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Sunset Paradise is an Australian-American computer-animated web series created by Luke and Kevin Lerdwichagul, produced and animated by Glitch Productions and funded by Screen Australia for GLITCH. It was revealed in SMG4: War Of The Fat Italians 2020. The pilot was released on March 26, 2021 at 4 PM PT, and nine more episodes were released weekly starting on June 4, 2021, and concluding on July 30.
The series is a spinoff of the SMG4 series which focuses on Meggy Spletzer, who takes a vacation to find the calling she needs, and also fights a variety of criminals and her inner demon, Shadow Meggy. Two trailers were released, Sunset Paradise (Official Trailer) and My New Adventure. Unlike Meta Runner, which focuses on Tari as the protagonist but is set in a separate continuity, Sunset Paradise is set within the SMG4 continuity, but remains standalone in nature to put sole focus on Meggy's ongoing character arc.
Sometime after winning the final Splatfest and fulfilling her promise to Desti in Meggy's Destiny: An SMG4 Movie, Meggy has found it increasingly hard to figuring out what she wants to do with her life that gives a purpose. To help sort herself out with some much-needed relaxation, she takes a vacation to Port Aurora, the island paradise home of the Aura Boras, and host to all manner of colorful tourists, leaving her dear friends behind. Unfortunately for her, the town has become plagued with criminal activity in the lead-up to its Phoenix Festival which takes place once every 100 years, and the closest thing the island has to an authority figure is the inept deputy Auri Bori who Meggy meets and befriends. If she wants to get any peace and quiet, Meggy will need to team up with Auri and lay down the law and bring justice as Port Aurora's new sheriff, leading to one heck of a crazy misadventure. Along the way, she not only has to battle a diverse cast of criminals including the Spud Buds, a rowdy gang of potato thugs, Whisk, a sly, but shy cat burglar, the Funky Fource, a team of super villainous robotic dancers, and the infamous criminal mastermind leading them, Sir Benedict Cumbersnatch, but also dealing with her inner demon self, Shadow Meggy.
One of the two main protagonists of the series. She is an Inkling turned human, originally from Inkopolis who went on a vacation in Port Aurora to figure out what to do next in life while also helping her new friend Auri to fight criminals on the island as well as dealing with her shadow counterpart, Shadow Meggy.
One of the two main protagonists of the series. He is a young inept, but well-intentioned Aura Bora who is the self-proclaimed deputy of Port Aurora. In the penultimate episode, he sacrificed himself to save Meggy from the laser shot by Benedict at the top of the tower but was later revived in the finale.
The tritagonist of the series and the mayor of Port Aurora. In Mad Meggy, he was ultimately killed by the Funky Fource when he sacrificed himself to save Meggy and Auri.
The main antagonist of the series. He is the crime boss of Port Aurora's criminal underworld who, after a confrontation with Auri's grandfather which resulted in the latter’s death, Benedict was cursed to be reduced into an egg-shaped form, forcing him to rely on the Goonies, alongside the Spud Buds, Whisk, and the Funky Fource. He wants to utilize Aloysius's ashes to bring him back to his original form, gain the Phoenix Egg to harness its power, and rule Port Aurora. However, he is defeated for good by Meggy and Auri.
Major antagonists in the series. They are a gang of anthropomorphic potato bandits terrorizing Port Aurora and contribute to the crime occurring on the island, and are under the command of Benedict.
The secondary antagonist in the series. She is a world-class cat thief who's always brimming with confidence and skill—whenever she's wearing her mask, that is. Without it, she turns into a literal scaredy-cat, and is under the command of Benedict.
Major antagonists in the series. They are a funkalicious foursome of crime-fighting superheroes who crush evil through the power of dance...or so they claim. In truth, they're frauds who harbor a dark secret behind their acts of derring-do, and are under the command of Benedict. After the fall of benedict, they are forced to fix the damage they caused.
If Friday Night Funkin Was 3D - ANIMATION (Non-canon)
SUNSET PARADISE - EP 5: The Funk and the Furious (Canon debut)
Freddy Fresh
Felix Fresh
Phil Fresh
Goonies
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The recurring antagonsists of the series. They are silent, hulking Aura Boras serving under Benedict's whim as his army of henchmen. They are now working as ice-cream vendors with Aziz.
One of the two overarching antagonists (alongside Francis) of the series. She is a mysterious entity and the dark counterpart of Meggy Spletzer existing in Meggy's subconscious mind, serving as the manifestation of her negative thoughts and emotions, and the reason Meggy is even visiting Port Aurora in the first place.
Minor antagonists in the series. They are a pair of big time magician brothers in Port Aurora who love to con and scam their way to the top. They also owned a pet tiger as their guard named Tig Tig.
A Room cleaner of Hotel Aurora who has some feelings toward Whisk.
SUNSET PARADISE - EP 3: Reservoir Cats
Aloysius Bori
Jason Marnocha
One of the two posthumous overarching protagonists (alongside Desti) of the series. He was Auri's late Grandfather and the previous sheriff of Port Aurora, who was murdered by Benedict, but not before cursing him into his current form.
