Who Framed Krusty the Clown?

Before Mike had created his clone, he went on a long journey that would take him across two separate worlds (this one before Jurassic Park and another after Jurassic Park). He learned of other worlds in a very mysterious way. Since he was hiding out in an abandoned house down in Sherwood Park, he spruced it up when he was still with Shaw for a brief amount of time. Mike also had a new change of wardrobe surprisingly at the time and wore a brown pair of slacks oddly enough, a white t-shirt and a black pair of Nike shoes from way back when in the late 90s that were a popular brand. Now Mike of course wasn't the guy interested in a change of clothes since his parents passed on, but he figured he would try it anyway as a way of preserving their memory and in hopes of meeting Chris and Victor again soon. Mike sat down from a hard day of earning money (for the possibility of cloning himself) and decided he would watch some tv. Yet what he didn't expect as he flicked the button on his remote was that he got transported to a world far beyond his own. As he arrived, he saw the world was all cartoony and the people that walked by, biked by, or drove by were yellow skinned and as he looked at himself and his hands noticed he too was a cartoon himself. What's more he was in a place that Springfield (as he would find out later) would call 'Evergreen Terrace'. He then heard some footsteps behind him and he asked, "Who's there?" From behind came a man in camouflage. He was not yellow skinned and covered in black robes and dressed up as a 9th century European sage who surprisingly handed him a red hair. Mike looked at him weird and asked "What's with the hair? Who are you."

The old sage lifted up his rags covering his face to reveal a man that he'd eventually come to find out as someone who had helped his parents long before they were ever born. "The hair is of great importance, and as for who I am, well. I am a friend of your parents boy. I trained them as mere young adults to fight all sorts of evil. I am Aranse.", the giant said to the small boy. After a brief explanation Mike found out he was in a world we at home knew as Springfield, the home of the Simpsons. He learned that there were many ways of entering in and out of worlds through many different transportation means. "I have come to warn you of a great impending threat to you and your siblings. What day is it if I may ask?", Aranse asked. "It's July 5th sir.", Mike responded. "I am not too late then. Take this hair to a young blonde boy named Bart. He will be wearing a red shirt and blue shorts. He will need the hair. Tell him you found it on the floor of the Kwik-E-Mart." As Aranse began to leave Mike asked, "Wait, before you go there is one thing I must know. You must be the voice that has been guiding me and that dark hooded man I met back at the military camp in Europe. So why help us? We're no good kids that have lost everything around us." Aranse nodded and said, "However, your love for each other has not faded boy. Your concern for your brothers is what will guide you. I have not much time, but will say this. You are a chosen warrior to lead and to guide. You were known to be the Chosen at birth by leaders of a universal alliance known as the Rulius Court. To sum things up, you and your brothers are supposed to save the worlds and everyone along with them." Mike asked, "But how? We're a bunch of little kids with no powers at all."

"Not true son. You have learned to prowl and fend for yourself. That is a true sign of a warrior and a hero to be. You'll need it as you'll soon find out. Now I shall join the other legendary warriors of the past now." Before Mike's eyes Aranse disappeared in a great flash of light and with that Mike saw a door open from one house but not any ordinary house. It was that of the Simpsons. A girl in a red dress came out as well as a boy in a red shirt and blue pants. Mike ran up to them and Lisa asked being curious, "Can we help you?" "That guy here…", Mike pointed to Bart. "Are you Bart?" He nodded and Mike gave him a the red hair and Bart asked, "So what is this about man?" "Some man found this on the floor of the Kwik-E-Mart. Told me to give it you.", Mike replied.

Mike then introduced himself as did Lisa and Bart to him. "This may sound hard to believe, but I am from another world. Your world is like a cartoon made world in mine and people actually watch you guys do all sorts of crazy stunts.", Mike replied. Bart then asked, "Have you ever…" "Bart!! This hair proves Krusty didn't rob the Kwik-E-Mart. But now who would go about doing such a heinous act?" They put their heads together and only one man came up as a prime culprit. Bart explained to Mike that Krusty the Clown, a local TV clown/celebrity he called a hero, was put in prison for supposedly robbing the Kwik-E-Mart and Bart and Lisa had been trying to prove his innocence. So far they only proved he was illiterate and was framed, but had no suspects until now. The only man with red hair and could have had a motive was Sideshow Bob (since this is at the time when he was still part of Krusty's Act and in Season 1 briefly took over as his replacement.) Bart said, "Well Mike. Since you've helped us out a lot so far, maybe we could catch this guy together. He does an afternoon show that Krusty used to host. If we hurry we could catch him by surprise."

