A Very Sporty Christmas (Transcript)

This is the 37th episode of Nature Squadron: Fangranger.

It was Christmas Eve, and the Fangrangers were all together skating at the frozen lake. They had to be careful as the left end of the lake was surrounded by some boarders warning skaters to not skate there as it was thin ice. The rest of the lake was strong enough to take everybody's weight. Becky was busy skating a figure eight.

Bernie: Wow, Becky. That is an impressive figure eight.

Denny: It certainly is.

Lucky: Have you ever thought of making other numbers on the ice?

Ted: I don't think you can make other numbers on the ice, Lucky.

Claire: And why isn't it possible?

Ted: Eights are all circular and you don't need to stop.

Claire: But wouldn't you have to stop eventually when making the figure eight?

Becky: It is quite easy to make the eight look pretty good after I've finished with it, but it is harder to make other numbers.

Ollie: How about this.

Ollie skated for a while around and around and around as his friends watched. Finally, he stopped.

Ollie: There. How about that?

Ted: Well...It's uh...

Denny: Very uh...

Becky: Very circular, Ollie.

Ollie: Thank you, Becky.

Claire: You skated a zero.

And she was right. Ollie had skated a zero.

Ollie: I'd say it is at least easier than an eight. Isn't it?

Lucky: Well, I suppose it is easier.

Bernie: Yeah. Certainly easier.

Ted: Very good for a beginner.

Ollie: Beginner? I've skated before.

Ted: I meant at making figure eights, Ollie.

Ollie: Figure numbers, Ted. Anyway, I'm going to try a one next.

Denny: A one? That may be a bit more tricky.

Ollie: Well, let me try it.

Ollie began skating back and forth a short distance while his friends watched.

Becky: What are you doing? That isn't a very big one.

Ollie: This is just the lower line. I'll do the big line next.

Then, Ollie skated from the middle of his little line to the right and skated a longer line. He went back and forth while his friends watched in amazement.

Denny: I don't believe it.

Claire: Neither can I. He's actually doing it.

Then, Ollie skated at the end of the longer line and then made another shorter line at the tip end to make a perfect one. After skating back and forth, he jumped from the line away from the number.

Lucky: That is just amazing, Ollie. I had always thought about making numbers in the ice besides eights, and you made a number one.

Ollie: Maybe we should all try to make numbers in the ice besides eights.

Ted: Could we?

Denny: It might be a bit harder for the rest of us. You did an amazing job at it, Ollie.

Ollie: How hard could it be. With each line, I just needed to go back and forth until it was a good enough line.

Lucky: I'm going to try a number two now.

Bernie: Do you think you can do that, Lucky?

Lucky: If Ollie believes I can do it, then I believe I can do it.

And Lucky began work on his two in the ice. After a while of skating, they had all made numbers on the ice. Bernie managed to make a number three, Ted made a four, Denny made a five, and Claire made a six.

Claire: Well, there's my six.

Ted: And also your nine.

Claire: My nine? I've made a six.

Denny: Yeah. But upside down it is a nine. See for yourself.

Claire skated around her number six and saw that when she looked at it from the other way, it was a nine.

Claire: Oh. What do you know? A nine. I never knew that a six and a nine were the same flipped upside down.

Becky: Haven't you ever wondered why pool balls have a line under the six and the nine?

Claire: Oh really? I thought maybe there was supposed to be a line under all the numbers. I'll never forget the time I got in trouble for marking a line under the other pool balls at my uncle's pool table.

Ted: You wrote on your uncle's pool balls?

Claire: Yeah. And I was told I had to wipe them off. But I used a permanent marker. So getting the marking off took me quite some time. After that, I wasn't allowed to go near my uncle's pool table again.

Denny: And they didn't explain to you why the six and nine balls had a line under them then?

Claire: I don't remember.

Lucky: So anyway, when is the hockey game?

Denny: Well, it is supposed to be at 4:00, and it is 3:30.

Lucky: So thirty minutes to go. I think I could do a break.

Bernie: Me, too. Let's go get some hot chocolate.

Ted: Good idea, Bernie.

They all skated over to the end of the frozen lake, got their boots on, and headed to the hot coffee shop close by. When they had gotten inside, a snowman that was close by turned its head at the shop, then to the lake. Then, some bird legs came out from under the snowman and it began to walk away. It walked all the way to Verminator's Lair.

Decepto: Boss, it's a walking snowman!

Snowman: I'm no snowman (shakes his body until all the snow had cleared revealing Beakster)

Beakster: I'm Beakster. I was just disguised as a snowman to spy on the Fangrangers. I saw them making figure eights, and zeroes, and ones, and...

