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Ubisoft Motion Pictures

Ubisoft exec Jason Altman explains some of Ubisoft's involvement with the series.

## Series Information

### Backstage role:

Production company

**Ubisoft Motion Pictures** are a division of Ubisoft who produce film and TV for the video games giant. Their first major work was the 2016 film adaptation of *Assassin's Creed*.

Based in France, they sometimes make use of Ubisoft's Quebec campus, as they did when helping to produce *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet*. In addition to being a driving creative force behind the series, they leveraged their relationship with Ubisoft to help create mocks and shots of the game-within-the-fiction.

A key executive for the company with respect to *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet* is Jason Altman.
Zeus

**"Zeus"** was the code name given to Ian's half of the new expansion, comparable to Poppy's "Hera". For a time in the project, he split off from Poppy, even kicking Poppy out of his office so that he could hash out his own plan. While the exact dimensions of his half of the expansion weren't fully known, it seemed to centre on a land-based environment. Confusingly, it also featured elements that Phil's art team fully delivered -- on-time and under-budget -- only to have Ian label Phil's exemplary work a "problem".

Rachel was on team Zeus following the failure of *Grouchy Goat*, though not by her choice. Ian seemed to want to use her as a kind of substitute for the intellectually challenging relationship he had with Poppy. Unfortunately, this led to Rachel mostly being offended, and entirely being confused, by the process Ian had instigated.
Megan Ganz

**Megan Ganz** is an American comedy writer, credited as one of the creators and executive producers of *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet* alongside Rob McElhenney and Charlie Day. Ganz has written for several popular comedy series, including *Community*, *It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia*, and *Modern Family*.
David Brittlesbee

**David Brittlesbee** is the soft-spoken, hapless, executive producer of *Mythic Quest*, who is lacks the confidence and decision-making ability to exercise his authority over his employees. This is seen often throughout the series, especially when Jo, David’s personal assistant, tries to become Ian’s assistant instead of David’s.

He recently went through a messy divorce, and Brad mentions that his ex-wife is Asian.

## Background

### Post-pandemic

By the time the gang all come back to work in the office, David believes he's the boss. But no one else does. Even Sue, somewhat remote from the business' power structure, expresses surprise that he claims to be her boss. She repeatedly tells him that the reason people don't believe it is because of his kind eyes.

After normal office life resumes, Jo is quick to move on. She leaves David's office for Brad's, seemingly glad of the switch. The three seemingly treat it as a kind of "romantic triangle", with David eventually devolving into a kind of rejected lover around them.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "Pilot"
	+ "The Casino"
	+ "Dinner Party"
	+ "The Convention"
	+ "Non-Player Character"
	+ "Permadeath"
	+ "Brendan"
	+ "Blood Ocean"
	+ "Quarantine"
	+ "Everlight"
* Season 2
	+ "Titans' Rift"
	+ "Grouchy Goat"
	+ "#YumYum"
	+ "Breaking Brad"
	+ "Please Sign Here"
	+ "Juice Box"
	+ "TBD"
* Season 3
	+ "Across the Universe"
	+ "Partners"
Crushing It (episode)

**"Crushing It"** was the third episode of season 3 of *Mythic Quest*. It aired on November 18, 2022.

## Synopsis

*David uses exciting news about MQ to make Ian jealous. Poppy, Rachel, and Jo go to brunch.*

## Plot

David calls a meeting to announce that Montreal has made a deal to make a *Mythic Quest* movie with David as Executive Producer. After the meeting is less successful than he hoped, David tells Jo to take the day off but to find Ian down at GrimPop Studios and send him up to hear the good news.

Poppy continues to build Hera at GrimPop and achieves a significant milestone. While Ian and Dana are apparently out in the desert, Rachel suggests they celebrate her achievement by going to brunch. When Jo arrives looking for Ian, they invite her along.

Carol is struggling in her role with having no real responsibility and not being busy at all. Brad has noticed and starts to give her advice on how to try and make money out of nowhere that she can use to effect change.

David talks with Sue about the movie and she begs him not to do it. Sue knows that their fanbase will hate any adaptation of the work.

While Poppy, Rachel, and Jo brunch, David gets trapped in the GrimPop offices when he can’t figure out how to access the elevator to get back out. Brunch breaks down as Rachel admits that everyone at school hates her and Poppy wants at least some acknowledgement from Ian. Brad makes Carol see that the entire monetisation structure is outdated and NFTs should be the future, not loot boxes. When they inform Sue about this, her response is "No Fucking Thanks" and decides to move her office back into the basement.

David is finally released from the GrimPop office by Ian and Dana – who have been there the whole time in the lounge. Jo takes Poppy and Rachel to a gun range outside Las Vegas to blow off steam by crushing cars while driving a tank.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

and
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee

### Guest Starring

* Caitlin McGee as Sue
* Derek Waters as Phil

## Trivia

* Jo insinuates that Ian’s full name is "Ian Elizabeth Grimm".
Aiko

**Aiko** is a virtual streamer who could be programmed through the use of motion capture. Stephen demonstrated her to Ian Grimm, Poppy Li, and Brad Bakshi in the hope the virtual streamer may be used to promote *Mythic Quest*. The trio decided against using Aiko and, instead, went with Dana - someone already employed at Mythic Quest Studios as a video game tester.
Mouse

**"Mouse"** was one of the classifications resulting from the personality evaluation that Montreal required every Mythic Quest Studios employee to complete.

