#ReBoot the Guardian code

[mouseydate]

[ssmoki]

OC !! DOODLES !! definitely not just me wdym

[appealingtonobody]

[katvara]

I love the show Reboot. It was such a 90’s way of looking at computers, how they work inside, and how the internet was a wild frontier that no one understood.

And it appears that the master tapes for every episode have been found!

However, they’re missing a D1 tape deck for them to be read.

Can anyone help them out?

https://x.com/glitchbob452/status/1737263675189219744

[homo-arsonist]

So I just finished watching the Guardian Code which I also just found out is a sequel to an old Canadian show called ReBoot.

Now as a person who’s never heard of the original or seen and probably never will, I honestly really liked the Guardian Code. I read the original fans hate it and Eh that’s their take. I can’t say anything against that cuz I’m not an original fan but I did enjoy Guardian Code for what it was.

Really sad it got cancelled before season 3. And kinda upset that it got left on a cliffhanger but oh well

[hereissomething]

YES WE SHOULD🤩

wife and i are airing all our grievances about reboot the guardian code and i had a horrifying thought (we should make a podcast)

[sentai-cafe]

Guardians of Cyberspace from ReBoot: The Guardian Code

[konnichibot]

Edgy take, but the Guardian code could've been a lot better if it was not only a continuation of ReBoot, but if it explored the possibility of where these "guardians" really came from? Are they antiviral programs or...former users whose consciousness has been sucked into the web?

[0r10n5be1t]

A big hear me out of mine is megabyte specifically the reboot: the guardian code version

[thewertsearch]

EB: won't there be other players in the new session? EB: like, alternate universe versions of ourselves or such? CG: PROBABLY. CG: BUT THOSE CHUMPS WON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT US, OR ALL OUR PLANS. WHY WOULD THEY? EB: yeah… it's just kind of a weird thought. […] EB: but i guess it's sort of comforting too. EB: if rose or dave have to go off and die, at least i get to see them again, in a way. EB: even if i will only be alternate universe john to them. EB: maybe my dad will be alive in that session too!!!

I doubt it, unfortunately.

I’m pretty sure Earth’s First Guardian will be altered by the reboot, which means this timeline will have diverged millions of years before Dad was born. The only humans who'll remain the same in such a radically altered timeline are Sburb Players, since they're getting injected from the outside.

CG: YOU NEED TO FOCUS ON GETTING READY TO START THE SCRATCH. THE GAME DOESN'T MAKE A HARD RESET THAT EASY TO PULL OFF. CG: ONCE YOU INITIATE IT, THE GAME THROWS EVERYTHING IT'S GOT AT YOU. WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY YOU'RE THE BEST GUY FOR THE JOB, BECAUSE OF YOUR SUPERPOWERS AND SILLY WINDY BULLSHIT.

Sburb wants to know if you’re worthy of a second chance – and the burden of proof lies on you, John Egbert.

Good luck!

CG: GET PREPARED, MAKE ALL THE EQUIPMENT YOU THINK YOU'LL NEED, STAY OUT OF TROUBLE. CG: WAIT FOR JADE TO SEND THAT CODE, WAIT FOR ME TO CONTACT YOU FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND DO YOUR BEST TO HUMOR HIM WHILE HE IGNORANTLY ATTEMPTS TO FLAME YOU BACK INTO THE PUDDLE OF SLIME YOU CRAWLED OUT OF.

We’ve finally come full circle, as John is about to experience the iconic Act 5.2 opening conversation between himself and Karkat. Liveblogging it brought up a ton of questions, all of which have slowly been answered, as we watched John grow into the person Karkat first saw.

If we're finally closing this loop, then we really are getting close to the end. I'm getting chills!

Looks like you can choose your own reading order here, and I think we've got to start with Jadesprite.

Her power will be critical to the session's endgame, I'm sure of it. Let's see how long it takes her to realize this for herself.

[totallyhextra]

People? In MY computer?? It's more likely than you think!

The following is a fanvertisment and is not connected to the show. ****Yet.*** *Also yes, this is the fourth time I'm posting this because TUMBLR WONT LET ME EDIT SPELLING MISTAKES!

ANYWAY,

Once upon a time, back in 1987, Dire Straits put out this music video for “Money for Nothing”, which, as you know, was a song about wanting my MTV. 

The video was made by two guys (Gavin Blair and Ian Pearson) on a very moody computer. After the video went out, these two guys went to a pub:

Ian: “Hey, we should make a whole show like this!”

Gavin: “Dude, making three minutes almost killed us.”

And so it was decided!🎉

The two guys were joined by two other guys (Phil Mitchell and John Grace) and created the Hub, which then became Mainframe Entertainment. They got even more people, and then they all holed up in this hotel.

They were mad lads with a dream: a whole cgi animated show, and they made it happen a whole year before Toy Story!

Behold! ReBoot!

(Yes that fever dream was real)

Now before I get any of this:

Let me lay this down. If you can’t with the animation of the first season because it was CUTTING EDGE IN 1994, you can close your eyes and listen to it. ReBoot wasn’t just a CGI gimmick. The characters are fully developed, the voice actors are peerless, the plot is sharp, and there’s so many easter eggs that you’ll never find them all.

