Disclaimer: Now, everyone, while I still have Furpoleon and a few other things to work on, I'd like to share something else Tiny Toons-related that has Furrball as the main focus on this website. I've been working on it since 2015 and put all the chapters on deviantArt. So why not upload it here?
Things to note:
This one is based loosely on Scooby-Doo and the Reluctant Werewolf, but it differentiates greatly from the actual special; for one, Furrball will be turned into a vampire cat.
Also, this is a crossover between Hotel Transylvania, so most of the monsters will be portrayed by HT characters, although they won't act as villainous minions like the monsters did in the actual Scooby-Doo movie. Another thing to point out is that in this continuity, Johnny will be in monster form as Frankenstein's cousin, and not a human. It'll be explained at the very end of the story.
In this story, Fifi and Furrball are voiced by Tara Strong (imagine a French version of Twilight Sparkle's voice) and Anton Yelchin respectively. Yes, I know Anton has passed away last year, but most of the story was made before then, and I thought his voice fit perfectly for Furrball's speaking voice when hearing him voice Clumsy Smurf. I didn't think the film was that bad. It wasn't the best though.
Some parts of the story will have some mild swearing, but not any "F-bombs" or the "sh" word, and there won't be a huge amount.
I own none of the characters, except for a couple OC's of mine, and like the actual shows, there'll be tons of cameos of famous characters. I also don't own the songs used in this story, but some lyrics of some are changed to fit the story.
ToonFanJoe Productions, Warner Bros. Animation and Columbia Pictures Present
A Sony Pictures Animation Production
In Association with Amblin Entertainment and TMS Entertainment
The Reluctant Vampire Cat
Our story begins on a dark, spooky night, in the country of Transylvania. A group of bats flew by the moon, as an owl was heard hooting, followed by a wolf howl. We then go to a dark and spooky-looking forest called the Forbidden Forest, and everything seems quiet, until when out of the blue, a car drove very fast towards the direction of some place, with some figures following, holding some suitcases. A secret door on a patch of grass opens, allowing the car drive into it and down a tunnel that leads right to a hidden castle of some sort. This castle was known as Hotel Transylvania, a hotel that has been built by famous vampire Count Dracula. There, all monsters lurking in the shadows, even famous ones like Frankenstein and the Invisible Man, go to relax, while hiding from humankind.
When the car stopped, a driver who had a green Jack-O-Lantern for a head came out, and opened the door. He yelps as a bunch of werewolf children rush out like mad. They are followed by a pregnant werewolf, who was their mother. She was known as Wanda Werewolf, and she was to have another werewolf cub, much to her husband's dismay, who comes out of the vehicle as well. He is Wayne the Werewolf, and he is tired of having to deal with so many kids over the years.
"Yeah, it's a mess back there," said the father werewolf, who sounded like Steve Buscemi, as he handed the Jack-o-Lantern driver a dollar. Some of the bellhops, which are zombies, grab the guests' suitcases from the car. Once inside, many various monsters are gathered to check in to rest and relax, but were also here for a very special event. Many types of monsters were gathered here: werewolves, zombies, blobs, cyclopses, mummies, imps, demons, ghosts, ghouls, skeletons, multi-eyed monsters, hairy monsters, some that look like sea creatures or bugs, any monster you can shake a stick at! The zombie bellhops let down the luggage and opened them up, which contained body parts of the famous Frankenstein and his wife, Eunice. The zombies started putting the couple's parts together, one by one, and soon they were finished, put together all in perfect order. The undead couple thanked the bellhops, and shook their hands, although when that happened, both the zombies' and the couple's hand-shaking arms fell off.
Soon, a figure came down the stairs. He was another figure with a Jack-o-Lantern for a head, only it was orange, and he wore an Irish hat of some sort, a dark green Irish coat with a white shirt underneath, and matching dark green pants, black gloves, and black shoes. He was known as Jack O'Lantern, the cousin of the Jack-O-Lantern driver and the official icon of Halloween. He called out to everyone as he came down the stairs, with a voice that sounded like Rob Schneider with an Irish accent, "Alright, attention, all!" The monsters then turned to his attention, including Frankenstein, Eunice and the zombies, when their arms were put back together. "Now, welcome to Hotel Transylvania, first of all. So glad ye could all make it. The manager here has been waiting for your arrival. Now, just to let ye know, the boss may be keen on punctuality, and there's a chance that the boss could be mighty fierce if anyone's late or absent." He then chuckles a bit, "well, I can assure you that I ain't-a one who scares easily, that I'm not."
