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Jacob Ackles

Man missed this one I wanted tiny city

Nathaniel

There used to be a water park near me that had like 3-4 slides and everyone would always try to flip the tubes on the way down. One time when we were doing that, we flipped it a little too hard and I woke up in the pool at the end of the slide with some life guard kissing me and telling me to relax and it was ok because I had a concussion. Place closed down a few years later because 3 kids launched off the side mid slide and got more than a concussion.

Kathvely

I know i am late for the poll but this reminded me of childhood fun. The most insane waterpark fun I had was at a crappy beach tube park near Surfside Texas. I am 45 so think of old small waterpark 35 years ago. This place had 4 maybe 2 tube slides and we tried every possible way to hurt ourselves every year. EVERY time you went in a tube you knew someone was going to intentionally slow for a clog or go so fast to hit the group in front. We never broke any bones/noses surprisingly. We would yell at each other, scream in fear, laugh, cry, then get smashed by the next group of kids hitting us from behind. When we all hit the waterpool at base it was in a ball of stupid kid fun. The lifeguard would give a warning then 10 min later repeat..

Brandon Scruffy

Not as much as being chased by a giant cocker spaniel. Water park people on the wrong side of history.

Addie

Clearly a race map. Seen a few novels do giant-house levels, so it has to be the waterpark!

Fleetpanda

I’m just picturing how much Donut would HATE a water park. Lots of shenanigans to be had

Sean

So a normal water park then

Paul Wayne

Shit, I wanted the small world one but that’s a good point

Joshua Lewis

Satans Waterpark is a normal Waterpark but everyone obviously peed in the pool but refuses when asked.

Kira Heral

Tuuuuuuuubes

David

Man, hard choice. Water park sounds dope, Great Wolf Lodge could always use more shout-outs lol.

Jay Prado

Donut and water (liquid) are always hilarious. Water slide, please.

Doug

I feel that the giant pet thing would just be rehashing Orthrus, and we all know how Donut feels about reusing plotlines.

Silverceres

Easy choice

Niklas Österljung

I just want to see tubes in the wrong places.

Have another taco

We already had the tangle and the water zone. We haven't had a giant zone or the obligatory ice dungeon yet. Presumably the fire dungeon is 15.

A. Dawson

a giant cockerspaniel protecting the house lol

Cynthia Moore

because seeing Princess Donut navigating water (and the ensuing commentary) will be oh so worth it :)

Thomas Shaw

Cats hate water(usually)

Tatianna G

I am a gluttonous girlie, but I know having to make choices is a thing. So choice made.

Joel

I'm offended we can't have both

Sugarcain

Love both. But feels like we had a Suburban House scene already in Gate as well as giant pet also in Gate so I'm leaning water tunnel. I also didn't mind the iron tangle so much.

Ivy Miller Sciandra

Like really! Having us choose between two really good things? Mongo is appalled.

Zane Weber

Angel finally makes an appearance…?

Rosie Teribery

The tubes sound like the trains…..

McMatey92

It’s a serious problem and we must protect our house hippos! The crawlers can have the “don’t you put it in your mouth” nightmare muppets if they want something.

Jacob Trevino

Cocker spaniel repeats in Gregorian chant

Smitty

Suburban House! Would also be funny to see Canadian House Hippos!

Zaphod

The suburban setup is more open and feel less "on rails" which could give a break from a claustrophobic setup. I mean so far, poor Carl and friends, are going less through an open world RPG and more through an unskippable cutscenes type game with waypoints.

Zachary Atwood

God please make the full sized pet a Cocker Spaniel

Jeffrey Schiffman

A no brainer. Satan’s Water Park - what could be more fun!

Shadowmist

I voted house because I think it would be weird to have two tube themed floors. Even though we skipped Cascadia’s tube/ tunnel race. Also, I would love to see some honey I shrunk the kids type hijinxs.

Chris B.

