It has been an hour and a half since the Tiny Toons left Safety City. To pass the time, Babs has decided to sing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" by Cyndi Lauper, much to Plucky's annoyance.
"Babs, I am going to take that stereo and shove it down your-" He ranted.
He was cut off by the mobile home going over a speed bump which caused Plucky to go flying from his seat, and banging his head on the ceiling.
"Talk about un splitting 'eadache." Giggled Fifi.
"Fifi, please don't be like that." Requested Hamton. "I don't make fun of your friends when they get hurt."
"Like, that's because Fifi's friends are totally not as egotistical as Pl-ucky." Shirley replied.
"There seems to be a dent in the ceiling." Plucky pointed out. "I wonder if the mobile home is hurt by that."
He began chuckling at his own joke. Nobody else laughed, except Hamton, who seemed to let out a forced laugh.
"Good one, Plucky." He said.
Furrball remained quiet throughout the whole thing. He was sat between Babs and Shirley. The only one who took notice of Furrball's silence was Hamton.
"Everyone, our next stop approaches!" Buster announced. "It's a city that has a lot of grass."
"Imagine the kind of lawnmowers that must be here." Calamity chuckled.
"Let me check the map." Babs said, taking out the map from her ear.
"Why do vou keep zhe map een your ear?" Fifi asked.
"For comedy purposes." Explained Babs, looking at the map. "It says here that this place is called Grass City."
"Really, author?" Plucky asked. "Grass City? The previous city was called Safety City. I'm sensing a pattern."
Babs ignored Plucky and continued reading about Grass City.
"It says that grass and things related to grass such as plants are very important and sacred in this city." She informed. "There are a lot of paths so people don't walk on the grass too much."
"Let's just hope it's not illegal to walk on the grass." Hamton said. "I have no desire to be in another dungeon in a city I don't even live in."
"Nor do I wish to see vou letting yourself getting arrested just for your friends." Fifi replied, sounding like she was in the verge of tears. "Words cannot describe 'ow worried I was for vou."
"Well, I saw you go near your friends and Plucky is my best friend, so I felt compelled to at least be there for him." Hamton explained, quietly.
"Do not forget what I 'ave told vou, mon amour." Fifi replied.
Hamton informed Fifi that he noticed Furrball's quietness when he was near Babs and Shirley, and told her that he'd like to speak to him. Fifi noticed a nearby cafe, and suggested to him that he take Furrball there.
"Hey Furrball." Hamton said. "Wanna get something at the cafe with me."
"That would be nice, but I haven't got money." Said Furrball.
"Don't worry about it." Hamton replied. "It's on me."
The two of them went to the cafe while the others explored the city, making sure to avoid stepping on the grass. When inside the cafe, Hamton was honest and straightforward with Furrball about why he brought him here in the first place.
"I noticed you were shy around Babs and Shirley." He said, honestly.
Furrball was immediately caught off-guard. He didn't expect any of the other Tiny Toons to notice that.
"If there's something wrong, you can tell me." Hamton replied. "I'm your friend."
Furrball sighed, took a sip of his tea, and let out his explanation.
"I tend to get shy, especially when I'm around girls." He said. "I would like to talk to them more, but I get too shy to talk to them as I worry that I'll say something that'll upset them. I know I talked to Shirley, but she's one girl, unless you count her aura."
Hamton listened to every word Furrball said.
"Hey now." Hamton replied. "You don't have to worry. If you'd like to talk to girls more, perhaps me and Fifi could help you out."
Furrball smiled in appreciation. They were handed the bill. As Hamton was paying and leaving a tip, he heard Plucky's voice at a nearby table.
"What is this?!" Plucky's voice exclaimed.
Furrball and Hamton discovered that Plucky was in the cafe. He had asked for a meat sandwich, and the sandwich served to him had bread between two meat slices, instead of meat between two bread slices.
"Why is the meat on the outside of the bread?" Plucky asked.
"That is how we serve out sandwiches." Explained the waiter. "People have said that it should be bread, meat, bread, but that would be too dry, and doesn't not result in juicy fingers."
"Whoa, Deja vu." Commented Hamton. "Something about that meat sandwich rings a bell."
Furrball looked at Hamton with confusion regarding the sandwich, and yet having a similar feeling.
"You... wanna see how the others are doing?" Hamton asked.
Furrball nodded. Before either of them could get off their seats, they heard screaming from outside the cafe.
"Run!" Yelled the voice of a man.
