A/N: Last time, the gang discovered the mystery behind the reality show: Tim Scam! Now he's turned the teachers against them and captured them. What is his evil plan this time? And will the gang be able to stop him once more? Find out in Part 3, starting now!
Shocking Faux Reality: Part 3
Later, in some kind of underground hideout beneath the mansion, the gang was trapped into a domed cage and had their feet trapped in a large block of dried cement. Scam laughed cruelly at their predicament.
"So, Clark, you and your meddling friends thought you could sneak around and mess up my plans, did you?," he cackled.
"Yeah, well being a known hero, and WOOHP agent, it is what I do," Tony said.
"Yeah, well what have you done to our teachers?," Buttercup snapped as she struggled to get out of the cement.
"Yeah, what's with the mind control?," Jimmy yelled as well.
"All a part of my big new plan to destroy WOOHP!," Scam cackled.
"Which is…what this time?," Daryl asked.
"Well, the teachers of school are supposed to be some of the biggest minds in the world. I figure that with them under my control, I'll be able to use their smarts to aid in my bid to rid the world of WOOHP!"
"Man, and all this just because you got fired?," Timmy said.
"Well, you'll never get away with it!," Danny said.
"Oh yeah, well I doubt you're gonna stop me, being trapped in my domed cage," Scam laughed. "And don't even think of using your powers, because I did some snooping about all of you, and I found out all of your weaknesses. And to add to it…"
Scam then pulled a lever, and water began flowing into the cage via three tubed holes in its ceiling.
"Let's see how long you can all hold your breath!"
"You're insane, Scam!," Tommy said.
"Possibly. Well I'd love to stay and watch you drown, but I still have preparations for the show big premiere. Have a nice swim!"
Scam cackled evilly as he left the hideout leaving the gang struggling to escape their deathtrap.
"I can't Go Ghost!," Danny said, panicked.
"I can't Dragon Up!," Jake cried.
"And we can't break free!," Blossom said as she and her sisters struggled to break free.
"What do we do?," Mac said. "The water's getting higher!"
"If we don't think of something soon, we're all gonna drown!," June pointed out. By now, the water was up to the taller student's waists and the shorter student's chins. Just then, Pikachu suddenly appeared outside the dome in front of the gang.
"It's Pikachu!," Tony said. "It must've avoided capture by the teachers!"
"Ash, quickly! Get him to free us!," Daryl shouted. By now, the water had submerged the shorter students who now struggled to hold their breath, and was up to the taller student's chins.
"Pikachu, use Iron Tail!," Ash commanded. Pikachu's tail hardened into Iron, and he slammed it against the dome and controls. The controls quickly burned out, stopping the water flow, which the dome slowly cracked and soon broke, draining out the water and saving the gang. Pikachu then used Iron Tail again to destroy the cement around the gang's feet, freeing them.
"Good work, Pikachu," Ash said.
"Yeah, you really are a lifesaver man," Bart complimented.
"Pikachu! (Aw, thanks!)," Pikachu said with a blush.
"Hey, guys, look at this," Lilo called. Everyone else headed over to the desk where she was and saw…
"It's a bunch of blueprints and floor plans and…challenge plans for the show," Danny said.
"These aren't just any blueprints and floor plans," Tony said as his eyes widened in shock. "These are WOOHP HQ's blueprints and floor plans!"
"And these 'obstacle course/race/puzzle solving challenge plans' look a lot like WOOHP's security system designs, with noting of their strengths and weaknesses, and how to bypass them," Daryl added. "He's gonna train and program the teachers into enemy spies using the challenges combined with his mind control."
"That way they can break right into WOOHP and slip past anything thrown at them, with no mistakes!," Jimmy finished in realization.
"We can't let that happen, especially not with our teachers," Timmy said.
"Then let's go stop that madman and save them!," Blossom said.
"You took the words, right out of my mouth, Jimmy," Tony said as they all ran for the hideout's exit. They then ran down a long tunnel until they reached the end. Upon exiting they found themselves across the road from the mansion.
"There, now less go get that creep," Bloo said as he began to rush to the mansion, but Daryl and Jake quickly grabbed and stopped him.
"Now hold on Bloo, we can't just go bustin' up in there like a wild centaur, dawg," Jake said.
