"Welcome to the Scenery Award section of the Ukies. I'm your host for this section Bear." A tall fox says as he walks onto the stage.  He is well- dressed in tails and carrying a package. Tossing the package at Leloni, he says, "By the way, Lel, thanks for telling me to dress in an aardvark suit. I find it amazing what little sense of humor the Cartoon State of Ohio has. It is actually a criminal offence for a fox to dress in an aardvark costume.  So if anyone in an Ohio State police officer's uniform asks, I am not here."

   There is a few shrugs in the audience while a few others simply chuckle.

   His duty completed, the tall fox steps up to the podium.  "Scenery is probably one of the most over looked items of a story and without it-"

Several members of the audience scream, as they find absolutely nothing other then the rest of the audience around them. Sirens fill the air bringing everyone back to the auditorium, as a  two tailed fox hovers into view.

"Bear there are a bunch of angry people out there looking for you," says the two-tailed fox. "And I still have no idea why they call your jacket wearing 'tails'. What did you do this time cause another oil shortage single pawed."

"Don't worry about it Miles," replies the tall fox; as he dives through a toon hole.

COMMERCIAL BREAK

"Monty Union when your money absolutely has to be there yesterday. Now with lower rates only ten dollars per dollar transferred. Just listen to this satisfied customer.

"I used Monty Union to bail my husband out of jail two cities away. He walked home after spending a week in jail and the.

"CUT, redo that scene." Montana Max screams kicking the 'customer out of the scene'

"We can't this is live." a voice from off scene replies, as the screen suddenly goes to static

END COMMERCIAL

Bear clears his throat, climbing out of a rabbit hole in front of Acme Loo  " First up is the Best use of the Acme Loo/Acme Acres setting."

Back in the audience, Bugs comments to Honey, "That fox is going to find himself in real trouble if he ain't careful."

"Don't worry about it Bugsy." She replies.

"The nominees are;

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He climbed the thirteen stairs to the doors of Acme Looniversity. All three tried pulling, but they were locked too tightly.

"Anybody bring something to break the door with?" Babs asked.

"Hang on," Buster said. He ran back down the stairs and stood ten feet from the door. He then dashed forward and kicked it in. The lock on the door shattered and the doors opened. Acme Looniversity never got around to installing a security system.

They walked in and drew their flashlights. Right away they knew everything was different. The school looked ominous when it was almost completely dark.

"Doesn't it seem weird that three minor celebrities are breaking and entering into a school?" Plucky asked.

"That would be any of our agents worst nightmare, for us to do something like this," Buster said.

"Yeah... hehehe, agents," Plucky said, laughing nervously.

"Where do we go first?" Babs asked.

"Bugs' office of course," Plucky said.

The three of them ran down the dark hall with only their flashlights providing light. They reached the door to the Principal's office and kicked it in.

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"The Old Classroom";

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Twenty minutes later (or one zip pan whichever's faster) they arrived at the park with a surprise. The grass on the soccer field was eye level high. Plucky was as usual the first to comment.

"There goes the soccer game."

"Like get crucial Plucky. They might be like, restoring natural prairie land or some junk."

"Non. Zat is not it." Said Fifi pointing out the nearby and unused soccer field tending equipment. " Due to a negatif cash surplus, ze city 'as not yet alloted any money for park upkeep zis year. Some cutbacks 'ad to be made to keep up ze rest of ze park."

Plucky walked over to an inert motorized line laying device and gave it a kick.

"Stupid budget restraints." THUNK! "Owwwwww!"

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"Multififity"  by Abel Desable;

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"I'll have an extra-large, jumbo weenie burger, double fries, mayo, and a small carrot soda, please."

"Just a Tofu dog in an organic bun, or some junk, for me."

"I theenk I'll 'ave ze Krusty Burger with extra cheese, and some fries, si'l vous plait..."

The entire burger joint went deathly silent.

"*KRUSTY BURGER????!*"

Fifi turned round and blushed. "What eez wrong with a little variety in a girl's life?!"

Somewhere in the distance, an owl hooted.

