The Powerpuff Girls Ch.4- New Year's Eve Up-Down
It was three days before New Year's Eve in the city of Townsville and everyone was excited to ring in the New Year. But, not everyone in Townsville was familiar to New Year's Eve.
"What do you do on New Year's Eve?" Bubbles asked the Professor as he was sitting in the living room with the Powerpuff Girls and their super-powered cousin, Jessie.
"Well, most people stay up until midnight," he explained. "They count down the final seconds of the previous year. Then, once the clock says, '12:00 midnight,' everyone shouts out, 'Happy New Year!'"
"And then we sing 'Auld Lang Syne,'" added Jessie.
Bubbles squealed. "New Year's Eve sounds like so much fun!"
"Yeah, I can't wait to stay up 'til midnight," said Buttercup. "It's something we never get to do."
"Oh, yeah," realized Blossom. "CAN we stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve?"
"Well, it is a once-a-year event," said the Professor. He paused, and then thought of a great reply. "You can stay up…if…you can stay awake."
"If we can stay awake?" the girls asked in unison. They looked at each other blankly.
Suddenly, Buttercup scoffed and broke the silence. "No problem," she laughed. "How hard could it be to stay up a little longer than we usually do?"
That night, the Powerpuff Girls lied awake in bed.
"We've never stayed up until midnight before," said Blossom.
"What if we fall asleep before the countdown?" asked Bubbles worryingly.
"Don't worry, girls," said Buttercup. "We'll stay up. It's only a few hours later."
"Still," said Blossom. "I think we should practice tonight just to make sure we can actually stay up."
The girls lied in bed as they tried as hard as they could to stay awake. After only a few minutes, it became harder and harder to keep their eyes open and soon, they fell sound asleep.
The next morning, when the Powerpuff Girls woke up, they quickly remembered about their plan to try and stay up until midnight.
"Aw, we fell asleep," said Buttercup frustrated.
"What if we really can't stay up until midnight?" asked Bubbles.
"Well, at least we have another chance to try again tonight," said Blossom. "We just need to find a way to keep ourselves from falling asleep."
That night, the Powerpuff Girls got out all of their favorite toys and set them all over the room. There was everything from zombie bouncers to glow-in-the-dark whirl balls.
"Do you really think these will work?" asked Bubbles.
"Definitely," said Blossom smiling. "We'll play with our toys all night long. We'll have so much fun, we won't feel tired at all!"
The girls started to play with every toy they had in their room. At first, their plan seemed to work really well, but after about an hour, they started to feel tired. As time went by, they got quieter and quieter as they started to get sleepy.
"What if we take a short nap to refresh ourselves?" suggested Bubbles yawning. "Then, we won't be tired and we can stay up until midnight."
"Great idea!" shouted Buttercup.
The three dove into their bed happily. Within minutes they were all sound asleep.
The next morning, the Powerpuff Girls woke up.
"Ugh, not again!" shouted Buttercup. "I can't believe we fell asleep!"
"There has to be SOMETHING we can do to stay awake!" said Bubbles.
Suddenly, Blossom had an idea. "I got it! What if we we're not in our room. You know, away from the temptation of our bed?"
That night, the girls were downstairs with popcorn and tons of movies to watch. The Professor and Jessie came into the room.
"Thanks for staying up with us tonight," said Bubbles.
"Oh, definitely," said Jessie smiling. "If you think it will make you more prepared for tomorrow night. I really hope you girls can stay up until midnight and ring in the New Year!"
As the night went on, they all watched movie after movie and they even went through two giant bowls of popcorn. As the last movie wrapped up, the clock finally read, '12:00.'
"Look, girls," said the Professor. "You did it! You stayed up 'til midnight! Don't you feel proud?"
There was no answer. Jessie and the Professor turned and saw that the Powerpuff Girls were fast asleep.
The morning of New Year's Eve came and the Powerpuff Girls were sitting in their room.
"We've got to stay up tonight," said Buttercup. "If we don't, we won't have another chance until next year!"
They all thought for a few moments with concerned expressions.
"I got it!" said Blossom suddenly. "We won't fall asleep if we're not tired, right?"
"Right," agreed Bubbles inquisitively.
"Well, we won't be tired tonight if we get all of our sleep in during the day!" continued Blossom.
"You mean go to sleep now?" asked Bubbles.
"Exactly," said Blossom.
"It could work," agreed Buttercup.
They all got back into bed, making fake snoring sounds and tried for a few seconds to fall asleep.
"Ugh, this isn't working!" complained Buttercup. "I'm not even tired!"
"We have to keep trying," said Blossom. "Or we might fall asleep before midnight again."
Suddenly, The Hotline rang.
They all groaned as Blossom floated towards the phone.
"Hello?" she said as she picked up the receiver.
There was a pause as muffled speaking could be heard on the other line.
"Fuzzy Lumpkins is causing a rampage around town?" Blossom asked. "Okay, we'll be right there!" She hung up the receiver and turned to her sisters. "We're gonna have to get our sleep in later. We gotta go!"
The girls flew out of their room and over to the center of town. When they got there, Fuzzy Lumpkins was firing a confetti cannon all over the city. The confetti was sticky and it was causing people to become stuck in their tracks.
"Yahoo!" wailed Fuzzy Lumpkins. "Now, that's how ya do New Year's! If ya are stuck here, ya can't come on my property!"
Suddenly, he saw red strobes of light firing around him. He looked up and saw the Powerpuff Girls were using their heat vision to free everyone that was stuck.
