The following day, a loud screech echoed through the camp. Startled, Ginger shot to her feet. She looked around to see a woman she had never met before. She had raven hair and hickory eyes. Her skin was smooth mocha skin. Ginger outstretched her hand.
"I'm sorry, but I don't think we've met. Are you Eartha Kitt?"
Without looking, the woman responded, "It's me! Mary Ann!""
Mary Ann turned to face Ginger. She immediately covered her mouth. In Ginger's place stood a woman with nearly black eyes and chocolate colored hair. Her lips were covered in a bright scarlet lipstick. Her skin was tawny. Mary Ann let out another screech.
"Ginger! Look in the mirror!"
The actress did so. She cocked her head to the side.
"I look just like Rita Moreno, from West Side Story," she muttered.
The two women shared a look.
"Professor," they called in unison.
As if on cue, the intelligent man burst into the hut. His blue eyes widened with shock at the sight before him. Gilligan and the Skipper stood behind him with similar expressions.
"I'm Ginger," she waved.
"I'm Mary Ann."
"Astounding," muttered the Professor as he walked into the room, "So, it is, in fact, contagious."
Gilligan raised his eyebrows at the transformed Mary Ann.
"Hey! Don't you play Catwoman on Batman?" he asked excitedly.
"Oh Gilligan, Eartha Kitt does. I just look like her."
"It's definitely convincing."
The Skipper walked over to Ginger. His hands fluttered at the level of his chest.
"You look just like Anita," he told her.
Ginger raised her eyebrow with a smirk.
"I didn't know you went to see musicals, Skipper."
The rotund man blushed slightly.
"Professor," whined Mary Ann, "What are we gonna do?"
"Oh! Right."
The man studied the girls closely.
"Well, to be frank-"
"No Professor," Gilligan interrupted, "She's Catwoman and she's Anita. No one here is Frank."
The Skipper rolled his eyes and crossed his arms.
"It's an expression," he grunted.
"As I was saying," the intelligent one continued, "it doesn't seem we can do anything. We just have to wait for the effects to wear off."
"I still don't understand how I got it," Mary Ann added, "Ginger was the only one to touch the plant."
"More specifically the blue fungus. Well, it seems the fungus has the same properties of poison oak."
"But, we're not itchy," Ginger replied.
The Professor laughed.
"I meant that once you touch it, the oil is very difficult to rub off. You probably touched, or bumped into, Mary Ann sometime yesterday that caused her to contract the same phenomenon."
"But why did I change again?" inquired the actress.
"Who knows? It could just be how the oil works. Instead of getting a rash, you turn into someone else."
"Do you think it could come off with some water?" the Skipper asked.
"Probably, if some soap was added into the mix."
Mary Ann looked into the mirror and smiled. She stroked her new, long hair.
"Hmm. I kind of like this," she replied, "I might just wait to let it wear off."
Ginger laughed.
"No kidding," she agreed, "My skin is so much smoother now."
The men rolled their eyes as the girls giggled.