Player characters · first: TH E1
Car-Go Jones
Car-Go Jones is a car-mo-bot, a toy robot that changes into a car, played by Travis: in car form a wood-sided 1970s station wagon, in robot form a cream-and-gold older-style toy who has been with the family for a while TH E1·00:18:07 TH E1·00:19:21. In the storm drain he tells Charger that there is unrest in the house, that he does not trust what is happening there, and that they have to stand against Felix TH E1·00:19:56 TH E1·00:20:37. Charger reminds him that he was Max's toy before he was Dylan's TH E1·00:20:03. When he transforms, his weapon, a tailpipe rapier, comes out of his wrist TH E1·00:28:02 TH E1·00:28:06.
Car-Go Jones is Dylan's old toy, a station-wagon car-mo-bot who was Max's before he was Dylan's, and he sets out to stop Felix Flick for Dylan's sake TH E1·00:20:03 TH E1·00:55:26. After he stabs Speed, Felix has him taken to the drain's edge; Boomer fakes the throw and Car-Go lands on a chunk of floating wood TH E1·00:28:39 TH E1·00:34:28 TH E1·00:34:51. Rick and Agnes pull him out of the drainage ditch, and he builds the heist team, telling Bean that Dylan is his child and giving each member a role TH E6·02:01:28 TH E1·01:52:18 TH E1·01:54:11. His plan has three steps, beginning with information on the vault's location TH E1·01:57:17 TH E1·01:59:36.
In TH_02 he memorizes the whole dossier, avoids Felix, who still sees him leaving and calls him alive, and tries to scare Marty as a ghost TH E2·00:25:44 TH E2·00:28:46 TH E2·01:32:58 TH E2·00:43:26. In TH_03 he says he was recognized at Shoeby's, leads the planning, and, disguised by Rick as a fancy robot, goes to meet the dealer Speck TH E3·00:29:58 TH E3·00:37:37 TH E3·00:59:15. Brennan tells the table that Felix wants him above all, and Travis answers "I love this." TH E3·01:50:32 TH E3·01:50:37. On the night of the heist he plays catatonic on Felix's floor, after asking TI for mines in his chest and a remote trigger in case the quarters cannot be got out TH E4·00:04:10 TH E4·01:19:48. He sees a peanut on Felix's desk, and Travis says Dylan is allergic to peanuts TH E4·00:39:52. Brennan frames the job as personal for Car-Go, and a search finds Felix's plans to starve out the Tik-Teks and to send a forged email about mulching compost heaps TH E4·00:58:04 TH E4·01:50:00 TH E4·01:50:40.
In TH_05 he stands up and says "You're a long way from the heap, Tap." TH E5·00:05:23. Felix answers that his name is Tip, and Car-Go threatens to blow up the vault TH E5·00:05:50 TH E5·00:06:18. Rick arrests him as part of the act, and Travis states that he and Agnes are "made" TH E5·00:17:46 TH E5·01:08:36. He sneak-attacks a steward and shoves Speed away to draw the pursuers TH E5·01:42:04 TH E5·01:44:01. In TH_06 he leads the party into the side vent and tells Bean that Marty and Felix are the grandsons of Snow Pea and Raindrop TH E6·00:03:51 TH E6·00:17:42. He beats Speed in the chase, is hit by a catapult bead, and is saved in mid-air by Bean TH E6·00:35:11 TH E6·00:44:50 TH E6·01:25:21. Bean buckles Felix into him, and Car-Go transforms with Felix inside and kills him TH E6·01:40:47 TH E6·01:42:08. In the epilogue flashback he tells Rick the part of the plan not shared with the others TH E6·02:01:46. Asked what he will do with the quarters, he answers "Same thing I've always done, make my kid happy" TH E6·02:02:50. Dylan finds three candy bars and a station wagon in his tent, transforms him, and Max names him Car-Go Jones TH E6·02:02:54 TH E6·02:03:35 TH E6·02:04:06.
