Hello everyone and welcome to the 3rd chapter of "Yakko's Date". For those not wanting to wait until their next Saturday, let's just say it came early.

Before we begin, I want to thank "preciouslittletoonette" (I highly recommend her story "The Nanny"), "RustyPete12", and guest commenter "sz96T" (even though I can't seem to properly read the comment except the phrase "very nice". I might be reading it wrong, though) for their comments thus far into the story (and we're about to enter Chapter 3). As far as any concerns go with Bugs, I can assure you he's not going to be evil, but his previous actions with Plotz will come back to bite him later on.

Also, for anyone who didn't get the reference in today's title, it's a tribute to Mystery Science Theatre 3000 (which today's chapter will pay tribute to for the show's 30th anniversary).

Also: Baloney.

Anyway, enjoy!

Chapter 3: 2nd Date (In the not to distant mall)

Burbank Mall, home to clothing stores, video game stores, restaurants, a food court, and a recently built in movie theatre.

Yep, for anyone in Burbank this was the place to go for shopping trips or just to get out of the house during the weekend.

Today, though, the mall had some unexpected visitors as Wakko and Dot entered the mall while their brother was in school.

"Do you think it's a good idea to be in the mall?" Wakko asked, as the two just simply wandered around. Dot replied "What Yakko doesn't know won't hurt us, and besides: don't you remember what's happening today?" Wakko pondered for a moment before he smiled as the two replied "JOEL HODGSON" before they began running to the theatre. As they did, Wakko began to think back to earlier in the day….

(Earlier that morning)

Waking up from his sleep due to a nearby alarm clock, Yakko forced himself out of bed and slowly made his way to the bathroom, closing it behind him as he begun to shower. As that occurred, Dot opened her eyes and asked Wakko "Hey, why is Yakko in the shower so early?" In response, Wakko sat up while the alarm clock continued to ring, Yakko apparently having forgotten to shut it off. Pulling a mallet out of his hammer space, Wakko reached over and slammed his mallet onto the alarm clock, destroying it. Putting his mallet away afterwards, Wakko tucked himself back into the bed and replied "First day teaching, remember?" Dot sighed before replying "Oh yea, I forgot."

A short time later, after getting out of bed Dot and Wakko made their way to the kitchen and begun eating cereal when Dot looked over the table and noticed a newspaper. Reaching over to it, Dot began to read while Wakko focused on his 5th bowl of cereal.

"Apparently 'The Nun' didn't so well except in the box office"

"Uh-huh"

"Football season just started"

"Uh-huh"

"Monster attack in Miami. Well, that's weird."

"Uh-huh"

"Teen Titans Go To The Movies did pretty well."

Wakko shuddered before saying "Ugh"

"Joel Hodgson is coming to Burbank today"

"Uh-huh"

The two suddenly stopped whatever they were doing, as Wakko reached over to read the same thing Dot had read. "Joel Hodgson?" Wakko asked before adding "The creator of Mystery Science Theatre 3000?" Dot nodded as she soon announced "Yea, and according to the paper…" she said, looking back at the newspaper and reading "He's going to be appearing at the mall today to do a live comedy sketch while riffing a movie." Looking at Dot, he asked "Which movie?" Turning towards Wakko, she cringed before replying "The Justice League movie." Wakko cringed as well, yet he shook it off the very next second and said "We have to go see this." Nodding, Dot said "Yes! Yes! We need to go now!"

"Then you're gonna have to wait."

Turning towards the entrance to the kitchen, they saw Yakko dressed in a business suit as Wakko and Dot pouted before simultaneously asking "What? Why?" Crossing his arms, Yakko replied "Because of what happened last Saturday. Remember?" Wakko and Dot looked down, recalling the events from 2 chapters ago and quietly replied "Oh, right." Going towards the door, Yakko told them "I'll be back after work. In the meantime, stay here at the tower, ok?" Dot and Wakko groaned before replying "Ok."

Once Yakko left, though, Wakko turned to Dot and asked her "We are so going, aren't we?" In response, Dot smiled and said "Oh yes we are."

(Present)

Once arriving at the indoor theatre, Wakko and Dot noticed a long line waiting outside. Walking towards the last person in line, Wakko asked "Is this the line for Joel Hodgson?" The man turned around and replied "Yep, and I've been in line since the mall opened." The two Warners groaned, realizing that since the mall opened not more than a few hours before their arrival. Having no other choice, they got in line and waited.