"Jake's right, we need a plan," Daryl said. Tony took out his MPCOM, and turned it on, only to find…
"Hey, folks. Cam Mist here, hosting the hottest new reality show that everyone's talking about!," Scam said on-screen, in character as Mist. "With the most unusual contestants, and the least expected challenges its gonna be a blast! Catch the big series premiere of House Wacked! Tonight at 8! Only on RealTV!"
"Is that guy full of himself or what?," June said.
"You said it," Tommy said. "I hope I never have to produce a film or TV show with someone as evil as him."
"Tonight? Tonight! That's it!," Tony exclaimed.
"What's it, Tony?," Bubbles asked.
"I know how we can take down Scam and his phony reality show! But we're gonna need some help from our friends. Let's get back to school, right now!"
Later on, back at the House Wacked! Mansion, several guards were standing at the entrance, guarding it from anything. Only these guards were having a conversation with each other, rather than doing their duty.
"So you planning to go back to bouncing clubs after this?," one guard asked the other.
"No way!," another replied. "This is way to good. I hope I get far more jobs like this."
"You know what they say, man: be careful what you wish for," a third guard told him. Suddenly, a rumbling was heard and the ground started to shake.
"What is that?!," Guard 3 said.
"Earthquake!," Guard 2 shouted, as Guard 1 looked in the distance and saw a cloud of dust barreling towards them. He squinted to see more clearly and then gasped in shock and fear.
"No, worse: fan stampede!," he screamed as dozens of ToonSchool students ran up to the entrance, screaming with glee. The guards did stood their ground, blocking them from getting in, as the kids continued to scream, and some with cameras started snapping pictures.
"Hey, we wanna see the contestants!," Eddy (Ed, Edd, 'n' Eddy) shouted.
"Yeah send'em out here!," Manny Rivera screamed.
"And how about that hunky Cam Mist?!," Violet Parr yelled.
"Yeah, I wanna see that big young dream boat," Trixie Tang said.
"We want a sneak peak!," Kick Buttowski chanted with the other students following him.
"Who'd have thought, kids would get so hyped over a reality show?," Guard 2 said. Unknown to them, the ToonSchool gang took this opportunity to sneak past them and slip right through the door unseen.
"I can't believe that worked," Lilo said once they were all inside.
"Yeah, best plan yet, brother," Daryl agreed.
"No problem," Tony said. "Now let's find Scam and the teachers!"
Meanwhile, in the mansion, the live premiere was getting underway as Scam, as Cam Mist, stood in front the cameras, ready to initiate the next phase of his evil plan.
"And we're live in five, four, three, two...," the director said as the cameras started rolling.
"Yo, Television world! This is Cam Mist coming at you live from a major mansion in an undisclosed location," Scam announced in character. "Me and some of Hollywoods best producers now bring to you the hottest new reality show, House Wacked! Here's how it goes: Fourteen contestants stay together in this very house. They learn to live together and then compete against each other in a series of different challenges. At the end of each episode, one contestant will be voted off the show, and last one standing will win a very special prize."
"And I suppose that prize will be a trip to a special secret organization headquarters with the losing contestants to take it over by using the experience and methods from your challenges?!," a voice said. The cameras turned to show Tony and the rest of the ToonSchool gang looking very mad.
"Well look at that, we have some special guests, lead by local hero Tony Clark, aka Yo-Yo Boy!," Scam said, struggling to hide his shock and anger at the gang's escape.
"Yeah, and I have to ask: how did you get the contestants, who happen to be teachers at ToonSchool by the way, to come on the show?"
"Oh, you know, I just pitch the concept of the show to them and they loved it!"
"And by pitched you mean kidnapped and put them under mind control, don't you?!"
Everyone in the studio, and those watching on TV gasped at this revelation.
"What? Now you just hold on a second–," Scam started to say.
"No, we're not gonna just hold on a second, Cam Mist…or do you prefer the name, Tim Scam?!," Tony said as he held up a picture of Scam's mugshot to the cameras, shocking the crew and viewers at home even more. Scam became furious and started to drop his act as Tony said. "And by the way, smile for the cameras, Scam, 'cause you're under arrest!"
"That's what you think!," Scam angrily shouted. "Contestants!"
At that, the teachers all emerged, still under mind control with green glowing eyes.
"Destroy them!"
The teachers charged at the gang, leaving them unsure how to proceed with this.
"What do we do, Tony?!," Bubbles asked.
Tony thought for a moment before saying, "Fight back, but don't hurt them."