If I was stuck in hell, it would either be an endless Ikea (no chance for meatballs and can't sit down because we have to look at the next piece of nonsense) or a fitting room where my wife and my mom would continue to make me try on clothes (and then fight with each other about whether it looked good or not) (and make me try on the same exact piece of clothing in different colors to see if it fit exactly the same). I'm not sure how this would fit in the dungeon. Just saying . . .

Katie

I love both

Konlin Gappmayer

I feel like we got the they are very small thing with the bubble world and the giant dog.

Henri

Wait - of course the meatball is a Katamari ball - ooooh a quick way to make him BIG boy while Donut has him gobble all the spaniels

Henri

What if a decent argument from fans beats the overall votes ? 🤪. Could you imagine Donut controlling Carl rolling a giant ball around? Deviating from the goal to try and squish all the fucker spaniels while he is demanding she stop? Is Samantha the starting ball?

Henri

Tubes already done in the trains! Katamari DamacIIIiiiIiiii time to roolllllllll!

Jennifer Fribush

Honey I shrunk the Kids is kinda overdone.

Jacquelin Shaw

What about Satan's Amusement Park?!? (can use stuff from mantid park) as well as earth.. plus can use water slide as a piece. Different rides, different quests or req to move on. Aliens could use parts of existing coasters from earth and combine them? I'm starting to like this idea haha. I chose honey I shrunk the kids because water park tubes make me claustrophobic. Like being on the playground again when kids would "clog" up the tube slides... 😅. I think there is more potential with the Waterpark theme as long as its different enough than the iron tangle.

Emily Dire

I think of tubes and I immediately think of the nightmare that was the Iron Tangle.

Matt

Exactly my reasons for picking Satan’s water park 😂😂😂

Benjamin N Lindsey

I have too many bad memories from Virtual Bart and the water slide level to be wholly comfortable with it.

Karen Bennett

Wait: how about a VERY TINY WATERPARK?

Kristopher Fulton

Both. Mini satan waterpark

Anthony Dietz

Like Action Park, but safer!

Kitty Cat

Hey Matt… places tubes should never go… I had my appendix blow up once. Woke up and there was a tube in a place where a tube should never go. Worst part, I’m Irish, and the hospital was cold. Luckily my friend George was there to explain what the effects temperatures have on certain things. My friend Elaine had no idea though.

Bek Lawson

We did the house pet when we fought the goose. 🪿 Plus I wanna see Donut get wet again 🤣

Blake A

One of my favorite RPG games right now is Grounded where the main characters are children shrunk and trapped in the backyard of the scientist. Trying to survive and escape against dozens of different bugs species, namely spiders. Great game, with a sequel currently in Early Access. Highly recommend checking it for everyone!

Paulamarie Young

I chose the tubes over the pet in the house because I hate it when I worry about the pet being in danger or getting hurt. You managed to make Denise the Giant goose less sympathetic because we were all worried about Bonnie, so that "pet" was more of a mindless beast from the nothing. Thank you. I voted for mechanical versus biological transportation for the same reason. I didn't want to experience animal cruelty. Matt, so far you've been great at protecting our hearts, again, thank you. Also, tubes sound very exciting !!!

Stephanie Israel

Matt really, you should know your fan base by now 🤣

Right hand in the Royal Court of Princess Dount

Imagine the music echoing with strobe lights in tubes, and the floor drops. One tube is a sewage!

Michael Babb

All of the above!

EliteGeek

This was my first thought. It's likely Matt hasn't read that series.

EliteGeek

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Pasquale

What if the giant pet was a cocker spaniel?

CAMBOT

I can only guess, but this is the best survey / pole I've ever taken

Frendan Braser

I voted house but I think a HISTK version of somewhere we've already been would be hilarious. It'd also say a lot about Cascadia: Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Scale Slider

Heman Murph

Tubes while a fun premise with unknown terrible endpoints sounds great ide avoid it as it feels like the iron tangle and while hilarious would be hard to visualize to audio listeners. Also alot can be done with a honey i shrunk the kids/ pikimin size cart racer/

Ladycartoonist

waterpark sounds more exciting, but house seems more *interesting*. I vote for interesting.

