Crabs For Dinner (Transcript)

This is the 23rd episode of Dragon Squadron: Draconightgger.

One evening, after the fight with Jellicandra, the Draconightgers were in the base, showing Platia some pictures they had taken during their day on the beach. Monty was showing Platia the picture of the sandcastle they had made.

Platia: That is such an amazing castle you guys built.

Monty: I'm glad you like it, Platia.

Platia: Did you take any pictures of it on the inside?

Harry: Uh, the inside?

Platia: Well, it is a castle. Isn't there an inside of it?

Amanda: The inside of the castle is just sand.

Jase: How can you even go into the castle?

Platia: Didn't you make an entrance to the castle?

Harry: Why would we need to?

Platia: So people can enter the castle?

Kathleen: You can't go into sandcastles, Platia.

Princeton: It would be pretty hard to build a sandcastle that big.

Kathleen: Well, we could use DraconightOh to build a sandcastle that big.

Jase: But sis, we only use DraconightOh to fight monsters when they are grown giant, not to use for fun.

Harry: Yeah. DraconightOh is not a toy.

Kathleen: (Sighs) I know. It would be nice, though.

Monty: We do have plans on heading to the beach again tomorrow. If only you could come along. Especially since summer is going to be over soon.

Harry: Maybe if Rusairus is been defeated by then, we could have her come with us to the beach next year.

Kathleen: Don't you think it is possible for us to bring the beach to Platia?

Jase: How exactly could we do that, Kathy?

Kathleen: We could bring her some sand from the beach.

Amanda: I don't think we can do that, Kathleen.

Kathleen: Why not? We could just get buckets of sand and put them in the back of a truck, then bring it back here.

Princeton: That would take us forever. Plus, I don't think the city would appreciate us taking all the sand from the beach.

Kathleen: I guess you're right.

Platia: I can wait until next year. Besides, maybe it will be better when my people are able to go to the beach, too.

Monty: And even if you can't go to the beach in person, there are plenty of television programs about the beach.

Platia: There are?

Princeton: That's right. There are. So you won't be completely left out until next summer. (Gets out the schedule book) But unfortunately, according to the schedule, every beach-focused program for today has already aired. So they won't be showing the next one until tomorrow.

Platia: Maybe I can watch that while you guys are at the beach.

Jase: That's a great idea, Platia.

The next morning, Jaroblin was eating some crab meat. Rusairus came by and saw what he was eating.

Rusairus: Uh, are you eating crab meat?

Jaroblin: Sure am. I snuck onto the beach and saw some dead crabs around. So I decided to save it for my breakfast this morning.

Rusairus: Are you having that with jelly?

Jaroblin: Still mad about the failure of that monster from yesterday, huh?

Rusairus: You got that right. But perhaps, (picks up a small crab claw) this claw could be used for a new monster. Vector told me that the Draconightgers will be at the beach again today.

Tinker Tonker: They must be wanting to spend as much time on the beach before summer is over.

Rusairus: Exactly. I always hated how people enjoyed the summer heat. Always looking so...happy!

Jaroblin: Considering it is the time kids take time off of school, it certainly is the most fun time of the year.

Rusairus: My mother always saw summer vacation as a waste of time. She always taught my siblings and I lessons on how to be a demon even during the summer.

Turantrax: Was it a pain, Mother?

Rusairus: Yes. But that is part of the fun of being a villain. Hmmm.

Tinker Tonker: What are you thinking, Mistress?

Rusairus whispered what she was thinking to Tinker Tonker.

Tinker Tonker: Very neat idea, Mistress. It will be a great way to lure the Draconightgers.

The next day at the beach, Monty, Amanda, Harry, Jase, Kathleen, and Princeton set things up for their second day at the beach. Monty and Harry were getting the lounge chairs set up, Amanda got the umbrella into the sand, and Jase, Kathleen, and Princeton were laying down the beach towels.

Kathleen: Do you think anything exciting will happen on the beach today?