Verminator: Get to the point!

Beakster: Oh. And they said that they were going to play a game of hockey. I used to play that game a lot back in France when it snowed.

Fangulee: Hockey? What is that?

Beakster: Hockey is a game where you use a special kind of stick called a hockey stick. You then take a thing called a hockey puck and hit it across the ice to reach the goal.

Verminator: Can you show us what this exactly looks like?

Beakster: Sure. I'll draw it out.

Beakster got some paper and a pencil and began to draw out how a hockey game worked. The other villains looked over the paper.

Verminator: Hmmm. Hitting the hockey pucks around? I think I like this idea. Decepto, do you think you can make a monster from this game?

Decepto: I could if I had a hockey stick.

Beakster: I think I can arrange that.

Fangulee: Do you have a hockey stick?

Beakster: No, but I can make one. Watch this.

Beakster zipped out and then came back in with a log, then he began to peck at it until he had a hockey stick.

Beakster: Ta-dah! I taught myself how to do that after my old hockey stick broke years ago.

Fangulee: Then whatever happened to your new hockey stick after making one before?

Beakster: I lost it when I was running from the police. I tried to use it to knock them away, but I ended up dropping it somewhere where I could easily get caught if I went back for it. So I just left it.

Verminator: Decepto, make this hockey stick into the monster we need.

Decepto: Yes, boss.

Decepto took the hockey stick to his lab and began his magic words.

Decepto: Mockity mockity mockey, create a monster with the power to play hockey! (Waves his wand and a monster resembling a hockey player elf with a mask on his head appeared with the tip end of the hockey staff appearing to be made of metal and had spikes at the end of it)

Hockey Elf: I'm prepared for a game of hockey! When does the game start?

Decepto: It starts in twenty minutes at the frozen lake. But first, we must recruit some players!

Hockey Elf: Got it!

And Hockey Elf went out. Over with the Fangrangers, they were all drinking their hot chocolate.

Ted: I do like drinking hot chocolate during the winter. It always tastes great after a day out in the cold.

Denny: I agree. Although I remember that for a long time, I refused to even try the hot chocolate.

Becky: Why would you refuse to try hot chocolate, Denny?

Denny: I was worried that it would burn my tongue. But one day I was forced to try it after I was stuck out in the cold for two hours.

Lucky: How were you stuck out in the cold for two hours?

Denny: One day, my mom was out shopping while my dad and I were at home alone and I wandered outside without wearing any winter clothes while he was taking a nap and accidentally locked myself out of the house. Although I blamed my dad for getting locked out for that long, my mom told me I was to blame. She told me that I had to drink the hot chocolate in order to warm up, and once I had, I realized it was not so bad.

Bernie: I suppose your irresponsibility rewarded you for once.

Ollie: Rewarded him? He said his dad was to blame.

Denny: No. I said I blamed my dad, but he wasn't to blame. I shouldn't have gone outside without him knowing. Especially without any winter clothes.

Claire: I have to say, you were pretty tough to survive outside for two hours in the cold without any proper clothes.

Denny: For a long time afterward, I refused to stay away from the heater, even after spring came. Eventually, I stopped hanging out around the heater after I got too hot from it one day.

Out in the city, Hockey Elf looked around for some citizens to try out his hockey abilities. He then saw a giraffe lady walk by.

Hockey Elf: Ah, my first player. (Uses his hockey stick and hits a puck at the giraffe lady)

Giraffe Lady: (Gets hit by the hockey puck and is transformed into a hockey player)

Next, Hockey Elf turned a black bear man into a hockey player, then a weasel man, then a horse lady, then a turkey man, then a lion man. Soon, he had a full team of seven players including himself.

Hockey Elf: OK team. Now to go play our game. Our opponents are waiting at the lake.

And Hockey Elf lead his hockey team to the lake where the Fangrangers were. By that time, the Fangrangers had finished with their hot chocolate and were heading out to the lake.

Ted: That was some good hot chocolate.

Claire: Indeed. Especially Denny's story about getting stuck out in the cold.

Denny: Let's just get to our game, shall we?

Then suddenly, there was an ice dome that came down above the Fangrangers, separating them from the shop. The dome covered the lake as well.

Lucky: Hey, what's going on?

Bernie: (Goes up to the wall and feels it) It looks like ice.

Claire: (Goes to the wall and feels it herself) You're right, Bernie. (Tries punching at it, but doesn't break it) It is very tough ice.

They then looked to see Hockey Elf with his team.

Hockey Elf: Hey there, Fangrangers!

Ollie: Oh, I should have known.

