Season 1 Episode 21
Ring Around the Dragon
One day at Millard Fillmore Junior High when the final bell rang, Jackie Long ran out of the building while her best friends, Travis Carter and Spuda Spudinski, followed her as well with skateboards in their hands.
"Haha! Done! Time." Jackie said to Travis while he checked his watch.
"You did it, girl!" Travis said as he showed her his watch.
"Rotwood's class to the front steps in seventeen seconds flat." Spuda said as she examined the watch as well with her usual dull smile.
"That's right, baby. Who got the mad skizzills? That's right, uh-huh! It's Jack! Say what!" She chanted to herself as she danced backwards, but then bumped into her rival, Brenda Morton (who was talking to a couple of boys), as they fell on the ground.
"Whoa! Watch it, doofus! Can't you see I'm smooth talking the hottie squad over here?" Brenda retorted as she scowled and shoved Jackie off of her. The cheerleader than spotted a sticky note stuck underneath Jackie's skateboard as she took it and examined it. "What's this? 'Dear Jackie, nobody loves you more than your...p-pa-par…'"
"'Parents'." Spuda and Travis said in unison.
"'Parents! Love, Mom and Dad'. Aww! Isn't that sweet?" Brenda began to make fun of Jackie while a few more students walked out the door. "Doofus' mommy and daddy wroted her a wuv note and lefted it on her skateboard!" She slammed the sticky note on Jackie's forehead before they all began to laugh hysterically. Jackie glowered at her classmates in embarrassment and anger.
Later on, Jackie and her friends went to her grandfather's electronics shop while she gathered up every sticky note she has found all day. "Man, my parents are seriously bugging. Check out these notes, yo." She said as she gestured to her sticky notes.
Travis picked up a note and examined it. "'Jackie, after meals sweet and saucy, don't forget to dental flossy'." He read out loud.
Spuda picked up another note. "Ooh, wow. This one's written in some ancient Aztec language." She said dully before Travis flipped the note rightside up. "Oh, yeah. 'Here's a tip for our precious sweetie. Look both ways when crossing the streetie'." She began to laugh a little.
"They hid these things all over the place in my locker, in my bookbag, in my drawers...and you wanna know why?" Jackie said. She began to explain that her parents, Susan and Jonathan Long, gained the idea for sticking notes everywhere while they also did some cardio workouts. What bothered Jackie a lot was that she would be spotting these notes for who knows how many days. Jackie buried her face under her hands.
"Don't sweat it, sis, they're just looking out for you."
"Yeah, nobody loves you more than your parents. It's all love and gravy with your P's, baby." Travis sassed with a reassuring smile before they heard a knock on the door.
"Looking out for me? More like looking to embarrass me." Jackie said as she rested her chin on her palm while she grimaced.
"Yeah, yeah, we coming." Travis and Spuda walked up to the backdoor as they answered, but their smiled dropped when they looked straight up and saw two humongous people, a man and a woman, smiling down at them while they towered over the teens.
"Uh...Jackie?" Spuda said.
"I-I think it's for you." Travis finished reluctantly.
Theme Song:
She's cool, she's hot, like the frozen sun
She's young and fast, she's the chosen one
People we're not braggin'
She's the American Dragon
She's gonna stop her enemies with her dragon power
Dragon teeth, dragon tail, burning dragon fire, a real live wire
American Dragon! (Jackie: Dragon up!)
American Dragon!
She's the American Dragon (freestyle with the dragon)
Her skills are getting faster
With Grandpa the master
Her destiny will walk up streets
Show time, baby, for the legacy!
American Dragon!
(Jackie: From the J-A, to the C, to the K-I, to the E! I'm the mack-mommy dragon of the NYC, ya heard?!)
American Dragon!
(Gramps: Jackie! Get back to work!)
American Dragon!
(Jackie: Aww, man!)
The two giant couple invited Jackie and her friends, along with her grandfather, Lao Shi, and her talking dog companion, Fu Dog, as they lead them to the mountains on the outskirts of New York City. They all made themselves at home inside one of their caves that had ordinary house furniture, only ten times more larger.
"Thank you all for coming to our mountain village, we giants aren't used to outsiders." The giant man said as his wife poured some tea into a large cup while Spuda licked the tea.
"So tell us, why have you sought the help of the American Dragon?" Lao Shi wondered.
"It's our baby boy, Hobie." The giant woman said as she showed them a picture of a giant obese boy with amber hair, freckles, a blue T-shirt, green shorts, and red sneakers. She handed Jackie the frame, but she toppled from the weight before she slammed it on the table, accidentally making Spuda slip into her tea cup. "Well, I guess he isn't really a baby anymore. He's eight years old and he's just gone and run off."