And waited.

And waited.

And waited some more.

After what felt like hours passed, Dot asked Wakko "How long have we been in line?" Pulling a watch out of his hammer space, Wakko replied "5 minutes", causing Dot to scream "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" as she falls to her knees and shouts "WE NEED TO GET IN THERE ALREADY!" Dot soon covered her face with her hands and began to comically cry as Wakko shakes his head before patting her head. "It's ok, Dot. We'll get in soon enough." Dot, however, would not listen as she proceeded to sob hysterically before asking "How can this get worse?" Unfortunately for Dot, this would come back to haunt her in not more than a few seconds later in the color purple.

And with a stench the likes of which they wouldn't wish on their worst of enemies.

"Excuse me monsieur and madam", the voice of a lady asked with a French accent. Wakko and Dot suddenly stopped any action altogether and began to shudder, seemingly recalling that voice from somewhere before. "Oh, no" they quietly whispered to each other, as they quickly pulled gas masks out of their hammer spaces and put them on before turning around to see the familiar sight of the female purple skunk known as Fifi, a rose apparent on her head as she asked "By any chance, is this the line for the showing of Destination Wedding?" The two breathed a sigh of relief, Fifi not recalling them while she continued "I understand it is a romantic comedy with Winona Ryder, yet I do not understand why no one will watch it. Have you seen it?" Wakko and Dot shook their heads. "Then, is this the line for the movie?" Fifi asked, yet again they shook their heads. Fifi pouted for a moment and said "Aw" as she turned and began to leave. Wakko and Dot breathed a sigh of relief as they took their gas masks off. "That was close" Wakko muttered.

At that moment, Fifi stopped and Wakko realized he messed up.

The next moment, Fifi turned around and quickly latched onto Wakko, announcing "Oh my dear Wakko, I am so happy to be seeing you again." Realizing his mistake, Wakko could only cough as the foul odor emanating from Fifi's tail began to overwhelm his nose while Dot put her mask back on. "I didn't know Fifi was your girlfriend" Dot told him sarcastically as Wakko turned to her and said "Not (cough) my (cough) girlfriend." Wakko continued to cough, as Fifi snuggled closer and said "I have not seen you since Tiny Toons was removed from television. What have you been up to since then?" Continuing to gag, Wakko replied "Straight (cough) to VHS (cough) movie (cough), then canceled (cough), then (cough) not much. You?" Snuggling closer to him, Fifi replied "Oh you know: working in a perfume store, wondering when my true love will appear, keeping in touch with my fellow costars from Tiny Toons. The usual." Turning to Dot, Wakko quietly asked her "A little help, please?" Dot could be heard laughing from behind her mask, as she replied "Sorry Wakko, but she's your girlfriend. Your problem." Dot soon fell on the floor and began to roll over with laughter, as Fifi whispered into Wakko's ear "She is the jealous, no?"

At this moment, Wakko wanted to be free.

The sudden trembles on the ground would be his reprieve.

They started small, then began to get bigger. Then, the source of the trembles began to come closer as the audience slowly began to fear the most horrifying creature to ever exist in Burbank.

"Well gee golly everyone!" The creature announced, as everyone in line screamed and began to run. Fifi herself soon saw the creature, unwrapped herself from Wakko, and ran for it while he and Dot simply looked at it and spoke in pure horror.

"It's not possible."

"It's can't be but…"

"HE'S BACK!"

"Hi friends, it's me: Baloney" he announced, as Wakko and Dot screamed before running for their lives. Scratching his head, Baloney announced "Was it something I said?" before chasing after the two while shouting "WAIT! COME BACK MY FRIENDLY FRIEND FRIENDS!"

No one had noticed, however, that as the entire line cleared up 3 individuals would come out of the theater. Two of them were small robots no taller than the height to someone's knees, one was a small red robot with a round glass head, a blocky red and white body, and no legs yet could levitate in mid-air while the other was a gold robot with 2 round yellow eyes with black dots, skinny legs and a large flapping mouth. The 3rd was a man in a red jumpsuit. "Alright, who's ready to meet..?" The red robot, Tom Servo announced before noticing everyone running away. "Aw man, not again" Tom pouted as the gold one, Crow, turned to him and said "This is what happens when that stupid polyester dinosaur can read the newspaper." Crow soon turned to the human, Joel, and asked "Why does he always do that?" Joel could only shrug his shoulders before replying "Honestly Crow, I don't know."

