Lore (Workin' Stiff and Friends)

The lore of Workin' Stiff and Friends is the show's backstory, which tells a mock sci-fi story about how the world of the show has been developed.

The Realm of Fiction
In a far away place, The Realm of Fiction is a place where all fictional characters live. It is a realm created by mankind, due to the species' desire to become more creative. The characters are assigned things from their own creators, like religion, political beliefs, and other things that humans can have. A fictional character is also assigned to their own realm, or a fictional universe. The main fictional universe, however, can only be visited if two or more characters from different universes "crossover" with each other.

The Plagarismo Tribe
Back on Earth in year 40,000 B.C, a tribe called the Plagarismos roamed the Earth. They had unoriginal ideas, copying everybody's ideas long before those were created. One day, a meteor shower crashed all of the Plagarismos, leaving their ideas untouched for a very long time. While their ideas were left untouched, people were making their own original ideas, which the Plagarismos blatantly lacked.

Ideas Come To Life
One day, a purple gorilla named BonziBUDDY was walking around in Phoenix, Arizona, after he traveled to a Phoenix Suns game. There, he saw a tribal mural which has been lost for over 60,000 years detailing 3 creatures, a mouse, a dog, and a duck. He took the mural to a scientist, and not before long, 3 alien creatures risen out of the mural, as well as one more creature, The Fat Cat.

The Rise of Company Industries
In 1776, the country of America was established, and a book called The Wealth of Nations was published. A bug named Oscar Lambert was a big fan of the book, so much so, to where he made the first ever company, Company Industries.

Down the line of many generations, the current owner, BugGuy, wants to seize Workin' Stiff, Workin' Hard, and Workin' Lazy because of their origins in the Plagarismo tribe. Because of his ownership of the company, he recruited many henchmen, including Ronald McDonald and The Fat Cat.

The Founding of Weirdtown
Weirdtown, Arizona was founded by BonziBUDDY as a place where fictional characters and humans could coexist, and live in peace, away from the corrupt nature of Company Industries. Unfortunately, BugGuy and his henchmen still plan out occasional schemes against Workin' Stiff and his friends, which are usually about money or business.

Ronald's Plan Against Workin' Stiff
Ronald McDonald is the right-hand man to BugGuy, and he will do anything to stop Workin' Stiff and his friends in their traps. His first plan was outrageously trying to charge $39 for a single McChicken sandwich. This made Workin' Stiff so angry, that him and Ronald are now nemeses.

Because of this, Workin' Stiff and his friends are now actively trying to fight against Ronald, BugGuy, and his evil ways for the rest of the series' run.

Role In Workin' Stiff and Friends
In the show, Workin' Stiff and Friends, the plot is always somehow mentioned, with the characters constantly trying to fight against each other, just like what the mythos says.

It also has a role in other John Tvs media, such as JT Gaming, where in the 2nd episode, Workin' Stiff mentions how a PS5 costing $500 is worse than a McChicken costing $39.

Trivia

 * The "Realm of Fiction" concept is based on Toontown from Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, which is one of the inspirations behind the parody/mixed pop-culture style of Workin' Stiff and Friends.
 * Additionally, the concept is also based on supernatural concepts of beings living in a world far away from Earth.