The next day, Cliff followed the toons to Acme Loo, until they stopped at the front of the school, right between the statues of Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck.
"Welcome to Acme Looniversity, Cliff", Buster said.
"Wow", Cliff said, "this place looks awesome. What's with the Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck statues?"
Babs answered, "They are only a couple of the entire Looney Tunes cast who are teaching here."
"No way!", Cliff exclaimed. "The Looney Tunes themselves are the teachers?!"
"You betcha!", Plucky replied.
"All of them", Hamton spoke. "Porky Pig."
"Pepe Le Pew", Fifi commented.
"Wile E. Coyote", said Calamity.
"Sylvester & Tweety", Furrball then said, "you name 'em, we got 'em."
"Wow", Cliff said again, "I'm liking this place already."
"Just wait until we get inside", Buster said as the toons made their way to the front entrance & opened the doors, revealing the main hall, filled with students chatting with each other, putting things in their lockers, and getting prepared for class.
"Whoa", Cliff said, making a face of wonder, "cool!"
The toons made their way down the hall & headed to their first class of the day, with Bugs Bunny.
Once the toons entered the classroom, they spotted a few other students waiting for class to begin.
"Hiya, folks", Buster greeted to Monty & Little Beeper, sitting at their desks.
"And so begins another lousy day", Monty grumbled.
Little Beeper, on the other hand, was staring curiously at Cliff, wondering who this new person is.
"Guys", Buster continued, "I'd like you to meet our newest member of Tiny Toons, Cliff Evans."
"Hello", Cliff greeted.
"Cliff, this is Montana Max & Little Beeper."
"Nice to meet you two", Cliff said as he shook hands with Little Beeper. The tan cat went to shake Monty's hand, but the human toon made no movement, staring at Cliff with annoyance.
"You're just gonna leave me hanging?", Cliff asked.
"I don't shake hands with strangers", Monty replied, "nor do I speak to them."
"You're speaking to one right now."
"Oh, a wise guy, huh? What makes you think you're wiser than me?"
"I think we all are", Buster said.
Monty turned to the blue bunny & exclaimed, "Shut up, I wasn't talking to you!"
"Okay", Babs stepped in, "I think we should stop before things get out of hand."
The toons all turned away & spotted Concord Condor sitting at his desk.
"Who's that guy?", asked Cliff.
"This is Concord Condor", Buster answered as the toons approached the purple bird. "Hiya, Concord!"
"Hello", greeted the purple bird.
"Say hello to our new friend, Cliff Evans."
"How's it going?", Cliff said, shaking Concord's hand. "Hey, how great is this school, on a scale of 1 to 10?"
Concord snickered before he replied, "I'd give this school a 12, yup yup yup yup yup."
"Wow", Cliff said, impressed, "he really likes this school, doesn't he?"
"You could say that", Buster said, "but sometimes he's...", the blue bunny then twirled a finger around the side of his head, indicating that Concord is 'cuckoo'.
"Ah, I see", Cliff commented. At that moment, Elmyra showed up behind the toons.
"Hello, my cute little bunny-wunnies!", she greeted to Buster & Babs as she hugged them really tight. As the two bunnies tried to break out of Elmyra's grasp, Cliff spoke to Furrball.
"Is that Elmyra?"
"Yep, that's her", replied the blue cat.
Upon seeing Cliff, Elmyra released Buster & Babs, then started toward him.
"Ooh, who's this cute little kitty-witty?"
"Uuhhh", Cliff said, taking a couple steps back, "you must be Elmyra, right?"
"Yes, my name's Elmyra Duff. What's yours?"
"It's Evans. Cliff Evans", the tan cat replied as he backed into a wall.
"You look so adorable. I'm gonna hug you & cuddle you & squeeze you like there's no tomorrow."
As Elmyra reached out for Cliff, the tan cat spun & swerved around her arms.
"Uh, nice meeting you, Elmyra, but I think I'll, uh, take my chances elsewhere."
