Carl (Series)

***Carl*** is a YouTube series created by FreezeFlame22. It first launched in January 2017 and its on its fifth season. As the title suggests it's about a character known as Carl Mitchell, who starts out as a socially awkward fourteen year old first starting High School, along with his friends Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo, and his pet potted Piranha Plant Marvin also frequently appears outside of the school. The show also focuses on Carl's relationship with Grace Grey and her friends, Talia, Roxanne & Kylie, as well as having to deal with Gooper, who bullies him frequently and often tries to get in his way. He also has to stay out of trouble with his mother, the kind and attractive Linda Mitchell, and stepfather, the tough and conservative Calvin Mitchell.

On the 28th of May, Freeze announced a remaster of Carl from Season 1-3 with updated editing, improved voice acting and minor story changes/fixes.

## Plot

### Season 1

The first Season of the Carl series begun on January 17th 2017 with *The First Day*, and ended on November 30th 2017 with *A Christmas Carl*. It was intended to end with *The Halloween Party* initially, however two more episodes were created before FreezeFlame decided to move on to Season 2. The first Season begun with Carl and his group of friends, Blooper, Dry Bones and Boo, starting high school at Toad Town High, where Carl first meets Grace Grey. The majority of the season is spent focusing on Carl trying to get close to and impress Grace in hopes that they will become a couple in the future, while having to avoid confrontations with the school bully Gooper, and having to prevent the rest of the Mitchell family from ruining his chances with her. Other storylines included Dry Bones starting a relationship with Grace's friend Talia and Blooper's rivalry with Grace's friend Roxanne. The season concluded with a Christmas special, where Carl ended up in hospital after forgetting to remove the turkey from the oven and setting the Mitchell house on fire. The ending is bitter-sweet however, as he makes progress with Grace, as she discovers he went through great lengths to buy her a Hotplay Album she wanted. She almost possibly confesses feelings for him, only for a doctor to cut her off, much to Carl's annoyance.

### Season 2

Season 2 begun on January 5th 2018 with *Carl's New Car*, and ended on June 24th 2018 with *The School Dance (2/2)*. The episodes mostly continue the storylines from Season 1. Carl continues to pursue Grace, however other circumstances continue to interfere, with Gooper's gang continuing to cause trouble for Carl, and the Mitchell family continuing to unintentionally get in the way of his plans with Grace. As well as Talia, Grace's friends Roxanne & Kylie are more heavily featured in episodes from here on out, effectively promoted to the main cast. The season also introduces Sebastian, a rival of Carl who almost starts a relationship with Grace, before Carl & Roxanne expose that he's lying about who he is to everyone. The season featured the first two part finale, though the episodes were initially considered two separate episodes, in which Carl & Grace get paired up for a science project during the lead up to the school dance. The two bond over the project, however Gooper's cronies Liam & Bob unfortunately tell Carl Grace wants nothing to do with him, causing him to fall into a depression that continues into part 2. Grace however in fact does want to go to the dance with Carl, but is ambushed by Gooper whilst on her way to ask him, resulting in Gooper forcibly taking her to the dance instead. Thankfully, Carl's step-brother Logan encourages him to go to the dance anyway, and as a result, he saves Grace from Gooper at the dance after backing down to Liam & Bob previously, and thus Carl & Grace become a couple. In addition, the finale starts up Blooper's crush on Roxanne, where he takes her to the dance as his date, as her boyfriend Tucker chooses to go with his friends instead.