Its baseline characteristics, according to an explanatory chart Carol used, were: humble, respectful, honest, a good team player.

While both Sue and Brad registered as mice, only Sue genuinely took the test. Brad claimed to have randomized his answers, resulting in a false positive. Nevertheless, Jo saw this as a sign of weakness in her direct supervisor. Having tested as a shark, she immediately challenged Brad for dominance. Disgusted with what she had learned about "the Kate incident", Brad's "mousy" results were enough to further push her away from Brad.
Dream

In the early stages of pre-production on the next expansion, several members of the staff were prone to dreams, generally of a sexual nature. Poppy's repeated dreams of having sex with Ian were perhaps the most brutal, as they tended to end with Ian claiming the sex with her was awful. Other people who sometimes appeared in these dreams were David and a seemingly voyeuristic, but definitely critical, CW.

Eventually, though, she had a dream which she claimed help her dislodge the name of the new expansion from her mind. In this dream, she said that Ian whispered the name of the expansion in David's ear — while he was having sex with David.

Dana said she also had dreams of having sex with Ian, but that she never had any problems satisfying Ian in them.

After they kiss for the first time, Rachel tells Dana that she needs to make sure it wasn't a dream.

Ian's sex dream is apparently of having sex with a duplicate of himself. "Nobody", he tells himself, "satisfies me like you."
Brendan (episode)

**"Brendan"** was the penultimate episode of the first season of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

*As Poppy weighs a difficult decision, Ian whisks her away on a mysterious road trip.*

## Plot

Ian takes Poppy with her to a mysterious meeting, which turns out to be with Pootie Shoe, who is secretly Ian's son, and who is living with his mother. Poppy feels loyal to Ian, and leaves a message declining the new job from Cold Alliance Studios. She later changes her mind, but after calling back, is told that the job is no longer there for her. Dana gets outed that she is actually a company employee, rather than an independent streamer.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Elisha Henig as Pootie Shoe
* Craig Mazin as Lou
* John DiMaggio as Dan Williams
* Alanna Ubach as Shannon

## Trivia

* Ian and Poppy have been working together for eight years. Ian recruited her out of MIT at the age of nineteen to work at MQ Studios.
* Ian's name is correctly pronounced "Ee-an" but as he has the same name as his father, who is not a good man, Ian changed the pronunciation to "Eye-an".
* Teddy Villareal was a worker at MQ Studios who committed suicide by jumping a dirt bike into a stone quarry. David was unable to help him but notes that he was going to jump in no matter what.
* Roscoe has his own cartoon show.
Cookie

David Brittlesbee's management technique involved using **cookies** to reward both employee behaviour and his own.

He would get a big cookie, usually containing chocolate, and then dole out portions of it as goals were accomplished. He tried to impart this system to Brad and Jo, both of whom were in a funk immediately following the battle Royale between Ian and Pootie Shoe.

Characteristically, Brad wasn't particularly impressed with the system, whereas Jo immediately took to it in an almost Pavlovian way.
Sarian (episode)

**"Sarian"** was the seventh episode of season 3 of *Mythic Quest*. It aired on December 17, 2022.

## Synopsis

*Two kids from across the globe find their passions in a world that doesn't understand them.*

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li

### Guest Starring

* Lindsey Kraft as Sarah
* Haley Magnus as Olivia
* Isla Rose Hall as Young Poppy
* Judah Prehn as Young Ian
* Casey Sander as Grandpop
* Dionysio Basco as Benito
* Sam Witwer as Ian’s Dad
* Robert Picardo as Principal Taggart

### Co-Starring

* Alyssa Aure as Tracy
* Javier Scott as Store Clerk
LOL Trevor

## LOL\_Trevor

**LOL\_Trevor** is a 12-year-old livestreamer with a massive following. He attracted a large crowd at StreamerCon, who he entertained through playing games and dancing on stage. He is a confident person who has an eye for money. Seeing through Brad and Ian's attempt to have him promote *Mythic Quest* at a low price, he asks for a percentage of the game's sales rather a standard set fee - much to the annoyance of the pair.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "The Convention"
Partners (episode)

**"Partners"** was the second episode of season 3 of *Mythic Quest*. It aired on November 11, 2022 alongside the first episode of the season, "Across the Universe".

## Synopsis

*Ian feels adrift in his new partnership with Poppy. David and Jo are suspicious of an employee's return. Dana and Rachel meet the new testers.*

## Plot

Ian and Poppy's relationship is fractious as Ian dreams big while Poppy builds their new game. Ian begins to feel adrift from the whole creation process and wants to be a good partner to Poppy, but his efforts are not quite what Poppy needs.

At Mythic Quest Studios, David watches Brad work, convinced that he is up to something nefarious. Carol tries to make him see reason, but David tasks Jo with finding out what Brad is planning.

