Johnny Punches Time/Transcript

This is the transcript to the Chronicles Episode "Johnny Punches Time".

(1, 2, 3, HA!)

## Chapter 1: A New Member and Who's Quitting? (Baby!)

(A commercial begins)

Male Monster: (a male monster is waiting outside of a bathroom) Sweetie, hurry up! We're gonna be late for our date night!

Female Monster's voice: I'm... trying!

Male Monster: Oh, man, if only there were someone famous who can help us out!

???: Uh-oh! Looks like you need to make a Big Move! (Bernadette poofs in)

Male Monster: (His jaw drops) Bernadette Willows?! Outside your home dimension, you're practically a legend!

Bernadette: That's right! I may be a princess, but even I have bathroom problems, and when I do, I use Big Move Laxatives! Now with 50% more fibertol. (A visual is used) This clogged sink easily represents an average person or monster having trouble in the bathroom. (the sink plug is pulled) Big Move Laxatives helps move things along.

Female Monster: (Comes out of the bathroom) AHH... I feel much better now!

Male Monster: Finally! I would've had to make dinner here if you didn't come out of that frickin'-- I mean, you look better than ever before! (pauses, then sniffs the air) Speaking of dinner, what have you been eating?

Female Monster: Hey, don't blame me, blame the move.

Bernadette: Not just any move... Big Move Laxatives! Make your next move a BIG Move! And now try new Ladies' Big Move; Same great formula, much faster-acting process. (She is shown) MY next Big Move is finding more help for my army to fight the infamous Lord Rottenday. That's right, I'm offering you a chance to join my friends in the Punch Time Exploders, courtesy of Big Move! Just call the number at the bottom of the screen, and we'll send you a Punch Time Exploder Application Form, where you can write in 1000 words or less, all the reasons you want to join. In-person interviews are also available. Enter today!

(The commercial ends)

Bernadette: Well, guys? What do you think?

Pearl: THIS is what will get us more recruits? Laxatives?

Bernadette: Hey, I had to advertise the Punch Time Exploders somehow. And don't worry. We'll be sure to get tons of attention during and after the war.

Billy: The last adventure we had wasn't that exciting, you know.

Grim: Says the boy who eats his boogers on toast.

Bernadette: The point is, most of our members won't be available for all missions, so we have to recruit more people in case we need more variety.

Numbuh 4: Yeah, well how do we know the people who join us are gonna be qualified for the job?

Bernadette: They'll write it down in their application forms.

Blossom: Yeah, but I'm pretty sure they'll apply because they WANT to, not because they HAVE to.

Bernadette: Yes, I know, Blossom.

Mandy: What about--

Bernadette: Okay, that's enough questions. Everyone, go roam about the Palace while we wait for any-- (the doorbell rings)

(Virgil): Welcome, new recruit, to the supreme, the sublime, the sensational palace of a thousand heroes! See for yourself the luxurious interiors of a new age spaceship that a new army of warriors call their home away from home. As soon as the Princess Bernadette arrives, your tour can begin!

Bernadette: A new recruit?! Here already?! I gotta go!

Grim: Remember, Bernadette, you're a big shot idol to this guy, so when he sees you, he might start, you know, screaming and crying and lose control of his bladder! So be ready.

Bernadette: Oh, don't worry, I will!

(in the foyer)

Bernadette: Virgil, where is he? I thought there was a new recruit here!

Virgil: well, there is, but you don't understand--

???: Hey, there, pretty mama! (a buff Elvis-like man zips up to her)

Man: How's about you and me take a romp around this here castle, huh?

Bernadette: Uh, this is MY castle. Who are you?

Johnny: Name's Johnny. (strikes a pose) Huh! Johnny Bravo. But you can call me dreamboat.

Bernadette: Look, Johnny, I'm looking for a new recruit for the Punch Time Exploders, so if you--

Johnny: Punch Time Exploders? Is that what this paper thingy is for? (Hands her an application form)

Bernadette: Oh... well, follow me so you can meet the other recruits. (Johnny follows Bernadette down the Hallway of Dimensions) Let go of my hand, please. (Johnny is seen holding hands with Bernadette, then wraps her arm around her) Get your arm off me, too.

Johnny: Say, wherever you go, the Johnny is sure to follow.

Bernadette: Ugh...

(in the living room)

Bernadette: (everyone is gathered there) Everyone, meet our newest recruit... Johnny Bravo.

Johnny: What's up? Johnny is here to kick things up a notch!

Mandy: Are you serious?

Finn: Did he even apply?

Bernadette: Yeah, and look what he wrote. (reads the "Reasons I/We Want to Join" section of the application form) "I'm taking this gig to impress the ladies".

Grim: He gets one thousand words to explain the reason for joining us, and that's all he put?

Billy: He's obviously a man of simple pleasures.

Johnny: (Sees Gwen) Hey, pretty lady. (Gwen uses her Anodite powers to shove him to the wall) She digs me.

Grim: Very simple.

Bernadette: I'm gonna go talk to the High Council about this. Keep an eye on him until I get back. (Leaves)

(At the Mysterious Tower...)

Bernadette: This has gotta be a joke, right? This can't be the only entry!

Yen Sid: Fortunately, there are others. (Waves his fingers, and a big pile of letters poured in)

Bernadette: Wow! That commercial must have been more successful than I thought!

Flora: Go on, dear.

Merryweather: Read a letter. Any letter.

Bernadette: Okay, here goes... (reads a letter) "I'm taking this gig to... impress... the ladies..." (reads another letter) "I'm taking this gig to.. impress the ladies..." (reads a few more letters) "Taking this gig to impress the ladies..." "To impress the ladies..." "Impress the ladies..." "Impress the ladies," "Impress the ladies," "Impress the ladies," "L-", "A-", "D-", "I-", "E-", "S"! WHY DO THEY ALL SAY THE SAME THING?!

Yen Sid: Because Johnny Bravo had taken the time to fill in every single one.

Bubblegum: He tried to submit this one first. (Hands Bernadette another letter)

Bernadette: "CHICKS DIG HEROES"?!

Fauna: I'm afraid no one else had entered.

Bernadette: Who is even counting the votes here?!

Pops: Well, our sources came from a Little Suzy, who knows Johnny.

Bernadette: And how did Suzy get him an application form?

Bubblegum: She knows a girl who knows a guy who knows a Universal Crusader who now works for Senator Tricorn.

Bernadette: Okay, so now I have to contact this Tricorn guy-

Bubblegum: Girl.

Bernadette: Oh... Well in my defense Tricorn sounds very masculine as a name to be given to a girl. Anyway, I am gonna call this Tricorn chick and demand that she recounts the votes from other applicants!

Merryweather: That is assuming there are other applicants. And even then, we were lucky to have that lizard even humor us 'cause she had a free schedule, not because she takes us or the war seriously.

Bernadette: (Sighs), Great. That sounds like a red flag that the United Universes isn't taking what we're doing seriously.

Yen Sid: "(Deadpan and dejected) You get used to it when you're involved with High Council business."

(At a government building...)

???: (the phone is answered by a black-furred recolor of Brandy Harrington, working as a secretary) Hello?

Bernadette: Hello? Is this Tricorn's office?

Secretary: Yes, it is. Thank you for calling the office of Senator Tricorn. Unfortunately, the good senator is preparing for a gala event, everything is going HORRIBLY wrong, and judging by your caller ID, you quite obviously don't have the proper authorization to get in contact with her. So, if you still insist on talking to her, be sure to call again later for an appointment. Thank you.

Bernadette: I'm not calling to make any appointments!

Secretary: Well, what are you calling for, then? She's very busy, so by extension, I'm busy too!

Bernadette: I want to make a complaint about the Punch Time Exploders application contest! Didn't you see that new commercial?

Secretary: Ya mean that stupid poop-aid commercial I heard about? That's assuming I have a problem with making crap leave me. By the way, THAT'S THE BEST YOU CAN COME UP?! A LAXATIVES COMMERCIAL?! LIKE THAT'S GONNA MAKE PEOPLE TAKE YOUR SLAPFEST WITH THAT ROTTY GUY AND THE SENTIENT PLANET ANY MORE SERIOUSLY! And even if I did, you're not allowed to make ANY complaints at the moment. No one talks to Tricorn without official government business, and seeing as-

???: XENA! Xena, who's on the phone?!

Xena: Some lady talking about the Punch Time Exploders thingy.

???: What's her name?

Xena: (to the phone) What did you say your name was?

Bernadette: Bernadette Willows.

Xena: Bernadette Willows, Line 1.

???: (An orange dragon picks up her phone) Let me handle this, Xena, I feel like this one won't be bugger off by you so easily. (At Phone) This is Senator Tricorn.

Bernadette: I don't know what you're trying to pull here, Senator, but if you think that womanizer Johnny Bravo is a good choice to join the Punch Time-

Tricorn: All right, listen, Bernadette, when I saw your laxative commercial, of which may I add is a STUPID WAY TO TRY AND GET RECRUITS?!

Bernadette: "(Deadpan) So your secretary already brought up..."

Tricorn: (Quietly at Xena) You get a raise for that, Xena. (Openly at phone) Like people don't already have a reason to not think much of anything about you Punchers other then because you're a bunch of jokes! You should've made something independent of POOP-AID PILLS and just talk about the recruiting and what not?!

Bernadette: "YA THINK I HADN'T TRIED?! THAT COMMERCIAL COMPANY KINDA TWISTED MY ARMS TO ADVERTISE THAT PRODUCT! I TOLD THEM I WAS DESPERATE, BUT NOT THAT DESPERATE, AND-"

Tricorn: Well, goes to show on how seriously even THEY take you and that slapfest feud if they prioritize pooping assistance pills over YOU?! Additionally, I wasn't on board with that contest of yours when I saw that you were promoting for monsters. But the High Council convinced me to go along with it, not cause I'm a senator that ACTUALLY adheres to them, as if ANY OF THE UNITED UNIVERSE SENATE DOES, but rather because it happened that I had a free unbusy schedule that time and I was humoring them at best cause Xena said I needed SOMETHING to be productive with! Cause of that, I traveled to the Cartoon Network universe and passed those applications out. Outside of Bravo, no one else seemed interested, and he was only supposed to fill out one, so he's the only one you got. Basically, a recount is pointless if ya only had ONE CANIDATE! (Gives the call back to Xena)

Xena: See? If Senator Tricorn says you're stuck with the guy you got for your stupid contest, you clearly don't mean business. You can't blame us for a stupid idea going wrong. It was probably dead on arrival as is.

Bernadette: Oh, yeah?! Well- (A portal to the Billy and Mandy underworld opens in the Prophet's Palace).... Oh, I gotta go, but tell Tricorn I'll be back later.

Xena; I'll try not to get my hopes up. (Hangs up)

(At the prophet's palace)

Bernadette: What do you mean, you're backing out of the contest?!

Under Corp Head Executive: Because your commercial is a colossal mess! (Clears his throat as a series of charts pops up) Do you see these charts?

Bernadette: Yeah. What about them?

Under Corp Head Executive: These charts have nothing to do with us.

Bernadette: "....... THEN WHY DID YOU-"

Under Corp Head Executive: I'm not finished! (A couple more charts appear) Now these charts... THESE charts show that while sales have gone up with Big Move Laxatives, the customers themselves have reacted negatively to your commercial, the majority of them being women, the majority of THEM being bitter angry housewives. Apparently, having a woman advertise laxatives was funny the first time, but since then, it's gotten out of hand! Whose dumb idea was it to hire a mortal like you, anyway?

An Imp Intern in a suit was quietly seen leaving the office......

Bernadette: Oh, come on, give me another chance! I'll take him on a mission! I don't care if somehow the Prophet's Palace crashes onto another planet; if it results in a mission, I'll make sure Johnny Bravo has the best time ever! Even if I don't get more people to join my team, it'll be a public relations phenomenon!

