An Arachnid Fear (Transcript)

This is the 38th episode of Sneaky Squadron: Stealthranger.

One day in the camper, the boys and Tracy were playing a board game. Stan rolled the dice. He got a four.

Stan: (Moves his piece) One, two, three, four. Oh boy, I get to take a slide! Yippee!

Marvin: Uh, Stan, you might want to take a look at the board.

Stan looked, and was shocked by what he saw.

Stan: A couple spaces back?! Oh darn! (Moves his piece down the slide, which lead to a space just four spaces away from the start) And I was in the lead.

Judd: Say, I am getting a bit thirsty.

Marvin: Me, too.

Tracy: I'll get us some drinks of water.

Marvin: Thanks, Tracy.

Tracy got up from her seat and went into the kitchen. She got out four glasses and then headed to the sink, but then...

Tracy: (Sees a spider) AAAAH! SPIDER! (Rushes back to the table where the boys and game way)

Stan: Whoa! Tracy, what happened?

Judd: And where are our drinks?

Tracy: I just saw a spider in the sink.

Marvin: A spider? In the sink?

Tracy: I'm terrified of spiders! (Shakes in fear)

Stan: I'll go get the glasses and take care of the spider. (Walks to the kitchen)

Tracy: Be careful, Stan!

Judd: Trace, that spider won't do anything bad to Stan.

Marvin: Or even you.

Tracy: I don't know about that.

In the kitchen, Stan went over to the sink and saw the spider. He got a piece of paper, slid it under the spider, lifted the spider up off with the paper, then went over to the window, and flipped the paper upside down and the spider fell out.

Stan: There you go, spidy. Go back to where you came from.

Stan watched as the spider walked away. He then closed the window, went back to the sink, and got the glasses of water for himself, his brothers, and Tracy. When he got back, Tracy was relieved to see him.

Tracy: Oh good. You're OK.

Stan: Of course. That spider wasn't so bad.

Tracy: It wasn't?

Stan: Nope.

Judd: What did you do to it?

Stan: Just got it on a piece of paper, opened the window, and shook it out.

Marvin: You didn't swat it?

Stan: Why would I do that? It was a dangerous spider?

Marvin: But all spiders are dangerous!

Stan: No they aren't!

Judd: Sure they are!

Stan: No they aren't! Not all of them! Now would you stop with that, your making Tracy feel more terrified than ever.

Tracy: (shivers in fright)

Judd: Oh! Alright!

Marvin: We're real sorry. Shall we get back to the game?

Stan: Yeah. I may be losing, but I still want to finish this game.

Tracy: Me, too. I need something to get my mind off of that dreadful spider in the sink.

Stan: (pats on her head)

They sat back down at the table and resumed their game. A Ladybug Cam was watching what had happened and it flew back to the Yokai Mansion. Over at the mansion, Yokaimou and the rest of the bad guys were waiting.

Ladybug Cam: I think I've found out the best way to beat the Stealthrangers!

Madame Misfortune: What is that?

Ladybug Cam: I found out Stealth Shine's weakness.

The Ladybug Cam showed them the clip of Tracy running away from the sight of the spider.

Leafy: So this little fox is scared of spiders, is she?

Slugbora: But Stealth Red isn't scared. He just left the spider go.

Luanna Bunny: But Blue and Yellow did tease Shine about it. So that could be used to our advantage. We could make her believe that spiders really are bad.

Then, a spider-like Yokai arrived.

Araquanid: And I am just the spider for the job.

Luanna Bunny: Very good, Araquanid! Get to the Stealthrangers straight away, but leave Shine to last.

Araquanid: Why not Stealth Shine?

Luanna Bunny: In order to save her friends, she'll have to face up against you. But if she's too scared of spiders, she'll never do it. She should be easily defeated then.

Araquanid: If you say so, Luanna.

And Araquanid headed on out.

