By Gary Curtis

A Powerpuff Girls/New Detectives crossover parody.

Powerpuff Girls created by Craig McCracken and all related characters owned by Cartoon Network. The New Detectives owned by The Discovery Channel.

Author's Notes: This fanfiction features, with their permission, as members of the Townsville police department, some of my fellow writers in the Powerpuff Girls Fan Fiction Club who have given me encouragement and support with my writing of PpG fiction. As I wrote, their roles developed with them in mind, but it was not my intent to specifically exclude anyone. Special thanks to Pat (xevious) Banks, who agreed to step into a role not originally written for him, thereby saving me from having to be in my own fic.

I saw this visually as a cross between the real and cartoon worlds, ala 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit?'.

The disclaimer below is similar to the one that leads into each episode of The New Detectives. It is here only to add realism. There is NO unsuitable material in the story.

The Narrator here is the New Detectives narrator, Gene Galusha, not Tom Kenny from the Powerpuff Girls.

NETWORK ANNOUNCER: This program includes dramatic re-enactments of real events and may contain material that is intended for mature audiences. Viewer discretion is advised.

PLAY STANDARD INTRO MUSIC. BEGIN NARRATIVE VOICE-OVER.

We see a group of several police personnel with yellow rainwear surrounding a crime scene blocked off with yellow tape. They are standing in a wooded area, with lots of leaves on the ground. Two are crouched around something and two more are standing, looking down at whatever it is. We see an ambulance, with the words 'Townsville Medical Examiner' on the back door, slowly pull away. We see three men walking down a hallway and into the office of a fourth, who is sitting at his desk. They are having a conversation. We see a woman wearing a white coat, examining bones in a laboratory setting. We see a man in a white coat sitting in front of a computer screen that displays some hair samples.

NARRATOR: The victim of a terrible crime is found in a park. There are few clues. Townsville police find they are dealing with a very clever criminal, who has acted to cover up their crime. But even the most cunning of criminals is no match for the highly trained men and women of the police forensics team, who unearth the tiniest bits of evidence to trip them up and bring them to justice whenever there is fowl play in Townsville.

PLAY THEME MUSIC, ROLL OPENING MONTAGE AND DISPLAY SHOW GRAPHIC:
THE NEW DETECTIVES: Case Studies in Forensic Science.

DISPLAY EPISODE TITLE: FOWL PLAY IN TOWNSVILLE

We see a young woman in a track outfit running along a wooded path. It is fall, and the trees are mostly bare. It appears to be a gray, wet day. She seems to see something and stops, and cautiously approaches the woods along the path. As the camera switches to slowly follow her from behind so we see what she does, we suddenly see bones appear on the ground. Camera shifts to the woman's horrified face, and she turns and runs back in the direction she came from.

NARRATOR: The city of Townsville. On Tuesday, November 28, 2000, while taking her morning run through Townsville Central Park, a young woman makes a gruesome discovery. She spots something unusual in the woods alongside the jogging path and when she goes to take a closer look, she sees the skeletal remains of an unknown being.

We see two police cars and the medical examiner's ambulance parked along the path. One officer is seen interviewing the jogger, another is at his car talking into his radio, the other two and the two medical examiners' personnel appear as we saw them in the opening sequence. The yellow tape is not up yet.

NARRATOR: Police were called to the park and quickly suspected that they had a crime scene on their hands.

The camera moves in closer toward the crime scene. As it nears, we see one of the two crouchers shift a rib cage carefully, poking under it with a tweezers. We see latex-gloved hands carefully pick up small bits of leaves and other unidentified objects and seal them in plastic bags.

NARRATOR: Their worst suspicions were confirmed. The victim was a young male turkey, estimated to have weighed between 20 and 23 lbs. Police found no signs of a struggle. The head, feet, legs and wings were missing. The remains appeared to have been placed there. Police immediately suspected fowl play. Chief of Police Robert Hittledee:

We switch to the office of Townsville's police chief, Robert Hittledee (from Supper Villain and A Very Special Blossom), who is filmed sitting at his desk.

