As Good As Gold (Transcript)

This is the 16th episode of Nature Squadron: Fangranger.

(Stock footage from the last chapter is shown during this opening narration)

The Fangrangers discover that another Fangranger had arrived. They tried to figure out who she was and get her to join the team. However, Fang Gold showed she had no interest in joining their team and only wanted to help citizens in the normal ways and not fight against any of Verminator's monsters. Can the Fangrangers convince her to join them?

(Cuts to the Fangrangers at the tree base)

Ted: And then she just went off. Said she had no interest in joining our team.

Lucky: I don't think it is right since she's a Fangranger, we're Fangrangers.

Denny: And the Fangrangers don't fight crime, we fight monsters.

Acornio: Yeah! You tell'em, Denny.

Swiftpaw: Fighting crime is not a bad thing to do, though.

Acornio: It isn't?

Swiftpaw: Not at all. But it is important that you also are prepared and willing to fight Verminator's monsters when they arise.

Bernie: That I am always prepared for.

Becky: Maybe if we hang out with Claire, she might realize we are all nice people and might even decide to fight Verminator's monsters alongside us.

Swiftpaw: That seems to be a good start, Becky. Do you know where she lives?

Ted: I do. I was looking around a pizza shop that hasn't even opened yet when I met up with her. I'll take you guys, there.

(Cuts to Claire's house as the Fangrangers are arriving)

Ted: Well, this is the place.

Becky: It is quite a nice house.

Bernie: And that pizza shop next door actually is going to be run by her dad?

Ted: That's what she told me.

They went up to the front door and Ted rang the doorbell. Then, a tiger man opened the door.

Mr. Clawsky: Oh hello. Who are you?

Ted: I met up with Claire a few days ago and my friends and I are all wondering if she is home right now?

Mr. Clawsky: Oh. I see. Well, I'll go and get her.

He then left, and a few moments later, Claire came up to the door.

Claire: Oh it's you guys again. What do you want?

Becky: We just want to hang out and get to know you.

Claire: Well, I did tell Ted that I wanted to meet with you all. So I suppose it would be alright.

Denny: So what are some things you like to do, Claire?

Claire: Well, are you guys into boxing?

Becky: I am.

Lucky: As am I.

Claire: Then I think I might be up for that.

Lucky: That sounds great.

Over in Claire's basement, Claire was getting her boxing gloves ready. Becky had hers already on as she was waiting for Claire to get back to begin their match.

Claire: Just be prepared, Becky. I'm not going to go so easy on you.

Becky: I'm a good boxer, Claire. I can handle it.

Claire: Oh can you?

Becky did her first punch with Claire blocking her attack.

Becky: Whoa! That was good!

Claire: Then how's this? (Punches at Becky's side)

Becky: Ah! That was great!

Claire and Becky did some boxing for a while with Becky realizing Claire was quite strong.

Bernie: You certainly put up a fight with Becky, Claire.

Claire: I guess tigers are just stronger than rabbits. No offense, Becky.

Becky: None taken.

Lucky: But can a tiger beat a coyote?

Claire: I would not think so.

Lucky: I do since dogs are generally stronger than cats.

Ted: But Lucky, you're a coyote.

Lucky: Coyotes are dogs.

Denny: And Claire is a tiger.

Lucky: Tigers are cats.

Denny: But tigers are bigger cats. Well, non-anthro tigers are.

Claire: Why don't we find out if a tiger can beat a coyote in a boxing match.

Soon, Lucky got his boxing gloves ready and he and Claire began their boxing match. For a while, Lucky was able to outsmart Claire. He first managed to hit her arm.

Claire: Whoa!

Lucky: That was good, wasn't it?

Claire: Yes. I suppose that was good. But I think this is much better.

And Claire then tried to punch at Lucky's arm, but he blocked it off with both his fists, then pushed Claire back.

Lucky: So my blocking your fist was a better move than me getting your arm, right?

Claire: I wasn't referring to that move, I was trying to hit you.