Jase: I just hope that if something does, it has nothing to do with a monster sent out.

Kathleen: Well, because of how hot it is, I want to cool off as much as possible. (Wipes a sweat on her head)

Amanda: Me, too. Although, I'm not as hot as the rest of you, guys.

Kathleen: Why is that, Amanda?

Amanda: I'm a reptile, the rest of you guys are mammals. It is not as hot for reptiles as we are cold-blooded. I wish we had this kind of weather during the winter.

Princeton: You need to wear layers and layers of clothes during the winter, don't you, Amanda?

Amanda: Uh huh.

Harry: I wonder how Platia manages the cold?

Amanda: Dragons and iguanas are not too different, so I would imagine there isn't much of a difference.

Elsewhere on the beach, there was a human-looking kid wearing a green and orange silly hat. He was looking around on the beach when a couple of other kids, a boy dog, and a girl fox, walked by with some ice cream.

Human Boy: Hey, those ice creams look good. Can I have one?

Boy Dog: Uh, these we got for us.

Girl Fox: Yeah.

Human Boy: But I haven't had an ice cream all day, and it is so, so hot.

Boy Dog: Well, I guess you can have a lick of my ice cream.

Girl Fox: Are you sure you should be doing that? You barely even know him?

Boy Dog: How bad can he be? He hasn't had an ice cream all day. I'm sure there is plenty for both of us.

Girl Fox: If you say so.

The boy dog moved his hand with his ice cream cone at the human boy, but the human boy opened his mouth wide and ate the whole ice cream in one bite.

Boy Dog: O\_O

Girl Fox: I told you it might not have been a good idea.

Human Boy: (Looks at the girl fox's ice cream) Can I have that one?

Girl Fox: You already had my friends' ice cream, you aren't having...

But the human boy then ate the girl fox's ice cream in one bite, too.

Girl Fox: ERRRRGGGGHHH! You'll pay for that! (Proceeds to punch the boy, when a crab claw appears from behind the human boy) Whoa! Huge crab! (Runs off)

Boy Dog: (Runs off)

Human Boy: Hehehehe...(His voice fades to a deeper voice as a grinning crab-like face with a big blue hat over his eyes pops out from behind the rock)

Hunger Crustacean: Hehahahahahaha!

Then, he saw a skunk family with a picnic basket.

Hunger Crustacean: Oh boy! A picnic basket! I've hit the Hunger Crustacean buffet! (Extends his human boy arm out and grabs hold of the picnic basket)

Mother Skunk: Huh? (Sees Hunger Crustacean's human boy hand) Uh, kid, would you let go of our picnic basket?

Hunger Crustacean: (In his little boy voice) But I am lost and I am hungry.

Father Skunk: Well we are sorry about that, but you can't just grab random people's picnic baskets.

Hunger Crustacean: (In his little boy voice) Pretty please.

Father Skunk: No. Now go away or we'll call the beach guards on you.

Skunk Son: Why don't we just spray at him?

Skunk Daughter: Mom and Dad said not to do that out in public.

(Cuts to Hunger Crustacean behind the rock)

Hunger Crustacean: (Normal voice) This family is a bit more tricky. (Digs his crab claw under the ground and has it pop out from the other side of the family's picnic blanket)

Skunk Family: (Screams and sprays their skunk spray, then runs away)

Not only did the skunk family run off the beach, but everybody close by ran off, too. Leaving all their food and belongings behind. The skunk smell didn't bother Hunger Crustacean, however, but he was surprised.

Hunger Crustacean: That was a lot easier than I thought. I wasn't expecting everybody else to leave the beach. But whatever works.

He came out from behind the rock and began eating out of the skunk family's picnic basket. Then, he proceeded to eat all the other food that so many people had left behind. The Draconightgers were far from the area where the skunk smell was. So they didn't run away when the skunk family had sprayed. They did get a call from Platia on their communication scales.

Platia's Voice: Draconightgers, there is trouble on the beach.

