Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future
Halloween Special: Tales from the Scare Zone
Plot: In this Halloween special, three horrifying tales are told. SpongeTron creates a replica of Jimmy Neutron after accidentally killing the real one, Darry takes a Halloween prank too far and unleashes a werewolf on his friends, and Tammy and Tommy befriend a new neighbor kid who may be a vampire. Join Crash and Twitchy as they take you on a journey to what they call…the Scare Zone.
The story is set onto a stage with a closed red curtain. Twitchy and Crash approach the center from opposite sides, both wearing tuxedos and looking somewhat grim yet serious. Twitchy clears his throat and announces, "We like to inform our readers that this work of fiction is not intended for young audiences due to its scary and horrifying content."
"If y'all of the followin' suffers from heart attacks, seizures, diarrhea, or all of the above… we recommend you read with adult supervision or proceed to another section of our series," Crash added.
"We hope you enjoy our program as we enter into…the Scare Zone…" Twitchy introduced as both gesture towards the curtain as it opens up. Eerie music plays as the background is revealed to be a lab full of creepy stuff. As we approach the door, the keypad automatically dials in and the door opens. We enter the room and see it is the kitchen part of Nicktoons HQ.
Something was bubbling in the pot as Cindy prepares dinner for her family. She adds more pepper and samples a taste with a spoon. Cindy smacks her lips saying, "Neutron will love this…"
"Honey! Is dinner ready yet?" Jimmy called outside the kitchen.
"In a minute!" Cindy announced and closes the pot with a lid.
Once she exits the kitchen, SpongeTron enters from the other side. He is carrying a Baby Max, who just woke up from a nice slumber. Max yawned, making SpongeTron chuckle. He says in a baby voice, "Aww, is da widdle baby still tired from his nappy-poo? How about a quick snack before we eat with Mommy and Daddy?" He sets Max in the high chair and goes to the cabinet to find more baby food. He picks up a jar of mushed carrots to twist the lid open, but cannot. He tries again, but still couldn't get the lid off. In frustration, SpongeTron bangs the jar on the counter, tries to pry it open with a crowbar, pliers, a hammer, but once again, can't.
Max laughs in amusement, but SpongeTron has not given up. He grunts, using his robotic strength to take the lid off and finally popped it open, only he was flung back to the stove causing the pot to slide off and fall with its contents splattered on the floor. "Uh oh…" Max coos as SpongeTron held the sides of his head in panic.
The square robot quickly sucks up the mess from the floor with a vacuum from his arm and puts the pot back on the stove. He turns his nose like a facet to squirts back the contents inside the pot. "There…" SpongeTron said in relief, but notices the pot has less than what it had last time. He rubs his chin and claims, "Maybe I should add more stuff just in case. Now what were the ingredients again?" He smiles, snapping his fingers.
SpongeTron gathers a bunch of condiments from the cabinet and starts adding in salt and pepper into the pot. He throws them aside and squirts a whole bottle of ketchup (accidentally dropping it in progress). Next, he places in a half-eaten chicken leg, some fish bones, mushrooms, onions, mayonnaise, mustard, and whatever else he can find. SpongeTron looks at the pot as it began to toil and bubble, releasing an unparticular odor.
SpongeTron smells it (though he can't actually) and shrugs. "I think that's done, and perhaps one last ingredient…" He pulls his tie as a hand from his hat holds up a vial with a glowing substance. "A little nitroglycerin to add the spice." He throws the vial into the pot that explodes upon impact, causing the pot to crackle and rumble. SpongeTron wipes his hands when Cindy calls out, "SpongeTron! Can you get the pot?"
"Coming!" SpongeTron said in a high tone and grabs the rumbling pot.
He goes to the living room where Cindy has prepared fresh pasta on the table and sets the utensils and glasses for each member. SpongeTron puts the pot on top and goes back inside the kitchen to fetch Max. Cindy opens the pot to complete her pasta with meatballs and a tangy sauce she prepared.