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"Rivals" by Kev Beeley and

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He arrived at Acme Loo, but where the proud building had once stood alone, it was now surrounded by a cityful of skyscrapers, condos, and smog- producing factories. He gasped. He ran towards the city. He ran past a newsstand, and skidded to a halt. He hopped back towards it, and picked up a paper.

He was horrified. Underneath the title, was the date. May 16, 2041. He had travelled 45 years forward in time! He dropped the paper in shock. Amidst strange looks from the toons around him, he ran off. He made his way to the Looniversity. He arrived, but could not believe his eyes. The building was a wreck. Cracks spread across it's walls, and most of the windows were missing. It was obviously abandoned, unused in God knows how long.

Buster ran inside, hoping that the library would still be intact. Fortunately for him, it was. He ran to the reference section, and scanned the shelves. At last, he found the book he was after, "A Hundred Year History of Warner Bros." It was printed 11 years ago, but Buster hoped that the information he needed would be there.

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"Rabbit Out of Time"

"And the winner is "Rivals" by Kev Beeley!"

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Commercial

"Acme GPS guaranteed to work up to 20 feet under ground and accurate within 20 feet."

"I reached the North Pole using an Acme GPS 100. With the Acme 2001 color who knows where it will lead you." A cartoon representation of Admiral Bryd says smiling

End Commercial

"All right, time to get this show going." Bear says as he climbs out of a hole holding a device in his paw. "Ok, never believe ad copy."

The camera moves to a wide shoot around the fox, who is standing on a large ice field. In the background several polar bears are moving around.

"Well this isn't Acme Acres." Bear mumbles tossing the gps unit "Dum."

"Bear, we're live." Leloni's voice echos in Bear's ear over the radio he was wearing

"Welcome back to the Ukies.  Next up, Most unique use of scenery in a fanfic.  The nominees are:

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From his third story balcony he could see for miles. The green grass of Acme Acres stretched out before him, and the sun shone down, marking the start of another pleasant day. A haze surrounded the cityscape that occupied the horizon, with the bell tower of Acmelooniversity standing alone amongst the other buildings. The forest stretched off on either side, and there was a pleasant smell of pine. Letting out a sigh, he turned from the balcony and went back inside. He removed his robe, picked up his keys and headed out to his car.

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"The Hours Between Night and Day: Bugsnapped! III"

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It is a gloomy looking day at Montana Max's mansion.(When isn't it?) Thunder clouds are in the sky, lightning flashes from cloud to cloud, almost, but never touching Max's home.

The front gates shine a dark gold luster to the world. Signs saying, "Charity workers will be shot! Girl scouts will receive one dog on the kester!" and other various signs are posted on the gates.

The grand driveway of freshly paved concrete leads to the main entrance of the estate, two huge solid oak doors with a coating of paint that gives them the appearance of towering slabs of white marble. From inside can be heard the insidious laughter of Montana Max, a sound his competitors heard before a takeover.

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"Legend of the Deed to Acme Acres"

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Plucky climbs up a tall craggy cliff, then stands on the peak, the wind blowing though his hair. Plucky takes a deep breath and throws himself from the cliff. He falls further and further out of sight until he crashes into the base of a cavern with a doughnut shaped cloud.

Plucky picks himself up and brushes the dust off his backside.

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"Up the Duff"

Bear opens an envolope that appears out of nowhere.  He looks at the paper and announces, "The Winner is "Legend of the Deed to Acme Acres"  

Before he can say anything more, a polar bear taps the fox on the shoulder.  The polar bear growls.

Bear turns to look at the bear.  He can see the bear is carrying the GPS unit and a very big bump on his head.

"Whoops."

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Bear is standing on the stage looking at a form. A well-dressed man stands nearby.

"You are hereby ordered to Cease and Desist. un-natural behavior for a predator, and copyright infringement, unauthorized use of methods copyrighted to Warner Brothers." Bear mumbles, staring at the paper work in his paws.

"That's right I shall be more than happy to." the man says as he falls to the stage under a book the size of console TV.