CHIEF HITTLEDEE: This was a particularly despicable act, one that Townsville will not soon forget. No turkey should have to end up like that. Right after Thanksgiving, too!

We switch back to the crime scene, where we see the two medical examiners carefully lift the carcass off the ground and onto a platter, then cover it with an unfolded dinner napkin. They slide it into a large zip-loc bag and seal it, carefully lift it onto a wheeled stretcher, strap it down and roll it over to the ambulance. We then see the ambulance move away, as in the opening sequence.

NARRATOR: Crime scene analysts gathered what little evidence they found that might aid in their search for the perpetrator of this crime, and the remains were taken to police headquarters to begin the investigation. They didn't have much to work with.

We see the outside of the Townsville police department during the daytime.

NARRATOR: Police began their investigation of the 'Townsville Turkey Tossing', as it was quickly dubbed by the local media.

We move inside and the camera moves back as a man walks toward it down a hallway. He wears wire-rimmed glasses, and is wearing a dark suit with a red carnation on the left breast. He has reddish hair and full beard and has a derby-type hat on his head and a curved pipe in his mouth.

NARRATOR: Detective Chief Inspector Dwight Kemper took charge of the case.

We move to Detective Kemper's office, where he is interviewed sitting on his desk.

DETECTIVE KEMPER: This was one of the most challenging cases ever faced by the department. We have a turkey with no known living relatives, whose partial remains are found dumped in a park. There was no blood, as the victim had been roasted several days before it was found, and no fingerprints. We put our top investigators on it immediately.

We see three men standing in an office, looking like your typical detectives while not on the street. White shirts, dark ties loosened, sleeves rolled up. The one on the left is flipping through a file folder and the others are looking at it. The detective on the left is fortyish, slim, with glasses and light brown hair. The one in the middle is roughly the same age, with reddish hair and an average build and the one on the right is much younger, wears glasses and has dark hair. He is taller and heavier than the other two.

NARRATOR: The case was assigned to senior investigator Detective Captain Chris Cook, seen on the left, who brought in Detectives Lieutenant David Finley and Sergeant Dan Vincent to assist in the investigation. Capt. Cook:

We move to an interview with Capt. Cook, standing in the open office of the department. Several employees come and go in the background.

CAPT. COOK: We did a routine check of missing turkey reports. We turned up three, and in the course of our investigation learned that two had been stolen by dogs and later found buried in the yard, and the third was leftovers taken to work by a man who forgot to tell his wife.

We see the three investigators walking toward the camera, discussing the case.

NARRATOR: The possibility of an animal dragging the victim to where it was found had been ruled out, due to the pristine condition of the site. With the investigation now at a standstill, Cook received permission from Detective Kemper to request outside assistance. The Townsville police department had received help many times in the past from some amateur crime fighters who lived just outside the city in the suburb of Pokey Oaks. In fact, many of Townsville's biggest cases had been solved single-handedly by them. They were the Utonium sisters, Blossom, Bubbles and Buttercup; better known as the Powerpuff Girls. If anyone could shed some light on this perplexing mystery, it would be them.

PLAY MUSIC LEADING INTO COMMERCIAL.

INSERT COMMERCIAL.

PLAY LEAD-IN MUSIC AND DISPLAY SHOW GRAPHIC.

We see the three investigators standing in the open office. Suddenly, a shower of dust and debris appears and three small girls drop down to the floor. They have heads that are as large as the rest of their bodies, and enormous eyes. They wear dresses that appear identical except one is pink, one green and one light blue. Each dress has a black stripe at the waist and each girl wears white tights and black shoes. The eye color of each girl matches the dress she wears. The pink girl has long red-orange hair worn in a pony tail with a red bow on top of her head; her name is Blossom. The green one has short black hair; she is Buttercup. The blue one has blonde pig-tails; she is Bubbles. They smile, shake hands with the detectives and chat.

NARRATOR: Blossom, Buttercup and Bubbles Utonium, also known as the Powerpuff Girls, are five-year-olds with superpowers. In spite of having no official police duties, they often are the first at the crime scene and have performed a great service for Townsville and its citizens.

