Greetings From Freedom Island

**Greetings From Freedom Island** is an animated web series created by Wyatt Olinger under the Olingertoons brand. It is the twelfth original Olingertoon on the YouTube channel. This series is co-produced by Olingertoons Media and Yellow Cat Pictures.

## Plot

The series is set on a beach in South Carolina and revolves around a girl named Lara Parker, who wishes she could join her grandfather's boating classes, but is unable to due to her not being old enough. However, after her 15th birthday, she is allowed to join, and ends up accidentally re-discovering the legendary Freedom Island, which her grandfather discovered in his youth, now Lara and the other five of her grandfather's apprentices need to keep Freedom Island safe from a trio of villains (Estella, Cyril, and Owen)

## Characters

* **Lara -** The main protagonist of the series, she is the granddaughter of Captain Charles, who ends up re-discovering Freedom Island on accident. She also becomes a leader like figure to her peers in Captain Charles' sailing classes.
* **Digby -** One of the Captain's five apprentices and was originally the leader before Lara joined the group. He is the most mature and laid-back of the group and somewhat of a loner. He is also shown to have feelings for Lara.
* **Alex -** One of the Captain's five apprentices, he is the most comedic and witty of the group, he was also the one who sent the boat trio to Antarctica instead of Freedom Island
* **Marcy -** One of the Captain's five apprentices, she is a cute, friendly, and childlike girl who is a bit naïve at times.
* **Oliver -** One of the Captain's five apprentices, he is an intelligent, monotone, and studious kid. He is also the one who gets most of the good ideas to protect Freedom Island.
* **Felicia -** One of the Captain's five apprentices, she is a disheveled looking girl, she tends to speak in the third person and has a Russian accent.
* **Captain Charles -** The mentor of Lara and the other five kids as well as the former's grandfather, he was the one who originally discovered Freedom Island in his youth.
* **Ogo -** A talking pelican who lives on Freedom Island and Lara's best friend. He is somewhat snarky and witty, but still shows support to Lara when she needs it, his voice is inspired by the late Gilbert Gottfried.
* **Estella -** The main antagonist of the series, she is a teenage mafia boss who plans on taking over Freedom Island and turning it into a wasteland, she is very mean and vicious to everyone around her, including her own minions and also wields a baseball bat.
* **Cyril** - An arrogant kid with baggy eyes, he was originally thought to be the main antagonist before being revealed as merely Estella's henchman. He was eventually fired by Estella in Episode 14 and as of said episode, is missing his left eye.
* **Owen -** A shy, cowardly, British-accented boy and Cyril's sidekick, he is actually a nice kid who was forced to work for Estella. He was eventually fired by Estella in Episode 14.
* **The Boat Trio** - A group of three of Estella's minions who were sent to Freedom Island to build a mansion for their boss, however, Alex pointed them towards Antarctica instead, after finding out the trio sailed to the wrong location, Estella promptly fired all three of them and left them stranded there forever. None of them have known names.
* **Cobra** - An assassin hired by Estella to replace Owen, Cyril, and the Boat trio. He is assigned to kill Lara and bring Estella her brain.

## Trivia

* There are 18 episodes total.
* Greetings From Freedom Island originally began development as a series about a girl living in Hawaii, but was changed to South Carolina for unknown reasons.
* In the series' pilot episode, Lara, Digby, and Felicia were the only characters present, and they were supposed to be castaways on Freedom Island.
* This is the first story-driven Olingertoon without any filler episodes.