### Season 3

Season 3 begun on August 3rd 2018 with *The New Principal* and ended on July 25th 2019 with *Summer of '19 (2/2)*. The season was drastically different from the first two Seasons, as Carl & Grace became a couple at the end of the previous Season. The series continues to focus on Carl's general high school life, as well as occasionally outside of school. A major change from the previous Season, however, was Toad Town High received a new principal in the form of Principal Staffordshire, as Principal Steelix's shady behavior had finally caught up to him, however he returns in the season finale. Staffordshire was introduced in the pilot as the main antagonist of the episode, however changed her dictatorial ways by the end of the episode. Grace's happy-go-lucky father, Felix Grey, was also introduced as a major supporting character, a friend of Carl's mother Linda and a foil to Carl's step-father Calvin. Major storylines also included Dry Bones cheating on Talia with Kylie in *Carl's House Party*, which lead to the two breaking up in *The Truth Comes Out* after Talia found out about the affair from Carl's half-sister Sally. This almost ruined her friendship with both Dry Bones & Kylie, however they made peace in *Snow Day*. Towards the end of the season, Blooper begins to realise he has feelings for Roxanne, and spends many episodes doing things to try and earn her affection, such as playing for the Furious Flygons in *Toad Town Strikers*, and helping her study in *The Impossible Test*. The season concluded with another two-part finale, this one taking place at a hotel Carl and his friends, as well as Grace and her friends, visit for Summer vacation. In it Carl fears losing Grace to a handsome surfer dude around the hotel known as Leon, resulting in Carl assaulting him with a barstool and landing he and his friends in jail. By the end of part 2, he ultimately learns Grace can defend herself from shady guys, and he and Grace make peace over the situation. Blooper also tells Carl and Boo he has feelings for Roxanne, and Dry Bones hooks up with Mary-Lynn, causing Talia to change her hairstyle, begin to develop a more edgy and carefree personality, and hook up with a guy named Chad at the hotel.

### Season 4

Season 4 begun on November 21st 2019 with *Grounded* and ended on November 2nd 2020 with *Civil War (2/2)*. Many storylines pick up from the previous Season, with Blooper continuing to show feelings towards Roxanne, however ultimately having to deal with her being in a relationship with Tucker, who he initially dismisses as a typical jock, but bonds with in *Grounded* at his house party. In addition, Dry Bones attempts to win Talia's affection back, however her former fling Chad from the previous season finale transfers to Toad Town High, resulting in her starting a relationship with him instead, leaving Dry Bones emotionally wounded and ashamed of the way he treated Talia. Talia continues to become more edgy and carefree under the influence of Chad, quitting her Goomburger job and telling her parents to leave her alone in *The New Girl*. Roxanne's previous relationship with Gooper is rekindled in *The School Trip*, where after a fight with Tucker she kisses him in one of the dorm rooms. Blooper witnesses this, and proceeds to give Roxanne grief for it before he is shut down by Grace. Despite the brief outburst, however, Blooper continues to like Roxanne and attempts to stand up for her against Gooper, causing he and his gang to laugh at him. Kylie is revealed to be bisexual in *The School Trip*, and is initially insecure about it. She tries to keep it a secret, however Mary-Lynn discovers this fact and outs her in *Carl's Grandpa*, expecting everyone to tease her. Everyone is completely fine with it, however, causing Mary-Lynn to become angry and annoyed. Kylie then starts a casual relationship with a girl named Emily in *The New Girl*, who Dry Bones & Boo previously crushed on before realising she's gay. Principal Staffordshire and Felix Grey also start a relationship in *Parents Evening*, which Grace is initially unsure about, but warms up to after seeing how happy Staffordshire makes Felix. Carl's grandfather, old-fashioned, former Koopa Troop General Michael Wattson, and step-grandfather, drunken buffoon John Mitchell, are also introduced in the episode *Carl's Grandpa*. Calvin admires and respects Wattson, however isn't as big of a fan of his own father John, who shows up uninvited. Wattson & John get into a fight in the episode, resulting in Calvin getting injured, however agree to make peace for the sake of the family after being yelled at by Linda. The Season concluded with the two-part finale *Civil War*, in which Carl & Dry Bones end their friendship after Dry Bones crashes Carl's car into a lamppost, causing him to get in deep trouble with Calvin, and Dry Bones seemingly shows no remorse. Carl & Blooper remain friends, however Carl insists he will never be friends with Dry Bones again, meanwhile Dry Bones & Boo attempt to befriend Gooper's gang. Unfortunately this goes downhill, as Gooper's gang bring Dry Bones & Boo along to a meet up with a street gang known as The Gutts, who then proceed to have a nasty run in with the police after Gooper's friend Jim Flaig called the police and blamed it on Dry Bones, resulting in him being sent off to Sherbet Land, where he goes to live with his cousin Parabones. While Carl initially refuses to help Dry Bones, Linda ultimately convinces him to, and the group set off to Sherbet Land to bring Dry Bones home. Dry Bones initially refuses to go home, feeling guilty about the way he's treated Carl & Talia, however after some convincing and a nasty confrontation with Parabones and his friends, Dry Bones returns to Toad Town. In addition, Talia almost moves away from Toad Town to live with Chad elsewhere, wanting to get away from her parents. All seems to be going well, however Grace, Roxanne & Kylie see Chad as a bad influence. Unfortunately, Roxanne catches Chad kissing Mary-Lynn in a hallway. Not wanting Talia to run away with him, Roxanne goes to Gooper to get he and his gang to beat up Chad and get him to stop seeing Talia (however Gooper's gang ship him off to Kongo Jungle instead). The episode concludes with Carl & Dry Bones becoming friends again. As well as this, Dry Bones & Talia sharing a kiss, saying they're thankful each other are back.

