Prison of Plastic

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Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic
Author	Brendan Blaber
Illustrator	Bo Hello
Adapted From	Episode 2 - Monkey Toy Audience
Published on	December 9, 2022 October-November, 2023 (Hardcover)
Publisher	Soundbooth Theater (Audiobook) Ingram Spark (Hardcover/eBook, Self-Publishing) to-be-announced (Hardcover, Traditional Publishing)
Publication order
Previous	Season 1/Winner Take All EP 5-7 Novelization (Upcoming) (Chorologically)
Next	Sweet Escape (Upcoming) Animated OVA (unproduced)

Epithet Erased: Prison of Plastic (Sometimes called Epithet Erased - Prison of Plastic or simply, Prison of Plastic) is the novel continuation of Epithet Erased. It will be the 1^st Epithet Erased novel as well as the 3^rd chronologically.

Synopsis

One week after the events in the Sweet Jazz Museum, Molly Blyndeff tries to take some well-deserved time off at seashore with her friends. Her vacation is interrupted when the girls stumble on the freshly-beached body of Rick Shades, a bizarre "wizard" from the depths of the ocean.

The trio of girls bring Rick back to Molly's toy store in order to help him recover, but things quickly take a turn for the worse when Molly's older sister Lorelai gets involved. Her epithet, ☆Augment☆, gives her the power to create augmented realities, fantasy worlds that she refers to as "dream bubbles". Lorelai throws everyone into the store into one of her dream worlds and suddenly Molly's day off turns into an epic quest to escape Lorelai's world and rescue her friends from her sister's clutches.

Prison of Plastic is the story of two sisters living in a broken home struggling with their magical powers, themselves, and each other.

Plot

Main Article: Prison of Plastic | Plot

Audiobook

Cast

See Also: Prison of Plastic/Full Credits

Main:

• Dani Chambers as Molly, the overworked protagonist.
• Bryn Apprill as Phoenica, Molly's fluffy friend. Has a lot of money.
• Elsie Lovelock as The Wolf, a mugger after Phoenica's money.
• Siv Ryan as Trixie, Molly's gremlin friend. Can see ghosts.
• Kyle Igneczi as Giovanni, the up-and-coming criminal mastermind.
• Caleb Yen as Crusher and Flamethrower, Giovanni's most passionate minions.
• Meg McClain as Spike, the scariest of Giovanni's minions.
• Cyrus Rodas as Dark Star, the most mysterious of Giovanni's minions.
• Wyatt Baker as Car Crash, the unluckiest of Giovanni's minions.
• Keith Silverstein as Graham, a giant dragon made of s'mores.
• Tiana Camacho as Lorelai, Molly's frustrating and magically-gifted older sister.
• Sarah Weidenheft as The Chauffeur, a hyperactive driver.
• Ray Chase as Rick Shades, your friend.
• Zack Maher as Sylvie, the child psychologist.
• Marissa Lenti as Stink, the worst.
• Paul Guyet as The Spelling Bee, one of Lorelai's creations.
• Kent Williams as The Scaregrow, one of Lorelai's creations.
• Brendan Blaber as Naven, Molly's teacher, as well as the book's Narrator.

Supporting:

• Brendan Blaber as Ben
• Scott Frerichs as The Valet
• Marissa Lenti as Ogre
• Jay Barrett as Xerxes
• Cassie Ewulu as The Ghost Crow
• Wyatt Baker as Hexacon