Under Corp Head Executive: "Even despite the fact nobody but Johnny took the thing seriously?"

Bernadette: "..... Well an attempt will be made at the least!"

Under Corp Head Executive: Oh... It had better be... (Clears his throat) Or else we shall have no choice but to terminate your advertising contract. (The executives disappear)

Bernadette: (Pauses) Oh, boy...

(Back on the palace)

Blossom: Hey, Bernadette. You still bummed about the contest?

Bernadette: Well, Tricorn pretty much said Johnny was the only one willing to be involved, she's unlikely to humor the High Council again now that she has personal bis to deal with, and Under Corp's at my neck to make this guy WORK or I'll lose privileges! Seems like I'm gonna go through this the whole time, yeah.

Buttercup: Well, I know what will cheer you up.

(In the computer room...)

Bernadette: The... "Nostalgia Critic"?

Bubbles: Apparently, he reviews movies with his own twist on it. Usually he swears a lot, but thankfully, he doesn't do it a lot in the review of OUR movie.

Blossom: Well, our movie was one of the first episodes X-OvrLuvr did, so let's see how bad the review could be.

(After the review...)

Buttercup: Well, that was pretty good.

Blossom: Yeah, I mean, sure it has its flaws, but it was still a decent film. In fact, I'd go so far as to say it was a good way to open up this series... Even with the confused continuity saying the Ben 10 stuff happened first yet neither are the first episodes.

Johnny: (He was revealed to have been watching the whole time) Mmm, review-y.

Bernadette: GAHH! (Falls out of the chair) Hey, where'd you come from?!

Johnny: That guy with the sword gave me a quick tour of the place while you were gone.

Jack: I had to stop Ashi from killing him... Multiple times. (The two of them leave)

Bernadette: (Sighs depressed) I just had to be reminded. I'm stuck with Johnny, I can't get the senator to recount the votes, not that they even freaking matter since Casanova here is the one even willing to sign up, and for womanizing reasons at that, the senator's at the position where she has no reason to humor the High Council again now she doesn't have an oh so free time anymore, and now I'm on the verge of losing my endorsement deal! Oh, girls, what else can go wrong?

Blossom: Ohhhhhh, tch, yeaaaaah, that's, why we tried cheering ya up..... Some of the members are talking about quitting.

Bernadette: (beat) What?

Bubbles: You know, the Kids Next Door, the Planeteers, Dexter... I think you oughta talk to them.

Bernadette: Yeah... I could do that. Who do you think I should talk to first? (They hear crying)

Buttercup: Maybe you better start with Flapjack.

Bernadette: I think you're right.

(In the hangar, at Bubbie's pool)

Bernadette: What's going on in here?

K'nuckles: Oh, Flap's just crying 'cuz Bubbie doesn't think we should stay with ya.

Bubbie: Look, Bernadette, it's nothin' personal. I just don't think a lot of the places we'll go will have the right accommodations for a whale. Although I do love this pool you got for me.

Bernadette: I understand. And here I thought the team was gonna help you find Candied Island at some point.

K'nuckles: That's what the boy and I have been saying!

Bubbie: You hush up! (To Bernadette) I appreciate your help, but I just need more room to swim around, you know.

Bernadette: Okay, then. (They plot a course to Stormalong Harbor, and drop off Bubbie, along with K'nuckles and Flapjack, who waves goodbye)

(In another room)

Ben: (After dropping off Gwen and Kevin off) Don't worry. Even if Gwen's busy with college, at least I'll be there with you.

Bernadette: Good to hear it, Ben. Okay, I got a lot of members to get through, and only so little time to see which ones will stay and which want to go home. I just need to- (A man barges in)

???: Ey, mon!

Bernadette: What the-- who are you?

Montage: Da name's Montage! And with a little help from my Montage magic, we drop off quitting team members in no time! Bup-bup!

(Montage: Chowder's team is dropped off, the Kids Next Door stay, the Powerpuff Girls are dropped off, Mac and the imaginary friends are dropped off, Clarence and his friends are dropped off, Uncle Grandpa and his friends drive off, Billy, Mandy, and Grim stay, Finn and Jake leave, the park workers leave, Jack and Ashi leave through a portal and the Planeteers stay for the time being)

Bernadette: Awesome! I only have a few more to go!

Montage: Now I'm off to help boys struggling to lose weight at a fat camp, just in time for their parents to pick them up! (leaves)

Bernadette: Bye, Montage! Come back anytime, but not too often, then you'll become overused as a joke and not as funny anymore! (sighs) Now for the most heartbreaking one...

## Chapter 2: Trapped on Toxicia (Sassy!)

(At the laboratory...)

Dexter: Look, Bernadette, it's nothing personal.

Bernadette: I know. You have your own lab to think about, and you still have to go to school, even though you are a boy genius. At least when you do leave, you'll be safe knowing the Neurotomic Protocore is in good hands.

Dexter; Exactly! It is a miracle Dee Dee has not managed to destroy this laboratory with her usual destructive antics.

Bernadette: Right, I'll go set a course. (Starts to leave when the lab suddenly powers down) Um... are we out of power?

Dexter: But that is impossible! The Neurotomic Protocore was made to provide near-limitless power for the Prophet's Palace! (The fake Protocore powers down) Oh, great!

Bernadette: (Turns on the PA) May I have your attention, please? (The remaining members stand in silence) AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! (The Prophet's Palace falls toward a different planet while everybody panics)

(On an exotic planet, the local wildlife escapes as the Prophet's Palace crashes on an uninhabited area like a meteor)

Steven: (He lowers his bubble, revealing he's protected most of the other heroes) Is... is everyone okay?

Gumball: Yeah, I'm okay... (He's revealed to have a mangled body) It's a non-lethal injury.

Mandy: I've experienced worse from the canon show.

Billy: I can't believe we all survived that horrifying crash, and without so much as a scratch! (He is revealed to be nearly cut in half vertically)

Bernadette: (She and Dexter arrive) Everyone okay?!

Garnet: We're all okay, Bernadette.

Dexter: And while we were falling, I discovered what went wrong with the Palace Laboratory! (Brings out the fake Protocore) All this time, the core that was used to power the ship was a fake!

Bernadette: Yeah, but it's a good fake. Engineered by Techonvans.

Dexter: Well, obviously these Technovans did not do a good enough job. Only I have the knowledge to construct a scientific marvel such as the Neurotomic Protocore. But I don't understand... The core should not be able to run out of-- Unless...

(Flashback to after Punch Time Exploders Meet Oliver and Company)

Dexter: (He's exploring the Prophet's Palace Lab) Such an amazing laboratory! I cannot wait to start working with Bernadette on amazing new inventions! (Suddenly he hears Dee Dee singing) No... No! I won't let her destroy Bernadette's lab! (Sees Dee Dee coming) NO! STOP! DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING! (Dee Dee stops in her tracks, then slowly looks around)

Dee Dee: This is Bernadette's lab? Looks kinda boring.

Dexter: I will not let this lab suffer the same-- (His eye spring in shock) Did you say "Boring"?

Dee Dee: Yeah. This holography thing guy told me a lot about this lab, and it was SO boring! If she doesn't want me in here, she could've just said so! (Goes to leave)

Dexter: Wait, wait! (beat) Actually, why don't you do me a favor? (The two go over to the Protocore chamber)

Dee Dee: Ooh, shiny!

Dexter: Yes. Bernadette told me it is a recreation of my most prized invention, the Neurotomic Protocore. Unfortunately, since it is only a replica, I made a quick stopover at our own world. All I need to do now is replace the replica core with the real one. (Takes out a futuristic box) Box, open!

Box: Voice command recognized. Repeat lockdown code to unlock.

Dexter: Beware of Dee Dee, for she must never get her hands on you! (The box unlocks and opens to reveal the actual Protocore)

Dee Dee: OOH, shinier! So, why don't you replace it yourself?

Dexter: Are you crazy?! That neurotomic power-producing pylon is not designed for my physique in mind!

Dee Dee: So... you're too short for it?

Dexter: Just replace the replica, then we're done here.

Dee Dee: Okay! (Takes the Protocore and dances up the pylon up to the fake Protocore) Okay, Dexter, I made it! What do I do now? (Finds that Dexter already left the lab) Dexter? (Pauses) Okay, Dee Dee, you can do this. Just remember to replace the core thingy, then we're done. (Carefully takes out the fake core, then compares the two as an alarm goes off)

Computer: Warning. Neurotomic Protocore compromised. Prophet's Palace shutdown imminent... unless a Protocore Transfer is executed immediately.

Dee Dee: AHH! (Falls off the pylon and onto the floor, where she catches the two cores) Oh! Oh, no, I-- (looks to see which was the real one)

Computer: (The pylon dispenses a holding chamber) Please place the Neurotomic Protocore on the transfer chamber.

Dee Dee: Oh, no... (After a little deliberation, she places the fake core in the chamber)

Computer: Prophet's Palace shutdown cancelled. Please continue your safe travels.

Dee Dee: Phew! (Puts the Protocore in the opened box)

Box: Portable Neurotomic Protocore Lockdown Chamber activated. Record lockdown code now.

Dee Dee: Hi, Dexter's future box!

(End flashback)

Dee Dee: What? I got confused! They were both so shiny, and they looked the same and--

Dexter: Stop your gibberish, woman! We just need to find the real Protocore and put it back in the machine!

Bernadette: Well, what are we waiting for? Let's get this mission- Oh, no.

(Cutaway)

Karma Sprite: HAH! Called it! (He and another Karma Sprite high five)

(Back to the planet)

Grim: Everybody fall out. We'll find out where we are after we take a good look around. (Everyone gets out of the ship, and they walk into a swamp area)

Numbuh 2: Wet.

Amethyst: Muggy.

Bernadette: Swamp. We're in a swamp!

Grim: Not just any swamp. We're on the planet Toxicia, once a home of devastating poisons, and now a marshy swamp land nearly devoid of life. (The team is intimidated) Oh, don't worry. Since the toxins were absorbed into the atmosphere and the soil, no one's died in years. Outsiders will lose consciousness with enough exposure, but they'll make a full recovery in about a week or so.

Dexter: Well, that's fine and dandy, but where is the-- (Finds the box) There it is! (Goes over to the box) Box, open!

Box: Voice command incorrect.

Dexter; What?! Dee Dee, what did you do?!

Dee Dee: Here, Dexter, let me try. (Takes the box) Hey, little boxy.

Box: Voice command recognized. Repeat lockdown code to unlock.

Dee Dee: Uh... Open Sesame?

Box: Incorrect lockdown code. Neurotomic Protocore Lockdown Chamber will not open without the proper code.

Dexter: Great. Now look what my stupid sister has done! She compromised my greatest invention ever and now we're stuck on this swamp planet!

Wheeler: And worse, we can't bring Captain Planet here to help us out!

Bernadette: I thought Captain Planet could be summoned at any planet.

Wheeler: Yeah, well you thought wrong.

Ma-Ti: Do not worry. This may not be Earth, but I can sense the faint presence of civilization. But I don't think we're near any village.

Grim: Well, I'll just open a portal with my-- (goes to grab his scythe, but it's not there) Oh, no! I lost me scythe!

Bernadette: Well, if we found the Protocore, I'm sure we'll-- oh, there it is! (Finds the scythe embedded in swamp moss) I'll get it. (Goes over to it, but sees two huge animal eyes staring at her) Huh? (Reaches for the scythe but it growls at her in a similar fashion to this)

Bernadette: Okay, it's just a dog. It can't be after the-- (a wolf-dog with two cycloptic heads chomps at the scythe and both heads fight over it) WHOA! FREAK DOG!