Character sheet — Tiny Heist
Tiny Heist sheet of Car-Go Jones (played by Travis). Only what is said in play or shown on the on-screen stat cards; dotted values are derived from spoken rolls. Values shown are the latest up to your chosen episode.
Skills
- Acrobatics: +5 TH E2·01:16:08—
- Athletics: +4 TH E1·00:30:04 TH E5·01:43:58—
- Deception: +2 TH E3·01:00:46—
- Insight: +5 TH E3·01:06:28—
- Intimidation: +4 TH E2·00:44:12 TH E5·00:07:27—
- Investigation: +8 TH E2·00:23:41 TH E4·00:39:07 TH E4·01:49:06—
- Perception: +1 TH E1·00:25:32 TH E4·00:36:47—
- Persuasion: +2 TH E3·01:00:46—
Features
- Transform into a car — Travis: Car-Go in car form is "a wood-sided, like, 1970s station wagon"; in robot form a human-shaped toy, cream and gold. Rapier comes out of his wrist when he transforms. TH E1·00:18:07 TH E1·00:28:06
- Sneak Attack — Travis on the damage: "sneak attack is an extra 2D6"; the attack roll 16 + 4 = 20, damage called 12 total. TH E1·00:28:11 TH E1·00:28:25 TH E1·00:28:31
- Cunning Action — Travis: "Use my cunning action bonus action to dash"; also asks whether the bonus action could be used to hide. TH E2·00:21:56 TH E2·00:22:34
- Eye for Detail — Travis: "I have a thing called eye for detail": as a bonus action, an Intelligence check to uncover or an Investigation check (used on the cipher). TH E2·00:23:10
- Vehicle form — Speed 60 in vehicle form; no hands, but he can still talk (Clint joke: only through the radio in the dashboard; Brennan: "That is correct, yes."); bonus-action dash makes it 120. TH E2·01:15:13 TH E2·01:15:22 TH E2·01:15:33
- Charge — Travis: "I have an action called Charge" (the horn); used as a delayed action to drive out. TH E2·01:38:02
- Researcher — Travis: "because I'm a researcher, I can do search action as a bonus action." TH E4·00:38:54
- Charge (dash with bonus-action attack or shove) — Travis: when you dash you can use a bonus action to make one melee attack or to shove a creature; he shoves Speed (Athletics 19 + 4 = 23). TH E5·01:43:21 TH E5·01:43:58
- Thieves' cant — Travis: "I say in thieves cant"; tells Rick "Get this guy off me." TH E5·00:57:45 TH E5·00:57:51
- Headlights — Travis: "I have headlights." (asked who can see in the dark); Brennan: "Car-Go has headlights. I think." (hedged) TH E5·00:41:14 TH E5·00:41:16
Items
- Tailpipe rapier — Travis: "Car-Go's weapon is actually a tailpipe rapier"; attack roll 16 + 4 = 20 (Griffin pointed out the +4 on the sheet; Travis: "Yeah, +4, 20."). TH E1·00:28:02 TH E1·00:28:19 TH E1·00:28:20
- Baggies from Speck — Brennan: Speck "hands you eight little baggies of--" (the sentence breaks off); Travis: "Car-Go just opens his chest up, and just puts the baggies in." Chest opens to store things. TH E3·01:04:28 TH E3·01:04:38
- Mines in the chest — Travis asks TI for mines small enough to fit in his chest cavity, to set off if the job goes sideways; TI says he has explosives; Brennan: the bomb is implanted in his body, with the control for it in his hands. TH E4·00:03:50 TH E4·00:04:26 TH E4·00:05:54
- Remote detonator — Brennan, after TI's Mech check: "you can either make them detonate from Car-Go, or from a remote detonator that you have, but you can't do both. So you've gotta pick one." Travis: "I want to be able to control". TH E4·00:05:33 TH E4·00:05:47
- Remote detonator — lost: Brennan: Felix "rolls a nat 16 and rips the detonator out a your hand." TH E5·00:18:22
