Time Fixers: Nicktoons of the Future
Episode 13: Dayscare
Plot: When Jimmy and Cindy go away on a trip, they decide to leave Max at a daycare center. But while Max seems to enjoy it, he is soon faced against his father's cousin, Eddie, who wants to take his brain for himself. Meanwhile, SpongeTron is trying to prove that he doesn't miss Max and can have fun without him.
Part 2
Meanwhile, in Bikini Bottom, Junior was buckled into a stroller that was being pushed down the sidewalk. "But SpongeTron!" Junior complained. "I can walk by myself!"
SpongeTron was pushing the stroller without care as he contently answered, "Don't be silly, Junior. I mean what if your feet get tired? Anyone would be happy about not having to walk home."
Junior glances around to see the other fish giggling. Junior blushed in embarrassment when he asked SpongeTron, "Ummm...have you heard from Mr. and Mrs. Neutron yet or Maxie?"
SpongeTron pouted, "I hear they're having a great time and so am I! Who cares about Max anyway? He doesn't need a robot brother who cares and looks after him every now and then. He's a 'gah gah gooey gah gah goo'!" Suddenly, all the babies in the area started crying as their parents try to calm them. SpongeTron is puzzled, "What did I say?" Junior sighs dully when SpongeTron says, "Come on, Junior, when we get back home we can watch your favorite show together."
"'My Happy Pretty Seahorse'?" Junior said excitedly.
"'Mini Edisons', silly!" SpongeTron said, pinching Junior's cheek, "Today's the episode where they discover who invented the telephone."
"But that's a baby show!" Junior cried out. "I'm not a baby!"
"Who says you are, snookums?" SpongeTron, pinching Junior's cheek once more, "Oh, also forgot your binky." He pops the pacifier into Junior's mouth as the little sponge frowned.
After a few hours of singing, Gary and Betty left the room to recharge themselves and Max was playing with the other babies. One of the babies rolled the ball towards Max. Max picks up the ball and examines it. He listens for anything as he shakes it, but finds it's an ordinary ball so he passes it to another baby. He picks up his bottle to take a sip when he realized something. He sniffs the bottle to find the scent of warm milk and throws it aside.
He glanced around, wondering what his evil cousin will do next. He continues playing with the babies, not noticing Eddie using a screwdriver to pry the exit open. He crawls toward a room where the Gary and Betty robots are temporarily deactivated to charge their batteries. Eddie chuckled as he walks forward and opens up a panel from Gary's back, "Let's see your precious babysitters let you off the hook this time." Eddie smirked, preparing for modifications.
In Bikini Bottom, Darry, Tommy, and Tammy are walking toward the Pineapple Dome to check up on SpongeTron and Junior...mostly Junior. "You sure we should check up on them?" Darry asked, "Cuz they seem okay to me."
"Well, I'm concerned about their well-being," Tammy explained, "And I want see if they're alright." Once they reach the metal door, she calls out, "Junior?"
Suddenly, a trashcan beside them opens up from the inside, revealing Junior, "Yes?" he asked, almost scaring the three.
"Junior, what are you doing in the garbage?" Tommy asked.
"Hiding," Junior whispered as he crept down, "I never thought I'd say this, but SpongeTron is being a 'nuli-sense'."
"Don't you mean 'nuisance'?" Tammy asked.
Junior nodded, "SpongeTron's been treating me like a baby ever since Max went to the daycare."
"We can see that," Darry noticed, "Obviously, SpongeTron misses Max, more importantly he misses the feel of being needed. Thus, he directs this behavior towards the youngest of our group, which is you, to cope with his loss." The twins and Junior stare at Darry in bewilderment, "What? Sometimes I listen to Aunt Jazz's lectures if they interest me."
"But come on, Junior, it can't be that bad," Tommy said in disbelief. Junior gained a dull look as he hops out of the trash bin, revealing himself dressed in only a blue bonnet, diaper, and stringed binky around his neck. The three are disturbed by this, "Okay, maybe it IS that bad."
"He's still inside." Junior told them. "We were watching some show where they were singing about phones until I told him I had to go to the bathroom."
"Wouldn't he realize he has to change your diaper?" Tammy pointed out.
At that point, SpongeTron called out, "Juuunior! Time for a diaper change!"
Junior gasped and begged his friends, "Hide me! Hide me!"
SpongeTron just exited the dome to find Junior nowhere in sight, but sees his three friends, "Guys, have you seen Junior? He said he had to go to the bathroom. I should have realized he's not potty-trained yet."
"Dude, this charade has gone far enough," Darry said sternly, "Just admit you need Max more than he needs you."
SpongeTron scoffed, "That again, guys? I told you already, Max doesn't need me and I don't need Max. I happen to be happy without him."