We see close-up camera shots back and forth from a detective to a girl during the conversation. Blossom shakes her head yes, Buttercup no and Bubbles shrugs.

NARRATOR: When asked if they knew anything about a missing turkey, the girls gave three different answers: 'Yes', 'No', and 'I dunno'. Capt. Cook was immediately suspicious.

CAPT. COOK (seen as before): In spite of the girls' record of service to the community, the discrepancy in their answers was troubling. We wanted to interview them separately.

We see Capt. Cook standing in one of the small interview rooms, looking down at Blossom, who is seated at the table. She appears surprised, wide-eyed, and shakes her head 'no' several times. Cook is holding a pad, pencilling a sketch of the girl he is questioning.

NARRATOR: Blossom Utonium admitted to having knowledge of a leftover turkey in the refrigerator at her home, sometime within the last week. But she remembered it as having been consumed several days earlier. She insisted that her affirmative answer to the earlier question had been misunderstood. Capt. Cook believed she wasn't telling the truth. There had been one previous incident where this had occurred, involving some stolen golf clubs. But Blossom was sticking to her story.

We see Buttercup sitting at the table being interviewed by Lt. Finley. She appears to be perturbed by the questioning. We see her sitting with her arms crossed, scowling and shaking her head back and forth repeatedly.

NARRATOR: Meanwhile, Lt. Finley had no better luck with Buttercup Utonium. She flatly denied having knowledge of the whereabouts of any turkey and refused to cooperate further. Lt. Finley:

LT. FINLEY (standing): Buttercup is one tough nut to crack, and I'm glad we've had her on our side in the past. But in this case, I just wasn't sure. I felt that if she wasn't involved herself, she probably knew who was.

We see Sgt. Vincent interviewing Bubbles. She appears to have no worries, yapping away, happily drawing on a pad; at one point holding up a picture of a flower garden.

NARRATOR: Sgt. Vincent had a very difficult time with Bubbles Utonium. She continually wandered off topic with her answers. She repeatedly interrupted the interview with requests for a drink of water or to go to the bathroom; and several times, stopped in the middle of an answer to show Sgt. Vincent a picture she was drawing. Sgt. Vincent:

SGT. VINCENT (standing): Bubbles was one of the toughest interviews I've ever done. She was either totally clueless, or very cleverly concealing her involvement in something.

We see the Powerpuff Girls say goodbye to the three investigators and fly out through the hole they made on the way in. We see the men walking toward the camera. We see them standing in the office of Detective Kemper and the four are talking.

NARRATOR: Convinced the Powerpuff Girls knew more than they were letting on, the investigators took their concerns to Detective Kemper.

We see Detective Kemper pick up the phone on his desk and dial.

NARRATOR: After listening to his men, Detective Kemper felt there was probable cause to obtain a search warrant for the Utonium home.

We see the Mayor of Townsville signing a piece of paper, handing it to his assistant Sara Bellum, and Capt. Cook taking it from her.

NARRATOR: It was granted. If there was any more physical evidence in this important case, that's where it would be found.

PLAY MUSIC LEADING INTO COMMERCIAL.

INSERT COMMERCIAL.

PLAY LEAD-IN MUSIC AND DISPLAY SHOW GRAPHIC.

We see an unmarked police car and a police van pull up and stop in front of a large, square white house in a suburban neighborhood. The house has three round windows on the second floor and a bright red front door. Lt. Finley is the driver of the car. He gets out, Capt. Cook exits the passenger seat and Sgt. Vincent climbs out of the rear seat. They run up to the front door. Four evidence-gathering technicians get out of the van and approach the door. The camera follows them.

NARRATOR: At shortly before 5 P.M. on November 28, 2000, a search warrant was served on the home owned by Professor Utonium.

