Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future

Holiday Special: A Christmas Captivity

Plot: With the holidays near, the Nicktoons can't help but cheer! But there's only one problem, SpongeTron doesn't know what Christmas is! After some convincing, SpongeTron decides his creator, Jimmy, should give him a present for being a nice robot, only to find out he's naughty? Worse, after a day of Christmas shopping, SpongeTron, Jimmy, and friends are stranded in the mall after the Syndicate builds a weather machine that causes a blizzard in Retroville. With a rescue team in pursuit, can SpongeTron help his friends make it back home for Christmas and learn its true meaning?

Part 1

It was a bright and cheerful morning especially for what will come in just one day. After a night of snowfall, Dimmsdale is covered with a blanket of thick snow, enough for kids to play in. Tammy twirled around happily and lies flat on the ground making a snow angel. She got up and smiled at her masterpiece... until a snowball knocks her off her feet.

Tommy couldn't help but giggle after landing one on his sister. Tammy got up and smirked, making a snowball and throwing it at her brother. Tommy is hit and runs off as Tammy chased after him.

The twins kept throwing snowballs at each other, but Tommy stopped. He gestures Tammy to hide behind a tree. They look closer to see SpongeTron, walking around the snowy ground. The twins guessed Jimmy sent SpongeTron to look for them. The twins smiled at each other, getting an idea.

"Tammy!" SpongeTron called out as he walked through the snow while shaking cautiously with each step. "Tommy!" From behind a tree, a flurry of snowballs suddenly flew through the air and hit SpongeTron. Tommy and Tammy laughed and high-fived each other. SpongeTron got up and turned to the twins. He grinned as his lower body is now a giant tank. The rifle aims at the twins, who gasped.

Tommy and Tammy are pelted by the multiple snowballs from SpongeTron. The twins fall toward a hill and tumble down, forming into a giant snowball. SpongeTron looks up to see the giant snowball coming toward him. SpongeTron runs away, but is caught by it as the snowball keeps rolling and rolling until it crashes in an old oak tree.

From the pile of snow, the twins and SpongeTron poke up their heads to see Dimmsdale decorated with bright lights, ribbons, bells, including a familiar jolly old man. More townsfolk are putting up decorations with the help of the Fenton kids and one shaman-in-training. Yuki and Kida each hold a wreath and threw it in the air as Darry carefully fires two ecto-beams to push the wreaths into each door.

Tommy and Tammy got out of the pile to join in. Poof appeared and shakes his rattle to summon more lights around the street posts. SpongeTron gets up and brushes snow off him, looking at all the strange things he's never seen before when a jolly tune echoed into town.

Gary the snail was pulling a sleigh with Junior, Crash, Twitchy, Sally, Dolly, and Allie riding, with Buster pushing the sleigh of course. Buster, in a strange cheerful mood, was whistling 'Sleigh Ride' as he pushes his siblings toward the town. "Merry Christmas guys!" Buster called out happily.

"Buster...being joyful?" Kida asked, clinging to Darry's arm, "What kind of twisted universe have we entered into?!"

"Nah," Sally brushed off, "He's always like this for the holidays."

"It's probably the only time of the year when he's not so frowny." Allie added.

Tommy takes a deep breath and exhales, "Ya smell that? It's the scent of candy canes and gingerbread. You know what that means?"

"The bakery's giving free cookies?" Junior guessed.

"Oh! Oh! Ihopetheyhavenutnogwiththat!" Twitchy said, smacking his lips.

"No," Tommy said dully, "It means tomorrow is Christmas!"

"YEE-HAW!" Crash shouted excitedly as he jumped up in the air. "That means in only a day I'll be gettin' lots and lots of presents!"

"Huh?" SpongeTron pondered, confused by what he was talking about.

"Oh, I love Christmas," Tammy said lovingly, "The decorations... the Christmas cookies..."

"The presents..." Tommy added.

