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Chapter Nine: Keeps Going and Going and Going…
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Inspector Gadget and Stakeout pursued the evil Dr. Claw, his pet M.A.D. Cat and Ripsnorter through the Kanmon Pedestrian Tunnel. Ripsnorter was causing enough trouble in the tunnel knocking aside other Autobots like Toraizer and Hopper.
"You're a fool, Gadget!" sneered Dr. Claw. "You realize that by pursuing me through a tunnel meant only for pedestrians, you're breaking your precious law yourself?"
Claw and M.A.D. Cat both snickered.
"I'll do anything if it means bringing you in, Dr. Claw!" Gadget replied. "Go go, Gadget Blaster!"
Gadget's arm cannon shot out of his sleeve and he fired a mound of his toothpaste-like gel at Ripsnorter, trying to block his view.
Up ahead, even more chaos was being caused as pedestrians rushed to get out of the tunnel. The Pink Panther was honking Neo Wheel's horn and frantically signaling for the people to get to safety, while Inspector Clouseau and his team, in Clamp Down, pursued him.
"It looks like he doesn't want anybody hurt, Inspector." reported Cato.
"That is irrelevant, my little yellow friend." Clouseau said. "By entering this tunnel in the first place, that furry fool has broken the law!"
"The lieuw?" asked Poirot, confused.
"What?" asked Clouseau.
"You said he's broken the lieuw?" Poirot elaborated.
"Yes, you know, he's committed a crime." Clouseau explained.
"OH, the LAW!" Poirot said as he finally caught on.
"That is what I said, Hercule!" Clouseau snapped. "Are your little grey cells working alright today?"
Poirot growled at the insult.
Just then, Ripsnorter overtook Clamp Down and cut him off. Dr. Claw let out his menacing laugh as he moved up to attack Neo Wheel.
Stakeout then came alongside Clamp Down.
"Hey there, gentlemen." said Gadget as he recognized his fellow crime fighters. "Do you think you cold give me a hand to catch this villain here?"
"Absolutement, mon ami." said Poirot. "There is not one criminal who can escape the great Hercule Poirot."
"What am I? Chopped liver?" asked Clouseau.
"The building the Mona Lisa is in has been vandalized?" asked Gadget in shock.
"What?" asked Poirot.
"Well, he said 'chipped Louvre'." Gadget said.
"I know what I'm talking about, you fool!" Clouseau snapped.
"I'm not sure anyone else does."
"Don't worry about it too much, Inspector Gadget." Cato said reassuringly.
The two Autobots had to get around a large group of disgruntled pedestrians who had decided to put a stop to this nonsense by blocking the way.
Clouseau reached over and honked Clamp Down's horn…which got stuck.
"Merde!" snapped Clouseau as he leaned forward to try and disconnect the horn. He pulled a few wires out but was not having much success.
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"GAAAA!" Yucko the Clown honked his horn, sticking his tongue out as he rode past the Get Along Gang near Kokura Castle. "Eat my balls, you furry cocksuckers!"
The foul-mouthed clown laughed in his own amusement with Stranglehold. It looked for a moment like he was gaining the upper hand against everyone on the Gumball. But then…three Autobots came creeping up behind him.
Bozo the Clown, Koko the Clown and JoJo Tickle kept as quiet as they could in their vehicles. They were about to give Yucko a piece of their mind for all the horrid things he said in Hokkaido. Once they were close enough, Koko gave the signal.
"NOW!" he shouted.
Before Yucko knew what hit him, his face was splattered in custard cream pies…left, right and center, blinding his eyes and clogging his ears.
"WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?" Yucko cried out, losing control of his vehicle. "WHO TURNED OUT THE FRIGGIN' LIGHTS?"
"HEY! Watch where you're driving!" complained Stranglehold.
Yucko took a sharp left turn and drove straight into a Family Mart convenience store, crashing into a stack of Japanese beer cans. Some of them burst open, washing the cream off of the clown's face.
"Goddamn, I hate those clowns." Yucko groaned.
Bozo, Koko and JoJo chuckled and delivered high-fives to each other for a job well done. They celebrated by honking their car horns and letting out dozens of balloons onto the street.
"Now THAT'S what I call entertainment!" said Koko.
"Dad," asked Daniel Witwicky to his father, "is getting revenge on people always the right solution?"
"They're clowns, son." answered Spike Witwicky. "And you never take a clown seriously."
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A huge crowd had gathered at the Canal City entertainment complex in Fukuoka City. A stage had been set up and a concert was about to begin. Performing this concert was the famous Japanese fighter and pop singer Athena Asamiya. Forming her backing band were her good friends from America, the Cattanooga Cats.
As Athena came on the stage, she warmed the audience up by using her Psycho Power to create a few pyrotechnics.
The audience cheered in gratitude as Athena stepped up to the microphone.
Among the audience were the Cattanooga Cats' good friends the Hair Bear Bunch from Wonderland Zoo and Japanese college student Mirai Ozora. Both were cheering themselves hoarse.
"(Athena-chan! You're the best!)" Mirai yelled with a huge grin on her face.
"Knock 'em dead, guys." Hair Bear cheered.
"(Good morning, Fukuoka!)" Athena yelled to her fans. "(Get ready to have a great time! Here we go!)"
"One, two, three, four!" Country counted down.
He and Scoots started on guitar and bass. Athena and Kitty Jo frowned when they recognized the opening bars of the song they were playing. It was 'Turning Japanese' by the Vapors.
Just as Groove was about to start on drums, Athena signaled for them to stop playing. Country, Scoots and Groove obeyed her.
"What's wrong, guys?" asked Country.
"What do you guys think you're doing?" Kitty Jo asked indignantly as she put her hands on her hips.
"Well, we thought that would be a good song to do, since we're actually in Japan." Scoots defended.
"You DO know what that song is REALLY talking about, don't you?" the grumpy Athena said in English.