Numbuh 4: Oh, crud! I've seen a lot of were-dogs in my time, but this one really takes the cake!

Grim: That's not a werewolf, mon. That dog has been mutated by mad science and is holding on to me scythe! That is a weapon of unimaginable power, not a chew toy! (Upon hearing this, the mutant dog cooperates and pulls the scythe out, but the blade is covered in moss and it gets taken away) NOOOOOOOOO!

Bernadette: Well, there's only one thing to do. I'll take one team and explore Toxicia, while the rest of you guard the Palace in case the locals try and investigate. Ma-Ti, where's the nearest point of civilization?

Ma-Ti: Well, there is a downtown area just north of here. Maybe someone there can help you.

Mandy: So, who's going to stay behind?

Numbuh 1: My team and I will stay here with the Planeteers in case anyone tries a sneak attack.

Bernadette: Great, then I'll take Dexter, Ben, the Crystal Gems, Grim, Billy and Mandy and see where that dog took the scythe.

Dexter: And hopefully figure out how to put my Neurotomic Protocore into the Palace Lab and get off this planet.

Gumball: Hey! What about--

Bernadette: Don't wait up! (Bernadette's team leaves)

Darwin: Well, look on the bright side. At least we can't get into any more trouble. (Gumball suddenly gets burned)

Wheeler: Whoops! Sorry, Gum!

Numbuh 1: (burnt and shirtless himself) Let's... try this again, Wheeler, but put it on a lower heat this time, okay?

Wheeler: You got it. FIRE! (Uses his ring to rev up a wood-burning engine while Linka works a wind turbine)

Anais: Wait... where's Johnny?

(In another part of the swamp)

Dee Dee: The spaceship is out of power, Grim's scythe got stolen, and we landed on a formerly poisoned planet, yet somehow, it's MY fault?!

Dexter: Yes, I didn't want to recruit you! I knew you would screw things up for us! But NOOOOO! Mom and Dad said I had to bring you along, because they said they won't let me join otherwise! FEH!

Dee Dee: Look, I said I was sorry! At least let me help you guys off this alien planet and get us back home!

Dexter: Well, whatever you do, do it as little as possible!

Bernadette: Knock it off, you two! The downtown area Ma-Ti mentioned is just beyond this next grove of trees. If we can just-- (bushes are heard rustling)

Billy: AHH! (Jumps onto Mandy, Scooby-Doo style, then Johnny jumps out of the bushes)

Johnny: Man, this humidity is not doing my hair any favors!

Bernadette: JOHNNY! I thought I told you to stay by the ship!

Johnny: Well, how can I stay there, when I can hardly stay away from--

Bernadette: PLEASE! Please! Don't say it!

Grim: Bernadette, remember what you told us. You're gonna be dead meat if you don't show Johnny Bravo a good time on this mission.

Bernadette: (Sighs) Fine. But he's obviously my responsibility.

(At the downtown area)

Billy: Wow! Downtown!

Grim: Don't get used to it, Billy. We'll get off this planet if it takes, uh... The rest of this transcript.

Garnet: Best case scenario.

Pearl: Though it might take a little longer...

Amethyst: Yeah, where is everybody? (A male chicken runs toward them)

Chicken: TURN BACK! TURN BACK! (He runs past them) THE MUTANTS! THE MUTANTS! (He bumps and falls into a dumpster, then crawls back out and runs away) TURN BACK! TURN BACK! TURN BACK!

Billy: We'll have to ask what your hurry is later, screaming chicken. Right now, we gotta find someone who can tell us what's going on. (They walk on until they find a slug person)

Dexter: I'll handle this one. (To the slug person) Pardon me, my good man, but wouldst thou know where we are today?

Slug Person: (Turns around, offended) MAN?!

Dexter: AHH! (Runs to the group)

Steven: Oh! W-we're sorry, ma'am! You just looked like a man from the back.

Mandy: And the sides.

Amethyst: Talk about an inconvenient truth.

Ben: Uh, guys? (The slug woman is seen fuming with anger)

Pearl: Uh... Uh, okay, okay! Let's all just stay calm and talk this over. Deep breaths, take deep breaths! Breathe in... Breathe out... Breathe in, breathe out. breathe in... (The slug woman breathes in) Good, now breathe out... Breathe out... Are you breathing out- AHH! (The slug woman is revealed to have roadrunner legs, and the team step back as she inflates into a full sphere, but then her throat puffs out like a frog)

Grim: AHH!

Billy: AY CHIHUAHUA! (The mutant slug digs her talons into the ground and lets out a huge croak-like roar that echoes through the area as she deflates and plops to the ground) Scream like the best, faint like the- (The ground rumbles) Huh?

Grim: I have a bad feeling about this... (A mob of mutated animal charge from the direction they came)

Bernadette: Uh... B-B-B-B-B-BEN?!

Ben: On it! (Works his Omnitrix as the mutants get closer) I have an idea! Amethyst, change into a horse carriage!

Amethyst; Yeah, okay. (Changes into a horse carriage)

Ben: Garnet, take the reins! (Garnet seats in the carriage driver's seat) Everyone, climb on! (The rest of the team hops on as Ben turns into Cannonbolt)

Cannonbolt: Awesome! (Cannonbolt rolls up and speeds the carriage away from the mutants)

Billy: Say good-bye to my butt! Yahoo!

Mutant Slug Woman: Oh, no, you don't! (Hops forward using her frog arms and runs after them) Your brains are MINE!

Mutants: BRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIINNNNNNSSSSSSSSS!!!

Bernadette: (Notices the mutants catching up as Cannonbolt plows through the mutants in front of them) We gotta find shelter!

Garnet: There's an abandoned building where they can't get us! (She and Cannonbolt steers them to an airport-like building where they hop in through the window, losing the mutants)

Mutants: BRAINS! BRAINS! BRAINS! (The mutants retreat)

Mutant Turtle: (Looks through the broken window with its giraffe-neck) YEEWWW CAAHHHN'TUH HAAAIIIDAHH-AAAHP THEEEHHHRRRR FOOOHREEHHVERRRR! (Runs away on its horse-legs)

Steven: PHEW! That was close!

Grim: That's just great! Not only do we have to find the mutant dog that stole my scythe, now we gotta deal with mutant zombies!

Dexter: The Protocore! Where's the protocore?!

Pearl: (Takes the box out of her gem and gives it to Dexter) Sometimes it pays to be a Pearl. (Cannonbolt turns back into Ben)

Ben: But at least we're safe.

Bernadette: Wait... (Looks around) I know what this place is! It's a United Universal Transport Hub! They were established during the first years of the Universal Crusades!

Pearl: But it's totally abandoned. No one seems to have used it for... Who knows how long?!

Grim: There's gotta be an information desk around here somewhere. (Looks around until he sees bright lights at an information desk) Ah, here we go. And someone appears to be working. Maybe they can help us. (The team approaches the desk and Grim rings the bell) Hello-o-o-o? Hello-o-o-o-o-o-o?! Hello- (A female orangutan pops up)

Orangutan: PLEASE DO NOT PLAY WITH THAT BELL LIKE A MORON! Ahem! Right, you're visitors, and the first ones in a long time, I gotta remember to be more hospitable then that, right, right, right! (Clears throat) Yes? Can I help you?

Pearl: Yes, when is the next transport shuttle scheduled to leave?

Orangutan: All United Universal transport stations on Toxicia have been closed down due to a recent lack of tourism. We appreciate your patience.

Mandy: "... I'd seldom imagine people wanna go to a planet named like that, if I'm being honest."

Orangutan: "Hey being fair here, that's only a name now, it doesn't HAVE that problem anymore."

Steven: But we need to get out of here! We're going back to our home worlds!

Orangutan: I'm sorry, it's outta my hands. Alot of the ships skipped the planet a good while ago and I'd imagine there's no aim to come back anytime soon, assuming you saw the local problem.

Ben: "Yeah, we saw the local problem alright. Kinda don't blame them for not wanting to come back here."

Grim: Look, we crash-landed here on this planet by mistake. We're outsiders, and we weren't enjoying the sights very much.

Orangutan: Oh, so you ARE tourists?

Bernadette: Uh... Why, yes! We're new to Toxicia!

Mandy: "Are you seriously gonna-"

Bernadette: "SHHH!"

Orangutan: Well, in that case, I'd be happy to tell you about all the little things this planet has to offer.

Bernadette: Great! Thanks!

Ben: "Well, only because it might give more context on what's going on."

Orangutan: If you would be so kind as to help us with the, aforementioned local problem.

Mandy: The mutant zombies? Yes, as before, we noticed them. They were like a bad pus wound of a problem we discovered.

Amethyst: "Noticed" them? They almost got to our brains!

Mandy: "At least the those of us WITH Brains for them to eat. (Points to Billy sucking on a mutated frog)."

Bernadette: "BILLY, SPIT THAT OUT! (SMACKS BILLY AND CAUSES HIM TO SPIT OUT THE FROG) Ahem, anyway, I assume you were terrified of them... (Looks at the orangutan's nametag) Mitzy?

Mitzy: Oh, they weren't always like that. About 4 years ago, they started rising up, scaring all the tourists. There were so many complaints, we had to shut this place down for their own safety... But not before the ships evacuated those that didn't wanna cope with the problem anymore.

Pearl: You said the lack of tourism was recent! You call a 4-year zombie invasion recent?!

Mitzy: "Hey, to be fair, it kinda became hard to keep track of time without clocks, lady?! (Points to that all digital and analogue clocks are damaged) And we've been stuck with outdated calendars too?! (Points to a reused older year calendar) So SORRY if we're LITERALLY stuck in a certain point of time!"

Pearl: "... You're right. I'm sorry, that was uncharacteristically brash of me."

Garnet: Sorry about her. She's been a little uptight recently.

???: You wanna know what I think? (They see a male howler monkey sitting on a bench)

Howler Monkey: I think the zombie thing's lasted this long because of mad science.

Dee Dee: A mad scientist did this?

Dexter: "As if those mutations would exist naturally in nature! So of course there has to be mad science involved!"

Howler Monkey: Yeah, I've heard rumors of a mutant frog scientist named Henrietta Spooner who came from another world and exiled herself on Toxicia, and she's obviously upset about something, 'cuz look at all these zombies crawling around. And a different one from the one your big nosed friend was sucking on, mind ya!

Ben: A mutant frog, huh?

Dexter: If she's a scientist, I don't know whether I can trust her with the Protocore that powers our ship... (Mitzy looks at the box and notices the glow of the Protocore)

Mandy: You know where we can find her?

Howler Monkey: Tch, if I did, we wouldn't still have this problem as any one of us would've reported her mutant butt 4 years ago! She usually keeps to herself, and I, for one, ain't stickin' around to find out where she lives only to stumble upon what other plans she might be cooking up! I'm gettin' outta here!

Mandy: "This lady said all the ships are gone."

Howler Monkey: "There's still spare parts! I'm'a fixing to make my own escape ship with that! I'm a self-taught mechanic!"

Steven: So, Mitzy... What's there to see here?

Mitzy: Not much. It's basically a largely still wild planet with only scattered spots of civilization, and even then nature kinda reclaimed everything with the mutants causing problems. There IS an abandoned scientific research station not too far from here. My friend is working hard to get it up and running again.

Dexter: Oh, boy, another laboratory! Maybe Mitzy's friend can help us unlock the lockdown chamber and free my Neurotomic Protocore!

Mitzy: It's just down the highway. Knock yourself out. But feel free to take these brochures in case you come back for a real tour. (Hands the group some travel brochures with multiple ape arms, and they leave)

Grim: She's a mutant, too.

Steven: She seemed pretty nice, though.

Grim: She did get snippy about messing with the bell though.

