At the Casino/You Can't Keep a Good Toon Down

*(At the edge of a bayou and its lake as the sunset arrived, sits a huge casino building that resembles a sunken ship complete with a long boardwalk leading up to its entrance. And around the place are signs that read "Big Rat Race Tonight!", "No gators allowed," "Gators stay out," and even two "Negaduck and the Gangreen Gang's Casino," yet the Gangreen Gang's name on those signs have been crossed off in Xs by black paint for some reason)*

New Orleans, Louisiana, 1995

*(Then a male announcer was heard from inside the casino)*

Male announcer: (Voice-over) On your marks, get set....

*(Then a gunshot was heard from inside)*

Male announcer: (Voice-over) And they're off!

*(Inside a room of the casino, the whole place is crowded with a million of excited gamblers and performers cheering on a rat race, consisting a literal rat race where a bunch of rats are racing for a piece of cheese being used to lead the way for the race, and all those gamblers and performers are cheering like mad for any one of those rats they betted on to see who will win first place, and one of the rat racers who is way behind the pack of rat racers is wearing a police outfit-like racing uniform complete with a police siren light that even makes police siren wails. During all of this, a male announcer is commentating the race on his microphone in a very fast pace like an auctioneer)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) It's a spectacular lineup, with Mighty Morris taking an early lead. Rat 0'War is second by a head, and Secretary Rat trails by a half. What an amazing race, ladies and gentlemen! Out of the turn it's Mighty Morris, with Rat O' War charging up from behind. Into the second turn, Mighty Morris and Rat 0'War fight it out while Squad Car trails the pack. Now it's Rat 0'War by a nose, Secretary Rat is second by a head with Mighty Morris back in third.

*(Suddenly, the police uniform-wearing rat racer started to catch up quickly, and as he's trying to get to the front, but to no luck, the male announcer commentated with spirit on what he's doing at that moment)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) But wait! Squad Car, the black and white, is making his move in the rear. He tries to the right, he tries to the left, but it's no good, folks. It's rat-eat-rat out there, and they're just not gonna let him through.

*(Then the police uniform-wearing rat racer, now revealed to be Squad Car, came in between two rat racers)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) But what's this? Squad Car's coming up through the middle.

*(Suddenly, the two rat racers squished Squad Car in the middle like a sandwich, as if trying to stop him from catching up)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) Oh, but he's caught in a pinch!

*(Then Squad car pulled himself free from the pinning and climbs onto one of the rat racers that was pinning him down and is now riding him like a horse, even racing against the rat racers up the loop-de-loop path)*

Male announcer (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) But now he's climbing out and he's riding on top of Cheez Whiz. And into the loop-the-loop it's Squad Car and Cheez Whiz bringing up the rear as they head into the oil slick. Oh, my gosh, look out!

*(Then the rat racers, with Squad Car still riding on the one rat racer, now revealed to be Cheez Whiz, slipped on the oil slick puddle in the track, but they quickly recovered and resumed racing against each other, hellbent on beating the other in first place. Then upon reaching a hill slope on the course, Squad Car began hopping onto another rat racer's back to the next to get to first place)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) Oh, what's this? Squad Car playing hopscotch in the backstretch. He's sixth, fifth, fourth, third!

*(Then Squad Car makes it to first place and is running ahead of the rat racers)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) I don't believe it! Into the obstacles, it's Squad Car takes the lead!

*(Then the rat racers reached a spring-filled old ripped mattress as their next obstacle for the race, avoiding the springs)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) So it's Squad Car by five lengths. Rat O'War second, Cheez Whiz moving into third.

*(Suddenly, Squad Car accidentally lands on a spring and got caught, getting stuck in it as the other rat racers ran by him, avoiding the springs and even using him as their spring to bounce ahead as Squad Car tries to free himself)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) But wait! Wait a minute! He's, he's stuck. Squad Car's stuck in the obstacle bed. What a nightmare.