Dana arrives for work at GrimPop Studios but is told that there is nothing for her to do right away. Poppy and Ian disagree about Ian's importance to the company but agree to work on their working relationship.

Rachel tries to comfort Dana by sneaking into Mythic Quest Studios and having sex on the couch in their old testing booth. However, they meet the new testers and inadvertently make them uncomfortable with their comments.

Carol calls a meeting to lay out that harassing the testers is not okay, and that there are people in the office that really shouldn't be. While David apologises to Brad, Brad makes veiled remarks that even if he was doing something nefarious, David wouldn't have the wits to see it. At GrimPop, Ian and Dana start to bond over VR and the Metaverse while Poppy sleeps off a sugar coma.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

and
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee

### Guest Starring

* Austin Zajur as Travor
* Ben Stillwell as Kai

## Trivia

* GrimPop Studios occupies a floor in the same building as Mythic Quest Studios.
Carol

**Carol** is the long-suffering head of Human Resources working at Mythic Quest. Although professional, she is tired of being used as a therapist by the rest of the staff, and tries to educate them on the actual purpose of the Human Resources department.

## With Dana and Rachel

As the team is in early pre-production on the new expansion, she becomes particularly embroiled in the burgeoning romance between Dana and Rachel — a situation she finds deeply intolerable. Amongst other things, she counsels that workplace romances aren't actually illegal, or against HR rules, but they are almost always ill-advised. She is further annoyed by the way the young testers feel like they are entitled to her services, especially neither Dana nor Rachel seem to understand what her services actually are. She blames their ignorance on both their generation's sense of entitlement, but also upon the fact that they never attend her regular seminar on workplace discrimination.

## Trivia

Carol was a recurring character for the first two seasons of *Mythic Quest*. Carol was promoted to a main character as of Season 3.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "Pilot"
	+ "Permadeath"
	+ "Blood Ocean"
* Specials
	+ "Quarantine"
	+ "Everlight"
NPC

*You may be looking for an episode of a similar name.*
An **NPC**, or **non-player character**, is a character found within a video game like *Mythic Quest* which a real human does not control. They add verisimilitude into a game by giving players a person who would be *likely* to exist within the environment. Many characters within *MQ* are NPCs, but the most infamous is the Masked Man, a benevolent NPC that got hacked and converted into a player character bent on causing havoc and harm to the game and, more broadly, Mythic Quest Studios itself.
New expansion

Following their return from quarantine — and Poppy's creation as co-creative director of the company, the team set about pre-production on a **new expansion** to follow after *Raven's Banquet*.

The surprisingly arduous first task was to come up with a name — something that sent David and Poppy into something akin to a paralysing apoplexy. David believes that if they didn't come up with a good one, their overlords in Montreal will "stick them with a bad one".

Names suggested included:

* Sea of Ashes — a name that got to at least the logo design stage
* Sea of Nazis - a title derived from David's use of a tournament-style decision-making tree
* Titans' Rift - what Poppy comes up with following a particularly helpful dream, and the one she seems to like the most
	+ Zeus - Ian's half of the new expansion
	+ Hera - Poppy's half of the new expansion
The Year of Phil (episode)

**"The Year of Phil"** was the ninth episode of season 3 of *Mythic Quest*. It aired on December 30, 2022.

## Synopsis

*David's motion-capture session with Joe Manganiello gets hijacked. Dana helps Poppy prepare her PlayPen VC pitch.*

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

and
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee

### Guest Starring

* Derek Waters as Phil
* Austin Zajur as Travor
* Ben Stillwell as Kai
* Michael Naughton as Mikey
* Andrew Friedman as Andy

### Co-Starring

* James Coker as Chase
* Nandini Bapat as Dev
* Antoine Perry as Young Phil
Loot box

A **loot box** was an object commonly found in video games which Brad once used to conceptualise David's dating abilities to Jo. He said that, like a loot box, David was simply offering a "tempting exterior" to make women want to collect him. But when they opened the box, they'd find that it — or, rather, David — was just filled with junk. But the woman, not wanting to admit that she'd been duped, would then try to convince herself that there was some value in David's worthless interior.

Brad would later go on to recant this position about David. He said Brittlesbee couldn't be a loot box because a loot box was non-returnable. And in fact David was obviously returnable.

Thus, Baskshi contended, David was in fact a burlap sack.
Rob McElhenney

McElhenney announces Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet

**Rob McElhenney** plays "Ian Grimm" on *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet* — and is also one of the creators, writers and executive producers on the show.

He is undoubtedly best known for his long association with the series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on which he plays Mac, and is a major force behind the scenes.

## External link

* Rob McElhenney at the It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia Wiki
Spanish

**Spanish** was a language that Ian tried to convince others he could speak. He once plied some very basic Spanish in a conversation with Maria, one of his employees.

However, when Tall Paul — someone fluent enough to read classics of Spanish literature — arrived, it became apparent that Ian didn't really speak meaningful amounts of the language. When questioned on the relative disparity between his and Paul's abilities, Ian tried to convince Jo that Paul couldn't speak Spanish. When Jo pushed back, he said, unable to finish the thought: "If it was, it was some kind of weird dialect. They have a lot of indigenous tribes and I think the locals ..."
Jason Fuchs

**Jason Fuchs** plays C.W.'s publisher Strauss on Apple TV+'s *Mythic Quest*. The role has him in charge of the film adaptation of C.W.'s long-unfinished film trilogy, which somewhat mirrors his own life.

