Many of the toons are gathered around in the hall of Acme Looniversity, having a group conversation, while getting ready for school.
Furrball and Calamity were discussing with their bandmate, Cliff, on some interesting information about Rush, while their girlfriends, Fifi, Cosette, and Heather, as well as Buster, Babs, Shirley, and Hamton, were all amazed by the little known facts about Rush.
"Okay", Calamity started, "I have a question for you. Do you know Geddy Lee's real name?"
"Of course", Cliff responded. "It's Gary Lee Weinrib. He goes by Geddy because that's how his mother pronounce his name, because of her Jewish accent."
"Dang it! How do you know all this stuff?"
"I've been following Rush for several years, Pratt. I've been studying their songs, history, everything."
"Is there anything about them that you don't know?", Buster asked.
"Maybe."
"It wouldn't surprise me if he knew everything", Furrball commented. "He's basically a walking, talking Rush encyclopedia."
Everyone laughed at Furrball's joke, until the blue cat then started coughing, which quickly turned into hacking. Everyone looked on in concern as he hung out his tongue & pounded on his chest.
The blue cat then turned to the opposite side of the hall & let out a big cough. A hairball shot out of his mouth, splat against the wall, and fell into a garbage can right below it.
Furrball thumped his paw on his chest & cleared his throat, before he said, "Ugh! Man, that was rough."
Babs commented, "Maybe you'd get less hairballs if you stopped shedding."
"Oh, it's not my fur."
"Well, then whose fur is it?", Cliff asked. His eyes then lit up as he saw Fifi standing next to Furrball, who looked back blankly.
"On second thought, I don't wanna know", Cliff said through gritted teeth.
Shirley then turned to see Plucky down the hall. "Hey, there's Plucky."
Plucky slowly walked down the hall, dragging his feet, with a gloomy look on his face.
"What's the matter with him?", Buster wondered.
"Oui", Fifi said, "he looks, how you say, depressed."
Once Plucky reached his locker, he took off his backpack & set it down on the floor.
"Hey, Plucky", Buster greeted.
"Hey", the green duck replied in a monotone voice.
"Is everything all right?", Heather asked.
"No, everything is not all right."
"Why? What's wrong?"
"Batman passed away."
"Which one?", questioned Babs.
"You know, THE Batman."
"Michael Keaton?"
"No."
"Christian Bale?", Calamity guessed.
"Nope."
"George Clooney?", Cliff wondered.
"No- why do you think George Clooney would be considered THE Batman?!"
"I dunno. Wishful thinking?"
"Clifford!", Heather exclaimed. "You're not actually wishing someone dead, are ya?"
"No no, I was just kidding. I mean, someone should pay for making Batman & Robin. You know, after they had the guts to show the Bat-"
Out of the blue, Hamton placed his hand over Cliff's mouth, immediately silencing him.
"Don't say it!", Hamton warned. "I know what you're gonna say, and if you do, you'll be in big trouble, so don't say it."
After Hamton removed his hand, Cliff asked, "Say what? Bat Nipples?"
"Oh. I thought you were gonna say 'Bat Credit Card'."
"A BAT CREDIT CARD?!", Plucky shouted at the top of his lungs, which made the toony pig scream & run down the hall like a bullet, with Plucky chasing after him.
"Bat Nipples?", Heather asked Cliff. "What did you mean by that?"
"In the movie, Batman & Robin had visible nipples on their outfits."
"You're joking", Heather said, as Hamton ran right by the group, with Plucky in hot pursuit.
"Nope, I kid you not. Whoever came up with that idea should've been fired on the spot. Although, I'm kinda disappointed Batgirl didn't have nipples on her suit."
"You did not just say that!", Heather exclaimed.
"I'm kidding! Calm down."
Hamton ran by the group yet again, before Cliff stuck his foot out & tripped Plucky to the floor. Cliff then picked him up & set him on his feet.
"Now, Plucky", Cliff started, "who was it that passed away?"
Plucky sighed. "It was Adam West."
"Adam West died?", Shirley chirped in shock. Plucky nodded in response. "Like, how old was he?"
"He was 88", Plucky answered.
"Well, at least he lived a full life", Cliff commented.
"He died from leukemia."
"Oh! That's...not good", Cliff said, knowing his past experience with battling cancer himself.
Plucky sighed, "I've idolized West for as long as I can remember. To quote Burt Ward, 'There are several fine actors who have portrayed Batman in films. In my eyes, there was only one real Batman. That is and always will be Adam West. He was truly the Bright Knight'."
"I'm so sorry, Plucky", said Shirley. "Like, is there anything we can do?"
"No. Just...leave me be." The green duck then turned away from the group & walked away. The toons all looked on as Plucky continued going down the hall, further & further away from the group.
"Poor Plucky", Cosette started. "I feel tres sorwy for heem."
"Yeah", Babs added, "I felt the same way when I heard that my longtime idol passed." Babs then sniffed as her eyes welled up with tears. "I can't believe Carrie Fisher is gone."
"Aw, come here, Babsy", Buster said as he held his arms out & wrapped them around his girlfriend, who started sobbing into his chest.
Shirley then asked the group, "Like, is there anything we can do for Plucky or some junk?"
The toons started thinking about what to do. They all thought for a while about what to do to cheer up Plucky, or at least pay tribute to Adam West.