Bernadette: "Hey, even nice people can get cranky. Besides, I'm sure she's not apart of something suspicious." (When the team is out of sight, she pressed a button under her desk)

Mitzy: I sent some outsiders over to you, and I think you'll be surprised with what they're bringing. But tell the others to keep an eye out; there might be more out there in the swamp. (A koala with bat ears and nose is seen crawling toward Mitzy) Follow them. (The koala glides away like a flying squirrel as Mitzy sees the now-terrified howler monkey)..... Uhhh... Please pretend you didn't see anything, it doesn't concern you... The Spare Parts room is down the hallway, pass the employee door by the by. (She slinks back down her desk)

Howler Monkey: "... Eh, not my circus, not my fellow monkeys anyway! (Goes off)."

## Chapter 3: Mutant Zombies on the Loose! (Studly!)

(Back at the Prophet's Palace, Numbuh 1 calls Bernadette on his P.I.P.E.R.)

Bernadette: Hello?

Numbuh 1: Bernadette, I'm afraid we're stuck tight. We couldn't get the backup engine to work right. And thanks to the ship's lockdown protocol, all the entrances have been sealed off except for the damaged holes.

Bernadette: Any intruders pass by?

Numbuh 1: Fortunately, no.

Bernadette: Good. Oh, and you might want to watch out for mutant zombies, like that dog we saw.

Numbuh 5: Copy that.

Numbuh 3: Aww... Can I keep it? (She is seen trying to pet a cat with big rabbit hind feet)

Numbuh 1: Numbuh 3! Don't touch that! (The cat screeches and runs along the trees like a squirrel and flies away with reptilian wings)

Gumball:..... Well, that happened. And I thought the creatures of that dark forest back home were a bunch of freaks of nature. (Suddenly, an engorged snake rolls into a small ditch where the heroes are)

Snake: (Dubbed as the fly from *Emperor's New Groove*) Help me! Help me! Help me! (A mutant beaver with five sets of buck teeth opens his mouth Predator-style and brutally eats the snake) Too late...

Mutant Beaver: (Notices the group) WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT?! (The group runs away screaming)

Gumball: WE GOTTA GET OUTTA HERE! (They bump into a mutant gorilla with bat wings and a warthog face)

Mutant Gorilla: BRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYNNNNNNNSSSSSS! (They run in another direction)

Wheeler: YOU'LL NEVER GET US, FREAKS! (The group trips over a huge pig with an armadillo back)

Mutant Pig: Oh, good, you're here! Would you mind helping me to my feet... (Reveals his shark teeth and lizard tongue) SHO AI CUN DEEVOWER YOR BRAYNSSSSSHHHHHHH?! (The group runs away toward a not-so-marshy patch of ground).... DANG IT DUEL-PERSONALLY THOMAS, YA DID IT AGAIN?!

Numbuh 1: (The gorilla and beaver start catching up, and the Kids Next Door ready their weapons) All right, mutants! One wrong move, and we'll send you back to the monster pit where you came from! (The mutants freeze in place)

Kwame: If only we could combine our powers right now...

Gumball: Well, we could always use our own tactics to... To... Wait... why is the ground so lumpy here?

Ma-Ti: I don't think this is swamp land... (The "ground" rumbles and something enormous starts rising)

Mutant Gorilla: Brraayynnsss?

Mutant Beaver: SUMWERR ELSH! (The two mutants run away as the heroes look at the mass with horror as it turns to face them, revealing to be a huge, obese female African Rock Python, who briefly bares her fangs)

Python: Hi! I'm Olive.

Gumball: "..... (Fearfully) Did a giant fat snake just said Hi and that her name's Olive?"

Numbuh 4: (Fearfully) And people say my world was weird with parasitic ties, were-poodles and crazy costumed thematic super villains.

Darwin:..... (Feeling faint) Time for a nap. (He, Gumball and Numbuh 4 of the group fainted)

Olive: Oh, no, no, no, no, no, did I scare you?! I didn't mean to!

Wheeler: Whoa! Freaky snake lady!

Linka: Wheeler, that was very rude!

Olive: No, it's okay. After 3 years of rounding up and ingesting mutant zombies, you come to expect this sort of reaction. But I don't get that reaction often. Who are you guys?

Kwame: We are the Punch Time Exploders.

Numbuh 1: More specifically, we're a smaller team staying behind to guide our ship.

Numbuh 2: Why are you so gi-huge-ic?

Olive: I wasn't always this big. I used to be a long, beautiful young boa... Or was I a python? The Mutation may had changed my original species, or because of being mutated that I just can't tell anymore. Well point is I used to be different from this!

(Flashback)

(Olive): I lived a charmed life here on Toxicia, and I was even set to live with my handsome husband. (A skinnier Olive is seen with a handsome male) But all that changed when the mutant frog came. Carlos and I joined a resistance to fight off her mutant zombies when I did the unthinkable- I actually ATE one of them! (She was seen eating a zombie pig) One of our researchers discovered that the people were turned into zombies by some worms called *Ribeiroia ondatrae*, and they were affecting my body, making me stronger, and for some reason, fattening me up every time I ate a zombie, but my body balanced out every time it happened.

(Wheeler): So, thanks to them worms, the more zombies ya ate, the bigger ya got?

(Olive): Basically. But even though I was becoming a mutant on the inside, I thankfully didn't change on the outside. I didn't let that phase me, and so anytime I was alone and defenseless, I would eat a few zombies until reinforcements arrived. I was starting to feel pretty good about my new superpower, and Carlos even wanted to start a family!

(Gi): Aww, that sounds so sweet!

(Olive): It was... until one day... I was on my first day of egg-sitting when Carlos came home... As a zombie! I was hesitant to fight him, but I wasn't to let him zombify my children, so I did what I had to do. (Olive was seen fighting a zombified Carlos) I... I bit his vital organs, killing him instantly, then... I ate his corpse! But then, things got worse. After the fight, I saw an eight-armed orangutan was making off with my nest of eggs! All 74 of them! (Mitzy was seen carrying her nest away) I followed her to a building where I met the frog. She found out about my mutation and wanted me to aid in her... Experiment. I didn't want to be a double-agent, but if I didn't do what she said, she would feed all my eggs to a mutation she called... Hydra-Tail! (a monstrous shadow was seen in another room, much to Olive's horror)

(Present day)

Olive: (Growing sad) And now I'm tasked with eating all the zombies that fell out of line with her while taking care of my fellow resistance members... But now, I have 56 eggs left, and just by looking at me, I'm more likely to be mistaken as... ONE OF THE PLANET'S BIGGEST TREES! (Sobs loudly as the group feels sorry for her)

Numbuh 3: OH! YOU POOR THING! (Hugs what she can of Olive) Oh, Olive, that's a really sad story!

Numbuh 1: Olive, as soon as we find the others, I promise we'll reunite you with the rest your snake eggs.

Kwame: This we will guarantee.

Olive: Oh, thank you all so much! I'd hug you, but I'm afraid doing that or even attempting it might kill you before the zombies can.

Wheeler: "Yeeeeaaaaah, so maybe NOT do that for our sakes."

Anais: Well... Can you take us to the frog?

Olive: Well, no, doing it directly will risk my remaining eggs... But I can take you to the one who gave her the idea to start up the invasion. His house isn't too far from here. Hang on. (She slithers away as, unknown to our heroes, they were being watched by the mutant beaver)

Mutant Beaver: (He spots an elephant trunk peeking out of a bush) They're heading towards Jethro. (The trunk grabs him by the neck, and the trunk belongs to a huge dog with the body of Scrappy Rex and a normal-sized Chihuahua head)

Mutant Chihuahua: For your sake, Percy, she had better not turn her back against the doctor! (Puts the beaver, Percy down) Send the zombies to pursue them, preferably from behind.

Percy: Got it, Raul.

(Meanwhile...)

Bernadette: (Her group is walking down an abandoned highway) Man, this highway is in worse shaped than I thought.

Grim; If I had me scythe, we'd get there a lot faster.

Amethyst: Yeah, but we don't even know what this Henrietta Spooner looks like.

Dee Dee: Not to mention we don't know where this highway leads to. (Johnny suddenly runs past them)

Mandy: What's his hurry?

Ben: I think I might know. (Johnny runs towards a blonde human woman)

Bernadette: Well, at least he won't be chasing MY tail anymore. At least, not ALL the time.

Johnny: Hey, there. You know, a pretty face like you shouldn't stick around here without someone to protect you.

Woman: Yeah, I noticed those mutant zombies.

Johnny: Well, don't you worry, pretty mama. We're gonna talk to this crazy mutant frog, and after that, you and me can stroll across the--

Woman: WHAT?! You want to meet up with HER?! It's too dangerous!

Johnny: Well, it ain't nothing ol' Johnny can't handle. (Suddenly a prehensile monkey tail grabs Johnny by the neck)

Woman: Look, it doesn't matter how tough you think you are, that frog's got cunning like you wouldn't believe! And besides, even if you're interested in me, do you think any guy would want to date a woman who's stuck with... THIS?! (Shows Johnny that she's a mutant elephant-centaur with a monkey tail)

Johnny: WHOA! Uh, I mean...

Woman: I know! Freaky, right?! And just when I was about to-

Johnny: Uh, what I meant to say was, I'm sure there's a real sweetie-pants under all that mutated... Ness.

Woman: Really?

Bernadette: Uh, excuse me, miss. Would you mind getting off the edge? We kinda want to talk to you face to- (The woman walks up to the group, revealing her elephant half) FAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE, GREAT MAYFLOWER AND THE OTHER LESS REGOCNIZED SHIPS THAT CAME TO AMERICA IN THE TIME BEFORE THE FIRST THANKSGIVING!

Mandy: "Way to needlessly ham up your reaction, Bern."

Woman: I'm Claire.

Amethyst: Hey, now! Another friendly mutant!

Pearl: Amethyst!

Claire: No, it's okay. There are plenty of people here who are half-mutated like me.

Dexter: How did this unusual transformation occur?

Claire: It's that Spooner frog! That is, the flatworms that she's always carrying around.

Bernadette: Flatworms? These worms wouldn't happen to be *Ribeiroia ondatrae*, mainly believed to be the cause of amphibian limb malformations?

Claire: Y-yeah. That's right!

Dexter: But those parasites only affect certain animals, and yet it can cause change like THIS?! This Henrietta Spooner must be a genius!

Claire: Yeah, a MAD genius, if you ask me. I'm a member of a resistance built up to take down that crazy frog! I can take you to where she hangs out, but that's it. I ain't fixing to have a confrontation after she forced poor Olive to turn technical traitor.

Grim: Fair enough. Makes matters less complicated not having to babysit an extra person like Casanova here. (Points to Johnny not even paying attention and admiring himself via a mirror, which Johnny got confused when he felt like he was being talked about). Everyone, climb onto the girl's backside. (The group climbs onto Claire's elephant half, and Johnny sits next to her torso)

Claire: Do you mind?

Johnny: Not at all. Ride on.

Bernadette: Look, Claire, just go with it. He literally took this job to impress girls. It says in his application form. (Takes it out and shows it to her) See?

Claire:... Do I even wanna ask why you're stuck with this idiot?

Bernadette: "(Deadpan) He's the after-effect of a bad decision to try and get members, via a laxatives commercial. And cause of unfavorable politics and technicalities, I'm freaking stuck with him."

Claire:... Man I wish we still had TV, so I can have an idea what's been going on these past 4 years! (They ride off)

(Meanwhile, back with Olive...)

Olive: So, Kwame, you and these other "Planeteers", you guys defend the Earth against the terrors of pollution?

Kwame: That's right.

Olive: And the Kids Next Door defend the freedom of children against evil adults?

Numbuh 1: Yep.

