Battle on the Football Field
Written by Antonio Chaves
Usually, Norbert and Treeflower's favorite interests are music, dancing, horror movies, food, nature, and the hippie lifestyle. However, there is one more thing that they both really love. That being good old American Football. Their favorite team has always been The Beavers, even before they met each other they were both crazy over the team.
The last time The Beavers won a game was in 1973, exactly twenty three years before our story takes place. And ever since 1980 when Norbert and Treeflower were born, they've both waited every single day their entire lives to be able to witness the first ever win from the team in twenty three seasons.
And this night would change everything.
The date is the night of September 28, 1996. Norbert was in the bathroom styling his hair nice and slick for his date night with Treeflower, as the two were planning on going out to the nearest football arena called Beaver Stadium to watch the twenty third annual game of Beaver Football as a loving couple.
"Schnazzy!" Norbert declares as he finishes perfecting up his usual palm tree hairstyle.
He wants to look as perfect as he can for his dearest girlfriend, wanting to look as professional as he can for the upcoming sporting event.
Norbert can feel it in his veins. He doesn't know it yet, but tonight will be like no other. In more ways than one.
"Hey Norb, save some ladies for the rest of us will ya?! Hahaha!" Norbert jokes in third person, acting as a regular civilian while chuckling to himself. In essence, he's just boasting about how cool he looks. Rightfully so.
Just then, Daggett comes strolling around the corner of the hallway seeing his brother getting all readied up.
"Hey, Norboronski! What's all this for?"
"Hey there, Daggolito! Why I'm getting ready for my wooooonderful date with my l-oe-vely, uno y solo…Treeflower."
"Terrifico, bro! Where are you two going?"
"We're heading to Beaver Stadium to watch the Thirty Fifth Annual game of Be-ae-ver Football!"
"OOOOH! CAN I COME WITH YOU?! PLEASE PLEASE PLEEEEEASE!" Dag begs as he bounces up and down the bathroom excitedly, hoping that the next response out of his older brother's mouth will be some form of "yes."
"Sorry, Dag but I can't. Me and Treeflower have been planning this date for weeks now, and we uh…don't want to have a third wheel on our date. If you know what I mean." Norbert attempts to explain to his brother.
"Third wheel? You mean like on a car? Pbbbt! Everyone knows cars have FOUR wheels!" Dag scoffs. "And here I thought you were the smart one."
"No, Dag. It means you're not invited."
It's at this point that Daggett finally understands what he meant by "third wheel."
"Awwww…why not?!"
"Dag…I just told you why."
"Oh come on! I've been planning on going to Beaver Stadium for weeks with you!"
"You did?"
"Yes! And yet there you go, off with that spooty girlfriend of yours when we could have a night together as brothers."
"I dunno, Dag…"
"Please?!"
"Well…"
"PLEEEEEEASE?!"
"ALRIGHT YOU CAN COME!" A now fed-up Norb angrily shouts.
"YEEEAH!"
"But I'm gonna warn you ahead of time, Dag Dunce-"
"Dag Dunce?"
"Listen to me. DO NOT mess ANYTHING up between me and Treeflower. Capeesh?"
"Oh don't you worry, brother. I won't let you down!"
"Good."
Just then, the doorbell rings with it's usual upbeat and cheery tone as Norbert bolts to the door to answer it.
It's Treeflower standing at the doorstep, the moonlight of the night shining down on her like she's an angel. The nighttime luminescence glowing on her figure and her crystal blue eyes sparkled like diamonds.
"Hi, Treeflower!"
"Hi, Norby! How's my honey doing?" Treeflower greets her boyfriend while hugging him.
"I'm doing great! I just got all ready for the big football game tonight." Norbert tells her while flexing off his hair.
"Perfect! You look very handsome tonight, sweetie." She smiles.
"Thank you, Treeflower. You look gorgeous yourself." He compliments his girlfriend.
"Awww thanks, honey." She giggles.
"No problem, Flowie." He smiles.
"Ehn! Hi, Treeflower!" Daggett chimes in, causing Norbert to let out an irritated sigh.
"Hi, Dag!" Treeflower greets Daggett.
"Daggy-Doo will be coming with us. As much as I really despise him coming." Norbert mumbles to Treeflower.
