I have been playing Jackbox games with my friends including during the holidays when we get together and family and thought I'll come up with a McBusted fan fiction where the boys from McFly and Busted play Jackbox. The games that I've picked for them are my favourite (except for Trivia Murder Party 2), focusing on some of the highlights as it would take too long to cover every round otherwise. Note; some of the prompts are based on actual prompts, others are made up for this story although the one for Fibbage 3 has been fact-checked. A few moments are based on the times when I played with my friends. Enjoy and stay tuned for more McBusted fan fiction with the boys playing video games.
Busted Vs
McFly: Epic Jackbox Game Night
The two bands gathered around a large screen in the gaming room, armed with their phones and snacks.
"Alright, boys, which game shall we start with?"
Tom asked as he sat on the couch. "I’m thinking of something that gets the
creativity flowing to get us warmed up… Drawful 2, anyone?" “I’m up for
it!” said James who was excited to put his drawing to good use. “Sure, I can’t
wait to see Dougie’s rude drawings and Danny’s scribbles,” said Matt as his way
to lighten some competitive spirits among his friends. “Oh, mate, you’re going
down!” Danny laughed as he munched on some crisps.
Game 1: Drawful 2
The game began with everyone trying to draw random prompts with their fingers on their phones. Not so surprisingly, most of their drawings are a barely recognised mess which makes it even more hilarious.
Danny attempted to draw a "Guinea Pig playing a game console" but he sneezed while he was drawing which caused his Guinea Pig drawing to end up looking more like an exploding potato. Everyone burst into laughter when they saw it.“Is that supposed to be a Guinea Pig, Danny?” James asked who could barely keep his face straight.“Mate, it’s abstract art!” Danny defended though he nevertheless laughed at his own creation.
Meanwhile, Dougie’s drawing of “A Mantis reading a book” looked more like an alien holding a rock because Dougie was struggling to draw that prompt, but somehow, everyone figured it out. “Either I’m just lucky or everyone is smarter than me,” said Dougie.
Tom ended up winning the round with his impressively detailed “A Snake Playing the Guitar,” “Oh wow, that is a masterpiece” said Charlie as the others were looking at Tom’s drawing as if they found fine art at the art gallery. “I didn’t know you’re good at art,” said Harry.
“Alright, that’s a win for me!” Tom said, grinning. “But
don’t get too comfortable, lads. I’m just getting started!”
Game 2: Fibbage 3
The second Jackbox game was Fibbage 3. For this game, they have to fool other players with a believable lie while finding the truth behind strange trivia questions. “Alright, let’s see if we can find the truth, not like our song Lies” said Danny who couldn’t resist referring to one of the McFly songs as a pun. “Bet I can come up with a better lie than that cheap pun” said Harry dryly.
One of the questions asked, “The most unusual thing found in an Amui Ice Cream was...” Each of the boys was grinning as they were mischievously typing their lies. The answers of choice were as follows:
- "A Naked Action Man"
- "A dead Centipede”
- "A Live Tarantula"
- "A Guitar Pick owned by S Club Seven"
-“Half a Kit-Kat”
-“A rare Pokémon card”
- “A ticket to Disney Land”
- “A McDonalds Happy Meal Toy”
The truth turned out to be “A dead Centipede”. “I wonder how did it got there?” said Tom with curiosity. “Imagine the reaction of whoever saw that?” asked Charlie. Either way, it was Matt who took home the win for successfully fooling half the group with “A rare Pokémon card” This has helped Matt to gain lots of points that he needed to win the game. “It looks like my fibbing skills are better than I thought!” Matt said, laughing.
Game 3: Quiplash 2
The next game that the boys jumped straight into was Quiplash 2, the game that is full of hilarious one-liners and ridiculous answers. Everyone couldn’t wait to come up with the funniest answers.
One of the prompts read “The worst thing to hear in an elevator.” Harry quickly typed in, “I think we’re stuck… forever.” “Ooo, that would get me paranoid,” said Matt. “I hate to be stuck forever with you,” said Tom. “Hey!” said Harry, giving Tom a playful dig in the elbow. Nevertheless, he was confident that he would win.
However, Dougie has come up with “Oops, I forgot the floors.” “Now that’s a good one Dougie!” laughed Danny. “Yeah, imagine if that were to happen in real life!” said Charlie who couldn’t contain himself. So Dougie’s answer has earned the most votes, using his absurd humour to beat out Harry’s more logical fear.
“When it comes to weird answers, you can never beat Dougie” said James trying to keep a straight face “Thanks, mate. This makes me the king of Quiplash” Dougie responded, bowing dramatically.
