Toontown: Override Era

Salutatoons and welcome! This blog is for organizing my Toontown Override AU. Feel free to ask questions and to interact ^^!

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Some world building 5

Welcome welcome everyone, i've raised from the dead for a short moment, while Big 2 are still under construction.

And let me tell you... If Toons can disguise themself as Cogs, then what about Cogs disguising themself as Toons?

That's why i present to you...

"SWEET COMPANY"

Or so the Toons call them.

It's a sub-departament called Security Cog Branch or SCB.

(I was thinking about "Spy-Toons Division" but acronym was pretty bad)

The name of this branch sounds pretty important and high-ranked. While the first one is half-thruth, the other one isn't true at all. Those Cogs are the lowest of the low, the least productive, the most broken, hardly meeting any quota. This "departament" is their last possibility of survival. Never getting paid enough and always being put at risk. And what is this "risk" i'm talking about?

Well, spying on Toons of course! They are the Cogs in Toons clothing. Often roaming streets of Toontown, paying visits to shoopkeepers and other Toons still living outside.

Often snooping around, asking questions and being exposed to a lot of jokes and humor, they're trying to look for any "illegal" stuff, such as celebrations of banned holidays, hiding Resistance, banned gags, you name it. It's a hard work tho. Maybe there's less "whimsy" around town, but it doesn't mean there's no at all. As a Securitybot you should be able to make a pun or two (even bad ones), being dumb on purpose to not explode, getting jokes around you and, for everything what's productive, know when to stop playing, if Cogs patroling streets catch you and mistake you for a Toon Ranger, you'll get exposed. At least if they mistake you, that's also on them, so...

Existence of this sub-departament adds to the paranoia of Toons living "outside". That's why some houses invented a new job called "Sweet-spotter". These are the Toons often staying at houses and spotting Sweet Company. There's even hidden test for you to become one. Those Toons often get more treats (that's the only thing, that residents can pay them with). Cogs don't know about them yet, they think they're just janitors/receptionists/shopkeepers of a house.

So yeah, that's enough of

SIKE

I'M NOT DONE.

The idea which is still work-in-progress.

Not mine tho. Cogs'.

After what they'd seen on the wargrounds and afterwards, they came up with an idea. What if Toons just don't see their side of a coin? What if they just need to learn what business is? Business can upgrade so many things after all! They just need a change of perspective.

That's how "Business Schools" came to be. A very nice concept, right? Well, sadly pacifist-cogs are a rarity. Higher-ups came up with ideas twisting this concept a bit.

Ever heard of brainwashing?

This idea is still under observation, because it's still in test phase. There wasn't a single toon, who got "re-educated" (but it surely calms them down). At least there's a place, where Cashbots can keep an eye out on those pesky Rangers.

They need to get their job done, otherwise those insiders (hehe, get it?) will raport them and these toons willa be sent to special prisons called "Business Schools", where they'll stay, unless re-educated.

And by re-education i mean getting sat down in a room on a chair a being shown slides with many business information.

So yeah, prisons with brainwashing practices.

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I'm back!

Sorry yall for being absent, but first exam kicked me hard and then artfight happened soooo....

Yeah, i'll try to post something to yall, don't worry!

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Yup

If anyone's wondering, i'm still alive.

Just exams.

Yeah

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CEO redesign

Don't worry, be happy PRODUCTIVE, it's time for Craig Edgar Oilcan to get redesigned!

Damn i didn't like his design and redesigned him with pleasure.

First, I threw out his golf vest and gave him a proper, snazy suit (however after i threw it out, he rushed to the bin and took it out. We came to an agreement, that he'd put it only while playing golf.) Beret stayed on tho. It gives him so much personality. Gold plaque also was added to his tank. As cameras too, for supervising (nothing will escape his gaze). I wanted to put more "bossy" style into him, you know, the worst kind of boss, who uses his power to remind people who's in charge. And also to pride himself.

Rich and powerful dude, who knows how to put people in their places. However you know this feeling, when sometimes you think your Boss is a "stronger being"? I mean he's not entirely human, just a being, who has more power than you.

Imagine this: You're at a meeting, sales weren't good, everyones talking over each other, and then suddenly

Boss wants to talk. And oh boy he's in a bad mood.

Yup, that's his second mode. See those lightbulbs near his face? When he's content, those small, green ones light up, however when he's angry, those red ones start flashing. Also he grows claws.

You know this feeling, when sometimes you think your Boss is a "stronger being"?

