A Bearable Doppleganger (Transcript)

This is the 31st episode of Nature Squadron: Fangranger.

One day, Ted, for some reason already morphed into Fang Red, was walking around in the city. He walked for a while, then stopped and looked around. Everything looked very peaceful. When the citizens saw him, they looked confused.

Pigeon Dad: Isn't that Fang Red?

Pigeon Mom: It seems to be. But why is he here? There is no danger around here.

Their Son: Maybe he is willing to give an autograph. Can we go and ask him for one, Mommy?

Pigeon Mom: I suppose we could.

The pigeon family went up to Ted, who then got out his bear claws.

Pigeon Dad: Excuse us, Mr. Fang Red, but can our son have your auto-

But just then, Ted attacked the pigeon family with his Bear Claws, much to their surprise.

Ted: (Knocks them back to the ground)

The pigeon family was in shock when Ted attacked them. When the other citizens saw what had happened. They kept their distance from Ted. Just then, the rest of the Fangrangers arrived and saw what happened.

Ollie: What? Ted? What is he doing?

Lucky: That doesn't seem right. Ted is supposed to be our friend.

Denny: There must be something wrong with him. Let's go and see.

All: Nature Fang Change! (They transformed into their ranger forms and hurried over to Ted)

Denny: Ted, what is the meaning of this?

Becky: Why did you attack that family? That isn't right!

Ted said nothing and then charged toward them and began to fight them. Starting with Denny. Denny didn't want to fight his friend, so he tried to reason with him.

Denny: Ted! Stop it! I don't want to fight! (Gets knocked back by Ted) Why are you doing this? Would you tell us?

But Ted said nothing, which got Denny annoyed!

Denny: Hey! I didn't ask you that question just so that you could ignore it! I asked it so you would actually answer! Now answer!

But Ted just swiped his claw and knocked Ted to the ground. Lucky then ran over to Ted.

Lucky: Ted, this is just uncalled for.

Ted just turned around and attempted to swipe his claw at Lucky, too. Lucky just blocked his attack.

Lucky: Ted, there is something wrong with you. Can't we talk this over man to man?

Ted just managed to undo Lucky's blockage and swiped with his claw, knocking Ted to the ground.

Becky and Bernie then each ran over and grabbed Ted by the arms.

Becky: Stop with this bad attitude, Ted!

Bernie: This is not how you treat your friends!

Ted just shook them both off and then kicked them in their stomachs.

Both: AAAH! (Both land on their backs)

Claire and Ollie then ran to him with Claire stomping her foot to the ground.

Claire: That is enough, Ted!

Ollie: This is very disrespectful as a Fangranger! It must stop!

Ted just walked up to them.

Claire: No! No! No! You stop this bad behavior right n-

But Ted just punched at her, and then at Ollie. Then he jumped away onto the top of a building and ran off.

Denny: Where are you going?

Ollie: What is the matter with that guy?

The news about Ted treating civilians and his fellow rangers had made its way onto the news.

Male Coyote Reporter: Breaking news, Fang Red, the leader of Nature Squadron: Fangrager, has gone rogue. Earlier today he attacked a family who just wanted his autograph, then his fellow Fangrangers showed up and he fought them, too. He has then gone off. What has gotten into this once hero?

In Verminator's lair, the villains were watching the news.

Verminator: Beakster, I have to hand it to you. Your new monster has done a fine job of ruining Fang Red's reputation.

Beakster: Thank you, Master. It was fun causing trouble over the internet, even sometimes trying to ruin the reputation of other people. But doing it in real life is better than I imagined.

Decepto: I think it is a great plan. There is no way Fang Red will be able to continue leading the Fangrangers this way.

Fangulee: And with no leader, the Fangrangers will be lost. They will be hopeless to beat us now.

Verminator: Yes indeed. Fang Red will be so ashamed of what has happened, he won't be able to lead his team properly.

Beakster: Especially since his team won't be able to trust him again after all this.

