Chapter 8 The Power Of Cheese"

(Opening shot: the city skyline in the afternoon.)

Narrator: The City of Townsville…where, when they're not cleaning up crime—

(As he continues, pull back to show the city framed in a window of the girls' house. The Professor sets several plates with sandwiches and mugs of soup on the kitchen table. Then he goes to the kitchen door and calls out: "Girls! Lunch time!"

The girls yelled "Yay!"

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The Powerpuff Girls come zooming down the stairs to the kitchen.

Buttercup said "Oh boy, I'm starving, I could eat a monster."

Professor said "Just a minute girls! Did you wash your hands?"

Blossom said "We sure did, look."

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The girls hold out their mitts for him to inspect.

Professor said "Buttercup?"

Buttercup said "Yes, I did wash my hands, see."

Professor said "Blossom, did she?"

Blossom said "Yes, I can truthfully verify Buttercup did sanitize her appendages."

Bubbles - said "She washed her hands too."

Professor said "Very well girls, please sit down."

Buttercup said (to Blossom) "Little miss Webster brain."

Professor said "Now Buttercup..."

Bubbles - said "Ooh, my favorite, a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, thank you Professor."

Professor - said "You're welcome Bubbles."

Blossom said "Mmm, a bacon, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, thanks Professor."

Professor said "You're welcome Blossom."

Buttercup said "Aah, a ham and cheese sandwich, I can't wait."

Professor said "Uh, Buttercup..."

Narrator Buttercup takes a big bite and chews for a few seconds, she stops and looks at the sandwich, then swallows hard.

Buttercup - said "Hey, there's no cheese in my ham and cheese sandwich!"

Professor said "That's what I wanted to tell you Buttercup, we're all out of cheese. You'll just have to eat a plain ham sandwich."

Buttercup said "WHAT! No cheese! But I can't have a ham and cheese sandwich without cheese. That's like Bubbles without her Octi, Mojo without his Jojo, and Blossom without her humility!"

Narrator Buttercup thinks for a second.

Buttercup said "Wait, scratch that last one."

Blossom said "Hey!"

Professor sight "I'm sorry Buttercup but I just forgot to get some more cheese the last time I was at the store."

Buttercup said "There's got to be cheese somewhere in this house."

Narrator She switches on her super smelling power and takes deep sniffs of the air.

Buttercup said "Aha! There is some cheese in this house. And it's hidden in the cabinet under the sink."

Narrator She flies over and looks in the cabinet.

Blossom said "But what would cheese be doing under there?"

Narrator !SNAP! "OW!" !SNAP! "OW!" !SNAP! "OW!"

Professor said "Buttercup, those are mousetraps!"

Narrator Buttercup gets up rubbing her face where the traps had caught her. She continues to sniff the air.

Buttercup said "Cheese, got to find cheese..."

Narrator She gets on all fours and like a bloodhound sniffs around the floor and under the table.

Buttercup said "Cheese, cheese, cheese, aha! Nope, that's Bubbles' feet."

Bubbles -said "Hey, stop smelling my feet!"

Narrator Buttercup continues sniffing into the living room.

Buttercup said "Cheese, cheese, cheese..."

Blossom said "Maybe you should go to the store and get some cheese for her, Professor."?

Professor said "Oh, she'll get over it when she gets hungry enough to eat her sandwich without cheese."

Narrator From the living room they can hear a !SNAP!

Buttercup yelled "OW! Dang mousetrap!"

Professor said "Then again, maybe I should make a quick trip to the store."

Narrator He walks into the living room and sees Buttercup sniffing around under the sofa. He is about to say something when there is a knock on the front door. When he goes to answer it he finds a young girl wearing overalls and a straw hat standing on the front step.

Girl - said "Good afternoon sir. I'm from Dairy dell Farms and I'm selling samples of our fresh homemade cheese door to door to introduce you to our dairy products. Would you like to buy some?" She holds out a large basket filled with wheels of cheese.

Professor said "Young lady, you don't know what good timing you have..."

Buttercup -yelled "CHEESE! I want it all!"

Narrator They turn to see Buttercup charging at them with a maniacal look in her eyes.

Professor said "Wait Buttercup!"?

Girl - "Aaaahhhh!"

Buttercup - "Aaaahhhh!"

Professor - "Aaaahhhh!"

Narrator Bedlam ensues for several seconds. When the dust clears the Professor is helping the young girl up off the floor while Buttercup's legs can be seen poking out of the basket and wiggling excitedly as sounds of her eating cheese can be heard.

Buttercup said "Cheese (munch munch) mmmm, cheese (munch munch) cheese, urp!"

Professor said "I'm sorry about this. Here, this should cover the cost of all the cheese in the basket."

Narrator He pulls out his wallet and gives her a twenty dollar bill.

Girl said "Yes, that should do fine. And keep the basket." She tucks the money in her pocket and walks back to the sidewalk muttering to herself: "City folk are the weirdest people."

Narrator Blossom and Bubbles are standing next to the basket as Buttercup gorges herself on cheese.

Blossom said "You can be so-o-o obsessive, Buttercup."

Buttercup sticks her head up, her mouth smeared with cheese.

Buttercup said "I am not!"

Bubbles said "Well, you should be happy now. You got your cheese."

Buttercup biting into a wheel of cheese) "This is pretty good cheese. Do we have any crackers? They would go great with this."

Professor said "Sorry Buttercup, but we're out of crackers too."

Buttercup said "WHAT! No crackers! But I gotta' have crackers with my cheese. Cheese without crackers is like the Mayor without his pickle jar, Him without his lipstick, or Princess without her money."

Professor, Blossom, and Bubbles yelled "NOT AGAIN!"

The standard end shot comes up.)

Narrator: Oh, cheese, Professor! You cheddar quit now if you know what's gouda for you! And so once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!

The end