"What?" asked Groove.
Kitty Jo gathered the three boys into a huddle and explained what the song was talking about.
"GROSS!" yelled Country, after hearing the explanation.
Before the discussion could continue, Raker flew over the complex, causing a strong wind as the Virtua Fighter team passed their competition.
"(CRAP!)" yelled Mirai. "(I don't have time for this!)"
She ran towards Cloudraker and got ready for an air pursuit.
"(Good job this was a benefit concert with free admission.)" Athena said as she ran for Hotspark and the Cattanooga Cats ran for Piston.
"We'd better go too, guys!" said Bubi Bear.
"Okay, let's split!" said Square Bear as the Hair Bear Bunch got on their imaginary motorcycle and started it up.
After about half a mile, their partner, Decimus, caught up with them and opened his doors, welcoming them in.
"Forget something, guys?" he asked.
"Oops. Sorry, Decimus." said Hair Bear as he and his friends jumped inside Decimus and continued on their way.
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On a race with J.J. Evans, Fat Albert and the Cosby stopped on their tracks in Tenjin when they found pedestrians fleeing from the streets.
"Hey, hey, hey!" said Fat Albert. "Looks like there's a gun shoot goin' on round here!"
Right he was. Deathstroke the Terminator and the Punisher had turned the largest shopping district in Fukouka into a deadly war zone. Both Gumballers and their Transformers were firing bullets and lasers like there was no tomorrow. Since the battle was so intense, both teams had to take cover behind flipped over trucks while windows shattered and explosions became many.
While the fight raged on and on amidst the heavy fire, a sudden distraction appeared between them. It was a toy rabbit in pink fur, wearing sunglasses and a pair of sandals, beating a bass drum. Deathstroke and the Punisher briefly ceased their firing and frowned at their strange visitor.
"It keeps going and going and going and going…" uttered the Energizer bunny rabbit, striding along. "Nothing outlasts the…OH!"
Deathstroke and the Punisher fired their heavy artillery at the annoying bunny rabbit, ripping him apart to pieces…before resuming their gunfight.
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Mudslinger drove from the Fukuoka Yahoo Dome, away from a battle chase between Wonder Woman and Circe…and another ensuing battle between Mara Chaffee's group and the cast from 'Class of 3000'. Max Goof and Pete Junior were happy that they had got a few of their Japanese baseball cards autographed by members of the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks who had been hosting a signing event.
"This is awesome, Peej!" Max said to his friend. "I bet that even your dad would be impressed by this."
"Maybe, Max. He tends to be more of a football guy, though." P.J. said.
Up above them flew Skyjack with the twisted child genius Mandark flying him. Mandark sneered as he heard P.J's remark over the radio.
"All those stupid sports are for morons!" Mandark snapped. "If your dad wanted to do something worthwhile with his life, he should have gone to college!"
"YOU haven't been to college yet, pal!" said Max.
"I intend to go." said Mandark. "I don't want to end up a goof like you and your dad!"
"THAT DOES IT!" yelled Max as he activated Mudslinger's weapons and started to open fire on Skyjack.
Mandark grunted and returned fire.
"I will NOT be beaten by the lowbrow entertainment staple known as the monster truck!" yelled Mandark.
As the battle raged across the road, they knocked the annoying eleven year old Nevel Papperman and his Nebulan partner Monzo off the road.
Nevel became furious. He had managed to get his t-shirt autographed by some of the Softbank Hawks members at the signing. And the near-accident had caused him to spill his soda over it, completely ruining the writing.
"YOU ASSHOLES!" he yelled as he and Monzo took off after Skyjack and Mudslinger. "I will make sure you RUE this day for the rest of your lives! I'll go on my website and DISS your shows so much that I'll ruin your ratings forever!"
"Wuss." Monzo grumbled as he aimed his laser out the window and joined the firefight.
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"HEY!" Tin Whiskers yelled when he felt something hit against the roof of his Decepticon submarine, Triton. "Watch where you're going!"
Up on the surface, Teddy Ruxpin and his team were casually sailing along the canals of Yanagawa. Teddy was enjoying himself on Power Run and Strikedown and was tempted to sing a song about all the beauty and culture he had witnessed in Japan.
But then, Grubby and Newton Gimmick sounded the alarm and he rushed to the bridge.
"What's up, guys?" he asked.
"Trouble coming up, Teddy." said Grubby, pointing out a Maintenance Drone with Mechodrone, coming up alongside them, with Flat Stanley piloting.
"One side, guys!" Stanley said. "I may be flat but my partner isn't! You're taking up room!"
"You'll have to catch us, Stanley!" Gimmick yelled as he sped up Power Run and Strikedown.
Stanley roared after them, creating huge waves and disturbing other tourists sailing on the canals.
"Sorry about this, folks!" Stanley apologized as he raced by.
"Maybe if I tried a rockier song, it would help." Teddy thought. "Maybe that one 'Danger Zone' from 'Top Gun'."
"How about the sound of silence?" asked Grubby.
"I don't know any Simon and Garfunkel." Teddy replied.
"That's NOT what I meant!" Grubby said, slightly irritated.
"Oh. Okay." grumbled Teddy. "But seriously, Grubby, there's no need to be grumpy."
"I'm not grumpy, Teddy. I just don't think this is a good time to sing. I'm hoping we can get to Yatsushiro first as well."
"Why? There's still the rest of Kyushu and Okinawa to go after that." said Gimmick.
"Probably so he can try some karashi rencon." Teddy rolled his eyes.
"You bet!" smirked Grubby. "I'm glad there are other people who use roots in their cuisine!"
"Well, let's just catch Stanley first!" said Gimmick as he opened the throttle up full.
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Rainbow Brite and Stormy were kicking back in Beppu, Oita, in one of the famous hot springs they just so happened to cross by. The girls appreciated the peace and tranquility as they relaxed in the open air, feeling the cool breeze rush to their faces.
