AN: Now this episodes will show why reality TV is great but also hazardous to one's health. Check out the drama starting now!
Plot: When Adam announced to the Toonsters that they're going to sing a theme song to a new reality show called "House Wacked", they become excited for it and at the same time, every student became excited that all the teachers and staff are gone for a teacher's convention. However, their excitement turned into horror when they realized that the contestants/stars of House Wacked are the teachers and staff themselves, who are acting far more differently on TV. Can the star students snap their teachers back to reality and uncover the dark truth behind the scenes?
Meanwhile, feeling that Ash is busy helping his friends in some sticky situations, Pikachu decided to join their mission to save their teachers and staff, which leads to hilarity when Bloo can't take him seriously due to thinking his only ability is shocking people.
Also, Tony and Timmy tries to help Poof get over his "Sleazy and Cheesy" cartoon obsession once again.
So time to get this show on the road (No pun intended)!
Shocking Faux Reality: Part 1
It was a sunny morning on the edge of ToonTown. A big white bus, carrying the teachers of ToonSchool, was heading to the entrance/exit of the city. Inside the teachers were exchanging banter about where they where going.
"I can't wait for this convention. It's gonna be so exciting!," Daisy exclaimed with happiness.
"Yeah, word is there's gonna be a special guest band performing there," Sunny agreed.
"Well, I can't wait to meet Mickey there. I just wish he'd gone at the same time as the rest of us, instead of ahead," Minnie said, citing the fact of her boyfriend's absence.
"Well I'm just glad we get a three-day break from teaching and the kids," Prickley said with a hint of relief
"You and me both, Petey," Squidward agreed in a droll tone.
All of the sudden, the bus starts to shake and before the teachers say anything about it, they saw out the window that they are suddenly rose up through the ground.
"Hey, I didn't know this bus can fly," Spongebob said, cheerful
"Actually, Spongebob. IT DOESN'T!," Squidward said in alarm. Outside the bus, it revealed that it had been picked up by a helicopter as it carries it to the mansion on the outskirts. When it reached to it's landing pad, the helicopter carefully placed the bus on the ground.
As the teachers braced themselves, they noticed that they have been landed.
"Hey, what's going on?!," Spongebob exclaimed with suspicion. "This isn't the convention!"
Prickley observed their surroundings and said, "This looks like the outskirts of town."
"And what's with the mansion?," Jack said as he noticed the mansion.
"I don't know, but I got a bad feeling about this, everyone," Minnie said, worried.
Suddenly, a group of men dressed all in black with ski masks barged into the bus and grabbed the teachers.
"Hey who-" Squidward gipped as he was grabbed by the men. "Get your fish hooks off me, you heathens!"
"Get you hand off me! I am a lady!," Nora said as she struggled to get away.
"Ya'll want a piece of me!," Sandy yelled as she started beating down the men with punches and kicks until one zapped her with a taser, stunning her.
The teachers continued to struggle as they were escorted off the bus and to the front of the mansion. There, more men were waiting with mechanical headband-like devices in hand. As the teachers struggled, the men placed the devices on their head. A moment later, the devices activated, causing all the teachers to pass out.
At the Toon Sound Jams recording studio, Cosmo and Poof are in the lounge watching TV when the ToonSchool gang entered it. They have been informed about a special announcement that Adam will declare when they arrive.
"Hey guys! Is Adam here yet?," Tony asked Cosmo and Poof. "He said he had an announcement for us."
"Nope haven't seen him. Poof and I were just watching an old favorite TV show of ours," Cosmo said as he turned towards the TV. Everyone looked at the screen and saw a cat chasing a mouse and then them trying to hit each other with a mallet and frying pan respectively.
"Is that Sleazy and Cheezy?!," Timmy said, recognizing the show.
"You bet it!"
"How can you guys like that complete rip-off of the original cat mouse duo Tom and Jerry?," Jimmy asked in exclamation.
"Dunno…it's a lot funnier I guess."
