Chapter 9 - Pepperoni Planetoid
Meanwhile, SpongeBob and Jimmy eye the Pepperoni Planetoid delivery truck, while standing under an oilcan display nearby. From Jimmy's perspective, he saw that the delivery truck would be some kind of spaceship...for a reason.
"Come on man, hurry up! The pizzas are getting cold here!" The delivery boy called out.
As the driver and the gas attendant continue talking on where the delivery boy should go, Jimmy asked, "Now, are you sure this space freighter will return to its port of origin once it jettisons its food supply?"
"Uh-huh. And when we get there, we'll be able to find a way to transport you home." SpongeBob explained.
"Well then, let's climb aboard." Jimmy declared determinedly. He make a beeline for the vehicle's passenger side.
"No, no, no, wait! Jimmy! Jimmy!" SpongeBob called after him. Jimmy didn't hear him, so SpongeBob was sent racing after him. "Let's get in the back. No one will see us there."
"Negative. There are no safety harnesses in the cargo area. We'll be much safer in the front." Jimmy said, scaling the front side, grabbed the side view mirror, and swung over to the window part of the cab.
"Yeah, but…Jimmy! Jimmy!" SpongeBob whispered loudly.
"That's two lefts and a right, huh?" The deliverer asked the attendant.
"Yep." The attendant nodded.
"Thanks for the directions, OK?" The deliverer approved. Jimmy peeks inside the truck. A stack of pizza boxes sit by the driver as he continues talking to the gas that it's safe to get in, and he jumps in the seat.
"Jimmy!" SpongeBob whispered loudly. The car's engine starts up, so SpongeBob runs over to the back. The pull-string sponge clambered up the bumper, and he opens up the back hatch window. As he tried to get inside, the back hatch window smacked down on his rear, and he is sent sailing into the bed.
Recovering from the temporary ordeal, SpongeBob looks through the dividing window and he sees Jimmy, who prudenty fastens his seatbelt. The boy genius action figure is very smart, to be precise.
"'Safer in the front than the cargo area'-what an idiot!" SpongeBob muttered to himself sarcastically.
"The driver hits the gas pedal, and he drives out of the gas station. The force propelled SpongeBob into the back of the truck, in which he slams into. The pizza delivery boy drives extremely insanely, and he makes a sharp turn, causing SpongeBob to smack face first into the window as he groans in pain. As he drives up a hill, littered trash roll to SpongeBob. He then sees a tool box rolling toward him. He screams, and the tool box collides into him.
SpongeBob just went through a painful ride, and Jimmy went through a safe ride. The pull-string sponge boy doll just hoped he would still be in one piece. Meanwhile, the pizza truck finally arrives at its destination: the popular arcade/fast food restaurant, Pepperoni Planetoid. It barrels into the parking lot and stops.
"Next shuttle liftoff scheduled for T-minus 30 minutes and counting." The male announcer said.
Jimmy looked up to see a giant rocket decoration mounted next to the restaurant. Brimming with excitement and curiosity, Jimmy unfastens his seatbelt and he peeked out of the open window to see a mom and child walking up to the entrance, where two huge animatronic robots with pizza shields and spears stand.
"You are clear for entry. Welcome to Pepperoni Planetoid." The robots separate their crossed spears, and the doors open, allowing the two walk inside.
"The white zone is for eating pizza..." a female announcer spoke.
Jimmy, seeing this as the place to find a spaceship for his 'mission', the boy toy goes over to the dividing window and opened the dividing window.
"Sponge boy! Where are you?" Jimmy called out. The toolbox tipped over, and reveals SpongeBob smiling dazedly. He's nearly unconscious from impact. Jimmy said, "Oh. There you are." SpongeBob collapses onto some restaurant empties. "Now, that door back there is heavily guarded, so we need to find out a way to get inside." SpongeBob sits up with a large Pepperoni Planetoid cup over his head. "Great idea, SpongeBob!" Jimmy said. "I like your thinking!"
Meanwhile, another family is just greeted by the robots. "You are clear for entry. Welcome to Pepperoni Planetoid!"
Now!" Jimmy whispered. Seeing it as their cue, SpongeBob and Jimmy moved from behind their hiding place beside a trash can. The two toys run quickly to the door. SpongeBob uses the same drink cup and Jimmy uses a burger box as disguises. The doors start to close.
"Quickly, Sponge! The doors are closing!"
They did make it, just in time. Inside, the sponge and boy genius stop and freeze like random trash as kids run past them. Jimmy then bumps into SpongeBob. "Watch where you're going!"
"Sorry." Jimmy said, mouthing with the burger box.
SpongeBob and Jimmy continue running and stop between a line of two video games, where no one will see them. The two then remove their fast food disguises. Jimmy takes a look at the restaurant scenery, and his mouth drops open in awe. The restaurant was bustling with activity. Games around every corner were played by people, and other people enjoy their pizzas. Even children were the most energetic. The restaurant is a huge dream that can come true.
"What a spaceport!" Jimmy said, wonderstruck. "Good work, SpongeBob."
SpongeBob looks around the arcade too, trying to see if he could find Michael anywhere. He sees a child playing a game involving a laser gun, another child getting some soda from a soda machine, and another child playing a Whack-n-Alien game.
"Dad, can I play Black Hole? Please, please, please?" Mike asked. SpongeBob looked behind himself and found Mike, along with his dad, and baby sister carried in a stroller.
