KidsWBYungsta's Animation Multiverse: The Series – Season 1, Episode 5: Ballin' Out!
KidsWBYungsta's Animation Multiverse: The Series – Season 1, Episode 5: "Ballin' Out!"

KidsWBYungsta's Animation Multiverse: The Series
Season 1, Episode 5: "Ballin' Out!"

A/N: Eh, what's up, docs and doctresses? Welcome back to another all-new episode of Animation Multiverse: The Series! This episode is another basketball-themed installment, revolving around Riley Freeman trying out for the Tooniversity basketball team, hoping to get a spot for the upcoming season. However, he has some fierce competition in the form of basketball prodigy Freestyle Vibrations, which blossoms into a full-blown rivalry that threatens to derail the basketball team. While a rivalry is brewing within the basketball team, cheerleading tryouts are about to get heated when Carol Ferris tries to dissuade Jenny Wakeman from joining the cheerleading squad due to her robotic ways, leaving it up to Ami Onuki and Jessica Cruz to help their robot friend reconsider her decision, as well as proving her worth to not only the Tooniversity cheerleading squad, but to Carol Ferris herself …

Episode Synopsis: The first week of basketball tryouts have started at the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity and Bugs Bunny recruits Osmosis Jones to serve as his new assistant coach. With this news in mind, most of the Toons proceed to try out for the new team, including Riley Freeman. However, problems begin to show up when Riley starts a rivalry with young basketball prodigy Freestyle Vibrations, leading to a severe lack of chemistry within the team. To make matters worse, both Riley and Freestyle's obsession with being the top dog for the team jeopardizes their changes of actually making the team, leading to Bugs Bunny and Osmosis Jones to call an old friend to teach them the importance of teamwork before the final week of tryouts. Meanwhile, most of the girls decide to try out for the cheerleading squad, but Jenny Wakeman is reluctant to take part in the tryouts. However, when Carol Ferris uses this to her advantage and tries to discourage her from joining the squad, Ami Onuki and Jessica Cruz step up to boost her confidence.

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the cartoon and anime characters who appear in this story. The cartoon and anime characters who do appear are owned by their respective companies.

Dedication: A tip of the hat to Aaron McGruder, the man behind The Boondocks and Black Jesus.

KidsWBYungsta's Animation Multiverse: The Series – Season 1, Episode 5: Ballin' Out!

It was the first week of October at the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity and Bugs Bunny was inside the school gymnasium, creating posters that would encourage the students to try out for the basketball team and the cheerleading squad. While Bugs was creating the posters, he stopped to look at the photos on the wall of his office that consisted of the Tooniversity basketball team and their most-memorable moments of the previous seasons, ranging from Buster Bunny making the game-winning shot in their first championship win to Virgil Hawkins pulling off some impressive crossover moves against one of the players from rival school Cosmo Academy.

As Bugs was basking in the nostalgia of championships past, he started thinking about what would be in store for the future as the Toonstars were preparing for their upcoming season, which would hopefully include another perfect season and a championship win to cap it off. Suddenly, he was interrupted by Chris Rock's unmistakable voice saying, "Well, well, well, I see that the wascally wabbit never lost his touch when it came to the game of basketball …"

Bugs then turned to see the white blood cell cop, better known as Osmosis Jones, standing at the door of his office with a smirk on his face, then the rabbit walked up to Ozzy and exchanged high-fives with him as he said, "Well, what do you know? It's Osmosis Jones! What have you been up to, doc?"

"Oh, you know how it is, Bugs," Ozzy said while shrugging his shoulders. "Since Drix and I managed to save Frank from his near-death experience, we actually moved on and have tried our hand in stepping up as the resident police force for the Animation Multiverse."

"Really? How have you two been enjoying the experience?" Bugs asked.

"It's been pretty good so far," Ozzy said. "We have stopped a couple of crooks who have been stirring up trouble, particularly Rocky and Mugsy."

"Wow, sounds like you two have eased into your new roles …" Bugs said with a smile. "… but are you still in the business of fighting illnesses within the human body?"

"Oh, come on, Bugs, what kind of question is that?" Ozzy said while nudging Bugs on his shoulder. "You know Drix and I have never lost a step when it came to that side of the game! We still shrink down to our original sizes to stop the bad diseases that would affect a Toon's health, though I never would've thought we would run into Scarlet Fever again when we went into one of those bodies …"

"Ah, I see, so what brings you down here to the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity?" Bugs asked.

Ozzy looked around Bugs' office and said, "Well, I couldn't help but notice that you were going to hold tryouts for the basketball team this week, so I was wondering … were you in need of an assistant coach or something?"

Bugs thought about Ozzy's request for a moment, then he said, "You know something, Ozzy? I was thinking about bringing in a new assistant coach to the team. After all, with Lola having her hands full coaching not only the girls' physical education class, but also the softball team, I don't know if she would have enough time to help me coach the Toonstars."

"Well, today's your lucky day, Bugs, my man, because I've got two new recruits on speed dial right now who could help you out!" Ozzy said as he pulled out his cellphone and tried to call Oscar Proud.

Just as he was doing this, however, Bugs stopped him and said, "Well, actually, Ozzy, I was wondering if you wanted to step up as the new assistant coach for the basketball team."

"Hold up, you really want me to help you coach this team, Bugs?" Ozzy said.

