Running Away from Home

"**Running Away from Home**" is the 21st episode of the first season of *Happy Heroes*, and of the series overall.

## Plot

Little M. thinks Big M. has gone back to Planet Gray without him. Meanwhile, Happy S. finds Little M. and takes him to Doctor H.'s house so that the others can take care of him.

## Characters

### Supporting

* Happy S.
* Sweet S.
* Smart S.
* Careless S.
* Doctor H.
* Big M.

## Synopsis

### Title card

Happy S. is holding a bag behind him and waves farewell to the rest of the group, who are sad that he's leaving. When the group realizes he's only moving into a tent next to the house, though, they're disappointed.

### Episode

General Big M. and Corporal Little M. throw some trash off their spaceship to prepare to travel to Planet Gray, not realizing they're throwing their stuff onto a cow who's trying to relax. The spaceship still has junk in it according to an indicator on the control board, so Little M. completely removes the ship's outer walls and makes it hit the ground. The duo find a TV playing a news report where Miss Peach is interviewing Doctor H. about his latest invention, a blueprint of which is shown in the program. Big M. remarks how intricate it looks and adds it must be powerful too.

Little M. takes further care of the ship to get it ready, but he forgets to give it more fuel and is commanded by Big M. to do so. While Little M. is out to get more fuel, Big M. thinks the UFO is moving by itself and gets angry when he finds out it's being towed away due to complaints about him littering - this is because of the cow from earlier. Later that night, Little M. comes back with the fuel but is shocked to see the ship is gone, thinking Big M. left without him; close by, Happy S. brings a stranded baby bird back to its nest and sees Little M., who is in disbelief that the general would really leave him. Little M. notices a letter for him in the tree branch of a cliff, and he ends up falling off the cliff trying to grab it, with Happy S. stepping in to break his fall. The letter informs Little M. not to fall off the cliff he just fell from.

Happy S. brings Little M. home and persuades Doctor H. to take care of him, thinking that he jumped off the cliff because he's all alone. Little M. notices the blueprints for Doctor H.'s invention and runs with the explanation about himself provided by Happy S., crying that he is alone and wants to be cared for. Doctor H. agrees to this, and Little M. thinks he can impress the general if he steals the blueprint. Later, Little M. tries to sneak his way to the blueprint but is distracted by Sweet S., who feeds him some of the cake she baked. Careless S. asks Sweet S. where he put one of his microbombs, which look small and remarkably like a cherry, before both realize Little M. ate it.

Happy S. tucks Little M. into bed to sleep, but he shuts the door too hard and makes part of the ceiling fall on Little M.; some time afterward, Happy S. wakes up Little M. so he can ask if he's sleeping well. Little M. gets mad, saying he was sleeping well until Happy S. woke him up. Outside, Big M. pushes his ship back from the tow truck but finds that Little M. is still missing. The following day, Happy S. finds a poster looking for a missing person, with the person in question being Little M. and a crude drawing of him being featured on the poster. The Supermen ask Little M. if he's seen the person, but he denies he has. Meanwhile, Big M. is asking people in the city if he's seen Little M., to no avail, when he spots him seemingly running towards him. However, he's actually running towards an ice cream stand behind them and doesn't realize Big M. is there until he points it out. The two return to the ship, where Little M. explains what happened while they were separated. Big M. orders Little M. to keep living with the Supermen and get the blueprints for Doctor H.'s invention before they can leave for Planet Gray.

Little M. tries to enter the house but gets squished when Happy S. knocks the door down and the other Supermen step on it. That night, Little M. does make it into the house and almost has the blueprints when Careless S. walks down. Little M. hides under a desk and makes the sound of a cat meowing to divert the Superman's attention, but switches to a dog barking when when Careless says they don't have a cat. Careless comments about the barking sounds that all the dogs they've seen are old and don't bark, and Little M. brings out a remote-controlled robot rat to distract him. Big M. is happy that Little M. retrieved the blueprints and builds the machine depicted in it, only to discover all it does is make little brown squares. At the Supermen's house, the gang test out Doctor H.'s own version of the same machine, and they delight in the taste of the squares it makes, which are just stinky tofu. Doctor H. asks Smart S. if he wants any to eat, and Smart S. says no. Smart S. finds a button on the tofu machine and presses it, causing it to mass-produce a lot of the food at the same time and creating a human-shaped pile of it that steps on Smart S., much to his dismay.