"Where is this teather anyways?"
"It's just down the road from here."
Although James has visited Toon Town nearly everyday since forever, he couldn't recall ever going to a theater there. "Did it just open or-"
Trickster shook his head. "No you dummy. It's been there for as long as I can remember" He said with a small chuckle. "It doesn't get many visitors. Guess because Toons don't wanna watch themselves."
"So, all it shows is old cartoons?" James asked.
"Thats right. Really old ones from all over time, and even some new ones. Really liked what they did with the Looney Tunes reboot. Really captures the classics"
"Wait, there is a looney tunes reboot?! Since when?"
Trickster giggled and shook his head. "Man, you are slow. Maybe a pie to the face will get you up to speed"
"Please no!"
Trickster laughed.
They finally reached at the theater. The huge building was extremely tall, and it looked, a little warped.
"Uh, why does it look... warped?" James asked. "James, it's Toon Town. It has to look like that."
Trickster walked inside the door. "Well, you coming?"
James walked up to him. "There's no usher or anything?"
"Nope. It's completely free for all Toons. And humans of course."
They both walked inside, then down a long hallway. There was only one room. "There's only one screen in this entire building?" James asked.
"Cartoon logic. Can't get enough of it."
Both of them walked inside the room, and James could hear crashing sounds coming from the theater. A cartoon was playing on the screen, and it was Tom and Jerry. Tom was chasing Jerry all over, and Tom was crashing into everything.
"Haha! I love Tom and Jerry" James said. James went and sat down in a seat, and Trickster sat next to him. "Yeah, their pretty cool."
Trickster looked over at James. "Hey, want me to Quiz you about Toons?" He asked. "I really want to know how much you know."
James could see that Trickster was trying to start a small little friendship with him. James smiled. "Sure!"
"Ok! Uh... what was Tom's original name?"
"His original name? Uh... wasn't it Jasper?
"Woah! You actually got that tight?!"
James smiled. "I told you I know a lot about Toons"
"Ok smarty pants. How about this one-" Trickster quickly tried to think about a question, then a literal light bulb went over his head, only it was black and white.
"I know! What was Mickey Mouse's original name? Ha! You'll never get this one"
"Mortemer Mouse."
Trickster's jaw dropped. Literally. "How?! How did you know that?"
"You're talking to the cartoon nerd" James giggled.
"But, I may know every Toon, but... I don't know you-" James said. James saw Trickster's expression changed. He looked sad.
"Trickster? What's wrong?"
"I don't want to talk about it." He said, turning his head towards the screen.
James knew something was wrong, and he honestly wanted to help. "Hey, you can talk to me..."
Trickster looked over at him.
"Uh, well- Uh if you want, that is"
"I never told anyone the truth" Trickster said. "The truth of why I got canceled back in the 1930s."
"Why did you? You didn't try to do dangerous slap stick on a human did you?"
Trickster chuckled. "Heck no" He said. "it's something else." He said, his expression changing.
James really wanted to know. "Hey, I might be able to help"
"No, you won't be able too. No one can"
Trickster looked like he was on the verge of crying. "Trickster?"
Trickster looked over at James. "I... my cartoon got canceled, because I was too "Human" to have been a Toon."
James was confused. "What? H-How does that make any sense? There's a lot of Toons that look human! Look at Jessica!"
"Well, Jessica isn't from the 1930s. The 30s was a different time for us Toons. All of us where animated with 'rubber hose' animation." Trickster moved his arms in a wavey like pattern infront of James's face. "All of the Toons, where all animals. Micky Mouse, Felix The Cat, Boko. Don't get me wrong, there was some human looking tunes, like Buddy, but tell me, do you here about him much anymore?"
James was thinking about what Trickster said. And he knew he was right. And he also knew what Trickster was saying. "You're saying they scrapped you, because they probably thought your cartoon was going to fail?"
Trickster nodded. "But that's not all. Here, take a look at me. What do you see?"
James looked at him. "Uh? Uh classic black and white teen toon?"
"Yeah, besides that."
"Um, I don't know?"
"I look way far from my time. Most black and white toons, are really short. I'm tall. Just like a real teen from that time. I looked too 'realistic' for a Toon to them. That was one big issue to why it got scraped."
Now James could see it. Trickster kind of does look different than most old Toons. "What company was it?" James asked.
"Warner Brothers." Trickster said.
"Why didn't you try and seek help from another company? Like Disney, or Terry Toons or something?"
"At that time... I was very naive. Like a real teen I suppose. I just kinda hid out in Toon Town, and stayed cartoonless."
James felt really bad for him. "What if... I get them to reboot you?"
"Look at me James. I'm black and white. They can't reboot me without drawing me over, and it won't be me, it'll be another Toon with it's own mind"
"Well, what of they reboot you, by still keeping it black and white?"
Trickster made a "really" face. "James, you really think humans would want to see that?"
"I know I would."
James saw Trickster's cheeks turning a gray color. He was blushing.
"I... you don't even know what my episode was about." Trickster said folding his arms.
"Let me guess, throwing pies at everyone who comes near you?" James asked with a chuckle.
"Oh har har."