"Ah," sighed Stormy, "this is the life. Don't you think, Rainbow?"
"It is, Stormy." Rainbow Brite replied, wiping her face with a towel. "But I feel a little bad for our Autobots having to wait for us. None of these places accept cybernetic organisms into hot springs."
"I guess," shrugged Stormy, "but there's nothing you can do about it."
They were rudely interrupted, however, when the wall separating the men from the women in the hot springs was suddenly knocked down. There appeared Murky, Lurky and Electra, all accompanied with their Decepticons.
"Afternoon, girls." smirked Electra. "So sorry to spoil the relaxation."
"There they are!" Murky pointed at the girls. "Annihilate them!"
Sixshot and Roller Force aimed their laser guns at the girls, who quickly scrambled away in their towels, grabbing their clothes on the way out of the hot springs.
"DAI ATLAS!"
"GREATSHOT!"
Rainbow Brite and Stormy cried to their Autobots. Dai Atlas and Greatshot quickly transformed into their jet forms, letting the girls hop inside them, still in their towels.
"What happened to you two?" Dai Atlas asked.
"I'll explain after the race." Rainbow Brite replied. "We have to get out of here now!"
"Right away!" Greatshot confirmed.
Dai Atlas and Greatshot rocketed away before their enemies could catch them.
"BLASTED!" Murky stomped his foot.
"Tough cookie, Murky." Electra said. "But it looks you're on your own from here…Sixshot, let's hit the skies!"
Sixshot transformed into a jet and Electra jumped inside. They blasted away after Stormy and Rainbow Brite, leaving Murky and Lurky on land.
"Look on the bright side, Murky." said Lurky. "At least the writers of this story gave us speaking roles."
"Shut up, you dimwit!" Murky grumbled.
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In the city of Arita, George Jetson was steering Chameleon, trying to protect himself and his family from H.G. Cogswell, who was having too much fun blasting away in his flying Decepticon, Hell Buzzsaw.
Further ahead, Deadpool was racing head-to-head with the Tarantula, while both were avoiding fire from several DC and Marvel villains behind them; Baron Mordo, Wotan, Desaad, the Leader and Dormammu.
Even further up ahead, Wally West (aka the Flash) and his Autobot partner, coincidentally named Flash, were racing against the Justice Friends in their Hot Rod Patrol ally Trip-Up.
The Flash kept his foot to the floor, but Trip-Up was having no trouble keeping the pace with him.
"Watch out, fellow crime fighter, or we'll pass you...in a FLASH!" laughed Major Glory.
Valhallen and the Flash both groaned but, as usual, Major Glory just laughed at his own joke.
"Oh, I'm so funny!" he tittered.
"See if you're still laughing when I beat you, pal!" the Flash said as he sped Flash up to his maximum velocity.
"Oh no, you don't, dude!" Valhallen intervened, sending out an energy blast from his guitar and clipping one of Flash's wheels with it.
Flash quickly shifted into robot mode and landed on his feet to avoid an accident.
The Justice Friends cheered as they took the lead.
"YEAH, DUDES! THIS TOTALLY ROCKS!" Valhallen yelled.
"We gonna win! We gonna win!" the Infraggable Krunk yelled, bouncing up and down in the back seat.
His incredible strength caused Trip-Up to bounce higher and higher in the air each time.
Major Glory and Valhallen immediately ceased their laughing.
"Uh...Krunk?" muttered Major Glory.
It was too late. The next moment they bounced, they were a hundred feet in the air. They fell back down so hard that they crashed right through the road, leaving a hole.
As Trip-Up shifted to robot form and helped the Justice Friends climb out, Flash...and the Flash...honked their horns and left them in the dust.
"Bye bye, boys!" The Flash laughed. "And a big hello to a dinner date with Wonder Woman when I win the Gumball!"
"Sorry." Krunk grumbled to his pals.
"Hey, we're not done yet!" Trip-Up said as he changed back to vehicle mode.
"Yeah, let's totally GO!" Valhallen cheered.
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In the Arita Porcelain Park, many millions more dollars (or yen) worth of damage was being done as Turmoil and Mindset roared through the park. The evil Sumerian god Gozer and his/her partner, Moloth the black unicorn, laughed horribly while they wreaked damage to the park's reconstruction of the Zwinger Palace of Dresden.
"You shall perish, poor fools!" Gozer yelled. "The traveler has come!"
"Make these worthless mortals fear you with their every breath, my lord!" Moloth yelled.
Suddenly, Mindset roared past them, with evil sorcerer Vigo the Carpathian pointing his missile launcher behind him.
Gozer raised an eyebrow. "Is the scourge of Carpathia and sorrow of Moldavia frightened?" he/she asked mockingly.
"You would be too if you saw who's after me!" Vigo yelled, as two massive gunshots ripped through the Zwinger Palace, followed by four particle streams.
The middle of the porcelain palace was destroyed as Shuffler and Grapple tore through it.
In Shuffler, banging their heads to their signature song were Gozer's and Vigo's enemies, the Ghostbusters. Dr. Ray Stantz steered Shuffler and looked aghast at the damage as they crashed through the Palace.
"Sorry! That was my fault!" he said.
"It's okay. I'm sure they have insurance." deadpanned Dr. Peter Venkman as he kept firing his proton blaster at Vigo.
"Besides, the REAL one's in Dresden." remarked Dr. Egon Spengler. "At least it's okay."
"Unless the Gumball goes through Europe next year." Peter deadpanned again.
"Well look what we have here, guys!" smirked Winston Zeddemore when he saw Gozer. "Two for the price of one!"
"Let me handle the painting guy!" smirked Hellboy as he chomped on his cigar and held up his gun, the Samaritan.
"I hope this'll work, red." said Liz Sherman.
"Come on. Bullets with garlic, holy water, silver shavings and anything else the undead hate. How can you go wrong?" Hellboy smirked again.