Lucky: And that is why I blocked it.

Claire: I was expecting to actually get you, not have you block me off.

Lucky: Well, I did anyway, right?

Claire: Well, I suppose you had...

Then out of the blue, Claire gave a hit at Lucky's stomach.

Lucky: Ah! You caught me off guard.

Bernie: That was a neat trick that Claire did there.

Ted: Yeah. That was out of nowhere.

After some boxing, Lucky and Claire were done.

Lucky: Well, I almost managed to beat you.

Claire: I do like how you tried to outbox me.

Ted: So what are some other things you like to do, Claire?

Claire: I'm a good volleyball player. Are you into volleyball?

Lucky: I am.

Denny: I haven't played volleyball for a long time. I think I'm into that.

Later at the beach, the Fangrangers had gotten into their swimsuits and were at a volleyball net.

(The swimsuits the male rangers wear are swim trunks that match their colors while Bernie is wearing a pink one-piece swimsuit, Becky is wearing a white bikini, and Claire is in a gold bikini)

Bernie: So who will be on the left side of the net and who will be on the right?

Becky: Maybe we should pull names from a hat, whichever one comes out first will be the captain of the left team, while the second will be the captain of the right team. Then the captain of the left team will be a player for his or her team, then the right captain, and then the left again, and lastly the right again.

Ted: But we don't even have a hat, Becky.

Denny: And no paper to write our names on with.

Lucky: But I do have a quarter. How about we keep flipping the coin until we've decided on our captains. Whichever two are left will be the captains.

Bernie: That sounds like a good idea, Lucky.

Lucky got out the quarter and flipped it, this first flip had Ted be heads and Denny be tails. The coin showed tails, so Denny won the first round.

Denny: Sorry about that, Ted.

Ted: That's OK. I may be the leader of the Fangrangers, but I don't have to be the leader of a volleyball team.

Lucky was next on the coin flip, and each time, Lucky made it to the last coin flip with Becky being the last to be part of the coin flip. They then coin-flipped to determine the captain of the left team with Becky winning this one.

Becky: It looks like I'm the captain of team one. Now to pick somebody to be on my team. I'll pick Denny.

Lucky: I pick Bernie.

Becky: I'll pick Ted.

Lucky: Then that leaves me with Claire.

Soon, Becky, Denny, and Ted were on the left side of the net while Lucky, Bernie, and Claire were on the right. Becky had the ball in her hand.

Becky: Alright! Here it comes! (Hits the ball over the net)

Bernie: I got it! (Tries to grab it, but misses) Darn, I missed!

Claire: Maybe you should have tried flying to get it?

Lucky: But that would be cheating!

Bernie: He's right!

Claire: Oh. (Picks the ball back up) Here it comes! (Tosses the ball)

Ted: (Hits it) I got it.

Lucky: (Hits it)

Denny: (Hits it)

Bernie: (Hits it) Yes! I didn't miss! (It then hits her on the head) Ow!

Becky: Oops! Sorry, Bernie!

Ted: That's two to none.

Bernie: Don't worry about it, Becky! I think it was more my fault because I wasn't paying attention.

They played their game of volleyball for a while until Ted failed to hit the ball back after Claire had thrown it.

Ted: Darn.

Claire: I think we won. Right?

Lucky: Four to five? Yes.

Bernie: And to think I cost us the first two times.

Lucky: You just got better, Bernie.

Denny: So anything else you guys would be interested in?

Ted: Since Claire is the new friend, we should ask her.

Claire: Well we could build some sandcastles on the beach while we are here.

Becky: That sounds like fun. Let's each split into pairs and each build a castle.

So they went over a bit closer to the water and got to work. After a while, their sandcastles were done. Lucky and Bernie made a little castle.

Lucky: Looks like a fine castle, isn't it, Bernie?

Bernie: Yeah. And hopefully, with these sturdy walls, no terrible rats are going to be getting into this castle.

