Author's Note: I meant to post this at the end of the last chapter, but I'll admit, I was a bit distracted by a phone call from my mom while writing the last chapter, so it sort of, threw me off. Anyway, for anybody who hasn't seen the movie, Honey We Shrunk Ourselves, here's an update on what portions of this story spoofed what portions of the film. Landing in Spike's water bowl in chapter 3 was a parody of when the adults landed in the laundry basket after falling down the laundry shoot, which, according to a Wikipedia article on the movie, they were originally, going to land in a fish tank, but the producers changed this before the movie was complete. Then, using the balloon to float into the living room was a parody of using the bubble machine in the movie to get back downstairs after their kids carried the laundry basket upstairs, and while I added in the dollhouse part for good measure, as I thought it would be quite funny to freak Angelica out by making her think her dollhouse was haunted, the chocolate pudding was a parody of the part in the original movie this is based off of, when Wayne and his brother Gordon land in a bowl of sour cream and onion dip, and do everything to avoid being eaten alive. And this next chapter, is going to be based off the part of the movie where Gorden talks into the speaker of the stereo system, to get the kid's attention. Will the babies be successful at getting Angelica's attention with her karaoke machine? Let's find out!
Chapter 7, Getting Angelica's Attention
Angelica, no longer wishing to eat anymore of her pudding, took a deep breath, as she tried to calm down. She couldn't go back into the kitchen, as she already got in trouble once. Surely if she went back in there a second time, somebody might make her sit in time out. Then, she got an idea.
"I'll sing a song to calm myself down." Said Angelica, as she approached her karaoke machine.
It was a new karaoke machine, as the babies broke the last one when they drug it off to the closet that one time, and went to the future, but since then, her parents bought her a new one, and this was the first time she brought it to her cousin's house since she got it. Unknowingly though, the babies were already clinging on to the cord of the microphone, hoping to pry it loose from its stand, when Angelica picked it up and started to sing, in a very loud tone of voice.
My country, tears of thee
Sweet land of lizzardy
A bee I seen.
Land all my father buys,
Land of my chillin' pies,
For every mountain's eyes
Let freedom ring!
As the loud, giant sized Angelica was singing through her microphone, the babies continued to make their way towards the microphone in her hand, climbing up the cord, which wasn't easy, as the wire was slippery, and Angelica's voice was deafening to the babies ears.
"This is the worstest song I ever heard." Chuckie yelled.
"Try listening to it when you're back stage and wearing a dress." Tommy replied, as he inched his way towards the base of the microphone, that was still in Angelica's hand.
"Huh?" Chuckie asked, a bit confused over what Tommy was talking about, but Tommy was no longer paying attention to him.
Despite the horrible sound of Angelica's singing, he was determined to get to that microphone and get her attention once and for all.
"Never mind." Chuckie muttered, as he, Kimi, Zack, Phil and Lil kept inching their way up the cord.
Just as Angelica started singing the last line of the song, they reached the base of the plastic part of the microphone. Doing everything they could to try to reach the part where someone speaks, the babies tried to climb up this part, which was harder because it was plastic, and it was harder to get a firm grasp on the microphone. Their hands kept slipping, and they feared falling to their death, as they clung on with all of their might. However, in doing so, the microphone started to shake in Angelica's hand, as she sang the last note of her song.
As she sang the word, ring, in a high pitched singing scream, it soon turned into another scream of terror, as the microphone started shaking in her hand. At that moment, the 4-year-old blond stopped singing, and dropped her microphone to the floor.
She stood there, as the microphone lay on the floor, giving the babies a foot bridge path to walk across that would lead them to the part of the microphone they needed to speak into.
"Good work you guys, come on." Whispered Tommy to the others, as they made their way towards the speaker ball part of the microphone.
Angelica stared down at the microphone, as she saw the little ants scurrying across it. She trimbled in fear as her face turned white, unable to utter a single word. Soon, Tommy, Chuckie and Zack reached the microphone, as they lay over the top of the microphone, their bodies dangling over the unit, placing their mouths closer to the speaker wholes. Tommy nudged Zack in the shoulder, which told him he'd be the one to speak.
