Carl Mitchell

*"Hey, wait a minute. What are we so upset for? We’re supposed to be having the night of our lives!"* - 2020

## Carl Benjamin Mitchell

### Relatives

Michael Wattson (Grandfather)
Jessica Wattson (Grandmother) ✝
 Unnamed Biological Father
John Mitchell (Step-Grandfather)
Sheila Mitchell (Step-Grandmother)
Calvin Mitchell (Step-father)
Linda Mitchell (Mother)
Logan Mitchell (Step-brother)
Carrie Mitchell (Half-sister)
Sally Mitchell (Half-sister)

### Voice Actor

FreezeFlame22

**Carl Mitchell** is a high-school student and the titular main protagonist of Carl. He lives in Toad Town with his mother Linda, step-father Calvin, step-brother Logan, half-sisters Carrie and Sally, and pet Piranha Plant, Marvin. He attends Toad Town High with his friends Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo, though what grade he's in exactly became much more ambiguous from Season 4 onward. At the start of the series, Carl was shy, awkward and unsociable, making little effort to socialize and preferring to keep to himself and his small friend group. As the series went on, however, he became more outgoing and open towards meeting new people and trying new things. He developed feelings for Grace Grey, a girl in his homeroom class whom he quickly became friends with and begun dating her after "The School Dance", where he saved her from his bully, Gooper Jordans. Him and his friends also befriended Grace's friends Talia Richards, Roxanne Smith and Kylie Allenby.

## History

### Conception and Creation

Carl was initially created as a character for FreezeFlame's old series *The Koopa Kids*. Here he had little characterization other than being cowardly, unlucky and dying in every episode, something inspired by the *Toadal Drama Island* character DK. When *The Koopa Kids* ended, FreezeFlame instead decided to create a high school series with Carl as the protagonist, creating a new personality, design and identity for him.

### Backstory

Carl was born on October 19th, 2002 to Linda Wattson and an unknown father. Little is known of Carl's biological father, as he left as soon as he found out that Linda had laid an egg. Many photos of Carl and his friends Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo when they were younger exist, meaning they were likely friends since Elementary School at least. Marvin can also be seen with a younger Carl in photos, though it's unknown exactly when Marvin came into the picture. In "Happy Anniversary", Carl and Linda are shown living in an apartment complex while Linda was first dating Calvin, when Carl was presumably around eight years old. Some time between this flashback and the events of the main series, Carl and Linda moved into their current house with Calvin and Logan, and following one year after Calvin and Linda's marriage, Carl's half-sisters Carrie and Sally were born. In "The First Day" and "The New Girl"*,* Carl mentions going to middle school with Gooper, and was terrorized by him on several occasions. "A Christmas Carl" reveals Carl's grandmother died on Christmas day of 2012, an incident that made Christmas depressing for him.

### Season 1

Carl started going to Toad Town High in "The First Day", though is very underwhelmed about attending. In the original episode on the way to school, he is beaten up by Gooper and his gang of bullies, doesn't properly introduce himself to Grace until his first homeroom class, and gets sent to Principal Steelix's office for answering Mr. Morris back. In the remaster Gooper tosses his bag into a tree and laughs at him, and he meets Grace after going over to try and get it down. He expects her to laugh at him, however to his surprise she is kind. In the remaster, he is embarrassed in the cafeteria when Gooper throws a bottle of soda at him. The incident almost makes him want to switch schools; however, Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo convince him to stay.

Throughout the rest of Season 1 he continues pursuing Grace. He looks after her pet Pidgey in "Pidgey Problems", though loses it after it flies away, signs up for the race in "The Great Race" to impress her, and rescues her from a bully in *The* "Halloween Party", though in disguise. He attempts to buy her a Hotplay album in "A Christmas Carl", though ends up causing a fire at his house as a result of not being home to take a turkey out of the oven. Carl goes inside during this fire, in an attempt to rescue the dinner, however ends up dropping the album inside, getting burned, ran over and crushed by a large tank of gasoline, causing him to end up in the hospital. Grace finds out of Carl's efforts to get her the present from Boo, however.