Denny and Becky had made a medium-sized castle.

Denny: This here be the castle of King Denny and Queen Becky.

Becky: Who is that coming to the castle? Friend or foe? (She says this to a small crab that just looks at the castle, and then walks away)

Denny: I guess he was a foe if he walked away.

Becky: How about you, Ted and Claire?

The castle Ted and Claire made was the biggest of them all. About half the size of either of them.

Ted: Our castle is quite a big one. It is the castle that protects the great forest.

Claire: Oh it is?

Ted: Uh huh. Anytime someone tries to cut down the trees at this castle, the king, that's me, sends out some knights to go and fight away the tree cutters.

Claire: (Looks out to the see) Can it also keep the water out?

Ted: What?

Claire: (Points to the water as a tide comes in)

Ted: Oh no!

The tide covered them all! When the water had cleared, everyone was wet, and the castles had all been turned into mush.

Bernie: Oh no! Our castles!

Becky: They're all mushy now!

Ted: I guess this tide was the one thing that these castles didn't stand a chance against.

After a moment of silence, everybody laughed. Soon, the sun was setting and everyone watched the sun go down.

Denny: This was certainly a relaxing day.

Becky: It sure has been. We just spend the day on the beach.

Lucky: And we didn't have to go fight any of Verminator's monsters today.

Bernie: Yeah. That was a good thing.

Claire: Well, you all are pretty good friends, and it was great to get to know you all since I've just moved here.

Ted: Was it a bit scary moving away from your old friends?

Claire: It was a little bit, but it's good to know I made some new friends pretty easily with all of you.

Bernie: That's great to hear.

Claire: Maybe we could hang out again some other time?

Becky: Yeah. We would like that very much.

Claire: Well, I better be heading home now. I'll see you around.

And Claire headed on home. When she had gotten home and had gotten into her pajamas, she took a look at her crystal acorn.

Claire: They all turned out to be good friends. But should I decide to join them as a Fangranger?

(Cuts to Claire taking a walk in the park)

A few days had gone by, and Claire was waiting for the moment another robbery would happen, or somebody would need help getting something down from out of their reach.

Claire: Things certainly have been quiet for the past couple of days. No robberies, not people who need assistance.

Just then, Claire saw an elderly panther man waiting by a bus stop.

Claire: I wonder if that man needs any help? Hmmm. (Gets out her Crystal Acorn, then goes over behind a tree, then comes out as Fang Gold, and goes up to the old panther man) Hello, sir. Do not worry, I'm here to help you cross the street.

Old Panther Man: Cross the street?

Claire: Yeah. It'll be no problem at all. (Grabs the old panther man's hand and began walking him across the street)

Old Panther Man: But...but...

Claire: No need to thank me yet. We're almost there.

And soon they were on the other side of the street.

Claire: There you go, sir. You're safely across the street.

Just then, a bus pulled up on the other end of the street, some passengers got off, but there was nobody to get on. Once everyone on the bus was off, the bus drove away.

Old Panther Man: O\_O

Claire: I see you are so shocked for words you don't know what to say to thank me, right?

Old Panther Man: (Begins to give a dirty look) YOU MADE ME MISS MY BUS!

Claire: (Gasp) Oh no!

Later, Claire was back at her house watching TV with her mom and dad. Then the news came on.

Female Cat Reporter: So earlier today, an old panther man reported that somebody who looked like our local heroes, the Fangrangers had forced him to walk across the street and miss his bus. The Fangranger in question was a gold one. One that I could have sworn helped stop robberies before.

Claire: Oh my!

Mrs. Clawsky: What's the matter, Claire?

Claire: Oh! It's nothing, Mom! Nothing at all!

Claire wasn't the only one who saw the news about her causing an old man to miss his bus, the rest of the Fangrangers saw this news, too.

(Cuts to each Fangranger as they say their lines)

Ted: Oh no. Claire, how could you do this?

Denny: Really? Walking an old man across the street without asking him if he wanted to cross first?

