Welcome back, Infiniteers! For this episode, a giant worm terrorizes the Toy Box and Jessie is out to get payback for stealing her favorite hat, but Nick Wilde believes she's not tough enough to take it on. Enjoy!

Disney Infinity: Toy Box Adventures

Episode 4: Jessie, Nick, and the Worm

It was a calm and quiet night in the Toy Box as everyone slept in their cozy homes. But it was quickly interrupted by the loud sounds of something burrowing underground. It ate the sign that read "Welcome to The Hub" and continued burrowing.

Somewhere in town, a police officer was busy writing a ticket for a car that illegally parked right next to a fire hydrant. He suddenly drops his notepad behind him and turns around to pick it up when he heard rumbling and munching noises. He turns around and notices that the car is gone, so he picks up the fire hydrant and moves it next to another car. He writes the ticket for that and walks away whistling.

Meanwhile, con artist turned ZPD Officer Nick Wilde is sound asleep as the unseen creature burrows into his home. Nick heard the creature eat everything in the yard, but chose to ignore it assuming it was a stray kitten he was taking care of or something else. It took a much louder munching noise to wake him up.

"Dang kitten…" Nick muttered in his sleep.

"If she wanted food this late, all she had to do was…"

He stopped his thought when he saw a horrifying sight. He stood there for a while speechless as he stared at the torn-up yard just after the creature left.

(The Next Day)

As it turned out, Nick wasn't the only one who was visited by the creature and had his stuff eaten. He saw a gathering in front of Sugar Rush Speedway. He noticed some familiar faces such as Hawkeye, Han Solo, Luke Skywalker, Ralph, Vanellope, the Incredibles, even his partner Judy was there. He heard that they were talking about the creature last night, so he decided to give his eyewitness description.

"I saw it! It was big! It was all wiggly! And it ate everything!" Nick gave his description.

"That's horrible!" Wreck-It Ralph said as he ate a candy apple whole.

"It was an Asgardian…Bull…Worm!" Nick screamed.

Knowing what the creature was made everyone gasp in total shock as they clamored about how much damage that worm caused. And with the Guardians of the Galaxy yet to return from Knowhere, they're on their own for the time being.

"He ate my X-Wing!" Poe Dameron said pointing to his X-Wing parked outside with a large bite mark on its lower right wing.

"He ate my son's homework!" Elastigirl said, not noticing Dash giving a thumbs-up and a sly wink to the reader.

"Do I really need to say it?" Tinker Bell asked showing that a chunk of her wings was bitten off.

"How can we protect ourselves without the Guardians?" Rex asked.

"I've got it!" Han shouts. "I say we host a racing tournament and charge for admission!"

The crowd boos at his suggestion and threw things at him. After that, people started giving suggestions to keep themselves safe from the worm until the Guardians return.

"We should lock our doors!" Fear said.

"We should call my sister!" Anna said.

"We should build a blockade!" Fix-It Felix said.

"We should take the Toy Box and push it somewhere else!" Ralph suggested.

Everyone fell silent to Ralph's suggestion until Luke spoke up.

"That idea may just be crazy enough…to get us all killed!" Luke shouts.

Everyone went back to fretting and arguing on what to do about the worm.

"What's wrong with my idea?" Ralph asked amongst the murmuring.

"Let's get someone to go after it!" Carl Fredrickson suggests.

"Are you insane?!" Han shouted. "There isn't anyone else crazy enough to take on an Asgardian Bull Worm!"

Suddenly, a booming sound is heard causing everyone to cover their ears. Once the noise calmed down, they saw Thor, the Asgardian god of thunder. With his presence, everyone believed he'd have what it takes to send that worm packing, but what he said next disappointed everyone.

"Forgive me, but is there a lavatory near here?" Thor asked.

Everyone stared with disappointment on their faces.

"They're next to the entrance." Vanellope pointed to the entryway feeling somewhat peeved.

"Thank you, child." Thor thanked her as he ran out of the speedway.

