By Gary Curtis

Powerpuff Girls created by Craig McCracken and all related characters owned by Cartoon Network.

 

EXT-TOWNSVILLE SKYLINE-DAY

NARRATOR: The City of Townsville...and it's springtime!

PAN TO

[Townsville Central Park, a sunny day. Everywhere, people are doing springtime things: Kids running around playing tag, adults flying kites or playing catch with their children. Pan to the sidewalk, where young couples walk by holding hands. We see the hood of a red car, parked at the curb.]

NARRATOR (inhales deeply): Ahhhhh, Spring! The time of year when a young man's fancy turns to love. And here, just like everywhere, Townsville's young men are happily waxing poetic over their one true love...

[We see a pretty girl balancing coquettishly on one foot with her eyes closed, her lips extended for the smooch she's expecting while little hearts dance around her head. Camera pans left to show her boyfriend with the same hearts and a look of rapture on his face while he waxes his shiny red convertible.]

NARRATOR: ...their TOYS!

[She opens her eyes, and with an angry look she picks up a bucket of water next to the car and dumps it over her boyfriend's head.]

CUT TO-EXT-UTONIUM HOME-DAY

NARRATOR: Even brilliant inventors feel that spark of love for their creations.

[We see an extreme close-up of the happy faces of the POWERPUFF GIRLS.]

PROFESSOR UTONIUM (off camera): Ah, my pride and joy!

[They beam happily but then their eyes fly open as the camera rapidly pulls back to show them in the back yard, watching PROFESSOR UTONIUM standing on a stepladder on the third step, next to a small rocket ship on a launch pad. He is putting a coat of wax on the ship while smiling. The girls frown upon seeing this. Suddenly the sun pokes from behind a cloud and reflects off the rocket and hits him in the eyes.]

PROFESSOR: (Covering his face) Eeeaahhh!! (waving his hands while falling backwards) Whoooooaaaaa!!

[He lands on his backside and looks up, dazed, while the girls giggle and point.]

NARRATOR: Hmmm, Mom was right...it DOES make you go blind.

CUT TO-VOLCANO MOUNTAIN OBSERVATORY-DAY

NARRATOR: And of course, little evil monkeys love their big evil weapons of mass destruction, no matter WHAT time of year it is. So let's see what the evil Mojo Jojo is up to now...

[MOJO JOJO is seen standing on the balcony. Extreme close-up of something shiny and black being polished to an even brighter finish. We hear Mojo Jojo humming and see the cloth disappear and his evil, grinning reflection appear on the surface. Camera pulls back to show him holding what looks like a highly polished remote control device. He turns it over and on the other side is a big red button.]

MOJO JOJO (pushing the button): Ah, now to unveil my most brilliant machine with which to destroy those accursed Powerpuff Girls that I have worked on all winter and now that it is spring I can unveil because it was not completed until just today!

[Camera pulls back to show the ground around the base of the volcano begin to shake. People in the park run away screaming, in every direction. A set of massive steel doors appears in the grass and opens wide, revealing a black hole. Slowly rising, we see the tip of something blue.]

MONTAGE

From various angles, we see: A glimpse of silver flesh with a yellow eye and red hair above it.

A silver colored fist attached to a black arm.

A black and white sneaker attached to a black leg.

Three diagonal lightning bolts on a black background; colored red, blue and green.

A full face shot of a Rowdyruff with silver skin, yellow eyes and red hair styled like Boomer's, with a blue backward-turned baseball cap on top.

The montage ends with a full shot of the DyNaMo knock-off standing at full height, looking down menacingly. It is dressed all in black except for the lightning bolts on the front of its 'shirt', and the black and white sneakers. Sticking through the top of the cap is a black antenna 'cowlick' like Butch's. It doubles as a warning beacon, flashing a red light on and off.]

NARRATOR: Oh, no! It looks like a Rowdyruff version of the Powerpuff DyNaMo!

MOJO JOJO: That is incorrect, for you are WRONG! My creation is vastly superior to that female fusebox! It can do everything that Powerpuff pushover can but better because it is a BOY! Muahahahaha!!! Powerpuff Girls, at last you will finally be defeated by my PRoverbial OMnipotently DAngerous TEchnobot!!!!

NARRATOR: Heh. Heh heh...ahahahahahaha!!!!!!

MOJO JOJO: What is so funny?!!