Game 4: Tee K.O.
The rule for Tee K.O. is to come up with a drawing for a T-shirt, followed by a slogan. The boys had their thinking caps on when it came to coming up with drawings and slogans but when it was time to match the designs and slogans together that were randomly set, things got wild.
Dougie’s shirt featured a drawning of Jar Jar Binks from Star Wars sticking out his tongue that is paired with the slogan “Where’s my Steamed Hams?” “Who paired that with my drawing? And are they supposed to be The Simpsons reference?” laughed Dougie. “That was me. I couldn’t resist” said Charlie, grinning.The Jar Jar shirt had the most number of votes throughout the majority of the rounds, making it to the final round.
However, Danny had a winning combo; his shirt featured Anakin Skywalker as The Hulk with the caption “I Woke Up Like This.”, beating out Dougie’s shirt.
“Well Danny, that’s a stark contrast to your earlier drawing from Drawful 2,” Matt, patting him on the back. “I bet Hayden would be proud of me for this one” said Danny smiling as he was crowned the winner of Tee K.O
Game 5: Split the
Room
The next Jackbox game that was picked is Split The Room. It involves filling in the blanks for prompts that would cause the group to divide hence its name.
There’s a scenario that reads, “You can only eat (blank) for the rest of your life, but it’s free. Do you do it?” Charlie picked Pizza to fill the blank. The scenario now reads “You can only eat pizza for the rest of your life, but it’s free. Do you do it?”
Once they got Charlie’s prompt, he said “Why not? Pizza is everything!” “Of course; Pizza is the best food with a wide variety!” said Matt who instantly hit “Yes”, much to Charlie’s delight. Meanwhile, Tom and Dougie were debating about the benefits of having a pizza diet for eternity. “I don’t know, wouldn’t eating the same thing would get boring after a while?” asked Dougie. “Not if you really like it I say,” said Tom.
However, James has managed to win the game overall with a scenario involving a time machine that only worked if you told a really embarrassing story about yourself first. Some were willing to share their embarrassing stories, while others preferred to maintain their dignity, causing a huge split.
“No way! The whole wide world doesn’t need to know my embarrassing stories!” declared Harry. “I’ll do it! I’ve got plenty of embarrassing stories to share like one time when I spilled coffee during a radio interview” said Danny laughing. “How I remembered that story” said James teasing Danny who responded by giving him an affectionate light punch.
Game 6: Joke Boat
For Joke Boat, they all have to come up with a word based on a subject which is used for their joke prompts as their own stand-up comedy routine. Each of the boys has a comedic side so they have no problem coming up with jokes.
Dougie was up first, reading out his joke out loud, saying “My love life is like crabs. Because I’m... shellfish! Get it?!” The boys simultaneously groaned and laughed at his corny joke. “Hey! That’s the best that I can come up with!” cried Dougie.
As for Harry, his joke is as follows; “My Doctor said I have a bad case of Rosario Dawson. They cut off my scene from The Devil’s Rejects.” It was his deadpan delivery that earned him the most votes. “Oh, isn’t that the actress who plays Ahsoka? I didn’t know that!” said Danny with fascination as Harry took the crown for Joke Boat.
Game 7: Survive the
Internet
They then choose to play Survive the Internet which involves taking each other’s words out of context to make their comment look ridiculous or awkward in hilarious ways and the boys were no strangers of making fun of each other as shown in one example when Tom’s innocent comment about watching the last movie he has seen that says “I’m just here for Natalie Portman”.
However, Danny received Tom’s comment and twisted it by coming up with a headline that reads “Local Fan Boy ranted for two hours over Padmé not getting a spin-off.” “What? As if I would do that! Besides, you don’t know what the future brings!” Tom exclaimed with embarrassment though he found it amusing just the same.
Fast forward to the final round which was the Photo Sharing Site, Harry picked a photo that shows a rollercoaster. Charlie happened to get that photo and came up with a caption that says “This was the greatest day of my entire life before my head got smashed in the tunnel.”
“Hey! Bet you have been watching too many Dexter’s Laboratory
episodes haven’t you?!” cried Harry while the others were laughing their heads
off though Harry finds it amusing too. Pretty much everybody has voted for
Charlie, earning him enough points to be the winner. “Yes! I’ve survived the internet!”
boasted Charlie.
The last three
rounds
After the seven games, they tallied up their victories and found that each of the boys had somehow won each game. “Now what’s the chance of that happening?!” laughed James. “Alright lads, it seems that we’re all champions tonight” said Danny who stretched his arms over his head.