"They've come back!" Yelled the voice of a woman.
"What if they steal my gummy bears?!" Panicked another man.
"What is going on?" Hamton asked.
He and Furrball went outside to investigate, and discovered to their horror, that there were giant plant monsters attacking the city. They looked like giant cabbages with thin legs and sharp teeth.
"Maybe this is what happens when you don't eat vegetables." Commented Hamton.
The plant monsters ate parts of various buildings, threw people aside, stole a man's gummy bears (much to his horror), and to the horror of Hamton, eating entire hotdog stands.
"Not the hotdog stands!" He yelled, in horror.
"Is talker what you're concerned about?" Asked a familiar voice.
Furrball and Hamton discovered who appeared to be Mary Melody, except she was greener and taller. There was a lot of leaves and branches on her. The only parts that resembled her was her hair and face.
"I am Swamp Melody." She said. "I've come here to protect these people."
"Wait, Mary?" Hamton asked.
"Shhh!" Shushed Swamp Melody. "Keep your voice down. The point of superheroes is to keep identities secret."
Plucky exited the cafe shortly afterwards and was surprised to see her.
"Mary Melody?!" He exclaimed.
Swamp Melody sighed in exasperation.
"Look, you and your friends have your own hero identities." She whispered. "Don them, and then meet me in the centre of town. Bring the others."
The Tiny Toons that met with Mary went to find the other Tiny Toons. Calamity and Little Beeper were observing a manure stand, Shirley, Babs, and Buster were at a lawnmower museum, and Sweetie, Sneezer, Byron, and Fifi were watching a puppet show that told the history of sunflowers.
"We've got to get to the centre of town." Said Hamton. "We also need to don our hero attires."
After changing into their Just-Us League attires, they went to look around town for Swamp Melody. They came across a plant monster eating a dollhouse, another skipping lines to the public bathrooms, and a man mourning his eaten gummy bears.
"Jeez, what's with this guy and gummy bears?" Asked BatDuck.
"Ahem!" Swamp Melody said, getting their attention.
The Just-Us League turned to find Swamp Melody hiding behind a wishing well.
"Good, you made it." She said. "I know what's causing these plant monsters."
"Did Wile E Coyote make them to catch the Road Runner?" Asked Little Dasher.
"No." Said Swamp Melody. "They were created by Putrid Ivy."
"Who ees zhis Putrid Ivy?" Asked Scentana.
"Putrid Ivy was the result of a mixture of bad fertiliser and a flower that has yet to be wilted. She has created an army of plant monsters to ransack this place." Explained Swamp Melody.
"And she can hear you!" Came a voice.
Standing on a large purple rose was Putrid Ivy. She looked like Bimbette, but with a lot of green. Green eyeshadow, green lipstick, green hair and tail, and green dress with leaves attached to it.
"Aw, lookie here." Teased Putrid Ivy. "A bunch of cute cosplayers trying to look like the Justice League."
"We are the Just-Us League!" Exclaimed SuperBun. "And besides, aren't you a ripoff of Poison Ivy?"
"I am Putrid Ivy!" She clarified. "Poison Ivy isn't a skunkette, especially not one as beautiful as me."
"Well Superman and Wonder Woman aren't rabbits." Said BatDuck. "Green Lantern isn't a cat, Zatanna isn't a skunk, Aquaman isn't a dog, Green Arrow isn't a coyote, the Flash isn't a road runner, Shazam isn't-"
"Enough!" Interrupted Putrid Ivy. "Get them!"
She summoned more plant monsters to attack. Decoy and Scentana stood next to one-another, protective of the other. Putrid Ivy took notice of this.
"They seem rather close." She said to herself. "Perhaps I should see how close they are."
As Putrid Ivy schemed to herself, she saw SuperBun destroy a good chunk of the plant monsters with his icy breath and heat vision.
"Face it, Putrid Ivy!" Said SuperBun, proudly. "Given my powers, I have superior strength and agility!"
"Do you also have a superior sense of smell?" Putrid Ivy asked, confidently. "Let's find out."
She opened a large pink flower which released a pink odor to SuperBun. Upon the odor reaching his nose, SuperBun froze in place, smelt the odor, and began to smile lovingly.
"Whoa, I'll do anything for you." Said SuperBun, sounding loopy for the flower's odor.
"SuperBun, attack them for opposing me!" Commanded Putrid Ivy.
"Crap!" Exclaimed Swamp Melody. "Everyone, SuperBun has been mind controlled!"