Luanna Bunny: This will be real sweet. Having Stealth Shine's worst fear be her downfall. All her teammates will become spider food, and she'll be defeated as a terrified and failure of a hero.

Madame Misfortune: That will be very much fun to watch. Hehehehe.

Over at the camper, the boys and Tracy were very close to finishing their game. Marvin and Judd were both three spaces away from the finish.

Marvin: This is it. All I need to do is roll a three, and I win.

Judd: Not if I roll that three first, Marvin!

Marvin: But you don't get to roll first, Judd. It is my turn.

Judd: But you do know that if you roll a two instead, you'll end up having to go back to the middle of the board.

Marvin: Bet I'll see you going to that middle of the board instead, Judd.

Stan: Would you stop arguing and take your turn already, Marvin?

Marvin: Oh right!

Marvin shook his fist with the dice, then rolled them. But what he got shocked him!

Marvin: (Sees that he rolled a two) Oh darn it!

Judd: Hahaha! You don't get the win, Marvin!

Marvin: Ugh! (Moves his piece to the space, then goes down the slide back to the middle of the board)

Judd: I've got this in the bag now! (Rolls the dice) Oh darn it!

Judd also got a two. He moved his piece back where Marvin had his piece at.

Tracy: Now it is my turn. (Rolls the dice) Oh yes!

What Tracy rolled was a seven, which was just the number she needed to win.

Tracy: I win! 😄

Stan: Well done, Tracy.

Lewis and Lucy then came in.

Lewis: Are you done with your game yet?

Stan: Yes, Dad. We are done with our game.

Tracy: I won the game. And Marvin and Judd just ended up sliding back to the middle of the board right as they were about to win.

Judd: Who makes a game where a go-back space is the second to last space on the board?

Marvin: Maybe the same person who makes the last square on a board game above a lava pool be a death square.

Judd: At least I always get a joker card to skip that square.

Stan: What's the problem, Mom and Dad?

Lucy: Another Yokai has been sent out.

Tracy: What Yokai is this?

Lewis: It's Araquanid.

Tracy: So it is a monster found in the water?

Lucy: Not Aquanid, Araquanid! Like a spider!

Tracy: A SPIDER! O\_O

Lewis: What's the matter with her?

Stan: Bros, please don't start the teasing! (Turns to Lewis) Tracy saw a spider in the kitchen and it scared her.

Tracy: I am terrified of spiders.

Lucy: Oh. You must have arachnophobia.

Tracy: Arachnophobia? Is that bad?

Lewis: Arachnophobia just means that you have a fear of spiders, Tracy. It isn't a disease.

Tracy: Oh.

Lewis: We need to get out there straight away, Araquanid has begun to spin webs all across the city.

Judd: Oh man. That's like in a movie I saw about these robot heroes that got turned into half animals by these robot spiders.

Tracy: That is the kind of movie I would not want to see.

All: Super Change Stealth Changer! (Transforms into their ranger forms)

The Stealthrangers hurried out into the city where some civilians were wrapped up in spider web cocoons!

Judd: Oh boy, now it is really like that movie!

Tracy: Would you shut up about that movie?

Lewis: She has a point, Judd! We gotta get these civilians out of their cocoons pronto!

Everyone got their swords out and proceeded to help the citizens in their cocoon traps. Stan tried cutting the web around one civilian, but it wouldn't cut.

Stan: Ugh, this web is quite strong! I can't get it cut!

Marvin tried cutting the web around another civilian, but it wouldn't cut either.

Marvin: I can't get this one cut either. Judd, how are you doing?

Judd: (Tries cutting a web, but failing) I'm having just as much luck as you, Marvin.

Just then, Araquanid showed up.

Araquanid: Ahahahaha! Hello, Stealthrangers!

Tracy: Ah! (Hides behind Stan) Don't let him get me!

Stan: No worries, Tracy. We can handle this.

