Reptar 2010
"Now sprouts, I know you might feel like havin' me fastfoward the tape," Lou said with a chuckle, "but I ain't gonna do that. Ya see, this movie was made by dedicated actors and writers and key grips and all that and we need ta show'em our respect by watching every second of the film."
"Really grandpa?" Angelica said.
"Really really!" Lou declared. "And we'll also watch all the credits as well. Then we rewind the tape and put it back in the box… be polite to the video store clerks."
And they did just that.
"Wow…"
~MC~MC~MC~
Trixie frowned. "What?"
"And my chapter was short?" the Creator declared, looking up from checking the Battle City rule book.
"Well… when I make them short it is because I've hit all the key parts."
"Uh huh. NEXT!"
~MC~MC~MC~
"Gee Tommy," Chubbie said, watching as Gran'pa fiddled with the tape, "why am I not surprised your grandpa ruined something just because he wanted to get to the good part?"
"Well," Tommy said snidely, "better than just watching the boring parts!"
"Oh boy," Philip said.
"Yeah, they're at it again," Lillip stated with a sigh.
"You know, I wish your mommy and daddy had another baby, one that was better than you in every way!"
"Well… I wish I had a little brother so I could give him all my toys instead of playing with you!" Tommy shouted, rising to his feet and glaring at Chubbie.
"And I wish there was another baby here so he could fly in my spaceship," Bingbong the alien said. "Now let's all sit here and drool for a while then make poopie."
"Okay!" the babies said.
"Uh huh. I thought I warned you about being selfish."
~MC~MC~MC~
The jellybean headed soul just shrugged and stuck out his tongue.
"I ain't changing you if you poop so don't even think about it," the Creator warned. "Well, that's 0 for 2. Melinda?"
~MC~MC~MC~
"Tommy, Chuckie, come here a moment," Lou said, reaching down and grabbing the two tykes. He'd noticed that over the last week or so the babies hadn't been playing like they normally did; Chuckie would quietly sit in one spot while Tommy ran wild. The result was Chuckie seemed listless and bored while Tommy had gotten several time outs and Didi was even thinking of cutting all sweets out of his diet, much to Tommy's horror. "You two like the movie?"
The babies nodded and he smiled.
"And ya got what the message was, right? Reptar and the Government they didn't see eye ta eye at first. Reptar wanted ta run wild and the government wanted ta play it safe. It was only by working ta-gether that they defeated Robosnail. Life is like that. Ya have ta work ta-geher in order to have things turn out for the best."
Tommy and Chuckie looked at each other before both reached out and hugged their friend.
~MC~MC~MC~
"…"
Melinda smiled.
"…better than aliens."