## Characters

### Main Cast

#### Carl Mitchell

Carl is the main character of the show, and is designed to be the most relatable of the characters. He is portrayed as a socially awkward and often nervous character, often worrying what other people will think of him and often does things he's told not to do because he believes they will make him look cool in other people's eyes. He also is shown to deeply care about his pet, Marvin the potted Piranha Plant.

#### Blooper Squidd

Blooper is Carl's best friend. He is a squid who is very intelligent and often objects to his friends ideas due to finding them juvenile and wrong. He's usually seen as the voice of reason of the group, but sometimes he has a sour attitude that causes people to dislike him. He also has a big interest in Space Wars (a Star Wars spoof).

#### Dry Bones

Dry Bones is one of Carl's best friends. He is mainly known for making up big exaggerations and lies about himself and his home life to make himself seem cool, however only Boo ever believes what he says. He is also rather cocky and can be a lot harsher towards others than most characters, but is still shown to have a soft spot.

#### Boo Who

Boo is one of Carl's best friends. He is a ghost who is shown to be rather dim and unintelligent, for example believing many of Dry Bones' lies and misunderstanding things that other people say to him. He's also much calmer than the other characters, rarely getting mad and speaking in a very chilled out voice. He known for being horny about girls and overall being shy on talking to girls. (Usually not knowing what to say) He died from getting hit from a truck when he was trying to get his balloon back when he was young.

#### Grace Grey

Grace is Carl's good friend and love interest and currently girlfriend in the show. She is portrayed as being very friendly and fun-loving, and is shown to not care what other people think. She hates bullies, and usually tells Gooper and his gang to go away when they show up. Although she's not particularly portrayed as dumb, she acted very oblivious to Carl's feelings for her for most of the first two seasons, even when her own friends have picked up on it.

#### Gooper Jordans

The main antagonist of the series. Gooper is also the school bully, as well as Carl's archenemy. He is ruthless, cunning and very abusive towards other students, seen intimidating them to not attend events just because he doesn't like them. He takes a particular disliking towards Carl after he stood up to him on a few occasions, and he continuously tries to make Carl's life difficult.

#### Talia Richards

Talia is Grace's best friend and Dry Bones' girlfriend after *The Civil War (2/2)*. She is shown to be very stressed a lot of the time, having to do a lot of work most of the time and saying she's not allowed to do things because her parents would frown upon it. She is shown to come from a much more upper class family, and they were shown to frown upon her decisions.

#### Linda Mitchell

Linda, more commonly referred to as Mrs. Mitchell, is Carl's mother. She is shown to be very friendly and parenting towards Carl and his friend, and isn't seen angry on any occasion. She tries to reason with Calvin often, but usually gives in to his demands as she believes what he says is the best decision. She's also seen as very attractive, particularly Boo.

#### Calvin Mitchell

Calvin, more commonly known as Mr. Mitchell or Officer Mitchell, is Carl's stepfather. He is the chief of the Toad Town Police, and is shown to be very strict and holds conservative views. He often bosses around Carl and Logan and more often than not forces them to live their lives his way, rather than letting them make their own decisions.

#### Roxanne Smith

Roxanne is one of Grace's friends. She is portrayed as being very intelligent, but despite that she still enjoys going out to parties and drinking. Blooper is usually annoyed by this, as he sees that behaviour as juvenile yet she does better in classes than him sometimes, however over time they seem to have developed a friendship. While earlier in the series she shows contempt towards Carl and his friends, she quickly warms up to them all. She's also shown in the series to be one of the most attractive girls at Toad Town High with Blooper trying his best at times to win her over, which he eventually succeeded in at the end of season 5.

#### Kylie Allenby

Kylie is another of Grace's friends. She is usually seen as stuck up and looks down upon Carl and his friends, yet continues to hang out with them and seems to enjoy their company. She often makes rude and sarcastic comments, and like Roxanne she often drinks and goes to parties, causing other characters to look down on her for it. She's also one of the causes for Dry Bones and Talia's initial breakup in season 3.

