October 31st is the current date in Parappa Town. Plenty of homes are decorated with festive Halloween decor, and the crisp chill of the air drives home the fact that Autumn was in it's peak.
There was going to be a Halloween party at Club Fun that night, where people would dress up in their Halloween costumes and have a good time. MC King Kong Mushi was going to perform that night, and who did he invite to co-star the show? You guessed it.
"Parappa! I heard you were going to rap tonight!" Katy says over the phone to the hip hop hero, who was resting on his bed. He had his face-painted to look like a skeleton. Wearing a Skeleton themed sweatshirt along with it.
"Yep! I can't wait! I'm already dressed up in my costume too!" Parappa smiles excitedly.
"Me too! I just have to pick-up the girls and we'll head on over to the club!" The blue cat speaks in her usual positive tone of voice.
"Okay! I'll be there soon too!"
"Groovy! See you later!"
"Bye!"
With that, Parappa ends his phone call with Katy. The pup heads down the stairs and into the living room, ready to embark his journey to the Halloween Party.
"Mom! I'm gonna get going to the Halloween party!" Parappa calls to his mother, who is walking out of the kitchen with a bowl of candy in her hands.
Mama Rappa was the only person other than Parappa who was still home. Pinto was with her friends trick-or-treating, and Papa Rappa was chaperoning them. Chop Chop Master Onion and Guru Ant on the other hand went to go out to eat. Not really by their choice, but rather that Papa Rappa gave them each some money and sent them away for the evening. He didn't want them at the house, scaring away any trick-or-treaters with their constant arguing.
"Okay hun, have a good ti-"
Ding-dong
"Oh hey, the first trick-or-treater's here!" Mama smiles as she heads over to the door with the bowl of candy in hand. The blonde firewoman opens the door.
"Trick-or-treat!" PJ says, holding out his orange plastic pumpkin.
"Oh hi PJ! What are you supposed to be?" Mama smiles warmly at her son's best friend.
"I'm a toga-man!" He exclaims proudly. He was wearing his bed-sheet like a toga.
"PJ? What are you doing?" Parappa steps out from behind his mom, looking at the bear.
"I'm selling your Mom insurance. What do you think I'm doing?!" PJ sarcastically replies to his friend's dumb question.
"No, I mean, aren't you going to the Halloween party?" The pup asks.
"Of course I am! I'm just doing a little bit of trick-or-treating! It's not Halloween if you don't trick-or-treat."
"But the party's gonna be starting soon!" Parappa picks up his voice in urgency, not wanting PJ to be late for the gig.
"Dude, we still got time! Enough time to hit up a few houses! Why don't you come trick-or-treating with me?" The teddy bear invites his friend to go with him.
"I don't know man...we're 15 now, don't you think we're to old to be doing this?" Parappa asks the bear with some uncertainty.
"We only live once Parappa, and we have our whole lives to do boring adult stuff. I want to spend the present having fun." PJ speaks his thoughts to him.
"C'mon sweetie, go get some candy! You're never to old to enjoy Halloween!" Parappa's Mom beams as she puts he arm around his shoulder.
"Well...I guess you're right." Parappa admits, smiling gently as PJ wraps his arm around his shoulder, a look of delight on the sleepy bear's face.
Mama Rappa waved the boys goodbye as the two best friends made their way down the street. Their path was illuminated by the street lights as other children were wandering the sidewalks, going from house to house.
"Alright, so the party starts in about 45 minutes. So we should have enough time to stop by a few houses before we walk down to Club Fun." Parappa explains the plan to PJ as they walk down the sidewalk.
The boys walk up to the first house they choose. A little one-story brick house with red paint. They walk up the stairs and onto the porch, where Parappa rings the doorbell.
A moment later, the door opens. Standing there is an anthropormorphic turkey, wearing a black top-heavy and a brown colored suit with a little red tie.
"Trick-or-treat!"
"Oh! Well well well. What terrifying monsters you two are." The turkey man comments on Parappa and PJ's appearance.
"Let's see, a spooky bone man and a bed-sheet man! My my, you two are making me quiver with fright!"
"Hehe Yeah, can we have some candy ple-"
"You two are certainly masters in costume design, because I cannot stop trembling!" The turkey interrupts Parappa, being overly dramatic.