"Leloni thanks for the helicopter rescue." Bear says, leaning on the book. The book is conveniently titled 'The Fennec Fox' in large print. "Unnatural my foot."

"Bear, I was about to find a replacement." Leloni says noticing the monitor "BEAR, we're live."

"Welcome back to the Ukies." Bear says as he quickly shreds the papers he was holding. Putting a grin on his face, Bear continues, "The next category is 'Most well-described setting'. The nominees are."

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"If word of this ever gets out, the airlines could go out of business," she laughed to herself. Referring to the directions that RuBarb had reluctantly given her, she wandered through the confusing maze of buildings that comprised Boston proper, silently berating herself for not bringing cab fare. Finally, she reached the financial district and her destination, a very large and _very_ imposing structure known as The Tralfaz Building. Taking a deep breath, she walked to the front door, and was almost inside when a sharp voice stopped her.

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The description of Boston in Jerry Wither's fanfic "THE BLOOMIN' LOONIES 2 1/2: 'Football: It's STILL A Looney Old Game...'"

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Standing in the shower, I lustily belted out my favorite song:

"Bay-ury the need for it,

Bay-ury the seed!

Bay-ury me deep, when there's no will to be:

Better than Yoooooouuuuu!"

My rendition was then abruptly cut off by a pounding on the bathroom door. I shut off the water, threw a towel around myself and, snatching up my glasses on the way, went to answer it.

When I opened the door, I found Elmyra standing there with her arms folded.

"Hey, you crazy furryhead!" she demanded irritably; "What are you doing in there?"

"Metallica," I replied, equally annoyed; "obviously!" and shaking my head as I muttered the words: "No taste in music!" I closed the door in her face.

She responded by hammering on the door a second time. I opened it

"Listen," she said; "You come out of there right now, you bad kitty"

"Marten, Elmyra, MARTEN." I corrected; "I just took a shower. Cat's don't like water."

"Yes they do. All my other little kitty-witties just love the water"

"Let me guess: Every time you take them out in the yard to play 'Terminator', they jump in the swimming pool, and dive straight to the bottom. Right?"

Elmyra squinted at me:

"Are you sure this is the first time I ever brought you home? Well, never mind. You come out of there right now and get back to your cage."

"III...don't think..."

"You heard me." she said, waving a hand towards her room; "Right now."

I shrugged and snatched up my clothes.

"Okay, if you say so, but always remember: You told me to."

I was halfway down the hall when I heard Elmyra's angry yelp. Looking back, I saw her head sticking out of the bathroom, wearing an unpleasant expression:

"Hey! You goofy furrfacehead! Look at the icky-yucky mess you left in here!"

Tentatively, I replied:

"Then... I guess you, uh.... don't want to know about the carpet." Looking down, Elmyra noticed for the first time the soggy trail I'd left on the rug as I'd walked down the hall towards her room...

...and slapped a hand over her face!

"Hey! Hey! Don't blame me." I said to Elmyra as she locked me back in my cage, this time checking to make sure that it was securely locked; "You could have given me time to clean up and dry off, but nooooooo..."

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The house was an odd mixture of styles. The furnishings were old, very old and downright ancient. The long hall was richly paneled with black oak that looked at least a century old. Beautiful masterpieces of art adorned the walls and gas light fixtures burned unevenly, lighting their way. Their slow steps echoed on the polished hardwood floors.

"No wonder Plucky thinks this place is haunted!" thought Fifi.

As they walked, Fifi had a chance to study her host. Kirrik appeared to be quite normal for a human being. He was neither tall or short, fat nor thin. He seemed somewhat stiff and formal, evidently an Old World European. The music and the stillness made the surroundings seem creepy and Fifi looked nervously behind her - half expecting the eyes of the paintings to follow.

