Carl

### Relatives

Joe (Father), Springsteen (Brother), Frederick (Brother), Bruce (Brother), Danny (Stepbrother)

## Appearances

### Debut

How Patriots Fans Treat the AFC East

Carl is a character associated with the New England Patriots. He was introduced in Season 1 of the NFC/AFC East Saga.

## Appearance

Carl wears a dark blue polo shirt with a light blue collar, as well as a pair of aviator sunglasses.

When he’s first introduced, Carl wears his shirt with the collar popped and the buttons unbuttoned. As the season progresses, he starts to wear the shirt fully buttoned, with the collar down.

## Personality

Carl is often seen as a bully to his brothers, though he torments Frederick slightly less. Carl is particularly upset with Bruce as he often brings up the New England Patriots' two losses to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl. Carl likes to bend the rules. In fact, he believes that he is legally allowed to kill Bruce after seemingly discovering that he was not his brother. (Frederick informs him that this is "categorically false".)

Over the course of the NFC/AFC East Saga, Carl begins caring more openly about his family. He maintains his tough and intimidating persona, but he stands up for his brothers instead of bullying them.

## History

In How Patriots Fans Treat the AFC East he shows up to Bruce, Springsteen and Frederick bullying them all. In An AFC East Family Reunion he tell Bruce and Springsteen they aren't brothers and says he is now allowed to kill Bruce because of it.

In The AFC East's Reaction to Week 2 he tells Bruce that Saquon Barkley is injured for the rest of the year chasing him away from the house to meet up with his real family. In The NFC East's Reaction to Week 5 when Gus is about to kill Bruce he steps in and says "If anyone is going to kill Bruce, it's going to be me." The next week when he's looking for Bruce for crashing his motorcycle Wildflower kidnaps him and ties him into a chair for Rocky to show him Nick Foles highlights.

When Springsteen gets into a coma he starts to care more about his family as he yells at his father for not being there for him when he needed help the most raising the family. When he brings him to show Springsteen to him Joe gets shot by Rocky. Carl goes into a fit of rage as he and Danny start scheming to kill Rocky. In The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 14 after an attempt to kill Springsteen, Carl steps in to smash him around. The next week he smashes him again when Springsteen goes missing but is thankful Springsteen is back. When Rocky dies Carl says to not trust the NFC brother and when Springsteen asks about Bruce he says to trust Bruce, Bruce is family.

In The NFC & AFC East's Reaction to Week 16 Rocky had faked his death as he stands up and kills Carl there. The next week when he appears on the beach he talks to Joe and mentions his childhood and how when he was younger Joe used to tell him stories much like Tom to Junior. Then he says goodnight dad and dies with his father.

## Quotes

> Carl: "YES! Now that we're legally not brothers, I can literally kill you with no consequences at all. That's the law. Look it up."
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> Frederick: "That is categorically false."
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> Carl: "Yeah maybe in your law book."
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> Carl (and Frederick), An AFC East Family Reunion

 **Carl:** "America's team my ass!"

## Trivia

* According to Tom, the name "Carl" was chosen because it sounds similar to "car", and both "car" and "Carl" are fun to say in a Boston accent.