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Not to be confused with its Season 10 sequel, "Pack To The Past".

"It's already May and my big bro will be done with high school in a few weeks! So crazy..."
―Packie

Pack To The Future is the sixth special of Sibling Rivalries, part of Season 8.

Although the series has continued for many more seasons after this comic, this will likely remain as the last chronological comic of the series.

Plot[]

Several years into the future, Francis is 18 and close to graduating high school, while Packie (now 15 years old and a high school sophomore) must cope with the sadness of his brother leaving him for out-of-state college.

Character Appearances[]

♥ = character's debut
♠ = character does not speak throughout comic (does not apply to Claude)
♣ = character is mentioned only
♦ = character appear in a speaking/non-speaking cameo only

McReary-Wilson Family[]

Wilson Family[]

McReary Siblings' Friends[]

Anthony DeoBer's Family[]

Others[]

Antagonists[]

Character Differences[]

The comic is set four years from the characters' current ages and grades in every other series comic. Here are some ways that characters differ from their normal depictions.

  • Francis, who is normally 14 years old and in 8th grade, is now 18 and about to graduate as a high school senior. He has always loved hanging out with Packie in normal comics, but is very excited about leaving for college which unintentionally makes Packie sad and thinks he has lost love for him. Otherwise, both brothers would dread being far away from each other.
  • Packie, who is normally 11 and in 6th grade, is now 15 and in 10th grade. He is more laid back and mature in his dialogue, and keeps love for his siblings and friends. However, he does emotionally lose it when Francis is about to abandon him for college, the thought of which now gives him a side of depression never normally seen with the character (only other times he was this sad were in "Wisconsin's Greatest Hero" and "Brothers For Life" but those were non-canon).
  • Gerry, who is normally 10 and in 5th grade, is now 14 and in 9th grade. He is excited having been a part of the high school freshman and JV football team and eagerly waits next year where he will make varsity.
  • Derrick, who is normally 8 and in 4th grade, is 12 and made it to high school two years early, currently being in Gerry's 9th grade class. He is "living his best life" because learning high school math has become his best challenge yet.
  • Kate, who is normally 7 and in 2nd grade, is now 11 and in 6th grade (matching Packie's age in the normal comics). She is still together with Mark, over time she has starting to see him a jerk but remains with him as he is still crazy for her.
  • Joel, who is normally 13 and in 7th grade, is now 17 and in 11th grade. As time went on, he gave up his stupid plans to "take over Wisconsin" and took up weight lifting as a positive hobby. He has established a friendship with Packie, who turns to him when he needs to relieve some stress via working out.
  • Jose, being the same age as Gerry, was also a part of the high school freshman team. He is Joel's workout partner and the brothers' friendship has never been so fantastic
  • Steve, who is normally 13 and in 7th grade, is now 17 but in 10th grade. He should be in 11th grade but he was held back sometime between 7th and 10th grade. He often picks on the sophomores without knowing he is in the same grade as them.
  • Claude, who is normally 13 and in 7th grade, is now 17 and in 11th grade. He continues to date Madison DeoBer, and had his "voice box" fixed so now he talks. However, it is still brand-new and showing "glitches" and he always says the wrong things, so his friends must massage his neck because that supposedly offers a temporary fix.
  • Pete, who is normally 11 and in 6th grade, is now 15 and in 10th grade (same as Packie). This is barely his second appearance (the comic before this being his first), so not much can be said about the character until he is established more in normal comics. However, he speaks fluent English as opposed to the broken English he used to have, as he has spent more time in America after immigrating from Colombia.
  • San Salvador, who is normally 16 and in 10th grade, is now 20 and currently in his sophomore year at University of Wisconsin-Green Bay.
  • Tony, who is the same age as Claude, is also a sophomore. His leg was healed for a while until he recently received another injury in a JV football game from the prior year, so he wears a medical boot on the same leg.
  • Armando Vasquez, who is the same age as Claude, came out as gay during high school. Throughout the comic, he is seen with boyfriend Jederek Posey, while his brother Braulio happily supports their relationship.