Though he has a number of acting credits stretching back to the late 1990s, he has contributed to the screenplays of a number of films, including the Hugo-winning *Wonder Woman* (2017), *Ice Age: Continental Drift*, and *I Still See You*. His short film screenplay, *Pitch*, was also well-regarded at a number of regional film festivals in the mid-2000s.

In the late 2010s, he's enjoyed roles in productions such as the Oscar-winning *La La Land* and the TV series, *The Passage*. But his early career around the turn of the century saw him nominated for several awards for guest starring turns in the *Law and Order* franchise.
The Convention (episode)

**"The Convention"** was the fourth episode of the first season of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

*When Pootie\_Shoe announces that he’s no longer playing* Mythic Quest*, the team needs to find a new star streamer to promote it.*

## Plot

Pootie Shoe announces that he will no longer be playing *Mythic Quest*. Ian, Brad, Poppy, and Dana attend StreamerCon to find a new person to stream their game. When there are no successful picks, Poppy realizes that Dana would be an ideal candidate to stream the game online. A Girls Who Code group shows up at the office for a tour, and are disappointed when David is only able to find a few women to speak with them.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Caitlin McGee as Sue Gorgon
* Elisha Henig as Pootie Shoe
* Aparna Nancherla as Michelle
* Sean Phillip Glasgow as LOL\_Trevor
* John DiMaggio as Dan Williams

### Co Starring

* LeShay Tomlinson as Teacher
* Jessie Eggleston as Girl Coder #1
* Ava Davila as Girl Coder #2
* Joy Regullano as Female Streamer
* Stephenson Crossley as Byron
* Tyrell Cummings as Stephen

## Trivia

* This episode establishes that despite airing in 2020, the first season of *Mythic Quest* is set in 2019 as the team attend StreamerCon 2019. This means that they began work on the *Raven's Banquet* expansion in 2017.
* Liam, LOL\_Trevor's bodyguard, wears a T-shirt with the character of Roscoe on it. The Female Streamer also wears a costume of Roscoe. Roscoe makes an appearance in the following episode "A Dark Quiet Death."
* Rachel has a BA in Women's Studies.
* Actor John DiMaggio is no stranger to video games, having lent his voice to many games. Most notably, he portrayed the role of Marcus Fenix in the *Gears of War* series.
* Poppy Li has never seen *Weird Science* or *Small Wonder*, a film and television series respectively that deal with the creation of human-looking creation.
* C.W. Longbottom watches cutscenes from *Red Dead Redemption 2*, *Assassin's Creed* and *The Last of Us* with Rachel to prove the power of a good story.
Cristin Milioti

**Cristin Milioti** plays "Beans" on *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet*.

She is known for her professions as a singer and stage actor, as well as her work in movies and TV. Notable roles include appearances in *How I Met Your Mother* and *Fargo*.

## External link

* Cristin Milioti at the How I Met Your Mother Wiki
* Cristin Milioti at the Fargo Wiki
Playpen (episode)

**"Playpen"** was the fifth episode of season 3 of *Mythic Quest*. It aired on December 2, 2022.

## Synopsis

*Poppy begrudgingly takes feedback from Dana about her work. Carol, Brad, and Rachel navigate the aftermath of their monetization gambit.*

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

and
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
Beans

**Beans** is a video game developer. She gained her nickname when she met her future partner, Doc, and they discussed the video game *Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine*. Possessed of a morbid sensibility, Beans was frustrated by the generic video games on sale. Doc encouraged her to create her own game, and together they produced *Dark Quiet Death*, a game with no end and only a flashlight as a weapon to keep monsters at bay.

The game was successful, leading to the creation of Oubliette Studios and a sequel, *Dark Quiet Death II*. However, the pressures working for investors and their constant demands for changes from the original premise of the game, led Beans to become disillusioned with the game. She worried that all of the changes to game, like adding guns and even doing away with the iconic flashlight, would take away from the game's unique selling point. Beans also disliked any talk of optioning movie rights for the game.

Beans eventually left Doc and the company, even as the *Dark Quiet Death* franchise took off. She settled with a new partner and became a mother.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "A Dark Quiet Death"
Otter

**"Otter"** was one of the classifications resulting from the personality evaluation that Montreal required every Mythic Quest Studios employee to complete.

Its baseline characteristics, according to an explanatory chart Carol used, were: enthusiastic, reliable, optimistic, attempts challenges that play to strengths.

While Dana registered as an otter, she was displeased with the result. She wanted to be seen as a wolf instead. So strong was this feeling that when Poppy, her superior, ordered her to sign the evaluation, she instead went up to Carol's pie chart of personalities, crossed out the otter, and signed the wolf. Though unorthodox, the tired Carol accepted that as a valid signature.
Burlap sack

A **burlap sack** was, according to Brad, the least popular item in the MQ Onine Store, and a perfect metaphor for David's place in the eyes of women. He claimed it was neither flashy nor fun — but something necessary to those who bought it. He went on to note that it was "useful" and "reliable" — qualities that were all some women desired.