He took off after Mindset and fired shots at him, blowing the Decepticon's missiles out of the air.
"Good. Now when are you going to shoot at Vigo?" asked Johann Kraus.
"I'm getting to it!" complained Hellboy.
Liz helped out by firing burst of flame at Vigo and Mindset.
"Would you mind keeping it down?" asked Abe Sapien. "I have a headache."
"You have a HANGOVER, blue!" Roger said. "Here, listen to your music."
Roger put a pair of iPod headphones in Abe's ear holes. Abe immediately started to sing along with Barry Manilow's 'Can't Smile Without You'.
Kraus got an idea and activated Grapple's loudspeaker so Gozer, Moloth and Vigo could hear Abe singing.
"AH! That is horrible!" Moloth yelled.
"I agree! Let's go!" Gozer yelled as Turmoil and Mindset retreated.
The Ghostbusters and Hellboy's teams smirked.
"Well there's something you don't see every day." said Peter.
"Just like with Noriega and the heavy metal." smirked Winston.
"Now let's win us a race!" yelled Liz.
"Hell yeah!" Hellboy laughed as he put his gun down and opened another bottle of Sapporo beer.
"Thank Cybertron I'm driving." grumbled Grapple.
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Outside of Kiyomizu Falls near Ogi, Eiri Yuki and Shuichi Shindou were in stiff competition against schoolgirls Makoto Konno and Haru Yoshioka.
Meanwhile up ahead, Gyeon-woo was being harassed by his girlfriend to beat Chun Hyang and Seong Mi-na. Chun Hyang was keeping a sharp eye on the road…but she didn't look out for the incoming Decepticon on her side, disguised somewhat as an ambulance. Fortunately though, Seong Mi-na saw what was coming and didn't hesitate to take the first initiative.
"(Heads up, Chun Hyang!)" Seong Mi-na shouted, drawing her wol do against an incoming ring blade, belonging to none other than…
"Curse you!" Tira exclaimed from her Decepticon, Medicroid. "I almost had you there!"
Not far off on another route, Beastly was watching the fight ensue between Tira and Seong Mi-na through his binoculars.
"Hey, Shreeky." He tapped his partner on the shoulder.
"What is it, Beastly?" Shreeky hissed, paying far too much attention on the road. "This better be important."
"Maybe you should buying a ring blade like that lady over there, in exchange for your magic mirror?"
Shreeky wanted to throw her dimwitted friend onto the road for his stupidity. But she was startled when their Decepticon was struck by a bombardment of attacks from Dr. Horrible, Sharma, Zim and Cadel Piggot.
"I don't understand!" Beastly cried out. "Why are they attacking us? Aren't we on the same side?"
"It's every Decepticon for himself, Beastly!" Shreeky grunted, regaining control of Bulletbike. "Remember that and get used to it!"
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Nagasaki was a city hoping for peace, just like Hiroshima after what had happened more than half a century before. But peace was the last thing it was getting as Chromedome and Gasket battled each other on the streets.
In Chromedome, Rebecca Chambers angrily fired rounds from her gun at Gasket, where Cloud Strife and his team were trying to avoid causing too much trouble. But Rebecca was still angry as Yuffie leaned out her window and dangled a bottle of Calpis in Rebecca's line of sight.
"You want the drink, grandma! Then come and get it!" Yuffie taunted.
"I'll nail your brat ass to the wall when I catch you!" yelled Rebecca.
"Yuffie, WHY can't we go somewhere without you getting us in trouble?" asked Cloud. He had his Buster sword ready just in case of eventualities.
"Why don't you just stop and give her the drink?" Tifa asked in frustration.
"This is more fun!" Yuffie grinned goofily.
"It's at times like this I wish I'd been left in the Shinra Mansion basement." grumbled Vincent.
"Aw, Vinnie, COME ON!" said Yuffie. "She won't get us!"
"How can you be so sure?" asked Cloud.
"I found someone VERY interested in the old hag's teammate!" Yuffie laughed.
Sure enough, from behind Chromedome, a siren sounded and gunshots were fired.
"Huh?" a surprised Billy Coen looked behind. "What the..?
Coming up on them were Spinner, Hauler and Download.
Judge Dredd led the way in Spinner with his Lawgiver gun ready as the Terminator aimed his .12 gauge shotgun out of Hauler's window. On Download, Bounca laughed as he aimed his rocket launcher.
Dredd got alongside Chromedome and stared at Billy.
"You're under arrest, Coen!" he yelled.
"Affirmative." the Terminator confirmed. "You are a Death Row escapee and must be stopped."
"So pull over and prepare to be judged!" Dredd continued.
"Judge this!" yelled Rebecca as she leaned over Billy and took over the driving wheel.
"REBECCA!" Billy shouted as Rebecca swerved over and swiped against Spinner.
"That's an automatic five year sentence for you right there, young lady!" Dredd snapped.
"Here ya go, wankers!" Bounca smirked, firing a few rockets.
Chromedome struggled to avoid them. The Terminator added some fire from his shotgun. Rebecca gritted her teeth as she avoided the fire.
"You're resisting arrest here!" Dredd yelled. "I will take you down and throw the key away, IF I'm in a forgiving mood!"
"Bite me!" Rebecca yelled as she pulled away.
"I told you not to attract too much attention!" Billy yelled in frustration.
The Terminator's shotgun had run dry, so he pulled out his .45 with the laser sight.
Bounca chuckled when he saw it. "PONCE!" he yelled.
"What's wrong with my gun?" the Terminator asked.
"Those laser sights are for fairies who can't aim!" Bounca sneered.
"Fine." the Terminator took the laser sight off his gun and fired a few shots at Chromedome.
Dredd tried to catch up with Rebecca and Billy, but was then shot at himself as Grindcore suddenly appeared behind Dredd's group, with the smirking, hissing Judge Death driving him.