"Wow, Cindy. You really dished it out." Jimmy said, impressed, entering the dining room after fixing some kinks on Goddard. He puts the robot dog on the floor as he barks happily.
"Thanks," Cindy said affectionately, "I thought since it's one of the few times we're all together that we should have a nice meal."
SpongeTron returns and places Max in the high chair next to his parents as Cindy serves her spaghetti on two plates. "SpongeTron, I also prepared something special for you," Cindy said, giving him a covered plate.
SpongeTron takes off the top and smiles hugely. "Empty cans of aluminum with a dull light bulb? Oh, you shouldn't have."
"Yum…" Max pokes a meatball with a plastic fork and about to eat it until Cindy grabs his fork.
"Nah uh uh, sweetie. That's big people food," Cindy warned, "It's not for babies, especially those who don't have teeth yet." She throws the meatball aside and splats on the ground. Goddard sniffs at the meatball only to yelp as the meatball seeps into the metal floor like acid, burning a hole through the floor.
SpongeTron's eyes widen seeing the mess and began to say, "Uh, maybe you should wait until the meatballs cool down?"
"Why's that?" Cindy said curiously when Neutron stuffs a meatball in his mouth.
Suddenly, Neutron's eyes pop open as he jumps out of his chair and began to coughing harshly. Cindy and SpongeTron arose from the table as Jimmy held his throat, still choking, when he collapsed on the ground with the plate of his meal falling on his lap.
"Neutron!" SpongeTron and Cindy squealed as they both rush to him concerned.
"Neutron? Neutron? JIMMY!" Cindy cried out, trying to wake up Jimmy, but couldn't. As she sobs over her husband, SpongeTron stares in pure terror and looks at the seeping pot he made that caused it.
Unnoticed and afar from the scene, Crash and Twitchy were watching the family as Crash narrates, "A simple family dinner turns into a recipe for disaster…"
"SpongeTron, a ST-Unit and Nicktoon agent, becomes ashamed of his foolish actions. As you can see, what satisfies him is fixing things, including any mistake he caused," Twitchy explained.
"In our first tale, we will watch as this robotic clone becomes driven to correct the situation at any costs. But soon must face the consequences of what will come…in the Scare Zone."
Neutron-Stein
Soon after the accident, Jimmy was sent to the emergency room with SpongeTron, Goddard, Cindy, Max, and the Turner family accompanying him. Once they reach the hospital, Jimmy was pulled inside with a stretcher. Cindy asks an elderly doctor, "Dr. Gander, is my husband gonna be okay?"
"We're not sure," Dr. Gander responded, checking his chart, "We're gonna run a diagnosis on him so he's gonna have to stay overnight."
"But afterwards, you'll help Jimmy, right?" SpongeTron asked hopefully.
"We'll see soon, square metallic one," Dr. Gander kindly answered, patting SpongeTron on the head. "You can visit tomorrow once we finish checking up on him." He orders the nursing ST-Units to push Jimmy into the ER.
Once they're gone, Timmy asked Cindy. "So what happened to Jimbo?"
"I'm not sure," Cindy answered, confused, "All he did was try the spaghetti I made for tonight's dinner. I didn't think it would turn into this."
"I didn't think she could cook," Tommy whispered to Tammy, who in return, slaps the back of his head. "Ow! Do you always have to hit me?"
"Well, did you add anything to your cooking?" Timmy asked Cindy, "Something that Neutron might be allergic too? Or a strong chemical?"
SpongeTron gulped and grinned nervously when Cindy explained. "No, I was following a traditional recipe from my Aunt Lucy, and I'll have you know she was a great cook!"
"I guess we have to wait till tomorrow morning until we find out," Tammy shrugs. "But I know Jimmy's a strong fighter. He's gonna pull through, right?"
"Right!" Tommy, Timmy, and Cindy agreed.
"Uh…yeah, right," SpongeTron said, looking away from the others, looking down shamefully.
"Then again, it could be serious," Timmy said grimly, making SpongeTron yelp. He chuckles saying, "Haha, just kidding with you."