Jase: Trouble on the beach? Can't we get a peaceful day on the beach for once?

Platia's Voice: Why don't you ask Rusairus that?

Harry: I doubt she will even listen.

Platia's Voice: I don't think she would, either. I was being...what's the word? Scaredastic?

Amanda: It's Sarcastic.

(Cuts to Platia at the base)

Platia: Right. Anyway, a crab monster called Hunger Crustacean is going about taking people's food. He got a skunk family scared into spraying their skunk spray and it made everybody around them run off, too. Leaving their food behind.

(Cuts to the Draconightgers on the beach)

Monty: Then we'll have to make sure he is stopped before he goes out into the city and takes even more people's food.

All: (Gets out their Draconight Keys) Draconight Change! (The tiny knights danced and then they were transformed)

They hurried to the place where all of the other visitors on the beach had left their picnic baskets, picnic blankets, and food behind.

Amanda: It looks like there is no food left. It is all gone.

Princeton: You're right, Amanda. I can't even see a crumb left.

Kathleen: That has to be really "crummy", wouldn't you say?

Harry: Crummy is the word for it, Kathleen.

Then, they saw Hunger Crustacean's human disguise again behind the same rock as before.

Jase: Wait, here is somebody. Maybe he's seen the monster.

Monty: Hmmm. A little boy who is all on his own with nobody else around?

Amanda: Maybe he's lost?

Monty: I don't know. It seems a bit fishy to me.

Hunger Crustacean: (Through human boy hand) Hello, Draconightgers. I just saw some scary crab monster come by and scare so many people away.

Harry: We know all about that.

Princeton: And he ate all the food including the crumbs, right?

Hunger Crustacean: (Normal voice) And some sand accidentally...(Human boy voice) Um, I mean. Yes, he did.

Jase: What was up with your voice just then? It sounded really grown-uppish.

Hunger Crustacean: (Human boy voice) It's just a condition with my voice where it will on occasion get deeper.

Monty: Oh does it?

Then, Monty grabbed the boy by the arms and pulled him up to reveal an arm underneath his body.

Monty: Aha!

Hunger Crustacean: (Revealing his true self) Hey! Not so hard on the arm! (Tries to swing Monty off of it)

Monty: Oh yeah? (Gets his sword and swings it at Hunger Crustacean's little boy arm)

Hunger Crustacean: Oww! (Monty lets go and Hunger Crustacean rolls a few feet behind him)

Kathleen: You must have been the one who had eaten all of the beach visitors' food!

Jase: That isn't nice to take food that doesn't belong to you.

Hunger Crustacean: And your point? I'm a monster! My duty is to do things that I am not supposed to do. (Manages to get back up and proceeds to swing his claw at the Draconightgers)

Monty: Oh boy! (Whips out his sword and swings it at Hunger Crustacean, who grabs it with his claw, then Monty spins his sword around, hurting Hunger Crustacean)

Hunger Crustacean: OW! (Let's go)

Monty: I think that we're going to be having some fried crab tonight. (Raises his sword in the air as it lights with fire) Fire Sword Slash. (Swings his sword at Hunger Crustacean)

Hunger Crustacean: (Opens his mouth and absorbs the fire) Mmmm. Pretty spicy, but I likely! (Tries to bite at Monty's sword)

Monty: Whoa! Get away! (Swings his sword back, then swings it at Hunger Crustacean's head)

Hunger Crustacean: Oww! (Covers his head) Forget the sword, I'll just proceed to eat all of you. (Attempts to jump at Monty, but Amanda swings a rock his way) Oof! (Lands face first on the ground) I never knew it could be this "hard" to eat. (Takes a look at the rock) Hmmm. I wonder...(Tries to take a bite out of it, but finds it to be too hard) Ugh! Nope! This rock is too hard!

Kathleen: Are you going to now claim that something is too soft?

Jase: Kathleen!

