Jar Guard

## **Guide**

**Jar Guard** is the 13th episode of Season 6 of Summer Camp Island and is the 113th episode overall.

## Synopsis

Mildred's friend tells a cautionary tale.

## Plot

Walking in the Frozen North, a squirrel enters a tavern, and is greeted by Mildred's Friend, who says that the squirrel must be new around here. He proceeds to advise to not speak to or trust any strangers aside from him and asks if he can tell his cautionary tale. Squirrel lets him, and he begins.

330 years ago in London, right after the end of the episode Mildred's Friend, both he and Mildred make it onto the boat heading to the Frozen North unseen. She speaks aloud how much she anticipates to see her mom and dad again as well as wondering if their destination will be cold, and some of the ship's crew hear her. Mildred's Friend reminds her that though she is invisible, she isn't soundproofed, she immediately begins to whisper upon it being pointed out and awaits to go to the Frozen North.

However, they fall asleep and miss their stop, finding themselves in Oslo instead according to a sailor. Mildred becomes very upset at this fact and is about to cause a storm in her rage before her friend manages to calm her back down and says that she should get a snack since she hadn't eaten anything after leaving London, so she heads off, grabs some nutritious Norwegian bread, commends her friend's suggestion, and states that it will certainly keep them awake, taking a bite out of it.

Alas, just as last time, they overslept and are now in Paris, and Mildred was even more furious, causing another storm and a full one now too. Mildred's Friend tries to get her more bread, but it didn't calm her down like in Oslo. She went on an anger-filled rampage in the city, and this would continue to repeat in Morocco, India, Japan, and so forth as Storybook Susie alluded to. As it turned out, the bread from Oslo was in truth what made them sleepy to begin with according to him.

After many years though, the two were finally at the Frozen North, heading into the very same place Squirrel and Mildred's friend were in present day. Mildred sits down and a shark bartender asks if he can get her anything, to which she responds by asking if he saw her parents at all. He says he hasn't, so she draws them after getting some paper and crayons to try and jog his memory. This is to no avail, but she is quick to spot a picture of them framed on the wall and even quicker to inquire where they are. He goes on to tell her that her parents used to live in the area, though haven't been around for decades. Upon realizing what those last few words meant, Mildred begins to cry as storm clouds form inside while winds swirls around her. Everyone in her vicinity takes notice of this, including a cloaked figure with big yellow eyes. Mildred's Friend tries to console her and tells her that everything will be okay, and she tells him that she no longer wants to be in anymore unfamiliar places and be around anymore unfamiliar people. He asks her if he can do something and she continues by shouting that she wants her sister Susie back, lightning striking everywhere in the moment and most others except the cloaked figure and Shark Bartender flee. Mildred's Friend obliges to her wish and goes out to ask any people around, saying that she should stay put awhile.

Red and with a runny nose from the tears, Mildred conjures up a tissue, but instead blows her nose on one of the frogs she made. The cloaked stranger now sitting right besides her offers his handkerchief to use instead, snapping his fingers and orders a hot chocolate for her before she takes the handkerchief and Bartender Shark slides the beverage over to her. The stranger asks her why she was crying, and she tells him that it's a 130 year-long story, he replies that he isn't going anywhere before taking off the hood off to reveal his face. And so, Mildred goes on and tells her tale.

After many drinks of hot chocolate, she says that she has to go find her sister now, but remarks that Susie hates her magic. Petey wonders why Susie would want Mildred to not be magical, briefly slipping up and calls magic delicious before he quickly covers it by lying that it is slang in the North for special. Mildred then goes on to say that magic is special for some, but is a disaster for her, and the reason that it's why her family left her, and why everyone hates her. Petey comments on this appearing to be quite a burden for her, and says that he trusts her, telling her that he's magical as well, and that he has the power to give her what she wants. He leads her on and speaks that it sounds like Mildred wants all her magic gone so that Susie will love her. Mildred's in disbelief at this and wonders if he really is able to do something like that, and he questions her if it is what her "heart doth desire most in this world". She says yes, and a lantern hanging above them shatters. Petey lets her know that she now has the ability to get rid of her magic and she nearly unleashes it all before he stops her to explain that it would be chaotic without containing it in something. He then tries to order a baguette, but Bartender Shark says that the kitchen is closed, so Petey leaves the tavern to get one elsewhere, telling Mildred to stay put.