OST

See Main Article: Prison of Plastic OST

Kickstarter

Main Article: Prison of Plastic Kickstarter

Production

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• May 31, 2021 - On Twitter, a preview detailing the Blyndeff Family Relationship in the past was released.
• November 26, 2021 - A video was released on Jello's channel announcing the Prison of Plastic Kickstarter. He also released a preview of the first chapter.
• December 26, 2021 - The Kickstarter finished, unlocking an audiobook, New Opening Song, Neo Trio Song, Full Music Track, Anime Campaign 1-2, Hardcover Prints, Full Color Images, Animated Opening, Molly+Gio Sing, New Poster Prints, Extended S1 OP, Extended Cowboy ED, EP 1-4 Novelization, Giovanni Lullaby, Phoenica Plushie, EP 5-7 Novelization, Great At Crime Extended, Digital Art Book, Zora Villain Song, Doll + Hoodie, Another Book!, Epithet TTRPG Book, Giovanni Villain Song.
• January 7th, 2022 - On Twitter, it was announced The audiobook finished recording and they had begun to edit it.
• March 1st, 2022 - It was announced that the Illustrations are coming along smoothly.
• March 5th, 2022 - On twitter, it was announced Four illustrations were released on Patreon. Showing one of them in the tweet.
• May 30th, 2022 - On Twitter, and Kickstarter, he announced that the first pass for audiobook's first 16 chapter were complete. Some lines needed to be re-recorded as well as 12 & 13 needed to be edited. He also announced that their main composer was focused on the score. As for the Illustrations, Only 2 or 3 of the 16 left. They also, announced that the poster will be modified version of the cover, or a specific illustration from chapter 12, either way it still needs to be finalized and touched up. He also released a new illustration from the book.
• June 7th, 2022 - after listening to the first mix of the audiobook he confirmed how emotional it is to the point of joking they should rename it "make me cry", Saying they are similar to the bonding scene between Molly and Giovanni in "Bear Trap" and the fire scene from "The Doctor is In".
• July 4th, 2022 - On Kickstarter he released an Update, explaining a lot of delays as well as pushing past/expand the release date for Patreon backers from July to summer. The good news, the audiobook is on its second past, getting any lines they missed. After that Jello and the lead engineer will listen through it. There is only one illustration left.
• July 20th, 2022 - On Twitter he announced he would finalize the audio this weekend before adding the music. He also released clip where Phoenica meets Giovanni/Vincent Murder with Molly.
• July 22nd, 2022 - On Twitter he released two clips, one titled "Giovanni lesson of the day" and one about the dynamic of Giovanni and Naven.
• August 12th, 2022 - On Twitter, it was further explained that, Molly Blyndeff, Giovanni Potage, Phoenica Fleecity, Trixie Roughhouse, Lorelai Blyndeff, Rick Shades, and Naven Nuknuk will be major characters, and that Sylvester Ashling and Yoomtah will be minor characters.
• August 14th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan announced that he will start releasing a clip everyday, one from each chapter, including one from Prologue B (2) about how Crusher is not a baker.
• August 15th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from Prologue C (3), that answers if Lorelai watches anime. (The anime is yes).
• August 16th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from Prologue D (4), that revealed what Yoomtah sounds like.
• August 17th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from the first Prologue, that showed off Elise Lovelock.
• August 18th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from the first Chapter, that was an exchange between Feenie and Rick.
• August 20th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan explained that he missed posting as clip yesterday because he was busy with finishing up Chapter and that it is 45 mins long.
• August 20th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from the Chapter 2, showing Giovanni's and Lorelai's dynamic , which is Lorelai has a crush on Gio.
• August 21th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released another clip from the Chapter 2, That showed Vincent Murder's reveal.
• August 22th, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan explained that he lost a whole chapter of music placement and retiming, meaning he's been set back a day or two.
• August 26, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released another clip from Chapter 4. That showed Naven after being kidnapped by Lorelai.
• September 12, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip from Chapter 5, about how the Party was playing a game with Spelling Bee, and Trixie broke the rules by using a made up word.
• September 13, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip, where Trixie explained what's in her holy water.
• September 13, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip, about the editor's reaction to Ray Chase being cast as Rick, and releasing a zany clip with his performance in the tweet.
• September 14, 2022 - On Twitter, it was announced that although he would like to have the trivia eyecatchers, it may not happen because each illustration adds a significant amount of money to the printing fee.