NARRATOR: Aha!! You just spelled 'prom date'! The Rowdyruff PrOmDaTe! Ahahahahahahahaha!!!!!

[Mojo's eyes fly open, then he scowls angrily.]

MOJO JOJO: Oh, shut up!

[He pushes a button on the front of his tunic and out bursts a silvery space suit, which rapidly surrounds him and places a bubble around his turban. He pushes a button on the front of the suit and flame shoots out of a jetpack on his back].

MOJO JOJO: I will come up with a better name after I have destroyed the Powerpuff Girls!

[He lifts off toward the huge robot while its head opens up and he flies inside it and the head closes.]

CUT TO: INSIDE ROBOT

[Mojo sits at the controls, grinning through his helmet. The engines can be heard whining to a roar while the whole scene shakes. Cut to outside, ground level looking up as the robot slowly lifts off, raising its arms above its head. The evil grin gets wider as it stops, then flattens out and puts its arms out in front and takes off, trailing flame from the bottom of its sneakers.]

NARRATOR: Ha! Better, he says. This one doesn't even have warp!

MOJO JOJO (voice only, trailing off): Of course it has warp! I am only going to Townsville, you idiot!

NARRATOR: Hmmm, good point. I never COULD figure out why the DyNaMo did that!

CUT TO-EXT-UTONIUM HOME-DAY

CUT TO-INT-LIVING ROOM

[Professor is sitting on the couch with his face buried in the paper. Blossom and Buttercup are sitting on the floor playing a video game whose graphics are displayed on the TV and Bubbles is sitting near them on the floor, playing with dolls. In her left hand is a TUXEDO MASK 12" action doll, in her right, a QUEEN BERYL doll.]

BUBBLES (as the Queen): Oh, Tux, of course I'll go to the dance with you!

She smiles and touches the dolls' lips together.

BLOSSOM: Quiet, Bubbles, we're playing!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah, Bub- (looks over at Bubbles, in shock) Bubbles! What are you DOING?!

BUBBLES: Isn't it so romantic?

[Horrified, her sisters drop their controllers and jump up. Blossom grabs the dolls away from Bubbles.]

BLOSSOM: GIVE me those!

[Professor peeks over the top of the paper to see what's going on.]

BUTTERCUP (exasperated): Bubbles, don't you know they're ENEMIES?!

BUBBLES (smugly, eyes closed): Ms. Keane says we should love our enemies! Right, Professor? Professor? Did you love Sedusa?

[Professor raises the paper and seems to sink a little lower into the couch. Saved by the bell! The hotline goes off. The Girls' faces react to it and Blossom drops the dolls and answers the hotline on the phone table.]

BLOSSOM: Yes, Mayor? HUH??? Uh, ooooooookayyy, we're on it?.(hangs up) ...I think...

[Professor drops the paper and looks toward her. Her sisters look at her quizzically.]

BLOSSOM: THAT was weird. Mayor says our PROM date is destroying Townsville!

BUTTERCUP: PROM date?

[Professor gets up and heads out of the room.]

PROFESSOR (smiling): Well, can you blame him? As long as it takes you three to get ready! Have a nice time, Girls, and don't be out too late!

[They blink at one another. He peeks his head around the corner, back into the room.]

PROFESSOR: Oh, and Blossom, make sure Buttercup takes it easy on the punch!

[Blossom and Buttercup scratch their heads, totally confused. Bubbles smiles and picks up the dolls again and makes them waltz in the air.]

BUTTERCUP: Is it just me, or is the Professor getting weirder?

BLOSSOM (with an annoyed look toward Bubbles): It's hereditary, Buttercup. He gets it from her!

BUBBLES (drops the dolls): Well, don't just stand there, we're gonna be late for the dance!

[She crashes through the ceiling. Her sisters exchange a frustrated look, then follow.]

NARRATOR: Hurry, Girls!

CUT TO-DOWNTOWN

[The place is in chaos. Buildings are smashed and burning, cars flipped over, citizens run screaming in all directions. In the middle of it stands the Rowdybot. Its grin widens as it spots a huge display baseball bat outside a sporting goods store where a sign reads 'Everything Half Off'. Close-up of a grinning Mojo through one of the yellow eye-windows, then pull back to show the robot yank the bat free and give a mighty swing, cutting the top half off the store.]

MOJO JOJO: Heh. Just keeping them honest! Now, what is taking those accursed Powerpuffs so long to get here?

CUT TO-GIRLS

[They are in flight.]

