When Binjpipe happened, it was disguised as a ‘business deal’ to help Jackbox Games Inc. gain for profit and traction. When this happened, Jackbox Games Inc. was only on their 5th party pack, so getting some help from a more successful company would be incredibly helpful. But, Jackbox Games had no idea what was coming for them.

Binjpipe was offered to take over You Don’t Know Jack, and so, their plan was beginning.

First, Binjpipe had taken all of YDKJ’S staff and drugged them beyond belief. This drug would make it so that all employees were not only never able to sleep, but they lacked emotions. They were kinda like zombies.

Cookie was also drugged, but the drug was slightly altered for him. He retained his emotions, but he wasn’t able to sleep like everyone else. If Cookie did try to sleep, Binjpipe would threaten to hurt him, so he hardly ever tried.

Next, Binjpipe did tons of things to Cookie to make sure that he was in ‘best quality’. Cookie is a heavy binge-eater, and Binjpipe hated that. So, they made it so that he was only allowed to eat two meals a day: One before he started hosting and one after he finished hosting. Cookie would end up losing a shit ton of weight from this, making him go from fat to damn near malnourished.

Binjpipe also didn’t like how Cookie needed visual aids like glasses and contacts. They wanted Cookie to be ‘perfect’. So, they put another drug in his body that makes him have perfect 20/10 vision.

They also made Cookie dress more appropriately. They gave him a Binjpipe uniform, a pink dress shirt with dark pink pants and black dress shoes. Cookie hated this uniform, not only because it was way too boring and sleek for his style, but because he had to wear pants unwillingly.

And finally, Cookie was forced to live at Binjpipe’s headquarters. He was allowed to have his cats, but that was really the only thing that kept Cookie from quitting.

Binjpipe put Cookie through hell.

Binjpipe would sometimes murder employees who would demand to go back home so they could see their families, and one time, Cookie had the misfortune of witnessing this.

Cookie broke free from Binjpipe’s control immediately, and made a run for it. If he died, he didn’t want for it to be in this hell hole. But, it didn’t work, because Binjpipe reached her hand out to Cookie’s forehead, resetting him.

Cookie would also just be manipulated by Binjpipe on several occasions. Making him question his existence, making him question his status, forcing him to stay with them for longer.

One time, Cookie ended up not being able to take Binjpipe’s manipulation and abuse anymore, he ends up going to them himself. He ends up having a long argument with them, and Cookie resorts to just fighting with Binpipe physically instead of verbally.

Bad idea.

Binjpipe ended up turning itself into an eldritch monster of sorts, and took out a massive hand with claws and sliced through Cookie’s chest.

For any normal person, they would’ve died. But, for some reason, Cookie survived it! Barely.

Binjpipe was honestly very disappointed to see that Cookie survived. So, she just reset his memory again and dragged him back to his soundbooth.

Oh, and as for the Escape The Simulation episode? What if I told you that Cookie went through it not once, not twice, but too many times to count?

Cookie did have cases of deja vu of this moment, but never fully recognizing it because he’d always lose his memory afterwards.

And Cookie was forced to go through this hell for three years straight. He never caught a break. Even when the later party packs were released, Cookie was still hosting Full Stream.

After three years pass, most Binjpipe employees were freed from their control, due to how unstable their systems are becoming.

But, Cookie is still under their control. Binjpipe always had him as their top priority, so in cases of emergencies, Cookie would be the number one person to protect. (This isn’t a good thing.)

When Cookie left to go start hosting for the day, he couldn’t help but notice that something was… Off.

It was quiet that day. Way too quiet.

Cookie ended up trying to ask Binjpipe about it, but she kept trying to change the subject, which really freaked Cookie the fuck out.

Cookie ended up lashing out at Binjpipe, much to Binjpipe’s shock (and disgust). So, she wrapped him up in giant robot arms and was about to reset him again, but then a loud explosion went throughout the whole building.

This interaction takes place a day after the Fibbage 4 episode ‘Cookie Plans A Heist’.

Cookie is home. He just finished dressing up for another day of hosting. He is about to leave his house, but quickly realizes a problem.

His car is gone.

He sighs out of exhaustion and calls his love interest good friend Schmitty.

Schmitty: “Cookie? What’s up?”

Cookie: “Heyyyy, Schmitty! Mind if I uhh.. Ask you for a favor?”

Schmitty: “Sure, what is it?”

Cookie: “Can I get ride to work?”

Schmitty: “The hell— Cookie, you have a car! You can drive yourself to work, y’know.”

Cookie, sweating nervously: “Haha… About that…”

Schmitty, now concerned: “Oh my god, Cookie, what did you do??”

