Bubblegum Crisis/Batman: The Animated Series
FROZEN KNIGHTS
Writer's notes and credits
I. Ownership and Legalities
II. Writer's rant
III. Sequels, Anyone? Future Plans.
IV. Soundtrack
V. Minor Trivia etc.
IV. Big Thanks and Credits
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I. Ownership and Legalities
Batman & Mr. Freeze is owned by Warner Bros.
BubbleGum Crisis is property of Animeigo
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II. Writer's rant
The inspiration for this was from wanting to do a Batman/BGC
crossover that did NOT use time travel, and WASN'T a fusion of
the two concepts (although Sylia and Bruce Wayne do have a lot in
common). Who'd fit perfectly?
Well... Mr. Freeze.
Go watch the episodes 54 (Heart of Ice) and episode 584 (Deep
Freeze) of Batman: The Animated Series. Episode 584 SHOULD be
available in Blockbuster Video or whatever video joint ya got,
under the title "Batman: Fire and Ice."
Why Batman: The Animated Series? When the show was good, it was
VERY good. Their vision of Mr. Freeze is quite possibly his best
incarnation, and what they based the movie version of Mr. Freeze
on (although I'm NOT reccomending the movie). He went from being
just another gimick professor to a true tragic figure.
I also have to admit that the Graphic Novel 'Batman: The Dark
Knight Returns' was a big influence for the setup of the story.
In the world of BGC, there seems to be no heroes, and any that
might be are looked at with skepticism and doubt first. How else
can you explain the state of the world, except that its heroes
had been forced to abandon her?
I really wanted to do a BGC/Joker thing. Really. But any way I
could find to bring him in was just too cheezy. Same goes for
Batman or any of his successors. There was absolutely no need
for him in the story.
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III. Sequels, Anyone? Future Plans
As far as BGC goes, I have two major plots in mind, but they
won't be done for quite a while yet. One is a sequel of sorts to
'Frozen Knights', and another could be, but could easily stand
alone by itself.
First up...
BGC: When Nature Calls (fall 97)
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Sylia decides the team needs an excercise in teamwork, and so the
four of them go hiking in the wilderness of western America. How
many 'mad rabid squirrels' will Priss gun down with her cannon?
We'll all find out...
BGC/Batman: Demon Knights - Sequel to Frozen Knights. (summer 98)
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He is over 600 years old. His mission - to purify a poisoned
world, restore nature to her former glory, and create his vision
of utopia where his word is law, by ANY means neccessary. He is
the master of a global terrorist organization, and has a hold on
many nations. He is Ra's Al Ghul, and he's just declared war on
the only person on earth more powerful than himself: Quincy. In
the Antarctic, his armies begin a campaign to unite the
territories into one nation, clashing with the Genom forces lead
by Mr. Freeze. Meanwhile, his schemes in MegaTokyo sends the
city, and the Knight Sabers, into panic.
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IV. Soundtrack
1. The End Is The Beginning Is The End ......... Smashing Pumpkins
2. Wake Up Dead Man ............................ U2
3. With or Without You ......................... U2
4. Guilty ...................................... Gravity Kills
5. Mysterious Night ............................ Knight Sabers
6. Never The End ............................... Vision
7. Breathe ..................................... Prodigy
8. Devil & Angel's Kiss ........................ Knight Sabers
9. Miss Sarejavo ............................... U2
10. Sweet Dreams (are made of these) ........... Eurythmics
11. Sweet Dreams (are made of these) ........... Marylin Manson
12. Batman Theme ............................... Danny Elfman
13. The Guns of Love Disasterous ............... Smashing Pumpkins
14. The Dominion Tank Police Soundtrack
15. The Macross Plus Soundtrack Collection
16. Street Fighter: The Movie Soundtrack
These songs I listened to while writing about certain scenes, or
just ironing out the plot. 'The End is the Beginning is the End'
is primarily the Freeze/Sylia battle music. 'Never The End' is
what I had in mind for the end. 'Sweet Dreams', both versions,
is the Genom theme song. 'The Guns of Love Disasterous' is the
Victor Fries/Nora Fries theme. 'Wake up Dead Man' is what I had
in mind during the retrieval of Freeze from the Atlantic. The
Dominion, Macross, and Street Fighter soundtracks... primarily
it was the background music that I listened to when I wrote the
scenes out. The others... I'll let you figure it out.
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V. Minor Trivia etc.
1) The story is set several monts after the end of Bubblegum
Crash.
2) Geo City is from Bubblegum Crash #2. Just because I ignore
the BGCrash continuity doesn't mean I can't borrow from it ^_^
3) I told you this was minor.
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VI. Big Thanks and Credits
First and foremost, BIG thanks to Ed Bercerra for being an
advisor and consultant to me every step of the way. Frozen
Knights wouldn't be decent without his aid.
Damon Castle for his nitpicking and aesthetic critique of all
five parts and the epilogue.
Thanks also to the oracle of all things BGC, Jeannie Hedge, for
her (rough yet tender, and definitely much needed) C&C,
Lara Bartram for her editorial work on part 4, 5, and the
epilogue.
The Bubblegum Crisis RPG, by R.Talsorian games. It's a niiice
reference to all things BGC... except that I wonder why the heck
they think Madigan's dead?
Mike Loader, Kevin Eav, the fan fiction IRC bunch for giving it a
read-over and aesthetic review, and the fan fic mailing list,
which said to me, basically, 'what the heck, write the thing.'
-rpm
http://www.uh.edu/~rpm/fanfic.htm