Then, without warning, a wind blew in, and blew one of the lights out, surprising Jack, and making him gasp. Then, the wind blew out more of the lights, surprising all the monsters inside the hotel. Even to a monster, sometimes lights turning off without warning can be pretty spooky. They murmured in concern, before they saw a big, mysterious puff of green foggy smoke appear in the middle of the end of the room. Some witches, who worked at the hotel as housekeepers, came out of the fog, rolling out a red carpet, and dusted it a bit. Then, someone else walked out of the fog, and up to all the monsters. This figure was a tall, green-skinned beautiful yet sinister-looking witch, with dark purple hair tied in a bun, a somewhat pointy nose, emerald green lipstick, yellow eyes, and she wore a pointy witch's hat, and a long black witch's cloak with sleeves. Her name was Witch Lucille, and she walked up to the monsters, who were all silent-stricken. She gave a stern look, before she smirked.
"Do I detect a hint of surprise in here?" she asked somewhat playfully, with the voice of Jennifer Saunders. She then chuckled a bit, "Well, you shouldn't be surprised, after all, I do this trick every year, for when you all arrive. You think you'd be used to it by now." Then, with a wave of her hand, all of the lights were back on and the smoke disappeared.
Frankenstein sheepishly spoke, sounding like Jim Cummings rather than how he usually sounds, "Oh yeah. Well, Witch Lucille, I guess it just seems to get even more surprising every year. It is really a way to make an entrance."
Eunice then commented, sounding like Fran Drescher, "True, but don't ya think it's time she did something new, to shake things up a bit? By the way, hasn't she run out of her trademark green smoke by now?"
Lucille then scoffed, "Oh, nonsense, Eunice. I have plenty more where that came from. Being a witch, I could always conjure up smoke and fog if I wanted to. Now enough about that, let's get down to business, shall we?" She then announced to all the monsters, "Now you all know why we are here, not only to relax from hiding in the shadows, but also to get ready for the annual sporting event we hold every year, for at least five or six years now: the annual Monster Road Rally!"
The monsters all shouted in excitement, as Lucille continued, "Yes, the one event where a great number of monsters who inhabit this great establishment compete in a cross-country race, for the title of Monster of the Year, along with the trophy and other prizes that go with it, which we'll get to later." She then gave a somewhat depressed sigh, "Oh, but if only the hotel's founder and our former leader, Count Dracula himself and his daughter Mavis were here to see ALL of the road rallies we held."
Many of the monsters hanged their heads in sorrow, with some who wore hats took their hats off in respect. A few years ago, there has been a horrible incident at Transylvania, and the hotel's founder and former leader of the monsters, Count Dracula, and his daughter, Mavis, have been lost to it. So, Witch Lucille, head of the witches and the second most powerful being in Transylvania next to Dracula, decided to step in and succeed the leadership Dracula had over the hotel and the monsters. The loss of the legendary vampire count and his daughter had taken a sad impact on most of the monsters, since they were good friends with them. However, unknown to anyone, in the rafters, two bats were hanging upside down, in hiding, staring suspiciously down below. The reason why is unknown.
Back down below, Frankenstein sighed sadly, "Yeah, Drac was really the master of all vampires, he was the king of the undead, and Mavis was a very frightening kid, in a good way! It's bad enough losing them, but not to mention, also losing my cousin Johnny-stein at the same time, and he and Mavis were quite the couple. He also knew how to really tell fun stories about his experiences around the world."
"Kind of odd that Drac, Mavis and Johnny were lost together that year, at the same time, just like that." Jack began stating in suspicion, rubbing his chin with a finger. It didn't make sense of how they would just vanish without a trace, like that. Something didn't seem right there.
"Indeed." Lucille agreed. Then she shrugged as she said, "Oh well, they're always here, spiritually speaking."
Some of the ghosts present were confused, as one asked "Is that a ghost joke?"
The lead witch, not paying attention to the ghost, turned to Jack, "Alright, now, Jack, just to be sure all monster guests/racers are all present and accounted for, call the roll."
The Halloween icon character, who's also the witch's right-hand man (so to speak), got out a clipboard with paper and a pen, as he said "On it, Madame." He then went around the room, calling the names of each monster present, before one of the housekeeping witches spoke to Lucille with a Rose Abdoo voice and in excitement, "Oh, this is just so exciting, Lucille! I have a feeling the race this year will be very marvelous than the rest!"
Lucille said, "Oh yes, dear sister. I share the same feeling." Unknown to anyone, she started giving some kind of smirk. "I have a feeling this year's race is one that will surely change everything."
Soon, after Jack finished calling all the monsters' names, he came up to his boss, as he said, "Alright, yer worship, I've counted all the names, and it looks like everyone's here."
Lucille grinned, "Excellent, Jack, just as I was hoping for." She then said to everyone else, "Now, pay attention, everyone, while I insist you take time to relax in your respective rooms, I also want you to prepare yourselves..."
However, she was cut off when Jack double-checked his list and noticed something and interrupted her, "Oh, uh, all except for one, ma'am."
She was confused. "What? Well, who would that be?" What's this, a monster on the list didn't show up for the road rally?