"They bothering you?" SuperBun asked.
"Yes." Said Putrid Ivy, striking a dramatic pose. "They're jealous of my beauty! Please deal with them!"
BatDuck was using his grapple gun to tie up a plant monster when SuperBun used his heat vision not only to incinerate the string on the grapple gun, but to also singe BatDuck, turning his entire body into ash.
"What the Hades, SuperBun!" Exclaimed BatDuck.
"Serves you right for messing with Putrid Ivy!" Yelled SuperBun.
"What's going on with SuperBun?" Asked Wonder Babs, as she dodged an incoming punch from SuperBun.
"Putrid Ivy used her flower powers to take control of SuperBun's mind." Explained Swamp Melody.
She used her roots to restrain SuperBun. SuperBun tried to use his icy breath, but the roots clamped over his mouth. He was about to use his heat vision, but the roots then covered his eyes before the roots started to turn red as the heat vision burned the roots.
"Putrid Ivy will triumph over all you criminals!" Yelled SuperBun.
"Snap out of it!" Yelled Wonder Babs.
She used her lasso to bring SuperBun close to her, then bonked him on the head. SuperBun looked visibly dazed before he shook his head.
"Where have I been? What's going on? Is it lunchtime yet? Are there any scorpions on my bed?" SuperBun asked.
"You burned the string on my grapple gun!" Exclaimed BatDuck.
"BatDuck, just pull a new string for it out of thin air." Said Decoy.
BatDuck put his fingers together, and separated them. A string appeared in his hand.
"There we go." He said.
"One other thing I should warn you about." Said Swamp Melody. "Putrid Ivy is also to control and even poison people with her ki-"
Suddenly, a vine wrapped itself around Decoy and pulled him closer to Putrid Ivy. Decoy noticed that Putrid Ivy's lips have become green like the rest of her attire.
"Kiss me, Decoy." Said Putrid Ivy.
Decoy, along with everyone else for that matter, got visibly surprised at Putrid Ivy's words.
"B-but I have a girlfriend!" Exclaimed Decoy.
"Oui! Moi!" Yelled Scentana.
"Not for much longer!" Smiled Putrid Ivy, as the vines began to squeeze Decoy's cheeks, making his lips pucker up.
Scentana was about to release a magic beam at Putrid Ivy when Little Dasher ran in front of her.
"Allow me." He said.
Little Dasher got one of the plant monsters and held it in front of Putrid Ivy as she was about to kiss Decoy. The plant monster turned completely pink as Putrid Ivy kissed it. When Putrid Ivy saw that she was kissing one of the plant monsters, she exclaimed in disgust, kicked it away, and tried to kiss Decoy again, only for Little Dasher to grab another plant monster, repeating the cycle.
"Scentana, you may wanna do something now." Said Little Dasher, as he grabbed the fifty fourth monster. "We're running out of monsters."
Scentana pointed her tail at Putrid Ivy and blasted a ray that caused Putrid Ivy's flowers to wilt. The vine that was restraining Decoy began to wilt as well, much to Putrid Ivy's horror.
"What have you done?!" She shrieked. "WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!"
"I 'ave wilted your flowers and plants." Said Scentana. "And now vou are, how shall I say eet, powerless."
To the surprise of the Just-Us League, the plant monsters stopped their wilting progress and immediately turned back into their regular forms.
"Wow, those plant monsters look cool and they act cool." Said BatDuck.
One of the plant monsters looked visibly flattered before it disappeared.
"Wait, that compliment made it disappear." Said Lean Lantern. "Perhaps if we act kind to the plant monsters, they'll disappear."
A nervous sweat appeared on Putrid Ivy's face after Lean Lantern's guess.
"Attack them!" She commanded, not even trying to hide her nervousness. The plant monsters charged at the Just-Us League, who began being nice to the plant monsters. SuperBun made an ice sculpture of three of them.
"For three of the greatest plant monsters there is." He said.
The three plant monsters squealed in delight before disappearing. Lean Lantern began acting like a regular cat and nuzzled another plant monster, which let out a loud "Aaaaawwwww" before disappearing. Meanwhile, HawkLoon was pretending to read the future of another two plant monsters.
"The both of you will totally have a happy future fer sure." She said.