#### Carrie & Sally Mitchell

Carrie and Sally are the children of Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell, making them Carl's half sisters. They're mostly together and rarely seen without the other, and both get preferential treatment from Mr. Mitchell, compared to Carl and his own son Logan. Carrie is shown to be very demanding and spoilt, and often makes rude remarks, despite Mr. Mitchell believing she is sweet. Sally on the other hand is portrayed as particularly dim and silly. and seems to be a glutton, often said to have eaten all the food. She's also a lot nicer than Carrie shown to be more caring for Carl than Carrie.

#### Logan Mitchell

Logan is Carl's stepbrother and Mr. Mitchell's son. He is shown to be somewhat of a loser, being seventeen but have dropped out of school, skips work all the time and mainly focuses on pursuing his rap career, making music with his friend Kenny in his spare time. He also gives Carl very bad advice, such as telling him to always have a side girl along with a main girlfriend.

### Recurring Characters

#### Mary-Lynn Hatchins

Mary-Lynn is Gooper's girlfriend. She's incredibly over-sensitive and constantly checks up on Gooper to see if she's cheating on him. Despite her loyalty to Gooper, when he is injured she doesn't bother with him, and is known for having temporary relationships with lots of guys, including Logan.

#### Liam Smith

Liam is one of Gooper's friends in his gang, as well as Roxanne's brother. Like Gooper, he is very cunning, ruthless, and loves to intimidate others. He seems to do this because he hates how smart and popular his sister is, and makes up for it by picking on others.

#### Bob Taylor

Bob is another of Gooper's friends in his gang, and is incredibly large compared to the other characters, even Gooper. Much like Gooper and Liam, Bob loves to pick on others, and shares aggressive tendencies. A few lines hint that he is like this as he is beaten by his father behind closed doors.

#### Jim Flaig

Jim is a member of Gooper's gang, but unlike Liam and Bob, Jim is looked down upon by the other gang members, and seen as a loser. They constantly tell him to shut up, referring to him by his last name rather than his first name. As well as this, he was revealed to have a crush on Kylie, however he told Carl then when he asked the gang if he could go out with her, Gooper wouldn't allow it.

#### Kenny Harrison

Kenny is Logan's friend, and he works with him on his rap music. He is shown to be a very dangerous man, showing many signs of killing people or being involved with gangsters. Despite this, on screen he is very calm and polite towards the Mitchell family.

#### Principal Staffordshire

Staffordshire is the current principal of Toad Town High introduced in Season 3. She is portrayed as a strict and bossy character obsessed with rules and authority, even more so than the other teachers. She made her debut in *The New Principal*, where she introduced a series of new unfair rules to Toad Town High, before Blooper & Roxanne ultimately managed to put a stop to her. Despite her strict and antagonistic nature, she has been shown to have a kinder side to her personality in future appearances.

#### Felix Grey

Felix is the father of Grace introduced in Season 3, debuting in *Mr. Mitchell vs. Mr. Grey*. He is shown to be a kind and considerate father, being very protective and caring for Grace, and openly accepting her relationship with Carl. Initially Calvin took a dislike to him due to his jealousy of Felix's popularity and higher income, however Calvin warmed up to him over time.

#### Tucker Bedingfield

Tucker is a popular sports player at Toad Town High, and the ex-boyfriend of Roxanne Smith. He is portrayed as a typical high school jock, always partying and hanging out with his friends, unaware of Roxanne's unhappiness in their relationship and enjoying televised sport events.

#### Ricky Steelix

Initially the principal of Toad Town High in the first two Seasons, Steelix was portrayed as a hypocritical character, enforcing rules on the students however often being up to no good himself, having many scandals on his plate that are seemingly unknown to the public. In Season 3, one of his scandals seemingly caught up to him, and he was replaced with Staffordshire. However, he returned in *Summer of '19 (2/2)*, now featuring longer hair and an even bushier beard, and came back to Toad Town. He now works as the Toad Town High janitor and stays relatively under the radar, likely due to his scandals.

#### Mark Black

Mark is an average male character at Toad Town High, notable for his height, freckles and the wings attached to his shell. His personal life is mostly shrouded in a mystery, and he is usually seen alongside Harry. He is also showcased to be a friend of Tucker.

