Henry Oak

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## Henry Oak-Garcia

### Relatives

Hildy Russet (grandmother)
Barry Oak (father)
Autumn Oak (mother)
Mercedes Oak-Garcia (wife)
Lark Oak-Garcia (son)
Sparrow Oak-Garcia (son)
Hero Oak (granddaughter)
Normal Oak (grandson)

### Affiliation

The Doodlers
Darryl Wilson
Ron Stampler
Glenn Close

## Appearances

### Debut

Season 1 Episode 1 "A Man and His Handshake"

**Henry Oak-Garcia** is the Birkenstock rocking, crunchy, munchy, hippie, nature druid dad of the group. He is the father of Lark and Sparrow and the husband of Mercedes Oak-Garcia. He is a geologist and works at the San Dimas Museum of Natural History.

## Overview

> **Henry:** *Ah, yo, uh, Darryl, I think we should— I think we should intervene here. You know, this seems like a kind of mob justice type of thing. And I know we’re trying to get our sons back, but who are we to our sons if we don’t lead by good example and when they’re not around?*
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## Personality

Henry has repressed anger management issues for trying to maintain a serene exterior and struggling to deal with his sons.

## History

### Initial Landing Arc

Henry is first introduced with Lark and Sparrow who are punching a tree in their yard. Henry commends them for attempting to deal with their aggression, but tries and fails to dissuade them from harming the tree. They are picked up by Darryl Wilson like the other dads and their sons, and are pulled through a portal into Faerûn.

As they wake up, Henry freaks out upon realizing that they are not where they are supposed to be and that their sons are missing.

> **Darryl:** *Are any of you thinking that we’re not in California anymore?*
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> **Henry:** *You know, I have to say, it sounds a little silly, but I think, given that we’ve seem to have fallen through some sort of space-time vortex, that I would agree with you Darryl. Also, again, I can’t stress this enough: these rocks and trees are very different and very strange, and not of any California region that I’m aware of. These are not redwoods, y’all.*
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As the dads think about what to do, they are attacked by three people in red cloaks. Henry bursts with mystical power in the fight, casting Poison Spray and capturing the final redcloak with Entangle.

The redcloak introduces himself as Three, one of The Lance's corporals. The Lance sold their children to slavery, but has a logbook where he writes down where. The dads and Three head to Phandalin, where Three takes them to The Lance’s house. They plan to trade Three for sons' location, but The Lance shoots Three with a crossbow. Henry excitedly suggests other possible strategies, like pretending to be a warparty, pretending to be emissaries from the Kingdom of Westrock, and having Glenn tell their story as a Wonderwall-cover. At the end Glenn starts playing Wonderwall and telling The Lance that they are emissaries from the Kingdom of Westrock. Darryl immediately interrupts him, saying they were supposed to be warriors. Henry interrupts Darryl by silencing him with a kiss.

The Lance is unimpressed by this, so offer him Darryl’s Nokia with the Snake-game. The Lance is not impressed by the game, but as Ron mentions the loss of his dog who got bitten by a snake, The Lance seems to relent. Darryl attempts to persuade The Lance by showing him a picture of himself and Grant getting a puppy. However, as he mentions that Grant lost the puppy, The Lance grows furious. He starts insulting Grant. Henry chimes in that they are trying to punish Grant, which is why they want to find him and then calms Darryl down with another kiss. Darryl collects himself and makes a blood pact that binds the dads to eating Grant's skin when they meet him. The Lance shows Darryl Grant’s location. Then, as Darryl is speaking to The Lance, Darryl kisses The Lance as a distraction and Henry successfully steals the page which lists their sons locations.

The dads leave The Lance’s house with the list, and consider their options. Henry argues that they should go save Lark and Sparrow first since there are two of them. Darryl has to eat Grant's skin, Glenn thinks Nick'll be fine and Ron believes Terry Jr. is better off without him, so they decide to head to Lark and Sparrow in Neverwinter.

Henry makes a joke.
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> **Henry:** *Neverwinter. Sounds like we should pack our shorts, boys.*
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Knocking Glenn out for the sheer psychic pain of repeated dad jokes. The dads decide to sleep at the Wispy Woods Inn to recover. There is the sound of yelling and kicking from nearby and Henry and Darryl go investigate, while Ron stays with Glenn. They come to find a group of people beating a small fairy dragon with bracelets called Gartok. Henry argues they should lead by good example and stop the mob. They attempt to intimidate them to leave but fail, so Henry casts Thunderwave, scaring away the crowd.

