright cobalt blue color and distinguishing spoiler. It is possible that the Blue Subie may be owned by a friend or relative of the store, as it is often parked in the lot for 30+ minutes at a time and it really shouldn’t take anyone that long to select a bag of chips and a soda. Blue Subie can usually be found in random clips instead of its own, as its primary claim to fame is simply being blue and shiny and recognizable. Occasionally, the Blue Subie also brings Trunk Doggo and Doom Wolf along for the ride, two rambunctious and adorable pups that take a ride in the Blue Subie sometimes.

## **ElephantxCheese**

Why Elephant? Because there is Cheese. Why Cheese? Because Elephant. That was the logic involved during a poll started by stopsigncam for a new emote. Elephant lost out on an initial voting round to NICE, but was reincluded on as an option for a secondary poll. Cheese, for some reason, was also an option, causing members to lose their collective minds and tens of thousands of channel points in an Elephant vs Cheese vote stacking war. Elephant won, but cheese fans needn’t have feared, as the standard emote set includes a block of cheese for us all; elephant fans got their wish of an emote suitable for sacking Rome in the winter. A NICE win-win situation.

## Flower Stand Man

Flower Stand Man is a guy seen occasionally selling flowers at the corner of the lot on special occasions, like Easter and Mother's Day. Waiting for people to pull up to buy flowers all day can be very boring of course, so chat was pleasantly surprised to see Flower Stand Man spending his downtime getting swole and looking fancy doing it.

## **Hamster Cube Car**

The Hamster Cube Car is a red Kia Soul that can be seen at the store occasionally. It's name comes from this absolutely horrifying commercial depicting a ravaged post-apocalyptic world where giant musically-inclined hamsters have become the dominant species on the planet.

## **Jared**

Jared is the name bestowed upon the stop sign by chat. Why would we name a stopsign Jared? The world may never know. Jared can easily be spotted during daylight hours at his usual spot above the crosswalk, but at night he hides in the shadows.

## **Mailbox Frank Drama**

Drama seemed to surround Frank the Mailbox consistently, with several people being arrested for attempting to pilfer Frank’s innards for the possibility of loot apparently worth a federal charge. Neighbors would gather to argue around Frank on occasion, while others would attempt to mail packages entirely too large for Frank. Frank is also the unintentional cause of several bad parkers, as apparently pulling up directly in front of Frank to mail a 2oz letter is better than parking in a spot properly and walking 15 feet with your grievous load of parchment and stamps.

## **Mailbox Frank and Frank 2.0**

All good things must come to an end, and Frank is no exception. Chatters spotted a man with a truckload of Frank’s newborn siblings one morning, and watched with ~~shock and horror~~ interest as the man detached the bolts holding Frank in place and stowed him away on the truck, replacing it with shiny new sibling ‘Frank 2.0’. Hopefully Frank 2.0 can leave the violent reputation of its predecessor behind.

## **Nighttime Car Attack?**

We still aren’t quite sure what happened here, but the nighttime car attack was named as much because of this incident. Was it an instance of road rage? A skit performed for our viewing pleasure? The local riff-raff posturing? You be the judge.

## **Orange Cone**

The Orange Cone was a, well, orange cone that graced the parking lot of the store. Normally sitting peacefully near the corner of the screen, it was one day used for a prank by a customer of the store, prompting a nearby citizen to relocate the cone away from those who would use it for such shenanigans.

## **Pizza Box Guy**

Not much is known about the Pizza Box Guy, except he is A. A Guy, 2. With a Pizza Box and finally, doing things with the box. What sort of things? I'm not sure, but he seems to be having a great time doing it.

## **Phred**

Phred was a cardboard box chat noticed on 4/16/21. After chat noticed the cardboard box it then dubbed “Phred” in the lot on a rainy day, chat watched its journey as Phred blew around the lot, soaking up rainwater and our hearts. A good citizen in chat who happened to be nearby the lot volunteered to return Phred to be with his own kind in the recycling bin. QueenNihil encouraged this, leading Mandodarman to dub QueenNihil a “box murderer.” QueenNihil rejected this nomenclature and insisted that Phred was much happier off of the cold, wet ground and in the nice warm bin with his family where he belongs.

## **Phteven**

Phteven was a silver Prius named by chat regular and local ‘bananasaregr8’. Phteven would often be parked in the same place in the lot every day for a few months, endearing it to many chat regulars who felt it was a sacred duty to watch over Phteven. Originally, Phteven was thought to be a broken down vehicle due to it’s mostly stationary position in the lot, but it was discovered that Phteven belonged to a relative of the store owner and was parked there presumably for the sole enjoyment of chat as well as free 24/7 surveillance by a captive audience. Occasionally people would make pilgrimages to Phteven, even dancing for Phteven at 3am. Much to the chagrin of chat, Phteven would eventually begin going on short journeys, disappearing for longer and longer stretches of time. On 05/20/21, Phteven disappeared from the lot, but not from our hearts. Phteven may make small reappearances now and then, but they are very hard to catch.

## **RaveDog**

RaveDog is an emote whose IRL counterpart occasionally graced the screen. A dog with a rainbow collar could often be seen at night, presumably until the battery on the collar died and it turned out to be a hassle to replace it. Or perhaps the dog outgrew its love of EDM.

## **Sombrero Dancer**

Sombrero Dancer was a local lady who entertained us with a Sombrero Dance on a few occasions, as seen here. Perhaps you can spot her in other clips as well!

## **Sheesh Sniper Sightings, SSC Style**

Occasionally you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of SSC himself, hitting us with the SHEEESH. Always a fun surprise!

## **Snowstorm(s) of 2021/2022**

Winter of late ‘21-’22 was an eventful time at the Stopsigncam, with several substantial snowfalls and one MASSIVE blizzard. Naturally, this did not improve the already dubious driving skills of the locals, save for the snowplows that worked tirelessly throughout the presumably freezing nights to make the roads safer for all. Some locals took the opportunity to have fun with the massive snowfall, doing donuts in the lot, strolling through the lot in the wee hours of the morning, and carving out openings in the 10 foot wall of snow to save time walking around it. The mailmen also took their duties very seriously during these snowy times.

## **Undercover Cop Arrest**

On 10/30/21, viewers noticed an undercover arrest happen on camera, when several undercover police vehicles suddenly swarmed a couple of ne’er-do-wells in the lot. Apparently police undercover minivans are a thing, making the vehicle of choice for suburban soccer-moms all the more suspicious.