As for personality, he still likes his banquets, but now he's not obsessed with them. He's a serious boss after all, and he'll remind you about it. He has patience, but when you use it all, better hide or you'll get fired by a canon. I also made him a bit more... Drastic in his methods? He's not goofy, he means business (still scared of Chairman tho, but he doesn't show it much). And he's megalomanic.

What he thinks about the Override program? He supports it all the way. The Override means more productivity and more control which leads to more resources, which leads to more money!

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It takes longer than i thought, so sneak peek time:

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Don't be alarmed, i'm still alive and so does this AU.

Just need to end this rough week :']

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I hate the fact, that

i don't have anything to post for this silly day.

DAMN YOU CALENDAR, I WON'T BE BOUND BY YOUR STUPID NUMBERS!!

Wishing yall funny Prima-Aprilis everyone :]]

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Some world building 4

Recently we celebrated the Valentines Day, so you know what that means:

Talking about relationships in the world of OverrideAU!

So:

As we all know, Toons can be friends and lovers with anytoon, nobody looks at it weird. They're free to choose and as long as feelings are mutual, everything is okay.

In COGS Inc. suits are able to fall in love or befriend each other. While befriending might be beneficial in some cases (for example: suits can share work, lend some stuff to each other or sit at the table to eat lunch), it also might be a risky move.

Let's take for example Mingler and Flunky. Mingler is pretty respected in the community, however if they befriend a Flunky, right, Flunky might get some respectful looks from peers, i mean, come on, his friend is "THE Mingler", Minglers reputation could get worse, because they're friends with a grunt.

And when it comes to loving... It is not encouraged, but not discouraged either. Cogs can fell in love and form families, but ONLY if they're from the same departament. If they're from two different ones, they'll get ostricised and could be even demoted.

Also here's the picture of two Cogs going through this problem:

Meet Maggie Screws and Filon Coggins, Mingler and Flunky, who fell in love. They're not bringing much into the AU, more-less they represent the problem, HOWEVER they'll help "the Good side" later in AU, so stay sharp!

IF Cogs from different departament fall for each other, as long as they're hidden, they can make this work! However it rarely workes out... But Maggie and Filon manage to go on dates/meetings, so noone knows so far.

I mean who suspects Flunky who follow orders from a senior co-worker, who needs help finding an ideal lipstick?

(Shameless art showing, who will forbid me :3)

Now, let's tackle another idea:

✨Interracial affairs✨

Toons and Cogs... They can't meet officialy.

Toons nor Cogs don't like if their people like the opposing party:

A Toon, who likes/loves a Cog is known as a Cog-Sympathist [CS] - There's a big difference between them and straight up Traitors. CS doesn't work with COGS Inc. They just have a friend/lover from the opposing faction. They focus solely on a person, rather than on their work. They just want to love and be with them.

Mostly other Toons don't like Cog-Sympathists and are more often to exclude them from societies in fear of them being Traitors. However if Cog shows them than he doesn't support what COGS does, they MIGHT start to tolerate them (it depends on a Toons level of empathy). There's even higher chance if Cog starts to actively help their partner (it's a double edged sword. Some Toons might see this as a trick to buy their trust). It turns Cog into a Traitor.

A Cog who loves a Toon is known as a Toon-Conesseur [TC] - They also differentiate from Traitors focusing only on Toon alone. TC doesn't work with Toons, they just want to be with THEIR Toon. They distant themself from what they're doing to the whole nation.

Strangely, higher-ups tolerate Cogs liking Toons... It damages liked Toons reputation and boosts theirs, so only if you admit that's a lie or (if they "work" for Cogs) they're just their favorite employee, you're allowed to "like" them. TC is a Cog who's specificaly in love with a Toon. They suffer major backlash from that, which can lead to demotion (if lucky) or being scrapped (if not). The only way to gain their trust and "close eyes" for that is for Toon to become a Traitor.

That's why mixed pairs often choose to try to run away. There are some folks who understand that and help them escape.

Sadly there are only three options for them:

Betray, hide or run away.

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i didn't you like my cogs ?

Yeah, they're pretty cool 👍

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CLO redesign

I'm coming back from the depths of learning to give yall some more redesigns.

Everyone, welcome the diva, the snow queen, the one and only:

DIANE MORSECODE!

She was a hard nut to crack. I wanted to implement three things into her design:

Symmetry

Minimalism

She's symmetrical (maybe not her hair, but we'll be back in a sec about that), she doesn't have much gold on her, well, maybe only earrings, which are not visible from there. She got herself a new jacket and new podium.