Once the humans walk away, Goddard looks at SpongeTron, shaking his head disapprovingly, "Arf! Arf!"
"What do you mean I should have told them?" SpongeTron snapped, hearing the robotic dog.
"Arf!"
"You know I can't! Cindy would pound me when she finds out I ruined her cooking. Even worse, if she finds out I caused this; she'll dismantle me with her bare hands and throw my remains into the recycling facility." SpongeTron shuddered at this until he shook his head, "But we got nothing to worry about. The doctor's gonna check up on him and soon Neutron will feel all better. Just wait!"
The next morning…
It was bright sunny day as the hospital doors open and SpongeTron enters, holding a fresh batch of pansies. "Hello SpongeTron," the nurse at the reception desk greeted.
"Hello Mary. A fine day, isn't it?"
"Sure is, Neutron's in Room 318," Mary the nurse pointed out.
SpongeTron waved goodbye and went to the elevator for the third floor. He takes a whiff of the pansies and sighs, "I bet Jimbo will feel much better once he sees this beautiful shiny new day!" He hums a song as he exits the elevator to his destination when…
"I'm afraid there's nothing we can do, Doctor…" SpongeTron overheard a nurse say from inside the room. SpongeTron froze when he sneaks quietly and peeked over into the room to see Dr. Gander and his assistant discussing something with an unknown patient behind a curtain.
"I'm afraid you're right. His condition is too critical to fix," Dr. Gander announced, "It's too late now."
Afterwards, SpongeTron hears the heartbeat scanner dial down, which can mean only one thing. SpongeTron shrieks in horror as he rushes out of the hospital, dropping his precious flowers.
SpongeTron was too quick to see Dr. Gander pound on the heartbeat scanner which sparked uncontrollably and blew a fuse. He sighs stating, "We're gonna have to replace the old feller with a newer scanner." The nurse nodded as she pushed the old heartbeat scanner on a gurney when Dr. Gander turns around, putting on rubber gloves, "Now, onward to the operation."
Back at Nicktoons HQ, SpongeTron has told Goddard what he heard while sobbing uncontrollably. "Oh it's too horrible! Our Commander, your Creator, and the one behind my main schematics… He's… he's… pushing up daises!" He falls facedown continuing to sob.
Goddard looks at SpongeTron and barks, "Garrh…arf?"
"What do you mean I'm overreacting?" SpongeTron asked, feeling offended.
"Bark! Bark!"
"Of course I've heard it! Oh Neptune, Cindy will have a cow if she finds-"
"SpongeTron…" SpongeTron yelped as Cindy appears from the kitchen to see the robot return. She asked him, "Did you get word from the hospital? How's Neutron?"
"Fine!" SpongeTron answered quickly and anxiously, "He's doing just fine! He's been released and is strolling around Retroville for some fresh air."
Cindy stared at him and chuckled, "Funny. I could've sworn he'd come back to his lab for the scent of whiteboard markers and test tubes… Oh well, glad to hear he's safe and sound." She leaves, going back to her business.
Once she was gone, SpongeTron becomes frantic again. "What am I gonna do? What am I gonna do?" he asked, holding his head. Then, he snaps his fingers, "I've got it! Goddard, options."
Goddard opens up his screen and reveals Option One: "Tell the truth."
SpongeTron narrowed a brow. "Are you absurd? Didn't you hear what I just said? Next!"
Goddard shows Option Two: "Go back in time to fix your silly mistake."
"Sounds promising, but I don't think Clockwork would allow it."
Goddard displays the last third Option: "Leave the country, create new identity, and raise alpacas."
SpongeTron frowned as he sighed, "Oh, what's the use? It's not like we can replace Jimmy Neutron…" Just as he almost fell into despair, he realized something and exclaims, "That's it! Goddard, to the lab!"
