Escape from Cabral Castle

**Escape from Cabral Castle** is the 28th episode and season finale of the eighth season of the Jared and Friends series. This also serves as the 2020 holiday special

## Plot/Synopsis

**In the 2020 Holiday Special and the action-packed, magical, musical season finale, Jared gets a vision about a legendary imaginary star that arrives only on Christmas time and grants the greatest Christmas wish of the one who possesses it. Jared, who for the most part has been really doing well from moving on from Maddy as of late, plans to get that star in the hopes of making everything right not just for him, but for everyone. It's a great star chase of epic imaginary proportions as Jared and the Dream Team essentially make a last stand and use and pool all their powers together to get their hands on the star, but better watch out for the Cabrals in the Cabral-Zone as well as Maddy's new prince consort (as a result of Maddy's wish upon the star, albeit with some dangerous consequences) who are more than seethed about the very precense of Jared himself around and no matter how many time he tries to talk to them, they will stop at nothing to get Jared away and stop him and his pretend playmates from completing their mission, especially Maddy, who warned him about a restraining order if he doesn't cool off and "grow up", causing Jared to amp up his last stand with his imaginary buddies to save the day. It's a race to retrieve the true meaning of the Hope of Christmas.**

## Cast/Characters

* Jared
* Barney
* Baby Bop
* BJ
* Riff
* Monique
* Libby
* Myla
* Digit
* Jay Jay
* Tracy
* Herky
* Snuffy
* Revvin Evan
* Tuffy
* The Magic School Bus
* Motherboard
* Queen Madalina
* Emperor Steve
* Empress Theresa
* Duman

## Music

### Songs

1. Jared & Friends Theme
2. Jingle Bells
3. Mr. Star
4. Let's Go
5. You Can't Win
6. Destroy the Posse (The Private Pain of Techno Destructo - GWAR cover)
7. Duman! (Gor-Gor - GWAR cover)
8. Why Can't I?
9. Fear Not, Jared
10. It's Goin Down
11. Say the Word
12. A Little Bit of Faith
13. I Love You

### Background Music

1. Livin it Up (Instrumental)
2. We Can Do It (Instrumental)
3. Jonah Meets the Whale (Score from Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
4. Call Me, Beep Me (Tony Phillips Remix) (Instrumental)
5. Poseidome (SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom OST)
6. Jonah Walks the Plank (Score from Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie)
7. Ghost Train Theme
8. Power of Fire
9. Remember the Name - Fort Minor (reprise)
10. Fire Energy - Elisa Rosselli
11. Chum Bucket Lab (Final Boss) (SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom OST)
12. Enchantix (Winx Club S1-3, Italian pitch) (Instrumental)
13. Convergence (Winx Club 4Kida OST - 2x26)
14. Only You (Instrumental)
15. Bloomix the Power of the Dragon (Instrumental)

## Trivia/Notes

* This is the Season 8 finale and the holiday special for 2020
* This episode serves as a climax with Jared's rocky arc with Maddy Cabral, leaving the door open for their relationship to be restored someday and beginning the year-long arc of Jared working on himself to change his ways, as evident by Jared's wish and Madalina looking back at the Dream Team as they quickly zap into the portal home
* This could be considered a sequel/spiritual successor to Lust of the Labyrinth