Jack looked nervous, afraid of his boss overreacting, speaking nervously, "Now, Witch Lucille, don't get yer dander up, but that absent monster is, uh...um...th-the v-v-vampire cat with blue fur."
Her eyes widened in shock, as did most of the other monsters. A vampire feline with blue fur is one of the top monsters that was mandatory for him to participate in the road rally, and he didn't show up?!
"What?!" the witch snapped in shock and anger. "No blue vampire cat?!" She must REALLY be upset for the vampire feline with blue fur not showing up for the preparations of the road rally.
"Yeah, what gives?!" Frankenstein asks, puzzled.
"What happened to him?" asked a skeleton with one eyeball still in one of his sockets, and wearing a bowler hat. His name was Bonejangles, another one of the famous monsters showing up for the race.
"Where is he?" asked a swamp monster made of muck with a bubbly voice.
"Hmph, he probably thought he was too good to hang with us to do another race for this year," remarked Eunice with a scoff.
Wayne remarked, "Ha! What do you expect from a cat monster?!"
His wife, Wanda, added, with the voice of Molly Shannon "Now, Wayne, maybe he's just being fashionably late."
Then, an owl came flying into the castle, and landed near Jack. The owl had a postcard in his talons, and gave it to the pumpkin-headed figure. "Here, fer yer troubles." Jack said as he pulled out a frightened mouse, who squeaked in horror, as he gave it to the owl. The owl then flew out of the castle, with the mouse squeaking out in distress, yelling for help. Jack saw the postcard, and nervously handed it to Witch Lucille, saying "Here, it's for you, Madame. It's from the vampire cat himself."
The witch took the postcard out of her assistant's hand, causing him to flinch a bit. She looked at it carefully and saw a picture of an anthro vampire cat with blue fur and black hair, relaxing at night on a beach of Hawaii, at night, happily being served by two monster women. "He's relaxing at a place called 'Hawaii.'"
Frankenstein commented, "Huh, that's the same place my cousin went one time, and where Mavis was interested in going. So what does the card say?"
The witch read the card aloud, "'Dearest Witch Lucille, I have decided to give up the whole racing thing and retire. Speaking of which, I am having a wonderful time in retirement. Glad you're not here, but I wish the other guys, like Jack, Frank, Eunice, Wayne, Wanda, and all the others were. Warm regards, Count Tabulon the Tabby Cat Vampire.'" Everyone was quite stunned, especially Lucille, but the others thought it was nice of him to remember them. She then noticed something at the bottom, "Oh, and what's this?," she looked at it and read quietly, so the others didn't hear, "'P.S. I was onto what you were planning to do with me after the race, and frankly...'" She was stunned at the rest, she didn't finish it, so she crumpled up the postcard, throwing it far across the room, until it landed in the fireplace. When it landed, it was burnt up in the fires, until there was nothing left of it. In hiding, the bats looked concerned.
She slammed her fist down, as she shouted, "How dare that ingrate retire, and just a week before the Monster Road Rally?! He knows all the famous monsters who visit this realm have to be in the race. Him especially, since he's a combination of a vampire and an animal like a feline!"
A gremlin in the crowd exclaimed in agreement, "Hear hear, Lucille!"
A mummy named Murray then spoke out, with the voice of popular artist Cee-Lo Green, "True dat, Lucille! I mean how can we pick a monster of the year without that type of monster when they're clearly listed? Let alone, without a vampire, and to fill in the void for Drac, might I add! I tell ya, so unprofessional of Tab!"
Lucille then asked, "And how can I afford all those prizes? Not to mention, this would really interfere with my plans for making the world a better place afterwards."
The witches came back in the room, and the one who was talking to her earlier, spoke to her sister, "Um, sister, if I may..."
"What is it, Witch Rosemary?"
"The other witches and I have received the latest edition for 'the Book of Famous Animal Racers' Records', and I think there is one blue feline who would make the perfect replacement for Tabulon, and he too is a successful racer, or at least he just became one. All you have to do is turn him into a vampire, and the race will be on again." The other witches used their magic to set a big book labeled "Book of Famous Animal Racers' Records Volume 10" onto a podium. Lucille curiously headed up to the podium, made some reading glasses magically appear on her face. She opened up the book, and started flipping through the pages, seeing many famous fictional animals who are known for racing, looking for the recent blue feline racer champion.
As she inspected each page and flipped through them, she was mumbling, "Let's see, Lightning the Leopard, no. Slappy Squirrel, no. Speedy the Snail, no. Sonic the Hedgehog, no. Blubber Bear, no. Sawtooth, no." She kept on flipping through the book, looking for the blue feline racer, Jack, the witches and some of the monsters decided to take a peek inside the book. At first, she didn't see them lean over her, but then she noticed and frowned, "Do you mind? I can't quite concentrate on finding him with all of you in my light and breathing down my neck."
