Chapter 4: The Band Back Together
*The screen cuts to Dot's limousine arriving near the entrance of Rita's dry cleaning store. Inside the limo, Mindy is the driver.*
Mindy: (nervous) I don't know, Dot. She's not going to be happy to see you.
Dot: Aw, come on, guys! I kissed the beast in Cutie and the Beast, I entertained audiences in Dot's Entertainment, and I dated Mel Gibson three years after Animaniacs. It was a different time.
Brain: I thought you said you never dated Mel Gibson in the series.
Dot: Now I did after the series. And I just put Mindy in a position as my limo's driver. Just now.
Mindy: I feel like I'm the driver from Off-Duty Cop. Who am I, Steve Saint James?
*Rita's voice is heard in a scream. The screen cuts to Rita arguing over a costumer, dragging the clothes in a tug-of-war. Rita's appearance and posture is a lot more like Runt's, but wearing a black skirt and sporting a body like a 13-year old.*
Rita: (screaming) Get back here, you stupid human!
Costumer: So what? You call this clean?! There's no way I'm paying for this!
*The costumer storms out of Rita with his "clean" clothes, leaving her extremely infuriated.*
Mindy: Do you think now is the best time?
Dot: She'll keep a leveled head. Trust me, I know.
Rita: (angry) I AM GOING TO KILL THE NEXT PERSON THAT WALKS THROUGH THIS DOOR!
Dot: (smiles) Wish me luck, guys! I'm going to need it. Mindy, prepare my wheelchair.
*Dot opens the door, and Mindy sets up her wheelchair for Dot to sit on. Dot then leaves to enter the store. Inside the store, Rita is working, until she sees Dot, her old archrival, out the window. A scared Rita forced her back against the stream of clothes, hiding. Dot was inside the store, moving the wheelchair.*
Dot: Rita? Oh, Rita? Where are you? I just want to talk.
*Dot eventually finds Rita, armed with a plunger.*
Rita: I can get those bloodstains out of your skirt.
Dot: What bloodstains? Oh, I get it. It was the incident in Palm Springs, right? Are we all wrapped up in love like we were mummified?
Rita: YOU'RE the one who's gonna get mummified!
*Dot and Rita run at each other screaming. Dot gets a plunger of her own and clashed with Rita in a plunger-like swordfight. In the middle of the fight after many swings, Dot and Rita's plungers connected and stick each other.*
Rita: I've waited 14 years for this. The day I'll finally take revenge against the hyperactive jinx who ruined Palm Springs! This is the place where I'm supposed to have a home!
Dot: Just listen to me, darn it!
*The wheelchair suddenly bent, tripping Dot and kicking Rita in the face, pushing her back.*
Rita: Spinning Bird Kick!
*Rita performs a Spinning Bird Kick from Street Fighter's Chun-Li against Dot. This event was recorded by camera, examined by three familiar pigeons dressed as security guards. It was the Goodfeathers: Pesto, Squit and Bobby, examining the camera at the security desk.*
Squit: If you see the camera right there, the cat's spinning everywhere. Like a helicopter.
*The Goodfeathers laughed at that expense, until interrupted by their boss.*
Boss: Get back to work, Goodfeathers.
Squit: Y-Y-Yes, sir!
*The Goodfeathers quickly get back to work. Meanwhile, Rita chokes Dot by the ropes.*
Dot: (barely breathing) I just found… a better home… here at… Burbank…
Rita: (shocked) There is?!
Dot: (regaining breath) No, there isn't. I just needed to catch my breath.
Rita: You big, fat liar!
*Rita holds a vacuum cleaner and turns it on, preparing to suck Dot in, but Dot struggles.*
Dot: (screams) I'm too old for this!
Rita: Lemme get those wrinkles outta your face!
Pinky: (distant shouting) Let her go!
*Rita turns around to find at her shock Pinky and Brain, here to see her.*
Rita: Pinky? Brain?
Dot: (angry) That's exactly what I've been trying to tell you, you crazy cat! We're reviving Animaniacs! We're starting a new show, here in the city!
Brain: We're getting the band back together.
Pinky: We're on a mission from Acme Falls!
Brain: Sometimes I question working with you, Pinky.
Rita: Why should I help you?
*Mindy appears from the clothes out of nowhere.*
Mindy: To show the world that cartoons are not dead. I mean, look at us! We deserve better than this!
Dot: Join us, Rita! We can work out our differences. We need our number one singing cat back!
Rita: (smiles) Yeah, sure. Why not? What everyone needs is a good show, anyway. But what's in it for me?
Dot: (annoyed) Okay, okay, I'll double your salary! Who are you, Bernadette Peters?!
Rita: I AM Bernadette Peters. But salary doesn't matter. All that matters is teamwork and a lotta effort.
*The screen cuts to Dot, Mandy, Pinky, Brain and Rita inside the car. Mindy was shown outside talking to them from the windshield.*
Mindy: You know what, guys? I'm gonna get a sandwich.
*Mindy runs off to a back alley, where she secretly makes a phone call with a mysterious caller on her cellphone.*
Mindy: (talking to phone) This is Mindy. They have the singing cat. No, they did not suspect anything. Okay, see you later.
*Mindy turns off the cellphone.*
Dot: (calls from the windshield) Mindy! Are you driving us?
Mindy: I'm coming!
*As Mindy runs to the limousine, Runt is seen on the rooftop, glaring at Dot and her friends from afar, planning something behind the scenes…*
