Disclaimer: I don't own any characters. Tolkien owns LOTR characters and I
don't know who owns the characters of Gilligan's Island, but I know I
don't. On with the show....er....story.
LOTR meets GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
CHAPTER ONE: WHERE DID THE CASTAWAYS GO?
The theme from Gilligan's Island plays in the background as we watch the castaways sail on the S.S. Minnow and get caught in the storm.
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard a tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure, five passengers set sail that day, on a three hour two, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crew, the minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost. The ship sank ground, on the shore of this uncharted desert Isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, a Millionaire, and his wife, a Movie star, the Professor, and Mary Anne, all on Gilligan's Island.
As we scan over the uncharted desert Isle that our fearless castaways are stranded on, we see Gilligan sleeping peacefully in his hammock.
"GILLIGAN!" The Skipper shouts to his first mate. "GET UP AND GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Humph, ow my head. I wish Skipper wouldn't yell at me when I'm sleeping, I always fall out of my hammock." Gilligan moans as he rubs his backside.
"Gilligan, are you all right?" Asked Ginger. "Skipper wants too see all of us right away on the beach by the boat." She insisted as she helped the injured sailor to his feet.
As Ginger and Gilligan walked over to the beach they noticed that the rest of the castaways were already there. They were all talking at once with big, silly grins plastered all over there tanned faces.
"Ah, Ginger, Gilligan, now that you've finally decided to grace us with your presence we can tell everyone why you were all called here." The Professor stated as he looked at each castaway in turn (much like how the Lady Galadriel looked at each of the Fellowship when they came to Lothlorien) and said, "we are gathered here......"
"In holy matrimony, you mean someone's getting married?" Gilligan bursted out.
"NO GILLIGAN!" All the castaways said together.
"Oh, ....sorry." He apologized, letting the Professor continue.
"You have all been called together to be told great news......" He started to say.
"The island is getting a fast food restaurant?" Gilligan interrupted.
"GILLIGAN!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Gilligan, will you just let the Professor say what he has to say? Please little buddy?" Pleaded the Skipper, whose patience was quickly running out as was everyone else's.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, twice, you have been brought here because the boat has been fixed and I think it will work well enough to at least take us home. I have fixed the engine and repaired the sides as well as the radar compass.(A/N if they had one, oops. I know nothing about boats, sorry)
"You mean, we're going home?! Yay, I've been waiting so long, and besides I'm running out of shampoo." Ginger cheered at the thought of getting to continue her acting career (and of course to wash her hair while taking a long, hot shower).
"Yes and it's about time I checked my stocks again and maybe thought about selling." Said a thoughtful Mr. Howell.
"Oh, and I need to get back to the farm, it's bailing season again and soon ma will want me to help her with the canning." Piped up an enthusiastic Mary Anne.
"That's all fine and dandy, but I just want you all to know that this will be an experiment. I'm not 100% sure that this will work, so I need 100% cooperation from all of you and if it doesn't work I don't want to be blamed."
"Well Professor, you're experiments always work so why shouldn't this one?" Asked Gilligan.
"Gilligan, this is the most risky experiment I have ever conducted. There is no guarantee that we will get home or even make to another island, or anywhere. And there is the possibility that we could all die if the ship breaks down and we sink or if we run into another storm. We could be worse off you know, we could end up being stranded at sea, which is far worse then being stranded on this island." He warned.
"Well then, what do you want us to do?" Asked the Skipper.
*sorry about the next part. Like I said I know nothing about boats or fuel or making fuel. In my story you can make fuel from the skins of citrus fruits. I can do this because I am the author and this isn't a true story.*
"I want you all to help me gather all the citrus fruits that you can, so I can make fuel from the skins. Oh and Gilligan, citrus fruits are oranges as well as grapefruits, lemons, and limes." The Professor answered as he ran off with the others into the jungle to gather the fruits.
******Two hours later******
"It looks as though we have enough citrus fruits to last us a year!" Gilligan claimed when they had all met back at the beach after gathering fruits.
"Not quite that many, but we have enough, I think, to make enough fuel to get us home." The Professor said happily as he looked at the pile of fruits that they had made on the beach.
"Oh man, *yawn* it's getting late. We'd better get to bed so we can make the fuel tomorrow and the set off and go home." Ordered the Skipper.
