Having a Gumball (Transcript)

This is the 13th episode of Nature Squadron: Fangranger.

Over at the park one day, the Fangrangers were having a walk when they saw a group of teenagers surrounding a poodle girl. She was blowing bubblegum very big, and the others were cheering for her.

Crowd: Bigger! Bigger! Bigger! Bigger! Bigger!

(It then pops)

Poodle: How was that, Samantha?

Female Robin: A few inches bigger than the last one.

Crowd: (Cheers)

Bernie: I wonder what this could be about?

Denny: Why don't we go and see?

They went over to the crowd to see what was up.

Becky: Excuse us, but what exactly is happening here?

Corgi Boy: Oh, Phyllis is just practicing for the bubblegum blowing competition that is happening at the new candy store.

Lucky: The new candy store?

Phyllis: Well yeah. Haven't you heard of the new candy store that is opening up? They're having a competition on the opening day which is next week.

Bernie: That sounds exciting.

Lucky: I haven't heard of any new candy store opening up. Can you take us to it?

Phyllis: For sure, dudes. Come on.

And the Fangrangers followed the crowd to the candy store that was in the works.

Phyllis: Here it is. It is Gumballtron's Candy shop.

Ted: Who is Gumballtron?

Phyllis: He's the mascot for this new store. He's this robot built to look like a gumball machine. He can let out gumballs for anyone. As long as they place a quarter inside of him first.

Lucky: A gumball machine robot? That is the coolest thing I've ever seen.

Bernie: It sure is. I think I'd like to enter this competition, too.

Becky: So would I.

Phyllis: Well, sign-ups are right out in front.

Thankfully there wasn't a crowd, so Becky and Bernie went on over and each signed up.

Becky: I just thought of something, Bernie.

Bernie: What is that, Becky?

Becky: We don't have any bubblegum to practice with.

Bernie: You are right. And the candy store is not open yet for us to buy any bubblegum from.

Phyllis: Hey, you could just go to the market. They have plenty of bubblegum there. You can practice on that.

Bernie: Alright. Thanks, Phyllis.

Phyllis: Not a problem, dudettes. Later.

And Phyllis went on her way.

Becky: Let's go and get some bubblegum from the market and then begin our bubble-blowing practice?

Bernie: Yeah. I want to be the best.

Becky: As do I.

Bernie: I bet I can blow bigger bubbles than you, Becky.

Becky: Oh, we'll see about that.

And the two of them headed on their way to the market. The boys were concerned.

Lucky: I hope this bubble-blowing contest doesn't tear the girls apart.

Denny: I'm sure it won't, Lucky.

Ted: I hope you are right, Denny.

Denny: It is all for great fun, isn't it?

Lucky: Fun with a prize, Denny. Only one of them can be the winner.

Denny: May the best bubble blower win.

Later, Becky was at her house with a bag of gum she had just bought from the market. She put some gum into her mouth and began to chew. After chewing for a while, she began to blow a bubble. She watched herself blowing the bubble in the mirror. It has gotten a bit big, then it popped. She got the bubblegum off her face.

Becky: I'm sure I can blow a bubble even bigger than that.

She put the gum back into her mouth and then tried again. Over at Bernie's house, Bernie was practicing bubble-blowing, too. She managed to make a bubble a third of the size of her head. Before it could reach half the size, it popped. She took the gum off her face.

Bernie: That was pretty good. I'm going to try again and see if I can reach half the size of my head.

She then placed the gum in her mouth and tried again. The next day, they all met in the park.

Ted: So how has your practicing been, girls?

Denny: Did you get some pretty big bubbles?

Bernie: Well, I practiced until I was able to make a bubble nearly the size of my head.

Becky: Really? I managed to get a bubble to be as big as the soccer ball in my room.

Bernie: A soccer ball? I'll need to try even harder than that.

Lucky: Just don't stress yourselves out at this, girls.