"Oh, it's the Powerpuff Girls," he said annoyed. "I'll just have to make ya stuck, TOO." He aimed the confetti cannon at them. But, before he had the chance to fire, the girls used their heat vision to melt the cannon.
"Uh…Uh-oh," Fuzzy mumbled.
The girls quickly beat him, tied him up, and flew him to jail.
"Glad that's taken care of," said Blossom as she and her sisters flew out of the jail.
"Yeah, now we can go home and try to get to sleep," said Bubbles.
Suddenly, they heard an alarm. They looked down and saw a robbery going on at the First National Bank of Townsville.
"You got to be kidding me!" said Buttercup.
"What's with all the crime today?" asked Bubbles.
"Well girls, even though it is New Year's Eve, there is still some crime that has to get taken care of," said their cousin Jessie.
"Jessie!" said the girls with a smile.
"Man, are we glad you're here," said Buttercup.
"Can you help us defeat the robbers?" asked Blossom.
"Definitely," she assured.
Jessie enclosed the two bank robbers in a force field, while the Powerpuff Girls' beat them. Then, they were piled in a police car.
As the car sped away, Blossom told Jessie of their plan to sleep during the day, so they won't be so tired at midnight and then maybe they will finally be able to stay up to ring in the New Year.
Jessie looked at the Powerpuff Girls and thought for a minute. "Don't worry, girls," she said. "I can take care of all the crime for the rest of the day. That way, you can go home and take a long nap this afternoon. I know how much you wanna stay up until midnight. Plus, maybe the Professor can help me out."
"That's right," said the Professor as he appeared on Jessie's communicator watch from his lab. "By analyzing all villains' data from previous encounters, we can try to determine who will be causing trouble today and Jessie and I will be ready for them!"
"Well…okay," said Blossom.
The four girls hugged and the Powerpuff Girls were so excited. Maybe now, if they have a nice nap, they will be finally be able to stay up until midnight!
"Thank you, Jessie," Blossom Bubbles, and Buttercup said in unison. Then, they took off in the direction of home.
They flew through their bedroom windows and got right into their bed. At first, they were having a difficult time going to sleep. But, after a few more moments, they started to slowly drift off.
Later that day, they slowly woke up. They all had refreshed looks on their faces. They looked around their room. The clock read, '8:00 p.m.'
"We did it!" shouted Bubbles excitedly.
"We slept the whole rest of the day!" exclaimed Blossom.
"We're gonna stay up 'til midnight!" yelled Buttercup.
At that moment, they heard the front door open. They flew downstairs and saw Jessie slowly coming in.
"Hi Jessie," said the Powerpuff Girls in unison.
"Hi girls," said Jessie quietly. "Did you sleep?"
"Yeah," said Blossom excitedly. "We slept for six hours!"
"Great," said Jessie. "Man, those villains didn't hold back today. It was one crime fight after another all day long. But, luckily it's over for tonight."
"Yes," said the Professor as he came into the room. "All the villains are in jail now. So, we're gonna have a very peaceful New Year's Eve."
A few hours later, the Powerpuff Girls, Jessie, and the Professor had the TV on and it was set to the channel that is famous for showing the countdown, so they could all ring in the New Year. By the time 11:30 p.m. came, the Powerpuff Girls were still going strong.
"I'm not even a little sleepy," said Bubbles.
"Me neither," agreed Blossom. "I think we're actually gonna be able to stay up!"
"That's great, girls," said Jessie. She let out a yawn. "I'm glad you're finally gonna get the chance to ring in the New Year."
"Me too," agreed the Professor. "There's nothing like reflecting on…" He stopped as he also yawned. "…your memorable moments of this last year."
"Only 20 more minutes until midnight," announced the host on TV.
They all waited eagerly as the minutes began to go by. The girls looked at the clock. It read, '11:55.'
"Only five more minutes, girls," said Blossom.
They turned their attention to the TV, which showed the crowd of people exited to start the countdown.
"Okay, here we are!" said the TV host. "The final seconds until the New Year!"
The Powerpuff Girls, Jessie, and the Professor began to count down the final seconds of the year along with the crowd on TV. "…10…9…8…7…6…5…4…3…2…1…HAPPY NEW YEAR!"
The crowd on TV went wild with excitement as Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup flew in the air cheering with Jessie and the Professor.
"YEAH! We Made It!" the Powerpuff Girls shouted.
The crowd on TV started singing, 'Auld Lang Syne.'
"Hey, there's that song you were talking about, Jessie," said Bubbles.
"Yeah," said Blossom. "Jessie, that's the-" The Powerpuff Girls turned and saw that Jessie and the Professor were both fast asleep!
The girls all looked at each other and smiled. They carried them both upstairs and placed them in their beds.
"Good Night, Jessie. Good Night, Professor," they said quietly in unison. They closed the doors to their rooms and floated in a straight line.
"So, now what?" asked Bubbles.
"Well…I guess that's it," said Blossom. "I guess we can go to bed now."
"What?" cried Buttercup. "You mean after all that, now we just…go to bed?"
There was a short pause.
"What a great night!" said Buttercup happily.
"Yeah!" cheered Blossom and Bubbles.
"We can't wait until next year!" they shouted excitedly at the same time.
They started to think about next New Year's Eve and how they would spend it. But, they knew their planning could wait. After all, this was their first New Year's countdown…and it was something they wanted to remember for a long, long time.