Cookie: “Well— You see.. I may have gotten a little too tipsy and tried driving myself home…“

Schmitty, now getting irritated: “Okay…?”

Cookie, with a painfully awkward smile: “…And I may have ended up getting my license suspended and my car got crushed into a cube.”

Schmitty, absolutely horrified: “W-WHAT??”

Cookie: “L-Look Schmitty, I know this sounds pretty bad—“

Schmitty: “Sounds bad?? Cookie, this IS BAD!!”

Cookie, now stressed out: “Okay okay, I’m sorry… Listen, I’ll try and get my license back sometime soon.”

Schmitty: “And how long will that take?”

Cookie: “I… Don’t know.”

Schmitty, heavily irritated: “Jesus fucking christ…”

Cookie, now desperate: “Pleaseeee Schmitty, I don’t need anything else! I just need a ride!!”

Schmitty, now feeling pity: “Ugh… I’ll be there in 10.”

Cookie, very pleased: “Thanks Schmitty! You’re the best—“

Lore for my Hiatus Cookie (AKA: L.A. Cookie)

Basically, a little after Offline, Cookie (somehow) won the lottery and won a million dollars. Immediately after winning the money, Cookie quit his hosting job and decided to move to L.A.

He left Schmitty in charge for the remainder of the YDKJ games, and also broke up with Raúl (much to Raúl’s heartbreak).

When he moved to L.A, his new life actually started off pretty good. He bought himself a nice expensive house, and manages to pursue in new things that he always wanted to do that he couldn’t do before.

But, that quickly went downhill.

He ended up getting addicted to drugs and also started drinking way more often.

Once, he went to a casino and ended losing a game of poker. He got so infuriated that he almost killed the guy right then and there.

This caused for him to get sent to a psych ward for a whole year.

He didn’t come out any better, still addicted to drugs and alcohol. And he continued these horrible habits for a while.

After staying in L.A. for so long, he ended up dating a bunch of random people. People that he only dated for his own personal pleasure.

They would come and go pretty fast.

He realized that these relationships were… soulless. Then, he quickly realized that he missed Chicago.

He missed his old hosting job. He missed his old friends. He even missed his ex, Raúl.

One night, he went to a bar and got wasted, like usual. But instead of doing his usual silly shenanigans while drunk, he ended up getting oddly depressed and vented about how he missed home for HOURS.

Eventually, he couldn’t take it anymore. He tried killing himself in the middle of the bar.

How they met

- When they first met, they both considered each other “rivals”. They both hated how smug and egotistical the other was and they both found themselves having very petty arguments.

- But after like having 7 arguments or so, the two realized that they’re actually pretty similar. They both also realized that if they became friends, it would give both of them tons of clout and attention; something that both of them love getting.

- So, they put their hatred aside and decided to become “friends”. Like I said earlier, it was all for clout at first, but the two ended up being around each other for so long to the point where they started hanging out for real. Then, after months of keeping up with this facade, they became actual friends! (Note: When they became actual friends, their petty arguments continued.)

General Headcannons

- Even though they both can’t stand each other sometimes, if something bad were to happen to the other, they’d be there for them in a heartbeat.

- Cookie and Void actually have tons of interviews together, many of which have clips of the two that turned into memes.

- Whenever Void is bored of basking in his glory, he’ll drop by Cookie’s office at YDKJ Studios to bother him.

- Void LOVES teasing Cookie about her fixations of obscure movies, much to Cookie’s annoyance.

- Since Void is decently shorter than Cookie (Void is 5’4, Cookie is 5’11), Void sometimes climbs onto Cookie’s back whenever he needs to see something that’s too high up. (Even though Void can float…)

- In this universe, Cookie wasn’t hurt by Binjpipe at all! Why? Because Void managed to (somehow) shut down Binjpipe only a couple months after they started working with You Don’t Know Jack.

- Based on the last headcannon, Void had an interview with a local news center discussing on Void shutting down Binjpipe. One of the questions that was asked to Void was “Why did you shut down Binjpipe?”. His answer? “My stupid friend Cookie worked there. Oh— I guess also because Binjpipe was an evil AI trying to take over the world. That’s also another reason.”

- When Cookie and Void became friends, Cookie was helplessly crushing on Schmitty, who’s been a long time friend of Cookie. Void noticed this, and lives to make fun of Cookie for it.

- Cookie thinks that Void’s outfits are incredibly basic. So, one time, Cookie made Void wear his Fibbage 3 suit. Void thought that Cookie’s suit was too extra. After having a petty argument about fashion, the two ended up not talking to each other for a bit. (Don’t worry, they made up after like 2 hours of ignoring each other.)

