Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future
Episode 11: Clash of the Bots
Plot: SpongeTron finds a secret underground battle tournament of robots battling it out to determine who the champion is. After SpongeTron ends up in the arena, he becomes a top challenger with Goddard as his coach. At the same time, Max is cranky due to teething so the Nicktoons give Jimmy a rest by taking the baby off his hands, but they too can't seem to handle Max's crying, especially when SpongeTron keeps disappearing for reasons unknown to them.
Part 2
The next day, Darry, Tammy, and Tommy return to Nicktoon HQ, looking exhausted from their evening of watching Max yesterday. Jimmy then spotted them, looking well-rested and recovered. "Hey guys," he greeted cheerfully. "I can't thank you enough for watching Max. Cindy and I had a great time last night. I hope Max wasn't too much trouble."
The three looked at each other, but then faked a chuckle for their commander. "Oh, of course not." Tammy answered.
"He wasn't any trouble at all." Tommy added.
"He was pretty much a little angel the whole time." Darry said with a nervous grin.
"I'm glad to hear you say that." Jimmy said with a grin. "Because Cindy and I were planning to go out tonight and we were wondering if you would watch Max again."
The three fell silent and stammered, "Uhhh..."
But he already picked Max up out of his playpen as the baby chewed on his teething ring, and handed him to Darry. "Thanks for your guys' help." Jimmy said in relief before walking away. "See you later."
Jimmy exits through the sliding doors and he leaves HQ. The doors slide open again for a hyped SpongeTron and Goddard to enter.
"What a night! WHOO!" SpongeTron cheered as he brushed himself, "I'd better charge myself for the next round. Oh, hi guys! Did you enjoy your time with-"
But SpongeTron froze as Darry, Tommy, and Tammy glares at the robot with fierce eyes, almost looking as terrifying as Aracdroid. "WHERE THE HECK WERE YOU LAST NIGHT?!" Darry shouted with blue eyes ablaze.
"Uhhh...uh..." SpongeTron stammered.
"You were supposed to be with us watching Max!" Tammy scolded.
"Well, I..."
"Do you know how much crying we had to listen to?!" Tommy yelled.
"I-I-I'm sorry, guys." SpongeTron nervously answered. "I was just...busy last night with...something important."
"Okay..." Tammy replied in disbelief as Tommy and Darry glare back. "Just what important crisis kept you from taking care of your inventor's flesh and blood whom YOU are responsible for while he and his wife is away?!"
"Uh...uh..." SpongeTron pondered, trying to think of a good excuse. He can't tell them about the underground robot fights or else they'll tell Neutron and he'll disband the fight like what his new friends said. Then, he came up with something, "It was SpongeTron 666! I spotted him last night injured pretty bad. So I had to escort him to the repair ward to get him fixed while I had to retrieve spare parts from a monster truc-I mean...monstrous junk yard..."
A hand comes out of Goddard's back as he smacks his forehead shamefully. "T-That's right! I was out all night finding parts to repair my fellow robot brethren," SpongeTron said and grinned, hoping his friends caught on.
The three Nicktoons look at him suspiciously when Tommy notes, "Well, guess that explains the grime and dirt on you..."
But then Darry notices the medal that SpongeTron won in his latest fight still hanging around his neck. "What's this thing?" he asked, grabbing the medal to look at it.
"Oh, that?" SpongeTron quickly hid the medal out of view. "It's just a...friendship necklace from 666...to thank me for all the help." he answered with a chuckle.
While they were still suspicious, Tammy says, "Well, since you're back, I guess this means you can help us watch Max tonight."
"Tonight?" SpongeTron repeated and asked uneasily, "D-Does it have to be tonight?"
"DUH! Jimmy and Cindy already left us in charge of Max," Tommy mentioned.
"You're not gonna ditch us again, are you?" Darry asked.
SpongeTron thought about it. "I-I'd love to help, but I kinda have plans tonight." he answered.
The three stare in surprise as Max begins to cry again, "SpongeTron!" Darry yelled. "What are you doing that can possibly be more important than this?"
"Uhhh..." SpongeTron stammered, unable to think of a plausible excuse. "I guess nothing..." Darry then handed the crying Max to SpongeTron and had a dull look as he let the baby chew on his metal hand.
Later that night, the Nicktoons were taking care of Max, who was being both fussy and rambunctious. Max was in his walker, crying and pounding on his tray. "He's still not calming down." Tommy noticed, covering his ears. He turned to SpongeTron, who was standing in a corner of the room. "SpongeTron, what should we do?"
SpongeTron simply smiled and answered, "He's teething, have him chew."
"We're trying to have him chew the teething ring, but he's tired of it already," Tammy said, holding out a worn out teething ring with bite marks and drool.
Max continued crying as Darry waved his rattle around. "SpongeTron, can you warm up Max's bottle?"
