Kandyland is an original web-animated series created by GoldenLane Studio in collaboration with Rowdy Roos.
It centers around the titular amusement park Kandyland and the tragedy unfolding within it as its animatronic entertainers are slowly being corrupted by a virus.
There are four episodes planned so far, with the first premiering on October 21st, 2022 and the second being released roughly two months later on December 2, 2022.
The series is available for free on GoldenLane Studio's youtube channel
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Kandyland contains examples of:
- Alliterative Name: Suzy Snacktime, an animatronic who gives out candy to the children visiting the park, and Kandy Kangaroo and Tooky Toucan.
- And I Must Scream: It's implied the animatronics are aware that the virus is slowly corrupting them, but can do nothing to stop it. In "SHE'S NOT SO INNOCENT", Suzy begs a young girl for help after starting to glitch out.
- Facial Horror: The animatronics' faces consists of several separate plates that can move independently of each other, making them more expressive. After the virus sets in, this function takes a level in creepy: Kandy partially opens his face on-stage and when Suzy tries to comfort a lost child her jaw falls off. Their introductory animations also have the whole crew open their faces at the end to allow the viewer a good look at their endo-skeletons.
- Flower Mouth: The animatronics can open up their face-plates, which evokes this image.
- Friend to All Children: Kandy and the others.
- Hostile Animatronics: The Kandyland crew would normally avert this, but after getting infected with a mysterious virus they start acting more and more creepy.
- Malevolent Masked Man: A man wearing a clown-mouse mask is shown installing a virus in the park's systems. Said virus goes on to infect both Kandy and Suzy.
- Mood Whiplash: "SHE'S NOT SO INNOCENT" starts as a heartwarming short about Suzy Snacktime finding and trying to comfort a lonely girl — but then Suzy starts to get corrupted by the same virus that already infected Kandy, gets a horrifying electric stutter and her lower jaw falls off.
- Officially Shortened Title: The shorts are titled, "Kandyland Animatronic Series," but the title shown at the end of each episode is shortened to just, "Kandyland."
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: The animatronics' eyes going red is a sign that the virus is starting to take over.
