Suddenly, a shot rang out through the cave. Everyone turned to the cave's mouth to see...Captain Hook?!
"Drop the rabbit," commanded the captain. Brer Fox obeyed him.
"Captain Hook?!" Phineas was stunned. "What are you doing here?"
"My men and I were led here by a friend of yours," explained Hook.
On that note, in walked Goofy! "A-hyuck!"
Ezra narrowed his eyes. "Uh, Goofy, we appreciate the help, but couldn't you have gotten some non-pirates? I mean, you know how I feel about pirates!"
"The world knows how you feel about pirates," muttered Gus.
"Sorry, fellers," shrugged Goofy, "but I ended up crashing right into Fantasyland, and they were all could get on short notice."
"I guess it beats de Hunder'd Acre Woods," said Brer Rabbit.
At that moment, Tigger bounced in, dressed in pirate garb. "Hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Yo ho, yo ho! A pirate's life for me!"
"This is embarrassing," sighed Gus.
"Don't matter!" cheered Brer Rabbit. "We'se saved!"
"Now, get up against the wall," Hook ordered the villains.
As Hook held the nasty critters up, he was joined by several of his pirates, each one holding a gun of their own.
"Look!" cried Phineas. "It's Hook's favorite crewmates! There's Smee, Mullins, Billy Jukes, Turk, Black Murphy, and Skylights!"
Ezra narrowed his eyes. "You actually know their names?"
"Pathetic," agreed Gus.
"Now, Mister Hook," said Goofy, "if you could just untie Brer Rabbit, we'll be outta here in a sec'."
"I'm afraid I can't, my dear Goofy," Hook smiled politely. "You see, we have the perfect ingredients for a meal right here. Rabbit, fox, bear, vultures, and even a bit of tiger."
"Uh, that's Tigger...T-I-Double-Guh-Err..."
"Just get against the wall!" shouted Hook.
Tigger joined the villains. "I knew I shoulda been a cowboy."
The Hitchhikers gasped again. They were worse off than before! And Phineas was POSITIVE he had seen Rachel Ray do this once.
"Here, Smee, you can take the rabbit." Hook calmly handed Smee the still-tied up Brer Rabbit.
"Thank you, Cap'n!" smiled Smee. "I always did love rabbits."
"Wonderful," nodded Hook.
Brer Fox was stunned. "Buh--But ya can't do this, ya'll here! It ain't decent-like!"
"It goes strictly against the anamorphic animal code!" exclaimed the first Boothill Boy.
"The what?" said Hook.
"The code!" repeated the vulture. "It's perfectly fine for us anamorphic animals to eat OTHER anamorphic animals, but it's completely unnatural if a human ate us!"
"Although us eating humans is a hazy area," added the second one.
"And we ghosts are cartoonist enough, so it's allowed that the vultures eat us," called Ezra.
Gus smiled slightly. "Even though they have no chance of doing it."
"Shut up!" shouted the Boothill Boys.
Exasperated, Hook fired another shot at the ceiling. "Shut up, all of you! We're pirates! We don't follow codes, we break them!"
"But what about the PIRATE code, Cap'n?" Smee reminded him.
"Can I ask for a Parley?" squeaked Phineas.
"I cannot believe you just uttered those words!" moaned Ezra. "Am I speaking to Phineas Queeg or Elizabeth Swan?"
"It's for our friend!" insisted Phineas.
"So be it," sighed Hook. "What do you wish to ask?"
Phineas thought for a moment. "Um...why aren't you eating Goofy?"
"He does not appear to be very...appetizing."
Goofy looked a little hurt. "Gwarsh."
"Okay," said Phineas, "second question. Can you, uh, let us go?"
"Request denied," said Hook. "Shoot our dinner, men."
"Wait!" cried Goofy.
Hook angrily whirled around. "What is it, now?!"
"You have to go through me if you wanna eat muh friends!"
"Oh, go away," said Hook. "You're embarrassing yourself."
Goofy knew they were right. With a sigh, he turned to leave. On the way out, he kicked a stone, sending it bouncing towards the trapped ghosts. But as it got closer, the ghosts could see that it wasn't just any stone...it was the blue crystal!
Closer...closer...it just managed to touch their prison, which was enough! The crystal trapping the ghosts shattered, and the Hitchhikers were free!
"Freedom!" breathed Phineas.
"ATTACK!" shouted Ezra.
The ghosts were soon in action! They quickly stole three swords and began to fight with the pirates, making sure they couldn't get at their friends.
"I feel like Mary Martin!" sang Ezra.
"I feel like Sandy Duncan!" said Phineas.
Gus glared at him. "What are you, gay?"
"Don't let a couple of ghosts stop you, men!" yelled Hook. Just then, Ezra jabbed him in the rear, sending him flying in the air.
"Send my regards to Sparrow!" called Ezra.
Gus grabbed a gun and started shooting at Smee's feet. "Dance for me!"