Claire: What is the meaning of this, monster? Don't you know we have a game in ten minutes?

Hockey Elf: That game has been put off, Fangrangers in favor of my new game.

Ted: Your new game?

Hockey Elf: Yes! You see, I just recruited myself some hockey players with my hockey puck, which turns whoever is hit by it into a hockey player.

Bernie: So those are all civilians forcefully turned into hockey players? Why would you do that?

Hockey Elf: To make things more interesting. Now for my game. The goal is to get the most amount of points by the end of an hour. If you win, I'll set the hockey players free. But if I win, you will then become part of my team along with the rest of the city.

Ted: It doesn't sound like we have that much of a choice. OK. We're in.

All: Nature Fang Change! (Transforms into their ranger suits)

Just then, the other intended hockey team showed up. They consisted of Sasha, Milly, a bear girl, a hippo boy, a turkey boy, a panda boy, and a wolf boy.

Sasha: Uh, why is there an ice dome over the lake?

Milly: And why are the Fangrangers inside the dome? We were supposed to play a hockey game.

Sasha: And on top of that, weren't Ted and his friends supposed to meet us here.

Ted: We're really sorry about that, folks. But trouble roped us into this game. But we'll win and when we do, we'll make arrangements for a make-up game later on.

Milly: Well, we may as well find a place to sit and watch.

And the group went over to the seats that were placed for the game.

Over at the tree base, Swiftpaw and Acornio saw what had happened.

Acornio: Swiftpaw, is there anything we can do to help the Fangrangers?

Swiftpaw: I don't think so, Acornio. I think we just need to hope that they win this game. I just hope that they can save the citizens who have been brainwashed by the hockey pucks that Hockey Elf has hit them with.

Acornio: Can we at least watch the game?

Swiftpaw: From the base, we can.

Over at the game, the Fangrangers had huddled up.

Ted: OK, guys. Remember, the whole city is depending on us winning this game. So, we need to stay focused. So if you make any mistakes, learn from them.

Claire: Ted, you are so worked up about this. We are definitely going to win this. There is no doubt about it.

Denny: Ted, I think if you pressure us into winning, we may not be able to keep our focus. So just let us do our best and we'll win this.

Becky: On the bright side, this will be good practice for our game against the other school students later.

Ted: (Sighs) Sorry, guys. I just wasn't expecting a monster attack at this time. Let's just get out there and win. I'll be the goalie

And they picked up their hockey sticks and went out to the ice. Just as Ted said, he was the goalie.

Ted: Hmm. I wonder who is going to be the goalie of Hockey Elf's team.

He looked at the other end of the lake to see that it was Hockey Elf himself that was his own team's goalie.

Ted: Oh no!

The game then began, and the other six Fangrangers and the six brainwashed hockey players began fighting over the puck. First Claire got the puck at the end of her stick with both the giraffe and black bear trying to take it from her.

Claire: Bernie, take it! (Hits the puck in Bernie's direction)

Bernie: I've got it! I've got it! (The weasel blocked her path) I don't got it!

Then, Becky managed to get the puck from the weasel and managed to get it toward the goal.

Hockey Elf: (Tries to stop it, but misses) Darn!

Becky: I got a point!

The score chart then changed the score for the Fangrangers from 0 the 1. The audience then cheered for the Fangrangers.

Lucky: It's Fangrangers 1, Hockey Elf 0.

Hockey Elf: Try to do a bit better at stopping the Fangrangers from getting the puck, you bloats!

The game continued on. Next, the lion hit the puck toward the Fangrangers' goal with Ted blocking it off.

Ted: Nice try.

Denny was the next to grab the puck, and he managed to get another goal.

Hockey Elf: Ah! Not again!

Once again, the audience cheered.

Sasha: The Fangrangers are doing good so far.

Milly: I know they are going to win this.

Then, the turkey managed to get a point himself into the Fangrangers' goal.

Ted: (shrugs)

Audience: Aww.

Milly: What a tough break.

Sasha: (Sighs)

Claire: Don't worry about it, Ted. It was just one point.

Ted: Hehe.

As time continued on, they went back and forth. Soon, the game was tied nine to nine. And they were down to five minutes.

Lucky: We've got about five minutes left before the game is over.

Becky: And we're tied nine to nine.

Bernie: We just have to give it everything we got.

The horse managed to get the puck next and hit it toward the Fangranger's goal.

Hockey Elf: Yes!

Ted: (Hits it away) Ha!

Hockey Elf: No!

The puck then went to Ollie next, who then managed to hit it toward Denny. Denny then managed to hit it toward Hockey Elf's goal.

