BYE BYE BERSERKER BABOON - Written by Roger Slifer SCENE 1 - Toadborg, the Toad Air Marshal and Komplex (who is on a TV screen at the end of a mechanical arm) are in a control room somewhere watching footage of Bruiser that is comprisoned almost entirely of clips from previous episodes. Onscreen, Bruiser shouts "Ayooogah!" and charges at some Stormtoads, who flee (from The Search For Bruce). The Air Marshal cringes. TOADBORG As you know, mighty Komplex, the Berserker Baboons have been the bane of our existence. KOMPLEX Agreed. On the screen, we see Bruiser squashing the Air Marshal into a little ball and then kick him away (from On the Blink). KOMPLEX It is time someone came up with a plan to rid us once and for all of those miserable misanthropes. TOADBORG Exactly, mighty Komplex. I have been working on a plan to do just that. Allow me to give you a demonstration, mighty Komplex. Toadborg and the Air Marshal walk over to a window looking in on a small theater where several Stormtoads are congregating. Komplex's little TV-on-an-arm simply cranes over. TOADBORG I've told them they're about to see an episode of The Bold and the Warty. As the Stormtoads file in they pass the window. Frix is the last one in and he stops, and he begins (apparently) making goofy faces at them. AIR MARSHAL What?! How dare Frix make faces at me! On Frix's side of the glass, we see it is fact a mirror on his side; it's one-way glass. Frix sticks his tongue out and licks the glass as the Air Marshal continues ranting. AIR MARSHAL I've never witnessed such insubordination! As Frix smushes his face up against the glass, the Air Marshal punches it, and Frix is knocked back a bit. Toadborg grabs the Air Marshal by the wrist. AIR MARSHAL Ouch! TOADBORG Stop that, you slow-witted fool! This is one-way glass! WE can see THEM, but THEY can't see US. In the theater, a Stormtoad grabs Frix and makes him sit down in the front row. On the screen, it begins counting down from 5; the toads all stand up and chant in unison. STORMTOADS Five! Four! Three! Two! They stop and scream as Bruiser appears onscreen. STORMTOAD Berserker Baboon! The Stormtoads run for the exit. TOADBORG The terror the toads feel is an inate response. A self-preservation technique genetically triggered whenever they see a Berserker Baboon. But now, look at this. They walk over to to an identical viewing window looking in on an identical theater across the room. Inside, Stormtoads are already seated. Frax comes in, wearing large goggles with pink lenses. Like Frix, he stops to make ugly faces at the mirror before going to sit down. We then see that all the toads in the theater are wearing these goggles. AIR MARSHAL W-we KNOW toads are terrified of b-b-baboons. What's new about that? TOADBORG Just watch, Air Marshal. In the theater, the screen counts down from five. Bruiser appears onscreen and charges towards the camera, seemingly towards the audience. The Stormtoads begin to point and laugh. AIR MARSHAL This is amazing! What have you done to remove their fear of the baboons? TOADBORG Not their fear. Their inate response. He holds up a pair of the pink-lensed goggles. TOADBORG I have designed special goggles. Their unique polarization warps the images of Berserker Baboons. See for yourself. He hands the goggles to the Air Marshal, who turns to the viewing window and puts them on. From his P.O.V. we watch Bruiser suddenly become a small, scrawny chimp. The Air Marshal laughs. AIR MARSHAL These are fantastic! It makes the baboons look... funny! TOADBORG Komplex, my plan is to use these goggles to conquer Beetlegeusia, the Berserkers' homeworld. AIR MARSHAL Wait a minute! These goggles are a neat trick, but Berserker Baboons are our most formidable goes in the Aniverse. TOADBORG I am well aware of the enemy, Toad Air Marshal. I have constructed new anti-Berserker weapons for our troops. And to eliminate ANY possibility of failure, there is a secret weapon, that you shall procure from... the White Cliffs of Kahill. AIR MARSHAL No! Startled by the Air Marshal's cry, the Stormtoads in the theater look around. AIR MARSHAL Please, mighty Komplex! Don't make me go THERE! To retrieve THAT! KOMPLEX Stop snivelling. Toadborg has given you a mission. Fulfill it. AIR MARSHAL Noooo-hoo-hoooo! Ooooh-hoo-hooooo! SCENE 2 - The School of San Francisco. Willy is at his locker, talking to Suzie, explaining something to her. WILLY So, you see, it's really the amplitude of various