Never

(And yes the episode "Bad Bob" was the actual catalyst for Fury Road. Look it up)

ReBoot is about what life is like in a computer (in the 90s, because it was the 90s) called Mainframe (because of course it is). People are sprites, the guys that look like 1s and 0s are binomes (which represent 1s and 0s). Bad guys are viruses, and the good guy is a Guardian named Bob, who is a certified cinnamon roll.

In the first season the eps are light and self-contained, mainly because there was constant friction between the Mainframe studios and the Board of Standards and Practices.

They still got away with some pretty dark stuff, like Megabyte (virus) making Enzo (the kid) watch his dog get sliced open (dog got away, obviously) , Dot (sprite) have a hallucinatory breakdown, and the fridge horror of realizing the thousands of worm things (nulls) that plunged off a bridge to their death were actually people.

And Hex's (virus

best girl) scary face single-handedly traumatized an entire generation. 🙂

But busting through a window was a no go, because WhAt If tHe cHiLdReN dID iT tOo?

Anyway, halfway through the second season, ABC cut them loose, so they were like, fuck it, we’re going to start going hard. The story shifted from episodic to arcs and things start to get serious.

Third season the show moved to YTV in Canada, which gave no fucks about shielding the innocent children.

So it got DARK

How dark?

The UK refused to show the entire season, so the audience there had to wait until pirated copies made it across the pond to see how it ended.

Also by 1997, the animation was gorgeous. (Best example of third season animation I could think of that didn't have spoilers)

The show was green-lit for a fourth season on Cartoon Network, but halfway through production Warner Bros took over and the same fucking thing happened.

Because Mainframe was halfway done, they decided not to scrap all of it, but knowing they wouldn't be able to finish it correctly, Mainframe stripped anything that would hint at Season Four's true ending, then left what remained on a cliff-hanger of angst.

FOR 22 YEARS

(It's also why the last four eps of season four seem to make no sense)

And so it was.

Other crap happened, the soul left Mainframe, and its animated corpse spat out “The Guardian Code” in 2018. 

But never say die! The year is (almost) 2024, 30 years later. ReBoot shall rise from the dead, because here come the documentary!!

Do you dare see what you’ve been missing?

What the (UK) government doesn’t want you to know?? 

Then come on down to ReBoot!

We got:

Magnificent bastards with sexy voices!

(Tony Jay at his best)

Kickass women who could probably crush your head with their thighs and you’d enjoy it!

Innuendos in a kid's show!

💗 This adorable cinnamon roll!! 💗

Insane third season glow-ups!

YOUR NEW GOD

These guys!

(Gay roller-skating binome is my boi. I named him Jerry)

Nonstop cultural refs (You'll never find them all. Never.)

(There are literally videos dedicated to trying)

So many computer puns!

Body Horror!

Existential Crisis!

HAVE I MENTIONED YOUR NEW GOD?

This is it, folks! The real thing, the gem hidden in the moose-filled forests of Canadia!🌲🌲🌲

Take a trip inside a mid-90’s computer!

See the World Wide Web! (omg):

Witness the original purple Gamecubes that randomly fall from the sky when the owner of the computer (OUR GOOD LORD THE USER) wants to play a game. If it lands on people and they lose, they dissolve into mindless energy leeches, fated to tormented by their former bretheren for all of eternity.

Just like in real life! 🙃

So watch the eps! They on YouTube!

I think they're on Pluto, Hulu, Sling, and Tubi too! Also DVDs for people who have the patience to wait for them!

WATCH! BELIEVE! SUFFER THE SOUL-CRUSHING RAGE OF THE SEASON 4 CLIFF-HANGER!* (come on, its fun!)*

HYPE THE DOC!

The more people hype, the better the chances of actually getting it finished.

NOW SHARE THIS WITH EVERYONE!

And now I will leave you with this screenshot from the ep "Painted Windows", where dicks can clearly be seen drawn upon the wall behind the fleeing anthropomorphized television.

(PS: If you heard the clown pic at the top of the page in your head, you're welcome)

IMPORTANT UPDATE

This message is now approved by Gavin Blair! He's an awesome guy. Show him some love on TWITTER (fuck you musk) at @TheRealMrSweary Also, if you want to share this with non-tumblr friends, here is my attempt at a webpage version:

theseventhstarprojects.com/REBOOT.html

[ssmoki]

i dont know how anyone takes me seriously . ‘oh yeah im really into marvel and cod’ now watch me reblog art from about 6 separate media meant for children

[transformandscrollout]

Transformers Fanfic Recommendations

For the record, I did not write these. You may need an AO3 account for some fics.