As Bugs nodded his head, Ozzy thought about it for a moment, then he said, "Well, I don't know, Bugs. Don't you think that Daffy Duck would be a better assistant coach for this team? I mean, you guys have some established chemistry with each other, a nice rapport so to speak."

"Ozzy, believe me, I would've asked Daffy, but you know how he gets … if you thought he was bad about wanting the spotlight back in our theatrical cartoon days, think about how annoyed he would be if I asked him to be an assistant coach to this team," Bugs explained while rolling his eyes.

Ozzy thought about Bugs' statement, then he nodded his head and said, "Huh, yeah, I see where you're coming from with that one. Alright, Bugs, I guess I'm in. Looks like you got yourself a new assistant coach for the Tooniversity basketball team!"

As Ozzy and Bugs proceeded to shake hands, Bugs turned to the audience and said in a sotto aside, "I knew he was going to call Oscar Proud and Wizard Kelly about this gig, but I just wanted to avoid the competition that would flare up between those two."

KidsWBYungsta Proudly Presents:
KidsWBYungsta's Animation Multiverse: The Series

Season 1, Episode 5: "Ballin' Out!"

Starring the Voice Talents of:
Billy West as Bugs Bunny
Chris Rock as Osmosis Jones
Eric Bauza as Marvin the Martian
Fred Tatasciore as Yosemite Sam
Regina King as Huey & Riley Freeman
Janice Kawaye as Jenny Wakeman and Ami Onuki
Myrna Velasco as Jessica Cruz
Kari Wahlgren as Carol Ferris
Tommy Davidson as Oscar Proud
Kristinia DeBarge as Cleo de Nile
Christy Carlson Romano as Kim Possible
Kaley Cuoco as Brandy Harrington
Tress MacNeille as Babs Bunny

Featuring the Special Guest Voice Talent of:
DC Young Fly as Freestyle Vibrations

An Animation Multiverse Salute to:
Aaron McGruder

Written and Directed by:
KidsWBYungsta

After the first day of tryouts, Riley was talking to his older brother Huey about what had occurred during the first day, saying, "Man, you should've seen me out there, Huey! I was lighting up those jokers with my superfly crossover moves and I pulled off a couple of slam dunks like I was a young Michael Jordan! Yo, the coaches were so impressed with my performance, they considered me to be an eligible candidate for the Shooting Guard position."

"Well, I know I don't get to say this to you often, Riley, but I'm glad that you are able to find something you really enjoy," Huey said with a light nod of his head. "However, are you sure that your skills will be good enough to get you a spot on the basketball team?"

Riley just laughed it off as he said to his brother in a reassuring tone, "Huey, come on now! Are you still hung up about what happened to me when I was playing for the Woodcrest Timid Deers? Listen, I won't blow this opportunity this time around. As long as I keep my head in the game, I'm sure that I will be a part of the championship-winning basketball team of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity."

Suddenly, he and Huey stopped to hear a mysterious voice saying, "Yeah, if you're ready to handle the big dogs in this league, Freeman."

Huey and Riley turned to see a 12-year-old African-American male walking up to them while bouncing a basketball on his right hand. The young man looked at Huey and Riley, saying, "Well, well, well, Huey and Riley Freeman, I've heard about the both of y'all. Huey, you're the kid who saved Woodcrest from a severe terrorist attack and Riley, I've heard about your run as a young basketball prodigy who actually managed to turn the Woodcrest Timid Deers into a basketball tour de force to be reckoned with."

"Yeah-yeah, the originators right here, homey!" Riley said in a proud and confident tone.

"Yeah, but even with all of those accolades in mind, I highly doubt that you would be the one to prove yourself as a basketball megastar with those old, outplayed and outdated AND1 streetball moves I saw you do on the court!" The young man said with a devious smirk.

"What?!" Riley said in a tone of anger as he was about to charge after the young man, only to be held back by his older brother, who kept a cooler head than he did. "Hey, man, who do you think you are?! Some kind of big-time basketball prodigy or something?!"

"Glad that you asked, kid," the young man said as he proceeded to introduce himself in a signature hip-hop fashion, "Freestyle Vibrations' the name, and 3-pointers and slam dunks are my game."

"Well, let's get one thing straight here, Freestyle Vibrations," Riley said in an annoyed tone. "Seeing as how you brag about yourself as being a 'basketball prodigy', why don't you take all of your alleged 'accolades' and shove it right up your—"

Before Riley could finish his sentence, Huey quickly covered his mouth, but Freestyle Vibrations was already enraged as he got into Riley's face and asked in an intimidating tone, "What?! Are you throwing down a challenge right now, Freeman?"

Riley uncovered his mouth from his brother's grip, saying, "You know what it is, Vibrations, so get ready to bring it to the court and take it to the hoop, chump!"

"A'ight then, I see how it is!" Freestyle Vibrations said while growling at the younger Freeman brother. "I hope you're ready to endure the next couple of tryous because I'll show you who a real superstar is!"

After Riley and Freestyle Vibrations left the hallways with so much aggression and energy saved up for the next day of basketball tryouts, Huey just sighed and said to himself, "Why is it that these situations end up getting worse because of tensions running high or how we allow our ignorance to overpower our common sense?"