frequencies that makes-- He is interrupted by another girl, TJ. TJ Oh, Willy? Can I borrow your notes for the history test? I'd really appreciate it. She ruffles his hair. WILLY Uh, yeah, sure, TJ. You could borrow 'em. He gets them out of his locker and gives them to her. Suzie crosses her arms and pouts, clearly disliking TJ. WILLY Here. TJ snatches them from him. TJ Thanks, bye! TJ leaves. Willy grins like an idiot and leans against his locker door. WILLY I think she likes me. SUZIE What she likes is your study notes. She uses them to cheat on her tests. WILLY That's not true. SUZIE Don't fool yourself, Willy DuWitt. I know how she operates. Suzie leaves, then Willy breaks the fourth wall by (apparently) talking directly to the audience. WILLY Mmm, nah. She likes me. I know she does. Cut to the classroom later on, presumably the history test. We see that Willy and TJ sit right across from one another, and TJ peeks at Willy's notes which she has stashed under the test paper. Willy frowns. The bell rings. As the students file out and put their papers on the teacher's desk, Willy is practically ambushed in the hallway by Suzie. SUZIE Well, did ya see it? TJ was cheating! She's using your notes to cheat with during tests! WILLY You've gotta be mistaken. SUZIE Open your eyes, Willy! She's nothing but a manipulator, she's just using you to improve her grades! SCENE 3 - Willy comes into his bedroom, and we can hear Jenny attempting to contact him via the Aldebaran memory stone. JENNY This is the Righteous Indignation calling Willy, do you read me? Willy digs the memory stone out of his pocket and Jenny's face appears in its surface. WILLY Jenny? What's the matter? A-are you guys in trouble? JENNY I know we usually call you in an emergency, but this time we thought you might enjoy coming with us. We're going to Bruiser's homeworld. He's being awarded the Bronze Banana Medal of Valor from his old academy. Willy goes over to the photon accelerator and pulls the lever. There's a wooshing noise. WILLY Wow, that's neat! Hey, I'm on my way! Willy's closet door materializes in the engine room of the Righteous Indignation. Willy steps through to find Deadeye Duck, Bruiser and AFC Blinky looking out the gunner's port, their backs to him. Deadeye, as usual, is in the gunner's chair. BRUISER Oh boy, Bucky slow down! We're almost home now! Willy walks up to them and points to a dark gray planet with multiple rings around it. WILLY What's that? BRUISER Willy! Hi! Oh, that's the Planet Bog. That planet's swarmin' with bugs, ha ha! Oh, the toads would love to get their hands on THAT planet, oh- ho-ho! The Righteous Indignation passes Bog and flies towards Beetlegeusia, which is apparently only a stone's throw away from the bug-infested planet. BRUISER Oooh! Oooh! There! There! There's my home at last! Mother, here we come, oh! The ship flies down and we see that Beetlegeusia is a lush tropical planet with high mountains and entire towns in the branches of mammoth trees. Several baboons, many wearing stereotypical farmer's attire (straw hats, etc.) can be seen. WILLY Man, this is your homeworld? It's like one giant treehouse! SCENE 4 - The White Cliffs of Kahill, a snowy, wintry landscape. The Air Marshal, Frix and Frax are wearing eskimo-esque parkas and winter survival gear. Frix and Frax are shivering. FRIX T-T-Toad Air Marshal, can we go home, now? There's nothin' here! AIR MARSHAL He's here, all right. You can count on that! They suddenly hear a roar that shakes the mountainside. FRIX What's that?! FRAX Never heard anything like it! They hear approaching footsteps, then look over and see a bunch of bones in the snow. Frix and Frax suddenly slip and start sliding down the hillside. The Air Marshal grabs them and is pulled after them. FRIX and FRAX Whooooooaaa! AIR MARSHAL It's him! Be brave, now! They disappear down at the bottom of the hill. We just hear their voices from now on. We hear the sounds of someone being punched. FRAX Hey look out! FRIX Those claws! AIR MARSHAL Those teeth! He's a monster! Throw in the meat! Throw in the meat! After a moment, the punching noises stop. SCENE 5 - We cut to an auditorium filled with baboons. Bruiser is wearing a military uniform that looks like a Civil War Union soldier's uniform. A frizzy-faced baboon general pins a gold medal shaped like a banana to his left breast.] BABOON GENERAL In recogniztion of outstandin' heroics in the Toad Wars, we hereby present