Everyone got their swords ready, although in Tracy's case, barely. She was trembling as she held her sword.

Lewis: Lets put an end to this city wide web.

Lucy: You know, if you said world wide, it would sound like you were implying something else.

The core five charged towards Araquanid, but Tracy just moved a few inches. Each Stealthranger tried to strike their swords at Araquanid, but he blocked their swords off with five of his six arms.

Stan: Oh wow! He is strong!

Lewis: Tracy, you gotta come help us!

Tracy: I...I want to...but...

But then, Araquanid managed to knock each other Stealthranger away with them each landed in a different part of the block they were at.

Araquanid: Now to put my plan into action. (Fires a web at Lewis, wrapping him in a web)

Lewis: Ah Get me out of here!

Lucy: Lewis!

Araquanid: You're next, Pinky! (Fires a web at Lucy, wrapping her up)

Judd: Oh no! Both Mom and Dad have been wrapped up!

Araquanid: (Fires a web at Judd, wrapping him up)

Judd: Ugh! (Tries to break free)

Araquanid: (Fires a web at Marvin, wrapping him up)

Marvin: Oh no! Not me, too!

Araquanid: (Fires a web at Stan, wrapping him up)

Stan: AAAH! Now he's got me!

Tracy: Uh oh! What should I do?

Araquanid: If you want to save your friends, you'll need to face off against me.

Tracy: Uh...(Walks slowly towards Araquanid, but then drops her sword) I can't do it! I can't do it!

Araquanid: You can't do it? You can't face off against the most terrifying, scary, and most wicked creatures on Earth!

Tracy: (Gasps) So all spiders are bad?

Judd: No they aren't! I was only teasing you about that!

Marvin: Spiders are not all bad! Don't listen to him, Tracy!

But Tracy was too scared to listen and she ran off away from Araquanid.

Araquanid: So the shiny lady runs away. I may as well gather all of these wrapped up citizens and make preparations for dinner.

He then went over to the wrapped up civilians and Stealthrangers.

Stan: Tracy, please tell me that you have a plan!

(Cuts to Tracy at the camper with her helmet off)

Tracy: I don't have a plan!

Gamma 4: You don't have a plan?

Tracy: I'm too scared to think of one, Gamma. But I don't feel like I did the right thing leaving everyone behind, I just can't stand the sight of spiders!

Gamma 4: Why are you scared of spiders anyway, Tracy?

Tracy: Well, when I was really little, there were a whole bunch of spiders that had gotten into our house. They were very terrifying. Almost like they wanted to eat me.

Gamma 4: Tracy, you're like 20 times their size! How could they eat you?

Tracy: With so many of them, they could eat me. Mom told me that some spiders let their babies eat them. I thought that was bad. So if baby spiders are able to eat their mothers, who are about 10 times their size, they should be able to eat a full size fox like me if there are enough of them.

Gamma 4: Tracy, spiders are not likely to eat foxes. Well, not normally. But I did some research on Araquanid, and I found out that when he catches his victims with his webbing, he will begin to eat them.

Tracy: So if I do nothing, all my friends will be eaten?

Gamma 4: Along with all the civilians.

Tracy: I...I want to help them...but I am too afraid.

Gamma 4: Tracy, what is more important to you? Staying away from spiders your whole life, or to save your friends?

Tracy: Well, my friends are more important. So definitely my friends. But...I just don't know if I can face off against Araquanid!

Then, Tracy had an idea.

Tracy: Gamma, I'm going to search for something outside. (Puts her helmet on and went outside)

Gamma 4: (Looks out the window where Tracy was at)

Tracy: That little spider must be around here somewhere.

Tracy looked around on the ground to see if the spider from earlier was still around. Then, a spider came down hanging from a web right beside her.

Tracy: (Looks) AH! Uh...

She took a good look at the spider.

Tracy: You aren't interested in eating me, are you?

The spider just stood there and did nothing. Tracy took a closer look at it.