At that, the gang charged back at the teachers, who attack the students, with surprising expertise. The gang, while taken by surprise by this temporarily, did their best to fight back without hurting them. As a result, they were all on the defensive, dodging, ducking and blocking blows, trying not to hit the teachers back. During this, Tony noticed something peculiar.
"Hey Jimmy," he said somewhat quietly as he blocked a punch from Sandy. "Look at the way they're fighting. It's like how they do as their Soul Resonance Online avatars."
Jimmy observed as he dodged a kick from Sunny, and seeing Tony was right, said, "Yeah, you're right. That is peculiar."
Meanwhile, Pikachu started to rush into the battle, wanting to help, but suddenly stopped. He still didn't want to use his Electric-Type moves to help him, but in addition, he also didn't want to hurt any of the teachers, especially Professor Oak.
As Tony struggled with Janitor, he noticed his microphone and saw Pikachu, still hesitating to join the fight. He quickly recalled and realized something that could turn the tide of things fast.
"Ash," he cried. "Get Pikachu to use it's Thunder attacks!"
"But it won't use them, remember?," Ash said.
"And what for?!," Daryl asked.
"I know how to stop Scam's plot! Just trust me!," Tony said.
"Pikachu, use Thunderbolt!," Ash called to his Pokemon.
"Pika-Pika, Pikachu (No way, I promised)," Pikachu said as he shook his head no.
"Come on Pikachu, we need you!," Lilo shouted.
"Ikki Baba!," Stitch said in agreement, but Pikachu wouldn't budge.
"Look, we know there's more to you than Electric attacks," Blossom shouted. "You're a great Pokemon!"
"And a great friend!," Tommy added.
"And we don't just mean to Ash," Daryl put in. "You're a great friend to all of us."
"Yeah, man so help us out, li'l man!," Jake shouted. Pikachu stood thinking about what they were saying.
"Look, how about this: you use your Electric attacks again, and we promise Bloo will keep his stupid thoughtless comments to himself for a whole week!," Buttercup proposed.
"What?!," Bloo said in shock.
"That's right: that means no insults, no jokes, nothing!," Danny said.
"WHAT?!"
"And if he does, Rotom will handle him!," June said.
"He agrees, right Bloo?," Mac asked as the students continued to struggle with the mind controlled teachers.
"No flipping way!," Bloo said in offense.
"BLOO!," the rest of the gang snapped in annoyance.
"Alright, fine, I'll keep my mouth shut, cross my heart."
At that, Pikachu finally nodded "yes" and prepared to attack.
"Oh-no, you don't!," Scam said as he lunged for Pikachu.
"Pikachu look out!," Ash cried. Thinking quickly, Timmy pulled out his yo-yo, and did some freestyle moves before using it to pull Pikachu out of the way, just before Scam could grab it.
"Thanks, Timmy!," Ash said. "Now Pikachu!"
"Pika-CHUUUUUUU!," it said as it unleashed a powerful Thunderbolt attack, shocking all the teachers and the nearby transmitter for their mind control microphones. All at once, the shock, knocked out the teachers, shorted out the microphones, and destroyed the transmitter, ending Scam's mind control.
"NO!," Scam cried over the failure of his plan. The teachers, all began to wake up, dazed from the mind control and Thunderbolt.
"What happened?," Daisy asked.
"Where are we?," Minnie asked.
"Not the teachers convention, I can tell," Oak said.
"Boy I could go for some steak!," Jack said.
"AH! He's still being mind controlled!," Cosmo said as he hit them both with a frying pan. Dazed, they then saw Jack's RV out the window and believed it was two.
"Wow, I've got two RVs," Jack said dazed.
"Can I by one from you sometime?," Oak, also dazed, asked as the two passed out.
"No! My perfect plan ruined by a bunch of brats!," Scam said as the teachers continued to recover. "I'll get you for this next time, Yo-Yo Boy!"
Scam then made a run for the exit, but Pikachu quickly sped ahead and jumped in front of him, blocking his path, with a smirk on his face and sparks coming from his cheeks.
"Get out of my way, you meddling sparky ra–," Scam began to insult, but before he could finish, Pikachu hit him with a powerful Thunderbolt attack, shocking him severely. He then collapsed to the ground in a smoking heap just as several WOOHP vans arrived just outside the mansion.