"Soo...reading Junior baby books, feeding him gloop, walking him in a stroller, and putting him in a diaper makes you happy?" Tommy mentioned.
SpongeTron grins uneasily when he stubbornly replies, "Yes! Now if you'll excuse me, I have to give Junior his Edwin Huggles." He holds up Max's teddy bear, "It's a quarter to three and Junior can't sleep without Edwin Huggles."
"You mean Max can't sleep without Edwin Huggles," Tammy corrected.
"Maybe..." SpongeTron turned his head back when his eyes widen as he looks at the teddy bear. "Oh my gosh! Max forgot his teddy bear and it's a quarter to his naptime! He NEVER sleeps without Edwin Huggles beside him! I'm coming, Max!" He rockets out of the sky and enters a portal to Retroville.
The three Nicktoons smile in relief and Darry makes Junior reappear after temporarily turning him invisible. "Okay, he's outta your hands now."
"Finally!" Junior cheered, throwing the bonnet and binky away, "Now I can have all the fun big kids my age can do!" then he skips happily to his house while singing, "Seahorse! Seahorse! My pretty pretty seahorse!"
Meanwhile, Max was inside a crib, preparing to go to sleep for a nice long nap. With a blanket on top of him, he closes his eyes and begins to fall asleep, only to open them a second later, feeling like something was wrong since he couldn't fall asleep and likely assumed it was because Cousin Eddie was still lurking somewhere around the daycare, waiting for an opportunity to strike. Suddenly, something loomed over the crib and Max looked up to see it was Gary, looking strange with a cold smile. "Napy-wapy time is done-woney." he said in mono-tone as he picked Max up out of the crib.
Max yelped as he was carried away for reasons unknown. Gary brought him out of the baby room and carried him to the kitchen, placing him in a high-chair that Max was locked into. "Not so tough now that you got no one to be your bodyguard, huh?" Max gasped as he looks up to see Eddie standing on the kitchen counter. Betty had the same blank grin on her face as she picked up Eddie and placed him on the ground.
"You know, these two aren't so annoying anymore now that I made some 'modifications'." Eddie sadistically said until he told the two robots. "Make sure he ain't carrying any weapons that can stop me." Both the eyes of Gary and Betty glow red, under Eddie's control. They open up Max's jammies and bonnet to confiscate various gadgets he "borrowed" from his dad. "Now that you're out of options, how about we play a game of "Doctor"?" Eddie said as he pulled out a drawer, containing a bunch of knives and other sharp instruments.
"Gah gah bah goo!" Max yelled angrily, pounding on the tray of the high chair.
"I already told you why I'm doing this! I want your brain!" Eddie bitterly responded. "With it I can finally grow up! You don't know what it's like being a baby for so long. My cousin, Jimmy, got to grow up, he got to date girls, go on big kid rides, grew his first chest hair; and with your brain, I'll finally be able to do all those things."
"Bah goo goo gah!"
"That's what they all say!" Eddie said with a laugh. "Which means I'm still gonna take your brain. And since you're my baby cousin, I'll do it the quick and less painful way." he takes out a large buzzsaw with a rapidly spinning blade. "Bring him over here!" Gary and Betty push Max toward Eddie as he laughed maniacally. Max gritted in gums in fear and started crying, pleading for help. "No use, Maxie! Your dada and mama ain't here! No one will save you now!"
Suddenly, they hear a loud buzzing, alerting them of someone entering the Learn-A-Torium. "Ooh, we have visitors!" Betty grinned and walked over to push a button on a table. A screen appears from the ceiling as the security camera catches a glimpse of someone coming toward the door.
Max smiled in glee, "SpongeTwon!"
Hearing Max, Eddie knew he was in trouble. "You two stall him!" he ordered the robots. Gary and Betty followed by exiting the room.
In the main entrance, SpongeTron just entered the daycare holding Edwin Huggles when Gary and Betty arrive as their usual selves, "Welcome, new guest, to Happy Peppy Gary and Betty's Learn-A-Torium!" they cheered and sang a high note, "LAAA-"
"Yeah, I get it," SpongeTron interrupted when he held out the teddy bear, "I just came here to drop this off. It's Max's favorite toy and he can't nap without it."
But Betty's head started to short-circuit as she shouted, "Toys are fun! Weapons are dangerously not fun."
"Okay..." SpongeTron said in a weirded out tone. "Look, I said I just came to deliver Max's toy so he can nap. So if you can just give it to him..."
"Switching brains is so much fun!" Gary cheered enthusiastically. "That's why Max's brain is number one!"
"Wait what?" SpongeTron asked, more confused than ever. "How often do you guys repair yourselves?"
Back in the kitchen, Eddie jumped onto the high chair tray and used a marker to draw a line across Max's forehead. "Don't worry. You won't even feel a thing." Eddie reassured. "...after a few seconds of intense pain."
