Charlotte in Multilink World is a British-American web series created by Kelvin Kibuuka and produced by Multilink Community Studios. The series is set in a parallel universe and follows a young girl named Charlotte Mills living in a sentient-cube-populated world.
The show is centered around the product of interlocking Multilink cubes, a manipulative used in education, specifically mathematics. The first season aired on May 30th, 2019, and currently has 6 seasons and 3 spinoff series which are all available on Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube, as well as the streaming service made for the shows, MCTV.
Charlotte Mills is a young girl who are best friends with Emily, Brooke, and Maria. The four of them find themselves in a world populated by anthropomorphic multicolored cubes. Charlotte and her friends must devise strategies to protect themselves from Regina, the story's main antagonist, who plans to control the multilink cubes and use them for her own means. Charlotte and her friends must also navigate the complicated social dynamics of the multilink cube world and find ways to connect with the other humans. Along the way, Charlotte and her friends must figure out how to free themselves and the multilink cubes from Regina's clutches.
The show's art style is 2D, which is why the characters are usually drawn in a cartoonish style. However, in Season 3, the characters were temporarily CGI at the beginning of the season. This was because the show's creators wanted to experiment with the show's art style and see if they could make the characters look more realistic. However, they eventually decided to go back to the 2D style for the remainder of the season. In Season 5, the characters are sometimes seen in a real-life environment, mostly in the episodes where they go to different places. However, in the current season 6, the 2D characters are now in a Minecraft environment. This was done to make the show more visually appealing and to make it more interactive for the viewers.
The 28 characters in Charlotte in Multilink World are a mix of major and minor characters. The majority of the minor cast only appears in the first season, but they are said to make a return in Season 6 and onwards. This opens the door for new characters to be introduced in future seasons. The showrunner has said that he wants to keep the cast fresh and exciting, so we can expect to see new faces appearing as the show progresses. Most of the characters in the show are inspired by the creator's real-life friends.
Charlotte in Multilink World has six seasons and a total of 42 episodes. The first 5 consists of a gallery-style approach to storytelling with each episode focusing on a different character or situation. The current season six is the first to have actual storytelling and episode titles.
Charlotte in Multilink World contains examples of:
- World Tour: In "Charlotte and Emily Adventures", Charlotte and Emily travel around the world.
- Our Presidents Are Different: Violet Yeterian is a fictional president in the show.
- Non-Human Sidekick: Emily Hamilton, a multilink cube, is Charlotte's best friend and sidekick.
- Improbably Female Cast: Most of the characters that appear in this show are female.
- Object Shows: This show features sentient cubes and cuboids, which are the main focus.
- Alternate Universe: This show takes place in a world that's mostly populated by anthropomorphic multicolored cubes, with very few humans.
- Genius Loci: All the planets in the Multilink Universe are sentient, including the Sun.
- Magic Potion: In "The Potion", Charlotte drinks a potion created by Maria which gives her superpowers.
- Ominous Visual Glitch: The show is sometimes interrupted by an unknown person warning us about an anomaly known as Regina, the main antagonist. This can be seen in "Meet Lois" and "Out There".
- Transformation Sequence: Occurs whenever Charlotte activates her superpowers.
- Cameo Cluster: Characters (or celebrities) from unrelated works tend to appear in this show. "The Big One" contains a high number of cameos.
