Grand Opening (video story)
Grand Opening was a silent, standalone animated short film released in 2021 on YouTube by Ivan Idea. Visibly created using The Sims, the short film told a short, necessarily-NSFW story about the opening of a nudist resort. In addition to a staggering number of cameos by unauthorised characters from various universes in the final, titular grand opening scene, it prominently featured Jenny Everywhere and Jenny Anywhere, becoming notable as the latter's first appearance in a video context.
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Plot
Brad Mason and his wife Julie are trying to open a new naturist resort, but despite attempts at online advertising, their grand opening day is a disappointment with only a single guest showing up. The next day, on a walk in a nearby park, Brad commiserates with two of his friends, none other than “Jenny E.” and “Jenny A.”. The two tell him that they'd surely have dropped by if they'd been in town, as they both have experience with nudism already; the three agree to meet up again at the resort itself a few hours later. There, the trio brainstorm ideas for a second, more successful grand opening, and the Jennies agree to bring the Masons some of the friends they've made over the course of their travels as guests. To the Masons' surprise and delight, those friends, showing up the next day for the “second grand opening,” add up to dozens upon dozens of strange individuals, from vampires to superheroes, who begin to enjoy the resort's various facilities together.
Worldbuilding
Jenny Everywhere
- Jenny Everywhere appears in an incarnation who is friends with Brad Mason and with a version of Jenny Anywhere. She appears as a tall, thin, East Asian girl with short raven-black hair; when seen clothed, she is wearing a bluish-grey, long-sleeved shirt, rust-coloured trousers seemingly made of silk, and red trainers.
Jenny Nowhere
- Jenny Anywhere appears in an incarnation who is friends with Brad Mason and with a version of Jenny Everywhere. She appears as a European woman with long black hair, somewhat taller than jenny. She is wearing a red sweater over a short, low-cut gray dress, black leggings, and red boots.
Behind the scenes
Background
The end credits contain a full list of the cameo characters with acknowledgment of their creators. The Wiki has yet to identify them all; the list currently given in “featuring” only lists characters whose actual visual appearance in the short has been matched to one of the names on the list.
Watch online
This story was, and remains, posted on the ‘Ivan Idea Gaming’ YouTube channel. However, due to the nudity featured in its visuals, it is age-restricted.
- Grand Opening - Video