Ethel Casey

Wait... borrowers! A very different film 🙈

Kristine Whitby

And the pet would almost have to be a cocker spaniel

Sofia Farrell

Big fan of honey I shrunk the kids. I vote in favor of this

AmberTheIrishPersian

There was an earlier HISTK reference by Donut so without knowing what this is about I think it could be funny

Thomas B

And Orthus was to scale for that too

Tyler Vickers

I submit that ownership adds interest. And that rather than suburban house, a more apples to apples poll could have been "Wayne Szalinski's House" (Rick Moranis' character from H I shrunk the C) versus Satan's Waterpark

Curtis Roberts

I agree with the comments that the iron tangle was a bit hard to picture at times. Probably required a lot of rereading or listening. I do like the idea of the tubes going terrible places. A house, mansion, or something similar offers a lot of opportunities to show how the show runners portray different cultures. I.e. a game room, a trophy room with stuffed monsters. A sports room that gets EVERYTHING wrong about human sports. Or a house that has a champion cocker spaniel in the home. A bedroom with completely absurd incorrect notions about human sexuality.

Ed S.

I’m torn. I’m leaning towards the water park, but imagine if the giant pet was a cat? It would drive Donut bonkers.

Rachael Pence

omg yes!

Rachael Pence

I feel like we already got suburban house with Bonnie and her Dad but the "Honey I Shrunk the Kids" feel sounds fun! My vote is water Park but probably bc I'm a big fan of Schlitterbahn, the hottest, coolest time in Texas.

antebellum13

I thought it said Santa’s water park at first and thought this was going a completely different (but still horrifying) direction

Ranger Science

This… was not an easy choice. But water park just sounds a little more crazy to me; stacks on top of Carl needing to break out of tubes; dials up the “need to break everything” before a bad luck tube choice kills someone arbitrarily. But ultimately? I just kept thinking of a sad, doused Satan just being like “what idiot put hellfire and a waterpark together.”

Travis

I like where this is going.

Jesse Blesing

That's exactly why I voted for Suburban House... between Train Tunnels and Discount Dan the suburban house feels more original

waterkangaroo

the real question is: if Carl loots an inner tube from the park, can he use it in the River? 🤔

Kristina Glasgow

"Is this water?" My first thought should have been acid or some a la the Kangaroo pouches. Urine was my first thought. Some of the tubes could use the crawlers who enter as ingredients in something that shows up later.

waterkangaroo

well now I'm torn, cause I really wanna know where those tubes go

Kristina Glasgow

Right?!!!!

Ed

If you do the waterpark, there has to be a joke about Discount Dan.

Alex Brushaber

Satan’s water park sounds like a Discount Dan floor (nothing against Discount Dan). Croc (blue talking rubber dog) would be delighted!

Treamayne

Have to choose the suburban house, for nostalgia reasons. Fun factoid: In the 90s an unnamed theater I worked for would truncate movie titles when it was too long for the small stub. This used to be "automated." The Sequel to Honey I Shrunk the Kids was playing in theater number two - so the ticket stubs said (briefly). . . Honey, I Blew U 2 (Truncated at "up")

Mr lncredibIe73

House, we’ve done the lots of confusing tubes thing. Plus, donut (if this is DCC) would become the annoying panicking version of herself in a water park.

Joseph dye

you fools! vote for the honey I shrunk the kids choice!

Alex

Water park, becuase it's hard not to imagine the AI putting a giant Hamster in one...and we'll you know.

Mike Collins

Bad guys in inner tubes. Sold.

waterkangaroo

C'MON GUYS, SUBURBAN HOUSE!!! TINY CARL!! Think of the VORE. Think of the UNBIRTHING. THINK OF THE SMUSHES

JustJoy

Nervous to choose the suburban house but I'm hoping they can somehow recruit said full-size pet to their side instead of having to end it.

Rob Newcity

I mean, Satan's water Park seems like the only correct answer to me...

Lauren

I could see an opportunity for Donut to have to charm a cocker spaniel. One with enough charisma of its own that it requires method acting. Or my black golden retriever, Hambo.

