• Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Cherry Blossom. In the OG Cookie Run games, she's just a cheery girl with a knack for picnics. Here, she is Blackberry's high school ex, revealed in Chapter 4, and she still doesn't feel great after the breakup. However, the two have made up.
• Adaptational Diversity: Most specifically, Gingerbrave and Blackberry. They have darker skin.
• Adaptational Jerkass: While they were a jerkass in the OG game, this art confirms that Strawberry Crepe is more of a jerkass, with them Flipping the Bird as an example.
• Adaptational Sexuality: While almost all cookies have no officially-confirmed sexualities, this fanfic gives some of them their LGBTQ+ orientations:
  • Blackberry is bisexual.
  • Cherry Blossom is a lesbian.
  • Onion and Cream Puff have sapphic subtexts.
  • Raspberry and Parfait are lesbians as well.
• Adaptation Dye-Job: True to its inspiration, many characters have gotten appereance changes, such as:
  • Gingerbrave having a more punk-rock aesthetic, with his tuft of hair being much more longer, and having a black leather jacket, alongside having a red bandana, a purple shirt, although keeping the skull buttons.
  • Adventurer now looks more like a safari explorer.
  • Blackberry now has dark green hair, having a more traditional maid-like outfit, purple gloves, and a green lantern instead of a purple candle.
  • Onion has a pastel green sweater, and her hair is more green. She also has a green skirt.
  • Cherry Blossom also keeps the green theming, with her hair being a more light green, and having a green theming all over her. Her crop top's green, her jacket's green, her high skirt's green, and even her umbrella is green with black lines.
  • Cherry inherits her older sister's love for green, having a green bow, and her dress now has oversized sleeves. Her pigtails are also replaced with little tufts of hair.
  • Carol now looks less like a christmas tree, having dark red hair, green boots and skirt, a dark tan shirt, and a green tie. Her lyre also looks the same, but with swapped colors.
  • Cream Puff now looks like a traditional mage, with her having a dark blue wizard's hat, a dark blue shirt with a blue bandana, and dark purple oversized sleeves. She also seems to have a dark blue skirt, dark purple leggings and dark blue shoes. She also seems to have a dark lavender streak on her hair.
  • Strawberry Crepe looks more casual, with them having a pastel red cropped sweater, with a broken heart print, as well as having silver jeans. They also have dark red shoes and they have salmon-colored demon horns. Their headset is the same, but the cones now look more robotic.
  • Raspberry, like Strawberry Crepe, also looks more casual, with her ditching the formal attire with a more summer-like one. She has purple hair with a green bow, as well as having a silver crop-top, and a faded blurple skirt. She also wears black boots. Her sword is also redesigned, having a more purple and black aesthetic.
• Adaptation Species Change: While they're still cookies, the "cookies" are implied to also have human traits as well, thus making them cookie-human hybrids.
• Adapted Out: Justified. Chili Pepper doesn't appear in this fanfic yet because she's arrested.
• Angst? What Angst?: In Chapter 4, it is revealed that Blackberry and Cherry Blossom were high school exes, though in the previous chapters beforehand, she is often shown smiling like if nothing has happened.
• Ascended Extra: Cookies like Adventurer Cookie, Blackberry Cookie, Onion Cookie, Cherry Cookie, Cherry Blossom Cookie, Carol Cookie, among many others, have gotten the spotlight in this fanfic.
• Bare Midriffs Are Feminine: Raspberry in this AU has a new outfit exposing her midriff.
• Campfire Character Exploration: Chapter 4, Familiar Faces. It brings some more info about Blackberry and Cherry Blossom's past relationship.
• Cast Full of Gay:
  • Blackberry is bisexual.
  • Onion and Cream Puff are sapphic.
  • Cherry Blossom, Caramel Arrow, Raspberry, Parfait, Sea Fairy and Moonlight are lesbians.
  • Subverted for Carol, Strawberry Crepe, Black Raisin, Latte, Adventurer, and the rest, who are straight.
• Chuck Cunningham Syndrome: Timekeeper Cookie appears in the first half of the second chapter, most likely to justify how the reader is exploring this new universe. She is never seen or mentioned again.
  • Pitaya Dragon Cookie might also suffer from this as well.
• Costume Porn: The fanfic has the chance to do it whenever a new character is introduced. Justified, as there are no pictures.
• Darker and Edgier: Invoked. The first chapter, "Fair Warning + Notes" says this:
  Also, keep in mind that this story can have DARK THINGS.
• Defrosting Ice Queen: Raspberry is most likely a downplayed example of this.
  • Now played straight as of Chapter 8.
• Distressed Dude: Adventurer is this from Chapter 5 onwards.
• Hidden Eyes: Part of Latte's D-Sides design. Downplayed, as it doesn't cover her eyes, and she's still a kind teacher despite being mysterious.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed with Strawberry Crepe. They have explained to their mother on why they weren't making friends in all honesty but keeping their personality. They're still sort of a jerkass to the team.
• Karaoke Bonding Scene: Or, rather, a Concert Bonding Scene. Raspberry and Parfait do this when she manages to cheer up Parfait.
• Put on a Bus: Some cookies suffer from this, such as Black Raisin Cookie, Adventurer Cookie and Princess Cookie, for example.
• Scenery Porn: The campsite cliff's view. Lampshaded by Adventurer.
• Ship Tease: Onion looking at Cream Puff in Chapter 3.

