the Powerpuff girls
brought and scold
alternate ending!
By Sofia2017 planning and Luiz4200
(Cut to a close-up of Princess, snoring like a buzzsaw and drooling slightly. She wakes up and wipes her mouth and eyes with the end of one sleeve, mumbling sleepily as she does so. Now she looks back and forth for a moment.)
Princess SAID I WANT A GLASS OF WATER! (Pull back quickly on the end of this. Pause.) ON THE ROCKS!
(She climbs down from the dais and stalks off across the bedroom; as she goes, she mutters angrily to herself.)
Princess said ...have to get my own water… What is this? It's not right for a Princess to have to get her own… (During this, she enters the marble gallery, then the hallway.) When I say I want a glass of water, somebody should say, "How tall?"
(She walks and we hear the sound of ice cubes clinking in a glass, followed by water being run briefly. Now she starts back toward her room, glass in hand and still muttering. Around her, the hallway has been cleared of all its furnishings in the short time she was in the kitchen, but she pays no notice to it as she continues her angry muttering.)
Princess said I get my own crummy… What a load of…
(She trails off into Yosemite Sam-style cursing as she passes through the marble gallery, also picked clean. Bits of recognizable English make their way back into her sotto-voice ranting when she reaches her bedroom, which has been swept of its trappings as well. Approaching the dais, she finally starts to make sense.)
Princess said Yeah! I oughta wake 'em up with the hotline!
(All that is left are her blanket and pillows. She sets her glass down and tucks herself in on the floor, grumbling on and taking no notice.)
Princess said "Hey, Powerpukes, it's the Mayor! Three glasses of water. Chop, chop!"
(She laughs to herself and snuggles down. After a few seconds, she snaps wide awake and gasps sharply—the first indication that she has realized what is going on—and the camera pulls back above her.)
Princess yelled (drawn-out) NO! MY STUFF! (She starts to panic.) Oh, my gosh. We've been robbed. And they took all my— (She tumbles down the dais and runs across the room.) Ooh, all the stuff. They couldn't have taken— (now o.c.) —all the—I mean, how could—
(Now she runs down the hallway.)
Princess said Oh, no! Not all the things and the items and possessions and purchases!
(She throws open the doors to the garage and gasps. Pull back to show all the cars gone; all that remains is a double row of rectangular oil-smudge outlines on the concrete.)
Princess said Oh! Oh, no! Daddy's cars!
(Now she reaches the trophy room and gasps again.)
Princess said Oh, no! (Pull back to show the room empty.) Daddy's trophies! Oooohhhh!
(Close-up of her, chewing nervously on her lower lip, paranoid out of her mind on what her father will do if he finds out. Cut to the girls, who are sleeping quite soundly in their bedroom. The hotline buzzes, waking them up; cut to the exterior of Townsville Hall as they fly in. Inside, Princess has thrown herself at their feet, but they seem less than sympathetic. Zoom in slowly. She is still in her sleeping attire.)
Princess: say (wailing) And they took all of it! Everything. And if Daddy finds out, I'll be grounded forever, and just 'cause I begged him to buy me Townsville and make me Mayor, he'll say it's my responsibility, and he'll blame me and think it's all my fault!
Bubbles said It is your fault.
Princess yelled (angrily) That's not the point! What's important is you going out and getting whoever took Daddy's stuff! (begging) Please! I'll do anything!
Blossom said Gee, Mayor, we'd love to help, but you made crime legal, remember?
Buttercup: said Yeah, even if we found out who took your stuff, we couldn't do anything about it.
Bubbles said Yeah, they're not breaking any laws, 'cause, you know, "Crime is legal."
(Cut to Princess, now at the desk. She is writing quickly on a sheet of paper.)
Princess said Fine!
(Close-up of it in her hand as she shoves it across the desk; it is a decree bearing four hastily scrawled words: "Crime is Illegal (again)".)
Princess said Here! Crime is illegal again.
(One of the girls reaches into view and takes the document; pull back to show it in Blossom's possession. She gives her sisters a knowing look, and they take off through the ceiling after a moment. Pan back to a frantic Princess.)
Princess said Go! Hurry! My financial future is at stake! (She starts crying.)
(The policeman who was stripped to his skivvies gets his uniform returned to him in a flash. He smiles at the girls' presence and the new decree when he sees it in Blossom's hand. The thug who was roughing up the old woman is still doing so, but Blossom rectifies that situation in short order. The two masked robbers stride into the same bank they hit before, still waving the "Crime is legal" decree, but are met at the counter by her, new decree in hand. They stop short and turn to leave, smiling sheepishly. However, they find their retreat blocked by Bubbles and Buttercup, who give them what for.)
(The man who stole the convertible takes it for a spin and is stopped when Buttercup flips the car up onto its front bumper. Blossom, floating in midair, holds up the new decree for him to read before pulling him out and throwing him to the ground. Buttercup lets the car drop back, and Bubbles flies up and sets the driver behind the wheel. He smiles, and they fly away.)
(The two sailors keep punching the small fellow back and forth; Buttercup brings the workout to an end by knocking out both of them with a single punch each. She gets a hug from the fellow and grins uneasily at the show of gratitude. Now the three prisoners who were let out of jail walk sadly back into their cell; the girls pull the door shut. The guard stands outside and watches, and they walk past in front of him, the camera panning left slightly to the supervisor's desk. The two men rejoice when Blossom holds up the new decree.)
