J-Pop Pandemonium (Featuring HiHi Puffy Ami Yumi)
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Act 1: Concerning Pop Stars and Slugs
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Babs lay slumped in her desk as she sat through yet another of Wile E. Coyote's classes. Today, he was instructing on the proper way to use a large firework with a pair of roller skates as a mode of transport. So far, he experienced trouble trying to light the fuse. Babs was uninterested about the lecture, and paid no attention to it. Quite bored, her mind was on more important matters, like what to do after school. She slouched in her chair, giving a heavy sigh of boredom. She then shot a glance at Buster, sitting on the other side of the classroom, equally as bored as her. She ripped a piece of paper from her notebook -- which she would have been taking notes in if she cared about the class – and wrote down a simple note. She then folded the paper into an airplane and shot it towards Buster. Buster opened the paper airplane and read the note.
"So what do you want to do after school?" read the note.
Buster ripped a piece of paper from his notebook, quickly wrote a reply on the paper, and crafted it – in cartoon like fashion – into a WWI fighter plane. After he launched it with a simple flick of the wrist, it flew towards Babs, performing a few aerial maneuvers along the way. It landed gracefully on Babs' desk. Annoyed by the overly fancy presentation, Babs took it and opened it.
"Wanna go over to my place and watch TV with the gang?" read the note.
With a devious look in the eye towards Buster, she ripped off another piece of paper. She quickly wrote a reply, and then with graceful hands, folded the note into a rocket ship. Sitting quietly on the desk, the rocket began to rattle as fumes seethed from the burners.
"3-2-1-Huston, We have liftoff"
Flames blazing from the burners, the rocket launched majestically into the air. Before the rocket could hit the ceiling, it split into two: the rocket launcher and the space capsule. The rocket launcher swiftly fell back to earth while the space capsule sprouted a parachute, thus drifting the capsule leisurely onto Buster's desk. Infuriated, Buster open the note.
"Sure" it read.
Buster rolled his eyes.
"Show off" Buster muttered.
Just then, the school bell rang. Everyone in the class jumped from his or her seat and raced towards the door. On her way out, Babs took the lighter from Wile E. Coyote, who was still trying to light the rocket.
"Here, let me help" Babs said, who finally managed to light the fuse. In a flash, Wile E. launched across the room and into the wall, creating a large hole in the shape of his body. He continued to fly on into the horizon where the firework exploded, creating a mushroom plume of smoke.
Meanwhile, Buster and Babs, along with Plucky, Hamton, Shirley, and Fifi, had finished climbing down the school steps.
"So what are we all watching?" Plucky asked.
Buster and Babs thought. A light bulb then appeared over each head.
"I got an idea!" Buster and Babs said simultaneously.
"Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!" exclaimed Buster.
"The HiHi Puffy AmiYumi Show!" exclaimed Babs.
Both rabbits were confused and shocked by the other's answer.
"What?" They both exclaimed. "No! Not that show! You've got to be kidding me!"
"Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs?" Babs asked in disgust. "Didn't they cancel that show years ago?"
"Yeah!" Plucky inquzzingly answered, breaking the silence among him, Hamton, Shirley, and Fifi. "It was around the same time they canned OUR show!"
Plucky then face-faulted upon what he just said. The six toons stood silent upon this remark. A gust of wind blew in the background. The six shivered in disgust.
"Anyway," Buster said, breaking the long silence, "This is a new remake of the show. It airs on that new Saturday morning block 2 Squirts TV along with Super Blue Fast Ball of Fur Z and The Pretty Pixie Pack. They're trying to bring back the franchise using overly-predominate Japanese influences interwoven in the design and storyline in order to attract the next generation of mindless children so that they can buy the overly expensive and utterly useless merchandise."
"But theHiHi Puffy AmiYumi Show is so hilarious!" Babs whined.
"IT IS NOT!" Buster retorted. "We were funny! That show is anything but funny! The show just uses old plotlines intertwined with corny jokes and puns created in a desperate attempt to hype some bad pop band in order to gain more popularity and attention, not to mention cash."