### Season 2

Season 2 of *Carl*, continues to show Carl's attempts to deepen his bond with Grace. In "Carl's New Car", Carl receives a car from Linda and Calvin after passing his driving lessons. He is underwhelmed as the car is smaller than he expected, but uses it as an opportunity to get closer to Grace, by offering to pick up Grace from a piano lesson. Several other characters however, including Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo, Logan and his friend Kenny, and Jim Flaig, one of Gooper's friends, all want driving to places. Carl drives them all around town, however as a result ends up missing his opportunity to pick up Grace, and eventually gets caught up in a snowstorm and crashes. In "Detention", he plans to see a movie with Grace alongside Dry Bones and his girlfriend Talia, one of Grace's best friends. He, Dry Bones, Blooper and Boo end up in detention as a result of fighting with Gooper however. Not wanting to miss his opportunity again, Carl and co. sneak out of detention to see the movie. They succeed, however Linda, Calvin, Carrie and Sally are also at the movies, and the teacher in charge of detention, Coach Ronson, follows them to the movies, resulting in him getting caught.

In "Carl's Rival", a new student, Sebastian Harrington, is also attracted to Grace, and constantly undermines Carl in his attempts to get to know her, and in addition begins hanging out with Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo in Carl's place. Carl grows bitter at this, however with the help of Grace's friend Roxanne, who also has suspicions about him, manages to expose Sebastian as a fraud to the group. Sebastian leaves the school following this out of embarrassment, however would return later on. In "The Hike", Linda attempts to get Carl and Calvin to grow closer to each other by arranging the two to go hiking together, alongside Blooper, Dry Bones, Boo and Logan. Here, Calvin stands up to Gooper when the group begin picking on Carl at Goomburger. Later that night, Carl expects to be scolded by Calvin when he tells him of standing up to Gooper, however Calvin is instead proud of Carl for not taking Gooper's bullying lying down.

In "The School Dance", Carl gets paired up with Grace for a science project. The two work on the project at Grace's house, and greatly enjoy working on it, and almost asks Carl out to the dance. Carl gets scared however, and calls it off. Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo call him out on not going through with this, and Gooper's friends Liam and Bob make fun of him for even attempting to ask her, saying she likes Gooper and not him. This causes Carl to become greatly depressed, and he spends the first half of Part 2 in his room, still hurt over the incident. It takes his stepbrother Logan telling him that he doesn't need a date to go to the dance, and that he shouldn't ruin everything just because of one girl. Carl eventually agrees, and cleans himself up to go to the dance. Kylie, another one of Grace's friends, comes over however, and informs Carl that Grace planned to ask Carl out herself after he backed out of the opportunity again, after some persuading from her friends. Carl, Logan and Kylie then hurry to the dance, fearing Gooper will try to make a move on her. Unfortunately, Gooper had already kidnapped Grace on the way to Carl's house, and forced her to be his date for the dance. He goes to look for the two, but is stopped by Liam and Bob. The two almost block him from getting to Grace and Gooper, however Jim betrays the two, not wanting Carl to lose Grace again, knocking Liam out with a glass bottle, before Bob throws up and passes out. (*Freeze has said this will be altered slightly in the remasters*). He finds Gooper has taken Grace into a classroom, where he is yelling at her due to her not enjoying his company and trying to embarrass him in front of other students. Carl stands up to Gooper, however gets thrown into a desk by him. Grace fights back, and when Carl sees that Gooper is about to hurt Grace, Carl runs to defend her and knocks out Gooper, sending him flying into the classroom wall, where he remains stuck and unconscious for the rest of the episode. Following this, he and Grace share a kiss, and the two begin dating shortly after.