While a rivalry was starting to rise between Riley Freeman and basketball prodigy Freestyle Vibrations, the girls of the Cartoon Tooniversity were enamored with the cheerleading tryouts occurring at the same time. While the tryouts were occurring in the female gymnasium, Ami Onuki was relaying her excitement about becoming a cheerleader to her friend, Jessica Cruz, saying in a tone of excitement, "Oh, my gosh, Jessica, I just can't wait to become a part of the Tooniversity cheerleading squad! I hope my skills are impressive enough for the captains of the squad, so I could get a chance to represent for the Toonstars during every game of the season."

"Well, I can see you're pretty excited about all of this, Ami," Jessica said, giving a warm smile. "I'm kinda surprised that you asked me to try out for the cheerleading squad. You know I have my own responsibilities outside of school life, you know …"

"I understand that, Jess, but I just thought that this would be a good opportunity for you to … you know, cut loose and actually live a little," Ami said with a smile. "Besides, it's to help you grow out of your cocoon and blossom into the true social butterfly you are."

Jessica was initially left confused by Ami's statement, then she gave a small smile as she hugged the pink-haired rockstar and said, "Why, thank you, Ami!"

As Ami smiled at Jessica in response, the two girls stopped to see their friend Jenny Wakeman walking by to her next class. Catching up with the teenage robot, Ami called out, "Hey, Jenny! Wait up!"

Jenny turned to see Ami and Jessica walking up to her as she waved at them and said, "Oh, hey, girls! What's up?"

"Oh, we were just trying out for the cheerleading squad," Ami explained. "Most of the other Toons are trying out for the basketball team, and I hear that they are an early favorite to win the championship this season."

"Wow, that sounds pretty cool," Jenny said in a tone of amazement.

Suddenly, an idea came into Jessica's head as she said, "Hey, wait! Jenny, you should try out for the cheerleading squad as well! I believe the girls would love to have another charismatic member on the squad."

Jenny was surprised by Jessica's offer, feeling the need to take the initiative to step up to the challenge, but she kindly brushed it off as she said to Jessica, "Nah, I don't know about that, Jess. Besides, I have to catch up on my homework and I also have some priorities in regards to saving the world. To be honest, Jessica, I'm surprised that you're willing to try out for the cheerleading squad because I'm sure you have those same responsibilities yourself."

"Well, yeah, I do, but Ami mentioned that it would be a good idea," Jessica said. "Besides, it would've been a nice way to make some more new friends since the girls and I transferred here earlier this semester."

Jenny was still unsure of actually trying out for the cheerleading squad, but Ami tried to rally up her spirits by saying with a smile, "Oh, come on, Jenny, I know you want to try out for the squad! Besides, I've seen your wide range of athletic abilities during gym class, not to mention the fact that you seem to utilize some cheerleader-like moves whenever you're engaged in battle."

"Well, that's true, Ami … but I still don't know if I really want to do it," Jenny said while rubbing her head.

"Please, Jenny?" Ami said as she sported big puppy dog eyes, hoping that would sway Jenny into trying out for the cheerleading squad. "Besides, if you became one of the top cheerleaders for this squad, you'll be just as popular as Kim Possible, who happens to be one of the captains of the cheerleading squad!"

"Yeah, and you'll manage to prove yourself as a worthy top-tier cheerleader instead of being known only as a robot superhero!" Jessica said excitedly, then she quickly covered her mouth after saying the last part of her sentence, clearing her throat as she said, "Uh, sorry about that, Jenny … what I was trying to say is that you would be perfect as a cheerleader for the Tooniversity basketball team."

"Besides, you know that we would be by your side and help you out with the cheering," Ami added with a smile.

Before Jenny could respond to her friends, she was stopped by a high-pitched voice saying, "You might wanna listen to your friends, Jenny, unless you're scared that I'm going to get a spot on the cheerleading squad over you!"

The three girls turned to see Carol Ferris standing with her own custom pom-poms, sporting a devious smirk as Jenny just rolled her eyes and said, "Hey, Carol …"

"Aw, what's wrong, Jenny? You scared that you're going to humiliate yourself in front of your own friends, thinking that they won't appreciate you anymore if you don't make it this time?" Carol said in a mocking tone.

Jenny rolled her eyes as she said in an annoyed tone, "Uh, no. I just wasn't interested."

"Oh, I'm so sure that you weren't interested," Carol said, sporting a smirk while rolling her eyes as she walked around Jenny, Jessica and Ami. "I overheard your little conversation from afar, and I doubt that you would actually get a spot on the squad over me. Besides, I was one of the best cheerleaders back in Metropolis and I'm ready to keep that status while I am attending this Tooniversity!"

As Carol walked away from the three girls, Jenny just sighed heatedly as she turned to Jessica and Ami, and she said with a smile, "So, do you girls believe that I have what it takes to make it on the cheerleading squad?"

"Well, of course, we do, Jenny!" Jessica said with a smile as she hugged the robot. "You know we have so much confidence in you! What do you say? Are you willing to step up to the challenge and try out for the squad?"

Jenny thought about it for a moment, then she said, "Well, okay, I'll go ahead and give it a shot, but on one condition: you guys have to help me work on my cheerleading skills because my skills might be a little rusty."

Jessica and Ami looked at each other, then they simultaneously said, "Alright, it's a deal!"

