Trouble in Isla Spiro

Trouble in Isla Spiro

Trouble in Isla Spiro is my personal passion project and what my blog is mostly about. It is inspired by Happy Tree Friends and especially The Isle.

The premise of TIIS is that it takes place on Isla Spiro, an enigmatic island owned by a secretive science organization called Apollo Engineering (Æ). The folks on this island are not just the prevalent mammals of today, but saurians, sapient dinosaurs and pterosaurs brought back to life by Æ as a consequence of them playing God. Thus, to the dismay of Æ and its corrupt authority, they began to hyper-evolve and become a civilization. Still, Isla Spiro is full of secrets that have yet to be discovered...

I will post more on the lore and characters in TIIS soon! Below is the poster for it with some of the characters and its current logo.

Alvin the Allosaurus

A snarky allosaurus who's practically the face of Jurassick! and its most beloved member. He is basically the idol of Spiro, and was basically popular throughout his entire life, especially during high school where he met the other members and got his musical gig going.

When he's out in public, he's known to speak in an overhyped, flamboyant tone, and be quite the daredevil, doing dangerous stunts and exploring abandoned places. Although many people love him nowadays, he kind of used to be a uh... jerk.

Bruno and him were notorious bullies who targeted Pickles too often. But that all changed with time, Alvin feels quite guilty and tries to apologize to Pickles. Needless to say, Pickles still hates him.

Another endeavors of his is Goof Juice, his very own marketable energy drink! He promotes it extensively by hyping it up and drinking it in public. Alot. Some love it, while others find it too strong and a possible cause for heart attacks.

Tauro the Carnotaurus

Quick and fun facts

Absolutely terrified of troodons and insects

Used to sell coconuts with her ma when she was younger

Quite sensitive with her emotions and can be a bit of a people-pleaser at times

Finds Ink's fur fascinating due to its softness and often gives her surprise hugs

Likes to host coconut cracking competitions and do volunteering

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Some may find her a bit obnoxious due to her extroverted nature, but she only means good. She is good friends with Inkling, Bruno, Terry, really anyone who won't rip her to shreds. Pickles finds her a bit odd due to her sociability, but he soon becomes a good friend of hers too.

One time, she called Pickles, 'Peanuts' on accident, now, she uses it as a nickname (Pickles hates it, but doesn't say it because he doesnt want to hurt her feelings.)

While she never intends to hurt anyone, if in an extremely dire, non-negotiable situation, she can break bones with her extremely thick head.

Her Artfight page

Quick and fun facts

Absolutely loves beer, potatoes, radish and salads

Hangs out with Terry, Pachie, and Alvin sometimes, they are his good friends after all

A lot calmer off duty and when helping parents and their children

Uses his whip-like tail, claws, and kicks to fight and subdue criminals

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He despises Pickles and is always suspicious of him hiding dead bodies in his fridge. He also barges at his front door too, ordering Pickles for investigations.

His authority and serious attitude can lead him to being seen as condescending. He is usually fine with most of the folk (expect you know who) and is even one of Alvin's good childhood friends, and Pickles uh... former bully. Despite his professionalism, he can lose his cool and has more chance to if Pickles is involved.

He had a wife named Edith, who was a tenontosaurus too. Her passing is the cause of his constant stress and grief, although he tries to hide this most of the time. He also goes to the beach at night sometimes and just... sits there staring at the sea. It reminds him of her. Sometimes the other townsfolk find him crying on the coast and check up on him. Recently, Pickles and Inkling have been picking up on his strange behavior, and have been quite curious...

He also has a rivalry between Crusty, a notorious hitman, which he is still currently searching for. All Bruno knows is that he is the cause for his wife's untimely demise and associated with a mysterious cult...

His Artfight page

"'Give me the notepad, this is important. It could be a part of a case I’m-” Bruno cut off as he heard scuttling and a blood-curdling scream. It was Pachie. Bruno snapped his head and the flashlight towards her to see her smacking a rusty shovel she found at something. Inkling grabbed onto the handle of the shovel in an attempt to stop her. “Pachie! Pachie- Stop, it’s just an animal!-” She yelled frantically."

A little illustration for Trouble In Isla Spiro where Pachie, Inkling and Bruno encounter a troodon and Pachie being Pachie, is not so happy about it...

The passage above comes from Lab Lunacy, a story in the TIIS universe regarding the main characters exploring an abandoned laboratory and finding its not-so-great secrets.

Quick and fun facts

has an instinct to involuntarily chuff at people if they get too close while he's eating. He hates it as it scares people away, and tries to suppress it

The two fangs that stick out his lower jaw are inherited from his mother

Everytime he gets a door knock, he has a heightened sense of flight or fight (thanks Bruno...)

He naturally has tan/slightly yellow teeth despite brushing everyday

Loves Inkling's tail and uses it as a blanket

He is a carnivore but loves to occasionally drink Pachie's freshly harvested coconut juice

DESPISES Bruno and Alvin's guts

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Pickles has a miserable job of being a butcher. Not only is he taunted with the sight of meat, his business barely gets any sales. This could be from the reputation of ceratosaurs being unclean or just bad luck. For lunch breaks, he often sneaks into the backdoor and gorges himself on the rotten meat in the alleyway. While this may sound... horrid, his species is a scavenger after all, and he doesn't get sick from this, heck, its probably the only good thing in his job.

Pickles also doesn't have the greatest relationship with the townsfolk. Both Bruno and Alvin were his childhood bullies, and still are to some extent. Bruno, having the job of an officer, is extremely paranoid of him hiding dead bodies in his fridge and likes to barge on his door, and Alvin, a now famous idol and leader of Jurassick!, likes to tease him way too often. Also doesn't help that Inkling is a big fan of Jurassick! but Pickles never scolds her about it, he doesn't have the heart to.

Despite this enmity around him, he's best friends with Inkling (who he lives with and adores), somewhat good friends with Pachie and fishing buddies with Terry.

His Artfight page

Quick and fun facts

Her nicknames are Ink and Inky

An absolute fangirl and stan of Jurassick! and collects all of their albums, merch, and autographs. She also attends all of their concerts. All of them.

When she gets very excited, she has the chance to get the zoomies and walk around the room aimlessly

Fascinated with the idea of meeting another anteater other than her family

Has a habit of sniffling

When she relaxes or sleeps, she curls herself up into a ball and uses her tail as a blanket

Bad thermoregulation abilities, she dislikes the cold and has a scarf in case the weather's a little bipolar

Often has to keep her claws folded because of their sharpness and potential danger

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Inkling is usually reserved, but if given the chance, she loves to talk about her interests and showcase her fossil collection. She collects these fossils off the coast of Spiro and also can sniff them out in the geological layers using her extremely keen sense of smell. Along with this, she goes crazy for ants and will use that nose of hers to find any to snack on.

She is a scientist at Æ, working in the paleontology department and going by the title of 'Dr. Inkling'. Inkling works a humble job of preparing fossils, away from the true horrors deep in the Æ building... Her job is quite secretive too, if anyone dares to speak up, Æ threatens to 'throw them and their family lineage into the pits of Tartarus'. Luckily, she is not one these folks.

Although she has a stable job, she wishes one day she could truly work at a museum, like the ones in the Dorling Kindersley and Smithsonian books she used to read, who would get to talk to curious children and adults alike. For now, she has to work in the decrepit building...

Inkling is best friends with Pickles (will make a page for him soon), who is often by her side and lives with her. In her childhood, she met him crying in a school alleyway and comforted him. Being fascinated with saurians, she quickly became friends with him and studies him from head to tail. And their story went on from there.

Her Artfight page