Kirrik turned and gestured as they came to the entrance to the most magnificent room Fifi had ever seen. It was like the throne room of an ancient castle, thick gothic stone walls were supported by massive black hand-hewn beams up the the twenty-five foot ceiling. Medieval shields, spears and banners hung from the walls high overhead, alongside groups of hundreds of gilded organ pipes. Atop a platform sat the organ's four inlaid ivory keyboards and pedals, behind a carved ebony bench. Across the oriental rugs along the far wall, there was a vast stone fireplace big enough to hold a Volkswagen, between two black marble gargoyles. Their jeweled eyes glowed with the reflection of the logs burning on the grate and flames fluttered from their gaping jaws.

Amazed, Fifi walked into the center of the room like Dorothy arriving in the Land of Oz. Then she noticed a painting over the mantelpiece. Though the other paintings were of reality - this was a picture of a toon. Though the painter's style reminded her of Leonardo Da Vinci - the figure in question was unmistakable.

It was Red Hot - the gorgeous red-headed girl from Tex Avery's cartoons. The painting was splendid beyond description and the mantle was arranged around it, with a bowl of pink English roses below and the word "Semper" engraved above it in stone.

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Dr. Lord's Mansion in "A Time To Every Purpose Unto Heaven" by Pepe K.

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"Firefighter."

Chad spun and reappeared in a police uniform.

Babs frowned. "Football player."

He spun into goofy pants and golf clubs.

"Daffy Duck."

Chad spun into an Elmer Fudd costume.

"What's *with* you today?" Babs burst out finally.

Chad sighed and sat down. "I just can't concentrate, that's all."

"Is it about the meet? I heard the regionals were coming up."

"Sort of. But--not really." He got up and paced the room for a moment. "Babs... We have to talk about something. I think we know each other well enough that I can tell you..."

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"Out of the Closet, Into the Fire" by Renee Carter Hall

"The Winner is Dr. Lord's Mansion in A Time to Every Purpose Unto Heaven by Pepe K." Bear says. With Calamity Coyote's help, he catapults the book and man under it off the stage.

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*The audience applauds loudly, but is surprised when Peter appears and approaches the stage. He takes the award from Bear.*

Peter: Due to circumstances beyond his control, Pepe had to leave the hall. He gives his regrets, and requested that I accept his awards in his stead. This I will do starting right now. On behalf of him, his cast and crew, thank you so very much for this award, everyone. You're the best!

*The audience applauds as Peter exits the stage to join with Dr. Lord.*



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Commercial

"Visit the new Acme Petting Zoo. You'll get closer to the animals, than you ever dreamed was possible."

The camera goes to a wide shot, all the animals are running for safety with Elmyra in hot pursuit."

END Commercial

"The Horror of petting zoo." Bear shutters, as he turns to face he camera "Now for the Most Amusing setting."

"Bear, like you'd really know," Tails said grinning "Or is there something you're hiding?"

"Please get off the stage Miles I'm not getting into it. And the Nominees are:"

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Even with both of them pulling on it, there was still considerable resistance for a few seconds before the background popped down, and when it finally did, Buster and Babs were shocked by what they saw. Seated at a large table were several well known Toons from several different studios. From WB there was Porky Pig and Elmer Fudd, from Universal was Woody Woodpecker, from the Fleischer Bros. studio, Betty Boop and Popeye, and from Disney there was Mickey Mouse. From the comic books, and propped up on an easel in a white cardboard frame was Scrooge McDuck.

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A single spotlight appears onstage as Culture Club starts the concert with their top ten hit, "Church of the Poison Mind". Soon after the song begins, Boy George, Culture Club's androgynous lead singer prances onstage, belting out the lyrics of the song.

"Desolate lovin' in your eyes you used to make my life so sweet!

Stepped out like a god found child, I saw your eyes across the street...!"

The music quickly fades out as a large paintbrush descends from above and sloshes all over the background, leaving George along in blackness, the spotlight still on him.

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The stage in "Karrot Chamaleon" [Actually the story is "Cultural Catastrophe", "Karrot Chamaleon" was a video parody based on it]

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Not knowing what else to do, Babs thought she might as well go home. She opened the front door and was momentarily blinded by the intense light. When she could see again, she couldn't believe what she saw. Acme Acres was gone! In its place was a vast wonderland of beauty. Brilliant greens, yellows and reds were splashed all over the landscape. The whole valley looked like something out of a 1940's WB cartoon, only with 90's style hues.

