Abduction series

The Abduction series is a series of brickfilms created by and starring Jonathan Vaughan. The series follows the abduction of protagonists Tony and Toby and their investigation into the aliens' plans, with them eventually teaming up with inventor Atom Mo along the way.

Each film in the series has been produced for a brickfilming contest, with Abduction 1 through 3 being made for the Twenty-four Hour Animation Contests 3, 4 and 6, respectively, and 4 and 5 made for the Brickfilm Rapidly All Week Long Contests 2009 and 2011, respectively.

Abduction (2007)
Main article: Abduction

Relatives Tony and Toby are driving to their aunt's house when they spot a mysterious light in the sky. Two days later, their aunt thinks they have arrived at her house but it is revealed that they were abducted by an alien spacecraft and replaced on earth with aliens in disguise as them.

Abduction 2 (2007)
Main article: Abduction 2

The aliens abduct Santa Claus on Christmas Eve and discuss their plans to invade earth. When a satellite collides with their ship, they leave their prisoners unattended, allowing Tony and Toby a chance to escape from their cells and look for a way back to earth.

Abduction 3 (2009)
Main article: Abduction 3

The aliens notice that two of their prisoners have escaped and their leader, annoyed with their failure, sends a new commander for the ship. Tony and Toby encounter the new commander on his way to the ship's control deck and knock him out. They locate an escape pod and decide to bring the unconscious commander with them to earth.

Abduction 4 (2009)
Main article: Abduction 4

The aliens realise that Tony and Toby have left the ship with the new commander and track their location. On earth, the commander wakes up and reveals that he is actually a human named Atom Mo, going on to describe his inventions and interest in aliens. The alien ship arrives at the three men's location and abducts them all back on board.

Abduction 5 (2011)
Main article: Abduction 5

Tony, Toby and Atom are held in captivity aboard the alien ship but a brief power cut disables the shields keeping them in place and allows them to escape. When they decide to look for information and evidence to bring back to earth, Toby discovers the aliens' plan to abduct the president of the United States and invade earth. Tony and Atom capture an alien to bring with them, but it reveals upon removal of its helmet that it also is Atom Mo.

History
The first film in the series was conceived and produced in under 24 hours for the third Twenty-four Hour Animation Contest, beginning the tradition of Abduction films being contest entries made in short periods of time. Abduction placed fifth in the THAC 3 results and the series would enjoy consistent success in future contests, with Abduction 2, 3, 4 and 5 placing third, third, second and first in their respective contests.