Max's lips quiver as his eyes water. Eddie just laughs in mockery. "Go ahead and cry like a baby! I am gonna steal your brain for myself!" he laughs as he activates the buzzsaw in front of Max.
The loud buzzing noise of the saw reaches all the way to the front desk. "Do you guys hear something?" SpongeTron asked, cupping his ear.
"That's the blender!" Betty excused, "We're making mushy-wushy food for the little darlings!"
"Listen, do you mind if I just go back there and give Max his favorite teddy bear?" SpongeTron was about to take a step forward until Gary stopped him.
"You can't." Gary said cheerfully. "You aren't allowed in if you're carrying dangerous weapons."
"But the weapons are part of my interior design."
"Oh, too bad. Guess you'll have to come back some other time." Betty said, kicking SpongeTron toward the exit, "Maybe never..."
But SpongeTron defiantly turned around and held up Edwin Huggles. "I'm not leaving until I see Max sleeping with Edwin Huggles by his side!"
"WHAAAAA!" a loud cry came out from one of the rooms behind the desk.
SpongeTron recognized the voice, "Max?" SpongeTron asked and run forward only to be blocked by the human robots.
"People with dangerous weapons must be annihilated!" Betty said with hers and Gary's eyes glowing red with malice. Their chests pop open and release soy cubes with sharp toothpicks in front. SpongeTron quickly ducked as the toothpicks soy cubes miss him.
"You guys are horrible nannies." SpongeTron said angrily. "And if you won't let me through with weapons, then I'll get pass you two WITHOUT weapons." SpongeTron swung the teddy bear at Gary, knocking him back, and when Betty tried to grab him, he slid between her legs and swung the teddy bear back at her, knocking her down to the ground as well. With both of them down, he ran down the hall to find Max.
Eddie was swinging the buzzsaw at Max, who kept ducking his head around to avoid it. "Hold still, will you?" Eddie demanded, annoyed. Max cries out and kicks his legs up and down, causing the tray to shake and making Eddie lose his balance. The buzzsaw flies through the air and lands on the tray, going across it and slicing it in half. Max cheered at this since he was now free of the chair.
When Max climbed down from the chair, Eddie yelled, "Alright, baby cousin, now I'm angry! I'm getting your brain whether you like it or not!" Max tried to crawl away out the door, but Eddie grabbed him by the back of his pajamas and held him still with the buzzsaw in his other hand. "Have you forgotten that I already learned how to walk?" Eddie asked. Max then screamed loudly at the mercy of his evil cousin. Eddie laughed as he moves the buzzsaw closer and closer when a yellow blur passed him and swooped Max out of his hands.
Max opens his eyes and sees he is now in SpongeTron's arms. "Didn't you get the rule?" he asked Eddie. "No weapons are allowed here."
"Uh oh." Eddie said, holding the buzzsaw behind his back until he pointed at Max. "It's his fault! He made me do it!"
In response, Max just blew a raspberry at him. "Come on, Max, let's be mature." SpongeTron calmly said, "I'm sure he didn't mean to try and slice your head open. However, he behaved very badly at a daycare center." he then glared at Eddie, "And if you ask me, you're more of a gah gah gooey gah gah goo."
Eddie eyes widen in surprise and he shook a fist, "Wanna come here and say that to me again, punk?!"
SpongeTron took a step forward and shouted at him, "I still don't know what I said, but whatever it is, it's probably true!"
"What are you gonna do?" Eddie challenged. "Beat me up? You wouldn't hit a baby, would you?"
SpongeTron stopped, realizing what he said while Max looks at him. "Goo?"
"Oh, he's right, Max." SpongeTron sadly explained. "I can't attack a defenseless baby, even if he is an evil genius."
"Ha!" Eddie laughed, turning on his buzzsaw. "That means there's nothing to stop me from taking Max's brain after all!"
Tears appear in Max's eyes until SpongeTron added, "Well, I wouldn't say that."
Eddie looked confused until he was soon placed inside a play pen with tall bars. On the TV was the show Mini Edisons and inside was a bowl of purée soy. "What is all this?" Eddie asked. "Don't you know I'm over twenty-years-old?"
"Then don't be such a baby." SpongeTron mockingly said as Max chuckled. "Here's a baby biscuit in case you get hungry."
As the two walked away, Eddie called out, "This isn't the end of it, Cousin Max! I'll get your brain someday!"
Suddenly, a reprogrammed Betty and Gary come over to then pen, holding guitars. "Looks like little Eddie is cranky." Gary noticed.
"Let's sing him the Cheery Sunshine Song." Betty cheerfully suggested.
As they played music, Eddie eyes widen in horror as he screams, "NOOOOO!"