Later on, WOOHP agents had placed Scam into one of the prisoner vans, and set about cleaning up the scene. The gang had informed Oak, Spongebob, and Janitor about what had happened to them.
"So we were all kidnapped and mind controlled by one of WOOHP's greatest enemies in order for him to take revenge on the organization who spurned him?," Spongebob asked.
"Yeah, that pretty much sums it up," Daryl said. Just then Jerry walked up to them.
"So we have Scam back in custody and he's being shipped back to the WOOHP prison as we speak," he said as the doors to Scam's van closed and the van drove off.
"And this time, see if you can keep him in there," Danny said.
"We'll do our best," Jerry said.
"What about everyone who saw they whole thing: the audience, the filming crew, the other teachers?," Janitor asked.
"WOOHP agents have already set about wiping their memories. They won't know any of this happened."
"Good," Tony said. "But what about House Wacked?"
"Yeah, man. It might have been a phony show, but lots of people were looking forward to it," Bart said.
"Yeah, are they gonna be disappointed when the studio cancels it, which they obviously will do once they learn about all this," Tommy added.
"I guess we can kiss the Toonsters big TV debut goodbye then," June said as the Toonsters sighed and groans.
"Not necessarily," Jerry said. "I could pull some strings to keep it going, just without your teachers as the cast."
"Really?!," Tony asked. "You do that, Jer?"
"It's as they say, the show must go on," Jerry said.
"All right!," Tony said as the gang cheered.
"By the way, why does my head hurt so much?," Oak asked.
"Well, you might have been whacked in the head by Cosmo after being freed from mind control," Wanda said. At this, Cosmo quickly hid the frying pan he'd used to hit Oak and Jack before behind his back. "And Tony and Pikachu when they tried to stop Poof's Sleazy and Cheesy obsession."
"Sorry, sir," Tony said as he and Pikachu rubbed their heads in embarrassment.
"Poof, Poof, Poof (I'm sorry about that too.)," Poof said as well.
"Well, I hope you've learned your lesson: No more Sleazy & Cheesy," Wanda said.
"Yeah, you can watch Punchy & Munchy instead," Cosmo said he poofed up a TV with the said show on it. Before Poof could look at it, though, Wanda poofed it away with a frown.
"Well guys, it's been one crazy day," Mac said.
"It's not over yet, dudes," Tony said. "There's still one last thing we gotta do."
Later on, in the mansion, on a special stage, the Toonsters were about to perform the House Wacked theme song live as the rest of the gang and the producers watched.
"Ready?," Tony asked.
"Ready!," the rest of the gang said.
"Then hit it!"
The music began to play as the Toonsters began to sing:
All: The city is ours (2x)
Tony: Rolling past graffiti walls
Billboards lighting up the block
Everyone one of us on a mission
(Oh yeah)
Got a whole crew by my side
Cars beep, beep when they pass us by
We ready to get down to business
(mm, mm)
Jimmy: We pull up, open the door
All the girls, scream there they are
It's packed from wall to wall
And, everybody is calling
Here we come, it's almost time
Feel the rush, now hit the lights
We gonna get it all started
All: Because the night is young
The line is out the door
Today was crazy but
Tonight the city's ours
Live it up
Until the morning comes
Today was crazy but tonight
The city is ours
The city is ours
Bubbles: My, my look how we roll
Was it only months ago
Everybody said we were dreaming
(ooh ooh)
Now we're here like, yeah we told ya
Still far, but we're that much closer
And there ain't no way that we're leaving
(oh no)
Danny: We pull up, open the door
All the girls, scream there they are
It's packed from wall to wall
And, everybody is calling
Here we come, it's almost time
Feel the rush, now hit the lights
We gonna get it all started
(get it all started)
All: Because the night is young
The line is out the door
Today was crazy but
Tonight the city's ours
Live it up
Until the morning comes
Today was crazy but tonight
The city is ours
The city is ours
Jake: We gotta believe
Its destiny calling
June: So night after night
We rock the whole place out
Timmy: As hard as it seems
I know if you want it
Then it's gonna happen somehow
All: Because the night is young
The line is out the door
Today was crazy but
Tonight the city's ours
Live it up
Until the morning comes
Today was crazy but tonight
Because the night is young
The line is out the door
Today was crazy but
Tonight the city's ours
Live it up
Until the morning comes
Today was crazy but tonight
The city is ours
The city is ours
The city is ours
The city is ours
Tony: The city is ours
As the song ended, the rest of the gang and the producers all applauded as the band took a bow.