*(Suddenly, Squad Car managed to grab onto the last rat racer passing by by his tail, and as that rat racer is racing ahead, Squad Car is being pulled from the mattress, but still being stuck in the spring as it stretched farther ahead)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) Wait a minute! It's Squad Car by a tail. Oh, my gosh, look out!

*(Then Squad Car is yanked free from the spring and he zipped through the air past that rat racer he grabbed by his tail and towards the rest of the rat racers, who are now close to the finish line)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) What's this? It's...!

*(Then Squad Car zipped by the rat racers through the air and right through the finish line, first place)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race very quickly with spirit) It's Squad Car springing to the finish!

*(Then Squad Car is caught by a male police gambler who betted on him while the other rat racers landed right onto the stop platform past the finish line and then deposited down its chute back to their cages below)*

Male announcer: (Commentating the race's finale very quickly with spirit) What an incredible race, ladies and gentlemen. Squad Car. The black and white. Rat race's shortest long shot takes the roses in the upset of the week. Who would have known, who would have guessed? But don't go away, folks. We've got plenty more action coming up in our next heat.

*(As the police officer gambler, the other gamblers that betted on Squad Car, and Squad Car celebrated the latter's victory, the other gamblers who bet on the other rat racers booed and jeered a bit, angry over the fact that they lost their bets. Then once all was calm and some of the performers began performing their jazz band and/or dancing on a nearby stage, the gamblers either walked away, feeling happy over Squad Car's win to collect their prizes or angry over losing their bets on the other rat racers)*

Male gambler 1: (Talking to his friend) Well, if you ask me, I think the house is rigged.

*(At a nearby bar, another male gambler is getting ready to drown his sorrows of losing the rat race he betted on with beer)*

Male gambler 2: (Accepting a beer mug full of beer from the bar tender) That does it for me. I'm busted.

*(Then one happy male gambler went up to the prize desk to collect his prize for winning his bet on Squad Car)*

Male gambler 3: (Giggles a bit) I win!

*(Then the cashier accepts the gambler's winning betting ticket and presents him a small rotten piece of steak)*

Cashier: Here you go, chump.

*(The gambler, aghast at what he accepted and learning what he just one, smelled the meat and groans a bit in disgust)*

Male gambler 3: Bad meat.

*(Then while the male gambler walked away with his rotten steak prize in disappointment, another male gambler came up to another cashier running the bets to bet on a new rat racer, now that the next upcoming rat race is gonna happen again)*

Male gambler 4: What's the odds on Terrible Tom?

Bet cashier: Terrible.

Male gambler 4: Oh. Well, then give me Large Mike to win.

*(Then he paid his bet and the bet cashier hands him his betting ticket for Large Mike. Then another male gambler came up to him with a huge pile of money in his arms and then dropped them on the desk)*

Male gambler 5: Large Mike to win!

*(But the bet cashier took a closer look at his money pile and frowned in annoyance)*

Bet cashier: No counterfeit money, sir. Come back when you have the real dough.

*(Then he shoved the counterfeit money at the gambler, who then quickly grabbed them back clumsily, shocked and embarrassed to realize the money he got is all counterfeit. Then a minute later, a bugle player blew his bugle announcing the start of the new rat race. As soon as he finished, the male announcer fired his gun and then the new rat race began)*

Male announcer: (Starting to commentate the race very quickly with spirit) And we're off! It's a rat-eat-rat world out there as Large Mike takes the lead. Whitewash is in second and Terrible..!

*(Suddenly, the rat race was interrupted when a familiar loud wolf howl got everyone's attention. They turned and saw, to their surprise, it's Ace who just howled to get their attention. And with him are Snake, Arturo, Billy, Grubber, and Team Rocket, with Meowth no longer wearing his miner helmet. As soon as Ace finished his howl, he, Team Rocket, and the rest of the Gangreen Gang happily greeted everyone)*

Ace: Hi, guys. What do you know, what do you say?

Meowth: Yeah, what do you say, what do you know?

