Episode 1: The Disc

Episode 1: The Disc, is the first episode of Cyberspace Investigations and the first episode of Season 1 (2020). It falls within the timeline of the Founding of Channel 53 Arc, and is the first cannonical event shown in the series.

Characters

 * Brandon Dowthimore XVI
 * Harlan


 * Lord Dowthimore III

Synopsis
The episode starts with Brandon having content production issues. Channel 53, his own TV station, is failing to rake in viewers, and they need something to create money, after they spent the rest gambling at the casino. After his tracker picks up a strange signature, he travels to the Restricted Woods to find the signature. Meanwhile, Harlan is searching for the same signature. A cat then helps him locate it, finding it in the center of the woods. It is revealed to be video footage of the 1700s. Brandon reaches the woods, and enters them, finding that Harlan has already taken the footage. He finds Harlan and chases him down, taking the footage for himself and capturing harlan in a Pokeball.

Back at Channel 53 Headquarters, Brandon taunts Harlan and opens the video footage. Apparently, it's a copy of Godzilla: Final Wars. Brandon is furious, but finds a way to insert the disc into a VHS tape and manages to watch the footage. It turns out to be video footage of Lord Dowthimore III's discovery of a camcorder before travelling to North America to found his own colony. The footage is clearly fake, and after it's over, Harlan protests the release, but Brandon insists and throws him out. He then reveals that he made that project years ago, but still releases it on the air.

Trivia

 * This episode has a commentary track.