(One Hour Later)

Arriving at the mall after finishing her errands, Minerva began walking around the mall and clothing shopping, as she looked at some dresses while telling herself "What to wear, what to wear for Saturday?" Looking at another one, she told one "I wonder which one will really get Yakko flustered for our next date." Moving on to another dress, she noticed it was sparking black as Minerva smiled and said "Oh, this one is beautiful. I just HAVE to buy this." As she began to remove it from its spot, however, Minerva began to feel the trembles as her skin began to rise with goosebumps.

Then, she heard the laughter.

"Oh no" Minerva realized, her eyes getting ready to pop out. Noticing the other customers hide within the clothes, Minerva did the same, hiding in the middle of a display for hung dresses as Baloney popped his head inside and announced "Hello? Friendly friend friends? Where are you?" Looking around, Baloney saw no one and moved on while Minerva looked through the small cracks in between the clothes and breathed a sigh of relief. Turning around, she suddenly noticed Wakko and Dot who placed a finger to their lips. Nodding, Minerva stayed quiet as the tremors began to weaken while they heard Baloney shout "FRIENDLY FRIEND FRIENDS, WHERE ARE YOU? IT'S TIME FOR SOME YUMMY FUN FUN!" For a few tense moments, nothing was said as they hoped he would eventually just leave the mall altogether.

Unfortunately, a rather fowl smell soon entered their noses.

"Oh god, what is that?" Minerva asked, attempting to keep from coughing as Wakko and Dot tried to keep from gagging and pulled their gas masks out from hammer space. However, as Dot put her mask on, Wakko suddenly dropped his as Fifi embraced him from behind and announced "Oh Wakko, we have found each other yet again. Please forgive me for leaving you." As she said this, Dot and Minerva began to panic as the tremors slowly began to pick up yet again and come their way. "Fifi, be quiet" Dot whispered, yet her words fell on death ears as Fifi continued "Protect me from this foul creature made of polyester." Turning to her, Minerva hissed "Shut up" as the tremors became louder.

They both knew Baloney was getting closer.

"Do you not have any consideration for…?" Fifi began but couldn't finish as Dot and Minerva covered her mouth. "Shut. Up." They both quietly announced to her, making the message clear to her. Fifi slowly nodded as the tremors finally stopped while Wakko did his best not to gag.

"Hi friendly friends!" Baloney suddenly announced from behind them. All four of them turned to see him as they screamed before making a run for it. "Wait for me" Baloney announced as he accidentally threw the clothes onto the floor while galloping after them.

(A little while later)

Entering the mall from the front door, Yakko arrived to see several people still hiding as he raised an eyebrow and turned to the reader, announcing "Looks like I missed the party invite." He soon noticed someone waiving over for him and trying to hiss the words "Hide." Yakko raised an eyebrow before he heard it: the thunderous steps followed by the words "Oh friendly friend friends, where are you?" Yakko sighed as he told himself "Not this guy again."

"You said it."

Surprised, Yakko turned to his left to see Tom Servo, Crow, and Joel as Yakko asked them "Haven't I seen you guys somewhere before?" Tom replied "Well, we are famous for our time on a little show called Mystery Science Theatre 3000." Yakko scratched his chin before comically asking "You mean that show with the guy who got shot into space and makes fun of movies with two robots that he built?" Tom replied "That's the one", as Yakko raised his hands and said "Nope, never heard of it." Tom and Crow pouted, yet it was Joel who chuckled and said "Nice try, but I remember who you are Yakko Warner." Raising his hands once more, Yakko admitted "Ok, you got me" as Joel continued "Y'know, we're a lot alike when you think about it: We both had popular shows that everyone liked regardless of age and we both got canceled yet it was our fans that brought us back." Yakko crossed his arms, yet nodded.

"Friendly friend friends, where are you? I just wanna give you a hug and play all day long."

