Chapter Thirty - Bonus Content
Hi! This isn't an official chapter, but more of a compilation of easter eggs and details I didn't get to include in the story. If you are reading on Fanfiction (I crosspost) I recommend checking out the Archive of Our Own version, because I can add in my art over there.
Part One: MASH Nights
To my knowledge, there is only one other RotBTD Bot Fighting AU out there - Lord of the Bots by chocolatechiplague. In their story, Tadashi and Hiro are sent to the 'Dragon Den'. When I set out to write my own version, I didn't want to copy their idea exactly. So 'The Cove' was born, and MASH nights became a way for them to trial new fighters.
'The Cove' itself is a pub/restaurant. The building is an old warehouse on the road between San Fransokyo, Berk and a few other mountain towns, which means it becomes a stop for someone going into the big city. On most days, they're just a Bot Themed restaurant. On Fridays, the Cove Golems invite their friends over to fight for fun.
Once a month, they host a MASH Night. MASH Nights are pay to play, there's betting, and there are a lot more fighters than just the main characters' friends. To help sort this, I made a few different levels. (Note: Most of the last names are fanmade/created by me. I use them across all of my stories).
(These people are ONLY allowed on MASH Nights)
Level One: Newbies (first time at the cove, this is Hiro's group)
Hiro Hamada
Ariel Oceanic (The Little Mermaid)
Mavis D'Cula (Hotel Transylvania)
Joy Anderson (Inside Out)
Tinkerbelle Pan (Peter Pan)
Level Two: Recent
Violet Parr (Incredibles)
Penny Forrester (Bolt)
Onceler Truffla (The Lorax)
Ralph Wreck (Wreck it Ralph)
MK Bomba (Epic)
Mulan Fa (Mulan)
Level Three: Medium
Aurora Briar (Sleeping Beauty)
Jim Hawkins (Treasure Planet)
Felonius Gru (Despicable Me)
Hogarth Hughes (Iron Giant, an older version of the character)
Aladdin Ali (Aladdin)
Naveen Maldonia (Princess & the Frog)
Meg Greek (Hercules)
Maui Hearf (Moana)
Moana Motunui (Moana)
Esmeralda Notre (Hunchback of Notre Dame)
Tamora Calhoun (Wreck It Ralph)
Peter Pan (Peter Pan)
Nod Leafmen (Epic)
Miguel Dorado (Road to El Dorado)
Tulio Dorado (Road to El Dorado)
Arista Oceanic (Little Mermaid)
Robin Hood (Robin Hood)
Varian Alchem (Tangled: The Series)
(These people are allowed every friday)
Level Four: Older
Astrid Hofferson (Httyd)
Snotlout Jorgenson (Httyd)
Fishlegs Ingerman (Httyd)
Ruffnut Thorston (Httyd)
Tuffnut Thorston (Httyd)
Heather Berserker (Httyd)
Elsa Arendelle (Frozen)
Toothiana Enamel (RotG)
Eret Eretson (Httyd)
Kristoff Bjorgman (Frozen)
Level Five: Owner (our four main characters)
Hiccup Haddock
Merida Dunbroch
Jack Overland-Frost
Rapunzel Corona
Level Six: Scout (People who don't fight but find good fighters)
Flynn Fitzherbert-Corona (In this story, he's Rapunzel's adopted older brother)
Anna Arendelle (Frozen)
Philip Briar (Sleeping Beauty)
Audrey Truffla (The Lorax)
Sandy Sanderson (RotG)
Nickolas North (RotG)
Part Two: Bots
(The art is on A03 or can be found on this site: view/wizardlymagic-fic-tures/home)
Some of the bots in the story. Top Left: Invisi, Stormfly, Toothless, Wisp. Bottom Left: MASHmallow, Pascal, Bunnymund, O.L.A.F.
The other dragon riders bots look like their dragons, just mechanical. The Humming-fairy looks a lot like decembercamiecherries version of a bot Elsa would use. The colors are just different and there are a few extra parts.
I'd describe all of the other bots but I don't want this bonus chapter to be super long. If anyone's interested, I could be coerced into making a secondary bonus chapter with just bot designs.
Question: Why didn't I give Merida a brawler bot?
Answer: Technically she used Dunbear (which is a bear designed brawler) when she was younger, but I feel that a more detail oriented robot would suit her better. Archery is about focus and control, and I designed the Wisp robot to be about control. The backstory about why she switched from Dunbear to Wisp is a little moment in the Early Cove days, where Elsa used a small acrobatic bot before switching to MASHmallow. During a fun fighting session, Jack got the two women to switch robots and both of their fighting improved DRASTICALLY. Merida would end up designing her own bot later that week.
