Original air date: 10/20/90
This is the second of the three episodes that centered around the Mega Man games. I'd like to credit Mark Moore, the creator of the Captain N homepage for this wonderful novelization that I transcribed.
Synopsis
Dr. Wily finds a source of energy collected by playing games. He uses this in hopes to send the N-Team to the Earthquake Zone.
Character differences
Gear Clowns: Called "Geargoyles" on the show, they resemble real clowns. They ride on bikes rather than giant gears.
Hot Dogs: They look like bulldogs on the show. They're silver all over and breathe fire much like a dragon would.
Prop-Tops: They're heads are green and they have a cord for a neck. Instead of hands, they just fire lasers out of the little slits. They have a strip on their heads for seeing.
Lightning Lords: They're white all over and have blue faces. Instead of throwing the lightning bolts, they just fire beams from them. In one clip, three of them are connected together.
Crash Man: His face is red, his main body is white, his lower arms and boots are gold. He has a lightning bolt on his chest as well as his ears.
Air Man: He's white all over. Instead of a fan in the middle, he has a red triangle with a whirlwind pictured. He uses his arm cannon to fire air blasts. His head is a dark green.
Wood Man: His face is white, but main body is brown. He actually has a shield on one of his hands. He's able to fire a vine out as well.
Heat Man: His box is red and his face is yellowish. His arms are also outside the box and are both cannons. He fires fireballs out as well.
Bubble Man: He's green all over. There's a water tank on his head, which he shoots bubbles from. One of his hands is also a water tank.
Quick Man: The oddest looking one of the bunch. Quick Man's head, hands, and feet are light green. His eyes and horns are red. The rest of him is a light blue. His head also looks like a large boomerang with the ends pointing down.
Metal Man: He's silver all over. He can turn his hands into Metal Blade shooters. His head looks sort of like a cash register without the buttons.
Intro commercial
Lana: It's pay or play when a conniving Mother Brain and Dr. Wily use Kevin and some friends to cheat their way into a football game for our lives!
Narrator: On the robotic world of Megaland, the evil Dr. Wily is deep inside Skull Castle cooking up mega trouble for Captain N and his friends.
[In Wily's lab]
Dr. Wily: My new power vacuum is a work of pure genius, if I do say so myself.
Mother Brain: (curious) What does it do?
Dr. Wily: It harnesses the greatest source of power in all Videoland. Competition energy, generated from playing games!
Mother Brain: Hmph, never heard of it!
Dr. Wily: Of course not! I just discovered it! (Raises his arms in the air) Allow me to demonstrate. All right, Metal Man!
[Metal Man walks out from a chamber]
King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard: Whoa.
[The blade on Metal Man's forehead spins]
[King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard yell and Eggplant Wizard holds onto Dr. Wily]
Dr. Wily: Don't blow your stem, Eggplant! All you have to do is defeat Metal Man!
[Metal Man fires metal blades at Eggplant Wizard and King Hippo]
Dr. Wily: (to Mother Brain) Pure, condensed competition energy. As long as they compete, they give off invisible energy. And the power vacuum mucks it right up!
Mother Brain: Stop that racket!
[Metal Man stops firing, his hands reappear]
Mother Brain: So, you have a bottle full of competition energy. So what?
Dr. Wily: If I can get this much energy, (wheezes) from one robot and that idiotic vegetable of yours, think what I can get from Captain Nitwit and his pals! I'm gonna turn his love of games into a curse. (Wily pulls the lever on his machine) that'll send him and his whole N Gang, (wheezes) into the Earthquake Zone!"
[The power started rings]
Mother Brain: I like it!
At the Palace of Power, Kevin is leaning against a window, staring out into space. By the expression on his face, his mind was far away. Duke barked.
Kid Icarus: What a gloomicus.
Lana:I think he's homesick for that California place.
[Mega Man enters on a skateboard]
Mega Man: This'll mega cheer Captain N up. (winks) Wow, dude! Skaters rule!
Kevin: (turns around and smiles) All right!
[Kevin puts on the saftey equipment]
Kevin: Cool, did you make this, Mega Man?
Mega Man: Just like you told me, mondo nose.
Kevin gave Mega Man a thumbs-up with his right hand, then took off on the skateboard.
[Gameboy enters]
Gameboy: Mondo nose does not compute. Please reenter data. (beeps)
Mega Man: You'll have to get Kevin to teach your Californish, Gameboy.