"Misssss me, Joe?" Death hissed in delight.
"Drokk it!" Dredd yelled. "Guys, we have to deal with this scumbag!"
"No problem." said Vox as she activated her sound equipment.
She sent out a sonic blast, which knocked Grindcore off the road. Unfortunately, it also caused all the windows in Hauler and Spinner to break.
"That's a hefty fine for you there, Vox!" Dredd said.
Vox looked hurt. "Can't you let me off with a warning?"
"That IS the warning!" Dredd replied.
By this time, both Gasket and Chromedome were long gone.
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Things were still rather rowdy down at Nagasaki Harbor, but in a good way as the citizens celebrated the festival of O-Bon. Nagasaki was known for making a huge celebration at this time.
Among the revelers were Asterix and his team. Obelix laughed as he shared a helping of Turkish Rice with Dogmatix.
"(I'm glad you tried something other than roast boar for once, Obelix.)" Asterix smirked.
"(Well, this stuff is wonderful. And the beer is good too!)" Obelix remarked as he picked up his bottle of Sapporo beer.
Nearby was the Trix Rabbit who was also enjoying the festivities. He looked around and noticed Tom and Jerry who had taken a brief stop. The Trix Rabbit started to drool as he saw they were both eating bowls of the cereal he had tried for so long to get his hands on.
He got ready to run over and grab some of them, but Jerry had noticed him and dropped a roller skate in his path. The Trix Rabbit stepped on the roller skate and squealed as he rolled down into the water.
Tom held up a hand-written sign, saying: 'Silly rabbit.'
Jerry held up another, saying: 'Trix are for kids.'
"Kids my furry butt!" the Trix Rabbit yelled up. "You two have been around for nearly 70 years!"
Meanwhile, Asterix and his team headed back towards their partner, Iron Lift. They looked surprised when they saw him. They had expected a another fellow Gumballer to be there as well.
"(Wasn't Wally supposed to be here with Circuit?)" asked Obelix.
"(Yeah. Where's Wally?)" asked Asterix as he looked around for their friend.
Amidst a gathering of about 500 people near the exit to the harbor, Wally and Circuit were trying to navigate their way out. With so many people bunched together during such a huge celebration, it was no wonder that Wally was well hidden from his fellow racers.
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Tony Clifton and Don Vito drove through the US Navy base in Sasebo. Their Decepticon, Breakdown, made a nuisance to the sailors and marines posted there by causing unwanted damage to the base. As he left, gunshots were fired at him…and this startled his drivers.
"Damnit, Breakdown!" Tony Clifton slammed on his driving wheel. "Stop screwin' around and get back to the Gumball! I need to win that trophy like I need a shotgun blast in the face!"
"Whaddya mean 'I'? What about me, you vulcan idiot?" Don Vito complained, as he continued to babble incomprehensively. "Wook yak, we'd been racin' all this time and this is all about you, you jackass? What nook nick, we're supposed to be a team here! Heva wabada havada dem! Just grab that wheel and gobahudabahik jigabilopada WOOPATA!"
"SHUT UP!" Tony Clifton yelled. "Can't understand a damn word of what you're sayin', fatso! Don't make me have to sing badly for you again!"
"You two…SHUT YOUR TRAPS!" Breakdown interrupted.
Just then, a Decepticon car drove beside them. Breakdown recognized it as Counterpunch.
"Well, what are ya waiting for?" asked Tony Clifton impatiently. "Aren't ya gonna knock him off the side of the road? Who gives a crap if he's a Decepticon or not? We can't let him beat us!"
"There's something fishy about this fellow." Breakdown commented. "He looks like a Decepticon, sounds like a Decepticon, smells like on too. But his drivers don't seem awfully…"
Counterpunch's drivers turned out to be Watchmen members Nite Owl, Silk Spectre and Rorschach. At that moment, Counterpunch's Decepticon insignia flipped over to reveal his Autobot insignia. Thus Counterpunch was revealed to be none other than the Autobot, Punch.
"Hrmmm…" grunted Rorschach. "…step on it, Dan. Our cover's been blown."
Punch sped away before Breakdown had any time to react. Tony Clifton and Don Vito were only frustrated.
"GODDAMNIT!" Tony Clifton yelled, shaking about on his seat. "We've been tricked, had, clad, zad, chad, fad, tad, yad, nad, shad!"
"SHUT UP, YU SONNOVA BITCH!" Don Vito gave Tony Clifton the chokehold.
Breakdown ignored the two men fighting and roared his engines to catch up with Punch.
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Things were steaming up in Mount Aso…and it wasn't the volcano. The horny and sex-crazed Glenn Quagmire was relentlessly pursuing Sportacus and Stephanie up ahead in their Autobot, Pointblank. However, one thing was blocking his way…
"Sportacus, we have to move faster!" said Stephanie, looking back from their vehicle. "He's gaining on us!"
Sportacus saw Robbie Rotten in his Decepticon, Bug Bite, closing up behind them. He tried to think of a way to shake him off, but was surprised when Quagmire's Autobot, Gran Arm, lifted Bug Bite off from the road and tossed him aside.
Sportacus let out a sigh of relief. "Your problem has been solved, Stephanie." He said. "We don't have to worry about Robbie Rotten anymore."
"That's not it." Stephanie begged to differ. "It's HIM!" she pointed at Quagmire. "That man's been following us since the start of this race. I think he's attracted to me!"
"GIGGITY GIGGITY GIGGITY!" Quagmire winked at Stephanie with his stupid grin. "I'm falling over head over heels for you, hot stuff!"
Stephanie screamed at the top of her lungs.
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Hoops and Yoyo were leaving Amakusa Dolphin World in Hondo, after having watched many of the dolphin and other animal shows. Both were still excited and full of energy.
"WOW! That was amazing!" said Hoops.
"SUPER DUPER SCOOPER AMAZING!" added Yoyo.
