104ab: The Sum of All Numbers -Scene 3- ----------------------- Cafes and DOOM

Dib and Toby sit in a diner eating sundaes. Toby's hat says "Franklin WASN'T Polish." They are looking over the latest riddle from Zim. It reads:

Happiness is doom, Love is war. Pain is good, Now count to four.

Dib is looking confused. Counting his fingers over and over, trying to make some connection. Toby finishes his ice cream, pulls out a five, than gets up and walks off. Dib closes his laptop, and dashes off. He comes back for a moment, shovels down the last of his sundae, then dashes off again

Shot changes to them walking down the street

Toby: You shouldn't eat ice cream that fast. You can't be sure that a brainfreeze of any magnitude won't cause your enormous head to implode!

Dib: MY HEAD IS NOT BIG! So did you figure out the riddle, or were you just testing some theory of head-implodey?

Toby: Both. Look at the riddle again. Pulls out electronic personal organizer-looking device It says "Happiness is doom," right? That would be the slogan of the Brotherhood of Doom, that small bunch down on West East Street. "Love is war" is the name of the small café down on East East Street. "Pain is good" is the name of the new action movie, showing in the movie theater in East Street Promenade 4. The theater has 4 screens. Meaning, the bomb is in the theater. Now let's roll! Pushes button on personal organizer

A trashy-looking Jeep drives up next to Toby

Toby: Get in kid. Who knows how much time we have until this bomb goes off?

They get in the car, talking as they go

Dib: You drive a Jeep??

Toby: Yes and no. It's a government-issued car. It's designed to look like a piece of scrap metal to prevent theft, suspicion, and jealousy. It's complete with a DVD player, Pushes a little blue button and a screen comes out of the glove compartment laptop in glove compartment, Pushes yellow button, DVD player pulls in and laptop drops in its place portable Internet uplink, Pushes little green button, awful phone line connecting noises echo through the car dual cup holders for ALL of your cup holding needs, Pushes orange button small tray for snacks, and smiley-face air bags. It's called the Trash Master. It's even got a seat vibrator. Pushes little red button on clutch. Seats start vibrating See?

Dib: Is there anything you DON'T get from the government?

Toby: A good child dental plan. We're here!

They hop out of the Jeep. Before them is a giant sign reading "East Street Promenade 4." They walk through, into a crowded shopping center mobbed with people shopping, and chatting on cell phones. Dib and Toby walk through the crowds to the theatre, up to the ticket booth type-place. The guy behind the plastic screen is Simon, from Career Day (Fast Food Worker)

Dib: Excuse me; what do you have playing on your fourth screen?

Simon: That would be "Pain Is Good," the hottest new action thriller featuring Fredrick Buffman as an ordinary hot dog vender, when meat demons eat his family, and he seeks revenge upon them. The movie is rated "R" for meat-related gore and violence, language, and brief meat nudity. The last show started 10 minutes ago, but for a later showing, please visit our website, at movieplace.net or check your local listings for times. You can also call our toll-free number at-

Toby throws a small orb through the money-exchanging slot, and it lands inside the ticket dome. The orb explodes in a massively-increasing cloud of thick blue smoke. It fills the entire ticket dome

Toby: Grabbing Dib's arm and pushing him through the doors of the promenade Hurry Dib! Go and find the bomb. I am needed elsewhere. Clark Johnson here is our bomb specialist. He'll be going with you to disarm the bomb.

A new character appears. He has really short black hair, and is wearing a black wetsuit

Dib: But . . .

Toby: Go Dib. Be my eyes and ears. Stop this evil Tim! GO! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A/N: This is a kind of short chapter . . . mostly 'cause I'm having trouble pulling it all together just right. I promise I'll get it done soon, but I needed to see the movie again for some fresh ideas.