Blackwolfen: The story slowly picks up speed. I'm curious whether you dear readers could recognize all the cartoons that we have inserted here.

Gemwing2012: Thought it would be fun to add in a twist by adding some beloved cartoon shows from the 30s to late 90s, especially Disney Afternoon favourites.

Nataliethatsme: it's cool to add more cartoon characters to this part of the story. I love watching looney toons growing up and having more people from Disney and other tv shows really adds more fun and creativity to the story

LexieLuthor98: Growing up, I fell in love with a variety of different cartoons, from Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog to Roger Rabbit, and of course, who could forget Looney Tunes? It's amazing to see all these characters come to life in this story and we'll get to meet 'em! If you dream long and hard enough, you might meet them too. ;)

Anyway, can't wait to see where this goes, and I hope you folks enjoy the story!

Further away from Earth, hundreds of lightyears away (give or take, 50 feet), there is a distant planet called Moron Mountain. Okay, so it's a rather strange choice of name, even for an alien planet. On the other hand, calling the place "Planet Moron" would be rather insulting and uncreative.

Anyway, Moron Mountain is the local resident of the Moron Mountain Amusement Park under the management of its owner and founder, the cruel, greedy and narcissistic Mr. Swackhammer. The reason why the term "narcissist" is brought up is because Swackhammer had established his amusement park in his own image, ranging from the rides, games and other attractions. Heck, even the monstrously grotesque entrance to the park bears his face.

The Moron Mountain Amusement Park is not exactly the most ideal place for even a family to visit, mostly for its unsavory attractions. And the rides are rather dangerous. Such as one particular ride a one-eyed alien father and his preteen son were currently at this very moment.

Apparently, Swackhammer had thought a ride where the patrons would be in a rocket rotating around a large figure in his likeness while it shoots lasers out from its cigar was a good idea on paper. In reality… not so much. Apparently, it was a crowd displeasure from the very start as the laser struck the rocket the father and son customers were riding in, throwing it off its hinges as the adult screamed before it crash landed a few yards away.

Both patrons were thankfully unhurt but not very happy with the near death experience as the father dizzily readjusted his eyeglass while his son removed his restraint in his seat. Of course, the young boy was the most irritatedly vocal of his opinion about Moron Mountain.

It's more than a death trap potentially looking for a lawsuit but it's also lame!

"Let's get outta here, Dad. This stinks!" The alien kid snapped in annoyance as he readjusted his blue baseball cap he casually wears backwards. "Don't bring me here anymore, alright?"

Nearby, a single humanoid cat-like alien mother was walking by with her toddler daughter hand-in-hand as the curious little kitten was clutching her alien version of a teddy bear which has green fur, large dark eyes, pointy ears and antennas.

The kitten girl had overheard the green-skinned cyclops boy as she actually agreed with him. Being no older than 4-years-old, there were some things in the park that didn't sit well with her either.

"Mommy, that boy over there is right. I don't like this place." She piped up. "Everything is boring and really scary. Most of the attractions are as ugly as that big, mean man who runs it. They don't even have any pony rides or a petting zoo. The next time we go to an amusement park, can we not come back here again, please?"

In the depths of his office, Mr. Swackhammer growled as he witnessed both conversations between parent and child on his surveillance cameras, the cyclops boy's bratty demand and the kitten girl's mentions about the lack of petting zoos and pony rides (and to mention her innocently insensitive impyment of him being ugly, never mind mean) echoing all of the TV screens.

For someone who runs an amusement park intended for the whole family, Swackhammer is not a very nice guy. A mean, greedy, arrogant and cruel alien who's only in it for the money.

He is a short, portly green-skinned alien with dark greenish-blue spots on most of his face and hands, a dark green five O'clock shadow, greenish-purple lips, small, pointy ears and yellow eyes with lavender irises. His choice of wear is a maroon colored business suit, a magenta dress shirt, a pink rose pinned into his lapel and dark gray sandals (a very bizarre and very unprofessionally impractical choice of footwear even for a business man).

