Grandpa Shed

**Grandpa Shed** was a minor character in *Turtle Man and DaPhantom* and Officer M’s grandfather, who lived on the distant island of Sparkville on his own until accidentally being killed by his own grandson.

## Appearance

Grandpa Shed was a very old man with not much hair on his head, other then some stray grey hairs and also a larger, bushy patch of it on the centre. He also had bushy grey eyebrows above his old eyes which always looked tired and squinting, and he donned a mouth of crooked, yellow teeth that were quite cracked as well. Often using a walking stick to get around, he typically wore red shoes and dark blue pants as well as a green undershirt that had long sleeves, and on top of that a pale blue coverall with some yellow overalls and a large pocket on it.

## Background

Grandpa Shed had lived in Sparkville for his entire life, and got with a woman who later got pregnant with his child but had left him and moved away to a faroff land named Yoshi Resort. She gave birth to his biological daughter, who would eventually be the mother of Officer M. and aunt of Doctor M. which made them his biological grandfathers. The two were alerted to this from a young age and seemed happy to know that they had a grandpa who they were sometimes allowed to visit, and they all cared strongly for eachother. Over the years though, the visits to see Grandpa Shed became less and less frequent with Doctor M. eventually no longer visiting him at all due to being busy with his other aspirations, which did upset Shed a little but he understood that he had important things to be doing. Officer M. was also visiting less, until Victor had risen and invoked a Cake War upon the Resort which forced Officer M. to need to fight in the war and have grace periods where he could have a break from the action. Grandpa Shed agreed to let his grandson take refuge with him in his shed during the war, and Officer M. had also built a system to allow him a quick plane back to Yoshi Resort in order to return to warfare. After the war had ended, Officer M. returned to the Resort and did not visit his grandpa for many years - sometime during this period, Grandpa Shed had suffered a stroke which immobilised him for a while and also left him unable to speak anymore, instead he now only spoke through writing. Still, he continued to do good deeds across the town and built up a good reputation with many of the citizens respecting and helping him out more as he got older and his physical abilities deteriorated.

Many years later, Officer M. first tells of the existence of Sparkville to his friends Turtle Man and DaPhantom, reminding him of his grandpa who he hadn’t visited in a while and so they all agree to go take a trip to Sparkville and see him. They visit him at his shed and Officer M. finds out about his worsened state and inability to verbally communicate for the first time; DaPhantom decides to possess him and stay in his body for a bit, which Officer M. is disapproving of but it’s shown that Grandpa Shed actually likes it and it makes him feel alive. Some time later after shenanigans across Sparkville, DaPhantom decides to leave Shed’s body for good but the excitement causes him to have a panic attack: Officer M. attempts to give his grandpa CPR but does it too hard and ends up killing him. Shocked, the trio rush to Yoshi Resort via Officer M’s plane in order to inform Doctor M. that Shed is dead, which surprises him as well. Sometime later, the trio alongside Doctor M. and his girlfriend Katie decide to visit Sparkville together with the help of a Gerald clone and his boat ride, but on arrival they find the entire town does not want them there since they killed Grandpa Shed. After having escaped the angry mob and fought it off, the five of them visit where he was buried; underneath a beautiful sanctuary which acted as a fitting sendoff. However, a giant Goat attacked them and destroyed the sanctuary, which tarnished Grandpa Shed’s chance to rest under a beautiful place for the rest of time.

Grandpa Shed reappeared as a ghostly vessel at the end of the Soul War, where he comforted Officer M. and gave him a locket which undid all the harm caused by the ghost of the Evil King and had a picture of them and Doctor M. in it.

## Personality and Relationships

Grandpa Shed was a humble and determined old man who always seemed to have a relatively positive outlook upon life, regardless of wherever it was taking him. Though some of his enthusiasm faded away as he got older and poorer in condition over the years, he never entirely hated his life and wanted to keep living it for as a long as possible. Still, he was not the biggest fan of being lonely and yearned for someone who would just want to spend time alongside him in whatever way that may be. Shed was also known for his good and kind deeds across Sparkville which made him be seen by the majority as a hero who deserved the upmost respect, so as a result more people would visit and help him out which made him happy. After his death, a statue was built by the residents to honour him; this shows just how strong his bond with Sparkville as a whole was.

Even though he very rarely saw them, Grandpa Shed also did care for his two grandsons strongly, Officer M. and Doctor M. He was always happy when they came to visit and willing to help them out or give advice if they ever needed any, and they seemed to love him back and saw him as a figure of wisdom to aspire and look up to. Officer M. cared deeply enough about his grandfather to want to visit him one last tine alongside his friends, but he did not know about his stroke yet still tried to care for him - ironically, it was this that killed him.

## Appearances

* S7E5 - Sparkville
* S8E15 - Soul War (soul ghost)

## Trivia

* He was 102 years old before dying, making him among the oldest human characters on the show just before Hector Flores who strangely looked decently younger in comparison.

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