### Season 3

At the start of Season 3, Carl and Grace have been dating all Summer, and appear to be very close. In "The New Principal*"*, they try to enjoy their time at school as a couple for the first time, but the new principal, Sydney Staffordshire, doesn't allow them to hold hands or make contact, and they both soon, along with their friends, find themselves annoyed at all the new strict rules Staffordshire implements, though Staffordshire eventually eases up on them after a leaking pipe is discovered by Blooper and Roxanne. In "Mr. Mitchell vs. Mr. Grey", Carl tries introducing Calvin to Grace's father Felix, however Calvin is greatly annoyed by Felix, causing the two to get into a huge fight. This greatly upsets Grace, and causes her to be upset with Carl due to Calvin's behavior. Calvin puts it right however, and makes up with Felix, much to Carl and Grace's joy. Sebastian returns in "The Election", where both he and Carl attempt to run for president of Staffordshire's new Scholar's Choice program. Sebastian is still bitter at Carl for ruining his reputation, however winds up losing due to only entering to spite Carl rather than having any actual policies of his own.

In "Summer of '19", Carl, Grace and their friends all embark on a vacation to Huckit Hotel in Ocean Side. Here, Grace meets a teenager named Leon, who Carl fears due to the amount of time he and Grace spend together, and while Grace continuously tells him nothing is going on, he remains fearful of him. Leon later tells Carl he does intend to seduce Grace and convicne her to break up with him, causing Carl to snap and hit Leon in the face with a barstool. This greatly angers Grace, and causes Carl, along with his friends for different reasons, to wind up in a prison cell. They're quickly bailed out at the beginning of Part 2, however Dry Bones and Carl get in a massive fight over the incident. Feeling angry and upset, Carl leaves the hotel and instead stays at a motel until he's calmed down, and realises he acted overly jealous and clingy towards Grace, and that he should have trusted her to defend herself against other boys. Leon later reveals his true colors, and grows frustrated that Grace doesn't want to hook up with him, resulting in him being kicked in the face by Grace in self-defense after he tried to take her to his hotel room by force. Carl & Grace meet again when Carl returns to Huckit Hotel and apologizes for his previous actions, to which Grace and her friends tell him that all's forgiven.

### Season 4

At the beginning of Season 4, Carl is still dating Grace and enjoying his time in high school far more than he used to, being more openlly social overall. In "Grounded", he along with his siblings attempt to attend a high school party being thrown by Tucker, however he doesn't tell Grace this as is afraid she'll be embarrassed of him. After Calvin breaks their TV in a rage, Grace tells Carl she doesn't care that he was grounded, and is more bothered that he felt he had to lie about it. In "2020", Carl, Blooper, Dry Bones & Boo attempt to visit every bar in Toad Town for New Years Eve, however frequently run into Gooper, who causes a lot of trouble for them. At The Royal Dragon, Carl & co. get into a fight with Gooper's gang. Carl is almost beaten by Gooper, however Grace saves him on time by hitting Gooper in the face with a barstool, and Carl & co. escape to a hill to enjoy the arrival of the 2020s decade.

Throughout the rest of the season, Carl attempts to help several of the other characters with their struggles. In "The School Trip" he tries to help Blooper while he struggles with his feelings for Roxanne, and in "Parents Evening" he tries helping Grace through the awkwardness of finding out her father Felix has begun dating Staffordshire, and in "The New Girl" he and Grace attempt to help Boo with his crush on Emily.

In "The Talentless Show"*,* Grace persuades him to perform a song, however Carl frequently struggles with stage fright, and Sebastian returns in another attempt to humiliate Carl, teaming up with Gooper to sabotage Carl's act and then win the show by singing using a fake singing voice. This backfires, as Dry Bones sings when Carl is supposed to and is hit with a wrecking ball, and Jim spills soda on the computer controlling Sebastian's fake voice, causing Sebastian to be humiliated again, while Carl sings *I Love It* by Lil Pump and Kanye West with his step-brother Logan, angering the teachers and getting detention but winning over the audience. Sebastian is permanently expelled by Staffordshire following this.

In "Civil War", Dry Bones crashes Carl's car after Carl allowed him to borrow it, resulting in Carl getting in trouble with Calvin. Carl & Dry Bones fall out as a result, and Carl spends most of the episode bitter at Dry Bones, while Dry Bones attempts to befriend Gooper. In Part 2 however, he eventually agrees to put aside his differences with him, and travels to Sherbet Land with Blooper, Boo, Logan, Carrie and Sally to bring Dry Bones home. Dry Bones is hesitant to return, but Carl puts aside his anger with Dry Bones and tells him he's no longer angry with him, and the two quash their beef. When Parabones berates Dry Bones, Carl stands up for him, causing Parabones to attempt to attack him. Dry Bones protects him and knocks Parabones into his fireplace, allowing the group to escape.