"That only proves that MY show is just as superficial as YOURS!" Babs responded, "So we are going to watch mine anyway!"
"No we're not!" Buster said.
"Yes we are!" Babs replied.
"No we're not!" Buster said.
"Yes we are!" Babs replied.
"No we're not!" Buster said.
"Yes we are!" Babs replied.
"No we're not!" Buster said.
"No we're not!" Babs replied.
"Give me a break, Babs!" Buster retorted. "We went over that gag in Bugs's class already, and it only works on dumb ducks!"
"What's that supposed to mean?" exclaimed Plucky!
"Anywho" Buster continued as he pulled a quarter from his pocket, "This is a two-choice decision, one easily settled with a coin toss."
Buster was about to flip the coin, but Babs hastily grabbed Buster's arm.
"Not so fast long ears" Babs retorted as she plucked the coin from Buster. "You already tried this trick in the Thirteensomething episode. No way you're pulling it off again."
"Now what makes you think I'd try the same trick twice?" Buster asked, "It failed the first time anyway!"
Without missing a beat, Babs turned the coin other on its other side, revealing it to be identical to the other side. Buster just laughed nervously with a guilty expression on his face.
"Can't blame a guy for trying again!" He replied.
With a face of disbelief, Babs flicked the trick coin away. She then reached into her pocket and took out a "real" quarter. She then flipped it in the air. Everyone stared in anxious anticipation.
"You call!" Babs exclaimed as the coin began to fall back down.
"HEADS!" Buster cried as the coin neared the sidewalk. The coin hit the cement, and with a "ping" bounced back up. The coin then landed near Buster's foot, revealing the side to be...
…
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It all started when we first met and strapped on our guitars.
We made music so great and cool that soon we were rock stars.
Buster, Plucky, and Hamton sat slumped on the couch as they sat through the HiHi Puffy AmiYumi opening. Bored expressions painted their faces as they glanced at the television with indifference. As for the girls --Babs, Shriley, and Fifi -- they watched with cheerful anticipation.
"We just had to watch TV with the girls?" Plucky asked sarcastically, "Didn't we?"
"Oh shut up, you!" Buster retorted.
"Not even Kaz can't mess this up" Ami says.
"I'm sure he'll find a way" Yumi responds.
The girls whole-heartedly laughed at this joke. The guys, well, didn't.
"Oh come on!" Plucky snapped, "I came up with better gags ten years ago than what these girls can make in ten seconds."
"Circle of Life, Plucky!" Buster replied, "Back then, the kids wanted well-thought of jokes, and we gave it to them. Nowadays, they just want cheap laughs and gags that come from such mental-vomit like Spongebob Squarepants and Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends."
"Hey!" Hamton uttered. "I love Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends!"
"Nobody asked you!" Buster and Plucky responded.
"Looks like we busted through a wall of bean curd" Yumi says.
"Why, soy-tainly!" responds Ami.
"Hey, I said 'bean curd' not 'corn curd'" Yumi says.
"Oh brother!" Buster moaned, as he slumped farther into the couch.
"Is it over yet?" Plucky complained.
"The HiHi Puffy AmiYumi Show will be back after a word from our sponsors!" announced the announcer.
"HALLELUJIAH!" Buster, Plucky, and Hamton cheered.
"Hey all you Puffy AmiYumi fans…" proclaimed a young, hip announcer as a commercial started. "Are you ready for the ultimate Puffy AmiYumi experience?"
Babs, Shirley and Fifi gazed at the Television with more attention and interest. They nodded in agreement.
"Well then…" The announcer continued, "Prepare yourselves for this Saturday's biggest event! You listened to their music, you watched their television show, you bought every piece of merchandise available, and now, you can see J- Pop stars Ami and Yumi LIVE, right here in Acme Acres!"
"Uh boy!" Buster exclaimed.
"Get your earplugs ready guys!" Plucky said, taking out two corks from his pocket and shoving one in each ear. Buster and Hamton do the same.
After the boys had safely blocked their ears, the three girls glanced at each other and gave a high-pitched scream of joy and excitement.