"And that's just the beginning!," a familiar reality host said on a TV screen in ToonSchool's Chill Room the next day, as the gang watched. "There's a lot more to come on our inaugural season. Who will be the first one sent packing home. Tune in next time to learn the shocking first elimination. Until then, I'm Chris McLean, and this has been House Wacked!"
The show ended and Daryl turned off the TV.
"Wow, I can't believe it, but the show turned out pretty good, considering everything that happened," Timmy said.
"And the Toonsters got their big live TV debut too!," Buttercup added in.
"Yeah, Jerry really saved our necks out there," Danny put in.
"Well it's what he does best," Tony said with a smile.
"Well, you kids are happy," a dull voice said. The kids turned to see the teachers looking glum, including Mickey, who had spoken.
"I can't believe we missed the teacher's convention," Minnie groaned. "I had so much planned too."
"Same here. I was looking to do my first stage performance in so long," Sunny whined.
"I was looking forward to presenting my latest algebra theory to my fellow math teachers," Sandy added.
"And I was looking forward to meeting a whole bunch of trained paranormal physicists too," Jack sobbed. Feeling bad, for them Tony walked up to them.
"Well, there's a comic, anime, and manga convention coming up this weekend," he said. "You could come with us if you want?"
The teachers looked at each other with some thought about this idea.
"Well, if they have a Senior Fusion comic booth, I suppose I'm in," Prickley said.
"I'm for it," Spongebob added.
"I guess I could go too," Mickey said.
"Me too," added Minnie as the rest of the teachers expressed their agreement.
"Then it's settled," Daryl said. Just then, Bloo ran into the room.
"Guys, guess what I just heard?!," he said excitedly.
"What, Bloo?," Ash asked.
"Some scouts from another new reality show are here! They're looking for a bunch of superhero kids to star in the show!"
"And why tell us?!," Blossom asked.
"Because I told them I knew some big time superheroes–basically, you guys–and said you'd be happy to audition for it. So what do you say?"
At that moment, Bloo suddenly found more than a dozen demonic-like glares staring down at him, making him very scared.
"Uh…Was it something I said?"
"You said we'd audition for another reality show?!," Tony growled.
"After everything we went through with House Wacked?!," Daryl said.
"Well I didn't think–," Bloo said.
"Yeah you never think, Bloo," June growled.
"And now we're gonna pound you for it!," Buttercup said as the gang started to advance on Bloo angrily. However, Pikachu ran in front and stopped them.
"Pika-Pika," he said.
"What do you mean 'hold on', Pikachu?," Ash asked.
"Thank you, Pika-Man," Bloo sighed.
"Pikachu-Pika!"
"You have a better idea?," Ash asked as he and the rest of the gang looked confused.
"What do you mean, 'a better idea'," Bloo asked. Pikachu turned and smirked at him deviously, causing him to gulp in fear.
Next thing Bloo knew, he was struggling, gagged and tied to a chair with duct tape, and screaming muffled screams as Billy stood in front of him and sang, very, very poorly. The gang had protected themselves with earplugs to block out the horrible singing.
Billy: (severely off-key) Who let the dogs out?
Who? Who? Who? Who?
"Well, that's one way to shut him up," Lilo said.
"If only we'd thought of this in the first place," Jimmy added in. The gang all laughed at this as Bloo continued to struggle and scream as Billy continued to sing.
A/N: When is Bloo gonna learn to quit putting his foot in his mouth? Oh, well. That does it for another ToonSchool ep. Keep an eye out for the next interview, promo, and episode, coming soon. Read & review, folks.
Also, we have a special dedication to make here. As many of you know, actor and comedian Robin Williams passed away earlier this week. Williams had gotten a start as a stand-up comedian in the 70s before breaking out into television in the 1978-82 sitcom "Mork and Mindy". Through out the next 30 years after the show wrapped, he transitioned into a successful film career, appearing or voice lending in such films as "Hook", "Aladdin", "Flubber", "Mrs. Doubtfire", "Jumanji", and the "Night at the Museum" films and won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for the 1997 film "Good Will Hunting".
His energetic and eccentric comic and acting style will be forever missed throughout the world.
In Memory of Robin McLaurin William
(July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014)
O Captain, My Captain.