• September 14, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip featuring Ogre, who he says is the most powerful character in Epithet Erased. The clip is about the Ogre first meeting the neo trio and how he is baffled by them as they ask questions.
• September 15, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip where Molly and Lorelai have a serious conversation where Lorelai explained why she freezed someone, saying how as an added bonus she gets to look at his butt. Molly is baffled by this.
• September 17, 2022 - On Twitter he explained his plan is to, in the next 2 weeks to finish the musical version of Prison of Plastic and send it off the SFX guy, then finish the lyric video for Great at Crime Extended Version, then get the audiobook back and "finish it once and for all".
• September 19, 2022 - On Twitter, Brendan released a clip where Trixie gets trapped in cookie dough and has to be slowly eaten out of it by Phoenica as a being approaches.
• September 20, 2022 - In a Kickstarter update, Brendon explained that once he finishes adding music to all the chapters he will go back through and fine tune the timing while adding notes for the SFX person in a spreadsheet and then send it to him.
• October 12, 2022 - He announced he was about two days away from being 99.9% of the audiobook.
• October 14, 2022 - He announced he was now 99.9% of the audiobook Also explaining the next step was putting the SFX in the audiobook and get a distributer for both digital and hard copies, reformat the book, and find an audiobook host. All the creative work is done now is just bureaucratic work. Further saying that he's going to begin reaching out to distributers this weekend, saying he wants at least the digital version out before the holidays. Also asking for anyone who knows a good print shop to message him.
• November 3, 2022 - In a Kickstarter update, he explained that he had secured a release platform for the audiobook, planning to not use audible at all. And will be looking more venues as well. He currently ahs two publishers interested with publishing a physical book, but due to how the industry works it will take a few more months before they are made. He also explained he is planning to release the digital copies in the first half of December.
• November 11, 2022 - On Twitter, it was explained it should be releasing in early December.^{[Citation Needed]} And he announced that the audiobook was 100% secured and that he has a failsafe self-publish option but he is still talking to publishers.
• November 22, 2022 - On Twitter, it was announced it will release on December 9, 2022.
• November 22, 2022 - On in a Kickstarter update, the Audiobook will be released on Soundbooth Theater, but first they will do a cast-wide read through tomorrow. It will also be published on Self-Publishing ingramSpark, it should have all the promised features it won't have any of the personalized features he wants, due to the site being very generalized. But he does have an interested Publisher, although it will take about 10 Months for the book to be published by them, so about Summer 2023. Due to having to everyone already having to wait quite awhile, he's going ahead with releasing on Dec 9, 2022. Soundbooth has agreed to hand out keys to backers. Backers can choose to get the self-published or wait and get the published version. He notes that the self-published version should still be good quality, but since he hasn't gotten a test copy, he feels uncomfortable about praising it.
• November 29, 2022 - On Twitter, Jello said he was exporting the finalized versions of the audiobook to send to Soundbooth Theater.
• December 4, 2022 - In a stream to promote Prison of Plastic, it was revealed Marrissa Lenti plays Ogre, that early version had too many exclamation points and it includes two in jokes with his friend Arim, The line "it's dough that gets thrown into the sun" and Phoenica being described as uniquely terrible.
• December 8. 2022 - The audiobook will cost ~$12, the eBook will cost ~$10, the hardback will cost ~$50. He is also currently working on a paperback alternative due to the hardback's cost. Later he said the retail version may not be available till the next week.
• December 9. 2022 - The audiobook releases on Soundbooth Theater.^{[Citation Needed]}
• December 10, 2022 - On Twitter, Jello explained he cut 3+ pages explaining why Feenie couldn't just completely pay for Molly, that won't matter for several books. To summarize, the government forces his family to only give her set amount of my moment and have minimal support for economics reasons.
• December 16, 2022 - Epub releases on Barnes & Noble.
• December 17. 2022 - Bloopers were released on Patreon.
• December 20, 2022 - Jello announced he signed the publishing contract.
• February 20, 2022 - Jello announced he had approved copyedits of the cover after being delayed for 5 weeks due to being sick.
• May 9, 2023 - In a kickstarter update, Jello announced that the planned released ate for the hardcover was October-November, November being more likely.
• June 13, 2023 - In a stream, Jello explained he finished giving notes on the physical version of the book. The book will come out some time in Autumn.
• June 28, 2023 - In a Tweet, Jello announced that the physical release will release in the fall. And had a poll to determine if he should increase the print run. The results being: "I might get the book!" (64.7%), "Audiobook was enough" (21.4%), "Got it on Kickstarter" (11.1%), "Not getting the book" (2.9%).

