"Chuck to the Future Part 4" (チャック・トゥ・ザ・フューチャーPART4, Chakku tu za Fyūchā Pāto Fō) is the fourth short from the Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt OVA, Panty & Stocking in Sanitarybox.
Synopsis[]
Chuck navigates a Video Game-style world.
Plot[]
The short starts with Chuck, who is inside a video game. On his first life, Chuck comes across an enemy, but it kills him.
On his second life, he eats a power-up and gains 1000 points, but he soon falls off a cliff, killing him.
On his third life, he eats the power up again, tries getting inside a pipe without any luck and falls off the cliff once more, ending in a game over.
Chuck arriving at the church.
Once in a new game, Chuck gets past the cliff and eats a weed power up, which makes him able to shoot fireballs. He gets inside a pipe and grabs some coins.
Back to the surface, he encounters Fastener, and steps on him several times, gaining a few points. Soon after, he reaches the church and completes the first level of the game.
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Trivia[]
Chuck to the Future Part 5
- At the very end of the short, there is a text that says "To Be Continued CTTF Part 5". The fifth part of the "Chuck to the Future" series was released as an image on May 27th, 2011 on the Gainax website's front page. The image itself features various screenshots of a fictional Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt 8-bit game.
- Originally, Chuck's highest score was 721. He then improved it to 2350, and finally, 30300.
- This is the only short from the OVA that wasn't storyboarded by Hiroyuki Imaishi.
Cultural references[]
- The short's title is a reference to the American film trilogy, Back to the Future.
- The short as a whole is an homage to Super Mario Bros.