"Guys, I thought we promised Wanda we'd never watch this show again," Timmy reminded Cosmo. "Not after what happened last time!"
"What do you mean the last time?," Blossom asked in wonder.
"Well whenever Poof watches that show…he… well…"
Timmy pointed towards Poof, who had poofed up a frying pan and was smashing just about everything in sight.
"I see what you mean."
Just then, Adam came into the room, and stood next to Cosmo and right behind Poof, who still had the frying pan in hand.
"Hey guys! Glad you could all make it," he greeted the gang. Realizing what was about to happen, Timmy jumped and pushed Adam out of the way just as Poof swung the frying pan behind him, causing him to hit Cosmo instead. Cosmo, now dizzy, started seeing double of everything, including the studio TV.
"Ooh, the lounge has two TVs?," Cosmo said as he passed out.
"Well, what was that about?," Adam asked.
"Oh, well…my little cousin…has a…thing about violent TV shows," Timmy explained sheepishly. "They make him kinda crazy."
"Well, try to control your cousin and keep him away from those shows for a while," Adam said as he stood up and dusted his jacket. "What you kids watch today…man."
"Well, what do you want to announce, Adam?," Tony asked. "Is it a gig?"
"A movie premiere?," Jake guessed.
"A magazine shoot?," Bubbles guessed.
"A meeting with the world's leaders to praise our newfound popularity?," Jimmy guessed. Everyone stares at Jimmy in disbelief.
"What?! It could happen…someday"
"No, no, no, and what?!," Adam said. "No, I got a call from a guy named Cam Mist. He's the host of House Wacked, which is supposedly gonna be "TV's hottest new reality show". He says he's a big fan of the band, and he was wondering if the Toonsters would record the show's theme song and perform it live."
"Record a theme song? Did you hear that, everyone?," Tony asked as he turned to everyone. The whole gang started celebrating upon hearing the news.
"Yeah. Singing for a TV show, that's gonna be big," Lilo said.
"Really big," Tommy agreed. Bloo, on the other hand just went nuts.
"OH MY GOD! YOU'RE GONNA BE ON TV! YOU'RE GONNA BE BIG TIME! THE GUYS AT FOSTER'S, THE TOWN, THE COUNTRY, THE WORLD, THE GALAXY, WILL GET TO SEE AND HEAR YOU ALL ON TV!," Bloo shrieked in excitement. Mac stepped in to calm him.
"Alright, Bloo, alright. Cool down." Mac said as he massaged Bloo's shoulders.
"Okay… I can handle this… I'm cool…," Bloo said between deep breaths. He finally calmed down and said, "So any chance that the rest of us can come with you guys for a little studio tour?"
Tony, Daryl, and Mac are impressed by Bloo's calmness.
"Wow…," Tony and Daryl gasped in unison and surprise.
"Didn't think you had it in you, Bloo," Mac said, impressed by Bloo's unexpected calming down.
"Uh, sure, I guess," Adam said. Upon hearing Adam's "yes", Bloo went crazy once more.
"YEAHHHHHH! DID YOU HEAR THAT! WE GONNA TOUR THE STUDIO. OH THIS IS GONNA BE SO GREAT, I CAN'T WAIT FOR IT. WHEN DO WE GO?! HUH?! HUH?!"
"And now he's lost it again," Daryl sighed.
In the Creature House, the gang had just explained what was happening to Ash, who had been helping Tracey, and Professor Oak's substitute, Professor Birch keep the place in order while Oak was away.
"The theme song to a TV show? That's great!," Ash said.
"You know it!," Tony agreed.
"And a studio tour of the show too. Bonus!," June exclaimed in excitement.
"Well I definitely gotta see that!," Ash said.
"You can. Adam's letting the whole gang come," Timmy informed him.
"Alright."
Upon hearing this, Pikachu, standing beside Ash, spoke to him.
"Pika-Pika Pi Pikachu," he said.
"What did he say?" Buttercup asked.