Bruiser with the Bronze Banana Medal of Valor. In the audience, we see Bucky O'Hare, Willy, Deadeye and Jenny with Bruiser's mother, who to the best of my knowledge will only be referred to as "Mrs. B" throughout the rest of the episode. She is crying into a pink handkerchief. MRS. B That's my boy! I'm so proud of him! She blows her nose. Cut to later at a party of some sort. The Righteous Indignation's crew is over with Bruiser and Mrs. B, who is still crying. MRS. B I'm so proud of ya! My little boy! The baboon general who gave Bruiser the medal approaches. BABOON GENERAL Bruiser, I wonder if you'd do me a favor. BRUISER Sure, General. Anythin'! BABOON GENERAL Would you come put some cadets through the paces at the academy? I want them to learn from a REAL marine. Bruiser gets excited. BRUISER Oh-ho-ho! Take me to 'em! Oh Buck, would youse all take my mother home? Cadet training can get pretty ugly. BUCKY Sure thing, Bruiser. WILLY Hey, can I come, Bruiser? I can take it! Bruiser laughs and pats Willy on the head. BRUISER You know what? I think ya can! SCENE 6 - At the Academy of Art and Berserkers, the baboon cadets are pretty disorderly, all wearing uniforms like Bruiser's. One picks his nose, while another yawns boredly. Bruiser enters with Willy, now back in his battle suit. BRUISER All right, listen up! I'm Bruiser. With his arms behind his back he begins walking in front of the cadets. BRUISER And for the next 48 hours, you're gonna eat, sleep, and breathe Berserk. Do you got that? The cadets gulp nervously. Bruiser gets in their faces. BRUISER Now, the first thing you gotta do to be taken seriously as a Berserker is ya gotta get the yell down! Goes like this. He leans back and takes a deep breath. BRUISER AAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOGAAAAAAA! The cadets are thrown backwards off their feet.] BRUISER Okay, now you try it. Gimme all ya got. One, two three! The cadets The cadets give a pathetic "Ayyyyooooooga!" in unison, many coughing, one making faces, and still more shouting unintelligable gibberish. Bruiser rolls his eyes and slaps one of them. BRUISER You call THAT a Berserker Baboon yell?! That's no yell! You ain't gonna scare no toads like that! Willy can do better than that, and he ain't no baboon! Willy? Willy looks uncertain. WILLY Sure. [He takes a deep breath.] WILLY AAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOGAAAAAAA! BRUISER Now! The cadets get the right idea and go "AAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOGAAAAAAA!" together. Cut to the exterior of the academy. Several Stormtoads are at the front gate, armed with strange-looking guns with huge, wide-open barrels. They're all wearing the pink-lensed goggles up on their foreheads. STORMTOAD 1 Okay, this is it. Our first target. They hear the baboon cadets going "AAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOGAAAAAAA!" inside and flinch. STORMTOAD 2 Uh, what was that? What planet are we on, anyway? STORMTOAD 1 What's it matter? Ain't nothing here we can't handle. Lower your goggles. They all pull their goggles down over their eyes. Cut back inside the academy. BRUISER Okay, now that ya's know the yell, remember you cans care any toad in the galaxy with a yell like that. The door is suddenly blown inward. The smoke clears and the goggled Stormtoads stand in the doorway. Everyone turns. WILLY Toads! BRUISER What? Here? Hey, no slimey wartbag messes with MY world! No way! Cut to the Stormtoads' P.O.V. A scrawny-looking Bruiser advances towards them. Behind him, Willy remains unaffected by the goggles' polarization. The Stormtoads laugh. BRUISER AAAAAAAAAYOOOOOOGAAAAAAA! STORMTOAD 3 Those scrawny things'll never stop us! Stormtoad 1 is obviously the commander. STORMTOAD 1 Stop giggling and fire your gas weapons! The subordinate toads comply, and their guns launch small can-shaped things that emit a green gas as the baboon cadets charges forwards. They begin to stagger and get dizzy. STORMTOAD 1 Fire the net! A Stormtoad takes aim with another specialized gun and fires a huge net that quickly snags two of the cadets. A pair of toads begin dragging them away. STORMTOAD 3 Help me! These scrawny-lookin' guys are strong! A fourth Stormtoad runs over, then a fourth and a fifth. It takes all five of them to drag the two struggling cadets away. Bruiser is meanwhile chasing a Stormtoad, and dives at him. The toad leaps out of the way and Bruiser falls flat on his