Meanwhile, on another side of town, within the darkest corridor of an alley, lurked a strange figure up to some strange things…
"At last the time has finally come for me to take what is rightfully mine…" a small, female cranberry spoke. "With a little tech I borrowed from Dr. Flurry, I shall RUIN CHRISTMAS FOR ALL ETERNITY!!"
The little cranberry then clambered into a massive robot with a relatively human shape. Then, the robot's comically-large eyes glowed red, bathing everything in its eerie glow.
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Back in the city, Larryboy had been invited to a wonderful Christmas party. He'd been interacting with a number of people, then all of a sudden, the window broke, the chandelier in the party area fell to the floor.
"What th—" Larry gasped.
The thing that had entered the room was a huge, robotic...Santa? A Santa robot that looked frighteningly realistic, especially with its human-like appearance.
"HEY!" Larry exclaimed as one of the robot's hands gripped his body, and pulled him out of the building. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!"
"I, am KRINGLEDROID, AND YOU'VE BEEN VERY NAUGHTY!!" A deep, robotic voice came from the mouth of the Santa.
"I thought you were supposed to be JOLLLYYYYYYYY!!"
Though Larryboy had been captured, in the distance, stood a banana partygoer. He was Jewish, and though he felt completely out of place at a Christmas party, he felt as though he needed to do something--after all, Larryboy had just been taken by an evil villain. He gazed at the Kringledroid, which had already taken out a number of the buildings, then he took out a golden Star of David.
This little charm had been in his family for generations, and now, he'd been gifted it for his Bar Mitzvah, as did every other member in his family. In that banana's family, there was also a long-held tradition of superheroes--every male in his family, once they became men, would take up the heroic identity of Mensch Man, and defend honor and justice, as well as God.
Perhaps Mensch Man could be of some use now...
"By the strength of Moses, by the resilience of the Maccabees, by the lasting of the eight night menorah, *har shenk mir MAKHT*!" The banana spoke, as soon as he said those words in Yiddish, flames from the menorah enveloped his body.
(* האר שענק מיר מאַכט*)
(*Lord, give me power!*)
Though the flames covered the banana completely, he was not harmed in the slightest. When he emerged, he was now clad in a blue outfit with a gold version of the Star of David on his chest.
"I, am MENSCH MAN!" The banana exclaimed valiantly. "Defender of all that is kosher!"