(Kevin skates around the Palace)
Kevin: Check out this inverted kickflip!
Mega Man: Whoa, he's mega rad!
[Kevin returns, gets off the board, and kneels before Mega Man]
Kevin: Thanks, Mega Man! I love it!
Lana: May I try?
[Kevin stands up, hands her the skateboard]
Lana: Go for it, Princess.
[Back at Wily's lab]
Dr. Wily laughs while watching Lana clumsily skateboard on his monitor.
Dr. Wily: You ninnies are gonna game yourselves. (wheezes) right into the Earthquake Warp Zone!
He pressed a button on the control panel. A spotlight turned on. Wily walked onto a small stage he had dressed up to look like a beach. He activated a robot he had created that looked somewhat like a valley girl.
Girl: Oh, really? Like, gag me with a spoon!
Dr. Wily (rubbins his hands together) Time to begin.
[Back at the palace]
[Lana was still skating]
Lana: (to the others) How am I doing?!
[The others shouted warnings at her]
Lana: [looks straight ahead] Huh?!
[Simon walks by with a bowl of popcorn and the remote control]
Simon: Hey, fellas, it's time for... (gasps)
[Lana crashes into him and they both fell through the double doors]
[Simon yells]
Kevin: Uh-oh!
[Kevin and the others rush into the room]
Simon: Castlevania Bandstand! [turns on the TV with the remote]
[Simon had landed on the couch. Lana had landed right on top of him]
[Lana looks at the TV with the others]
Host: They are Videoland's cold-cold-coldest new group - the Ungrateful Undead!
[On the TV screen, a band of zombies were performing. Then the picture fuzzed up.]
Simon: (sits up) Darn, that's my favorite song!
[The robotic valley girl Dr. Wily made appears on the screen]
Girl: Oh, like, get in on this totally tubular offer - seven tickets for a rad day on California Games world! It's, like, so much fun! Just vidspeak me the name of California's most gnarly valley!
[Kevin points at the TV]
Kevin: Hey, I know that! The San Fernando Valley!
[The robot points back at Kevin]
Girl: Young, dude, way to go!
[The picture fuzzes up again and the Ungrateful Undead were shown performing again]
[Tickets come out of a slot below the TV screen. Kevin went and got them.]
Kevin: Seven tickets! That's even one for Duke!
[From Wily's lab while he's listening]
Dr. Wily: (laughing) Of course! I wouldn't want you to leave that mangy mutt behind!
[Wily presses a button on his control panel, then spins around in his chair and stands up. He walks over to a warp]
Dr. Wily: All right, line up! Time to get movin'!
[Various robotic creations went into the warp]
Dr. Wily: (rubs his hands together and laughs) Captain Nitwit's gonna be one sorry California dude!
[Wily enters the warp]
[At the World of California Games]
Narrator: Unaware of Dr. Wily's evil plan, the N Team arrives on the sunny world of California Games.
[A warp opened, and the N Team came out.]
Kevin and Simon were dressed only in swimming trunks. Kevin's was green with a while stripe. Simon's was green with yellow smiley faces. Simon also had a white towel around his neck. Lana was wearing a green and pink bathing suit, her crown, earrings, necklace, and bracelets.
Kevin: Hey, this is cool! Just like being back home!
[Duke barks in agreement]
Kevin: (yelling) All right, dudes and dudet, surf's up! Geronimo!
[Kevin and Duke go out into the water]
Lana: Oh, I'm so glad Kevin's happy again! That means he'll stay with us a little longer!
Simon: I certainly hope not!
Lana: Oh, Simon, we're on vacation! Let's just have fun!
[Lana runs to catch up with Kevin]
The N Team each did various activities. Kevin and Lana went surfing on one board. Simon screamed as he was being chased by a shark. Mega Man was rollerskating, dodging the banana peels in his way. He didn't dodge the beachball, though. He fell and was thrown forward on his stomach. "Whoa! Waah! Waah!" Duke smiled as he passed Mega Man and crossed the finish line, winning the race.
Kevin skateboarded up one side of the ramp, marked with the word "RAD", then back down again. Then Kid Icarus skated up, then down again. Kevin skated up the other end of the ramp, then back down again. Kid Icarus skated up - and kept going! He used his wings to fly upside-down in the air. Kevin stopped and stood where he was, watching in amazement. "Huh?!"