When David began to suspect that this description might be something to cheer him up, Brad quickly disabused him of the notion that it was some kind of pep talk.
Dana Bryant

**Dana Bryant** is a youthful and studious video game tester. She’s reluctant to rock the boat at her dream job, but cannot avoid getting caught in the storm of her God-playing coworkers. She is also a streamer.

Dana particularly likes video games, making late nights at Mythic Quest easier to bear.

Her fellow game tester, Rachel, has feelings for her and it’s hinted that she reciprocates. Dana is particularly fond of Rachel out of everyone at Mythic Quest. In one episode, when Dana is about to lose her job, fellow coworkers Brad and Rachel help her salvage it.

## Relationship with Rachel

After everyone comes back from quarantine, Dana is keen for her relationship with Rachel to progress. But her reluctance to honestly express her emotions gets in the way.

Dana and Rachel finally kiss in a parking garage, once Dana resolves to actually express how she feels. Following Carol's advice, she stops Rachel from continuing on an analytical path that would only incrementally advance their relationship. Instead, she simply kisses Rachel with abandon, ending the Rachel's paralysing fears. Still, Rachel has to come to the realisation that the kiss was not a dream. One of the things that helps her make the transition to the new reality is the fact that their kiss is blocking Carol's departure from work. She abruptly tells them to get out of the way so she can get home.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "Pilot"
	+ "The Casino"
	+ "Dinner Party"
	+ "The Convention"
	+ "Non-Player Character"
	+ "Permadeath"
	+ "Brendan"
	+ "Blood Ocean"
	+ "Quarantine"
	+ "Everlight"
* Season 2
	+ "Titans' Rift"
	+ "Grouchy Goat"
	+ "#YumYum"
	+ "Breaking Brad"
	+ "Please Sign Here"
	+ "Juice Box"
	+ "TBD"
* Season 3
	+ "Across the Universe"
	+ "Partners"
Jessie

**Jessie** is a young girl who is part of the Girls Can Code program. She visited Mythic Quest Studios with some other young girls under the supervision of Ms. Tanya.

## Trivia

Jessie was not named in the episode, and was credited as "Girl Coder #1". Her name is taken from the namebadge she wears in the episode, which is also the name of the actress who portrays her, Jessie Eggleston.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "The Convention"
Owl

**"Owl"** was one of the classifications resulting from the personality evaluation that Montreal required every Mythic Quest Studios employee to complete.

Its baseline characteristics, according to an explanatory chart Carol used, were: articulate, readily adaptable, takes initiative, and sees the big picture.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, no one in the group who refused to sign their evaluation packets tested as an owl.
Female Streamer

A **Female Streamer** attended StreamerCon where she caught the eye of Poppy Li from Mythic Quest Studios. Poppy was on the lookout for a new streamer to promote Mythic Quest and was initially impressed with the streamer However, upon learning that the streamer had less than a hundred subscribers, Poppy walked away.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "The Convention"
Inside the Caves of Beneroth

***Inside the Caves of Beneroth*** was a book by C.W. Longbottom which, but he time Wyld D launched, he had long forgotten about.

He wrote it in the 1980s, which Longbottom described as "a bit of a blur". Brad "borrowed" a few pages from the novel to use as the backstory for Dana when she launched her Wyld D stream. However, Brad didn't initially tell Longbottom this. Instead, he said that the prose had come from a portable air conditioner which he claimed was a computer that could generate prose.

When Dana was visibly moved by the words from *Caves*, Longbottom thought that his utility to Mythic Quest Studios was nearing an end. He thought that if a computer could move a person to the degree that those words had affected Dana, he could be replaced by a computer.

He was understandably relieved when he was informed that his old book was the source of Dana's backstory.
Hera

**"Hera"** was the code name given to Poppy's half of the new expansion, comparable to Ian's "Zeus". For a time in the project, she split off from Ian, even moving into separate offices, to hash out her plan. While the exact dimensions of her half of the expansion weren't fully known, it seemed to centre on a water environment and an attempt to, as Anthony put it, break the laws of physics by having more players interacting than anyone had ever done.

Dana was on team Hera following the failure of *Grouchy Goat* in an effort to get Poppy to teach her how to become a master coder.

Ultimately, Poppy was really using Hera as a way to surround herself with people whom she hoped would give her the same creative stimulus that Ian did.
Blood Ocean (episode)

**"Blood Ocean"** was the ninth and final episode of the first season of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

*With his workforce unionizing, Ian faces a looming departure, the game’s future, and the meaning of two words: Blood Ocean.*

## Plot

The workers at MQ Studios want to paid for their overtime work. David calls up corporate to support them, but is fired. Poppy and Ian argue, and Ian calls Montreal and gets David rehired and overtime pay for all. Ian promotes Poppy to be Co-Creative Director with him.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Aparna Nancherla as Michelle
* Craig Mazin as Lou
* Justin Dray as Man
* Tahira Kasai as Woman

## Trivia

* Brad Bakshi makes reference to the animated series *Duck Tales*. Brad's actor, Danny Pudi, voiced the role of Huey Duck in the 2017 reboot of the original series.
* MQ Studios moved into the building in 2013. Ian Grimm found Doc and Beans carving they left in the pillar during their time in the building running Oubliette Studios.
Ava

**Ava** is a young girl who is part of the Girls Can Code program. She visited Mythic Quest Studios with some other young girls under the supervision of Ms. Tanya.

