Fanon/Night Of The Livid Dead
Night Of The Livid Dead is the 7th episode of The Adventures Of Rayman, and is also the Halloween special. Ray of the Dead and Will Byers make their debut.
Synopsis
It’s Halloween, and Rayman’s friends are ready for a spook-tacular night, though they are all in for a big surprise when they see real ghosts.
Plot
On Halloween night, Mr Dark is walking through a forest when he gets to a hillside. At the hillside is the door to the Land of the Livid Dead. Upon arrival, he finds Mister Death and Jack, who are guarding the door. He decides to distract them by throwing a rock at Mister Death, who thinks Jack did it. The two then start fighting, allowing Mr Dark to open the door, and after walking through the Land of the Livid Dead for a while, he is jump-scared by Ray of the Dead, who lunges out and yells “BOO!” This frightens Ales Mansay, but only startles Mr Dark, who takes the inhabitants to the Dead Door, unleashing them into the living world, as Mister Death and Jack are still fighting.
Meanwhile, in the Teensy Village, Rayman is trick-or-treating with Globox and Barbara. Unbeknownst to them, they are being followed by Inspector Grub. As he is following them, he is jump-scared by Ray of the Dead and leaps into a tree in fright. The rest of the dead proceed to scare everyone in the village and steal their candy, including Rayman and his friends. After a brief chase, they run into a mansion, where they close and lock the door before Ray of the Dead can come in after them. After a few seconds, the undead begin to surround the house, so Rayman tells his friends that they are to stay in the house until the Livid Dead leave.
While they wait, the 3 friends play cards, watch TV, and roast marshmallows over the fireplace. As they are eating s’mores, the fire goes out, and the lights flicker. There is an eerie silence in the room as a breeze blows through the window. Then, Inspector Grub, who has also somehow managed to enter the mansion, appears and shines a flashlight at the heroes, but the flashlight abruptly turns off. Grub is then whacked by a table, allowing the gang to escape up the stairs. As Grub tries to follow them, the stairs fall down, leaving him on the ground floor. He turns around and sees 5 ghosts, then screams in terror as one of them possesses him.
Meanwhile, Rayman, Globox, and Barbara are chased by singing ghosts ghosts lead by Inspector Grub, who opens the door and allows Ray of the Dead to enter with the rest of the dead. At the end of their song, Rayman gets separated from Globox and Barbara after falling down a trapdoor and into the basement, where he finds the other residents of the village, who are also hiding from Ray of the Dead. Not long after that, several grannies and ghosts appear and trap everyone in paintings, ending with Rayman getting trapped in one of them by Ray of the Dead.
Meanwhile, back in the halls, Globox and Barbara are hiding in the closet. They sneak out and start looking for Rayman. As they are sneaking around, they see Rayman, who is trapped in a painting guarded by grannies.
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Trivia
-This episode is a spoof of the movie “Night Of The Living Dead.”
-The episode was originally going to be titled “Livid Dead”, but was changed because Benoraloha wanted to go for a more creative title.
-When Mister Death says “You’re in for a scare,” he may be referring to the TV show Goosebumps.
-Will Byers, a character from the show Stranger Things, makes a cameo as one of the people trapped in the house. This is because he featured in a Halloween trailer for Rayman Legends.
-The characters being trapped in paintings is a reference to the Luigi’s Mansion game series.
-The whistling noise that Ray of the Dead makes is the same one that Death makes in the movie Puss In Boots: The Last Wish.
-This marks the second episode to take place completely at night, the first one being Rabbid Infestation.
-The episode was originally going to be about the friends venturing into the Land of the Livid Dead rather than the inhabitants escaping.
-Although this is not the first appearance of Mister Death in the show, this marks his first major appearance, as he only made a brief cameo at the beginning of Chocolate And Coronavirus.