"Come on, Norby, he's your brother. I know how much you wanted this to be a date between you and me but I think we should let Daggett have fun as well."
"Treeflower, you know I don't-"
"Please…?"
"But-"
"Do it for me~" Treeflower tries convincing her boyfriend by seducing him, making him blush.
Norbert looks over at Daggett and sees him picking his nose casually, as if he isn't being watched. He looks at Treeflower batting her eyelashes to him and then back at Daggett picking his nose and wiping it on his fur.
He groans.
"Alright, fine. He can join us."
"Good. I'm glad you came around." She kissed his nose lovingly, making him blush even more.
"Now let's go." Norbert tells Treeflower and Daggett.
"Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!" Daggett cheers.
Norbert, Treeflower, and Daggett then left their dam. Since none of them had a car, they just decided to take the bus to the Beaver Stadium, which would be the simplest option since Norbert and Daggett already use the bus for various tasks like grocery shopping and whatnot.
After the five minute bus ride, the three beavers arrive at Beaver Stadium and make their way inside. Norbert orders a Chili Dog and a bowl of Maple Bark Nachos for him and Treeflower to share during the game along with soda, and Daggett buys a soda for himself since he wasn't hungry.
They made their way to their seats, which were located in the back so the beavers could get the best view possible.
This was the moment the football match was officially starting.
The announcer, Ty Cooke, was the host of the football match as he makes the big announcement to all of the fans.
"Good evening sports fans! Welcome to Beaver Stadium! This is your announcer, Ty Cooke! It's time for Beaver Football!" Ty Cooke informs everyone.
Norbert and Treeflower sat together eating their food while Norbert has his arm wrapped around his girlfriend's body. Daggett was bouncing up and down in his seat in pure excitement, wearing his Beaver Football hat
"GOOOOO BEAVERS! HAHAHA YES!" Daggett cheers while cackling.
Norbert breaks off a piece of the wooden seat and takes a bite of it before he then takes a sip of his soda, all while listening to Daggett.
"Oh boy! The beavers are going to kill these guys! I don't even know why they bothered to show up!" Daggett shouts in a very cocky manner.
"You know, there's a teeny tiny chance the Beavers could lose." Norbert tries telling his brother to make him not get his hopes up and get angry when they lose. Lord knows how angry Daggett can get.
However, this doesn't work as Daggett gets angry anyway.
"Shut up. You'll jinx 'em." Daggett growls at his brother through gritted teeth, deadest on having the Beavers win.
"You think maybe you need to lighten up about this just a little bit, Daggolini?" Norbert asks, not wanting Daggett to be the reason why this night goes weary.
"Grrrrrrrr! NO!" Daggett snaps at his brother.
"You know Dag, some people actually come to football games to kick back and have a good time." Treeflower tries reasoning with Daggett.
"I know I certainly am~." She looks at Norbert giggling.
"Treeflower's right, Daggett. The point is just kick back and have some fun." Norbert attempts to reason with Daggett as well.
"Hmph. Yeah right." Daggett says coldly.
He sips his soda, acting like nothing happened. So do Norbert and Treeflower as they continue watching the game.
"Hey they're kicking off!" One fan shorts from the stands.
Norbert, Daggett, and Treeflower end up having to shuffle through his stomach fat to see the game.
The game begins with the opposing team, aptly named The Visitors, kicking the football off the football stand. One member from The Beavers, a short and pudgy man, catches the ball. He sticks his hand out while holding the ball to the side, right before getting trampled by every single person on The Visitors team. One of the Visitors ends up grabbing the one catcher and throwing him onto the ground as if he was the football before running off.
The paramedics show up, as they drive up to him in an orange car which looks exactly like a beaver. The car reverses and pulls up near the catcher. The car's paddle tail slaps onto the catcher and grabs him with a large suction cup before driving off, it's siren blaring during this entire process.
Daggett's jaw drops at the sight of this. Could his brother be right? No. He can't be. The beavers have to win. He has to prove his spooty older brother wrong.
"Is that supposed to happen?" Norbert sarcastically asks while leaning close to his brother.
"Shut up." Daggett growls again.