(Cut to the exterior of Pokey Oaks Kindergarten and zoom in on the playground. The Gangreen Gang is asleep in and on various pieces of the play equipment. Ace is in a tire swing, Arturo in a pipe at the top of a ladder, Billy flat on his back in the sandbox, Snake on the slide, and Grubber hanging upside down from a chin-up bar. The girls float down into view, their old confidence against these adversaries now firmly re-established. Ace wakes up upon sensing the Girls' presence and, not knowing of Princess outlawing crime again, holds the old decree out to Blossom with a triumphant smile on his face; she takes it away, crumples it up, and throws it back in his face. Now she gives him the new decree, and he holds it up to his face to read. After a moment, he lowers it to reveal a sheepish grin. Ace knows that the Gangreen Gang are about to be punished for their earlier actions now that they don't have Princess backing them up anymore.)
(A pause, after which the screen flashes blue and the word "SNATCH" appears briefly. Blossom has the tire swing by its chains and is whirling Ace over her head. When she lets go, he sails through the air and is met with a punch from Buttercup that knocks him back into the jungle gym, minus the tire swing. Grubber gets a rude awakening in the form of Bubbles, whom he barely notices before she socks him hard enough to spin him on the bar and then kicks him loose. He too ends up on the jungle gym. Arturo looks around nervously and is promptly knocked from his perch by Blossom. He hits the gym as well. Bubbles stands at the top of the slide and lets gravity do the rest, pushing Snake off and launching him into the air to join the other three. Finally, the still-sleeping Billy is lifted up by Buttercup and knocked across the playground. When he hits the jungle gym, he crushes it and his fellow Gangreen members. All that remains is a mass of tangled ironmongery with five unconscious hoodlums mixed up in it.)
Cut to a long shot of Morbucks Manor, with the Townsville skyline visible as well. The first rays of dawn begin to light the sky. Inside the mansion, Princess peers toward a darkened room.)
Princess (hyperventilating) Daddy's still asleep, (She turns; camera pans that way to show her looking out the windows at the city.) but not for long. The sun's already rising.
(As she continues, the sky lightens and the sun comes up.)
Princess (angrily) Those Poo-Poo-Puffs better get that stuff back here fast, or— (nervously) Or Daddy will wake up, and I'll be a day late and a dollar short.
(The sound of the doorbell startles her out of her moping, and she dashes off to answer it. The door opens to reveal the girls.)
Princess said Well? Did you get 'em?
Blossom said Oh, gee, Princess, we rounded up every crook and robber—
Bubbles said And bad guy and wrongdoer—
Buttercup said But it seems none of 'em took your stuff.
Princess said What? How can— Who could— Where did— (She stammers for a moment.) I gotta have, before— Ooohhhhh!
(Bubbles giggles softly, and Princess rounds on her. Now everything makes sense to her, and she is truly ready to pop.)
Princess said You! You did it! You robbed me blind! I should have you arrested!
(Pan slowly across the girls on the next three lines.)
Bubbles said Oh, you can't arrest us.
Blossom said Crime was legal when we robbed you, so technically—
Buttercup said All your stuff is ours now. (as they float away) Bye!
(Princess runs out and yells into the sky after them.)
Princess said No! Wait! I need that stuff! (begging) I'll do anything for it. Please, please! (The girls regard her from midair.)
Blossom said Give back Townsville to the Mayor and Ms. Bellum.
Princess said NEVER!
(An alarm clock rings this sound shuts her up in a hurry and takes all the fight out of her as she realizes her father is waking up, meaning that when he discovers what's happened to everything, she's in deep trouble. Close-up of the clock as it is shut off by her father. He slides his feet into a pair of slippers by his bed and stands up. Back to the front entrance. At this point, Princess realizes she's got no choice but to concede to the Girls' request to save her own neck.)
Princess (frantically) Okay. Okay.
(Close-up of her and Blossom. Princess holds a large gold key with a T worked into its head.)
Princess said (giving key to Blossom) Here's the key to the city, (reaching o.c., coming up with hat and setting it on her head) and the Mayor's hat. Now give me the stuff. I need the stuff. Hurry!
Blossom said We'll be right back. (She takes off.)
(The father figure walks through the hallway and scratches himself as he goes. After a few steps, he stops and looks around. Running into the garage and trophy room, he discovers what we already know. Outside, the front doors are thrown open and the camera pans slowly away from the house to reveal a mountain of expensive goods piled up in front of the house—the girls have returned everything they ripped off the night before, but not worried much about sorting it out. Princess stands in front of the lot.)
Princess said (frantic, relieved) All the stuff! All the beautiful stuff! Thank you for stuff!
(Cut to her, wiping her forehead. Her father's shadow falls over her from behind.)
Princess said Phew!
(The sound of him clearing his throat causes her to turn around and give him a big grin.)
Princess aid Oh. (laughing nervously) Good morning, Daddy.
(As she continues, turn up from her to show him standing there and tapping the rolled-up morning paper against one palm. The camera movement puts her out of view.)
Princess said I bet you're wondering what all of your things are doing out in the yard. Uh, well, you see—
(Cut to outside the mansion and follow the girls across the city as she continues. Buttercup carries the key to the city; Bubbles wears the Mayor's hat.)
Princess say starting to whine) —It's— It's all those stinking Powerpuff Girls' fault. They always ruin everything 'cause I HATE 'EM! (She cries and wails.)
Narrator: over at the City Town Hall
The Powerpuff girls were at the Mayor's office when he and Ms. Bellum showed up.
"Good work, girls." The former Mayor said. "May I have my hat back now?"
"No!" The three said.
Blossom Said My sisters and I talked about it and decided that it'd be a bad idea to return the city to someone who'd trade it for Turkish delight.
Former Mayor (pleading) It was a whole room!
Buttercup said I'd understand had you accepted the five trillion dollars.
Former Mayor said But who'll run Townsville?
PPGs said We will!
Bubbles said Ms. Bellum, you can work for us like you did for him.
Ms. Bellum said Count me in, girls!
The standard end shot comes up.)
Narrator And now, the day is saved from mismanagement, thanks to the Mayor puff Girls.