History WebVideo / DynamoDream

* HugeHolographicHead: General [[MeaningfulName Caput]] appears as one in his videophone call to Sterling in Episode 2.

* AlternativeCalendar: There's a sign at the front of the Waterworks reading "est[ablished] 32". It's not clear what kind of era this was the 32nd year of, nor is any present date given to establish how long ago it was.

* AnotherDimension: The ''Dynamo'' reality consists of multiple universes known as "states". Travel between them is facilitated by interdimensional gates called "drift depots", although certain people have the capability to [[{{Teleportation}} drift]] on their own without needing a ship or a depot.

The second and third episodes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlqhdaLhRVY "A Single Point In Space"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_WPiT6NRQ "A Pete Episode"]], were released back to back in one week. "A Single Point In Space" follows rogue Shade agent Max Sterling as he attempts to observe the birth of a black hole in an alternate universe; "A Pete Episode" is about the mysterious, charismatic, but slightly dumb Pete and his quest to hunt down the enigmatic King of Them All, in order to either serve or destroy him.

* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: This trope is carried over from the original ''Dynamo'', one episode of which showed soldiers without spacesuits standing on the outer deck of a spaceship in flight. In "A Single Point In Space", Sterling goes out onto the outer deck of his ship without a suit, in order to collect a malfunctioning drone. All he puts on to go outside is an odd device that sits on his shoulders and seems to have nothing to do with breathing.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: The words "He's an assassin," spoken by Cass as Jo watches a strange black vehicle or drone pass by outside their window, prove to be true less than an hour later when Jo sees the drone preparing to shoot another vehicle down and distracts it by making a racket. How Cass knew is not explained.

The second and third episodes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xlqhdaLhRVY "A Single Point In Space"]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JM_WPiT6NRQ "A Pete Episode"]], were released back to back in one week. "A Single Point In Space" follows rogue agent Max Sterling as he attempts to observe the birth of a black hole in an alternate universe; "A Pete Episode" is about the mysterious, charismatic, but slightly dumb Pete and his quest to hunt down the enigmatic King of Them All, in order to either serve or destroy him.

** The enigmatic opening shot of "A Single Point In Space" shows what appears to be a gigantic server farm going slightly haywire under a power surge, before cutting directly to Jo lying unconscious at the train station.

* NoodleIncident: The disabled vet has a sign claiming he lost his leg in "the lobster wars". There is no hint as to what these wars were.

* BrainInAJar: The Floorhead is literally a head in a jar. In addition to a mechanism that allows him to read books, he has a setup that enables him to speak using his eyes and an IPA phoneme chart.

** The enigmatic opening shot of "A Single Point In Space" shows what appears to be a gigantic server farm going slightly haywire under a power surge, before cutting back to Jo lying unconscious at the train station.

The second and third episodes, "A Single Point In Space" and "A Pete Episode", were released back to back in one week. "A Single Point In Space" follows rogue agent Max Sterling as he attempts to observe the birth of a black hole in an alternate universe; "A Pete Episode" is about the mysterious, charismatic, but slightly dumb Pete and his quest to hunt down the enigmatic King of Them All, in order to either serve or destroy him.

* MegaCity: Shade is a city the size of an entire state; it may be the ''last'' city on Earth.

'''''Dynamo Dream''''' is an ongoing project by filmmaker and visual-effects artist [[https://www.youtube.com/c/mrdodobird Ian Hubert]], director of ''Film/TearsOfSteel''. It is set in his pre-existing ''Dynamo'' universe, and runs as a parallel story to that project.

* EvilTowerOfOminousness: Shade Tower, just barely glimpsed during Jo's train ride, is a miles-high construction with neon-like lights running up its sides.

* FictionalSport: We see two futuristic sports, both being televised. Hyperball is, so far as one can tell, a combination of a ball game and a race, played by people riding vehicles that are 90% jet engine. "Guardfight" is a show about HumongousMecha fighting other things -- a GiantEnemyCrab in the episode we see.

* GiantEnemyCrab: A news broadcast shows a giant crab attacking a convoy of freight trucks; another TV show has a human fighter in a HumongousMecha taking on another crab, which steals his weapon and [[BrickJoke is later seen rampaging after escaping the arena]].

As usual for the creator, Hubert builds much of the imagery himself in the open-source modelling software Blender and composits the live-action characters into the CGI world with Blender tools and Adobe After Effects.

'''''Dynamo Dream''''' is an ongoing project by filmmaker and visual-effects artist [[https://www.youtube.com/c/mrdodobird Ian Hubert]]. It is set in his pre-existing ''Dynamo'' universe, and runs as a parallel story to that project.

* ArtificialLimbs: A soldier reduced to begging on the street has a clunky-looking mechanical leg.

* GiantEnemyCrab: A news broadcast shows a giant crab attacking a convoy of freight trucks; another TV show has a human fighter in a HumongousMecha taking on another crab, which steals his weapon and [[BrickJoke is later seen after escaping the arena]].

* BrainInAJar: The Floorhead is literally a head in a jar. He has a setup that allows him to speak using his eyes and an IPA phoneme chart.

* HoverBot: T.E.R.D., a robot who resembles a flying fax machine, has an administrative position in the Market, and is the one who takes Josephine down to see the Floorhead.

* GiantEnemyCrab: Literally. A news broadcast shows a giant crab attacking a convoy of freight trucks; another TV show has a human fighter in a HumongousMecha taking on another crab, which steals his weapon and [[BrickJoke is later seen after escaping the arena]].

'''''Dynamo Dream''''' is an ongoing project by filmmaker and visual-effects artist Ian Hubert. It is set in his pre-existing ''Dynamo'' universe, and runs as a parallel story to that project.