Denny: Lucky is right. If you blow your bubbles so hard, you'll run out of breath.

Ted: You did take a break after a while, didn't you?

Becky: Well, I practiced until it was my bedtime.

Bernie: So did I.

Denny: For how long did you each practice?

Bernie: I wasn't keeping track of time while I was practicing.

Becky: I wasn't either.

Lucky: You better be sure you know when you start practicing and when you finish.

Denny: I suggest you practice for just a single hour and then take a break.

Becky: Alright.

Bernie: That I can do.

For the next couple of days, Becky and Bernie each practiced their bubble-blowing. And they each did so for one single hour. And each time they had gotten better. Not just by making bubbles pretty big, but also with their breathing. They made sure not to breathe so much that they got tired. Soon, it was the day before the new candy store was to open and everyone was excited.

Ted: Well, girls, tomorrow is the day.

Denny: You did have plenty of practice over the week, right?

Bernie: I did.

Becky: And I did as well.

Lucky: As well as plenty of time to breathe in between practices, right?

Becky: Oh I took the time to have breathing breaks.

Bernie: I did as well. I think I'm about ready to win this.

Becky: I am as well.

Bernie: I'm sure I can blow the biggest bubble for the contest.

Becky: I bet I can blow a bubble bigger than yours, Bernie!

Bernie: Oh I don't think so, Becky!

Ted: Girls, please don't argue over this! Just do your best and may the best bubble blower win!

Denny: Ted is right. You shouldn't let the competition get in the way of your friendship.

Becky: The boys are right, Bernie. Let's just have fun with this and be happy for whoever wins if it isn't us.

Bernie: Right. Friendship is much more important.

While the Fangrangers were talking, Fangulee had come out of a vent inside the candy store. He made his way to the ground in the store and looked to make sure nobody was around.

Fangulee: That bubblegum robot should be around here somewhere.

He began to look around. He saw the candy on the store shelves and looked them over for a while.

Fangulee: I wonder if I should take some bags of candy while I am here? (Is about to reach out and grab a bag) Not right now! I'm not here for candy, I'm looking for that robot. Perhaps it is in the storage room.

Fangulee went over to the storage room. The storage room was quite dark. There were boxes all over the place. But he was determined to find the robot.

Fangulee: Gumballtron, where are you? I have some business for you under the order of my boss, Verminator.

Soon, Fangulee found Gumballtron resting on the back wall.

Fangulee: Ah! There you are!

Fangulee grabbed Gumballtron and teleported away. He soon appeared in Verminator's lair.

Verminator: Did you find him?

Fangulee: Sure did, boss.

Sheba: What good will a robot that can dispense gum do for us?

Verminator: We're going to make him an evil robot and cause trouble, that's what. Decepto!

Decepto: Yes, boss?

Verminator: Get to work on making this robot useful for us. You know what to do.

Decepto: Right away, boss.

Decepto picked up the robot and went on his way to the back room. A while later, Decepto came back with Gumballtron now functioning.

Decepto: Here he is. The new and improved Gumballtron.

Sheba: He looks the same as he always has been, Decepto.

Decepto: That is what the citizens are going to believe, but Gumballtron can do more than just dispense gum now.

Fangulee: What else can he do?

Decepto: He can fire his gumballs at people's teeth to give them tooth pain!

Verminator: Quite an evil and genius plan, am I right?

Sheba: What else can he do?

Decepto: He can also make his own army of gum monsters called gum golems appear just by dropping a gumball onto the ground.

Sheba: It looks like the Vermdemics are out of a job for this one.

Decepto: And he can also make gumballs quite big if he wants them to and use them like wrecking balls.

Fangulee: Is there a catch?

Decepto: Yep. If he runs out of gumballs, he'll be useless until we can find more.

Fangulee: If only I thought to take some bags of bubblegum from the candy store when I was there before.

Verminator: It is a good thing Sheba got some bags of bubblegum earlier.

Sheba: H-How did you know about that?

