As 2024 comes to an end, people tend to reflect on what they’ve done over the past year. In my case, it’s the same thing I’ve been doing for the last six years: Chuck’s Devils.
It feels weird now that it’s finally over… although in a way, it isn’t. The spin-off comic, Chuck’s Mini-Devils, is still in progress. For Easter 2025, both casts will meet again and wrap the two series up in a nice little bow.
Before that happens, I thought it’d be fun to go over three episode ideas that didn’t make the cut, and explain the reasons why.
Lost Episode 1: Totally Devils!
I thought it was pretty obvious that Chuck’s Devils was a loose parody of Charlie’s Angels. Then again, I’m in my mid-40s, so younger generations may not be familiar with the source material. This became clear when this comment was left on my series trailer, referencing a different TV series starring three female characters.
Would an episode where Candace, Yu-Ri, and Lily meet Sam, Clover, and Alex work? Maybe, but I didn’t know enough about Totally Spies! to write it. Basically, one of the Devils’ heists would have been disrupted by the Spies. Not wanting to fight a group of teenagers, the stalemate would have been resolved with everyone eating pizza or going shopping or whatever.
Lost Episode 2: Catnapping
In each of the first three parts of the story, the Devils kidnap someone: a young woman, a baby girl, and a crude dude. Part four focused mostly on the characters ending their life of crime and achieving a happy ending, so there wasn’t room for another captive. If there was, it would have been an old woman’s pet cat.
The kitty acted cute and cuddly around Candace and Lily, but was a real menace when only Yu-Ri was present. They wouldn’t believe her until they walked in on a battle that would rival Laurie Strode versus Michael Myers in Halloween H20. The Devils finally corral the cat and return it while covered in scratch marks.
Lost Episode 3: Beach Bums
I’ve groused about Chuck’s Devils not gaining many readers, which again is all my fault. If no one knows I exist, they certainly wouldn’t know my comic does either. The easiest way to increase viewership would have been to depict the cast naked. Those lewd artists make lots of money on Patreon, after all.
Chuck would have sent the Devils to the beach to take candid photos of a female celebrity. Unbeknownst to them, she’s on a nude beach. They’d undress in changing tents and use their hair and other items to hide the sensitive areas. When they finally reach the target, they realize she’s not the least bit shy, meaning any pictures would be worthless.
They try to change back into their bathing suits, but find that the shrewd starlet has snatched them. The Devils are forced to leave the tents, exposing their backsides and leaving them completely em-bare-assed. I never had the nerve to strip Candace, Yu-Ri, and Lily of their dignity. However, the idea was used when animals stole the Mini-Devils’ bikini tops.
So there you have it. Three episodes that were left on the cutting room floor, which was probably for the best. More new minisodes of Chuck’s Mini-Devils are coming in 2025. I hope you’ll like them. Happy New Year! :)