Tracy: You...are...not that scary actually.

The spider then rose up into the air.

Tracy: Hey, where are you going?

It turned out the spider was going up into its web.

Tracy: Oh. I see. You made yourself a web.

It was then that Tracy managed to overcome her fear.

Tracy: Hold up, guys. I'm coming.

And she hurried away. She got into the city, but wasn't sure about how to find Araquanid.

Tracy: If I was a spider, where in the city would I be at?

Then, she got a call from Gamma.

Gamma 4's Voice: Tracy, did you find the others yet?

Tracy: Not yet. Any idea on what I should be looking for?

(A split screen showing Tracy on one side and Gamma 4 on the other is shown)

Gamma 4: Araquanid most likely will be found somewhere with lots and lots of webs. Are there any places with lots and lots of webs?

Tracy: (Looks around, then sees an alley with lots of webs) I just found one. But what about how to beat him? We tried cutting open the webs before.

Gamma 4: Tracy, I had done some research and I found out a weakness to Araquanid.

Tracy: You have? What is that?

Gamma 4: Ethyl chloride.

Tracy: I don't know what that is.

Gamma 4: If you see a local shop, be sure to tell them that you need some.

Tracy: Will do.

(The split screen then goes away leaving only Tracy on screen)

She then saw a store nearby and hurried over into the store. But when she got there, there was nobody there.

Tracy: Araquanid must have gotten to the owner of this shop, too. I'll just have to find the ethyl chloride myself then.

She rushed through every aisle until see found a bottle of ethyl chloride.

Tracy: Ah. Here we go.

She picked up the ethyl chloride off the shelf, then hurried to the cash register. She left some money on the table, then wrote a note.

Tracy: (As she's writing) "I came in here and bought a bottle of ethyl chloride. Here is the money for it. I hope you don't mind. Sincerely, Tracy Greytail of the Stealthrangers." (Leaves the note, the hurried to the alley full of webs) Alright, guys. I'm coming for you now.

Deep within the basement of a building, all the citizens and the five trapped Stealthrangers, were all lined up to go into a cauldron that Araquanid had prepared.

Araquanid: This water is nice and hot for my meal tonight. (Turns to all the victims) Now which one of you should I cook first?

He looked around, just as Tracy had arrived.

Araquanid: I think I'll cook the red Stealthranger first! (Proceeds to grab Stan)

Stan: Oh no! This is it! (Closes his eyes)

Tracy then zipped in and poured the entire bottle of ethyl chloride onto Araquanid!

Tracy: Take this, spidy!

Araquanid: AAAAH! Not ethyl chloride!

As Araquanid was moaning in pain, the webs around the civilians and the other Stealthrangers began to weaken. They became so weak, that when Stan stretched to break out, he was able to break the webbing.

Stan: I'm free!

Marvin then freed himself, too. Followed by Judd.

Marvin: Feels so good to be ought of that web.

Judd: It sure does.

Then everyone else had broken free from their webbing, too.

Lucy: (Turns to the civilians) Hurry out of this place. We'll be able to handle things.

The civilians had all hurried out of the basement.

Lewis: You did it, Tracy.

Stan: I was sure we would all be doomed.

Tracy: I wouldn't let you all die in the hands, all six of them, to some spider-themed Yokai all because of my...uh...what's the word?

Lucy: Arachnophobia.

Tracy: My arachnophobia! It wasn't worth losing you all for that.

As they watched Araquanid groan in pain from the ethyl chloride, Stan looked over the boiling pot of water.

Stan: That water should be hot enough now.

Araquanid: And you...should have...OW...been...burned up by...ow...now!

Stan: Well, I think I know of a better thing to put it in.

Araquanid: The entire city?

Stan: No! Care to help out, bros? (Hurries over to the cauldron followed by Marvin and Judd) Lift guys!

They all lifted the cauldron and hurried over to Araquanid.

