Later on that evening, Tango and the Warners met up with Ralph at his station booth. The group was still discussing on how they were going to plan their party. Ralph allowed it since it was close to closing time and that fewer people would be coming in and out of the gates. Ralph sat in a chair while the Warners sat on the table. Tango was standing up, taking the record albums back out of his backpack. Wakko immediately started puting one of the records on his portable record player. Dot and Wakko did a mock-up version of a Waltz while Ralph tapped his feet to the music. While everyone was having a good time, Tango was still bothered about his meeting with Mr. Plotz earlier.
"I just don't get it, why wouldn't he want to come?" Tango said aloud. "I mean what about the party he held for those Japanese investors, and that one you all threw for your old friend Steven? He asked. Yakko and Dot stopped dancing and turned towards him. "You're forgetting that he only held the first one just for that big fat check…" Dot spoke. "Which was a nice present those guys gave us" Wakko interrupted spinning a disk on his fingers. "And he thought Steven Spielberg would be coming to the second one. I'm still wondering how he got that idea to begin with." Dot continued. "Boy what a one joke episode that one was" Yakko stated with a smile. "Face it kid, Plotz is tighter than a pretzel knot." He added. "Still it wouldn't kill him to loosen up and enjoy himself once in a while" said Tango leaning against the station booth's glass window. "With Plotz, If it involves the Warners, it probably would" Ralph spoke up. "Uh, No offense" he added nervously as he noticed the trio glaring at him. "That's okay; hope you're good at defense!" Yakko responded as both he and Wakko were suddenly wearing football jerseys and playfully tackled Ralph. "Seriously?" Tango chuckled. "It either was this or re-using the fence joke from the "De-zanitized" episode" Dot responded sweetly.
"Why didn't yous guys play one of the records for him?" Ralph asked as he got up, placing his hat back on his head. "We were going to but Plotz shooed us out before we could do that." Tango responded. "Hey wait, since we really didn't do that idea, why don't we do it for real tomorrow?" Wakko asked. "That's a brilliant idea Wakko! In fact…" said Yakko, pondering the thought as he rested his finger underneath his chin. "What's your brilliant idea this time?" Tango asked as he leaned forward with interest. "What is it? It's sure to be slime!" Wakko stated excitedly. Dot face palmed at Wakko's verbal miss use. "Pick up a dictionary Wakko! Don't you mean sublime?" Dot snapped. "Trust me this… Oh no. You're not going to make me rhyme this time!" Yakko stated pointing an accusatory finger at Tango. He exclaimed with a "Doh!" as he immediately realized what he said. "Whoops! Maybe next time" Tango replied slyly as Wakko and Dot started giggling again. "I don't get it" Ralph whispered to Yakko. "Trust me, it's not worth getting."Yakko replied in a frustrated tone. "Alright enough playing around guys, we got a plan to discuss!" Yakko said proudly. Everyone huddled around him to listen to him. "A transition would good right about now! It's gonna be a long evening!"Yakko said aloud as he spent the rest of the evening explaining his idea.
The next morning, Tango and the Warners were back inside Mr. Plotz's office building. The group had gone up a few floors on an elevator before getting off on the one the C.E.O's office was. Wakko carried the record player on his back underneath his shirt, giving him a hunchback appearance. Dot daintily walked on her tiptoes in front of him. In front of her, Tango was being pushed forward by Yakko. "Does it really have to me who should talk to him? It was your idea!" Tango protested. "Hey you're still pretty new to him, so he'll be more responsive to you than us." Yakko commented. "But Yakko, this is something that an experienced talker like you should do, and it would be a great disservice to let an expert like you not be able to exercise your talents" Tango pleaded with a coaxing smile. "Flattery will get you nowhere kid." Yakko retorted flatly. "It's Showtime." he added pointing a finger over the young man's shoulder. Tango turned around alarmed to see Mr. Plotz walking down the next hallway they were about to cross. "Alright when I give the thumbs up signal, Wakko, put on Tears of a Clown from the English Beat." Tango commanded as he began to trail behind Plotz. "Okay" Wakko replied nervously. "Don't worry it's not as bad as it sounds" Tango reassured him, remembering Wakko's clown phobia.