"Sorry!" Wayne said as he put his hands up, and backed away with the others. Then, Lucille smirked as she came to a page with a picture of a young blue cat, with light blue fur on his muzzle, chest, and paws, with a black nose, pink ears with a hole in it, and his tail with a bandage on it. His name was Furrball, the racer Rosemary was talking about.
"Ah, here we are." the lead witch said. She started reading the information about him. "His name is Furrball Cat, he is one of the members of a spin-off of the world's most popular cartoon, the Looney Tunes, called Tiny Toon Adventures. It is where young characters who are similar to the Looney Tunes attend a school called ACME Looniversity to learn how to become famous cartoon stars. This young lad is based off Sylvester, a feline who was always casted in the role of the cat who always gets outsmarted by a mouse or bird, in which he tries to chase. Furrball usually was unlucky when he was told to portray the roles, even when he didn't want to. He was also unlucky, due to the fact of him being a homeless alley cat who didn't have much allies, because of everyone ignoring him. But in the Warner Bros. Road Rally that happened yesterday, his luck took a turn for the better, when he and his vehicle, made by himself, made to the finish line in 1st Place. Now that he has a special talent to be proud of, the whole world now sees him as someone more than just a homeless alley cat or a second Sylvester."
A couple monsters looked at the picture of Furrball happily holding a 1st Place cup, in victory. Murray looked confused at the cat, saying, "Ain't he a bit young for a racer, Lucille?"
Lucille, however, scoffed it off "Oh poppycock, a baby can race in a car race and win!" She saw something else on the info page, as she exclaimed "Ah, he's also American, well let's just see how good this little furry blue American racer is for sure." She left a bookmark in the page, and closed it up, before waving her arms around, and in a poof of smoke, causing some of the monsters to cough in the process, a small table with a crystal ball appeared. The monsters stopped coughing as the smoke faded, and they looked at the ball in awe. The other witches pulled down a giant projection screen, as Lucille pointed the ball towards the screen.
She proclaimed to the monsters, "Behold, my friends. Gaze as my special crystal ball projector replays the same events that occurred yesterday in Acme Acres."
Murray said "Okay, we're gazing. Gazing away."
The witch then waved her hands around the crystal ball while she chanted some mystical foreign magic words, causing the crystal ball to clear up and hold an image inside. The image casted onto the screen, like a projector at a movie theater, as all the monsters, even the two bats in hiding, watched on.
-Yesterday-
It was a beautiful day in Acme Acres, home of the characters from Tiny Toon Adventures, and a semi-home to the Looney Tunes themselves, and the characters from Animaniacs. Many characters from Warner Bros. stuff are gathered around in some area, for an exciting race is about to take place. That would be the Warner Bros. Road Rally.
"Hello, race fans, and WB fans, and welcome to what has become one of the most anticipated sporting occasions in the history of animation, probably since the Looney Tunes' basketball game against the Monstars." said the voice of an announcer. "The Eighth Annual Warner Bros. Road Rally!"
We come to an announcer's booth, with two young rabbits, dressed as sports announcers, sat as they spoke to the camera.
"I'm Buster "Rodham" Bunny" said the blue bunny, who was also the owner of the voice.
"And I'm Babs "Rodham" Bunny" said the pink bunny. "No relation."
"Never get tired of that line, Babsy."
"Neither do I, Buster." Babs said. "And there is excitement in the air, ladies and germs. There's quite a turn-out: a majority of characters from anything done by Warner Bros. has attended to get a glimpse of the action up-close! Any WB character who's any WB character has showed up today to experience this, well, actually some prefer to stay home and watch the action on their television or computer."
As Babs said this, we saw many characters from WB animation standing in the streets, excited for the whole thing. Also, we see some families, like Babs' big bunny family for one of them, gathering round in their own homes, watching the thing on TV.
Back at the actual setting, Buster said with a smile, "It's sure an excellent day for a competition like this. This contest is where few of the characters from WB animation compete in their own vehicles, and race all across Acme Acres for such neat prizes."
"Those prizes include a solid gold trophy for 1st Place, a big supply of free stuff, and respect from everyone in Acme Acres." Babs announced, as images of a 1st Place trophy, a collection of random stuff (some collectibles, some regular things), and WB characters cheering in respect, were shown. "Now, let's meet our contestants for this year."
We now see each contestant and their car, as they're introduced, one by one. The first one is a dog named Barnyard Dawg, and he was driving a vehicle that looked like a white dog with brown colors on the sides and artificial ears that were hanging on the front, but luckily not low enough for the wheels to roll over them. It also had a black nose on the front, artificial tongue sticking out of the front engine, tail sticking up, and a few bone-shaped pipes sticking out on the engine sides at the end.
