R-POT 2020

**Wrap Party Of Terror 2020** is the 2020 edition of Wrap Party Of Terror. It's also the first edition of R-POT overall. The main theme of the stories is that they're all do-overs of classic stories from Tales That Will Scare You Stupid.

## Wraparound Story

### Intro

The special begins with Harry on the phone with Xan before Burn gets his attention to welcome the viewer to the special. This task was given to the latter since the former was busy. He gives the viewer a tour around the party which started with him temporarily interrupting a conversation between Flo and Ling. When he finds Jade who was on his turn guarding the refreshment table from the King Of Town, they see who appears to be Sep in a superhero costume.

### Week 1

As the contest gets underway, Harry continues to direct the Adrenalinis over the phone on how to get to Neopia, telling them he won't pay them for the performance if they don't make it to the party by midnight NST (3:00AM Eastern time on Earth). During this, he's informed that the King Of Town had disappeared from the refreshment table, causing him panic and curse not booking the Hex Girls in hindsight. Meanwhile, Burn is fixated on finding confirmation on "Sep" (Who introduces herself as "FesterBabe"), employing the aid of Harry's sister, Agnes.

### Week 2

After getting some advice from Jade (Helpful as it was), Harry continues to help the Adrenalinis get to the party before the set deadline. While using the communication equipment on Aggie's portable laboratory, he's informed that a Wily Number has been sighted in the area. Things eventually work out with the King Of Town detained and the Wily Number hadn't been seen since the sighting report. Unfortunately, Harry was informed that the King Of Town discovered a way into Jelly World which put the whole party on edge. He appointed Aggie as the "Emergency Guest Host" while Burn calls for Junior to put on a song for him to get the party started again.

### Week 3

The good news is, the Adrenalini Brothers finally made it onto Neopia! The bad news is, they ended up on Krawk Island with 40 minutes to get to the party in Neovia or their window of payment closes. And, they DO make it...Albeit with six minutes to spare and a hole in the roof. But, thankfully, Harry managed to save what's left of Jelly World from the King Of Town's stomach...And he doesn't have to pay the caterers...And they invited Glomgold for some reason. But, the fun's not over yet, because Harry saved one more event for after the Adrenalinis' show.

### Week 4

In the bonus week for R-POT 2020, Harry had arranged a Roast for Jade. Unfortunately, it turned out lackluster after Burn did his material. With Claudia being too nice to roast and Raph going off on Jade for his antics in their room in Dacardia. By the time it was over, Jade simply wrapped up the roast on an uncharacteristically low note. Meanwhile, dark forces were gathering on Earth. With the assistance of Scorch Bandicoot and the mysterious "Madame Coiffure", A familiar-looking Cabbit girl who introduces herself as the Shredder gathered the arch rivals of some of the Crossovers. However One of the invited guests berated her for forming "A Bad Guy Version of that glorified clique of [Jade's]" when he's already a part of an even bigger organization who's after him already with him. The Shredder simply thanks him for "Volunteering" for a demonstration on what happens to those who disobey, should they join up with her. This is the first meeting...Of the Crossunder Gang!

## Main Stories

### Ghost Crab: The Remake

Jade talks with Coldstream Man about a "Trophy" the former got from a music festival in Sweethaven when a zombified Ling suddenly shows up. Learning that a ghost stole her soul, Jade, Coldstream Man and Harry decide to help her find it when the ghost cut the power. Searching for it in the dark our heroes get separated after a plan to capture it goes awry, leaving Jade by himself. The ghost is revealed to be an amalgam of the souls of every crab Jade ate in an eating contest in the aforementioned festival. The ghost agrees to return Ling's soul (And release Harry who was taken in his Ghost Form) if they get to "Eat" Jade in return. Tired of the farce, Coldstream Man tells Ling to throw a reluctant Jade into the ghost's mouth. Later in the commissary, our heroes learn that another ghost has invaded the studio; The Haunted Pants Of Wedgie Magee who, in a classic "Here We Go Again" move, cuts the power.