They laughed in joy in Artfire, driving swiftly past Ferguson Darling, who was too busy trying to shoot down Raggedy Andy and Raggedy Anne from the sky.
They found trouble, however, when Lord Deimos appeared beside them, with his Decepticon Nebulan partner, Vorath. Deimos drew his mighty sword, ready to slice off the heads of his opponents.
Hoops and Yoyo acted fast, shouting out to the knight:
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"
They randomly started hurling out hundreds of birthday cards, blinding Deimos' vision.
"Happy birthday, you good looking hunk of a person, you!" Hoops said, throwing a birthday cake into Deimos' face. "I jus wanna eat you up!"
"Munch! Munch! Munch!" Yoyo teased.
Artfire sped away, leaving Deimos grunting in rage.
…
In Yatsushiro, a couple of Gumballers had decided to take a break.
At the foot of the 777 Steps in Higashikata Nature Park, the Radio AM Robot and Great Cannon were parked.
Gomez and Morticia Addams were being served with drinks by Lurch as Uncle Fester, Wednesday and Pugsley climbed up the steps for a view of the city from the mountaintop.
Nearby was Hades, who looked at the plate of revolting food that Granny Addams had served him.
"Two thumbs WAY up for your cooking, Granny!" Hades laughed.
"Thank you, dear!" Granny smirked.
"So tell me, Hades old man." Gomez said as he used his free hand to arm wrestle with Thing. "How are all our ancestors doing down there in your realm?"
"Oh, don't get me started!" Hades grumbled. "I'm glad that the practices of your family send so much business my way. But all the other demons are scared stiff of them, especially the Stygian witches. They're terrified of Wednesday's great aunt Calpernia because she tried to eat their seeing eye."
"Oh, mon cher! Did you hear that?" asked Morticia in delight. "Even in death, our families stay true to the Addams spirit."
"Did you expect anything less, caramia?" Gomez smirked as he finally beat Thing at the arm-wrestling.
Thing made himself into a fist and pounded the pavement in frustration, but then shook Gomez's hand.
"Good show, old man!" Gomez said. "I had to really fight for that victory!"
At the top of the mountain, Fester stood against the sunset and howled like a wolf. This action, of course, scared many people down in the city.
"That's my brother!" Gomez said proudly.
"Hey. Where are Pain and Panic?" asked Morticia. "I thought they had climbed the steps as well."
Everybody looked up as they heard two voices screaming and saw two figures fall from the top of the mountain.
It was Pain and Panic. Pain landed with a thump on Lurch's head. Lurch did not to notice the pain. Panic landed softly in Cousin Itt's head-fur.
"Oh my Gods! I don't ever want to go through that again!" Panic said in relief.
"I didn't enjoy it either." said Pain as he rubbed his butt in pain.
On top of the mountain, Wednesday and Pugsley looked through their binoculars.
"Looks like you were right, Pugsley." said Wednesday. "Panic DID bounce."
"Well, to be fair, that's only because I threw him towards Cousin Itt." Pugsley said.
"Well, I'm happy you taught those little rascals a lesson for getting to the top before us, children!" laughed Fester.
At the bottom of the steps, Cousin Itt chirped in panic as he saw Doc Terror and Hacker swooping down on them in Space Case.
"I'M the only one everybody should be afraid of!" Doc Terror yelled as he fired his weapons at the two ground teams.
"Looks like it's time to go, mon cher!" Morticia said to Gomez.
"Not necessarily." laughed Hades as he got behind Great Cannon's wheel and fired some of his anti-aircraft weapons at Space Case.
Doc Terror and Hacker tried to avoid the fire, but suddenly, one shell penetrated Space Case's cockpit and struck Doc Terror's robotic side, causing him to spark.
"Uh oh!" said Hacker as he went to try and fix his master.
"You'll pay for that, you flame-headed freak!" Terror yelled, shaking his fist at Hades.
"You thought I'd play fair?" Hades sneered at them. "I'm a DEMON for Pete's sake!" he cackled.
Gomez smiled while Fester and the children came back down the steps.
"I'm impressed, Hades!" Gomez smirked. "You are a complete and utter bastard!"
"Styx and stones." replied Hades.
"Can't you take a compliment?" asked Granny.
"Let's go!" Fester called as the Addams Family got back aboard Radio AM Robot.
Lurch got behind the wheel, while Thing handled the levers and the pedals, leaping from one to the other without bother.
Soon, Great Cannon and Radio AM Robot had hit the road, with Space Case snapping at their heels.
…
In Heiwadai Park in Miyazaki, the Keeper had stopped at the foot of the Peace Tower. Frank Drebin looked impressed at the huge structure.
"That sure is a beauty." he said to himself.
He looked through a pair of binoculars to see if he could see the top. He then became annoyed when he saw that on top of the Peace Tower were Michael Bannon and Maccadam.
"For God's sake!" he grumbled.
He took out a megaphone and turned it on so he could yell at Michael to get back down off the tower so they could continue the Gumball. As he turned the megaphone on, though, there was a huge whine of feedback. This whine was suddenly amplified back at him with such strength that it knocked him off his feet.
He fell backwards and banged his head on the Keeper's hood.
"AHHHH!" he yelled.
This yell was also amplified, giving him an even bigger headache.
Michael looked down and smirked.
"Guess I should have warned him about the acoustics down there." he shrugged.
"Well, shall we get on with the race?" asked Maccadam.
"Yes, we shall." nodded Michael, while Maccadam picked him up and flew back down to ground level.
Drebin was still groaning from his headache when he saw Maccadam change back to vehicle mode and speed off.
"Now I'm MAD!" Drebin yelled.
"You weren't mad before?" asked the Keeper.
"I was just tetchy before, but now I'm definitely mad!" Drebin replied as he got back in the Keeper and they took off on Michael's tail.