Verminator: I saw some in your room. What were you doing with all that gum anyway?

Fangulee: If I didn't know any better, I would think she was going to enter the competition.

Sheba: What? No way would I do that!

Verminator: Just be sure you don't take all that gum for yourself, Sheba.

Sheba: I won't, boss.

Decepto: Alright, Gumballtron. Get to work.

Gumballtron: Will do, Master Decepto.

And Gumballtron teleported away. Later, Sasha and Milly were walking in the park when they saw Gumballtron.

Sasha: Hey, Milly, look at this!

Milly: Isn't that Gumballtron, the mascot of the candy store that is opening tomorrow?

Sasha: I think so. But what is it doing here?

Milly: Maybe the new store is trying to promote the new candy store so they made another robot and placed them all around town. Uh, do you have a quarter, Sasha?

Sasha: (Digs in her pockets) Um...No.

Milly: Neither do I, Sasha.

Then, Gumballtron aimed his gumball blaster arm towards Sasha's mouth and fired.

Sasha: (Begins to chew) Hey, that robot was kind enough to give me fre-OW! (Holds her mouth)

Milly: What's the matter, Sasha?

Sasha: My teeth! They're hurting! Ouch!

Then, Gumballtron fired a gumball into Milly's mouth.

Milly: (Begins to chew) Well, at least that robot gave me some gum, too-OW! (Holds her mouth) Now my mouth is hurting!

Then, the Fangrangers arrived and saw what was going on.

Ted: Sasha, Milly, what is the matter?

Sasha: Don't take this guy's gum! It'll-OUCH-Hurt your teeth!

Lucky: Wait, isn't that Gumballtron?

Denny: But why would Gumballtron be firing gum to hurt people's teeth?

Ted: Something tells me that he must be under some sort of spell.

Sasha: We better see if we can-OUCH get a dentist to help!

And they hurried away! As soon as the two of them were out of sight, the Fangrangers began to transform.

All: Nature Fang Change! (They transform into their suits)

Becky: With our helmets on, he can't fire any gum into our mouths now.

Gumballtron: I might not be able to find gum into your mouths, but I have more tricks up my sleeve than just gum to hurt people's teeth.

He then used his blaster to fire gum onto the ground. This left the Fangrangers in confusion.

Ted: Uh, you didn't hit us with the gum!

Gumballtron: I wasn't trying to!

The gum then mutated into an army of gum golems.

Fangrangers: Whoa!

Denny: Now that is creepy!

Becky: Gum-made monsters?

Lucky: This must have been the only way this guy could make friends.

Bernie: Jokes aside, Lucky. We have some gummies to beat.

Becky: But they're not bears!

Bernie: I didn't mean gummy bears!

Ted: Let's just fight!

And they charged for the gum golems. Ted first used his fist to hit one of the gum golems, but his hand got stuck.

Ted: Uh oh. A bit of a sticky situation. No pun intended.

Lucky tried kicking one in the stomach, but his foot got stuck.

Lucky: No pun taken, Ted. I have the same issues.

Denny: (Tried to karate-chop at another, but gets stuck) Same here!

Becky: I thought the Vermdemics were tricky, but these guys (gives a punch at a gum golem in the back, but her fist gets stuck) are a real sticky situation.

Bernie: (Tries wing attacking a gum golem, but gets stuck) Yeah. And I'm not laughing at the unintended pun, Becky.

Lucky: Ted, any ideas?

Ted: I've got one.

He then began to swing the gum golem around and around in the air.

Denny: Whoa! Nice plan, Ted! (Begins to spin the gum golem he is stuck to around and around)

Becky and Bernie both followed suit.

Lucky: Well, I guess I'll have to try and swing my leg around. It isn't going to be that easy.

Lucky did his best, and he was able to get himself on the ground laying on his back, and then began to swing around his gum golem.

Gumballtron: What? How are you...?

