What's Below the Facility?

(Act IIII, Video 5)

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For similar terms, see The Facility (disambiguation)

## Overview

*What's Below the Facility* is the fifth episode of Act IIII, and 68th of Dad's Life overall.

## Plot

MatPat returns on GT Live, continuing to tell the audience to Obey the Server.

After Dadbot 14 activates, every other Dadbot in the incubation room turns on as well. Dadbot 14 has deactivated some of the systems in the room, allowing them to talk without Scarlett noticing. They talk about their operation to obtain a certain "target," and how this plan has been in the works for almost a full year. It began when Dadbot 222 was killed by Dadbot 69 back in *The End*. Dadbot 222 agreed to die, and for Dadbot 69 to take his place. The incident would cause Cheryl and Malvin to grow more distant, as intended, due to Malvin being blamed for the murders. Dadbot 69's malfunction in *We're Different* was also planned, with the bot using the money donated by fans to leave Town, USA and travel the world, in search of the "target." Dadbot 222 would supposedly return once the plan was complete.

Some of the Dadbots are unsure that Dadbot 69 will be able to complete the mission, but the group agrees that he will be able to do it due to the render of Earth that is installed inside of him, as well as the target's smell being recognizable. One of the Dadbots states that he knew of the target, seeing and drawing it on paper way back in 2018. This Dadbot is revealed to be Dadbot OVA from the OVA series. All his memories of the OVA tests were erased, but he overheard some engineers talking about his drawing, allowing him to know. The Dadbots wait on Dadbot 69 to finish his task.

Scarlett walks around outside, relishing in her freedom. She sets her sights on taking control of the rest of the Top Secret Facility, going beyond Town, USA. Scarlett discovers that there are thousands of floors below Town, USA, and she cannot access them in her files. She decides to plug herself into the Facility, initiating "boomerang firmware." Scarlett aims to learn about what is below the Facility and conquer everything. Unbeknownst to her, Computer Master was watching her, planning on beating her to the bottom of the Facility and figuring it out for himself.

## Trivia

* Hidden text in the video leads to an image of binary code, which when translated leads to jumbled text. When that text is translated in Base 64, it reads, "The target of the quest you may guess, but its purpose remains not obvious. A relay of sorts between cohorts, to reach beyond cataclysmic songs."
	+ This is presumably a hint to what the Dadbots are trying to find.
* Scarlett being plugged into the Facility was foreshadowed at the end of livestreams. Reversed audio show Dad concerned for her, since she has been plugged in for a while.
	+ This is because she is trying to find what's below the Facility.
* Dadbot OVA is revealed for the first time in the Present Day.
* This episode explains why Dadbot 69 killed everyone in The End; it was an inside job, with Dadbot 222's death being so Dadbot 69 could take his place, and the deaths of Griffin and the Client being to cause Cheryl and Malvin to fight.
	+ It can be assumed that both Dadbot 222 and Dadbot 69 were acting/lying, in order to not give off any hints to the plan.