WDY: Aftermath

***WDY: Aftermath*** is a five-part animated short series created by TheMaskedChris and Operate Manuel. Each episode is planned to center around either forgotten characters or lingering questions in the series canon.
The series started on December 25th, 2020 with *Christmas with the Sanders*, a short seasonal special intended to be a one-off. However, community response to the short was very positive, and the decision to continue the series under the new name of *WDY: Aftermath* was approved by Operate Manuel.

Currently, only the first two episodes have been released, with the third episode, focusing on Nathan, currently in the works, with an unknown release date.

## Plot Summary

**Episode 1: *Christmas with the Sanders*** centers around Kyle and Jonathan Sanders visiting the Leslieville Cemetery on Christmas Day 2016. While Jonathan had visited every year since a certain incident occurred, this was Kyle's first time accompanying his father. Kyle makes the discovery that Austin (better known to him as The Corrupted Mii) was related to him and his father by blood in some way. Some time later, Jonathan looks at an old newspaper from December 2006, and remembers the day that Mike first told him what had happened.

**Episode 2: *Eyes Wide Shut*** centers around Mike finding Austin's dead body in the server room, and what happened afterwards. Mike takes his findings to Todd, but Todd instead tells Mike to not tell anyone else about the body so that it won't disrupt the success of the Wii. There is a post-credits scene taking place presumably a month later (in August) where Jonathan reveals to Mike that he has been investigating on his own, and has found proof that Henry is Austin's killer, just like Mike had suspected.

**Episode 3: *Ghost Stories*** will focus around Nathan and Kyle meeting again after the incident with the Wii in Kyle's Trilogy, and a ghost hunt causes them to "uncover the truth". This episode is currently unreleased.

## Credits

### **Video Team**

* Written by TheMaskedChris, KiwiBurd, c0rruptzie, HTTP\_Aiden
* Art by TheMaskedChris
* Audio/Video Editing by KiwiBurd

### **Voice Roles**

* Kyle Sanders - TheAnimatedDragon
* Jonathan Sanders - Irk Irk
* Sam Coleman - VariousDoodles
* Mike Scottsville - CommentatorMack
* Todd Kennington - Kip
* Henry Morris - Seabo
* Nathan Bernardez - Alex Nikaia

### **Per-Episode Credits**

***Christmas with the Sanders*:**

* Mike voiced by GhostlyAtomic
* Redmond Times Newspaper by KiwiBurd and kyle20044
* Reclamation Box Art by KiwiBurd
* Music by Rich "Disasterpiece" Vreeland (for Hyper Light Drifter)

***Eyes Wide Shut:***

* Written by TheMaskedChris, c0rruptzie, and KiwiBurd
* Music by Rich "Disasterpiece" Vreeland (for Hyper Light Drifter)

***Ghost Stories:***

* TBA

## Trivia

* The introduction to Christmas with the Sanders incorrectly states the date as December 25th, 20*15*. The correct year should be 20*16*, as it takes place after Sam's Story, *within the same year*.
	+ Austin's year of birth and age at death (born in '80 and died at 22, OR born in '84 and died at 26) is still up for debate, due to many instances of conflicting evidence throughout the series.
* Multiple voice actors in Aftermath (Episode 2 and onward) have also contributed to various Friday Night Funkin' mods.
	+ The voice actor of Henry, Seabo, voiced Bosip from Vs. Bob and Bosip.
* According to Kiwi, Aftermath 3 isn't cancelled, though the team would focus on other projects. He also states it's a MAYBE.

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/WiiDeletedYou/status/1463678435797061633
2. ↑ https://x.com/ItKiwiBurd/status/1720050977678786691?s=20