Ted: Now, aim for the monster! (Swings and lets the gum golem go and it sticks to Gumballtron)

Denny: Alright! (Swings his gum golem at Gumballtron)

Becky: (Swings her gum golem at Gumballtron) Eyah!

Bernie: (Swings her gum golem at Gumballtron) Ha!

Lucky: (Swings his gum golem at Gumballtron) He kicks, he scores!

Gumballtron got hit by each gum golem one by one, and soon he was stuck in a ball of gum.

Ted: It looks like this monster is having a...gumball!

The others then laughed as Lucky was getting himself back up from the ground.

Lucky: Now that is funny.

Gumballtron: ERGH! This is humiliating! (Uses his gum shooter to suck up all the gum) Now let's try something more effective! (Fires the gum onto the ground and the gum golems form again)

Ted: Trying the same trick more than once?

Gumbralltron: No! This time I have something else in mind for the gum golems! Golems, spit'em out!

The gum golems spit out some wads of gum from their mouths at the Fangrangers! The girls managed to jump out of the way, but the boys were all hit by the gum and they got stuck to a wall.

Ted: Ugh! I cannot move! (Struggles to get out)

Denny: Neither can I! (Tries to break out)

Lucky: This gum is much too strong for us! (Tries to break out)

Gumballtron: Darn! The white and pink ones got away! Golems, go and find them!

And the gum golems went after the girls! Gumballtron then walked up to the boys as they were stuck to the wall.

Gumballtron: At least I've gotten the three of you! So that's better than nothing! I'm going to go and make more citizens gain toothaches! I'll be back to deal with you later!

And Gumballtron went off to find citizens to attack.

Lucky: I do hope Bernie and Becky can get us out of this literal sticky situation.

Denny: Surely they'll come up with something.

Ted: In the meantime, let's see if we can struggle to get out of this gum ourselves!

And they began to move around in the gum to try and break out. Meanwhile, all over town, Gumballtron was successful in getting gum into most of the citizens' teeth, causing them to get toothaches.

Gumballtron: (His head is shown to be completely empty of any gum, but he doesn't realize this yet) This is just perfect! So many people with aching teeth! Nothing pleases me more than to see people suffer from tooth pain.

Then, he saw a group of kids he hadn't fired gum at yet.

Gumballtron: And here are my next targets. (Tries to fire some gum, but nothing comes out) Come on! (Tries again, but nothing comes out) I can't be out! Are you kidding me? I gotta find some more gum! I'm useless without it!

And he went off to find some more gum. Meanwhile, Becky and Bernie were still running away from the gum golems who were trying to fire gum from their mouths to trap the girls, but they kept on missing.

Bernie: (Sees a pair of trashcans) Becky, over here! (Lifts the lid of one of them)

Becky: Are you kidding me?

Bernie: Would you rather get gummed?

Becky: (Jumps into the other trashcan as Bernie gets in the first)

Gum Golem: Hey, they disappeared! We won't give up so easily!

And they went off. As soon as they had, the girls stuck their heads out from the trashcans.

Becky: Next time, I pick the hiding place!

Bernie: Hey, I am just as disgusted about hiding in here as you were, but I'd rather be in a smelly garbage can than be stuck in sticky gum.

The girls climbed out of the trashcans with them each brushing off some garbage that had been placed onto them.

Becky: So now that we lost those sticky losers, how can we get the guys out of their sticky situation?

Bernie: Well, we'll need to think of something that can wash gum away.

Becky: Well, just don't ask me to eat any of that gum. I don't want to have gum stuck in my stomach for the rest of my life.

Bernie: Becky, that's just an old myth. Gum doesn't stick to your stomach if you swallow it. In fact, it leaves your body exactly the same way as it was when it entered it. Completely undissolved.

Becky: Oh.

Bernie: I don't blame you for thinking that. I used to think the same thing, too until I saw a YouTube video explaining it.

Becky: Still, I'm not going to be eating that gum off the wall.