"The hot cocoa... playing in the snow..." Junior mentioned.

"And the presents," Tommy repeated.

"The choir singing songs... the happiness people are bringing," Buster recalled.

"Don't forget the presents," Tommy added again, making Tammy roll her eyes.

"Lighting the Menorah... spinning the dreidels…" Darry said dreamily.

"Eating the latkes and receiving the gelt..." Yuki agreed.

Everyone stared at the Fentons as Junior began to look confused, "I've never done any of that stuff for Christmas."

"Maybe you guys don't, but our multicultural family does," Yuki said proudly.

Everyone sighs and chorused, "I can't wait for Christmas..."

Then, SpongeTron walks up and asks, "What's Christmas?"

Suddenly, everyone stared at SpongeTron in surprise. "Don't be ridiculous, ST." Darry said. "You can't possibly not know what Christmas is."

"Christmas?" SpongeTron insisted his confusion over the holiday. "I don't get it. Frozen rain, decorations, cookies, presents, hot cocoa, and Menorahs? What's so special about it?"

"You seriously have never heard of Christmas?" Tammy asked, still in surprise.

SpongeTron shook his head in response. "Well, I guess it makes sense," Dolly admitted, "Our Pa and all of the Bikini Bottomites had no clue what Christmas was until Ma told 'em."

"Guess Neutron forgot to add holidays to his chip," Allie nudged Sally.

"Okay, so what is this Christmas?" SpongeTron asked again.

The gang thought it over, wondering how to explain to the robot. "No one really knows," Darry answered.

"What?" SpongeTron said surprised, "So why would you be celebrating if there's no meaning to it?"

"Of course there's a meaning," Buster also answered, "It's just... there's many meanings to what Christmas is about. Each of us interpret what it is, but don't really know what its true meaning is."

SpongeTron stared blankly at Buster, having no clue on what he just said. Buster smacked his head, "Let me explain in words even YOU can understand." He leans toward SpongeTron and explains... in song: "What is Christmas? Well, it's that one time of the year. What is Christmas?
It's a cup of fun and cheer."

Everyone smiles as SpongeTron listened on. "But there's more to that in this particular holiday. I'm even curious of what it means," Buster sang, "An indescribable feeling people gather and go. So I can't help but wonder... what's the true meaning of Christmas?"

"So what's Christmas?" SpongeTron asked with a shrug.

Tammy answered for him, cupping her ear, "A sound of joy we wanna hear!"

"Is that Christmas?" SpongeTron asked again.

"NO!" Tommy yelled out. "It's where we throw our presents in the air!" he said, holding out his present.

Dolly then jumped up, "We already know what we want for 'em holidays."

"A snowboard!" Allie shouted as she slid down the mountain on a snowboard.

"A science kit!" Sally shouted, wearing a lab coat as she held chemicals in front of a science kit spread out on a desk.

Crash sat in a catapult as he sang, "A catapult will do!" and pulled the lever which launched him through the air.

As Crash flies over, all the kids twirl around and sang, "This wonderful feeling we can't wait to bear, yet we can't help but wonder... What's the true meaning of Christmas?"

But SpongeTron still looked as confused as ever and asked, "Are there any factors during this Christmasy day?"

"Oh yes." Yuki nodded as she held a book and sang a high note, "There's carols we can sing!"

Junior then popped up, wearing a large red coat and hat. "There's Santa Claus!"

"Shiny lights!" Twitchy squealed, holding out colorful lights in front of his eyes.

Kida then held a large bucket of sweet substances, and tossed them into the air. "Sugar plums dancing around."

Twitchy grabs one and says "Boy, that sure does sound sweet…" before throwing it in his mouth.

SpongeTron just scratched his head with his finger and asked, "So what's the deal in this giant ma-gig?"

"Oh, you don't know a whole lot more," Darry said, poking SpongeTron on the nose, "In fact, there's Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year's. A lot of things that you may never know..."

