The Christmas Captive

**The Christmas Captive** is the seventh episode of Carl Season 5 and the Forty-Seventh episode overall. This also marks the Series' Second Christmas Special since *A Christmas Carl*. In this episode, continuing from the ending of the previous episode, Roxanne has been Kidnapped by The Gutts. To save her, Carl and his Friends Make a Desperate Truce with Gooper and his friends to save Roxanne.

## Plot

The Episode starts with Roxanne still being tied up to the pipe as she is revealed to be in captivity by none other than Bodak, the leader of the Gutts whom she met earlier. As Roxanne couldn't remember his name, he told her it was Bodak, while one of the Gutts members used his real name, Timmothy, as she laughed at him over his name. Then she tells him that the gang had her kidnapped, and the other member agrees with her point, resulting in him being gunned down by Bodak. He points her out that this is about him and Gooper.

On a snowy day at Toad Town High as the students are in an assembly, Mark and Harry are complaining about snow falling in the near end of fall. The reason for the assembly was the first one, the casualty aftermath of the destruction of Karhar City while Mr. Morris is trying to get the link of the devastation. Still, it ends up with him singing in the shower, causing him to scream and the students (except for an emo-phased Tucker) to laugh at his misfortune. The second and essential reason is the Toad Town High Christmas party next week, but Staffordshire sets down the rules, PTA, also mentions Felix will show up, much to Grace's Joy as well as Carl's woes of Calvin also being on attendance, and Students are also to be allowed two alcoholic drinks but aren't allowed to use their tokens to buy drinks for the girls. And then Coach Johnson complains about Felix being in attendance, not even Mr Morris wants to hear it as he had been twice divorced and lost custody of the kids from the two marriages, then the simp threatens the miserable math teacher to go die in a car accident. After the assembly meeting, a pair of saddened Grace and Kylie went to Carl and his friends as neither of them had heard back from Roxanne as it had been a month. As the gang goes off-topic, Blooper loses his cool towards his friends over Roxanne as they talk about text messages. Meanwhile, at the police station, Tommy tells Calvin that someone had parked in the "No Parking" zone and he gets annoyed. Meanwhile, Gooper and the others are discussing ransom money as Gooper crashes his bike onto his uncle's garden. Liam swears to lay his hands on Bodak for taking Roxanne as their parents complain about finding his sister. After Gooper walks out, Flaig tells Liam and Bob about his anger, and Liam tells him to shut up.

Then at the abandoned houses as Gutts feeds Roxanne food and dyes her hair to represent the gang color, Bodak comes back with the presents as the two Gutts members shout his name, like "Cheers" when Norm enters the bar. The reason he brought them in was he used the Bill Blaster on a person and another reason that Gooper owes Bodak money was for gas, drinks, and his PS4 online. When Roxanne pleads with Bodak to text her parents or friends, he does not take that chance. As she asked for the other members' names, Bodak introduced her to Lil' Jimmy and Spaghetti Steve, as she laughs at their names. Then asked about the green Koopa's name who goes by, PBA Hardass, laughing even harder. Bodak tells her to watch the tone or she doesn't get to open a present for her, she concedes as he tells her to be quiet because Hell's Kitchen is on as Spaghetti Steve cheers on the Red Team.

At the Mitchell residence, Carl enters to see a tearful Cathrine is being comforted by Linda and Marvin. Then Cathrine takes her frustration out on Carl and blames her daughter's month disappearance on Grace. Then Calvin enters the living room, with Cuddles and Kisses as they annoy him with some food. As Carl asks his stepfather if Roxanne was found, he sarcastically tells him he did then tells him that they're still working on an investigation, as need info. Then Cathrine is threatening to get Danny to kick Calvin's ass if Roxanne isn't found soon. But matters between the two got worse as they argue about tracking Roxanne's whereabouts, then Linda asked if anyone wanted some tea and Carl sighed annoyingly. Meanwhile at the Bones "mansion", Talia was video chatting with Drybones from an all-girls boarding school, who also hadn't heard back from Roxanne, as her fellow girls hadn't heard of her. After the two gets done shooting the breeze about school, Talia introduces him to her roommate, Tracy, who is both obsessed and sleeping. As Dry Bones asked her if she is able to get outta school next week for the Toad Town High Christmas party, she unfortunately tells him that she won't until the 23rd and apologizes to him, ending their calls. Then, his father Dominik went up to his room to tell him to quiet down as he and Dobimir are hearing the radio channel. As Dry Bones tells him that he was talking to his girlfriend, Talia, his father just offends his son by calling his girlfriend a pig. After getting told to "piss off", Dominik threatens to kick him out if he gets talked to like that, leaving the room.

Back at the hideout of the Gutts, Bodak decides to let his gang open his presents early as he gives Lil Jimmy his present, revealing him to be the head of his father along with the bag of Malteasers. Then Bodak decides to give Roxanne a present, revealing to be a gang's scarf as he took a selfie to provoke Gooper even more, even though he set it on private because Lil Jimmy is afraid that the cops will see it, after all, he's violating his probation. Then he, Bodak, and Spaghetti Steve convinces her that Gooper forces her to break up with Tucker, ditching her in Skyland, and cheating on her while they are in middle school, and Roxanne tearfully confesses that she loves Gooper.

