Cops

Officers O'Harris and Colten in the station archives

Giovanni Tortellini

Giuseppe Linguini

Officer Bernard

Dr. RC Cola

### Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PjUKwR9V-1k&list=PLG3KDurT3CCsYs2nVy92yQDF42BBFymV4

*Cops* is a film series in the Gnarly Dudes Cinematic Universe. It is currently comprised of three movies; *Cops 1: The Murder of Mr. Willshaw*, released in June of 2017, and *Cops 1/2: The Gas Crisis,* a prequel released in January of 2019 and *Cops: Noir*, the prequel to the prequel, released January of 2020. A sequel has been planned to progress the series forward but it has yet to come into fruition.

The series follows the police-work of Officers Colten and O'Harris (as well as Officer Bernard), as they foil the plots of the dastardly Giovanni Tortellini, the brutish Giuseppe Linguine, the traitorous Chief Joe, as well as the twisted Dr. RC Cola.

Cops began as a school project for Eric's 11th grade forensics class. His goal was to make the best project the teacher had ever seen so he recruited Jack and Jesse to assist in this endeavor since the three shared experience from the war videos of the previous year. It was in these conditions that Cops was born as fresh and unique video in the line up, an instant favorite among those who watched it. About a year later the dudes reminisced on the great personalities that had been given to the characters, so an idea began to make a sequel, one independently done just for entertainment rather than school. This idea would become Cops 2, yet it has still yet to be accomplished. The spirit that drove Cops 2 was not lost however and diverted elsewhere, looking to the character's pasts as two prequels were made giving more life to the series like the dudes desired. The series has now become the flagship of the dudes work and will hopefully one day be completed.

## Cops 1: The Murder of Mr. Willshaw

The first video in the series follows Officers Colten and O'Harris as they investigate a murder. The neighbor of the victim, Giovanni Tortellini, is questioned and revealed to be the murderer as he committed the crime over a land dispute leading to the cops having to take him down.

As this entry in the series was a school project, it is the most centered around the method of killing in the crime and the retrieval of evidence to meet the requirements of a forensics project. Eric had written a loose series of events for the dudes to follow but gave Jack and Jesse creative liberties to develop their characters. Giovanni Tortellini developed to be a mafia like figure while who knows what drove Jack to the decision to become a facetious Irish cop. Because of the focus on the characters in this video it led to the eventual desire to create more in the series. Colten and O'Harris had a strong dynamic and unique personalities leading to the successful extension of the series.

## Cops 1/2: The Gas Crisis

The second video in the series serving as a prequel to the first. Here we see the beginning of Colten and O'Harris' long partnership following the murder of Colten's original partner, Officer Bernard, by the powerful Giuseppe Linguine. The new partnership learn he is illegally selling gas in the midst of the gas crisis providing them evidence to bring him in. After receiving no support from the station, the two act on their own to arrest Linguine and end up uncovering that their own Police Chief was working against them.

This video was developed by Jack as he began trying to think of how to fit in another cops video that would snugly fit into the timeline while being a similar size and scale to the original video. This birthed the idea of a prequel that quickly got the other dudes on board. More actors were used creating a larger cast than the previous video, and it managed to gain many views quickly. This being the first non-school project produced out of high school sent a positive standard that the dudes were indeed capable of creating good videos on their own intuition.

## Cops: Noir

The third video produced, and the first video chronologically shows a unique case tackled by the old partnership of Officers Colten and Bernard. The two stumble upon the work done by mad scientist and entrepreneur Dr. RC Cola as he implants and addictive chemical into his popular to drink to gain more profits as the children desire the drink even more as they attempt to win a large yet fraudulent contest. The cops struggle to find evidence but eventually find a trail and manage to track down Dr. Cola. After nearly losing their lives in a locked room, the two follow the twisted Dr. back into his lab and then must face the challenge of his labyrinth as they navigate tight corners resisting Cola's mind games until they can back him into a corner.

Cops: Noir was conceived when 1/2 was completed, initially being a desired spin off with separate characters. Once the idea was pursued further it was decided to incorporate it into the timeline better by making it another prequel. This video has had the most effort put into it thus far from a detailed script, classy wardrobe, quality camerawork and an interesting aesthetic.