The Visitors kick the ball once more as they take out another member of the Beavers, his screams being heard throughout the entire stadium with the paramedics siren being heard shortly after. And then this happens again, and again, and again, and again. None of the players are safe from the wrath of the Visitors.
The constant wipeouts of each member of The Beavers angers the fans of the team as they yell and complain while the beaver hats are being thrown in the stands.
Norbert and Treeflower watch the carnage happening while Daggett fumes in his seat, hats being pelted at him.
"This is all your fault, Norbert Beaver. YOU JINXED THEM!" Daggett yells at Norbert.
"Wake up and smell the artificial turf! The Beavers haven't won a game in twenty-seasons."
"Your point being?" Daggett aggressively asks him.
"Don't take it personally. Loosen up, have some fun."
"Yeah, Dag. Don't be a stick in the mud." Treeflower says, not in a mean way, but more in a somewhat enthusiastic way.
And then Norbert says something that really rubs Daggett the wrong way.
"It's only a game."
These words completely tip Daggett over the edge. Any amount of calmness he had left has been completely wiped out, thanks to Norbert and Treeflower.
To Daggett, football is not a game.
It's a war.
"FOOTBALL?! ONLY A GAME?!" He rages.
Norbert and Treeflower nod.
Daggett becomes red with anger as he aggressively grips on Norbert's hair with all his force. Treeflower becomes a little scared, believing that Daggett might murder Norbert.
"BLASPHEMY! ARE YOU MAD!?"
"No. But you clearly are." Norbert remarks.
That was definitely not the brightest move Norbert could've made.
"THAT'S IT! I'M GONNA HANDLE THIS MYSELF!"
Daggett then hops out of his seat and marches his way towards the football field.
"No stop, Da-"
But before Norbert could stop him, Daggett was already gone. Disappeared amongst the crowd.
He sighs sadly and hangs his head down. To him, the night had basically been ruined. Not just by his favorite football team losing, but because of his brother's violent outbursts. Especially that it was during what was supposed to be a fun date between him and Treeflower.
"What am I going to do with him…?" Norbert sighs, now depressed.
Treeflower puts her arm around her boyfriend's body.
"Come on, Norby. Don't let him distract you from having a good time. You know they say the best way to each is to set a good example."
Norbert looks up at her.
"So why don't you have some fun for Daggett's sake. And also for my sake~"
She kisses his cheek before giggling, making him feel better.
"Thanks, babe…" Norbert embraces her.
Meanwhile, Daggett shuffled through the crowd of obese fans, marching to the football field.
"Mumble, mumble…steely determination…I'll show them how to play football! Etcetera!"
Daggett continues walking, but unbeknownst to him, he falls off a steep edge off the stand and onto a blonde fan's head. The fan gets very angered by this and, out of a fit of rage, tosses Daggett like a boomerang whilst he screams.
However, Daggett ends up crashing into a Beavers Player outfit and tumbles into the middle of the field. One of the Visitors look down on him with the meanest form of stink eye one could give.
Daggett starts walking backwards with his arms out, waiting to catch the suit is extremely baggy, given how he is a 3'3" beaver and the outfit he's wearing is obviously meant for a human.
"Ready! Set! HIKE!"
One of the Beavers' members toss the football to Daggett, who catches it.
"Oh boy!" Daggett worries as he runs with the ball.
"Throw me the ball! Throw me the ball! I'm open, I'm open! Yeah, I want the ball!" The short and pudgy catcher from before shouts while waving his arms, trying desperately to get the ball.
"Get that ugly weasel with the ball!" Ordered one of the Visitors.
Daggett runs away while the Visitors try tackling him, but only end up tackling each other.
He runs with the ball and throws it, but ends up having his face get covered by the sleeves. He uncovers his face and sees that he did not at all throw the ball where he was supposed to, but rather threw it in the helmet of the catcher who so desperately wanted the ball.
He stands still with an irritated expression on his football covered face.
Daggett runs over to him and tries to apologize, but before he could, he and the catcher end up getting squashed by the entire Visitors team.
Norbert then walks over to the carnage, now dressed as the referee of the game. He lifts the pile of players off of his brother with no struggle. He sees Daggett is completely squashed like a tin can. The catcher is almost completely buried in the ground, with only his hands sticking out while he holds the ball. He then lets go of the ball.
