Happy Wheels 2: Virtual Madness

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***Happy Wheels 2: Virtual Madness*** is a 2019 American animated action comedy film directed by Aaron M. Thompson. It is the sequel to his previous film, *Happy Wheels: Chaos Ensues*. The Happy Wheels Studios have created a prototype of a virtual reality game, which gets stolen and hacked by Marty Chris, leaving the staff to play through Marty's difficult levels in order to get their game back and return him to justice.

The film started production on June 18, 2018 and has had many delays due to DBG finishing production of *LazyTown 2: Trashy's Revenge*, as well as production of *LazyTown 3: Mindgames*. The film was finally completed on August 16, 2019. A supercut premiered on YouTube on March 21, 2020.

The film was a critical success, making this film the most popular film by DBG Channel. On March 26, 2020, a third film was announced to be in the works, titled *Happy Wheels 3: Multi-Insanity,* however it would later be cancelled in August 2022.

## Plot

At the Happy Wheels Studios in Tylersdale, Connecticut, the Happy Wheels Studio is receiving funds for a brand new virtual reality game they currently have in development. Gerald becomes a new actor in the Happy Wheels Studio and helps the studio in making the new game. A poster for the new game is received by Marty Chris, who mysteriously survived the wrecking ball from the previous film, allowing him to see a new opportunity to get revenge on the Happy Wheels Studios.

While Steven Mitchell and Johnny Hernandez are at Kentucky Fried Chicken during their lunch break, Marty walks in and attacks Steven. Johnny intervenes in the fight between Marty and Steven and in the end, Marty gets arrested, but escapes from the police car using a knife he kept in his pocket. During his escape, Marty finds an invisible alien spaceship and takes this as an opportunity to hide.

In the ship, Marty disguises himself as Buck Andrews and buys a hard drive, then sneaks into the Happy Wheels Studio via air ducts connected by Lucky Joe's Bar, uploading the game's data to the hard drive. He escapes with the hard drive after a fight with Johnny. When Steven, Johnny, and Jackster Does Plotagon get in the game, they find out that Marty has hacked into the game and made changes to the levels. In order to get their game back, the players played through an escape from an extremely fast (now flying) train, fought against a skeleton, and read from three specific books before the room is filled with lava.

David Bay and Jackster fix the game and the Happy Wheels Studios regains control. Marty, upon seeing this, angrily declares that he is going to the building to kill everyone there, especially Steven. The staff gears up to strategize their defenses and prepare themselves for battle. In the meantime, Marty spends a day preparing a large army in an attempt to storm the Happy Wheels Studio. When the day finally comes, Marty sends out his armies of robots to destroy the city and anyone that stands in their way. The staff of the Happy Wheels Studio takes a stand and fight back. Many Plotagonists also take a stand to stop the destruction, such as Plotagon 2000 and Mtndewmlg.

While the war is going on, Steven reaches Marty's ship and the two fight. After a little while, Marty attempts to blast Steven with an ultra large laser, but the AI of the ship turns off Marty's control upon discovery that he is using it for evil purposes. Marty attempts to escape in a car, but is constantly being bashed into by cars being driven by the staff of the Happy Wheels Studio and their friends. After a few crashes, the heroes stop their cars, allowing for Timothy Wiktor, a retired actor of the Happy Wheels Studio who is now living in the car Marty is driving, to cause Marty to crash.

Marty gets arrested and the staff of the Happy Wheels Studio hosts a barbeque to celebrate their victory in the battle of last night. In the INTENSE prison, Marty swears revenge on the Happy Wheels Studios and to expand his evil empire, but is at the moment unsure of how he is to get out of prison.

## Characters

Steven Mitchell - An actor of the Happy Wheels Studio. He plays the role of Segway Guy

Marty Chris - An insane man who swears revenge on the Happy Wheels Studio for rejecting him for the role of Segway Guy in favor of Steven Mitchell

Johnny Hernandez - A friend of Steven and an actor of the Happy Wheels Studio. He plays the role of Irresponsible Dad

David Bay - The manager of the Happy Wheels Studio. As an actor, he plays the role of Moped Guy

Gerald Smith - A new actor of the Happy Wheels Studio. He has made up a new character called Pogo Stick Guy

Walter Coca-Cola - A former sidekick of Marty and one with a past criminal record. He now secretly lives in the home of Gerald and lives under the alias Henry Dr. Pepper

Timothy Wiktor - a homeless man, who formally worked at the Happy Wheels Studios from the company's inception in 1974 to his retirement in 2003. He used to play a variety of characters, including Sean Fond (a semi-parody of James Bond) and Wheelchair Guy.

M!NTY FR3$H (AKA: Lawnmower Guy) - A Rapper/Actor, who mows lawns for a living.

A few Plotagonist avatars make appearances in this film, such as Plotagon 2000 and Mtndewmlg. Jackster Does Plotagon, a friend of DBG Channel, has a major role in this film, as he is one of the players of the virtual reality game that Marty hacks.

## Production

DBG, before completing Chaos Ensues in April 2018, already had thoughts of making a sequel, which would take influence from Ready Player One (2018), and have it focus more on VR gaming, instead of film production.

However, around the same time in 2018, his film LazyTown 2: Trashy's Revenge was having problems in production, and DBG was starting to not be fond of that film. This made him question if he should even risk making a sequel to his most critically acclaimed movie (at the time). After a while of consideration, DBG decided to go ahead with Happy Wheels 2.

After a while developing the story, the film started production in June 2018.

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## Reception

The film received critical acclaim upon its release. Jackster Does Plotagon says, "Out of all the NON extended/director's/remastered cut movies DBG has made, this is the best one, hands down". TheNinjaGuy Studios says, "You have such a great track record on your films all off them are great apart from Trashy's Revenge out of all of your completed films this one is the best". Sammy Knight comments, "I like the humor, I like the growth of the characters, and I like the idea of the continuation." JPW gave a far more positive review in a Discord chatroom, calling it "the best Plotagon movie ever." Fans see this as the best film DBG has made, a sentiment DBG himself shares. The supercut of this movie currently has 60 likes and no dislikes.

## Cancelled Sequel and TV Series

### Cancelled Sequel

On March 26, 2020, five days after the premiere of the supercut of the film, DBG released a teaser trailer for *Happy Wheels 3: Multi-Insanity*. He has made the decision to make the film in private rather than release it in separate parts like all of his other films. His preference of this film was a major reason why he cancelled *Lazytown 3: Mindgames* in July 2020.

On September 8th, 2020, DBG released a teaser poster for the film and the next day, he posted a second teaser trailer. In that teaser, it was announced that the movie has an expected release date in November 2021. However, the film got delayed frequently, until being cancelled all together in August 2022, due to production problems and Aaron's retirement from Plotagon.

### Cancelled TV Series

DBG announced in 2018, that he was going to try for a third time, to make a series based on Happy Wheels, he also made an intro to the series, then named simply *Happy Wheels: The Show.*

In Happy Wheels 2, there's a post credits scene that sets up for the series, with the title of *Happy Wheels: Happy Adventures.* It was originally slated to premiere in 2019, but it got delayed to 2020.

DBG struggled to get episodes made, and doing the show, and getting episodes done on time, was stressful for him.

Sometime in 2020, DBG decided to scrap plans for the show, and focus more on *Happy Wheels 3.*