They head to the Inn and Ron manages to convince Sweet Matilda that he is a brewer who is here to sell her beer in exchange for a room for a night.

The dads share a dream of a figure in a purple cloak, saying something in a booming voice, pointing at them.

They escape the in through the window and head back to the van. They start driving towards Neverwinter. Henry starts to suspect ther might be something off with Gartok's motives, but chooses to be willfully ignorant. Eventually they stop by Gartok's children's hideout. Gartok mentions he cannot go inside and he cannot explain, which causes one of the Gartok's bracelets fire up. Ron decides to try and take a bracelet off, which kills one of Gartok's children. Gartok attempts to kill Ron in retaliation. This doesn't go over well with the other dads.

The dads leave Gartok in the car. Darryl pulls Henry aside, and gives Henry his Charleston Chews and tells Henry to give him one whenever he does something his dad would be proud of. They head to the hideout and find the two remaining dragon children. Henry is wracked with guilt, but manages not to confess to the murder of their brother. The dragon children reveal that Gartok has been keeping them enslaved, though it is not atypical of dragons. They encountered a man in a purple cloak, who allowed them to pull out of a Deck of Many Things and have Gartok put the bracelets on instead of them.

The dads come to agree that they should stop Gartok, and decide that they will put the bracelets back on Gartok but make them say other things that will force him to be a good dad. They argue about what makes a good dad and what they want to do for their children. Henry brings up values like love and honesty, Darryl brings up the Golden Rule, Glenn brings up allowing your kids to make their own mistakes and Ron brings up wanting Terry Jr. to never have to feel like Ron did at his age. They agree on "Treat your kids like you’d wanna be treated and let your kids make their own decisions, within a certain boundary, until they're dragon adult age and do not buy store brand for toilet paper or mac and cheese.

They are interrupted by a time traveling Darryl from the future, who tells them to change the bracelets to say "Treat your kids in the same way you would want to be treated. But if you don't like yourself and you would actually treat yourself badly, that doesn't mean you can hurt your kids or hurt anybody they love, and that the bracelets cannot be removed by anybody other than these four dads." He also tells them to remove the, "Within a certain boundary" thing. Then he runs off.

They put the bracelets on Gartok and take Gartok to the children. Henry blurts out that they killed the dragons' sibling, but Gartok interrupts him, saying that it is his fault for treating his children like commodities.

The dads continue their journey and leave the dragons behind.

### Neverwinter Arc

The dads arrive outside Neverwinter and see a picture of the Doodler as drawn by Lark and Sparrow across the former banner of the city. Glenn suggests they intimidate the guards by honking the horn and dress up in leftover soccer jerseys to convince the guards that they are the emissaries of the Doodler. They successfully enter Neverwinter and take a short rest.

They wake up surrounded by guards. The guards mention the two previous emissaries, Lark and Sparrow, disappeared, seemingly turning into The Lord of Chaos. The guard directs the group to The Lord of Chaos, who is at Ankara the Entertaining's Pit of Myriad Delights.

On the way, Darryl tries to sneak two Charleston Chews. The first attempt is successful, but he gets caught on the second attempt. Henry gives the Charleston Chews to the Bleeding Elf as a punishment.

The Pit of Myriad Delights has two pits, one for an orgies and another for fighting monsters. Sheriff David Boreanaz arrives to interrogate the group. He reveals the Doodler resembles an eldritch god worshipped by a cult he's a part of, and that the prophecy states that when the Lord of Chaos sheds the blood of an unsung hero, the Doodler will be released and remake the world into a better one.

Darryl is entranced by the sex pit and heads towards it, leading to Henry accidentally rip Darryl’s shirt off. Darryl pushes Henry into the sex pit, mortified. In the sex pit, Henry declines advances and leaves.

Sheriff Boreanaz isn’t particularly impressed, but suggests proving worthiness in the fighting pit, which may draw the eye of the Lord of Chaos, who in turn may know where Lark and Sparrow are. The group prepares for combat and Henry suggests getting naked to invoke chaos. Darryl, Glenn, and Henry strip down Ron is wearing several layers of clothing underneath, and only takes off the topmost one.

