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Not enough to warrant its own topic here, but still an interesting subject that I feel should be discussed. Especially in the most boring blog on Rock Raiders United. First off, let us start by acknowledging that, outside of heavily story-oriented themes such as BIONICLE, LEGO has a very loose grip of canon that frequently contradicts itself and encourages each person to come up with his or her own personal interpretation, sometimes called MOCanon. With a canon as unreliable as LEGO's, one may ask, what's the point of analyzing it? To which Cave Johnson would reply, "Why not?" So, let's begin this journey into LEGO's confusing canon with everybody's favorite fedora-wearing adventurer himself, Johnny Thunder! Arguably one of LEGO's most popular and memorable original characters, having transcended years of absence from toy store shelves combined with a license for Indiana Jones by keeping his memory alive through the likes of Laser Raiders, LEGO Universe, and most recently The LEGO Movie. Everyone who was a fan of LEGO in the late 1990s and early 2000s remembers him fondly, and thanks to The LEGO Movie, a whole new generation will be introduced to his legacy. But did you know that Johnny Thunder has the largest genealogy of any original LEGO character? Let's begin with his dear comrade, Dr. Charles Kilroy (also known as Charlies Lightning, Articus, and Titus, among other names). This brilliant yet absent-minded professor has been by Johnny Thunder's side since his first adventures in Egypt and now goes hunting for the famed Jeweled Triceratops on My LEGO Network. He is not only one of Johnny Thunder's closest friends, but he is in fact Johnny Thunder's uncle according to the January/February 1998 issue of LEGO Mania magazine. Now, let us take a step back for a moment and consider this. Johnny Thunder is LEGO's answer to Indiana Jones, another famous fedora-wearing adventurer. In the third Indiana Jones film The Last Crusade, Indy is joined by his father Dr. Henry Jones, Sr. It is clear that Dr. Kilroy is LEGO's answer to Dr. Jones, and Kilroy being a close relative to Johnny supports this notion. Makes sense, right? Hold onto your hats, because here's where things start taking a turn for the strange and unusual. Johnny Thunder and the Adventurers were not the only products of the late 1990s. Enter the Time Cruisers in 1996, two years before the Adventurers hit store shelves. These sets follow the whimsy and wacky adventures of Dr. Cyber and his assistant Tim as they travel through time and meet the characters of other LEGO themes sharing the LEGO catalogue at the time. On the United States' side of the Atlantic, the Time Cruisers were a thing of the past by the time the Adventurers arrived... but not on the other side of the Atlantic. The German LEGO magazine World Club Magazine published a series of comics following the adventures of Tim and his faithful monkey Ali (also known as Ingo in other sources such as LEGO Mania). While LEGO Mania left the Time Cruisers back in 1996, World Club Magazine continued to follow their adventures through to the end of the year 2000, after which World Club Magazine was revamped to closely resemble its western counterpart. Until that time, the Time Cruisers kept cruising through time... and as 1998 rolled around, take a few guesses which new LEGO theme was featured in the comics. Extreme Team, of course! As the story progresses, it is revealed that Extreme Team was sent by Dr. Cyber to find Tim in the Wild West because Dr. Cyber's brother was in need of help. Oh, wow, Dr. Cyber has a brother? What's his name? Professor Articus. Hey, wait, haven't we heard that name before? You can either scroll up to check a few paragraphs above, or you can look at the comic's next page and see for yourself. Dr. Cyber is Dr. Kilroy's brother. And by extension, that makes him related to Johnny Thunder. But wait, that's not all! While it's not explicitly stated in the comics themselves or in any other LEGO media (as far as I know), one of the creators behind the comic series, Kim Hagen, did a write-up of the comic's concept which confirmed that Tim is, in fact, Dr. Cyber's nephew. So, thanks to the World Club Magazine, Johnny Thunder is related to Dr. Cyber and Tim from Time Cruisers. But we're not finished with Tim yet. Throughout the comic (and as mentioned in the write-up above), he is given the surname Timebuster. That name might not mean anything to you until you recall that there's a minifigure from the Town theme named Max Timebuster, featured prominently in commercials such as this one and this one, with his full name confirmed with this LEGO catalogue. "Timebuster" certainly cannot be a common last name, therefore it stands to reason that Max and Tim are thereby related... which would indicate that Max Timebuster is yet another one of Johnny Thunder's family members! Okay, now we're finished with Time Cruisers. Let's move on to another theme... Dino. When images of Dino's minifigures first arrived, I took a long look at this minifigure and noticed there was something familiar about him. He wore a loose khaki shirt with a belt strapped across his torso (starting at his left shoulder and extending down to his right hip) and a scarf around his neck. Although shaved, this minifigure has stubble resembling sideburns and a mustache, and his cocky expression with one raised eyebrow was unmistakeable. While his hatless head, shaved facial hair, and white shirt led me to doubt it was the Thunder himself, I could not help but wonder... was this minifigure another relative of Johnny Thunder? Weeks later, the LEGO Dino website goes live and reveals that his name is, in fact, Josh Thunder. Later, the 2012 