[In the basement of a hotdog stand, Dr. Wily watches them over a monitor.]
Dr. Wily: (laughs) Good work, Ninny Team!
[He looks at a small energy meter that has 4 dots on it. 2 are lit]
Dr. Wily: You're building up enough game energy for me to knock ya right into the Earthquake Zone! Because, thanks to my new map of Videoland, I can open and shut warp zones at will! (wheezes) Just as soon as all these energy jars are full! (stands up) Time to up the competition a little!
[Wily opens two blue doors on the floor. Two robots that had clown faces and one that looked like a monkey came out.]
Dr. Wily: Go to it, my lovelies! (points at the ladder)
[The three robots climb up the ladde]
Kevin and Lana were racing on bicycles outside, with Kevin on Lana's right. The two clown robots followed them on bikes of their own.
[One passes Lana on her left. The other passes Kevin on his right.]
Clown robot: Off the road, you N Team slowpokes!
Kevin: Hey, what are Geargoyles doing here? They're from Megaland.
Lana: I don't know, but they're not gonna make a clown out of me! (speeds up)
Dr. Wily: (looking at the energy meter) Wonderful! My lovelies are doubling the energy! I'll be filled to capacity in no time flat!
[Kevin, Lana, Simon, Kid Icarus, and Duke gather together]
Kevin: (coughs) Our vacation is turning into a real bummer!
[Mega Man and Gameboy come by]
[Suddenly, two flying robots with propellers come behind them and push them]
Kevin and Lana: (yelling) Look out!
[They duck as the robots fly over them]
[Mega Man lands on his stomach and Gameboy's shades were crooked]
Mega Man: I'll bet Wily's behind this!
Lana: (sighs) Oh, they spoiled everything! The games just aren't fun anymore!
Dr. Wily: No, no, no, no, no, don't stop! I need more energy! (laughs) I guess I'll have to switch to my backup plan.
[Wily switches some cables around]
Dr. Wily: It'll use up some energy, but at least I can put my Warp Zone Shifter through a little test run. (laughs) This'll keep 'em on California World for as long as I want.
[Back on California World]
[The N Team had dressed back in their normal clothes, and they were packing up to leave]
[They hear a sound]
Kevin: (looking where the sound came from) I don't believe it!
[He stood up as the others asked what was going on]
[A building was appearing on the beach]
Kevin: That's Northridge High! (runs towards it) That's my school!"
[The others follow him]
It was a white building with blue windows and doors. On one of the walls, written in red, was "NORTHRIDGE HIGH GYM".
They arrived at the steps of the gym. Four people were standing there: a fat guy, a black football player, a cheerleader, and a taller football player Girl: (smiles) Hey! Aren't you that video game whiz who helped me study for my Algebra test?!
[Lana frowned as she watched Kevin]
Kevin: (runs his right hand through his hair] Hi, Stacey! You remember! It was just that one time, and when I asked you for a date, you were busy, but...
Stacey: Your name's Kerwin, right?
Kevin: (laughs) Uh, no, Kevin. Kevin Keene.
[Simon took up his whip and snagged a bouquet of roses from nearby. He walked up to Stacey, smiling, and bowed]
Simon: And I'm Simon Belmont, Vampire Hunter, at your service!
Stacey (screams) You hunt vampires?!
Black guy: (gasps and puts his right hand on his chin as he thought. Then he smiled) Yo, now I remember! You're on the junior varsity swim team, right?
[Simon was smiling and smelling the bouquet of roses.]
[Kevin points at the black guy]
Kevin: And you're Rick Walker, captain of the varsity football team! Hey, welcome to Videoland!
Fat guy: (sarcastically) Yeah, right, Videoland! And I'm the King of California!
[He shakes the blond guy's hand and they laugh]
Kevin Huh?
[Lana walked forward and bows]
Lana: Welcome, Your Majesty! I'm Princess Lana!
Blonde guy: And if I'm dreaming, don't wake me up!
Kevin: (laughs) It's no dream! I dunno how you got here, but you're here! (points at them)
Rick: But this doesn't make sense. A minute ago, we came out of the gym for Saturday football practice. Now we're at the beach?
Mega Man: (to Kevin) I've got a feeling mega trouble's coming, Captain N.