We see a square-jawed man with dark hair, wearing a white doctor's coat, open the door with a smile. The smile fades as Capt. Cook shows him the warrant and everyone hurries inside. We hear confused shouting from and see a surprised Utonium and the three Powerpuff Girls, as the camera follows the technicians into the kitchen. We hear an unintelligible angry shout at the same time we see Buttercup throw a punch at the camera. The fist grows rapidly in size until we hear a thud and see the camera wobble and spin until it is looking up at the ceiling. We see a conversation taking place between Utonium and Capt. Cook. We see two technicians examining the refrigerator and dusting it for fingerprints. We see another carry two full trash bags from the garage out to the police van. We see the fourth upstairs plucking fiber samples from clothing and hairs from combs. We see three upset little girls looking angrily at Utonium and Cook while they talk, and Finley and Vincent making sure they don't get in the way of the search.

NARRATOR: Inside, the technicians quickly went to work gathering possible evidence. Capt. Cook interviewed Professor Utonium. He had been ruled out as a suspect because interviews with neighbors revealed the man hadn't left the house in days. He reportedly spent much of his time in his basement laboratory. Still, it was felt he might be able to provide something useful. He did. Professor Utonium insisted there had been a leftover turkey in his refrigerator as recently as the previous afternoon. But when he left his laboratory around 1 A.M. that morning to fix himself a snack, it was no longer there. Capt. Cook:

CAPT. COOK (as before): That was a significant break in the case. We now knew for certain that there had been a turkey in the Utonium refrigerator. We also learned that at least one of the girls had been in the refrigerator that morning before leaving for school, and had to know that the turkey was gone. One of them knew something they hadn't told us.

We see a white-coated lab technician looking at a file. We see the previous shot of the carcass being handled at the crime scene. We see the previous shot of the refrigerator being dusted for prints.

NARRATOR: But investigators still had to prove that the turkey from the Utonium home was the same one that turned up in the park. The preliminary autopsy report from the crime lab was back. Tissue decomposition showed that the carcass had been out of refrigeration for less than twelve hours when it was discovered around 7:30 that morning. This fit nicely with the Utonium scenario. But who put it there? The only fingerprints found on the refrigerator at the Utonium home belonged to Utonium himself. It made perfect sense, it was his refrigerator. None of the girls' fingerprints were found on the refrigerator or anything inside. That's when investigators remembered that they weren't likely to find their fingerprints on anything. The Powerpuff Girls don't have fingers.

We see snapshots of the crime scene taken from different angles, showing nothing but leaves, really.

NARRATOR: No footprints were found at the scene. Because the Powerpuff Girls fly just about everywhere, this also made perfect sense. But it still wasn't enough to prove them guilty of anything. Detective Kemper:

DETECTIVE KEMPER (as before): I asked Chris Cook what he was able to draw from all the evidence gathered to date. He told me he could draw anything I wanted, but nothing that would help solve the case. I turned to our forensics team for help.

We see a young woman of about 30, with long curly dark hair and wearing a white lab coat. She removes the platter we saw earlier from a stainless steel refrigerator and places it on a stainless steel worktable. She unzips the bag, takes out the platter, removes the napkin and we see the deceased up close for the first time. It looks exactly like a totally picked-clean turkey.

NARRATOR: The case was now in the hands of Dr. Rhodes, PhD., chief pathologist for the Townsville police department. She quickly determined that what looked like a normal turkey carcass was anything but. Whoever was responsible had gone to great lengths to conceal their crime.

We hear Dr. Rhodes describing the procedure as she is doing it. With gloved hands, she carefully turns the carcass over. We see an extreme close up of it through magnification as a pair of tweezers comes into the picture. We see them point at several different locations where the ribs connect to the breast bone. Very tiny opaque lumps appear in those spots. We see a tiny piece of something caught between two ribs and she removes it. It looks like a piece of clear plastic.

DR.RHODES: You see these small areas that look like rib cartilage to the naked eye. Under magnification, it was immediately clear that this turkey had been savagely torn apart and carefully pieced back together. This is some kind of glue. In addition, I found a very small fragment of plastic wrap. Finding out where it came from might lead us to whoever did this. My next steps were to completely dry the skeleton and begin searching through the material that was collected.

