Broken TVs Part One: Nights One thru Three

Disclaimer: I only own original characters. Any resemblance to any actual persons living, dead, (or un-dead) is purely intentional and I mean no malice or flaming toward them. I am not making money off this. Original story idea created by author Ogreatrandom. Used with Permission. Again I do not own any characters from Back to the Future (copyright 1985, 1990, 1991 Universal pictures and Amblin Entertainment), Star Trek (Copyright 1966, 1982, 1984 1986 Paramount Pictures), Star Wars(Copyright 1977, 1980, 1983, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2005 20th Century Fox and Lucasfilm Ltd.), Indiana Jones (Copyright 1981, 1984, 1989 Paramount Pictures and Lucasfilm Ltd.), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (Copyright 1986 Mirage Studios, 1990, 1991, 1993 New Line Cinema) or Superman (Copyright 1938 DC Comics, 1978, 1980, 2006, Warner Bros. Pictures). Used without permission, but for non-profit entertainment purposes only at I read Ogreatrandom's What happens when you break a TV series and was inspired. This is essentially a trilogy version of it.

"If you have a working television sitting on top of a non-working television, you might me a redneck." - Jeff Foxworthy

Prologue

I needed to rearrange the tv situation in the living room because our tv which we had for 13 years had finally given out. The picture first had slowly faded over the course of the last 9 years, when suddenly it changed to bright white. We borrowed my sister's spare television from her house and had finally gotten a new set for us. I found it to be a relief because my brother-in-law had been hounding us to give the set back.

"How much did that set you back?" Will asked as he saw our new flat-panel HDTV.

"Two quarts of plasma, a year's worth of car payments and two months on a street corner." I replied. The look on his face reminded me that I need to work on my quick wit. "Actually, we won it at a contest."

"I know, Beth told me."

Will had grabbed his TV from on top of the old one but I was not paying attention. I turned the set on the floor to remove the cables which caused him to lose his grip. The TV he was holding hit the corner of the floor set causing both to shatter and Will lost his balance sending him into a 9-inch TV on a TV tray destroying that one as well. I immediately apologized, asked him if he was okay, and took full responsibility for the accident. I then reminded him that it least we didn't borrow his HDTV. He left the house fuming.

After work that night, with the mess cleaned up, I went to bed and had the most peculiar dream. I saw a man dressed in clothes that appeared to be from the forties.

"Hello," I said trying to bring up conversation since we were in blackness.

"Hello, Doug. My name is Philo Farnsworth; and before you ask, no, I am not related."

"Yes, you are," I corrected.

"No, I'm not."

"Yes, you are."

He was beginning to get frustrated with me so he replied, "I am not related to Professor Hubert Farnsworth form the TV show Futurama, so stop right now."

"Actually," I interjected, "I was referring to Ross Farnsworth in Phoenix, AZ. My mother worked for him."

"Oh," he sheepishly responded ending his frustration. "To him, I am related."

"So, what brings Philo T. Farnsworth, the inventor of the television, into my head?" I asked.

"Well, it concerns those televisions you broke. Now, normally when one breaks a television, said person gets seven nights of character portrayal in a movie of my choice. But since you took full responsibility for what happened with Will today, you will get the movies. However, since it is so uncommon for one to break three TVs all at once, you will get 21 days of movies put together by trilogy."

I was confused by this point, so I asked, "are these trilogies that I know and have seen?"

He responded, "The movies are always ones the person has seen and occasionally knows well. Now we begin."

"Wait I-"

And so it begins. I would love reviews and betas.

I made some minor changes so that it would flow better with the stories.