Yakko shuddered upon hearing that, but suddenly had an idea. "Say guys?" Yakko asked the MST group before adding "Remember the Catching Ross sketch?" The three of them laughed, as Crow replied "Who doesn't? Man, that was a lot of fun after watching something so offensive." Tom nodded his body as he added "Agreed. Could you imagine those animals being captured from their homes by some random guy who just wonders in out of nowhere and puts you in a burlap sack?" They nodded as Crow soon said "I wish I could put that polyester dinosaur in a burlap sac and stick him in a cage." Yakko and Joel scratched their chins as Joel said "That's actually not a bad idea, but we don't have any of the props we need for it." Yakko smiled as he pulled out a microphone from his hammer space and announced "You just leave that to me."

(A short time later)

"Friendly friend friends, where are you? I just wanna give you a hug and play all day long."

Wakko and Dot shuddered from their new hiding place, inside a potted plant, as they quickly popped their heads out and saw Baloney walking through before returning to their hiding spot. Turning to their left, they saw Minerva hiding behind a display for a shoe store, yet they couldn't spot Fifi anywhere. "Good riddance" Minerva muttered, yet as Baloney began to walk past them she realized they were stuck.

The sudden smell did not help matters as Minerva covered her nose and tried desperately not to gag. "Where is monsieur Wakko?" she heard Fifi ask. Turning around, she finally saw Fifi hiding behind the potted plant as Minerva hissed "Shup up."

Unfortunately, the stench was also enough to get Baloney's attention as he turned around and saw Fifi hiding behind the potted plant as he announced "Hello my new friendly friend friend." Fifi screamed before hiding right behind Minerva, as Baloney spotted her. "Why, hello there" Baloney announced while Minerva screamed "FIFI, YOU…." She couldn't finish as the smell was enough to make her gag as Minerva began to cough loudly. "Was it something I said?" Baloney asked before deciding "I know what she needs: a big hug." As Baloney began walking towards Minerva, she began to back up into the shoe store only to hear something over the intercom of the entire mall.

It sounded something similar to that of cheerful music from a nature documentary.

Then, a new voice was heard over the intercom.

"Hello everyone, this your host Tom Ted Husing from the Satellite of Love and welcome to 'Catching Baloney', where we capture the most dangerous creature known to man. And now, here to help capture the elusive beast is the defender of animal justice, Joel Robinson." Coming out of hiding, Joel appeared wearing a hunting hat as Tom Servo, standing nearby with a microphone on a stand, announced "And with us today is Joel's partner Emo Crow to help us capture the creature known as Baloney." Crow soon also comes out of hiding, wearing a white dress and black wig as he said "I was just wondering if…." Tom soon cuts him off buy saying "It's a good question, but he doesn't get any lines as this is a voice over." Crow pouted as Tom continued "Today's letter comes from Burbank, California to capture and end the reign of terror from the creature known as Baloney."

Amused by this, Baloney turns around towards the group and says "Hey that's me. I'm Baloney" as he walked over to the balcony and waved at them. Continuing onward, Joel comically gulped and said "I think we're gonna need some help with this one." Tom and Crow nodded, as Tom announced "Luckily for us, Burbank is home of the ever-so-popular children's television show, Animaniacs, and one of them has agreed to lend us a hand. As such, here is our special guest: Yakko Warner." Baloney chuckled, only for an anvil to fall on his head, causing Baloney to fall over the balcony and land on the ground head first. "Well, that was a bit excessive" Tom announced as they all looked up to see Yakko on the next floor wearing his iconic brown baggy pants and also wearing a hunting hat, as he turned to the reader and said "It's ok folks, nobody dies in this story. They just shake it off." Just as Yakko said, Baloney began to get up, dropping the anvil next to him. "Well gee golly, that wasn't very nice" Baloney said, apparently unfazed as Tom muttered "Now it's getting scary."

Turning around, Yakko saw Wakko and Dot stick their heads out of the potted plant as he brought a finger to his lips before telling them "We'll talk about this later. By the way, do either of you have a large mallet?" Smiling, Wakko exited the potted plant and pulled out a gag bag, removing a large mallet from it. "How about a large burlap sack?" Yakko asked as Wakko went back into gag back, then stuck his head out and replied "I'm gonna need a minute on that." Turning around to Tom, Yakko shouts "We need a minute. Can you spare it?" Joel nodded and replied "Just stay frosty. We'll keep him occupied." Turning towards Tom and nodding, Tom announces into the microphone "Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be right back to the thrilling conclusion of 'Chasing Baloney' right after this commercial break." Tom then ducks away while Crow suddenly disappears and the music stops.

