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## Plot

Following the events of Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film, the remaining Mattie and James duos do their best to survive as the Synthoids continue to wreak their havoc, adding Kurt to their growing body count. In the scuffle, Mattie's laptop is destroyed by the synthoids. However, Earth J Mattie drops their laptop as they hurry across the room with their respective James. Once safely on the other side of the room, the duo notices that the now dead Doctor Man-Hat-Ted's spells are breaking, leading James to excitedly exclaim he's going home. In his carelessness, James is killed by Synthoid fire.

With the Earth-J pair out of the way, the Synthoids abduct the Earth-Prime pair. Using the Smuther Box, the Synthoids rip open a Boom Tube that was meant to lead back to their home base of operations. However, while in the tube, Mattie attempted to use their time travel powers to escape. Not only did this drain The Smuther Box of temporal energies needed to travel further into the future, but this ended up with everyone landing in the right place, but far earlier than anticipated, in 2022.

Despite their misfortune, the Synthoid leader begins their plans anyway. Through exposition from both The Selig Archives and itself, Mattie and James are made familiar with the future from which the robots herald, and are told why they MUST make Zeta videos.

## Continuity

* This video directly follows the events of Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film
* This is the 4th time James has been played by his father since the *Mystery of the Batwoman* video.
* When Mattie says it's been a long day, they aren't wrong. In the Watchtower Database storyline, the events of SPLICING - Origins of Batman Beyond's Genetic Mutation, "JUSTICE LEAGUE vs THE FATAL FIVE" Timeline - How Long After Justice League Unlimited?, TEEN TITANS vs The DCAU - The Same Universe? The Same Robin?, BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - Broken or Beautiful?, DC's Biggest Secret: The POISON IVY Clone Theory Explained, and Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film all happened on the same day, and that doesn't even account for the time Mattie spent in the future.
* The synthoids play back footage from What is the Watchtower Database?, making the 6th video of the channel's history the first official story video.
* The synthoids reference the events of The COMPLETE DC Animated Movies Viewing Order ("Flashpoint Paradox" to "Apokolips War"), The J's Reviews Video J Vs James - The DCAU Timeline Unraveled, BATMAN: THE ADVENTURES CONTINUE - Broken or Beautiful?, DC's Biggest Secret: The POISON IVY Clone Theory Explained, and Batman and Harley Quinn: WILL IT CANON? DC's Most Divisive Film
* Footage from DC ANIMATED MOVIE UNIVERSE Viewing Order By On-Screen Dates! ("Flashpoint Paradox" to "Hush"), The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving!, Will the MULTIVERSE Ever End? The Massive DC Animated Crossover Map, Mystery or Misdirection of the BATWOMAN? (Animated Movie Timeline), "JUSTICE LEAGUE" Animated Series Timeline! When Does the Super-Team Come Together?, TEEN TITANS vs The DCAU - The Same Universe? The Same Robin?, BATMAN - How Old Is The Dark Knight? and the J's Reviews video Superman the Animated Series Season 3 Analysis, The DC Animated Universe's Continuity is Beyond Saving! plays during the Synthoid exposition
* At some point, James's fingerprints got on the Zeta Smut box.
* Despite the fact the interview was conducted during the missing three years, The Synthoids show footage from Bob Goodman Reveals THE ZETA PROJECT Season 3...and 4?! (24-Hour Birthday Bash). This is not a continuity error.

## Background Information

### Production Notes

* Mattie's laptop actually broke when it was dropped filming this video.
* The time travel aspect was added to the Zeta Month event so that Mattie wouldn't have to cut their hair again as they didn't want to have short hair in wedding photos.
* The Martini's were olives in water, later calling it a "not [so] a great recipe."
* James questioning how to gender the Synthoids after their exposition stems from Mattie's queer reading of *The Zeta Project*.
* The American flag was not originally intended to be a part of the video, but Mattie and James both felt as though it added to underline some of the themes present.

### Trivia

* The video was originally titled *Zeta Month Prologue: Our Full Month of ZETA PROJECT Videos Begins Here!*
* The song used in the introduction is *Eternal Father, Strong To Save*.
* Kurt's death is an homage to RoboCop killing Clarence Boddicker in *RoboCop*.
* The "Smuther" Box is a reference to DC's *Mother Box* concept.
* The Synthoids typing in *426+641* is not an easter egg of any kind. Do not go searching for an explanation. And if you come up with one, no matter HOW good it is, PLEASE do not tell it to James.
* Infiltration Unit Jake is named after long time Watchtower Database viewer, Jake "This Better Be About The Zeta Project" Johnson
* The Zeta animated intro is a parody of the *DC Films Intro - DC Animated Universe Remake* made by James.
* The Selig Archive's dialogue is a direct reference to The Animatrix segment *The Second Renaissance*.
* The Selig Archive footage includes clips from *Terminator*, *The Matrix*, and other films.
* The Synthoid Leader's line *intent to keep the peace no matter how many men, women, and children we had to kill* is a reference to James Gunn's *Peacemaker*.
* *Change of Heart* is the name of a Zeta Project episode, and was put in the dialogue as a reference.
* The Synthoid leader suggest there will be at least one more Justice League Reunion after *Justice League vs. The Fatal Five*.
* The Synthoid leader mentions multiple *Batman: The Animated Series* revival. This could refer to *Batman: The Adventures Continue* and the upcoming audio drama.
* The Synthoid leader threatened that the *Space Jam* franchise goes on for at least 5 more films.
* The Synthoids' method of smelling is a reference to *The Zeta Project* episode *West Bound*.
* Mattie's "I think you mean WHEN..." line is a reference to Justice League Unlimited episode, *The Once and Future Thing Part One: Weird Western Tales*. In the context of the story line, the clip being referenced was used in "JUSTICE LEAGUE" Animated Series Timeline! When Does the Super-Team Come Together? right before a *Family Guy* clip of Stewie Griffin saying "Oh, that's such a douche time traveler thing to say.", confirming that Mattie is in fact a douche time traveler.

## Cast

 J's Reviews | J's Reviews (Archival Footage)