When we are little, we plan a perfect life, the perfect job, husband/wife, kids, house college and much more. And, as you grow up, you change things, whether you chose to, or something happens. For Pandora, a sad event leaves her future choice unclear, but could this event have made her the better person she is today? My future, My life... Me. No one can tell the future, you can make plans, but you can never be sure it's going to happen. Struggles in life can leave you hanging by a thread in a snap, life can be cruel, it's not forgiving, it's not nice, but most of all? It's not easy. I didn't expect it to, in fact, life can be a bitch sometimes too, and it's just a matter of getting back up on your feet, and trying again, til you take your last breath.
Geoff and Naomi are dead, and they're depressed, but when Geoff's cat Bernie dies as well, they embark on a wild journey to find it in the underworld.
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When Geoff dies, alongside his girlfriend Naomi, they end up sharing an apartment in the Underworld as skeletons. But after a few years, Geoff starts suffering a mid-death crisis. What's the purpose of going through the motions as a skeleton if you can't really live? Then he gets word that his cat, Bernie, just died and he can collect him and bring him home! Geoff and Naomi hurry to get Bernie only to discover that, due to a clerical error, their cat has been lost. With the hunt for Bernie giving new purpose to Geoff's un-life, he and Naomi begin a quest to get back their cat. Battling skeleton pirates, climbing the sky ladder and facing off against the villain who took Bernie, Geoff is determined to find his purpose - or die a second time trying!
[[2018 Wattys Winner - The Originals]]
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