"Huh? Where did my new friends disappear off to?" Baloney asks, before turning to see Joel and asks him "Do you want to be my friendly friend?" Joel shakes his head and replies "No, no thanks. Believe it or not, I'm allergic to cheap-looking polyester dinosaurs" as he backs away. Baloney, seeing him take a few steps back, proceeds to walk forward as he says "Aw, come on. We'll have fun by singing the Imagination song, playing pretend, wearing a mask…." He never finished as Tom and Crow soon reappeared dressed as the popular mascot from the Orville Redenbacher commercials, each one also wearing white puffy wigs and black glasses except Crow also wore a beard.

"I sure am enjoying this 'Chasing Baloney' special grandfather, and I'm also glad we're so rich." Tom said, as Crow, faking an older voice, replied "Keep talking, buddy. As long as people are enjoying this special while eating our delicious artificially made popcorn, we're getting richer than ever. After all, I've amassed a fortune wearing geeky, outdated, clothing while selling popcorn at the same time." Tom soon asks "Say grandpa, considering the fact that we make bazillions of dollars, why can't we change our wardrobe choices to get women to like us?" Crow shook his head before replying "We've talked about this before buddy. It's important that we not have distractions brought on by members of the weaker sex. After all, how would it look like if we started doing advertisements with women covered in our new Super Double Whammy Ganga Ganga Corn with sweet juices parading on their bodies."

At that moment, Yakko shouted "GOODNIGHT, EVERYBODY" while Wakko continued looking through the bag, having thrown out a large refrigerator, a safe, an animal cage for lions, and an Xbox 360. Turning to Wakko, Yakko raised an eyebrow and said "So that's where it went." Wakko chuckled before returning to his search inside his gag bag.

Crow stopped for a moment to recall his next lines before continuing on "Come on, buddy. We're popcorn people." Tom pouted before saying "Yea, sorry grandpa." Tom soon asked "Hey grandpa, can I ask you a question?" Crow nodded and replied "Go ahead" as Tom asked "When are you going to die, you twisted old fart?"

Crow seemed shocked as he asked "Why do you always torment me? You're supposed to be my grandson." Tom laughed as he replied "Sorry gramps, but I just can't help thinking about all that money. When you die, I am SO getting a fashion consultant, getting a new look, selling the company and disappearing into the night." Enraged, Crow soon announced "You're about to disappear into the night if you don't shut up right now. Don't think I haven't considered disowning you and throwing you into the poor house once and for all just like I did your father. I've relished the thought nightly. Do you hear me? NIGHTLY!" Tom soon asked "You wouldn't really do that would you?" Beginning to laugh, Crow viciously replied "You can be assured I would. After all, you're flat busted and I hold all the keys to the kingdom. What I mean is: I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD!" Tom soon pouted and said 'I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU! I'VE ALWAYS HATED YOU!" At that point, Joel came out of hiding and said "Ok, ok, cut you two. Now keep in mind that A) It's supposed to be a 30 second commercial, not an episode of Maury. Also, B) We're just a distraction."

Baloney, having chuckled the whole time, simply asked "Distraction? What's that?" before a large burlap sack suddenly fell from above, trapped him, tied itself up, and forced Baloney to fall onto the ground. By that point, Tom and Crow had left while Wakko and Dot jumped down with some rope and tied the bag shut. Pointing towards the crew of MST3K, Dot gave a thumbs up and said "Got it. You're up."

At that moment, the music began playing over the mall's intercom, as did Tom as he announced "Welcome back everyone to 'Chasing Baloney' and we have just captured the elusive polyester dinosaur in a burlap sack. According to my boyfriend, it's the best way to restrain him." As he spoke, Crow returned, dressed in his Emo Crow wardrobe once more while carrying a fire extinguisher. "Also, when their trapped, the Baloney dinosaur needs to be smoked. It's not necessary, but after a long day of trying to capture him, it sure is a lot of fun." Inserting a hose into the bag, Crow began to introduce Baloney to the chemicals inside a fire extinguisher as Tom soon announced "And after he's good and smoked, it's hammer time." At that point, Wakko pulled out his mallet and hit Baloney as hard as possible, possibly knocking him unconscious as Crow ceased with the smoke barrage. "Now that we've captured Baloney, its time to lock him up once and for all" Tom announced as the Warner siblings managed to pick up Baloney and threw him into the animal cage, having conveniently been brought to the first floor. Closing the door and locking it, the Warners smiled as Tom announced into the microphone "And we've done it. Baloney has been captured and Burbank is finally safe. With that said, we leave you with this final thought: If you like 'Baloney and Friends' in any way at all, something is clearly wrong with you."