“Not so fast! I say that this isn’t over until we have a definite winner so I propose a Busted Vs McFly challenge where we have to play a best of three!” declared Harry with his competitive spirit ignited. Everyone was up for the challenge. “Alright then, bring it on! There can only be one winner here!” said Matt who was getting fired up.
So they got themselves into two teams and played one of the games that is best suited to play as a team; The Poll Mine where they have to guess the top three answers based on a survey that they have to fill in individually. The Busted trio found that they were arguing over what they should pick as their answers as shown for picking the unusual food items that they would try.
“Why would anyone try Fugu? It’s fatal!” objected James. “Some would try for the thrill of it!” argued Matt. “Well, I don’t see how people would pick Rocky Mountain Oysters. It’s Bull Testicles which is disgusting!” said Charlie pulling a face. “Well let’s pick Haggis since it’s the only thing that we’re familiar with” said James as they settled for Haggis but it was the 4th right answer, causing them to lose a torch. “I thought being on I’m a Celebrity would make you more daring to try this kind of food” ranted Charlie. “Oh shut up” said Matt dryly.
In contrast, the McFly boys were working as a team, civilly discussing the possible answers. “So which one would most people go for? A Nakji or A-Ping?” asked Harry. “I’m not sure though a whole raw octopus does sound a lot more appetising than a tarantula” said Tom who was thinking about it. “I’ve heard that a Nakji can be dangerous as you can coke on them so maybe a Ping would be preferred” suggested Danny. “I agree plus they apparently taste like chicken and cod” said Dougie. So they went with A Ping which was the 1st right answer. “The power of Pones!” cheered Danny as he high-fived Dougie. “We’re the king of the jungle after all!!” said Dougie.
Their teamwork gives Team McFly a point for round one with Harry saying “Ha! Ha! We Team McFly rules while Team Busted drools!” “Oh yeah? That was just a warm-up!” replied James. The next cooperative game that they play is Quixort. They have to work together to arrange the order of the block that has words based on the prompt.
The McFly boys find that they are panicking over which block to place like the one based on video game consoles based on their release date. “Which one was released first? The Game Cube or The Xbox 360?” said Dougie as the block that says Game Boy Colour was about to be placed on the conveyor belt. “It’s Game Cube!” cried Tom but Dougie accidentally placed the Xbox 360 block in the trash. “Dougie! Why did you put Xbox 360 in the trash!” cried Tom. “I swear, you weren’t fast enough!” argued Dougie. “Harry! I told you that Nintendo goes at the left end!” exclaimed Danny as Harry placed it after the PlayStation block. “But it doesn’t say NES or SNES and it could mean Nintendo 64!” protested Harry.
The Busted guys were more cooperative this time round. “Matt, place the Wii behind the Nintendo Switch” said Charlie. “Of course, coming right up!” said Matt as he followed his instruction. “What about Oculus Quest? I don’t think I’ve heard of it before” said Charlie as he was controlling the block that says Oculus Quest. “That goes at the right end. It’s a VR Head set that I’ve tried the other day” said James. “Thanks James” said Charlie placing it at the right.
It was Team Busted who won round two with both bands drawing once again. “Ha! Ha! Now who’s the better band here!” taunted Matt. “Alright then, it comes down to this! It’ll be a sudden death, round which will decide the winner for sure!” said Tom with the game picked for the decisive round is Trivia Murder Party 2. It was decided that whichever band member has won makes that band the overall winner. “It’s all or nothing!” declared Harry.
Trivia Murder Party 2 is a devious game with questions that are so tough that they all fail to answer the first question correctly, sending them all to the Killing Room where they have to play a mini-game. The mini-game involves dialling a certain number by rotating the dial on their phones like a real rotary phone. But they all failed to dial a valid number in time so they all died, losing the game.
“Well, that was...unexpected,” said a stunned Dougie which was an understatement. “I guess we’re all The Loser Kids,” said Charlie dryly.
They decided to call it a night. “It looks like we’re all winners,” said Tom. “I say that was fun. We had a lot of laughs” said Danny as they were all smiling at each other with admiration. “You’re right about that Danny. It has brought us closer” concur James. “Yeah, we should do this again sometime” said Matt, giving each other a bro-fist and a hug to congratulate their win and to commemorate the good times they have. To them, this is what playing video games should be about; the fun and enjoyment that they’ll always remember and there’s no doubt that they’ll be up for more Jackbox, let alone other video game sessions that brings the best out of them.
Mega McBustedeon