face. The other toads fire a net that quickly snags him. STORMTOAD 1 Keep it up, we're beatin' 'em! Willy runs up behind him. WILLY Your gas doesn't affect ME, wart face. He decks Stormtoad 1. The guy flies back (wow, that was some punch) and ends up on his back with Willy on top of him. WILLY And if you'd fight fair, Bruiser could clean your clock, too! Three more Stormtoads charge over and tackle Willy off their leader. Willy struggles on the floor. One Stormtoad has his leg, the second has him in a headlock. STORMTOAD 2 We got 'im! The toads drag Bruiser and the remaining cadets out the door. WILLY Bruiser! Stormtoad 1 gets to his feet. STORMTOAD 1 That's the last of 'em! Our mission was a success! The total invasion of their world has begun! SCENE 7 - In the tree town, Mrs. B has climbed up into the branches and she retrieves a a big bunch of bananas which she tosses down to Bucky who is standing on a lower branch with Jenny, Deadeye and Blinky. Deadeye for his part looks bored, leaning against the trunk. MRS. B That's it. Good catch. Now let's move on to the next batch. Bucky and Jenny walk off. Deadeye and Blinky linger. DEADEYE I can't believe we're on a banana gatherin' expedition. Below them, a baboon wearing a service cap and has what looks like a mail satchel over his shoulder runs up to the base of the tree and yells up. BABOON MESSENGER Mrs. B! Mrs. B! He grabs a vine and climbs up to talk to them. BABOON MESSENGER Bruiser's been captured, Mrs. B! MRS. B My boy's been captured?! BABOON MESSENGER Yeah, him and all them cadets at the academy! It was the toads! Bucky runs over. BUCKY Toads? But they can't even stand to look a Berserker Baboon in the snout! He points at his nose for emphasis. BABOON MESSENGER I know, but it was them! The toads are invading our world! JENNY You can say that again! Look! She points to some Stormtoad paratroopers. A random baboon who appears to be shirtless sees the paratroopers out his window. BABOON IN WINDOW Toads? Invading Beetlegeusia? Ha! We'll pulverize 'em! Down on the ground, a baboon farmer wielding a rake (or something that looks kind of like a rake) charges over as the toad paratroopers land in his field. BABOON FARMER Come and get it, ya slimey wartbags! STORMTOAD 1 Wrong, it's YOU who's gonna get it! He fires a gas grenade that knocks out the farmer and two farmhands who had run over to help. The farmer keeps charging even though he is succumbing to the gas' effects. BABOON FARMER Gotta... stop... them... toads... The Stormtoads fire their nets and quickly bag the farmers. Stormtoad 1 and his buddies run over, getting down in the farmer's face. STORMTOAD 1 You can't stop us! Your world is ours! Ours! SCENE 8 - Cut to a toad detention camp. There's guard towers, barbed wire, the works. Several Stormtoads stand around a cage. Which is then lifted by a forklift and driven inside of a large warehouse-like building. We see that it contains, Willy, Bruiser and the cadets. The forklift screeches to a halt and roughly drops the cage to the ground. A Stormtoad wearing a blue officer's uniform (?) and carrying a riding crop enters. STORMTOAD Welcome to your new home, prisoners. In the cage, one of the cadets looks fearfully at Bruiser. BABOON CADET Bruiser, what's goin' on? The Stormtoad officer smacks the bars with his riding crop. STORMTOAD Silence! You will speak only when spoke to. The toads are in charge here. SCENE 9 - Toadborg is on the bridge of the toad mothership. TOADBORG Toad Tech, report. TOAD TECH Everything's going according to plan, sir. Assault's going well. Hundreds of the planet's inhabitants are now our prisoners. TOADBORG Excellent. The Air Marshal limps onto the bridge, hopping on one foot. His snowsuit is torn, hat askew. Frix and Frax enter a moment later, in similar condition. The three of them approach Toadborg and stand before him. AIR MARSHAL Uh, Toadborg, mission accomplished, sir. We hear fierce growling. Everyone turns to see several Stormtoads dragging a larged wheeled cage onto the bridge. A huge, pink, wart- covered arm reaches through one of the narrow slots in the cage door. It swipes at the Stormtoads, who scatter. AIR MARSHAL We've procured your secret weapon. TOADBORG Forget the secret weapon now. Our assault is going so well, we won't even need it. Frix and Frax look at one another. FRIX and FRAX "Won't need it?" The Air Marshal's tongue flops out and he falls over forwards. SCENE 10 - Back on Beetlegeusia, the