Gamehiker Member OG VIII: The Final Parody

Start: August 2, 2005
End: August 12, 2007
Timeline: Good Timeline (with strands in the Bad Timeline and Neutral Timeline)
Writers: Masamune, GORE-ILLA, Vorpal, SteveT, Luiigii of the Pipes, Golem, Fred.
Cast: Masamune, Vorpal, Golem, Luiigii of the Pipes, Donkeyman, GORE-ILLA, Sapphire, EVIL Scientist Dude, Siphnitty, Kuria Eiren, Yami Yoshi, Lupus, SteveT, Fred, Loogi, Youma Ganon.
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Overview

This OG was made to revive the Gamehiker Member OG series after Masamune had gone nostalgic for the older GMOGs (and in order to combat the failure of Golem's heretical Gamehiker Member OG VI: Which Way Does Time Go?. It brought back the movie parodies that had disappeared earlier in the series, although the parodies were downtoned as the story progressed and became its own creature. It eventually became a miniature Crisis on Infinite Earths with visits to several other timelines such as the Bad Timeline and Neutral Timeline, as well as non canon timelines like the world of VGF Member OG 1.1. Despite various slumps, it eventually reached a conclusion and was followed by Gamehiker Member OG IX: TRAITOR?!?!?!?!?!?!.

References/Homages to Other OGs

• Misty from the Party Goers appears, returning to the OGing scene after an extended absence of life.
• Other characters carried over from other OGs include Loogi (originally from Member Adventures).
• There are several references to the Golden Cheesecake Pirate Armada, particularly when GORE keeps mentioning his "other captain", and the pirates themselves eventually appear with Scruffy in a supporting role.
• Similarly, a parody of the OG Six from Member OG appears and is quickly killed off. Various more Member OG references arise when the OGers arrive in the Bad Timeline during the timeframe leading up to and during the early events of Member OG 8.