Powerpuff Girls and Boy

Chapter 9

Buttercrush

Narrator: The city of Townsville. A pleasant place to live. Unless you run into—

Cut to five green-skinned, disreputable-looking fellows walking down the street. On one side, one is a dwarf who looks as if he just jumped out of a Picasso painting, another is big and fat, with a shock of orange hair covering the top half of his face. On the other side are a bug-eyed hunchback with an enormous chin, ragged clothes, and a long tongue hanging out and, behind him, a skinny guy with a long, pointed nose and a cap turned backward. The one in the center is tall and slim, has straight, greasy hair and a scraggly mustache. He wears sunglasses and a life-preserver jacket.

Narrator: —the Gangreen Gang! The biggest bunch of belligerent bullies this town's ever seen!

They continue along the street for several seconds when they get to the park, a dodgeball lying on the ground. The Gang walks into view from the right all except the one with the shades keep going until they move left. He stops at the ball and clears his throat loudly, and the others back up to join him.

Shades wearer: Well, well! What do we have here?

He picks the ball up and holds it. Three little kids come up and look up at the group pleadingly.

Kid: (stammering) Excuse me, mister…but…can we have our ball back?

Shades Wearer: Mister?

He spinned the ball on his finger.

Shades Wearer: You're talkin' to Ace, kid. There are no Misters here…at least, I don't think so. (to dwarf) Um, Lil' Arturo, is your name Mister?

Lil Auturo laughs for a moment, then cuts himself off sharply.

Lil' Arturo: No.

Ace: (to the fat fellow) How 'bout you, Big Billy?

Billy: Duh no.

Ace: (to hunchback) Grubber?

Grubber: Pbb Pp Ppb Bbt! (Loosely translated: "Not a snowball's chance.")

Ace: Yeah, I thought so. (to the pointy-nosed fellow) Hey, is your name Mister, Snake?

Snake speaks with a pronounced hiss and a forked tongue.

Snake: (laughing) Yes-s-s.

Ace punches him.

Snake: I mean no.

Ace: Sorry. You three are way off track.

Then there was a long silence.

Kid: Well…can we have our ball back anyway?

Ace: Oh, sure. Why not?

Instead of handing the ball back, he bounces it off the faces of all three of them, knocking them to the ground. They lie shaking fearfully in the Gang's shadows.

Ace: Hey, boys!

Snake, Arturo, Billy: What is it, Ace?

Grubber blows a raspberry with them.

Ace: I don't think these kids are having' fun.

Lil' Arturo: (laughing) You want us to show them how to have fun?

Ace: Yes, Lil' Arturo. Let's show them how to have fun…Gangrene style!

Snake grabs hold of a merry-go-round with two kids on it and spins hard, sending them flying. Grubber sinks his teeth into a tire swing and shakes it and its occupant back and forth like a dog worrying about a bedroom slipper. A jungle gym is crushed when Big Billy falls on it.

Big Billy: Jungle gym.

Lil' Arturo is in the sandbox with a kid.

Lil' Arturo: Hey, look at this!

He throws sand into the kid's face, causing him to cry. A girl on the swing set suddenly finds herself in Ace's hands. He pushes hard enough to wrap the swing's ropes around the top crossbar and tie her to it. A kid playing with a toy airplane was flying it around when Snake's hand reached onto it and gave him an incredibly painful wedgie. He is hauled into the air, screaming for mercy and getting none. Pull back to show the entire Gang laughing over this and the rest of the chaos they have caused.

Blossom: Let that underwhere go!

They stopped laughing at the sound of Blossom's voice.

Wedgie kid: The Powerpuff Girls and Boy!

The kids were flying at them at full speed.

Arturo: The Powerpuff Girls and Boy?

Billy: The Powerpuff Girls and the yellow one?

Snake: The P-P-Powerpuff Girls-s-s and B-boy?

Grubber: Pbb Pbbbt?

Ace: The Powerpuff Girls and Boy? Snake! What are you doing to that poor child?!

Snake: But but you-s-s said-

Ace punches him then hears giggling from Buttercup. Blossom glares at her.

Blossom: Buttercup!

Bolt went in front of the girls.

Bolt: Uh weird green guys that look weird in every single way, why were you hearting this kid here.

Ace: Oh, Powerpuff Girls and Boy.

He then got on his knees

Ace: Please forgive my foolish friend for his foolish act. For he did not know what he was doin'.

Bubbles, Blossom, Bolt are still angry, but Buttercup is smiling with tears in her eyes.

Ace: And I know deep inside my heart that he would never do anything like that ever again.

He turns back to Snake.

Ace: What do you say, girls? Will you forgive him?

He takes Buttercups hands

Ace: Will you? Please?