SpongeTron just smiled saying, "He's teething, have him chew."
Tommy looks at him puzzled, "Didn't he say that already?"
"Whaaaa!" Max cried loudly and moved his walker over to SpongeTron, who did not react.
But suddenly, the walker moved right through SpongeTron, and he fizzled out and formed back together while saying, "He's teething, have him chew."
"A hologram?" Tammy asked, looking surprised.
Darry's hand moves through the hologram as it fizzes. He looks down to see the device creating the image. "He ditched us...AGAIN!" Darry shouted, holding out the device.
Tommy held his forehead in anger, "I can't believe he would do this to us! That little rat!"
In frustration, Darry crushes the device with blue ghost energy as the hologram fades. "If he shows his face one more time..."
"Now guys," Tammy held a hand up, "We have to act maturely. We can't wait for him to come back so you can rip his circuit boards.
"Aww..." The two boys groaned,
Tammy smiled taking a deep breath when she shook a fist, "We gotta go to him and find out why he's ditching us, and THEN we can rip out his circuit board!"
"Heck yeah!" the two boys cheer and high-five. But then Tommy asks, "But how are we supposed to find him?"
Tammy narrowed her eyes, "I think I know how…"
Meanwhile, at the underground battle tournament, SpongeTron was already engaged in a fight with another robot. He blocks an attack with his hands forming a large shield. His opponent was a floating round robot that had a bunch of blades coming out of its body. "SPONGETROY! SPONGETROY! SPONGETROY!" the crowd chanted and cheer.
SpongeTron then rolls right under the robot and activates his electric beamsword in order to face his opponent. "SpongeTroy is ready to face the Shredder in blade combat." the announcer says.
The Shredder then shoots five blades out of his body, but SpongeTron quickly jumps into the air and avoids the sharp weapons that stick into the ground. The robot spins his blades like a chainsaw while SpongeTron charges forward, swinging his beamsword and fast speed at the robot. Once SpongeTron landed on the ground, all seemed still until the Shredder's swords suddenly broke into pieces and he fell on the ground in defeat. The applause cheered as SpongeTroy wins this round.
His next opponent was a crazed robot wearing a firefighter helmet...only instead of dousing flames, he creates them. SpongeTron leaps outta the way before he was charred by the robot's flame thrower.
"SpongeTroy is on fire- literally!" The announcer calls, "Or at least he will be if he loses this round of the finals!"
"Come on, kid!" Wheels calls to SpongeTron. "Get in the game!" Goddard barks to him as well. The robot laughs manically as he swings around, creating a wave of fire in his wake.
Meanwhile, in the sewers right in front of the entrance of the club where the robot bouncer was standing guard, from behind a corner, the Nicktoons and Max pop out and Darry asks Tammy, "You sure this is the right place?"
"Positive." Tammy answered, holding a device. "The tracker says he's here."
"Great. Let's get through that door and get SpongeTron back." Tommy said, pinching his nose. "This place reeks."
The three kids run up toward the door until the bouncer blocks them. "Halt! Who goes there?"
"Hello...Mr. Big Robot," Tammy said gently, "I'm Tammy and these are my friends. You see, there's a couple of robots we know inside, so if you'll just let us in..." But the bouncer grabbed Tammy by the back of her shirt.
"Humans aren't allowed here," the bouncer said gruffly to her face. He drops her as she slams hard onto a sewage puddle with a big splash. The two boys help her up. "Robots only," the robot said, blocking the entrance.
"Oh, come on!" Darry complained to the robot. "You know Jimmy Neutron, right? See, he knows a lot about robots. What do you think he'll say when he finds out you won't let his close friends and his only son in?"
"Robots...ONLY!" the bouncer yelled as he grabs all the three kids this time and throws them far away from the door. They all splash into the sewer water while Max's walker slides across the water and slowly comes to a halt as he spins around.
"Now what do we do?" Tammy asked.
Dripping with sewer water, Darry glares, "He's supposed to be keeping humans out, but he can't keep a ghost out."
The robot was still guarding the door when he saw a bright light at the end of the corner. He was curious, but the robot waves it off, preferring his duties. He did not notice the invisible Darry Phantom with Tommy, Tammy, and Max flying and phasing into the door.
In the arena, a stream of bubbles fires at the robot and he screams as his fire is extinguished and a scorched SpongeTron runs forward and punches him in the face. The robot groaned and fell to the ground, and the referee calls, "The Pyromaniac is unable to continue. The winner is SpongeTroy!"
The ref-bot raises SpongeTron's arm up in victor as the announcer calls, "After a short break, our champion will proceed to the final match and take on our reigning champion for the chance to be crowned 'King of all Robots'!"
After phasing in through the wall, the Nicktoons hide behind a large machine and stare in surprise to see the large area with robots hanging out. "What is this place?" Tommy asked. "Some kind of robot club?"