edition of The LEGO Book briefly mentions the Dino theme and confirms that he is a descendant of Johnny Thunder. How many generations separate Johnny and Josh? It is not confirmed. Depending on your personal MOCanon (does the Adventurers theme take place in the 1930s or the 1990s?), Josh could be Johnny's son or grandson. But now it confirms that Johnny Thunder did have a son, whether that son is Josh himself or Josh's father. Before we get into any further speculation, here's a quick recap of Johnny Thunder's family tree so far. Charles Kilroy: uncle Dr. Cyber: uncle's brother Tim Timebuster: uncle's brother's nephew Max Timebuster: unknown relation to uncle's brother's nephew Josh Thunder: descendant Just to give you a heads-up, what follows is entirely based on future LEGO products that are subject to change, so there will be some speculation involved that stretches a little further than "Max is related to Tim". First, let us begin with a potential LEGO product that hasn't even been confirmed as a future LEGO product as of this writing: The Adventures of Steamrod, a CUUSOO project currently at 1,865 votes. By the way, you should all definitely go support that project because it's awesome, but enough about shameless plugs. What matters here is that this CUUSOO project is obviously one big homage to the Adventurers theme reimagined in a Steampunk setting. Who is the main heroic character? Sir Jonathan Bolt. And despite the striking family resemblance, he is merely a distant relative of Johnny Thunder. Why does this matter? Should the Adventures of Steamrod project receive another 8,135 votes, it could potentially see the light of day as a LEGO product if it passes review. And, depending on how much of the original concept is maintained in the final product, Sir Jonathan Bolt could very possibly become an official LEGO character, adding another member to Johnny Thunder's already surprisingly-extensive family tree. But there is another reason why I bring up Sir Jonathan Bolt. Like Timebuster, I cannot imagine that Bolt is a particularly common surname. And there will be a character in the upcoming LEGO Ultra Agents theme who shares that surname: Curtis Bolt. According to various sources, the minifigure currently identified as Curtis Bolt does not bear much of a resemblance to Johnny Thunder. However, I believe that this is based on incorrect preliminary information that is subject to change (remember when Brick Daddy was called the Brickfather in early material?), and I've got strong evidence to support my hypothesis. For you see, there is another minifigure currently identified as Solomon Blaze according to that same preliminary information. But wait a second, Solomon Blaze is a character from last year's Galaxy Squad theme. It wouldn't be the first time in recent LEGO history that a minifigure from one theme shows up in another later theme (most notably, Brains from Power Miners later showed up in the Atlantis theme), so it's very possible that Solomon Blaze will return this year as a member of the Ultra Agents... but this guy looks nothing like him! Instead, he looks like... like... hold on. Crooked mustache. Cocky expression. Raised eyebrow. He looks like Johnny Thunder! Just like Josh Thunder, "Solomon Blaze" looks like a relative of Johnny Thunder. In comparison, "Curtis Bolt" looks more like last year's Solomon Blaze; while their facial expressions aren't exactly the same, they're both young, clean-shaven, and have some sort of high-tech gadget over one eye. Thus, leads me to my hypothesis that the preliminary information identifying the two minifigures mixed them up: "Curtis Bolt" is actually Solomon Blaze and "Solomon Blaze" is actually Curtis Bolt. After all, wouldn't it make more sense that the character named Bolt bears a striking resemblance to Thunder? Now, I know what you're thinking. Even if I'm right about the name mix-up, Curtis Bolt is a futuristic secret agent. Josh Thunder, at least, is a character in a spiritual successor to Johnny Thunder's Dino Island adventure, so that connection makes sense. What sort of connection would there be between Johnny Thunder and some secret agent? Two words: James Bond. ... What does that have to do with anything? Johnny Thunder is based on Indiana Jones. According to several sources, Indiana Jones is in fact based on James Bond. This is why Spielberg and Lucas cast Sean Connery in the role of Dr. Henry Jones, Sr., because that would mean that James Bond is literally Indiana Jones's father. Back in 1998, LEGO created Dr. Kilroy as an answer to Henry Jones, Sr. If my hypothesis is correct, "Solomon Blaze" is not only actually named Curtis Bolt but also strongly implied to be another reference to Henry Jones, Sr. And if Sir Jonathan Bolt is canonized by CUUSOO, then the relationship between Johnny Thunder and Curtis Bolt would only be further supported. So now, let's do another quick recap including these speculative members of Johnny Thunder's family: Charles Kilroy: uncle Dr. Cyber: uncle's brother Tim Timebuster: uncle's brother's nephew Max Timebuster: unknown relation to uncle's brother's nephew Josh Thunder: descendant Jonathan Bolt: distant relative Curtis Bolt: unknown relation to distant relative Johnny Thunder's family tree would include seven other members. Considering typical LEGO families, that's a surprisingly extensive list spanning five LEGO themes and one CUUSOO set. That's all that we have for today. By now, I imagine you're quite bored with all this talk about genealogy and family trees and confusing ties between LEGO themes. In that case, this blog has served its purpose well. But now, at least you can walk away with more useless trivia about plastic Danish figures that will never help you in real life!