But hey! She has similiar plates on hands!

Well, if you guessed that she's also blond, then....

You...

Would...

Be...

WRONG!

She sees perfectly fine! And vents are for cooling purposes. And to shoo off pests:

(Idk why i gave her so much love. Shading???)

Those tornados are freezing, this vent on the bottom is also freezing, just run away.

As for her character. I made her cold. If she isn't to snap, you don't get too many emotions out of her. You know, this "precisely" type of guy, erm, girl. However this "one apple ruins a bunch" thing... Yeah, it stays. It's too good.

She works with John, she took the Corporate Law side of their work: sending payment reminders, if everything is up to code, HIDING THE FACT THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES ARE GETTING PLUGGED INTO THE OVERRIDE AGAINST THEIR WILL, and writing contracts which make sure that you can't leave ^^.

She's also a bit controversial person. Being symmetrical in Lawbots Departament was a thing prior to Morsecode, it was a symbolism which she broke with bringing a few new models of cogs ("new Lawbots") and herself not being completely symmetrical. That also shows off a small megalomania ("I don't need to follow the rules i made"). It was really pissing off for John, they started off cold, yet they warmed up a bit to each other. They're not friends, but know how to co-exist and work together.

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*Crawls from the piles of dirt*

I'M ALIVE!!!

Sorry for my absence folks! I'm being reaally busy with real life (exams and stuff), BUT i didn't forget about this project, so i Hope i'll have some time in the near future to do something here.

In the meantime, here's a long sleeved Brian:

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Salutatoons! Today i bring something on a different note, i've made new Blog! There you can see my other creations: digital, pencil and whatsnots. If you're interested, go ahead and check it out!

@artingaround · Arting_Around

This is a side-blog for my other doings, arts or whatsnots. I hope yall like it ^^ Also weirdos DNI

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CJ redesign

The next one is our favorite retired JOHN ROBOLTS 👏👏👏

I don't know if that was just me, but i was pretty underwhelmed with his design. I just KNEW that there could be something else.

And it was. AND I TOOK IT OUT.

CJ received a nice poncho/coat and a golden chain from me (both things are being worn by judges). Coat has special metal-shoulder to make him a tad bigger (and more intimidating). As for this chain, it's not only a sign of power, but also it Has a new, special emblem reserved for him and Court Staff only.

Yup, there's also a sub-departament of Lawbots simply called Courtbots. Their role is to simply take care of Courtrooms, assign courts to them, etc. Lawbot can train themself to become one (some ambitious bots take it as the second job for extra cash and even make it).

However coming back to CJ:

I gave him legs!

You see it right! He's the only HOD who's able to turn between tank/legs modes.

While tank is for transporting and meeting purposes, legs are reserved for courts. Why? Some believe, that again, he looks bigger and more intimidating. Some believe that it was Chairmans idea to punish poor John for leaving COGS and it didn't work out. Who knows?

I also gave him... x-ray of some sorts?

Idk how to call it. Normally he's as blind as a bat ("justice is blind" yada yada), BUT when he takes his cloak off, he can something called "interrogation-mode". It was an oldschool system, which was pretty revolutional in his times. However it was still a prototype, which worked... Too well.

It enables John to see mechanism of a cog and see how it responds to asked questions: does it start heating? Or maybe program starts glitching? He'll be able to see this.

Sadly it also made every light like 1000x brighter, so he sadly can't use it for moving around. It doesn't bothers him tho, he learnt his ways of walking from place to place. Reading isn't a problem too. He knows Braille and Morse Code (hehe). See those plates on his hands? They help him read and they also work somewhat like a cooling system (small gaps between plate and hand itself regulates internal temperature and helps with reading surfaces and vibrations).

As for his character: he's back again in fighting toons. He still may have a beef with Robert, but mostly he came around and just got back to judging enemies of COGS. He's cold on his calculations, as a Lawbot should be (more about it in later post about Lawbots). He also has a pretty decent relationship with Diane. At first they were pretty chilly towards each other, but after some time, they warmed up a bit.

Whoah, that's the most i wrote about HOD! No wonders i had so much fun building him in Toontown again ^^.

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Happy new year yall!

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Some world building 3

It's Christmas time! So you know what that means... Thematic world building!

Will it have any impact on lore?

Absolutely no. Do i want to just do it? Absolutely yes!

Everyone knows, that Toons and Cogs have their own Holidays and events. And i'm not talking about Easter events or Christmas, because those are our human Holidays. I'm talking about main Toon Holidays and Cogs events! It is time for someone (like me :]) to do something about it!