"You mean SpongeTron ditched us just so he can gamble and hang out with robots instead of his own friends?" Darry asked in disappointment.
"Shh!" Tammy hushed them, "I hear something." The kids take Max and hide as they watched SpongeTron 666 (wearing a brown bag over his head) walking forward while conversing with a bot.
"I thought he would be a goner when he faced the Pyromaniac, but as always, he made it through!" 666 said, "I'm telling you, SpongeTroy's gonna be 'King of all Robots'!"
"Yes," the bot responded in monotone. "Let us hope that he survives the final match."
After the two were gone, Max began to giggle as he repeated, "SponTwon! SpongeTwon!"
"Max is right. This "SpongeTroy" wouldn't happen to know our SpongeTron, right?" Darry asked.
Tammy looked at the device she was holding. "He's over there. Inside that tent."
Inside the large tent Tammy was pointing at, Wheels was raising up a can of oil. "To SpongeTroy and may he win the competition and be crowned King!"
"To SpongeTroy!" Scraps and Aracdroid raised their cans followed by Goddard as he barks.
SpongeTron held his can as they clink drink and chug them down. "Thanks guys," SpongeTron said fondly.
"Your technology is impressive, SpongeTroy." Scraps compliments. "The only ones I've seen with that kind of power is an ST-Unit."
SpongeTron does a spit take with his oil until he giggles nervously. "Coincidence huh? But I'm surely more powerful than those handsome robots."
"Think about it, kid." Wheels adds, "If you're crowned King of all Robots, you'll get a kiss from Java."
"Hail to that!" SpongeTron cheered when something came to his mind. "So...just wondering. How come you dislike Jimmy Neutron? He doesn't seem to be a bad guy from what I've heard. Where did you guys come from anyway?"
They all became silent until Aracdroid began to speak up, "We came after Neutron started programming helper droids. Many scientists decided to follow his suit and create their own droids for various uses. However, for one reason or another, some of us were deemed failures and cast aside. Neutron is a prime example of that, anything that doesn't seem good enough for him automatically becomes junk. His only pride being those irritating ST-Units. Compared to them, he thinks of the rest of us as trash."
SpongeTron glanced at him when Scraps explained, "I was built to be a garbage bot for the scrapyard."
"And I was designed as a race car mec-bot," Wheels added.
SpongeTron glanced at Aracdroid and asked, "So what was a giant spider robot like you built for?"
Before Aracdroid could answer, a beeping sound was heard and Wheels quickly answered, "Oh! Look at the time, kid. We gotta get you to your next match. You're not gonna be King of all Robots by sitting here."
"King of all Chumps is more like it." Darry's voice called as he, Tammy, Tommy, and Max phase through the tent, causing SpongeTron to silently gasp in horror.
"Humans!" Aracdroid hissed as he takes a battle stance and Scraps picks up one of the tables and tosses it at the Nicktoons.
"AAAAH!" Tammy and Tommy scream as they run out of the way, pushing Max's walker along. Darry simply flies through the table and tackles Aracdroid.
"What'd you do with SpongeTron, you overgrown roach?" Darry demanded to know.
"Nobody here by that name." Aracdroid viciously answered and suddenly spits a spider web at Darry's face, blinding him and causing him to stumble back.
"Atta boy, champ!" Wheels cheered, "Show these humans what for!"
"Tell this king of robots to hand over SpongeTron and we'll go easy on you!" Tammy yelled, her and Tommy aiming their weapons until Scraps suddenly grabbed them.
"What should we do with these two?" Scraps asked SpongeTron.
"Uh..." SpongeTron tried to think of something when he saw Aracdroid picking Darry up and raising his fangs toward his neck. "Wait!" He called, stopping Aracdroid. "Um...make sure the humans stay put. I got a title to stick too. After the tournament, we can deal with them later."
Aracdroid glared at the ghost boy when he holds up his wrist, releasing webs that wrap around Darry. Soon, he has Darry, Max, Tommy, and Tammy trapped in his webbing and hung on the corner of the ceiling in a giant spider web. "Strangely, I had a dream about this once..." Tammy whispered to her brother.
Aracdroid dusted his hands with a job well done. He and the two bots walk away from the tent. SpongeTron was about to leave until he turned to his friends, briefly removing his glasses, and whispered, "Sorry..."
"Come on, champ! You got a fight to win!" Wheels called out. Hearing this, SpongeTron runs to catch up with his friends.
"Isn't this peachy? SpongeTron betrayed us for his new mechanical friends and we're trapped in a place where humans are hated by bots," Darry said dully.
"How can this get worse?" Tommy asked.
His words are answered when Max cried loudly once again, his growing tooth irritating him. What's bad enough is that the three Nicktoons can't move their limbs to help out Max. "Well, can't get any more worse," Tommy sighed.