"Having fun yet?" Norbert asks.
"Does it look like I'm having fun?!" Daggett grunts as he crawls out of the carnage.
"No."
Norbert drops the player pile.
He blows his whistle loudly before walking off with the football.
"Fifteen yard penalty, not having fun at the game!" Norbert announces.
"Not having fun at the game?! There is no such penalty! Stop goofing around!" Daggett angrily demands.
Norbert blows his whistle once more and then throws a yellow card at his big bulbous red nose. He then takes out a referee notepad to jot down exactly what offense Daggett committed during the game.
"Taking the game too seriously, that's another fifteen yards!" Norbert shouts before picking up the ball and walking fifteen more yards, with Daggett throwing the yellow card off to the side and following him.
"Who's side are you on anyway?!"
"The side of good clean fun, my friend."
"You can't call those penalties!"
Norbert blows his whistle once more and throws another yellow card at him. He then pulls out his notepad to write down another offense.
"Arguing with the ref! Fifteen yards!"
Daggett cannot believe what he is hearing, as all he can do is stutter. Norbert gives him an unimpressed look.
"I WAS NOT ARGUING!"
Yelling clearly didn't do anything.
Norbert blows his whistle once more and throws him yet another yellow card.
"Were too!" Norbert yells.
"Was not!" Daggett yells.
"Were too!"
"Was not!"
Norbert and Daggett argue more as they end up going through the rest of the field.
"Were too!"
"Was not!"
"Were too!"
"Was not!"
"Were too!"
"Was not!"
"Were too!"
"Was-"
Daggett stops mid-sentence as he sees Norbert leaning on the ball with his foot directly near the touchdown, his hands on his hips and only the most smug expression on his face. Daggett's jaw drops.
He wouldn't dare score a touchdown for the Visitors team, would he?
Oh yes, dear reader.
He would.
And guess what?
He does.
Norbert nudges the ball over with his foot. Instantly scoring the touchdown for the Visitors team.
"TOUCHDOWN VISITORS!" Norbert cheers, giving Daggett a dirty passive aggressive smile.
Daggett stands as his eyes bug out.
He is in utter shock.
Norbert ends up getting crowd surfed by The Visitors for the touchdown.
Despite this, Norbert is still rooting for the Beavers. This was just done to teach Daggett a lesson.
Daggett stands, fuming at his brother's actions.
Treeflower then starts running by, now in a light blue Beavers themed cheerleader outfit flailing her arms around with her Pom-poms on her hands and a big smile.
"GO NORBY! GO NORBY! GO NORBY!" Treeflower chants cheerfully for her boyfriend.
"Grrr….muttering angrily…mumble mumble…" Daggett mutters out loud.
Just then, Norbert cruises over to Daggett now in a coach's sweater and sweatpants outfit with a chalkboard on him. The charlboard has "Play chart" written on it with a football play chart, and also a game of Tic Tac Toe on it, with X having won the game across the board.
Norbert marches over to Daggett.
"I know it looks pretty grim right now son, but when the going gets grim the grim get going!"
Norbert whacks Daggett with a printing stick while lecturing him.
"So get grim, and get going!"
Daggett surprisingly gets all the aggression and determination he needs to go back out there. He marches right back out into the field.
"Audible! Hut! Hut! Hike!" One of the Visitors yell.
Norbert then flinches as he hears the sound of Daggett getting violently beaten up by The Visitors, each of his brother's screams and shouts make Norbert flinch even more out of pain. He is obviously being put in pure agony.
The stick that Norbert used to smack Daggett with moments ago gets tossed back to him as he looks at it for a second. He then starts erasing everything on the chalkboard.
Meanwhile, Daggett has been severely beaten. The football is jammed in his mouth as his legs and tail are spread in the air.
How could it get any worse?
The Visitors run up to Daggett, about to kick the ball.
Daggett already knows the unmeasurable amount of above agonizing pain he will be receiving from this, as his eyes widen out of pure unadulterated fear.
He then gets kicked.
Harder than you think.