Although Swackhammer is short in comparison to some of his paying customers, from the perspective of his smaller employees, the Nerdlucks, he's huge. A great, hulking giant who bullies and abuses his own employees should the smallest thing upset or annoy him.

He had known for some time that his amusement park was running slow for business but the statements from those insufferably stupid kids were the final straw!

"Are you listening?!" Swackhammer exclaimed angrily as he held up the remote to switch off all of his surveillance TVs, his employees frantically scurrying over to his desk. "Did you hear them?! Did you hear them?! Those little brats are right!"

Pound, the pudgy orange Nerdluck with green eyes and wearing a green bow tie and the unofficial leader of the main five employees, nodded as he and the other four stood to attention.

Nawt, the smallest and more soft-spoken of the five with red skin, brown eyes and wearing a light orange bow tie, scrambled up onto the desk with a nail file in hand. Bang, the mildly slender green-skinned Nerdluck with an orange bow tie and Bupkus the mildly more hyperactive purple-skinned alien with the yellow bow tie went under the desk, Bang carrying a cloth in hand.

"I've told you once, I've told you a thousand, thousand, thousand, THOUSAND, A THOUSAND TIMES!" Swackhammer shouted while banging his fist against his desk. "WE NEED NEW ATTRACTIONS!"

"Right!" Several duller, gray-skinned Nerdlucks simpered as they quickly nodded.

Swackhammer grabbed a fresh cigar from his special golden cigar container and a lighter to light it as Nawt was preparing to file his nails while Bang and Bupkus were shining his sandals.

"New ones!" Swackhammer stated, turning to Nawt.

"Uh-huh." Nawt nodded as he was filing Swackhammer's nails.

"Get it?!"

"Yeah, big shiny things. Yeah."

Bupkus was in the middle of literally licking Swackhammer's sandals as Bang added in, "Absolutely, sir!"

Frustrated, Swackhammer briefly turns to Blanko, the tallest, lankiest and not quite the brightest of the main five, who's skin is blue and bears a pink bow tie. Blanko could only flinch back a bit as his employer flips his lighter on, carelessly swaying the thing back and forth.

"Look at me! Look at me and listen!" Swackhammer ordered as he unknowingly and carelessly set Pound's tail aflame with the lighter, making him howl in pain and running off the desk. "The customer is always right!"

"Right!" The Nerdlucks agreed.

"The customer is ALWAYS right!" Swackhammer repeated, lighting his cigar and smoking on it once he's done lighting it. "Always."

He takes out his cigar and blows the thickest, blackest and foul-smelling cloud of tobacco into Blanko's face, who could only cough and sputter in reply. The lanky blue Nerdluck groaned in disgust as he feebly waved the smoke cloud away with his short, scrawny arms.

"Right…" the other Nerdlucks confirmed nervously.

Swackhammer got up from his desk and lumbered around in his office, struggling to think of something new. Something that he hadn't tried. Something that could entertain the customers non-stop. It has to be something really exciting and is a surefire to fill his wallet until it explodes.

He walks over to his window, occasionally puffing on his cigar in thought. The funny thing about new ideas is that… they don't always jump out at you at the drop of a hat. Or do they?

"Okay, we need something in between." Swackhammer grumbled. "We need something epic and exciting! Something with action! And something with the musical numbers thrown in every now and then!"

As a few Nerdlucks hopped up beside him, Swackhammer carelessly whacked them away as he turned from the window.

"But we also need something… nutty!" He exclaimed as he went back over to his desk and turned around to sit back down.

However, the moment he did, Swackhammer had unknowingly sat down on the remote, mashing all of the buttons which switched all of the surveillance TVs back on behind him. However, instead of the amusement park and all of the patrons and people manning the attractions, the screens showed random cartoon shows ranging from the late 30s over to the 90s.

"We need something wacky." Swackhammer muttered.

"Nutty and wacky!" Nawt chimed in.