C = completed

O = ongoing

OS = one-shot

S = series

If you have any fics that aren’t romance focused (or don’t feature MegaOp or MegaScream), share em and I’ll check em out ✌️

Prime/Rescue Bots

Giant Metal Kangaroos (OS. Miko causing mayhem. Bots use pouches to help carry humans and the consequences thereof)

Sparks and Souls (OS. Prime bots are on guardian protocols because of the kids)

Tiny Wrecker (OS. Wheeljack and Miko bonding)

Guardians (OS. Shattered Glass. Slice of life. Prime kids bonding with SG cons)

The Secret Keeper (S. Old. Only Cody knows the bots exist)

Morse Code (OS. Miko wants to communicate with Bumblebee)

The First Encounter (OS. Soundwave n Laserbeak. Prime kids mixed in)

Parental Programs (O. Sparkling programs are activated because of Cody)

Miko Should Not Have Explosives (OS. Wheeljack and Miko bonding. Fond Ratchet. Surprisingly no explosions)

Talks and Translations (OS. Wheeljack and Miko bonding.)

Sick Day (OS. Overprotective Bulkhead, sick Miko)

De Spatio Inter Astra (O. Kids become to sparklings)

Animated

Food for Thought (OS. Sari’s organic side needs different food)

Original/G1

The Issue of Picking Up Humans (OS. Autobots have few boundaries with cute organic species, consequences as a result)

Solo with Obbligato (OS. Autobots struggle with boundaries part 2, and the consequences thereof)

You Say Spark, I Say Soul (OS. Daemon AU)

Earthspark

Decepticons of Earth (S. Dot and Megs bonding followed by the Malto’s adopting various cons)

Visitation (OS. Dot and Meg’s bonding.)

Change of Part (C. Dot and Megs bonding)

Bayverse

Don’t Think You’re So Great (OS. Sam has a bad time, Autobots play detective to figure out where he is)

Take my Heart (and Hold It Together While We Fall Apart) (OS. Bumblebee feels guilty over Sam’s death)

All in the Family (OS. Sam’s mom gets to go off on people and a blooming friendship with Optimus)

Hands (OS. Under 500 words. Scorponok gets bathed by Sam)

Dinobots (C. Old. Dinobots are created and cause chaos, as they do)

Mix Ins/Crossovers

Rebooting Hope (OS. Series mix up. Autobots didn’t wake up with Decepticons)

Come Home to Roost (OS. Buzzsaw n Cody figure out friendship)

Behavioural Patterns of Birds (C. Child reader. Seeker trio. Fair bit of kidnapping and self identity crisis. Probably my favourite character/reader insert fic)

[lunar-solarsystem]

The Refusal and An Awakening - Lose Clarity AU

(i was gonna make this a storyline but slsbsigwisbskshksb- its just a lore dump now :/ kinda sad since cool title ^ from my brain but whatever sbksbdksns)

(but hey so remember when Moon(Nexus) put a cure into Ruin’s head? well uhhhh, here’s a little story for you guys about one major point in my AU-)

When Ruin waited for Moon(Nexus) to find him and Sun, Nexus caught him and injected the cure into Ruin’s systems. The cure rushed in his systems and Ruin collapsed, seemingly turning off for a few minutes before rebooting. However that’s not entirely the case in this AU.

I may or may not hace established this in my first post on this AU, however the virus was submerged in Ruin’s systems for years while he was in his home dimension and only started working when he left his dimension; reasons being the Creator. The Creator was the controller of those affected by the hivemind code he made in the home dimension, Ruin being unaffected due to the Creator (being a dumbass for once and not checking his sources-) i mean due to the Creator not noticing he had somehow skipped over Ruin’s code.

Back to my point - when Ruin was injected with the ‘cure’, his systems refused it. It refused the cure, his code copying itself instead. This copied code semi-mixed with the cure in his systems in a way and a small piece of a bigger puzzle was created..

Puzzle!!! the little one who Ruin is now the guardian of!!

(more detailed design elements below, ignore me not having an actual eye design yet-)

i apologize for this post being so long as well 🥲 anyway i should probably go to bed now alsbeibsksbsksnsk

@ryomaandgundhamkin you can now do little guy drawings if you wanna bdksbzksbksbsksns

Bonus:

Puzzle in one of those little baby dresses :3

(yes they have a tail, yes im keeping that component, yes they only have 1 side of rays and one looks like puzzle pieces put together)

anyway ima go crash and pass out now, its almost 4 am, honk shoo time

[comicaurora]

Have you watched any of the current Reboot show on Netflix? It looks like a cross between Power Rangers and Code Lyoko in the reboot setting and appears to be real bad.

we do not talk about The Guardian Code in this house

[princess-of-the-corner]

Also, ReBoot: The Guardian code COMPLETELY mangled the personalities of the returning characters EXCEPT for Megabyte (and even then, he's demoted to a lackey of the new antagonist).

Like, Bob's love interest in the original show was proactive and protective of her younger brother. She had nerves of steel even if she wasn't out on the field all that often.

In "The Guardian Code" her first appearance has her meekly trying to hide behind her younger brother when startled by the heroes' arrival.

(It also ditches ReBoot's "humans are cthulu" aspect, where we just operate on a level beyond what the computer's inhabitants are able to comprehend and they in turn are too minuscule for humans to perceive.)

bruh