Travis walked up beside Jackie before he noticed something sticking out of his friend's jacket collar. "Uh, yo, Jackie, your shirt tag's sticking out." He said as he pulled out the sticky note. "Oh. 'Start your day with eggs and waffles 'cause missing breakfast is really awfuls. Love, Mom and Dad'." Travis smiled at Jackie, who glared in annoyance when she snatched the note from his hand.
"So, your kid ran away. Yeah, I used to try that all the time." Fu Dog said before he jumped off his chair and began pulling on his wrinkly fur. "I'd get as far as the end of my leash before...ARGH!"
"Fu Dog!" Lao Shi exclaimed.
Fu Dog released his fur and shrugged sheepishly. "Yeah, I'm sorry."
"We have no idea where Hobie might have run off to." The giant man said.
"KEWL!" Spuda shouted from a bedroom, that was apparently Hobie's, as she stared at the posters hanging on the rocky walls before everyone else entered the bedroom and glanced at all of the posters all over the room.
"What's so cool about a bunch of posters?" Travis sassed.
"No, not cool, KEWL: The King Extreme Wrestling League. I've been following it since I was a wee little tot."
The giant parents entered the bedroom. "Hobie was always very interested in this strange human activity." The man giant said.
"He practiced those wrestling moves all the time." The woman giant added as she gestured to one of the KEWL posters.
"Ma and I didn't understand it. Despite our size, we giants are peaceful creatures."
"So, you think Hobes left home to become a professional wrestler?" Jackie clarified.
"That is what we must find out." Her grandfather said.
Later that night, Jackie, her friends, her grandfather, and talking dog all bought their tickets for the KEWL championship that was beginning.
"Ledies and gentlemen, it's time for the main event." An announcer with blonde, greased her, a blue business suit, and three pairs of golden teeth shouted out loud through a microphone.
"Okay, that's King Hammer: he owns the whole league." Spuda said.
"Too bad he don't own a fashion consultant." Travis sassed.
"In this corner, your K.E.W.L. champion, the slamma from Montana, a savage beast who won't be tamed, Kodiak Mac, the Human Grizzly!" Hammer shouted as he gestured to a large man with an orange beard and brown fur. "And in this corner, the new sensation that is sweeping the nation, the king of pin, the biggest kid on the block, Hobie the Giant!" He gestured to Hobie, who was wearing an adult diaper, a red cape, and a baby hat while he stood there and smiled.
Jackie and the others stared at Hobie dumbfoundedly. "What? That's Ma and Pa giant's baby boy?" She asked sarcastically with wide eyes.
"Man, I'd hate to be the one changing that diaper." Fu Dog said.
"Ring the bell!" Hammer exclaimed before the bell dinged and the wrestle match began.
"Okay, now watch close. It's like an intricate-" Spuda began to explain to Jackie, until they all cringed when Hobie landed on top of Mac with ease while the ref pinned his palm, ending the match while the bell dinged.
"We have a new champion! I give you Hobie the Giant!" Hammer exclaimed as he gestured to the new champion.
Jackie and the others continued to stare at Hobie with wide eyes until Travis smiled, looking impressed. "Hoo-Ray! That baby boy is about his business." He sassed.
After the match, Hobie walked into the changing room while he ignored the press bombarding him with questions until he closed the door while he smiled at his little wrestling match he took care with nothing but his stomach.
"Nice match, champ." Jackie said, catching Hobie's attention when he turned around and saw her sitting on a bench. "Too bad your Ma and Pa couldn't be here to watch."
"How'd you get…" Hobie began to demand until he stared at her with wide eyes. "Wait, you know my Ma and Pa?"
"I know they want you back home."
Hobie stood up straight while he narrowed his eyes at the girl. "I'm not going back. I want to wrestle and be the champion and-"
"This brat bugging you, Hobie?" Hammer asked as he entered the changing room with two large bodyguards. Jackie smiled wearily at the owner before one of his guards threw her into an alleyway while she landed on a pile of garbage with a grunt. "Let me explain something to you, princess, Hobie does what I want, says what I want! I own Hobie!"
"You can't own someone, this is a free country, yo!" Jackie sassed back as she glared at the man.
"The country might be free, yo, but my wrestling league ain't. As long as he's champion, Hobie is property of K.E.W.L. and he ain't going nowhere! Now, beat it." He then spotted a sticky note on the ground when he picked it up in curiosity. "'For days when things get really scary, wear two pairs of underweary. Love, Mom and Dad'?!" Hammer then smiled somewhat mockingly. "Aw, ain't that sweet for a sugar plum like you." And then he and his men laughed hysterically while Jackie glared at him offendedly.
"Aww, man!"
The next day at Lao Shi's electronics shop, Jackie broke the bad news to her friends and her grandfather that Hammer won't allow her to talk to Hobie with his permission, since he was now property of KEWL.