"We need something… something… something… We need something-!"

"Toony?" Bupkus interrupted before he had caught himself, afraid of his employer's wrath for interrupting his train of thoughts. "Oops!"

Swackhammer frowned. "Toony?"

The park owner turned around to notice all of the various cartoon shows ranging from Betty Boop to Tom & Jerry, Scooby-Doo and Looney Tunes. Even Disney cartoons from Silly Symphony shorts and Disney Afternoon shows flashed across the screens.

One screen showed a group of demons very similar to the Devil from Cuphead surrounding Betty Boop, who gave them the cold shoulder and turned the demons into ice statues.

On another screen, Darkwing Duck could be seen doing a somersault several times in a row while on another screen further down, Cuphead, Mugman and the Devil from The Cuphead Show could be seen. The latter had just received an electric shock from the Invisible Sweater as he tries to grab Cuphead's soul.

On another screen, Goliath from Disney's Gargoyles is seen standing up in the middle of a rainstorm as night has fallen, his eyes glowing bright white as he raises his arms up, flaring his wings open and roars as thunder claps and lightning flashes dramatically behind him.

On another screen, Sonic from Adventures of Sonic the hedgehog was once more defeating the evil Dr. Robtonik and his hench-bots, as he and his best friend Tails destroyed a robot factory and flew off laughing and high-fiving each other.

Now another screen shows the Mickey Mouse short film, The Prince & the Pauper as Mickey's double, along with Donald Duck and Goofy are being chased by weasel guards who threw weapons (and, bizarrely, a kitchen sink) at them. Goofy reached out behind himself to poke his finger on the tip of a dagger thrown at him before he pulled it back and yelped, "Gawrsh! That thing's sharp!"

On a screen at the bottom, Baloo from Talespin could be seen throwing a pineapple into one of his propellers, which were cut into slices. Three of the slices landed in the face of Don Karnage. Two in front of his eyes looking like goggles and one around his snout.

Now the next screen shows Monterey Jack from Rescue Rangers going through his "cheese attack" as he sports a manic grin, his eyes spinning with green and yellow circles and his moustache twists as the tips puff up as he exclaims, "Cheeeeeese!"

Below that is a scene of Scrooge McDuck from the 90s' original DuckTales in his money bin, dressed in an old timey red and black stripe swimsuit as he jumps off the diving board and dives into the "ocean" of money. He pops back out and spits out a few coins like he would with water after diving into a swimming pool.

Right next to it could be seen another Devil running after a smaller one before he gets kicked down from a cliff by the smaller one.

Atop of that is a scene of Jerry Mouse trying to run up the stairs as Tom Cat gleefully loosens the carpet from beneath him and pulls at it in an attempt to drag Jerry back down, only to end making a large piano slide down from the top of the stairs. Upon seeing the incoming piano, Jerry shrieks in alarm and quickly leaps out of the way. Tom also screams and tries to run away from the piano wayward, only to run into a dead end at a wall before getting squashed flat by the piano.

Another screen shows a scene of Scooby-Doo and the Mystery Inc. gang getting chased by a in a hallway of doorway, running and chasing each other in and out of the said doors.

In one screen, one scene shows Yogi Bear sneaking towards a picnic table while hiding in a bush to swipe a picnic basket while the screen next to that shows Snagglepuss about to run offscreen as he exclaims, "Exit stage left!"

There was another screen that showed Popeye downing a whole can of spinach in one gulp while beating the snot out of Bluto when he was messing around with Olive Oyl.

Yet another screen showed Roger Rabbit trying to save Baby Herman from hurting himself, but he went from being pinned to the wall to being cooked in the oven and running all over the kitchen with smoke coming out his butt.

On another screen, Bugs Bunny rushes over into another room to get dressed into his Super Rabbit costume. However, he steps back out, dressed up like Little Bo Peep in a pink dress, carrying a cane and a cute little sheep plushie on a leash, making him sheepishly say, "Eh, whoop. Pardon me, wrong costume."