[Stacey held onto Rick]
Fat guy: Duh, who's Captain N? (points at Kid Icarus) This short kid in the fairy wings?! (laughs)
Lana: Of course not. Kevin is Captain N.
Kevin: "That's, that's kind of a nickname they gave me around here.
They turned and gasped, A trio of Lightning Lords, robots of Dr. Wily's from Megaland, were flying toward them.
Kevin: Hit the dirt, everybody!
[Everyone except Rick ran away, yelling]
Rick: This better not be some kind of joke!
Kevin: (turns around and runs to Rick) If it is, the joke's definitely on us!
He pushed Rick down, and they narrowly missed the Lightning Lords' fire. The Lightning Lords continued flying and firing at all of them. Kevin and Rick looked up and gasped. When the Lightning Lords turned and came back again, Kevin stood up and fired at them. The three robots disappeared with a blipping sound.
Simon: Huh?!
[Stacey gasps]
Kevin: Those lugnuts were just a nuisance before, but now they're getting downright nasty!
Rick: Man, you're sure not the Kevin Keene I remember!
Kevin Uh, I - I think we'll be safer inside. (points at the gym doors) Whoa!
Rick: I think maybe you're right. Let's move it, guys!
[A giant mechanical bulldog was running toward them.]
Kevin: (signaling the others) Go, go! I'm right behind you!
[The others ran inside the gym, screaming]
When the bulldog got closer, it breathed two fireballs out of its nose at Kevin. Kevin dodged them and fire his Zapper twice at two palm trees. The palm trees fell to the ground. The bulldog breathed two more fireballs. They hit the palm trees and set them on fire. Kevin gasped. The bulldog ran through the fire, unharmed, and continued towards Kevin. Rick was holding a door open for Kevin. Kevin ran inside. Rick looked at the bulldog. "Yeow!" He said as he closed the door, right before another fireball arrived.
[Back at Wily's base]
[Dr. Wily was looking at his small energy meter. Only one of the dots were lit now]
Dr. Wily: Stop that! I used up half my energy supply getting Captain Nitwit's friends here!
[Back on Metroid, Mother Brain watches Wily on her mirror]
Mother Brain: Do I have to be with you every single second to get things done right?!
Eggplant Wizard: Yes, Mother Brain.
[King Hippo looked at him angrily]
Eggplant Wizard Uh, I - I mean, no Mother Brain!
Mother Brain: Shut up! I better get to California World before Wily ruins everything! [She laughed as her jar began to spin, and she went down through the floor] I always wanted to go to high school! [King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard yelled as an explosion occurred. They looked down into the floor, then they yelled again as a bright light appeared.]
Eggplant Wizard: (to King Hippo) Huh?
Mother Brain was riding on a three-wheel motorcycle! She was using her tentacles to control the handle bars. The words "BRAIN LORDS M.C." were on a sign on the top of her jar
Mother Brain: (laughs) Just call me Big Mama Prom Queen!
She lifted up the front wheel. King Hippo and Eggplant Wizard yelled and ran away. Mother Brain drove away.
[Back at the gym]
Rick: You expect us to believe we're inside a video game?! That's pretty hard to swallow, Keene!
Kevin: Hey, I didn't believe it either when I first got here!
Stacey (puts her left arm near Kevin's neck and her right arm around his back) Well, I think it sounds just too, too romantic! Tell me more, Kevy!
[Lana, her arms crossed, looked away in jealousy]
Voice: Captain N!
[The all looked to see where the voice had come from]
Voice: Come out, come out, wherever you are! I call a short time-out.
[They leave and stop on the steps. A huge hologram of Dr. Wily from the waist up was in the sky]
Kevin: Time-out from what, Wily?
Dr. Wily: Why, from our contest, of course. The winner-take-all version of the California Games! My team against yours. (wheezes) If we win, we get the Palace of Power and the Throne of Videoland.
Kevin: I know you got some dirty trick up your sleeve, Wily. We won't play, no way!
Dr. Wily: Oh, yes way! (laughs) I'll give you five minutes to think it over. While we wait, perhaps you'd like a little...entertainment. (disappears)
The same two robots with propellers that had knocked Mega Man and Gameboy down earlier now came by and fired purple-pink laser beams and everyone. They all yelled as they ran back into the gym, and Kevin closed the door behind him. They put tables, chairs, and mattresses in front of the doors and some of the windows so they couldn't be opened. Parts of the roof crumbled and fell. Lana and Stacey picked up another red mattress.