- Mines in the chest — lost: Brennan: "You pull an intact bomb out of Car-Go's chest." (Rick pulls it out himself; the steward, convinced by his argument, does not stop him, and Car-Go takes the help action) TH E5·01:01:53 TH E5·01:01:57
By episode
TH E1: Big Little Crimes
- Old toy: "a wood-sided, like, 1970s station wagon" in car form, cream and gold in robot form — 00:18:07
- Backstory given by Travis: Max's toy before Dylan's, "one of the few toys that kinda like made it through the hand-me-down process"; Max's detective phase ("Thesaurus Green Boy Detective") means "a lot of, like, detective, like, adventures with Car-Go" — 00:56:14, 00:56:40
- Distrusts what is happening in the house: "There is unrest in the house. I do not trust what is happening there." — 00:19:56
- His weapon is "actually a tailpipe rapier" that comes out of his wrist when he transforms — 00:28:02, 00:28:06
- Tells Charger: "We have to stand against Felix." — 00:20:37
- Persuades Boomer: "The target, the mark, is Felix." — 01:35:07
- Plans the job with a three-step structure — 01:57:17, 01:58:29, 01:59:36
- Assigns roles: "Boomer you're our muscle and our insider" — 01:54:11; "Rick, you're our face" — 01:55:16; "Agnes, you're our bank roll. But you're also our respect." — 01:55:40; "TI, you're gonna be our detonator" — 01:56:08; to Bean: "we're gonna need your help flippin' around stuff" — 01:56:52; himself and TI on the getaway — 02:00:12
- Insists: "Felix cannot see me or we're done." — 02:00:40
- Tells Bean and TI that Dylan is "That's my child." — 01:52:18; "He is the child." — 01:52:25; "That owns me." — 01:52:27
- Says he wants to make Dylan happy: "I just wanna make my child happy." — 02:03:47
- Travis: Car-Go "knows what Rick's real face is" — 01:55:32 (said as Rick is being cast as the team's "face")
"Step one, we need information on the location of the vault." — 01:57:17
"So, step three is extraction." — 01:59:36
TH E2: Chicanery at Shoeby's Casino
- "an inquisitive roguish archetype" with "eye for detail" and a cunning action — 00:23:10
- Can transform into a car: "in vehicle form, speed is 60" — 01:15:13; talks in vehicle form "through the radio in the dashboard" (Clint's joke, Brennan confirms) — 01:15:23; has a bonus-action dash (120) — 01:15:33
- Memorizes the whole dossier: "Your eyes glow with fairy dust power and the power of your devotion to your child." (Brennan) — 00:25:44
- Must avoid Felix: "Especially me." — 00:28:46; Felix spots him leaving: "Car-Go, that's Car-Go Jones, you idiot. He's alive" — 01:32:58
- Tries to scare Marty as a ghost: "I am the ghost of Car-Go Jones. I have unfinished business, Marty." — 00:43:26
- Reads the situation: if the goons take Marty, "Felix is not going to trust the information" — 01:14:07
- Readies an action to drive off once Bean puts TI in the car — 01:17:22; says "I wasn't here" to Agnes before leaving — 01:16:42
- Waits at the diner: "50% of our team isn't here." — 02:00:50
TH E3: Scheming and Scoring Fairy Dust
- Admits "I got recognized" at Shoeby's — 00:29:58; feels relief when the others are alive (Travis, not stated by Car-Go aloud) — 00:22:53
- Leads the planning: assigns TI and Bean to the server and A/C, Rick and Agnes to the cars, Boomer as inside man — 00:37:37
- Does not do "drugs": "I prefer to think of it as just like a charge up, not drugs, not for me." — 00:57:12; he "hasn't needed" fairy dust because "he's been with the kid" (Brennan) — 00:58:35
- Disguised by Rick as a fancy robot in an ill-fitting suit; chest opens to store baggies — 00:59:15, 01:04:38