Part Three: Character Descriptions
Rapunzel: Short, skinny, blonde hair in a braid, pink bow at the top. Shirt and vest combo, purple capris (paint stained)
Merida: ripped jeans, green button down (oversized), open over a black tee with her wisp logo, hair half up/half down, charm necklaces, wristlets
Hiccup: olive henley, brown vest, jeans (with pen doodles), chip on leather cord around neck
Jack: Blue painted hoodie, brown cargo pants, blue flannel around hips
Emma: White/brown baseball tee, skirt over leggings, tennis shoes
Waitress/Waiter Uniform: Light green button down w/ black pants and any shoes
Part Four: Easter Eggs
Chapter One:
The three little old ladies in the bar as Flora, Fauna, and Merryweather (from Sleeping Beauty)
The Cove is a reference to the cove in Httyd
Chapter Two:
Oaken's Gas Station is Oaken's Trading Post (and Sauna!) from Frozen
Kristoff's motorcycle is a reference to Sven
Chapter Three:
Invisi was modeled after the Disney Infinity model of Mrs Incredible
Penny's bot commands are the same ones used for Bolts 'superpowers'
Carl (the robot from Meet the Robinsons) is Wilburs older adoptive brother and not a robot
Chapter Four:
In the Httyd tv series, Hiccup gets referred to as the 'Dragon Conqueror', but dragonmaster felt more in line with the bots. He has this nickname because he built all of the dragon robots.
Ariel's bot is based off of Sebastien
Kristoff's roommate is supposed to be Josh Gad, voice of Olaf in Frozen
Merida fights Hogarth Hughes (Iron Giant)
Chapter Five:
None
Chapter Six:
None
Chapter Seven:
Audrey's cousin would be Onceler, which is a tie to my other au's
Attila is the baking thug from the Snuggly Duckling
Lance is Flynn's best friends from the Tangled Series, and he ends up taking over the Snuggly Duckling
Both characters enjoy cooking/baking so were given the chef roles
Chapter Eight:
The college kids with face paint are a little tieback to some art by skirtzzz_art of disney princesses as rave girls. I couldn't really use those ideas but I liked the designs so much they made it into the story.
Chapter Nine:
Hiccup's motorcycle is supposed to resemble Toothless
Merida's motorcycles is supposed to resemble Angus
Chapter Ten:
None
Chapter Eleven:
Hogslosh: scottish slang for 'disgusting' or crap
The Merida chant is to 'We will Rock You'
Chapter Twelve:
The monkey king is a villian from the Guardians of Childhood books
Chapter Thirteen:
Officers Yensid and Raxip are 'Disney' and 'Pixar' backwards
The police asking for Mr and Mrs Anderson is a reference to Finmonster's story 'Empathy' (which is a great Big Hero 6/Inside Out/Home crossover) where there is a similar jail scene I used for reference.
"San Fransokyo's Little Sweetheart" is a reference to what Rapunzel calls Vex in the show, which is "Varadaros's Little Sweetheart"
Chapter Fourteen:
The Goob home is the orphanage Lewis is from in Meet the Robinsons. In this AU, the Robinson family bought the building and gave them funding, and it was renamed after his best friend.
Chapter Fifteen:
None
Chapter Sixteen:
The Flavershams are from "The Great Mouse Detective" and run a toy shop, so it fit to move that to a robotic shop as well
Chapter Seventeen:
Mordu's axe symbol is the same as his crest in the movie
Chapter Eighteen:
The scene in the lab is basically the 'meet the team' scene from Big Hero Six
The streets 'Walt' and 'Roy' are a reference to Walt and Roy Disney
Chapter Nineteen:
Jack's ringtone is Ice Ice Baby
Chapter Twenty:
None
Chapter Twenty One:
None
Chapter Twenty Two:
Dragon Den is a link to Lord of the Bots!
Hopeful Puffin is the name of Hiccup's boat in the Httyd books
Gommy Fearties is scottish slang for 'idiot cowards'
Chapter Twenty-Three:
None
Chapter Twenty Four:
Odin's two crows (or ravens) are a common staple in norse myths, so I made it a curse for Hiccup
Chapter Twenty Five:
None
Chapter Twenty Six:
None
Chapter Twenty Seven:
Bassa is scottish slang for bastard
Turning it up to eleven is also a joke from a fake band documentary. Google it.
Chapter Twenty Eight:
Rosetta (Bunny's secretary) is the Disney fairy
Sally Carerra is a Cars character
Chapter Twenty Nine:
None, but a fun fact is this story reaches almost 150 pages on the google doc I used to write it! Longest story to date! (This is now surpassed by the 45+ chapter fic that is Omega Project)