- Cookie loves to invite Void over for movie nights. However, Void will frequently refuse to go because he really doesn’t like Cookie’s taste in movies.

- Schmitty frequently has to break up the two’s petty arguments 3/4’s of the time.

It was a normal day in Chicago.

It was a slow day at You Don’t Know Jack Studios, so everybody was pretty much relaxing and enjoying themselves. The host of You Don’t Know Jack, Cookie, was simply scrolling through his phone in his office, while his friend Void (If you could even call him that…) was sitting next to him, thinking deeply about something.

It was… Surprisingly peaceful. The two weren’t really talking to each other at the moment, just doing their own thing. In fact, the only audible sound was the air conditioner going off in Cookie’s office.

Well, that was until Void finally decided to break the silence.

“Y’know what, Cookie? I think I can finally say this without questioning it,” Void said in a confident tone.

Cookie didn’t stop scrolling through her phone, but she did look at Void when he spoke.

“Hmm? What are you talking about?” Cookie questioned.

“I’m just gonna hurry up and say it—I think that a hotdog should qualify as a sandwich.”

Cookie’s head immediately shot up at this comment, making them face Void directly.

“W-What??” Cookie sputtered.

He couldn’t process what Void just said. It was illogical! It was insane! It was unbelievably stupid! Cookie began to feel that his head started hurting trying to even remotely understand why Void said that.

“I said what I said. A hotdog should qualify as a sandwich.” Void continued.

“No, you see— A hotdog is a fucking hotdog. Not a sandwich, Void.” Cookie rebutted in a condescending tone.

“Okay, but by definition, isn’t a sandwich a food that has two slices of bread and ingredients in between?”

“Well, yeah but—”

“See that? You just agreed with me. A hot dog is a sandwich, is it not?”

“No, before you interrupted me, I was going to say that sandwiches have multiple components in them. A hotdog has only the fucking hotdog—”

“Don’t hotdogs have toppings on them sometimes?” Void questioned Cookie.

Cookie had to pause for a second before replying.

“W-Where are you going with this—“

“Hotdogs have toppings on them. Ketchup, mustard, relish, cheese, chili… So on, so forth. And guess what? Sandwiches have toppings, too,” Void smugly stated to Cookie.

Cookie was practically flabbergasted.

Did someone just actually prove Cookie wrong? It was totally absurd. Cookie was always right. Well, at least that's what she thinks.

It wasn’t normal for Cookie to be proved wrong… It was so confusing that it almost physically hurt her. Well, that was until she thought of something…

“B-But, aren’t sandwiches supposed to be vertical??” Cookie desperately countered.

Void just gave Cookie a doubting look as a response. But after doing that, Void then started to think about it for a second.

“Okay… But, with that logic, subs aren’t sandwiches either, aren’t they?” Void smugly stated to Cookie. “I bet you would hate having to admit that, wouldn’t you?”

Cookie just sighed heavily at Void’s smugness.

“Y’know what— Fine. I’ll admit it— Not all sandwiches are vertical. I guess… But, I will say this— Have you ever even seen a sandwich store sell hot dogs before, Void?” Cookie confidently stated.

“Now that I think about it, no, I haven’t—”

“So hot dogs aren’t sandwiches!” Cookie insisted.

Void just scoffed at Cookie’s desperate attempts at proving him wrong.

“No Cookie, sandwich stores don’t refuse to sell hot dogs because hot dogs aren’t sandwiches— Sandwich stores refuse to sell hot dogs because they’re just a bunch of cowards.”

Cookie just looked at Void with a look of pure annoyance. They then pinched their eyebrows together out of frustration.

“Goddamnit, Void… Okay, how about this— A sandwich has two pieces of bread. A hotdog has a bun. One. Singular. Bun.” Cookie exhaustedly countered. “And by the way— I don’t wanna hear you say ‘With that logic, a burger isn’t a sandwich’ because a burger has two pieces of bread.”

Void’s eyes widened out of surprise. He then turned around away from Cookie to try and hide his very visible anger. His ego had just been terribly damaged and needed time to recover.

“Stupid freaking gameshow host… Thinking that he’s better than me…” Void angrily muttered under his breath.

Cookie was actually surprised to see Void like this. Usually, Void would just brush things off when someone hurt his feelings, but seeing Void getting frustrated over a petty argument was… interesting to say the least.

“What’s the matter, Void? Can’t handle being wrong, can you?” Cookie snarked.

“Shut up.” Void suddenly fumed. “A hot dog is still a sandwich, by the way.”