SpongeTron rushes over to the main lab while Goddard looked worriedly, his screen displaying: "Oh boy…"
For several hours, SpongeTron has gathered various junk and unused gadgets as he works on a new invention that's lying on the metal table. His hand turns into a drill to adjust some kinks, a torch to seal the metal plating, and a buffer to polish it. SpongeTron grinned, wiping his hands for a job well done.
Goddard was snoozing in a corner when SpongeTron called him, "Behold, Goddard! I used the power of science to resurrect our beloved Creator."
Goddard walks over to see SpongeTron's latest invention and barks in surprise. On the table is what appears to be a humanoid droid meant to resemble Jimmy Neutron, only it looked more dull-looking, out of place, like the poor invention was hurried on and made without any plans. In other words, it was a monstrosity of machinery in the robot's eyes.
The dog whined fearfully, but SpongeTron brushed it aside. "Come on, Goddard. How bad can it be?" He opens his chest compartment and yanks out a cable to connect to the robot's chest. He then connects the other end to the supercomputer.
"Half-man, half-Jimmy Neutron, and half-machine," SpongeTron announced boldly, "I shall call him…the Jim-droid! Wait, no, that's taken already. The Neu-Bot! No, that's lame. I can come up with something better. The Neutronic Not-A-Doppelgänger Drone Android…bot...Version…point…two…thingy… Oh you get it." He pushed the button as electricity swarmed from the computer and into the robot as it was charged with energy. Suddenly, the robot's eyes open upon its awakening and began to rise up.
SpongeTron and Goddard watched in astoundment. "I'm…I'm a genius. It actually works. He's alive. HE'S ALIVE!"
"BLAARGH!" the monstrous robot yelled as he got off the table.
"He's standing! He's standing up!" SpongeTron squealed in excitement. Then, the robot starts taking its first steps, though limping as one leg was slightly longer than the other. "And he's walking! Walking!" SpongeTron said, amazed, as the Jimmy-Bot walked toward the exit. "Yes, my creation. Go forth! Go forward and open the door of success to achieve your directive!"
WHAM!
SpongeTron and Goddard winced as the Jimmy robot burst through the wall instead of entering the sliding doors. "Okay… crash into the wall of success, and THEN achieve your directive!"
Cindy was in the kitchen preparing lunch. She samples a taste, smacking her lips in delight. "Hmm…needs a bit more salt." She walks to the cabinet to fetch the salt shaker. But when she turns around, she yells in surprised to see the Jimmy robot appear in front of him.
"GAH! Who the heck are you?" Cindy yelled, grabbing a kitchen knife and aimed at him.
Before anything can happen, SpongeTron comes between the two. "It's Neutron! Jimmy Neutron, remember?" SpongeTron explained, sweating a bit.
Cindy stares at SpongeTron and stared back at the robot. "That's not Jimmy."
"Not Jimmy Neutron!?" the square bot seemed appalled, "What kind of wife are you? You can't recognize you own husband when he's just been released from the hospital?"
"Uh…" Cindy seemed uncertain until she looked at the robot, "It…kinda does look like him… I think. Is that a costume?"
"YES! That's right, it's a costume!" SpongeTron lied, "It's Halloween after all. He just wanted to find the right costume and surprise you."
Thankfully for him, Cindy fell for it as she placed her hands on her hips and sighed with a smile. "Neutron, you promised we'd choose our own costumes as a couple. But I'm glad you're alright. How are you feeling?"
"Baargh!" the Jimmy-Bot blared out.
"Well, 'baargh' to you too," Cindy waved off and goes back to cooking.
"I can't believe it worked," SpongeTron giggled until he turned to the robot, "But we gotta make you as smart as Jimmy in order to pull it off."
"RAAAAGGGH!"
"We'll start with vocabulary."
In the lab, SpongeTron starts to teach the Jimmy-Bot words. He uses an ABC book (from Max) and tries to teach him the alphabet. When he gets to the D page, the Jimmy-Bot reaches for it. SpongeTron smiled, thinking the robot understood… until the robot eats the book.