Stan: I know of the one better thing to put into this pot than myself or the rest of my family, or even the whole city!

Lewis: I bet I know what he's going to say!

Lucy: I do, too!

Stan: Shall we all say it together, folks? One, two, three!

All: (To Araquanid) YOU!

Then, Stan, Marvin, and Judd poured the boiling pot of water all over Araquanid)

Araquanid: AAAAAH! I've never felt so much pain in my life!

Judd: That was quite a clever thing to do, Stan.

Stan: Hey, I didn't want the hot water to go to waste.

Araquanid: Alright! That does it! Time for me to grow giant!

Lightning surrounded Araquanid, making him grow giant through the building they were under. The Stealthrangers hurried outside.

Lucy: Phew. We got out just in time.

Judd: It is lucky this building was abandoned!

Marvin: I am suspecting that Araquanid chose to go into this building since nobody would be inside to witness his scheme of cooking people alive and eating them.

Lewis: But if we don't stop him now, he could eat the whole city.

Lucy: That is a good point, Lewis. Let's summon the Grand Stealth Shogun.

Tracy: And I'll summon the Stealth Ninja Fox.

The Grand Stealth Shogun was then formed and the Stealth Ninja Fox arrived and converted into its warrior mode. Both stood before Araquanid.

Tracy: Araquanid, I am not scared of spiders anymore! I do know there are some harmful spiders in the world, but not all!

Araquanid: So you say you are not scared of spiders anymore? I'm sure this will change your mind!

Then, Araquanid opened his mouth and out came smaller spiders, then charged towards the Grand Stealth Shogun and Ninja Fox Warrior.

Tracy: Nope! That doesn't scare me!

The Ninja Fox Warrior then used its staff to squish the spiders one by one.

Lewis: Stealth Shogun Sword!

The sword appeared in the Grand Stealth Shogun's hand and it began to squish the small spiders with its sword in the same way. But more of them kept coming in.

Judd: They just keep coming in!

Marvin: If this keeps up, we may end up getting webbed up again.

The smaller spiders had gotten onto the Grand Stealth Shogun and began creating a web onto it.

Tracy: Oh no you little pesky spiders don't!

The Ninja Fox Warrior then had its staff light on fire at both ends and used it to burn away the spiders on the Grand Stealth Shogun. Even burning away the webs.

Stan: Ah. That is much better.

Araquanid: No! My babies!

Then, the Ninja Fox Warrior then began battling Araquanid with its staff.

Araquanid: AAAH! ERGH!

Tracy: How dare you try and turn my friends into spider food!

The Ninja Fox Warrior then spun the staff around to create a fire ring, then struck Araquanid with it.

Araquanid: AAAAH!

Lucy: Nice going, Tracy. I think we're going to need the Ninja Fox Stealth Shogun to send this spider packing!

Tracy: Good idea! Ninja Fox Stealth Shogun Combine!

The Ninja Fox and the Grand Stealth Shogun then combined into the Ninja Fox Stealth Shogun.

Araquanid: Whoa!

All: Ninja Fox Shogun Strike!

The Ninja Fox Grand Shogun's sword then lit up in flames and slashed at Araquanid.

Araquanid: This spider has been...washed...out! (Falls and explodes)

Tracy: After that, I am feeling a bit braver now.

Stan: Is it because the spider got destroyed?

Tracy: That, and I just faced my fear.

Over at the Yokai Mansion, Yokaimou, as usual, was not all that happy.

Yokaimou: Not again! I was sure we'd be closer to getting rid of those Stealthrangers! But instead, we've only made one of them braver than before! We're sure to be beaten now!

Madame Misfortune: Master, you did say that as long as we still have this jug you brought with you, the Stealthrangers could never beat us, right?

Yokaimou: Yes, I did say that.

Madame Misfortune: Then, as long as we keep it out of the Stealthrangers hands, we can keep fighting them for however much longer it takes the beat them!