It just so happened that Ted was also watching this at his house, but he couldn't believe what he had seen.

Ted: Wh-what? Th-that can't be me! What is going on? Was I sleepwalking?

Then, he heard some sound coming from outside his house.

Ted: What could that be?

He walked to the backyard to see what it was. When he arrived, he saw that it was another Fang Red knocking over the trashcans.

Ted: Hey you!

The other Fang Red turned to look at him, and the moment he had, he ran away.

Ted: Hey! Get back here! Who are you?

But the second Fang Red just ran over the fence. Ted wasn't going to let this impostor get away. He followed after him.

Ted: Nature Fang Change! (Transforms into Fang Red and continues to chase the impostor)

As the chase had gone on, the rest of the Fangrangers were coming in from the other direction (all of whom are demorphed). When they saw the two Fang Reds running, they were surprised.

Denny: Wait a minute, two Fang Reds?

The first Fang Red ran into them as the second was approaching.

Ted: Guys, look out! That's a faker!

Claire: A faker?

Bernie: That explains what we saw!

Ted: I saw it on the news earlier today! Who are you anyway?

The impostor just swiped his Bear Claws at the real Ted, knocking him back.

Denny: Hey! Nobody does that to our friend!

All: Nature Fang Change! (They transformed into their ranger forms and charged toward the fake)

Denny: I should have known that you were not Ted.

Denny used his Monkey Whip to wrap around the impostor, holding him still.

Ted: Good work, Denny. Now let's see what we are up against!

He walked up to the wrapped-up fake Fang Red, then removed the impostor's helmet. Underneath was a cyborg-looking bear.

Ted: Whoa! (Drops the impostor's helmet)

Claire: That is freaky!

The impostor then managed to break his way out of Denny's Monkey Whip, then the rest of his suit dematerialized, and the Fangrangers all saw him for what he really was. He was a cybernetic bear with red eyes and a spiked ball in place of his left hand.

Grizzloid: Hehahahaha! You are quite clever Fangrangers, but not clever enough to beat Grizzloid! (Fires lasers from his eyes at the Fangrangers)

The Fangrangers jumped out of the way of laser blasts. Then Grizzloid's spiked-ball hand extended into a mace and wrapped around Claire.

Claire: AAAH!

Ollie: Hold on a moment, Claire! (Uses his Megablaster at Grizzloid)

Grizzloid: (Gets his with the blast, but is not too fazed) What was that supposed to be? (Fires a laser at Ollie)

Ollie: Oh my! (Jumps out of the way of the laser)

Ted: I'll break you free with the real Bear Claws, Claire! (Tries to break her free with his real Bear Claws, but the chains were too strong)

Claire: It is no use. They are just too strong for you, Ted.

Grizzloid: You are right about that, Goldie!

Then, Grizzlord lifted Claire into the air and began to swing her around.

Grizzloid: Around and around the gold girl goes! Where she lands, nobody knows! (Lets her go)

Claire: (Screams)

Bernie: Hang on, Claire! (Flies into the air and grabs Claire before she lands) There you go, Claire. You are safe.

Claire: Thanks for the help, Bernie.

Grizzloid: That isn't all I can do. (Launches his right arm as a rocket toward the Fangrangers)

Ted: Look out!

They jumped out of the way as the arm landed and exploded. A new arm appeared on Grizzloid in its place.

Grizzloid: I have an endless supply of them!

He continued to fire arm rockets at them! They were able to avoid them, but each one was harder to avoid than the last one.

Becky: This is starting to get really irritating! (Gets her Carrot Blasters out and fired them at Grizzloid)

Grizzloid: (Gets hit) AAAH! That hurt!

Becky: Ah! It's the Carrot Blasters that can beat him!

She tried firing again, but this time Grizzloid didn't take on any damage. Becky was confused.

Becky: What? How can the first shot hurt you but not that one?