SpongeTron walks out of the daycare with Max. He smiles at the baby and says, "We better get you to bed soon. You missed your naptime. Luckily for you, I brought your bedtime companion." he pulled out Edwin Huggles, to which Max hugs it in joy.
"Max!" a voice called out and SpongeTron turned to see a car parked in front of the daycare and Cindy rush out of the car to take her baby. "Max, my baby! Mommy missed you so much!" she cried, cuddling him.
"Mr. and Mrs. Neutron," SpongeTron said surprised, "You came home early."
"Unfortunately, we had to." Jimmy said with a dull frown. "Cindy couldn't take her mind off Max for a second."
SpongeTron stared in surprise, "You don't say."
As Cindy kissed and hugged Max, Jimmy just chuckles and says, "I guess it's just separation anxiety combined with motherly instinct. She loves Max more than anything and can't stand being away from him even for one weekend. Can you believe that, SpongeTron?"
SpongeTron blushed and chuckled sheepishly, "Of course not, Commander. I didn't even remember Max was gone."
"Oh Maxie," Cindy said as she hugged Max tightly. "We're never leaving you again."
"So does that mean I can still babysit Max?" SpongeTron asked hopefully.
"Yeah sure whatever." Cindy said carelessly since she was too busy cuddling Max.
SpongeTron cheered and high-fives Max. Jimmy then came over and tickled Max's chin. "So did you have fun in daycare while we were gone, Max?" he asked his son.
Max's eyes go wide in horror until SpongeTron quickly adds, "You know, I think Max looks tired. He should probably take his nap now."
"What?" Cindy asked angrily. "You mean Max hasn't taken his nap yet? What kind of daycare are they running if they can't stick to a schedule?"
"One that we shouldn't leave Max at." SpongeTron answered. "Ever."
As they got in the hovercar, Jimmy asks, "You can't tell me you didn't enjoy your day off from watching Max, did you SpongeTron?"
"Oh, it was nice." SpongeTron answered as he sat next to Max. "All I did was hang out with Junior."
"I'm glad you were able to get the day off cuz we need you to babysit Max again," Jimmy said, "We have to bail my dad out of jail for eating all the pies from the pie-eating contest at the festival...again."
"I would be happy to take care of Max," SpongeTron said, patting Max on the head.
"Is that okay with you, Cindy?" he asked his wife.
"I guess," Cindy answered, but sternly told the robot, "As long as SpongeTron makes sure Max is safe and doesn't get him in dangerous situations. That means, NO going to outer space."
"Okay, okay, we get it," SpongeTron obeyed, happy to be Max's "big brother" once more.
The next day when Jimmy and Cindy are gone, SpongeTron didn't take Max to space. Instead, they were in a submarine deep in the sea. "Over there's a jellyfish." SpongeTron pointed out. "They're marine animals with tentacles that can sting in order to capture prey." Max giggled in amusement, clapping his hands. "And over there is a dolphin. Despite the popular belief, they are actually mammals, not fish."
"Goo!" Max squealed as he pointed out the window of the sub.
"Oh, you're right. That's not a dolphin, that's a...SHARK!" Swimming in the ocean, a large shark was coming right at them, bearing its many sharp teeth. "Marine biology lesson's over!" SpongeTron franticly said as he rushed over to the sub controls. "Time to go!"
As the submarine jets through the water, Max sees the shark out the window, swimming after them. Max just giggles and waves his hands in the air. SpongeTron activates a button which triggers laser guns. They fire at the shark, making it turn away. "Wa-hoo!" the two cheered ridding of the shark.
Max looks out the window and said, "Squidy! Squidy!"
"Umm...Squidward's actually in Bikini Bottom," SpongeTron explained when a shadow looms over them, "Oh, you mean...GIANT SQUID!"
A giant squid comes in front and opens up its mouth and gobbles the submarine in one gulp. The submarine is in pitch darkness until SpongeTron opens up a lightbulb from his hat. SpongeTron sighs, "I'll call in some back-up, might take a few hours. So wanna read 'Where's the Rabbit?' again?" Max blew a raspberry. "Okay, how about a textbook on marine biology?" Max squealed in delight.
With Max in his lap, SpongeTron sat on a cushion and held a large book that he began reading, "'The scientific study of organisms in the ocean or other marine or brackish bodies of water. A large proportion of all life on Earth exists in the ocean. Exactly how large the proportion is unknown, since many ocean species are still to be discovered. The ocean is a complex three-dimensional world covering about 71% of the Earth's surface. The habitats studied in marine biology include everything from the tiny layers of surface water in which organisms and abiotic items may be trapped in surface tension between the ocean and atmosphere, to...'"
The End
SpongeTron can be a good brother to anyone, can he? Hope you enjoyed this story and review. Stick around for the next story, "Emotion Sickness".