"I'll catch this worm for ya…" A new voice spoke.

Everyone about faced and happen to see Jessie leaning on the stands with a brown cowboy hat.

"That is, if you're willing to pay." Jessie said as she tipped her hat up.

"No!" Han screamed. "You'll never get a credit out of me! Never! I'd rather have that worm come here and eat you all alive!"

Everyone stared at Han strangely for a few moments before Han calmed down.

"Uh…sorry about that." Han apologized after wiping his mouth with his sleeve.

Jessie gave a surprisingly good natured laugh. "Aw shucks. I don't want your money. I was just playing up the drama of the moment, that's all." Han chuckles nervously, which gradually turned to crying. "Nope, I'm gonna take that spineless creature down for nothing, because this is personal." She lifted up the cowboy hat and threw it on the ground.

"Look. My favorite hat's gone!"

Everyone gasped at the sight of Jessie's hatless head.

"Dang varmint must've snatched it while I had my back turned, the coward!" The crowd shows sympathy for the Yodeling Cowgirl. "I am gonna get back what's mine!"

Everyone cheers at Jessie's determination to fight off the worm that stole her hat. Of course, the only one alarmed that she'd do such a thing was Nick. Sure she was tough, but he saw the worm and knew that Jessie wouldn't stand a chance against it. He approached her to try and talk her out of it.

"What?" Nick said, alarmed. "But Jessie, you don't know what you're up against. We're talking about an Asgardian…Bull…Worm!"

"Well, I don't know anything about Asgard, but check these out." Jessie said as she shows Nick a pair of pictures.

"Back at Bonnie's, I tamed bulls, and I tamed worms." Jessie said. "As far as I know, doing them both together just saves me some yodeling. Now I'm gonna go kick me some worm tail! Yee-haw!"

The crowd went nuts as Jessie headed towards the exit of the speedway, but Nick still did not want her to go.

"But, Jessie, you don't know!"

"Don't worry, Nick. I won't be long." Jessie leaves the speedway.

"Jessie! Jessie!" Nick calls out to the cowgirl as he chased after her.

"Go get them, Jessie! We have the utmost confidence in you!" Han said among the cheering inhabitants of the Toy Box. They stop and turn to Ralph. "Now, what was that idea of yours, Ralph?"

Meanwhile, Nick was a fair distance away from Sugar Rush Speedway when he caught up with Jessie.

"Wait! Jessie!"

"Oh, hey Nick, you coming to watch me handle that worm?" Jessie asks.

"Jessie, you just can't go!"

"Why not?"

"Jessie, I saw it! It's big… scary… and red!" Nick yelled.

"So is Wreck-It Ralph, but I'm not afraid of him." Jessie said.

"You'll get massacred!"

"Nick, I'm from Bonnie's house. What you think is big and what I think is big are two totally different kinds of big." Jessie told him. "Besides, he's got my hat. I can't let him get away with that."

Nick soon realized that the cowgirl was fully determined to confront the worm. He then came up with an idea. It may not be enough to convince her, but he was desperate enough to give it a try.

"Okay, but um… what if the worm didn't take your hat?" Nick asked.

"If that spineless worm doesn't have my hat, then who does?" Jessie asked.

"Um…I do?" Nick replied unconvincingly.

"You do? Where?" Jessie asked.

"Uh…in my pocket."

To his surprise, Jessie chuckled a bit before speaking up. "Well then why didn't you say so? Give it here! Come on!"

Nick hesitantly slips his hand into his pocket and grabbed something. He reaches out and opens his hand, showing the object, which doesn't look anything like a hat.

"Nick, that a paper clip and a piece of string."

"No it's not. This is your hat." Nick said meekly.

"Nick!" Jessie glared annoyed.

"How would you know?! It's always on your head!" Nick defended before clutching onto Jessie's midsection. "Oh, don't go, don't go, don't go!"

Jessie pulls him off, as she had enough of him trying to stop her.