Bernie: And I didn't say we had to.

Becky: Good. Well, maybe if it was carrot-flavored, but I never heard of any carrot-flavored gum.

Bernie: If such gum exists, I haven't heard of it.

Becky: Me neither.

Bernie: Perhaps we should look up what can be used to clear away gum.

Becky: That's a good idea. Let's head to the library.

And the girls hurried away to the library. Meanwhile, the boys were still struggling to get out of the gum, but it was no use.

Ted: It isn't of any use, guys. I think we are totally stuck here.

Denny: By the looks of it, you might be right, Ted.

Lucky: I'm sure that Bernie and Becky will come up with something to help us out. Both figuratively and literally.

Ted: So many puns today. Intentional or not. -\_-

Over at the library, Bernie and Becky went somewhere to change out of their suits. Once they had changed out, they headed on into the library. They went over to the library's computer to look up anyway to get the gum off the boys.

Becky: (Sitting down at the computer) Alright. Let's see. (Types) "What dissolves gum." (Presses enter) Ah. Here we go.

Bernie: (Standing behind Becky's chair) What did you find, Becky?

Becky: It says here, that we can use either lemon juice or white vinegar to get the gum to dissolve.

Bernie: Lemon juice or white vinegar?

Becky: That's what the result I got says. Although this is for sanitizing carpets or upholstery.

Bernie: And what we need is to get a bear, a monkey, and a coyote off a brick wall.

Becky: We'll just need to find some lemons to get the lemon juice from or find some white vinegar.

Bernie: Well, I can't think of any place to get white vinegar from, so I think the lemon juice might be our best option.

Becky: Yeah. Only, where are we going to get enough lemons?

Bernie: That is a good question. Let's check our houses to see if we have any.

Becky: Alright.

And they headed out of the library and on their way to their houses to check their kitchens. They first went to Becky's house, but Becky only had four lemons.

Becky: This isn't going to be enough.

Bernie: Yeah. Certainly not enough. Maybe my kitchen will have a lot more.

They then went to Bernie's house, and Bernie had ten lemons in her kitchen.

Becky: Well, that's six more than I had.

Bernie: But will 14 lemons be enough?

Becky: I don't think that is enough to help even one person out.

Bernie: I think you're right. Let's check with Swiftpaw. Maybe he will be able to help us.

Becky: Good idea.

Bernie: And they teleported to the base. Out in the city, Gumballtron just arrived at the market and headed to the candy aisle. He went up to the section that had the gum.

Gumballtron: Ah! This will be perfect! (Rips open and bag and begins putting them into his mouth, loading him up)

Male Alligator Worker: Sir, you're going to have to pay for those.

Gumballtron: (Finishes his gumballs) Alright! Here's my payment. (Aims his blaster at the worker and fires gum at him, sticking him to the wall) Hahahaha! So long, sucker! (Walks out of the market)

Over at the base, Bernie and Becky just arrived and they explained to Swiftpaw what had happened.

Swiftpaw: So you need to get a lot more lemons in order for you to get the boys out of some sticky gum on a brick wall?

Becky: Yeah. That is right.

Bernie: And possibly the whole city, too. I don't think the monster will restrict his attacks to just us.

Acornio: I think I can help out. I'm going to need all your lemons though.

Becky: All our lemons?

Bernie: What for, Acornio?

Acornio: I'm going to plant all the seeds and have them grow into lemon plants. Then you'll have plenty of lemons.

Becky: But plants take a couple of days to weeks to grow, and we don't have that kind of time.

Swiftpaw: For Acornio, his plants grow in an instant.

Acornio: Yep. I can make plants grow much faster than anyone else in the world can.

Bernie: Well, I suppose we should trust that for the guys' sake.

Becky: Yeah.

Becky and Bernie handed Acornio the lemons and he went out to plant the seeds from them. A few minutes later, he called out.

Acornio: Guys! Come and see this!