…
In the Kirishima-Yaku National Park, the Purple Pie Man, Raisin Cane and their Decepticons swooped down upon Strawberry Shortcake and her Autobot, ready for attack. Strawberry Shortcake feared the worst, but was saved at the last second when Autobots Scattershot, Strafe and Highbrow appeared, firing lasers at her pursuers and driving them away.
"Phew, that was close." said the Cheesecake Robot. "You hanging in there, Shortcake?"
"Yes." Shortcake replied. "Thanks for asking. I'm glad that you Autobots are always offering each other a helping hand…unlike those mean and nasty Decepticons."
Up in the sky…
"(No more Decepticons around here.)" confirmed Sousuke Sagara, checking his radar.
"(Pretty impressive shooting there, Akito.)" said Captain Tessa Testarossa over the radio.
"(No sweat.)" Akito Tenkawa replied to her. "(Your friend Sousuke isn't half bad for a pilot himself.)"
"(I say we buy drinks for our new friends after the race.)" suggested Kaname Chidori.
"(That's a swell idea. We should do the same.)" said Yurika Misamaru. "(What do you think, Ruri?)"
"(Why ask me?)" Ruri Hoshino shrugged. "(You know I'm underage to drink.)"
"(Oh yeah, that's right.)" Yurika grinned sheepishly. "(Silly me…)"
"Baka." Ruri murmured.
"(Um, guys…)" said the crackling voice of Itsuki Kazama over the Autobots' speakers. "(…if you're not busy, would you mind helping me out back here before I get killed…again?)"
A short distance behind all the chitchat, Highbrow and Itsuki were having some trouble with Gauron and his Decepticon partner, Divebomb.
"(You guys aren't getting ahead of me!)" Gauron smirked.
…
Near Sakurajima, the famous volcano of Kagoshima, Cloudraker had caught up with Raker. Mirai was determined to make the Virtua Fighter team pay for disrupting her enjoyment of Athena's concert back in Fukuoka.
"METAMORFORCE!" Mirai yelled as she activated her Mol-Unit and turned into Moldiver.
She then opened the canopy as Cloudraker hovered.
"(Wait here, Cloudraker! I won't be long.)" Mirai said as she flew over to engage Raker in combat.
In Raker, Akira and Pai smirked when they saw Moldiver fly alongside them. Jacky was more than able to dodge and evade her to prevent her getting a grip.
"(Hey, lady, does Sailor Moon know you raid her wardrobe?)" Pai laughed.
Mirai finally got a grip on Raker and tried to toss him away with her incredible strength, but Jacky brought his Autobot back under control and flew back to engage her again.
"(Don't you ever give up?)" Mirai asked in disbelief.
"Not in your lifetime!" Sarah said. "What say you we land and sort this out with a little bout?"
"(We bet we could beat you any day, pretty lady!)" Akira smirked.
"(You wish!)" Mirai smirked. "(I finally got my black belt in Kung-Fu after all these years!)"
"HA! Nothing beats Jeet Kune Do, baby!" Jacky laughed.
"(We'll see.)" Mirai said as she prepared to fly right at Raker.
Suddenly, there was an eruption of ash from Sakurajima. There was another one as Cloudraker had fired a couple of shots at the volcano.
"Are you crazy?" yelled Sarah at Cloudraker.
"I'm not crazy about you guys fighting!" Cloudraker replied. "This is why I'm telling you all to CUT IT OUT!"
Mirai grumbled as she returned to Cloudraker before he could cause a major disaster.
The Virtua Fighter team flew off, with Mirai following.
"Now if we could all just have a visit from Mr. Maturity, I'm sure things will be fine." said Cloudraker smugly as Mirai sulked in his cockpit.
…
In the Tenmonkan shopping arcade in Kagoshima city, Cloud and Tifa impatiently waited in Gasket for Yuffie and Vincent to return.
Tifa looked at her watch in frustration. "It couldn't take THAT long to get some more Calpis."
"As if she needs more. We've lost nearly two hours in this prefecture alone thanks to bathroom breaks!" Cloud said.
Just then, there was a yell and two figures in blue suits fell up against Gasket and dusted themselves off.
Cloud and Tifa looked stunned...and then startled as they realized it was Reno and Rude of the Turks.
"Alright, princess!" Reno yelled as he took out his electro-mag rod and Rude balled his fists again. "Time to teach you some manners at long last!"
Cloud and Tifa looked and saw that amidst a crowd of people, Yuffie and Vincent were battling with Tseng and Elena, the other two members of the Turks.
And waiting there, ready to strike with his long sword was Cloud's mortal enemy, Sephiroth.
"Come on, Tifa! Let's go!" yelled Cloud.
Cloud got his buster sword ready and jumped out of Gasket. Tifa followed, getting ready for battle too. To help even further, Gasket transformed into robot mode. But then, he was hit by a laser blast.
Cloud and Tifa looked in shock to see Goryu and Metrodash, Sephiroth and the Turks' respective Decepticons, also ready in their robot form.
Sephiroth drew his sword and pointed it in Cloud's direction.
"Believe it or not, my friend, we don't wish to create a scene." he smirked.
"That's right." said Tseng as he and Vincent pointed their guns at each other. "We just want the little rose of Wutai here to give something up."
"You're not getting my Materia!" Yuffie yelled as she kept Elena at bay with her large shuriken weapon.
"It's not that, KID!" sneered Elena.
"Then what is it?" asked Tifa, confused.
"What do you think?" asked a familiar voice.
Cloud cursed to himself as he recognized Rebecca Chambers' voice. She and Billy Coen stepped quietly out of the shadows to reveal themselves.
"Yuffie, give her the damn Calpis!" Cloud snapped.
"But, Cloud..." Yuffie began.
"Give her the damn drink, princess!" yelled Rude. "Or there is gonna be BIG trouble."
Rebecca stepped forward with her arm held out for a Calpis bottle.
"Give it to her, Yuffie." said Tifa. "We're not bailing you out this time."