Trivia[]

  • The timeframe of this comic can be tricky to understand. However, the comic will always be set four years from the present. This is due to all characters not aging since 2013 which creates a weird floating timeline, especially since the characters stopped aging for nearly eight years and then suddenly began to age by four years. Without the floating timeline, and had the series kept the characters aging with real life, then this comic would be set in 2017. No references to a specific year were made in the comic.
  • This is the first and currently only comic of the main series to use mild language, since at one point Packie tells Francis how him moving away is a way he is "crapping over their friendship". The series' standalone prequels are known to include more swears.
  • While building the future world, most assets were reused from the cancelled 2017 version of Sibling Rivalries: The Next Chapter, including locations (mainly the reintroduction of Green Bay Southwest High School which was not drawn for four years) and some character designs.
  • This is the second shortest special of the series, being 23 pages ("Satellite Screw-Up" is the shortest at 21 pages), as opposed to the 25 of "Meet The Robots!", 30 of "Like Father, Like Sons (And Daughter)", 35 of "Wisconsin's Greatest Hero" and "Brothers For Life" combined, and 37 of "Straight Outta Green Bay".
  • The title is a clear reference to the Back to the Future movie series, and spoofs how TV animated sitcom The Simpsons had a future-themed episode named "Bart to the Future", even if it was poorly received.
  • This is the second time a comic of the series has a scene/scenes set in the future, the first being Season 1's "Yearning to be Young" with a future scene depicting the McReary kids 30 years older. However, the canonicity of that scene now remains debated.
  • One of the classrooms at the high school is labeled "Ms. Krabappel's 11th Grade English", the name being a reference to The Simpsons character Edna Krabappel who, when her voice actress Martha Wallace passed away in 2013, her character died as well.
  • Some things that are mentioned in the future include a Grand Theft Auto VI on PlayStation 5 with split-screen multiplayer, a GTA Online Mobile game for phones, a non-existant song with Eminem, Cardi B, and Y.G., and a "PeachMac 2.0" where the user can talk to the computer like an actual person, and ask it to do tasks (almost like a more advanced version of A.I's such as Amazon Alexa).
  • Aiden McReary makes his first appearance, as a spirit which comes to Packie's dream to give him advice.
  • Before Francis leaves to college, he gives Packie his special black hat, which references the end of Arthur Morgan in Red Dead Redemption 2 where he passes his hat onto John Marston; Packie even mentions this himself. It is also revealed that without the hat, Francis has very poofy hair, which is why he wears a hat to cover it all. This is the second time Packie wears his brother's hat, after Season 5 comic "Trading Places", but this time, it is his to keep forever.
  • The characters that come to say their goodbyes to Francis before he departs on his plane flight include his parents, siblings, Michelle, Adrian, Angel, Salvador, Joel, and Jose.
  • This is the first time Packie is truly mad at Francis, and lashes out at him because he is going to college early, and "crapping all over the brotherhood" they built up over the years. Their arguments are reminiscent of those from GTA Nerd's least favorite two-part comic "Wisconsin's Greatest Hero"/"Brothers For Life". Also, just like Francis did in BFL, in this comic Packie has flashbacks to happy times between the brothers (from comics "Hello, Wisconsin!", "Happy New Year!", "Fourth Of July", "The Amnesia Act of 2015", "Straight Outta Green Bay", and "Best Brother"; all of these flashbacks to other comics were written in cheaper pens so they appear older, since SR has switched to better quality gel pens beginning with Season 6, unlike BFL which had the flashbacks written in gel pens and had many lines altered from their original incarnation. Of course, WGH and BFL are non-canon).
  • There are several characters whose fates remain unknown in the future, such as Officer Charlie Macias, Officer Fred Miller, Joshua Jackson, and Eric Gray. Also, Hector's biological son Zack Marshall (introduced in Season 9 comic "The Forgotten Son") is also absent, but this can be excused due to retcons.
    • When some scenes of the comic are revisited in "Pack To The Past" and "The 100th Comic Spectacular!", Zack is now present with his family. Some of these were done cleverly, such as inserting him in places that were not visible in the original comic (i.e. Zack sitting on Maureen's right side at Francis' graduation).
  • Several comics written after this comic have served as "prequels" that ensure the future depicted in this comic will come true. For example, Packie loves working out in this comic, and it is shown that he begins exercising more in Season 12 comic "My Ma Said Knock You Out". Additionally, this comic mentions that Francis is going to pursue a career as a musician, and he first tapped into his musical side in Season 13 comic "Rock n' Roll, Bro!".

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