*(The Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket chuckled a bit as they came in. Noticing everyone's surprised reaction, they got playful)*

Snake: (Playfully) Accce, guysss, do we detect a look of ssssurprissse here?

Ace: (Playfully) Why, yes, Snake. We do detect a look of surprise here.

James: (Playfully) Hey, guys. Maybe we should go out and come back in again.

*(The Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket laughed a bit again as they high-fived each other and as soon as they came in completely, a male gambler came up to the Gangreen Gang in confusion)*

Male gambler 6: (Confused) Ace, ain't you and the Gangreen Gang supposed to be on death row?

*(Aghast at that question with his gang, Ace answered indignantly in calm anger)*

Ace: (Answering in calm indignant anger) No! We ain't supposed to be on death row.

Arturo: The death row part was all a bunch of *bolonia mentirosa*. You know, "Lying bologna."

Jessie: (Crossing her arms haughtily) And besides, James, Meowth, and I got them out.

*(Everyone in the casino calmly confirmed in realization and understandment. Then Ace and Billy changed the subject as Ace approached a gambling dice-rolling table)*

Ace: So, what's the haps lately?

Billy: What's been going on since our wrongful arrest?

*(Then a female gambler explained away)*

Female gambler: Things have changed, boys, since you've been gone.

*(Then the bet cashier used his dice stick to push the dice to Ace, who caught them)*

Female gambler: Life hasn't been no piece of cake.

*(Then the male gambler who got the rotten steak explained some more)*

Male gambler 3: Negaduck ain't been treating us too good.

*(Feeling sorry for their gambling friends with Team Rocket and the Gangreen Gang, Ace threw the dice back onto the table)*

Ace: So, things got tough because of Negaduck framing me and the rest of the Gangreen Gang and sending us to jail, huh?

Female gambler: Yep. Things are tough, but we carry on.

*(Then the male gambler who first responded to Ace asked away to Ace)*

Male gambler 6: Could you spare a couple of bucks for ol' times sake?

*(Brightening up, due to not having any of it when it comes to this Negaduck, Ace then grabbed the two dollars and walked over to a slot machine and gambled on it)*

Ace: Why settle for a couple of bucks when you can have the whole bank?

*(On "Bank?", he, while chuckled a bit, pulled the slot machine's lever, and to his and everyone's happiness, the slot machine landed on three image slots of a piggy bank in a row, causing a huge mountain of money to come raining down on everyone)*

Meowth: Hey, Ace, look!

James: You won everyone your jackpot!

Jessie: Atta boy, Ace, we're proud of ya!

*(Grubber happily blew some raspberries)*

Billy: Grubber's right! You are the best gambler ever besides us!

Snake: Yessss!

Arturo: And you know why, Ace?

Snake: Tellsss them.

*(Then as soon as they went on the stage, the Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket sang away)*

Ace: **Oh, you can't keep a good toon down**

Meowth: No, sir!

Ace: **No, you can't keep a good toon down**

Billy: **We've seen pain and hurts**

James: That's right.

Arturo: **We've been through jerks**

Jessie: It's true.

Snake: **It'ssss hard to buy**

Ace: **But even I have been jilted by a skirt**

Team Rocket: He lies!

Ace: **But look how we're still around**

**'Cause you can't keep a good toon down**

*(Then Meowth played on a piano on the stage)*

Meowth: **You can't keep a good toon down**

**No, no, no, no**

Gangreen Gang: (While Meowth sang the last verse) No, you can't.

Meowth: **You can't keep a good toon down**

Male gambler 1: Preach it, brothers!

Ace: **We've had families and loved ones**

James: **Then they've been warm and cold**

Snake: **But ten to one**

**We'll sssstill be running racketssss when we're old**

Meowth: (Finishing playing on the piano) **Not in some cage in a city prison**

Team Rocket and Gangreen Gang: **'Cause you can't keep a good toon**

**Can't keep a good**

**I say, you can't keep a good toon down**

*(Then they began acting like other foreigners)*

Billy: (In an amateurish Irish accent, holding a clover) In hims, the luck of the Irish.

