Chapter 16 – Two Jimmy Neutrons?
Back at Happy's Toy Stadium, Jimmy runs past boxes of toys, until he passes an aisle with blue light. The Space Boy stops and gasps, then takes a few steps back. He gasps and sees something familiar. It was an identical Jimmy Neutron: Space Boy toy with the same brown hair, heroic smiles and red T-shirts like his. Thousands of Jimmy Neutrons are all in the spaceship packaging that's the same to his when he arrived in Mike's bedroom.
"Oh, my word." Jimmy said in awe. He walked down the captivating aisle. He has never seen THIS many Neutron action figures in all his life. He sees something that caught his eye. A nearby stand sits in the aisle, with the announcement reading that the Jimmy Neutron toys came with a new utility belt.
Jimmy whistled and he said, " A utility belt! Cool! I sure could use one of those.". The Neutron toy believed that if he had a utility belt, he'll seem even cooler. Jimmy climbed up onto the stand, and he looked up with a face similar to SpongeBob's from that time when he and SpongeBob first met, to see the identical Jimmy Neutron: Space Boy action figure that's just like him, except that he has the aformentioned utility belt. This was another variant: Utility Belt Jimmy.
In a separate aisle, Alex is still studying the manual. "You know, they make it so you can't defeat King Goobot unless you buy this book. It's extortion, that's what it is." Oscar rolled his eyes in disgust. That lion is talkative. "Hey, I thought the Golden Sector was the only…" He is cut off when Cody and Clifford come speeding down the aisle in a small toy car with Sherman and Agnes in tow. "I thought we could search in style." Cody replied.
"Nice goin' there, Cody." Oscar moved Cody to the next seat. "So what do you say I take over the wheel?" He tries to drive it, but it hits several aisles, disorganizing several toys from its shelves. He then drives down to the end of the aisle, knocking down more toys.
Back in the Jimmy aisle, the original Jimmy examines the new Jimmy Neutron's face. The doppelganger doesn't seem to have any source of response. He asked himself in inquiry, "Am I really that thin?"
The Space Boy action figure stares down at his doppelganger's waist fastened with the blue utility belt engraved with the yellow atom symbol. Jimmy slowly reaches his hand out to touch it, but Utility Belt Jimmy instantly came to life, grabbed him and twisted one arm behind his back.
"Ow!" Jimmy yelped in pain. "What are you doing?!"
"You're in direct violation of code 6404.7, stating all boy geniuses are to remain in hypersleep, until awakened by authorized personnel!" Utility Belt Jimmy barked, pointing to the shelves to emphasis his point.
"Oh, no…" Jimmy mumbled. He is now stuck with another Jimmy Neutron who thinks he's a real Space Boy, like the time the original Jimmy first arrived in Mike's room. Now he's seeing this delusion from the second Jimmy, who doesn't believe he's a toy. Utility Belt Jimmy slammed Jimmy's face into the glass wall.
"You're breaking ranks, Space Boy!" Utility Belt Jimmy demanded. He spreads Jimmy's legs, then he flipped the hatch o his wrist communicator open. He spoke into his communicator, "Jimmy Neutron to Star Command: I got an AWOL Space Boy."
"Tell me I wasn't this deluded…" Jimmy grumbled.
"No sassy talk!" Utility Belt Jimmy insisted, shoving Jimmy's face against the glass. "I have a laser! And I will use it!"
"You mean the laser that's a light bulb?' Jimmy said, annoyed. He presses Utility Belt Jimmy's button on shirt sleeve, activating the laser light cuffed around his wrist. Utility Belt Jimmy gasps, then flips up to a planet prop hanging on the wall.
"Has your mind been melded?" Utility Belt Jimmy growled. "You could've killed me, Space Boy! Or should I say... 'TRAITOR'?!" Utility Belt Jimmy points his laser at Jimmy's forehead, like the time Jimmy pointed his laser at Jimmy's forehead when he came out of his packaging. All the laser ever did was make the beeping sound.
Jimmy just glares at him with a blank face. Annoyed, the Space Boy action figure began to walk away. "I don't have time for this."
"Halt! I order you to halt!" Utility Belt Jimmy commanded.
Jimmy ignores the other Jimmy and jumps down to the floor. The utility belt boy genius tackles Jimmy and they began to wrestle, escalating to a farce between the two Jimmies. Then Utility Belt Jimmy charged Jimmy and walks over to a pin screen like a battering ram. "Listen to me! Listen! Wait-wait-wait-wait...!" Jimmy never got the chance to finish his protests as Utility Belt Jimmy throws his doppelganger into the pin art screen, his body smashing through it. That really hurts.
In another part of the store, Oscar, Cody, Alex, and Clifford are driving down a pink-tinted hallway, along with Hawaiian beach music. "We've been down this aisle already." Clifford assumed.
"We've never been down this aisle. It's pink!" Oscar pointed out.
"Face it, we're lost." Clifford protested. Something caught Cody's eye.
"Ooh, back it up! Back it up!" Oscar complied, backing up the car a bit. The toys see dozens of girl dolls with different hair colors and hairdos prancing around a beach set. Some of the dolls hair are black, brown, blond, long, short, etc and clad in different colored bikinis and swimsuits. These dolls are the Bratz Doll lineup. They are all having a pool party in the Bratz aisle.
