{"id":1095,"date":"2022-01-31T21:28:27","date_gmt":"2022-02-01T03:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dreamers-sanctuary.com\/00carter\/?page_id=1095"},"modified":"2022-01-31T22:08:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T04:08:03","slug":"behindepisode9","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dreamers-sanctuary.com\/00carter\/episodes\/episode9\/behindepisode9\/","title":{"rendered":"Behind the Episode"},"content":{"rendered":"

Behind the Episode<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Episode 9:\u00a0 Wreckage in a Winter Wonderland<\/em><\/strong><\/h4>\n

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Julie:<\/strong><\/span>
\n“Wreckage in a Winter Wonderland\u201d is another one of my favorite episodes. I\u2019ve always loved the Olympics, especially figure skating, so this plot was right up my alley. If I remember correctly, this episode was not part of our original plan for the first \u201cseason\u201d of 00Carter<\/em>. We came up with the idea just a few months before the Olympics took place. I don\u2019t remember for sure what inspired it, but it may have been Kim Yuna\u2019s short program to James Bond, which we ended up incorporating into the episode.<\/p>\n

After \u201cFANthrax,\u201d which took us a grueling eight months to finish, we were determined to write this one quickly and post it in time for the Olympics. We set a deadline, and somehow, we succeeded in meeting it! We even managed to edit some of the details just before or after posting to account for what happened in the actual Olympics, like Evan Lysacek winning the gold medal in men\u2019s figure skating. Unlike its predecessor, this episode is pretty succinct. It gets right to the point and doesn\u2019t have a lot of fluff (except for Lancy\u2019s pink mittens and matching parka), although it manages to pack in plenty of humor.<\/p>\n

One of my personal favorite elements is our use of the Vancouver Olympic mascots<\/a>, Miga, Sumi, and Quatchi. I fell in love with these cute little guys while researching, so of course we had to corrupt them by having the FANS minions wear their costumes while committing dastardly deeds. \u201cMiga looove<\/em> bomb!\u201d still makes me laugh every time I read this episode. I also love Nick\u2019s Bigfoot sightings, which turn out to be Drums dressed as Quatchi the Sasquatch.<\/p>\n

Oddly enough, this is the episode with the most direct James Bond parodies. Somehow, it took us until Episode 9 to work in the line that inspired Rose\u2019s idea for the entire story: \u201cHot cocoa, shaken not stirred.\u201d The bobsled chase was also pulled from a Bond movie, On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service<\/em>, one of several that I forced myself to watch during the early 00Carter<\/em> era to familiarize myself with the Bond universe.<\/p>\n

Of course, we also parodied Speed<\/em> with the bomb on the Zamboni, which was so much fun to write! I love that Lancy gets to be an action star in this episode – on ice, no less! I think that\u2019s why I enjoy this episode so much. It\u2019s the perfect blend of action and comedy — 00Carter<\/em> at its best!<\/p>\n

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This is the only episode that we set during a specific time period. What are the pros and cons of writing an episode around a real event like the Winter Olympics rather than making up our own spoof version like we did with Global Idol<\/em>?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> It did force us on this revisit to go back and figure out the timeline more specifically. There’s something to be said for keeping it vague but I actually like knowing how much time has gone by. I think that’s both a pro and a con. It dates the story but the tech does that too, lol. So that’s not a worry. Also yes it was the Bond routine that inspired this episode lmao. Little things.<\/p>\n

Julie:<\/span><\/strong> Thanks for confirming! Also, that\u2019s a great point. The technology, music, and other pop culture references already date this story, so it\u2019s not that big of a deal that this episode established it as taking place circa 2010. That actually gave us a good excuse to leave the outdated technology alone when we were editing. Whenever we came across a mention of a flip phone or Blackberry, we just laughed and thought, \u201cOh, the early 2000s\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> I know, I laugh too. And what’s funny is that we can “upgrade” their tech and since it’s the secret agent world it’s not even weird so we don’t have to change it. Besides as we get older I don’t mind being stuck in the early 2000s lol.<\/p>\n

Dee:<\/strong><\/span> I agree, it\u2019s good that it made us really look at the timeline and figure how far apart things were. It helped us catch some other things later, so I guess I\u2019m pro-\u201dhard timeline.\u201d Plus, it\u2019s fun to toss in something topical every now and then. I know when we were editing “FANthrax,” I thought of recent events many times, so it\u2019s nice that 00Carter<\/em> works both ways. And then we get the nice blast from the past with the music, tech, and ebonics. \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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This is the first episode where we get to see Mr. Lancybassy in a leading role! What do you love about Lancy?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Dee:<\/span><\/strong> What don’t we love about Lancy?<\/p>\n

Rose:<\/strong><\/span> Lancy is just fun. He’s our one “normal” in the world of 00Carter<\/em> crazy. And I’m sad we didn’t boost him up to main cast sooner. Though he’s definitely firmly in place now!<\/p>\n

Julie:<\/span><\/strong> It\u2019s a sign of just how crazy 00Carter<\/em> is that Lancy is considered the \u201cnormal\u201d character in the story. Not that there\u2019s anything wrong with that. You do you, Lancy! In all seriousness, I love how Lancy started out as both a joke (created as a parody of James Bond secretary Miss Moneypenny) and a walking stereotype, but turned into this genuinely loveable character that we all enjoy writing about. Lancy is just so pure. What you see is what you get with him; he doesn\u2019t try to hide his true self. And although he annoys Nick, Nick and the others at HimTak accept him for who he is.<\/p>\n

Rose:<\/span><\/strong> And honestly I just love annoying Nick in this story lol. But yes, Lancy is absolutely pure. There’s no lies, no manipulation, or secrets. He’s just himself and in future episodes I love that we delve into him more.<\/p>\n

Dee:<\/span><\/strong> He was robbed by having the same bit roles over and over again in the early episodes. Whenever he has the focus, he just shines (the S.M.I.L.E ranking in “Remember Me” is a great example of this). I think this was a perfect episode for him to shine and become an expert on the mission of the day. And you\u2019re both absolutely right, in every interaction he\u2019s just unabashedly Lancy and it\u2019s wonderful to have a genuine character like that in the story.<\/p>\n

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Episode 10<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Behind the Episode Episode 9:\u00a0 Wreckage in a Winter Wonderland   Julie: “Wreckage in a Winter Wonderland\u201d is another one of my favorite episodes. I\u2019ve always loved the Olympics, especially figure skating, so this plot was right up my alley. If I remember correctly, this episode was not part of\u2026<\/p>\n

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