"Hmm...if King Hammer never lets a champ go, we must ensure that Hobie does not remain champion." Lao Shi said.
"And there's only one way to do that: someone's gonna have to step into that ring and take him down. Any volunteers?" Fu Dog added before everyone fixed their eyes directly onto Jackie.
"Me? Forget it, guys. You see this body? It looks good in 3D, I'd like to keep it that way." Jackie said as she crossed her arms and grimaced at the thought of her being flatten like an insect.
"Ah, but you will not be wrestling as Jackie Long. In the ring, you will be known as Dragon Flamora." Lao Shi told his granddaughter before he touched her with his magic when she shifted into her dragon form.
"See, while you're in 'dragon costume', you'll take down Hobie, Hammer will release him from his contract, then ba da bing! We take him home to Ma and Pa giant. Hello!" Fu Dog explained with a bright smile.
"Yo! I'm all over it! Dragon Flamora is in the hizzouse!" Jackie said, changing her mind when she gets to fight in dragon form. She then began to punch and kick the air while she cried out.
"Okay, alright. The dragon gimmick could work, but you're still gonna need an outfit or something flashy. Something like-" Spuda began until Travis shoved her away.
"What you need is some fashion bling. So, step back and watch mister Travis do his thing." He sassed with a confident smile as he crossed his arms.
Later on, Travis began to dress up Jackie in the best wrestler costume he can think of. First, he dressed her up with a glittery purple headband, light violet wristbands, purple shorts, and white open socks, but while Travis seemed to like, the rest shook their heads. Travis then dressed her up as a clown, much to their disgust when her pants fell down. Then, he dressed Jackie up as a rockstar dragon while she played the guitar, while Lao Shi and Spuda seem to rock out, but then the old man shook his head.
Finally, Travis dressed her up with a black eye mask, lime green wristbands, tights, and leggings. "Perfect!" They all said in unison, now that they have finally found the perfect costume for Dragon Flamora.
"Alright, now you're not just a wrestler, you're a wrestler with mad style. Pop your collar, baby." Travis said.
Later on that day at the KEWL gym building, King Hammer exited the building with his two men. "Yo, Hammer!" Jackie called out, catching their attentions when they froze and saw her with Spuda (who was wearing a dress) and Travis (who was wearing some kind of a stylist attire).
"What are you supposed to be, princess?" Hammer asked as he walked up to her.
"You can call this 'princess' Dragon Flamora, or you can just save the time and call me champ."
"What's with the entourage?"
"I'm Dragon Flamora's manager, Alea...Bondegas." Spuda began before she gestured to Travis. "And this is, uh, her stylist, the-the countess Dove Donnie Prima."
"Ooh, ooh! I like that!" Travis said.
"Thought you might, boy."
"A dragon gimmick, huh?" Hammer said as he stared at Jackie. "Costume's pretty fake, but let's see if you can fight." He then turned to his bodyguards. "Boys, see what she's got." They both immediately charged at Jackie as they shouted, but she spun one before she smacked him away and then used her tail to throw the other one away. Hammer smiled impressively at this girl. "Okay, you got my attention."
Everyone then entered Hammer's white limo after his bodyguards got themselves all bandaged from Jackie's strength. "Before my client signs, we have but one condition: if my chap beats that chump you call champ, you cut him loose. He's out of the league, cool?" Spuda proposed.
"Sure, but I wouldn't worry about that. Hobie flattens guys your size like a steamroller." Hammer pulled out a contract and handed it to Spuda. "Sign here."
"Hold fast, dude! We got one more condition." Travis interrupted, making Hammer and his men stare at him. "I want a piece of Dragon Flamora's merchandising rights, payable in cold, hard cash. Dove's gotta eat, too."
"Deal."
"So, when's my first match?" Jackie wondered as the limo pulled to a stop outside a dock where a wrestling ring was.
"Right now." Jackie, Spuda, and Travis were all then thrown out of the limo before Hammer rolled down his window with a smirk. "Everybody starts in the minor league, tiger. Have fun." And with that happy note, his limo drove off, leaving Jackie to deal with the minor wrestling.
Two boys suddenly grabbed Jackie, taking her by surprise when the crowd began to mosh pit her to the ring. "Whoa! Hands off! Hey! Put me down!" They all threw her into the ring while she landed with a thud.
"Get up and take your beating, little girl." An old wrestler with walrus-like teeth said, catching Jackie's attention when she glanced up at him and saw him pounding his fist into his palm.
"Aww, man!" Jackie rose to her feet and she faced off against the old man as he approached her. "Stay back, old man. I don't want to hurt you."
"Well, I may be old, but...YAH!" He leaped into the air while Jackie yelped before he tackled her to the ground.
"Yo, who's the geezer?" Travis asked as he and Spuda pushed through the crowd.
"That's the Flying Walrus, he used to be the greatest ever...that was like thirty years ago." Spuda said before he smile dropped at the thought.