Stormtoads have rounded up several more baboon farmers in the fields. One runs by them sluggishly, obviously affected by the gas. He's quickly snagged by a net, and then the Stormtoads begin dragging their prisoners away. As before, it takes more than two toads to drag them. STORMTOAD 1 For scrawny shrimps, these guys sure are heavy! Nearby, a group of about a hundred Stormtoads stands beneath the tree town. One thrusts his maser rifle dramatically into the air above his head. STORMTOAD 2 Now boys, to the trees! Hooting and hollering, the toads begin to climb up vines into the treetops. Bucky and his crew are watching them from above. JENNY Okay, Bucky, here they come. Deadeye twirls his maser pistols around. DEADEYE Let 'em come! I've been spoilin' to fry some toad meat! Still hooting like a bunch of idiots, the toads make it to the lowest branch. Suddenly one of them yelps and points. STORMTOAD 3 Look out! STORMTOAD 4 It's Bucky O'Hare! The Stormtoads are all only halfway up on the branch. Bucky runs across the tops of their heads, jumping from helmet to helmet, making them all lose their grips and fall. He makes it to the end of the branch where one enterprising Stormtoad HAS managed to climb all the way up. Him, Bucky decks and sends him sailing off the branch. The toads crash to the ground, then scatter as Deadeye fires on them from above. The baboons emerge from their treetop huts to help out, and to save on animation most are clones of the farmer from before. One farmer clone is armed with a maser rifle (where'd he get THAT?) and shoots at some more toads. (Hilariously one Stormtoad cries, "Baboon!" even though the morons aren't supposed to realize they're up against baboons yet.) Aboard the toad mothership, a Toad Tech spins around in his chair. TOAD TECH Toadborg, sir! I just got word that the enemy is making a comeback! They're being led by Bucky O'Hare! TOADBORG Bucky O'Hare? What's he doing there? My weapons weren't designed to work against him and his infernal crew! Well, Air Marshal, is appears we WILL be using our secret weapon after all. The Air Marshal rubs his hands together. Back down on the surface, the toads and the baboons are exchanging maser fire across a field. Neither side appears to be hitting the other. Bucky, Jenny, Deadeye and Blinky come down from the trees and join in firing their masers at the toads. This is sufficient to make the toads turn and flee. BUCKY We've got 'em on the run now! Everyone runs forward to free the trapped baboon farmers. Deadeye grabs a Stormtoad who was left behind and yanks him up by the front of his uniform, when suddenly evetything goes dark. Everyone looks up, Deadeye dropping the Stormtoad. DEADEYE Who turned out the blinkin' lights? The toad mothership descends from the clouds above, blocking out the sun. On the bridge, Toadborg and the Air Marshal look down at the field through the main viewscreen. TOADBORG It is time. Unleash the Terror Toad! The mothership's "mouth" opens and a tractor beam shoots down to the surface of the planet, and down it comes the huge cage we saw before. The cage lands with a thud and the door slides up and open. Two huge pink arms reach out. The Total Terror Toad, a big pink toad covered in purple spikes, emerges wielding two huge handheld axes. Everyone is horrified. BUCKY Look at the size of that toad! The Terror Toad charges forwards and everyone scatters. The monster toad begins to indiscriminately smash things, using his battle axes to hack at the trees holding the tree town up. Many baboons fall from the trees to their (implied) deaths although one manages to grab a vine and swing to safety. SCENE 11 - Back at the toad detention camp, Bucky, Willy and the cadets are still locked up in the cage. Several Stormtoads are jabbing at them with long poles. STORMTOAD 1 Heh, look at 'em squirm! Admit it, ya runt! Ya met your match with the toads! Suddenly Bruiser grabs one toad's pole and yanks him forward. STORMTOAD 2 Huh? He crashes into the cage and gets his head stuck between the bars. BRUISER Gotcha, you obnoxious little toady! Bruiser smushes his palm into Stormtoad 2's face, dislodging his goggles some. As the toad struggles, planting his feet on the cage and pushing, trying to pull himself free, Bruiser grabs the goggles and the headband stretches. The band snaps and the Stormtoad flies backwards and lands besides Stormtoad 1. Bruiser looks curiously at the goggles as Stormtoad 2 sits