In our last episode, Rocky was given a new partner, Honeysuckle the Moose, to assist him in the capture of the evil Bullwinkle clone. However, the real Bullwinkle didn't take kindly to being left out of the action!
Honeysuckle is driving a green station wagon along the highway, with Rocky in the passenger seat. They pass a sign that says, SANTA CLAUSA, 7 MILES. Heavy traffic flows around them as the she-moose recounts her history.
"I was drawn to be an agent-slash-love-interest in a British spy cartoon called Danger Moose, but some idiot typesetter changed 'moose' to 'mouse', and you know the rest of that story. So I decided, if I couldn't be a cartoon agent, I'd train to become a real-life agent."
"Gee, Bullwinkle and I never had training," reflects Rocky.
"That's because the Department never really looked upon the Pottsylvanians as a credible threat," Honeysuckle explains. "They figured, if the two of you could thwart Fearless Leader's schemes again and again through sheer dumb luck, then why ruin a successful formula?"
Unbeknownst to them, Bullwinkle is also on his way to Santa Clausa, determined to bring in the evil duplicate on his own!
Several miles behind on the same highway, Bullwinkle is driving a red convertible at top speed. "Give my Rocky a new partner, will they?" he says to himself. "I'll teach them a lesson they won't soon remember!" He reflects for a moment. "Sure is windy. I'm glad I 'moosed' my hair before I left."
Minutes later, Rocky and Honeysuckle arrive in downtown Santa Clausa, at the china shop where the Bullwinkle clone had gone on a rampage. The shelves have been emptied, and the owner, an old Chinese woman, is still sweeping up the broken pieces of china.
"Did he say anything while he was smashing your china, ma'am?" Honeysuckle asks the woman.
"He made some very bad puns," the shop owner replies.
"What did he do when he was finished?" Honeysuckle inquires. "Did he say anything about where he was going?"
"He mentioned something about being hungry."
Honeysuckle becomes thoughtful. "Hmm. If I were an evil bull moose in a china shop, where would I go to eat?"
"A donut shop!" Rocky suggests.
"No, too many police." Honeysuckle thinks for a second. "Follow me, Rocky."
Honeysuckle leads Rocky out of the china shop, and they stroll a short distance down the sidewalk, arriving in front of a fast-food joint called Burgers-R-Us. The sign on the door says CLOSED, and the interior of the restaurant resembles a war zone, with food stains on the walls and overturned tables and chairs. A man in a fast-food uniform is scrubbing the walls when he sees Rocky and Honeysuckle approach. "He went that way!" he says, pointing. Rocky and Honeysuckle continue down the street, and the same scene repeats itself at all the restaurants on the block.
"At least we have a trail to follow," says Rocky.
Meanwhile, Bullwinkle arrives at the security checkpoint in front of Mr. Peabody's lab.
A heavily fortified gate surrounds Peabody's laboratory, and Bullwinkle is walking up to the entrance. "Defeating my evil duplicate will be easier if I equip myself with some high-tech gadgets," he thinks.
The security guard is, as usual, a grizzled old man. "I'm sorry, Mr. Bullwinkle, but with the evil clone at large, the government has chosen to temporarily revoke your security clearance."
Bullwinkle becomes indignant. "What? This is an outrage! I want my taxes back!"
Mr. Peabody, or more accurately his clone, suddenly appears on the other side of the gate. "Please, Mr. Peabody!" Bullwinkle pleads. "You gotta let me in!"
The Peabody clone shakes his head. "Sherman and I are working as hard as we can to repair the Dublinator, and we won't let you come in and destroy everything."
"But I'm the good Bullwinkle!" insists the desperate moose.
"I know," says the Peabody clone sadly as he ambles off.
The disconsolate Bullwinkle walks away from the security checkpoint. "Now I'll have to do battle with my evil duplicate armed with nothing but my hands, feet, and antlers—just like Mother Nature intended."
When he reaches his convertible, he is alarmed to find two police officers standing in front of it. "Wh-what's going on, officers?" he asks nervously.
"We were just going to cite you for double parking," says the first officer, "but then we recognized you as the moose who's been wrecking shops downtown, so now we're going to arrest you."
"You have the right to remain silent," says the second officer. "If you give up the right to remain silent, anything you say will be dutifully listened to but ultimately disregarded."
"But...you can't do this to me! I'm Bullwinkle the Moose!"
"Right," says the first officer, "and I'm Arthur the Aardvark. Now come along."
