OK originally I was going to the chapter have the complete version of 'Growltiger's Last Stand' but then two things, one the original version has an ethnic slur that was kept in the original American soundtrack and given the hyper sensitive times we're in I was thinking better safe than sorry and have the word CENSORED in bold and italics (Fun to imagine a bleep noise over it) but then thinking foreward to the sequel to this story I realized I would rather have the final stanzas of the song as a form of 'Dark Reprise' for a scene I have planned for that story so this chapter will end with the Turtles leaving the show before the second half meaning I don't even have to bother with the troublesome word, and as for how quick this is all happening being able to get it ready in a single night, A, Musical Universe, people here can memorize lines and stuff much quicker here and B, Marzipan's wild imagination magic can turn the cheapest of items i.e. costumes made out of scrap metal and leaves into looking like legitamate costumes for the duration of the show as Mikey would say Marzipan has the power to basically turn anyplace into a Star Trek Holodeck again using the logic of Muppet Babies, Pajama Sam and other media where kids had 'Wild Imagination' powers as described in the RPG Tooniversal Tour Guide
After Ichabod called Bill, Jim and Bridget and told them Marzipan's plan they all thought it was a great idea and along the way they bumped into Belladonna who asked them where they were going Bridget told her about the show.
"I think I'll tell Don about it and recommend he go see it..." Belladonna said "Last night he was incredibly upset over some nasty insults some mutant alley cat through at him, he felt better the next morning but I don't think he's 100 percent recovered, perhaps the healing power of music will restore the rest of his spirits..."
So Belladonna called Don, Don said he and his brothers would love to see it, but they were going to keep their distance seeing as this show was a means of smoothing out the family drama, they knew of a cliff overhang looking out over that part of the forest they would watch from there.
And so...With Mikey bringing popcorn and soda, (Because of the distance they would be able to eat these movie snacks that normally they would dare eat at a live performance.
Jonathan and Crance and Edward Nygma had brough fold up chairs and placed them a safe distance from the rock formation.
This time the tale of Growltiger's Last Stand would be performed with a Bull, a Squirrel, a Striped Bass and a Human and one of those crew members would be a female...But in a way it was even more in the spirit of Mizzer, what the humans truly wanted, Humans and Humanimals of all species united in their love of art and play.
The music came down from the sky and Marzipan's wild imagination magic took hold the rock formation became a pirate ship and the clothes Bill, Jim, Bridget and Ichabod were wearing became pirate clothes as they became Growltiger's crew as they all sang
"Growltiger was a Bravo Cat who travelled on a barge
In fact he was the roughest cat that ever roamed at large"
Jim furiously flickered his Squirrel tail as he sang "From Gravesend up to Oxford he pursued his evil aims
Rejoicing in his title of The Terror of the Thames!"
All the While Gus, transformed into Growltiger by the Wild Imagination magic his Ragdoll Cat coat of colors now replaced with a scruffier orange tabby cat coat, on Mizzer the same effect has been achieved by trimming and dying his coat this time, he stayed in the shadows laughing manically after each stanza
Bill sang "His manners and appearance did not calculate to please
His coat was torn and seedy, he was baggy at the knees"
Then Ichabod sang his stanza "One ear was somewhat missing, no need to tell you why
And he scowled upon a hostile world from one forbidding eye!"
As Growltiger came out of the shadows and revealed himself the Raffish Crew sang
"The cottagers of Rotherhithe knew something of his fame
At Hammersmith and Putney people shuddered at his name
They would fortify the henhouse, lock up the silly goose
When the rumour ran along the shore..."
"Growltiger's on the loose!" Gus finally belted out with one more evil laugh
The Turtles just smiled as they noshed their popcorn, and Don mused that it really was the power of music that could make such goofy lyrics sound epic, that ultimatly this was a song about a cat who's worse crime was poaching poultry...
Bridget's squeaky voice proved fitting for her line "Woe to the weak canary that flutters from its cage..."
Bill's deeper bovine voice sang "Woe to the pampered Pekinese that faced Growltiger's rage"
Ichabod sang "Woe to the bristly bandicoot that lurkes on foreign ships"
And Jim finsished with
"And woe to any cat with whom Growltiger came to grips!"
Then the Quartet sang in unison again
"But most to cats of foreign race his hatred had been vowed
To cats of foreign name and race no quarter was allowed
The Persian and the Siamese regarded him with fear
Because it was a Siamese that mauled his missing ear!"
Then the music changed and the the Crew all reclined on their sides emphisizing laziness
"Now on the peaceful summer's night all nature seemed at play
The tender moon was shining bright, the barge at Molsey lay
All in the balmy moonlight it lay rocking on the tide
And Growltiger was disposed to show his sentimental side "
Then entered Marzipan transformed by her wild imagination magic into Lady Griddlebone, her pink and purple fur was now purest snowy white and on her chest was an enormous ruff of fur as could easily be seen through the simple purple dress she wore
The Crew sang "In the forepeak of the vessel, Growltiger sat alone..."
Gus sang "Concentrating my attention on the lady Griddlebone..." and he gave a stern look to the crew and they instantly hid "...And my raffish crew lay sleeping in their barrels and their bunks..."
Then from the bushes came several squeaky voiced singers, all clad in golden armour with blue eyes
"As the Siamese came creeping in their sampans and their junks"
"Whoa!" Mikey exclaimed "Where did those guys come from!"
The armour cleverly constructed out of things like scrap metal and leaves, cocealed singers' faces, but upon closer inspection the Turtles could recognize the bodies, arms and legs in particular the Leader of the Siamese had the striped arms and legs of a Zebra and was walking on all fours (Zeb's Mutant Body was still developing and she still couldn't walk onher hind legs like her siblings)
The rest of the Siamese were ordinary woodland animals not Humanimals that Marzipan's magic had bewitched for the evening but five cubs was enough singers to sound like a crowd so it was all right that the ordinary animals couldn't sing.
The Turtles watched for a little while longer, but when it got to the Italian Aria between Marzipan and Uncle Gus...The Turtles were not fans of opera, and while it sounded lovely to Natives of the Universe to the Turtles it sounded like half opera half cats yowling like they heard in the alleys of New York City and it just seemed to go on and on,,,The Turtles couldn't take anymore and grateful no one could see them from here quietly went back to their own dimesnion
Yeah...Got a bit tired so kind of skipped ahead to the end just copying and pasting the lyrics is a lot easier than the last song where I had to change the lyrics to fit the situation but also since it's not related to the plot it wasn't as interesting to write as the previous song.