Olive: That all sounds awesome! Makes my little mutation sound like an eating disorder! (The group hears faint yodeling) Not too much farther now. (She slithers over to a treehouse) Here it is. The home of Ol' Jethro. Well, this is as far as I can take you. Hanky will probably be wondering where I am-- don't want her to think I'm a turncoat. He'll tell you the whole story. Oh, by the way, don't mention the extra arms. Bye! (The group climbs up the ladder as Olive slithers away)

Numbuh 3: Nice girl.

Ma-Ti: Yes. If we find a way to turn those mutants back to normal animals, I'm looking the least forward for her.

Anais: (She is riding Linka's back as they climb) I feel the same way. (They reach the top where they see a middle-aged octopus using his tentacles as a rocking bench swinging from the deck, yodeling)

Numbuh 3: Hi! (The octopus continues yodeling, paying them no mind) Are you Jethro? (The octopus nods as he's rocking)

Gumball: Oh, good. Uh, you wouldn't happen to know any mutant frogs, would you?

Jethro: ♪ *Mu-u-utant froggy-EEE!* ♪

Wheeler: Hey, look, uh, if you could stop singing for a minute...

Jethro: ♪ *No, I can't, I wish I could. But them Devil Worms done damage to my brain 20-something years ago, and now I gotta sing everything I say.* ♪

Numbuh 5: Devil Worms?

Jethro: That's right.

Gumball: Wait a minute, you just talked!

Jethro: Did I? (singing) ♪ *Did I? Did I, did I, did I, doo-dah, doo-dah, did-I, did-I-doo...* ♪

Numbuh 1: "(ANGRILY) WE'RE NOT BUYING IT, YOU MISERABLE OLD TIMER FART?!"

Gumball: "Okay, I get the old dude was being much, but take a chill pill, dude!"

Numbuh 1: "Sorry, my intolerance for adults gets the best of me sometimes."

Jethro:....... (Speaking normally) All right, y'all got me! The singin's just a front! I only sing for two reasons: One, because I fool people into thinking I'm a senile ol' octopus livin' in a swamp, and two... Well, I used to be a famous country singer 'round these parts, and I have a hard time letting that go. Why don't you come on in, have some tea and cookies? (Unhooks himself and slithers into his treehouse)

Numbuh 2: Okay... This isn't the weirdest thing we've seen today.

Gi: I just hope those zombies haven't caught up to us.

(Cutaway)

Percy: (A small horde of mutant zombies wander the area aimlessly) OH COME ON! She's a python the size of a stinkin' freight train, HOW COULD YOU LOSE HER TRAIL?!

Mutant Lioness: BBBRRRRRAAAAYYYYYNNNNSS-

Percy: Oh, who asked you?!

(Back at Jethro's treehouse)

Numbuh 1: (Calls Bernadette on his P.I.P.E.R.) Bernadette, I think we may have a lead on those mutant zombies you mentioned.

Bernadette: Let me guess, you met a friendly mutant?

Numbuh 1: Wow, good guess. How did you know?

Bernadette: We met a human girl who has the bottom half of an elephant and a huge monkey tail. She's taking us to a frog named Henrietta Spooner, who is said to be the cause of this zombie invasion. How are things on your end?

Numbuh 1: Well, we met a giant snake who used to eat zombies regularly and now she's frankly the size of a tree.

Numbuh 3: Tell Bernadette that Olive's really nice once you get to know her! Oh, and tell her I said hi!

Numbuh 1: Numbuh 3 says hi. But aside from that, she took us to an old octopus named Jethro, who she claims to be the inspiration behind the zombies.

Bernadette: Yeah, well, see if you get any information out of him, and head to our location as fast as you can. (Hangs up)

Numbuh 1: Mr. Jethro, what can you tell us about Henrietta Spooner?

Jethro; Who? (Realizes) Oh, that mutant froggy. Well, 4 years ago, she came up to my house, just like you all were, except she was all by her lonesome. The minute she heard about my devil worm problem, she wanted to investigate, and wouldn't you know it? One of them worms shows up from right under my floor! She recognized it as some sort of, uh... What was the name? "Ribbit-oa on-dat-tray"?

Linka: Do you mean, *Ribeiroia ondatrae*?

Wheeler: Yeah, I remember Gaia tellin' us about them, how they were giving extra limbs to frogs and stuff.

Ma-Ti: Those worms must have been tampered with in order for them to infect other animals. Nevermind the extreme mutations beyond that the normal worms can do.

Numbuh 2: Well, then, we gotta find Henrietta fast!

Numbuh 4: Yeah, so we can kick her slimy mutant frog butt!

Numbuh 3: Can you help us, Mr. Jethro?

Jethro: I'd be happy to help. (sings) ♪ *Cuz even I don't like what she's do-o-ing!* ♪

Gumball: And of course, he feels like singing again.

Jethro:

♪ 20-something years ago the worms done damage to my brain

Now often when I'm talkin', I'm singin' my refrain

When you're a singin' mutant, you got to live alone

That's why I made this little tree my home

And when you're on Toxicia, you got no guarantees

That life will turn up roses or turn out as you please

When you're on Toxicia, there's lots to be a'feared

That's why this here old octopus is prepared! ♪

(He starts yodeling as he spreads more arms than the usual eight)

Gumball: AHH! Mutant octopus arms!

Numbuh 2: How does he even function?! Also, I just realized that he's an octopus ON LAND?!

Dexter: "Perhaps either that's a mutation as well, or he's been surviving on swamp water, even despite the lack of salt content."

Jehtro: ♪ *Call 'em freaky all you want, but I find 'em rather useful!* ♪ (Finishes yodeling)

♪ Cuz I got arms that open bottles

And I got arms that hold my keys

I got arms that when I flex 'em right

They help me watch TV

I got arms that open pickle jars

And arms that come with hair

When I lose an arm, I sprout more arms

I always come prepared

Be prepared, be prepared

This lesson must be shared

This lesson must be shared, be prepared

Be prepared, be prepared

And unless you got a spare

You got one life so handle it with care ♪

Jethro: (He opens a trap door that leads to a jeep, where the team piles in) YEE-HOO! Keep your hands and feet inside of the vehicle at all times! (Yodels as they drive off until Raul spots them and sounds the alarm with his elephant trunk, causing a big zombie horde to chase them)

♪ Ooh

A zombie horde's a-comin' and I do not feel prepared

They're catchin' up to us real fast, I must say that I'm scared

And if not for them devil worms, you'd see filled with dread

But since I'm mostly singin', I'll just yodel till we're dead! ♪

(Jethro yodels while the Kids Next door and Planeteers use their weapons and powers to fight them off until Olive arrives)

Olive: Everyone, hop on! (The team hops off as the zombies trash the jeep)

Numbuh 3: Olive!

Gumball: What made you come back?!

Olive: I've decided that I'm gonna stay true to the resistance and take down Spooner and save my kids!

Numbuh 1: Great! (The group hears yodeling) What? (They see Jethro using his tentacles to swing from tree to tree while playing his banjo)

Jethro: Heh-heh-heh! I WAS PREPARED! (Swings away)

## Chapter 4: Meeting Henrietta Spooner (Man, I'm Pretty!)

(At a research station...)

Claire: (Drops the team riding her just outside of the station) We're here! Henrietta Spooner's central mutagenic research station.

Grim: hmm... I can feel my scythe in there.

Ben: Look! There's a big radio tower at the heart of it all!

Dexter: And Spooner must be inside, running the whole show!

Claire: We have intel that she's booting up a super-computer for some unknown purpose, and since zombies are constantly on the attack, we are unable to do anything until she's stopped.

Garnet: We mustn't waste time. We'll have to- (They hear something rustling in the jungle nearby)

Steven: Guys? (They look around until they see Olive arrive with the others)

Dee Dee: AGGGHHHHH! GIANT SNAKE! (Jumps onto Johnny, who pushes her off)

Johnny: Watch the hair, kid!

Claire: Olive?!

Mandy: "THAT'S OLIVE?!"

Olive: Claire?! What are you doing here?!

Amethyst: You know, it is so sad when people let themselves go.

Pearl: Amethyst, don't make fun!

Olive: It's okay. I'm used to it at this point. (Percy and Raul soon arrive with the zombies)

Percy: Hey, Olive, are we glad you're here! We got more dumb zombies for you. (Sees Claire) Hey, what's the leader of the half-mutate resistance doing here?! And the outsiders are-- Wait a minute!

Raul: This is your last chance, you imbeciles! Don't fail us! (Claire books it, throwing Johnny off as the zombies follow her)

Johnny; Hey, you two! You mind not cramping my style here?!

Linka: What style? (The doors to the station open)

Percy: Oh, good, she's been expecting us. Bring them in. (They all enter the building and see Mitzy working at a big computer)

Mitzy: Stupid supercomputer...

Steven: Mitzy!

Dee Dee: Hi, Mitzy!

Mitzy: "(Surprised and turned to see the group)... Oh, uh, I, wasn't thinking you were gonna show up here so soon, I-"

Mandy: "Let us guess, you're in on this?"

Olive: "Beyond that?! She's the Orangutan that took my eggs?!"

Mitzy: "Now, Olive, it was never meant to be personal, I'm on the same boat too, a lot of us mutants are forced to be patsies to that frog, it's out of all of my extra and original hands!"

Bernadette: "I'll be civil about this and give you the benefit of the doubt here, Mitzy. But if it assures everyone here, that frog won't be calling the shots forever."

???: is that a fact? (The heroes see a mutated frog with an appearance similar to Mrs. Toad from *Thumbelina* but with an enlarged brain and four legs)

Frog: I've been expecting you, outsiders. (She stretches her legs down, but makes a perfect landing on the floor)

Grim: So, uh... You're Henrietta Spooner?

Frog: I don't know... Are YOU Henrietta Spooner?

Billy: OOOOOH! So deep...

Mandy: (Slaps Billy) If any of us were Henrietta Spooner, why would we ask if YOU were?

Henrietta: Because, my dear Hanky, it would be a devious ploy to confuse me. Stupid to most, but very clever to some.

Numbuh 4: AHA! You called yourself Hanky, so you MUST be this Henrietta girl!

Johnny: Let me handle this, kid. (Clears his throat) Hey, little missy, are you Henrietta Spooner? (Mandy facepalms)

Henrietta: Why? Are you?

Mandy: (Quietly) Is she seriously playing stupid guessing games with us?

Johnny: Nope. the name's Johnny. (Strikes a pose) Huh! Johnny Bravo.

Henrietta: Ah, so your name is Johnny Bravo. Johnny is a boy's name, so... How many of you are boys? (The team, except for Bernadette, Dee Dee, Numbuhs 3 and 5, Mandy, Garnet, Amethyst, Pearl, Anais, Gi, and Linka raise their hands) Oh, so the majority of you are boys. I'll admit, that does increase the chances of me being Henrietta Spooner. Do any of you girls answer to that name? (An awkward silence takes place) Oh... Well, if one of us is supposed to be Henrietta Spooner, then I guess it must be me. I don't know if I'm really happy about it, though. Henrietta Spooner is a real grump.

Darwin: Why are you grumpy, Miss Spooner?

Henrietta: Two words: *Ribeiroia ondatrae*.

Ben: Care to explain?

Henrietta: Well, it all goes back to my childhood. My parents were working 24/7, so my siblings and I were dumped off to different relatives-

Gumball: Uh, excuse me, but would you mind skipping to the part about the mutant worms? Not that your childhood wouldn't be... Fascinating.

Henrietta: Well, after I escaped from my religious nut uncle-

Darwin: "Wait, you have a religious nut uncle?"

Henrietta: Well maybe if SOME people weren't too busy for some world-building, I would've gone into more detail!

