Author's Note: My first Fanfiction, but not my first attempt at writing. I'm hoping to finish this story unlike my other ones. Writers' block can be such a nuisance! This story is based off an idea I've had for quite a while, what would happen if all cartoon characters lived in the same world? Most of the mythology of this idea is based off the videogame Epic Mickey. While the game wasn't groundbreaking, the mythology of paint and thinner, and the use of projection screens that contains entire cartoon worlds was very appealing to me, so I wanted this story to take place in a very broad setting, the Cartoon World. I also wanted to pull characters from all sorts of different series, from TV shows, movies, books, and videogames. I plan to update at least once a week. Please bear with me as I try to get used to the site! Lastly, every chapter will include at the end a list of the shows, books, movies, and games I pulled characters and ideas from.
I do not own anything. All series and characters belong to their respective owners.
P.S. I'll try my best to keep one series from overshadowing another. There is no main hero, as the story will eventually switch between character groups every so chapters. This first one will focus more on superheroes, but will eventually shift focus to a totally different character group. I'll also take series requests if you want to see a certain character or place.
Currently, I'm going through ten hour band camps, so the story will be delayed for now...
Paint and thinner, the basic components of cartoon. These two substances have the ability to shift all of creation within the Cartoon World, a fictional realm that can only exist in the Dimension of Imagination. The Cartoon World is very much unlike our planet, the Real World. This fictional planet, dubbed Toonia by its fictional inhabitants, has no need to play by the rules of logic, which can be a good thing or bad thing depending on your point of view.
Here in Toonia, cartoon characters live together in a state of somewhat peaceful tranquility.
To keep track, the characters of this Cartoon World divided the planet into 10 different areas, North, South, East, West, Northwest, Southwest, Northeast, Southeast, Downtown, and Central Toonia, each with its own capital. Of course, there are other settings beyond these. When a cartoon character and its series comes into Toonia, a portal between the character's home world and Toonia would appear, usually in the form of a projector screen. The planet Toonia was essentially the bridge between these different cartoon worlds in the vast universe of Imagination.
The time was roughly 2:45pm in Southwest Toonia. Aang the Avatar was busy getting ready for another day of hard-work. He had been assigned to the Southwest division of a superhero's organization dubbed PROTAGONISTS (Not an acronym.) as its President. The Avatar was quickly getting himself ready for work. "I'm going be late for work!" stressed Aang. Katara was too busy reading the Daily Planet to give Aang any sympathy. Aang raised his eyebrow at Katara's unresponsiveness. "What a waste." Katara complained. "That narcissistic slob King Dedede is putting up a gold statue of him for his 'unbirthday.'" Aang smirked. "Unbirthday? What in the world is that?"
Katara shrugged. "It's either something he made up or it's some foreign concept. I'm going with he made it up." The water-bender continued to read the story. "Wow. Dedede will think up the dumbest things ever just to get attention. Unbirthday, of all the make-believe holidays you could think up, he goes with that…" Aang grabbed his glider. "Well I'm off! Bye sweetie!" Katara closed her newspaper and waved goodbye as the Avatar flew from his humble abode. He had always preferred his air glider over a car. He would have taken Appa, but there was nowhere to land a 300-hundred pound flying bison on a superhero headquarters building. Most of the roof was occupied by helicopters and other non-bison vehicles.
After a quick 5 minute flight, Aang was at the Southwest PROTAGONISTS headquarters. He quickly walked downstairs to his office and attempted to turn on his computer. "How does this thing work?" muttered the Avatar. Miss. Quackfaster quietly walked into Aang's office. "Having computer troubles again Avatar?" Aang smiled. "Yes ma'am." Miss. Quackfaster pressed the ON button on the computer's server. "Goodness, I can't keep up with technology nowadays!" stated Aang. "It seems like I get a new computer every month!" Miss. Quackfaster put a cup of calming Jasmin Tea on Aang's desk. "Well the organization strives to stay up to date with the latest technology." replied Quackfaster. "It would only be natural that you'd get a new one every year."
Aang took a sip of his tea before reading his reports. "I'll leave for now Avatar Aang. If you need me, I'll be crunching numbers at the front-desk." Aang waved as Miss. Quackfaster waddled away.
"So what trouble is going down today?" wondered the Avatar. One report read: League of Super Evil caught stealing $1000 worth of cinnamon buns, while another report read: The Diabolical Order of Mayhem plotting to unleash a "super weapon" that will destroy all the cheese in the world.
Naturally, Aang gave out a loud scoff. Lately, most criminals have been up to the most obnoxious, underwhelming crimes imaginable. It felt almost like they were running out of ideas. Despite the lack of creativity from the villains, the planet as a whole has been plagued by endless crimes. For every hero, came ten villains. Already, PROTAGONISTS's agents were all tired, and sick of fighting off another lunatic, with varying degrees of danger and stupidity. The head director of the organization had demanded that all crimes be treated as if it was the most diabolical thing ever, but after years upon years of cinnamon bun robberies, it was just too much.
Suddenly, a loud siren went off. Aang was shocked so much, that he had accidently air-bended himself into the ceiling. "OW! What's going on?" questioned Aang. A huge screen appeared behind him. This baffled Aang. This siren usually meant end of the world as we know it crimes, which were few and far, especially in the Southwest Toonia area. Aang wasn't sure if he should be concerned or excited that some real action was about to go down.