While the girls were all a-flutter about trying out for the cheerleading squad, the tryouts for the basketball team were already starting as some of the players, including Virgil, Riley, Freestyle, June, Eddy, Makoto and Minako, were preparing for a special practice game. While the team was getting ready for the first round of tryouts, Ozzy was busy having a conversation with fellow basketball coach and Tooniversity principal, Bugs Bunny, who said, "Well, Ozzy, how are you enjoying your first day as the new co-coach of the basketball team? Did you find anybody who would be a perfect fit for the team this season?"

"Well, Bugs, I gotta say this: if it wasn't for you convincing me to step in and help out in coaching this team of future basketball stars, I probably wouldn't be here right now," Ozzy said to Bugs with a smile.

"Eh, I appreciate your enthusiasm, doc," Bugs said as he took a bite from his carrot as he and Ozzy walked over to the bleachers to watch the practice game.

Just as the tryouts were about to begin, Riley and Freestyle both exchanged competitive glances as Marvin the Martian, who was serving as the referee for this tryout session, walked up to where Virgil and Makoto were standing, then he looked at the both of them and said, "Alright, you two, are you ready?"

As Virgil and Makoto respectively nodded their heads, Marvin threw the ball into the air as Virgil and Makoto both jumped up to catch the ball. Virgil managed to win the tip-off as he caught the ball and ran down the other end of the court while the players of the opposing team were chasing him down.

However, while some of the players were having fun and others were trying hard to impress Bugs and the new assistant coach, Riley and Freestyle were obsessed with their personal competition as they tried to one-up each other during the game. Throughout the practice game, Riley was busy pulling off some impressive crossover moves against the other players while Freestyle specialized in making long 3-point jumpers.

As the two boys continued to play with their competitive nature slowly rising, the basketball coaches became impressed by their competitive nature and basketball skills as Ozzy commented with a raise of his eyebrow, "Huh, you know something, Bugs? I think that Freestyle Vibrations cat has got some serious skills on the court. The kid's a natural."

"I'll say, though Riley isn't doing too shabby out there on the court, either," Bugs said with a smirk as he took a bite from his carrot. "I guess his time with the Woodcrest Timid Deers actually worked wonders for him …"

While the practice game continued, Jessica and Ami were watching from afar as they were helping Jenny improve her cheerleading skills. Ami looked at Jenny and said, "Alright, Jenny, the first thing about being a cheerleader is have the right amount of pep and energy for supporting your team. However, you have to be able to support your team without any pressure whatsoever."

"Oh, okay, you mean like this?" Jenny said as she activated one of her gadgets that changed her hand into a foam finger that had the words "GO WB TUNESQUAD!" written on it.

"Yeah, that's it …" Jessica said as she looked at the words written on Jenny's hand. "… but our team name is the Toonstars, not the Tune Squad …"

"Yeah, Jess has got a point, Jenny," Ami said. "I think you were thinking about the Looney Tunes basketball team that had Michael Jordan as their team captain and player-coach."

Jenny groaned in embarrassment when she saw what was written on her foam finger as Jessica walked up to her and comforted her, and Ami patted her shoulder as she said to Jenny in a reassuring tone, "Aw, don't worry, Jenny. You'll get the gist of this cheerleading thing eventually."

Back with the basketball team, the players had finished their practice game as they all walked up to the bleachers, except for Riley and Freestyle, both of whom were still shooting hoops on the court. Afterwards, both players finally stopped as Riley and Freestyle glared at each other, just as Riley said, "Hah! Let's see you top that virtuoso basketball performance I had out there! You thought that I didn't have the skills to pay the bills, huh? I managed to shoot the ball 15 times in a row!"

"Well, I had scored 15 points and you ended up scoring 10, so I'm still a superior player to you," Freestyle said as he smirked deviously at Riley.

"Man, forget you! Who asked you to keep up with the stats?" Riley said in an angered tone.

"Well, who asked you to gloat, Freeman?" Freestyle said in an angered tone as the two boys glared at each other while leaving the gymnasium.

During the next round of basketball tryouts, Riley and Freestyle began to ramp up their competitive efforts as they ignored their teammates' calls for them to pass the ball. Although they had impressed the coaches with their level of skill on the court, the coaches started to show some concern in regards to how they were ignoring their teammates in favor of continuing their competition, not to mention worsening their rivalry with each other.

Meanwhile, in a nearby classroom, Jessica and Ami have cleared out all of the chairs, tables and desks, so they could effectively teach Jenny more about the ways of being a cheerleader, even showing her a wide variety of new moves. Jessica proceeded to jump up and perform a somersault as Jenny proceeded to do the same move, but her hands and legs were stretched out once she landed, causing both Jessica and Ami to cover their faces in simultaneous shame and embarrassment.

Meanwhile, in the Tooniversity gymnasium, Numbah Four tried to call for Riley to pass him the ball, but it was all for naught as Riley was still obsessed with defeating Freestyle Vibrations and proving his worth as a formidable ball player. While the game continued, Jessica and Ami were teaching Jenny some more cheerleading moves, using their pom-poms. However, when Jenny tried to perform the same moves with her pom-poms, she ended up embarrassing herself once again when her pointed foot drilled her into the ground while performing one of said moves, much to the girls' dismay.

