The Gingerbread Traphouse

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"**The Gingerbread Traphouse**" is the eleventh episode of the first season of *Garbage People* and season one finale. It premiered in Summer 2023. It was written and directed by Brit Tobin.

## Synopsis

On Christmas Eve, Patches and Peel visit Trash Market Square for the annual "*Jingle all the Neigh*" storytime hour where they share the classic tale of The Gingerbread Traphouse.

## Plot

Patches and Peel have just finished decorating their abode for Christmas when Peel suggests they do something festive. Patches tries to get out of leaving the house or celebrating the holiday in general because he admits he did not get Peel a present. Peel protests, but as it turns out, he didn't get Patches a gift either. Reluctantly, Patches agrees to go to Trash Market Square with Peel under the condition that they contribute a story from the Book of Classic Tales at Graffiti Steed's the 'Jingle All the Neigh' Storytime circle.

As they approach the circle, Graffiti Steed is giving his introduction which is met with applause. Death is first in line to tell a story, an avant-garde take on an episode from the TV show *Friends*. The audience groans at Death's choice and mode of storytelling: a "shot-for-shot" breakdown of the Christmas episode "*The One With the Creepy Holiday Card*". Patches and Peel step in and tell the story of The Gingerbread Traphouse.

## Characters

### Major characters

* Patches
* Peel
* Graffiti Steed
* Death
* Mrs. Pit as the Old Lady
* Patches as Hansel
* Peel as Gretel
* Mrs. Pit

### Minor characters

* Pencelle
* Toothbrush Ted
* Ketchup Pack

### Other characters

* Cassie
* Barb Tarantula
* Harry Leman
* Mellow Max as Traphouse Guest #1
* Core as Traphouse Guest #2
* Tim
* Lemmins
* Ledd Pipe

## Costumes

* Mrs. Pit's 'Naughty' Sweatshirt
* Graffiti Steed's Santa Hat

### Quotes

"That explains why I've been getting discontinued AXT deodorant for the last three years. No wonder Machu Pizza never made it past the holiday clearance section. That was my favorite scent." - Patches

"That's not what Christmas is about anyway. It's about chaos, and candy, and you know, sparkly stuff! Tradition." - Peel

"Next up, Patches and Peel with a riveting reading from a 300 year old encyclopedia." - Graffiti Steed

"Sucks to suck, bitch." - Peel

"Remind me to tell you about the time I took a couple of lovely young seamen on holiday." - Mrs. Pit

"If trappers are good at one thing, it's keeping their clients comin' back for more." - Patches

"Look! There are drugs everywhere. Even this weird statue is made out of crack or something. It's incredible." - Peel

"Rambo. I was fuckin' Rambo." - Patches

"In times like this, I ask: what would Joe Rogan do?" - Peel

"Did you stab the winner of that ugly sweater contest? *Peeeeeeeeel*." - Patches

## Locations

* Patches' Home
* Trash Market Square
	+ Jingle All The Neigh Storytime Circle
	+ Christmas Shop
* Recycle Forest
* The Gingerbread Traphouse
	+ Traphouse Main Room
	+ Traphouse Dungeon
	+ Traphouse Lab
* Patches' Lot
* Rubbish Hills Retirement Community
	+ Rubbish Hills Lobby

## Trivia

* The Gingerbread Traphouse parodies the classic story of "*Hansel and Gretel*".
* The Gingerbread Traphouse was intended to be a bonus episode with a later release date, but Brit Tobin felt it wrapped up Garbage People season one perfectly with everyone getting what they wanted for Christmas.
* Patches and Peel's Christmas tree contains easter eggs from every season one episode.
* The Gingerbread Traphouse is the first and only episode where the Ketchup Pack character is seen.
	+ It is also Rusty Muffler's first appearance in the series.
* Due to noted allegations, popular energy drink cans were greeked to avoid infringement and instead read "Mutant Chode", amongst others seen throughout the series.
* Christmas Eve in Trash is Christmas Day in the U.S.
* Creator Brit Tobin insisted on having a Christmas episode that wasn't a "traditional" Christmas episode.
* Brit Tobin provides the voices for Peel in addition to Mrs. Pit and Pencelle.
* Patches' line, "*I know I owe at least a few of those guys money and I definitely banged that muffler dude's sister*" is from an unaired Christmas episode.
	+ Similarly, Toothbrush Ted's line, "Hey! I know that rabbit! He owes me money!" was originally intended for P 'n' P Mart.
* There isn't a post-credit tag or in-world ad, but a throwback clip of Patches and Peel from the unaired Christmas episode at the very end of The Gingerbread Traphouse.
	+ The pre-credit tag is for Patches' favorite AXT scents on holiday clearance.
	+ "*Now this is quality entertainment!*" is also seen in Jerkf\*cks.
* The '*Trash is Forever*' slogan is located in the DMT trip sequence and is hidden in every episode.

## Errors

* Mrs. Pit's 'Naughty' Sweatshirt is reversed mirror-image when she switches sides.

## Cultural references

* Peel references Joe Rogan before their DMT trip.
* A raucous parody of *Super Freaky Girl* by Nicki Minaj plays over the Old Lady's montage.
* AXT deodorant is a parody of 'Axe' deodorant and includes three scents: Machu Pizza, Stenchhenge, and Romanesque (referencing the Romanesque Colosseum).
* Patches' references Rambo as he comes down from his DMT experience.
* A Breaking Bad parody sting is briefly referenced in the Traphouse Lab.
* Death's unfortunate storytime contribution is a live retelling of the *Friends* episode "The One With Ross' Step Forward" a.k.a. "The One with the Creepy Holiday Card" which has been touted as one of the least-favorite Friends Christmas episodes.

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## References

1. ↑ https://rambo.fandom.com/wiki/John\_Rambo
2. ↑ Friends: Every Winter Holiday Episode, Ranked (screenrant.com)