Buster's voice was heard, announcing, "First up, is the rival/friend of poultry star Foghorn Leghorn, Barnyard Dawg. That's dog spelled "D-A-W-G," and in his vehicle, the Country Canine Coupe. It looks very life-like, doesn't it?"
The second car we see was driven by an elderly wolf. His car was black, looked similar to a 1920s limousine sedan, except it had big wheels, long, sleek exhaust pipes sticking out of the car's sides, purple and green flames painted on the sides, and an engine shaped like a scary-looking wolf sticking out on the hood.
"Next is the long-known rival of Slappy Squirrel, Walter Wolf, in his car, the Villain Vehicle. I know, not a neat name, but Walter's not so good at coming up with names, nor is he good at trying to finish off Slappy."
Walter heard that remark and protested, "Maybe not, rabbit boy, but I know I will be good at trying to finish off the racer Slappy's the pit crew chief of, and racing my way to victory! Then once I won, all of you, even Slappy herself will have to pay me some respect!" His eyes widened, realizing that he just gave away his whole plan, before sheepishly smiling, "I mean, uh, nice day for a race, ain't it, folks?"
We now see a small, roundish, teal-colored vehicle/spaceship combo hovering in the air, before landing down gently on the ground. Inside the vehicle, were five small, multi-colored, bug-like aliens each wearing a different-colored bow-tie.
Babs's voice announced, "Here we have the pint-sized miscreants from Outer Space and former minions of Swackhammer, the Nerdlucks, in their spaced out vehicle, the Space-Age Special, and it looks really out of this world!"
Next, we see a light blue and chrome go-kart with sleek designs and a big round part in the back of the car that was a giant hamster wheel which was sealed in. In the driver's side of the car was a young gray-furred coyote with a red nose and red-white sneakers. He was known as Calamity Coyote, the driver of the car, and the lead of his race team. A little red roadrunner with yellow beak, legs, and blue-white sneakers was in the hamster wheel. He was known as Little Beeper, normally Calamity's rival, but today he's his assistant and teammate of Calamity's race team.
"Coming this way are students of Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, Calamity and Little Beeper in their car, the Brainy-Beeper Bomb. This car comes equipped with state-of-the-art technology, such as a computer to type out Calamity's thoughts and print them out, also contains cup holders for fuel for the two. The fuel would be soda, energy juice or roadrunner fuel. Speaking of which, Little Beeper is the speed source of the vehicle, thanks to his incredible speed, and the giant hamster wheel part of the car."
The next car we see is a black car that looked like the Batmobile, except the front of it looked like a duck's beak with teeth, and there were three seats instead of two. Inside the car was a young and green duck similar to Daffy Duck, but his name was Plucky Duck, leader of his racing team. There also sat a young pig in blue overalls and a white-feathered loon with yellow hair, blue eyes, and orange beak and legs. She wore a pink shirt and bow in her hair. They were Hampton J. Pig, Plucky's best friend and first teammate and Shirley the Loon, or McLoon sometimes. Not only was she Plucky's girlfriend, but she also was the second teammate of his team.
Buster's voice announced, "Our good friends, Plucky Duck, Hampton J. Pig and Shirley the Loon, are next, and they are racing in the Duckmobile, the same crime-fighting car Plucky used in the episodes where he parodied everyone's crime-fighting caped crusader, as Batduck. This time he'll just be racing as himself."
The three waved hello to everyone, while Plucky posed and clicked his teeth, while Shirley rolled her eyes a bit at her boyfriend's show-boating behavior. Next, we see a greenish camouflage-colored jungle jeep with a chrome exhaust engine on the back. It was being driven by an orange-furred puma named Pete Puma.
"Hurdling along in his jeep, the Jungle Jalopy, is the simple-minded janitor of our school, the one and only Pete Puma!"
The puma smiled as he said in a dopey voice, "Dat's me alrighty!" He then laughed in a wheezy and stupid type of laugh. Of course, he was completely unaware that Buster called him "simple-minded."
Now we see a weird-looking yellow car of some sort that had the Warner Bros studio logo on the hood, and a red roof that opened and closed. The car was being driven happily by three young black-and-white-furred dog-cat-like creatures with red noses. They were Yakko, Wakko and Dot (or the Warner Brothers and Sister).
Babs's voice announced, "Here we have the Warner Motor, driven by the Warner Brothers Yakko and Wakko, and their little sister, who's a very close friend of mine, Dot."
"Helloooo, race fans!" The three siblings shouted to everyone.
Then, out rolled a little car that was chrome and shaped like a mouse with a big head. Inside the car were two white lab mice with red noses. One was a tall, lanky mouse, and the other was a little mouse with a big head, which was the exact shape of their car. They were known as Pinky and the Brain.
Babs's voice introduced the two mice and their car, "The two little lab mice with their never-ending goal to take over the world, Pinky and the Brain, are here in their miraculously, miniscule Mighty Mouse Machine!"