"Pikachu wants to come with us."
"Not sure that's such a good idea," Bloo said.
"Why not?" Bubbles asked.
"Because he'll probably do that Thundershock thing on everyone he meets…especially since it's the only thing he can do at all."
Pikachu, angered by this, let out a big Thunderbolt on Bloo, giving him a severe shock.
"Of course, I could be wrong," Bloo said as he fainted.
At Toon Sound Jams recording studio, the House Wacked TV crew introduced themselves to Adam as the band prepared to record the song.
"You're House Wacked's producer, right?," Adam asked a man on set.
"You know it, and I hope you don't mind but I brought some of the crew with me," the producer replied.
"Don't mind at all. So you ready to hear this song?"
"Yeah, I can't wait for it. If this kids are as good as you say they are…"
"Trust me, they're even better."
"Well then, let's get this show on the road."
As the Toonsters are about to start the song, Bloo couldn't keep up the intense pressure at this moment. As he was about to burst out in excitement, Mac then screamed in excitement like a fan, which everyone stares at him in disbelief.
"Sorry. I was uh, screaming on Bloo's behalf," he said sheepishly.
"Right. Just don't do that again, okay?," Jimmy told him.
"Right, sorry."
"All right, guys let's try again form the top," Tony said to his bandmates.
"And remember guys, next we head to the place where "House Wacked" is being filmed." Adam reminded them.
After demonstrating the song for the producers, who loved it and agreed to have it as the song for the show, Adam and the gang were taken by the crew to where the show was being filmed: a certain mansion on the outskirts of town. They were taken to a room with a green screen.
"Not a bad place for a reality show setting," Adam said, impressed with the layout.
"And it's right outside town too," Tony added.
"Well, the contestants are from right here in ToonTown. So we figured filming close to home would be good for them," a voice said. The gang and Adam turned to see a handsome well-built man walking towards them. The girls were immediately love-struck.
"Wow, what a hunk!," Blossom said dreamily.
"By the way, name's Mist, Cam Mist. I'm the host of House Wacked. And you must be the Toonsters and their friends. And you must be their leader, Tony Clark."
He stretched out his hand and Tony shook it with some apprehension.
"Yeah. Um, have we met before?," Tony asked.
"Um… I don't believe so,"
"Well, I could've sworn I've seen you before somewhere."
Before Cam could answer, the girls swarmed on him like locusts. June jumped into his arms.
"I'm Juniper Lee, June for short. Te Xuan Ze, guitarist, and available for dating in 6 years. Wait for me!," she introduced herself.
"We're the PowerPuff Girls! We're everything you could ever want in a girl," the PowerPuffs said in unison.
"Smart!," Blossom said with a brainy pose.
"Cute!," Bubbles said with a cute pose.
"And tough as nails!," Buttercup said with a tough pose.
"And I'm Lilo," Lilo introduced herself. "I admit I'm a little young but I'm sure that won't bother you, right."
"Oh come on, there's no way in heck he'd ever date you guys," Danny said exasperated.
"Yeah, this dude's looking for mature, older women, not crazy little fangirls," Jake agreed. The girls angrily turned and glared angrily, incensed at what Danny and Jake said. The boys quickly became afraid, realizing they had made a big mistake.
"I guess we should run now," Danny said, fearful. The boys ran with the girls chasing them down. They were eventually caught and beat up as the rest looked on.
"Ouch!," Daryl exclaimed as he looked away.
"Anyways, how about I have someone show you around the place?," Cam said as he set June down.
"Sure!," Everyone said together. Cam had one of the crew take the gang (including Danny, Jake, and the girls) around the whole mansion, showing them the bedrooms, bathrooms, living room, plus the rooms where the crew stayed to catch the action. The last stop was the editing room, where the footage was edited for TV broadcast.
"Now for the-," the guide said, before a crewmember came up to him and whispered in his ear. He turned back to the gang. "Uh, excuse me everyone. I have a quick emergency I gotta handle, would you mind staying here for a quick second? When I get back we'll return to the green screen room."
