Set in Stone

> (Bugbo) Hmm... Well Gerbo. When life gives you stones, what do you make?
> (Bugbo and Gerbo) A stone structure!
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> Bugbo and Gerbo, Set in Stone

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**Set in Stone** is the first episode of *Bugbo* and was released in August 11th, 2022. The video lasts for six minutes in length.

## Synopsis

In this episode, Bugbo and his later-introduced friends (Gerbo, Gradient Joe, and later Hoppo) as they work together to build a stone structure!

### Said by description

*Join Bugbo and his friendliest friends as they embark on a small quest to achieve one goal: to build a stone structure!*

## Story

The episode starts with a title screen containing a play button of the Bandicam-recorded Flash animation with a Stonehenge structure in the background and Bugbo at the corner. The play button is clicked and the animation begins followed by the camera zooming in to the GLOBE from space before shortly revealing the sun.

The camera then zooms further to a grassland in the GLOBE, revealing Bugbo before exclaiming the lovely day. Bugbo then notices the viewer, and greets the viewer and later introduces his "greatest acquaintances" to them.

The first friend that Bugbo shows is Gradient Joe, who Bugbo claims is "the cleverest person" but mute to give knowledge. He also says that he asks himself *What Would Gradient Joe Do?* when he gets stuck in a dilemma. After making a joke on "greedy" Joe, he then shows Gerbo, who he says that he isn't very smart but still enjoys socializing with him.

Bugbo asks Gerbo what he is doing, Gerbo replies saying that he is "just collecting rocks", Bugbo later replies that what he is doing is absurd since it has no reason or purpose. Gerbo asks what can he do with all the rocks, Bugbo responds, saying that they should build a stone structure. Gerbo adds that the structure should be twelve stumps high, but later gets halted by Bugbo saying that it is too ambitious, especially when his rocks are too small. Gerbo asks where to get bigger rocks, Bugbo replies that they'll have to visit The Stone Merchant.

Gerbo, Bugbo, and Gradient Joe then visit The Stone Merchant. Bugbo requests to have his biggest rocks, Gerbo says it's because they are building a stone structure. The Stone Merchant, surprised at their goal, says they would need 150 shells but is then irritated when Bugbo denies the offer without reluctance.

Bugbo then asks the viewer "What Would Gradient Joe Do?", a problem solving technique that Bugbo previously mentioned when he introduced Gradient Joe, if he would, *A: steal the stones from the Merchant, B: duel with the Merchant, or C: make a deal with the merchant.* The question is later answered with by making a deal. The Stone Merchant, possibly confused and/or frightened of Joe's deal, begins to corrupt while audible intense screaming are heard and dehumanizes into rocks, which are later taken by the trio.

After taking the rocks, Gerbo exclaims how big the rocks are before being interrupted by Bugbo, who urges that they should begin immediately. A montage is played while the trio make the structure. After making the structure, Bugbo says that they can now rest. Soon, the scratches on the rocks that Gerbo quickly notices spawn Inepta the Stone Mage who announces that since they assembled the Saxum Turrim, and they can now rest. They thank the trio, as they are "pure of heart" and "strong of mind" before turning into stone.

Gerbo, amazed of the wizard's appearance, declares that he will only collect rocks if it means something, which Bugbo is happy to hear. Bugbo also says that what else they learned is that "togetherness makes anything effortless". Hoppo makes her debut before Bugbo says goodbye to the viewer, the others then wave their hands before the credits and the video ends afterward before we cut back to the poor, Flash-like title screen.

## Characters

### Main characters

* Bugbo (debut)
* Gerbo (debut)
* Gradient Joe (debut)
* Hoppo (debuted briefly)

### Minor characters

* The Stone Merchant (debut)
* Inepta the Stone Mage (debut)

## *What Would Gradient Joe Do?*

### Dilemma

Bugbo refuses to pay shells to The Stone Merchant, which would have been the only way to earn the stones.

## Trivia

* Despite being the first episode, it still remains the *third* episode in total of views (as of *A Familiar Foe*'s latest release).

## References

### Cultural references

* The episode parodies the use of the video being poorly recorded on Bandicam, as suggested by the watermark.
* When Inepta the Stone Mage is spawned on the stone tower, they exclaim that they esembled the *"Saxum Turrim"* and now they can rest. The phease *"Saxum Turrim"* directly translates to *"stone tower"* in Latin.
	+ Adding on to that, the mage's name, Inepta, also directly translates to *"silly"* in Latin as well.
		- Both of these phrases *may* have been inadequately translated through Google Translate.

## Characters That Appeared In This Episode

Bugbo (Main Character)GerboGradient JoeThe Stone MarchantInepeta The Stone MageHoppo
## Sources

* Mostly all of the information used in the article are all from the YouTube video and it's description in question.

1. ↑ Phrases that have been Google-translated.