The Hole is the first segment in the Season Six episode "Terror Tales of the Park IV". It aired on October 29, 2014, and was written & storyboarded by Owen Dennis and Toby Jones.
Like with the rest of the "Terror Tales" saga, this story is non-canon, and treated as an in-universe story told by Pops.
Synopsis[]
The park guys gather for their annual sacrificial ritual.
Plot[]
The Park gang is attending a Halloween party at the house dressed as each of the 9 planets. Muscle Man (dressed as Mars) tells Pops (dressed as the sun) a joke, but then Skips (dressed as Jupiter) tells them that it's time. Benson (dressed as Saturn) tells them about the Halloween tradition, and that whoever is last it's their turn to be sacrificed to the hole. Their reason for doing this is an act of "survival", due to a mysterious fog that appeared, rendering them unable to leave the park. Pops begs Benson to not do it because of what happened to High Five Ghost the last year. Benson proceeds on and pulls Skips first, then Mordecai (dressed as the Earth), Muscle Man, who proceeds to rip out his underwear in his costume, Benson himself, and then Rigby (dressed as Uranus). Pops tells them about the hole and that how they are feeding him, pleasing them to not put him in there. Benson temporarily agrees with Pops, but then shoves him in the hole. He then tries to push him in the hole, but can't due to the size of Pops' head, asphyxiating the creature. Six months later, Pops is still living and Muscle Man tells the group, who are now enjoying some tea, about the joke that he told Pops. When Pops asks where they got this tea, Mordecai reveals to Pops that, much to their own embarrassment, when they left the park, nothing bad really happened. Benson further reveals that the fog was all in their heads, explaining it to be more of a psychological, existential kind of fog. Skips elaborates that the fog represented the whole group's fear of the outside, and what lies beyond there. The whole group then laughs following this revelation.
Characters[]
- Pops
- Benson
- Mordecai
- Rigby
- Skips
- Muscle Man
- Hi Five Ghost (skeleton)
- Thomas (skeleton)
Locations[]
Trivia[]
Pop Culture References[]
- The story's plot is similar to "The Lottery" written by Shirley Jackson.
- The actual hole is similar to the Sarlacc Pit in Star Wars: Return of the Jedi.
Official Releases[]
- On iTunes and Amazon Prime, the segment was included in the full digital release of "Terror Tales of the Park IV".
- The segment was also included as part of "Terror Tales of the Park IV" in the DVD release for Season Six.
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