If you look closely, you can see that all the text is actually just meaningless gibberish, just like everything else in the game. Do you have no childhood? No looking through every single font that could be used for the Marquee screen saver? Do you not recall watching the 3D Maze screen saver for 15 minutes? Did you never make crappy paintings of whatever in MS-Paint? Have you never even seen a floppy diskette in real life? If you've answered NO to any of these questions, you may be entitled to a ★free★ time machine‼ But seriously, don't tell me it was all just LEGO Racers...

By using Num8. Even if you're in the parent menu of the builder, you can still use the number pad to move around and duplicate what bricks are already on your car. If the 20th brick is placed like this...

My best translation (no idea what the 3rd character is): KL BQTSqwrxe qwettyu Seems pretty consistent with the pseudo-random keyboard pressing of a person trying to type characters with minimal effort. The second headline is also the same as the top-left 7 characters on a QWERTY kayboard.

You bumped a thread. 2 years old. To ask a question. Where the answer is already RIGHT in front of you. Without even testing to see if it worked first. Which it actually does. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyU1a4c1Tdk What's wrong with you?!

And if you wanna count characters that never made it, Jake Thunder. Darn wannabe.

In the Johnny Thunder and the Adventurers Flash games (we'll use The Restless Mummy here), Dr. Killroy has the exact same voice as the Infomaniac. Not only that, they also look alike. This means either Killroy either is the Infomaniac or is his brother. Thus, since Killroy is Johnny's uncle, then the Infomaniac is Johnny's uncle as well. Your life is complete.

Because we have no life. How else are we suppose to figure out who is the greatest endurance master?

A boring lecture on genealogy and Johnny Thunder? But it's not my birthday! Thanks for compiling all of this. I welcome Curtis Bolt to the growing list of potential Thunder family members.