Travis' eyes went wide as well. "Dang! Looks like homeboy's still got it."
Jackie laid there on the floor in a daze while the Walrus used the ring's ring's wires before he catapulted himself into the air. Travis and Spuda both flinched when he crashed on top of their friend. "Who's the Walrus? I am the Walrus!" He called to the crowd. Jackie groaned in pain as her friends rushed up to her, until the Walrus pulled out his old walrus-like teeth and chopped them.
Travis gasped in worry. "Walrus dude's gonna take a nasty bite out of Jackie's backside!"
"The denture clencher! Wow!" Spuda exclaimed in amazement, but then went back to the problem at hand. "No worries, Trav, I have this subtle eastern motivational technique I've been practicing." She picked up her briefcase before she pulled out a megaphone before she began to exclaimed in it right at Jackie's face. "Do better! Much, much better! Don't act like a girl, be a woman!"
That made Jackie stir awake before she glanced up at her opponent. "Huh?" She asked, but then noticed the Walrus holding up his walrus teeth and prepared to take a bite out of her. "WHOA!" She quickly rolled aside and used the wires to catapult herself.
The Walrus followed her example while they ran past each other and catapulted themselves off the wires. Before they could even collide with each other, Jackie took her opponent by surprise when she flew above him. "What in thunder?" He exclaimed before he collided with the corner pole and mumbled in a daze until he finally collapsed to the ground.
Jackie jumped on top of the Walrus. "One...two...three!" The crowd chanted before they began to cheer while Jackie held out her hands in victory.
"That's right! Aw, yeah!" She shouted.
Travis held up a 'Dragon Flamora' T-shirt now that his friend was going to actually play in KEWL. "Official Dragon Flamora merchandise right here! All countess Dove Donnie Prima originals." Everyone immediately handed him some of their money for the T-shirts.
Later at the KEWL gym, all of the participating wrestlers began practicing for their fights while they either jump-roped, lifted weights, and punched on a small punching bag. Hobie was playing with a dummy when he spun it in the air, slammed it on the floor of his ring area, and then crashed his stomach right on top of it, sending dust particles everywhere.
Jackie coughed from the dust when she approached the giant boy. "Listen, Hobie, you mind if we talk?" She asked.
"Go ahead." He said as he leaned on the wires.
"I'm gonna be straight with you: I'm not really a wrestler, I'm the American Dragon."
Hobie scoffed as he rolled his eyes like it was really obvious to him before. "No duh, and you're trying to get me to go home."
"Look, we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way. When I fight you in the championship, just go down. Take a dive. Then, I bring you home to your ma and pa, and everyone's happy."
Hobie dogpiled on the dummy again with a grunt while he frowned at the dragon girl. "Yeah, well, I won't be happy, I want to wrestle. Ma and Pa, they just don't get it." With that note, he stormed out of the gym.
Jackie sighed in disappointment before she shrugged her shoulders. "Guess it's gonna be the hard way."
Later on in the KEWL arena after everyone arrived to watch the game. Luckily for Jackie, thanks to her dragon powers, being marked to the top of the charts would be a piece of cake for a magical creature. Of course, Hobie would be proven more of an equal to a dragon's strength, so she would have to think more when she faced off against him.
"Dragon Flamora vs. Baron von Fishslap!" The announcer said as Jackie faced after a man holding a dead fish in his hand.
The bell rung before Fishslap grabbed onto Jackie and began to slap her on the face with his fish. Her friends, grandfather, and Fu Dog watch with anticipation and worry. Spuda then angrily grabbed her chair and tried to throw it into the arena, but it ended up on the wires when it crashed on top of her instead, putting her on a daze. Jackie used her reflexes to grab the wrestler's wrist before he could slap her again before she shoved him away, and then breathed fire to crisp his little fish weapon. Jackie then flew up to him and tackled him to the floor, pinning him down. Dragon Flamora was then marked as number twenty.
"Dragon Flamora vs. Mostrocon!" Jackie then faced off against a cyborg wrestler with a mechanical arm and eye.
She quickly jumped off the corner pole she was standing on before he broke the corner and wires off, sending her to the ground. He grabbed her tail, spun her around rapidly, and then threw her across the arena. Luckily, the wires stayed in tacked when they catapulted Jackie back to Mostrocon. She held out her claws and swiped past the cyborg wrestler, making him spin a little, until his clothes and mechanical stuff shredded off his body and left him in his underwear. Jackie then flipped in and sat on top of him, marking her as number eight.
Later that night after beating up countless wrestlers, Jackie returned home for a good night's sleep. She was in the bathroom, brushing her teeth until she felt something that made her cringe a little before she pulled out her brush and found a sticky note on her toothbrush. 'Jackie, floss, too! Love, Mom and Dad', the note said. Jackie narrowed her eyes in annoyance as she placed her brush in her mouth before she angrily teared the note into pieces.