"Help!" On screen, was King Dedede? "What's the problem?" panicked Aang. "As I began to unveil my unbirthday gift, this man came out of nowhere and kidnapped it!" A picture of the villain appeared; a green hooded figure, with a metal mask. "Criminal identified as Victor Von Doom." stated Aang's computer. "We're on it!" saluted Aang. As soon as the video chat ended, Aang frowned and shook his head. "You can't be serious." Mr. Incredible came bursting through Aang's doors. "What's the emergency?" asked the super. Aang sighed. "Sorry, there's no real emergency. False-alarm. It's just Dedede complaining that Dr. Doom kidnapped his golden replica." As Aang began to grab his glider, Mr. Incredible interfered. "How about I take this mission for you buddy?" suggested Mr. Incredible. "Uh, sure. Thanks Bob." answered Aang.
Mr. Incredible's body was ready. "Finally, a real villain." muttered the Incredible. The Avatar nodded to the super. "Good luck Mr. Incredible!" saluted Aang. "Just remember that Dr. Doom is a real threat. While stealing a gold Dedede might not be the most dangerous crime ever, be careful. Doom is one nasty customer."
The super nodded. "I understand sir. Pity that our organization has been reduced to dealing with simpleton bad guys. A true opponent like Doom is quite the treat." With that, Mr. Incredible left the PROTAGONISTS base and headed for Doom's headquarters, the appropriately named Castle Doom.
Dr. Doom himself was gazing at the gloriousness that is the great King Dedede statue. "Soon my plan will come to fruition!" whispered Doom. "S.H.E.I.L.D. and PROTGONISTS will come to fear my new weapon in due time." Suddenly, Doom was knocked out of his thoughts by an incoming message.
Red Skull appeared on screen. "Dr. Doom." said Red Skull. "What do you want?" asked Doom. Red Skull could hear from Doom's tone that he had interrupted Doom's thinking time, again. "I hope you reconsider your decision to join The Cabal. If you don't, there might be some unfortunate consequences." Dr. Doom turned his back to Skull. "Your threats are meaningless."
Skull laughed evilly. "Is that so?" Skull laughed evilly some more. "Oh Doom, you've always been a pushover. Come on, join The Cabal! You won't regret it!" Dr. Doom clenched his fists. "For the last time, no." Red Skull gave off a sour look. "I swear, if you don't start cooperating, there's going to be trouble. You think you're all tough and powerful, when you're really a pitiful villain that names everything after himself!" Dr. Doom smashed the screen with a swift punch of anger, destroying it. "How dare that piece of trash threaten me! I'm a king!" Doom then turned to his latest creation, a replica of the Destroyer Armor.
Mr. Incredible jumped from a chopper into Dr. Doom's personal country, Latveria, which resides near the border of Southwest Toonia. "This is Mr. Incredible to PROTAGONISTS, do you read me?" A voice came from Mr. Incredible's communicator. "This is Aang. I read you loud and clear." Another voice came over. "Hello? Is this thing working?" Mr. Incredible was incredibly confused. "Um, who are you?" The voice responded. "Why its Toonia's favorite king, it's me, King Triple DDD!" Mr. Incredible rolled his eyes. "How are you on my communication line?" Dedede laughed. "I'm the king duh! I need to know how the recovery of my darling statue is!" The super was tempted to ask Aang why he was allowing this breach of security, until the super realized he was still falling.
"Activate Parachute!" screamed Mr. Incredible. "Stop your hooting and hollering!" screamed Dedede. "Everyone stop screaming into your mic!" screamed Aang. After the voice command failed, Mr. Incredible manually pulled his parachute strap, but it failed too. "Oh of course!" snapped the plummeting super. Mr. Incredible braced for impact as he hurdled towards Doom Castle.
As the appropriately named Doom-Bots continued construction of the Destroyer, a loud crash emitted from the south end of the castle. "Doom-Bots, check out what that was. Do not come back to me saying it was nothing." growled Dr. Doom.
Mr. Incredible brushed himself off. "Are you OK?" asked Aang. "I'm fine." answered Mr. Incredible. "I've had harder landings." Aang breathed a sigh of relive. "Well I bet your crash alerted Dr. Doom. Best be careful." Mr. Incredible scanned his surroundings. No one was in sight.
"Nice place." stated Mr. Incredible. "Not as nice as my place." stated Dedede. "Don't you have anything better to do your highness?" asked the Incredible. There was a trace of distaste in the word highness. "Well I was celebrating my unbirthday, until Doom abducted it! I'm not going to do anything until my golden twin is returned to me!" Aang interrupted the two's conversation. "Everyone just be quiet. Mr. Incredible, if you can, catch the Doctor and bring him back to the PROTAGONISTS base for arrest. He'll be charged for thievery, probably assault when he sees you, and for crossing the Latveria border." Mr. Incredible agreed and began to sneak through the gloomy halls of Castle Doom.
Sources: Epic Mickey, Avatar, the Last Airbender, Superman, Alice in Wonderland, Ducktales, The League of Super Evil, Tuff Puppy, Kirby, Avengers Assemble, Thor, Fantastic Four, Captain America, and The Incredibles