We see Dr. Rhodes remove the platter with the carcass from what looks like a commercial microwave oven. As she sets it down, she is joined by a man who appears to be roughly the same age as Dr. Rhodes. He wears glasses, has brown hair and is tall and slender. He is also wearing a white coat. Sitting on the table we see the two trash bags that were removed from the Utonium residence.

NARRATOR: Dr. Rhodes' deputy pathologist was on vacation photographing rare swans, so she asked Dr. Pat Banks, who was in Townsville for a visit, to assist her with the case. Dr. Banks is an expert at computer analysis in the field of forensics.

We see Dr. Rhodes carefully remove a section of the skeleton and hold it up to the light. It is a wishbone. She holds it out to Dr. Banks and they both pull on it. It breaks and Rhodes holds the large piece. She smiles and Banks makes a face.

NARRATOR: Dr. Banks was assigned the task of sifting through the bags of trash for clues.

We see the first bag dumped out. It is quite messy. There are milk and egg cartons, an empty cereal box, paper towels, napkins, etc.; all covered with coffee grounds, pieces of eggshell. The mess is pushed aside and the second bag is emptied. There is more assorted kitchen debris. We see a close-up of Banks picking up a small tube with the tweezers. It reads 'Krazy Gloo.' An extreme close-up shows a single strand of hair stuck to the tube. He pulls it gently away. We see him pick up a wadded ball of plastic wrap and flatten it out. It is covered with grease, but as Banks points we can clearly see that a very small piece is missing from a spot in the center.

NARRATOR: The first bag revealed nothing. However, when the second was emptied, Dr. Banks immediately spotted an empty tube that once held glue. Computer analysis would reveal it was consistent with what was used to piece the victim back together. A hair was found stuck to the tube. It appeared to be dark in color. Finally, Dr. Banks found a discarded piece of plastic wrap covered with turkey grease. It had a tiny section missing. When the piece found on the victim was placed against it, it fit perfectly. Police now had absolute proof that the victim had been in the Utonium home.

We see the hair being compared with another under a microscope.

NARRATOR: Dr. Rhodes knew that Buttercup Utonium had dark hair. The hair taken from the tube was compared with a sample from Buttercup Utonium taken during the search at her home. They did not match. Dr. Rhodes recognized something else. On many occasions she had seen hair samples remarkably similar to the one taken from the tube of glue.

We see two more slides with hair samples.

NARRATOR: Using a sample from the crime lab archives, she got the match she was looking for. The hair from the tube was conclusively that of a super-intelligent chimpanzee named Mojo Jojo.

We see a montage of Mojo Jojo committing various evil deeds. Blowing up buildings, robbing, etc. and each time stopped by the Powerpuff Girls.

NARRATOR: Mojo Jojo was no stranger to Townsville police. His record of criminal activity went back more than five years and included some of the worst in the city's history. The Powerpuff Girls had been instrumental in capturing him and putting him away in nearly every one of them.

We see Mojo Jojo sitting in a chair in his lair, building a model ship.

NARRATOR: Mojo Jojo had sworn many times to take revenge on the Powerpuff Girls. He was also well-known as a builder of finely detailed models. Using this knowledge, combined with his hair being on the tube of glue, police now suspected that Mojo Jojo had planned an elaborate scheme to frame the Powerpuff Girls for the Townsville Turkey Tossing.

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INSERT COMMERCIAL.

PLAY LEAD-IN MUSIC AND DISPLAY SHOW GRAPHIC.

We see several police cars with flashing lights parked around the base of the Townsville Observatory. We also see the evidence van. We see an outraged Mojo Jojo shaking his fists as investigators Cook, Finley, Vincent, and a number of uniformed officers and white-coated technicians search for clues. We then see Mojo Jojo seated in one of the interview rooms at police headquarters being questioned by Cook. He appears to be ranting. Suddenly, he blinks in astonishment and puts his hands over his mouth.