The next day really early in the morning, Jackie snuck out to begin her next round of KEWL before her breakfast started.
"Dragon Flamora vs. the Undead Head!" The announced said as Jackie faced off against a man with dead-like eyes.
The Undead Head bite his teeth onto Jackie's leg, making her shriek loudly in pain. Spuda ran onto the arena to help her friend when she leaped on his back and tried to punch his head, but then ended up tangling herself on the wires. Luckily, it distracted the wrestler long enough for Jackie to knock him down, marking her as number three.
"Dragon Flamora vs. Goorilla!" Jackie then faced off a wrestler that was covered in slimy green goo.
He chased after her while she ran around the ring, trying to not even touch the man's slimy skin. Travis handed out the Dragon Flamora T-shirts as they gave her more money. Jackie stopped running and jumped up when he slammed his fists on the ground, she used the wires to slid underneath the wrestler while she used her tail to knock him on the floor. She then raised her fists up while the crowd cheered for her before she was finally marked as number two, right next to Hobie the Giant.
Jackie later snuck back to her house for breakfast with her family before she faced off against Hobie.
"Uh, Jackie, you have something caught in your sleeve." Jackie's younger brother, Hayden, said as he pointed at her arm.
Jackie pulled another sticky note out of her sleeve. "'When a bear's nearby, don't act silly. To escape him, simply run downhilly. Love, Mom and Dad'?" She read out loud before she glanced up and saw her parents, Susan and Jonathan, giving her toothy smiles, until she angrily teared the note into pieces. "Yo, that's it! I've had it for real this time! Do you guys have any idea how totally whack and useless these notes are?"
"Well, it's true, you know. Bears have stubby legs, so they'll trip and fall if you get them running downhill." Jonathan pointed out.
"Know what? Nevermind!" Jackie sat up from her chair and stormed out of the kitchen. "Y'all just don't get it."
Hayden looked a little concerned for his older sister's anger before he glanced at their parents. "Tween angst, what are you gonna do?" He asked before he chewed on his scrambled eggs. Jonathan and Susan exchanged looks of concern for their daughter.
Later that night was the KEWL championship tournament between Dragon Flamora and Hobie the Giant, which was sold out.
A truck pulled in at the side of the building while Travis opened the backdoor with Spuda beside him. "A'ight, this is it, Spuda." Travis said while Spuda gaped at the dozens of boxes full of Dragon Flamora T-shirts. "I put every cent I made back into the new fashion line. Jackie wins the championship tonight, and papa Travis' gonna be blowing his nose with one hundred dollar bills."
Spuda looked a little dumbfounded before she glanced at her friend. "But why would you want to get boogers on your-" She began to ask.
"Yo, it's a figure of speech. Work with me, Spudinski."
In the changing room, Jackie was going through her locker until Hobie stormed up to her. "I'm not going home, even if you win, which you totally won't." He said straight as he glared at her.
"That's big talk for a big…" Jackie began to tell off, but then struggled to find the right words. "Uh...man, I really gotta start thinking through my comebacks."
"I love my ma and pa, but I don't need 'em." Hobie then crossed his arms. "Got Mr. Hammer taking care of me."
Jackie hopped on a bench as she stood his height. "Wake up, Hobie! Hammer's just using you 'cause you're a real giant. If you'd just go back to your village and talk to your parents, you could-" She was cut short when she saw Hammer entering the room with a blank frown. "Uh, see you in the ring." She then walked past Hammer while she gave him a glare and exited the change room.
Hammer turned his attention to Hobie. "A real giant? What did she mean by that?" He asked.
"Uh, well, you know, before I came to wrestle for you, I used to live in a village of giants." Hobie explained as he looked down in somewhat sadness.
"And there's a whole village of giants just as big as you?"
"Oh, no. They're a lot bigger."
Hammer's eyes went wide before he thought to himself for a moment. "Hmm…" He then smiled at Hobie with interest. "And where was this village exactly?"
Meanwhile in the arena room, everyone waited for the match to start while Travis handed out some T-shirts to the audience. "Official Dragon Flamora world championship merchandise over here! Dress like the champ!" He shouted.
"She ain't the champ yet!" A random man shouted after him.
"Man, Dragon Flamora owns that belt! Y'all just ain't hip to the truth yet."
The lights then flipped off as spotlights danced around and lasers synced with a techno music while the crowd began to cheer. "Ladies and gentlemen, it's time to get cool!" Hammer announced as he emerged from the ground on the center of the ring. "In the red and yellow trunks, tonight's challenger-the lady squire of fire, the tall slim ball of brawl, the lizard for shizzard-Dragon Flamora!" He gestured to Jackie, who was wearing a blue rob until she threw it off.