Dirty Dibbler

Grull

Jen Little

Suburban House. Sold as soon as you said Katamari….. That music is now living rent free in my head.

Matthew Dake

Suburban house all the way for me. The possibility of tiny Carl/Donut (& Company?) scrambling around trying to Katamari their way out of being smushed, possibly by regular sized versions of other crawlers, NPCs, or other potentially psychologically damaging/triggering people from their previous life? Sounds like a brain melter. Count me in.

Dirty Dibbler

Matt said down below it won’t be a dog because he already did a giant dog on the bubble level. Common other pets would be a cat, gerbil/hamster, snake, spider… I guess you could do birds, maybe a sugars glider… depends on where they’re from as to what’s considered a pet. Raccoon, Scorpion, horse or other farm animal. Heck you could do snail… endless possibilities

Paul

The AI feet fetish with small crawlers and someone walking around barefoot. That just seems setup for success.

Brenda Miller

From my partner, “I have to go with the house. This is Matt Dinneman. We already know what he can come up with. I don’t want to know what he does with ‘tubes in places.’”

Dirty Dibbler

Matt did leave a comment down below that it wouldn’t be like the tangle, but I agree, that was my first thought

Joseph Dye

Waterpark one feels alot like train one from book 3(?)

Dirty Dibbler

Small non dog pet? Kinda like a cat that donut might have lost to in a competition?

Craig Bush

Hear me out… a couple other options… How about movie sets? Crawlers get placed into a random movie and have to survive. Earth has become known across the inner-system for their movies. This embraces it. Another option is escape rooms. Smaller teams. Picking up wrong item or flipping wrong switch could lead to the crawlers death.

Jasbun

Imagine the vore potential for honey i shrunk the kids... the AI said it wanted to experiment with that more but I dont remember it happening much again after

Michael Anderson

Now I got fraggle rock stuck in my head

whiskeyfrog

Wait... I need to change my vote now.

Sealestial (Krista)

Argument for suburban house: Tiny carl = easy to step on

Terra

I want katamari honey we shrunk the crawl so that Carl can get stepped on by something huge again

Marijayne

The water park is tempting, but the thought of a mouse-sized Donut and Carl being chased through a house by a cocker spaniel is just too good to pass up.

Cruz Gibson

I don’t know if I can do another iron tangle, and that’s what the water park sounds like to me.

Debs

It would TOTALLY have to be a hamster!

Derek van Veen

South Park ruined Satan for me.

Ben Frederick

Make the pet a giant cockerspaniel and vote house!

Scott Key

Satan’s waterpark sounds too similar to the iron tangle.

Craig Bush

Suburban house. It is certainly inline with the ways the borant has mocked earth culture. Housing costing so much it all we can afford is tiny, tiny, tiny homes.

Cory Smith

I hated honey I shrunk the kids as a kid. Can’t put a finger on why, just didn’t like it. Maybe DCC can do it better.

Sealestial (Krista)

Context being that we were playing a game of GarticPhone and one of the prompts ended up being "Katamari Buttman with a Beet signal "

Rhiannon

Originally I said waterpark.. because satan. But aren’t waterslides /tubes just small trains again?

Jon Janego

The king of all planets has entered the dungeon

Steve Weaver

Why not both? Tiny crawlers in a full-sized Satan's Waterpark?

Kristen McC

I WANT BOTH 😂

Nicholas Mueller

Make the pet be Princess, have her not be able to recognize the small people and strip her down to just cat related powers. Then she can discover what she has done after the fact.

Commodore

I think the waterpark tubes would simultaneously be Donut's dream and worst nightmare. She loved the fast food restaurant playground in the first book, but hates water.

Gwen Hood

I feel like the Waterpark brings something new (even if it's in tubes). We've had a house and giant goose. Plus I need to know what the "water" is

Michael James

Going for the Honey I Shrunk the Kids. A little too much like the Bubble World level, but I'm afraid of the littany of poop jokes and too many gross encounters. For what it's worth.