Seeing all of the incredible cartoons on all of the screens, Swackhammer suddenly grinned, finding the new attractions to his theme park.

"YES! That's IT!" Swackhammer declared. "Yes! Now you're talking! That's what I'm looking for!"

Bupkus giggled, nodding in excitement, happy that his boss wasn't going to hurt him but also the fact he had found a means to bring in more customers.

"Mickey Mouse! Bugs Bunny! Popeye! Betty Boop! Tom & Jerry! Roger Rabbit! Darkwing Duck! Scooby-Doo! And even that Cup!" Swackhammer exclaimed.

"Head!" Nawt piped up.

Swackhammer rolled his eyes. "Yes, thank you, Nawt. Anyway, I want all of those toons! ALL of 'em!"

Bupkus leaps up into the air, waving blue and orange coloured pom-poms as though he were a cheerleader as he cheers, "All of 'em!"

"Bring 'em here!" Swackhammer ordered, pointing down at the floor for emphasis.

But his moment of triumph was about to hit a mild roadblock when one of his puny employees had the nerve to point it out.

"Uh, excuse me, sir?" Blanko piped up, making Swackhammer look down at him. "Just noticing, sir. They're from Earth. What if they can't come?"

Swackhammer faked a sweetly innocent smile as he asked, "What did you say? What if they can't come?"

Then, without any warning, he reached down, making all of the Nerdlucks scamper away. All of them except for poor Blanko as Swackhammer grabbed him in his fist, making his eyes bulge wide as his employer practically squeezed him like a stress ball.

"Make 'em." Swackhammer sneered as he pulled Blanko up to his face.

"Cool." Blanko managed to squeak out.

"MAKE 'EM!" Swackhammer echoed before he cackled wickedly while his employees, as nervous as they were, laughed along with him.

All of those cartoon characters are going to make him billions for millionaires. One way or another, each and every one of them will be a part of his amusement park… whether they like it or not.

Meanwhile, from one of the two entrances of the Public Sports Center, Alicia and her brother left it. In addition to their normal clothes, they each carried a sports bag with their sports clothes in it.

Since it was a bit warmer outside again than before, Alicia was wearing her T-shirt with Balto on it instead of her thin jacket. On her right wrist is a bracelet made from woven navy blue cords, two white glass beads and a red one in the middle and the clasp in the shape of a silver wolf head. The very bracelet that was specially made for her by Katie, Lexie and Natty since their time together.

John was also wearing a T-Shirt but with a Super Nintendo Entertainment System on it with some Nintendo Characters surrounding the Console like Mario, Kirby, Donkey Kong and Link.

"Man did it feel good to be playing real basketball again!" John said excitedly as he put his arm on Alicia's shoulder.

"Yeah, I have to say I really enjoyed it too." She agreed.

Her Smartphone vibrated in her pocket. Curious, she took it out of her pocket and wiped the display with her thumb to read the message.

Katie: Hi, Ali. It's me, Katie. Just wanted to know how you're doing.

"Who is that writing you, Sis?" John asked, looking over his sister's shoulder.

"A Friend of mine. Her name is Katie Gemwing." Alicia replied.

She taps on the message and a chat opens.

Alicia: Hey, Katie. Me and my Brother are fine, we just left the sports center after a small basketball match.

Katie: That sounds awesome! Lexie, Natty and I are just arriving at the airport for our trip to California.

Alicia: You are coming to California? That sounds great, then we'll see each other.

Katie: Cool. Maybe we could meet up to grab a drink or something. Maybe you could even invite your brother so we can be introduced. After how much you speak so much of him, I'd love to meet him.

Alicia: Sure my Semester starts in a few Months so I have enough time for you to meet him and our Dog Duke.

Katie: I'd really like that a lot. Tell John I said hi for me. See you soon ;)

John (Writing the message): Hello :)

Katie: Hey. Hope to meet you soon. Your sister's such an amazing person, isn't she?