Lao Shi and Fu Dog cheered for Jackie as she flew onto the ring.
"And in the brown trunks, your K.E.W.L. champion-the sultan of slam, the super absorbent two-ply wrestling guy-Hobie the Giant!" Hammer gestured to Hobie, who was wearing his baby wrestler attire as he stomped towards the ring as he lifted a corner pole and crawled underneath. Hobie and Jackie then went face-to-face aggressively until Hammer went in between them. "Don't play nice."
Hammer then walked off the ring to let the two wrestle, while he walked up to his other wrestlers, Fishslap, Mostrocon, Goorilla, Undead Head, and Grizzly when they all followed their boss out of the arena.
The bell rang as Jackie and Hobie approached one another. "Can you see me now?" Jackie mocked as she ran from side-to-side of Hobie, who stood there unfazed. "Can you see me now? How you gonna pin something you can't touch?" He grabbed Jackie before he leaped high into the air as she shouted and he hugged her on his stomach while they plummeted down the the ring. Everyone flinched when he crushed on Jackie while most of the crowd cheered for Hobie.
"Come on! You get up! It's only four hundred pounds, you crybaby! GET UUUUUUP!" Spuda shouted through her megaphone.
The ref began to tap Jackie. "One, two…" He began until he sniffed the air. "Can you smell barbecue?"
Hobie arched an eyebrow until he glanced down and saw smoke rising from his stomach. "YEOW!" HE immediately jumped off of Jackie when she used her fire breath on his stomach, and he waved the smoke off his stomach, but luckily didn't have a burn mark on him.
"Now, that's what I call a hot move." Jackie sassed as she sat up and rose to her feet. "Can I get a holla?" The crowd cheered while Jackie smirked at Hobie, who frowned at her.
In the next round, Hobie lifted Jackie up before he threw her out of the ring, but she used her wings to break her flight before she flew around the room and took Hobie by surprise when she tackled him from behind. Later, when Jackie charged at the giant boy, he used his stomach and the wires to bounce her back and forth like a paddleball until they laced each other's hands and began flipping over one another across the ring. While they tried to overcome each other, Hobie lifted Jackie into the air, until she used her dragon tongue to tickle Hobie by his underarm, making him laugh and release her while he giggled, but left her coughing and gagging from the taste.
In the final round, Spuda rubbed a wet sponge on Jackie's back. "Ok, girl, I got an idea. I call it the four-post rodeo whangity-bangity shim sham." She said to her dragon friend before she whispered in her ear, leaving her confused.
"Uh, you sure about this, Spuda?" Jackie asked with uncertainty, but she just shoved back onto the ring.
Jackie and Hobie faced each other again when Hobie grabbed Jackie by her tail and threw her into the air before he ran off and jumped onto the corner pole while Jackie landed on the ground. The crowd cheered until he leaped high into the air to slam her down, but she got up and used her teeth to snap the ring wires off before she flew up to Hobie and wrapped his wrists and ankles together and placed her tail on him.
"One, two, three!" The ref counted before everyone cheered for Jackie, even Lao Shi and Fu Dog.
"Do you believe in miracles?" Fu Dog asked Lao Shi.
"Dragon Flamora, what?! I said Dragon Flamora, what, y'all?!" She called to the crowd.
"What did I say? As soon as Hammer gives her the belt, these shirts are gonna sell like…" Travis exclaimed, but then faltered when he realized that Hammer wasn't anywhere in the arena. "Wait a minute, where Hammer at?"
The crowd even began to notice that the owner of KEWL was missing, too, when they began asking where Hammer was and what was going on. "Yo, where'd that punk go?" Jackie demanded.
Meanwhile that night at the mountain village of giants, Hobie's ma and pa giant parents were sleeping peacefully on their bed until the KEWL wrestlers suddenly wrapped them up with chains, startling them into waking up before Mac Grizzly began to pull their bed out. Soon the wrestlers began gathering up any giant they could find in a cave as they forced them into the KEWL trucks.
"Come on, get these giants loaded up." Hammer ordered his wrestler men.
"What is this?" The pa giant wondered before he and his wife were forced into the back of a truck.
"Just get in the truck!" Hammer approached the giants with a wicked smile. "Congratulations, giants. Thanks to Hobie, you are all going to be wrestlers...my wrestlers!" He then began to laugh evilly while the giants stared at him somewhat fearfully that he was going to force them into wrestling for him.
Back at the KEWL arena, everyone exited the building now that the championship was over with, leaving Jackie and the others alone so she could slice Hobie free of the wires with her claws before he stood up to his feet.
"I don't get it, where'd Hammer go?" Jackie asked as she glanced around the empty arena.
"Maybe he went to the village." Hobie said.
Jackie's eyes went wide with confusion. "Village? What are you talking about?"