Hunger Crustacean: (Gets up) Nothing is ever too soft for me! In fact, the softer, the better. Hmmm. That gives me an idea. We'll meet again, Draconightgers! (Vanishes away)

Monty: That gave him an idea?

Harry: What sort of idea have you given him, Kathleen?

Kathleen: I am not sure. I'm not a mind reader.

Jase: You asked him if he was going to claim that something was too soft.

Kathleen: Yeah, but after hearing him say the rock was too hard, I just thought of The Three Bears.

Monty: (Gets out his communication scale) Platia, Hunger Crustacean says that he has an idea. Kathleen had asked him if he was going to find something that was too soft after he said the rock Amanda threw at him was too hard.

Platia's VO: Any reason why she said that?

Kathleen: Just something that came into my mind, Platia.

Jase: Based upon a well-known line from a well-known story.

Platia's VO: What story would that be?

Monty: Well...

Platia's VO: Never mind. That isn't important right now.

Monty: But that is not all. After Kathleen said that, the monster said that the softer something is, the better.

Harry: Then he said he got an idea and vanished.

Princeton: And that's all we know.

Platia's VO: I think you need to find out what his plan is and put a stop to it.

Monty: Will do, Platia. We'll look around the city and ask if anybody has seen this human boy.

Amanda: How will they know what he looks like, though?

Monty: We can draw a picture.

Harry: Sounds easy enough.

Jase: But, we need something to draw with, and last time I checked, they don't have paper and drawing materials on the beach.

Kathleen: Maybe somebody on the beach left some paper and pencil behind.

Princeton: I don't think we should snoop around in other people's belongings and use their things without permission, Kathleen.

Kathleen: I guess you're right.

Princeton: But I do have some of these materials at my house.

Amanda: Really? Why didn't you say so?

Princeton: I was thinking of it, but Kathleen suggested looking around at other people's belongings first.

Over at the grocery store, Hunger Crustacean was dressed up as an old lady with a shopping cart. He had his little boy hand look like it was sitting in the cart, and to hide that it was actually his other hand, he had a dummy arm on his right side.

Hunger Crustacean: This will be perfect. I am sure to blend in.

He began to push the cart into the store. Everyone in the store who saw him suspected nothing. He rolled down the isles until he found what he was looking for.

Hunger Crustacean: Aha! Here we go! (Grabs a blender) Now to head on out.

He headed towards the exit, but as he was about to head out, one of the workers stopped him.

Female Crane Worker: Hold it, ma'am.

Hunger Crustacean: Huh? Uh, I mean...(Talks like a lady) Uh, what is it?

Female Crane Worker: Are you going to pay for that?

Hunger Crustacean: (Lady voice) Pay? What is that?

Female Crane Worker: Pay, with money. If you want something from this store, you need to pay for it with money.

Hunger Crustacean: (Lady voice) How about I pay with a (normal voice) CLAW! (Gets out his claw and begins snapping at the worker)

Female Crane Worker: AAAH! (Hurries away)

Hunger Crustacean then walked out of the store, but the worker saw him leave.

Female Crane Worker: Security! We've got a shoplifter on our tail!

Some guards then hurried after Hunger Crustacean, he saw them and ditched his lady disguise. The guards stopped when they saw him for what he really was.

Dog Guard: Ah! It's a monster!

Gorilla Guard: Like those monsters the Draconightgers had been fighting!

Pig Guard: But where are the Draconightgers?

Hunger Crustacean: Wherever they are, by the time they find out about my plan, it will be too late and you all will suffer. (Snaps his claw at the guards, scaring them before he runs off with the unpaid blender)

Over at Princeton's house, Princeton was drawing out an image of what Hunger Crustacean's human boy hand looked like. He was just finishing up by drawing the hat. (They're also listening to some music on the radio)

(They are demorphed in this scene)

Princeton: There we go. (Holds it up) That should do it.

Kathleen: But, what about the colors?

Jase: I think that the people we ask will be able to recognize the design.

Amanda: You are quite an amazing artist, Princeton. It looks just like him.