Thank you for organizing this in this blog post, it makes it ever so much easier to keep track of. I'll admit, more than once I have been tempted to try to create a "Thunder Family Reunion" MOC and if I do this pot should prove invaluable. (It also proves invaluable in playing "Seven Degrees of Johnny Thunder") (My life will be complete if we can somehow connect the Infomaniac into the Thunder family tree)

Does she use the mad pain points system? Anyway, don't feel so bad about not being able to break Xiron's record. I haven't even gotten in on the LANDSLIDES fad yet, for the simple reason that I suffer from frequent fatigue. For me to spend half a day listening to Chiefy would only debilitate me further (and it surely must debilitate even you healthy fellows.) Brave heart, aidenpons. See? I included a tongue-smiley to cheer you up. Here, have another:

Aw, don't feel too bad about the loss, aidenpons. Who knows, you might get the chance to best Xiron sooner than you think.

jamesster: Somebody just ran by me, their first name "Gorilla" PeabodySam: Which almost looks Latin. jamesster: they're an eagle PeabodySam: Eagorilla? PeabodySam: I'm just going to call him Eagor. PeabodySam: Let's find Kownt Drunkula so he can work for him. jamesster: hah PeabodySam: And together they can make Fronkenshteen. PeabodySam: But oh no Cragger stole the cheese. PeabodySam: Now they have no more drugs. PeabodySam: So now it's up to Rex Furry to save the day. jamesster: my brain hurts PeabodySam: And then along comes Dali, and he's all like, "rhinos, dude!" PeabodySam: Then suddenly peacocks chased the skunks up the waterfall. PeabodySam: Upside down. jamesster: the load times on this game are like LI2-ish PeabodySam: Then a big something like the Combine opened up in the sky. jamesster: though according to the community manager it's due to server stress and will be fixed PeabodySam: A CD pizza came out and flattened everyone. jamesster: https://community.lego.com/t5/LEGENDS-OF-CHIMA-ONLINE/bd-p/Legends_of_Chima_Online PeabodySam: And Dr. Pepper who was the Brickster's not son proclaimed, "I have long load times copyrighted!" PeabodySam: Then bug reporting spontaneously combusted and exploded. PeabodySam: After some dude was watching Suicide Mouse back in the day and said "oh no i have to go poop now". jamesster: is this real life PeabodySam: And then WHO ARE YOU? also caught on fire. PeabodySam: And the Archette was on fire. PeabodySam: And the updates were on fire. PeabodySam: Roses are red PeabodySam: Violets are red PeabodySam: Trees are red PeabodySam: Grass is red PeabodySam: Dammit my front yard is on fire. PeabodySam: DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC jamesster: no PeabodySam: But then AgentJHM11 was not impressed. PeabodySam: And pacman87 does know how to arrow keys. PeabodySam: And WhiteAlligator is confused because there's only green and brown crocodiles. PeabodySam: Maybe. jamesster: I'm working on LEGO Message Boards Simulator v1.0 PeabodySam: And then diglett809 used CARRY OVER! PeabodySam: It's not very effective... jamesster: Lair was gonna do it but his mind melted in shock when he saw some of the posts there PeabodySam: And then Transmunks262 initiated Alpha Mode and transmunked into a chipmunk. jamesster: OH I SEE HOW IT IS GAME, I CAN WAIT THREE AND A HALF HOURS TO WAIT FOR THIS ITEM TO CRAFT jamesster: OR I CAN SPEND SIX GOLD BRICKS AND GET IT INSTANTLY PeabodySam: And then diglett809 proclaimed... jamesster: https://na.chimaonline.com/en/gold-bricks PeabodySam: Post in ALL the topics! PeabodySam: An hours ago! PeabodySam: But then Rocket Racer took all the Gold Bricks and hid them around Sandy Bay, Dino Island, Mars, Arctic, and Xalax. PeabodySam: He hid more in Nimbus System, but then something exploded because Michael Bay is directing this, and they turned