Michael Campbell

Satans waterpark was my initial thought, then I thought how hilarious the hamster trying to get revenge on Carl for smushing his family would be.

Bobbi

You know how I feel about waterparks Carl.

Loonicy

Honey I Shrunk the Kids was a favorite movie growing up. If it goes this way there needs to be a Rick Moranis type character for no reason what so ever.

Dan

Found the other Wandering Inn fan!

Salvador Barragan

We already did a suburban house. Remember the turkey?

Nic

Obviously the tubes. No one should ever have unexpected tubes going anywhere, let alone somewhere they should NEVER go.

Dan

Wild that this is so close currently. Especially given how clear it is (to me) which one is better. Satan’s waterpark….obviously. ,

Adrianne

Either has the potential for horror and hilarity - tough choice.

Jasun Carr

Satan's Waterpark - if only because it sounds like a euphemism

Taylor White

Tubes in places they should never go, I fear for Carl and Donut

Dave Bunce

I want both! Ugh tough decision

Michael

A series of tubes? Like the internet? You know how I feel about the internet, Matt.

BaddhaBoom

I once had a dream where I was being chased by vampires through an intricate water park made of all the tunnels and everybody was riding inner tubes. It was both horrifying and a blast lol

Revenire

If in regards to DCC, then both were done to a point - Suburban House is reminiscent to the fifth floor/giant domes and having gods running around. A plane hazing a god sized dog is the same as having an RC plane hazing a full sized pet. Satan's Waterpark is reminiscent of the third floor/iron tangle. Just with the option of doing messed up things with the water or other "liquids". Real question should be, of the two, what really interests the author in revisiting and feeling that they can add more to the story in f*ing with the characters. And also, changing it enough that it doesn't feel repetitive, unless used for comedic intent.

PD Derek

Why am I heavily reminded of Discount Dan? Water parks and suburbs. GEE WHIZ, MYATT! 🐕

Cole Christensen

tough call

Mike

Satan's waterpark without a doubt. But especially if one of the slides goes directly into a god's anus.

Christopher Buser

#2!

Richard Rosier

2

Jeff Smith

#2 immediately makes me think about some of the weird Backrooms videos you can find on YouTube

Torka

DCC + Borrowers. The crossover I never knew I needed

Ducky

Can we have both?

Jeff Smith

Orthrus was the goodest boy. I for one hope to see him again

Evelynhawth

I honestly think their might be barbie that carl could wear lol.

Alex Laubscher

The pool better be nothing but piss Matt

Jackie Slattery

I feel like Satan’s water park might be too similar to the train level. Love the idea of having them change sizes- all about perspective.

Nicholas Mitchell

Agreed. Small house would be fun

TheRavenclaw42

For authenticity-there needs to be at least one crying AND puking child in the water park lol

Marcie Jones

Omg! I need a baby seal!

Jesse Rochford

I feel like the AI would have more fun with the pet

Sealestial (Krista)

Listen for thanks giving Katamari came up so that feels like a sign to pick that option XD

jason m

We already did a tube level

Alex Barton

I feel like you already knew what the answer was going to be...

ChrissyV

Tuuuuuuuuubes

Jeffrey Newman

I'm picturing Lily Tomlin

Sam Burnett

Satan’s waterpark is ever so tempting but I just can’t say no to a giant suburban house

Daniel Hoskins

Why can't they be the villains?

Mordecais_Moms_Ashes

100000% true 😂

Frosty40

giant rooster please

Randy Soviet

For the tubes!!

Rachel Gilbert

Katamari is intriguing, but I never pass up a vote for Satan.

Mordecais_Moms_Ashes

Denise 🪿

Sunsetdreamer52

Suburban house with pet is reminding me a lot of the immortal goose in the flying house, and we've already seen giant dog

Stephanie M

I have to pick house so the AI could make the loose pet a cocker spaniel

Ranen

I want both

SpinnerAF

Ummm, Raul, what are you doing at Satan's Waterpark? Wait...are those baby seals? And are we floating in...