But soon, Max's crying alerts other robots outside the tent and two robots with padding and chainsaws run in to see the trapped Nicktoons. "Humans!" one of them shouts as they activate their weapons.
"You were saying?" Darry dully asked Tommy.
Back in the arena, many robots were gathered to watch the final match that would determine the winner. SpongeTron was sitting on his side of the arena while Goddard used a pair of his mechanical hands to massage his shoulders. "Bark!" Goddard asked.
"I feel good!" SpongeTron answered enthusiastically.
"Bark!"
"I feel robotic good!"
Aracdroid leaned down to him from the stands and told him, "Remember kid, your opponent is the two-time champion of this place. Do you have a strategy for how you will win?"
"Strategy schmategy," SpongeTron scoffed. "I kick his tin can like I've done the whole time."
Soon the announcer calls out, "Fembots and gentlebots, you've been waiting and now the time has come. The final match that will determine the King of all Robots. Now let's introduce our competitors; you know him, you cheered for him, and his advanced weaponry makes him a shoo-in to claim the title. The challenger: SpongeTroy!"
At this, the crowd cheered wildly and chanted: "SPONGETROY!"
"GO SPONGETROY!"
"LOVE COMPUTES FOR SPONGETROY!"
All the while, SpongeTron basks in the glory of his adoring fans.
"And you know him, but also fear him, he is referred to as 'the most powerful robot in the universe', and you will never find another robot who hates humans as much as him. Our champion: SpongeCog 001!"
SpongeTron's confidence quickly diminishes into a state of shock as he asked, "Wait...who?"
It was too late as his rival and arch nemesis, SpongeCog, rises from the stage, dressed in a black cape with high collar and spikes at the shoulder pads. "SPONGECOG! SPONGECOG! SPONGECOG!"
SpongeTron backed away slightly while Goddard groaned from behind him. "You think I could've known he knew about place?" SpongeTron whispered to him.
The referee bot then got out of the arena and a bell pops out of his chest and rings, signaling the match to begin.
"So..." SpongeCog said with a smirk as he walked toward his opponent, "Who's my next victim?"
SpongeTron backed away, fearful that SpongeCog may recognize him, yet would kill him anyway. Wheels leaned down to SpongeTron from the stands and asked, "What are you waiting for, kid? Take him out!"
"Oh, uh, of course." SpongeTron nervously replied, "Just trying to catch him off guard."
"Hey four-eyes!" SpongeCog called out to SpongeTron, extending his arms and pulling his opponent closer and pinning him to the ground. "Boy, you're ugly. Perfect time for you to get a remodel by yours truly."
"No!" SpongeTron cries as he lifts up his right foot and activates his rocket boot that blows SpongeCog away from him.
SpongeCog growls and get back up. "Guess you're tougher than I thought." He then unleashes his sharp claws and jumps toward SpongeTron, who dives out of the way with only his cloak tearing in the process. "Hold still, you piece of scrap heap!" SpongeCog called out. "Hold still so I can smash you! I'm the champion, remember?"
SpongeTron grits his teeth, having had enough and turns to SpongeCog, "Maybe so, but you're forgetting you always lose, and soon the new champion will be me."
He activates his Robo-Chargers, causing SpongeCog's eyes to widen. "That move..."
Back in the repair tent, a robot arm was holding the chainsaw and suddenly swings at Tammy and Tommy. However, it cuts the webbing in half, allowing them to go free. The robot arm and chainsaw was being held by Darry, standing among the dismantled robots that came after them. "Nice job beating those robots, Darry." Tommy congratulated. "They should've known they couldn't keep a ghost trapped in spider webs."
"But how are we supposed to find SpongeTron?" Tammy asked. "He could be anywhere in this robot club."
Darry picked up one of the robot's head and looked at it. "Alright, bolts for brains, where are the robots in the place going?" he demanded to know.
"And if I refuse to divulge the information you require to an insolent human such as yourself?" the robot head asked in monotone. Darry simply handed the head to Max, who enthusiastically grabbed it and began chewing on it, leaving spit trailing down the head. "No!" the robot said in a louder tone, "Human salivation...alright, I'll confess."
Back in the arena, SpongeTron plugs his Chargers into the ground to send a shock wave towards the floor. SpongeCog quickly jumped up and activated his rockets to prevent from being electrocuted.
"SpongeCog is giving it all, but SpongeTroy is fighting back as well." the announcer commentates, "And it seems that Troy's abilities are so astounding that even Cog is impressed."
SpongeTron then activates his electric beamsword and rockets at fast speed slicing a piece of SpongeCog's rocket boot off, and causing him to plummet to the ground. SpongeTron landed back on the ground in front of SpongeCog. "Why, you-" SpongeCog furiously yelled, enlarging both his fists into spiked knuckles and charging straight at SpongeTron.