### Season 5

Much like in Season 4, for much of Season 5 Carl helps support the other main characters during their struggles. In "The Thanksgiving Dinner" he tries to help Linda while she struggles making dinner for so many guests, in "Logan's New Place" he tries standing up for Logan against Liam, Bob, Jim and their friends, who terrorise his apartment, and in "Boo's Big Date" he and Grace agree to go on a double date with Boo and Mary-Lynn. In Revenge of the Simp, Leon returns as a new student in Toad Town High, claiming he wants to make amends. Carl initially is hesitant to trust him, however after the two hang out at the Royal Dragon together, Carl begins to trust him and forget about his past treatment of himself and Grace. Unfortunately, Leon was faking the entire time, and forcefully kisses Grace, however Grace is repulsed, and she Carl and Boo expose Leon in front of other TTH students. Leon tries to kill Carl with a replica sword in a fit of rage, but is attacked by Marvin, causing the sword to fly into Leon's fish tank, Leon to be attacked by a Porcupuffer and subsequently decapitated off screen by a surfboard.

In "A Christmas Captive", Carl and co. discover Roxanne has been kidnapped by the Gutts, and Carl decides to put aside his differences with Gooper so they can help save her, and the two even share a pleasant interaction during their search for her, however Gooper quickly ends the interacting. In "The Valentine's Bowl", Carl attempts to help Blooper with his feelings for Roxanne, and quickly goes frustrated with Gooper's treatment of Roxanne during the evening, becoming much happier after Gooper has left. In the two-part episode "Bad Roxanne", Carl is greatly concerned about Roxanne's concerning change of attitude. He is angry with Blooper when he learns that he rejected Roxanne after she kissed him, with it being the likely cause of Roxanne's change in attitude. He apologises to Blooper for getting angry, but tells him he needs to sort things out with her. On part 2, Carl confronts Roxanne regarding her change in attitude, and after getting her to talk, she confesses to him that Gooper is blackmailing her into dating him. Carl tells Roxanne that she needs to stand up to Gooper and break up with him, regardless of what people will think of her in the aftermath, as otherwise Gooper will continue to control her life forever. Roxanne follows Carl's advice, and in an attempt to save Blooper from Gooper after Gooper finds out about his kiss with Roxanne, breaks up with him in front of the whole school, revealing her secret and using Gooper's blackmail against him.

## Personality

Carl is very self conscious and worries a lot. He has bad anxiety as he is often nervous to talk to people, mostly Grace, and sometimes imagines himself dying in scenarios because of this. He is very socially awkward and quite shy, but also hates being talked down to, as a lot of people say to him "Don't answer me back," when he is in the middle of making a valid point. Despite this, he can be very mature at times and is very caring. Despite his constant anxiety, he is able to stick up for himself or his friends occasionally, and has grown less self-conscious as the series progressed. He can also often succumb to peer pressure from his friends.

## Appearance

Carl is shown to be quite small compared to most dragon-like Koopas. His initial appearance was essentially just a Larry, Lemmy, and Iggy fusion, but in Carl he's given more of his own identity. His hair is brushed to the back and a cyan color. His mouth is now the pale yellow color of the front of his shell, and his shell is smooth and green. He also wears green shoes.

## Relationship with other characters

Carl has anxiety so is quite shy towards most people. (*needs expanding*)

### Blooper Squidd

Blooper is shown to be Carl's best friend ever since Blooper had moved from Private School. They get along very well and are close friends, and usually understand each others point of view. Blooper likes to be there for Carl mentally and physically when needed. Carl was sad when Blooper left their school to learn at one meant for Toads.

