Everything we know about the cube so far.
Facts about the cube and its lore in reverse chronological order of when we learned about them.
CUBELORE |
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- Upon entering the cube. a fat pelican pecks your eyes out, but you may be able to earn them back by performing a series of deeds that our hosts are yet to identify.
- The cube has a very bird-led culture that could be described as an aviarchy
- There is an entity in the cube known as the Coherent Cube who exists to keep continuity
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Episode seven |
- There’s a town in the cube
- The cube is vast and has towns
- Cubeton is a nice place, rustic
- The albatrosses act as a delivery service for items such as Lord of the Rings on Blu-ray
- Albatrosses carry items bundled in a sheet like a stork
- The cube has a ride service called Cuber
- There is a chain of off-licenses called the local Cube
- Cubl is the local supermarket. Spend a Cubl, Live a Lot
- Cubemail is an email service in the cube
- There is a cube tax that funds the albatrosses
- You will be forced to watch the Hypercube film when you arrive at the cube
- The films are part of a larger body of Cubaganda
- That’s just a cube having a gander
- Cubephrase is a gameshow in the cube
- Roy Walker is alive and well and living in the cube
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Episode six |
- Special guest Shaggy was found washed up on the beach in the cube
- They put him back on the beach at the end of the recording session and hid him in the sand to protect him from the albatross
- Shaggy may return to re-record the lost episode
- Sound doesn’t travel through the cube. This includes the sound of incorrect opinions.
- The albatross is a skilled drag performer
- All newcomers to the cube must survive their first tucking from the albatross
- As punishment for not finishing their recording on time, the albatross inflicts a wide variety of tucks upon the hosts
- These include being taken to, tucked in, tucked back, wearing a tuxedo, and sometimes being offered a Tuc biscuit
- After being tucked back, the albatross appraises you with the keen eye of a drag competition judge, and when satisfied flies away again
- The albatross sports the tonsur haircut made famous by Friar Tuck, and is sometimes also wearing a tuxedo (unclear if the outward appearance of the albatross is the same each time)
- Mike is in the cube as a punishment for a crime he committed as a child
- In many ways, Silent Hill is like the cube
- The cube is its own dimension or pocket reality
- However, unlike Silent Hill, the interior of the cube is quite peaceful as there are no bricks in tumble dryers
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Episode five |
- Mike & Jack can dance (if they want to), but only in the cube
- In the cube anything they manifest becomes real (for example, a phone, an elephant)
- They are all-powerful in the cube
- You can’t be cancelled in the cube (can’t cancel what’s trapped)
- Got trapped in the cube looking for heaven
- The cube was found at the top of the escalator to the sky
- When they entered the cube they found it contained recording equipment
- The cube is the afterlife
- Solved racism, but solution trapped in the cube
- Solved world hunger, same issue
- No prejudice, bliss in ‘ere
- There’s lots of beds here
- The cube is susceptible to copyright law
- Sponsorship deals can also get through
- The cube klaxon sounds at the end of the episode
- A lovecraftian albatross arrives when you’ve recorded too long
- The albatross defies description, but it does have wings.
- The wingspan (or one wing, or simultanously both measurements) of the albatross measures the equivalent of 19 football fields
- The albatross may be able to cancel Mike despite the anti-cancellation properties of the cube
- Jack is regularly driven to the point of madness over the albatross
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Episode four |
- The cube has sound dampening properties to negate the effects of the outside of the cube
- The cube is a fucking universe
- Guests can materialise in the cube
- The party’s in the cube
- In the cube, all time exists
- You are still late for the party
- In the cube, the place where you need to get the wine is always open
- In Episode 8 it was stated that the Cubists are coming, but this claim has since been disputed
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Episode two |