The good robot stopped him with his bare hands and while struggling at first to stop him from pummeling him, SpongeTron suddenly beeped and used his enhanced strength to pushed SpongeCog into the wall, causing a large crack and his cape tearing off of him. SpongeCog felt dazed with his systems crashing and he fell forward onto the ground.
The referee bot hopped toward SpongeTron and declared, "SpongeCog is out. The winner and new champion is SpongeTroy!" and raised SpongeTron's arm in the air.
The spectators went wild while Aracdroid, Wheels, Scraps, and Goddard all applaud as well. SpongeCog then woke up and spotted SpongeTron being led by Java to the top of a stage. He then spots Goddard and immediately recognizes him. His eyes widen, now realizing the truth.
"Here he is," Java sings as SpongeTron stands in the middle of the stage in front of the arena and the crowd. "The champion. Here he is, the King of all Robots. And with the crown, he now the crowned King of all Robots!" she takes out a sparkling jeweled crown and places it on SpongeTron's head, and gives him a kiss on the cheek.
While SpongeCog limps over onto the stage, SpongeTron is overcome with joy," This is the best moment of my life."
But unexpectedly, SoongeCog blasts SpongeTron's right watch, the source of his image fakifier. The device short-circuits, revealing the good bot's true identity. All the robots gasp in shock. "Spongy-Poo?" Java asked, surprised to see him.
SpongeTron chuckled, "Uh...yeah, it's me..."
"SpongeTroy...is an ST-Unit!?" Wheels exclaimed with hands between his head. Goddard whined softly as he backed away from the audience.
SpongeCog points an accusing finger at SpongeTron, "I get it now! You went undercover to find out what's going on here so you can rat us out to Neutron and he'll shut down the robot fights!"
The robots began chatting about as SpongeTron backed away when he glanced at his robot friends, who were feeling slight betrayal. "No! No! It's nothing like that!" SpongeTron flailed his arms, "Yes, I was built by Neutron, but I came here on my own! Besides, I would never let anyone, not even my inventor, try to intervene with any illegal robotic activity I swear. Ask Java!"
"Enough SpongeTron," Java said seriously, "Take off the crown."
Feeling a slight bit of shame, SpongeTron obeyed and reached for the crown, but to his surprise, it remained on his head. "I can't take it off." he said.
"Oh no..." Java said and tried to pry the crown out of SpongeTron's noggin, but it was no use.
"Don't remove that crown!" the announcer called out. "It's a symbol of his victory, and a symbol-" suddenly static was heard and the voice changed to that of a familiar tone, "-of his status as the most powerful of all robots!"
From inside a booth, Professor Calamitous came out, revealing he was the commentator all along, using a voice-changing device.
"Human!" one of the robot spectators called before short-circuiting from the shock.
"Professor Calamitous?" SpongeTron asked, "What are you doing here? How did you get in?"
"It's quite simple really." Calamitous explained. "After discovering this place, I collaborated with SpongeCog to get me in, and using this battle competition to decide that whoever could defeat him would have to be the most powerful robot of all that I could use for my own desires."
"Hmph! Nice try, Professor!" SpongeTron shouted, "Your plan failed! I beat SpongeCog and I won the tournament, so you don't have any robot to use for your own gain."
"But I do have a robot." Calamitous replied as he took out a remote control and turned a few knobs on it. "The most powerful of all robots, or should I say… the king." The jewels of the crown on his head suddenly glow brightly and SpongeTron gained a blank trance-like expression as his arm turned into a sonic cannon and began firing it at the ceiling. This caused all the spectator robots to freak out and run away, all except Aracdroid, Wheels, Scraps, and Goddard. The former three still in surprise by what is going on.
Outside of the arena, the Nicktoons arrived only to be blocked by the stampede of robots trying to escape. Darry grabs one of the robots wearing a paper bag on his head and pulled it off, revealing it to be SpongeTron 666. "SpongeTron?" Darry asked.
"The Nicktoons?!" SpongeTron 666 asked, "Uh, it's 666. SpongeTron 001 is over there." He pointed to the opposite direction.
They look toward the arena and hear an explosion coming from inside. "Let's go, Nicktoons." Darry says as he flies inside with Tammy, Tommy, and Max following him.
SpongeTron felt dazed as the crown takes control of him, Java then asked, "SpongeCog, you think it's really okay to just hand Spongy-Poo over to the professor guy?"
SpongeCog glared and snapped, "Are you seriously gonna dump me for him after he put you in jail and I busted you out?"
Aracdroid then crawled up toward SpongeTron and hissed angrily at him, "I can't believe all this time, you were one of Neutron's helping droids. I trusted you, I aided you, I thought you were one of us."