Hockey Elf: Oh no you don't!

Hockey Elf then swung his stick to try and block off the puck, but he swung so hard, he let go of his stick, causing it to fly out of his hands and hit the ice dome, breaking...the stick. The puck then went into the goal, putting the Fangrangers in the lead ten to nine just as the timer ran out.

Hockey Elf: No!

When that happened, the ice dome began to melt rapidly, but thankfully nobody got wet. Along with that, the six brainwashed players were then changed back and freed from Hockey Elf's spell.

Giraffe Lady: Huh? Where am I?

Black Bear: I don't recall going for a game of hockey. But I did just have the strangest dream of playing a game against the Fangrangers.

Turkey Man: I don't think it was a dream. Look. (Points to the Fangrangers)

Ted: We did it, guys. We won the game.

The audience then cheered for the Fangrangers.

Milly: I knew that they would win.

Sasha: Whoever they are under those helmets, I bet if they played a hockey game again, they'd certainly win that, too.

Ted: Citizens, hurry someplace safe. We'll handle this monster.

The citizens then all hurried away. Hockey Elf skated over to the end of the lake to his broken hockey stick.

Hockey Elf: I cannot believe you Fangrangers broke my hockey stick.

Becky: That wasn't us, you let go of the stick on your own. So it is more on you than us.

Over at Verminator's lair...

Verminator: Hockey Elf lost at his hockey game! And he doesn't have a hockey stick to beat the Fangrangers up with!

Beakster: Do not worry, boss. (Shows that he has another hockey stick) I made another hockey stick just in case this would happen.

Verminator: Decepto, send Hockey Elf the new hockey stick quickly.

Decepto: Straight away, boss. (Waves his wand and the hockey stick teleports to Hockey Elf)

Hockey Elf: (Holding his new hockey stick) Thanks for the new hockey stick, Verminator. Now let's see how you handle my hockey pucks now, Fangrangers!

Hockey Elf placed some hockey pucks on the ice and began hitting them toward the Fangrangers. There was one puck that was heading toward Bernie.

Bernie: This puck's going back to its maker! (Hits it with her hockey stick)

Another puck was heading toward Lucky.

Lucky: This puck won't be hitting this coyote today or on any day. (Swings his hockey stuck and hits the puck away)

Ollie: (As a puck is heading towards him) I think this puck picked its wrong target. I hope it will like its new target more than it would have liked me. (Hits the puck with his hockey stick)

They continued hitting the hockey pucks until Hockey Elf was covered in a bunch of his own hockey pucks. The Fangrangers then observed the pile.

Denny: This is quite a fine pile of pucks, isn't it?

Becky: It certainly is, but it is a shame these pucks will be going into the trash real soon.

Claire: That, or the wood-burning pit.

Ted: Then let's turn these pucks into the firewood they deserve to be. Bear Claws! (Jumps and swipes at the pile)

Denny: Monkey Whip! (Whips around a loose tree branch, then swings it at the pile of pucks)

Lucky: Coyote Football! (Tosses his ball at the pile)

Becky: Carrot Blasters! (Fires the blasters at the pile)

Bernie: Sonic Hooters! (Blasts the hooters at the piles)

Claire: Golden Sword! (Swings her sword at the pile)

Ollie: Mega Blaster! (Fires the Mega Blaster at the pile)

The pile of pucks then exploded, knocking Hockey Elf off the frozen lake and into a tree. Upon hitting the tree, some snow fell from the branches and covered Hockey Elf in a pile of snow.

Hockey Elf: Oh how humiliating!

The Fangrangers saw what had happened and laughed.

Ollie: I guess this elf was feeling a bit...under the snowy weather.

Claire: Yeah. Either that or he snew what a hard hit he was going to take.

Denny: Snew?

Claire: Snow and knew put together. I couldn't think of a better pun to come up with.

Then, Fangulee appeared.

Fangulee: How about Hockey Elf has snow time to lose? (Sends his bats at the snow pile with Hockey Elf, who then enlarges Hockey Elf, making him giant)

Hockey Elf: It is time to take this hockey game to the next level.

Ted: We can take this challenge.

Fangrangers: We call for the Nature Fang Beasts.

The Nature Fang Beasts then arrived and the Fangrangers had gotten on board.

Ted: (In Nature Fang Bear's Cockpit) Combine, NatureFangOh.

Claire: (In Nature Fang Tiger's Cockpit) Convert into Tiger Fang Fighter.

Both NatureFangOh and Tiger Fang Fighter had been formed and they along with Nature Fang Otter stood before Hockey Elf.

