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Boring technical/ background/ character format stuff:

The show first aired on August 16th, 1999. In episode one, we learned that Reggie and Sam were going into the 6th grade and Otto and Twister were going into the 5th grade. Reggie was supposed to be 10 years old and all three boys were said to be 9 years old.

I feel like the ages they set don't match the grades that the characters were supposed to be in. Most 4th graders are 9 or 10 years old, 5th graders are 10 or 11 years old, 6th graders are 11 or 12 years old, and 7th graders are 12 or 13 years old, and so on (all depending on birthdays).

During the time the show ran, the typical school year began in early September and lasted through late May. A person had to be five years of age before October first of that year in order to begin Kindergarten. These are the age and grade standards I will be using for my character timeline.

For the purpose of my writing, story-lines, and time-line, I will be going with the more accurate ages that belong with the grades in which the characters were supposed to be in when the series began, and will be using the 1999-2000 school year as the time frame for season one.

There were four seasons of the show and based on information gathered throughout the series, it appears that the show took place over the course of two full school years. (For the sake of my fics, we will say the first school year was 1999-2000 and the second was 2000-2001.) In Season Four's episode 'Twist of Fate', Otto's says "Goodbye sixth grade". It was the last day of school, so he and Twister finished sixth grade, and Reggie and Sam would have finished seventh grade. Making the main four somewhere around 11-14 years old at the end of the series, since there were only a few technical episodes aired for season four.

As far as the other characters go: Trish, Sherry, Trent, Leilani, Keoni, Clio, Lars, and his friends... There's no actual age given for any of these characters, so we'll say that Trish, Sherry, and Trent are all the same age as Reggie, Leilani and Keoni are the same age as Twister, Otto, and Sam, and that Clio, Lars, and his friends are a year older than Reggie/ two years older than Twister, Otto, and Sam. I have seen many other writers in this Fandom use the same ages for the supporting characters as I've decided to use, which helped me a lot when making my decision.

For the setting, I'm sticking with Ocean Shores (as it was in the original series) and will be mentioning locations such as The Shore Shack and Mad Town.

Birthdays for main cast

Reggie - December 8th, 1987 (11 when the show began) - Sagittarius (age 16 for this fic)

Otto - June 7th, 1989 (10 when the show began) - Gemini (Just turned 15)

Twister - July 2nd, 1989 (10 when the show began) - Cancer (Almost 15)

Sam - August 26th, 1989 (10 when the show began) - Virgo (Still 14)

Lars - March 25th, 1987 (12 when the show began) - Aries (age 17 for this fic)

This story takes place a few years after the series ended and is in a semi-canon format. The series ended in 2004, but it only covered two full school years for the kids, and since it began in 1999, we will say it ended in the summer of 2001. This fic will take place in the early summer/ late June of 2004. The characters will be mostly true to their originally displayed natures and the settings will also be familiar as well.

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