The School Trip

> *“What, did you think this was going to be some sort of free day? You’re here to learn, not to hang out with your friends and laugh about what you call ‘memes’.” -*Principal Sydney Staffordshire
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**The School Trip** is the fourth episode of season 4 of the Carl series, as well as the thirty-fourth episode overall. In the episode, Carl's class takes a trip to Desert Hills. During the trip, Blooper and Roxanne bond over a trip to the museum, however she later hooks up with Gooper, causing him stress. In addition Kylie appears more agitated than usual, supposedly because she was forced to go on the trip by her parents.

This was Carmen's first voice acting role, voicing all of the female characters that Lily Sketch previously voice acted before she left.

## Plot

Principal Staffordshire, Mr. Moore, Mr. Morris, and Coach Johnson along with the students are waiting for the bus to arrive to take them to desert hills. Carl and his friends are discussing the trip and Dry Bones makes up a story about how well known he is in Desert Hills. The girls then come and join in the guy's conversation. Kylie isn't excited at all but the rest think it could be fun. After an hour of waiting, Steelix shows up with the bus. Staffordshire then yells at Steelix for being an hour late and Steelix says he forgot to turn his clock forward as it has just turned to daylight savings.

Carl and Blooper are sitting together on the bus and Blooper is sad about not being able to sit with Roxanne. Boo complains about how he doesn't have a girlfriend and Dry Bones is mad at Blooper for Blooper always talking about his crush. Blooper then tells Dry Bones that at least he didn't try hooking up with Mary-Lynn as Dry Bones did. Oscar and Janie hear about the guys' conversation and go over to because they think there's gossip. Carl says they were talking about Rocks and Hairy Pigs and the two walk away. Roxanne then asked Tucker if they can hang out over the weekend. Tucker wasn't listening which makes Roxanne annoyed. It then cuts to Gooper and his gang talking about their plans and Gooper says they need to get payback on Carl for what happened in *2020*.

Once the class gets to Desert Hills, the students unpack in their dorms and get their first assignment. In groups, they have to go to the Desert Hills Ancient History Museum to answer some history questions. Carl is in Coach Johnson's group along with Blooper, Grace, Dry Bones, and Roxanne as well as others and Boo, Talia and Kylie are in Mr. Moore's group. At the museum, Carl, Grace and Dry Bones are at the Mushroom World War I exhibit while Blooper and Roxanne are at a picture of King Alfred along with his friends. The two finish their sheets earlier and decide to hang out around town together while the friends finish. Talia, Kylie, and Boo then go to the museum and Talia is concerned about Kylie because she hasn't been acting like herself all day and she seems really upset.

The guys are hanging out later in the evening and Dry Bones and Boo are telling Blooper to confess her love to Roxanne because she and Tucker have been fighting a lot. Carl tells Blooper to ignore this advice and Blooper listens. Gooper and his friends are at the Pool Table in the lounge and Jim comes back with cans of soda instead of the beer he promised to get. They then head to their room to make the most of Jim's mistake. Carl and his friends are in their room when Boo once again complains about not having a girlfriend. Dry Bones then decides that the guys should sneak out and go visit the girls' dorm. They agree. When Blooper is walking to the girls' dorm he hears Roxanne and Gooper talking in an empty room. Gooper is telling Roxanne how much he misses their relationship and wants to get back together with her. Roxanne hesitates but agrees and the two make out. Much to Blooper's disbelief, he screams and runs away.

The next morning at breakfast, Blooper tells the guys what he saw and is contemplating on telling Tucker. Carl says it's not the place to. After breakfast, everyone gets back into their groups for the next task. Roxanne and Grace pick up on how Blooper is acting as he seems uneasy and asks him what's wrong. Blooper says he had a nightmare and changes the subject. At the next task, Gooper and his gang are talking about Gooper hooking up with Roxanne. Gooper says he needs to go see her as they have unfinished business and they leave the task. While Carl and his group are discussing what they found in the sand, Blooper gets the courage to call out Roxanne. This causes the two to argue for a little bit before Grace breaks it up.

Grace explains how terrible Gooper is and she shouldn't have kissed him. While Roxanne tries to justify her mistake, it doesn't work and she realizes how much she screwed up. Gooper shows up shortly after and tells Roxanne to pick up where they left off. Roxanne rejects so Gooper grabs her. Carl throws sand at Gooper's face and the 5 quickly run away. A giant sandstorm then hits the desert and Carl and his friends are lost.

Meanwhile, in the lounge of the hostel, Talia and Boo are concerned about Kylie's attitude. Talia askes Kylie if something not involved the trip is upsetting her and Kylie admits to the two that she's bisexual but no one else can know. Talia agrees to this promise. While the 5 trapped in the storm are trying to get back to the hostel, Gooper shortly accompanies them. Gooper is still trying to take back Roxanne until Blooper tries to stand up to him. Gooper being fed up threatens to beat all of them up before he is run over by Steelix losing control of the bus.

When the bus gets is about to go back to Toad Town, Carl and his friends are talking about how the trip wasn't as bad as they expected. Roxanne then goes to apologize to Tucker. He says he's a little mad but realizes he hasn't been the best boyfriend as well. Steelix then says that no one is left behind and the class leaves for Toad Town only for Gordy to still be trapped in the sand in Desert Hills.