Merry Christmas, Whippersnappers!

Merry Christmas, Whippersnappers! is the Christmas special animation of the Reverend James series which serves as a prequel as well as expanding on the lore of the Guardian of Fire and the Legendary Microwave. It was revealed on December 21, 2021, and premiered the next day. It is set in Christmas of 2019 in Universe 23 mainly, but also several other universes. It's also the 200 subscriber special.
== Characters ==
=== Main Characters ===
* Reverend Jack
* Reverend Joel
* Hecate
* Laurence
* Reverend James
=== Side Characters ===
* Palkia
* Santa Claus
* The Three Witches
* Narrator
* Reverend Jade
* Reverend Vincent
* Vincent Robots
* Policeman
* Granny
* Prisoners
* Professor Rowan
* Gardenia
* Maylene
* Crasher Wake
* Fantina
* Byron
* Candice
* Volkner
* Mars
* Jupiter
* Saturn
* Cynthia
* Cyrus
* Pavel
* Sid
* Inspector Goole
* Elf
* Madeline
* Captain Voldemort
* Scottish Batman
* Zangeif
* Jangoh Fett
* Jangoe Fett
* Mario
* P10106863
* Robbie Rotten
* Mr Johnstone
* Mrs Johnstone
* Vyvyan
* John Wick
* Thane of Cawdor
* Skinny Girl
* Small Boy
* Large Woman
* Sheila
* Gerald
* Jekyll
* Utterson
* Bear Grylls
* Bear Grylls the second
* Sunny
* Demoman
* Paris (pictured)
* Sylvie (pictured)
* Loki (pictured)
* God (pictured)
*Adam James (mentioned)
*Eve (mentioned)
*Pope James (mentioned)
*Major James (mentioned)
*Bishop James (mentioned)
*James Vaughan (mentioned)
*Admiral James (mentioned)
*General James (mentioned)
*Captain James (mentioned)
*Master James (mentioned)
*Sir James (mentioned)
*Mr James (mentioned)
*Lord James (mentioned)
*Father James (mentioned)
*Reverend James Senior (mentioned)
== Songs ==
* I'm A Microwave!
* Laurence's theme (VOX Choir)
== Contributors ==
=== Artists ===
* KING GREG
* Alice
=== Voice actors ===
* LDthebadman as Reverend James, Laurence, Reverend Joel, Reverend Jack, Small Boy, Skinny Boy and Large Woman
* Bryony Biamonti as Hecate
* Sid as himself and Prisoner
* Pavel as Pavel
* Tacocatcommunist as Policeman (re-used lines)
* frankf as Prisoner
* Patrick as Prisoner
* Arti as Prisoner
* The Stranger as Prisoner
* RadicalSoda as Bear Grylls and Reverend Jack (re-used lines)
* Mr Brown as Narrator and Reverend Jack
===Choir Director===
*Helen
===Audio Recorders===
*Tinwit
*Rebecca Lewis
===Singers===
*VOX Choir
**Millie
**Emily
**Alice 2
**molli
** Rosie
**Ms Verrier
**Ayyildiz
**Jet2Holidays
**Robyn
**SJ
**Esther
**Emanuela
**Snaedis
== Events ==
=== Prequel Events ===
In Reverend Joel's house in Universe 23 on Christmas Eve of 2019, Reverend Joel received an electric guitar from Santa Claus, and was so excited he flooded the room with his water powers, drowning Santa Claus. Scared that he had killed Santa himself, he made his way to the Arctic to ask Reverend Jack for help.
Laurence pointed out that Reverend James's house had no way of cooking food. Reverend James decided to ask Santa for a microwave for Christmas, and the two went to sleep.
In the Google Arctic branch, Reverend Joel explained to Reverend Jack the situation about Santa Claus's death. As the Guardian of Ice, Reverend Jack's duty was to take over as Santa Claus - and Jack and Joel took to the air in reindeer to deliver presents around the planet - to Granny, Policeman and even the Narrator. Joel, watching the tracker for the number of presents delivered, was dismayed that despite delivering to the entire planet, they had only delivered 1%. Jack explained that since Santa Claus was a god, he delivered presents across the entire Multiverse. They would need to find a way to deliver presents to every Universe - and Jack had just the thing, a copy of Pokemon Pearl which would grant them access to Palkia, a Pokemon with the ability to warp space. Hecate, goddess of witchcraft, overheard them, and appeared among The Three Witches, although since she was not allowed to grant them multiversal travel she could only sing her new song, Fly Me to the Moon.
Reverend Jack and Joel used Pokemon Pearl to arrive in Universe 11, where they quickly began to capture Pokemon, stealing their starters from Professor Rowan. Jack defeated gym leaders and Team Galactic members alike, including Gardenia, Maylene, Crasher Wake, Fantina, Byron, Candice, Volkner, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and even Cynthia on his path to beat Cyrus and summon Palkia. Meanwhile, Joel procured a Master Ball and sent it to Jack to use to instantly capture Palkia. They returned to Hecate, who ignored their feat and began to perform a new song until she saw Joel's Pikachu and fled the scene.
Using the power of Palkia to travel the Multiverse, Reverend Jack and Joel traveled to every universe, including but not limited to Universe 1, Universe 6, Universe 8, Universe 10, Universe 13, Universe 14, Universe 15, Universe 16, Universe 17, Universe 19, Universe 20, Universe 24, and Universe ???, delivering presents to trillions of people, including Pavel, Sid,Inspector Goole, Madeline, Captain Voldemort, Scottish Batman, Zangeif, Jangoh Fett, Jangoe Fett, Mario, P10106863,Robbie Rotten, Mr Johnstone, Mrs Johnstone, Vyvyan, John Wick, Thane of Cawdor, Sheila, Gerald, Jekyll, Utterson, Bear Grylls, Bear Grylls the second, Sunny, Demoman and several Prisoners. They realised they had one present left, a red microwave for a man named Reverend James in Universe 23.
Reverend James woke up to see that the Microwave had been delivered, and instantly went inside, much to the dismay of their roommates, Skinny Girl, Small Boy and Large Woman. Outside Reverend James's house, Joel remarked on a strange feeling he had that he would one day meet James again. Jack joked that he had eaten too many cookies, and the two returned to the Arctic.
=== Expanded events ===
A few days later, the Guardians needed a sacrifice to repair the Legendary Microwave, and Laurence deemed himself unimportant enough to be said sacrifice. In the Temple of Repairs, he jumped down the Repairing Hole with the remains of the Legendary Microwave, and found himself in the Witches' Realm, where Hecate fused him with the Microwave, giving both him and the Microwave a second chance. Outside, the Laurence-Microwave hybrid fused with Reverend James to grant him his Guardian powers once more to vanquish Reverend Vincent. Afterwards, Laurence sung I'm A Microwave! to celebrate.