Lucky: That was unlucky!

Becky: I don't believe that.

Bernie: I hope this doesn't make her want to join the Fangrangers less.

The next day, all the Fangrangers went over to Claire's house.

Claire: (Opens the door) Oh hey, guys. I...I don't suppose you saw the news last night, did you?

Others: Uh-huh.

Ted: I am thinking you feel bad about it, aren't you?

Claire: Yeah.

Becky: Do you want to talk about it over at the tree base?

Claire: The what?

Denny: The tree base. It is where our mentor, Swiftpaw is.

Claire: How do we get there?

Ted: We'll take you there. (Grabs Claire's hand)

Then, they all teleported to the tree base. For the first time, Claire saw the tree base.

Claire: Whoa. I don't believe what just happened.

Bernie: Pretty incredible, isn't it?

Claire: I suppose so.

Swiftpaw: Ah, I see you finally managed to get Claire to come to the base.

Claire: Who is that?

Swiftpaw: I'm Swiftpaw, and this is my apprentice, Acornio.

Acornio: Hello.

Claire: A talking flying acorn? This probably has got to be the weirdest day of my life.

Becky: We thought the exact same thing when we first arrived here.

Swiftpaw: So what made you decide to join the Fangrangers, Claire?

Claire: I actually haven't fully decided on joining.

Swiftpaw: Then why are you here?

Claire: Ted grabbed my hand, then we teleported here. I don't understand that.

Ted: We brought her here to talk with her because yesterday, she did something she isn't proud of.

Swiftpaw: And what is that?

Claire: I made an old man cross the street and miss his bus.

Swiftpaw: And were you or were you not transformed at that time.

Claire: I was.

Swiftpaw: Oh. Well, I wasn't intending for the Fangrangers to help citizens like that. Your duty is to protect the world from Verminator.

Lucky: That's what we've been telling her this entire time.

Swiftpaw: Well, I think that a good lecture should help you realize what it is we do here and why we need you on the team, Claire.

Claire: Well, I guess I'm willing to learn.

Over at Verminator's lair, Decepto was working on something that involved chains. Verminator then entered the room.

Verminator: Decepto, is that monster ready yet?

Decepto: Almost. I just needed to get the chains ready. It has taken me a long time because of how heavy they are. But I hope they are heavy enough for our monster to defeat the Fangrangers.

Verminator: Good! With a sixth out there, I can't stand what they're doing any longer!

Decepto: I've got the chains already. So now to use the magic words. Teecka Teecka Tain, give me something that is as heavy as these chains!

The monster then transformed into a chain-like chinchilla monster.

Chainchilla: Time for this Chainchilla to chain up some Fangrangers!

Decepto: Fantastic! You won't have any trouble moving, will you?

Chainchilla began to move, but slowly a bit.

Chainchilla: Ugh! These chains are so heavy for me!

Decepto: I can fix that! Keema Deema Dain, make Chainchilla able to move easily with his chains! (Waves his hands at Chainchilla)

Chainchilla: (Moves around more easily) Ah! This is much better! Now to get into action!

And he headed on out. Over at the tree base, Acornio was able to sense Chainchilla's presence.

Acornio: Swiftpaw, another monster has been sent out!

Swiftpaw: Fangrangers, I'll continue to give Claire the lectures on being a Fangranger. If you need assistance, I'll send her out to help.

Ted: We're on it, Swiftpaw! Let's go, guys!

Core Five: Nature Fang Change! (Transforms into their Fangranger suits, then teleports out)

Claire: Will I be able to do that?

Swiftpaw: Let's talk first.

Claire: Alright.

Soon, the Fangrangers arrived in a field where Chainchilla was waiting for them.

Chainchilla: Hello, Fangrangers. This is going to be pretty sweet for me. I've got a bunch of chains that I shall wrap you up in. (Launches a chain at the Fangrangers)

Ted: You think that will get us? Think again! (Gets out his bear claws to claw at the chains, but ended up getting wrapped up in them) Ugh! (Tries to claw his way out) I can't break out of these chains!