The big-headed mouse asked dryly, "'Mighty Mouse Machine'? That's the best you could come up with, Pinky?"
His assistant mouse folded his arms, as he protested, "Well, your long and wordy name idea for the car wasn't so catchy, now was it, Brain? Zort!"
Brain paused for a bit, before he shrugged it off, "Well, at least it has alliterative appeal."
We now see a white medium-sized dune buggy-type car that had a mouse's face on front and bird wings on the side. The wings were probably just for decoration. The car was being driven by a little pink canary, wearing a blue bow; her name was Sweetie Bird. Her passenger and teammate was a little mouse with gray and peach fur, and he wore nothing but a diaper. His name was Lil' Sneezer.
Buster's voice announced, "Here we have our four-time defending champion of the Warner Bros. Road Rally, Sweetie Bird, the student of Tweety, along with her assistant, Lil' Sneezer, in their combined critter car, the Squeak-and-Tweet Roadster!"
Sweetie did some poses, showing off like the ham she was. Her mouse partner rolled his eyes at this; just like Shirley wasn't fond of Plucky always gloating, Lil' Sneezer was annoyed by Sweetie being a big show-off just because she won four years in a row. Of course, she was a bigger brag-artist than Plucky.
Sweetie said, "Uh-huh, that's right, Acme Acres! I'm doin' it all for you!"
Then, came an orange go-kart that was made out of old car parts and other metallic things found in a junkyard, but it still looked impressive and race-worthy. It was orange, had an artificial feline tail sticking up with a flag, streaky yellow stripes painted on the side, two cat ears on the front made out of metal, and an angry cat face painted on it, and a very good one at that. It also had dark red-orange exhaust pipes on the edge and an adjustable roof set down at the back. In the car was Furrball, the cat the story's focused on.
Babs's voice announced, "And a surprise late entry, Furrball Cat, the true-blue student of Sylvester, in his homemade go-kart, the Cool Kat Kart."
In their booth, Buster spoke to Babs, "You know, Babsy, this is the first year Furrball is entering the Road Rally, and he hasn't had any luck when our show was being made.
However, rumors are his luck may change if he wins this. I heard him claim that is the goal he plans to accomplish."
Babs added, "Yeah, and I heard he had some racing practice from Slappy Squirrel, who's road-racing skills are known from her short, Little Old Slappy from Pasadena. So who knows? Maybe he'll end up as this year's new champion and kick his long-time rival, Sweetie, out of her champion status, and his luck may finally turn for the better.
"That may even include finally getting all the respect he's hardly ever been received. He may finally even reach up to our status. You never know."
Buster turned to the camera, as if he was speaking to Furrball, "Well, more power to you, Furrball."
"Here's hoping." Babs said, crossing her fingers for good luck for the cat, which he'll need.
The truth is, Furrball has always been unlucky ever since his show was first created, unlucky like his mentor, Sylvester. He was even hardly lucky to get a home of his own other than the animal-torturing Elmyra Duff's, nor to get noticed by any of the students at Acme Acres, let alone Buster and Babs. They never took the time to notice him for what he was really like, not even when they filmed the episodes of the show. He felt really alone and left out, and he always felt jealous of Buster, Babs and the others getting more attention and better roles than he did. He wasn't portrayed in any "human-like animal" roles like they were, and he wanted to be part of the popular crew, as much as he wanted a home. Also, he was also tired of everyone thinking of him as an animal who wasn't like a human, even though he was told to act as such in the TTA episodes. In animated reality, he could talk and do many other things like any human-acting animal can, but hardly anyone wished to pay mind to him. In fact, judging by witnessing how uptight and over-self-defensive they can sometimes be around certain things, especially cats (it's rare to see a feline get treated with kindness in anything WB makes), Furrball's too scared to even get more acquainted with ANY character. He'd be worried they would shun him the first minute they see him, like call him "stupid" or try to hurt him.
He also was tired of being another Sylvester, meaning he wanted to do more stuff than just chasing birds and mice and living life in an alley. He wanted to do all stuff characters like Buster, Babs, Bugs Bunny, and many others did, but he wouldn't be given a chance. Luckily, Sylvester understood and respected his student's wishes.
Then, one day, he heard about the race and one of the 1st Place prizes being respect from all the WB characters around, and figured that would be his one chance to change his luck. He thought if he won 1st Place fair and square, he could prove the others he's as good as them, which would allow him into their main star group as a friend, they'd spend more time together, and his curse would finally be broken.
He got a bunch of metal parts and old carts, and a kit on how to make a go-kart, and he eventually managed to build his own go-kart, with some help from someone anonymous. An old cartoon squirrel star named Slappy, having racing experience, along with her nephew Skippy, helped Furrball train for the racing event. It was fortunate for him that Slappy was actually generous enough to help Furrball out in his time of need, because usually she'd turn someone away with a scowl, or give violence to anyone who annoyed her, like one of her rivals, Walter, but Slappy did not see Furrball as someone of the Walter variety, in spite of the fact his mentor Sylvester and Walter are alike. Skippy heard about Furrball's misfortune and loneliness and thought it'd be right thing to help him.