Calamitous pushed a button on his remote and controls SpongeTron to fire his laser rifle at Aracdroid, blasting him away.
"Champ!" Wheels cried out as he rushed to Aracdroid, "Are you okay?"
Seeing the destruction SpongeTron was causing to the other robots, Java squealed in joy, "Never mind! I like this new SpongeTron better!"
"Well, we don't!" A voice called out. Everyone turns to see Darry, Tommy, Tammy, and Max.
"The Nicktoons? Excellent!" Calamitous smirked, "I can't wait to see the look on Neutron's face when I turn his very own creation against him and his comrades!"
He turned the knob, commanding SpongeTron to attack the Nicktoons. Darry quickly charged toward and pushed him away with an ecto-beam before any harm comes to Max. Tammy, still holding Max, looked around when she spots Wheels, "Uh...can you watch him for a sec?" Before Wheels could say anything, Tammy quickly passed Max to him as a star baton appears in her hand.
"Get 'em, Spongy-Poo." Java said excitedly until she got closer to him and said in a flirty tone, "Do it for me."
When Java leaned near him, SpongeTron saw it as a threat and fires his laser rifle at her, knocking her back. Seeing this, SpongeCog marched over and scolded, "You darn squishy lover, if you're gonna attack anyone, attack them." he pointed at his friends.
SpongeTron just pointed his laser rifle and fired at SpongeCog. Calamitous laughed in glee, "I have no further need for you worthless robots for I have the most powerful one of all; the king." He turned a few knobs and commanded, "Come forth, SpongeTron! Let us reach the surface of Retroville and destroy it along with Neutron's HQ. Soon, we take over what remains and restore it anew!"
SpongeTron followed as he grabbed Calamitous by the shoulders and used his rocket boots to fly upward.
However, a long jump rope lassos around SpongeTron's left foot and stops him. Calamitous turned to see Tammy and Tommy pulled SpongeTron back. Calamitous used the remote to make SpongeTron go faster. His rocket boots flared, and with his new strength, began to move forward. The twins had a hard time pulling him back when Darry phased his hand into his shadow and summons a long shadowy hand that lifts up and grabs SpongeTron's other foot. Even with Darry's help, the robot was far too strong thanks to Neutron's upgrade.
"We can't let him escape!" Darry warned his two friends.
"We know!" Tammy and Tommy shouted as they too struggled to hold the robot back. When SpongeTron began to lift the three off their feet, a string of spider web suddenly hit the robot in the face, impairing his vision.
SpongeTron drops Calamitous and the robot crashed into a repair wing nearby with the three children dropping with a hard thud. Darry turned to see it was Aracdroid who unintentionally helped them. "You?" He asked.
"I did not do it for you humans, I'm only doing this so I can rip out that ST-Unit bit by bit for betraying us," Aracdroid hissed.
"Hey, if anyone's gonna rip SpongeTron apart, that's US!" Tommy said, "Cuz SpongeTron ditched us to hang with YOU guys!"
"So, you're not gonna turn us in to Neutron?" Scraps asked confused.
"For what?" Tammy asked, "I don't see any crime involved here except for the fact that Calamitous obviously misused you robots and set a trap to find an all-powerful droid and that SpongeTron left his responsibilities of caring for Baby Max."
"WAAAH!" They turn to hear Max crying as Wheels held the baby back.
"I can see why..." Wheels stated as Max continued crying.
Just then, Goddard rushed over between the humans and robots barking, "Arf! Arf! Grrrrr... Bark!"
"Uhhh," Darry said, unsure what Goddard was trying to tell them, "Anyone here speak robot...or dog?"
Goddard pointed his nose the one direction and they see SpongeTron stand up, wiping away the spider webs as he activated his electric beamsword. "Goddard's right! Human or robot, we have to put our differences aside and stop SpongeTron and Calamitous," Scraps translated.
"That's true." Tammy agreed. "Even if he did lie to us, SpongeTron is still our friend and we can't let Calamitous do this to him."
"I would never in my life would I work with a human," Aracdroid said. "But just this once, I'll take my chances."
"All of you putting your differences aside for your sentimental values is still no match for the most powerful robot in existence." Calamitous said as he operated his remote. "SpongeTron-Unit 001, destroy them all."
SpongeTron runs forward with his electric beamsword, aimed at his friends. "It's the crown." Scraps informed his comrades. "Try and remove it."
Everyone jumps out of the way to avoid SpongeTron's attack. Darry then flies on top of SpongeTron's head and starts struggling to remove the crown from his head.
"Why...won't...this...come off?!" Darry shouted, trying to pry the crown off. But SpongeTron activates his Robo-Charger and electrocutes Darry until the ghost boy falls off of him.
Scraps walked over with his arm transformed into a power drill. "If I must take you apart to remove that device, I shall."