• Creator's Favorite Episode: When Chapter 8 got released^note alongside Chapter 7, Anthony 7612 has stated on the Chapter's release post on Tumblr that it's his favorite chapter so far, possibly due to it being a more heartwarming chapter.
• Word of God:
  • Thanks to a tumblr post, it seems that Romance Kingdom is now a fighting game, to fit with Hating Simulator becoming a fighting game in the OG FNF D-Sides.
    • Alongside that, it's revealed that Boyfriend and Girlfriend's names in "Fighting Kingdom" are Bryson Freeman and Gigi Dearest.
  • In the fanfic's official Tumblr account...
    • There are official AU designs for Cookie Run: Ovenbreak cookies.

• Heartwarming Moments: It has a lot of these.
  • In a way, Cherry Blossom and Blackberry's past relationship. Especially during Cherry Blossom's flashback. Sure, the two are not dating anymore, but they still are close friends after they make up.
  • After that, the two finally making up. It's a bit of a Tear Jerker at first, but it turns more positive.
  Blackberry: I should have realized what you were going through. I should have been there for you, even after everything that happened between us. It's time to let go of the bitterness. We can't change the past, but we can move forward, supporting and understanding each other.
  Cherry Blossom: You're right, Blackberry. It's time to heal and grow stronger together.
  Blackberry: Friends?
  Cherry Blossom: Friends.
  • Raspberry cheering up Parfait after she believes she was awful in the concert.
  Raspberry: No, absolutely not! In fact, you were amazing at it! I have never felt this feeling. It's... hard to explain. But you know what's easy to explain? Our confidence! We seem to admire each other, and we do really great when we're doing our stuff. Besides, we're both chasing our dreams, right?
  Parfait: Yeah... you're right. Oh, by the way, what's your name?
  Raspberry: Raspberry. There's no need to tell me your name. I know it's Parfait.
  Parfait: Hey, do you think we can do a duet together? I mean... i won't mind if you refuse.
  Raspberry: I'll do it to make who we respect proud. Your fans, and my family.
  Parfait: Perfect! Now, shall we get onto the stage?
  • Chapter 8 as a whole. After Cherry Blossom recommends Caramel Arrow to have a date, the two other couples (Raspberry X Parfait and Onion X Cream Puff) also decided to go on their dates as well. It's as cute as it sounds like.
• Tear Jerker:
  • Cherry Blossom and Blackberry's breakup. It was at graduation day, and Cherry Blossom got so filled to despair that she straight-up attacks Blackberry. She's okay later on, but jeez...
    • Blackberry's line sums it up the best:
  Blackberry: I think it's time for us to move on. It's not fair to both of us to stay in a relationship that's not working. I can't keep living a lie.
  • And then there's what comes right after. At the hospital, Cherry Blossom wants to apologize, but Blackberry is mad. What comes right after is PAINFUL.
  Blackberry: Sorry? Sorry isn't going to fix what you've done. I trusted you, and you broke that trust. You broke something between us.
  Cherry Blossom: I know, and I regret it with every fiber of my being. I've never felt so awful in my entire life, but please, Blackberry, give me a chance to make it right. I want to earn back your trust and repair what we had...
  Blackberry: Trust is not something you can repair so easily, Cherry Blossom. It takes time, effort, and a genuine change in behavior. I can't just forget what happened and pretend everything is fine. I need time, Cherry Blossom. Time to heal, time to process what happened. But don't expect things to go back to the way they were. Trust needs to be earned, and right now, you have a lot to prove.
  Blackberry: This is our goodbye, for now. Take care of yourself, Cherry Blossom.

• Tagline: "Maybe we should let the Darkness consume us...", which is a line said by Assimilated!Bun Bun in the 2022 [adult swim] April Fools broadcast.
  • Alternatively, for the Friday Night Funkin' mod: "Don't fear the Darkness. It'll make you weaker."

• Elaborate University High: The academy appears to be like this.
• High School AU: Of Cookie Run: Kingdom and Cookie Run: Ovenbreak.

There will be Slice of Life-styled episodes for the other characters.

• I mean, why else would they be revealed, anyways?

Theories on which cookies will make it to the series

• Cherry Blossom Cookie^note And Cherry Cookie
• Shining Glitter Cookie^note Since other music-themed cookies like Popping Candy Cookie, Parfait Cookie, Mint Choco Cookie and Rockstar Cookie are confirmed to be in the series, might use her current Kingdom outfit, or her Ovenbreak outfit
• Caramel Arrow Cookie
• Raspberry Cookie
• Adventurer Cookie^note Since Blackberry Cookie and Onion Cookie are confirmed to be in the series
• Clover Cookie
• Carol Cookie
• Purple Yam Cookie^note Since Milk Cookie is confirmed to be in the series
• Blue Lily Cookie^note Since characters that are only in Ovenbreak at the time like Whipped Cream Cookie are in the series
• Pastel Meringue Cookie
• Currant Cream Cookie
• Blueberry Pie Cookie
• Cream Unicorn Cookie
• Croissant Cookie
• Timekeeper Cookie
• Fire Spirit Cookie
• Wind Archer Cookie

Like the series it's based on, it will go through Cerebus Syndrome

• And surprisingly, other characters will be involved.

Theories on the mastermind behind the Darkness

The tumblr account has posted about the theory

• The Darkness originated from Cookie Run HS, as a consequence of some dev team members doing bad stuff and the series being cancelled. Plus, it's emphasized in the unused content of the Friday Night Funkin' mod.
  • Jossed, however it could happen.
• Could be a Shadow from FHS being turned into some sort of Digital Abomination and spilling out into the internet.^note Could be funny seeing the Shadow versions of popular cartoon characters.
  • Jossed, as Fred got assimilated by the Darkness but did not get a physical form or something like that. He got fused with Freddy.
• The Darkness is a glitchy representation of Rule 34.

The AU will get an official crossover with a fanmade HS series.

• It's very unlikely but it would be nice.