Babs gazed upon the wonderland that lay before her; the green grass; the yellow roads; the quaint little cottages; the lazy bright blue sky; the little pink light that was coming toward her...the WHAT?!!!

Babs rubbed her eyes and looked again. Sure enough, a small pink light was approaching her. Babs's jaw dropped to the ground and down the Loo's steps.

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Oz - We're off to see the Wizard

"The Winner is the live action animation studio in Kevin Mickel's "What's in a Name?" Bear said jumping as he heard a door slam

"There you are foxy woxie." A familiar voice called out rushing towards the stage as a large number of the audience hid under their chairs.

"THIS is not my week." Bear sighed, diving through a hole in the stage.

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Well, whattaya know? I won another one.

Gee, all I can say is, "Thanks, I appreciate it."

Now if someone would just explain to Elmyra that... Never mind. You can't explain *anything* to her.

Thank you again. I've gotta go get back to work on the April Mailer.

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"Welcome to merry old England." Bear exclaimed climbing out of a rabbit hole in front of a sign that said Soho Prep "As Babs say my isn't this convenient, not to mention safe from Elmyra."

"What the bloody 'beep' are you doing to my grounds!" An irate man exclaimed, as an anvil suddenly dropped on him.

"Well I'm sure there is at least one member of our audience that would love to have dropped an anvil or two on our friendly grounds keeper here. So I wonder why have we never seen the Carrotts burrow anywhere?" Bear said grinning, as he took a seat on the anvil "All right welcome back to the Ukies and the final award in the scenery category. The Best other schools, Prefecto Prep is of course not included in this award, and the nominees are:"

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"OOOOOF!" RuBarb said painfully, as Miss Treatment flung the sack containing the kitten to the far corner of a darkened room.

"And you'll _stay_ there until you've learned your lesson!" Agnes scolded her, before shutting and locking the door behind her. Rue waited until she was sure Miss Treatment was gone; then, with one quick movement, unsheathed her claws and ripped her way out of the sack effortlessly. She gave her eyes time to adjust to seeing in the dark, before realizing where she was. It was the part of St. Switchhit's _no_ student wanted to go to: "The Hole".

She took one whiff, and almost gagged from the odor. "Man," she said when she got her voice back, "_Now_ I know what they did with the script to 'Tango And Cash'!" The next thing she did after that was to see if she'd remembered her training from "Props 101"; specifically, the bit that taught that any prop a toon ever needed was conveniently located behind their backs. "Well, Rue, you heard the lady. Let's see if you learned your lesson!" Reaching behind her back, she produced a spray can. Shaking the can vigorously, she pressed the button, and got hit in the face with aerosol cheese. "EUGGGHH!" she whined, disgusted. Shaking it off, she reached behind her back again and, producing yet another can, went through the same ritual, making sure it was pointed away from her this time. As she pressed the button, the room was filled with the scent of lilacs. "_Much_ better!" she remarked, just before she heard the sound of the door being unlocked. Spotting her chance, RuBarb zipped quickly to the doorway, in order to escape the second the door was opened.

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"And thso," said Daffy Duck, as he stood at the podium, "I am pleased to announth that the Sthaint Canard camputh of Acme Loonverthity will be thtarting clatheth thith fall!"

After closing and putting away the umbrellas that they had been using to protect themselves from flying spittle, the small crowd that was gathered at the Looniversity steps, city officials, Looniversity faculty, and a few prospective students and their parents applauded politely as Daffy said this, more out of relief that he had finally shut up than anything else though.

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"Oh, that's Ramona Rabbit. She transfered here at the beginning of the semester from the Acme Modeling School downtown. Like, someone was telling me that she was the body double of Roger Rabbit's wife in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit'."

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Acme Modeling School - Aw, Have a Heart!