He let's go and Buttercup looks at her siblings wantonly and there was a long pause.

Blossom: Fine.

Buttercup smiles but sees Bolt shaking his head.

Buttercup: Oh come on Bolt

Bolt: Yeah I'm not gonna forgive these boogers for giving someone a wedgie… is it a wedgie, right?

He turns to Blossom who nods.

Buttercup: But Bolt.

He turns his back on her.

Bolt: Nope.

Buttercup: Please for me.

Bolt: Sorry Buttercup but I don't trust 'em'.

Buttercup bows her head before getting an idea.

Buttercup: I'll let you have my pancakes for a week~

This made Bolt's eyes go wide and he was thinking for a second before turning back to Buttercup.

Bolt: Make that two weeks and we got a deal.

Buttercup: Deal!

Buttercup smiles and looks to Ace as he tips his shades.

Ace: Thank you.

Narrator: Oh no!

The Green Gang Boys then walked away as Buttercup looked on to them.

Narrator: Looks like Buttercup is looking at love at the wrong places.

Buttercup hum lovingly as the other girls already left but Bolt was still behind her.

Bolt: I don't trust those guys one bit.

Museum

Narrator: The next day the Townsville Museum of Natural History.

Inside, a guard is leading Mrs. Keen and her students around the galleries. The kids float along at the back of the group.

Narrator: Oh, look! The Pokey Oaks Kindergarten class is on a field trip. And so is…

The Gangreen Gang enters the Museum

Narrator: The Gangreen Gang?! This can't be good.

Billy walks over to a vending machine and starts punching it, sending it everywhere.

Billy: (sadly) Big Billy no get soda.

Snake was then at the coin slot.

Snake: I think she needs money-s-s.

Arturo was pointing up at a vase on a stand.

Arturo: This Mesopotamian vase is probably worth a couple of bucks.

Ace: Slip it in right here, Arturo.

Arturo was carrying the vase over his head, and smashed it against the slot. The kids turn around to look. Back at the Gang, Arturo is now holding a mummy and making as if to insert it.

Ace: Now this has gotta be worth at least one soda.

Blossom: Drop that mummy!

Bolt: Dummies!

Ace, Snake, Arturo, Billy: The Powerpuff Girls and Boy!

Blossom, Bolt and Bubbles start laying into the four underlings while Buttercup just watches and Ace steps up to her

Ace: Hey. Buttercup, how come you guys always pick on us, huh?

Blossom and Bubbles are kicking Arturo back and forth. Bubbles kicks him to Bolt and he does a bicycle kick sending him into Billy.

Bolt: And he makes the shot!

Bubbles: With Bubbles with the assist.

They both high five.

Ace: W-We was only tryin' to get a soda.

Buttercup's expression hardens and she zips away.

She flies to a hanging tapestry and pulls it off the wall, then carries it back to the fight. She drops it over the group as they continue brawling underneath. Ace stands up and whistles and his four buddies poke their heads out from the edge of the tapestry and pull free to join him.

Ace: Come on, guys, let's am-scray!

The others walk off before Ace can follow them, Buttercup flies up behind him and taps him on the shoulder. He turns around to find her smiling shyly at him.

Ace: Hey?

She produces a can of soda from behind her back and holds it out to him. He takes it and tips his shades.

Ace: You know, kid? You're not so bad. You can hang out with us anytime.

Powerpuffs House

Narrator: That evening…

Inside, the kids are fast asleep. After some moments, Buttercup opens one eye and looks over at her siblings to make sure they are not waking up.

Narrator: Oh, no!

She gets out of bed and tiptoes across the bedroom.

Narrator: She isn't!

She reaches the window and opens it.

Narrator: She is.

She climbs through and closes the window before stopping seeing Bolt in front of her.

Bolt: Where do you think you're going?

Buttercup: Bolt, what are you doing up?

Bolt: Saw you wake up, I woke up, saw you leaving, followed you.

Buttercup: Oh.

Bolt: You going to the Gregang Boys are you.

Buttercup: Come on Bolt there so cool please just let me go to them.

Bolt: But Buttercup their bad guys, they mess up we kick their butts.

Buttercup then sighs and lifts her head giving him puppy dog eyes, he tries to reject but ultimately gives in.

Bolt: Fine but i'm coming with you.

Buttercup: Yes!

She grabs his hand and zips away.

Narrator: I hope she knows what she's doing.

Townsville Dump

Butter cup and Bolt arrive at the dump and see an incinerator in the distance and they land amid the mountains of garbage, look around nervously, they land in front of its door and knock. There is no sound but the chuffing of the incinerator. The door opens, revealing Ace.

Ace: Hey.

Buttercup, looking up and smiled while Bolt crossed his arms. The other Gang members quickly gather behind him and are visibly nervous.

