The Future 3. (Episode 0)

## Summary

**"The** **Future 3."** was originally released on April 17th, 2020. The episode serves as both the finale to **The Future** series and the precursor to the **SCU** series.

## Plot

**The Future 3** follows **Neil deGrasse Tyson** as he finally breaks out of the time loop, with some help from **Tyler1**, and returns to real world. Upon doing so, he has a brief reunion with old student **Simon**. However, this reunion is cut short when **Dark DJ Lance** appears. **Neil** fights **Lance** alone, but is unable to defeat him.

Beaten in battle, **Neil** is flooded with memories from years ago. **DJ Lance** used to be **Neil's** own mentor, and they were both part of the same gang. One day, one the gang members, **Bill Nye**, betrayed them and corrupted **DJ Lance**, killing him in the process. He has now returned as **Dark DJ Lance**, and **Neil** knows what he must do.

Returning to the action, **Neil** sacrifices himself in the final battle, giving **Simon** enough power to defeat **Dark DJ Lance** once and for all.

After the fight, **Simon** holds a funeral for **Neil**, and the episode ends.

## History

A trailer for **The Future 3** was released on April 12th, 2020. The full episode would later release on April 17th, 2020. While it was the finale to **The Future** series, **The Past** series would expand upon the timeline further. On August 30th, 2020, **The Future 3** would be featured as the climax of "**The Future & The Past(Complete Timeline)."**, which featured every installment from the two series, including some no longer availlable elsewhere, in an unedited state.

On September 1st, 2021, the credits theme, **"Ominous"**, was uploaded for the first time. The uploaded version was slightly extended compared to what was heard in the original video, but was otherwise identical. The rest of the OST, including the song in the trailer, has yet to be uploaded.

The episode would eventually be renamed **"The Future 3. | SCU Episode 0"**, along with the rest of the **SCU** episodes, making it a canon part of the series, but still not fully necessary to enjoy thes rest of **SCU**.

In September of 2023, both **The Future 3** and **The Complete Timeline** would be blocked for featuring copyrighted footage in the final fight. Portions of the footage were removed as a result, meaning the full video is no longer viewable in its original state anywhere. As of September 2023, **The Complete Timeline** features more of the original footage than **The Future 3**, making the best place to watch the video **The Complete Timeline**.

## Trivia

* The Google Slides portions in **The Future 3** may have inspired **SCU** to be made in it as well.
* The "stickers" seen in the flashback portion of the episode were mainly implemented for censorship.
* Due to the filter put over the video, almost none of **Simon's** dialogue is legible.
* Even though he is the creator of **Dark DJ Lance**, **Bill Nye** was never actually defeated, and may still exist somewhere in the **SCU** universe today.
* **Neil deGrasse Tyson** takes the role of **Lordgenome** in the final fight, but the implications of this are neither confirmed nor denied.
* **"Ominous"**, the credits theme, would later be remixed into **"Ominous V2"**, which was used as the credits theme for **The Aftermath**.