Fanon/How Mr Dark Stole Christmas!
How Mr Dark Stole Christmas! is an episode of season 4 of The Adventures Of Rayman, and is the Christmas special to the show. Santa makes his debut in this episode.
synopsis
It’s Christmas in the Glade Of Dreams, and Rayman and pals are ready to celebrate the holidays! But when Mr Dark steals the Star Crystal, our heroes must get it back before Christmas Morning.
plot
The episode begins with Rayman and the gang singing a song about how much they love the holidays, where they join together and start decorating the Sacred Tree, ending with them placing the Star Crystal on the top of the tree. After they finish their song, they talk about their plans for Christmas and how they all want to be at the winter festival on Christmas Day with their families. However, Rayman is sad because he doesn’t have a family to celebrate Christmas with, since Betilla is still trapped in the Nightmare Veil. Jason suggests that he should still come to the festival with them and have a good time, which Rayman agrees to.
The scene cuts to Mr Dark, who is hanging out at a ski resort. It appears that Ales Mansay and Dark Rayman convinced him to stay with them at the ski resort for Christmas. He tells them that he is going to go on the ski hill, and sleds down into the village. When he arrives at the village, he starts causing trouble with all the Christmas-related things. After a while of causing chaos, he hears caroling at the Sacred Tree, and he eavesdrops on the conversation about the Star Crystal, and he decides that he wants to steal it and ruin Christmas for everyone.
He heads back to the Dark Kingdom, where he and his henchmen have a meeting about the Star Crystal. He decides to disguise himself as Santa, Ales as an elf, 8 dragons as the reindeer, and Dark Rayman as Rudolph. They all board the sleigh and fly off. As they are flying, everyone is having a Christmas party at Rayman’s house. After a while of celebrating, Chuck and Jack notice a sleigh land in the forest. They become so excited that they run off into the woods in order to see Santa.
They bring Mr Dark into the house, and everyone gets excited, not knowing that he stole the Star Crystal. The baby globoxes walk up to him and present their Christmas wish lists. Rayman has a special wish; he wants Betilla back. Mr Dark tells him that he can’t give him that right now, saddening Rayman. Ales Mansay decides to pull gifts out of his bag and give them to everyone, and he also presents them a gift that they can open right now. They open it, but it turns out to be a trap, as everyone gets ensnared in Darkroots. Mr Dark then reveals himself, and says that he stole the Star Crystal, thus canceling Christmas. They both laugh and walk out of the house.
Barbara has an idea; she takes her axe and uses it to free herself and everyone else. The team then devise a plan to stop Mr Dark, recover the Star Crystal and save Christmas. They make their way to Mr Dark’s Castle, where they find out that Mr Dark has also captured the real Santa. They free him, but are then caught by Henry and Moe. They hide behind some statues of Mr Dark, where Santa tells tham that due to being captured, he may not have enough time to deliver the presents by himself, so the gang decide to split up; Rayman, Globox, Barbara, and Jason will recover the Star Crystal, while Chuck, Jack, Murfy, and Ly help Santa deliver the rest of the presents.
As team A are looking for the Star Crystal, the scene frequently cuts to team B delivering presents for a short amount of time. Some of the presents they deliver include 2 new fiddles for Red Devil, a new gun for Count Razoff, blueprints for a new airship for Teen Punk, a treasure map for The Captain, costumes for Space Mama, and plum tree seeds for Tarayzan.
Rayman’s team grabs the Star Crystal, but are then chased by Mr Dark as they jump out the window, with Mr Dark close behind, chasing them in his sleigh. This starts a chase sequence where the gang is playing keep-away with the Star Crystal while skiing down the hill, ice-skating across a lake, and snowshoeing. The chase sequence happens until they get to the Sacred Tree. As Mr Dark swipes the Star Crystal, Santa flies overhead and gives a gift to Rayman, telling him to open it now, which he does. Inside it is a Heavy Metal Fist combat fatigue, which he uses to punch Mr Dark’s sleigh and send it flying back into Mr Dark’s Castle, dropping the Star Crystal in the process. Afterwards, Jason puts the Star Crystal back on the Sacred Tree. Santa’s sleigh returns, and everyone cheers, as Christmas has been restored. Santa tells them that he is going to be at the Winter Festival with them tomorrow, and advises them to get a good-night’s sleep, since he can’t give them any presents until they do so.
Rayman wakes up the next morning, walks into his living room, and sadly begins opening his presents, when he notices a huge present. Out of curiosity, he opens it, and to his surprise, out comes Betilla, overjoying Rayman. They share a heartwarming moment together before they both go to the Winter Festival. When they arrive, everyone else’s presents are revealed; Globox got a plum juice-making machine, Barbara got a new battle axe, Chuck and Jack both got roller skates, Murfy got an encyclopedia, Ly got a yoga ball, and Jason got the Castle Ramparts playset for Rayman Adventures console edition. Rayman reveals that he also got a new ukulele, and begins using it to play the traditional carol We Wish You A Merry Christmas. The heroes and the locals all have a merry Christmas. At the end of the credits, Jason can be heard saying “Joyeux Noel!” which is French for “Merry Christmas!”
A post-credits scene plays, showing Mr Dark as he wakes up to a present. Having freed Betilla, he managed to get on the nice list. He opens it, and finds what he always wanted; a gun that shoots out darkmess puddles. He is noticeably happy, and gets a new appreciation for the holidays. As he is admiring his gift, Ales Mansay and Dark Rayman peak out from behind the Christmas tree and say “Merry Christmas, Mr Dark.”
songs
trivia
-The episode is a spinoff of the book How The Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr Seuss.
-This is the second-longest episode, after A Ray Of Hope.
-An instrumental version of We Wish You A Merry Christmas plays in the title card.
-Snowbrina cameos at the beginning of the episode, where she is snowboarding down a hill.
-Dark Rayman’s reindeer outfit resembles Sven from the movie Frozen.