As soon as Petey leaves, Mildred's Friend comes back with news that he booked the both the first two tickets to leave the Frozen North and that their search for Susie will start in Paris. However, Mildred tells him to forget that since she now can rid all of her magic. He's uncertain about this, though she is adamant, stating that she'll be someone completely new who's responsible and won't ruin her sister's life. He hesitantly says that it feels like a lot, reminding Mildred that she loves her magic. This makes her snap and she tells him that he's not listening to her as a pond forms on the ceiling and frogs fall from above. She already made up her mind to get rid of her magic, and he wouldn't be able to talk her out of it. Mildred runs outdoors towards a cliff by the ocean and her friend goes after her. She's about to unleash it once again, but her friend catches up with her and tells her to stop, she tells him that he can't, and he folds. Only requesting that she won't put all of her magic in the ocean and keep it around in case she wants to have it back someday. Mildred calms down and says she'll do that for him, he's thankful for this. She then points to an abandoned house on a mountain to put her magic.

The two soon enter to find shelves of empty jelly jars and Mildred begins to fill them up with her magic, which takes the form of a jelly-like substance, she comments that she feels like a tube of toothpaste, but repeats it over and over again as her memory begins to blip out much to her friend's concern. During this process, the pond and all of the frogs in the tavern disappear, with one even turning into a tissue.

The final drop of magic is put in the last jar, and Mildred's Friend asks how she's feeling. She doesn't remember, so she asks about what in particular, and he specifies about her magic, to which she says she feels good with confusion. Then, there's a knock at the door, Petey had found them and says that it's time for delicious magic jelly. Mildred's Friend immediately becomes concerned by those words despite Mildred saying it's merely slang. Petey knocks again, Mildred goes to open the door for him, but is stopped by her friend who tries to get her to focus and see that Petey wants the magic she just took out of herself. She nonchalantly asks what was done with it, and Mildred's Friend lies to her that she and him threw it in the ocean.

Mildred goes on to let Petey in right as Mildred's Friend makes the filled jars invisible. Petey is back with a baguette in hand, but is unable to detect any magic and angrily asks what she did with it. She says that she and someone else got rid of it, much to his shock, and says that he is the only he can trust while he rummages around to find it. He asks again, this time about where it is or what she did with it. She tells him that she threw it all into the ocean. Petey storms out, furious at this info and vows that he'll get revenge on Mildred and get her magic.

Mildred's Friend ceases from hiding the jars and is concerned about her along with the fact that Petey could come back at any moment. He wants the two of them to be prepared when that possibility becomes real and tells Mildred that she has to put her magic back inside her, but she doesn't know how to. Her friend states that as long as she can remember the jars, he can help her protect them, At this, she gets an idea, writing down a note saying the following:

"You are the Jar Guard. Under no circumstance shall you allow anyone to remove the jars of jelly from this tower (especially if they're nice). You must keep the jars safe. You must protect them with your life. If you do not, it will be bad. You are the Jar Guard."

Once the note is finished, Mildred's memory truly goes away, forgetting even her name and her friend. She sees him and is frightened due to him being a ghost. He tries to remind her who he is, but she doesn't remember and fearfully tells him to leave. He is heartbroken at this and bids goodbye before disappearing. She is relieved to see the ghost gone and sees the note again, cementing her name as Jar Guard.

The tale ends there, with a sad look on Mildred's Friend's face, and multiple mugs of hot chocolate surround Squirrel with a single tear falling from their eye. He goes on to say that the tale is exactly why one should never trust strangers, thanking them for listening to him, pays for all the drinks and goes off to the house where Mildred remains as Jar Guard. She knows he's in here and tells him to stay back, he hides away in the armoire.

She turns on a radio to try and distract herself, only to hear Hedgehog's message from The Last Witch . Mildred's friend is pleasantly surprised by this, but Mildred isn't as enthusiastic and tries to change the station. He manages to phase into the radio in an attempt to get her to go to Summer Camp Island, saying that the voice she's hearing is from Jar Boss, and that she is to come to Summer Camp Island for the International Jar Guard Convention as the note speaker. This gets her attention and she grabs her suitcase and says she's listening.

## Characters

* Mildred
* Mildred's Friend
* Squirrel (debut)
* Shark Bartender (debut)
* Petey (debut)
* Susie (mentioned)
* Poppawoppa (picture)
* Mrs. McCallister (picture)
* Hedgehog (voice)

## Trivia

* The type of bread that Mildred got in Olso was Fjellbrød.
* Petey's true name, "Pale Dog", is foreshadowed by his initials embroidered on the handkerchief that he gives to Mildred.
* A kind of counterpart is observed in terms of the plot, in relation to the episode "Storybook Susie".

### Continuity

* This episode is set at the same time as "The Last Witch" while Mildred's Friend's story is set 330 years at the same time as "Storybook Susie".

## Production Notes

* Although this episode premiered on Cartoon Network on August 8, 2023, it was actually produced in 2021 according to the credits.

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