Recap / Meta Runner

A recap page to the animated web series Meta Runner.

Season One (July 25 - October 10, 2019)

The first season of Meta Runner follows Tari as she first finds herself in Silica City, discovering her mysterious ability to warp into video games... and soon ending up on the run from the local megaconglomerate TAS Corp. With Theo—a game character she's inadvertently pulled into the real world—in tow, she soon comes across the trio known as MD-5, and joining them in their mission to expose the corrupt dealings of TAS Corp and their ruthless CEO, Lucks.

1. Wrong Warp
2. Out of Bounds
3. Bad Split
4. Sequence Break
5. Aimbot
6. Game Plan
7. No Clip
8. One Shot
9. The Run
10. Shutdown

Season Two (October 16 - December 18, 2020)

The second season of Meta Runner picks up six months after the end of Season 1, with Tari now working as a TAS Corp Meta Runner under the thumb of Lucks, Theo being incarcerated to keep her in line, and MD-5 reuniting after breaking apart. Soon both parties come back together to try and figure out a new way to expose TAS Corp and rescue both Tari and Theo from Lucks' grasp.

1. Hard Reset
2. Firewall
3. Unreal Engines
4. Transfer Student
5. Heart to Heart
6. Hack and Slash
7. Friendly Fire
8. Soft Lock
9. Nightmare Mode
10. Fatal Error

Season Three (July 22 - September 9, 2022)

The third and final season of Meta Runner picks up one week after the shocking events of Season 2's finale, as Tari and her friends come face to face with the true mastermind behind all their misfortune... who has much bigger ambitions than anyone could imagine. Now, through both the real and digital worlds, including the Sky Pirate-themed MMO Skybreakers, they must stop his ultimate plan from coming to fruition, all while Tari is faced with a difficult choice...

1. Power Down
2. Testing Room
3. Skybreakers
4. Dead on Arrival
5. Death Warp
6. Global Testfire
7. Overload
8. The End

Shorts and specials

A series of mostly non-canon shorts and special videos released throughout the run of the series.

• Tari's Live Stream
• Fast Food Fight
• Ultra Jump Mania (pilot)
• Bo Shorts
  • She has an announcement to make
  • Someone stop her
  • Destroy the Waifu
  • Trying to make a meme
• GLITCH Productions crossovers
  • "If Mario Was in Meta Runner" (a parody of the first season, reenacted by the cast of SMG4)
  • "Into the Marioverse" (Fake Crossover with SMG4)
  • Mario Reacts To Meta Runner (SMG4 Crew reaction video)

Meta Runner: Source

A comic series which explores the backstory of the series.

• Issue #1: Hello World — covers Tari's origins and her relationship with Lucinia.