Lucky: I'll help you out, Ted! No pun intended!

Ted: And none taken!

Lucky: (Tosses his football at Chainchilla, but Chainchilla gets the football chained up) What?

Bernie: I can get him! (Uses her Owl Hooter at Chainchilla)

Chainchilla: (Shields himself with his chains) Haha!

Bernie: Oh no! That did no good!

Becky: This must do something! (Aims her Carrot Blasters at Chainchilla, but they bounce off his chains) What? How can that be?

Over with Claire and Swiftpaw...

Swiftpaw: Claire, being a Fangranger provides you all sorts of weapons that ordinary civilian heroes would not have.

Claire: Really?

Swiftpaw: Yes. In fact, I've been waiting for someone to become Fang Gold so I could grant to them...(Goes over to a storage box and reveals a golden tiger sword) this!

Claire: A sword?

Swiftpaw: Not just a sword! A golden sword! It is very strong!

Claire: It is?

Swiftpaw: It is made of the strongest gold I have ever been able to find. Not even Verminator knows where this gold is found.

Claire: You must be very strong to be able to hold it up like that. It looks heavy.

Swiftpaw: It is actually quite light. Try it. (Holds out the sword to allow Claire to grab it)

Claire: (Takes the sword) Hey! It is light!

Swiftpaw: And I am sure that you have seen those giant robot animals that the other Fangrangers used in their last battle.

Claire: Oh yeah. And they combined into that one big robot.

Swiftpaw: You have your own robot as well. And it is called a Nature Fang Beast. (Cuts to said Nature Fang Beast, which is a golden tiger mecha resting in a cave in the forest) It is called the Nature Fang Tiger. It has been resting for a long time waiting for its master to call for it.

Claire VO: Oh.

(Cuts back to Swiftpaw and Claire)

Swiftpaw: Both are yours...if...

Claire: If what?

Swiftpaw: If you join with the Fangrangers. I don't think I can let you use these to help ordinary civilians.

Claire: Well, I promise I won't use them to help ordinary civilians. In fact, after what happened yesterday, I think I want to only help fight against monsters now. I don't want to get in trouble for helping someone who didn't want it again.

Acornio: Yes! She's in! She's in!

Swiftpaw: And now that you are a full Fangranger member, I shall tell you about how to teleport.

Over on the battlefield, all the other Fangrangers were all chained up.

Denny: This chinchilla has gotten us all chained up!

Becky: None of us can even move at all! This is no fun!

Chainchilla: Hahaha! All the Fangrangers are down! Now to finish them off!

Just then, Claire teleported in, holding the golden sword!

Claire: You won't be finishing off my friends!

Ted: Claire! It's you!

Bernie: Are you actually part of the team now?

Claire: Yes! I am part of your team! I'm one of you now!

Chainchilla: You bet you will be as I will chain you up as well! (Launches his chains out at Claire)

Claire: Golden Sword! (Swings the sword as the chains come in and cuts them)

Chainchilla: Huh? O\_O

Lucky: That was so cool!

Claire: Hold up, guys! (Jumps over to the other Fangrangers and breaks the chains around them all) There you go!

Becky: Thanks, Claire!

Denny: That feels so much better!

Claire: Now to finish this monster off! (Charges with her sword toward Chainchilla and strikes at him a couple of times)

Chainchilla: GAAAH! OWW! OUCH! That is quite a powerful sword you've got!

Then, Fangulee showed up.

Fangulee: So now you're part of the Fangrangers, Goldie? I'll just need to make Chainchilla much too big for your sword to get! Fly, my batties!

The bats flew towards Chainchilla and enlarged him!

Chainchilla: I shall now chain up the entire world!

Claire: Not if I have anything to say about it! For the first time ever, I call for the Nature Fang Tiger!

Over in the forest, the Nature Fang Tiger's eyes light up, then it stood up and ran out of its cave and towards the battlefield.