Lark and Sparrow are drop their cloak and are revealed to be the Lord of Chaos. They scream in indignation at their dad for getting naked. Lark requests guards to move the dads to the dungeon to avoid their Henry's anger. Henry, Darryl and Ron get knocked unconscious. Glenn surrenders and remains conscious, and so sees the group be taken to a tower with an elevator. The twins take elevator up, guards take dads down to prison, still naked.

Ron discovers a discolored brick in his cell with runes sayin “I’m Hungry.” Ron responds, “Hi Hungry, I’m dad.”, and frees all dads with the exception of Henry. Henry's cell remains locked with runes saying “This is your fault.” Darryl chases Lark and Sparrow after being freed, Glenn fights a guard, Ron hides in his pants. Glenn helps a shapeshifting murderer called Everything escape her cell. Darryl tells a lizard man to run and he will spare him, planning to take an attack of opportunity. But he misses, so the lizard man is free to go.

Henry casts Entangle on Sparrow as more guards arrive. Darryl then pretends to be the "Dad of Chaos," and threatens to crush Lark’s head, which intimidates guards to release Henry. Lark and Sparrow agree to start the ceremony separately. Sparrow heads to the elevator to summon The Doodler without Lark. Henry chases after Sparrow and persuades Sparrow to forsake his plans with a speech about love, and ends it with a wolf transformation. Sparrow changes his mind about the ceremony, stating that he now understands that true strength is to be a love wolf. Sheriff Boreanaz is displeased at Sparrow’s change of allegiance, but realizes Henry is an unsung hero for saving his son from evil. Sheriff Boreanaz commands soldiers to attack Henry and Sparrow. Henry bites Boreanaz and Sparrow follows suit. Sparrow is hit and falls unconscious. Henry attempts to escape with the elevator but is pursued by Boreanaz and several guards.

When the other dads reach them, Darryl drops the Bag of Beans down the elevator shaft, and four beans spill out creating eggs, a geysir of apple juice, pink toads, and a 60x60ft pyramid which begins to crush the tower under its weight. The tower is reduced to rubble. Henry and the others realize that since Lark was underground in the prison he must be under the rubble. With the help of the people from the orgy pit Lark is rescued. Henry heals the kids and as the town starts to erupt into chaos the group rushes to the Honda Odyssey. Ron grabs one of the five eggs along the way. The lizard man, Cern, whom Darryl accidentally spared joins the group in the van telling Darryl he owes Darryl a Wookie Life Debt.

Sparrow’s eyes suddenly glow with purple and he is taken over by an ominous voice, calling Henry unworthy as a father. As Lark and Sparrow fade out of existence, Sparrow asks if he did good.

