-SUMMARY OF THE PLOT- The year is 1986. A group of scientists brought a musician back from the dead with radioactive materials for him to perform one last show. This radiation, however, spreads to the environment, slowly but surely. Two conspiracy theorists, one a former politician, notice this, and eventually, they team up. They find some others who are immune to the radiation, along with discovering that they're immune to it, too, and form Team Cancel The Apocalypse. -CHARACTERS- May May represents "No Eyed Girl," the 4th song on the album. She's married to Josh. She has no eyes because they were - quite literally - burned out. I will explain how in the "Songs and Their Stories" section. Reagan Reagan represents "Reaganomics," the 12th song on the album. She's the ex-politician conspiracy theorist. Reagan was the first to present her theory to the government, who didn't believe her, but as she leaves the building, she meets Theo. She hosts a paranormal investigation radio show. She eventually gets married to Theo. Josh Josh represents the 9th song on the album, "Soft Fuzzy Man." The particles that make up his body are spread out, giving him his ghostly image. He's a musician, but he's not the musician that the scientists brought back to life. He's married to May. He wrote "Soft Fuzzy Man" so he could find himself a girlfriend, but then met May and they fell in love. He wrote "No Eyed Girl" to propose to her. The Cabinet Man The Cabinet Man, who we don't yet have a name for, represents - you guessed it - "Cabinet Man," the 3rd song on the album. After hearing the strange reports about the game, Theo came in on Christmas Day to investigate. He asked the owner of the arcade if he could keep the arcade cabinet, and the owner agreed. Theo then took the Cabinet Man home and repaired him. Theo Theo represents the 2nd song on the album, and my favorite song of all time, "Touch-Tone Telephone." He met Reagan after she tried to tell the government about her theory. He tried to tell her that he agreed with her, but Reagan dismissed him as a crazy person who didn't actually believe her. She just thought he was mental. Gef Gef represents "Eighth Wonder," the 7th song on the album, and, yes, in case you were wondering, he is the same Gef as the supposed talking mongoose that lived on the Irvings' farm in the 1930's. Theo's father Theo's father, who we also don't have a name for yet, represents the 10th song on the album, "As Your Father I Expressly Forbid It," obviously. Theo's father was a very hard-working man, who did everything in his power to raise Theo the best he could, but he wasn't always there for him (more on that later). -SONGS AND THEIR STORIES- "Sweet Bod" (6th song) I won't go into too much detail, because "Sweet Bod" is kinda like "Pumped Up Kicks"; good music, disturbing lyrics. Anyway, "Sweet Bod" is about the main scientist that wanted to bring the musician back for that one last performance. "Lifetime Achievement Award" (1st song) "Lifetime Achievement Award," obviously, is about the scientists bringing the musician back to life. "Reaganomics" "Reaganomics" is about Reagan's former job as a politician that supported Ronald Reagan. "Touch-Tone Telephone" "Touch-Tone Telephone" is about Theo's various attempts to reach Reagan's radio show and tell her about his theory. The end of the song represents Reagan finally giving in and listening to Theo and realizing that he wasn't joking, and they partner up. "Ancient Aliens" "Ancient Aliens" is about May's experience with the alien. Some of the song is in the perspective of the alien, and some of it is from the perspective of May. The alien has been stranded on Earth since ancient times. The alien burned out May's eyes, but it didn't do this on purpose. Its species' eyes give off a blinding white light. Eventually, May puts the pieces together and figured out that the alien's entire species died out when they first arrived to Earth, due to a crash, and this one alien is the only one that survived. The alien agrees to give her the ability to kinda, like, sense where she is by communicating with her telepathically. "As Your Father I Expressly Forbid It" "As Your Father I Expressly Forbid It" is about Theo's childhood and how complicated his relationship with his father was. "I Earn My Life" "I Earn My Life," the 11th song on the album, is about Theo's return to his hometown and fix his relationship with his father. Upon returning, he learns that his father is dying, but continues to work. Theo's father explains that he's "earned" enough of his life, and that he's barely holding on. Theo's mother passed away when he was very young, and Theo and his father have been distanced from each other for so long that this is why the song says \/
"I think about myself a lot 'cause it's the only one I've got." By "I learned it from my father and I tell it to my wife," he means that he just kind of... well... talks to his dead wife, kinda like Carl Fredrickson from "Up," I guess... "Eighth Wonder" "Eighth Wonder" is about Gef beginning to haunt the gang, who moves onto the Irvings' old farm. Gef recognizes Theo; he's Voirrey's grandson (Voirrey Irving was the daughter of James and Margaret Irving, and was the only one who was able to see Gef in full, while her parents could only catch glimpses of him). In the instrumental outro of the song, Gef allows Theo to see him in full, like Voirrey did. He later allows the rest of them to see him. "Spiral Of Ants" "Spiral Of Ants," the 14th song on the album, is about Reagan and Theo's wedding. The song uses the analogy of an ant mill to describe the human race's fall and Reagan and Theo's attempt to save them. The "true bugs" represent everyone else, who doesn't believe the group. "The Circle" represents the government, who is controlling the lives of all the people. The words "...we became a hurricane" represents Reagan and Theo getting married, and causing the group to become stronger and more effective in their attempt to save the world. "Man-Made Object" "Man-Made Object," the 13th song on the album, is about the Cabinet Man before he was, well, the Cabinet Man. He was a very wealthy and intelligent man who had an idea: converting the human body into a machine. He attempts this, and, uh... you know the rest. "Cabinet Man (Demo)" "Cabinet Man (Demo)," which is the 17th song on the album, is pretty much the montage song for Theo fixing the Cabinet Man. "Crisis Actors" "Crisis Actors," the 19th song on the album, is about the gang hiding in the crisis actor studio from various things (the government, radioactive creatures, etc.). "Redesign Your Logo" (Yes, we are aware that the song is about the Pepsi logo but shhhhh) "Redesign Your Logo," the 25th song on the album, is about the Cabinet Man trying to convince Theo to make a logo of some sort to represent the team to get people to realize what's going on. "You're At The Party" The 27th track on the album, "You're At The Party" is about Theo, who has a dream about the world of the dead. The next day, he tells the gang about it, and Gef asks to see his telephone, which was a gift from his mother. The group learns that Theo's telephone is not only a normal telephone, but is also a way to communicate with ghosts and spirits. Theo learns how to contact the spirit world, and they offer to help the gang save the world. CREDITS Neil Cicierega (Lemon Demon, Spirit Phone) Ming Doyle (Spirit Phone cover art) My friend (50% of the work on this theory) Me (The other 50% of the work on this theory)