### Urban Hay

The story opens with the Kalico All-Stars holed up in their headquarters by a hoard of living scarecrows under orders from their leader. As they prepare for a long night of warding them off, Zalga pins the blame on herself for the incident. We then flash back to the night before (4:00PM to be specific) when she was helping Milly put together the scarecrow that would eventually become the leader. Meanwhile, Laura acquires the assistance of Jim and Eric to pull a giant pumpkin off a vine. Later that night, when the perplexed (And, in Eric's case, livid) trio had all but given up on trying to do so, Claudia suggested cutting the vine. The next night, Milly tells Zalga the story of a murderous farmer named Clovis Korrick and his significance to the contest they made their own scarecrow for. The former remembered too late about Korrick's vow to return one day inside one of the scarecrows and the spirit possesses the scarecrow they filled with straw from Autumnus V which Zalga warned earlier had unusual properties. Back in the present, the All-Stars discuss how to destroy all of them. The hoard moves back as the leader (The possessed scarecrow who now calls himself "Baron Straw") steps forward and demands Milly, being the descendant of his fiancé who he intended to make into one of his "Army" for wanting to report him to the authorities. When Zalga refused on behalf of the others, Baron Straw attempted to threaten the All-Stars before he suddenly went still and his army spontaneously burst into flames. Baron Straw was later sent to the "Kalico All-Stars Wing" in Iron Tartarus. In a sequel-indicating moment, Baron Straw's lifeless eyes began to glow.

### Movie Knight-Mare

Walking around Paradise Estate after returning from a mission in the Crystal Empire, Lock happens upon Fireball setting up her film projector and screen to start up a monster movie marathon for Nightmare Night since she's not allowed to help pass out candy after last year's prank resulted in a 300 Bit Tirek costume being ruined. She lets Lock pick the first movie which happens to be a classic called "The Moochick". Mid-way through the movie, both of them dose off. Lock wakes to a panicked Fireball telling him that they're inside the movie. As they try to make sense of the situation, Fireball admits to forgetting how to defeat the Moochick, figuring the creature did it to her. As Lock tries to calm her down, the Moochick arrived and begins firing at them. The Moochick gives chase to them until Fireball sprains all four of her ankles. He catches up to our heroes and assures them they're going on to "A far better place". Suddenly, we cut back to the sofa where the phenomenon started, Fireball waking Lock again. The incident is revealed to have been a nightmare based on how much Lock had seen of the movie. As they leave for breakfast (Which it was Lock's turn to make) all the while, Fireball roasting Lock and giving him advice on how to fight the Moochick next in his next "Encounter" with him, Hay Flower shows up and picks up the canister the movie's reel, casually scoffing at it before the Moochick comedically pops up asking if she was expecting Starswirl the Bearded, leaving her understandably surprised and confounded.

## Running Gags

Throughout the 2020 edition there had been 4 consistent running gags:

* Harry guiding the Adrenalini Brothers on how to get to Neopia.
* The Berkmire Numbers using code to convey something is happening.
* The karaoke contestants being heard during the first couple of panels.
* Aggie being asked to help out by Harry or Burn.
* All four come to an end when the Adrenalini Brothers finally arrive.

## Afterparty

Jade tells the viewers that due to time-mismanagement, nobody had an idea on what to do for it. After trying to start up "The Blubbening" was a bust, Jade suggests antagonizing a cabana boy at the resort they were staying at.

## Trivia

* Ghost Crab: The Remake:
	+ As the title implies, this story was a remake of The first Halloween story to be made by Avery Sune.
	+ Coldstream Man pulling out the "Iron Gun" from his Variable Weapon System is a reference to the TV show, Supernatural, since in the show, iron worked against ghosts.
	+ The opening to part 2 not only lampoons the original version being made in pitch black darkness (Basically being lazy), but is also a reference to the disclaimer in the Super Secret Squirrel episode, Doctor O, right after the titular villain's "Light-Exterminating Device" smashes Secret's source of light.
	+ In the climactic confrontation, Jade calls the Ghost "Bumpy", referencing how similar he looked to Mr. Bumpy, the main protagonist of the 90s cartoon, Bump In The Night.
	+ Jade being "Eaten" by the Ghost Crab is a reference to the episode of The Adventures Of Puss In Boots where a similar ghost made up of every fish Puss ate made the same request, fulfilled with the help of Dulcinea.
	+ At the end, Jade and Harry both utter the respective catchphrases of Captain Underpants protagonists, George Beard and Harold Hutchins.
		- The latter makes sense considering both are named "Harold" and (Even though he himself is not) Harry's multicolored hair is a rainbow, a symbol associated with homosexuals, which ties in to Harold being revealed such via his future self in the final book.
		- The Haunted Pants Of Wedgie Magee are in fact an apparition the two made up in an earlier book in the series to scare straight a gang of school bullies lead by tritagonist, Principal Krupp/Captain Underpants himself's nephew Skip.
	+ Jade claims to have mastered the Monster Cookie Pinwheel, an otherwise made-up skateboarding trick described in the Skater Mcgee sketch in Robot Chicken.
	+ He also claims the flashlight he had on had (Another nod to the original where it was revealed Jade's jacket is magical) is actually a highly sophisticated version of the proton pack used by the Ghostbusters.
		- Both claims are plausible, considering his indestructibility and nigh omnipotence. As well as his sporadic knack for inventing.