The music finally stopped as everyone gave a sigh of relief. "Whew" Crow said, as Baloney struggled in an attempt to get out. "It's finally over" Dot exclaimed as she jumped up and down while announcing "No! More! Baloney!" as Yakko smiled while looking down towards his siblings as he told himself "Those two are so grounded."

"Oh, don't be so mean Yakko."

Raising an eyebrow, Yakko turned around to see Minerva crossing her arms as he asked "What are you doing here?" Minerva smiled and replied "Well, I was looking for a dress for this Saturday. However, it seems my knight in shining armor came to our rescue today." Walking towards Yakko, Minerva slowly began to hug him as she whispered into his ear "I guess you deserve a reward" before kissing his cheek. Yakko actually smiled as he told himself "A toon could get used to this" before his suddenly smelled something very foul.

The smell wasn't loss on Minerva either.

Letting go, Minerva covered her nose as she and Yakko turned to see Fifi waiving over to them. "Hello, monsieur Yakko." Covering his nose as well, Yakko managed to gag out "Hi, Fifi." Turning to Minerva, he whispered "She had the biggest crush on Wakko when both our shows were on TV." Minerva nodded before saying "Somehow, I can tell."

Back on the first floor, Crow and Tom were out of their costumes as they and Joel looked on while Baloney finally managed to escape the burlap sack only to realize he was trapped inside the animal cage. "Oh friendly friends" Baloney announced, as he asked "Can one of you let me out please?" Dot turned to Wakko and nodded towards him, as Wakko pulled his gag bag out and took out several chains and locks, placing each of them all around the cage in toon speed before dusting his hands and announcing "All done." Baloney, however, seemed confused and asked once again "Um, friendly friends, can you please let me out?" Wakko only chuckled as he put his gag bag away and said "Let you out? I thought you said 'Keep me in'" as he began to walk towards his sister while Baloney shook at the bars in an attempt to escape, only to fail. "So, what do we do with him now?" Crow asked, as Dot replied "I wouldn't worry about it. If anything, we'll call Bugs and he'll take it from here." Tom and Crow soon turned to Joel, as Crow asked "So what do we do now?" Joel smiled as he replied "There's only one thing to do left: we rift."

At that moment, Wakko and Dot smiled.

At the same time, Yakko smirked before deciding to leave. However, Minerva grabbed his arm and asked "Where do you think you're going?" Turning to meet her glaze, Yakko replied "Ehhhhhhhh….I'm just gonna.." Minerva placed a finger to his mouth as she said "We still haven't had our date." Yakko raised an eyebrow as Minerva added "You did save the day and while it's not Saturday, why not?" Smiling while shrugging his shoulders, Yakko announced "Why not?" before turning to Fifi and asking her "You coming? You can sit with Wakko." Minerva's eyes went wide as Fifi became giddy while she told herself "Oh, no." Catching this rather quickly, though, Yakko whispered into her ear "Don't worry, I have a plan" as Minerva replied "Somehow, I figured you would."

(20 minutes later)

Getting as many people into the movie theatre as possible and filling every seat (except the front row), Crow and Tom took their places while Joel stood in front of the screen and announced "Hello, Burbank!" The crowd cheered, as Joel continued "First and foremost, we're very grateful to be here today to help promote the 30th anniversary of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, and today would not have possible if it wasn't for each and every person here today. We thank you for inviting us here today and for filling this theatre." Joel received a round of applause as he added "We also wanna thank the Warner siblings who helped us put Baloney in a cage and get everyone to come to the show." The crowd clapped once more, as Yakko, Wakko and Dot stood up from their seats in the middle row and took a bow. Once they sat down, Joel smiled as he said "And now, it is my pleasure for us to be here as we rift the 2017 Justice League movie. With that said, Burbank…" Using his fingers to count to three, Joel and the entire room shouted "WE GOT MOVIE SIGN" as the film played.

For that entire day, there was not a dry tear nor a person not laughing as everyone had the time of their lives with every joke that came at the expense of the film. For Minerva, this was her very first taste of MST3K as she snuggled close to Yakko's left shoulder while they enjoyed the show. For Wakko, half the time he laughed with everyone while the other half left him shivering each time Fifi began to wrap her tail around his body. And finally, for Dot, as she enjoyed the show with popcorn in one hand and soda in the other, she couldn't help but laugh.

