Author's Note: Here it is, the anticipated fanfic featuring the anticipated game between 2 of the most nostalgic 90's toons/game characters ever, and to be clear, I will have a flashback toMud Bowlin the chapter, so be ready! Because for the first time in Football history, the Vec and the Football head meet! And FYI, this fanfic takes place after Mud Bowl, so that's why I'm having this flashback earlier in the chapter.

It was a rainy afternoon in the city of Hillwood, the traffic was slowing down, everyone was home, staying warm in this early November afternoon in 2007, drinking hot cocoa, watching television, reading books, but there was something going on in the park. And the grass looked a little messed up as well, the mud was showing up, the kids looked roughed up, the 1st group was standing in a defensive formation, and the 2nd group was huddled, and from the looks of it, it was Arnold Shortman and his friends, coming up with a strategy after making a comeback to force overtime against the 5th graders, their arch rivals in school and in the many sports they play in.

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"Okay, it's only rain and they're only 5th graders, and we have the plays and brains on our side. Let's show these guys how to play the game of football." Arnold said, insistingly. Rhonda nodded in agreement, as the others agreed, even Helga agreed with the football head. "Let's do the statue of liberty double reverse fleaflicker razzle dazzle fumblerooski! Gerald scores in the left corner. Ready?"

"BREAK!" All of the fourth graders then said, and then lined up at the line of scrimmage, determined to put an end to this game, once and for all.

Arnold looked determined, ready to make his special play a touchdown result, and to make this play the final play of the game.

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Helga swooned behind Arnold's back, smiling at his bravery in tense times such as these. "Oh, my love, such bravery in the face of overwhelming odds. Such pluck, such complicated impossible loopy ideas!" She then sighed in such a lovestruck manner, but...Brainy was right behind her, breathing heavily on her, as usual. She gave the nerd a deadpan look as she punched Brainy in the face, like any other time she saw Brainy.

The lines were set up, this is it, the 1st play of overtime.

"Heads up, you guys!" Wolfgang announced to his fellow 5th grade friends. He growled at the 4th graders. He started to look at Arnold, planning to pounc on him like an angry tiger, an angry hungry tiger to be honest.

"42, 33, hut, hut, HIKE!" Arnold shouted, the ball was snapped, everyone came off the ball as fast as they could. Arnold dropped back to pass, only to hand it off to Nadine, who hands it off to Eugene in a reversal hand off, Eugene attempted to run towards the goal line, but Wolfgang was waiting for the short one. Eugene screamed in fear, and pitches it to Rhonda, who gives it back to Arnold, and then he then threw it downfield...

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...Gerald ran as fast as he could, the ball was coming towards his way, the fourth graders had a look of hope and Wolfgang had a look of surprise. The ball then came back down to earth, and then...Gerald caught it and the fourth graders cheered in joy as Gerald dives in the muddy endzone for the game winning touchdown.

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The 5th graders stared at shock as the 4th graders lifted Gerald on their shoulders in triumph.

"Can't you block?!" Wolfgang furiously yelled at Edmund.

"Yeah, I can block." Edmund said, calmly while shrugging.

As the 5th graders argued, the 4th graders laughed triumphantly and left the park, where were they going?

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Well, they were at the pork shop that Herald's father's friend owned to have an appetizer before dinner. This has been a great game from the start of the 2nd half, Arnold leads them to a comeback that helps them win the big game.

"Wow, that was a mighty fine play, you got there, Arnold." Stinky then said, patting Arnold on the back.

"Yeah," Sid then said, smiling.

"I'm just glad this whole thing is over with." Helga snobbishly said.

"Face it, no one can stop us!" Harold said, while stuffing his face with meat. "We're unbeatable."

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Everyone was disgusted by Harold's rude manners, and who wouldn't be? He has a huge appetite, perhaps huger than anyone in town or in the state of Washington, not even Soos Rameriez from Oregon could beat Harold in an eating contest.

Gerald then looked over and saw a local newspaper, he then said, "Hey guys, check this out, "Turkey Bowl 50 coming, looking for 2 teams that will go up against each other". You think we can do this?"

Everyone chattered about this thanksgiving tradition.

"Well, we did come back from a 0-42 defecit against Wolfgang." Arnold stated, rubbing his chin in thought.

Harold's father then walked over and gave the kids more burgers. He laughed as soon as he heard the kids discussing the upcoming traditional Turkey Bowl Game in Hillwood.

"Really? You could be going up against Tony Delvecchio and the "Backyard Kids", they are the toughest team in town!" Mr. Green would say.

"Dad, relax, we can't be beat, because we're perfect." Harold said, while cockingly leaning back on his chair, arms behind his head.

"I heard of those fellas, they love the sport so much, they try to get their parents to rent out a professional stadium every championship weekend during the playoffs!" Gerald said, pointing and tapping his finger on the table.

Eugene then said while grabbing his sandwich, "Wait, Arnold, are you sure we can beat these guys?"

"Well, it's just a friendly competition, it's not like it's a rivalry game." Arnold replied.

"Well, maybe to you, football head, but it's all about either winning or losing." Helga said, pointing at the football headed boy.