Grim: "Well maybe if this were SAF, that would've been the case. In fact, I now suddenly realize you're just a cheap gender-bender of a SAF villain."

Bernadette: "I'd go easy on the self-awareness humor, Grim."

Henrietta: Anywho, my life was going smoothly until my college graduation. I entered a pre-graduation science fair, and submitted a scientific formula that would enhance evolution across the United Universes. My primary ingredient was ground-up flatworm larvae, but the formula went terribly wrong and turned me into... (Shows off her extra legs) This.

Johnny: "HELLO!"

Billy: "HOLY HALLELUJAH!"

Numbuh 2: Now that's what I call getting *A leg Up*! (Rimshot as Numbuh 2 laughs)

Mandy: (Pause) That joke was bad and you should feel bad.

Numbuh 1: As much as I have personal bitterness with you over the Delightful Reaper incident, I'd have to agree.

Henrietta: May I finish? Ahem! So, I ended up only getting an honorary degree and made a decent living for myself until I got transferred to Elmore, where I met the insidious, nefarious, downright EVIL... Nicole Watterson! (Gumball and Darwin gasp)

Gumball: "(Quietly to Darwin) Why didn't Mom tell us she met a mutant frog lady?!"

Darwin: "(Quietly to Gumball) Maybe it's because it kinda sounds crazy?"

Gumball: "(Quietly) Hmm... I see your point."

Bernadette: That's odd. She may be a little rough around the edges, but she seems like a genuine girl.

Henrietta: Don't let her fool you! She's the reason I quit my job at the Rainbow Factory!

Dexter: Rainbow Factory? What kind of ludicrous nonsense is that?! Rainbows are simply the result of light refracting through moisture in the atmosphere. They aren't made in factories!

Anais: (Quietly) Trust me when I say the rainbows that they make in Elmore are completely different.

Gumball: (Quietly) And you don't want to know what they use to make 'em.

Henrietta: CAN WE PLEASE NOT TALK QUIETLY AS IF YOU'RE HOLDING SECRETS OR SOMETHING?! Anyway, the United Universal Transport Ship sending me home was shot down, and I crash-landed in this place. Turns out it was crawling with *Ribeiroia ondatrae*, which I used in my old pal Jethro to create THIS! (Shows them a huge worm that looks like a cross between *Ribeiroia ondatrae* and a termite queen) My magnum opus! Isn't it beautiful?!

Numbah 1: "OH WHEN DID IT BECAME A THING FOR PARASITES TO HAVE A QUEEN?! FIRST THE LICE, THEN TIES, NOW THIS?!"

Numbah 5: "Let it go, Numbuh 1."

Numbuh 3: I figured she was a scientist, but I NEVER thought she'd bring up something like THIS! Ugh!

Numbuh 4: That is seriously GROSS, lady!

Mandy: "Eh, I've seen worse."

Henrietta: Unfortunately, I could never really get the formula to work right, so I'm trying to rig this supercomputer so it will give me the calculations to perfect it. (The supercomputer suddenly starts working)

Mitzy: Oh, uh, good news Miss Spooner, it works now! (The screen gets staticky, then turns to a news station, where Tricorn is making an announcement)

Tricorn: -And I promise you, if this Incarcecon 2.0 doesn't receive its first prisoner within 24 hours, Tricorn-katras will be open for all the criminals that deserve what's coming to them!

Mitzy: Whoops! I guess I had it set to TV Mode. Let me fix that.

Tricorn: And I'd like to see those upstart Punch Time Exploders to try and- (the supercomputer switches to computer mode)

Bernadette: "Wait, wait, wait, I was legitimately concerned about that!"

Mitzy: "Sorry, the frog's not much for news, nor politics. Especially any from that Tricorn lady."

Bernadette: "Okay, I can't be unfair to THAT, I am a bit miffed at that dragon myself right now."

Henrietta: And soon, I'll have my perfect formula ready for my revenge!

Numbuh 4: Can we just go back to how TOTALLY DISGUSTING THIS IS?! I mean, we should count ourselves lucky we didn't- (The supercomputer suddenly sparks and shuts down)

Henrietta: Uh, Mitzy... Why did my supercomputer shut down?

Mitzy: Oh, that's a good question, I- (Looks to see that Johnny pulled the super-computer's plug out for a hair-blower)..... D'oh what the frick!?

Johnny: "Man this place is MURDER on my hair!"

Henrietta: ".... You know, that was VERY RUDE of your friend to do that to my progress!"

Wheeler: If it helps, lady, we barely even like that dinkus. He was basically the only guy available and only ended up here because he wants this position to impress chicks. That guy would not survive this political-correctness sensitive age.

Grim: "He didn't even do well before we got that far if his behavior's any indication."

Henrietta: "Well, it's no problem, just as long as it didn't-"

Dee Dee: (She was seen next to a big red button) Ooooooh, what does THIS button do? (It shows that the button was attached to a comedically large bomb)

Henrietta: "AYYYYE! NO, NOT MY EMERGNCY SELF-DESTRUCTION BOMB!"

Mandy: "Okay, seriously, what is it with people with secretive bases always being stupid enough to build self-destruction buttons and have them be represented by giant obvious buttons?"

Dexter: (Dee Dee was about to press the button) DEE DEE, DO NOT PRESS THAT- (Dee Dee presses it, and in a huge explosion, Henrietta's lair was destroyed; And everyone cartoonishly survived with only ash on them)

Grim: (Coughs) Thank goodness for Cartoon Logic.

Johnny: (Moans in pain) Ohhhhhhh, mama.

Henrietta: My... My lab... Wait... (Looks under some rubble, then stands there quietly)

Dexter:.... Well, impromptu and UN-NESSERSARY AS THAT WAS, Dee Dee actually helped us, albeit in her own STUPID fashion... But stupid aid is still aid, I suppose. Now to find a way to free my Protocore. (Looks around, and finds a piece of equipment and attaches it to the box, and a tablet-like device displays a screen) I got it! A full voice recording of the Neurotomic Protocore Lockdown Chamber! Dee Dee, you made the new code, now I want you to remember exactly what you said to the chamber! (Awkward silence until Dee Dee looks at Dexter)

Dee Dee: Hi. (The tablet recognizes her voice and repeats the phrase)

Dexter; YES! "Hi" was the first thing you said to the lockdown chamber! Now try to--

Olive: Wait... This isn't where my eggs were being kept! And I don't hear guttural growling from the basement!

Numbuh 1: Then that means- (Mitzy takes the box)

Mitzy: Sorry, guys, but I'm not in the position to not do this, still outta my hands! (Puts the box in her kangaroo-pouch and retreats through a trap door, along with Raul and Percy)

Bernadette: "STILL GIVING YOU THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT, BUT I'M OBLIGATED TO SAY THAT I DON'T APPRESIATE THESE ACTIONS ALL THE SAME!"

Numbuh 1: Olive, I thought you said this was where we would find Henrietta!

Olive: Yeah, about that... I don't know where Hanky's real lair is. (the KND groan) I know, sorry.

Numbuh 1: "YET SHE'S LITERALLY RIGHT THERE! (Points to Henretta)! Her cronies were dumb enough to abandon her?!"

"Henrietta": Tsssss, about that... I have a secret, too... (Drinks something, and turns into a normal frog)

Female Frog: I'm not really Henrietta Spooner.

Kwame: What?!

Mandy: "(Angered) Are you freaking kidding me? IS THAT WHY YOU PLAYED STUPID GUESSING GAMES WITH US?! WERE YOU JUST A DISTRACTION!?"

Female Frog: It wasn't to my free will, I was forced into this! No one knows where she actually resides! I'm just a figurehead! She said she would turn my husband into a zombie if I didn't do what she said! (Barfs up some dead *Ribeiroia ondatrae* worms) Oh, and P.S., that scythe was pretty useless to her anyway. (Points to the scythe, connected to jumper cables)

Grim: AHHH! (Grabs the scythe) Oh, I missed you so much! (Kisses the handle) Who's your daddy? (Claire runs in)

Claire: Guys, I heard the explosion, so I came back to investigate- (Sees the wreckage) OH, COME ON! Did we destroy ANOTHER fake lair?!

Bernadette: "THIS HAPPENED BEFORE?!"

Claire: "Hey give me credit, I wasn't saying that Spooner was a clever adversary just to hype her up?!"

Bernadette: Well, isn't this just great?! Spooner is still out here somewhere with the Neurotomic Protocore, we have a zombie invasion that isn't getting any smaller, and we have no way of leaving!

Johnny: Say, this may not be the best time to ask, but when we get the proto-thingy back, how's about you and me-

Bernadette: How about you and THIS, creep?! (Splashes a vial in Johnny's face, but then, he starts shaking) What the- (Johnny's sunglasses fly off his face, but sheepdog hair covers his eyes as he gains ostrich legs, lizard arms, and a gorilla torso)

Johnny: My glasses! I can't be seen without my- (Accidentally steps on his sunglasses, breaking them) AHHH! AHH! AHH! YOU... KILLED MY GLASSES! YOU... KILLED THE JOHNNY!

Bernadette: No, Johnny, it was an accident! I thought this was water! (Johnny runs away crying)

Billy: Ehh, good going, glasses-killer.

Ma-Ti: Miss, would you happen to have another antidote?

Female Frog: Well, I do have one extra, but I'm not sure if-

Bernadette: Thanks! (Takes the extra antidote and runs off to find Johnny)

Dee Dee: Wow! I did not expect the whole lab to blow up! I mean, Dexter's Lab blew up a few times, but-

Dexter: SHUT UP, WOMAN! Why can't you realize this is ALL YOUR FAULT?!

Wheeler: Whoa, hey, Dexter, this ain't no time for the blame game!

Dexter: This is the perfect time to blame my stupid sister! We're stranded on an alien world, our only way of getting home is in the hands of a slimy mutant scientist and it's all her fault! If she had just completed the excruciatingly simple task of replacing the fake Neurotomic Protocore with the real one, we wouldn't be stuck here in the first place!

Grim: "Well not to say that you're not accreate, but you might be coming off as abit aggressive, mon. There's being right and then there's just being sore about it."

Dee Dee: (Starts crying) Oh Dexter! Why are you being so horrible?!

Dexter: Please, we do not have time for your tears. Why don't you go back to the ship and attempt to destroy Bernadette's lab since that's all you're good at?

Dee Dee: Fine, I will! But you'll have to get the Protocore back yourself!

Dexter: Fine with me! (Dee Dee runs away crying)

Gumball: "..... OH WAY TO CRIPPLE US OF THE EASY WAY OUT AND ARTIFICALLY MAKE THINGS HARDER FOR US, DUDE?!"

Numbuh 3: Dexter, how could you do that?! Dee Dee recorded the lockdown code! What if she gets in trouble?

Dexter: Please, Dee Dee never gets into trouble. She is too stupid to be stupid. You'll see, she'll come back and cooperate and get us the code to unlock the chamber and get the Protocore back so we can leave.

Kwame: Well, I hope you are right, for all our sakes. (Suddenly, the mutant koala emerges from the rubble and takes the tablet from Dexter)

Dexter: Hey! Drop it!

Gumball: We'll get it! (Gumball and Darwin wrestle with the koala, and Anais follows them into a part of the swamp where it gets away with the tablet) Dang it! I was sure we had it! Stupid Koala.

Darwin: Forget the koala! What about THEM?! (Seemingly headless chickens charge toward them)

Gumball: "AHH! CHICKENS WITH NO HEADS! (THROWS A ROCK AT ONE OF THEM)"

Headless Chicken 1: "OWWWW?! Hey, I know we're catching you for the frog, but ya didn't had to make it personal?!"

Anais: "..... Yeah I think going after that koala was actually a stupid idea- (The trio get caught by the headless chickens that carry them away) (She and Gumball and Darwin scream as this happen)"

(Meanwhile...)