Trivia

General

• Each chapter is said to only have one illustration. However this only true for the Prologues and Chapters 1-3;5-8;13. Chapter 12 has two, one of which covers two pages. While Chapter 4;9-11 does not has none. So a better descriptor would be: there is a page of illustration for every Chapter.

• It has 93,000 words with 17 chapters.
  • This includes the 4 prologue chapters.
• It will be the first Epithet Erased book to be produced but it could be the third chronologically because of the EP 1-4 and EP 5-7 Novelizations.
• On Twitter, some (joke) alternate titles were released, including,
  • "Epithet Erased: Molly is Tired of Being Nice, Molly Just Wants to Go Apeshit"
  • "Epithet Erased: Giovanni Is Your Boyfriend and He Bakes You Cookies ASMR [11 hours]"
  • "Epithet Erased: Phoenica Fights a Bee"

Audiobook

• The first chapter of the audiobook was released on YouTube.
  • They also did a live reading on Twitch of the four prologue chapters.
• The audiobook finished recording on 1/8/2022. Despite this there still needed to be some editing, scoring, and re-recording by 5/30/22.
• On Sound Candence Studios' website, Prison of Plastic is listed as being by "Scrubbadubs".

Adaption from Anime Campaign

• Like it is in Prison of Plastic, The word "Beach" was previously used as example of an Epithet in the Anime Campaign TTRPG.
• This arc's 'main party' is almost completely different than in Anime Campaign. In Anime Campaign the main party is Agitha Fuckwhistle, Lenny Baxter, Quinton, and Sylvester Ashling. While in Prison of Plastic Agitha Fuckwhistle and Quinton are completely cut. Lenny Baxter is reduced to an indirect namedrop in the form of Baxter's Department Store. Sylvester Ashling is reduced to an unnamed cameo.
• Additionally, Molly Blyneff and Naven Nuknuk as NPCs that accompany the party. Molly Blyndeff is promoted to main character and Naven Nuknuk has a somewhat similar amount of time but in a much different way.
• Phoenica Fleecity in Anime Campaign was a character that refused to join the party, while in Prison of Plastic she is a character that forces her way into the party.

Production

• Prison of Plastic development started with one chapter in winter 2020 and wrote the rest in May 2021, with additional work continuing to be done until the book's release.
• SoundBooth Theatre went down because of Prison of Plastic's audiobook's release and the ensuing traffic. Jeff Hays, SoundBooth's CEO, and Justin Thomas James, SoundBooth's project manager, had to fix it to an understanding audience.
• One of Brendan Blaber favorite cut moments from the book is an improvised nonsense song sung by Phoenicia to Trixie to snap Trixie out of a panic attack. It is based on "Yan tan tethera".
• On Twitter, Jello revealed that in the original google doc of Prison of Plastic, that there is an interaction where Molly says, "I think I know how we can beat my sister." with a note that said "With a pipe! :)"
• On Twitter, Jello explained he cut 3+ pages explaining why Feenie couldn't just completely pay for Molly, that won't matter for several books. To summarize, the government forces his family to only give her set amount of my moment and have minimal support for economics reasons.
• IngramSpark did not cooperate with the images Jello sent due to their DPI bebing too big (despite being the minimum for quality printing), thus delaying the release of Prison of Plastic's hard copy. He found this out right before the stream.
  • IngramSpark also delayed the release of the EPUB version of Prison of Plastic.
• Soundbooth made Brendan Blaber a PDF on how to Kickstarter Backers could get the Audiobook. This PDF was made by Justin who mad it quickly.
• Soundbooth, unlike most other steps in the Kickstarter, who's been willing to do extra and fixes problems on their own.

Fanworks

• On Twitter, a 6 second clip was animated by a fan Luveygold.
• Luveygold impulsively bought a 15 second ad for Prison of Plastic in times square, New York City for $40. They attempted to get a refund but it didn't work. Brendan Blaber would note that ""We've officially hit the point where fans are so desperate for content that they're renting out Time's Square to put up advertisements for us" and that "It's a little unreal how good this ad looks tho tbh". The ad is an clip from the Say No animated intro.

Gallery

Main Article: Prison of Plastic | Gallery

External Links

• Soundbooth Theater
• Barnes & Noble
• Kobo
• Scribd
• Goodreads
• Kickstarter
• Twitter:
  • Bear Facts™ with Molly Blyndeff clip
  • "Best Line Read" Clip
  • "Vincent Murder" Clip
  • "Giovanni-Naven Dynamic" Clip
  • Giovanni Lesson of the Day Cilp (Taken from Prologue B: Banzai Blasters)
  • "Not Baker Crusher" Clip (Taken from Prologue B: Banzai Blasters)
  • "Answer to the question: Does Lorelai watch anime?" Clip (Taken from Prologue C: The Rabbit Knight)
  • "Yoomtah Voice Reveal" Clip (Taken from Prologue D: The Instructor)
  • "Showing Of Elise Lovelock" Clip (Taken from Prologue A: The Neo Trio)
  • "Feenie and Rick Exchange" (Taken from Chapter 1: Fish Out of Water)
  • "Lorelai's and Giovanni's Dynamic" Clip (Taken from Chapter 2: Vincent Murder)
  • "Vincent Murder's Arrival" Clip (Taken from Chapter 2: Vincent Murder)
  • "Naven Kidnapped" (Taken from Chapter 4: From the Heart)
  • "Made Up Words" (Taken from Chapter 5: Love Spell)
  • "Trixie's Salty Holy Water" (Chapter 6: As the Crow Flies)
  • "Ray Chase's Talented Performance"
  • "The Most Powerful Character" (Taken from Chapter 7)
  • "A Conversation Between Sisters" (Taken from Chapter 7)
  • "Jello's Two Favorites" (Taken from Chapter 9)
• Patreon:
  • Prologue A: The Neo trio
  • Prologue B: The Banzai Blasters
  • Prologue C: The Rabbit Knight
  • Prologue D: The Instructor
  • Chapter 1: Fish Out of Water
  • Chapter 2: Vincent Murder
  • PDF