"Nick, what's the matter with you? Now, I'm gonna go give that legless sneak what for, and there ain't nothing you can say to stop me!" Jessie continues walking.

"Oh yeah? What if I said…"blargen-fuzible-noklib"?" Nick asked.

"Well, I'll be honest, that did slow me down a bit. But I'm still going for him!" Jessie said as she continued marching after the worm.

Insistent on stopping her, Nick tries another idea.

"You know, hats are so overrated. Let's just forget about it and go home." Nick said. Jessie keeps on walking. Nick tries something else. "I've got chocolate!" Jessie ignores her. "With nuts…" Nick comes with another idea. He puts on a fake cowboy outfit with goatee.

"Jessie, this is your pappy speaking, and I forbid you to after that worm! You better get back here, young lady!"

"You ain't my pa!" Jessie said.

Running out of ideas to stop her, Nick tries one last idea. He did not want to scare her into retreating, but what other choice does he have? He pulls out an ice pop big enough to be used like a weapon.

"Jessie, if you want to get to that worm, you're gonna have to go through me!" Nick threatened. Not wanting to hurt him, Jessie pulled out a Zero Point Energy Gauntlet and moves Nick aside with it. She then walks by and shuts off the gauntlet, freeing Nick. Since nothing else worked, he tries one final desperate move.

"Jessie, no! I can't let you!" Nick cried, grabbing her ankles. "I'm not gonna let you get killed. If you find him, you'll get eaten for sure!"

"Ain't no way some dumb old worm's gonna make a meal of me. I'm too tough a toy!" Jessie attempted to walk before realizing that Nick is still clung onto her ankles.

"No, not tough enough. Not tough enough!" Nick cried.

"Nick, quit your worrying. I can take care of myself." Jessie reassured. "After all, who's the strongest cowgirl in the Toy Box?" She then shows off her strength by picking up a boulder and throwing it far.

"You are."

"And who put the hi-yah, hi, ho, "Y" in yodeling?"

"You did."

"And who helps save your furry backside from certain destruction on occasion?"

Nick looks behind him and sees a tag attached to his tail that reads "Property of Jessie". "You do." Nick answered meekly.

"Right. And I can handle your little bull worm too, because I'm the best there is! There ain't nothing too big or too scary for me to catch." Jessie said.

"Okay." Nick said.

"Say it." Jessie demanded.

"There isn't anything…" Nick began.

"Ain't nothing!" Jessie corrected.

"Ain't nothing too big or too scary for you to catch." Nick finished. He tries to convince her otherwise, but every time he tries to speak, she cuts him off. This continued for the remainder of the journey. After a few short hours, they stop in front of what appears to be a cave. Jessie bends down and picks up some dirt and sniffs it.

"Worm sign." Jessie states as she sees a tiny sign that reads "WORM". "I'll bet he's in that cave."

"Jessie, are you sure you…?" Nick asks before Jessie speaks up.

"Course I am! I'm going in and I ain't coming out 'til I got me a big heaping plate of worm stew." Jessie said as she marches into the cave. Nick hides behind a rock and shudders. We hear Jessie's voice inside. "Aha! There you are, you hat-nabbing varmint! Hi-yah!" Fighting noises is heard inside. Jessie pops her head out after a second. "I'm winning, Nick!" She resumes fighting.

"Jessie, that's not…!" Nick tries to tell her, but it falls on deaf ears as more fighting sounds are heard. Jessie pops out again.

"This shouldn't take long." She said as she continues fighting.

"Jessie, that's not…!" Nick speaks again.

"Almost done!"

"Jessie!"

Jessie comes out riding something pink and segmented. "Yee-haw! I got him, Nick!" She makes a giant knot and stands on it proud.

"Jessie…?" Nick said, still uneasy.

"Boy, this worm sure put up a good fight. But I'm a rooting tooting cowgirl, and as you can see, no worm is a match for me. And look, I even found my hat!" Jessie said as she revealed her slightly tattered but still intact red hat with white details. She brushes off the dust with her hand and puts the hat on her head, where it belongs.