Buster spoke, "Now, all the racers are readying their cars with their pit crews, with some of the racing teams as their own pit crews, and-"
However, a Brooklyn-sounding voice was heard calling out, interrupting the blue rabbit, "Now wait just a dad-gum minute there, Buster! There's one more late entry!"
Buster, Babs and the racing teams turned to see a brown low-rider arriving with two air freshener dice hanging from the mirror inside, and being driven by a smirking young white rooster named Foulmouth, who was the owner of that voice. It was lightly bouncing up and down a bit, while the song "Low Rider" by War played from the car's radio. The car came up to the others, who looked confused.
"What do you all think?" The rooster smirked. "My cousin lent it to me for this dad-gum weekend. He said it's probably the fastest dad-gum set of wheels on this side of Acme Acres, and the best part...it bounces up and down in a cool fashion! We call it the dad-gum Rooster Rider!" He then smiled, pressing a button. "Watch this!" The car then started bouncing up and down, as he smiled in satisfaction, "Huh? Impressed?" However, it soon started bouncing a bit faster, much to his confusion; he tried turning it off, but it just continued bouncing. He tried pressing the "off" button some more times, but the car started bouncing even faster, with the speed increasing. He was starting to get scared, when suddenly, he screamed as the car exploded, with the others flinching, and when the dust cleared, parts of the car were sent flying and Foulmouth, blackened and with most his feathers missing, sat on the ground.
"Well, I'm out of the dad-gum race," Foulmouth sighed, before adding "and my cousin's probably gonna kill me." He groaned in defeat, as he tried collecting all his feathers lying around and the parts of his cousin's vehicle, so maybe he could try and put it back together before his cousin finds out. He left the area, while the others ignored him and just continued to prepare themselves.
"Okay, sorry for that little interruption, folks," Buster said to the viewers. "Let's return to the racers and see them and their vehicles get pumped up, with the help of some of the teams' pit crews."
We now go to the racing teams all lined up and preparing for their race, by fixing up their cars, some getting dressed in racer's uniform, and doing some stretching. Some of the teams who had their own pit crews helped out as well. Furrball's pit crew consisted of an African-American girl with black hair named Mary Melody, Slappy (who was the crew chief), Skippy, a young and cute turtle named Tyrone, a German Shepherd named Buttons, and last but not least, a beautiful and cute female purple-and-white furred skunk with pink nose, purple eyeliners, blue eyes and light purple hair. She was known as Fifi La Fume.
Walter's pit crew consisted of two more of Slappy's other enemies, an elderly purple squid named Sid, and an elderly and stupid brown-furred bison named Beanie the Brain-Dead Bison, or the Cerebrally Challenged Bison sometimes. Barnyard Dawg's pit crew consisted of some more famous dogs from Looney Tunes, such as Hector, Sam the Sheepdog, K-9, Spike and Chester. Pete Puma's pit crew consisted of Beaky Buzzard, Taz the Tasmanian Devil (who was the crew chief), Cecil the Turtle and Ralph the Coyote. The other racing teams just had themselves as their own pit crews.
Furrball turned to all the members of his pit crew as he said to them, with the voice of Anton Yelchin, "Listen, I just want to thank all of you for being my pit crew today. Most of all, I just wanted to thank you, Slappy and Skippy, for helping me get ready for this race."
Slappy said, "Ah, think nothin' of it, Furrball. Anything to help a fan of my racing, plus Skippy just wanted to me to do at least one good deed for a character less fortunate than me. Trust me, kid, with my help, you'll beat all those bums out there and get all the respect your little feline heart desires."
Furrball, feeling reassured from his crew chief's words, gladly continued to get ready. He started putting on a blue racer's suit, with helmet and gray gloves, when Sweetie spoke to him, "Well, look what the cat dragged in, himself! You know something, Furrball, I'm so glad that you showed up and signed up for racing today."
The blue cat was surprised a bit, but he started to smile. That's the first time Sweetie ever said anything nice to him. Usually, Sweetie always bullies Furrball, in the same way her mentor bullies his. She usually tries to lure him to eat her, but is lead to pain, even when Furrball isn't doing anything, she pesters and bullies him for no reason, instead of being friends. It's the little character who's the real bully! The worst part is, like Tweety, people usually side with her, scold Furrball, and refuse to believe that he was the one being bullied because Sweetie always gives the act of being bullied to gain everyone's sympathy and attention, when really she's the one bullying. That's another reason why Furrball must win this race and beat her, so they'll stop always taking her side.
