A MMC X HTF Christmas Carol

**"A MMC X HTF Christmas Carol"** is the Halloween special episode of the MMC HTF Crossover.

## Plot

### Beginning

The Episode Starts With A 70s Style Up Next Card With An Announcer Saying The Following: "Next On GBS 7, To Round Out 2021 And The 75th Year Of GBS 7 Serving Syracuse, We Flashback To The 19th Century For A Classic Tale Of One Man’s Greed And A Future Not So Bright For Him. Join Austin Carlson And His Friends In The 2021 Christmas Episode Of Megaman Chronicles X Happy Tree Friends, A MMC X HTF Christmas Carol, Next On GBS 7, Celebrating 75 Years In Entertainment For Syracuse And The Central New York Area" (WBDG Started Airing In 1946 As WBWN). The Episode Starts In 21th Century HTF Town. Jared Is At The Library With Molly, Alisia, Graves, Cub, And Lily, Looking For A Book To Read To The Hunters For Christmas. Cub Spots A Book Titled “A Christmas Carol” But Jared Notices Something On The Book. So, He Blows The Dust Off Of It And It Is Revealed That This Was Tommy Hawke’s Megaman Chronicles: A Christmas Carol. Molly Brings Up That Tommy Hawke Worked With Daniel McLoughlin On Several MMC Novels And Books, And She States That This Was One Of Them. Just Then, Scene Pans To Alex And Alexis Trying To Reach The NASCAR Preview And Press Guide Book For 2006, Only For The Bookshelf To Fall On Them, Killing Them And Staining Books In Their Blood. Jared Then Says That They Should Just Check Out And Leave. Back At The Maverick Hunter Society, Jared Gathers The Hunters Around For A Christmas Story. Jared Opens The Book As We Zoom In On The Book As The Scene Flashes To Black, Ending The Intro.

### Story

On Christmas Eve in 19th century London, Ebenezer Scrooge (Austin Carlson), a surly money-lender who is more interested in profit than celebration walks to his office as several people tell him merry Chistmas to which he tells them "Bah, humbug!". So cold to the season of giving, his book-keeping staff, including loyal employee Bob Cratchit (Cuddles), beg him just to have the day off work during Christmas by pointing out that Austin would have no customers on the holiday and that it would waste coal to sit alone in the office. Austin's nephew, Fred (Ryan Shafer), arrives to invite his uncle to Christmas dinner and two gentlemen (Ryan Dolbear And Alexander Sisera) also come to Austin's offices, collecting money in the spirit of the season to provide a Christmas dinner for the poor. Austin rebuffs his nephew and complains that it is not worth looking after the poor, as their deaths will decrease the surplus population. Fred is shocked at his uncle's uncharitable and cold nature, but repeats his invitation, makes his own donation, and departs.

Later, Austin is visited by the ghost of Jacob Marley (Brandon Germain), Austin's greedy former business partner who has died seven years earlier. Due to his cruelty in life, he is doomed to wear heavy chains for eternity. He warns that a similar fate will befall Austin unless he changes his ways and that Austin will be visited by three spirits. A firey pit then appears in Austin's floor and Marley is then dragged to Hell by several demon hands. Austin then falls asleep and a bright light wakes him up.

The first spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Past (Molly Thorn), shows Austin his past. Austin and the spirit arrive at the past. She shows him Christmas scenes of his boyhood and youth, which stir the old miser's gentle and tender side by reminding him of a time when he was more innocent.She also takes him to when he was a young man when he started his first job with Brandon Marley at Fezziwig (Hunter Dolbear)'s knife factory. Unfortunately, due to Austin's clumsiness,he ends up killing Fezziwig and later Fezziwig's brother takes over the factory and both Marley and Austin become very wealthy. The spirit then shows Austin that his obsession of money after the factory went bankrupt led him to break the heart of his fiancee, Belle (Rose Carlson). As tears start welling up in his eyes, Austin tells the spirit to take him home and she snaps her fingers which takes him back to the present.

As Austin continues weeping, he hears the sounds of crazed laughter and destruction from the other room. He then opens the door to find another spirit, the Ghost of Christmas Present (Skaggles) whirling in a tornado, destroying several parts of the room. Austin then angrily yells at him asking him who he is and why he's destroying the room. The spirit introduces himself and tells him that the destruction of the room is because of his excitement about Christmas (and that he's hyper after eating several sweets he found in the room). He takes Austin to Christmas morning showing him a glimpse into the holiday celebration of others, including Cuddles Cratchit, and his family who, although poor, are enjoying Christmas together and reveling in the anticipation of the Christmas goose. The Spirit also shows Austin's own family, who are not above cracking jokes at Austin's expense. Enraged, Austin attempts to kill Ryan Scrooge but is taken to the cemetary by the spirit. The spirit tells him that he is dying and that Austin will encounter the third and final spirit. The spirit then laughs crazily as he disintegrates into a skeleton.