NARRATOR: Mojo Jojo was now the prime suspect in the case. A search of his residence turned up nothing that tied him to being in the Utonium home that night. He was brought in for questioning. He stated, repeated, reiterated and said over and over again in the same sentence that he knew nothing about the disappearance of any turkey. He also pointed out that he would not waste his time building a model turkey, as it would not float in water and no turkey carcass had ever won a great naval victory. He offered an alibi. During the time frame involved in this crime, he had been robbing the Townsville museum.

We see Finley and Vincent rush into the room and slap cuffs on Mojo and drag him, ranting, out of the room. Cook shakes his head in disbelief.

NARRATOR: The Townsville museum had in fact been robbed the previous evening. The alarm system had not worked and the robbery was not discovered until the following morning. Technicians were still searching Mojo Jojo's residence and were contacted. They confirmed the presence of items taken during the robbery. Mojo Jojo was immediately arrested and taken to a cell. But police were now left totally confused. The evidence pointed to Mojo Jojo's frame-up of the Powerpuff Girls, but he had a solid alibi. It was time to do some more digging.

We see Dr. Banks peering into a microscope, then we see him sitting at a computer. On screen is a hair sample and below it is text and numbers which can't be made out.

NARRATOR: Dr. Banks ran further tests on the sample of Mojo Jojo's hair taken from the tube of glue. Dr. Banks:

We see Banks filmed standing in the lab.

DR. BANKS: I performed a carbon-dating test on the hair. The test showed that it had been removed from the individual it belonged to from between 46 to 48 hours before it was tested.

We see Vincent standing near Finley's desk. Finley is seated and they are both scanning a report.

NARRATOR: This told investigators that Mojo Jojo had lost that hair sometime between 3 and 5 P.M. on November 27th, the day of the crime. When they checked reports, they learned that a call had come in at 3:30 that afternoon, reporting a jaywalking incident.

We see Mojo Jojo being held by the scruff of the neck by Blossom. A squad car pulls up, one cop gets out, she drops Mojo and the cop hands him a ticket. The cop and Blossom are smiling, Mojo is not. Blossom flies away.

NARRATOR: When officers arrived at the scene, they found Mojo Jojo being physically detained by Blossom Utonium. Mojo Jojo was given an appearance ticket and Blossom Utonium was thanked for her service and left. Police now believed that she was the one who had placed the hair on the tube to make it appear that she and her sisters were being framed. Blossom Utonium now became the prime suspect in the case. Detective Kemper:

DETECTIVE KEMPER (as before): If true, this was a coldly calculated act designed to throw off our investigation. But without something conclusive like a fingerprint, we needed to dig deeper. This was one case we didn't want to lose on a technicality.

We see Dr. Rhodes examining the contents of the sealed bags from the crime scene. Most looks like little bits of leaves, but we see the tweezers pull out a tiny fiber and what looks like a single strand of light colored hair.

NARRATOR: The hair found at the crime scene did not match those from the suspect, Blossom Utonium. The fiber sample, which appeared to be blue, did not match those taken from Blossom Utonium's dresses or nighties, which were pink.

We see more magnified comparisons of hair and fiber samples.

NARRATOR: Dr. Rhodes recalled that one of the sisters, Bubbles, had blonde hair and wore blue. When these samples were compared against those from the crime scene, she got a perfect match on both. Bubbles Utonium had been at the spot where the victim was dumped. Police were now faced with the possibility of a conspiracy.

We see shots of each girl being interrogated once more by her assigned investigator. Their reactions are similar to the ones we saw earlier.

NARRATOR: The Powerpuff Girls were brought in for another round of interviews. The evidence gathered so far was damaging but not conclusive. It pointed to a cover-up, but not who the attacker was. If Blossom and Bubbles stuck to their stories, there wasn't much more investigators could do. Buttercup Utonium was the key. So far, nothing had been found that linked her to the crime in any way. If investigators could persuade her of how much trouble her sisters were in and that they might go easier on them if she cooperated, she might tell them something that would break the case wide open.

We see Blossom and Bubbles both continuing to deny knowing anything. We see Buttercup finally stand, flip the table over and kick her chair.