Grizzloid: You didn't fire in the right spot, Whitey! (Fires a laser at Becky)

Becky: Whoa! (Jumps away)

Grizzloid: I have some unfinished business to take care of! I'll deal with you later. (Gets out a duplicate of the Nature Fang Changer) Nature Fang Change! (Transforms into his fake Fang Red form, and jumps away)

Ted: He is still able to turn himself into a duplicate of my ranger form?

Ollie: Do you think Verminator has found a way to make his own evil Fangranger again?

Claire: Not certain how he can do that since the pathway has been covered.

Lucky: He might have found another way to get back there.

Denny: We better tell Swiftpaw about this Fang Red knockoff and see if he has anything to say.

They teleported to the Tree Base. (Removing their helmets)

Ted: Swiftpaw, we got a mega big problem.

Swiftpaw: Would it have anything to do with you treating the citizens and even the rest of your team really badly, Ted?

Ted: But! That wasn't me! It was a faker! I would never do that!

Swiftpaw: Don't worry! I know you wouldn't!

Bernie: We came across this cyborg bear monster who is able to transform into a duplicate of Ted's ranger form.

Becky: I was able to hit him once, but when I fired at him for a second time, he didn't take any hits. I don't know what I did wrong the second time that I got right the first time. It felt like I did nothing wrong both times.

Denny: I think you did everything right, Becky. Even the second time. There must be a catch to that.

Lucky: Either way, right before he ran off from our battle against him just now, he changed into Fang Red again.

Claire: I'm really worried about Ted's reputation now. He could be out there causing more damage not only physically, but to Ted's good name, too.

Acornio: Well, not to Ted's good name, but to Fang Red's good name since nobody knows that you are Fangrangers.

Ollie: But if people stop trusting Fang Red, in time they may also stop trusting the rest of us.

Bernie: Do you think that could happen?

Ollie: It is possible. There might even be a whole army of fake Fangrangers trying to ruin all of our good reputations.

Ted: Swiftpaw, do you have any idea how he is able to turn into a fake version of Fang Red?

Swiftpaw: Well, let's observe your battle, shall we?

Swiftpaw made an image appear of the battle against Grizzloid. The scene they looked over was the scene where Grizzloid transformed into Fang Red. Swiftpaw took a closer look.

Acornio: What do you see, Swiftpaw?

Swiftpaw: Grizzloid's powers certainly are not the same as your powers Ted.

Ted: It isn't?

Swiftpaw: No. This power is created from negative energy.

Becky: What sort of energy, Swiftpaw?

Swiftpaw: By the looks of it, it looks to be created from energy by a crystal called nroca.

Others: Nroca?

Denny: Hold on a minute. Nroca is just acorn spelled backward.

Swiftpaw: Well, yes. But it is also a type of dark crystal. Many centuries ago, some ancestors of mine encountered these crystals called nroca. When touched, it will cause them to get corrupted. But it seems as though Verminator has somehow found a way to use the powers of nroca to make his own copy of Fang Red.

Ollie: I'm surprised he didn't decide to create another evil ranger as he did with me.

Swiftpaw: Trust me, Ollie. If a normal anthro got powers as Grizzloid has, they'd be corrupted worst than you did.

Ollie: Oh my. I don't want to even think about what would happen if my powers were made from nroca.

Lucky: Is there any way to stop Grizzloid?

Becky: I was able to hit him once. Swiftpaw, what did I do to hit him the first time, but not the second time?

Swiftpaw: Let's review that.

He showed the part of the battle where Becky was able to hit Grizzloid. They saw the moment that Grizzloid was hit by Becky's Carrot Blasters. Followed by a failed attempt at hitting him a second time.

Becky: You see, I got him the first time, but not the second time.

Claire: Hang on. Swiftpaw, is it possible you can show that again in slow-motion?

Swiftpaw: Certainly, Claire.

Swiftpaw showed the image again slower, and this time, they saw that the Carrot Blaster hit Grizzloid in the socket where his rocket arm should be after he fired it.