Next, SpongeTron straps the Jimmy-Bot to a chair and straps his eyes open so he can view the huge TV. SpongeTron turns on the channel so the Jimmy-Bot can watch educational television to help him learn. The Jimmy-Bot seemed interested at first until it shows a nature documentary where the lion attacks a zebra. Frightened, the Jimmy-Bot wailed and zaps the television with its lasers. SpongeTron groaned, smacking his head.
Thirdly, SpongeTron plugs a cable into the Jimmy-Bot's back and plugs it into the supercomputer. He decides to download information into the robot's head to make it work. Everything from the computer has been uploaded and was being processed into the Jimmy-Bot's circuits. However, the computer alerts SpongeTron of a virus in its systems (possibly by the Jimmy-Bot). It began showing pop-up screens and unwanted ads until the computer was overloaded, it short-circuited and the screen crackled. SpongeTron gasped and activates a fire extinguisher from his arm to dose out the flames. He sighs in relief until he sees the Jimmy-Bot nibbling on the cable.
"You know, I'm starting to think placing paper clips and loose screws in your noggin was a bad idea," SpongeTron admitted to the Jimmy-Bot, who was eating the magnets from the fridge. "You may have Cindy fooled, but what if the Nicktoons find out… or Mr. Fenton… or Mr. Turner. It'll be all over… for me."
Goddard walked over, sat beside SpongeTron and barked at him. "The 'telling them the truth' thing is starting to get annoying," he ranted at the dog, "But you're right about one thing: he certainly can't replace the Jimmy we know and love…"
That night, SpongeTron and Goddard have led the Jimmy-Bot into the dump. "This will be the last we'll be seeing of each other," He said solemnly.
"Blarrgh goin on?" the Jimmy-Bot asked.
SpongeTron sniffed a tear, "You said your first sentence…I think." Goddard growled at SpongeTron, making the robot remember their mission. "Right. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you are unable to fulfill your directive."
"Rective?"
"Yes. You cannot truly be a replacement for the one we've lost. You're not like Jimmy Neutron at all. He was a smart scientist, a brilliant inventor, a dear husband, and a loving father. You… you aren't all those things."
"B-But me Neutron! Me smart scientist…"
"I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can do to change all that." SpongeTron responded sadly, putting his hat down, "It's for the best. Farewell, my beloved creation…" SpongeTron hops as Goddard as the robot flies him back to HQ.
The Neutron Bot raised his arms, yearning for his "creator." The robot seemed sad at first, until he got enraged. Outside the junkyard, the fences melt into a puddle as the Neutron bot stomped out and into Retroville.
In HQ outside the front door, Danny was knocking on the door. "Hey Neutron? Are you in there?" He hears large footsteps and turns, almost startled by the Jimmy-Bot. "Uh Neutron? Is that you?" he asked, "Getting dressed up for Halloween huh?
The Jimmy-Bot stared at Danny for a moment. "You smart scientist, yes?" the Jimmy-Bot asked.
Danny pondered over this, "Well, I don't really consider myself as smart as you, but I guess you can say I'm a-" Suddenly, the Jimmy-Bot's head opens up and activated a matter transporter that zaps Danny's head. After the zap, Danny has a blank expression and groans dully, "Uuugh…"
The Jimmy-Bot let out a metallic evil laugh. "Me getting smart already…"
The next morning in HQ, SpongeTron just presented a blueprint to Goddard, "Here's the plan, we sneak into their bedroom and I grab a sample of Neutron's hair, then we make a clone of Jimmy Neutron and no one will know the difference!" he grins, expecting a reaction from Goddard. Goddard says nothing, making the square bot frown, "You think it's a bad idea too huh?" He crumples the blueprint and throws it in a waste can (full of his other bad ideas). SpongeTron sighed when he heard a knock on the door.
SpongeTron zooms downstairs and opens the door to see a familiar face. "Oh, hey Dar."
"Hi," Darry greeted, "Can Neutron check up on my dad? He hasn't been feeling like himself lately." He points at his dad, looking pale and dull-looking, muttering nonsense while drool fell from his face.