"Thanks, can we please-"
"Oh goodness gracious, I'm chilled to the bone! You two are frightening me so much!" He picks up his voice, sounding even more scared.
"Uh-"
"I can't take this anymore, get off my property you hoodlums!" The turkey shouts as he slams the door, leaving the boys to look at each other confused.
"Well uh...that was weird." Parappa remarks as they leave to go find their next house.
"We were just too spooky for him." PJ shrugs.
They walk further down the street until they come across a two-story house painted light green, with a baby blue roof.
The Rapper and the DJ walk up the path to the door and ring the doorbell.
The door opens, revealing a tall white canine with a somewhat disturbing wide, toothy smile.
"Uh...tr-trick-or treat?" The boys say, slightly unnerved.
"Hello there! Unfortunately I don't have any candy, but I do have something better!" The tall dog says, looking down at the teens.
"What is it?"
"Dental Floss!" The man smiles as he puts a handful of dental floss in both of their plastic pumpkins.
"Dental Floss? Who gives out dental floss on Halloween?" PJ looks both disappointed and dissatisfied with his offering.
"You see, I'm a dentist! It's my job to make sure people's teeth stay nice and healthy! Eating too many sweets is a good way to end up with a cavity, so I'm doing what I can to help kids with their dental hygiene." The dentist explains.
"Can you eat these?" PJ questions him.
"I wouldn't recommend it."
"We're out of here, come on Parappa." PJ looks annoyed as he and Parappa take their leave.
Parappa and PJ keep moving further down the neighborhood, hoping to go somewhere that won't lecture them about dental health. They eventually find a small one-story house with white walls and a black-tiled roof. The house was extravagantly decorated for the holiday, with finely carved jack-o'-lanterns placed strategically along the walkway to the door, and beautiful paper cut spider webs elegantly hanging along the porch.
"Whoa, if this place doesn't have something good, I don't know what will." Parappa turned his head toward PJ before ringing the doorbell.
"Comiiiiing~" The voice boomed from the other side of the door.
"That voice sounds familiar." Parappa thinks to himself before the door opens.
It was none other than the High School Drama teacher, Miss Thalia. She was wearing her trademark theater mask along with a dark gray turtleneck sweater and black yoga pants.
"Happy Halloween Children!" Miss Thalia joyously greets Parappa and PJ.
"My, don't you two look absolutely wonderful in those costumes!" Thank compliments the boys' apparel.
"Oh thanks!" Parappa smiles at the compliment.
"Do tell me, what are your stories?" She asks with intrigue.
"Huh?" Both Parappa and PJ shoot her a confused look.
"With every great costume, comes a great story behind it! Not only must you dress for the part, you must know the part!" The drama teacher explains.
"Well I uh...I um...I didn't look both ways before I crossed the street...and I died." Parappa improvises a backstory on the spot.
"And you walk the Earth, numbing your misery with sweets from the realm of the living! Not bad!" Miss Thalia claps with delight. "What about you dear?" She looks towards the teddy bear. "Are you a noble from Ancient Grecos perhaps?"
"No, I'm a toga man." PJ bluntly says.
"A toga man...with some kind of purpose I imagine?" Miss Thalia taps the chin of her mask with thought.
"Yeah, a purpose of getting something sweet to eat."
"Oooookay...needs some work." Thalia says to herself quietly.
She then claps her hands once more, returning her attention to the boys. "Right then! I suppose you children want a treat!"
"Yeah!" Both Parappa and PJ cheer in unison.
"Here you go!" She gives both boys a piece of paper.
"What the heck is this?" Parappa looks at the paper with a funny look.
"Two tickets to the Spring Musical! It will be real sweet and quite the treat don't you think?" Miss Thalia happily giggles.
"But-"
"Well, have a safe night Children! Happy Halloween!" With that, Miss Thalia closes her door before Parappa could say anything.
PJ stares at the ticket he was given and quivers his lip. "I can't eat this..."
Both boys leave Thalia's property with sadness in their eyes. Parappa glances at his cellphone, and his eyes grow a bit wider.
"Oh geez, we only have 20 minutes until the party starts! We don't have much time left..." The rapper solemnly admits, sighing as he stares at the ground.
"Hey, don't worry Parappa, we still have time for one more stop. And I know a place that definitely has candy." PJ rubs the dog's back.
"Really? Where?"