Daggett gets kicked all the way up, completely out of the stadium, his screams being heard for miles and miles up into the atmosphere. He could've easily had been launched to outer space, had it not been for him crashing into a football blimp which said "Go Beavers!" in string lights.
He crashed into the "G" of the string lights as he flew back down to the field, now wrapped in the string lights.
Meanwhile, Norbert had been watching him fall from the announcer stand, now in a announcer's outfit. Daggett falls to the field floor with a crater inducing crash.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, this is klieg spackle! In all my years of bro-adcasting atha-ley-tic events I've never seen anything like the athe-ley-tic performance, this young athlete is putting on here tonight quite athe-ley-ti-cisem! Heh!" Norbert announces to the crowd.
Ty Cooke then starts announcing again.
"And it's Half-Time here with the score!" He announces.
A pistol goes off.
The score shows as follows.
"Visitors: 1,000! Beavers…"
He chuckles coldly after that, knowing they have not scored one single point throughout the entire game.
It's at this time that half-time starts. To all the folks watching the football match on TV, their viewing would end up being interrupted by trailers about new Oxnard Montalvo films or New and Improved Yahoo Drink commercials, or El Grapadura wrestling advertisements, and all the other product placement.
Norbert and Treeflower walk over to Daggett, who is on the field floor tangled in the string lights. He gets up.
"You know, maybe I am taking this a little too seriously. I'm sorry, you guys…" Daggett apologizes, deeply regretful of how he acted before.
"It's okay, Dag. At least you understand now that it's only a game." Treeflower smiles while putting her hand on Daggett's arm to try and make him feel better.
"Yeah, nothing to get worked up over. Hey, I got an idea. Who don't we watch the second half from the comfort of our hard wooden seats. Me and Treeflower will even buy you some maple bark nachos." Norbert offers.
"With extra microwave cheese like sauce?" Daggett asks excitedly.
"You got it handsome." Norbert smiles.
Daggett wags his tongue cheerfully while Norbert and Treeflower chuckle.
"Let's go, Norby!" Daggett shouts happily.
Norbert, Treeflower, and Daggett start to make their way back to the stands to watch the game peacefully. However, after taking merely two steps, a big large shadow looms over them. Turns out, it's The Visitors going over to them.
"Hey look! It's that ugly weasel playing for The Beavers!" The Quarterback of The Visitors yells, clearly regarding Daggett.
"Let's show him what we think of The Beavers."
Norbert then stands between his brother and The Visitors while Treeflower nervously watches, not wanting confrontation.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" Norbert yells.
However, he soon realizes his mistake.
"Heh heh…d-did I say that?" He chuckles nervously.
It's too late.
That did nothing.
"Let's show both these ugly weasels what we think of The Beavers!"
The Visitors Quarterback then jumps up and starts violently crushing Norbert and Daggett with his butt over and over again, squashing them into the grass.
Treeflower tries running over to him, attempting to get him to stop.
"HEY, GET OFF MY BOYFRIEND AND HIS BROTHER!" Treeflower shouts angrily at the Quarterback.
"Oh look, another ugly weasel!" One of the members of The Visitors shouted.
This member does the unthinkable.
He balls his hand into a fist and violently punches Treeflower to the ground and into the grass, severely injuring her.
He not only committed the crime of animal abuse, but also hitting a lady.
At this point, The Visitors have reached beyond the point of unfair football players.
They have become monsters.
After a few seconds, the Quarterback finally stops squashing Norbert and Daggett as he and the rest of The Visitors begin walking away cackling like hyenas. They have not a shred of regret of what they did.
Norbert and Daggett have now been squashed like tin cans as the Quarterback's butt prints have formed craters in the football field grass. They're flat like paper.
Treeflower finally gets up and rubs her head while groaning. She looks over and sees Norbert and Daggett crushed, as she runs over to them as quickly as she can.
"Oh dear! Norby! Dag!"
She runs over to them and goes to Norbert.
"Are you alright?" Treeflower asks.
"Maybe somebody should tell them it's just a game…" Daggett remarks shakily.
Norbert starts growling, the rage building up in his entire body. He now reaches the same level of rage that Daggett felt during the first half of the game.
His anger gives him enough strength to finally get up from the butt crater left by The Visitors Quarterback.
"Not anymore." Norbert fumes.