As the hapless Bullwinkle is dragged off to the police station, his evil clone continues to wreak havoc in downtown Santa Clausa!
The Bullwinkle clone, his stomach grossly swollen, waddles out of a bagel shop, having ingested everything on display, including most of the napkins. The distraught proprietor watches him leave in astonishment. "Oy! I've never seen anyone eat so much! And he didn't even leave a tip!"
Half a block away, the Bullwinkle clone sees four police offers exit a squad car and start to run in his direction. "Cops! I've gotta shake 'em!" He tries to flee, but his overloaded stomach slows him down. "Oh, I can't run in this condition!"
He then notices that he is standing in front of a maternity wear store. "I've got an idea! It's so dumb, it might work!"
Moments later, the four police officers arrive in front of the maternity store. "He went in there!" the first officer informs the others.
"He won't get away this time!" vowed the second officer.
The four officers charge into the store, which is filled with displays of maternity dresses. Several pregnant women are milling around, including a tall one with a huge nose and antlers, dressed in a light blue gown and what appears to be a blond wig. One of the officers accidentally runs into "her". "I'm terribly sorry, ma'am," he says politely. The cross-dressed Bullwinkle clone just giggles and heads for the store exit.
"Those cops will never give up," he thinks, glancing around. "I need to get myself some wheels and hightail it out of this town."
Still in his pregnant woman disguise, the Bullwinkle clone approaches a man who is
returning to his parked car with a bag of clothing items. "Please, sir, help me!" he exclaims in a frantic falsetto. "I'm having a baby!"
"I can see that," says the man, sizing up the moose's distended gut.
"No, I'm having a baby NOW!" The clone starts gasping.
"Okay, okay!" says the suddenly worried man. "I'll give you a ride to the hospital!"
He opens the door of his car and allows the Bullwinkle clone to lie down on the back seat. Then he starts to drive swiftly down the street in the direction of the hospital, while the evil moose gasps and wails as if enduring labor pains. After the man has driven a block, the Bullwinkle clone lets out a sigh of relief and then starts to imitate the sound of a baby crying. Nervous and sweating, the man pulls over to the curb. "Stay calm! I'll get help!" he promises.
The man jumps out of his car and looks around for someone with a cell phone. The Bullwinkle clone climbs out of the back seat, takes over the man's car, and pulls into the street. In his haste, he nearly collides with Rocky and Honeysuckle in their station wagon.
"Hey, where did that lady learn to drive?" complains Rocky.
"Hold it!" says Honeysuckle. "That's no lady!"
As Rocky and Honeysuckle start to pursue the Bullwinkle clone's stolen vehicle, the police car taking the real Bullwinkle to the station has stopped in front of the maternity store. One of the officers in the car is talking to one of the officers who searched the store for the Bullwinkle clone.
"Are you sure it was him?" asks the officer in the car.
"He'd put on a few more pounds," says the officer on the street, "but I'd bet my life he was our moose. We chased him into the maternity store, and then we lost him."
The officer in the car turns to Bullwinkle. "I'm sorry about the mistake. You're free to go."
However, Bullwinkle's sharp eyes have seen a car driven by a moose nearly hit another car driven by a moose a block away. "Follow those cars, officers!" he orders, pointing.
Within moments, the squad car containing Bullwinkle is pursuing the station wagon driven by Honeysuckle, who is chasing the Bullwinkle clone's stolen car.
"Are you sure that's not a lady, Honeysuckle?" asks Rocky.
"One of the first things I learned in agent school was how to spot someone in a stupid disguise," replies Honeysuckle.
As the Bullwinkle clone drives along, oblivious to his pursuers, he spots a road
sign that says, CORPUS CRUSTY, NEXT RIGHT. Crusty..." His tone becomes sinister. "Perfect!"
His car turns off the main highway in the direction of Corpus Crusty, while Rocky and Honeysuckle follow. They are in turn followed by the two police officers and Bullwinkle.
"Omigosh!" exclaims Rocky. "He's headed for Corpus Crusty!"
"Is that a bad thing?" asks Honeysuckle.
"It sure is! Corpus Crusty is a town populated entirely by enemy spies!"
What mischief is the evil Bullwinkle clone plotting now? What dangers await our heroes in the spy villa of Corpus Crusty? Find out in our next action-packed episode, "Spy Oh My", or, "It's a Nice Place to Visit, But..."!
