Random Things Cinematic Universe

The **Random Things Cinematic Universe (RTCU)**, also called the **Roaring Penguin Cinematic Universe (RPCU),** **John the Bopper Cinematic Universe (JTBCU)** or the **Bopperverse** is the name for the collection of universes within the Roaring Penguin Productions canon, created by John the Bopper. It began in 2017 with the creation of John's first video, and its existence was slowly expanded on over the years, coming to a climax in RANDOM THINGS The Movie. The universes are all very loosely connected, making it easy to jump in at any point and any video (other than an exclusive few that closely reference each other) without even needing to know of the canon's existence, and each video or series can stand alone without being part of the overall universe.

## Timeline

In March 2017, John the Bopper started making videos and writing his ideas in a book which, unbeknownst to him at the time, created a universe for everything he wrote in it. Thus, each subseries of RANDOM THINGS or other related series branched off into separate universes, coexisting with one another and each containing different versions of John and his friends, some of the most notable being a universe where they exist in the old west, a universe where they're a group of thieves, a universe where they hunt treasures in an adventure film setting, a universe where they run the national news, and a universe in which they battle a knife-wielding killer.

Fast-forward to 2022, where a version of John who experienced the events of RANDOM THINGS The Movie uses a time machine for an episode of Obvious Things, during which he drops the book in a time rift, sending the book to a version of John who has been corrupted by loneliness. He uses this book to travel to 2018, kill the killer from Horror Movie, and take his place to collect enough souls of characters to gain power over the book and therefore the timelines, as well as attempt to make himself an immortal god in the process.

After jumping back and forth to universes, killing off characters in episodes of series such as Fake News, as well as off-screen, having slaughtered the entire Dickcord alliance and successfully destroying their world, and killing his arch-nemesis, Horror Movie Vin, after 3 failed attempts, Evil John jumped to the main timeline to take Vin Prime hostage, and sent John on a wild goose chase throughout dimensions, recruiting alternate versions of his friends. He eventually faced John in the World Beyond Reality, battling him and eventually coming to terms with the hand life had dealt him, and sacrificing himself to save the multiverse after accidentality ripping the fabric of reality during the final battle. John takes back the book, causing these events to loop continuously for infinity.

Sometime later, a version of John, unconfirmed to be Prime, is taken hostage in a haunted motel, and must travel 30 floors to defeat the gargoyle and keep from being trapped forever. Along the way, he meets several creatures and challenges, including an illusion of Evil John.

These events are later mentioned in A RANDOM THINGS Christmas Carol, where Dan expresses worry over meddling with time after being taken to the past by the Ghost of Christmas Past. They are mentioned again in The Quest for the Golden Mask, where John and Vin discuss and dispute Connor's claims that the events of the movie actually happened.