Then, the radio's music was interrupted.

Male Announcer: We interrupt your regularly scheduled program to bring you this breaking news story. Earlier today, there was shoplifting that happened at Price Shopper where what appeared to be a lady with a little boy in her shopping cart turned out to be a crab monster in disguise.

Monty: A crab monster? I bet I know what they're talking about.

Male Announcer: Draconightgers, if you are listening to this, we need your help!

Monty: Well, that's our cue.

All: Draconight Change! (The tiny knights dance and they are then transformed)

Over at Price Shopper, the six Draconightgers arrived and saw the crane worker who had witnessed Hunger Crustacean do his shoplifting.

Female Crane Worker: Oh, Draconightgers. I'm so glad you're here.

Amanda: We think we know what this monster in question looks like ma'am.

Princeton: Did he have a little boy in his hand that looked like this? (Shows her the picture he drew)

Female Crane Worker: (Looks over the paper) Hmmm. Yes. This is what that boy looked like.

Harry: And can you tell us what it was this monster was shoplifting?

Female Crane Worker: Yes! He was shoplifting a blender!

All Draconightgers: A Blender?!

Monty: But why would he want a blender?

Then, the ground shook, as they saw Hunger Crustacean at giant size carrying a giant-sized blender. He was going around scooping up some civilians in the blender.

Hunger Crustacean: (Sees the civilians he had scooped up and sees that it is just a little full) Hmmm. Going to need a lot more than that.

Jase: It looks like Tinker Tonker was able to enlarge the blender as well.

Monty: Then we'll have to put a stop to him. Amanda, get your key and the Sea Pony key ready. It is time for us to test out Draconight Sea Pony.

Female Crane Worker: Don't you mean Hippocampus?

Princeton: That's what I said!

Amanda: Enough!

Amanda got out her key for the Water Dragon and the Draconight Sea Pony and tossed them, summoning both the Water Dragon and the Draconight Sea Pony. Monty then tossed his key for the Fire Dragon, and soon, DraconightOh was formed with the Water Dragon and Draconight Sea Pony.

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit with the main five Draconightgers appearing)

Amanda: Ah. This is quite nice. Considering those dragons we met all those weeks ago, I'm sure the pink one would be happy to know that we now have a Draconight creature that is the same color as her.

Monty: Enough chit cat. Let's get those people freed.

Jase: He's right! Hunger Crustacean is still scooping up civilians!

And Jase was right. As they spoke, Hunger Crustacean was scooping up civilians.

Hunger Crustacean: (Looks at his blender to see that it is half full) I'm halfway there.

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Monty: You mean to get defeated! Sea Pony, give this crustacean a fish slap!

DraconightOh: (Uses the Sea Pony arm and begins to slap Hunger Crustacean in the face)

Hunger Crustacean: Ah! Ah! Quick it!

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Amanda: Now to help those civilians.

DraconightOh: (The end of the Water Dragon's tail becomes a hand and grabs the giant blender and lifts it up to its face)

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Harry: Hurry and get out of here as quickly as you can! We'll handle this monster!

DraconightOh: (Lowers the blender to the ground gently on its side to allow the civilians to get out and escape)

Once all of the civilians had gotten out, DraconightOh lifted the blender back up, then turned its head to see Princeton fighting against Tinker Tonker over the Enlarger Ray.

Princeton: (Swings his sword at Tinker Tonker) You better undo the effects of that enlarger ray.

Tinker Tonker: You think I'd be dumb enough to give it to you? You are our enemy. (Attempts to kick at Princeton)

Princeton: (Blocks with his sword) Oh no you don't!

Hunger Crustacean then managed to use his crab claw to get the Sea Pony tail off of his face.

Hunger Crustacean: Alright! Get that fishy thing off of my face! (Opens his claw and pushes DraconightOh back)

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Draconightgers: Whoa!