SpongeTron responded by simply growling and running underneath the large robot, picking him up and tossing him away. Tammy tied her magic jump rope around SpongeTron and Tommy jumped forward with his chain hammers.
"You're about to be dethroned, King of all Robots!" Tommy yelled.
Glaring, SpongeTron swung his body around, causing the rope to fly with Tammy still hanging onto it, and she flew right into Tommy, causing both of them to crash onto the ground.
Another webbing hit SpongeTron and it stuck to his arm. He looked to see Aracdroid on the other end of the web, glaring at the controlled robot. "SpongeTron, you spared my life here in the ring during our last battle. I would like to do the same for you."
SpongeTron did not respond and just used his electric beamsword, slicing the web off of him. Seeing this as he controlled the robot, Calamitous just laughed, "Ha ha ha...Your resistance is futile. Nothing can stop the most powerful robot ever built."
However, much to his surprise, Java swung down from one of the stands and kicked Calamitous down, snatching the remote that he dropped. "I'm the master of the remote now, baldy!" she snapped. Java smirked with the remote in her hands, "Now Spongy-Poo will be my partner in crime and we'll steal all the riches, jewels, and valuables we want!" She giggled in amusement until a red laser pushed Java away as SpongeCog grabbed the remote.
"Sorry toots, but I have a more useful purpose for this squishy-lover," SpongeCog smirked as he turned the knobs. The crown sparked, causing SpongeTron to aim his Robo-Chargers at Tommy, Tammy, and Darry, "To destroy all squishies, starting with his squishy friends!"
SpongeCog laughed maniacally as SpongeTron charged his weapon into a bright org of electrical energy. Tammy and Tommy held each other in fright when she noticed something about Wheels, "Wait, where's Max?"
As SpongeCog was about to make SpongeTron attack, Java rushed back over and grabbed a hold of the remote. "SpongeTron likes me best! I get to control him!" she yelled, tugging on the remote.
"No way!" SpongeCog retorted as he tugged on the remote as well. "He is my nemesis and I get to control his free will to annihilate his loved ones!"
But with their fighting and pushing random buttons on the remote, SpongeTron began to jerk around out of control, slamming his head on the ground and swinging his weapons through the air.
However, their questions were answered when they saw Max crawl up behind SpongeTron and call out, "SponTwon!"
Hearing him, SpongeTron blinked his eyes once and turned toward the baby, "M-M-Max?"
"SponTwon! SponTwon!" Max cooed, raising his arms up. SpongeTron looked at the baby when his arm uncontrollably turned into a sonic cannon that aims at Max.
SpongeCog seized the remote and grinned maliciously, "Now to annihilate Neutron's most precious and vulnerable squishy as revenge for my master!" Java gasped, seeing him intending to make her loved one finish Max, her once junior accomplice.
The sonic cannon loaded with energy as Max giggled. SpongeTron blinked his eyes once more when, "N-N-NOOOOO!" SpongeTron reverted his weapon back to his hand as he used both arms to grab hold of the controlling crown.
SpongeCog watched as his good counterpart tries to pry the crown off. He frantically turned the knobs saying, "No! I'm your master and I command you to destroy that little squishy!"
The crown sparked and started to overload SpongeTron's systems, but SpongeTron ignored them and used all his strength to yank it off. Everyone watched in amazement as the jewels on the crown begin to crack. With a shout, SpongeTron ripped the crown in two off his head. SpongeCog gasped as its remains fell.
SpongeCog backed away as SpongeTron marched forward, "I'm not the 'King of all Robots'! I'm SpongeTron 001, creation of Jimmy Neutron and SpongeBob SquarePants, and defender of all mankind and robotkind!"
SpongeCog growled and rocketed toward SpongeTron, pushing him into the robot arena. "SpongeTron!" The Nicktoons cried out.
SpongeCog pinned SpongeTron to the corner and raised one hand with sparking claws, "Now to finish what my master started!"
SpongeTron attempts to push SpongeCog away when a robotic claw leans toward SpongeTron. He turned to see a smiling Aracdroid, "Seems your rival champion is calling for a rematch. Time I do the same as well."
SpongeTron smirked understanding. He slams his hand on Aracdroid's and yelled, "Tag!"
Once tagged, the spider robot takes his turn and punches SpongeCog off of SpongeTron. Before SpongeCog had time to react, Aracdroid fires lasers out of his eyes directly hitting SpongeCog, who screams. Java winces in worry and tries to make her escape until Aracdroid grabs SpongeCog in his claw and tosses him out of the arena, landing on top of Java. Aracdroid finishes the pair off by firing a string of spider webbing and tying the two together.
Clapping and cheering from the Nicktoons and the other robots were heard, and Calamitous had finally regained consciousness after being knocked out by Java earlier and saw what had happened, "But you are supposed to be under my control!" he told SpongeTron, "Those robots ruined everything!"