The gang agreed. But little did anyone know, Daryl had other plans.
"Why haven't they introduced us to the contestants yet? I eager to meet them," Daryl said, a little suspicious.
"Maybe they don't wanna let any outsiders get spoilers to leak to the public," Tony suggested.
Well until I meet the contestants, I'm not going back to the green screen room."
"Wait, you mean you're gonna…," Bloo started to ask.
"Wander off and snoop around? You got it."
Tony and Bloo were shocked initially, but soon smiled.
"Well, Daryl I'm impressed. Never thought you'd be so committed to something like that," Tony said, every impressed with his adopted brother.
"Plus I guess we're finally rubbing off on you," Bloo added in.
"Well, I can't believe I'm saying this, but I'm not in the mood to get into trouble today."
"Wow. You serious about that?," Daryl asked, just as surprised at Tony's behavior.
"Yep."
"Amazing," Bloo said, surprised, before snapping back to his normal behavior. "Well, then I'll go with you Daryl."
"Okay," Daryl said with a shrug. The two of them left and began walking around the studio, looking for where the contestants are. Back with the group Tony's cell phone rang and seeing Mickey on the caller ID, he answered it.
"Hiya, Mickey! How's the Big Cheese doing?," Tony said with glee. The response he got, however, wasn't what he expected.
"Um, not so good I'm afraid," Mickey said with worry in his voice.
"Why not? Aren't you and the teachers having fun at the convention?"
"Well, considering that the other teachers never showed up…no."
"What do you mean they never showed up?," Tony asked, stunned.
"I dunno. I waited at the entrance for 5 hours and they never came. And I can't reach any of them either. Something's fishy here, Tony. Very fishy."
Tony was worried. Where could all of the teachers have gone?
Back with Daryl and Bloo, the two had just come across a door with the name "Contestant Green Screen" on it.
"You think the contestants are in here?," Bloo asked.
"Only one way to find out," Daryl said as he slowly opened up the door, and he and Bloo peeked into the room. What they saw shocked them to the core.
There were the teachers, who where supposed to be out of town for the teacher's convention, standing or sitting in the room chatting amongst themselves!
"Oh…"
"My…"
"Gosh!"
The two, still reeling from the shock, closed the door slowly. Daryl slowly took out his cell phone and dialed Tony up. When Tony answered, Daryl spoke with a shaky voice, "Hello, Tony. Bloo and I found the contestants. You might wanna bring the rest of the gang down here. You're never gonna believe who they are."
Minutes later, the gang, having been summoned by Daryl and Bloo were all shell-shocked to see their teachers in the contestant's room.
"I…don't…believe this," June gasped in disbelief.
"What are they all doing here?," Bubbles, just as stunned asked.
"Why are they not at the convention?," Jimmy added.
"I better call Mickey and tell him the news," Tony suggested.
"Wait, look over there!," Mac said as he pointed in one direction. Everyone looked over to where Mac is pointing and saw Jack and Oak speaking to each other.
"It's my dad/Professor Oak!," Danny and Ash said together.
"Maybe they could tell us what's up," Jake said.
"Let's go talk to them," Ash said. The two walk to Jack and Oak, attracting the other teachers' attention.
"Hey guys, what brings you here to visit?," Sandy said with a smile
"You guys, come to see us live and in action?," Sunny said in the same manner.
"Good to see you again," Nora put in. Danny and Ash then reached Jack and Oak.
"Dad?/Professor?," they said. The two then turned.
"Danny!/Ash!," they both exclaimed.
"What are you doing here?," Jack asked.
"What are we doing here? What are are you doing here?," Ash asked in shock.
"Shouldn't you be at the teacher's convention?," Danny asked as well.
"Nah, we've decided we've given up on teaching," Oak informed them.
"Yeah it's too boring," Jack agreed. "I'm looking towards a new life as an eccentric billionaire when I win this show."