At that moment, the classroom door then opened, and everyone scrambled to their seats, as Bugs Bunny entered the room.
Cliff sat down at the only available spot, between Furrball & Calamity.
"Good morning, everyone", said Bugs.
The class, not including Cliff, replied, "Good morning, Professor Bunny."
"Is everyone ready for another fun-filled day at Acme Loo?"
"Yeah!", the class exclaimed. As Bugs was about to turn to the chalkboard, his eyes spotted Cliff at his desk.
"Well, well, well", the bunny said, "it looks like we have a new student here."
Everyone turned their heads to Cliff, who looked back at everyone staring at him.
"Young man", Bugs continued, "would you please introduce yourself."
"Okay", Cliff started. "My name is Cliff Evans, I'm 14 years old, and my mother & I just moved here yesterday."
"Oh, really?", Bugs asked. "From where?"
"South San Francisco."
"Well, welcome to Acme Acres, Cliff. I hope you enjoy your stay here."
"Thanks. Also, I'm a huge Rush fan. I collect their albums, DVDs, and I have a dream of making a Rush tribute band."
"That's great. Here in Acme Acres, dreams do come true."
"Really?"
"Sure do. I'd be happy to help you with your task. If you need anything, just let me know."
Cliff smiled & turned to Furrball, who smiled back. They are getting closer & closer to reaching their goal.
Later on in the auditorium, Cliff & Furrball were holding an audition for people to be the drummer of their band.
They had a table & two chairs set up on the stage, with a drum set located at the center of the stage.
But, so far, of all the people that attended, nobody got accepted into the group, which left Cliff feeling a little anxious.
"Boy", he started, "I hope we find ourselves a drummer soon."
"I'm sure we will", Furrball said, "it'll take some time, but we'll eventually get one."
At that moment, Fifi & Cosette showed up.
"Bonjour, mes amis", Cosette greeted.
"Hey guys", Cliff greeted back.
"Any luck so far?", Fifi asked.
"Nope", Furrball responded.
"Aww, what a shame."
The French skunks both stood behind Furrball, who was starting to get a bit uncomfortable in his chair.
"Are vous alright, my love?", asked Fifi. "You look, how you say, a beet rusty, no?"
"Yeah, a little bit", Furrball said. Fifi then placed her hands on Furrball shoulders & started massaging them. The blue cat closed his eyes & smiled.
"Mmmm, that feels good."
Cliff looked on at the cat & skunk for a bit, before he spoke up.
"You know, I've been wondering about the two of you since we first met."
"What do you mean?", asked Furrball.
"How did you two get together? I hope you don't mind me asking."
"No, not a problem. We've been together for, how long has it been? A few months?" Furrball turned to Fifi, who nodded in response.
"Oui, we've been togezher since Christmas."
"That's cool", Cliff commented.
"I was a homeless alleycat back then", Furrball continued, "Fifi went through a horrible break-up with her ex-boyfriend & I wanted to cheer her up. So I gave her this locket I found & asked her out to the Christmas Dance. Later on, she offered me to move in with her, and I gladly accepted. In return, I offered to be her new boyfriend, and she was quite happy."
Fifi then said, "We've been living togezher ever since. We love & care for each other so much. I'm tres happy to have heem with moi."
"Nice", Cliff said. "Just like a married couple, huh?"
Furrball & Fifi both made shocked expressions & faced each other. Despite that they love each other very dearly, the topic of the two of them getting married seems to be too early for them. Mainly because they're too young & their relationship lasted only a few months so far.
The cat & skunk turned back to Cliff & responded simultaneously, nervously.
"Um, yeah, you might say that", Furrball said.
"Uh, oui, I guess we kind of are", Fifi commented. Cosette started laughing as Plucky showed up.
"Hey guys", the green duck greeted. "You still looking for a drummer?"
"Yes, we are", Cliff replied.
"Well, I got your drummer right here", Plucky pointed to himself.
