The Big Bad Device Given to Hoopla Which If Used Incorrectly Could Potentially Kill Us All So Like, No Pressure or Anything

I recommend reading the short Artificial Dumbtelligence before this episode in order for it to make more sense. - CrazySponge
This is the 24th episode of Hoopla's Fantastic Beach, and the 10th episode of season 2.
(Episode starts with Hoopla and Boopla running toward Doclement’s lab, while pushing and shoving random civilians out of the way)
Civilian: Hey, I’m walking here!
Hoopla: Yeah yeah, running is more efficient. Doclement! Doclement!
Boopla: We haven’t even seen him yet!
Hoopla: I can see his glasses.
Boopla: He’s not wearing them, you dummy.
Hoopla: o. There he is for real! Nitwit. 
Boopla: Uh, where?
Boopla: Ugh, forget about it.
Hoopla: I still wonder, why would Doclement’s name be on this “shadow button”?
Boopla: Blackmail? Secret life? Another universe? 
Hoopla: Maybe I should push it.
Boopla: Are you nuts? We have no idea what it even does!
Hoopla: But it looks so pressable. Just one? Please?
Boopla: I'd rather slap you in the face, but that'd be assault, so let's just ask Doclement instead.
(Hoopla and Boopla run into Doclement’s door)
Boopla: Ow!
Hoopla: DOCLEMENT! OPEN UP! HOOPLA!
Doclement: Huh? Who’s there-? Oh god, not those two.
Hoopla: Well you heard a hoopla, didn’t you? Are you deaf?
Doclement: Sorry, I have selective hearing. Plus I can't be bothered to listen.
Hoopla: Whatever. Same thing. I don’t care.
Doclement: Hoopla, I got it from not hearing anything inside this bunker for many years. Those days still scare me at night. Back in… 'nam.
(Sounds of gun firing and explosions play in the background)
Hoopla: What the heck is nam? Don't you make that sound when you eat food?
Doclement: Just shut up and tell me why you're here.
(The door opens up, and Hoopla & Boopla walk inside)
Hoopla: We want to know what this button does. (He almost presses the button, but Boopla stops him in time)
Doclement: What button? And why are you holding that weird tv remote? Is SpongeBob on?
Hoopla: Shh, we’re not supposed to talk about him until season 3. Plus we'd get sued into oblivion. (hands him script)
Doclement: Oh right. Now as I was saying, what is this button you are talking about?
Boopla: The one Hoopla’s holding. It has your name on the bottom of it.
Doclement: That looks like the TV remote I lost last week. How the hell did it get to you?
Hoopla: (facepalms) It’s not a damn TV remote!
Doclement: Sorry, sorry. I think this alien invasion stuff is getting to my head. Let me inspect this. (takes it) Hmm...it looks familiar. (pulls something off the shelf)
(He suddenly recalls a memory not shown on screen and falls to the ground, screaming in fear)
Hoopla: Are you having more Nam flashbacks?
Doclement: Not this time.
Hoopla: So then, what the heck is your deal?
Doclement: Don’t you remember THIS? (shows a normal-looking red button to Hoopla)
Hoopla: No… is that a self-destruct button? 
Doclement: I remember it clearly now… it was a month ago. You pressed it, and it took over us. We lost our free will for several seconds every time it was pushed. And then we were able to destroy it by going inside the core of it...somehow. I can’t quite recall what happened after. I assume this one I’m holding now is a spare copy I kept.
Hoopla: Nope. Nothing’s flooding back. Except that taco I ate an hour ago. I'll be right back. (Runs off)
Doclement: DON'T GO TO THE DOOR ON THE LEFT! (he hears an explosion, and bangs his head against the wall)
Hoopla: It’s okay. I somehow managed to go in there anyway.
Doclement: Uhh… anyway, I need to still inspect this button, no matter how much it scares me. (Doclement tries opening the button by unscrewing it) What the- It can’t be opened! Where did you get this from?
Boopla: He got it from the Black Market. I got a copy of the communist manifesto from a very trustworthy individual.
Doclement: The Black Market. Of course. Well, it seems to be identical to my button, except that the button itself is black. It must be a modified version of my button then. but how the heck did it get there? And what was this device called again?
Hoopla: It was called the shadow button.
Doclement: Shadows...interesting. We must go to the library!
Hoopla: Don’t we have the internet?
Doclement: I trust paper more. It smells nicer anyway.
(Hoopla, Boopla, and Doclement go to the library)
Doclement: Scallops, sickness, ah, here we go. Shadows. How shadows work… what are shadows… shadows for dummies ...aha! Legends of Shadows!
Hoopla: Legends of Shadows? 
Doclement: Yes, it’s a very reliable book source. I even wrote a small part of the latest edition.
Hoopla: LEGENDS OF SHADOWS? You mean.. The 3D mobile turn-based RPG set in a fantasy world populated by 16 different factions, each with distinct traits and 15 characters-
Doclement: Not that! I don’t need to hear that again!
Boopla: Why do you need this book again?
Doclement: (flipping through pages) If I remember correctly, there should be a part with a “Shadow Monster”...found it!
Hoopla: Why does that sound familiar? Waaait a minute… (flashbacks to the shadow monster from a previous episode) I left my oven on! (Cuts to his house on fire with the smoke alarms going off) (cuts back) Wait that’s not it...oh no!
Doclement: What is it?
Hoopla: Around 2 weeks ago, I encountered the Shadow Monster!
Doclement: Encountered? It was real?
Hoopla: Yeah, and it was really powerful.
Doclement: Well, on this page it states that in legend, the Shadow Monster can be captured via vacuum, and once inside, its power can be contained in a small vessel.
Boopla: I think I get what you’re saying. Your theory is that someone must have captured that thing, and trap its power into the button, causing it to turn black.
Doclement: Precisely. Now to confirm this. Hoopla, did you tell anyone about the Shadow Monster?
Hoopla: Yeah, I yelled about it on the street.
Doclement: What the- I guess someone must’ve heard your ramblings, capture the Shadow Monster, put its power into my button device, and sell it on the Black Market.
Boopla: That’s just how the market works.
Doclement: This means… the power of my button is combined with the immense power of the Shadow Monster. Hoopla, if you pressed that button… you could kill us all.
Boopla: Yeah, no pressure or anything.
Hoopla: But it’s so big and shiny! I gotta-
(Doclement swipes the button away)
Doclement: This is mine now-
Police: GIVE IT BACK THIS IS THE LAW.
Doclement: Oh right, stealing is illegal. (gives it back) Just, DO NOT PRESS IT!
Hoopla: Ugh, fine. I'll not press charges… for now.
Doclement: I meant the button.
Hoopla: Oh. Well that I can’t guarantee.
(Cut to Hoopla laying on his bed)
Hoopla: What to do? I mean, how do they know it’ll kill us all? What if it gives us two hundred more years of life? Ugh, this is taking a toll on my mind. I’ll just watch mindless entertainment then.
(Hoopla turns on the TV)
TV: Get ready for tomorrow! What’s tomorrow you ask? Why, it’s Election Day! I have no clue why we’re holding an election before the end of the world...but anyway, we have one new candidate who’s not doing so well. Hoopla! Will he be able to regain voters? Let’s find out…
Hoopla: I remember now...it’s time to get ready.
(end)
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