But then Darry held his chin in thought, "Though I can't be certain if I can celebrate this time of year," and then smiled and placed a hand over his heart, "I can't help but feel this warmth right here. A time of the year where our families are together. An event that could bring me to tears."

Then Darry shrugged with a grin,"So I guess something's meaningful to this holiday. I even wonder what it truly is. An indescribable feeling our friends and family come and go."

"Oh, I really wanna know!" all the kids cried out with their hands up.

"What's the true meaning of Christmas?" Darry and Buster sang to SpongeTron.

"The one time of the year!" the twins and Cadets point out.

"Christmas."Buster sang happily.

The kids made a toast each with a cup of eggnog. "A cup of fun and cheer!"

"Christmas." Buster sang again.

The Nicktoons cup their ears and sing, "A sound of joy we wanna hear!"

"Christmas." Buster sang in a heavenly voice.

In two rows, opposite direction, the kids throw their toys up and sing once more, "Let's throw our presents in the air!"

After the song had ended, SpongeTron stood there astonished by everything he saw and heard. Darry ran up to him and excitedly asked, "So what do you think?"

"Do you understand what Christmas is now?" Buster asked also.

SpongeTron pondered all this and gasped in awe. "Dear Neptune! Is that what I think it is?"

"So you've seen the light?" Buster asked, but SpongeTron zoomed past the two, sweeping them off their feet. He dashes to a store and presses his face on the glass, breathing heavily and slowly. The gang walked over to see what SpongeTron was looking at. Through the glass was a high-tech futuristic Swiss army knife. SpongeTron's eyes gleamed, "It's so beautiful..."

"Uh... dude, it's just a cruddy Swiss army knife," Darry said dully.

"And not just any knife. It's THE Swiss Laser Knife 3000," a tall man said with a huge grin on his face. The kids could figure he was a salesman. He takes out one of his own and demonstrates the gadgets in it, "It has 129,000 uses! It has a laser cutter, a sling-shot, pliers, tweezers, flamethrower, crossbow, web slinger, and much...much...more!" SpongeTron smiled in amazement at the gadget as he reaches out to touch it, but the salesman holds it out of reach. "And for a reasonable price exclusive for the holidays, it could be yours." the salesman added.

"It has 259 uses that even I CAN'T do!" SpongeTron said in awe, "I must have it!" He takes his wallet from his chest compartment and looks at the money, "So how much?"

"Only 499 dollars!" the salesman grinned.

SpongeTron was flipping through his bills, but froze, "Four...four h-h-hund... but I don't have enough money to afford that."

"Oh...too bad, kid." the salesman said in a friendly tone. "Maybe you can beg your parents to get it for you as a Christmas present."

SpongeTron frowned, "But I don't have parents."

"Tsk, tsk, tough luck, kid. But for listening, here's a consolation prize!" the salesman hands SpogeTron a new item, "Your very own...keychain!"

SpongeTron opens his hand to find a small toy reindeer with a keychain attached. He squeezes it, making the toy squeak and its nose glow bright red. "Yippie," he said dourly and slumps away from the store of his prized desire.

Darry walked with him and said, "I'm sorry, SpongeTron. Maybe you can get something else."

"But I don't want something else." SpongeTron pointed out franticly. "If I don't get that Swiss Laser Knife, I don't know what I'd do. And according to this Christmas holiday you told me about, I have to get it as a gift."

Buster stared and smacked his head once more, "SpongeTron, didn't you hear what I talked about, what WE SANG about?!"

"Well, I did until I saw the gadget and remembered about getting presents," SpongeTron said and sighed once more.

"Come on, SpongeTron," Tammy said, "You can't just compute the meaning of the holidays. You have to feel it...in here." she said, pressing her hand on the left side of SpongeTron's chest.

SpongeTron stared and opens his chest compartment to pull out a strange clock-like device that's ticking and had a wire attached between it and his chest, "You mean my core processor?"