Tifa and Cloud stood back and folded their arms patiently, as did Vincent.
Yuffie huffed to herself and handed Rebecca one of the bottles of Calpis she had bought.
"Keep 'em coming." Rebecca smirked.
Yuffie grumbled as she handed three more Calpis bottles over.
"You aren't the only ones who can call in favors." Billy smirked, looking smug.
"Now then, if this pettiness is all over, shall we continue with the race?" asked Sephiroth.
"I bet we'll still beat you!" Cloud said to Sephiroth. He then gave Yuffie a stern look. "Let this be a lesson to you, FOR ONCE."
"Oh, come on!" Yuffie began.
"I have a proposal." Vincent suggested. "If we DO beat these guys in the race, YOU buy us the victory meal."
"WHAT?" exclaimed Yuffie.
"Sounds about right." Tifa smirked.
"Right, now let's go, yo!" Reno yelled.
Goryu, Metrodash and Gasket all changed back to their vehicle modes as Rebecca and Billy returned to Chromedome.
The others returned to their transformers, with Yuffie still sulking.
Not far off, Squall Leonhart and his group were sitting back on a bench, having witnessed the entire scene. Rinoa Heartilly couldn't help but smile after seeing Yuffie get her just desserts.
"Well, that was amusing, wasn't it?" Rinoa commented. "What do you guys think?"
Squall was about to answer, but found out that Rinoa wasn't only talking to him…but a whole bunch of other Final Fantasy cast members on benches behind her. Amongst them were Frionel's group, Cecil Harvey's group, Terra Branford's group, Shadow, Auron, Vivi Orunitia and Yuna's group. Squall was even more surprised that some of the Final Fantasy villains had sat down to watch too; Garland, the Cloud of Darkness, Golbez, Exdeath, Kefka Palazzo, Ultimecia and Seifer's gang. All were mumbling to each other, and all agreed that they were satisfied with Vincent's proposal.
"Seifer? You guys are here too?" Squall asked.
"Hey," Seifer shrugged, "Yuffie's a pester to us villains as well you know. Besides that stupid Gumball Trophy, we'd LOVE to see that ninja kid get the comeuppance she deserves as much as you guys."
"Well, there's something we heroes and villains can both agree on." said Selphie Tilmitt. "We better hurry up and make sure Cloud's team wins the race."
"Agreed." Rinoa nodded.
The Final Fantasy members rushed back to their Transformers and continued with the race.
…
A spine-chilling chase was taking place on the outskirts of Ibusuki. Judge Doom's weasels were positioned outside on Megatron, holding Michael Banks hostage by his shirt and dangling him just above their Decepticon's tank wheels. One drop and Michael would be crushed flatter than a soda can.
Mary Poppins roared Optimus Prime's engine as she did her best to keep up with her adversaries. A nervous Jane Banks was biting her nails.
"Advance further, Poppins," warned Judge Doom, "and the boy will be dead! Don't even attempt to play hero and save him yourself."
It seemed like Mary Poppins was stumped. But just then, Autobot Camshaft rushed to the rescue, driven by Mikura Suzuki, who was with her friends, Kenichi Kurokawa and Tomohisa Harada.
Optimus Prime was no fool in calling for an ally to aid him on this daring rescue mission. Mikura stepped on Camshaft's pedal, hoping to reach Michael before the Weasels would drop him. But laser fire from a hovering Decepticon rained from above, and Camshaft was forced to swerve away.
"Excellent work, Moriarty. You're just in time." Judge Doom thanked Professor Moriarty in his Decepticon, Tracer. "Even I could have predicted such a surprise rescue attempt. Take care of those anime racers while I deal with Poppins and his overgrown Autobot!"
Moriarty was glad to oblige, and followed Mikura's group as they drove off on an alternate route.
"You see, not even your friends can help you in this pickle!" Judge Doom grinned at Mary Poppins. "You best back away now if you don't want to be held responsible for the child's untimely death."
"I beg to differ, Judge Doom." Mary replied. "For you see, I have come much better prepared than you may have thought."
Doom's face dropped to a frown.
"Ladies…if you may." Mary gave the order.
Downshift, driven by femme fatales Sawa and Monaka Noguchi, rushed up from behind Optimus Prime's trailer at incredible speed. The Autobot came up so fast that the girls reached the front of Megatron before the Toon Patrol knew it. And without haste, Monaka grabbed Michael's foot, pulling him out from the Weasels' grip and into her car. Sawa immediately aimed her gun at Megatron and then fired a few rounds, making the Weasels retreat back into their tank.
Downshift reduced his speed, falling behind Megatron and uniting with Optimus Prime. He opened his door, as did Prime, while Monaka carefully passed Michael to Mary.
"Michael!" Jane hugged her brother. "You're safe!"
"Jane, Mary Poppins!" Michael hugged them both.
"Fine work, you two." Mary Poppins said towards Monaka and Sawa. "I owe you my greatest gratitude."
"(No problem.)" Sawa nodded with a smile.
She steered her Autobot away on another route…leaving Mary Poppins and Judge Doom alone once again.
Optimus Prime raised the speed and roared past Megatron, who was beyond furious and started firing blasts from his cannon in random directions.
"Curse those Autobots!" Megatron growled.
Judge Doom was feeling the same, and slapped the Toon Patrol on the heads for their cowardice. "FOOLS! IMBECILES! NITWITS! You call yourselves a patrol? Why, by the time we get back home, I'll make sure-"
"SILENCE!" Megatron stormed. "We can't let Prime win this race, Doom! Save such trivial nonsense for later!"
Doom stared at his Weasels and huffed. "Fine…there's only one more chance for us to rid Mary Poppins and her worthless Autobot. LET'S MAKE THIS ONE COUNT!"
With Kyushu almost behind them, Optimus Prime, Megatron and their partners prepared themselves for the last region to cover for the race: Okinawa.