Ace: (In a German accent, briefly wearing a black fake thick mustache) The pride of the German.

Jessie: (Wearing a cymbal on her head like a rice padder's hat while Ace removed the mustache) And even a bit of Siam.

Snake: (Playfully aghast while Jessie removed the cymbal) Ssssiam? *(In a British accent, holding a teacup)* You sssee the calm of the English.

Arturo: (Being a robust Hispanic he is, accidentally knocking the teacup out of Snake's hands) The charm of the Spanish.

Ace: A pedigree is certainly ain't what I am. So call me a mixed-up punk.

Team Rocket: You're a mixed-up punk!

*(They chuckle a bit)*

Ace: And the only way this punk knows, is up!

*(Then Team Rocket and the Gangreen Gang climbed off the stage and had the gamblers stack themselves and hold the Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket up separately)*

Jessie: Okay, boys. Come on, come on.

James: Lift them up. Come on!

Meowth: Up, up, up! Come on.

*(Then the song resumed)*

Everyone: **You can't keep a good toon down**

*(They bark a bit)*

Everyone: **You can't keep a good toon down**

*(They bark a bit again. As the festivities continued, five figures entered in confusion and/or annoyance. The first figure is a male anthro rat with a tiny patch of brown hair on top of his head, peach skin, small black-pupiled eyes, small black whiskers, a black nose, white buckteeth, and wearing an orange plug hat with two short yellow plug stubs on top, dark blue goggles, a yellow long-sleeved bodily jumpsuit with a neck collar flap, a red, white, and silver battery pack with a blue x-shaped crisscross outlet plug-like buckle clipped around his torso, turquoise rubber gloves, a blue belt with a gray buckle and a gray plug wire-carrying wheel attached on the left side, and turquoise boots. He is Megavolt. The second figure is a male anthro duck with short light brown hair on the top of his head, white feathers, light blue eyes, black pupils, a gold yellow beak and webbed feet, big white buckteeth, and wearing a red and purple jester hat with gold jingle bells on the tips and also acts like his upper face mask, a pale blue court ruff around his neck, a purple knee-length bodily jumpsuit with a yellow waist line-like belt, long orange sleeves, one with red polka dots and another with red stripes, and purple sleeve rims, white gloves, and red jester-like shoes. He is Quackerjack. The third figure is a male anthro half-duck, half-plant creature with short purple dandelion-like hair, three tiny purple pollen-like antennae on three thin black stems on top of his hair, green feathers, blue eyes, a gold yellow beak, green vines for arms with light green stem rims on his shoulders and elbows, light green leaves for hands, two light green leaves for a tail, and brown root-like bark for hips, legs, and feet. He is Bushroot. The fourth figure is a male anthro water-made dog with blue water-made skin, blue water-made floppy ears, dark blue water-made eyes, a dark blue water-made nose, and a small dark blue water-made puddle for feet. He is Liquidator. And the last figure is a male Mega-leveled wooden puppet-type Digimon with red eyes and a little long metal nose, and wearing a red plushy cap with a small yellow pom-pom ball on the end and a yellow poison/skull symbol on the center, blue overalls with gold bullet shells attached on the straps, white gloves, a wooden marionette cross on his back with four red strings attached to him by his wrists, and sometimes carries a huge metal hammer with gun cannon-like holes and a long thin metal handle. He is Puppetmon, the one who is annoyed)*

Puppetmon: (In annoyance) Boys?!

Fearsome Four: (Confused) What's going on?

*(But the festivities continued on, ignoring the five of them)*

Meowth: **They've been fattened and thinned**

Arturo: **We've been out and in**

*(Then Puppetmon tripped himself upon entering and bumps his head on a nearby crate, dizzying him. The Fearsome Four, on the other hand, noticed what they're seeing and got surprised at first, and then happy)*

Quackerjack: I'll be darned....