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The visiting team, the Coachella Valley School of Cosmetology Fightin' Hairdressers, were already out on the field: 40 of the meanest-looking women Plucky had every laid eyes on. They were stretching and running offensive plays against a phantom defense. Their uniforms were colored a light brown, with gold highlights around the edges. They looked like more than a match for the Acme Toonsters, who, much to Plucky's surprise, hadn't even come out onto the field to warm up yet.

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Coachella Valley School of Cosmetology Fighting Hairdressers - Stupor Bowl

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Honey bowed her head again, looking directly at the carpeted floor. "So, when I found out later that I was going to have a baby, I knew I couldn't go to college; not with Buster on the way. Back then, that sort of thing just wasn't done. But, Bugsy knew I'd had my heart set on college, so he pulled some strings and got me into Ivy College... I was the first, last, and ONLY rabbit ever to graduate from there..."

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"No," replied the pretty black teenager named Mary Melody, who was without question the most normal student at the Looniversity. "However, rumor has it from unconfirmed sources that Ms. Lola Jean Bunny, age 20-- also unconfirmed--will be seeking a position on the faculty of Acme Looniversity. Ms. Bunny--if that _is_ her real name, graduated from some place called LTU with honors, and attended on a combined academic and athletic scholarship..." The other toonsters just sighed.

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I was going to Massive State University, and frankly wasn't doing to well. Of course, it would've help if I bothered to go to class. I had just moved away from my parents, got an internet connection and well, I was feeling my liberation. It felt surprisingly good to spend nights on-line until 6 in the morning. Then I would sleep through classes, get something to eat, and then start all over again. By the time spring rolled around I was getting a wondrous 0.5 GPA.

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INT DANGER ROOM

PLUCKY is leaping about zapping robots with his Optic Blaster (a large gold swimming mask with knobs on the sides). SHIRLEY focuses her telekinetic powers on a robot but before she can do much else, PLUCKY zaps it. This happens several times.

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"You better believe it, Mac! It's an old family trait with us Carrottes, fortified through years at Soho Prep, where, I dare say, blokes like you would be boiled in oil for even _suggesting_ such a thing! However, seeing as we _are_ in America, I'll let you off with a warning!"

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Soho Prep - Bloomin' Loonies series

"And the winner is Ladies and Gentletoons we have a tie Acme Loo / St. Canard campus - Ducks Out of Luck and Coachella Valley School of Cosmetology Fighting Hairdressers - Stupor Bowl. Both of them scored exactly the same." Bear said grinning, as his ears caught a few sounds in the distance "Well that's it from me, now back to the stage. Good night to one and all." The camera fades out to Bear diving into another rabbit hole as the sounds of Police sirens and Elmyra comes into view

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Well, this is certainly a surprise. I am glad to know that something about that story was liked. In spite of the fact that I had a lot of fun writing it, it has proved to be my least popular story, getting at best a luckwarm reception when it was originally released. This makes this recognition doubly nice, as it proves that the story does have something going for it after all.

Thank you all for this honor.

I have FWD'd Mike his award. If he has anything to say, I'll post it.

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"Well Sorry one and all. It appears I forgot an award." Bear sighs standing next to an enormous mallet "It seems I have found at least a temporary solution to my Elmyra problem. Well welcome to the Acme Petting Zoo. Some people have such an interesting idea of community service."

"Bear get on with it!" Leloni shouts rattling a few windows

"All right the Most Amusing Fast Food Stop, and the nominees are:" Bear replies with a grin

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Meanwhile, back at the Weenie Burger, Buster and Plucky have just finished their lunch. Camry is four tables away from the two, with a scowl on her face looking at Buster. Buster just waves back at her, a big grin on his face.

Surrounding Camry, Fowlmouth is saying words that would make a grave digger blush, trying to get Camry to the dance. Arnold is arguing with Furrball, who can only, "MEOW!" back at him over who's taking her. Dizzy and Montana are on the verge of a fight between one another.

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"The winner is of course being the only nominee Weenie burgers in 'Transfer Student' " the fox comments his grin turning to terror as something yanks him off screen.

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