Denny: Did you see that?

Lucky: Becky's Carrot Blasters hit Grizzloid in the socket where his rocket arm came out.

Then they saw that before Becky fired at him the second time, the rocket arm reappeared in its place, then Grizzloid was hit again, but was shown not to take on any damage.

Bernie: That explains everything!

Ted: So all we need to do is fire at the socket where his rocket arm should be, then we should have him.

Claire: That is genius thinking, Ted.

Ollie: But before we can do that, we better expose him as the impostor.

Ted: I think I may have an idea of how to do that.

Ted explained his plan to the other Fangrangers, but I won't spoil what his idea was and just let you find out for yourselves. Anyway, after Ted explained his plan on stopping Grizzloid from impersonating him, they got to action. Out in the park, Grizzloid, still in his Fang Red form, was causing damage to the trees, bushes, and even play sets. The citizens were fearing him, still have not realized that this Fang Red was an impostor. The Fangrangers besides the real Ted then teleported in. When they had, there was a family of foxes. The mother fox protected her son when she saw the Fangrangers come in.

Fox Mother: Please don't harm my son! Do what you want with me! But spare him!

Denny: Relax, ma'am. We're not here to destroy. We're here to save the day.

Fox Son: Why is Fang Red being bad?

Claire: We'll get him settled!

The six of them ran over to Grizzloid.

Lucky: Hey, have you thought of behaving better?

Bernie: What you did earlier was not very friendly!

The citizens saw the Fangrangers facing Grizzloid.

Badger Man: At least not all the Fangrangers are evil.

Grizzloid then ran over toward the rest of the Fangrangers. Then suddenly, a rope that was laying on the ground lifted, causing Grizzloid to trip!

Grizzloid: Oof!

Rabbit Woman: Whoa! Who pulled on that rope?

Gorilla Man: Whoever it was, serves Fang Red right for hurting the civilians and his own teammates.

Just then, from out of an undamaged bush, the real Ted jumped out and went in front of the impostor. It was at that moment everybody saw two Fang Reds at once.

Peacock Man: Wait! Two Fang Reds?

Ted: Not quite! I am the real Fang Red, this is an impostor! I'll show you!

Ted grabbed hold of Grizzloid's helmet, revealing him as the cyborg bear monster, then tossed the helmet to a brick wall, breaking it. Grizzloid then got up and got detransformed from his suit.

Grizzloid: Ergh! How dare you do that to me, Fang Red!

Ted: And how dare you try to ruin my reputation! You wouldn't like it if somebody did that to you!

Grizzloid: I have a reputation for being loyal to Verminator and destroying you! And now I shall!

He aimed his rocket arm at the Fangrangers and fired it. This was the moment the Fangrangers had been waiting for. When he fired, they all jumped out of the way. But while the rest of the Fangrangers jumped to the left or to the right, Ted jumped forward over the arm missile and used his Bear Claws to claw at Grizzloid's open socket.

Grizzloid: AAAAH! (His rocket arm then appeared again) You got lucky there! But you won't again! (Fires again, but Ted jumps)

Claire: (Jumps with her sword) Heyah! (Swings her sword into the empty socket on Grizzloid)

Grizzloid: AAAH! (His rocket arm appears again) This cannot be! Two hits in a row and they hit my weak point! Two times lucky? That better not happen for a THIRD time! (Fires his arm missile at Claire, who jumps out of the way)

Becky: (Jumps over and fires her Carrot Blasters at the empty socket on Grizzloid)

Grizzloid: AAAAH! Again? Three hits? How can you do that?

Grizzloid kept on launching his arm missile at the Fangrangers. But each time, the last Fangranger who hit him just jumped out of the way, followed by another Fangranger using their weapon to hit him in his weak spot. Denny was next. He used his Monkey Whip to pull Grizzloid over to a tree and caused him to get hit right where his empty socket was.

Grizzloid: AAAAH!