"What a great party!" One of the Bratz dolls laughed. The toys' mouths fell open. They look stunning and really beautiful! As for Sherman and Agnes, they also both look slack-jawed at how attractive these girls are.
Three Bratz dolls do limbo, one Bratz doll playfully swims in a miniature pool with a unicorn floatie, and some were barbecuing on a plastic grill. Cody asked in a debonair manner, "Excuse me, ladies. But does anyone know we're we'll find the Happy Chapman of Happy's Toy Stadium?"
"I can help!" One Bratz said. She's clad in a purple shirt, pink belt, matching purple skirt, white flat shoes, and a hat on her head. She slides down a slide, does a flip through the air, and lands in the car driver's seat, next to Oscar. "I'm Tour Guide Bratz! Please keep your hands, arms, and accessories inside the car, and no flash photography. Thank you."
Oscar gazed at the doll in a lovestruck manner. That was before he realized that he already has a true love. "I'm a married Grouch, I'm a married Grouch, I'm a married Grouch..." Oscar chanted.
"Then make room for single fellas." Cody strained, sitting in the middle next to Tour Guide Bratz, with Oscar in the passenger seat. The car speeds out of the Bratz aisle. "Looks like the tour guide doll's giving us a tour." Agnes whispered to Sherman.
"You're right, Agnes. I could see that." Sherman replied.
Tour Guide Bratz drove the toys through the store in the form of a tour through the store. "To our right is the Hot Wheels aisle, developed in 1967. The original series had sixteen cars, including the Corvette.
"I beg your pardon, Ma'am, but where's Chapman's office?" Clifford asked.
"Please, hold all questions until the end of the tour. Thank you." Bratz replied.
"IT SAYS HOW YOU DEFEAT VADER!" Alex exclaimed gleefully. "LOOK!" He places the manual in front of the Tour Guide Bratz's view.
"Excuse me, sir." Tour Guide Bratz replied kindly.
"Get this outta here!" Oscar chided. Alex lifted the book out of the Tour Guide's face, and gasped as she and the toys caught sight of a ball stand. "Look out! Stop, stop, stop!" The toys shouted simultaneously.
The car hits the ball stand, causing the balls to pour down on the car like rain. As Bratz tried to steer their way out of the scattering balls, they go into spin.
"Turn into the series, Bratz!" Cody shouted.
The manual slips from Alex's hand Alex screamed as he book slides across the floor. "My source of power!" The book slides under a shelf, completely forgotten. "No, come back!" Alex shouted. He has to catch up to the car! "Hey! Wait up! Hey, come on! Slow down!" Oscar looks into a side mirror labeled, 'OBJECTS APPEARING CLOSER THAN YOU THINK', and sees Alex trying to catch up. "Lion OVERBOARD!" Alex yelled. "Slow down!" He dives into the back of the car, landing facedown.
"Remain seated, please." Tour Guide Bratz replied. The doll repeated in Spanish, "Permanezcan sentados, por favor." The car then sped off.
Back in the Jimmy Neutron aisle, Jimmy found himself with wires onto a cardboard packaging cover being secured onto his wrists. "Ow!" Jimmy cringed in pain. "LISTEN TO ME! LISTEN TO ME! YOU'RE NOT REALLY A SPACE BOY! YOU'RE A TOY!" Utility Belt Jimmy pushed Jimmy into a cardboard spaceship box. Jimmy yelled, muffled through the packaging box's window, "WE'RE ALL TOYS! DO YOU HEAR ME?!"
Utility Belt Jimmy doesn't believe a word he's saying. "Well, that should hold you 'till the court martial." Utility Belt Jimmy glared.
The utility belt Space Boy toy puts the box containing Jimmy on a shelf as Jimmy roared, "LET ME GO! YOU DON'T EVEN REALIZE WHAT YOU'RE DOING!" He shook violently, trying to get out of the box.
The car sped into the aisle as the tour for the entourage of shelves full of toys continued. "And this is the Jimmy Neutron: Space Boy aisle." Tour Guide Bratz presented. "Back in 2001, shortsighted retailers did not order enough dolls to meet demand."
"Speaking of which, where is Jimmy?" Agnes asked.
"Hey, Jimmy!" Cody called out to a Space Boy toy walking down the aisle. Utility Belt Jimmy whipped around. "Halt! Who goes there?" Utility Belt Jimmy fired his laser at the car.
"Quit clowning around and get in the car!" Oscar growled.
"Jimmy! Jimmy! I know how to defeat King Goobot!" Alex popped up with a joyous smile.
Utility Belt Jimmy turns off his laser, and asked, "You do?"
"C'mon, I'll tell you on the way." Alex replied.
"No, no, guys! You got the wrong Jimmy!" Jimmy shouted. None of the toys could ever hear him. "YOU GOT THE WRONG JIMMY!"
Cody asked, "Say, where'd you get the cool belt, Jimmy?"
"Well, slotted penguin, they're standard issue." Utility Belt Jimmy replied. The car drove off.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Jimmy yelled, shaking the box violently. It was already too late, the car had sped off with the toys and a Neutron lookalike took his place. Now he is now stuck in a box among a shelf of Neutron toys. Jimmy has to find a way out of this mess!