BLOSSOM: For the last time, Bubbles, we aren't GOING to any prom and this guy ISN'T our DATE!

BUTTERCUP: Well, WHOEVER he is, he's gonna get a size two Mary Jane in the KEISTER!

NARRATOR: I don't know, Buttercup. If that petty primate has his way, this could be your last dance with those Mary Janes!

[Bubbles stops first, her face showing surprise as her hands go to her mouth. Her sisters quickly do the same.]

BUBBLES (angry, pointing): I'm not dancing with THAT!

[Their faces become angry and they fly down toward the robot.]

BLOSSOM: A Rowdyruff DyNaMo! There's only one mind evil enough to create something like that, and that's Mojo...

BUBBLES: Jojo!

[They arrive at the scene and Mojo stops his destroying. The robot and the Girls face each other.]

BUTTERCUP: Well, at least he didn't bring the boys back. I'm sick o' seein' that!

BLOSSOM: Yeah, me too. So unoriginal.

BUBBLES: What's so original about copyin' the DyNaMo? You're a big copycat, Mojo!

MOJO JOJO: What?! I have been called many despicable things, (grins toward camera) most of them true, (looks back at Powerpuffs) but a copycat?

BUBBLES: Well, you are!

MOJO JOJO: Fine! You want to start a flame war? Take THIS!

[The tips of the robot's hands turn into flamethrowers and the Girls are instantly scorched and blackened. They shake off the soot but then its eye lasers start to fire at them and they fly off-screen to avoid them.]

MOJO JOJO: That's it, run, you puny Powerpuffs! RUN! Muahahahaha!!!

WHIP PAN TO GIRLS

BLOSSOM: We've got to regroup and think of something! (looks around) Where can we land?

BUTTERCUP: Look out!

WHIP PAN TO ROBOT

[It is just releasing the blue baseball cap from its hand, frisbee-style. Camera pulls back to show the Girls trying to avoid it as it blows by them, spinning them out of control. As it passes, three torpedo tubes on the bill of the cap open, and three red, black and white missiles fly out at them. The shot is filled with three explosions.]

WHIP PAN TO A BRICK BUILDING

[One at a time, rapidly, each 'Puff is flattened against the side of the brick wall, getting stuck inside a hole with cracks and bricks falling out. Buttercup pulls herself out first.]

BUTTERCUP: That's it! No more being a wallflower for me! It takes two to tango!

[Off she streaks, soon followed by her angry siblings.]

WHIP PAN TO ROBOT

[The 'cowlick' acts as a homing device, guiding the returning cap. The robot holds out one hand and catches the cap and puts it back on its head with a metallic connecting sound. The Girls reach it and attack, throwing everything they have at it while dodging laser blasts from the robot. They pound the metal skin, only hurting their hands and feet. Nothing works. Eye and hand beams, ice-breath, nothing. Buttercup grabs some telephone cable and the three Girls wrap it up like a mummy. They stand back proudly, but then the cable explodes outward and the robot grins.]

MOJO: Muahahaha!!! Admit it, Powerpuffs! You are defeated! There is nothing more you can do!

BLOSSOM: Oh, yes there is! You said so yourself!

MOJO: What?

GIRLS: RUN!

[They fly away. Close up on Mojo inside the robot. He is grinning.]

MOJO: Yes, run, little girls! (grin fades) Hmmm, there IS one more thing they can do. (grin comes back) But it will do them no good, for I, Mojo Jojo, will be ready for them!

CUT TO: EXT-UTONIUM HOME-DAY

CUT TO: INT-DYNAMO HOLDING AREA

[Professor Utonium stands looking up at his giant creation. It is gleaming and has a slightly nasty look of anticipation on its metallic face.]

PROFESSOR: Ready, Girls?

CUT TO: INT-DYNAMO COMMAND CENTER

[The 'Puffs are sitting at the controls, each wearing their battle suits. Blossom is flanked by Bubbles to her left and Buttercup to her right. Their helmets rest in their laps. Professor can be seen on the view screen.]

GIRLS: Ready, Professor!

BLOSSOM: Professor, are you SURE Mayor said it's okay for us to use her again?

PROFESSOR (on screen): Not in those words, Blossom, but I took 'Haaaaalp, do something!' to be a 'yes'. Now, with those modifications I made to her, she should respond much better than the last time.

BUTTERCUP (grins) Great! Let's see how Lover Boy responds when WE show up!