"Uh, Mr. Hammer was asking questions about where I come from, so I told him. He even said we wanted to meet the rest of the giants."
Jackie then gave him a look like it should have been obvious that the KEWL manager was gonna do something selfish. "Aww, man! Don't you get it?"
But Hobie looked a little naïve and confused while he shrugged his shoulders. "What? What does he want?"
"An all-giant wrestling league." Lao Shi replied as he and Fu Dog approached the giant wrestler boy. "Think of all the money he could make."
"But giants are peaceful, Ma and Pa wouldn't want to wrestle."
"Uh, kid, I don't think Hammer's planning to give them much of a choice, if you know what I mean." Fu Dog pointed out somewhat nervously with his hands behind his back.
"He's gonna make them do it, Hobie." Jackie clarified.
That made Hobie glare in realization at his employer that really has been using him for personal profit and was gonna force his own parents to wrestle the in league against their will. "Oh no, he's NOT!" He growled angrily behind his teeth as he removed his baby hat.
Jackie and Hobie quickly changed out of their wrestling uniforms before Jackie flew across New York with Fu Dog riding on her back while Lao Shi drove the truck full of Dragon Flamora T-shirts with Travis and Spuda sitting in the front next to the old man and Hobie riding in the back.
As the sun began to dawn, the KEWL wrestlers closed the back door of the trucks with the giants all loaded in. "Let's move out!" Hammer exclaimed before they began to drive out of the forest, until a huge fireball hit the front of the first truck Hammer was in and melted it a little, causing it to brake. "Go check it out."
Mac, Undead, and Mostrocon walked out of their trucks and looked around, until another fireball exploded in front of them narrowly. Jackie flew into the air and dove to the wrestlers as she breathed more fireballs, making them all jump out of the way.
"Why you boys gotta make me beat you outside the ring, too? Don't you know that's just embarrassing?" Jackie mocked, until Goorilla gathered some of his goo and threw the ball at the dragon girl, sticking her wings together before she crashed onto the grass with a grunt. She glanced up and saw Mac Grizzly towering over her as he glared down at her. "What up, Mac?" He roared at her before she began to run up a hill with Grizzly ganging up on her while he punched down some trees. "Dang, yo! How does such a big, grizzly dude run so dang fast on stubby legs?" She then made a look of remembrance when something clicked in her head. "Wait, stubby legs…"
When a bear's nearby, don't act silly. To escape him, simply run downhilly, she remembered her father once told her.
Jackie smiled before she quickly turned around and ran down the hill with Mac still following her as he growled, but then he accidentally tripped on his own legs when he tumbled the rest of the way down the hill. "Ha! Have a nice trip!" Mac then bowled right at Undead and Mostrocon, knocking them down.
Fu Dog hid behind the tree near the truck that imprisoned the giants. "Come on, Fu, you can do it. Everybody's counting on you." He said to himself determinedly before he tiptoed towards the truck quietly and then opened the doors. The giants smiled at him gratefully, but unfortunately Undead and Fishslap towered over Fu Dog as they growled when they noticed. The dog turned around and yelped in fright before they began to approach him. "Oh, boy." He then frowned with confidence as he rolled up his wrinkled fur like sleeves being rolled up. "Back off! Don't make me to something I don't want to do."
Undead and Fishslap exchanged looks before they smiled mockingly at the talking dog. "Ah, we are real scared." Fishslap retorted.
"What's the little doggy gonna do?" Undead Head mocked.
"Alright, you asked for it." Fu Dog growled before he raised his arms up and unleashed his underarm stench at the wrestlers, making them cough and gag from the bad smell before they collapsed. "Don't say I didn't warn you." Fu was about to walk away with a satisfied smile until it dropped when Hammer grabbed him and lifted him up.
"Hello, poochie." Hammer said with a smile.
Undead and Fishslap quickly recovered from Fu's armpit stench before they and the rest of the wrestlers surrounded around Jackie, ready to pummel her into a pulp.
"Alright, I was hoping we wouldn't have to do it this way. I'm thinking of a number from one to ten." Jackie said, making the wrestlers exchange confused looks. "The closest one gets to take me on first, and then we keep going on like that, one at a time, until-"
The wrestlers then dogpiled on top of Jackie, but then they all stopped when they heard a truck being backed up. "Open the door." Lao Shi said from the driver's seat.
Travis and Spuda opened the backdoor before Hobie jumped out, making the wrestler's run away in slight fear. "Ma? Pa?" Hobie called out to his parents before he ran to the back of the KEWL truck, where he saw Hammer holding Fu Dog before the giant boy glared at him.
"Hobie, my man!" Hammer said with a nervous look of his face as he released the talking dog. "This, uh...this, uh...i-i-it isn't what it looks like."