Ted: Here it comes!

Claire then jumped into the cockpit of Nature Fang Tiger.

Claire: So now I get to drive one of these! I hope I do well!

Chainchilla: Hahaha! I can tame this tiger! (Attempts to strike at the Nature Fang Tiger, but it grabs the chain with its mouth) Huh?

Claire: Now to get this monster in for a closer beating!

Nature Fang Tiger: (Pulls Chainchilla closer and closer towards it)

Chainchilla: Hey! What are you doing! (Is then close enough to Nature Fang Tiger)

Claire: I'm doing this!

Nature Fang Tiger: (Swings its tail at Chainchilla, knocking him to the ground)

Bernie: She's doing really well for her first giant robot fight.

Ted: Yeah. But she can't do it alone. Let's call for our Nature Fang Beasts!

The other Nature Fang Beasts arrived and then NatureFangOh was formed.

Claire: Guys, have your robot get on my tiger's back. Let's finish this chinchilla creep together.

Ted: Will do, Claire.

NatureFangOh then got on the back of Nature Fang Tiger as Chainchilla was getting up.

Ted: Nature Fang Sword!

NatureFangOh: (The Nature Fang Sword appears in its hand)

Claire: Here we go!

The Nature Fang Tiger then began to charge towards Chainchilla with NatureFangOh holding its sword out, ready to strike at Chainchilla.

Fangrangers: Nature Fang Sword Final Strike!

NatureFangOh: (Strikes at Chainchilla)

Chainchilla: AAAH! These chains have been broken! (Falls and explodes)

Lucky: We've done it!

Becky: Yeah! I was certain that we weren't going to get out of this one!

Ted: We couldn't have done it without you, Claire.

Claire: Happy to help, guys. ^^

Over in Verminator's lair, Verminator had heard about what happened.

Verminator: No! Chainchilla was a fool-proofed monster! How could even he get beaten by the Fangrangers!

Sheba: Not even I could break his chains, and yet the new Fangranger had.

Verminator: And now she's actually working with them! That's the last thing I wanted!

Verminator was so mad, he kicked a hole in the nearby wall.

Other Villains: Whoa!

Fangulee: Boss, you broke a hole in the wall!

Verminator: And now I feel somewhat better about what happened today!

Later on, Claire, as Fang Gold was on the news.

Female Cat Reporter: Today, we have a word from this new Fangranger, calling herself Fang Gold.

Claire: I just want to say that as of today, I will no longer be helping citizens the way I had. I'm going to stick with being a Fangranger and will only help citizens when they are in danger of monsters. I felt bad about what I did to that old man. So if he's watching, my apologies.

(Cuts to Mr. and Mrs. Clawsky)

Mr. Clawsky: So this mysterious hero is called a Fangranger, is she?

Mrs. Clawsky: And from what I heard, there are five others in this city who didn't do the things that she has done.

Mr. Clawsky: It's too bad Claire isn't home to see this? I wonder what she could be doing?

When the news report was over, the rest of the Fangrangers were hanging out with Claire at the tree base.

Ted: Claire, I am proud that you've become a part of our team now.

Becky: And we're proud that you apologized for what you did with that old man.

Denny: And have given up helping citizens and catching criminals.

Claire: Thank you, guys. It was fun catching criminals, but I'll leave that to the professionals. Can you imagine if there were a team of heroes like us whose job it was to catch criminals like it was their normal thing?

Lucky: I'll be amazed if something like that ever does happen.

Bernie: And maybe also a team that are robbers, too.

Becky: I don't think rangers can be criminals.

Bernie: It's just a thought, Becky.

Swiftpaw: From this day forth, the Fangrangers will have six on the team. Claire, with you by our side, we are sure to defeat Verminator.

Claire: It looks like my new life in this city has officially begun. A new duty as a hero, and five great new friends. (Hugs all the other Fangrangers)

Others: (smiles)

To be continued...