As for Fifi's smell, let's say no one knew until after the clean up crew came in that a hole was made directly under her seat in which a tube lead right to outside of the mall, yet no one could figure out how it got there.

Then again, the Warners wouldn't tell you even if you asked.

(Extra Segment)

"Ladies and gentlemen", an off-screen announcer said, adding "In honor of the 30th anniversary of Mystery Science Theatre 3000, the Warner brothers and their sister Dot will perform their rendition of the intro."

(Slow drumming start, then insert guitar)

Yakko (dressed in a white jumpsuit)-"In the not too distant future, next Sunday AD,

Three guys, Joe, Mike, and Jonah, were not different from you or me.

They worked at Gizmonic Institute, just some normal guys in colored jumpsuits,

They did a good job keeping the place clean,

But some evil scientists made them space guinea pigs.

(Joel, Mike, and Jonah are thrown into a rocket and sent to the Satellite of Love while Mike shouted "LET! ME! OUT!")

Wakko (Dressed as Dr. Forrester)-"We'll send them cheesy movies.

The worst we can find. (With Yakko and Dot dressed as Pearl) LALALA!

(Solo) They'll have to sit and watch them all as we monitor their minds.

(With Dot) LALALA!

Dot-"Now keep in mind they can't control when the movies begin or end,

(With Yakko and Wakko) LALALA!

(Solo) Because Joel used some special parts to make their robot friends.

(Brief stop)

(All 3) "Robot Rollcall"

"Cambot!

Gypsy!

Tom Servo!

Crowwwwwwwww!"

Yakko-"If you're wondering how they eat and breathe and other science facts,

(All 3) LALALA!

(Solo) Just repeat to yourself 'It's Just A Show. I should really just relax."

(All 3, as they are joined by Joel, Mike, Jonah, Tom Servo, Crow, Gypsy, and Cambot) For Mystery Science Theatre 3000!

TWANG!

As the music came to an end, everyone smiled as Joel turned to the screen and asked "What do you think, sirs?"

At a completely different location somewhere in Deep 13, a mid-obese man wearing a black jumpsuit and with short blonde hair replied "I kind of like it. It's new but it keeps to a pretty basic formula. Good job." The man, TV's Frank, however, was smacked aside by a second individual, a second man with brown hair and wearing a green suit under a white lab coat, Dr. Forrester, who pouted as he announced "Oh, so what, Pookie? Just because you can re-do the original theme by simply adding Mike and Jonah & letting the Warner siblings sing it that makes it good?" Dr. Forrester huffed before turning to Frank and saying "Frank, push the button while I give them all a shock to the shamies." Pressing a button, the screen shut off while everyone screamed in unbearable pair as Joel shouted "NOT ANOTHER SHOCK TO THE SHAMIES!"

Whew! That was tough, but this chapter is done. I decided not to do the Wheel of Morality because I wanted to do my own version of the MST3K intro in honor of their 30th anniversary and if you've seen the show either when it was on TV, on Rifftrax, on Youtube (if you can find them), or on Netflix I'd recommend it. Also, adding the Wheel of Morality to this whole chapter would have been overkill.

For anyone who asks why I decided to put Fifi from Tiny Toon Adventures in this, it's mostly because I've seen a few fanfics here and there where she's shipped with Wakko so I decided to have a little fun with it at Wakko's expense.

Don't worry: Dot's next.

Also, for Baloney being in this story, it's to help begin the lead-in to the villain of the story. Who will it be? I won't tell, but it has something to do with Plotz.

Anyway, for anyone curious, the sketches and last segment scene from the MST3K crew were based off their rifts on "Teenage Cavemen" (specifically, from the short on that same episode, "Chasing Trouble"), "Godzilla vs The Sea Monster", and "Gamera".

Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed it, so here's what to expect next chapter:

The Warners appear in a local park, as they take small jumps towards a tree with a door while singing "The crankiest of creatures in the whole wide world, the next chapter will feature Slappy the Squirrel."

On cue, Slappy opens the door and shouts "ENOUGH WITH THE SINGING ALREADY", only for the Warners to finish singing the words "That's Slappy!"

Until next time….