Tales from the SMP



Here's a carrd that has all of the episodes in order.

Turn Back Time - Derivakat




Tales from the SMP serves as a sort of relaxed way for members of the server to try out new characters and flex their improv skills in a new environment. Each stream is silly and almost nonsensical with an interesting twist and theme. At the end of each episode, more of Karl's story would be revealed to the audience, and explain why he was sent in the first place. Season One ran from Episode One to Episode Eight. Season Two had one episode with a promise for a second. More were supposed to be released. As of now, the series is considered defunct, but Karl is working with a well-known comic book publisher to hopefully release more stories in comic book form.




Episode One: Legends of Gogtopia, the Town that Never Was

A comic book cover depicting the first tales episode. Karl stands in the center with a finger over his mouth while George, Bad, Sam, and Fundy stand in the background. A red timer reading sixty minutes glitches above Karl's head. The text reads 'Legends of Gogtopia. The town that never was. What started from nothing is nothing once more. Karl JacobsArt by Flowbytee

December 26, 2020

This episode serves as a sort of pilot long before Karl thought of the concept as Tales as a whole. The premise is Karl gathered some friends from the server and asked them to build a town in the middle of nowhere. After an hour of building, they named the town Gogtopia and then Karl blew it up, poking a bit of fun at L'manberg.




Episode Two: The Village that Went Mad

A comic book cover depicting the second tales episode. Karl stands in the center looking scared. Behind him are various characters from the episode, Lazarbeam, Corpse Husband, Bad, Dream, Quackity, and George. They all stand in a spooky-looking forest late at night. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents: The village that went mad. Saturday 8pm est. Starring: Karl Jacobs, Badboyhalo, Quackity, Lazarbeam, Corpse, Georgenotfound, Dream, And more! twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytee

January 2, 2021

This was a more refined pilot episode for the series, as this is the first episode with differing characters and skins. The premise of this episode is that this is a small village living way back in time before Dream and his friends even settled in the area. In a sort of Town of Salem/Mafia-type game, one by one, each of the town's members get picked off by the evil of the town until there is only one left.




Episode Three: The Beach Episode

A comic book cover depicting the third tales episode. Dream stands in the center of the poster wearing a Hawaiian shirt and looking confused. Sapnap stands to his right and Quackity to his left. In the background, Karl sits on a beach reading a book. A pirate ship is seen on the ocean's horizon. There is also a treasure chest buried partially in the sand. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents The Beach Episode. Saturday 8pm est. Starring: Karl Jacobs, Dream, Quackity, Sapnap, Georgenotfound, Badboyhalo, Ranboo. twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytree

January 9, 2021

This takes place in an unknown time but stars some of the current (for the time) SMP cast as pirates looking for treasure after finding a beached ship.




Episode Four: The Lost City of Mizu

A comic book cover depicting the fourth tales episode. Ranboo, Bad, Karl, and Quackity are all centered in the middle of the cover while Dream stands ominously above them. In the background, there are skyscrapers but it's drawn in a way to look like Bioshock so that they're underwater. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents The Lost City of Mizu. Saturday 8pm est. Starring: Karl Jacobs, Ranboo, Quackity, Badboyhalo, Dream. twitch.tv/karljacobsAry by Flowbytree

January 24, 2021

This episode takes place centuries after the original story of the SMP. Four fishermen happen upon a hidden underwater city that remains empty save for one lone survivor. The survivor, a sort of historian descended from Ranboo, leads the four fishermen around the city. Each of the rooms in the underwater city acts as a sort of shrine for each of the main characters as we know them from the original story, but the memory of them is very off and skewed from the many years of stories being passed around by a family known to have memory problems.

This is also where Karl's lore starts. Karl is revealed to be a time traveler, wanting to keep track of the stories. He is sent back to the SMP after the episode and opens a book to write it down and add it to his library.




Write it Down - Derivakat




Episode Five:The Masquerade

A comic book cover depicting the fifth tales episode. Niki, Dream, and Technoblade all stand in the center of the cover with masquerade masks on. In the background, Karl is reading a book on the stairs of a lavish mansion. A crystal chandelier hangs from the cieling. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents The Masquerade. Wednesday 6pm est. Starring: Karl Jacobs, Technoblade, Dream, Sapnap, Ranboo, Fundy, Nihachu, Quackity. twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytree

February 3, 2021

This episode takes place in the past before the events of the SMP. Karl is sent to a mansion in disguise the night of a masquerade ball. Sir Billiam offers his home graciously to his guests to have fun, but as the night progresses, it's quickly realized that there's a murderer amongst them. One by one, the guests are picked off, and Karl does his best to try to figure out who it is before he's next.

This episode also connects the past and the current story by giving some egg lore. As it turns out, Sir Billiam had found a strange egg under ground and decided to build a lavish mansion around it. The egg demanded souls, so Sir Billiam kidnapped a child to serve as his butler and help him corral poor people to the egg to be killed. As the final guest left alive, Karl is pushed in front of the egg and presumably killed.

A drawing of Sir Billiam and Ranbutler standing in front of the egg. In front of them is a long table set for a meal, but all of the guests seated around the table have died. The food remains uneaten. Sir Billiam lifts a toast to the camera, an invite to join them.Art by @sw4nfire

After the episode ends, Karl is sent to a beautiful but empty white castle. This is the Inbetween, a place for Karl to stay while he recouperates from his travels. A single note, from an unknown author, tells Karl to remember these stories, that while his time travels are involuntary, writing things down will help prevent the damage to Karl's memory and body. After this, Karl is sent back to the SMP as we know it and he opens up an empty book to write what happened down.