"Ew!" all the kids gagged, grossed that SpongeTron yanked his "heart" out.

"Dude, say it, don't show it," Tommy stuck out his tongue.

SpongeTron placed the gadget back in his chest. "Well, at least we know Neutron built a heart for him," Darry said.

"Yeah, along with every part of me," SpongeTron said and gasped in realization, "Of course! Even though the Creator's DNA completed me, it was Neutron who built me from scratch, which makes me technically his child!"

Tammy got a strange look, "That...kinda makes sense."

"Well, I am Maxie's 'big brother.' So that means," SpongeTron grinned, "I have a chance to get the Swiss Laser Knife, all I have to do is ask Neutron for it and I'll finally get what I want!"

"It wouldn't hurt to try I guess." Buster said as he pondered. "I just hope he noticed if you were good or not."

"That's right!" SpongeTron said cheerfully as he began to walk away. "I just know he'll say-" but then he stopped in his tracks. "Wait! What do you mean 'noticed if I were good or not'?"

"Oh right, you don't know." Darry explained. "You see, naughty kids don't get presents for Christmas."

"Instead, you get a big ugly lump of coal as punishment for your wrongdoings," Yuki added.

SpongeTron listened and scoffed, "And how on Earth would I be naughty? I inherited niceness from the Creator and I save the world every day. How bad can I be?" before walking to HQ to find Jimmy.

In one of the labs of Nicktoon HQ, Baby Max was in his playpen chewing on his teddy bear while Jimmy was busy looking under a microscope at a single snowflake. "Look at this, Max. The climate is becoming very cold this year. Probably record breaking."

But his concentration was broken by the sound of SpongeTron screaming, "COMMANDER!"

Jimmy cringed at the sudden sound until he turned to see SpongeTron standing eagerly behind him. "Oh, SpongeTron, it's you. I figured you'd be out enjoying the holiday."

"Jimmy, have I been a good boy this year?" SpongeTron asked, eyes big and gleaming.

Jimmy was surprised by this sudden question, "What?"

"Please! I really have to know." SpongeTron begged and pleaded, "I just found out that in order to get Christmas presents, you have to be good. And since I can't afford the Swiss Laser Knife, and other than my Creator who's busy getting gifts for his own kids, you're the only parent I have who can get it for me as a present, you gotta let me know how good I am at being good. So tell me! TELL ME!"

Jimmy stared blankly at SpongeTron, "SpongeTron, I know that you are and always will be a good boy…" SpongeTron gasped, shaking his fists, ready for his present until- "But I can't."

SpongeTron stopped, "What do you mean?"

"Ever since Max was born, we've been providing all the needs for him and still need to pay the utilities at HQ. We've been so busy that we paid more attention to the baby than each other. So Cindy and I agreed to cut off until we receive our monthly payment which isn't till the end of the year."

"So you're not gonna give presents?"

"Actually, I already shopped for gifts for everyone at HQ and I still have 500 dollars left," Jimmy explained again.

SpongeTron's face brightened up. "That's just enough!" he then smiled at Jimmy. "You haven't forgotten me, have you? I'm one of your most prized creations. I'm like your first son. And you even said so yourself, I've been a really good boy."

"SpongeTron, I've been saving that money for a long time to give something special to someone," Jimmy explained, but SpongeTron kept grinning, "Which is someone I've known... for quite a while... it's not you."

SpongeTron's grin suddenly dropped to a look of surprise. "What? But...but...you're still gonna get me something, right? The thing I told you about that I want? Right, co-creator that I love so much?"

"Well, I..." Jimmy began to say until his watch beeped, "Leapin' leptons! It's time already. Come on, SpongeTron, there's something I gotta do." He grabs SpongeTron, swoops him away, and slams the exit shut.

A second later, Jimmy returns to pick up Max, forgetting he can't leave the baby by himself. "You won't tell your mother, right?" Jimmy asked as Max spits up and laughs.