Megavolt, Bushroot, and Liquidator: Yeah....

*(Then Puppetmon, still dizzied, noticed the Gangreen Gang, but couldn't make of it due to being dizzy)*

James: **They've tried a life of virtue**

Ace: **But prefered a life of sin**

Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket: **So tonight when we own this town**

*(As the Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket sang that line, the Fearsome Four happily waved hello to them, and upon noticing the four, the Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket, still performing with everyone, happily waved hello to them. Then Puppetmon, after finally snapping out of his dizziness, finally noticing the Gangreen Gang. And upon seeing the five, he screamed a bit, only to crash right into a beer keg. Then after he, the Gangreen Gang, and Team Rocket were put down, Ace went up the the beer keg and as the performance continued, he and even the Gangreen Gang noticed Puppetmon stuck in the beer keg and frowned bitterly at him)*

Ace: **We've known hunger, we've known thirst**

**Lived the best and seen the worst**

*(Then he and the Gangreen Gang happily hand out every single beer-filled beer mugs to the happy gamblers)*

Snake: **But the only way we knowssss**

Gangreen Gang: **To finish is to finish first**

Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket: **So watch out when you hear this sound**

*(Then as they and everyone else, even the Fearsome Four, howled loudly a bit in rhythm, the Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket went up to a still shocked Puppetmon who is trying to free himself from the beer keg, that even Team Rocket and the Gangreen Gang howled loudly in his ears, if he has any. And then they proceeded to push and pull Puppetmon in and out of the beer keg repeatedly, making him dizzy, while the Fearsome Four, watching this in excitement, just snickered a bit at Puppetmon's misfortune)*

Gangreen Gang and Team Rocket: **'Cause you can't keep a good toon**

**No, you can't keep a good**

**I say you can't keep a good toon**

**Down**

*(Then as they howled loudly a bit, everyone else prepared the grand finale in their performance by having all the gamblers pile up onto each other onto a wooden ramp below the beer keg and then the Gangreen Gang, Team Rocket, and the Fearsome Four preparing to roll themselves up to the pile with the beer keg, with the now panicked Puppetmon now pulled out by them and held by them)*

Everyone except Puppetmon: **You can keep a good toon dooooooooooooooooown**

*(On the note hold for "Down" for the finale, the Gangreen Gang, Team Rocket, and Fearsome Four rolled themselves and the panicked and surprised Puppetmon on the beer keg down the ramp, onto the pile of gamblers, into the air, and landing right near a sliding wall-styled trapdoor, breaking the beer keg. And on cue as they landed there, the song and performance ended. As everything is calmed down a bit, everyone else, except Puppetmon, were laughing merrily a bit, having enjoyed this performance, especially with the Gangreen Gang's triumphant return from jail. Then unknown to everyone, Team Rocket accidentally fell onto the sliding trapdoor and got flipped to the other side, trapping them, much to their shock and surprise. Back in the main room, while the Gangreen Gang continued to hang out with their friends, a recovered, yet annoyed, Puppetmon cleared his throat in annoyance to the Fearsome Four, making them stop having fun in realization, and then with a sigh of annoyance, they and Puppetmon left to go tell Negaduck. Back in the other side, Team Rocket then got annoyed and got up to go find a way back to the main room)*

***Coming up: After Puppetmon and the Fearsome Four tell Negaduck about the Gangreen Gang's return after being busted out of jail, Negaduck decides to take his plans to get the business and money for himself to a whole new level by tricking the Gangreen Gang into a deal on splitting their partnership on their business after the Gangreen Gang meets up with him to talk to him in a somewhat berating way about Negaduck framing the Gangreen Gang into jail. And in the end, it's tragically not gonna end well with the Gangreen Gang, especially when Team Rocket secretly overhear the real murder plot against the Gangreen Gang by Negaduck from his goons and try to find the Gangreen Gang to warn them about it.***