CHAPTER TWO

"Next up is Runt," said Sock.

A dog came bounding up onto the stage followed by a little grey cat swishing her tail back and forth.

"Now remember, Runt," said Rita, "just like we practiced."

"Definitely," said Runt in that overly happy dog way. "You were a great teacher. A real, real good dog, Rita. A real good dog."

"But uh, she's a cat," said sock.

"No!" cried Rita but it was too late.

"Where's the cat!" growled Runt turning around barking and howling. "Where's the cat! I'll get him! I'll get him!"

"Right there," said Sock.

"Where! Where! I don't see it!" cried Runt.

"Runt! Runt!" said Rita. "Calm down. It's gone."

"It is?"

Rita sighed. "Yes."

Sock smiled nervously. "Um, okay, well, so, you're next on the last minute sign up list, right, Runt."

"Yep, I'm definitely, definitely on the last minute sign up list," said Runt all happy and playful again.

"And you're gonna burp?"

"Uh, huh."

"Okay, let's hear it!" Sock said.

BELCH! Right in Sock's face.

This one was louder than Mr. Kaboom's and it seemed that from then on the burps kept getting louder and louder and longer and longer.

After Runt Skippy went and after Skippy . . . well, was the mime and of course you couldn't hear anything until he fell off the stage, that is.

Flabbio went next.

"Wish me, luck, my darling," he said to his wife.

"I will, Flabbio," she replied waving a hanky at as he went up the stage steps creaking under his weight.

And he burped louder than Skippy.

He skipped off the stage back to his wife's arms

"Oh, you were marvelous, Flabbio," cooed the pink hippo.

Next was Ralph.

"Da, hiya folks, uh . . . "

"Hi," said Sock.

"I always wansted to be on TV," he said.

"Ralph," said Baron Von Clots (I think that's his name.) "You were on TV, remember?"

"Da, oh, yeah."

"Is he okay?" asked Sock.

"Uh, yes, yes, he's always like this," said Von Clots.

"Oh," said Sock looking away.

"I'm ready to burpses," said Ralph.

Von Clots plugged his ears.

BUUUURRRRRP!!!

"YEEEEEEEEEAAAAAY!" cheered the audience.

"Thank yous! Thank yous!" said Ralph bowing in front of the audience. "Thank yous and thank yous. Thank yous."

"Okay, Ralph, you can stop," said Baron Von Clots.

"Thank yous, thank yous. You're too kind. Thank yous!"

"Ralph!"

"What?"

"You can stop."

"Oh."

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"It's almost our turn, Pinky," said Brain.

They were now backstage up in the rafters.

"Do you think we'll win?" asked Pinky excitedly.

"There's no way we couldn't, Pinky," Brain replied. "With my creation we cannot fail."

"Narf! E-gad, brilliant!"

"Yes, now where is the formula?"

"What?"

"Where is the formula?" Brain demanded.

"I thought you had it, Brain," said Pinky.

"But I gave it to you," Brain said. "Where is it?"

"I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I don't know, Brain. I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I-I- I-I-I-I-"

"Pinky!"

"I'm sorry, Brain, I musta left it down there," Pinky said finally and pointed down to the floor. And sure enough there it was on a low table next to a purse.

Brain groaned. "Come on, Pinky," he said.

The two white mice scurried down but before they made it to the table Hello Nurse came through.

She opened the purse, which was obviously hers and grabbed out a little mirror and a lipstick. She carefully put on the reddest lipstick and put it back replacing it with a brush so she could smooth out her silky blond hair. It was then she noticed the formula.

"Hmm," she said and picked it up.

"NO!" yelled Brain.

Hello Nurse looked around but she saw no one. Suddenly she spotted something moving under the table. When she looked under she screamed.

"EeeeK! Mice!"

"Ahh!" cried Pinky and the Brain.

Hello Nurse threw the formula at them and the bottle shattered into pieces.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!" Brain cried.

The liquid splashed out all over the floor and melted it.

"AHHHHHH!" yelled the mice and fell down into the basement.

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"Next up is the Brain," said Sock.

The audience waited but no one came.

Sock cleared his throat.

"I said next up is the Brain!"

"Uh-hem."

Sock looked down to see two dirty little lab mice who looked pretty hurt at least Pinky did.

"Narf," moaned Pinky and let out a little burp. Burp!

"Oh, sorry," said Sock.