As Austin wanders the cemetary, he bumps into a hooded figure who is revealed to be the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come (Xeba). The spirit takes him to the future where he reveals that Cuddles Cratchit's son, Tiny Tim (Andrew Waterson) has died of an illness thanks to Austin underpaying Cratchit. The spirit then takes Austin to his house where it is revealed that Austin has died himself and that the citizens celebrate his death and that his maid, Mrs. Dilber (Jordan Cole) stole most of his belongings and sold them to a racoon named Old Joe (Donovan Dygert). Upon seeing his headstone in the cemetery and hearing two grave diggers (Corey Graves and Cheyenne Miller) crack a joke about him, Austin asks the spirit whether the images he has seen are sure to happen or can be changed. To little response, the spirit reveals his own date of death as December 25 of a forthcoming year. The spirit then snaps his figers that opens up a firey pit (the same one Brandon Marley was dragged into earlier) and summons the ghosts of Mr. Fezziwig, Belle, Brandon Marley and Tiny Andrew who all drag Austin into hell as the spirit removes his hood and laughs evilly.

However, Austin is suddenly awakened by Jordan Dilber in his bedroom on Christmas Day, and Austin goes about the town spreading good deeds and charity. He enlists the help of Jared and Jordan Dilber, and the three travel around the town gathering items for a Christmas feast and giving gifts to characters who had previously been wronged by Austin. Austin tells his assistant, Cuddles Cratchit, that he is going to raise his salary, and pay for his house mortgage. He also plans a feast for Cratchit's family and his kin, and learns to adopt the spirit of Christmas throughout the year. The episode ends with Tiny Andrew saying "God bless us, everyone!".

### Ending

Jared Closes The Book Ending The Episode. (Dull Way To End An Episode, But Whatever)

#### Moral

"Don’t Be An Ass Around Christmas, Or Your Future Is Probably Brim!"

## Deaths

1. Alex And Alexis Are Crushed By A Bookshelf
2. Brandon Died Seven Years Earlier And Is Later Dragged Back To Hell (In Story, Not IRL)
3. Hunter Dolbear is impaled by several knives (In Story, Not IRL)
4. Skaggles disintegrates into a skeleton (In Story, Not IRL)
5. Andrew Jr dies due to an illness (but survives) (In Story, Not IRL)
6. Austin dies from unknown circumstances and is dragged to hell (but survives) (In Story, Not IRL)

## Survival rate

* Amount of surviving main characters: **28** (31 IRL, 24 Story)
* Amount of dead main characters: **5** (2 IRL, 3 Story)
* Total rate: **78%**

## Trivia

* This Episode Is Based Off Of Charles Dickens Christmas Carol The characters the Hunters And Tree Friends portrayed are shown here:

1. Austin As Ebeneezer Scrooge
2. Cuddles As Bob Cratchit
3. Brandon Germain As Jacob Marley
4. Molly Thorn As The Ghost Of Christmas Past
5. Anais Waterson As Emily Cratchit
6. Skaggles As The Ghost Of Christmas Present
7. Xeba As The Ghost Of Christmas Yet To Come (Or Future)
8. Rose Carlson As Belle
9. Hunter Dolbear As Mr. Fezziwig
10. Pitch, Dylan Germain, Trevor Hughes, Ryan Zerbinos, And Xavier Barrington As Musicians At Fezziwig's Christmas Party
11. Ryan Shafer As Fred Scrooge
12. Jordan Cole As Mrs. Dilber
13. Donovan Dygert As Old Joe
14. Andrew Waterson As Tiny Tim
15. Giggles As Martha Cratchit
16. Snowers As Peter Cratchit
17. Zoe As Lizzie Cratchit
18. Alexander Sisera And Ryan Dolbear As Collectors For The Poor
19. Cheyenne Miller And Corey Graves As Gravediggers
20. Jared Germain As The Boy (Or Himself)

1. Josh Grayson Gelling As Fezziwig’s Brother
2. Generic Tree Friends As Townsfolk

* In this episode, Snowers and Giggles were slightly de-aged in order to play the roles of Peter and Martha Cratchit.
* The Role Of Ebeneezer Scrooge For Austin Is Fitting, Due To His No-Nonsense Attitude And Overall Jerkiness.