Bonus Stage #5: "Yuletide"

by: Matt Wilson

Publication date: 2003-12-19

Topics: bonus stage, couch slave, matt wilson, flash, animation, webtoon, comedy, Christmas

Language: English

The fifth episode of the mid-2000s Flash cartoon series Bonus Stage.

Original description:

How do the Bonus Stage characters enjoy the holidays? If I told you the answer... well, you'd probably still watch. Actually, you can probably guess the answer right now. Ask me if you need a hint.

First appearance of Elly

Original draft had a Kokor scene instead of Treelor

Unnecessary CGI shot of house

The original version of the fourth episode hasn't been preserved in its source format, though an excellent 4K YouTube upload is available from the Bonus Stage Archive (which I am not affiliated with). It wasn't an actual episode but rather a selection of clips from High Score episodes (one shelved, one in progress at the time, and in-character commentary). Most of the earlier episodes were altered to remove copyrighted material in late 2004, when Matt began hosting the series on Keentoons; episode 4 was completely remade instead.

NOTE: The content of Bonus Stage does not reflect Matt Wilson's current views (as they explain here). I am in no way affiliated with them and am uploading this strictly for archival purposes.