### Dry Bones

Dry Bones is another one of Carl's friends. He's a slight jerk towards Carl as he is to everyone, and even though Carl and Blooper get annoyed at him sometimes, they're still good friends. In *Summer of '19 (2/2),* their relation ship was somewhat fractured when Carl calls him out after they are thrown into jail for two days when Dry Bones used his Dad's credit card for ridiculous things while they were at the hotel, with Carl having to pay the money to bail them out. Dry Bones retaliates by saying he wouldn't have lost Grace to Leon. This causes Carl to leave him in the dark and give up on their friendship. Later in the episode, they apologize and reconcile, now seemingly growing closer.

However in *Civil War (1/2)*, Dry Bones crashed his car when driving at incredibly ridiculous speeds and once again, lies instead of apologizing. When Carl got mad at him for never accepting the responsibilities of his actions, Dry Bones again brought up the former hitting Leon with a bar stool. This time, Carl returns the favor by reminding Dry Bones that Talia is in a relationship with Chad, whom she is happy with. Dry Bones then gets so pissed off that he socks Carl in the nose, resulting in a fight and the falling out of their friendship. With the encouragement of his friends and family, Carl then decides to make amends with Dry Bones. Though hesitant to get involved with his friends again, because he feels he's only making life bad for them, Dry Bones apologizes and the two become friends again.

### Boo Who

Boo is another one of Carl's friends. They get on well although sometimes Boo's stupidity frustrates the others, they still like him.

### Grace Grey

In the first two Seasons, Grace was Carl's friend and crush. He first met her after she told Gooper's gang to leave him alone when they were preparing to beat him up in *The First Day*, and since then he finds to be kind-hearted, funny and attractive. Despite this he was very nervous to talk to Grace, and was afraid of embarrassing himself in front of her. As of *The School Dance (2/2)* however, where Carl returned the favour and saved Grace from Gooper, the two have been dating in the show. Because of this, Carl is much more confident around her, however still tries to impress her in many episodes, such as in *Carl's House Party*, and is afraid to lose her to a guy the two just met in *Summer of '19 (1/2)*.

### Gooper Jordans

Gooper is the school bully and constantly picks on Carl for being weak and self-conscious. In the first two Seasons, Carl seemed very afraid of Gooper, and would try to stay out of his way as much as he possibly could, avoiding the confrontation as much as possible. The only time's he'd square up to him would be if he was either drunk, like in *Carl's Little Sisters*, or protecting someone, such as protecting Grace in *The Motorhome Trip*, who Gooper threatened to beat up. However, after Carl kicked Gooper so hard he crashed through a classroom wall in *The School Dance (2/2)*, Carl has become significantly less afraid of Gooper, and while doesn't fully commit to fighting him off unless the circumstances force him to, like in *2020*, he is much less afraid of him than he used to be.

### Mr. Mitchell

Mr. Mitchell is Carl's step father and is very strict with **Carl** as he is very authoritarian and enforces rules down. Carl dislikes that he does this and doesn't get on with him that much. As the series goes on, Calvin and Carl's relationship begins to grow. Such as in "The Hike" , where Calvin admits that he's proud of Carl for standing up against the school bully. In "Toad Town Strikers" he helps coach Carl and he's classmates and helps them become better soccer players. When his ex-best friend Warren G. Mclnnes yelled at Carl, Calvin told the latter to back off, while also calling Carl his son for the first time.

### Mrs. Mitchell

Mrs. Mitchell is the only family member that is Carl's only biological family member she is nice to **Carl**, being Carl's mother. They get along well and Carl usually goes to her if he's feeling stressed and he does love and care for her and gets along with her better.

### Logan Mitchell

Logan is Carl's step Brother. They tend to go along well but sometimes he is quite rude towards Carl and usually tries roasting him or picking on him. Other than that, they have a pretty good step-brother relationship and they tend to enjoy doing many things together. Logan has at times demonstrated protectiveness towards Carl, most notably when he threatened Liam and his friends to leave his party after he punched him.

### Carrie Mitchell & Sally Mitchell

Carrie and Sally are his half-sisters. while Carl does deeply care for them he gets annoyed with them quite often. Carrie often demands things from Carl and Logan constantly. Sally isn't as rude but usually eats all the food, which frustrates Carl but she did thank him for defending them against Gooper and his gang.

