Five Nights at Jack's

The dudes before discovering Jack's current state

Eric

Mike Shen

John

Andrew

Michael

*Five Nights at Jack's* is an improvisational horror movie making it perhaps the most unique video the dudes have ever created. As of September of 2020, this video has been rereleased as a stand alone video, originally the video could be found at the 12:15 minute mark in the video Lego Adventure 2 (GONE WRONG). After the dudes went to the LEGO store in New Jersey for a day of fun and comradery, they found themselves hanging out at Jack's house building some of their newly acquired sets while watching previous videos. This led to the day of creating a video that very moment since so many people were present, but it was unclear exactly what they would do. The idea to make a horror movie came up with approval and it was quickly determined that the premise would be Jack going insane from PTSD caused from The War Series. The videos plot was developed as the scenes were created late into the night and the dudes were happy with the final product. The only problem was Michael refused to make it a separate video from the LEGO store vlog leading to nobody watching it because no one would want to watch a half hour video thinking it was just about a LEGO store trip. This has lead to the video being widely unknown except to those who were involved. Hopefully with the new standalone release, the video will be seen by the masses at last.

## Plot

Following the LEGO store 2 trip, Jack suddenly went radio silent for about two weeks. This led to his close friends and Mike Shen becoming concerned and suspicious. Through an unspecified method Shen, Eric, Jesse, John, and Michael entered Jack's house and made their way to his room. There they found him rocking under his desk wearing a paintball mask and clutching two plushies. Andrew then appears from behind his bed armed with a rifle and body armor making a Fallout 4 reference. He reveals he had gone half a week earlier to check up on Jack's well being and had stayed to watch him ever since. The dudes were all very confused as Andrew seem frantic as he told them Jack had gone crazy from all the wars he had been in and urged them to leave him alone. Andrew was unwilling to specify further with Jack present so the dudes lured him into his closet with his favorite things and shut the door on him. Andrew then began to tell of the strange things he had witnessed from making strange dolls to eating his dog. Jesse asked if it was the big black one "Zero", since it was his personal favorite. This is assumed to be the case as Jesse reacted in shock after an unknown gesture from Andrew who was off camera. The dudes tried to figure out if Jack was eating or drinking but Andrew grew increasingly paranoid. The other dudes decided that Jack just needed some time outside so they went to let him out of the closet and take him out.

John initially is willing to open the door but the other dudes think it would be safer for Andrew to do so since he was armed and experienced in dealing with Jack. Andrew does so opening the door to reveal Jack sitting in front of it. He then slowly looks up and says, "This is where the fun begins" (A possible Prequel reference) when suddenly the lights go out. When one of the guys shines a flashlight it is revealed that both Jack and Andrew are now gone with Andrews gun and armor left behind. Shen takes the weapon for protection while some of the dudes begin to think this was an elaborate prank, yet they also showed some belief that there was some paranormal activity occurring. All power was out in the house now so they went to investigate around the house. John suggested they should do the Scooby-Doo thing and split up so Eric, Jesse and Shen went downstairs while John and Michael went to explore the upstairs. As the 3 go downstairs, John reveals to Michael that he plans to take a big fat dookie in the bathtub and then smear it on the walls to reverse prank Jack. As he makes his way to the bathroom he makes a comment questioning why Jack's brothers haven't done anything, this remains unanswered. John goes into the bathroom and pulls back the shower curtains to reveal Jack standing in the shower with a knife. Michael flees as John is left behind to the other side of the floor only to run into Andrew who was now wearing a gas mask. Michael heads back to the other stairs and links up with the other guys to inform them Jack had got John and Andrew now seemed to be involved in a similar method. The other dudes were unsure what to do now when Jesse believed to remember Andrew saying "in an emergency go outside". Shen reveals he left his keys in Jack's room so the four carefully make their way back up the steps and get the keys.

After they get them they run back down the steps as they begin to see shadows of several figures and make their outside. Shen retrieves his flashlight from the car planning to use it as a club while Jesse now takes the rifle. While outside they plan what their next move should be when suddenly a vehicle appears in front of them shining its headlights. A now corrupted John and Andrew are then seen T-Posing next to it striking fear into the remaining dudes causing them to flee down the hill while being pursued by the vehicle. In the escape they make it to the road but Eric had gone missing. Unsure what to do, the now three decide against calling the police and instead decide to try and get some weapons to deal with the problem themselves. Jesse was voted to be a distraction should they need one since he was the fastest. They then run back up the driveway since the vehicle had vanished and as they reached the top Eric was rediscovered. Eric informed them how he had found a place to hide when he is suddenly pulled into a bush revealing Jack behind him. The three book it to the front of the house when Andrew emerges grabbing Jesse. Jesse begins to fight Andrew to allow the other two to make their way inside. Once they return to Jack's room the lights begin working again. Michael sets down his camera while he and Shen go into the closet to look for weapons. The camera is left facing the closet to show while they were inside it, a now corrupted Eric, John and Andrew enter the room surrounding the closet door. Suddenly the camera image glitches and Jack seemingly teleports right in front of the door. The two Mikes see their situation as they exit with Shen deciding to hold them off so Michael could escape. As he runs away he looks back at Shen to hear a shotgun pump and the lights go out implying Shen had now been taken by Jack and his forces.

Michael made his way back outside questioning if Jesse was still alive when suddenly he appeared. Relieved to see each other, the two then debated where they should go. Jesse reasoned if the house wasn't safe the tree house might be so they went to climb up there. Michael got to the ladder and looked up only to see Jack looking back at him causing him to flee back to the vehicles as he and Jesse decided it would be best just to get out of there entirely. Jesse suddenly stops as two John and Eric are waiting for them by the vehicles. Andrew and a now corrupted Shen then appear from behind them surrounding the two spelling out disaster. In order to safe himself, Michael selfishly pushes Jesse to the ground so they would take him allowing his own escape. Michael then begins to record himself explaining the situation for vlogging purposes. Before he makes his final attempt to escape, Jack is seen appearing behind him but Michael doesn't notice. He then goes to his car and successfully makes it in but then is forced out by a corrupted Jesse in the backseat. Michael begins to run anyway he can but now he was completely surrounded by Jack's corrupted forces. He then makes one last dash to get down the driveway but is stopped by Jack leading to his collapse. The camera then looks up at Jack and the other dudes as they appear around him. Jack then takes off his reveals and says "Goofed Ya!" revealing the whole event to be an elaborate prank by the dudes to scare Michael. They all take off their military garb they attained from their "corruption" and start laughing and making fun of Michael's reaction. They soon realized that he was not responding and determine he died from a heart attack. Unsure what to do, some of the dudes plan their escape after calling an ambulance. The police are then also heard coming from the horizon scaring the dudes. They then determine to hide Michael's body by throwing it down the Delaware, and then simply telling the emergency services the called by accident using Shen as the supposed Michael that was injured to reveal he was OK.

## Trivia

- The idea of the video was originally going to be that Jack would appear in different uniforms from the many war videos with each of his appearances. This was then changed to Jack would remain the same in his mask, but each dude he took down would later appear in a uniform. As the video naturally progressed this idea was watered down to each dude simply wearing some sort of military helmet or other item since changing is annoying and time consuming.

- The video as mentioned was unplanned with the only thing decided being the premise of a PTSD stricken Jack. Natural dialogue led the flow of the story to the eventual reveal that the entire event was a prank.

Jack's first appearanceAndrew standing guardLet's do the Scooby-Doo thing and split upThe showerPlanning outsideThe vehicleCloset ambushMichael's last testamentMichael's death