Brain glared furiously but he calmed himself down. "Come, Pinky, and let us prepare for tonight." He pulled Pink along and they hopped down the steps past the audience and towards the door.

"Why, Brain, what are we going to do tonight?"

Brain pushed open the door.

"The same thing we door every night Pinky," said Brain. "Try to take over the world!"

And out they went.

They're Pinky, they're Pinky and the Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain, Brain. BURP!

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"Okay we're getting' down there, folks," said Sock. "We now have Hello Nurse."

"Hello," she said smoothly. Walking up to the stage.

Sock's mouth dropped.

"You're going to burp?"

Hello Nurse put her hand on her hip.

"Yes," she said.

She sucked in and . . . BUUUUUURRRRRPPPPPP!!!!!"

And it was the loudest any of them had heard.

When she was finished her hair was a bit messed up and Hello Nurse smoothed back down.

Everyone just gaped like a bunch of anchovies on a pizza.

"Thank you," she said.

She was just about to leave when . . . well, you know what.

"Hell-o-o-o-o Nurse!"

"Who are you?" asked Sock.

"We're the Warner brothers!" they said with a bow and then came little Dot.

"And I'm the Warner sister," she said.

"I'm Yakko."

"I'm Wakko."

"And I'm Princess Angelena Louisa Francesca Bobanna Bobeska the third but you can call me Dot."

"Whoa, are you a sock?" asked Yakko.

"What happened to the other one?" asked Wakko.

"Uh, well . . . "

"Don't be shy," said Dot. "You can tell us."

"Did she die?" asked Wakko.

"Oh, we're so sorry for you," said Yakko.

"Uh, no, she didn't die," said Sock.

"Did she run off and leave you?" asked Dot.

"No," said Sock.

"Oh, please tell us what happened!" cried Dot.

"Uh, actually . . ."

"Oh, there you are my socky poo," said a girl sock.

"Ahhh!!!!" cried Sock and sped away.

"Where did Sock go?" asked the woman sock.

"I think he had to go to the bathroom," said Yakko.

"Oh, well, tell him he's knows where to find me when he comes back, 'kay?"

"You bet, Socko," said Wakko.

And with that she left.

"Is she gone?" asked sock.

"Yeah, she's gone," Yakko said.

"Phew," sighed Sock and took his place back on the stage. "So, which one's going?"

"We all are," the Warners said.

"Okay, go then."

Yakko stepped forward.

"BBBBBBBUUUUUUURRRRRRRPPPPPPP!"

Then Dot stepped forward.

"Uh-hem. BBBBBBBEEEEEELLLLLLCCCCCCHHHHHH!"

And last but not least came Wakko.

"Here I go," he said.

He took in a big deep breath and looked out at the waiting audience he, "BBBBBBBBUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUURP!"

He burped so loud and so long that the windows shattered and the walls fell to the ground and as debris fell down the audience hid under their seats. But Wakko just kept in burping. It was the biggest burp Wakko had ever made and by far the biggest thing any of the others had ever heard in their lives. The ground shook and soon there was nothing left of the auditorium. And, man, did it smell. The smell could be smelled a mile away but the noise could be heard throughout the entire world. People in China gasped and plugged their ears at the horrible noise. And as for the city on Kids WB well, it was totally gone - crashed and smashed to the ground by Wakko's mighty burp. Finally Wakko stopped.

Sock got up off the ground for had fallen during the burp.

Everyone just stared.

Yakko and Dot grinned in approval and nodded at their brother.

"Th-th-that," stuttered Sock. "W-w-was the most amazing burp in the entire world!"

The Warners smiled.

"The winner is . . . WAKKO WARNER!"

"YEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!" cried the audience. "Hurray for Wakko Warner.

"Is there anything we can do for you oh, great and powerful burp master," Sock asked.

"Yes," said Yakko.

"We'd like to have our show back on Kid WB," said Dot.

"Please," begged Wakko.

"As long as I'm around you can have your show on Kid's WB for as long as TV exists!" said Sock. "We'll make room for you!"

"Did you hear that!" cried Rita. "We get our show back!"

"We does?" asked Ralph.

"Rita's a good dog," said Runt. " She'd never lie."

"We get our show back!" exclaimed Hello Nurse.

"Hello-o-o-o Nurse!" said Wakko and Yakko.

But she was too happy to care.

It's time for Animaniacs

As we're zany to the max!

So just sit down and relax
You'll laugh till you collapse . . .
We're Animani
Totally insany
Animaniac!

~~~~~THE END~~~~~