At the mall in Retroville, the Fenton and Turner kids were looking at all the fancy stuff at the mall. "Man, look at all this stuff," Yuki said, viewing all the decorations and lights, "I can't wait till Christmas tomorrow."

"I wonder what I can get Tommy." Tammy quietly pondered to Yuki. "I'm not sure what to get or if I can even afford it."

"Well, is there something Tommy wants for Christmas?"

"Tommy already got what he wanted. Dad gave him the Funtendo DS on his birthday and he can't take his eyes off his game," Tammy explains, "It's like his prized possession."

"Hmm..." Yuki pondered. "If he really loves it that much, maybe you can give him something to go with it. I'm sure if you give him something like that, he won't take his eyes off your present either."

Tammy thought it over and said, "Yeah, that sounds like a great idea. I should find something here if I look around."

Meanwhile, Tommy was mindlessly playing on his Funtendo DS while Darry was drinking a shake. "So you have any plans on what to get for your sister?" he asked his younger teammate.

"Can't...focus...on anything." Tommy answered, not taking his eyes off the screen.

"Dude... you really should think about what you're gonna get Tams." Darry insisted. "Who knows? She might get you something really gnarly."

"Yes...gnarly's good." Tommy said, still playing his game. "But don't know...what to get."

Darry looked annoyed and grabs the game out of Tommy's reach. "Hey!" Tommy yelled.

"So how about you focus less on gaming and more on shopping," Darry suggested, putting the game away.

"Look, as much as I want to give my sis something, I don't think I have enough to spend on her," Tommy explained, "Besides, I don't know what she'll want from me..."

Poof appears out of nowhere with an idea. "Poof poof!" he said.

"Hey, that doesn't sound like a bad idea," Tommy smiled.

"What?" Darry asked, not understanding Tommy's godparent. "What sounds like a good idea?"

"Poof says that Jimmy made her a high-tech watch." Tommy explained. "But the strap got broken, so she has to carry it in her pocket now."

Darry smiled with an idea. "So you're thinking what I'm thinking?"

"Oh yeah," Tommy asked, rubbing his hands together, "So can I get my Funtendo back?" Darry frowned when they spot SpongeTron following Jimmy Neutron, who was pushing Max in a stroller.

They decide to follow their robot friend when Darry asked, "So did you get your gift yet?"

SpongeTron turned to them and pouted, "Jimmy said he can't afford to get me a gift, but has enough to get something for someone else!"

"Well..." Darry stammered as he tried to think of something to say. "Maybe it's something for Max. He's his son after all…by actual birth."

"And it is Max's first Christmas," Tommy added.

"But what about me?" SpongeTron asked. "This is my first Christmas too. Shouldn't I get what I want in order to make my first Christmas special?"

"Ho ho ho!" a jolly voice echoed. The three boys turn and Poof pointed his rattle to Jimmy, who was walking with Max to the center of the mall where kids are lining up to meet a well-known man in a red and white suit. "Merry Christmas!" the stranger said to the young children.

"Who's that?" SpongeTron asked.

Tammy and Yuki walked over and answered, "That's Santa Claus," Tammy pointed out, "He's one of the most important figures of the Christmas holiday. He decides which children are naughty or nice and brings the good kids presents all over the world."

SpongeTron gasped once more in realization. "No wonder Jimmy came here! He's gonna ask Santa for my present. But why should he ask when I can ask him myself!"

"Wait, SpongeTron, he's not really-" Yuki was about to say, but SpongeTron zoomed forward to reach Santa. "...Never mind."

A man in an elf costume was taking a picture of Santa with a kid on his lap. "Have you been a good boy this year?" Santa asked the boy. The kid was about to answer until a fast blur suddenly shoved him off of Santa's lap and SpongeTron was now sitting in his place, grinning eagerly as if nothing happened.

"Hi Santa!" SpongeTron giggled with a wave.