"Mike!" SpongeBob said excitedly. Jimmy didn't notice. "Now, we need to find a ship that's heading for Sector 22…"
"Wait, wait, no, no, no, Jimmy! This way." SpongeBob grabbed Jimmy by the wrist and dragged him off with him. They run in a space between various arcade games. "There's a special ship. I just saw it."
"You mean it's hyperdrive?" Jimmy asked curiously.
"Hyperactive hyperdrive." SpongeBob replied, seeing Mike, his dad, and Nina approach. "An astro….uh, turf."
Jimmy said, "Where is it? I don't see a…" As he turned around something caught his eye. "Spaceship!" The so-called 'spaceship' is a nearby crane game that's shaped like a rocketship preparing to launch. "All right, Jimmy. Get ready, and..." Wonderstruck, Jimmy then runs over to the crane game, and SpongeBob was unaware. The family was really close.
"Okay, Jimmy, when I say go, we're gonna jump in the basket." SpongeBob sees Jimmy running toward the claw game. "JIMMY!" SpongeBob jumps into the game through the PRIZE slot. "No!" SpongeBob complained. Mike's family has already gone past. "This cannot be happening to me! I can't believe that I'm stuck with that imbecile!"
SpongeBob starts stomping angrily over to the game, so he can have an unkind word with Jimmy. But he hid as he sees a boy walking by. Inside the crane game, Jimmy hoists himself up over the partition, and jumps in. When he landed, squeaks are heard. He is now standing among a crowd of identical squeeze-toy South Park prizes.
"A stranger!" a Token Black said.
"From the outside!" a Butters Stotch said.
"Whoooooa!" All the South Park toys said. Jimmy introduces himself to the crowd. "Greetings. I am Jimmy Neutron. I come in peace."
All the South Park toys start flocking around Jimmy in awe, as if they saw a famous hero for the first time. The squeeze toy prizes are children, to be more specific.
Outside, SpongeBob waits for more kids to pass, then he sprints over to the claw machine.
"Before starting your next journey, re-energize yourself with a slice of plain cheese. Now boarding at counter 3." A male announcer spoke.
SpongeBob leapt up and crawled through the PRIZE slot. He hoisted himself up the partition to hear Jimmy say, "This is an intergalactic emergency. I'll need to commandeer your vessel to Sector 22. Who's in charge here?"
The South Park character toys point up and all chorused, "THE CLAW!" It turns out they're pointing up to a chrome silver claw. "The claw is our master." a Kyle Broflovski said.
"The claw will choose who will go and who will stay." a Tweek Tweak said.
"This is ludicrous." SpongeBob grumbled. The toys of the game are just as loony as Jimmy is already.
"Hey, bozo, you got a brain in there?" a familiar voice said. SpongeBob turned and saw Eugene Beady, standing on the Whack-n-Alien game, thus stomping on the targets. Even a bratty kid like that would get into serious trouble for abusing arcade games. As the game buzzed, Eugene bangs on the game with a foam mallet. He jumps down and tosses the mallet aside.
"Oh, no!" SpongeBob cried. "Eugene Beady!" Swamped with terror, SpongeBob jumped over the wall and tackled Jimmy, thus pushing them deeper into the South Park prizes, as Eugene, the Snotty Boy, starts putting coins in the game.
Jimmy asked in disbelief, "What has gotten into you, Sponge? I was just-"
"You were the one that decided to climb into…" SpongeBob chided.
A Bradley Biggle shushed them and pointed up "The claw. "It moves."
The claw sprung to life then lowers down and it picks up a Kenny McCormick prize lying on top of Jimmy. "I've been chosen!" Kenny exclaimed. "Goodbye you guys. I go on to a better place." Surely, Kenny is blissfully unaware of the impending fate that awaited him.
"Gotcha!" Eugene said, as the claw dropped the orange parka clad boy toy into the prize bin. He looks down and sees Jimmy's upper torso exposed in the squeeze toy South Park prizes. "A Jimmy Neutron?! No way!" Eugene always wanted to have the coolest toy, since his parents were unable to buy a Jimmy Neutron toy for him since they're expensive.
SpongeBob, shocked, tries to find a way out. He sees a small repair door, and as he starts advancing toward the door, he shoves some South Park prizes out of his way, then he attempts to push the door open, but it won't budge. But he managed to turn the knob, and it worked. He sees the claw lowering, and it picks up Jimmy by the helmet.
"Yes!" Eugene cheered. SpongeBob gasped. He might not like Jimmy for the moment, but he can't show himself in the bedroom without Jimmy. SpongeBob grabs hold of Jimmy's feet, thus starting a tug-of-war. "Jimmy! No!" SpongeBob said, straining. The sponge toy sunk Jimmy down out of Eugene's view, and Eugene saw what's happening.
"HEY!" yelled Eugene as he slammed his fist into the glass. SpongeBob looked like he was winning, and he's nearly out with Jimmy. That is, until...
"He has been chosen!" Eric Cartman said.
"He must go!" Clyde Donovan said.
"Hey!" SpongeBob shouted. Jimmy and SpongeBob are now pushed back into the game. "What are you doing?" The pull-string sponge yelled. He slapped some of the toys' hands away. "Stop it! Cut that out! Stop it, you little knuckleheads!"
The claw finally lifts up Jimmy up, as SpongeBob holds his ankle lifelessly.
Eugene cheered, "All right! Double prizes!" The claw drops the two toys into the prize bin alongside the Kenny toy. Eugene picks up the boy genius and sponge toys and claims them as his new "prizes".
Looking from SpongeBob to Jimmy, he said devilishly, "Let's go home and…..play." He laughed horrifyingly.