blue instead. PeabodySam: Now... PeabodySam: THEY'RE BLUE PeabodySam: BABADIBABADIE PeabodySam: IF THEY WERE GREEN THEY WOULD DIE jamesster: HOLY CRUD I JUST HEARD A SOUND EFFECT FROM LU ALPHA/EARLY BETA PeabodySam: SUDDENLY NOSTALGIA jamesster: THE ORIGINAL ACHIEVEMENT SOUND IS USED WHEN YOU BUY SOMETHING PeabodySam: It's not very effective... jamesster: meh PeabodySam: But to buy something, you need money. PeabodySam: And suddenly Medic took ALL the money. PeabodySam: No more LU beta sound effect for you. jamesster: :c PeabodySam: Because Chima needs more HATS. PeabodySam: HATS JAMESSTER PeabodySam: HATS PeabodySam: Then HATS send a transmission... PeabodySam: ALL YOUR CHEESE ARE BELONG TO US PeabodySam: And then the Darkitect [YOU CANNOT GRASP THE TRUE FORM OF THIS TEXT] and changed flowers. jamesster: you said that as I was buying headgear PeabodySam: Now the flowers are HATS. PeabodySam: But is RED now BLU? PeabodySam: That depends on who you are. PeabodySam: You'll see. PeabodySam: COME TO CHIMA PeabodySam: No, come to LEGO Island. PeabodySam: We've got racing and jetskiing and building and flying and watching and driving and having fun and - PeabodySam: NO PeabodySam: CHIMA PeabodySam: WE HAVE CHEESE PeabodySam: Go Crocs PeabodySam: Unless Lions are with a sledgehammer jamesster: My character is named Bionic StromlingBearclaw PeabodySam: Right before Jake Thunder kills everyone with a RAWKET LAWNCHAIR PeabodySam: Then SUDDENLY JOHNNY THUNDER PeabodySam: It's super effective! PeabodySam: Jake Thunder DED PeabodySam: Johnny Thunder gains 1006 exp. points and gets a role in a new movie. PeabodySam: YAY PeabodySam: LEGO faith has been restored. PeabodySam: SIMPSONS PeabodySam: LEGO faith has been lost. PeabodySam: Faith is a fragile thing. jamesster: So are LEGO models. PeabodySam: With Galaxy Squad and LEGO Movie, it is strengthened. jamesster: And this game. PeabodySam: Then cheese and beer come along and everything exploded. PeabodySam: But then the ice cream melted, prompting PeabodySam to suddenly go AFK. jamesster: aw PeabodySam: So PeabodySam wasn't front, and the ice cream are ded. PeabodySam: And the moon was almost at top of where at the sky and bird. PeabodySam: Then Jeff Bridges was a star, man. PeabodySam: Which reminded Laval of more CHEESE PeabodySam: And then Laval was in two videogames PeabodySam: But his arch nemesis Lava was in infinitely more. PeabodySam: So Laval lost and resorted to cheating. PeabodySam: Which sounds a lot like cheesing. PeabodySam: He plasmified at twelve o'clock while riding a Speedorz. PeabodySam: But then he crashed his Speedorz into Warrior's car and exploded. PeabodySam: So now he has to go collect drones. PeabodySam: To upgrade his cheese. PeabodySam: But Laval went to Ogel's Island to look for drones. PeabodySam: And instead he found Slimy Slugs because he went to OGEL Island instead. jamesster: a slimy slug is invading your ramblings PeabodySam: Then Laval was los tin space. PeabodySam: Which is like los tin cup which is about golf, which is a SPOATS. PeabodySam: XBOX, go home, you're drunk. PeabodySam: TEE VEE TEE VEE TEE VEE TEE VEE TEE VEE PeabodySam: And so Microsoft reverted back to Windows XP. PeabodySam: But Duke Nukem kept spamming them. PeabodySam: BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS BALLS jamesster: I'm a bear with pointy sticks and a pink vest PeabodySam: And then a malformation of falling rocks happened. PeabodySam: All at the same time. PeabodySam: So now we've got TEE VEE BALLS LANDSLIDE TEE VEE BALLS LANDSLIDE TEE VEE BALLS LANDSLIDE PeabodySam: And everywhere Laval went, it eroded the ground away. PeabodySam: So the Rock Raiders hated him for causing Lake of Fire. PeabodySam: So they booted his sorry Soviet behind back to Canada. PeabodySam: There, Laval found drones. PeabodySam: So he needed to go