Hunger Crustacean: (Looks down at Tinker Tonker with Princeton) Get away from the one who made me larger! (Swings his claw down at Princeton and Tinker Tonker)

Princeton: (Sees Hunger Crustacean) Whoa! (Swings Tinker Tonker at Hunger Crustacean's claw)

Tinker Tonker: (Gets hit by the claw and lets go of the enlarger ray)

Princeton: (Jumps to grab it) I got it, guys!

DraconightOh: (Sets the blender down)

Princeton: (Reverses the enlarger effects on the blender, returning it back to its proper size)

Hunger Crustacean: Oh no! (Raises his claw to see Tinker Tonker lying down on his back)

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Monty: Good work, Princeton. Now let's finish this. Draconight Sword!

DraconightOh: (The sword appears in the Water Dragon arm)

Hunger Crustacean: (Looks towards DraconightOh)

DraconightOh: (Swings its sword at Hunger Crustacean)

Hunger Crustacean: (Gets hit a couple of times) GAAAAH! OWWW! OOOH! (Raises his little boy hand and then speaks in the little boy voice) Is there a last meal you can offer to me?

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Monty: Yeah! A sword sandwich!

DraconightOh: (Raises the sword, then slashes at Hunger Crustacean)

Hunger Crustacean: (Gets hit by the sword slash) GAAAAH! What a crabby end! (Falls down and blows up)

Tinker Tonker then managed to get up and grabbed the enlarger ray.

Tinker Tonker: You may have won this one, Draconightgers, but Mistress Rusairus will take you all down! Along with that dragon friend of yours' precious village! (Vanishes)

Princeton: (Looks up at DraconightOh) Welcome to the team, Draconight Hippocampus.

Draconight Sea Pony: (Makes an angry neigh)

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Harry: Uh, Princeton, I don't think she likes that name.

Amanda: You better call her by her actual name.

Princeton: (Sighs) Fine. Welcome to the team, Draconight...(Talks slowly) Sea...Pony...

Draconight Sea Pony: (Happy neighs)

(Cuts to DraconightOh's cockpit)

Monty: That is more like it.

Later on, the Draconightgers returned, still morphed, to Price Shopper with the blender.

Monty: Here is the blender back.

Female Crane Worker: Thank you so much, Draconightgers. (Takes the blender back)

Princeton: We couldn't find the box it came in, though.

Female Crane Worker: Don't worry about it.

Princeton: Are you sure about that?

Female Crane Worker: Absolutely.

Princeton: (Sighs) If you say so.

Harry: We've had a lot happen with us for the past two days. Hopefully, our enemies will rest before sending down another monster.

Female Crane Worker: I wish the best of luck to you on that, Draconightgers.

Jase: Thank you, ma'am.

And the Draconightgers walked off. They soon returned to the beach, where everybody had returned there. The Draconightgers arrived, demorphed behind the food shack where nobody could see them, and then went back to their spot on the beach.

Kathleen: I am sure glad everything is back to normal.

Jase: I wonder how they managed to get rid of the skunk smell?

Princeton: You know that tomato juice can get the smell out, right?

Jase: I think that only works if you get sprayed. How can you give a place a tomato juice bath?

Harry: Plus, I think that if tomato juice was used, the sand would be partially red, wouldn't it?

Princeton: I think so. I would suspend that somebody used bleach to get rid of the smell.

Amanda: (Smells it) Hmmm. I don't smell bleach or skunk smell.

Monty: Maybe because it has cleared up?

Amanda: That could be it.

Princeton: I am happy that we are able to spend this day at the beach before the weather gets colder. I always find autumn to be a bit depressing. But I guess that is how things are when you are an adult. Facing how scary adulthood is.

Harry: I don't think it is all that bad. On the bright side, we are all still here and not crab food, right?

Princeton: Huh. You have a good point, Monty.

After the Draconightgers spent this day at the beach, the weather began to get a bit colder for them. Although Princeton didn't feel as depressed this year as he did before since he had his six friends. He also knew that no matter how depressing things were for him, Platia had it worse. But they're working to fix all that.

To be continued...