Surely it will not be a huge flop that will ruin my career. Surely - Ang Lee, talking about the Hulk movie on Robot Chicken.

"Next to Bionic Bunny, James Hound is my favorite hero" Arthur Read said, again addressing no one in particular, "he's so cool. Sometimes, I wish I was James Hound. Imagine how easy it would be to deal with bullies."

Arthur imagined himself at school, with Binky grabbing him by his shirt collar.

"Give me your lunch money dweeb, or I'll pound you!" he threatened.

"Sure thing Binky" Arthur replied, "let me just reach into my pocket." He did so and produced a yo-yo.

"A yo-yo? I wanted lunch money!" Binky said, "what are you trying to pull?"

"The string, actually" Arthur replied. He yanked the string and the yo-yo acted like a bola, wrapping itself around the bully.

"Hey, what the?" a surprised Binky shouted.

"Gotta run Binky" Arthur said, Suddenly his backpack converted into a jetpack and he zoomed down the halls.

"And hiding from D.W. would be a snap"

"Arthur!" "mom says you have to play Rocks in a Box with me!"

D.W. wandered into her brother's room, but found hide nor hair of him.

"Arthur!" she exclaimed again "I know you're in here somewhere!"

She checked under his bed and in the closet, but couldn't find him.

"Mom, Arthur's disappeared!" she said as left his room. The instant she did, Arthur lowered himself down from the ceiling, compliments of a grappling hook on his belt.

"Unfortunately, when I tried to play James Hound, things didn't work out quite as well" Arthur explained.

Arthur the Sequel.

Class had just ended at Lakewood Elementary and Arthur & Buster were on their way home.

"Did you hear about the new James Hound movie, Cabaret Regal?" Buster asked.

"Yeah, I heard it's supposed to be the best one yet" Arthur added.

"I don't know about this new guy though" Buster said "I really liked Reese Brasfan."

"They say David Greg is pretty good" Arthur replied, "we'll just have to give him a chance."

"Not that it matters anyway, since we can't see the movie" Buster whined "lousy PG-13 rating. What do they think is so bad about the movie that we can't see it?"

"Lots of stuff" Arthur replied "violence, bad words, kissing…"

"But they show all that stuff on TV!" Buster exclaimed "and there are no ratings on it!"

"Um, actually, there are."

"Really?"

"Yeah, they've had them for a long time. You've never noticed?"

"Nope" Buster replied "besides, my mom doesn't let me watch any of that stuff."

"Well we've got to see that movie" Arthur said, "and I think I know just how to do it."

"Sorry guys, but I already asked her" Francine said. Arthur & Buster had gone to the Westbro apartments to talk to her older sister.

"She said she's busy and besides she doesn't want to be caught with, how did she put it, 'little third grade babies'" Francine added, a twinge of disgust in her voice.

"Aww man, now we'll have to wait until it's out on DVD" Buster whined "and that could take a long time."

Cue Buster fantasy

It was several years later and an older looking Buster entered the video store.

"Finally, a copy of Cabaret Regal" he said "I've been wanting to see this for 5 years. But now I can't remember why"

End Buster fantasy.

"You know, I recall when this happened before" Francine said, "remember what we did then?"

"Yeah, we tried to film our own movie. That was pretty crazy" Arthur added.

"I remember I was the bad guy" Buster chimed in "I should've had a claw, but Brain wouldn't make me one."

"You're not suggesting…" Arthur said.

"We film another movie? Yes I am" Francine said, "why not? We said we were going to eventually. And this time, we'll make sure we do it right."

"Let's do it" Arthur said, "I just hope Muffy still has her camera."

"That old thing?" Muffy asked, "oh no, I got rid of that a long time ago."

Muffy's friends had biked to the Crosswire mansion in hopes of borrowing their friends video camera. But the news that she didn't have it ruined their day.

"Daddy bought me a much better one" Muffy continued "it's much smaller and easier to carry. And I know how to use this one. Why do you need it?"

"See…the thing is…" Arthur began.

"We're making another James Hound movie in honor of the release of the new one we can't see because we're only kids" Buster said quickly.

"We figure we should be able to make a really good one this time" Francine added.

"How delightful!" Muffy exclaimed happily "and you want me to return as director? Well, I accept!"

"Actually…" Arthur began.

"And this time, I'll donate some of my money to making the movie better. For special effects and things" she added.

"Welcome back, Miss director" Francine replied quickly.

Next time, Arthur and friends start work on their new movie. Will it be a success or a failure? What do you think?