"Hmm…" SpongeTron rubbed his chin, finding Danny's behavior odd, "Let's take a look first." He blinks his eyes as they emit a light to scan him.
"He was just fine last night," Darry explained, "Then, I found him like this in the morning. It's almost like he's been-"
When SpongeTron scanned Danny's head, he is shocked to find it, "Brainwiped…" he stated, seeing Danny's skull contains nothing inside.
"Pardon?" Darry overheard.
"Uh…Darry?" SpongeTron said worriedly, "Have you seen anything else strange in Retroville?"
Then, a POOF appears as the Turner twins and Poof appeared, "Guys, you won't believe what's happening!" Tammy announced.
Everyone ran back to the house where Cindy is feeding Max a bottle in the living room. Tommy turns on the TV just as the news started. SpongeTron stared in shock as his beloved Jimmy-Bot breaks into a lab and literally sucks the brains of scientists.
"In a special news bulletin, a robotic monster is attacking citizens of Retroville, who grabs hold of his victims and removes their brains to make himself smarter. Apparently, it's not working…" the new reporter exclaimed.
Cindy looked at the television suspiciously, "Hey, isn't that?" SpongeTron was about to walk out of the room until Goddard pushed him back, blocking the door.
The news continued: "How will we face this fearsome menace and who's the idiot responsible for building this crude-up mechanical version of Jimmy Neutron, attempting to pass him off as the original, and causing all this to happen?"
After the news report, Darry, Tommy, Tammy, Poof, and Cindy dagger at SpongeTron, wanting an explanation. SpongeTron's lip quiver when he breaks into tears, "Okay! I admit! I did it! I didn't mean for all of this to happen! But I didn't want you to know what really happened!"
"What happened?" Darry demanded to know, crossing his arms.
"First… I… I dropped Cindy's special sauce by accident and tried to remake it.
"You messed with my Aunt Lucy's special sauce?" Cindy scowled.
"I-I…I just wanted to fix it. I didn't think it would make humans sick and cause them to… to…" SpongeTron couldn't finish the sentence and burst into tears once more, "Oh, I deserve to be dismantled! I'm a failure as a creation, friend, and big brother. Max, your father… he's… he's…"
"Dada!" Max cooed just as the entrance doors open. Everyone else and SpongeTron turn, a widened shock on his face.
"Neutron! You're alive!" he squealed, not believing his eyes as Neutron returns from the hospital, Mary the nurse pushing him in a wheelchair.
"Of course I'm alive," Neutron said with a smile, though his voice sounded a bit weak.
"He's just recovering from an operation," Mary explained.
"But-but, I overheard you guys say his condition was too critical to fix!" SpongeTron objected.
"There's nothing critical about appendicitis when immediately treated."
SpongeTron looked dumbfounded. "Appendicitis?"
"Oh yes. We had to remove his appendix. Wanna have a look?" she asked, taking out a jar containing it.
"Ew!" Darry, Tammy, and Cindy said, grossed out.
"Awesome…" Tommy said silently.
"So Jimmy's fine?" SpongeTron asked.
"A bit woozy, but alright," Jimmy stated.
SpongeTron's shock slowly turned into joy, relieved to see Jimmy okay. "So I didn't kick Neutron's can! HOORAY! That means I made a brain-sucking rampaging android for nothing!"
"What?" Jimmy questioned.
"Oh right," SpongeTron remembered.
In downtown Retroville, everyone panicked as the Jimmy-Bot continues grabbing people he deems smart and stealing their brains. "Me get more brains! Me get more smart!" the Jimmy-Bot demanded. He grabs a hapless victim, about to suck his brain until-
"Hold it right there, Brain Stealer!" a voice sounded. The Jimmy-Bot turned to see SpongeTron with his team, and Goddard pushing the real Jimmy in a wheelchair.
"F-Father, you came!" the Jimmy-Bot called out.
SpongeTron looked serious, but seemed touched by his words, "He…he called me 'Father'!" Goddard snapped him out of it by smacking the back of his head. "Never mind that! I command you to stop this and return everyone's brains!"