The young man appeared right beside the C.E.O as the Warners followed from behind. Plotz glanced over at Tango with his usual scowl on his face. "Oh it's you again" he spoke bitterly. "Hey, you know I think we may have gotten off on the wrong foot here" Tango answered innocently. With you being with the Warners, I doubt there was a right foot to get on" Plotz scoffed. "Ooh, score one for T.P!" Yakko whispered behind them. Tango turned his head to the trio behind him and gave them the thumbs up signal. A mid tempo ska based tune came on as the group continued to walk down the hallway. Mr. Plotz barely seemed to notice as it continued to play in the background. "I just wanted to tell you I'm okay with you not wanting to come" Tango answered. "Excuse me?" Plotz responded in an unsure tone. " Hey man, I mean I can accept that some people just aren't party people" Tango continued. "Why that's very mature of you kid" Plotz answered. "Geez I'm starting to sound like my mom" Tango muttered to himself. "What was that?" Plotz asked. "I was saying it's probably best if you didn't come. You wouldn't have liked it anyway. I mean who cares about having a good time when there's work to be done?" Tango continued. "Right!" Plotz stated proudly. "And what's the wrong with always putting off enjoying yourself for later?" Tango added. "Uh, Right" Plotz answered. "And who cares about listening to any of the party's new-fangled music?" "Right." Plotz answered again as they turned a corner down another hallway. "Then again the music could sound like the kind were hearing now" Tango added acknowledging the music playing behind them."Yes it could sound like this nice... Hey wait a minute!" Plotz said, his tone shifting harshly. The two of them stopped dead in their tracks.
"I know what you're trying to do! You're using reverse psychology on me!" he added angrily. Tango gave a cool smile as he put his hand on Plotz's shoulder. "Mr. Plotz, you should know that stuff only works in movies and fanfics. Besides, that would require telling you the party is gonna to suck, which it is not! I'm just agreeing with you that you wouldn't want to go." Tango replied. "Unless, you were to prove me wrong." He commented pointing a finger at him. Mr. Plotz swatted his hand away from his shoulder. "Well don't expect that anytime soon. I'm still not going to your party. Besides I still have much paperwork to do." The C.E.O. said with his normal grumpy expression as he began to walk away from Tango. Tango looked down at Plotz's feet and noticed they were stepping in tune to the music. "Your mouth may say no, but your feet are giving a different answer" he called out. Plotz looked down and immediately started stepping awkwardly out of sync with the music. Tango could hear the Wanrers giggling behind him as they watched Plotz disappear down another corner.
"I've never seen anybody walk like that" Dot said running up beside Tango. "Somebody call Chuck Berry, someone's trying copy his duck walk again!"Yakko retorted. "You did a great job kid. See, that wasn't so bad now was it?" he complimented. "I beg to differ, but great plan Yakko, I think we've reached him" Tango answered happily with his arms crossed. "Really, didn't sound like we did" Dot answered. "No but it looked like we did" Yakko corrected. "Yeah, before he did that whole special persons duck walk thing, he was stepping to the music. That's a starting sign that he likes it right there." Tango added. "Oh I get it, if Plotz loves the music, then he'll want to come!" Dot answered brightly. "So he's going to be at the party?" Wakko asked as he turned off the record player. "Not just yet, it's going to take a little more than this for him to fully give in." Yakko instructed. "Why am I sensing this going to turn into a semi musical later?" said Tango. "Because you're a fan Tango…" Yakko responded brushing his hair with his hands. He joined with his other two siblings in a chorus line. "You know hoooooww the program goooes" The trio sung in harmony. Tango chuckled as the group of four ran off to find Mr. Plotz's office.
Well there ya have it guys, buts it's not over yet. Sorry this one took a while. It was a combination of writer's block and college schoolwork that I had to deal with. But I plan to not make the wait between this chapter and the next chapter as long as this one. By the way if you're wondering how the two real songs I referenced in this story so sound here's two links
One Step Beyond by Madness - watch?v=C9N8piRFVcU
Tears of a Clown by English Beat - watch?v=SjnYRD2vm8E