The plant monsters looked happy before disappearing as well. Sneezeam hugged another plant monster, Pink Canary looked at another with wide cute eyes, AquaMutt made constructs of dolphins with his water, Little Dasher and Keen Arrow played a game of tag with other plant monsters, Swamp Melody braided what appeared to be the hair of another plant monsters (it was more grass than hair) and Decoy and Scentana went on a (sort-of) double date with another two plant monsters. All these things made each plant monster disappear. This just left BatDuck and one more plant monster.
"BatDuck, you've gotta be nice to that plant monster!" Said SuperBun.
"How can I be nice to it?!" Asked BatDuck.
"Try!" Yelled Wonder Babs.
"Gee, thanks for your help!" Said BatDuck, sarcastically.
He turned to the plant monster and began thinking of ways to be nice.
"Uhh, this weather is nice, isn't it?" Said BatDuck.
The plant monster growled. BatDuck blindingly grabbed some of the flowers and waved them in front of the plant monster as if he was holding a sword.
"Get back!" He yelled. "I'm warning you!"
The plant monster stared at the flowers before it squealed with joy. The plant monster squealed with joy and excitement, took the flowers, kissed BatDuck's cheek, and disappeared. BatDuck wiped his cheek with disgust and confusion. Some of the other members of the Just-Us League were holding back giggles, the exceptions being SuperBun, Decoy, Sneezeam, Lean Lantern, and AquaMutt.
"And now for zhe main zhing." Said Scentana, blasting another spell at Putrid Ivy.
Putrid Ivy began to wilt along with the rest of her flowers and plants as Scentana's spell took effect.
"No!" She shrieked. "I'm wilting! What a world!"
And then, Putrid Ivy was gone. Just as Putrid Ivy disappeared, Bimbette walked over with a bouquet of begonias.
"Hey, check out these begonias I bought." She said.
The Just-Us League looked visibly confused. This happened with Fowlmouth back in Safety City, and now it's happening with Bimbette. At the awards ceremony, each of them were presented with a plastic rose which were attached to each of their attires.
"The threat of Putrid Ivy is gone forever thanks to these heroes." Announced the mayor.
Later on, the Just-Us League changed back into their Tiny Toons looks and we're about to continue their journey.
"You sure you can't come with us, Mary?" Babs asked. "We'd love to have you with us."
"I know, but Putrid Ivy was such a threat, and I wanna make sure she doesn't come back or if other threats come." Explained Mary. "But if you need any help, call upon me. I'll be there in less time than it takes for a tree to grow."
"Trees take years to grow." Said Plucky.
"Exactly." Mary replied.
Then they said their farewells, and departed so that the Tiny Toons could continue their trip to meet their reboot counterparts.
"I was just thinking of something." Said Plucky. "Why is our group called the Just-Us League?"
"Because, as I have said before, it's Just-Us Supertoons." Said Buster.
"We should have a more exciting name." Said Plucky. "I've got one. We could call ourselves the Toons Omitting Omnipotent Talents Society."
"You want to call us the T.O.O.T.S?" Babs asked, raising an eyebrow.
"How about the Toons Working to Investigate Trouble?" Suggested Little Beeper.
"Oh great, we'll be the T.W.I.T's." Replied Babs, sarcastically.
"How about Toons Investigating Great Evil Readers?" Suggested Hamton. "Or T.I.G.E.R."
"Or Toons Investigating National Secrets?" Suggested Furrball. "Or T.I.N.S."
"What about Toons Acting Boldly to Leverage Environments?" Suggested Calamity. "Or T.A.B.L.E."
"I got one: Toons Racing Against Central Evil." Suggested Sweetie. "Or T.R.A.C.E."
"Like, what about Toons Whacking Wacky Coffee Kickers?" Suggested Shirley. "Or T.W.A.C.K."
"Here's my suggestion: Toons Wandering Across Time." Suggested Lil Sneezer. "Or-"
"ENOUGH!" Babs bellowed, having enough of their suggestions. "We are sticking with Just-Us League and there's an end to it!"
"Babs, calm down." Said Buster.
"You still haven't told me the reason you helped Plucky instead of going with me back in Safety City." Babs said to Buster.
Buster decided to take Babs to one said and explained his reasons to her. It involves that one spring break they went on.
On the next story, the Tiny Toons arrive in a city where most of it's residents are in traction as a result of a threat that eventually puts BatDuck in traction in a rather "specific" way. You could say that his "back" was put into it. In the city, the Just-Us League also meet someone who wants to "make peace" in the city. Who is this threat? Who do they meet? What happens to BatDuck? When is lunchtime? Why am I asking you all these questions? Look forward to the next chapter, Toonsters.