Though surprised by this, Santa regained himself and responded, "Oh, uh, hello little robot. What is your name?"

"I'm ST Unit-001," SpongeTron said with pride, "I know I've been a good boy this year and I can't wait for you to bring me my present.

"Ho ho ho," Santa said, holding SpongeTron up, "I'm sure you are, but let's check my new invention...the Nice 'O Naughty-anator!" He shows SpongeTron a strange but Christmasy meter-like device with a chair strapped to it. "This device reviews all the things you've done in the past and decides if you're good or not."

"It's so shiny," SpongeTron said, beaming up and shrugs as Santa places him on the chair and turns on the meter device, "But I'm sure I have no need for that machine, cuz I'm positively sure that I'm-" Suddenly, the machine whirs about and starts to short circuit, when the neon sign displays "Naughty."

Tommy, Tammy, Darry, and Yuki gasped. So did SpongeTron in disbelief, "I'm... naughty?"

"Hmmm…" Santa wondered, "I was sure he fixed the kinks, maybe we can try-"

"I'M NAUGHTY!" SpongeTron screamed out, "NOOOO!" he ran off in shame, sobbing as the gang plus Yuki, follow him.

Santa stares back when the device short-circuits again and displays "Nice." "There, that should do it," Jimmy said from behind the machine, "Just give a call if this machine gives you trouble, Fenton."

Santa pulled down his beard slightly to reveal that it was actually Danny Fenton playing Santa in the mall. "Thanks Jimmy." he said with a wink. "This will make my job easier."

Jimmy gave a thumb up, saying to the giggling Max as he places his toolbox in the basket under the stroller, "Just a few more hours and we'll be back home celebrating your first Christmas," and walked away, pushing the stroller.

Danny snapped the beard back to his face and turns to the next kid. It was Twitchy. "Santa, Santa! IknowwhatIwantforChristmas!"

"And what is it that you want for Christmas, little boy?" Danny asked in a deep jolly voice.

Twitchy sits on his lap and spat spontaneously, "IwannaafiretruckandaredsleighandawagonandacowboytoyandaponyandastuffeddinorsaurandaMermaidManactionfigurewithaBarnacleBoysidekickandatoyrobotanda..."

Meanwhile, SpongeTron was lying in a fetal position under a drinking fountain as he cried after learning that he was actually "naughty". His friends were crouching down toward him to try and console him. "Come on, SpongeTron." Darry assured. "It's not the end of the world."

"Yes, it is!" SpongeTron cried out, "Santa says I'm NAUGHTY! Can you believe it? I'm naughty! And because of that, I'll NEVER get a present."

"But you can't REALLY be naughty." Tammy considered.

"You did push a kid aside to get on Santa's lap." Tommy pointed out until Tammy punched his arm, "Ow!"

"But come on, SpongeTron," Yuki added, "Not everyone's perfect."

"But not perfect enough for Santa." SpongeTron said as he cried some more. "This is my worst Christmas ever- and my only Christmas ever!"

But Yuki sighed and pointed out, "That wasn't even the real Santa."

SpongeTron sat up from the fountain and asked in shock, "It's not."

And for some strange reason, Darry even asked, "It's not?"

"It's someone who was hired to wear a Santa Claus costume," Yuki explained, "Santa Claus lives in the North Pole, remember?"

"Yeah," Tammy added, "The real Santa knows everything. He knows when you're asleep, and he knows when you're awake."

"But he knows if you've been bad or good," SpongeTron slumped once more.

"ST, just deal with it," Tommy said, a bit annoyed, "Maybe he'll change his mind. A week before my last Christmas, I broke Tammy's new toy. She was really mad about it..."

"Until Tommy fixed my new toy for me," Tammy added, "And I was really happy. That's when Tommy got another new toy for Christmas."

"Dad said it was the nicest thing I've ever done." Tommy proudly added.