Blond guy: Stick close, ladies. I'll take care of you.
He took hold of the mattress, and Stacey let go. Simon came by and took hold of the mattress.
Simon: Her Adorablenesses doesn't need you to take care of them when Simon Belmont's around!
Lana let go of the mattress, also. Stacey folded her hands together, smiling. "Oh, my! You're both so gallant!" She had put the stress on the second syllable. "Which one should we choose, Lana?"
Lana: (laughs) Be my guest, take both of them! (winks)
[Stacey put her hands on her hips and frowned]
Simon: (pulling the matress) Let go!
Blond guy: I had it first; you let go!
Just then, one of the propeller robots smashed through a window and flew into the gym. When Simon, Stacey, and the blond guy noticed it, they ran away, yelling.
Blond guy: (yelling) Somebody help!
Simon: Get that thing away from me! My hair!
[The robot began firing at them, Kevin, Lana, and Gameboy gasped]
Kid Icarus: Maybe he needs a netting lesson. (fires one of his net arrows at the robot)
[The arrow turned into a net and expanded. It covered the robot. The robot fell down into a trash can and exploded]
Blond guy: Rick, we gotta bust out of here and make a run for it!
[Rick taps the blond guy on the back of the head]
Rick: You been playing without a helmet again, Romeo? Where we gonna run to?
Fat guy: Duh, let's clutch 'em!
Rick: How? Those roboprops have got us outmanned and outpowered.
Mega Man: (walking past them with a huge stack of mattresses.) Captain N will know what to do.
Fat guy: Duh, no computer wimp on the tiddly winks squad is gonna tell me what to do!
Kevin: (pokes him in the chest) It's the swim team, dude!
[The huge guy grabbed hold of Kevin's jacket with his left hand.]
Fat guy: Well, la-dee-da! How'd you earn this? Doin' a belly flop?! (laughs)
Rick: Hey, chill, will ya?! (pulls the huge guy away from Kevin)
Lana: Hey, we asked for the best from your world, and the Ultimate Warp Zone chose Kevin as our Game Master!
[The rest of the N Team shouted their support of Kevin, as well]
Rick: Okay, Keene. A good quarterback knows when to fall back. Let's see what all that video game playing taught you. (points at Kevin) It's your call.
Kevin: Well, I - I - I say we fight! Only let's play a game we have a chance at winning. [raises his right arm] Football!
[Rick was surprised, so was the rest of the N Team]
[Dr. Wily was watching this all on the monitor to the right of his Warp Zone Shifter.]
Dr. Wily: (laughs) Just a few moments more,...and they'll all be mine.
[A warp opened in the basement of the hot dog stand, and Mother Brain rode out on his motorcycle. Dr. Wily pressed his hands against her glass jar]
Mother Brain: (impatiently) Wily, when do we pass the Nuisance Team into the Earthquake Zone?
Dr. Wily: (throws his arms into the air) As soon as those N Jerks start playing again!
Mother Brain: I don't want any slip-ups!
Dr. Wily: Trust me. When the jars are full, the Warp Zone Shifter will shut down every warp on California World but one. (points at the map of Videoland with a pointer) This one, right here in this hot dog stand.
Mother Brain: So, while they're running around here looking for a warp door out of here, we'll be long gone!
Dr. Wily: Just remember, we only got sixty seconds, (picked up a golden whistle) from the time I blow this whistle. (blows the whistle and his white hair flies wildly)
[Mother Brain drove Dr. Wily to the school]
Dr. Wily: We've come to get your answer, Captain Numbskull! What'll it be, play or pay!
Kevin: C'mon, we better get outta there before the Brain Lord blows a gasket. Helmets on!
Kevin, Simon, and Mega Man got dressed in football uniforms, and Rick, Romeo, Simon, and Kid Icarus put their helmets on. Kevin was wearing jersey number 7. Simon was wearing number 61. Mega Man was wearing number 3. Both Kevin and Simon wore blue neck protectors. As the others started to go outside, Kevin was about to put on his football helmet. Then Stacey walked by on his left. She closed her eyes and kissed Kevin on the cheek, real audibly. Kevin's eyes widened. He blinked and blushed.
Stacey: Kevin, I just want you to know: whatever happens, I think you're terrific!
Kevin: Uh, thanks, Stac.