up, and his vision clears. He points at the cage. STORMTOAD 2 Stormtoad 3: Buh-buh-buh-Berserker Babooooooon! The other toads look around, at everything BUT the cage. STORMTOAD 1 Where? Where? STORMTOAD 2 There! There! Apparently just now realizing that the cage contains baboons, the other Stormtoads freak out. STORMTOAD 1 Berserker Baboon! Stormtoad 2 pulls his maser pistol, closes his eyes, and fires blindly at the cage. Everyone ducks and the maser fire destroys the bars. Now freed, Bruiser and the cadets get to their feet and charge forwards with a hearty cry of "AAAAAAAYOOOOOOOOOOOOGAAA!!!" Willy is the last one out of the cage, and he stops to pick up Stormtoad 2's goggles and examine them. Bruiser meanwhile is in the middle of strangling their owner. WILLY Bruiser, these goggles! He looks at Bruiser through them. WILLY They're what remove the toads' fear! Get the goggles off 'em! Another Stormtoad nearby grabs a maser rifle, but Willy tackles him to the floor. WILLY Oh yeah? Well whaddaya think of THAT? He pulls the Stormtoad's goggles off, and the Stormtoad turns and sees Bruiser smash two other toads' heads together and toss them aside. STORMTOAD 3 Buh-buh-buh-Berserker Baboon! I surrender! Bruiser goes up to two more toads who are holding maser rifles and grabs their goggles. STORMTOAD 4 Hey, let go or we'll fire! BRUISER Uh, okay! He pulls the goggles back, stretching the bands, then lets them go. The goggles snap back and send the two toads flying over to the other four Stormtoads, who all back up against one another in a group, terrified. STORMTOADS Berserker Baboon! Bruiser is still choking another toad, who screams. The other six mirror his cry and run from the building en masse. Bruiser, Willy and the cadets watch them go, Bruiser dusting his hands off. BRUISER Well now, we took care of them, didn't we? BABOON CADET Yeah, but they're invading the entire planet! And the others still have their goggles! They ain't afraid of us! WILLY They will be! BABOON CADET Huh? WILLY Bruiser, these goggles are specially polarized to make baboons look wimpy. But with all the lab equipment here, I bet I could come up with a way to negate the polarity. He points at some examination tables (?). BRUISER Well, go to it, Willy! SCENE 12 - The Terror Toad is still running amok. He bites a huge hunk out of a tree trunk, causing it to shake and fall over, toppling more unfortunate baboons and their homes to the ground. Bucky and his crew are observing him from some nearby bushes. BUCKY Come on, we've gotta stop that Terror Toad! They all run forwards, yelling, "Let's croak toads!" Except for Deadeye. DEADEYE Unless, of course, he croaks US first. The Terror Toad cuts down two more trees with his axes, and then Bucky jumps up and lands on his back. He bounces off, then hops up and down on one leg, holding his injured foot. BUCKY Unh! Ooh! Ow! Uh! He ultimately crashes into a sitting position at the base of a tree as Deadeye shoots at the Terror Toad. The maser blasts only seem to make him mad, and he turns and charges at the mammals, licking his lips. TERROR TOAD Ducky! DEADEYE Uh-oh. Time for a strategic RETREAT!!! They turn and flee with the Terror Toad hot on their heels, Bucky bringing up the rear and hobbling slightly on account of his hurt foot. DEADEYE Don't give up, Captain! We can beat 'im! BUCKY He's-he's too powerful! Hand to hand we don't stand a chance! The Terror Toad swings his axe at Bucky, who manages to jump out of the way. He spins around and tunnels into the ground, digging rapidly and zipping off between the Terror Toad's legs and leaving a line of pushed-up earth a la Bugs Bunny. Mrs. B and some other baboon women are watching the fight nearby. MRS. B Is that Bucky turnin' tail? BABOON WOMAN He's done turned coward! DEADEYE Bilge wash! He's just regroupin' for another assault! You'll see! The Righteous Indignation appears from over the horizon, and the baboon women cheer. But then the ship turns and flies off, leaving the planet's atmosphere. BABOON WOMAN Why, he's nothin' but a big ol' scared rabbit! MRS. B If Bucky O'Hare can't stand up to that monster, what hope can we have? Deadeye continues shooting at the Terror Toad as he stomps closer. The giant toad is unaffected, however, and he towers menacingly over Deadeye. DEADEYE What's it take to hurt you? The Terror Toad punches Deadeye, sending him flying. The gunner lands at Jenny's feet and doesn't get up. She bends down to