Snake: W-W-W-What-What are they doing here-s-s, Boss-s-s?!

Ace: Back up! Relax!

They instantly collapse to the floor. Billy reads a book while Grubber plays the violin.

Ace: Buttercup. Please, come in you to Bolty boy.

They float into the shack, Bolt giving him a glare and he closes on them. Billy is seated at a table and looks right , Arturo seated across from him, then Grubber and finally a very worried Snake next to Buttercup and a glaring Bolt. Except for the crickets chirping, there is silence. Snake breaks this after a long moment.

Snake: (frantically) I's-s-s can't take it anymore! There is the Powerpuff Girl and Boy ! There good, we're bad! The museums, punchings, hittings, hurtings!

Buttercup socks him and Bolt flies up to her.

Bolt flies up to her ready for a fight.

Bolt: Ok so we can finally take these guys to jail.

Buttercup: Back down, now.

Bolt flouts back to his chair folding his arms.

Ace: Sweet move, Buttercup.

Arturo: (laughing) Yeah! Smooth move! You should hang out with us!

Snake: (woodenly) Yes. Please. Hang out

Bolt: (Angrily) I hate this.

Junkyard

The Gang pounding is on a junked car, Billy punches at the hood, Arturo jumps on the roof, and Snake fools around behind the wheel. Ace is getting ready to hit the car with a bat and does so a couple of times and then offers a chance to Buttercup, who is standing next to him Bolt shakes his head but she does it anyway. She jumps in front of Snake, holding the bat as he tries desperately to wave her off, but she pays no mind. She hits the car and the others and Bolt watches as it sails over the horizon, carrying Snake.

The Gang and Buttercup and Bolt, clustered around some piece of work. When they back away, laughing, we see that they have tied paper bags onto the feet of a hapless alley cat. It shakes its paws and looks pitifully. Bolt looks worriedly at the cat and takes it off, he pets it and it snuggles into him, the Gangreen Boy just shakes their head at him. Snake was being hit alternately by Ace and Buttercup and bobbing back and forth like a punching bag.

Buttercup and Ace were jumping up and down on Billys stomach as the moon set and the sun rose to the laughter of the Gang.

Morning

Ace: Oh, Buttercup! Last night was a hoot! So will you please be my guest again tonight?

Buttercup: Yeah sure! Wait wheres Bolt.

Snake points over to the couch and sees him sleeping, she

Everybody except Ace waves goodbye and calls after her. This goes on for some moments before he rounds on them, suddenly very angry.

Ace: Shut up!

They stopped talking.

Billy: Gee, Boss, we were just sayin' goodbye to our new best friends.

Ace: She is not your new best friend and I don't think little Bolty even like any of you!

Snake: Hey, then why did we hang out with them, Boss-s-s?

Ace: Don't you realize that with Buttercup on our side…WE COULD CONTROL TOWNSVILLE?!

Arturo: Gee, Ace, what about her sisters and brother?

Ace: Sit for a spell, fellas, 'cause I've got a plan. (He chuckles.)

Narrator: Well, that sounds awful! Evil people with evil plans? I hope the Powerpuff Girls can get out of this one.

Night

Buttercup landed at the front door with a sleeping Bolt by her side.

Buttercup: Do you still have to come with me.

Bolt: I still don't trust them.

Junkyard

Ace is addressing the Gang.

Ace: She'll be here any minute. You all remember what to do?

Snake, Arturo, and Grubber wink. If Billy does the same, his hair hides it. A knock is heard.

Ace: Showtime!

Ace opens the door for Buttercup and Bolt.

Ace: Hey. Please, come in.

They float inside and land in front of the Gang. There is a long silence.

Bolt: You guys gonna do something or can we take you to jail now.

Buttercup covered his mouth and Ace gave the gang a cough.

Snake: Huh? Oh, right. See you guys-s-s a little bit latest-s-s.

The door creak shut.

Ace: They'll be back... with pizza!

Powerpuff House

Bubbles and Blossom are fast asleep and snoring, then to Grubber at a payphone. His raspberries sound as if he is laughing. Pull back to show Snake, Billy, and Arturo around him.

Snake: Come on, s-s-stop laughing! Do it rights-s-s!

Back to the bedroom. A telephone rings wake up.

Blossom: Bubbles…get the phone.

Bubbles picks up the phone.

Bubbles: (sleepily) Hello?

Grubber clears his throat a few times before speaking.

Grubber: (high voice) Oh, hello. I'm Buttercup, and my foot got caught in a conveyor belt at the city dump. I'm afraid I'm stuck. Bolt is trying to help but it look like he cant do it on his own. Help Me!

He hangs up.

Bubbles: (sleepily) Okay. Bye-bye.

She hangs up the phone.

