Film guide · 2022
The parts that are hard to follow from the film alone, explained with a story summary, a character map and key terms.
A fun, roughly 45-minute story.
It's set shortly before Volume 3 and reveals an important secret.
Expect plenty of Christmas songs.
Who's who in The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special (2022), with Mantis at the center.
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MantisCenter ・ Pom KlementieffGuardian
DraxMain ・ Dave BautistaGuardian
Peter Quill (Star-Lord)Main ・ Chris PrattGuardian
Kevin Bacon (himself)Main ・ Kevin BaconHollywood actor
KraglinSupporting ・ Sean GunnGuardian
NebulaSupporting ・ Karen GillanGuardianFace photos are freely licensed photos of the actors from Wikimedia Commons, cropped to a square and resized. Non-human characters are original illustrations made for this site, and people without a photo are shown with a placeholder (initials).
We hear about Quill's childhood Christmases.
Mantis and Drax fly to Earth to find a gift.
They try to bring back Quill's hero, the actor Kevin Bacon.
Mantis tells Quill something important.
Contains spoilers about the ending.
That they're siblings: they share the same father, Ego.
As a kid, Quill loved Kevin Bacon's movie Footloose and considered him a hero.
Quill and Yondu's Christmas memory is told in animation.
Mantis and Drax cause chaos around Hollywood.
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