### Carl Sr.

Carl Sr is Carl's imaginary father. He imagines him as a shadowy figure named Carl Sr. Carl is shown to dislike his real father despite never meeting him due to him leaving him and Linda when Carl was born. Carl has yet to meet his true father, due to him abandoning Linda when Carl was born due to him not wanting a child.

### Sebastian Harrington

Sebastian is a somewhat recurring character who has made a rivalry with Carl, due to both characters liking Grace. In *Carl's Rival*, Sebastian frequently undermines Carl's confidence in an attempt to hook up with Grace, resulting in the two developing a rivalry. Carl exposes Sebastian as a liar in that episode, resulting in Sebastian holding a grudge against Carl, which was shown again when he returned in *The Election*.

### Leon Slater

Leon is a recurring character who is the secondary rival of Carl due to Leon flirting with Grace. Carl hits Leon with a barstool in a fit of rage in *The Summer Vacation.* Leon returns in *Revenge of the Simp* , where he returns and becomes more friendly with Carl. He invites Carl to his party. However this was shown to be an act as he was trying to get with Grace. Leon would be caught and in a fit of rage, would try to attack Carl but this would result in him being beheaded by a surfboard.

### Roxanne Smith

Roxanne is Carl's friend. Roxanne usually hangs out with Carl when Grace hangs out with Carl. Their relationship is developed in *Carl's Rival* where Roxanne helps Carl expose Sebastian for lying. But Roxanne does sometimes call Carl out like in *The Summer Vacation*, where she calls him out for hitting Leon with a barstool. In the *Christmas Captive*, Carl, Gooper, Blooper and the others help save Roxanne from Bodak. In *Bad Roxanne* , Carl helps Roxanne get out of an abusive relationship with Gooper.

### Talia Richards

Talia is Carl's friend. Talia usually hangs out with Carl when Grace hangs out with Carl. They have a friendly relationship but in *The Summer Vacation,* Talia does get mad at him for throwing a barstool at Leon Slater. In *Civil War*, Carl wants Talia to stay in Toad Town. Carl is upset when finding out that Talia is going to all girls school.

### Kylie Allenby

Kylie is Carl's friend. Kylie usually hangs out with Carl when Grace hangs out with Carl. She was initially opposed to Carl and his friends due to finding him unpopular and weird, overtime she seemed to have warmed up to him. They have a friendly relationship but in *The Summer Vacation,* Kylie does get mad at him for throwing a barstool at Leon Slater. When Kylie breaks up with Emily, Carl is supporting her through her struggles.

### Marvin

Marvin is Carl's childhood pet. Marvin goes wherever Carl goes and often protects him. He attacks Leon Slater when Leon tries to attack Carl in *Revenge of the Simp.* Marvin also protects Carl from Burrito Bill in *Christmas Captive.*

### Bob Taylor & Liam Smith

Carl Mitchell has a negative relationship with Bob and Liam. He views both of them as Gooper's Goons and often fights them. Liam and Bob think Carl and his friends are losers but in some occasions are able to help him like in *Christmas Captive* .

### Jim Flaig

Jim Flaig has a neutral relationship with Carl. While Carl often fights Jim since he is part of Gooper's Gang. Jim has helped Carl by knocking out Gooper in the *School Dance*. He still often fights Carl along with Gooper's Gang but Jim worked with Carl again in *Christmas Captive* where they would help save Roxanne.

## Notes

\*Carl's date of birth has been stated by FreezeFlame22 to be 2002. Despite this, Carl's age has remained the same since roughly Season 4, due to the show's high school setting, as if Carl continued to age he'd have been 19 by *The Christmas Captive*.

## Gallery

Carl in swim trunks in 1-5Carl wearing Iggy's Gas Protection Suit as his Halloween Costume in 1-8Carl while he was depressed in 2-10Carl in a suit in 2-10Young Carl in flashback in 4-3Carl in the Furious Flygons costume in 3-7Carl in his Winter outfit.Carl in the Sceptiles costume in 5-3.Carl with his friends at a young ageCarl Getting ShotCarl in his roomCarl Render