Hockey Elf: (Charges towards NatureFangOh with his hockey stick and attempts to attack)

NatureFangOh: (Grabs the hockey stick in its hands)

Hockey Elf: Hey! Let go! Would you!

But NatureFangOh would not let go. It then managed to grab the hockey stick out of Hockey Elf's hands entirely.

Hockey Elf: Huh? Give that back?

(Cuts to NatureFangOh's cockpit)

Becky: Give it back? How's this?

NatureFangOh: (Swings the hockey stick at Hockey Elf's face)

Hockey Elf: Ow! I didn't mean in the face!

(Cuts to the cockpit)

Denny: Then how about this?

NatureFangOh: (Swings the stick at Hockey Elf's stomach)

Hockey Elf: Oof! Not there, either! In my hands!

(Cuts to the cockpit)

Ted: In your hands? OK!

NatureFangOh: (Swings the hockey stick at Hockey Elf's hands, hurting them)

Hockey Elf: Ow! That wasn't what I meant!

(Cuts to Tiger Fang Fighter's cockpit)

Claire: So you don't like getting hit by your own hockey stick? Then maybe you'll like this sword better.

Tiger Fang Fighter: (Swings its sword at Hockey Elf, hitting him a couple of times)

Hockey Elf: Ow! (Gets hit again) Ah! (Gets hit again) Owie!

(Cuts to Nature Fang Other's cockpit)

Ollie: Let's try a couple of otter tail whacks if that sword isn't to your liking.

Nature Fang Otter: (Swings its tail at Hockey Elf, hitting him in the face)

Hockey Elf: (Gets hit) Ow! (Gets hit) Ow! (Covers his face)

(Cuts to NatureFangOh's cockpit)

Ted: Time for us to finish this. Nature Fang Sword)

NatureFangOh: (Has the Nature Fang Sword appear in its hands)

Hockey Elf: Huh? What is that?

(Cuts to NatureFangOh's cockpit)

Ted: The last thing that will hit you.

All: Hiya!

NatureFangOh: (Swings its sword at Hockey Elf)

Hockey Elf: (Gets hit) Ah! Game over! (Falls and explodes)

(Cuts to Nature Fang Otter's cockpit)

Ollie: It looks like we've won this hockey game.

(Cuts to Tiger Fang Fighter's cockpit)

Claire: And we have another game for us to win.

Later on, after the Fangrangers had demorphed, they arrived back at the frozen lake as Sasha, Milly, and the other players arrived back.

Sasha: Oh, guys. You will not believe what happened today.

Denny: Really? What did happen?

Milly: It was great. There was this hockey monster who put an ice dome over the frozen lake and challenged the Fangrangers to play a game with him.

Bernie: Oh. And did they accept his challenge?

Sasha: They were under the ice dome, so they didn't have a choice.

Lucky: Can you tell us who won?

Sasha: Who do you think won?

Lucky: Well...I don't know. Maybe the monster won?

Sasha: The monster? It was the Fangrangers who won!

Lucky: I know. I was just messing with you.

Bernie: That is a good one, Lucky.

Ted: I wish I could have been here to watch the Fangrangers win their game.

Claire: Yeah. Me, too.

Milly: Ready for our big game?

Becky: You bet we are ready.

And so the two teams got their hockey sticks ready and the game started. Time had passed and it was near the end of the game. The teams were tied nine to nine with the timer nearly at the end. Ollie and Milly were each trying to get the puck from one another, and then Ollie managed to get it and hit it into the goal, going past Sasha.

Sasha: Whoa! I didn't see that one coming!

At that point, the time ran out, and the Fangrangers had won this game.

Milly: That was unbelievable. You were pretty good. It is like you had a lot of practice before this game.

Claire: We certainly did practice a lot during this game.

Sasha: Really? Where?

Lucky: Just at our secret place. I was honestly worried that we'd be too tired to even play well after practicing so much, but I was surprisingly a lot more energetic than I was expecting myself to be.

Ollie: Same here. I was certain at the last second, I'd slip and Milly would have taken the puck away from me.

Sasha: Do you think you can teach us how to be better hockey players? I'd like to get better the next time I have a chance to play.

Milly: Me, too.

Becky: We'd be happy to teach you sometime next week after Christmas.

Sasha: Sounds good to me.

The Fangrangers certainly managed to win all of those hockey games both as the Fangrangers and then as their normal selves. And they all had a very Merry Christmas after that. As for Beakster, hehe...

(Cuts to Beakster opening a present to find coal inside of it)

Beakster: Coal, again. -\_-

Well, I bet you can guess.

To be continued...