"Well, thanks, Sweetie, that really means a lot..." Furrball says, thinking that maybe Sweetie wants to end her bullying ways and be friends with Furrball, but then Sweetie interrupts him.
"Because then I wouldn't have a chance to triumph over you again! Ha!" Sweetie remarked cruelly. Nope, she's still being the hateful little bird she normally is. "Let's face it, Furrball! You don't stand a chance against me! I'm winner of this race three years in a row! Plus, like Tweety with Sylvester, I'll always be the one with the last laugh!"
Furrball snapped back, "Oh, don't get so cocky, Sweetie! I've got a big boost of confidence in myself, and so does my pit crew, which, by the way, is lead by Slappy the Little Old Lady from Pasadena herself. What do ya think of them apples? Slappy, one of the all-time triumphant WB characters, as my pit crew chief!"
Sneezer said to Sweetie, as he shrugged, "Well, he's got you there, Sweetie."
Sweetie turned to the mouse, giving him a stern sneer, before turning back to Furrball with a scoff, "Pish posh! Slappy may be your crew chief, but that doesn't mean she can lead you all the way to 1st Place in that hunk of junk!" As she said hunk of junk," she motioned to Furrball's go-kart.
"Look at it, the thing's not a car, it's a dumpster with a barely operable motor!"
Furrball retorted, "I'll have you know my vehicle's in good condition! I tested it dozens of times after creating it with help from experts, and it's probably the fastest set of wheels in Acme Acres, aside from Foulmouth's cousin's car." He also showed a medallion that had a four-leaf clover, which he was wearing around his neck, "I also got my four-leaf clover medallion that will hopefully enforce my chances of winning and having good luck. I've also got science on my side." He shows a bracelet he was wearing around his wrist. "This bracelet has a magnet/tracking system inside it, and it's not like those defective 3D glasses from that horrible episode, and if all else fails, I could always count on my trusty pit crew at my side, along with Slappy's loyal racing strategic advice. Yes, I am more than ready to beat your pink feathery butt at this race, and finally gain respect from everyone, including Buster and Babs. Then my curse will die."
Sweetie, amused, remarked, "Well, you can wear all the magic crap you want, Furrball, but you're still in over your head! This is MY race! And even if *I* don't necessarily beat you, you'll still probably get beaten by everyone else, and you'll never prove to Buster and Babs that you're as good as them. Face the music, no matter what you'll try, you'll always be nothing more than a nobody and a loser."
Needless to say, Furrball felt extremely offended by his rival wanting to crush his spirit, but he wasn't the only one, all the members of his pit crew were too. Mary Melody stepped out, and protested to the pink bird, "Hey! Furrball will still do his best, and he doesn't need to prove anything to anyone. What do you need to prove, Sweetie; that you always need to be a pain?"
Furrball told Mary, "Mary, it's alright, I got this one. She and I will just settle this on the race track. Although I'm flattered that you're taking my side for a change and not her's."
He then turned to Calamity, Little Beeper, Plucky, Hampton and Shirley as he asked them hopefully, "Say, even if I don't win first place, you guys would still respect me, right? I mean, even if I do my best, you'd still respect me, right?"
They looked at each other, unsure about it, since they're usually supposed to just respect the winner for first place, according to traditional Warner Bros. rules. Plus, a cat character not winning first place wouldn't be significant enough to gain the kitten the big amount of respect he doesn't usually get. They paused a bit, before Plucky said with a smile, "Of course we would."
"Like, absolutely, or some junk." Shirley added, agreeing with her boyfriend.
"Yeah, what they said." Hampton followed.
Calamity and Beeper held up a sign printed from their car, which was inscribed, 'We could respect you if we wanted to.' However, Furrball could tell by the pause and uneasy looks that they were lying, as he frowned. Furrball said, "You hesitated, didn't you?"
Plucky protested, "No we didn't!" Of course, he was lying again, he and the others wouldn't really respect Furrball if he didn't wind first place, they just didn't want to feel guilty.
Furrball said, "Yes you did! You don't care if I do my best or not, you're all just lying to avoid feeling guilty!"
Shirley gasped in surprise, "Why, Furrball, I am like, totally offended that you would accuse me or Hampton of lying!" Of course, she really was still lying.
Plucky said, with a lisp, "Yeah, and I'd only lie about something when I'm in a desperate situation!"
Shirley rolled her eyes, Plucky makes lies just about all the time.
Calamity and Beeper held up another sign, labeled, "Yeah, and we'd only lie when trying to outsmart one another or someone else."
"I guess I qualify as one of them, then!" Furrball said, folding his arms, and feeling hurt.
An annoyed Walter shouted, "Hey! Did we come here to argue or race?!"
Furrball said, "We came here to race, and that's what we're gonna do! And I intend to win it, showing all of you I can do as great as the famous ones here!"
He got into his go-kart as Sweetie remarked, "Ha! Don't count on it, Blue Boy!"