#### Harry Walker

Harry is an average male character at Toad Town High, notable for his large jaw featuring three large yellow teeth. Like Mark, who he often appears alongside, his personality is mostly shrouded in a mystery, however he is often poked fun of due to his unusually large jaw. He is also showcased to be a friend of Tucker.

#### Roberto Rodriguez

Roberto is a rotund background character at Toad Town High, often best known for eating and showing a laidback and calm attitude about most situations around him. Like Harry & Mark, he is a friend of Tucker, however the two have occasionally gotten into fights due to Roberto's incompetence and lack of care about things that matter to Tucker.

#### Gordy Hardball

Gordy is a morbidly obese student at Toad Town High. He was initially thought to be disabled, however in *The New Girl* it was showcased he actually just uses the wheelchair because he's too lazy to walk. He is shown to be an unlikable, verbally abusive asshole to everyone around him, often throwing insults to people and trying to bring people down, usually resulting in negative consequences for Gordy.

#### Miss Bishop

Miss Bishop was a grumpy teacher at Toad Town High. She is hardly shown to have any personality at all. She then left to the Kaktus Kingdom.

#### Mr. Morris

Mr Morris is one of the teachers at Toad Town High. He is shown to be a very aggressive teacher whose wife left him for a lifeguard.

#### Mr. Moore

Mr Moore is one of the teachers at Toad Town High. He is shown to be boring to most students.

#### Coach Johnson

Coach Johnson is one of the teachers/coach at Toad Town High. He is shown to be annoying and desperate to Principal Staffordshire.

#### Sebastian Harrington

Sebastian is shown to be Carl's rival and first appeared in *Carl's Rival*. He is shown to be a snobby and boastful southerner on the outside but at the end he is revealed to be a liar as he lied about his old girlfriend cheating on him despite going to an all boys school and lied about being in a Skateboarding League of 2009 even though he would be 5 years old by then. He is in fact a desperate and insecure northerner who faked everything for popularity.

#### Chad Brolin

Chad first appeared in *Summer of '19 (2/2)* where he was first seen with Talia in the night club of Huckit Hotel and made Dry Bones jealous. He then dated Talia in *Grounded* which made Dry Bones wounded up until *Civil War (2/2)*. He is shown to be a manipulative person and a bad influence to Talia as she quit her job and skipped her lessons all for him.

#### Emily Brandneu

Emily is a new student at Toad Town High debuting in Season 4. She was initially crushed on by Dry Bones & Boo, before both found out she was lesbian. For a while she dated Kylie until *The Valentine's Bowl* where she dumps Kylie for making out with Tucker.

## References to other series

### Bowser's Koopalings

* In A Christmas Carl, Dry Bones mistakenly confuses A. Rool to King K. Rool saying that he's "that crocodile from the other series" since King K. Rool worked at the Bass Station in Bowser's Koopalings.

* In Carl's Sisters' Birthday Party, Roy makes a tiny cameo in the opening theme right at the end.

* In Mr. Mitchell vs. Mr. Grey, during the get together, one of the parents asked how Carl is doing. Calvin then says: "Well, the views aren't as high as Bowser's Children, but it's still going well."
* In Civil War (2/2), Carl mentions the Bowser's Koopalings series.
* In The Thanksgiving Dinner, Michael says that there was roadwork going on in Dark Valley, referencing the events of Roy's Road Rampage.
* In the prologue of Logan’s New Place, the Mitchell Family were watching the news, where it mentioned Drew Peacock being arrested, referencing the events of The Cell Phone. But he was incorrectly named “Droopy Cock.”
* In Looking Back, where Calvin and his friends went in the Radiant Python where the Barman has mentioned Morton Koopa Sr. quitting the job.

### The Koopa Kids

* Carl, Blooper, Gooper and Bob all made appearances in the series.
* Dry Bones and Boo also made appearances in the series but their appearances were minor cameos.
* In Carl's Rival, Boo told Carl that Sebastian's Parents owned Shy Guy Sugars and Sebastian gave him candy. Carl then says: "The Koopa Kids is over, stop talking about candy!" Referencing how the character Lemmy in The Koopa Kids would constantly ask if words meant candy.

### Donkey Kong Island

* Donkey Kong and Diddy are shown on a bench at the end of Summer of '19 (2/2). They are discussing about going back to work before being interrupted by Steelix asking for money to buy a new house.
* At the end of Civil War (2/2), Chad wakes up in a crate in Kongo Jungle. Additionally, Pink Kong makes a cameo in said episode.