Troy Ride

Troy Ride is the second episode of season 2 of Shorty McShorts' Shorts. It features a trio of small aliens and their plan to return back to their planet without revealing who they are while hiding in a robot boy's body. 
It was created by Brumby Boylston, Chris Dooley, Bucky Fukumoto, and Brian Won and aired on April 27, 2007.
==Plot==
After a quick intro, we cut to "Troy" as he is walking to class. His friend Lance appears and shows him a comic with an ad for a miniature wicket chair that he plans to get for his lizard's birthday. Meanwhilem Monte Cosmo (who is controlling Troy) calls Shapiro upon seeing something else in the comic: a pair of rocket sneakers, which he believes can be the one thing that will allow them to return back to their planet. 
Just then the school bully, Sandy Randalls, arrives and steals the comic. While Lance is afraid of Sandy, Monte Cosmo (as Troy) aska Sandy for the comic, but instead he gives Troy a "Hertz Donut" (by breaking his arm) and takes the comic. While Lance is sad that he doesn't have the comic, Monte Cosmo says that they will get that comic back and (mistakenly) adds that they will head home.
Later in school as Sandy is using the comic as a megaphone, Cosmo asks Sandy to return it. Sandy pretends not to listen, but Troy took the comic back. Truant Officer Fabian wonders who made that noise and Troy lifts his arm up (but not on purpose, since his arm is broken), taking the blame as Fabian confiscates it.
In the boys' room, Cosmo, Shapiro and Duley wonder why Troy's arm is broken. Shapiro believes it wass due to Sandy's "Hertz Donut" from before, and tries to fix it. Next we see a montage of Shapiro using random stuff to fix the arm, but to no success, until Shapiro used a chain link to fix the arm. With that, Cosmo and the others continue their mission as they attend an assembly for using semaphore in case cellphones don't work. Upon seeing Truant Officer Fabian with the comic on his back pocket, Troy (With Cosmo, Shapiro and Duley) grabs the comic, but Fabian notices it. He and Troy pulled the comic back and forth until Duley accidentally spills his drink all over his arm. Troy accidentally rips the comic, resulting in Cosmo, Shapiro and Duley losing their one chance to go home. To make matters worse, Fabian gives Troy detention for two weeks. 
As Lance and Troy are upset with the comic not gone with the ad for the wicket chair and the sneakers, Lance reveals that Sandy actually has the sneakers. Cosmo bids Sandy goodbye, thinking the shoes will take him to space, but it is revealed that the sneakers were never designed to take the wearer into space, as Sandy falls flat on his face. 
Realizing that the ad for the sneakers was misleading, Cosmo and the others see someone using a leaf blower and mistake it for a jetpack, and all three aliens plan to obtain one. As the credits roll, Lance tells Troy he needs to head back home to say goodbye to him. 
==Main Characters==
*Monte Cosmo - The leader of the alien trio. He was responsible for the trio crash-landing on earth. He is a small red alien who wears a white tie and speaks with a Hispanic accent. 
*Shapiro - The smartest of the three aliens. He is shown to be quite smart as he manages to fix Troy's arm when the rope controlling his arm was broken due to a "Hertz Donut".
*Duley - The simple-minded member of the alien trio. He doesn't do much besides controlling the arms of Troy and drinking from a cup. 
*Troy - a robot boy created by Cosmo and the others as a way to blend in with the humans on earth. He was originally designed to help them get on a rocket ship but due to it being built at kid-size, Troy has to go to middle school. 
*Lance - Troy's (and to an extent, the aliens') friend in school. If the series was made, there would be a chance that Lance would know Troy's secret. 
*Sandy Randall - The school bully who all the students fear, with the exception of Troy (and Cosmo, Shapiro, and Duley).
*Truant Officer Fabian - A truant officer/teacher who takes his job seriously. He was the one who discovered Troy and sent him to school.
Category:Animated shorts