Luanna Bunny: Maybe we should just destroy it so the Stealthrangers may never use it?

Yokaimou: We cannot destroy it. If the jug breaks, what is inside will be left free.

Madame Misfortune: Can't we just destroy what is inside?

Yokaimou: It won't be that easy! It would more likely destroy us first! It is better to keep it out of the Stealthrangers' hands!

Later, with the Stealthrangers, Tracy went to take the others to the spider web she found before.

Stan: So that is the same spider you saw in our sink?

Tracy: It appears to be. It looks just the same.

Stan: I do wonder how the spider even got in our camper to begin with anyway?

Lewis: Well, there are all sorts of ways a spider could get in. Maybe it grabbed hold of a trashcan we brought inside.

Lucy: Or it might have gotten in through the pipelines from under the camper.

Marvin: If that is the case, wouldn't that mean our pipelines would be covered in spider webs now?

Judd: Then we'd have very webby drinks.

Lewis: Don't worry, boys. Our pipelines can keep themselves pretty clean of any spider webs or anything else dirty that may get into our pipes. The camper has a filter in it.

Judd: Ah good.

Stan: I'm amazed that this spider was able to spin this web so fast after I threw it out.

Lewis: I think it was already made in the first place, Stan.

Stan: Oh.

Tracy: After today, I don't find spiders to be that scary anymore. Although I was a bit scared that you would all be doomed all because of my fear of spiders.

Marvin: We actually thought that, too.

Judd: And that all our teasing would be our downfall. Makes me never want to tease you or Stan ever again.

Marvin: Me neither. It could risk our lives in the future if we did that.

Lucy: Don't blame yourselves, boys.

Judd: So, who is up for another board game?

Stan: I'm up for it.

Tracy: Me, too.

Lewis: Not now. We have dinner coming up soon.

Stan: Oh yeah. Well, maybe after dinner?

Lewis: Sure thing.

Lucy: Can we play along, too?

Stan: Well, the game is just for four players.

Lucy: Oh.

Marvin: But maybe Judd and I could share a playing piece and count as one player.

Stan: Tracy and I could as well.

Lucy: I think that Dad could be a team with me, too.

Lewis: But then who would play with the fourth piece?

Tracy: Maybe Gamma would like to play?

Marvin: Hmmm. I never thought of that. I don't think he has ever played any games with us before.

Judd: Or even at all.

Lucy: Let's get dinner ready, then prepare for our game.

Stan: Alright then.

Tracy: This is going to be fun.

They went back into the camper where Gamma was waiting.

Gamma 4: So how was the spider?

Tracy: The spider is doing pretty well.

Gamma 4: Not so scary now, is it?

Tracy: Not at all.

Marvin: Gamma, we plan on playing our game again after dinner.

Judd: Would you be interested in playing the game with us?

Gamma 4: But I thought it was just four players?

Stan: It is, but we've decided to play in pairs. Tracy and I will be one pair, Judd and Marvin are another pair, and Mom and Dad are the third pair.

Gamma 4: Then who will I play with?

Tracy: You're on your own for this.

Gamma 4: Just me? Nobody else?

Marvin: Who else is there?

Gamma 4: Maybe you could build a second robot?

Lewis: That would take too long, Gamma. And there is really no point anyway.

Gamma 4: Hold on, there is another problem.

Lucy: What is that, Gamma?

Gamma 4: I don't have any arms to move my piece with.

Lewis: Oh yeah.

Tracy: I didn't think about that. Sorry, Gamma.

Gamma 4: That is alright.

The Stealthrangers had gotten dinner all set up, and then when dinner was over, they played their board game in pairs. Gamma didn't participate in the game, but he did watch the game. He enjoyed the game anyway even if he wasn't a part of it. He also felt proud of Tracy for overcoming her fear of spiders. As did everyone on the Stealthranger team.

To be continued...