* Urban Hay:
	+ The title is a parody of "Urban Decay"
	+ In the opening scene, Jim lists more plausible types of zombies. He mentions Aryans (Nazis) and Amish. Both categories appeared as the minor antagonists in the animated exploitation film, The Haunted World Of El Superbeasto and the TV show, Z Nation respectively.
	+ The scene with the pumpkin is based on the children's book, Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman.
	+ This is the first mentioning of planets Uhuhuh and Sha'mon. These are of course, references to Elvis Presley and Michael Jackson respectively.
	+ Back in the present, Milly suggests using Zalga's laser vision on an orbiting satellite. Eric tells her the last time they did that when Milly was the target, they got black listed by Benedict TV, a spoof of satellite television provider, Direct TV.
	+ The poem recited at the end is a reference to the one at the end of the Homestar Runner Halloween toon, "The House That Gave Sucky Tricks"
* Movie Knight-Mare:
	+ This story is based off of the infamous parody cartoon short, "My Little Pony Gets PWNed" where G1 tritagonist, the Moochick brandished a shotgun to "Put down" a pony named "Buttercup Sprinkles"
		- His line in the story is a paraphrase of his line in the short: "Don't cry, Molly, Buttercup Sprinkles is in a far better place"
	+ This story pokes fun at 8 Horror movie tropes.
		- Movies that take place at Slumber Parties
		- Movies that take place at camp
		- Slasher Films
		- Terrible acting in older films
		- Urban legends surrounding movies
		- The Chase Scene
		- The heroine or another female character tripping over herself
		- The "It was all just a dream...Or was it?" ending
	+ The story's dialogue in the opening scene was originally meant to also poke fun the G4 cartoon and the problems the Mane 6 run into in the final season. However, it was changed around to fit the reboot of the Bullseye lore which now takes place in the time period portrayed in the series finale, hence why the narration box erroneously said Pinkie Pie was Cliff's cousin where she is now his second aunt on his father's side.
	+ The chase scene is a parody of a typical chase scene in the Scooby-Doo franchise.
	+ The ending where the Moochick appears before Hay Flower is a reference to the ending of the opening short in Daffy Duck's Quackbusters, "Night Of The Living Duck"
		- This coincides with the gag in the intro of the special as a whole where it mentions Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck they way the movie's intro did.
* Wraparound Story:
	+ The songs and their performers in the karaoke contest are as follows.
		- Witch Hunt (Juby Phonic English Cover) sung by Flo, FesterBabe and Jade.
		- Dorian Kaiou's Ma Vie sung by Tank Rockstar.
		- Tenacious D's Tribute sung by Jade and Burn.
		- Dance Through The Danger (Shantae's theme song) sung horribly by the Blade Baron.
		- Boris Pickett's Monster Mash sung by Jim, Laura and Zalga.
		- m.o.v.e's Freaky Planet sung by Nijiko Irodoru and Andrew Rodrick.
		- Nightwish's Escapist sung by Milly (Interrupted by Harry)
		- Blackmore's Night's Loreley sung by Vadkhagadadashna "Pearl" Mahtamura.
		- Donny Osmond's I'll Make A Man Out Of You (From Mulan) sung in emergency by Burn.
		- The Harry Newman Project's Monoceraptor (In it's original Tyrannian) sung by Crash Oswald
		- A Cruel Angel's Thesis (Theme song to Neon Genesis Evangelion) sung by Tabby Rabbit, overlapped with an improvised extended version of it's "Lost 4KIDS edit" sung by Gorillasaurus Rex.
		- Shane Sutton's Stayin' Together (Sune Enterprises' official anthem) sung by Ling.
	+ Rio points out a trope of the Suneverse body of work: A female cat or chat-related character in most of the groups.
		- Blade is notably the first character to subvert this trope gender-wise.
	+ The Virtupets System is first mentioned. The following planets were mentioned
		- Subeta
		- Mistica from Misticpets
		- Mythodreas (Formerly known as Sentrion from Zetapets)
		- Marada from Marapets
* This special ended on a cliffhanger for the JVB continuity.

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