Break My Stride

This is the 29th episode of Hoopla's Fantastic Beach, and the 1st episode of season 3.
== Transcript ==
(Episode starts with Hoopla being sucked into the portal that we saw from the previous episode.)
Boopla: Huh.
(Hoopla's friends pause as they process what just happened.)
Tony: Is it fair to say that this is the least unusual thing to happen today?
(cut to Hoopla inside the portal)
Hoopla: (screaming) HOOPLA!! HOOPLA!!!!!!! HOO-
(Hoopla gets plopped out into a metallic-looking laboratory.)
Hoopla: Right, that's it. I've lost my mind. Great. And for a minute I thought I’d actually get a chance to relax, heh, silly me.
(Hoopla looks around and notices a ton of portals like the one he just left contained in glass boxes.)
Hoopla: Now that’s peculiar. Helllloooo? Anybody home?
(A wrench falls off of a table.)
Hoopla: HELLO? Hello there, wrench. My name is Hoopla. Hello?
Wrench: …
Hoopla: I heard you make music, it’s good right?
Wrench: …
Hoopla: Yeah, probably. I’ll give a listen to it when I get the chance. You know, after I find a way out of here. (Drops wrench) I'm losing it!
???: Not so fast, Hoopla.
Hoopla: Wait who said that? How do you know my name? WRENCH??
???: Oh, please. My friends call me…
(a weird circular creature slides into view)
Iris: Iris.
(pause)
Hoopla: Are you a terrorist or something?
Iris: Wait, that's the thing you call out about me? Not that I'm literally a two-dimensional circular blob or anything?!
Hoopla: I've seen weirder. What is this place?
Iris: This is the lab of dimensions, Hoopla.
Hoopla: Why am I here? How do you know my name?
Iris: Oh, I know everything. Do you remember that one time you travelled dimensions?
Hoopla: Uh, yeah.
Iris: Well, the writers have decided to turn that into an entire season because they're lazy (dolphin noise). Do you happen to remember that warning given to you that you proceeded to ignore?!
Hoopla: Nope.
Iris: (sigh) You people aren't as intelligent as I give you credit for. Well, you see-
(Flashback to The "Wormy" Effect)
Cloud Hoopla: It’s called the Wormy Effect. Any small change you do changes the course of history, somehow.
Hoopla: O dang..whoopsies
Cloud Hoopla: If we continue to let this running, universes may collide and give us the Findela Effect, which we do not want.
Hoopla: Well, how do I get home?
Cloud Hoopla: Well, new dimensions are formed based off your feelings. If you kill a Wormy right now and think the right thing, you should be able to potentially return to your dimension. But we can’t do that yet, we first have to stop-
(Cloud Hoopla sees Hoopla already left)
Cloud Hoopla: Of course.
(Flashforward)
Hoopla: (nervously trying to brush it off) Oh, whoopsies! Haha hehe, I did another wacky thing!
(Iris looks unimpressed.)
Hoopla: Good times…
Iris: I don't think you seem to understand the consequences here. If we wait any longer, we are all dead.
Hoopla: Yeah yeah people have told me that tons of times.
Iris: As the manager of all dimensions-
Hoopla: That's a thing?
Iris: -I am giving you a job to fix this mess.
(pause)
Hoopla: Okay, is this a prank? This must be a prank. (looking around) Where are the hidden cameras? This is a good one.
Iris: I'm dead serious.
Hoopla: What happened to the old times where I just sat around all day and went surfing? This show isn't even really about my titular fantastic beach anymore!
Iris: The entire universe is at stake!
Hoopla: (sarcastically) Well, Hoopla. Why can't you just wave a magic wand and fix everything, huh? I just stopped an entire alien invasion today! Is that not enough for you?! You have no idea how much pressure I have!
(Cut to Boopla lying in his chair)
Boopla: Ugh, I have so much pressure to deal with! Sales are at an all time low ever since those damn mothers raided the building and said “HELL IS BAD”. Boo hoo, screw those people. I just gotta hope my two new employees are good…
(Tony and Alpooh walk inside the room, carrying boxes.)
Alpooh: This is gonna take some getting used to.
Boopla: Yeah, I'm still sad about Scooter too. And for all we know Hoopla is dead too.
Alpooh: Nah, I was talking about you bossing me around like this. I'm glad they're gone.
Boopla: You sadist.
Alpooh: What? I don't feel sad at all! I take offense.
Tony: Look, we're all sad about Scooter-
Alpooh: I'm not!
Tony: Well, most of us are, and we have people looking for Hoopla. There's not much we can do.
Boopla: (sighs) I guess...
Tony: I hate carrying so many boxes… (one of them falls on his foot) MY FOOT!
(Fake “The End” title card shows up for a second)
Tony: Haha, I wish.
Boopla: Alright, I get it. You don’t like boxes.
CrazySponge: (runs in) Screw you! I'll have you know Box Productions owns more than ⅓ of the entire multiverse, and- (a house falls on him)
Boopla: Uh, so-
(Silence)
Alpooh: I better get a good paycheck for this.
Tony: Tony
Random guy: Haha! Now that’s relatable!
Boopla: Shut up! Just put the boxes over there, I’ll sort through them...eventually. Anyway, I’m just gonna go for a walk. I really don’t feel up to doing business stuff right now. I gotta cool off some stress. Stupid lazy writing.
Tony: A walk, like a stride?
Boopla: Yeah, a stride. Hopefully I get no interruptions, like calls and such.