As he listened to this, SpongeTron's eyes widen with an idea, "Nicest thing ever done..." then he smiled and jumped into the air, "That's it!"

"Ok, what are you thinking?" Yuki asked getting a bit worried.

"There's only one way to counteract 'naughty'." SpongeTron said as he rubbed his hands in anticipation. "With 'niceness'. So in order to get what I want, I must be NICE!"

"But you already have SpongeBob's niceness." Darry pointed out. "More than one should."

"But not enough to convince, Santa," SpongeTron said pondered, "I got to do something nice if I wanna get that Swiss Laser Knife, but how?" He stops when he notices a woman holding a stack of presents that start to topple over. Seeing the opportunity, SpongeTron dashes over and catches the woman's presents when they fall over. "Allow me to help you with your boxes, ma'am." he said politely.

But the woman just glared and shouted, "Weirdo!" and hit SpongeTron on the head with her umbrella before taking her presents back and walking away.

His friends wince as they watch this while SpongeTron stood there dizzily as he wobbled back and forth. "That didn't go well."

"Maybe you should do something nice for people you weren't nice to before," Yuki suggested.

"That's brilliant!" SpongeTron shouted with a smile. "Just you wait. Next time you see me, I'll be the nicest robot around!"

After the robot ran away, his friends stared at him until Darry daggered at Yuki and mentioned, "No one ever told me that the Santa here wasn't real."

Back at HQ, Cindy was decorating the interior to brighten up the place. But so far, she only placed a wreath on the door. She smiles, but frowns while sighing, "'No Neutron, let me do the decorating. It's not like I have anything better to do...' What was I thinking?"

Suddenly, the door opens and SpongeTron walks in. "Greetings Mrs. Neutron." he waves as the door closes behind him.

"Hey SpongeTron," she greeted as well. "What are you doing back? I thought you, Max, and Jimmy were at the mall."

"I was." SpongeTron answered until he got an innocent smile. "But I thought I'd come back here and help you decorate."

Cindy smiled and replied, "Oh, SpongeTron, that's sweet of you. I could use a little help with the lights."

"Lights, got it." SpongeTron said as he pulled a string of Christmas lights out of a box and reached up toward the wall to hang them up. "This will get me closer to being nice in no time."

"What?" Cindy asked, unsure of what she heard.

"Nothing!"

Thanks to his hyper speed, SpongeTron managed to decorate everything inside HQ with Christmas lights. "Done!" SpongeTron said, dusting himself.

"Thanks, SpongeTron," Cindy smiled, "Now leave the rest to-"

"Anything else you want me to do?" SpongeTron asked.

Cindy was unsure, but ponders, "Well…"

Soon, SpongeTron puts up more decorations by placing snow globes, novelties, wreaths, and candy canes all around HQ, even outside. SpongeTron zooms to Cindy, wondering what she'll task him to do next.

Then, SpongeTron is in the kitchen, using many of his gadgets and gizmos to make cookies, eggnog, and many other treats. He places them on a table and lights up several candles. He dashes back to Cindy, relaxing on the couch by the cozy fire. She smiled and pointed behind for another task.

Outside, the whole Nicktoon gang was heading inside when SpongeTron blurs past them. They watch as SpongeTron makes a snowman in front of HQ, and rockets away. They stared at where he's flying to and see he's in a forest of pine trees. The kids wince as a large tree timbers. They look up as SpongeTron holds the large tree with one hand and brings it inside HQ. The group follows him inside as Cindy makes several cups of hot chocolate.

"I never knew SpongeTron can be so charitable," Cindy said to the kids, "He's being more helpful than usual."

"Yeah," Darry said as he held his chin. "A little too helpful."

"Done!" SpongeTron smiled, having completed the Christmas tree full of lights and ornaments. Everyone looked amazed at this.

"And now for the final touch," Cindy said, "The Christmas star."