Becky, Bernie, and Swiftpaw went outside the base and saw lots of lemon plants with fresh lemons on them.

Bernie: That is unbelievable!

Becky: It's a miracle!

Swiftpaw: I told you Acornio's plants grew in an instant.

Becky: Now let's get the lemons picked and get that lemon juice.

They began to get the lemons picked from the lemon plants and then began to squish the lemon juice out into a couple of containers with hoses attached to them.

Becky: That should be enough. (Straps a container to her back)

Bernie: (Straps the other to hers) Now to get some gum dissolved!

Both: Nature Fang Change! (Transforms into Fang White and Pink, then teleports away to the boys)

Ted: Girls, glad to see you!

Becky: Don't you worry, boys.

Bernie: We've got you covered! Or rather, we'll soon have you uncovered!

Becky: (roll eyes)

They sprayed the lemon juice out from their containers and onto the boys stuck on the wall, dissolving the gum and freeing the boys.

Ted: Ah! I can move again!

Denny: Me, too!

Lucky: So can I!

Bernie: We aren't finished yet! We still have to help the citizens who have also been put in some sticky situations!

Becky: So we better help them out as well.

They then got a call from Swiftpaw.

Swiftpaw's Voice: I'm sending you three more containers of lemon juice for the boys to help out.

And like that, three more containers of lemon juice had teleported in.

Ted: Alright! Let's strap up, guys.

The boys each strapped the lemon juice containers to their backs.

Ted: Now to save the city.

And they went around helping the citizens all around town. Gumballtron was still looking for more citizens to use his gum on when he began to notice that all the citizens he gummed before were all gone.

Gumballtron: Hey! What happened? All my gummed victims are gone!

Just then, the Fangrangers arrived before him.

Ted: You got that right, Gumballtron!

Gumballtron: What? How did you?

Bernie: Two words, lemon juice!

Gumballtron: Lemon juice? (Fires his blaster to make more gum golems) Golems, attack!

The golems charged for the Fangrangers.

Ted: Alright, guys! Fire!

They all fired the lemon juice at the gum golems, and they all dissolved.

Gumballtron: Hey! That isn't fair!

Ted: Now to put an end to your gumming ways!

They then sprayed Gumballtron with the lemon juice.

Gumballtron: AAAH! Lemon juice! It burns me! (Starts to short-circuit and then stops moving)

Lucky: He isn't moving anymore.

Denny went over to Gumballtron.

Denny: I think the lemon juice short-circuited him. I think we should get him back to the base and have him reassembled.

Becky: Then we can return him just the way he was to the candy store.

Bernie: Good thinking.

Over in Verminator's lair...

Verminator: Those Fangrangers foiled my plans once again.

Decepto: Lemon juice? I didn't see that one coming!

Verminator: They won't be so lucky with the next monster!

The next day, the competition for blowing the biggest bubbles was going on. Becky and Bernie were the last contestants and they were blowing bubbles bigger than anyone else had. Everyone was watching with suspense.

Phyllis: I'm quite impressed with how they managed to beat me.

Sasha: After that toothache I had yesterday, I don't think I'd want to enter this contest.

Milly: Me, neither.

It then ended with both Becky and Bernie's bubbles popping at the same size and at the same time.

Male Dog Shop Owner: And we have a tie. The winners are Becky Cottontail and Bernie Owlson.

Becky: Wow! We both won!

Bernie: I know!

Becky: What did we win?

Male Dog Shop Owner: You win your own miniature versions of Gumballtron. (Hands the girls each a box with Gumballtron's picture on them)

Becky: Wow! This is a great prize!

Bernie: It sure is!

Ted: I sure am glad that Swiftpaw and Acornio were able to rebuild and restore the actual Gumballtron.

Lucky: And with a protection spell to keep Verminator from turning him into a monster again.

Denny: It is also good that yesterday's attack didn't ruin Gumballtron's reputation.

Ted: Yeah.

To be continued...