back to Xalax but didn't have spesship. PeabodySam: So he hitched a ride with the blacktron and Joe Spaceborn. PeabodySam: Who is distantly related to Jim Spaceborn. PeabodySam: But then that's no moon. PeabodySam: That's an infomooniac. PeabodySam: So we need dramatic music. PeabodySam: DADA DAAA DADA DAAA DADA DAAA DADA DAAAA PeabodySam: Infomooniac just keeps showing up in Alderaan places at Alderaan times. jamesster: did I fall asleep jamesster: because this is surreal for real life but average for my dreams PeabodySam: But then they had salvation. PeabodySam: Because Ernie was a black hole. PeabodySam: So Conker had a really bad fur day. PeabodySam: Because Elmo wanted to learn math from Ernie, and divided by a ghost dog from a Tim Burton film. PeabodySam: Then suddenly Cthulego. PeabodySam: ... PeabodySam: Nah, no Cthulego. PeabodySam: Anyways... PeabodySam: Infomooniac, Laval, and the drones got sucked into Ernie's hole. PeabodySam: It was really dark in there. jamesster: oh goodness PeabodySam: And then they were at Xalax. PeabodySam: And Laval gave the drones to Warrior. PeabodySam: But Warrior was mad because they were the wrong type of drones. PeabodySam: He wanted Skeleton Drones, but Laval got him Ice Drones. PeabodySam: So he got kicked out of LEGO Racers 2. PeabodySam: So Laval had to find a different game company. jamesster: is this like some sort of alternate universe of the DARPG PeabodySam: But then, Laval was ensnared in a net by a devil. PeabodySam: And then the Darkitect [uNGRASPABLE TEXT]. PeabodySam: So Laval went to TellTale. PeabodySam: And they were all like, "WRONG TT GAMES" PeabodySam: So they booted his sorry Soviet behind back to Canada again. PeabodySam: But luckily, he found a magic balloon and floated to Nintendo. PeabodySam: But John McCain beat him to the Wii U. PeabodySam: So he had to settle for the 3DS instead. PeabodySam: And that, my friends, is how "Lava's Journey" came to be. PeabodySam: But Dr. Pepper who was the Brickster's not son was still mad because the cheese topping from the CD pizza was missing. PeabodySam: GUESS WHO PeabodySam: It was the Crack-odiles! PeabodySam: And it was revealed that the whole thing started because Cragger ran out of crack and wanted to try cheese as a substitute. PeabodySam: But everyone was sad in Fabuland because there weren't enough HATS. PeabodySam: Except the snakes, so they got kicked out of Fabuland and had to settle in Ninjago instead. PeabodySam: Then the cheese wars wrecked Fabuland. jamesster: sorry was claiming a portal thing jamesster: what the PeabodySam: Then Cave Johnson introduced lemons to Fabuland. PeabodySam: Everything caught on fire. PeabodySam: So he needed infomooniac rocks to create portals. PeabodySam: But the only way to get that was to get inside Ernie's black hole. PeabodySam: Luckily, they had a Space Core to do the job. PeabodySam: But then the Space Core ended up in Skyrim. PeabodySam: And that caused the Darkitect to [uNGRASPABLE TEXT]. PeabodySam: So Nexus Force was ded. PeabodySam: And then the Darkitect [YOU] and [CANNOT] with [GRASP] potato [THE] Danielle Radcliffe [TRUE] with a bucket of [FORM] then [OF] suddenly dinosaurs [THIS] so you'll have to [TEXT] sideways. PeabodySam: And LEGO Universe asploded. PeabodySam: And LEGO execs were all like, "Our MMO has failed. LET'S MAKE ANOTHER!" PeabodySam: Because Medic was whispering to them about FREE MONEY. PeabodySam: But they had a cheese shortage. PeabodySam: Which gave them an idea. PeabodySam: Two seconds later, they slapped this game together. PeabodySam: And now you know. PeabodySam: And knowing is half the battle. PeabodySam: BUT WHO WAS PHONE?!? PeabodySam: [/end] jamesster: http://assets0.ordienetworks.com/images/GifGuide/clapping/busey_clapping.gif PeabodySam: Clearly, the best Chima fanfic ever. jamesster: holy crud man