Back with the basketball team, Buster tried to catch a pass from his fellow teammate Layla, but Freestyle quickly jumped up and caught the pass instead, allowing him to take the ball to the hoop for a rim-rattlin' jam a la Michael Jordan, much to the disappointment of both Buster and Layla.

While this was occurring on the court, Jenny tried to cheer on the various students and professors of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity, such as cheering on Sylvester when he was in the middle of chasing Tweety, Numbah Two working on his latest invention for the Kids Next Door, Sunny playing on his favorite saxophone and Batgirl testing out her latest Bat gadgets. However, they all stared at Jenny in complete confusion, which caused her to go into her robotic shell, hiding in shame and leaving the girls in dismay once again.

The next day at the basketball tryouts, Riley and Freestyle's rivalry had finally reached its boiling point as they continued to show off on the court while ignoring their own teammates. While the two boys were glaring at each other, they accidentally crashed into Jake Long, Kara Danvers and Wakko Warner, which caused them to fall onto the ground.

Following this little mishap on the court, Bugs and Ozzy glared at Riley and Freestyle as Ozzy said in a tone of anger, "Hey, you both nearly injured your own teammates! What were you both thinking?! This isn't the NBA All-Star Game, you know!"

"Hey, don't blame me for that mess back there, OJ! Riley was the one who didn't move at the right time!" Freestyle said in an indignant tone.

Riley was shocked that Freestyle was trying to push the blame onto him as he said in an indignant and annoyed tone, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, where do you get off trying to blame this mess on me? You're the one who didn't move out of the way, you ballhog!"

"Oh, look who's talking! The man who has been trying to rack up 3-pointer after 3-pointer is talking to me about being a ballhog! How hilarious!" Freestyle said in a mocking and sarcastic tone.

Riley was slowly starting to seethe with anger as he got into Freestyle's face and said, "Look, man, I don't know what your deal is, but you've got one more time with the insults before I knock you into next week!"

Just before the two boys could attack, Ozzy quickly stepped in and tried to be the mediator as he said, "Alright, you two, break it up here. Listen, I know that basketball is such a serious sport, but you guys are letting your personal rivalry get to your heads! You guys have got to chill, you understand?"

"Hey, Riley's the one who needs to chill!" Freestyle said in an angered tone. "Besides, he's still an amateur basketball player and not skilled enough to rock with the big dogs!"

"What did you just say?" Riley said through gritted teeth.

"You know what? Scratch that, make that 'Amateur Wannabe Big-Time Baller'!" Freestyle said as he proceeded to laugh uproariously, unintentionally inciting Riley's wrath.

Enraged and annoyed at the endless barrage of insults Freestyle was sending his way, Riley proceeded to attack the basketball prodigy as the coaches and other players tried to break up the fight. However, the fight was ultimately stopped by Yosemite Sam, who saw the fight when he was passing by the gym and managed to stop the boys' brawl once and for all.

"Alright, that does it! Break it up, you two, break it up!" Yosemite Sam shouted in a strict and aggravated tone. "You know what, you two? If you two are willing to engage in an unannounced brawl in the gym during basketball tryouts, then I would recommend that you both go straight to the Detention Center for 3 hours until you finally cool your heads! Now, go on and get before I lose my cool even more!"

As the boys proceeded to leave the gymnasium to go to the Detention Center, Huey became concerned about his younger brother and Freestyle as he said to himself, "Man, this rivalry has gotten more extreme than I thought it did. I've got to hurry up and do something before their dreams of making the basketball team go up in smoke."

Meanwhile, Jessica and Ami were still in the process of helping Jenny work on her cheerleading skills, but it was to no avail as Jenny was still slipping up, even when she was making considerable progress. As Jessica and Ami both gave sighs of despair, Carol walked up on the girls and just laughed as she said, "Well, well, well … it looks like the robot girl still hasn't worked out her kinks in order to become a worthy candidate for the cheerleading squad, huh?"

"Carol, would you please just get out of here?" Jessica said in a slightly-annoyed tone. "You're not making things better."

"Oh, come now, Jessica," Carol said in a mocking tone. "Why can't you just admit it? Jenny's completely hopeless as a cheerleader! The best thing she could do is just do her job as a robot superhero and leave the sport of cheerleading to the real professionals like moi! Jenny, if I were you, I would just give up and go back to my regular life. It was so much simpler that way. Oh, well, ta-ta!"

As Carol walked away from the three girls, laughing along the way, Jessica just seethed in anger and annoyance as she rubbed the temples on her head and said, "Ugh, that girl's in need of a serious reality check!"

"You know, guys, maybe Carol has a point," Jenny said as she sighed sadly. "Maybe I'm just not cut out for this cheerleading thing …"

Jessica and Ami both gasped in shock as the former said, "Jenny, what are you talking about?"

"I'm saying that I don't think I would be a worthy addition to the cheerleading squad," Jenny said sadly as tears welled in her eyes. "I mean, think about it: I haven't been able to successfully perform any of these cheerleading moves that you girls taught me over the past few days, I managed to humiliate myself more and more as the days went on, and I probably made myself look like a fool in front of our friends and even our professors! Let's face it: I might as well just go ahead and hang it all up!"

As Jenny proceeded to break down in tears, Jessica and Ami rushed up to their friend and hugged her as Ami said in a reassuring tone, "Listen, Jenny, don't be down on yourself like this! You can't let Carol take you down like this! You've just got to believe in yourself, have confidence and perform to the best of your abilities! I promise that you will prove to be a worthy candidate for the cheerleading squad!"