"That's a good idea, but I think I'm going to start on the fuel tonight because it needs to sit and boil for a few hours, and this way it will be ready for tomorrow." The Professor decided.
"Alright, you stay up, but we're going to bed. Goodnight everyone, sleep tight and dream about how great it will be to be home again." Mr. Howell said as he and Mrs. Howell left to get some sleep.
The rest of them took the Howell's advice and went to bed, while the Professor stayed up into the night making the fuel that would take them home.
******The next morning******
Everyone was up early so they could pack and be off as soon as possible. Soon they were all gathered on the beach (again).
"Good morning Professor," Mrs. Howell asked. "How's that fuel coming along?"
"It's finished and we can be off as soon as we're all on the boat." He beamed as everyone smiled at his answer, proud that he had done so well.
So the castaways packed their things and themselves onto the tiny S.S. Minnow and left behind the island that they had called home for so long.
The theme song starts to play again as the castaways sail off into the sun.
So this is the tale of our castaways, they're here for a long, long time, they'll have to make the best of it, it's an uphill climb, the first mate and his Skipper too, will do their very best, to make the others comfortable, in their tropic island nest. No phone, no lights, no motor car, not a single luxury, like Robinson, Caruso, it's primitive as can be, primitive as can be. So join us here each week my friends, your sure to get a smile, from seven stranded castaways, here on Gilligan's.......wait a second, where'd they go? They're not on the island. **theme song guys scratch their heads as they wonder what could have happened and why weren't they told about it**................... .........no stranded castaways, here on an empty Isle!
A/N: Well I hope you like that first installment of LOTR meets GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. I'm going to write another chapter whether or not you review or else this story won't make sense. That doesn't mean I don't want reviews because I do. And please tell me if you don't like it, I have a feeling that most people won't like the second chapter, so please tell me and try to do it nicely, because then I can try rewriting it (or I'll just scrap it if you want). Well I'll wait till you read chapter 2 before I decide to scrap it or continue. Bon voyage!
LOTR meets GILLIGAN'S ISLAND
CHAPTER ONE: WHERE DID THE CASTAWAYS GO?
The theme from Gilligan's Island plays in the background as we watch the castaways sail on the S.S. Minnow and get caught in the storm.
Just sit right back and you'll hear a tale, a tale of a fateful trip, that started from this tropic port aboard a tiny ship. The mate was a mighty sailing man, the skipper brave and sure, five passengers set sail that day, on a three hour two, a three hour tour. The weather started getting rough, the tiny ship was tossed, if not for the courage of the fearless crew, the minnow would be lost, the minnow would be lost. The ship sank ground, on the shore of this uncharted desert Isle, with Gilligan, the Skipper too, a Millionaire, and his wife, a Movie star, the Professor, and Mary Anne, all on Gilligan's Island.
As we scan over the uncharted desert Isle that our fearless castaways are stranded on, we see Gilligan sleeping peacefully in his hammock.
"GILLIGAN!" The Skipper shouts to his first mate. "GET UP AND GET OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Humph, ow my head. I wish Skipper wouldn't yell at me when I'm sleeping, I always fall out of my hammock." Gilligan moans as he rubs his backside.
"Gilligan, are you all right?" Asked Ginger. "Skipper wants too see all of us right away on the beach by the boat." She insisted as she helped the injured sailor to his feet.
As Ginger and Gilligan walked over to the beach they noticed that the rest of the castaways were already there. They were all talking at once with big, silly grins plastered all over there tanned faces.
"Ah, Ginger, Gilligan, now that you've finally decided to grace us with your presence we can tell everyone why you were all called here." The Professor stated as he looked at each castaway in turn (much like how the Lady Galadriel looked at each of the Fellowship when they came to Lothlorien) and said, "we are gathered here......"
"In holy matrimony, you mean someone's getting married?" Gilligan bursted out.
"NO GILLIGAN!" All the castaways said together.
"Oh, ....sorry." He apologized, letting the Professor continue.
"You have all been called together to be told great news......" He started to say.
"The island is getting a fast food restaurant?" Gilligan interrupted.
"GILLIGAN!" Everyone shouted in unison.