"Really? Do you have the skills of a drummer?"
"You darn right I do!"
"Then have a seat over there", Furrball pointed at the drum set, "and show us what you can do."
Plucky did as he was told, sitting behind the drums & taking out a pair of drumsticks.
"All right", Cliff said, "let's see what you got."
"Okay. Uhhh...", Plucky looked around at the drums surrounding him. He did not know how to play drums at all. He was lying to Cliff & Furrball for another attempt at fame.
Slowly, he held up his drumsticks nervously & started playing randomly. The green duck ended up playing horribly, from dropping his sticks to knocking the drums & cymbals over.
"Okay, alright, alright", Cliff called out, "stop, stop, stop, stop!"
As Plucky came to a halt, the drum set was completely wrecked. The green duck was panting, his tongue hanging out of his mouth.
"Did I get the part?", he asked.
"What do you think?", Cliff responded.
"Oh BOY!", Plucky shouted with joy. "I did it! I got the part!"
Plucky then bounced from behind the drums & in front of Cliff. "I can't wait to rock & roll with you guys! When are we gonna start? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh? Huh?"
Cliff then clamped Plucky's beak shut with his hand & faced him.
"Apparently, you didn't pick up on my sarcasm."
At that moment, the group jumped as they heard sudden drumming coming from elsewhere. It sounded fast & rhythmic.
They turned to the stage, and the curtains opened up, revealing a mysterious figure in a large drum set, surrounding him in a complete circle.
"Ooh la la", Cosette said, placing her hands on her happy face, "who eez zhat wonderful person?"
A light shined upon the drummer, who's revealed to be...
"Calamity?", asked Furrball in surprise. Calamity then continued playing his drums, doing a quick solo before Plucky interrupted.
"Hey, cram it, bongo boy!"
Calamity then twirled his drumsticks around his fingers, and chucked one of them forward.
Furrball, Fifi, Cosette, and Cliff watched as the stick flew across the stage & struck Plucky squarely in the face, sticking between his eyes & pressing his beak down.
"You're despicable", Plucky said as he walked off the stage, drumstick stuck to his head.
Calamity then removed himself from his drum set & joined Furrball & Cliff.
"Calamity, dude", Cliff said, "that was remarkable! You were playing just like Neil Peart!"
"Thanks, Cliff", Calamity replied. "I figured you would like that."
"Absolutely! You're in!"
Cosette make a face of joy with hearts floating around her head.
"Yay!", she cried as she quickly went around the back of Calamity & wrapped her arms & tail around her boyfriend. "My leetle cutie coyote eez een a band!"
Cosette then kissed Calamity on his head before she continued. "I've always wanted a man weeth, how you say, tres sensational skills! You are beyond anytheeng I've ever dreamed of."
"Heh. Thanks, Cosette", Calamity said as Cosette released him. Furrball then saw Cliff shaking his head.
"What's wrong?", the blue cat asked Cliff.
"Nothing. It's just weird how you two have skunks for girlfriends."
"How is that weird?"
"Well, how do you two put up with their smell?"
"We don't stink anymore", Fifi responded.
"You don't?"
"Nope", Calamity then said. "I made a special potion that helps them have control over their smell."
Cosette added, "And eet helped out a lot."
"Wow. Interesting", Cliff said. "Hey, Calamity, if I happen to have a skunk for a girlfriend, make sure you give her that potion too."
"Will do", the grey coyote replied.
"So", Cliff continued, "now that we have the Dirk, Pratt, and Lerxst of the group-"
"Wait wait wait", Furrball interrupted, "the what, what, and what of the group?"
"Dirk, Pratt, and Lerxst. Those are the nicknames of each members of Rush."
"Oh, I see."
"Geddy is Dirk, Neil is Pratt, and Alex is Lerxst."
"So that means...I'm Lerxst."
"And I'm Pratt", Calamity then said.
"Yep", Cliff replied, "which means I'm the Dirk of the group."