"Listen to me Angelica, I want you to stop what you are doing, and listen." Said Zack into the microphone, as his voice was amplified.
Angelica just stood there in a frozen position, unsure what to think at that moment.
"Uh… Who are you?" Angelica asked nervously.
"This is the voice of, Bob. Yeah! That's right Angelica, Bob, is talking to you, and he's not very happy with you right now." Said Zack.
"Bob?" Angelica asked, confused.
"Yeah that's right, Bob, and I demand you to unshrink these babies immediately." Demanded Zack.
As Angelica listened to his words, she then realized that the voice sounded all too familiar.
"Wait a minute, you're not Bob, you sound more like Zack to me. What's going on?" Said Angelica.
"Oh, good job Angelica, you figured it out. Guess your so called ants, weren't ants after all, huh?" Said Chuckie.
"Chuckie?" Angelica asked.
"Uh huh." Chuckie replied.
"But, where are you guys?" Angelica asked, looking around the room, but not being able to find a trace of the babies anywhere.
"We're right here Angelica." Tommy replied.
Then, it hit Angelica what was really going on.
"The babies? I shrunk, the babies?" Angelica asked, raising an eyebrow.
"That's right Angelica, you did. Now unshrink us, before the growed ups find out, and you get into a lot of trouble." Demanded Tommy.
Angelica's heart skipped a beat, as she realized what was going on. Then, she thought about it. If she left the babies shrunk, they'd never do anything to mess up her plans again.
"Why should I unshrink you?" Angelica asked, tapping her foot in frustration.
"Cuz if you don't unshrink us, we'll continue to haunt your dollhouse." Said Chuckie.
"And your pudding." Added Phil, who had made his way up to the microphone at this point.
"And your spoon." Added Lil.
"And we might even take over your cookies if you're not careful Angelica." Said Zack.
Angelica stood there, as she processed all of this, staring down at the tiny ants on her microphone, which she realized now were the babies. The thought of them crawling all over her cookies made her lip quiver, as she shook nervously at the thought. Then, after she took a deep breath and calmed down, she spoke up.
"All right all right. I'll unshrink you dumb babies." Said Angelica, as she reached in and saw to snatching up the tiny specks that lay upon her microphone.
"Hey! Don't call me dumb Angelica." Said Zack.
However, Angelica didn't hear the last two words of his sentence, because she had snatched up Zack from the microphone before he could finish speaking, making his voice unaudible to the human ear.
Now that Angelica had the babies clinched in her fist, she looked around, making sure the coast was clear, then made a mad dash for the basement door, which was luckily, still open.
"Wow! Angelica has a strong grip." Commented Phil, as the babies noticed themselves in Angelica's tight fist, as she bolted down the stairs into Stu's workshop, making her way over to the shrink ray.
And this, ends chapter 7. So, will the babies get back to regular size again? Find out, in chapter 8!
Author's Note: Another trivial fact. The speech that Zack gave when they reached the microphone, or at least, the start of his speech, was a parody of the same speech that Gorden Szalinski gave in the original movie, to get the kids attention, and get the people who came to his daughter's party, to leave the house. Not wanting them to find out what really happened, as they'd most likely, not believe him, he pretended to be God. Also, references to two other Rugrats episodes were made in this chapter. All Growed Up, where Angelica's original karaoke machine was broken at the end of that episode, also, not sure if you've noticed, but throughout this story, everybody was calling it a tapiokie machine, just as Angelica called it in that episode, both, at the start and end of the show, and Beauty Contest, as the song that Angelica sang into her karaoke machine was the same one she sang at the Little Miss Lovely contest, and Tommy made a reference to his involvement in that contest, having to listen to Angelica's performance of that song from back stage in a dress, as he performed after Angelica, under the false name of Tonya Pickles. The next chapter will be up shortly, so please, do stay tuned.