## Dad Facts

* Ep1: Came prepared with a big pack of condoms, for the sole use of holding up to 10 gallons of water a piece
* Ep2: Has condoms on his fingers to prevent plants coming out of them.
* Ep3: His favorite TV show is Bones.
* Ep4: He is the lead frontman of Thorn Whip.
* Ep5: Has an Ani DiFranco CD stuck in his Prius.
* Ep6: Bought his first pair of Birkenstocks when he was 9.
* Ep7: Performs geology themed rap songs at the children’s science museum in San Dimas.
* Ep8: Henry’s father once spanked one of the twins, but won’t tell Henry which one.
* Ep9: His favorite drink is a cold glass of water.
* Ep10: His second-favorite drink is a room temperature glass of water.
* Ep11: Henry is able to read lips. (Observant feat)
* Ep12: For about 20 years, he was a hardcore Ralph Nader supporter.
* Ep13: Henry had a retainer that he swallowed while in bear form.
* Ep14: His real favorite TV show is the sunrise.
* Ep15: Continuing the trend due to being called out, his second favorite TV show is the sunset. Bones is number three.
* Ep16: He was born on May 23 and is a Gemini.
* Ep17: The Oak Family has 3 pets: a goat named Earth, a bird named Cloud, and a dog named Laserwolf Fartblaster (named by the twins).
* Ep18: Henry’s favorite radio station is the wind, despite Mercedes hosting a radio show.
* Ep19: His one mentalism magic trick is “I know where you got your shoes… you got ‘em on your feet!”
* Ep20: Henry and Mercedes go all out on a Halloween haunted house and they pass out healthy treats.
* Ep21: Henry doesn’t wash his hands… or wipe.
* Ep22: He considers himself the TMNT Donatello and the S&TC Charlotte.
* Ep23: His favorite book is trees. He also sunbathes his butthole.
* Ep24: Henry’s favorite child is Beanie, the parrot.
* Ep25: Henry’s favorite musical is Cats… just the stray cats outside though, not the one by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
* Ep26: He belongs to the lovely organization the vicious skiers. (The rest of the cast came up with this fact.)
* Ep27: Henry and Mercedes host a game of Oaks and Ogres each game night.
* Ep28: Everything he cooks is “a la Henry.”
* Ep29: He has passed the retainer from Ep13’s Dad Fact.
* Ep30: His biggest pet peeve is that when he Googles “fossils,” he only gets results about the watch.
* Ep31: His favorite porn is world peace.
* Ep32: Henry’s favorite ice cream flavor is ice.
* Ep33: The last time he did drugs was in his 20s. This resulted in him eventually meeting his wife, Mercedes Garcia.
* Ep34: Henry’s favorite pizza topping is pineapple.
* Ep35: He learned how to drive at 27.
* Ep36: He just washed his hair for the first time in the Forgotten Realms. It is much more blonde and very fluffy.
* Ep37: Henry has a tramp-stamp of the Mercedes-Benz logo, not a peace sign.
* Ep38: Henry makes his own jam.
* Ep39: He is originally from the Forgotten Realms.
* Ep40: Henry hates horses because he was bullied by a kid named Horse-ey Oak.
* Ep41:He loves the underground indie rap scene and his favorite Soundcloud artist is a thunderstorm.
* Ep42: He’s allergic to bad vibes.
* Ep43: His favorite show is actually Cheers and his favorite drink is orange juice, specifically after brushing his teeth.
* Ep44: His favorite fruit is the minions from Despicable Me because they’re bananas!
* Ep45: Henry wore Vibram skeleton toe sandal shoes for 6 months but switched back to Birks after learning they were bad for your feet.
* Ep46: Henry has been in a courtroom before for a dispute over a graphic mural on the side of their house of Mother Earth giving birth to the world.
* Ep47: He has never thrown a t-shirt out.
* Ep48: His favorite movie is the Blair Witch Project, as he thinks it’s a hiking movie.
* Ep49: The Oak family does a “New Years You’re Darn Tootin’” in which they all write something nice about themselves to read when they’re upset.
* Ep50: On Sliders night with Mercedes, Henry goes to the kitchen to make sliders and when he returns, Doctor Who is on. Henry thinks Sliders and Doctor Who are the same show.
* Ep51: Henry fucks. Extremely well.
* Ep52: His favorite sex position is going down on someone, not mutual respect.
* Ep53: The name of the monster is actually Frankenstein.
* Ep54: His second favorite book is any book about trees.
* Ep55: Henry’s first relationship was with Goose-ey Oak, Horse-ey’s younger bard brother.
* Ep56: Henry’s favorite car is walking. (This fact comes from Matt.)
* Ep57: He unironically likes the smell of his own farts. (This fact comes from Jimmy.)
* Ep58: His first job was a canvasser for an organization attempting to save the Amazon rainforest called Amazon Prime, but they got sued.
* Ep59: Hildy Russett, his grandmother, saved the life of a forest spirit who became indebted to her and was passed down to Henry. This boon was used when potty-training Lark and Sparrow.
* Ep60: Henry’s favorite color is the rainbow!
* Ep61: Henry’s favorite person is Alma… “all-my” favorite sentient beings in the
* universe.
* Ep62: The twins had a sugar rush and fell into a sugar crash of eldritch magnitude, astrally projecting them into the Forgotten Realms. Barry Oak spanked one of the boys after a second wind. (This was a retcon of Henry’s Ep8 Dad Fact)
* Ep63: Henry’s favorite TikTok is the “tick talk” he delivered at his geology nature walk.
* Ep64: He knows Birkenstocks aren’t vegan.
* Ep65: He has never broken a bone.
* Ep66: The first and only time Henry has ever done a “bang bang” two meals back to back was once on his anniversary when he ate a whole bunch of wild rice right before his dinner with Mercedes
* Ep67: Henry regrets his last conversation with Glenn.
* Ep68: Henry thinks he’s the worst dad.

## Trivia

* Henry and Mercedes have orgies
* Henry has a biodiesel Subaru with a "Coexist"-bumper sticker.
* Henry has recorded and released one EP, titled "Rocks Rock."