And if you have your ideas, don't be shy and write them down!

We gonna start with Toon side of this world:

SEASONS-WELCOMING:

At the beginning of every season they gather for a big feast and presents exchanging/taking which takes 3-7 days.

Spring Welcoming - It's a big picnic with fruits to eat and honey-milk to drink! For them to remember that they live in a beautifull world full of nature, which should be protected. Toons exchange gifts such as flowercrowns, baskets and goodness' from their own gardens. There's also Flowercrown Making competition! It always takes place in Daffodil Gardens.

Summer Welcoming - It's a big beach party with ice-cream, watermelons and lemonade! For them to remember that life is joyous, as long as you have fun (with friends or without) and don't come through problems alone. Toons exchange gifts such as toys, trinkets, friendship bracelets and any kind of accesories (such as bows, pins, etc.). Then are taking place any kind of sport games. It always takes place in Barnacle Boatyard.

Fall Welcoming - It's a big camping with lots of tents, smores and stories to tell over the campfires! For them to remember that everything comes to an end, but it doesn't need to be necesserily sad. Changes exist in life and those are just part of it. This Welcoming is the most calm out of them.Toons don't exchange gifts, instead they help each other with building tents and forest huts. They have special camping site to do so, where they build campfires with the biggest one in the middle. When the evening comes, they tell stories about their adventures. It always takes place in Acorn Acres.

Winter Welcoming - It's the big feast on the playground! For them to just be happy, joyous and full of dreams! When it starts, everytoon helps with decorating their Playgrounds with colorful lights and decorations. They also write themselves a list of gifts and send it to Merry Paws (who is a real Toon), who brings presents on the last day of Winter Welcoming. It's the only Welcoming, which always lasts a whole week. On the 4th day the Big Tree Decorating takes place in Brrrgh for signaling Merry Paws that they can come on the Big Winter Feast. Toons then gather together, eat, sing and play in the snow. When everything is done (and Merry Paws is back to their place), they find presents in their houses.

OTHER HOLIDAYS:

New Year - Because of course, however there are no fireworks, rather music and many games. Just having the best time of their life!

The Big Gardening - It takes place in Spring and Fall. Everytoon helps with growing plants and gathering crops. Then also takes place Contest for the biggest fruit/vegetable.

"Toon-day" - Something like the Independence day. For them to remember, that they can have their argues, but they are still an unity. Major tells a speech about the history of Toontown and how it came to exist and then everyone throws pie to the air, to celebrate that! (Don't worry, everything is cleaned afterwards).

"Funning around" - It's more of a toonlings Holidays. They don't have to go to school, however if they want, they can come to any adult Toon and help them with their business. And tradition says that adult cannot say "no".

And now it's time for Suits (and how they celebrate in COGS):

SPECIAL EVENTS/DAYS:

National Work Day - Takes place in Summer. Suits work all day and all night, to remember stay productive. Some companies provide nice stuff to them (mostly food od beverages).

Suitopia day - Yeah, it's the day of Independence. They're listening to their anthem on the radio and they buy/sell thematic trinkets for that. There's also one, big HALF HOUR break at COGS to sing anthem and "socialize" a bit. And a free cogffee.

Sales Week - It's when corporations sell off their good stuff, just to keep things rolling and also for suits to blow off steam. Takes place in Winter.

The Great Parade - It takes place in Spring. For Suits to remember that they're still an unity. They make a big parade with many decorations and famous suits balloons/carts which often lasts a whole day. At COGS some of the bigger higher-ups are able to ride to Suitopia to attend it, but there's also their smaller version, when they parade at the streets of Toontown with their famous suits words written on a big banners.

National Relax Day - It's an autumn day off. Suits can just relax. At COGS it's the drive wheel of motivation, they have a A WHOLE DAY OFF, amazing.

New Year - In Winter, it's just celebrating a new Year. Oil, parties, etc... At COGS they throw banquet for higher-ups. Lower ranks have their "self-organised mini-banquets", which mostly look like going on break together to drink a better oil, give small gifts (for example fountain pen with a big bow) and wish a productive year to each other.

(First Toons were crashing those parades, but Cogs got mad and started doing the big invasions on their hoildays. Both sides had seen this as problematic, so they declared truces on those days).

