The Bad Guys: Episode 9: The Big Bad Wolf

**The Big Bad Wolf** is the 9th book in the *Bad Guys* series, and the penultimate book of season one.

## Description

When Mr. Wolf is blown up to Godzilla proportions, the Bad Guys find themselves in monster-sized trouble. They must figure out how to stop an alien invasion and get Wolfie back to his old self before the world is totally destroyed. Good thing they have the International League of Heroes on their side, and some newly honed superpowers ready to put to the test...

## Plot

The book opens with the teams feeling hopeless after Wolf begins wreaking havoc across the city in his monstrous form, but Snake starts trying to motivate everyone. He adapts Wolf's optimistic energy and brings back the team's spirits, and leads the team with two operations: Operation Tarantula and Operation Fur-Brain. Shark, Kitty, Hogwild, Shortfuse, Legs, and Piranha are assigned with Operation Tarantula and taking control of Maramalade's mother ship. Meanwhile, the rest of the team proceeds with Operation Fur-Brain, attempting to return Wolf back to normal. Snake first attempts hypnosis, though he's too far away and Wolf is too large. Doom insults Snake right after, and Fox reveals her first name, Joy, as a comeback. The team then thinks of ideas to bring Snake closer, and Milton offers climbing up a skyscraper.

Operation Tarantula plan to steal one of the alien spaceships for faster transport, with Legs then teaching Kitty how to pilot one, then having him and Shortfuse being fired to the mother ship via projectile. Piranha and Hogwild start fighting some of the aliens, allowing the rest of the team to obtain the ship.

Fox reaches the skyscraper rooftop and tries talking to Wolf, as the rest watch from a distance. She tries casual chatter, even almost revealing her first name, but Wolf grabs her and tries to eat her. Doom then carries Snake and drops him inside Wolf's ear, distracting him.

Kitty successfully pilots the spaceship with little education, managing to defeat other aliens in the process. Legs and Shortfuse enter the projectile, but are worried they'll be discovered. Shark then offers to be a distraction, shapeshifting as a unicorn and gathering the aliens' attention. This allows Kitty to fire the projectile safely, though their ship is then struck down and falls.

Snake tries performing hypnosis multiple times, though his efforts have no effect. Milton interrupts him through his microphone, saying his high-quality headphones have detected another signal from Wolf, with him believing it to be another person. It's then revealed to be Marmalade, who's been commanding Wolf the whole time.

Piranha and Hogwild have already defeated the aliens, and they witness Kitty and Shark safely crash down. They're then alerted to return to the other team, who are overwhelmed at the current situation. Snake grows hopeless as none of his hypnosis attempts work, and Fox offers for him to simply talk to Wolf like normal. He gives it a shot, encouraging Wolf to stop his destruction. Wolf starts showing some sorrow, but Marmalade releases an air horn and retreats, causing Wolf to violently rattle his head. Marmalade then turns on a massive ship blade and aims it at Wolf. As Wolf tries covering his ears, he lets go of Fox and she hangs on to Wolf's underwear. In order to warn Wolf of the blades, Snake begins tenderly expressing his feelings and begging Wolf to stop his mayhem, which manages to work. Wolf then grabs onto Marmalade's ship in order for it to shake too, trembling everyone inside. Snake then falls out of Wolf's ear, and almost lands on his hand, but Wolf is then slowly shrunk back to normal size and Snake bounces off. As the rest of the Good Guys Club lose their powers, Snake falls downward, and is assumed to be dead in the blazes. Wolf is finally brought back to normal, though Marmalade begins mocking the team with his success and the downfall of Snake, which concludes the book.