## Trivia

Ava was not named in the episode, and was credited as "Girl Coder #2". Her name is taken from the namebadge she wears in the episode, which is also the name of the actress who portrays her, Ava Davila.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "The Convention"
Grouchy Goat (episode)

*You may be looking for the game from which this episode derives its title.*
**"Grouchy Goat"** was the second episode of season 2 of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

Mythic Quest Studios starts earnest pre-production on two games -- a brand new mobile game called *Grouchy Goat* and the new expansion to *Mythic Quest*. But will the relationships between Rachel and Dana -- and Poppy and Ian -- survive?

## Plot

Brad wants to build a mobile game platform so he can push micro-transactions on unsuspecting users. He tasks Dana and Rachel with the job of creating a prototype, leaving an unwilling Jo in charge of them.

Meanwhile, Ian and Poppy get to work on the new expansion. Ian decides to use an unsuspecting art department as a way to teach Poppy how to inspire people. They, led by Phil are less than impressed at being torn in two different directions by the new co-creative leads at Mythic Quest Studios. Things get even worse for Phil's team when they're given yet a third task to perform when Jo asks them to "whip up" some art for *Grouchy Goat*.

David asks Poppy to speak at the Women in Gaming Conference. She's highly reluctant for several reasons -- at least superficially. but she finds a way to play both David and Ian to get what she wants. In the end, Ian is forced to recognize that she is "a boss", even if her methods were different to his.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Derek Waters as Phil
* Cooper Friedman as SnickrSnack
* Chris Naoki Lee as Kevin
* Tracy Fullerton as herself

## Trivia

* Dana's cousins live in Compton and have a goat that was named "RuPaul."
Wyld D

**Wyld\_D** was a video stream hosted by Dana, as well as her own user name on the service that carried the stream. The stream entered around *Mythic Quest* gameplay, and was produced by Brad in the performance of their duties at Mythic Quest Studios.

Originally, Dana's hosting skills were scattershot and, as Brad put it, "boring". She initially struggled even finding the right camera. Her subscriber base was well under 100 for her first few shows. However, she managed to turn it around because of a few changes.

She listened to Rachel's advice to lean into her own "dorkiness". Perhaps the most visible way she did this was to start using her glasses on camera, something Brad had advised against. This and other changes brought her own personality to the fore.

But the biggest change was undoubtedly having something major to stream. She naturally carried the big battle between Ian and the Masked Man, something which made her audience soar to well over a million subscribers.

The backstory for the Wyld D persona was taken from *Inside the Caves of Beneroth*, a book by C.W. Longbottom. Though clearly fictional, the backstory was something that Dana responded to at a visceral level.
Peter (episode)

**"Peter"** was the seventh episode of season 2 of *Mythic Quest*. Like its immediate predecessor it omitted most of the regular cast -- so much so that it was the only episode to never utilize either Rob McElhenney or Charlotte Nicdao in front of the camera. Instead, it was essentially a three-hander between Ashly Burch, F. Murray Abraham, and guest William Hurt. It picked up on the events of the last episode and gave some closure to the story about C.W. Longbottom's past.

## Synopsis

*C.W. has Rachel drive him to Peter's estate in 2021 in the hopes of settling old scores from the 1970s.*

## Plot

Thinking she might gain some pearls of wisdom from C.W. that might help her at work, Rachel drives him to a mysterious location. Quickly, Rachel discovers that C.W. is on a mission to extract vengeance on, or at least an apology from, Peter Cromwell, an apparent frenemy from C.W.'s earliest days in the publishing business.

C.W. has every intention of proving that his life is better than Peter's, because he believes Peter stole "the love of his life", fellow writer, the late A.E. Goldsmith. Likewise, Peter believes that C.W. has returned to his life because Longbottom wishes to apologize for breaking up their friendship decades ago.

In fact, neither is right. Ginny, Peter's daughter, has arranged the meeting through mutual deception. She wishes the two old friends to make up before her father dies.

At first, neither man is having any part of Ginny's scheme, but after C.W. gets blindingly drunk and Peter has time to cool off, they do, in fact, make up. Ginny reveals that her mother bought a copy of *Mythic Quest* at the age of 70, because she was proud that Longbottom had finally realized his 1970s fever dream of writing a video game. Soon after he realizes A.E. was proud of him, he decides to confess to Peter that he had read all of Cromwell's Hamerfall Cycle, and that he wished that the story had concluded with the 20th adventure in the series.

Having found the unpublished 20th novella, C.W. asks his friend to read the adventure out loud to him.