"It's good you got your hat back, but that's not the worm." Nick stated.

"Come again?" Jessie asked, feeling annoyed with a hand on her hip.

"That's not the worm. That's his tongue." Nick informed her. She turns around and sees that he was right. It turns out the "cave" was actually the giant worm and he had just awoke from his nap.

"Ohhhh… This is the tongue, and…the whole thing…is the…worm." After a brief silence, her impulses kick in and she freaks out. "RUN FOR YOUR LIIIIIIFE!" Just as the worm bites down, they sprint away. The worm roars with rage and pursues them.

"So what's the plan, Jessie?" Nick asks. They look back and see the worm approaching fast.

"Run faster!" Jessie shouts.

"I could've thought of that one." Nick said before he began realizing something. "Hey, wait a minute! I was right, wasn't I?!"

"Later!"

"Ah, he is too big for you, isn't he?"

"Not now, Nick!"

"I want to hear you say it!"

"Can we talk about this after we don't get eaten alive?!"

"Say it!"

"Nick!"

"Don't make me trip you!"

"No!

"Say it!"

"Not now!"

"Say it!

"Okay, okay! You were right, I was wrong!" Jessie admits it. "I was wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong! Happy now?"

Nick smiles triumphantly. "I knew it all along."

His moment of victory was halted by another loud roar coming from the bull worm, they react by screaming and running faster. They run up and down high hills as the worm plows right through. They even ran past Tinker Bell, who's tending to a garden with her wings bandaged up. Once the worm passes by, he takes another bite out of her.

"Not again!" Tinker Bell groaned.

The two continue running from the worm. "Uh, Jessie?"

"Yeah?"

"What do we do now?" Nick asked for a plan.

Jessie looks behind and sees the worm close behind. She then notices that their path is lined by trees.

"I've got it! Nick, do you still have that paper clip and string?" Jessie asks.

"Oh, I've got a feeling what you're going with this!" Nick said as he makes a necklace out of the two items.

"Look! I made a necklace! "S" for Sly Fox, or "S" for Space Ranger! Pretty cool, huh?" Nick asked.

"No silly! How about "S" for save our skins?" She takes the string and paper clip and turns it into a grappling hook. She lassoes a tree branch, grabs Nick by the midsection and swings them up on top of the worm's back. "Yee-haw! Now that was a close call! We'll be nice and safe up here."

But she was wrong on that count. The worm suddenly plows off a cliff like a runaway train. Seeing this, the both of them scream as they ran up the back of the worm and jump off onto the plateau.

"We did it!" Jessie cheered.

"Yay! He'll never get out of there!"

"We saved the town!"

"Yeah! Let's go and tell everyone the good news!" Nick said as he and Jessie walk back to town.

What they did not know is that everyone else went along with Ralph's plan to push the town somewhere else, in case Jessie and Nick don't come back alive. In a twist of irony, all the inhabitants of the Toy Box are pushing the town to the bottom of the canyon. "Push!" Ralph calls as they push the town. "Push!" They push the town one final time and the people cheer. But their celebration was cut short when the worm crashes onto the town, smashing it into pieces.

"Ouuuuuch…" The worm groans.

Cast List

Nick Wilde - SpongeBob SquarePants

Jessie - Sandy Cheeks

Alaskan Bull Worm

Wreck-It Ralph - Patrick Star

Han Solo - Mr. Krabs

Luke Skywalker - Squidward Tentacles

Poe Dameron - Fred

Elastigirl - Nancy

Tinker Bell - Fish with eaten butt

Rex - Lou

Fear - Nat Peterson

Princess Anna - Mable

Fix-It Felix - Knight Fish

Thor - Sailor Fish

I picked this specific episode because I like the twist of irony at the end. That and it reminded me of the show's creator, who passed away just recently. And this chapter is to honor his life. Rest in peace, Stephen Hillenburg. You will be greatly missed. Archer out.'

Stephen Hillenburg
Former marine biologist and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants
(1961-2018)