Michele H

Been a lot of hell. Have you thought about switching the hell tubes to the AIs naughty tubes. And the bad guys in the tubes could be the AIs creations

Shane

Water tubes feels limited, even if run by Satan. vs a house has all kinds of options….litter box, animals, etc. etc

Matt D

Two things. 1) Tubes will be nothing like the Iron Tangle. 2) The pet won't be a dog. We don't want a repeat of the Orthrus chase.

Christine Brown

This is hilarious and terrifying, I love it

Misty Figs

Imma need demons with water wings.

Obsidian_Scarred/ALLFATHER

Fuck yea water park give donut what she truly wants/needs

Rebecca Salam

with no context, Satan tubes especially after many summers roasting feet at water parks on concrete hotter than actual hell

Rachael Pence

Pony needs water wings. Splash Zone would be so in his element!

Niels Christensen

Matt is cookin' and I love it. Probably also drinking

Dani Daly

Always vote for tubes

Linux

Nananananana…

Tim Mitchell

I’m picturing horrible monsters with ducky pool floats, and I am SO there.

Steve Hansen

A level or race based on toobin’ nes game would be awesome.

Russell Widger

Now is the full sized pet a Cocker spaniel?

Mordecais_Moms_Ashes

Imagine if the pet is a cocker spaniel ..... Or a Tegu....

Bryan Pitts

No, the house is normal sized, the pet is normal sized, the crawlers are tiny

Erica Faith

But will we understand the tube system this time? I don’t know if my brain can handle another level like the trains 😵‍💫

Nicholas Fuller

I'm a little horrified by the water park... Which means it's probably the right direction. Lol. Also enemies on inner tubes is too delightful to overlook.

Ashlee Williams

The AI is basically already the king of the cosmos

Ethel Casey

Tiny people are always a good time. Are you leaning fraggle rock or the burrowers?

Karen Bennett

Can Prepotente get sent down one of those floor-goes-out-from-under-you waterslides where you almost free fall? Right in my goddamn ear…

Reniah

Tubular park gives me iron tangle flashbacks. Suburban house for me.

Samantha Watson

I voted water park at first and then changed my mind because the idea of donuts commentary on a giant cat roaming around would be golden

Ryan s

I feel like we've done the pet loose thing before with the dog in the bubbles.

Kat

I voted for Satan Tubes but the more I think of it the shrinking would be really fun too. Either way I’m sure it’ll be great!

Devlin

The Bubble cities with the Giant dog feels to similar to the Honey I shrunk the kids idea.

Ryan Gerke

Backrooms style waterpark!

G

When is Matt coming to Ireland?

Jo Duffy

I must know where the tubes go. If I have to vote to find out later, so be it.

Robert Griswold

I feel like we win either way

Donald Harer II

I was thinking Shrink until the promise of tubes arriving where they shouldn’t came up.

William Tanksley

Waterpark. This is all about vindictiveness from the showrunners about the last time they gave them tubes.

Shane Wike

Tubes make me think of the tangle.

Valerie

would waterparks just be trains pt 2 but wet? Either way I'm into it

Kat Long

The reapers rectum!

Mordecais_Moms_Ashes

Dude. Why you asking me such hard questions

Bobby Hoel

For the Water park may i propose instead of Bad guys with inflatable tubes Inflatable bad guys Like evil pool toys around the park and they vary in size Just a though It would be funny for a evil inflatable drink coaster trying to bite your hand off or Flamingo

e rose

Satan's Waterpark sounds exciting but a huge pet in my suburban house is totally fucked. Precious (my cat) agrees.

Hitt

House all day. Tubes have been done already (iron tangle)

MarMarBar1337

Satans water park needs attack pool noodles that swim fast in the water but flop pathetically on the ground

Jeremy Morris

Waterpark is giving me some serious iron tangle vibes.

James Gromo

Water Park sounds more entertaining survey wise but I feel like shrunk down is gonna be more to play with and can be a better story. I guess it comes down to how long is this part of the story? Something taking place across a whole book or a couple chapters?