- Learns Felix wants him above all and agrees to act as bait: "I love this." (Travis) — 01:50:37
- Says of the cat: "I have no point of comparison whatsoever." — 01:30:12
TH E4: Breaking and Entering
- Feeling "practical": "there is a very real chance that this doesn't go off" — 00:03:00
- Asks TI for mines and a remote trigger: "if getting the quarters out of the vault doesn't look like it's gonna happen, I'm gonna be right next to Felix" — 00:04:10; rejects blowing up the whole house: "not the whole house" — 00:04:42; shouts at TI's offer to put one in Felix: "You're taking away my moment!" — 00:06:37
- Plays catatonic on Felix's floor (Brennan: "pinned to the ground and unable to move or search") — 01:19:48
- Finds a peanut on the desk; Travis (at the table): "Dylan is allergic to peanuts." — 00:39:52; Brennan frames his state with Rick's earlier warning: "for us, this is a job, for Car-Go, it's personal." — 00:58:04
- Readied action: "if shit goes down, I'm gonna Sneak Attack whoever's closest to me." — 00:58:20
- Repeatedly fails the DC 20 disadvantage Search for the padlock code (4, 2, 6, 4) but at 14 sees Felix's wider plans — 01:19:57, 01:33:47, 01:49:06
- Has no hearing stone: "Not on Car-Go anymore." — 00:15:24 (said by Lily/Travis in planning)
- Travis states that Car-Go did not know about the peanut: "I did not know, this was not, this was not the secret motivation." — 00:57:30
TH E5: Fighting with Fire
- Asks for a Luck check to learn which brother is which (no roll or result spoken; Brennan reframes it); guesses "Tap", wrong; stands and threatens Felix — 00:02:57, 00:05:23
- "Kid's in danger that was enough for me to kill you. But then you threatened my friends, everyone, everyone as far as I can tell." — 00:06:18
- Travis later explains out of game he did not want Car-Go to stand ("Car-Go stood up") — 00:10:44
- Plays along with Rick's arrest: given a thieves' cant passcode ("Pineapple") and may choose to fail the Athletics — 00:17:46
- Resists being dragged (Athletics 12, DC 15) to make it look real — 00:34:45
- In cant tells Rick "Get this guy off me." — 00:57:51
- Sneak-attacks the grappling steward, who drops "unconscious" — 01:42:04–01:42:51
- Charges away from the car to draw the bad guys, shoving Speed (Athletics 23 vs Speed's natural 3) — 01:43:11–01:44:01
- Is "made" along with Agnes — 01:08:36
- Makes it out of the blast and "peels off ahead of the getaway vehicle" — 01:52:14, 01:53:56
TH E6: The Great Chase
- Leads the party into the side vent, "flashing my brights" — 00:03:51; suggests sacrificing the getaway vehicle to the fan — 00:07:17; tells Bean that Marty and Felix (Tip and Tap) are the grandsons of Snow Pea and Rain Drop (Brennan, before it: "I believe Car-Go figured out the mystery of Tip and Tap") — 00:17:32–00:17:42; "Marty and Felix are from the heap." — 00:18:12
- Chase: slows down to trade paint with Speed, beats him with a natural-20 contest — 00:33:50–00:35:11; the car-mo-bot origin flashback with Max (Brennan narrates) — 00:37:05–00:37:31
- Hit by a catapult bead for 11; at 16 HP — 00:44:50–00:46:03; saved by Bean in mid-air at the ramp — 01:25:21
- Kills Felix by transforming with him buckled inside — 01:40:47–01:42:30; left standing "victorious" on the saltines, covered in blood — 01:43:39
- Epilogue flashback: reveals to Rick the unshared part of the plan ("I'm gonna transform while Felix is inside me") and that he will do "Same thing I've always done, make my kid happy" — 02:01:46–02:02:54