Dodger Dare

"Dodger Dare" (full name: The Imperfect Duplicates of Dodger Dare) was the twelfth episode of season 2 of Shorty McShorts' Shorts. It features a boy named Dodger Dare, who discovers a printer that can create copies of himself, but the copies are never like the original. It was written by Andy Suriano and aired on May 18th, 2007.
==Plot==
After the intro revealing how Dodger found the printer and its power to create copies, we cut to the hallways Dodger's school, where Dodger's friend Beauty notices that Dodger has an old photo of them together and thinks that it's sweet, only to learn that Dodger was putting a picture of his crush's face over Beauty's face. Beauty wonders what makes Amber so special and Dodger explains that her eyes, hair and the way she walks makes her that way. He admits he gets nervous around her and wishes to ask her out. Unbeknownst to Dodger, Amber is behind him and overhears what he said. Worried that he might mess this up, Dodger then decides to use the duplicator to create a copy of himself to go on his date with her.
Upon arriving at home, Dodger uses the duplicator to create numerous copies of himself. The first one is a large version of himself with his hair covering his eyes and super strength (which he rejects). Next is one who looks like him, but his body is upside down (which he rejectes), a small one with wings, a deformed one with big lips (both of which are rejected), a pig version of himself (once again rejected) and finally a good looking one that even Beauty likes (proven by the heart-shaped eyes) and Dodger chooses him instead. However, the other copies want to know what they should do. Dodger thinks they should stay behind and clean his room, and warns them not to get wet.
Later as Amber is waiting for Dodger, he, Beauty and Good-Looking Dodger spot her and Dodger tells his good-looking clone to go and make himself good. Back at Dodger's room, the copies decide to go to the fair to get the love they should deserve. Amber and Good-Looking Dodger go to get some drinks where Beauty works and Dodger realizes that since the copies only exist for a few hours, he has to take Good-Looking Dodger's place, but he refuses until Dodger hits him with the drink, making him disappear as Dodger prepares to continue his date. Unfortunately, the copies arrive and begin their plan to go on a date with Amber but Dodger tries to intervene.
The first to date Amber is Strong Dodger, who plays the strength tester and wins a prize for Amber, not noticing that Dodger has placed a water balloon on it, which causes him to disappear. In his place, Big Lip Dodger takes Amber to the Hall of Mirrors, where Dodger and Big Lip Dodger mistake one another for a mirror reflection. Dodger tricks Big Lip Dodger into spilling water on himself, making Big Lip Dodger disappear. Last but not least, Upside Dodger takes Amber to the bumper cars, but Dodger tries to hit him with a water gun until he runs out, only to point out that time's up and Upside Dodger disappears. 
Amber admits that this was the best date she ever had and goes to the washroom; however, it turns out that Dodger booby-trapped the washroom just in case his copies would come, and he gets hit by a bucket of water. As Dodger tries to apologize, Amber gets mad at him, thinking it is a bad joke and while he tries to explain about the copies, Amber thinks he's crazy and leaves. Beauty arrives, tells Dodger she is off work and buys him a fortune, which says that "True love is standing right in front of him". While it was believed that it was meant for Beauty, he misunderstands it and sees another girl named Kelly, but it seems that she's more interested in Pig Dodger, who smiles evilly as the credits roll.
==Characters==
*Dodger Dare - a teenage boy who discovers that one of his dad's copiers can create copies of himself, but sadly the copies are never the spitting image of Dodger.
*Beauty - a teenage girl who is not only the best friend of Dodger but also in love with him but he fails to notice. She is the only one who knows about the copier.
Category:Animated shorts