Smee hopped around, frantically trying to avoid the bullets.
Phineas paused his fighting to glance over at Smee. "I'd say he ranks between Rockettes and Golden Horseshoe Revue."
"Don't just stand there, men!" screamed Hook (who had just fallen to the ground after being jabbed by Ezra). "SHOOT THEM!"
"Everyone knows you can't shoot a ghost!" laughed Ezra.
Hook stared daggers at him. "Fine, then shoot their friends!"
"Uh-oh," Ezra's eyes widened.
Ezra grabbed Brer Rabbit and Goofy, Gus grabbed Brer Fox and the Boothill Boys, and Phineas grabbed Brer Bear and Tigger. Around and around the cave they flew, trying to avoid the pirates' gunfire.
"Dis way, dis way, dis way!" cried Brer Fox. "No, no, no, DAT WAY!"
It seemed like there were pirates shooting from every side! Which there probably were.
"At this point," said Phineas, "I should make a Public Service Announcement that guns are not toys! Use some common sense!"
Gus noticed that one of the Boothill Boys had stuck his straw into his head. "You just made a mistake, buddy," growled the ghost. He tossed the vulture to the pirates. "Keep this one!"
"Poor guy," murmured the other Boothill Boy as he watched his partner flapping around the bewildered pirates. "He just couldn't control himself."
"Oh no!" cried Phineas, pointing to the mouth of the cave. "Turk and Black Murphy are trapping us!"
Indeed, Turk (a large Turkish pirate) and Black Murphy (an even larger pirate) were rolling a boulder in front of the cave opening.
"I still can't get over the fact that you know their names," said Gus.
"Looks like a job for a tail made of spring!" cried Tigger.
Jumping, or rather, bouncing into action, Tigger bounced on both the pirates' heads, knocking them backwards. "Everybody out!" he called.
"We were saved by a stuffed animal," said Ezra. "What a night."
As they were escaping, Bill Jukes (the smallest of the pirates) managed to crawl after them and grabbed Tigger by his tail. Gus smacked him hard with his stick, making the pirate let go. "Hands off the Tigger!"
Managing to hold the pirates off with a few swords, the ghosts helped Brer Rabbit, Tigger, and Goofy out, but stopped Brer Fox, Brer Bear, and the Boothill Boys.
"Not so fast," Ezra told them. "You think that you can get away with trying to eat us?"
"But...but we're pals now!" one of the Boothill Boys grinned weakly.
Brer Fox frantically nodded. "Bes' frien's! You h'ain't gonna done leave us wid dem pirates?!"
Not being held back anymore, the four villains were tackled by the pirates.
"They out of bullets?" asked Ezra.
"Yeah," said Brer Bear.
"Then we're gonna done leave you with them pirates!" snapped Ezra.
Ezra, Gus, and Phineas, holding their friends, began to fly to safety.
"Gwarsh," said Goofy, "are you really gonna leave them folks to fight to the death?"
"I don't think I'm gonna tell Piglet about this," said Tigger.
Ezra sighed in annoyance. "No, we're not really gonna leave them! Phineas, you still got that tear gas?"
Phineas rummaged through his bag. "I keep it right by my pepper spray."
He pulled out a canister of tear gas. Ezra tossed it into the mouth of the cave. Uncontrollable sobs were heard coming from the inside.
"Too pathetic," said Ezra. He turned back to Phineas. "Got any knockout gas on you?"
"I know I do," said Gus.
Ezra threw that in, as well. "We'll leave them for the cast members to drag out in the morning."
"Wow," cried Brer Rabbit, "dat was some adventure!"
"I wish our movie came out, though," said Phineas.
Ezra grinned. "What are you talking about? It did!"
"HUH?" No one understood.
Ezra pulled out the camera from under his hat (where it had somehow fit). "I was filming the whole time!"
Everyone cheered! What a night!
Ezra: If there's one thing I love most
It'd have to be adventure
Phineas: That and us go hand in hand
Gus: Like old people and dentures
Brer Rabbit: And what a night
Goofy: And what a night
Tigger: And what a night
Hitchhiking Ghosts: And what a night
All: A great adventure has been had
Tonight, tonight, tonight, that's right
All right!
"Oh no," Gus suddenly said. With a frown, he held up the stick that he had carried throughout his adventures. But now...it was breaking in half!
"Poor Gus the Stick," said Phineas. "Bill Jukes's head was too much for it."
Brer Rabbit bowed his head. "Died a hero."
"I'll never forget it," agreed Goofy.
Gus's eyes filled with tears. "I'll find a nice patch to bury it in...get it a headstone...maybe its ghost will come visit me in the Mansion...I can't believe it's really gone!"
"Can we use it to play Poohsticks?" asked Tigger.
Gus immediately brightened up. "Sure."
A tiny bit later, they sat on a bridge and watch the two stick halves pass under it.
"Mine was the bigger one!" cried Tigger. "Mine's first!"
"This sucks," said Gus.