"Father wanted Neutron smart! Neutron getting smarter!" the android objected.
"You mean getting dumber…" Tommy whispered to his sister.
"I'm sorry for pushing this directive onto you," SpongeTron explained, "But you don't have to worry anymore! Turns out the real Jimmy Neutron's alive after all!"
The Jimmy-Bot started at his original (and better) counterpart. "B-But me REAL Neutron!"
"You're not," SpongeTron explained and gave a smile, "Meaning you can become your own person now! You can be whoever you wanna be!"
"Be…who I want to…be?" the Jimmy-Bot asked.
Everyone stared as SpongeTron waited anxiously for the robot's choice. Suddenly, the Jimmy-Bot extends an arm and grabs Jimmy's throat, pulling him out of his wheelchair and into the robot's grasp.
"Neutron!" the three humans cried.
"Me want to be Neutron! Me better Neutron! Me rid of original Neutron!" the Jimmy-Bot yelled and opened up his head, intending to steal Neutron's brain.
Jimmy closed his eyes, not wanting his brain to be taken. But before that happens, an orb of electrical energy hits the Jimmy-Bot. The droid reacts to the overwhelming energy as he drops Neutron. Goddard releases a robotic arm and pulled Jimmy away as the Jimmy-Bot blows a fuse and shuts down for good. SpongeTron deactivates his Robo-Chargers and walked over to the fried droid. "Farewell, my beloved creation." SpongeTron said, putting his hat down.
Later it was dinner time at HQ as Cindy prepares pasta again for her family (and recyclable tasty metal for SpongeTron and Goddard). "Order's up, guys!" Cindy said, placing Neutron's plate in front of him.
"Thanks Cindy. It smells good," Jimmy complimented.
"I hope so. I was worried though if I should add nitroglycerin or not for the taste," Cindy said, glaring at SpongeTron.
"Laugh about it all you want," SpongeTron said amused, "I'm just glad Neutron's okay, that wacko-bot's shut down for good, and everyone's brains are returned to their rightful owners."
"Well, let that be a lesson to you, SpongeTron," Jimmy stated, "You can NEVER replace the original. Well, except for a robot or machinery. Sometimes it can be upgraded and turned into something better."
Hearing this, SpongeTron chuckled along with Goddard, "B-But you'd never replace us, right Neutron?"
Neutron said nothing and stuffs a meatball in his mouth. His eyes widen in surprise. "Holy Heisenberg. This is really good," he said to Cindy. "How did you make this?"
"Let's just say I added a secret ingredient," Cindy cunningly answered.
"A secret ingredient huh? I wonder what that could be…" SpongeTron pondered.
Max laughed while poking the meatballs with his plastic spoon, "Brains! Brains!"
SpongeTron gulped. "What was that?"
He eerily stares at the plate of meatballs that almost looked like… and glanced at Cindy and Jimmy, who look at SpongeTron and began laughing manically. SpongeTron screamed at the top of his lungs as we pull back, the ceiling light flicker off into darkness.
From out of the darkness is Crash and Twitchy, a flashlight shone from below to light their faces in order to intrigue a suspenseful effect.
"So there you have it," Twitchy explained.
"Robots, always tryin' to achieve the goal they were built with…even at the cost of stealin' your brains," Crash added.
"Or your eyes, ears, liver, or any of your organs."
"But if you think that's scary, wait til you see our NEXT tale," Crash urged, holding the flashlight closer, "A tale so frightenin'… so terrifyin'…it will make your heart race, your bones tingle, your eyes bulge open, and-"
Suddenly, the lights turn back on in Twitchy and Crash's bedroom as Sandy walks in. "Why is your room so dark?" she asked.
"Ma! We're supposed to be tellin' a scary story!" Crash whined.
"Nah uh uh! No scary stories til you brush your teeth, young man." Sandy nagged and closes the door shut.
The brothers sigh where Twitchy announces once more, "We'll get right back to our program after a short break…"
