Return To Renerton (2024-10-13)
- Broadcast Date: 2024-10-13
- YouTube Archive: Return To Renerton (ID:
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Overview
Barely Informed News broadcasts a special Renerton mayoral simulation from the They Are Billions city-builder. Pepito opens as acting mayor, achieves 600,000 citizens through aggressive hospital bulldozing, then loses office to Jeb Nogget. Jeb’s term ends in a cascade of tornadoes, Godzilla attacks, and nuclear fire. A hot dog sandwich wins the next election unanimously. After the hot dog fails, Peter Gibbon and a shadow cabal force Munch to rebuild from ten survivors. Munch stabilizes the wasteland until Xena Warrior Princess wins a subsequent election, but her term ends when a misclicked soldier triggers total civilian slaughter. The broadcast concludes with a raid to Spinachi.
Segment rundown
| Start | End | Segment | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00:32 | 01:08:00 | News: Pepito Sign-On & First Mayoral Term | Case Blackwell opens as Pepito the dog/EP, assumes mayoral control of Renerton in They Are Billions, bulldozes hospitals/schools, consolidates police, and fields press questions. |
| 01:08:00 | 01:13:12 | News: Election 2032: Jeb Nogget Elected | Low-turnout election pits Munch, Jeb, Loop Chef, Peter, and KP against Pepito; Jeb wins on bulldoze-industry platform. |
| 01:13:12 | 01:33:24 | News: Jeb’s Term: 600k Milestone & Cascade Disasters | Jeb achieves 600,000 citizens, then tornado, Bowser/Godzilla, fires, and nuclear meltdown devastate city; Jeb raps campaign plea. |
| 01:33:24 | 01:42:03 | News: Election 2034: Hot Dog Sandwich Wins | Three-candidate race (Jeb, Munch, Hot Dog) ends in 100% Hot Dog victory amid ongoing explosions. |
| 01:42:03 | 01:53:01 | News: Hot Dog Mayoral Term & Peter Gibbon Press Conference | Hot Dog mayor raps, naps; Peter Gibbon calls press conference, shadow cabal demands souls, Hamtaro released, Munch forced to rebuild. |
| 01:53:01 | 02:09:10 | News: Munch Rebuilds from 10 Citizens | Munch declares extra-judicial powers, rebuilds Renerton from population 10 in They Are Billions, learns controls, establishes defenses. |
| 02:09:10 | 02:15:27 | News: Election 2036: Xena Warrior Princess Elected | Ballot includes Elgin Draco, Alyssa Lister, Munch, Hamtaro, Xena; Xena wins after technical chair difficulties. |
| 02:15:27 | 02:37:54 | News: Xena’s Term & City Collapse | Xena manages resources, fights zombie hordes, builds walls and army; accidental soldier misclick triggers total wipe, emergency election called. |
| 02:37:54 | 02:40:37 | News: Sign-Off & Raid | Case reflects on Renerton’s tourism boom among adventurers, mentions meth crisis, raids Spinachi. |
Characters
- Case Blackwell (speaking) — anchor. Hosts entire broadcast as Pepito impression, plays They Are Billions as Renerton mayor across multiple terms.
- Pepito (speaking) — executive producer. Delivers sign-on at top of hour via Case’s voice; referenced as cheese sludge commercial producer and Renerton Gold beer promoter.
- Jeb Nogget (speaking) — recurring. Wins 2032 election, serves as mayor until disaster cascade, references wood shop and father trapped in board.
- Xena Warrior Princess (speaking) — guest mayor. Wins 2036 election, manages rebuild from tents, commands princess warriors, loses city to misclick.
- Crum (speaking) — recurring. Heavily referenced as former mayor (‘Crub’), gambling debt to Rock-afire gorilla mocked; Pepito claims ‘twice the Crumb’ growth.
- Munch (speaking) — recurring. Referenced as tsunami-era mayor, 2032/2034 candidate, forced to rebuild from population 10, claims founding hero status.
- Peter Gibbon (speaking) — news stowaway. Mentioned living in walls with rats, delivers life-hack for wall-dwelling food delivery, calls press conference as former mayor.
Storyline updates
- Rennerton: Continuation Return To Renerton marathon in They Are Billions — Pepito, Jeb, Hot Dog Sandwich, Munch rebuild from 10, Xena Warrior Princess; city collapses after successive elections.
Lore notes
- 14:10 Renerton Gold beer EPA-cleared for cleaning vinyl housing and deemed safe to drink.
- 49:58 Peter Gibbon lives in studio walls with rats; uses ‘help I’m being attacked’ delivery hack for free food.
- 30:29 Renerton practices river burials; river dissolves bodies quickly and contains ‘Nickelodeon silver’.
- 51:58 Renerton considers itself a feudal state with Godzilla as campaign donor and personal friend.
- 15:15 Crum’s gambling debt to Rock-afire animatronic gorilla still referenced (‘Sorry, Crub’).
- 01:12:42 Jeb Nogget elected mayor of Renerton in 2032 election.
- 02:15:27 Xena Warrior Princess elected mayor of Renerton in 2036 election.
- 01:20:08 Renerton population reached 600,000 then collapsed to 10 citizens after disaster cascade.
- 02:04:20 Mayoring software identified as They Are Billions; Munch claims founding hero status.
Transcript
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