John: Oh sure she is ;)

Katie: See you both soon. Hugs and kisses to your dog, Duke ^^

Alicia: Thanks and see ya soon!

Katie: NP.

Both siblings walked the path back home with their Stuff. Playing basketball sounds fun and all but smelling like an old rug is not a great thing. Both needed a bath when they returned home.

Meanwhile….

Katie stretched her arms out as she had settled her luggage down beside her, scanning the sea of the busy crowd wandering about in the hallway of the airport for any signs of Lexie and Natty. The downsides of being born and growing up in the UK is that the time zones between there and America are always so different. While it's broad daylight right here in California, it should be the middle of the night back home.

There was a small movement in the small purple bag on her belt before the flap opened and the head of a tiny, furry, 2D animated dragon-like creature peeked out.

Instead of scales, his entire body is covered in fur white as sea foam with deep blue spines along the small of his back as well as the back of his head as well as a matching crest that looks like a tuft of hair. His ears are long and rabbit-like with pink insides and deep blue tips. His tail is long, bushy and fox-like with a blue tip while his paws are light blue, each with a light pink paw pad. His eyes are aqua green and instead of the traditional membranous bat-like stature, his wings are more flower-like, light sea green in color with dark blue tips and the stalks are ebony black. And he wears a midnight blue bandanna scarf with a silver trim around his neck.

Kaichi the Ocean Sprigon had once been just a drawing, an idea on paper from the creativity of Katie's mind. But after an incident concerning her own adventures inside a Cuphead book along with Lexie, Natty, Liam and his kid brother, Matt, under some unexplained circumstances, Kaichi had gained life of his own and was her best friend and loyal companion ever since.

"Any signs of them yet?" He inquired.

"Whoa! Stay down, Kaichi!" Katie whispered. "Just because you're small doesn't mean you're safe from being spotted. People are not used to seeing cartoon characters actually roaming about here, much less if they're fairy-sized dragons."

She nervously looks around to make certain she wasn't getting any odd looks from people passing her while trying to keep Kaichi from being spotted with the impression she's doing something weird to her belt bag and talking to herself.

"Sorry, my bad." Kaichi mumbled sheepishly as he lowered back down into hiding.

Katie glances around some more until she hears:

"Kate! Over here!"

Sure enough, she could spot Lexie and Natty not too far off from her, waving. She'd recognize the black newspaper boy hat and the starry headband anywhere.

"Girls!" Katie exclaimed happily as she grabbed her things and hurried over to them. "I'm so happy to see you both again. It felt so long."

"I know! It's been forever!" Lexie beamed, hugging Katie.

"Yeah! Totally happy to see you both again!" Natty agreed as she joined in the hug.

When all three of them pulled away, peeking out from under Lexie's hat is a little cartoon black kitten with a pink nose and wearing a golden cat collar with blue gemstones and a blue bow next to her ear as she mews.

"Aya!" Katie grinned.

Aya gave a happy mew and cute smile at Katie. From Natty's jacket pocket came a small cartoon hamster with gray fur and a white underbelly, white paws, pink ears and black eyes. She additionally wore a green hat with a flower on it, similar to the one Minnie Mouse wore back in the early Mickey Mouse cartoons.

"And Daisy!" Katie beamed. "How are you, girls?"

Aya and Daisy mewed and squeaked happily in reply.

"Just as excited and happy to see you and Kaichi again." Natty stated as she and Lexie noticed Kaichi peeking out from Katie's bag.

"So, now that we're here, how about we get on over to the hotel and settle in?" Katie suggested. "Just texted Alicia. Said we could meet up at a coffee shop for a drink later on. She also mentioned about introducing us to her brother since she's inviting him along."

"Good idea." Lexie nodded.

"Yeah, let's go." Natty agreed.

With their animal companions ducking back into hiding, the girls gathered up their belongings and began to leave the airport for the hotel. They were going to make the most of their stay in California the most exciting time of their lives without any unexpected surprises or mishaps.

Or so they had hoped.