"Some strange neecknames, no?", Cosette asked.
"Sort of. I'm not sure how they came up with those. Anyway, now that we're all here...we need a name for the group."
The five toons all got to thinking right on the spot. They all thought long & hard for a good name for their new band.
Moments later, Fifi came up with an idea. She whispered something into Furrball's ear, who smiled at the thought.
"Did you come up with one?", Cliff asked.
"Yes", Furrball replied. "Her favorite song is Closer To The Heart, so why don't we name it that?"
"That could work...but I don't want to use just the song's name for the band's name."
"Then how about 'Closer To Our Hearts', or 'Closer To Your Hearts'?"
"Maybe. Those aren't bad."
"What about 'The Necromancers'?", Calamity suggested.
"'The Necromancers'?", Cliff repeated.
"Yeah, after the song from Caress Of Steel?"
"Ah, I see. That's a good one."
"Nah", Furrball said, "I don't like that one."
"Why not?", asked Cliff.
"Well, don't you think that's a bit weird for us to be called 'The Necromancers'?"
"Ehh, I guess it does sound a bit weird."
"I like it", Calamity said. "I think we should vote."
"Okay", said Cliff, "those in favor of 'The Necromancers', raise your hand."
Calamity & Cosette raised their hands, but the others didn't.
"And those who oppose."
Furrball, Fifi, and Cliff raised their hands.
"Okay, I guess 'The Necromancers' is eliminated."
"Darn it", Calamity said. "Ooh, how about 'The Weapons'?"
"Uhh, what?", Cliff asked with a disdain tone, as Furrball burst out laughing.
"What kind of name eez zhat?", Fifi asked.
"Well, there's a song called The Weapon from the Signals album, isn't there?"
"Yeah", Cliff replied, "but don't you think that name sounds a bit...you know...odd?"
Furrball continued laughing, as Cliff looked at him in annoyance.
"It's not that funny, Furrball", the tan cat said. "Actually, I don't see why it's funny to begin with."
Furrball took a moment to regain control of himself, before he took a deep breath to calm himself down.
"Man, I don't know what got over me."
Cliff said, "Can we please focus on getting a name for our group?"
"Sorry."
"Alright. Ooh, I got one. 'The New World Toons'."
"Ooh, I like that one", Calamity said.
"'The New World Toons'?", asked Furrball.
"Yeah", Cliff replied, "named after the song New World Man. Have you heard of it?"
"I'm not sure if I remember that one."
"Okay, I guess we could vote for this one. Those in favor."
Cliff and Calamity raised their hands.
"Those who oppose."
Furrball, Fifi, and Cosette raised theirs.
"Dang it", Cliff exclaimed, "I liked that name."
"Then why don't vous use it?", questioned Cosette.
"Because I want a name that earns a unanimous decision from all of us."
Furrball then snapped his fingers. "I got it! I got it. How about this? 'The Subdivisions'."
"'The Subdivisions'", Cliff repeated.
"Yeah, after the song Subdivisions."
"Ooh, I like zhat song", Cosette exclaimed. "Zhat's probably my favorite Rush song."
"'The Subdivisions'", Cliff repeated again, "I like it! I think we should vote on that. Those in favor."
All five toons raised their hands.
"And those who oppose."
Nobody raised a hand.
"Then 'The Subdivisions' is the name of our group."
"Yes!", Furrball exclaimed.
"Alright", Calamity said. As the trio all stood up, Cliff spoke again.
"Let's go spread the words."
Later on after school, Furrball, Fifi, Calamity, Cosette, and Cliff were walking out on campus, when Cliff spoke up.
"Hey Calamity, do you have a drum set back at your house?"
"I do", the grey coyote replied. "Why?"
"Okay, guys, later on today, I want to meet up with you all at Calamity's house."
"What time?", asked Fifi.
"I would say around 4:30."
"Wait a minute", Furrball then said, "why are we all meeting up there?"
"Because...we have some work to do."