NARRATOR: Police got nothing. Detective Kemper:

DETECTIVE KEMPER (as before): In spite of what we already had, it wasn't enough to shake these girls' stories. Without an eyewitness, we would never be able to convince twelve men and women that the Powerpuff Girls were guilty. We were going to need a confession.

We see Rhodes examining the carcass.

NARRATOR: To get one would require undeniable proof of their involvement. The solution to this case would have to come from the victim itself.

We see a close up of the breast bone and see Rhodes pointing to a series of very small indentations in it. We hear her speak.

DR. RHODES: I initially discounted these markings you see here as coming from a dull serrated carving knife. But when the other evidence proved inconclusive, I decided to take another look.

We see extremely blown-up photographs of the markings, and her fingers pointing out what's in them.

DR. RHODES: You see that this set of markings on the left doesn't match the ones on the right. In addition, this one single mark here is consistent with one a knife might make. The others are not.

We see file footage of the earlier police raid at the Utonium home.

NARRATOR: Another search warrant was executed on the Utonium residence. This time, police seized all of the knives from the kitchen.

We see Rhodes holding one, and laying the blade in the groove on the breast bone that she had pointed out previously in the photo. We see a blow-up shot of the knife blade, showing imperfections in the metal. We see another blow-up photo of the groove on the bone, showing slight gouges in the sides of the groove.

RHODES: As you can see, the knife I am holding has slight imperfections, which made these markings in the sides of the cut in the bone. None of the other markings matched any of the knives. I was certain they were teeth marks, and we have two different sets of them. The victim was attacked by at least two individuals.

We see a determined-looking Detective Kemper walking toward the camera with a file folder in one hand.

NARRATOR: Not wanting to disturb the Mayor's nap to obtain a search warrant for the office of the Powerpuff Girls' dentist, Detective Kemper elected to make a personal visit to the Utonium home. It was time to talk turkey.

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We see Kemper exit an unmarked car in front of the Utonium residence. It is evening but the exterior is well-lit as he approaches the front door.

NARRATOR: Detective Kemper arrived at the Utonium residence armed with what he felt was enough evidence to obtain a confession.

We see a grim-faced Kemper, a worried Utonium and three nervous girls standing in the living room. We see Kemper rapidly talking and gesturing at each surprised girl. We then see Bubbles break down and blurt something out, and that draws angry looks from her sisters. Then we see Blossom and Buttercup drop their heads, appearing very sad. Bubbles is in tears. Utonium appears shocked.

NARRATOR: The Powerpuff Girls were advised of their rights but were ordered by Professor Utonium to cooperate. When confronted with the stack of physical evidence and told about the teeth marks on the victim, Bubbles Utonium made a startling admission: She was a vegetarian. With the finger of blame now pointed squarely at them, Blossom and Buttercup Utonium confessed their roles in the crime.

We now see the re-enactment of the crime. We see Bubbles asleep in bed. We see Blossom and Buttercup sneak out of their room and head downstairs in the dark as the camera follows them. They slowly go into the kitchen and approach the refrigerator. We see only their silhouettes from behind.

NARRATOR: Unable to resist their dark cravings, Blossom and Buttercup Utonium make a plan. At around 11:30 on the night of November 27th, they put that plan into motion.

We see the refrigerator door swing open, throwing some light into the room. We see the turkey on the platter, and four hands reach in toward it.

NARRATOR: They sneak up on the unsuspecting victim and attack with sudden brutality.

We see a flurry of motion as the camera tilts wildly. We see a blur of rapidly moving hands. We hear the crash of the platter as it hits the floor. The refrigerator door closes and it is nearly black in the room. We hear grunts, chewing noises and sounds of pleasure. Then we hear a belch. We then move to the upstairs bedroom. A light comes on and Bubbles is sitting up in bed, a look of fear on her face.

NARRATOR: Bubbles Utonium is awakened by a disturbance coming from downstairs. She goes to investigate.

We see her float from the room, turn the hall light on and head down the stairs. She is wearing a blue nightie and clutching a purple stuffed octopus. We see her enter the kitchen and turn the light on. We see her shocked face.