Bubbles: BUTTERCUP'S IN TROUBLE!

This wakes Blossom up in an instant. The two girls arrive at the dump, looking around warily. A conveyor belt stretches across the screen behind them.

Grubber: Help me! Help me! My foot is stuck!

Blossom and Bubbles land next to the figure and reach out to pull it loose.

Blossom: Don't worry, Buttercup.

Bubbles: We've got you, wait where's Bolt?

The figure stands up and turns around—it is Grubber in a Buttercup dress, with his hair done up to match hers. He has lured Buttercup's sisters right into the Gang's trap.

Grubber: Bbbbbb Ppt!

Narrator: That's not Buttercup!

Snake at the controls of a machine. He pulls the lever and two cars are released from an electromagnet attached to a crane and plummet toward the ground. The cars drubbed on top of them as we see their heads poking from the roofs. Now the conveyor begins to move, carrying them screaming toward a large piece of equipment with pounding pistons and flames glowing inside. The two girls paralyzed and unable to move.

Snake: S-S-Say goodbye, Powerpuffssss.

He pulls the lever and the girls reach the end of the conveyor and are pulled onto the electromagnet, now over their heads. They stick to it upside down.

Narrator: This is unbelievable! Is this the end of our beloved girls?

The crane swings them, still screaming, over to a vat of molten steel and begins to lower them toward it.

Narrator: Can no one save our heroes from this impending doom? Can Buttercup and Bolt not hear her sisters' cries for help?

Shack

Inside the shack, the stereo is cranked to top volume. Heavy metal blasts from all the speakers as Bubbles and Blossom's voices can be heard only faintly through the noise. Buttercup is dancing like crazy as Bolt was covering his ears trying to tune it out while Ace throws the bullhorns.

Narrator: Oh, no! Blossom and Bubbles' screams are being drowned out by this rogue Romeo's rambunctious rock!

Buttercup watches Ace thrash and kick about, then does the same herself. Bolt was getting really irritated as electricity started to flow around him doing so, she knocked a hole in the wall of the shack. The music stops abruptly, and the screams can now be clearly heard. She starts in surprise and the electricity around Bolt calms down, cuts to outside the hole and pulls back to show the other girls now in her line of sight. Ace takes no notice. Infatuation giving way to pure anger on her face and pull back to bring a very uneasy Ace into view next to her.

Ace: (laughing nervously) Aren't we having' fun?

Bolt was already frustrated for the past two days that he's spending with them, all the pent up anger in him, as electricity spreads around his body.

Junkyard

Outside, everyone sees a Bolt of electricity come from the roof and Bolt flying out of it with his electric like hair and gives out a glare to everyone.

Snake: Adios-s-s, dos amigos-s-s! He pulls the lever.

The crushed cars fall free of the electromagnet, carrying their screaming prisoners toward the boiling metal. Just before they splash down, Bolt goes to the generator and sucks all the electricity from it as Buttercup flies in and carries them to safety. She sets the cubes on the ground, Bolt flies to her his eyes now golden with hatred and revenge , writing themselves all over their face. The gang was looking very nervous and Ace ducks around behind the others looking fried.

Ace: (stammering) Now listen, Buttercup, Bolty Boy. it's not what you think!

Bolt charges into them in a spinning ball of electricity while Buttercup follows with him and in a single blow, they lay the four out flat. Now she moves in on Ace.

Ace: Buttercup, I'm innocent! The boys, they put me up to it! Honest!

She lets him have it over and over again, including a flying kick that gives him a bloody nose. Bolt gives him a shock of a lifetime letting all his anger out. To finish him off, they back up, hold hands and deliver a crushing punch and Ace falls backward, his face reduced to pulp. His shades fly off and sail through the air in slow motion, finally landing in front of the kids.

Blossom: Buttercup, Bolt…what's been going on?

Bolt was about to talk when he suddenly powers down and Buttercup catches him putting him in hug.

Buttercup: I'm sorry!

She throws her arms around her sisters in their cubes, who smile at her.

Buttercup: And Bolt, you going the electricity thing was awesome that really gonna come in useful-

Bolt puts a hand on her mouth and smiles.

Bolt: (weakly) I'm so done for the day.

Buttercup brings him in a big hug and he hugs back falling asleep.

Narrator: Aww, we forgive you, Buttercup.

Narrator: And so, once again, the day is saved, thanks to the Powerpuff Girls and Boy!

The End

Speed: Whoa, Bolt just sparked a plug but I don't think he won't be able to control it for awhile.

Lizzy: No kidding, it took me to long figure out my powers with going unconscious.

Speed: Also why didn't Buttercup not talk that much in this episode? I literally watched the whole thing and her only line was at the end, weird. Good thing I fixed that.

Later Speedsters