Carrot Propulsion

> "Eh, everyone's a critic."
>
> -Carrot, Earth Camping

**Carrot Propulsion** is Jet's father and a main character in the series, *Ready Jet Go!*.

## Personality

Mr. and Mrs. Propulsion (who go by “typical Earth names” Carrot and Celery) work as intergalactic travel writers and are on Earth for a long stay, from which they intend to file many travel stories.

Like Jet and all Bortronians, they’re cheerful and fearless.

As Bortronian travel writers, they follow the Prime Directive: “don’t freak out the locals.” They also tell Jet to “leave your campsite cleaner than when you found it.”

However well-intentioned, though, they tend to forget to keep their alien identity a secret and keep telling people that they are from Bortron 7.

Carrot and Celery tend to talk in a rather eccentric English since they just downloaded it when they arrived on Earth. They mix up their metaphors and are always freshly learning Earth habits like shopping for food, taking care of the house, and “mowing the roof.”

Eschewing traditional gender roles, Carrot is a stay-at-home dad who loves cooking, although he does come on space missions once in a while. Carrot is a lot like Sean because both are easily nervous, although they both overcome these fears throughout the series. Although Carrot is very eccentric and bumbling, he has many hidden talents and was able to survive on the moon by himself in *Castaway Carrot.*Carrot isn't as smart as his wife, but he makes up for it with his kindness, odd Bortronian foods, and doses of wisdom for the children.

## Carrot's Crazy Cookings

Carrot has made many odd foods throughout the series.

* Deep-fried lollipops in *Sounds Abound*
* "Enchisushisagna" in *A Visit From Uncle Zucchini*
* Broccoli ice cream sandwiches in *Mindy's Weather Report*
* Sardine and pudding sandwiches in *One Small Step*
* Caramel pickle cookies in *Fact or Fiction?*
* Tomato and liver butter in *What's Up With Saturn's Rings?*
* Spaghetti and ice cubes in *Sunspot's Night Out*
* While he didn't cook this, in *How Come the Moon Changes Shape?* he ordered a pizza with mushroom, anchovies, fish, pineapple, apricot, and arugula, with extra gravy.
* In *Night of a Bazillion Stars,* he makes s'mores out of flat cake, barbecue sauce, and cottage cheese.
* Tuna and marshmallow casserole in *A Kid's Guide to Mars.*
* In *Jet 2*, Celery says that Carrot went to the store to buy ingredients for macaroni and cold liver.
* Jet mentions that his dad made olive-mango-liver bars in the episode *Pet Sounds*.
* Horseradish soufflé in *Sounds Abound*.
* Rhubarb goulash in *Mindy and Carrot Bake*.

## Songs Sung

* Season 1
* Season 2

* Three-Part Bortronian Meal
* Let's Fly Our Little Saucer to the Moon
* Night of a Bazillion Stars
* Try Again (in Comet Fever)
* Takeoff! (in Mindy Pet-sits)
* Real Bortronian Deal
* Which Moon is Best?
* Intergalactic Travel Writers
* Venus! (Earth's Broiling Hot Twin)
* Tiny Blue Dot

- Is Your Planet Like My Planet?

- Bortron Solar System Song

- That's How We Roll On Bortron 7

- Just Add Water

- There's No Planet Like My Planet (Reprise)

- Grow, Plant, Grow!

## International Voices

* Brazil: Sergio Moreno
* Finland: Markus Niemi
* France: uncredited
* Hungary: Magyar Bálint
* Latin America: Angel Balam, Erick Bohorquez (Space Camp)
* South Korea: Jeon Tae-yeol

## Trivia

* *Castaway Carrot* reveals that he is talented at ballet, meditating, and speaking with a British accent. In *Bortron Leprechaun*, it is revealed that he can speak in an Irish accent.
* *That's One Gigantic Pumpkin, Jet Propulsion!* reveals that he sings to plants to make them grow.
* He turned 250 years old in *Moon Circus*. This makes him about 42 in Earth years.
* His name from his home planet includes the sound of an elephant trumpeting and a parrot squawking.
* His Brazilian Portuguese voice actress and Celery’s Brazilian Portuguese voice actress are in love, according to an Instagram post.
* The vegetable name “Carrot” was likely chosen for himself due to its similarity to the Earth name “Garrett.”
* His name in the Polish dub is Karol.
* He always wears a strainer on his head when he cooks. Eventually, he comes around to wearing a proper chef's hat in *Space Camp*.

## Gallery

Rough sketches of Carrot along with Mindy Melendez.

 **Earthies:Dr. Rafferty • Dr. Bergs • Amy Skelley • Mr. Peterson • Mitchell Peterson • Lillian • Aurora • Houston • Bina Chandra**

**Bortronians**:**Uncle Zucchini** • **Eggplant** • **Zerk** • **Face 9001** • **Moonbeam** • **Stella Singularity** • **Great Galacto**

**Earth Animals & Robots**: Cody • Floyd • Jet 2 (character) • Sydney 2 (character) • Beep • Boop