Jenny looked up at Ami for a bit and said, "I don't know about this, Ami. I just don't think I can do it."

Noting that Jenny was in dire need of a real confidence booster, Ami decided to give a rousing speech that would hopefully rise Jenny's spirits. Ami looked at Jenny and said, "Of course, you can do it, Jenny! You know that Jessica and I believe in you and your worth to the cheerleading squad! Just think about the best of our animated leaders and how they handled dire situations: did the Looney Tunes decide to give up and forfeit when they had to play against the Monstars in the biggest basketball game of the century? No, they decided to recruit Michael Jordan and utilize their level of classic Looney Tunes lunacy to defy the odds and beat those bullies at their own game!"

As Jenny slowly wiped her tears from her eyes, Ami continued her rousing speech, saying, "I mean, think about Scooby-Doo: even when he was scared out of his wits, he and Shaggy would often step up and save the day, stopping the monsters in disguise and even outsmarting some actual monsters! Even Mickey Mouse proved himself to be a force to be reckoned with!"

Jenny felt her confidence rising back up, much to the surprise of Jessica, as Ami continued, "Listen, Jenny, I know that you can do this! You know that you have the skills and the energy to achieve your dream, but you have to believe in yourself if you want to make that dream a reality! So, what do you say: are you up for the challenge or are you going down for the count?"

"You know what, Ami? I would have to say …" Jenny said as she returned back to her more confident self, adding, "… this robot is up for the challenge!"

Jessica and Ami both cheered for Jenny as they wrapped her into the hug while Ami said, "That's the spirit, Jenny!"

The next day, Huey was walking through the hallways, trying to come up with a plan that would effectively end Riley and Freestyle's fierce and intense once and for all. While he was thinking about his plan that would get his younger brother and Freestyle to see eye-to-eye, he was stopped by Osmosis Jones, who said, "Excuse me, are you related to Riley Freeman by any chance?"

Huey turned around to see that it was Osmosis Jones who had stopped him in the halls. Huey nodded his head and said, "Yeah, I'm his older brother, Huey Freeman. You must be the new assistant coach, Osmosis Jones."

"The one and only," Ozzy said as he combed his hair back. "Listen, I've got to talk to you about something."

"What's up?" Huey asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Well, I don't know if you have been aware of this, but your brother and Freestyle Vibrations have been getting into some sort of fierce rivalry on the basketball court," Ozzy explained.

"Trust me, Ozzy, I already know," Huey said as he gave a sad sigh. "I should've known that their competitive nature was going to blow up in their faces."

"No kidding," Ozzy said. "Anyway, at first, it was refreshing to see two rising basketball stars show that much passion for the game, but it's starting to go off the rails now. I mean, over the past few days, the boys haven't passed the ball to their teammates, they have been throwing insults at each other back and forth, and they even crashed into their teammates without giving it a second thought. In fact, just yesterday, they seriously got into a huge brawl that would've lasted even longer had Vice Principal Yosemite Sam not intervened."

Huey was shocked to hear what has been going on between Riley and Freestyle as he said, "It's gotten that bad, huh?"

"That's an understatement if I ever heard one," Ozzy said with a sigh. "Anyway, Huey, if Riley and Freestyle don't put their rivalry to the side in the name of the team, I'm afraid that they might lose their chances of being on the team … and I know how much Riley wanted to be a part of the basketball team."

"Yeah, and if he ever got the news that he would be kicked off of the team because of his rivalry, that would definitely break him," Huey said with a sigh. "That's why I've been trying to figure out what could I do to stop this rivarly from getting even worse than it already has."

"You know something, Huey? I think I've got an idea that would let those two see the errors in their ways once and for all," Ozzy said as he pulled out his cellphone and made a call to a close friend of his. "Hey, Oscar Proud? Yo, this is Osmosis Jones. Listen, are you busy right now? Good, 'cause I need your help with a little somethin'-somethin' …"

Meanwhile, the cheerleading squad was getting to its final round of tryouts as Jessica and Ami completed their routine while Jenny was watching the tryouts with a nervous look on her face, not to mention her hands shaking while she was holding her pom-poms. She started to feel even more nervous when she saw Carol walk through the gymnasium with so much confidence, though Jessica and Ami walked up to her and gave her some words of encouragement.

"Alright, Jenny, we've finished our routine," Jessica explained. "Once Carol finishes her routine, if she even makes it, it's your turn."

"I don't know about this, girls," Jenny said in a nervous tone. "I don't think I can do this."

"Come on, Jenny, we talked about this yesterday," Ami said. "You can do this as long as you put your mind to it."

Realizing what they had been through for the past few days, Jenny finally relaxed as she took a deep breath and said, "You're right, Ami. I mean, it's just the cheerleading tryouts. I can definitely do this."

Suddenly, the girls were surprised to hear Carol shout at the cheerleading captains, "What?! What do you mean I didn't make the cut?! You know what? Forget it! I know when my skills aren't appreciated! Who wants to be a part of this stupid cheerleading squad anyway?!"