(Dee Dee is sitting on a rock, crying, while a seemingly headless chicken walks toward her... only for his head to pop out)

Chicken: (Dubbed as Gazpacho) (Coughs) WHEW! Hoo, boy! Can't breathe in there! Man, I can never get used to tucking my head in like that. Anywho, what's wrong, little girl?

Dee Dee: My brother Dexter was just awful to me!

Chicken: Really? What did he do?

Dee Dee: Well, I wanted to help this team his friend put together, but he has this invention that powered up her big castle ship, but I didn't put it in, then the ship shut down, the thingy was locked in a box that needed my voice to unlock it, and when we tried to get help, he started yelling and- (she sobs)

Chicken: Ooh, that's serious. Don't worry. We don't need your brother to get it out.

Dee Dee: We... We don't?

Chicken: Of course not! Just come with me, and everything will work out fine.

Dee Dee: (Beat) Okay, weird talking chicken I just met.

(Meanwhile, with Bernadette...)

Bernadette: (She was looking for Johnny) Johnny?! Johnny! Where'd you go?! (They spot the mutated Johnny in a tree) Johnny, come out of that tree! (Johnny screams incoherently) Please, Johnny! The CEOs are gonna beat me up! (Johnny screams incoherently) OHH! What am I gonna do?! I'm gonna be out of a job if Johnny doesn't participate in the mission! (Pulls out the application form)......(Turn it to the back and writes something down and gives it back).... I hope this works..... (Pulls out some spare Sunglasses) Good thing Numbuh 1 let me borrow some spare sunglasses that one off-camera time. Oh, Johnny! Look! You're not doing anything on your application form! (Johnny peeks out) See? You wrote that you also want to help out your new friends!

Johnny: Did I write that?

Bernadette: Uh-huh. You sure did. And chicks REALLY like it when you help out your friends!

Johnny: Do they?

Bernadette: Yep! It turns me on so much, that I would happily date anyone who helps out MY friends, especially if they're your friends, too, like you're my friend!

Bernadette's thoughts: "But of course, in reality I'd be as PLATONIC as possible with this dude!"

Bernadette: Besides, the mission isn't over yet, so if you can take this antidote, you can go back to your normal handsome self!

Johnny: (Snatches the glasses and antidote, and turns back to his normal self) Wiggy! Johnny's back! (Strikes a few poses while grunting, then pauses)

Bernadette: Are you finished?

Johnny: One more. (Strikes a pose) HRR! Okay, I'm good.

Bernadette: Now we just gotta meet up with the others, then we'll be ready to complete the mission.

Johnny: Then I'll be proud to be a member of the Pinch Tim Imploders.

Bernadette: Punch Time Exploders.

Johnny: Right. What'd I say?

Bernadette: (Sighs) Let's just go.

(Meanwhile, with the others...)

Dexter: Dee Dee should have been back by now. I hope I wasn't too hard on her.

Numbuh 3: Yeah, well, stupid or not, she's still your sister.

Wheeler: It ain't that. Something doesn't feel right. I can feel it deep in my gut. (They hear screaming)

Numbuh 2: What's that?

Kwame: Maybe it's Wheeler's stomach.

Numbuh 4: (Sniffs the air) I smell chicken.

(The group peeks through the jungle to find a line of animal marching up a mountain, including the chickens telepathically carrying Gumball, Darwin and Anais)

Numbuh 2: Whoa... Freaky headless chickens.

Gi; I don't think they're actually headless.

Numbuh 1: No, look. Their heads are retreated inward, like a turtle.

Dexter: (He sees they're carrying an unconscious Dee Dee and gasps) What have they done to my sister?!

Numbuh 4: How come they're goin' up there?

Claire: There's an old United Universal Transport Station on top of that dormant volcano. We gotta follow them! Spooner's up there, I know it!

Numbuh 5: Are you nuts?! That place will be crawling with zombies by the time we even get there!

???: Well, then... (Bernadette arrives with Johnny)

Bernadette: I guess we'll have to bring reinforcements.

## Chapter 5: The Final Battle (Do the Monkey with me! Come on!)

(At Henrietta's REAL lair...)

(Henrietta apparently recorded the entire lockdown code)

Dee Dee's voice: Hi, Dexter's future box! So you're supposed to protect Dexter's neural-tonic promo-core thingy, right? I mean, I know I play in his lab on a regular basis, but after seeing this, I can kinda figured out why he would want to protect it. If it was THAT important, I would've left it alone, and I will, too. He's going to need that kind of power to survive the Interdimensional Teenage Public Nudity Revolution... whoopsie, I gotta go! Sit tight, shiny core. I'll let you out in case something goes wrong in the Palace. But in case I forgot your lockdown code, I'm sure Dexter will think of something. Okay, bye now! (The Neurotomic Protocore lockdown chamber opens, revealing the Protocore, and Henrietta carefully takes it out with tongs and brings it to her supercomputer)

Henrietta: (Looks over to the caged Watterson siblings) Did you seriously think I would be stupid enough to put a big bomb in an obvious secret lair?

Anais: "To be fair, the fake you was interested in dumb guessing games and it's implied you're based on a SAF villain that's kinda considered to be a bit of a joke, so, you might not wanna hear our answers about that."

Henrietta:..... I'll be polite enough to ignore that crack for NOW! And don't think I didn't have a backup parasite queen!

Darwin: It doesn't have to be this way, Miss Spooner!

Henrietta: That's DOCTOR Spooner, PHD to you, pseudo-mutant!

Darwin: (Hurt) That was uncalled for...

Mitzy: You know, Hanky, the kid's got a point. If those other guys figured out your true hideout, they'll come after you.

Henrietta: (Sighs) You just don't get it, do you, Mitz? I'm done! I'm done confessing my sins to the father! Father David, AND my parents! They can all take a hike for all I care!

Anais: We know you used your parasite queen to raise an army of zombies, but the question is, WHY?!

Henrietta: To teach my parents a lesson! They practically ruined my LIFE!

Gumball: HOW?!

Henrietta: By dumping me with that religious PSYCHOPATH of an uncle! Science is my dream! I'm not giving it up without a fight! And even if I don't accelerate evolution, I can assure you that I will NEVER answer to anyone EVER AGAIN! (Laughs maniacally, which devolves into sobbing, then back to laughing) Oh, I just LOVE this job! (Inserts the Protocore into the supercomputer, which glows brightly) It's working! It's working! Computer, analyze my formula!

Computer: Analyzing. (An alarm sounds) Alert! Alert! Large army amassing outside the base!

Henrietta: What?! On screen! (The computer screen shows the entire Punch Time exploders team and the resistance working together to fight off the zombies) This is impossible! Those Punch Time Exploders have not only found my hidden fortress, but they gathered in great numbers and are teaming up with the resistance and fighting off my zombie horde!

Anais: "Guess you're not the genius you claim to be. Any real genius would've figured that nothing escapes notice forever."

Henrietta: Letting you know NOW that my patience is getting THIN with those kinds of cracks! No matter, let them come. I have my own army to beat them anyway. (Chuckles)

(Outside the lair, the Punch Time Exploders are fighting off the mutant zombies)

Bubbles: Oh, we NEVER should've quit on you, Bernadette!

Ashi: I'm just glad Grim was able to get to me first so I can warn everyone!

Bernadette: That's okay! You can just help me beat Spooner, without killing anyone, then we'll call it even!

Uncle Grandpa: (Plowing through zombies with the UGRV) It's a good thing I packed a bunch of zombie repellent for those can't fight for themselves!

Bernadette: I'll take our immediate team and get that Protocore back!

(In the lair...)

Computer: Follow these instructions to create your perfected formula. Chances of accelerating evolution are 10.3%. There is also a 57.2% chance that any given animal's lifespan will be enhanced as a result of mutation.

Henrietta: I like those odds! (Follows the instructions) You see how things work out, kiddies? You organize your goals, you prioritize, and you succeed. You ask yourself "where do I see myself in three years?"

???: How about being the first prisoner of Incarcecon 2.0? (Henrietta turns around to see the heroes, including, to her surprise...)

Henrietta: Nicole! Wh-why, it's... It's so good to see you again! And taking an entire busy day out of your promotion, too! Why, if only you let me know you were coming to visit, I would've-

Dexter: VISIT, SCHMISIT! I want my Neurotomic Protocore, you slimy old hack!

Henrietta:.... Yeeeaaaaaah, I kinda need it for my purposes, so, can't it wait?

Billy: Oh okay! We'll come back when you're done. (Tries to walk out, but Grim stops him)

Mandy: Henrietta, you clearly have a well-thought-out plan for your revenge, and I respect that... But you lose it immediately for having priorly made us go through a stupid guessing game with an imposter. Added to that, we're not leaving without that core, Dexter's stereotype of a sister and Nicole's kids.

Johnny: And besides, lady or no lady, I'm not gonna let you hurt my friends, especially if it means getting the girl!

Henrietta: (Glares at Bernadette).... Really?

Bernadette: Hey, he wouldn't cooperate if I told him otherwise.

Olive: And I had my fill of zombies for one month, and I'm coming for my eggs! (Unknown to her, Ashi was stealing the eggs from Henrietta)

Henrietta: I should've known you'd turn on me, Olive. Even I knew you'd resist my zombie controlling thingamajig.

Numbuh 4; You mean that big radio tower?

Henrietta; Yeah, it operates on a frequency audible only to those who were turned into zombies. But good luck taking THAT down! I erected an electric force field around the tower! NO one can get to it now-

Dee Dee: (Was at another giant button) Oooohh, what does this button do? (Presses it and it shuts down the radio tower, undoing her control, and there's a long pause)

Anais: "... You were seriously stupid enough to have a giant button that shuts off your control?"

Dexter: "(Slightly proud) Never underestimate the stupidity of Dee Dee. I learned that the hard way."

Henrietta: "........ WHAT GIVES?! I wasn't bothering anyone! ...Well, I guess causing a mutant zombie infestion IS bothering someone... BUT I WASN'T DOING THIS TO TRY AND RULE THE UNIVERSE! I'M JUST TRYING TO ACHIEVE MY DREAMS OF MASTERING EVOLUTION!

Gumball: "You admitted that you also want revenge on our mom and your implied dysfunctional relationship with your family, Spoon-feeder?!"

Henrietta: "Hey that's more of a personal side goal, my intentions were PURE otherwise!"

Grim: Look, if you want to raise a mutant zombie army on those who wronged you, that's fine! But kindly leave us out of it!

Henrietta: So get out of here!

Bernadette: We're not leaving without that Protocore! Our ship won't run until we get it back!

Henrietta: Well, you won't get the Protocore back until I'm done creating my perfected formula-

Dee Dee: "(Pulls out the core and the computer stops working) Here ya go! (Henrietta's jaw drops cartoonishly)!"

Dexter: "Thank you, Dee Dee."

Henrietta: "WAIT A MINUTE, HOW DID YOU EVEN GET OUT OF YOUR CAGE?!"

Mitzy: "Oh, she said she wanted to go to the bathroom and I let her out to do so while you were busy being all dramatic and what not. (Silence) Yeah, admittingly, I should've maybe supervised her to kinda prevent this from happening, my bad."

Henrietta: "(Twitches eye)....."

Gumball: "...... Yeah I think that PHD is poorly earned."

Nicole: Well, now that THAT'S outta the way... I'm walking out of here with my kids.

Henrietta:..... Ya know what? I could use a STRESS-TOY RIGHT ABOUT NOW! (Opens three more eyes, two on either side and one in the middle of her normal eyes)

Nicole: You're just lucky you didn't turn my kids into mutants, otherwise I'd be WAY past my limit. You don't want to see THAT!

