Christmas Special

The **Christmas Special** was an exclusive *Turtle Man and DaPhantom* seasonal event that premiered on Christmas of 2023 to celebrate the Christmas season with a festive normal-length episode.

## Synopsis

The trio think that they've met Santa Claus whilst out looking for trees, and agree to help him spread jolly holiday spirit. But Officer M. suspects fowl play at hand, since Santa looks and is acting rather strange.

## Plot

   **"EVERYONE SCREAM AND RUN AWAY!!!!" - Turtle Man**
This section contains spoilers for the storyline of Turtle Man and DaPhantom, proceed with caution!

On December 23rd, Turtle Man drives DaPhantom and Officer M. out to a snowy field on the outskirts of Nexus in the Turtlemobile, with Turtle Man explaining to the two that he has taken them out there in search of the perfect Christmas trees for their homes. Officer M. and DaPhantom don’t really see the appeal in trees from a wet field, but nevertheless they snoop around for a bit until they stumble upon Victor in the bushes. He tells them that he has been searching around for apices to use in his mince pies which he will be selling at his bakery. Everyone is surprised by the appearance of a huge shadow behind him, which reveals itself as none other then Santa Claus himself much to their shock. Officer M. and Victor question as to why Santa is purple, to which he tells them that he has been infected with rabies which turns you purple; Turtle Man and DaPhantom believe this whilst Officer M. remains skeptical and Victor leaves with his spices. Santa tells the trio that he wants them to help spread Christmas cheer all over the world since they have been so good this year but then it is revealed in the forest that Santa is actually a robot being controlled by The Devourer and the Sentinels. With Storm and Veiled questioning the plan, the Devourer tells them that he is going to make the trio commit a bunch of bad deeds so that they’ll be put on the naughty list, and then he and the Sentinels will do some good deeds in order to take the trio’s places on the nice list. Back with the trio and Santa, Turtle Man and DaPhantom are on board with Santa’s idea to spread some Christmas cheer in Yoshi Resort, and so they he takes them all there in his purple rusty sleigh where he hands them some gifts to give to people all across the island which they do.

Whilst handing out the gifts, Officer M. remains suspicious of how a purple Santa coming to them specifically and asking them to give out strange presents which he asked them not to look inside of, but Turtle Man and DaPhantom rub off his skepticism and keep on handing out gifts all over the island until they are finished. But after they finish, an angry mob of citizens from across the Resort like Max, Doctor M. and Bob Belcher appear to berate the trio, much to their confusion. Llama questions the trio’s decision to hand out mysterious boxes that were given to them by a purple Santa who asked them not to look inside, which makes Turtle Man also become skeptical of Santa’s legitimacy and so they decide to confront him about it. The three of them search around the island until they eventually find Santa within the Yoshi Arctic, and question whether he is actually the real Santa or not until he finally snaps and breathes out a stream of cosmic flames which they swiftly dodge. This finally causes DaPhantom to realise that the Santa is not real, and so the trio engage in an intense fight with him until Officer M. finds and shoots a weak spot which causes Santa to explode into bits. Now having been made of aware of the fact that the Santa was a robot all along, DaPhantom reads an imprint on his metal when suddenly the Devourer and Sentinels appear and are mad at the trio for having foiled yet another one of his plans. But he tells them that it is too late to do anything, since he and the Sentinels have given tons of food and water to poor people all over the world which should guarantee them a spot on the nice list. As the trio prepare to attack them, the real Santa suddenly appears and blasts the Devourer and Sentinels into oblivion but forgives the trio for the evil they had spread since they didn’t know about it and do so many good deeds all year round anyway. He then uses his Santa magic to undo all the evil caused by the parents, and brings the trio back to the City of Nexus on his sleigh where they are met by the Vice President and Santa gives Turtle Man a huge tree since he wasn’t able to harvest one earlier. The three then decide to throw a Christmas party at the Nexus Town Hall, where many citizens from all over both Nexus and Yoshi Resort gather and Victor hands out the mince pies he was able to bake. Llama then introduces the legendary Kanye West to the stage, who performs a Christmas musical number which has everybody dancing away into the Christmas night.

## Characters

### Major

* Turtle Man
* DaPhantom
* Officer M.
* Santa Claus

### Minor

* Victor
* The Devourer
* Storm
* Veiled
* Tony
* Max
* Doctor M.
* Dragon Firefighter Ms. Sealy
* Llama
* Alien
* Bob Belcher
* Joshua
* Yoshi Scientist
* Katie
* Sir Bobington
* Yoshis
* Vice President
* Shimi
* Groovin' Grover
* Kanye West

## Trivia

* Like the previous special, the Christmas Special premiered as an actual video on the YouTube channel of showrunner Max on December 25th as an epic recreation of what happened in the episode. But this one is significantly better then the Halloween one for a plethora of reasons in the video.

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**Season 2**
He Shoots, He Scores
**Season 3**
Moon Lair
**Season 4**
Final Showdown
**Season 5**
Evil Chef
**Season 6**
Farewell, Friend
**Season 7**
Restaurant War
**Season 8**
Soul War
**Season 9**
Cursed
**Specials**
Easter Special