Opening Theme: "Sunset Paradise" (written by AJ DiSpirito; performed by Lizzie Freeman)
Ending Theme: "Sunset Paradise Acoustic Ver"
Episodes[]
Prelude episodes:[]
SMG4: Meggy's Part-Time JobMeggy tries to make some money by babysitting so she can go to Port Aurora.
SMG4: The Intruder...Meggy is seen telling Fishy Boopkins about how she's been having a difficult time trying to find a new hobby she's passionate of.
SMG4: Mario VS YouTubersWhen SMG4 asks Mario to take his place for a fighting tournament, Meggy tries to help train her plumber friend despite him not wanting her to. After Mario successfully won the tournament without her help, Meggy becomes depressed & starts questioning her life choices. Shadow Meggy debuts as entity
SMG4: The Pursuit of HappinessMeggy's friends try to help her find a new purpose in life she'll be good at but fails, Shadow Meggy makes her physical debut, Meggy receives a ticket to Port Aurora from her friends.
My New Adventure.Meggy officially sets off for Port Aurora, Meggy's design for the show is revealed, announcement for the show's trailer on the GLITCH channel.
All Meggy Spletzer wanted was a relaxing break. Instead she found an island filled with potato bandits, cat burglars, dancing supervillains, and one very angry ice cream man, who all want to turn her peaceful vacation into a crime-fighting adventure.
This was confirmed in a reddit AMA by Luke Lerdwichagul, where he stated that Sunset Paradise has taken inspiration from both Super Mario Sunshine and A Hat in Time.[1]
In comparison to A Hat in Time, Port Aurora bears a resemblance to the city of "Mafia Town". Whisk could be compared to the mustache girl. Benedict could be compared to the Mafia Boss because his Goonies are built like mafia subordinates.
In comparison to Super Mario Sunshine, Shadow Meggy is obviously inspired by Shadow Mario who, while not the same character, has a similar concept. Also, in Super Mario Sunshine, Mario goes on vacation to take a break but is interrupted because of the fact that he has to stop crime and clean the entirety of Isle Delfino, while with Meggy, she wanted to take a nice vacation, but crime got in the way.
Sunset Paradise does take place in the SMG4 universe unlike Meta Runner, making it canon.
Unlike other SMG4 spinoff series like Guards N' R****ds, Sunset Paradise is a fully-fledged animated series rather than a machinima, and the first to feature an entirely original cast (if Meggy's Splatoon origins aren't counted).
The show's style of humor seems to be largely based off of SMG4 (Meggy tries to attack a monkey with a durian, which turns out to be a no sell and causes the monkey to chase Meggy with a knife that seemingly appears out of thin air.)
The crab carrying Meggy's suitcase uses King Crab's model from Meta Runner.
Meggy Spletzer is the second SMG4 girl to have her own show, with the first female being Tari with her show Meta Runner.
While the Tari from Meta Runner is part of a separate universe and is that's not the same as her SMG4 counterpart, the Meggy that appears in this show is the same one that has appeared in SMG4's videos.
Ironically, Sunset Paradise has an anime-like art style for many of the characters when Meggy herself hates anime. She was totally unaware about it, however.
So far the episodes are named after old movies (excluding Episode 1, which is simply "PILOT", and Episode 10, named "Rebirth", although there is a 2016 film with that name).
Not counting the Lerdwichaguls, three of Meta Runner's voice actors play roles in Sunset Paradise, who are Anthony Sardinha, Jason Marnocha and David J.G. Doyle.
This series marks the third time that Meggy was abused by evil characters, in this case being brainwashed by the Funky Fource.
Despite there being a Sunset Paradise Intro Theme, every episode (except for the Pilot) plays a shortened version of the theme song.
Since Luke already answered the Q&A on Reddit that Meggy won't stay in Port Aura forever, this series was a little more transparent than Meta Runner.
The "Meggy T-Shirt" features Meggy holding an Inkzooka from Splatoon, making this the first "post-2019" merch (excluding Desti's appearance in the "SMG4 Girlz" T-Shirt) to feature content originating from a Nintendo game.
In STREAM CRASHED LOL - Streaming Until I Hit 5̶ ̶m̶i̶l̶l̶ 5,100,000 Subscribers [LIVE], Luke (SMG4) and Kevin said that the red Funky Fource Member was Phil and the blue Funky Fource Member was Felix.
In EP 2: The Silence of the Yams, Melony (in her melon form) and the Old Man both briefly appear in the scene where Meggy, Auri, and the Spud Buds fight in the dark. This was the first time a 3D model was used for the Old Man, which would go on to appear in the SMG4 series starting in SMG4: The Floor is Lava.
This is the only Glitch show to not feature Elsie Lovelock as a voice actor (not counting the bonus episode If Friday Night Funkin Was 3D, in which she voices Auri, filling in for his main actor).
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SMG4 Plays Merio Nertnendoes (2015-2017)·Hitbox (2018)·Dumb Stories To Chill And Relax To (2019-2020)·Peggy Livestreams(2021)·Meggy Livestreams(2021)·Crossover Time CREW (standalone, 2017-2024)·SMG4 CREW (standalone, 2021-2024)
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