Daggett gets up from his butt crater, in better condition than before. A little dizzy however.
"Nobody calls us weasels and gets away with it! WE'RE BEAVERS!" Norbert yells as he rips off some of his chest fur, remarkably not feeling any pain from doing this whatsoever.
"Norby's right! We need to go back out there and show those spooty old Visitors who's boss!" Treeflower yells as well.
"LET'S GO!" Norbert hollers as he raises his fist in the air.
Daggett starts making excited noises as he raises his fist as well.
"LET'S GO BEAVERS!" Daggett cheers with the utmost enthusiasm.
Norbert and Daggett then become even more enthusiastic before doing a handstand and high fiving with each other's tails.
This part, dear reader, is where the real fun begins.
All the action from before was just buildup.
The Visitors all stand together in a row, ready to take on The Beavers.
And not The Beavers football team.
The actual Beavers.
Norbert and Daggett stand far across from The Visitors. Norbert is now in a Beavers Team outfit himself, only without the helmet. He is also holding the football.
Both Norbert and Daggett look to their left to see Treeflower in her cheerleading outfit blowing Norbert a kiss for good luck before giggling.
They both look back at each other and wink at each other.
Norbert places the ball in the football stand for Daggett to kick. Daggett runs back before running to the ball and kicking it with all the force his beaver body could muster up before running the opposite direction.
The Visitors catch the ball and start making their way to Daggett, ready to take him down once more.
Daggett runs over to the Goalie Stand and chews down the foam at the base in the same manner he would chew down a tree. The Goalie Stand starts falling down towards the unsuspecting Visitors while Daggett inspects his fingers with the spare time he has.
Finally, The Visitors notice the Goalie Stand falling down on them.
"Hey, what the?!" The Visitors question in unison.
It finally falls down on them and crushes them as the ball flies out. Daggett catches the ball and starts running towards the opposite side, jumping over the Goalie Stand and running with all his speed. He then sticks the ball into the ground, instantly giving The Beavers the first win of the entire game.
The Beavers fans, who had been watching the entire time, finally start cheering since their team is finally picking up steam. Cheering and whistling roar amongst the crowd of formerly unamused and now pleased fans.
"Go Beavers! Go Beavers! Go Beavers!" Treeflower jumps on cheerfully and flails her Pom-poms in the air cheering the team on, fulfilling her role as the cheerleader.
The Football Orchestra, who had been doing nothing the last while, see their win and finally start playing the music. They play "The Lineman" by Sam Spence. A very fitting song for the current situation.
The Visitors squeeze out of the Goalie Stand and face the opposite direction where Norbert and Daggett are.
Daggett holds the ball while Norbert runs up and kicks it the other direction before running off to the Beaver Paramedic Car from early in the game.
The Visitors catch the ball and start running over to Norbert and Daggett, tearing up the green in the process leaving behind nothing but soil. They run up to Norbert and Daggett's side before they stop in their tracks after seeing something.
Norbert and Daggett are in the Beaver Car while it's siren blares loudly.
The Beavers are out for revenge.
A very ugly revenge.
Norbert presses the "Seek and Destroy" button on the car's dashboard as an image of The Visitors pops up on the screen right next to it. The Visitors bolt off as Norbert and Daggett rev up the car as starts drifting after them.
The band starts playing "Hit and Run", also composed by Sam Spence. Also a very fitting music choice for the situation.
The Visitors Quarterback sprints with the ball while The Beaver Car follows him and gains speed. The teeth of the vehicle spring out and snatch the ball right from his hands. The car then starts gaining even more speed and runs right over every member of The Visitors, laying them out across the field.
The Beavers drive up to the end and plant the ball into the ground, scoring yet another touchdown, thus making the Beavers Fans cheer again.
Norbert and Daggett go in for a high five, however Norbert's hand slips and accidentally moves the stick shift from "Drive" to "Ya-Hoo" setting.
Just then, the car starts going out of control and drives into the stands, wiping out lots of people. Not killing them, but crushing them. Most of the fans luckily get out of the way. Two of the fans duck and cover, causing the wood of the bleachers to split and point upwards, thus creating a ramp for the Beaver Car to drive up on.