Hobie glanced up at his parents and saw that they were chained up, making him glare at his former manager with anger building up. "You chained up my Ma and Pa!"
"Yo, Hobes, want to tag in?" Jackie said as she held out her hand before the giant clapped it in alliance, making Hammer sprint from his former wrestlers.
"Pile on the dragon and the giant!" Hammer ordered his wrestler men.
Undead and Fishslap both into the air as did Jackie until she grabbed their wrists and hurtled them to Hobie, who held out his arms and knocked them out cold. Jackie landed on the ground before Mostrocon charged at the dragon girl with his cyborg arm ready, but she caught his arm with her strength and began to swing him in a circle while she used him to bat Mac, Goorilla, and Fishslap away until she threw him towards Hobie, who used his stomach to catapult the cyborg back to her while she used her tail to knock him out cold. Mac suddenly tackled Jackie when he pinned her to the ground, then she began pulling on his leg, then he tried to squeeze her with his legs, and then they did some rock, paper, scissors when Jackie did rock and Mac did scissors.
Jackie and Hobie then pinned their backs together before they smiled at each other. Like they did before during their match, the dragon girl laced her hands with the giant boy while they they began to flip over one another while Jackie used Hobie's ginormous weight to pin all of the KEWL wrestlers into the dirt, neck-to-feet.
"Easy now, missy." Hammer said nervously as Jackie approached him and crossed her arms. "After all I've done for you, this is how you repay me?"
"Hey, I'm not the one looking for payback." Jackie said before she pointed her thumb over her shoulder.
Hobie lept high into the air from the top of the truck and then held out his stomach as he plummeted straight towards Hammer while he screamed before he was flattened. Later on, Fu Dog chained up Hammer and his KEWL wrestlers together while everyone else released the giants from their shackles before Hobie hugged his parents with guilt.
"Ma, Pa, I'm-I'm sorry. I never should've run off like I did." Hobie said to his parents.
"It's okay, baby. It's okay." Hobie's ma giant said as she rubbed his head.
"You have made a family very happy, young dragon." Lao Shi said wisely to his granddaughter while they both watched Hobie's happy family reunion.
Jackie then felt something on the back of her neck before she removed a sticky note and examined it. 'We love you so very much, Jackie. Mom and Dad', the note said, making Jackie smile warmly for once. She actually felt like she was almost about to step into the same shoes as Hobie when she posed herself as a wrestler, something Hobie dreamed of being, even when he ran away from his parents because they didn't understand his dream.
"Sometimes they do some majorly whack things, but deep down, every kid knows nobody loves you like your parents." Jackie said with a smile.
"Very wise."
"So, now that KEWL's over, how am I supposed to unload all this stuff?" Travis asked Spuda rhetorically with his truck full of his Dragon Flamora T-shirts.
Then a giant man with a cowboy hat approached the teens. "Excuse me. Grinter Axgrind, giantastic toys." He said as he handed Travis his large ID card. "Thanks for the rescue, by the way."
"Yo, it's cool."
"I think your clothes would look great on our little petunia doll line. I'll buy the whole bunch at, say, a hundred per?"
Travis smiled brightly when he mentioned that. "Well, heck yeah, homey! Let's see that money, baby!"
"Great, I've got all the fish right in my cave, be right back." And then he rushed off.
"Uh...did he just say fish?" Spuda asked in confusion before the giant returned with a bucket full of fish and dumped it all over Travis.
"Oh yeah, giants use fish instead of money. Did I forget to mention that?" Fu Dog pointed out.
Travis poked his head out as he coughed and gagged from the bad taste and smell of the raw fish. "Blech! Yuck! Ew, fish?! That is so nasty!" He exclaimed before he frowned at the dog.
The next morning at the Long's household as the sun began to dawn, Susan walked out of her room in her nightrode before she sniffed the air around her.
"Do you smell something?" She asked her husband before he walked out of their room in his pajamas and yawned.
Susan and Jonathan walked into the kitchen, where they found that their daughter, Jackie, was making some scrambled eggs and waffles with a quart of water. "S'up, guys? Thought you might like some eggs and waffles." She said with a bright smile before she placed the tray down, ignoring her parents' dumbfounded faces and placed her hands on their backs. "I can't have y'all missing breakfast now, can I?" She then walked out of the kitchen, leaving her parents by themselves.
Jonathan shrugged his shoulders before he reached out to pour himself a glass of water. "Huh, there's something on your back." Susan pulled a sticky note from her husband's back.
"Oh, yours, too." Jonathan said before he pulled a sticky note from his wife's back.
"'You Dad Jackie'? Hmm...that's odd. What does yours say?"
"'Thank Mom and Love'."
Susan and Jonathan stared at each other before they placed their notes together, and then they smiled warmly when they both realized that their daughter has written them a love note that read, 'Thank you Mom and Dad, love Jackie'.