Both Helga and Arnold had good points, but is it really just a friendly competition or is it about winning or losing? After all, Delvecchio is rumored to have a great team behind his back.

Meanwhile at a southwestern part of Hillwood is a pizzeria place called "Delvecchio's", it was pizzeria that Tony Delvecchio's father owned for years. Inside, the Backyard Kids were celebrating what appears to be a victory. Tony sat with his best friends, Pablo Sanchez and Ackmed Khan.

"What did I tell ya', slick? You flatten them, you beat them every time!" Tony said, happy.

"Rock on, dude!" Ackmed said, while shoving his face with pizza.

"Fantastico!" Pablo exclaimed.

All the Backyard Kids celebrated as they beat a team by 58 points.

Reese Worthington was playing pinball, and was paying attention to Tony as well. "Yeah!" Reese said, "We're so great, we can humiliate any team in the town if we played them in football!" Then, the pinball machine started to make a game over noise, much to Reese's anger, who starts to get angry, then, gets out his inhaler and takes a deep breath with aid of his asthma healer, then he puffs out a wind of air.

The Backyard kids noticed Pete Wheeler come in, along with a newspaper, much to everyone's confusion.

"I'm sorry, is this the ice cream store?" Pete cluelessly said.

Tony then walked over to the clueless boy and then said, "Wheelie, last time I checked, I stated that we're at my pop's pizza place!"

Pete then looked up in thought and thoughtlessly replied, "Nope, I heard Ice cream parlor."

Everyone laughed at this.

Then, Sally Dobbs walked over and grabbed the newspaper, and took a look at an article.

"Hey, look at this, "Turkey Bowl 50 coming, looking for 2 teams that will go up against each other". This sounds interesting!" Sally said.

Ashley and Sidney Webber, 2 identical twin sisters, walked over to Pete and also looked at the paper.

"More like hilarious," Sidney said, looking at the paper's article. "We're the best team, we should take part of this game."

Ashley then replied, "Exactly! It might be fun! What do you think, Tony?" She looked over to where Tony was sitting.

The Vec rubbed his chin in thought, they seemed to be the best team in the town, and they blow out every opponent they've had faced off with, 49-3, 63-21, 58-0, 55-10, 56-8, you name the score!

"Alright, Webber, we'll be in the biggest Thanksgiving game ever!" Tony said, agreeing with the Webber twins. "Where do we sign?"

"Es en el tablón de anuncios del parque, hay una hoja de inscripción que dice "equipos de Turquía Bowl"." Pablo replied.

"Thanks, Pablo, I should go get my coat." Tony then said, going to get his coat. He then said, "By the end of next Saturday, we'll be champs!"

The Backyard kids cheered as Tony left to sign up his friends for the big game this upcoming Thursday night.

At the park, 4:48PM

As the rain started to slow down a bit, Tony Delvecchio walked up to the signature board, and then in his signature, he wrote, "Tony Delvecchio and the 7th Street Wildcats".

"Ha! Who's gonna wanna go up against us?" Tony said, smiling, as he walked away, he stopped in his tracks as he heard writing, he turned around, only to see Arnold sign up his friends to play in the game. Arnold took notice, and the 2 looked at each other.

"Oh, I didn't know you were going to play in this game on Thursday!" Arnold said, surprised that he has competition.

"Ha, I didn't think we'd have competition in this game, but look who showed up, hi, the name's "Delvecchio"." Tony said, while raising his arm to shake Arnold's hand.

"Hi, I'm Arnold." Arnold replied, slightly insulted while shaking Tony's hand. "You must be the Tony Delvecchio I've been hearing about."

The two released each other's grip. Tony pointed to himself and said, "The one and only."

"I heard of your team from Harold's father." Harold said, while pointing out.

"You must be the football head that the whole town talks about, Arturo Shortguy, or somethin'" Tony then replied, confused about Arnold's name.

"It's actually Arnold Shortman." Arnold corrected Tony.

"Well, I'll see you on Thursday, even though you'll get blown out." Tony arrogantly said, while walking away, chuckling.

"He's really arrogant. Can't wait to see what happens when his team loses." Arnold said, while glaring at the Vec. This could turn out to be a competition between the 2 titanic football teams, or Arnold, Helga, and Gerald could be in for the longest upsetting Thanksgiving night of their lives, it was battle of 2 legacies, one that overcomes adversity in tense times and the other is a powerful team that has always had the winning edge for several years since their friendships began.

It's only Friday afternoon, and there's only 6 days until Thanksgiving night in the town's popular football game, the 50th annual Turkey Bowl, it was going to be a great fight on Thursday night, which means Arnold knew that he had to make a strategy in an attempt to take down his opponent, and he might have to discuss it with his friends.

And Tony Delvechio thought he might actually have no competition, but he didn't want to risk taking the team lightly, so he knew that he needed to come up with a strategy to humiliate the Football Head.

Author's note: 1 chapter down! Looks like we might be in for a great fanfic after all, because you got 2 great characters, and this may be a great showdown between 2 teams! Next Chapter: Rivalry intensifies!