Then, Lucky threw his Football at Grizzloid.

Grizzloid: (When hit) AAAAH!

Then Bernie used her Sonic Hooters to push Grizzloid into a wall. Once again, hitting him in the open socket.

Grizzloid: AAAAH!

And lastly, Ollie fired his Megablaster at Grizzloid.

Grizzloid: AAAAAH! (Begins to short circuit)

When his short-circuiting had stopped, he realized he couldn't fire any more arm missiles.

Grizzloid: No. My arm missiles! They don't work anymore! But I should have had an endless supply.

Ted: I guess it isn't endless when it is damaged.

Grizzloid: I may not be able to use my most powerful weapon at you, but at least I can still transform into your ranger form.

And he was about to do that when Ted called out.

Ted: Now!

Becky aimed her Carrot Blasters at Grizzloid's fake Crystal Acorn, causing it to completely shatter.

Grizzloid: What? No!

Becky: And a real Crystal Acorn would only get a few cracks in it that are easily fixable. Yours was made from a weaker type of crystal. One that shatters more easily. That is proof of your fakeness!

Denny: I think you mean falseness!

Then, Fangulee appeared.

Fangulee: Grizzloid, it isn't too late to redeem yourself. For Verminator I mean. Grow big and use your mace to wreck the city!

The bats flew over to Grizzloid and fired their eye beams at him, enlarging him. When he was giant, he swung his mace around.

Grizzloid: This will be quite fun for me. Destroying everything in sight.

Ted: He isn't going to destroy anything on our watches. Neither if they are physical things or a person's reputation.

The Fangrangers then heard the citizens cheering for Fang Red, as well as the rest of the Fangrangers. But mostly to Fang Red.

Bernie: It looks like you got everybody's trust back.

Ted: That is good. But let's not celebrate my name getting cleared yet, we still have a monster to take down. Let's summon the Nature Fang Beasts.

The Nature Beasts soon arrived and the Fangrangers got into the cockpits. When they had, Grizzloid then launched his spiked ball at Nature Fang Bear and wrapped him up in a chain.

Ted: Oh no! I can't move!

Nature Fang Beat tried to break free from the chains, but wasn't able to.

Grizzloid: You can't form NatureFangOh without Nature Fang Bear.

Then Grizzloid launched an electric attack at Nature Fang Bear, shocking him.

Claire: (From her cockpit) Hold on, Ted.

Nature Fang Tiger: (Jumps onto Grizzloid, knocking him over)

Grizzloid: AAAAH!

Claire: (From her cockpit) Now to break the chain.

Nature Fang Tiger: (Goes to Nature Fang Bear and begins to bite at the chains, soon breaking it)

Claire: (From her cockpit) There you go, Ted.

Ted: (From his cockpit) Thanks, Claire. Now that I am freed, let's combine into NatureFangOh.

Claire: (From her cockpit) And to form Tiger Fang Fighter.

NatureFangOh and Tiger Fang Fighter were then formed. They along with Nature Fang Otter walked over to the fallen Grizzloid.

Grizzloid: Ugh. (Sees his chain arm had be snapped) Ah! My chain! No!

Ollie: (From his cockpit) That serves you right for impersonating and chaining up Ted.

Nature Fang Otter: (Swings its tail at Grizzloid and hits him)

Grizzloid: AAAH!

Nature Fang Otter: (Swings its tail again)

Grizzloid: (Grabs the tail) ERRRR!

Nature Fang Otter tried to break its tail free from Grizzloid's grasp, but couldn't.

Ollie: (From his cockpit) I'm trying to break the tail free, but I can't!

Then, Grizzloid lifts Nature Fang Otter up into the air and began swinging it around. Ollie didn't like getting spun around.

Ollie: Whoa! This is bad! This is bad!

Then, Tiger Fang Fighter punched at Grizzloid, causing him to drop Nature Fang Otter, who was then caught by NatureFangOh.