"Star?" SpongeTron said in surprise as he looked out the window to see stars in the night sky. "It may take a while, but okay." he said as he was about to activate his rockets.

"No SpongeTron," Cindy said as she pulled out an ornamental star from out of a box. "I mean this star."

The children's eyes widen and twinkle at the beauty of the star. "Wow," Tammy said in amazement. "That's really gonna go on the top of the tree?"

"Yep," Cindy said, "Okay, so which one of you wants to put the star on top!"

"I DO!" Darry, Tommy, Tammy, Yuki, Buster, Junior, Crash, and Twitchy yelled out, but froze when they realize the situation.

"I get to put the star on top!" Darry angrily insisted.

"No way!" Yuki shouted back. "Why should you?"

"If'n anyone gets to put that there star on top of that tree, it'll be me!" Crash pointed out. "I can get up there with a single jump."

"I'm the one who makes less trouble so I should do it!" Buster yelled out.

"I WANNA DO IT!" Tammy and Tommy both shout in unison, but upon noticing this, they growl angrily at each other.

"Iwannaputthestarup! Iwannaputthestarup!" Twitchy shouted as he ran around in circles.

While everyone argued, Junior simply raised his hand and calmly said with a smile, "I can put the star on top of the tree."

"NO, YOU WON'T!" the kids snapped back at him and argue once more.

After hearing this, Junior's eyes immediately start to water and he bursts into tears, crying, "WHAAAA-HAAAAA!"

The kids grab the box and start to fight over the star. Cindy backs off and turns to SpongeTron, "Well, aren't YOU gonna do something about it?"

"What?" SpongeTron questioned with a shrug. "I don't see what's so great about putting a star on a tree."

The Nicktoons kept clawing and pulling at the box when suddenly, it slips out of their hands. As the box flies into the air, the star falls out and shatters into the ground. Everyone gasps to see the star broken into pieces on the floor. "That was my mother's antique Christmas star," she said, glaring angrily.

The kids bow their heads in shame when Tammy suggests, "You can get a new one."

"Yeah, but it's the last shopping day til Christmas," Cindy said, "I won't have time to get a new star."

"I saw a ton of Christmas ornaments on sale at the mall." Darry pointed out. "They have to have a star there. If we hurry, we can make it there before they close."

SpongeTron's eyes brighten, "I can get you that star, Mrs. Neutron!"

"You'd really do that, SpongeTron?" Cindy asked.

"Of course," SpongeTron said as he walked toward the door. "It'll be the NICEST thing I've done yet."

Before he could reach the door, Tammy suggested, "Why don't we go with you, SpongeTron?"

"Yeah, it won't hurt to do some last-minute shopping," Tommy agreed.

"Why not?" SpongeTron smiled with a shrug. "The more the merrier."

"I'll come too." Yuki said. "I can take advantage of the gingerbread cookie sales they have."

"I'm in! I'm in!" Twitchy yelled, hearing the world "cookies."

"Anything for Yu-" Crash sighed, but realized and corrected himself, "I mean, anythin' for 'em cookies!"

Buster shrugs, "I guess I'll come too." As he joined the group, he turns to Darry and Junior, "How about you guys?"

"Sorry, but the 'My Happy Pretty Seahorse Christmas Special' is on and I don't wanna miss it," Junior giggled and dashed over to where the flatscreen TV is.

"And I'm gonna prepare the sufganiyot before Mom gets home," Darry mentions and walks to the kitchen.

"Whatever." Tommy said as he turned away. "We'll be back later."

SpongeTron, Tommy, Tammy, Crash, Twitchy, and Buster walked outside HQ when Cindy asked Yuki, "Aren't sufganiyots for Hanukkah?"

"We're a multicultural family," Yuki causally explains and walks out to meet with the others.

Christmas is a favorite time of the year, and these Nicktoons might not have it easy. How will a certain robot find joy in Christmas? And what will they get for Christmas? Please leave a review for what you think so far and stick around for part 2.