[Stacey took hold of Lana's right arm and giggled]
Stacey: C'mon, Lana! We can do a cheer while the boys play ball! Lana: No, thank you, Stacey. I'm gonna see what Dr. Wily's really up to.
[Stacey shrugged and walked outside]
Kevin: Uh, I better tell Gameboy to keep an eye on her. She could get in trouble.
Lana: (smiling) I hope that means you're gonna keep your eye on the game.
Kevin: Promise you'll be careful, Lana.
Lana: I will. You, too, okay?
[Kevin nodded, smiling, and walked outside]
[The players were standing in front of the gym]
Kevin: Okay, Wily, we play. But only if it's our game - football!
Dr. Wily: (smiles) Whatever you say, Captain N. Oh, I forgot to tell you...
[The players looked to their right and gasped]
[All of the Robot Masters from Mega Man II came out of a warp and were coming towards them]
Stacey: (worried) Geez. I hope I know enough cheers!
[The good guys were in a huddle near a goalpost, a good distance away from the Robot Masters.]
Simon: I know you explained football to them, Kevin, but are you sure they understand?
Kevin: Well, look on the bright side, Simon. At least we won the toss!
[Stacey was standing in the bleechers, and Gameboy was standing to her right. Gameboy projected a bright, multi-colored hologram that read "N TEAM".]
Stacey (cheering) Gimme and 'N'! Gimme a 'Team'!
[The rest of the N Team also cheered]
[Mother Brain and Dr. Wily were in the bleechers opposite Stacey, as well as some other monsters. The monsters were cheering for the Robot Masters.]
Mother Brain: C'mon, play ball!
Bubble Man ran up and kicked the ball. It went into the air. Kevin caught it. He started running, with Simon and the huge guy in front of him. Unfortunately, Air Man came by and blew the latter two away. Kevin dodged Air Man's blasts of air with his Power Pad. But then Quick Man threw his Quick Boomerang and knocked the ball out of Kevin's hands.
Kevin: Ow!
Quick Man caught the ball and began running with it. Kid Icarus swooped down, grabbed the ball, and flew back up again. But then Wood Man shot out a vine, which curled around the archer's right leg. Kid Icarus dropped the ball. Rick was running to catch it, but Crash Man threw a Crash Bomb at him. When Rick was knocked away by the blast, Crash Man caught the ball. Simon and Mega Man chased him to the goal post, but Crash Man made a touchdown. [The other monsters cheered, while Mother Brain and Dr. Wily just watched]
Romeo was running, and Kevin threw the ball to him. Unfortunately, Heat Man fired at Romeo. Romeo was hit in the butt and launched into the air. Bubble Man intercepted the ball.
Monster: No fair!
Mega Man chased after Bubble Man, but he blew a bubble at him. It hit Mega Man in the face, and he fell on his stomach, yelling. Bubble Man made a touchdown.
Kevin was running with the ball, and Rick was running to his right. But then Metal Man shot out Metal Blades at them. Rick moved to his right, but the blades were still coming at him. Kevin knocked him out of the way, but that meant he lost the ball. Simon, however, caught the ball with his whip. He held the ball in his left hand as he ran and made a touchdown.
Stacey: Gimme a 'Team'!
[The rest of the N Team also cheered. Gameboy had a black "N" on his screen now]
[The good players came together]
Kevin: We're getting clobbered out there, guys!
Rick: Hey, don't take it so hard, kid! We're holding our own!
Kevin: (smiles) Well, that's not good enough! I've got a better idea! (to Mega Man) Mega Man, do you think you can make it back to Megaland and bring back some firepower from Dr. Right?
Mega Man: I can sure mega try! (leaves)
Kevin: Well, boy, looks like you're our eighth man! (puts a football helmet on Duke. Duke barked happily)
Rick: (gives Kevin a thumbs-up) With your game moves and our grid-eye, we can't lose!
Kevin: Well, then, let's do it! (gives Rick a high-five)
[The team got in a huddle.]
[Outside, The large mechanical bulldog was asleep in front of the hot dog stand]
Lana: I hope you like chasing things as much as Duke does. (throws a pink frisbee at the dog and it chases after it)
[Lana ran into the hotdog stand. She knelt down on the floor and peered into the basement through the square hole]
Lana: What in Videoland is Wily up to now?
