He was called inventor of the century for his creations. These included his battlefield candy, Teleportation Cannon, and ultra-extreme, massive, prototype Level Eight Gags. He started the Toontown Budget Surplus Control and National Bank programs. He was at the top of his game, and adored by hundreds of millions of toons, from Donald's Dock to Donald's Dreamland. So why did Colonel Clyde Cheezymash, the most famed scientist of his time, quit?
The biggest news story in the Toontown Times is when Colonel Clyde announced his retirement. "There should be no one toon that makes endless jellybeans from any one product. I am relinquishing all of my current inventions to the Toon Council, on the condition that they make no profit off of them. I will, from now on, think of science as a hobby and revere in a quiet life of fishing." Everyone was surprised to hear this news – though the only ones upset were the toon council. Flippy was especially angry at Clyde for a number of reasons, one being Clyde's Toontown Surplus Budget Control program eliminated the surplus going to Flippy's favorite charity (otherwise known as his piggy bank).
The Toon Council was especially outraged at not being able to make a profit off of Clyde's inventions. When they confronted him about this, he said with a sly smile, "If you don't know how to earn jellybeans like the rest of us, then Toontown must be running itself."
Upon hearing this, Flippy was enraged and summoned powerful cogs to "relieve Clyde of his Gags." No sooner than two minutes had passed before pieces of metal and gears began falling out of the sky. When Toon Council asked the old rabbit for an explanation, he finished his coffee and said, "Hmm… maybe you should ask Flippy." Flippy's face burned with shame while he explained the predicament, and to avoid impeachment, apologized to Clyde and admitted defeat.
The secret was with Clyde's apprentice, Crazy Loopy Trickythud (and indeed, he was all of those things). A bear, his greatest invention was the Teleportation Trap Door. Once they defeated the cogs with the gags Clyde and his young ward always kept on hand, they dumped the pieces down the trap door, which was then set at Toontown Central. How Clyde knew it was Flippy who sent them is still a mystery.
Clyde's retirement means one of two things:
-One, Crazy is now the Head Honcho is the Scientific community, and
-Two, Crazy and Clyde need to get a new apprentice.
Needless to say, the two new apprentices are best friends.
Crazy's apprentice-to-be is Icy Flames, a blue cat who ALWAYS wears red clothes. Him not wearing red is a sign of the apocalypse. His temper flares more often that not, and he's a total nerd when it comes to video games. He has the credits of his favorite games burned into his memory, and can be heard murmuring them in his sleep.
Clyde's apprentice-to-be is Tuft Puft, a cream-colored alley cat who learns everything the hard way. No one, not even the Toon Council, which has records of everybody, knows anything about this seemingly tough-as-nails girl toon. It's as if she doesn't exist.
But beneath all of the happy smiles of this story is something sinister. Someone you'd never suspect is lurking in the shadows, waiting for the right moment to strike. And that strike will be deadly enough to bring Toontown to its knees.
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"…Toontown must be running itself." –Colonel Clyde Cheezymash.