Alpooh: Heh, foreshadowing, am I right?
Boopla: Oh, who are you kidding. (he walks out of the building and starts walking on the sidewalk)
Tony: Hey, we don’t have to work now! I wonder what’s on TV. (he grabs a remote sitting on a desk nearby and turns on the TV)
Alpooh: Tony, this is a dumb ide-
TV: It’s time for the ultimate boxing world championship!
Tony: Isn’t there anything to do that isn’t about… BOXES?! (turns off the TV)
Alpooh: Let’s just finish up these boxes. My stomach feels like it’s about to turn into a box.
Tony: Uhh… sure. Wait a second. I just thought of something.
Alpooh: What?
Tony: Boopla never told us what to actually do with these boxes.
Alpooh: What are you getting at here?
Tony: We can do whatever we want with them.
(They both grin at each other. Cut to Boopla walking and trying to calm himself)
Boopla: I am one with the air… breathe in.. and- (a fly gets stuck up in his nose) AGH! (the fly buzzes inside his nose, and eventually gets out) Flying flapjacks… I just made up a new expression…
(Boopla continues walking and encounters a stoplight. A major car accident happened)
Boopla: Stupid stoplight. There’s no stopping me.
(Boopla manages to jump onto one of the crashed cars and hops over to the other side)
Boopla: There, problem solved. (the car falls over him) Damn it, why does everything want to break my stride?
(Boopla starts walking again, but is much more paranoid)
Boopla: What if I die? What if I get sucked into a strange portal? What if a house falls on me right now and ends it all? I don’t wanna end up like Sc-Sc-Scooter. Ugh, forget about this walk. It's only making things worse… (he walks back to the building where Tony and Alpooh are)
Boopla: (opening the door) Well boys, what progress have you made-
(Boopla looks around to see castles made out of cardboard boxes, with Tony and Alpooh fighting each other)
Alpooh: You’ll never blow up my castle...if I blow up yours first! MUHHAAHAHA…(sees Boopla) Welp, it was fun while it lasted.
Boopla: Yeah, no.
Tony: (saluting) We’ll clean this up right away, sir!
Boopla: Good, I’m gonna go write another song.
(Boopla walks off)
Alpooh: All things considered, this was a pretty good first day. Who would want to miss out on this?
(Cut to Hoopla yelling at Iris)
Hoopla: And also, I’m probably missing out on tons of things right now. You better have a good reason why you can’t fix all of this!
Iris: Look into my eye.
Hoopla: (stares into the center “eye” of Iris) Hmm? (Hoopla’s eyes start flashing colors) Aw crap I’m looking at the entire multiverse, I did not realize how bad this was, but more importantly how badly this would affect my eyes. (pulls away) So uh, answer me!
Iris: I am an all-knowing entity, I like to let the universe's inhabitants run their course. However, in times like this the entire multiverse is at risk.
Hoopla: You mean this has happened before?
Iris: You started this, Hoopla, therefore you must finish it.
Hoopla: I started a crime course during college and never finished that. Why is this any diff- oh yeah, we're all gonna die.
Iris: Either way, I’m only all-knowing, not all-powerful. I don’t even have hands!
Hoopla: Wait, then how did you teleport me here?
Iris: I didn’t, she did.
Hoopla: Huh?
(A sort-of boxy person walks out)
Iris: My assistant, Bloxyl.
Bloxyl: Hi.
Hoopla: That's a name? You should be ashamed.
Iris: Your name is Hoopla.
Hoopla: Touche.
Iris: Bloxyl here specialises in inter-dimensional travel, and also some other stuff which I won't go into because it would probably make your brain explode.
Hoopla: What do you mean? I'm smart, I think.
Iris: She will help you on your "quest", if you wish.
Hoopla: Oh, great, because I thought I'd have to spend the entire season by myse-
Bloxyl: (laughs) I'm not coming with you, obviously. I have loads of stuff to do here and I'm behind schedule as it is. Iris and I will still be communicating with you though from time to time.
Hoopla: How can you do that?
Bloxyl: With this. (hands over a device to Hoopla) Copyright Bloxyl 2020.
Hoopla: What the hell is this supposed to do?
Bloxyl: Oh, it lets you travel through dimensions, gives you information on the dimension, and tells you what you need to do to fix it.
Hoopla: Cool!
Bloxyl: Nah, not really. This is child's play compared to some of the other stuff we have.
Hoopla: I like that film.
Bloxyl: Of course, we wouldn't trust you with any of that!
Hoopla: (sarcastically) You know, you've made me feel really good about myself today.
Bloxyl: Great. Well there’s no time to waste, better get moving!
Hoopla: I can’t even relax?! Ugh…
Bloxyl: You’ll be going to a camp dimension. (she opens a portal) Have fun!
Hoopla: wait wu-
(Bloxyl kicks Hoopla in)
Bloxyl: Do you think we explained everything to him?
Iris: I think the bigger question is whether or not he took any of it in. He's hopeless.
(cut to Hoopla falling through the vortex)
Hoopla: HOOPLA! ...Y’know, travelling between dimensions isn’t as cool as I thought it would be. I guess I gotta give myself the energy to do all of this. They couldn’t have at least given me a few minutes to sit down? Argh…
(Hoopla’s finger starts to become a bit darker than usual, almost like the color of a shadow, which Hoopla doesn’t notice. After that, the episode ends.)
"To be continued…"
==Trivia==
*This is the first episode with PolarTem on the writing team.
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