Episode Six: The Wild West

A comic book cover depicting the sixth tales episode. Niki, Corpse, and Fundy stand in the center dressed up like cowboys. In the back, Karl is seen leaning against a rock and reading a book. They all stand in a desert/badlands aread with cacti around them. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents The Wild West. Sunday 7pm est. Starring: Karl Jacobs, Corpse, Technoblade, Tubbo, Ranboo, Quackity, Sapnap, Badboyhalo, Fundy, ConnorEatsPants. twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytree

February 14, 2021

This episode takes place in the past, assumed just after the Masquerade. A wanted poster hanging up in town looks oddly like Sir Billiam next to a missing child poster. Karl joins the town as a weary traveler stopping by for the night. However, a team of bandits run through and rough everyone up to the point where the town must band together to stop the bandits from stealing everything again.

Karl is teleported back to the Inbetween where he finds a note that tells him to explore more of the castle. As he does, he runs into alternate versions of himself aimlessly wandering the castle, not acknowledging the current Karl at all. In fact, these Karls seem to phase right through the current one. He finds another note telling him that the castle is alive and will help Karl learn to retain his memories. Karl keeps exploring and finds another note that urgently tells Karl to not stray from the path, and another promising that Karl will some day stop losing himself and his memories.




Tell Your Story - Derivakat




Episode Seven: The Haunted Mansion

A comic book cover depicting the seventh tales episode. George and Karl stand in the center of the cover looking lost as Karl reads from his book. In the background, a spooky mansion sits high up on a hill. Schlatt's mascot, Rammie, stands outside the manison on a rock looking down at the two. Lightning strikes from the sky. The text reads: Tales from the SMP presents The Haunted Mansion. Thursday 8pm est. twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytree

March 4, 2021

This takes place a bit into the future of the current SMP, but it's unclear by how much. Glatt, Schlatt's ghost, has trapped an assortment of friends and strangers in a mansion and has set up three challenges for the group to complete before he lets them leave. Connor is also present as himself, which starts many viewers to believe that he's a second time traveler (in conjunction with the Wild West episode).

Karl's story starts to get more complicated as he is sent to the Inbetween again. This time, the castle is a bit spookier as Karl finds books once again warning him to not stray from the path as well as an entity watching Karl's every move inside the empty castle. He also finds more books alluding to a portal located somewhere within the castle. Karl is teleported back to his library before he could investigate too much.




Episode Eight: The Pit

A comic book cover depicting the eighth tales episode. Karl stands in the center of the cover, ready to take notes in his book, pen in hand, as he looks at a very large and ornate golden and purple-jeweled crown. A black wither rose lays next to the crown. In the background, there looks to be a Roman colluseum like building. The text reads: Tales from the SMP present: The Pit. Friday 7pm est. Cast to be announced. twitch.tv/karljacobsArt by Flowbytree

March 20, 2021

This episode takes place centuries into the future and one year exactly before the Lost City of Mizu's episode. Karl is sent to a gladitorial competition to serve as a cameraman for the emperor. There, he must film the annual fight to determine the new general.

The more that Karl explores the Inbetween, the more that the Inbetween starts to glitch. Karl finds more books in both the normal Inbetween and the weird, darker, glitchier version that contradict each other. He finds the portal that the books mentioned and jumps in, dropping him off at a black and fiery castle, named the Other Side. Karl finds a new book here, congratulating him on finding the way there and insisting that Karl was home at last.





Tell Your Story (Extended) - Derivakat




Episode Nine: The Maze

This is a comic book cover in a very different style compared to the previous covers. The previous ones looked more like movie posters while this is a very true rendition of a classic 1950s comic book cover depicting the ninth tales episode. The cover shows an old CRTV in a wooden paneled basement. Karl is on the screen getting sucked into a swirling green and purple vortex as sparks race up the antennas. An hourglass sits on top of the TV, pouring sand down. The TV sits on top of two books, The Labyrinth of Crete and Withering Roses. Another CRTV sits next to the main one with the antagonist, Mr. Circle's face on it. He looks very much like the actor, Slimecicle, does in real life. Mr. Cicle is dressed as a game show hose with a microphone and is saying 'Just make a choice, Karl!' There is a smaller CRTV above Mr. Cicle's reading Back for Season 2. Finally, there is a poster on the wall above the TVs that reads Tales from the SMP above a giant diagram of a circular maze with a small tag reading XD. The text reads: The Maze #01. Featuring Karl Jacobs, Quackity, Sapnap, Georgenotfound, Dream, Tubbo, Badboyhalo, Punz, Technoblade, Jack Manifold, Foolish Gamers, & Slimecicle. This Friday 6pm est on twitch.tv/karljacobs.Art by Reinfalllz

February 11, 2022

This episode takes place centuries after the era where The Pit and Lost City of Mizu took place where contestants are placed into a dangerous maze and must escape before they lose their lives.

Karl is sent to a liminal space where it's revealed that Dream XD gave Karl these time traveling abilities. After talking for a bit, Karl chooses to go to the Other Side where he meets the Overseer. The Overseer tells Karl that the more that he visits the Other Side, the more that his time traveling abilities will manifest, and the more that would affect his time-traveling self (as opposed to his current self living in the original story as we know it). Karl doesn't want to time travel anymore, only wanting to stay within his own time as his memories are starting to fade and he doesn't recognize some important people like his fiances. The Overseer tells him that he should time travel because he can help those out who need it. Karl remains conflicted and goes to visit the Inbetween and its Overseer.




Episode Ten: Space Race

Has not aired

This was a promised episode announced sometime around The Pit's airing. However, Karl stated that he didn't want Space Race to premier the new season and pushed the episode back. As of today, the episode has not aired and nothing has been released in regards to it.

Presumably, the episode would have taken place far into the future where inhabitants are in space. Whether the episode would have been contained in a single airship and played out like a game of Among Us, or if it would be more like a treasure hunt, the plotline remains unsure.




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