NARRATOR: Upon entering the kitchen, she is horrified by what she sees.

We see Blossom and Buttercup, in their respective pink and green nighties, lying on the floor amid the carnage. Bones are strewn among chunks of broken platter. The two girls are smiling and patting their full stomachs. We see Bubbles screaming. We see the other two girls realize what they've done and get up, looking very worried.

NARRATOR: Coming to their senses, the Powerpuff Girls recognize they need to act swiftly to conceal the fowl deed.

We see Blossom gather up all the bones while Bubbles and Buttercup clean up everything else. Buttercup welds the platter back together with her eye lasers and puts it, totally free of cracks, in the dishwasher. Blossom carries the bones to the garage, gets the tube of glue from a shelf and we see her speeding hands reconstructing the carcass. We see Bubbles and Buttercup come out with a trash bag and watch Blossom throw the tube into it. We see Bubbles take the carcass and fly off. We see her floating in the moonlight near the jogging path and lay it in the leaves. We see them all standing shaking their heads to a somewhat angry Utonium. We see them leave police headquarters with worried looks on their faces. We see Blossom go into the trash bag and come out with the tube. We see Blossom pull one of her dresses out of a clothes hamper and we see her super-magnification vision locate some dark hairs on it. She pulls one off with tweezers and puts it on the tube. We see her fly down to the garage and leave it in the trash. We see Buttercup and Bubbles throwing nighties and dresses into a washing machine.

NARRATOR: Fearing Professor Utonium might search for the turkey and discover their crime, they decide to dispose of the remains elsewhere. They claim Utonium's absent-mindedness has caused him to forget the turkey was gone for days. Upon arriving home from the initial police interview, they realize they have a problem. Figuring their house will be searched and unaware of the museum robbery that gave Mojo Jojo his alibi, Blossom remembers her encounter with him the day before and removes one of his hairs from the clothes she was wearing. The incriminating tube of glue is left for police to find. The Powerpuff Girls then remove any further traces of their crime. They nearly got away with it.

We see mug shots of Blossom and Buttercup. Blossom's eyes are downcast, she looks guilty. Buttercup stares straight ahead, a bit defiantly.

NARRATOR: Blossom and Buttercup Utonium plead guilty to first degree raiding the refrigerator and were sentenced to two weeks of no TV and a week of doing chores without their superpowers.

We see Bubbles' mug shot. She is very sad and is clutching the stuffed octopus.

NARRATOR: Bubbles Utonium plead guilty to fourth degree aggravated littering and had her crayons taken away for ten days.

We see a montage of the Powerpuff Girls fighting various monsters and stopping assorted robberies.

NARRATOR: For their guilty pleas on the charge of hindering an official police investigation, all three Powerpuff Girls were sentenced to perform 500 hours of community service, which they have already done, and then some.

In the final part of the montage, we see the Girls about ready to bash Mojo Jojo when he holds up his hand for them to stop. He pulls out a stack of small white cards and hands Blossom one. We see a close-up of the card over her shoulder as she reads it. It says 'This card entitles the holder to get out of one heinie-whooping. One per crime, please. Signed, the Powerpuff Girls'. Mojo smiles broadly as police load him into a paddywagon and the Girls droop and hang their heads as they float away.

NARRATOR: Mojo Jojo's civil action against the Powerpuff Girls for attempting to frame him was settled out of court.

We see the Amoeba Boys behind bars.

NARRATOR: Some crimes are simple and the perpetrators easily apprehended.

We then see the six key participants in the solving of the case walking toward the camera, side by side down a hallway at police headquarters: Kemper, Rhodes, Banks, Cook, Finley and Vincent.

NARRATOR: But when the criminals involved are cunning and act to hide their crimes, it is only the skill and hard work of the men and women of the forensics team that provides police with the means to catch them.

ROLL CREDITS OVER MUSIC AND CLOSING MONTAGE.

NETWORK ANNOUNCER: Coming up next on The Discovery Channel: The FBI Files. The FBI requires some outside assistance when an evil primate is bent on taking over the universe.

END

Story written March 2001

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