(Cuts to the NatureFangOh's cockpit)

Bernie: Are you alright, Ollie?

Ollie: (From his cockpit) I am now.

Ted: We should now put an end to this deceiving cyborg of a bear. Nature Fang Sword!

NatureFangOh: (Has the sword appear in its hand, then sung at Grizzloid)

Grizzloid: Huh? (Gets slashed) GAAAH! My impersonation days are over! (Falls and explodes)

Ted: (From NatureFangOh's cockpit) You will not be missed, faker!

Later that day, Ted's good name getting cleared was announced on the news.

Male Coyote Reporter: So in a shocking twist, Fang Red hasn't turned evil after all. It turned out to be a cybernetic impostor presumably created by this Verminator the Fangrangers often talk about who has been sending out monster after monster. One does wonder why he didn't choose to make cybernetic impostors of all the Fangrangers, but at least the one that did come out is gone now.

Verminator and the rest of the villains were watching the news from his lair.

Verminator: So the Fangrangers were able to expose Grizzloid for what he actually was did they? I cannot believe the real Fang Red was able to expose the impostor and clear his name so quickly.

Beakster: I am very sorry about what has happened, boss. I would have made a whole ranger team, but the crystals that I found were too much for me to handle when creating any more than just one.

Verminator: Let's just hope the next monster does better. But at this point, we are through with making fake rangers!

The Fangrangers (All demorphed) were also watching the news on Ted's TV at his house.

Male Coyote Reporter: But there could be more troubles ahead for the Fangrangers. At the very least, Fang Red's name has been cleared and he shall continue leading the Fangrangers' to victory.

Ted: You bet he will.

Denny: And you can bet that his teammates will be happy to continue following him until the evil threat has been defeated.

Bernie: I don't think I can think of anyone better suited to lead the Fangrangers than Ted.

Becky: Neither can I.

Just then, Ted's dad came in through the door carrying some groceries.

Mr. Brownstone: Hey, Ted.

Ted: Hey, Dad. Do you need some help with those bags?

Mr. Brownstone: That would be great, Ted.

Ted went to assist with helping his dad get the grocery bags into the kitchen. His friends followed him to see the good that Ted was going to do.

Mr. Brownstone: I don't suppose any of you heard the news today, right?

Claire: Do you mean about what happened with Fang Red?

Mr. Brownstone: Yes, Claire. I guess you saw it on the news.

Lucky: Oh we certainly have.

Ted: A bear cyborg monster trying to impersonate m-er, Fang Red. Making even his teammates possibly distrust him.

Ollie: Or worse, ruin the reputation of the rest of the Fangrangers, too.

Denny: But I never thought that Fang Red could have turned to the side of evil.

Mr. Brownstone: I was a bit worried as well. Especially since for some reason, I think I know Fang Red from somewhere.

Ted: Uh, really? Where?

Mr. Brownstone: I am not sure. I think he could possibly be a close friend or family member. But I am not sure who.

Ted: Well I am sure that whoever he is, he is proud to not only help out the citizens but also his family, too. Who knows. Maybe he's helping his dad with the groceries right now just like I'm helping you.

Mr. Brownstone: You really think he could be doing that, Ted?

Ted: He might be.

Mr. Brownstone: If that is the case, I will bet that his father is just as proud of him and I am with you helping out.

Ted: You may be possibly right, Dad.

Mr. Brownstone: Well, it is getting close to dinner time, so I think the rest of you should be getting home as well.

Denny: We shall do that, Mr. Brownstone.

Lucky: I'd like to see if my dad needs any help with the hot dogs that we're going to be cooking tonight.

Becky: And if my mom wants help with making that carrot soup.

All of Ted's friends headed on out of the house after they all said so long for the day. It pretty much goes to show you that no matter how good an imitation of something is, the real deal will always come out on top. Whether that happens over the course of a few hours, a couple months, or even a whole year. But in the end, the faker always loses.

To be continued...