help him, but then the Terror Toad appears and she runs just as a bunch of Stormtoads come charging onto the scene, one of them pointing at the mammals. STORMTOAD 1 Look, we missed a few! Get 'em! Two Stormtoads aim their weapons at Bruiser and Willy, who have suddenly appeared. One fires a gas grenade, the second a net. Bruiser is quickly rendered helpless by the gas, then snagged in the net. Willy remains unaffected as before. BRUISER Willy, it's all... up to you, now... Willy aims some kind of ray gun he's carrying at the toads and fires, sending out a bright pinkish beam. WILLY Let's give these toads 20-20 vision! The beam reverses the polarity of the Stormtoads' goggles. From their P.O.V., we see Bruiser and the cadets go from looking scrawny and harmless, to being big fierce baboons. The cadets help Bruiser out of the net, and he gives a hearty warcry as the toads freak out. STORMTOAD 2 Berserker Baboons! Look at all of 'em! The cadets jump up and down and yell menacingly, then attack the toads who all run towards the tractor beam of the mothership. The second they step into it, they're sucked upwards and into the waiting ship. They all land in a pile in the hangar bay. Meanwhile, Jenny is still being chased by the Terror Toad. She prepares to hit him with a psychic blast. JENNY Sisters of Aldebaran, lend me your strength! Suddenly he grabs her and lifts her off her feet. JENNY Oh no! I can't cast a spell like this! He begins to carry her off when suddenly Bucky reappears riding on the Toad Croaker. He flies around the confused Terror Toad, then reaches into a duffel bag he has with him and takes out a jar filled with flies. He throws it and it hits the Terror Toad in the face, shattering and releasing the flies. Immediately the giant toad's tongue flicks out trying to get at the buzzing insects. He drops Jenny, then seems about to pick her up again when Bucky hits him in the face with a second jar. The Terror Toad swats at the flies, then turns and begins to follow Bucky, forgetting about Jenny. The assembled baboons cheer. Bucky leads the Terror Toad over to where the last of the retreating Stormtoads are running into the tractor beam, throwing the entire bag of jars into the beam. It gets sucked up and the Terror Toad runs into the beam after it and he is also pulled up into it. In the mothership, the Stormtoads look confused as the duffel bag comes up the beam and lands in the hangar. One of them looks out of the "mouth" and sees the Terror Toad coming up. STORMTOAD Hurry, close the door! He's comin' this way! The mouth begins to close but the Terror Toad slips in before it does. The mothership turns and begins to fly off as the Terror Toad attacks the Stormtoads, throwing them around as Toadborg yells at the Air Marshal. TOADBORG Don't just stand there, you coward! Get him back in his cage before he completely destroys the ship! AIR MARSHAL Buh-buh-but how am I supposed to do that?! TOADBORG Just do it! SCENE 13 - Bucky lands the Toad Croaker and hops off. BABOON FARMER Gosh, you're the greatest, Bucky! And I thought you'd run out on us. BUCKY Not at all. I just realized we weren't gettin' anywhere going snout to snout with that Terror Toad. So I made a quick trip to the Planet Bog to pick up some bait. BRUISER And youse is quite a hero, too, Willy. Thanks to you, them toads is more terrified than ever of Berserker Baboons! Yeah! Bucky turns to the other baboons. BUCKY You guys are the most powerful allies we have against the toads. I guess they learned one thing: SCENE 14 - Willy is leaning against his locker in school again, as Bucky's voiceover continues. BUCKY (Voiceover) ...you can try to delude yourself, but reality is reality. TJ appears. TJ Hi Willy, I need your notes again. WILLY Uh, I don't think so, TJ. TJ Aw, please, Willy? There's a dance coming up on Saturday. Maybe we could go together... IF you help me pass that test. She cozies up to him, but he shoves her away. WILLY TJ, reality is reality. TJ walks off, and Suzie suddenly runs in and tackles Willy with a big hug. SUZIE Willy DuWitt, I'm so proud of you! WILLY Hey, take it easy! She lets go of him. SUZIE So, dweeb, you wanna go to the dance Friday night... with me? WILLY With you? I didn't think you'd be interested. I wasn't even sure you LIKED me. SUZIE Well, you are a bit of a brain, but you're honest. And you're charming. In your own way. She takes him by the arm and they walk off down the hall together.