Cosmic Christmas

## This page is about a non-canon aspect of Cartoon City's story.

### Reason

This special, like the previous specials, are not canon to Cartoon City or Cosmic Dreams.

## This section contains loud audio. Headphone users beware!

### Reason

In 'Christmas List", Vince's shouting is amplified to a mild ear-blasting volume. (loud = funny)

## Information

Cosmic Christmas is a Christmas special/event that happens in the Cartoon City Studios YouTube channel and where the Insanity Arc is set in. It lasted from December 1 to December 24 of 2023.

## Story

### Pre-Event (November 18-November 30)

2 weeks before the first of December, an unlisted video was posted on November 18, 2023. The video was simply named "THIS TAPE HAS BEEN INCINERATED" (formerly known as "THIS TAPE WILL BE INCINERATED ON 11/30"). The video shows an audio recording from an unnamed hacker who admits to gaining access to the channel and that they will take over for now because it is said that "he" (referring to True Vince) has gone insane beyond repair. The channel banner was also altered to now have a glitchy effect to it on the same day the video was uploaded (which lasted until November 23 when it was changed to the Cosmic Christmas event theme). On November 30, "THIS TAPE WILL BE INCINERATED ON 11/30" became unlisted and renamed to "THIS TAPE HAS BEEN INCINERATED", indicating that the tape was, indeed, burned.

### Week 1 (December 1-December 2)

On December 1, 2023, the trailer for the Cosmic Christmas event has released and along with it, a QR code. This very code, when scanned, leads to a video titled "intro.mp4", where Cindy Apollo introduces herself and admits to recording the tape and presumably being the unnamed hacker who made her presence known on November 18. In the video, Cindy tells the viewer that True Vince hasn't been coming out of his room for the past week, if not earlier than that. It's not just Cindy who's worried about True Vince either; the other characters are also concerned as well. Cindy then tells the viewer that she's going to keep these tapes short and hidden as to not get True Vince suspicious and possibly fire her.

### Week 2 (December 3-December 9)

On December 8, 2023, a short was uploaded titled "Christmas List", which is a relatable short where Vince struggles to make a Christmas list. Jake is also featured in this short. Nothing else happens in this week, although there was going to be a planned tape where Cindy interviews the characters.

### Week 3 (December 10-December 16)

On December 12, 2023, a video titled "drasticplan.mp4" is posted, this video shows Cindy talking to the viewer about unplugging the router in an attempt to break True Vince out of his hellbent working state. While this does work, it unfortunately causes True Vince to become angry... ***REALLY* ANGRY**. True Vince is now seen with visible sweat puddles on the armpit areas of his shirt, along with him having messy hair. His room also has "MUST WORK" drawn everyone, implying the journey through his insanity. Sentences scatter across the screen as True Vince stares into the camera with an angry expression, which mainly says that he will fire everyone and that they will regret this. The tape ends with an abrupt jumpscare in the form of the terminal showing "HIS RAGE HAS AWAKENED". The channel banner has also changed to show True Vince is in the process of going insane. On December 16, a video premieres titled "INCIDENT 12/16/23", which is when True Vince goes completely insane to the point where he kills off/deletes most of the characters. This event would later be known as the Cartoon City Massacre. Only six characters remain and are taking refuge, as told by Cindy:

> This is Cindy Apollo. We heard screaming coming from True Vince's room and went to investigate only to find the corpses of our friends. We have since taken refuge in the recording studio and are now coming up with a plan to stop True Vince and his insanity. Wish us luck.
>
> Cindy Apollo, Cartoon City Studios YouTube Channel

The channel banner changes yet again to now have the faces of Vince, Jake, Melissa, and Athena blank and their eyes now black squares, indicating they didn't survive the Cartoon City Massacre. The following people survived this tragedy:

* Cindy
* Jasmine
* David
* Ashley
* Comet
* Luna

### Week 4 (December 17-December 23)

On December 17, a community post was made teasing a film called "Resketched." As the week goes on, more teasers of Resketched pop up. December 19, however, gives us a big piece of information from Cindy herself.

> Cindy Apollo here. I stumbled across a folder containing... CLASSIFIED information. In that very folder, I found something horrifying that may happen to True Vince later.
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> I found out that when a character gets influenced by something that can put heavy stress on them, they aren't just focused on that thing; they become obsessed with and HELLBENT on finishing that thing, in the hopes that this will end their stress. After a certain amount of time, the hellbent character undergoes a transformation that can turn them into shadow-like creatures; shells and husks of their former selves, if you call it that. This process is called "nullification." Nullified characters are completely insane beyond human comprehension, and insanity levels can vary depending on certain criteria. From this point, there is no easy way to turn them back to normal.
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> So apparently, from what I'm getting here... True Vince is about to nullify and become a lost cause. \*sigh\* Welp, back to the drawing board.
>
> Cindy Apollo, Cartoon City Studios YouTube Channel

This is a clear indication that True Vince's unstable mentality is about to get even worse. The channel banner and profile picture change to fit the Resketched theme. On December 22, Resketched gets delayed to Christmas, then to December 26.

### Post-Event

After the events of "Resketched", the Cartoon City YouTube channel, and the characters get a complete redesign.

## Trivia

### Fun Facts

* This is the second Christmas-themed event to happen on the YouTube channel. The first being Holiday Havoc.
* "THIS TAPE WILL BE INCINERATED ON 11/30" and "intro.mp4" are the fourth and fifth videos respectively to have an analog horror/VHS theme. The previous being "andsoitbegins.mp4", "nomoreescape.mp4", and "Guide to Distortion Events".
	+ Cosmic Christmas is also the second special to include the analog horror/VHS style. The first being Holiday Havoc, again.

* Cosmic Christmas was originally called "Cos-mas", but it was lengthened/changed to Cosmic Christmas as the former sounded/was pronounced weirdly.
* This is the first special to introduce a narrative arc, being the Insanity Arc.
* This is the first time the Cartoon City Studios HQ was introduced.

### Fourth Wall Breaks

* The most obvious fourth wall break here is in the two hidden videos where Cindy talks directly to the viewer.
* In the trailer, Vince throws a snowball at the camera in a transition to the event title.
	+ Also, a split second shows the 3 new characters silhouetted with text saying, "Who are these people?"

* "drasticplan.mp4". This one is self-explanatory.

### Mistakes

#### Visual

* The trailer and "intro.mp4" have their colors appear more brighter than usual. This is due to an annoying issue that is not yet under the creator's control and is more of a cause on the screen capturing result. (and it's NOT HDR because it's not available on the computer the two videos were screen captured on)
	+ *As of "Christmas List", this issue has been resolved.*

#### Audio

* In "intro.mp4", there is occasional excess static in Cindy's voice.

## New Characters Introduced in This Event

* Jasmine
* Cindy
* David

## Gallery

The YouTube channel banner 2 weeks before the event.The YouTube channel banner during the event prior to drasticplan.mp4 (December 12, 2023).The channel banner post-December 12.Ditto, but post-December 16.The channel banner that was changed on December 19 to tease the upcoming release of "Resketched".The channel logo that went under the same change on December 19.