The car drives up on the ramp and starts flying hundreds of feet into the air, right up to the blimp. Norbert and Daggett scream during this before they end up crashing into the blimp. The car falls far down but Norbert and Daggett grab onto the blimp rail near the propeller for dear life before climbing into the blimp.
The band plays "Dangerous A" by Mladen Franko.
Norbert and Daggett get inside the blimp and sit down before sighing with relief. They take a much needed break.
But this isn't for long.
"This is your captain and we're about to hit the stadium." The captain of the blimp announces before screaming bloody terror.
The blimp hits the stadium as the balloon slips off and starts making its way into the stadium. Luckily, Norbert and Daggett hold on to the balloon with all their might. The balloon then starts rolling into the stands with crowds of people screaming. Norbert and Daggett manage to bounce off of the people and not harm anyone.
The balloon eventually exits the stands and hits the actual field, the impact making the fins fly off and the balloon tumbling. The Visitors look up at the balloon and start running away from it, not wanting to be crushed once more.
Norbert and Daggett run up on the length of the balloon as it tips over, with the two beavers running on it as it tips closer and closer to the fleeing Visitors. The screaming from the audience can be echoed throughout the entire stadium.
Treeflower sees her boyfriend and his brother and becomes extremely worried for them, as one wrong move could result in their demise.
The balloon ends up crushing The Visitors once more.
It's truly amazing how they're not dead. Not after being crushed not once, not twice, but three times.
The orchestra plays "Funeral March" after this.
The balloon ends up making it's way to the one remaining Goalie Stand as the prongs poke into the balloon, causing Norbert and Daggett to lose their balance and fall right off. They fall on the field floor with a thud flat on their backs. The brothers look up and see the balloon falling deeper and deeper on the prongs, closer and closer to popping.
The orchestra starts playing "Dangerous B" by Mladen Franko.
Norbert and Daggett start to get nervous.
The balloon goes deeper.
Their eyes widen with horror.
Treeflower looks on at the carnage. She's terrified for them. Not just for Daggett, but for Norbert as well.
The balloon goes even deeper.
Norbert and Daggett become extremely horrified.
Treeflower becomes panicked.
The tension is so thick that you could cut it with a knife.
The orchestra starts playing the music louder.
Just then, it happens.
The balloon finally pops. A loud explosion follows.
Norbert and Daggett brace for impact and cover their heads with their arms.
However, the unexpected happens.
It starts raining footballs.
Just then, the Beaver brothers get an idea.
They take one football each and decide to seize this opportunity.
Norbert makes a touchdown.
Daggett makes a touchdown.
The crowd immediately starts cheering for The Beavers, having officially won the game. What started out as just another average beating of the team by The Visitors turned into the most intense and memorable football matches in Beaver Stadium's history.
The orchestra starts playing a very victorious song.
The scoreboard starts counting the score for The Beavers, as it gets bigger and bigger. The score is so high, that it literally goes off the scales of the board and flies hundreds of meters away. Easily the biggest score The Beavers have ever gotten, and quite possibly the biggest score any football team has ever gotten.
The crowd starts running out of the stands and into the fields. Norbert and Daggett get into a victory position, awaiting the large hoard of fans to start cheering them on.
However, they completely run past them and instead start crowd surfing the Beaver Car. Completely ignoring Norbert and Daggett entirely.
Norbert and Daggett simply sit on the floor.
"Well that was fun." Norbert simply says.
"FUN?! THAT WAS NUTS!" Daggett screeches before fainting out of pure exhaustion.
Just then, Treeflower comes racing up to Norbert. She watched the entire thing.
"Oh, Norby! I'm so proud of you, sweetie!" Treeflower exclaims as she hugs her boyfriend tightly and kisses him all over.
"Thank you, Treeflower. I love you." Norbert says while hugging her back.
"I love you too, Norby…" Treeflower smiles.
Norbert and Treeflower then kiss passionately as the Kiss Camera focuses on the two of them, showing the entire crowd of people their undying love for each other.
And so, what started out as a very problematic night turned into a night filled with suspense, triumph, good sportsmanship, and sweet victory.
September 28, 1996 will forever live on in Beaver Football History as the most exciting football match in the history of the sport.
The End