"Yes!" the announcer exclaimed, "Puffy AmiYumi IS playing this Saturday at the Acme Bowl Coliseum. This is your big chance to be a part of the ultimate Puffy AmiYumi experience. Tickets go on sale tomorrow!"
Ami and Yumi appear on screen.
"If you miss this--" Ami says.
"--You're a bigger loser than Kaz!" Yumi finishes.
After the commercial ended, Babs, Shirley, and Fifi jump up and rocket through the ceiling, reaching an altitude of two-hundred feet before falling back to earth. They gently land on the floor upon their backs without too much force.
"Did you hear that?" Babs asked Shirley and Fifi, raising her head.
"Yeah!" Shirley responded, raising her head, "Like, super-cool Japanese pop stars Puffy AmiYumi playing this Saturday in Acme Acres, or some junk!"
"Trez Manufique!" Fifi adds, with her head raised.
The three pick themselves of the ground.
"We have to go to that concert!" Babs exclaims.
"Good luck!" Buster says, "Concert tickets are expensive!"
"Yeah!" Plucky adds, "You have a better chance just watching it on pay-per-view!"
"No way!" Babs responds, "We are big fans of Puffy AmiYumi! There's no way we're missing this once-in-a-lifetime chance to bask in our idol's glory! Besides, how expensive can tickets be?"
"150 bucks for front-row seats!" Buster replied in a snap.
"150 DOLLARS!" exclaimed Babs with a broken expression on her face. "How about not-so nice seats, like the back row?"
"50 dollars" Buster answers without hesitation.
"All including tax" Hamton adds.
"That's highway robbery!" Babs exclaimed.
"Well," Buster adds, "The record company has to compensate for their lost profits due to illegal music downloading, so they pinch pennies in other revenues."
"Just because a few punks are using the internet to get bootleg copies of music?" Babs asks angrily. "That's so unfair! And to think we have to pay for it! Who is so lazy and so apathetic to download music instead of honestly buying it on CD?"
"Excuse Moi!" Fifi interrupts, "But doesn't voo have ze downloaded music filez on ze MP3 player, no?"
Babs puts her hand over Fifi's mouth.
"Blab it to the FCC why don't yah!" Babs exclaims.
"Like, how much do we have now?" Shirley asks.
The three girls think for a second, and then dig inside their pockets. After much digging, they take their hands out and extend them forward. Together, the girls have a total of…
"25 dollars, 31 cents, a hairpin, a candy wrapper, a stick of gum, and various pieces of pocket lint." Babs sadly announces.
The three girls sigh in sadness and disbelief.
"That's only half enough for one seat!" Babs adds.
"Lookz like ve have to raise us some mo money, no?" Fifi asks.
"Well then we have to act fast!" Babs replies, "Tickets sell tomorrow, and they're going to be selling like hot cakes!"
"Or chocolate cake!" Hamton adds.
The other five toons look at Hamton in either confusion, embarrassment, or anger. Hamton withdraws himself slightly.
"What?" he asks, "I'm hungry! And these are the only few lines I have in this fan fiction"
"C'mon y'all" Babs waves, motioning to Shirley and Fifi as she heads out the door, "TO MONEY!"
"TO MONEY!" Shirley and Fifi add as they exit.
Buster, Plucky, and Hamton just watch the girls leave. 30 seconds later, Buster reaches for the remote and changes the channel."
"Look's like we're watching Immature Radioactive Samurai Slugs!" he exclaims.
Plucky and Hamton cheer.
IMMATURE RADIOACTIVE SAMURAI SLUGS!
Slugs count it off!
One-Two-Three-Four!
Slugs! Mutant chain reaction!
Slugs! Living under the floor!
Slugs! We know you want more!
Slugs! It's a slime of a time!
Hello everybody! I'm BACK! Well, that's the first act of three everybody. Please read and review. No Flames, just compliments and constructive critisim. Oh, one short note: I have nothing against Spongebob Squaerepants or Foster's Home. After all, they are some of my favorite shows! Just using them as satirical examples yall! Anyway, read and review!