Richard: I've seen it. It's terrifying. (Nicole and Henrietta get into a fighting position)

Nicole; You're a bad frog.

Henrietta: Oh, someone's FINALLY catching up! You think I stuck around that dumb Rainbow Factory and let you have that promotion because I LIKED YOU?!

Nicole: LIKED ME?! You brutally assaulted Mr. Yoshida and stormed out of the building!

Henrietta: You're right, Nicole, that WAS a mistake... I should've gone for YOU! (Charges toward her and Nicole dodges, then Nicole kicks her to the ground) D'OW!

Nicole: "Oh I'm sorry, did you think you can handle a BLACKBELT?!"

Henrietta: I WASN'T READY THAT TIME! (They continue fighting as Ben fights Percy)

Percy: You don't want to fight me, mate! You saw what I did to that snake; Just imagine what I can do to you!

Ben: Time for ya to revaluate your life, buddy. (Activates his Omnitrix and turns into Swampfire)

Swampfire: Swampfire? That'll work. (Ties Percy up in vines and gags him)

Percy: "ACK?! OKAY, BEING FAIR, BEING FAIR, I'M REVALUATING ALREADY!"

Raul: You'll not be so easy with me! (They fight, but then Swampfire managed to beat him too) NOPE I WAS WRONG, I WAS EASY!

Olive: (She's seen coiling Mitzy) You will know my name is the Lord, for nothing is worse than an angry mama snake!

Mitzy: "OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW-OW, I SAID BEFORE THAT IT WASN'T PERSONAL!"

Olive: "I know but let me have this! I would've done this to Henrietta, but her personal rival's got it covered!"

Dexter: (At the supercomputer) If we can reverse engineer the mutation formula and create an antidote, I can create a machine that will spread it across this entire planet, undoing the evil that this insane amphibian has unleashed!

Henrietta: Not if I stop- (Nicole starts punching Henrietta in the face)

Henrietta: HA! Is that all you got?! (Gets punched again) Is that all you got- (Gets Punched again) Is that all you go- (Gets kicked again) Is that all you g- (Gets brutally assaulted by multiple punches until there's a break, then finally a heel kick, leaving her head swollen with bruises) Is that all you got...? (Faints)......

Claire: "...... Wow, no wonder she kept hidden a lot of the time. She's actually a pathetic fucking wimp!"

Henrietta: (Quickly recovers)... That, tears it! (Pulls out a mutation gun and points it at the caged Watterson Children) ONE FALSE MOVE, AND THE STUPID BRATS GET IT!

Nicole:....... That's it. I think you've done it. You have managed to push me over... [Laughs]

Henrietta: (Now uneasy as she was lowering the weapon a bit in a vain hope to change Nicole's mind) Over what?

Nicole: [Her eyes turn yellow] The limit!

Richard: "(Scared while hiding behind Claire) I TRIED TO WARN YOU?!"

Henrietta: Wait, one, you basically had the advantage as it is, and two, I didn't even turn your children into mutants!

Nicole: BUT THE THOUGHT WAS CLEARLY THERE?! (Nicole punches the metal floor between them, then pulls it out, rendering it and partially destroying the lab) Get ready to start preying, Spooner. [Her eyes shone up and start glowing] NOW! (She starts viciously attacking a clearly frightened Henrietta)

Bernadette: Right! Jack, the cages! (Jack slices the cages open, freeing Gumball, Darwin and Anais) Dexter, the formula! (Dexter puts the core back in to work on the supercomputer to create an antidote formula) Uncle Grandpa, the kids! (Uncle Grandpa grabs the children) Johnny... (Johnny is admiring himself in the body mirror) You keep doing what you're doing, and follow us out of here when it's time!

Dexter: Success! (Holds the new antidote)

Bernadette: (Dexter gets the protocore back out) Nicole-

Numbuh 5: The volcano!

Bernadette: Yeah! When you're done with her, meet us down the volcano and-

Numbuh 5: No, fool! The volcano is getting close to blowin' up!

Bernadette: OH, MAN! Richard, the box! (Tosses the lockdown chamber to Richard and Nicole stuffs the beaten Henrietta inside it)

Box: Portable Neurotomic Protocore Lockdown Chamber activated. Record lockdown code now.

Nicole: HENRIETTA SPOONER, YOU'RE UNDER ARREST! (The box closes and locks as the Powerpuffs grab Johnny)

Bernadette: LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!!! (The Punch Time Exploders scramble down the volcano as it smokes, but miraculously doesn't erupt)...

Billy: "...... Where's the ka-boom? There should've been an earth-shattering ka-"

Mandy: "Don't trigger karma, Billy! (Smacks Billy hard)!"

Numbuh 5: Man, that was close!

Bernadette: TOO close! Now we have to cure all those zombies, call the authorities to bring Henrietta in, and get out of here!

Uncle Grandpa: No problem! (Pours the antidote into a complicated piece of machinery that pumps it straight into the atmosphere and rains down on the mutant zombies, curing them and turning them and all half-mutates back to normal)

(Later...)

Robot: (A team of UUPD officers and robot prison guards show up) We have come to collect the criminal. Where is she?

Nicole: (shows them the box) Open, box.

Box: Voice command recognized. Repeat lockdown code to unlock.

Nicole: Henrietta Spooner, you're under arrest. (The box unlocks and Henrietta springs out as the cops apprehend her) And for the record, YOU were supposed to get the promotion!

Henrietta: (She is briefly shocked by this revelation, then calms down) Ohhh... So, I have assaulted my former superior-

Nicole: "Yes, you attacked Mr. Yoshida over a predictable misunderstanding that simple talking would've resolved! And yet you have a PHD!" (Henrietta just stands there in shock)

Anais: "I'll say this on an ending note:... You're clearly not as smart as you CLAIM to be."

Claire: "(Now a Human again) And I kinda feel insulted it took us 4 years to finally be rid of you until these guys showed up on how otherwise EASY you would've been if not for you being a hide-an'-seek champion!"

Henrietta:..... Well, at least I still have my-

Gi: Water! (Uses her ring to dump a bucket of antidote rain on her as she transformed into a normal frog)

Henrietta: At least I still have my-

Percy: (He is now a normal beaver) Oh, by the way, your parasite queen exploded when the rain hit the main lab. No more zombies for you, missy!

Mitsy: "And P.S.: WE'RE DONE BEING YOUR PATSIES! IT WAS NEVER WILLFUL TO BEGIN WITH, AND YOU'RE NOT A GOOD BOSS AS IS!"

Henrietta: At least I still have my... Complexion.

Johnny: That makes two of us, froggy mama. Though granted with you, that's debatable. (Henrietta got offended at that). Take her away, boys.

Henrietta: OH YOU WOULDN'T EVEN LET ME HAVE THAT?! Mark my words, Nicole! You'll pay for this! AND YOU TOO, BERNADETTE! ALL OF YOU! (She gets carried away)

Claire: I'll never forget you, Johnny! Now that I'm back to normal, I'm going to teach my ex-boyfriend Freddy a lesson he'll never forget. And no, that doesn't mean I'll date you. (She leaves)

Johnny: Oh, man...

Bernadette: Johnny... I don't know how to say this, but... Welcome to the Punch Time Exploders.

Johnny: Does that mean you'll go out with me?

Bernadette: Sorry, I don't date fellow teammates. I prefer to keep platonic with ALL members. Makes things, less complicated. Besides, you're still on the intern status.

???: Bernadette... (Bernadette turns to see Olive, now a normal snake, but still fat enough to be recognized)

Olive: Before you go, I want to say, thank you for bringing peace to the planet Toxicia. Now that my babies are safe, when they hatch, I'll tell them all the story of how you saved us all from a mutant frog and her horde of zombies. And to put it in a good word for you, the former rebels have gotten together and got you this parting gift. (The gorilla from before, no longer a mutant, drives in with a big tank of dead worms)

Bernadette: Oh-kay, that's gross, but I'm sure the Galactic Federation will find a good use for it. (The Punch Time exploders take off on their ship) Well, Johnny is part of the team, we succeeded on our first Chronicle mission, and we might get more members for our team. And finally, my endorsement deal is-

(At Under Corps...)

Under Corp Head Executive: History! Do you hear me, Willows?! (coughs) Your successful mission with Johnny Bravo didn't matter in the slightest, because your laxatives commercial is history!

Bernadette: Oh, come on! Those women were just being stubborn if you ask me! And the men were-

Under Corp Head Executive: This will teach you to nearly ruin our company, jerk-wad! (The CEOs tear up the contract) And if that wasn't clear enough, you're fired!

Bernadette: Fine! I'll just find some mortal sponsors! And let me tell you something else; you should REALLY get your throat checked! (Grim escorts her out)

(In the Prophet's Palace living room...)

Newsman: And in interplanetary news, unknown adventure team the Punch Time Exploders has liberated the planet Toxicia of a horrifying invasion of mutant zombies. The mad scientist, Dr. Henrietta Rosalind Spooner, PhD, was uncovered as the instigator of said invasion and is now serving time on Incarcecon 2.0, which has recently celebrated its grand opening. Senator Tricorn, owner of the rival prison Tricorn-katras, has released the following statement.

Tricorn: I want to state the record that it was OBVIOULY DUMB LUCK because it was implied that they stumbled into it by accident! Had my planned W.I.P.-Named Initiative been active, the UUPD would've just as much dealt with it SOONER!

Reporter: "Your statements for the PTE then?"

Tricorn: Oh I have some STATEMENTS ALRIGHT?! (At Camera) You only got away with giving that unworthy excuse for a space prison that frog lady because a lot of us haven't checked with Toxicia in years! If I was in the fold more, you would've been obligated to give that frog to my superior prison! But, short of direct influence, and because Xena suggested that I should be happy the frog's not a threat anymore regardless of where she gets sent to, I'll grant you this freebee! HOWEVER, YOU'LL ONLY GET THE ONE?! You Punch Time Exploders may have beaten me to the criminal this time, but don't think I can't open Tricorn-katras regardless! I already have a Raptorsolarian Criminal Mastermind while my prison was being constructed some time back, so I'm good on opening anyway?! ALL YOU SUCCEED IS DECLARING YOURSELF COMPETITION THAT I WILL CRUSH BENEATH MY-

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Bernadette: Oh, look, there I am!

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Bernadette: Guys... Remind me to be angry about that later.

Mandy; Look on the bright side. Johnny could've modeled.

(At Henrietta's new prison cell...)

Chicken: (The psychic chicken from before is in a cell next to Henrietta's) But I don't belong here! This is all a big mistake! I am Hedrick Lesser, a Superior chicken! I HAVE NO SERIOUS RELATIONS TO THAT CRAZY FROG OTHER THAN BEING MADE A MINION?! When I get out of here, you'll get a big fat earful for this!

Henrietta: (She's sitting alone in her cell, and she appears to have regained her previous mutations) Soon, Punch Time Exploders... Soon...

(Meanwhile, on Toxicia, a lizard hand emerges from the wreckage of Henrietta's lab)

**The End**

Johnny: Yeah, whatever.

## Epilogue

(On Void the Living Planet, at Brood Castle Mountain...)

Rottenday: Oh, man! Ever since that Sleeping Beauty betrayal, I wanted you to leave as soon as possible, and you're still not ready!

???: Give me a break! We women have a lot to pack!

Rottenday: yeah, but I had to wait until the end of the episode for you to leave! I don't even know how you managed to absorb that entire ship into your armor!

Dominator: (Comes out with a bunch of luggage) Just comes naturally, I guess. Also, what episode?

Rottenday: Ugh, never mind, just get outta here.

Dominator: Fine, I will. (Summons her Keyblade glider and puts her luggage on it) Just for the record, working with you was terrible, and it's time I make things right. (Dons her armor and takes off as this music plays)