Suddenly, Calamitous is cuffed from behind by none other than SpongeTron 911 with Jimmy and Cindy Neutron. "Guess there's some things you can never gain control of, Calamitous," Jimmy said coldly.
The Nicktoons froze in surprise with SpongeTron gulped, "Commander Neutron? How did you find us here?"
"I installed a chip in Max's walker that will release a homing beacon whenever it senses Max in danger," Jimmy explained when he glanced at Aracdroid, Wheels, and Scraps. He glanced around to see the repair mechs and underground arena, "What's all this?"
"Neutron...I can explain," SpongeTron tried to say, "You see, all these robots are built and modeled after your inventions ever since the ST-Project, but they were all deemed failures and-"
But SpongeTron noticed Jimmy's eyes gleaming at his robotic friends. "Leapin' Leptons!" He ran over to Scraps with his power drill. "Is that the Nitro Drill 9000? That's very rare feature in robotics design!"
"Yes," Scrap answered as he admired his drill. "It is mainly used to repair damaged robots, but I have modified it with extra material from the junkyard for the most drastic repairs for robot competitors."
"Oh Commander Neutron!" SpongeTron cried as he dropped on his stomach and grabbed a hold of Jimmy's ankles. "Please don't shut down the robot fights! I know you think it's horrible for robots to run illegal fights, but this is the one place where robots of all kinds can feel free and admired and be around other robots who feel the same way! So please please PLEASE don't shut this place down!"
"What are you talking about, SpongeTron?" Jimmy asked in confusion. "I'm not shutting any place down."
"What?" SpongeTron asked in shock.
"You mean you're not mad about the fact that all this has been going on without your knowledge?" Tammy asked.
"Of course I'm mad. As an inventor who's dabbled in the arts of robotics, a friendly competition of robots battling it out is quite exhilarating. I'm more displeased with the fact that I've been missing the opportunity to spectate upon such a fine event."
Everyone was pretty much dumbfounded by Jimmy's understanding and enthusiasm about the whole thing, to which Darry commented, "Good luck trying to get past the whole 'no humans allowed' rule."
"Don't think you have to worry about that," Wheels stated, "With those chumps gone, it looks like the robot fights are gonna be disbanded unless someone here distributes."
Jimmy thought about this and looked at SpongeTron who pleads. "I'll see what I can do," Jimmy winked.
"And we'll help. I bet my dad will know some people interested in robot fighting," Darry added.
"And our dad will provide the magic to promote and help robots who are mistreated by their human creators," Tammy included.
SpongeTron gasped in excitement, "You're really gonna do is for all of us?"
"Well, as Nicktoons, we shouldn't be helping just humans," Darry explained.
"But..." Tommy pointed out, "There's something you gotta do first before we help your cause."
"I'll do anything!" SpongeTron pleaded, "Anything to help my fellow robot brethren!"
He will soon regret it the next day as Max cried and cried from his aching tooth as SpongeTron tried to rock him back and forth. "Uh...maybe I can use some help, guys?" He asked his three human friends who are relaxing on the couch watching TV.
Tommy simply smiled and changed the channel while responding, "He's teething, just let him chew."
"Not funny." SpongeTron replied bitterly as Max chewed on his metal arm.
"Quiet," Darry said excitedly. "The robot fights are gonna start."
On TV was an amazingly constructed arena with robot spectators and the new announcer being SpongeTron 666, who no longer needed a disguise. "Welcome to the Robot Battle Competition! Tonight we have two great robots battling it out to determine who is the King of All Robots!"
Then he added, "With special sponsoring by Commander Jimmy Neutron, Mayor Foley, and Turner's Wishful Thinking Company." the camera shifted to Jimmy, Tucker, and Cindy who was in a special private booth, the two men watching the competition excitedly while Cindy stared at them in annoyance. "Now let's meet our competitors!" The camera shifts to Aracdroid standing at one end of the arena. "Your returning champion and web spinner of death: Aracdroid!"
The audience cheered while the Nicktoons watching in HQ cheer as well. "You think he's gonna win?" Darry asked.
"He better." Tommy replied, "He's going up against The Compactor. He sounds tough."
"Of course Aracdroid's gonna win." SpongeTron pointed out. "He is the champ."
"Oh, look!" Tammy pointed to the TV. "The match is starting."
While everyone watched the robot fight take place, Max was on SpongeTron's lap chewing on a screwdriver. SpongeTron took it out of his mouth and stared at it to see there was some writing on it. He read the inscription:
Come fight with us again soon, King
- Aracdroid
SpongeTron smiled admirably as he placed the prized screwdriver inside his chest compartment and allowed Max to nibble on his finger.
The End
We always thought SpongeTron was the best robot around (aside from Goddard) and now we know it. Please review and stick around for the next story, "Catman Returns".