"C'mon!" PJ takes Parappa's hand and leads him to their destination. After walking down the street, they arrive.
"Wait a second, PJ, this is your house." Parappa says as he instantly recognizes the Berri residence.
"Exactly." PJ smiles at his best friend as he knocks on the door.
The front door quickly swings open and a large figure wearing a monster mask steps out.
"BOO!"
"AAAA!" Parappa falls on his butt, startled by the scare.
The man bellows a hearty laugh as he takes off the mask, revealing to be PJ's father.
"Ha ha ha! That was priceless!" Mr. Berri twiddles his handlebar mustache as he continues to chuckle. PJ's mother walks next to him and gives him a light elbow to the side.
"Theodore! What did I tell you about scaring the trick-or-treaters!" Mrs. Berri folds her arms as she scolds her husband.
"Oh relax dear, it's just PJ and his friend Placenta."
"Parappa."
"Yeah, Parappa." Mr. Berri corrects himself.
"Hi Mom, Hi Dad." PJ greets his parents.
"Hello sweetie, what brings you two back here so early? I thought you were going to the party at Club Fun?" Mrs. Berri wonders.
"We were about to go, but we just came so Parappa can get some candy." The Berri boy explains, pointing at Parappa's mostly empty plastic pumpkin.
"Oh of course, here you go kiddo!" Mr. Berri grabs a big handful of king sized candy bars and puts in inside Parappa's pumpkin.
"Whoa...thanks!" Parappa grins at the large amount of candy he's received.
"Eh don't sweat it son, it's the least we could do for our boy's best friend." Mr. and Mrs. Berri smile warmly at the pup. "Now you two better get going to that party. You don't want to be...choco-late." PJ's Dad looks at everyone with a dumb smile on his face as everyone stared at him silently.
"Get it? Because...I gave you chocolate...heh..." Mr. Berri looks towards the ground in shame.
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Club Fun was packed with people dressed up in costume. People were murmuring to themselves, waiting for the show to begin.
"I hope Parappa isn't late..." Sunny looks worried as she and MilkCan were in the front row. Sunny was wearing a rogue princess costume, with a tattered blue dress and a tiara.
"Oh don't worry, he wouldn't miss a chance to rap on stage. Katy reassures her friend. Katy was dressed as a tiger, wearing orange and black stripped clothing with matching face-paint. Lammy and Ma-San accompanied her too, with Lammy dressed up as a zombie and Ma-San wearing a white-sheet over herself, with two eye-holes. A very half-effort ghost.
Just then the lights start to dim, and a voice booms over the speakers. "Parappa Town, are we ready to have a good time?!"
The crowd cheers as the sound of the records being scratched could be heard. The big red curtains on the stage open up, revealing the stars of the show. MC King Kong Mushi and Parappa were on the stage, with DJ PJ behind his table. The audience cheers even louder as the show begins.
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"Yeah Club Fun! Let's get this show on the road! Here we go!"
"It's that time again, comes once every year! It makes all the boys and girls go cheer!"
"Everyone loves to taste all the sweets, with all the decorations it sure looks neats!"
"It might be the end of October, but I don't want this day to be over!"
"Hear the rhythm and speak the rhymes, I want everyone here to have a good time!"
"Everybody say Heeeey!"
"Heeeey!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Happy Halloween!"
"Happy Halloween!"
"Everybody wants to feel nice and dandy, to have their pumpkins filled with yummy candy!"
"Dressing up and doing your hair, you just might give someone a scare!"
"Vampires, werewolves, or mummies! Eating sweet chocolate sure is yummy!"
"Hanging with your friends, your dog, or your Mom! I love Halloween, it sure is the bomb!"
"Everybody say Heeeey!"
"Heeeey!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Happy Halloween!"
"Happy Halloween!"
"Spooky, scary, hearts filled with fright! But it's okay because it's Halloween night!"
"Pumpkins, spider webs, and ghosts! Days like these you have to make the most!"
"It might be the last day of October, don't look now but tomorrow's November!"
"Y'all might like heroes, like Thunder Bunny! But this goes out to you, Sunny Funny!"
"Everybody say Heeeey!"
"Heeeey!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Yo! Yo!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Knock on the door!"
"Happy Halloween!"
"Happy Halloween!"
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The audience goes wild as the song ends, King Kong Mushi and Parappa bow to the crowd as PJ plays them off.