## Cast

### Starring

* Ashly Burch as Rachel

with
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

#### Guest Starring

* William Hurt as Peter Cromwell
* Shelley Hennig as Ginny
* Alice Amter as Magda

## Trivia

* Though A.E. Goldsmith does not return, save in flashbacks and set decoration, her actor, Shelley Hennig returns to play Ginny, Peter and Anne's daughter.
Season 3

**Season 3** of *Mythic Quest* debuted on 11 November 2022 on Apple TV+, with the release of its first two episodes. Unlike the first season a new episode followed each Friday thereafter.

## Cast and characters

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

## Episodes

1. Episode 21 - "Across the Universe"
2. Episode 22 - "Partners"
Jake Johnson

**Jake Johnson** plays "Doc" on *Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet*.

He is known for a large variety of roles in TV series and movies. Notable roles include appearances in *Jurassic World* (a role which he will reprise for *Jurassic World: Dominion*), *Stumptown*, and *The Mummy*.

## External link

* Jake Johnson at the Jurassic Park Wiki
* Jake Johnson at the Stumptown Wiki
Cold Alliance Studios

**Cold Alliance Studios** is the studio where *Cold Alliance II* is developed, overseen by Dan Williams. It is a rival game to *Mythic Quest* and offers working philosophies for employees different to that under Ian Grimm and David Brittlesbee on *Mythic Quest*. These working philosophies have tempted the likes of Poppy Li.
Strauss

**Strauss** was C.W. Longbottom's book publisher. He sent C.W. a breech of contract notification because C.W. had never completed a contracted fantasy trilogy for the publishing house for which Strauss worked.

When Jo went to his office to argue for an extension of Longbottom's due date, he was quitely bemused at her aggressive approach. When he noted that the third book was due in 1982, this instantly shut Jo down. However, after she realised the power of the 82's antiquated and offensive method of communication, she realised that she had an ace in the hole. After she regrouped, she continued the conversation with Strauss. Apologising profusely for her earlier behaviour, she promised that C.W. would fully cooperate with all efforts to publicise the upcoming film based upon his initial novel.

And then she let Strauss actually speak with Longbottom.

C.W. was deeply offensive, and he instantly recognised the public relations nightmare he was facing. He immediately relented on the deadline extension, ostensibly under the agreement that C.W. would stay as far away from the press as possible. As Jo pointed out, the publisher wouldn't want the trouble that had befallen Orson Scott Card or J.K. Rowling.
Quarantine (episode)

**"Quarantine"** was the first of two special episodes released between season 1 and season 2 of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

*The staff try to find ways to virtually connect in the early stages of the COVID-19 epidemic.*

## Plot

A series of encounters between various members of the *Mythic Quest* team occur over a system that looks suspiciously like Zoom.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Naomi Ekperigin as Carol
* Caitlin McGee as Sue Gorgon
* Craig Mazin as Lou
* Humphrey Ker as Paul

### Co-Starring

* Edixon Caridad as Edixon
* Lioness as Ericka
* Zhandra Reyes as Maria
* Jonathan Monahan-Wiggs as Jonathan

## Trivia

* The episode was written, shot and edited remotely in just three weeks in the middle of the Covid-19 pandemic when the whole of the United States of America was in lockdown. From start to finish, including being conceived to released happened within the space of one month.
* Apple provided iPhones and sets of AirPods to the cast to help them film the episode.
* Rachel has a statue of Aloy from *Horizon: Zero Dawn* in the background. Her actor, Ashly Burch, voiced the main character, Aloy, in the game.
* During the scene where Ian goes to Poppy's apartment, Rob McElhenney was not present for the physical meeting between the two characters due to shelter in place being in effect. Charlotte Nicdao's husband, Bayden Hine, stood in for McElhenny with Ian's lines being added later.
Shovel

A **shovel** was an item within *Mythic Quest* that Poppy Li created as an incidental part of an expansion. Ian gave her such extensive notes on it thet she was forced to effectively go back to the drawing board and, with her team of coders, rework the item in overnight sessions.

A real life shovel was later used in the office as a symbol of Pop's creativity, and she proudly held one aloft to indicate her acceptance of the Co-Creative Director title.
Tempe

**Tempe** is a place where Ian went on "sabbatical". Poppy and David were both derisive of the trips he would take there, with Li calling Tempe little more than a "sleep-away camp for 40-year old men who want to learn how to do MMA". By contrast, Ian (or, at least, the Ian in one of Poppy's dreams) rejects the notion of it as a "camp", calling it instead "a guided retreat where we harness the power of the male body ... through jujitsu".
Kate

**Kate** was a pig that was at the center of a life-defining moment for both Brad and Zack\_Bakshi. The Bakshi brothers given animals to take care of during their time in the 4-H club, and they approached the pig's terminal condition in different ways. Brad saw the animal as more of a pet who needed to be cared for in her weakening condition. Zach, however, saw the pig as something losing its utility. As Zach told Jo, Brad didn't have the strength of will to slaughter the pig. In the end, Zach ended up killing her so that she could at least be salvaged for her meat.