After Carol threw her pom-poms down on the ground and angrily left the gym, Jenny, Jessica and Ami all watched on in surprise as Jenny quipped, "My, my, how the tables have turned …"

Once Jenny heard her name being called, she slowly started to walk up to the center of the court until she was stopped by Ami leaning towards her, saying, "Listen, Jenny, try not to worry about embarrassing yourself in front of the captains. Just worry about supporting the Toonstars to the best of your abilities."

"Yeah, don't stress, Jenny," Jessica added with a smile. "Just feel."

Jenny gave her friends a knowing wink and smile as she said, "Thanks, girls, I know I got this now."

As she made her way to the center of the court, Jenny noticed that the cheerleading captains were waiting for her routine. As she started to clear her mind of any negative thoughts that would come into mind, Jenny took a deep breath as she proceeded to start her routine.

As DJ Unk's hit song "Walk It Out", which happened to be the official remix version, started playing through the speakers in the gymnasium, Jenny proceeded to use the cheerleading moves that Jessica and Ami taught her over the past few days, but she managed to improve the style of the moves by utilizing her robotic gadgets for special effects and using some of the equipment found on the court, which impressed the judges and her friends.

Jenny's performance during the cheerleading tryouts managed to catch the attention of her fellow Tooniversity students and the two Physical Education teachers, Mr. Barkin and Lola Bunny, all of whom were impressed by how well she was performing and how she managed to utilize her robotic gadgets to good effect.

After she finished her performance, the team captains stood there motionless and speechless after they saw Jenny's performance until Brandy spoke up and said, "Wow, Jenny, that's what I call a virtuoso cheerleading performance!"

"She's got a point there, Jenny," Babs said with a smile. "I never knew you were able to pull off a performance of that high quality!"

"What can I say? Compared to what I have seen back at Monster High, this will go down as one of the most-legendary cheerleading performances I have witnessed at this Tooniversity," Cleo de Nile said with a genuine smile.

"Well, it looks like we have found our last cheerleader for the team! Am I right, ladies?" Kim Possible said to her fellow cheerleading captains, to which the girls nodded their heads in agreement, much to the delight and excitement of Jenny, Jessica and Ami as Kim said, "Congratulations, Jenny Wakeman, you are officially part of the Tooniversity cheerleading squad!"

Jessica and Ami both cheered as Jenny said in an excited tone, "Oh, my gosh, I can't believe it! I actually made it! I'm finally on the cheerleading squad! Thank you, girls! If it wasn't you two helping me out, I wouldn't have been able to make it this far!"

Jessica and Ami rushed up and hugged Jenny as Ami said with a smile, "You're welcome, Jenny! I never doubted that you were going to make the squad for a second."

"Well, it's good to know that Ami managed to be a positive influence on both of the new members of the cheerleading squad," Jessica said with a smile as the three girls all shared a laugh.

While things had finally worked out for Jenny in terms of trying out for the cheerleading squad, Riley and Freestyle were called down to the gymnasium for the final round of basketball tryouts. However, as they made their way into the gymnasium, they were unaware of the surprise that was ahead. Once they walked into the gym, they saw Bugs and the rest of their teammates as Bugs walked up to the two boys and said, "Listen, docs, I have to be real about something."

"What? You and Ozzy are finally deciding to cut Freestyle off of the team because he was such a drama queen?" Riley said, holding back his laughter.

"No, I think they're going to cut you off of the team, so they could film you breaking down in tears over getting cut from the squad!" Freestyle said in a mocking tone.

Before Freestyle and Riley got into another fight, Bugs pulled them back as he said, "Actually, Ozzy and I were thinking about cutting both of you off of the team after what had happened yesterday, but after speaking with Ozzy and Huey, we have decided to give you two one more chance."

"Really?" Riley and Freestyle both said.

"Yes, but I think it would be the most-opportune to have an actual basketball legend come in here and talk to you guys about the importance of teamwork," Bugs explained.

"You called up Michael Jordan, Bugs?" Riley said as stars shined in his eyes.

"Well, it's not exactly MJ, Riley, but he is someone who knows a thing or two about the game of basketball," Bugs said with a smirk.

While the two boys tried to figure out the identity of this surprise guest, Ozzy had walked into the gymnasium with Oscar Proud, much to the disappointment of both Riley and Freestyle as Riley said, "Oh, come on, Bugs! I thought you said you called up somebody who actually knows about basketball!"

"Yeah, Bugs, you just brought in somebody who ended up humiliating himself at the most-crucial moment of a college basketball tournament!" Freestyle said in an annoyed tone.

Despite the two boys' annoyance and disappointment, Oscar just brushed it off as he said, "Laugh it up all you want, fellas, but I'm here to teach you two an important lesson about teamwork. Look, I'mma just cut straight to the chase here: Ozzy had told me about how you two were letting this rivalry get to your heads, all up to the point that you both had become problematic to your own teammates."

"Besides, you both have been total ballhogs on the court," Ozzy said.

"You both charged into your own teammates as if they were collateral damage," Bugs added.

"Plus, it seems that you both had forgotten that you had some true chemistry going on, but you let that fade away because you both were obsessed with being the top dog on the court," Oscar explained. "Listen, I understand that you both have an intense love of the game, but is it worth trying to hurt your teammates for all of the fame and glory?"

Riley and Freestyle thought about it for a moment, then they both looked downtrodden as Riley said, "Well, I guess we were acting rather foolish out there on the court."