Later at Blooper's tank home, he was getting picked on by his brothers as they are about to go to the North Sea to surf as Blooper tells them that it would frozen solid by then. And he also told them that he won't be at the party, but Longfin just points out the reason why their little brother is missing out because of Roxanne and he also points out that everybody knows Roxanne and asked Blooper if she would really wanna date a moron like him. As they left, Blooper goes to Carl's house to see him as he is let in by Linda, as she asks if he's hungry. Blooper politely declines then Carl convinces him to let his mom bake her cookies. While the two (and Marvin) are eating cookies, Blooper confesses to Carl that he couldn't stop about Roxanne, and his friend understood his pain as he was once like this. Carl tells Blooper to get Dry Bones and Boo for a fun night out to cheer him up, but the squid told him that they all have school tomorrow. Carl changed it to a fun night in as he tells him to get the drinks since Calvin's out.

The next day as it's almost 7 am, Carl has a message from Logan with a picture of Roxanne and Bodak (via Kenny). At lunch break, Carl tells his friends about Roxanne's whereabouts, shocking them (except for Boo, as he find her hot with Red Hair). As the others are concern for her, Calvin was searching for Roxanne with his pet chomps as they found a crate of bacon, scolding them by telling him that the crate isn't Roxanne. But when Grace brought up her and the Gang, Carl just realizes that the someone else who was involved with the Gutts? And that someone is none other than Gooper.

While Gooper and the gang beats up a student, Carl and the others interrogates them about Roxanne's disappearance, and Gooper keeps making up stories of his last time with Roxanne before her kidnapping, then Carl will report the bully to his stepfather for his involvement of the kidnapping. Gooper confesses to them that she was kidnapped by Bodak, which Boo didn't remember who he was when first met as Dry Bones. Then Gooper continues on that he also owes them $2000 as he used it for a PS5 as he is considered unhirable, and tells him about their hideout being located at Amanita Avenue. As Carl is about to tell Calvin about her location, the gang doesn't want him to get the police involved because of their street cred and Bob refuses to go down because Gooper is dating Roxanne, walking out. Gooper refuses the 2k as he's about to get her himself, but Carl wants to tag along and Gooper refuses to help. Then both Carl and Gooper agree to a Christmas truce until Roxanne is found.

Back at the hideout, Bodak lost in a video game, and tells Spaghetti Steve to dox a gamer named Signal to have him killed by the Gutts. Lil Jimmy asked Roxanne if she wants to play, but she was unsure because she's not into it. Bodak later tells her to grab the controller from his hand, and it turns out that she's actually pretty good at the game, complimenting on her gameplay as well offending Scar because his girl don't know how to change weapons. She asked if PBA Hardass is next to take her down.

At Toad Town High, the students are enjoying their time at the Christmas party, well most everybody. When the dating couple (Felix & Staffordshire) and the married couple (Linda & Calvin) were chaperoning the students, Calvin and Staffordshire begins to argue over competence and Roxanne while both partners telling them to calm down. As Calvin goes out to get some air, Grace freaked out to see the three when Felix was hoping that she and her friends are having a great time at the party then asked her if he takes a picture of them as he helps to set up Linda's Instagoomba page as Grace is stalling them. While Tucker is still moping on the floor, Kylie shows up to check on him as she knew he is upset about Roxanne as she is. Then she is proceed to give him a harshest wake up call over his time of being Roxanne's boyfriend, when she mentions about forgetting her birthday, and didn't get dumped sooner, Tucker proceeds to get up and tearfully anger out of admission, then lets out a laugh. She even tells her that everyone makes mistake. and ask for him to promise to stop being miserable and start enjoying things that he loves, and he thanks her for that as she would rather see him be the same Tucker than being like Coach Johnson who was tearfully eating a food.

Later at Amanita Ave, the others were waiting on Boo, who brought himself some Goomburger and others info about the House that the door was locked as the Gutts are out. Then they entered their base as Carl spilts up as he, Gooper, and Blooper will check the living room, Boo & Dry Bones to check the basement, and Liam & Flaig to check up stairs for Roxanne. As Carl and Gooper were having a wholesome conversation about the Gutts doing worse than kidnapping, Blooper found something, it wasn't Roxanne but rather a blue cup because the Gutts hated that color, and Boo shows up in the Blue hate as the four are spotted by the Gutts' rival gang, the Kramps.

While getting question by the Kramps' leader, the gang found the other three as Boo picked the wrong address revealing to be at Agari Ave, not **Amanita**. Then Gooper tells everyonethat this gang's Leader is Feefa, and knew the time that he hotwired a bus after the teacher didn't pay him back, with the other two being Burrito Bill and Big Zeke. As Feefa is about to execute the others until Carl mentioned the Gutts as Feefa is revealed to be Bodak's twin brother, and both of their father was the head of the crime syndicate in the 70s, but was shot down at the height of his fame by his own boys then the gang broke down after his death, forming the two new gangs, the Kramps, and the Gutts. But when Gooper asked what would the Kramps do to him and the others, Feefa decides to let them go and go they did, then Big Zeke realizes that they're on the way to the Gutts.

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## Reference to other series

#### Bowser's Koopalings

* During the assembly meeting, Staffordshire mentions the attack on Karhar City which was the event of Ludwig's Dilemma (2/2) where Fawful and Johann XVIII destroyed the City with the Oblivion Cannon.

#### Other Carl Episodes

* On the Cutscene where Gooper confesses to Carl and his friends about Roxanne got kidnapped by Bodak, shocking them, except for Boo, who he forgot that he and Dry Bones had met when Dry Bones and Carl had a falling out in *Civil War (1/2)*

#### Donkey Kong Island

* Bodak tells Spaghetti Steve to dox a user known as Signal, a character Lanky mentioned in *Lanky’s Mistake* who was in his server using alts.