This experience was a metaphor for what Zach was trying to do with Mythic Quest Studios. Just as with Kate, Brad was, according to Zach, afraid to do what needed to be done -- to carve up MQ for its more valuable parts.
Non-Player Character (episode)

**"Non-Player Character"** was the sixth episode of the first season of *Mythic Quest*.

## Synopsis

*Poppy steps out for a meeting and* Mythic Quest *headquarters descends into chaos.*

## Plot

Poppy takes a tour of Cold Alliance Studios and sees what the other side looks like while Ian feels threatened by Paul, a new programmer. Dana starts her new job as a streamer. David deals with a glitch in the game, that is later determined to be caused by an outsider hacking the program. Lou replaces Dana as a program tester working with Rachel.

## Cast

### Starring

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

### Guest Starring

* Elisha Henig as Pootie Shoe
* Aparna Nancherla as Michelle
* Craig Mazin as Lou
* Humphrey Ker as Paul
* John DiMaggio as Dan Williams

## Trivia

* Dana's streamer name is Wyld\_Danimal or Wyld\_D.
* Lou is from the Third Floor testing pool
* The main offices for MQ Studios is on the Fifth Floor
* Paul injured his back when an RPG hit his vehicle in Basra and punched a fist-sized chunk of shrapnel into his spine.
* Jo mentions that Ian looks like Criss Angel
* The number of floors in MQ Studios is shown; five floors, three parking floors and a basement level. However, in "[[Pilot (episode)]|Pilot]]", David mentions that there is a sixth floor.
Patricia

**Patricia** is a realtor. She showed Doc and Beans around the property that would eventually come to house Oubliette Studios. Patricia became flustered when Doc asked her to recount the history of the building, which included a fire that killed a lot of people. Patricia was sure that information would lead to them not taking the building, but Beans's morbid personality loved the idea of setting up the studio in the same place.

## Trivia

Emily Berry is credited as "Realtor" in the episode. The name Patricia comes from the episode's dialogue.

## Appearances

* Season 1
	+ "A Dark Quiet Death"
Divorcée Dance Party

***Divorcée Dance Party*** was a dating app that Brad had coders at Mythic Quest Studios spin up in seemingly one day. Although he presented it as something he was doing to help David find women, in truth he was likely scheming to add it to MQ's greater revenue stream. He told David that he intended to test it in Japan, since no one cared about that market, before bringing it back to a market closer to home.

The test of it involved hiding live respondents behind a wall on the other side of the computer David was using it. They would provide responses to David's dialogue. Unbeknownst to him, the people playing women in the app were employees of MQ, not all of whom were actually women.

Once the secret was revealed, Sue informed David that she was not interested in being "a vessel for his seed", and Carol claimed she hated David and was in no way physically attracted to him. Furthermore, Carol was incensed that she had been trapped by the beta test, since she believed it was supposed to be software for her HR department. She was livid that Brad had waylaid so much of the staff on the task of trying to find David a date.

The lone man on the "all woman" panel of respondents, Paul, advised his female colleagues that "he wouldn't let David in his knickers for a million quid".
Hives

**Hives'** broke out on Pop's neck when she encountered stress. A particular instance was when the Masked Man NPC was hacked and her colleagues were initially spinning their wheels on a solution. David Brittlesbee, too, claimed to get hives in stressful situations, like when he was getting a divorce.

Poppy's hives were so connected to stress that they left her whilst on a job at Cold Alliance Studios, an environment she came to realise was much more competently run. However, her hives were also absent once she got on board with Ian's eccentric solution to to the Masked Man hack.
Street Fighter

During COVID quarantine, David and Brad once used a version of ***Street Figher*** to settle a debate. David wanted to have the company give a $100,000 donation to a charity, but Brad was adamantly opposed. He saw no value in giving something for nothing. So they determined to settle the matter by playing various matches in *Street Fighter*.

At first, it appeared that David was fairly incompetent, but after a few losses, and a bet that increased the winnings to $200,000, David revealed that he had actually played the game throughout high school to a high degree of mastery. Nevertheless, he still lost in his final matchup with Brad and was forced to shave his eyebrows and mustache as a result.
Season 1

**Season 1** of *Mythic Quest*, formally known as ***Mythic Quest: Raven's Banquet***, debuted on 7 February 2020 on Apple TV+. In a pattern somewhat atypical of Apple TV+, all nine episodes dropped on the same day. That release schedule, and the use of a sub title, would not be repeated for season 2.

## Cast and characters

* Rob McElhenney as Ian Grimm
* Ashly Burch as Rachel
* Jessie Ennis as Jo
* Imani Hakim as Dana
* David Hornsby as David Brittlesbee
* Charlotte Nicdao as Poppy Li

with
* Danny Pudi as Brad Bakshi

and
* F. Murray Abraham as C.W. Longbottom

## Episodes

1. Episode 1 - "Pilot"
2. Episode 2 - "The Casino"
3. Episode 3 - "Dinner Party"
4. Episode 4 - "The Convention"
5. Episode 5 - "A Dark Quiet Death"
6. Episode 6 - "Non-Player Character"
7. Episode 7 - "Permadeath"
8. Episode 8 - "Brendan"
9. Episode 9 - "Blood Ocean"
10. Episode 10 - "Quarantine"
11. Episode 11 - "Everlight"