[Lana climbed down the ladder. She looked at the energy jars]
Lana: Oh, whatever it is, he's not gonna get away with if I can stop him, and I will! (turns to the Warp Zone Shifter and pulls some cables out)
[Back at the game...]
Mega Man came by on a small flying scooter. He dropped some type of climbing machine and another disc, then he took off again. Kevin jumped on the disc. "I could use a lift about now." He had the football and took off.
Rick was sitting on the climbing machine and trying to work the controls. It was shaking.
Rick: Whoa! This is what I call on-the-job training!
As Romeo and the huge guy were running on the ground, Kevin was hovering above them. Metal Man was on the roof of the gym. He converted his hands to fire. Rick used the machine to climb up the side of the building. Metal Man backed away and began firing as Rick reached the roof. Mega Man had the ball now. Both Heat Man and Wood Man missed him. But Quick Man didn't. His Quick Boomerang hit the scooter. Mega Man fell off and dropped the ball. Duke made a leap and caught it, however. He carried it right over the goalpost, scoring a touchdown. His bite also made a hole in the football, and all the air came out.
Mother Brain: Your rusty-brained clunkers are letting them win!
[Suddenly, Dr. Wily felt a burning pain. Black smoke was coming out of his lab coat. He screamed. Then Wily took out his energy meter. All four dots were lit.]
Dr. Wily: (excited) Who cares? The energy is peaked! It's time!
[The good guys cheered their victory in the football game, and Kevin and Duke hugged. Dr. Wily blew his golden whistle. The good guys looked at the bad guys.]
Kevin: What's that, a timeout?
[Kevin, Rick, Romeo, Simon, and Kid Icarus took off their football helmets and watched. The bad guys were all leaving the bleachers.]
Rick: All right, they're giving up?
Dr. Wily: So long, suckers!
Simon: (smiling) Boy, they sure are sore losers!
Mother Brain was driving to the hotdog stand, with Wily standing on her bike for the ride. The Robot Masters were running with them. The hotdog stand was giving off blue electrical sparks.
Mother Brain: Are you sure this is gonna work?
The hotdog stand flashed, and a bright yellow ball of energy rose from it. It went over and covered Mother Brain and the rest of the bad guys. Mother Brain yelled. The bad guys were pulled towards the hotdog stand and began circling it clockwise. Soon, they were moving so fast, they couldn't even be seen.
Stacey: Oh, wow! That's really rad!
[The hotdog stand explodes.]
[The huge football player pinched his nose closed.]
Fat guy: Oh, pee-yoo, what's that stink?!
Simon: Yuck! Oh, I've only smelled that putrid scent once before. It comes from the Landfill Warp Zone.
Kid Icarus: (laughs) Maximum stinkius! That's where are the garbage in Videoland ends up!
[Everyone laughs]
Stacey: (worried) Oh, no! Are we going to the Landfill World, too?
Lana (running by) Don't worry! Dr. Wily's Warp Shifter just shifted into reverse! You're going home!
Fat guy: Duh, I'm outta here! (runs into the gym)
Romeo: Later, dudes! (goes into the gym)
[Rick and Stacey started to follow them, then stopped and turned around.]
Rick: You're coming back with us, right?
[Kevin looked away and thought]
Stacey: (frowns) C'mon, Kevy, what are you waiting for?
Kevin: (with a smile) Not this time.
[Stacey grew very sad, and her face showed it.]
Rick: I don't blame you, Captain N. I'll never forget this. (places his right hand on Kevin's left shoulder and shakes his left hand.) Look me up when you get back.
[Hhe and Stacey ran to the gym. The others all took two steps back. The familiar sound was heard, and Northridge High School disappeared, to be replaced by a rocky cliff.]
Lana: (sighs) They will, you know.
Kevin: Will what?
Lana: Forget. It's automatic. (sadly) Well, so will you...when you go back.
Kevin: Uh, well - well, we won't have to worry about that for a - for a long time. Will we, Duke?
[Duke barked in agreement, smiling also]
Lana (picking up a pair of pompons) Kevin, are cheerleaders chosen for their nobility where you come from?
Kevin: Uh, not exactly.
Lana: Well, you seem very impressed with this...Stacey.
Kevin: Oh, well, I used to be, until I met you! (smiles) Well, then life got twice as cool, and, and ten times as exciting!
Lana (placing her right hand on her right cheek, smiling.) Ah!
End
Transcribed by: Sivak Drac
1/15/99