"Yeah, I can't believe we were so stupid to let this rivalry get in the way of what's truly important: trying out to the best of our abilities," Freestyle said with a sigh.

Riley looked over at Freestyle and walked up to him, saying, "Hey, man, sorry for calling you a ballhog and a wannabe ball player."

"Hey, don't worry about it, Riley," Freestyle said with a smile. "I'm sorry for all of that trash-talking I did to you over the past couple of days."

"Hey, I'm not judging you for the trash talk, Freestyle," Riley said with a smirk. "Besides, that just comes with the territory of being on a team like this."

Riley and Freestyle then proceeded to share a laugh as they exchanged high-fives with each other, much to the delight of their teammates and their coaches.

"Alright, team, how about we go ahead and make this last day of tryouts worth it?" Ozzy said with a smile.

On the last day of basketball tryouts, Riley and Freestyle finally put their newfound chemistry to good use as they became stronger and more dedicated teammates during the practice game while the new cheerleading squad was supporting them on the sidelines.

While the players continued to play to the best of their abilities, the staff of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity, including the coaches, Bugs and Ozzy, were watching the team with so much excitement, feeling as though that this year's basketball team will prove to be a true tour de force on the court. However, Bugs and Ozzy were among those who were the most-impressed by this recent turnaround, seeing as how Riley and Freestyle finally put their issues aside to become better teammates.

As the final 30 seconds started winding down on the scoreboard, Barry managed to dodge the opposing team with his signature super speed, then he passed the ball to Virgil, who uses his static-based powers to fly over his opponents, then he passed the ball to Freestyle. Just as Freestyle made his way to the hoop, Riley called for him to pass the ball.

Taking note of the time on the clock, Freestyle gave a confident nod to Riley as he quickly passed the ball to Riley, who performed a step-back move and made a fade-away 3-point shot just as Marvin the Martian blew the whistle, signaling the end of the game as the scoreboard revealed that Riley and Freestyle's team ended up with 30 points while the opposing team had 29 points.

Everyone in the gymnasium cheered as the home team won the game while Riley and Freestyle exchanged high-fives with each other, giving knowing smiles as they finally accepted that not only are they teammates and close friends, but their bond became stronger after what had happened over the past few days. Much to their surprise, Bugs and Ozzy revealed that they were chosen for their new basketball lineup, as well as Virgil, Kara, Makoto, Minako, Numbah Four, Eddy, Wakko, Buster, Seiya, June, Jake, Layla and Hal Jordan, much to their surprise and delight.

"Man, this is so cool!" Riley said with a smile. "I managed to pull myself together to actually get a spot on the Tooniversity basketball team! Of course, I couldn't have done it without my new teammate here."

Freestyle was surprised to hear that Riley was actually acknowledging him as his new teammate, saying with a smile, "Whoa, Riley, is that you? I'm surprised to hear a comment like that coming from you."

Riley just shrugged his shoulders as he said, "Hey, what more can I say, man? For all that mess I talked about you, I have to say … you really impressed me with your own arsenal of basketball skills this week."

"Thanks, man," Freestyle said. "You know, I guess you proved that you knew a lot more about basketball than what I initially thought you did."

As Riley and Freestyle shared a laugh with each other as they caught up with their new teammates on the Tooniversity basketball team, Bugs was watching from afar as he turned to the audience and said while taking a bite from his carrot, "Don't you just love a happy ending?"

As Bugs took a bite from his carrot, he gave a knowing wink and smile to the audience as the cartoon drew to a close.

After the cartoon came to a close, the signature Looney Tunes red rings appeared on the screen as Osmosis Jones popped up, wearing his sunglasses as he raised them up, just as he said, "That's all, folks …"

Wow, this one ended up being a bit shorter than the usual length for most of these episodes, but it was pretty nice to shine the spotlight on Riley Freeman and establish Osmosis Jones as a major part of the recurring cast. Hopefully, just like before, I hope what was written in this episode was serviceable enough as a plot. Also, as this is a basketball-related episode, you could also expect a few Space Jam references here and there, so look into this story and see if you can find them. It was also good to give Huey Freeman some shine as he had not played much of a substantial role in the early part of this series or even in any of my fanfics since Total Warners Island, so I hope his role in this episode was substantial enough.

It was interesting to utilize Carol Ferris a.k.a. Star Sapphire as someone who would prove to be a formidable rival to Jenny Wakeman, though Jenny manages to come out on top in the end. The way their interactions were played out in this episode were meant to mirror whenever Bugs Bunny went up against a very formidable foe in the original Looney Tunes cartoons, though it had to be condensed because of the unusually short length of this episode. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the debut appearance of Star Sapphire here because the dynamic duo of Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy are going to play major roles in another episode coming soon. I don't know what the next episode is going to be about yet, but I might utilize those two in major roles as it might show how the Super Villain Girls arrive as new students in the Warner Bros. Cartoon Tooniversity, causing trouble for most of the students until the DC Super Hero Girls step in and decide to do battle with them. However, that is just a concept I have in mind right now, but it would be interesting to write an episode like that. We shall see, I guess …

Anyway, I hope you all have enjoyed this episode and the debut of Star Sapphire in this series because there is going to be more where that came from! As always, "Stay Tooned" for the next episode and thanks for reading, folks!