"And I'm looking forward to becoming an award-winning actor."
Danny and Ash were stunned. Jack and Oak were giving up their teaching lives for Hollywood? Danny grabbed two bottles of water and handed one to Ash. The two sipped the water and then spit it out in astonishment.
"What?!," they both said.
But Professor, what about me and my mom, and Gary and Tracey, and all the Pokémon?," Ash asked in shock.
"And what about me, and Mom, and Jazz, and Danielle, Dad?," Danny asked, also shocked.
"Please, we'll have fame and fortune and that's all we'll need after this show," Jack replied with a cocky, snobbish tone of voice.
"Yep. Nothing and no one else matters anymore. But don't worry we'll stop by to visit when we can," Oak said in the same tone, shocking the boys.
"Well we gotta go now boys. Time for our dress rehearsal."
Jack and Oak walk off, leaving Danny and Ash completely stunned and what just happened.
"This can NOT be happening," Danny drawled.
The rest of the gang are also flabbergasted at what they saw.
"You mean, they give up their currents lives for this? Or they're just going out of bonkers," Timmy said.
"I don't know, but somehow we've got to find out what the heck's going on here," Ash said determined to get to the bottom of the situation.
"Yeah. The teachers we know would never give up their lives that easy," Bubbles said, just as determined.
"Maybe they just suddenly got greedy," Tommy suggested.
"Or maybe it's mind control," Buttercup suggested as well.
"Or maybe those aren't the real teachers. They're probably evil clones that were made to replace them in their lives," Bloo suggested too. The gang all looked at him with uncertainty. "Well come on, it's at least possible right?"
Tony, however, is in deep thought about the reality show's host.
"I swear I saw that host before and I've got a bad feeling about him," he said. "But I can't put my finger on it."
"Well let's leave that matter alone for now," Jimmy told him. "Right now, we need to figure it out how to get them out of here."
"Well, my mom's always said that if my dad ever says anything out of character then to hit him over the head," Danny said to the gang. Bart then saw an oar in the corner and grabbed it.
"Bart, what are you doing?," Daryl said.
"Doing what Danny said: hitting them over the head," Bart replied. He started to walk to the two, when Ash angrily grabbed the oar away.
"No, we're not hitting them," he said sternly.
"Well, we've got to figure something out," June said.
"I'm betting Cam is behind this," Tony said in suspicion.
"No way!," Blossom protested.
"Yeah, he can't be the one," June agreed.
"Are you even hearing the words that are coming out of you mouth?!," Lilo snapped.
"Oh, come on!," Tony said, annoyed. "Will you stop oogling over him for one second and try looking harder at this situation?"
"Tony might be onto something guys," Daryl said in agreement with Tony. "We best keep our eyes on him." The girls sighed at this, causing Daryl to roll his eyes.
"And not in that kind of way!"
"Well, maybe the answers to our questions are here in this mansion," June suggested.
"Right, let's split up and look for clues. Jake, Jimmy, Bart, Buttercup, you guys check the foyer," Tony said.
"Over it, T," Jake said.
"June, you take Lilo, Stitch, Tommy and Bubbles and search the outside of the mansion."
"Got it," June said with a thumbs-up.
"Danny, you, Ash, Blossom and Timmy try the basement."
"Right," Danny said.
"And Daryl, Mac, and Bloo. You guys come with me, we'll search upstairs."
"Right, now if you find anything suspicious, text everyone else your location and what you found," Daryl instructed.
"And if security catches you, just tell them you're with the Toonsters and you got lost. Everyone got that?"
"Got it," everyone said.
"Now, let's move out!"
The gang then split up to look for clues into the baffling mystery.
Meanwhile, in the camera room of the mansion, a mysterious figure is watching the gang split up on the security camera.
"So now the drama really heats up…," the figure said as he snickered evilly.
AN: Should have known there was something fishy going on? Who's that figure, and what are his plans for the kids? And what's happened to the teachers? Find out more on Part 2, coming soon!