"Gilligan, will you just let the Professor say what he has to say? Please little buddy?" Pleaded the Skipper, whose patience was quickly running out as was everyone else's.
"As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, twice, you have been brought here because the boat has been fixed and I think it will work well enough to at least take us home. I have fixed the engine and repaired the sides as well as the radar compass.(A/N if they had one, oops. I know nothing about boats, sorry)
"You mean, we're going home?! Yay, I've been waiting so long, and besides I'm running out of shampoo." Ginger cheered at the thought of getting to continue her acting career (and of course to wash her hair while taking a long, hot shower).
"Yes and it's about time I checked my stocks again and maybe thought about selling." Said a thoughtful Mr. Howell.
"Oh, and I need to get back to the farm, it's bailing season again and soon ma will want me to help her with the canning." Piped up an enthusiastic Mary Anne.
"That's all fine and dandy, but I just want you all to know that this will be an experiment. I'm not 100% sure that this will work, so I need 100% cooperation from all of you and if it doesn't work I don't want to be blamed."
"Well Professor, you're experiments always work so why shouldn't this one?" Asked Gilligan.
"Gilligan, this is the most risky experiment I have ever conducted. There is no guarantee that we will get home or even make to another island, or anywhere. And there is the possibility that we could all die if the ship breaks down and we sink or if we run into another storm. We could be worse off you know, we could end up being stranded at sea, which is far worse then being stranded on this island." He warned.
"Well then, what do you want us to do?" Asked the Skipper.
*sorry about the next part. Like I said I know nothing about boats or fuel or making fuel. In my story you can make fuel from the skins of citrus fruits. I can do this because I am the author and this isn't a true story.*
"I want you all to help me gather all the citrus fruits that you can, so I can make fuel from the skins. Oh and Gilligan, citrus fruits are oranges as well as grapefruits, lemons, and limes." The Professor answered as he ran off with the others into the jungle to gather the fruits.
******Two hours later******
"It looks as though we have enough citrus fruits to last us a year!" Gilligan claimed when they had all met back at the beach after gathering fruits.
"Not quite that many, but we have enough, I think, to make enough fuel to get us home." The Professor said happily as he looked at the pile of fruits that they had made on the beach.
"Oh man, *yawn* it's getting late. We'd better get to bed so we can make the fuel tomorrow and the set off and go home." Ordered the Skipper.
"That's a good idea, but I think I'm going to start on the fuel tonight because it needs to sit and boil for a few hours, and this way it will be ready for tomorrow." The Professor decided.
"Alright, you stay up, but we're going to bed. Goodnight everyone, sleep tight and dream about how great it will be to be home again." Mr. Howell said as he and Mrs. Howell left to get some sleep.
The rest of them took the Howell's advice and went to bed, while the Professor stayed up into the night making the fuel that would take them home.
******The next morning******
Everyone was up early so they could pack and be off as soon as possible. Soon they were all gathered on the beach (again).
"Good morning Professor," Mrs. Howell asked. "How's that fuel coming along?"
"It's finished and we can be off as soon as we're all on the boat." He beamed as everyone smiled at his answer, proud that he had done so well.
So the castaways packed their things and themselves onto the tiny S.S. Minnow and left behind the island that they had called home for so long.
The theme song starts to play again as the castaways sail off into the sun.
So this is the tale of our castaways, they're here for a long, long time, they'll have to make the best of it, it's an uphill climb, the first mate and his Skipper too, will do their very best, to make the others comfortable, in their tropic island nest. No phone, no lights, no motor car, not a single luxury, like Robinson, Caruso, it's primitive as can be, primitive as can be. So join us here each week my friends, your sure to get a smile, from seven stranded castaways, here on Gilligan's.......wait a second, where'd they go? They're not on the island. **theme song guys scratch their heads as they wonder what could have happened and why weren't they told about it**................... .........no stranded castaways, here on an empty Isle!
A/N: Well I hope you like that first installment of LOTR meets GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. I'm going to write another chapter whether or not you review or else this story won't make sense. That doesn't mean I don't want reviews because I do. And please tell me if you don't like it, I have a feeling that most people won't like the second chapter, so please tell me and try to do it nicely, because then I can try rewriting it (or I'll just scrap it if you want). Well I'll wait till you read chapter 2 before I decide to scrap it or continue. Bon voyage!