However, after the takeover, Cogs banned gatherings celebrating this stuff and Toon-day. Toons are able only to celebrate this stuff in their houses. They only allow Funning Around and The Big Gardening. When Funning Around is happening, toonlings can go around and help... Sellbots. It was approved by VP. In exchange they get small knick-knacks or some talons for price reduction when they want to buy something. Nobody is proud of it, but sometimes it's needed to survive.

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CFO Redesign

Next Boss i'm redesigning is Chris (finally finished him let's gooo):

I don't like this weird plate he has for neck, it throws me off... So i took it off lol, now he has just neck. He also found himself some gold to decorate himself with. He's a head of Cashbot departament, he's a wealthy man and everyone should know this!

Overall he's "sturdier" than before, has some metal supports and a cash register built info his "tank". It looks small, but it's only for calculating stuff and printing information.

His face got more expressive:

When he's calculating profits and those profits are satisfactory, then his eyes turn into small dolar signs. While he's doing it, small buttons on his head are working too!

When he's angry, he's able to pull the lever on the side of his head, which reveal his teeth!

(I was going for "a scary businessman" type, so why not put a shredder for destroying counterfits into his mouth?)

If the lever is pulled all the way down, his head opens like a cash register revealing money (which he likes to smoke).

And i gave him a monocle ^^.

As it comes to his personality:

He's pretty much the same greedy cog. However i gave him Anger when something is going too slow (wasting time). Time is money after all. He also likes billiards and "allows" his employees gamble... As long as they're not using corporate money and 50% of their winnings are donated to the Corporation. Cash doesn't stink after all.

He also supervises trains which are running between Suitopia and Toontown AND between departaments (yup, he's also responsible for sending money/resources between departaments).

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Some world building 2

I'm back!

This time with some updates to my world, because i don't have much time for digitals of the next Boss (But, Chris is still being made!) it's time for more world building! Starting with:

HIERARCHY:

As yall know, Suits are divided like that:

Suit can work at COGS or other (often smaller) company. They can also stay unemployed, but as you probably guess, it won't feed you.

Cogs are divided for Grunts and Higher-ups, which are divided for "Promoted" and Individuals:

(From now on, I'll use Sellbots as an example to not confuse anyone or myself)

Grunts - Lower ranks, from Cold Caller to Mover & Shaker (where this last one is more of a border rather than grunt itself). Mass-produced and often poor workers, which are pushed around.

Higher-ups - As the name says, they're the higher-ups of the COGS, from Mover & Shaker to Mr. Hollywood. They earn more mone and have better jobs, but that doesn't mean they work less. They just have more priviliges and some of them, even benefits of a doubt.

"Promoted" - Any cog, who was mass-produced and climbed on a Corporate ladder (Any Mr. Hollywood, Mingler, etc.)

Individuals - Those are special suits not mass-produced (for example Belle Dama, Chip Revvington, etc.)

And now some Trivia (some of it will be more readable things from the picture below and some will be added as i go):

Fun fact: if you want to mock a higher up, just call them a "Grunt".

Normaly higher ups do more important tasks:

• Some of them aspire to become executives, which gives them power over their branch/sector, better payment and some cool upgrades (such as better propeller or built-in notebook).

• Some of them become really good at what they're doing and become celebrities or just famous (It's the one of not many choices they're able to do. Celebrities are still under Executives tho).

• They can also stay as they are. Payment is the same, but there are no risks in damaging this "fame".

Grunts also can try to become executives, but it's rather harder for them, than for a higher-up, but if they do, they can get power and upgrades.

Recognition is very important for Cogs, because it often "opens doors" to many places. That way a grunt can get itself some more money/fame just by being friends with someone in higher-ranks. However higher-up won't be looked at the nice way, if they're friends with a lower rank.

Sometimes higher ups decide to build themselves an Offspring. It is a common tactic for securing their position on the Corporate ladder.

Grunts rarely build an offspring, because they're too poor to make and rase a cogling of their own.

And now it's time to talk about..

DEPARTAMENTS:

And some quirks about them :]

Cogs of certain departaments are build different (i'll talk about this more later, but for example: Cashbots are sturdier than Sellbots).

If they're working in one departament, they can't change them.

They also can't work in two departaments at once.

• However if a Sellbot is sent to for example, Cashbot mints, it needs to wear a special pin, which allows then to go there without being asked any questions.

Celebrities are often recognised between departaments, which (for them) is very helpful in some ways.

Any "stronger relationships" between departaments should be (and are) strictly prohibited to prevent schedule confusions and/or work mistakes. It also prevents leaks of information.

• Usage of this rule depends on how strict the Boss of Departament is.