As they hurried off to Krustylu Studios, former broadcast production of Krusty the Clown, they noticed it get torn apart by a giant twenty foot Sideshow Bob. Lisa then said, "Oh no!! What's happened to Sideshow Bob?" Bart then shrugged and said, "I dunno. Steroids?", to which Lisa rolled her eyes. "Prepare yourselves, Springfield. Your days have come to an end. Say Adieu!!", Sideshow Bob retorted out loud. Mike then said, "I got an idea. I'll be right back." Mike then saw a man dressed in red sunset appearing clothing at the top of the giant man's hair and then ran off without a trace leaving Bart and Lisa puzzled. Mike ran to the top of the blue, Hollywood like strip of the city of Springfield and jumped to the top of Sideshow bob's body and attacked the man. He did it with relative ease since he had his army training and the due fact that when he unmasked him saw he was an old, bald 67 year old man with an eye patch over one of his eyes (his left). After three kicks, five punches and two uppercuts the man was down, but gave Mike a good run for his money too surprisingly for a thin old coot like this man (he sort of resembles Abe Simpson, but is more skinnier and stronger).

The old man died, but not before saying this, "Shaw's waiting for you kid. He'll get ya, or my name isn't Harvey Doorknob, brother of Shaw Doorknob and his personal trainer when he was a kid." The man passed on and Mike jumped off and ran back to Bart and Lisa. Then Lisa asked, "So any bright ideas?" "We knock him down like David did to Goliath in the Bible." Bart then said, "But note to Mike here, I can't my sling shot that high though." Mike then said, "Oh come on, if a guy like me could scale these walls of a studio and climb to the top of this bad boy but good, you two can certainly give me a hand here. Lisa, you think you can distract him for me?" Lisa said, "Sure can do." Lisa then got Sideshow Bob's attention and he chased after her across town.

"Now then, Bart I'll try and weaken him a bit, but you gotta strike him exactly where I want to you hit him okay?" Bart nodded as Mike pointed to his forehead before he turned to head towards Downtown Springfield. Then Lisa headed back towards the studio and Mike punched Sideshow Bob in the gut as he laughed so devilishly and grabbed Mike and began to squeeze the day lights out of him. For the first time, Mike was helpless and couldn't do a thing. "Such a pity. You a mere child will be the first to witness my fine hands destroy your spirit." Then a miracle occurred. Mike was distracted by Lisa tugging and kicking Sideshow Bob's feet giving just enough time for him to squirm free and the giant said, "Oh foolish little girl. Now look what you have done? You let the boy get away." Mike then tried punching the giant near his ribs, even though Sideshow Bob smacked the ground with ease, Mike did five back flips to avoid getting hurt each time Sideshow Bob alternated with each arm. Then Mike saw an inflatable pump just five feet from the wannabe clown and told Bart, "Change of plans. Aim for that black pump over there that looks like a bike pump." Bart then said aiming his slingshot, "You got it. Sideshow Bob, consider yourself cancelled!!" Then a single shot the pump was shattered with ease since the rock he flung went at over 90 km per second and went right through the sensitive casing of the helium pump powering a giant robotic version of Sideshow Bob in reality. And the giant collapsed on itself.

Before he could get away, Chief Wiggum caught him. "I could have gotten away if it weren't for those meddling kids!!", were his last words before being locked away. After ten minutes of explaining, Mike was awarded with key to the city and Bart and Lisa were later commemorated as child heroes in the face of adversity right at the Mayor's office. Then later Krusty the Clown was freed from his jail and thanked Bart personally. "There was only one little boy who believed in me all in all. Bart, I wanna thank you for believing in me when others didn't." So Krusty shook his right hand and Bart smiled with satisfaction knowing he met his childhood hero. Later back at Evergreen Terrace, Bart asked, "So where do you think you'll go now?" Mike said, "I don't know. I've been told something terrible will happen to my brothers and I on August the 1st. I have to go back and make sure it doesn't happen." Lisa then held Mike's left arm and said, "We believe in you Michael. I hope you don't mind if I call you that." Mike said he didn't mind and Bart then said, "Whatever it may be, I'm sure you'll make it through. You beat that guy at the top of Sideshow Bob pretty good." Mike laughed a little at this and said, "You guys remind me a lot of my little brothers so much. Listen, if we don't see each other again soon, here I want you guys to have this." Mike then gave them a red Swiss army knife. "I got this when I was in the army a few months back. I hope you guys use it wisely. Consider it a gift from a good friend." Mike then saluted to Lisa and Bart and vice versa as he disappeared into a cloudy mist and appeared back in downtown Edmonton on a cool crisp summer's night. He would visit one more world in the next week before he would fight his old teacher and find his siblings once more. After that, then the 'real' adventure would begin for all of them.

(The last part is significant since Mike will be seeing the Simpsons quite a bit in this story and also because we all have had those moments where we say goodbye to good friends and this was one of the ways my family said goodbye was by giving them something to remember us by or individually by.)

(Next Time: The Terminator.)

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