BUBBLES (giggles): Buttercup, I thought you HATED Mojo!

[Everyone laughs but Buttercup, who scowls.]

BUTTERCUP: Ah, shut up and man your station, Blondie!

[They put their helmets on and strap themselves in. Each of them begins working some control.]

CUT TO: EXT-HOLDING AREA

[The doors are open and the robot begins to lift up and out. Professor is just a small speck, seen from above.]

PROFESSOR: Now, Buttercup and Bubbles, Blossom's in charge, so pay attention and bring DyNaMo home in one piece!

BLOSSOM (voice): Copy that, Professor!

BUBBLES (voice): Professor's not a copycat!

BUTTERCUP (voice, groans): Oh, brother...

[The DyNaMo is clear of the bay and assumes the take-off position, level with the ground. The grin widens a bit and the yellow eyes take on a glow. It fires up and zooms off on Blossom's command.]

BLOSSOM (voice): C'mon, guys, let's go show that tin can what REAL girlpower is! Engines, engage!

CUT TO: INSIDE DYNAMO

[The Townsville skyline can be seen through the eyes. Buttercup turns to her left to look at Blossom.]

BUTTERCUP: So what did Professor put in this thing that makes it so much better, huh?

BLOSSOM: You'll see, Buttercup. Just do what I tell you, okay?

BUTTERCUP (crosses her arms): Hmmph! Fine, be like that!

BLOSSOM: Buttercup, if you don't listen to me, something might go wrong!

BUBBLES: Yeah, Professor said we had to pay attention-

BUTTERCUP: Oh, all right! Let's just trash that piece of junk and go-

VOICE (a computer voice): Target in sight!

[Bubbles and Buttercup jump in their seats.]

BUBBLES: She can talk?

BLOSSOM: It's a computer, Bubbles, not a she; and yes, Professor gave DyNaMo the ability to communicate. Now, Bubbles, when I say so, hit THAT green button (her hand points to it on the control panel in front of Bubbles), and Buttercup, when I tell YOU, hit THAT green button...(points to it)...BUT NOT BEFORE!

BUTTERCUP (irritated): OKAY!

BLOSSOM: Now, get ready!

WHIP PAN TO: DOWNTOWN STREET

[The Rowdybot is just finishing leveling a whole city block. What its lasers don't knock down it kicks over with glee.]

CUT TO: MOJO, IN ROWDYBOT'S COMMAND CENTER

[From Mojo's POV, eyeing the approaching DyNaMo. It slows, becomes upright and lowers to the ground.]

MOJO: Finally, they are here. That is to say, they have arrived after a lengthy delay, which would not have been so long if they had gotten here sooner!

[Camera pulls back to show the two robots facing each other from a distance of about one destroyed city block.]

MOJO: So, Powerpuff Girls! You have finally showed up with that sorry excuse for a battle droid. It does not matter, for I will send it running just like you! Muahahaha!!

[DyNaMo suddenly turns and blasts off, flying away.]

CUT TO: GIRLS, IN DYNAMO'S COMMAND CENTER

BUTTERCUP: Blossom, what are we doing?

BLOSSOM: Trying to get him to follow us to his lair. That way he might not do so much damage!

CUT TO: MOJO

[From his POV, the fleeing DyNaMo can be seen.]

MOJO: Aha, just like I expected! Wait, they are landing!

[Close-up of his hands punching buttons.]

MOJO: Now I have you, you accursed brats!

[Close-up of tubes on the Rowdybot's arms opening up. Four missiles on each shoot out. Pull back to show them whizzing at DyNaMo. At the last second, she does a cartwheel and the missiles explode harmlessly...almost.]

CUT TO: MOJO

MOJO: I missed! I will not miss this time!

[He begins to grin, then his face changes to horrified.]

WHIP PAN TO OBSERVATORY

[To what is left of his observatory, as the smoke clears, would be more precise.]

MOJO (off-camera): My laboratory!! Curse you, Powerpuffs!

CUT TO: GIRLS

BUTTERCUP: You couldn't hit us if we were standin' still!

BLOSSOM: Now, Bubbles!

[Bubbles hits the button. Pull back to show both robots. Scores of tiny ports open up on DyNaMo's arms, legs and torso, and small, very bright projectiles shoot forth.]

CUT TO MOJO

MOJO: A Counter-Offensive Operation: Tactical Incendiary Explosives System! I am prepared for THAT!

[The tiny explosives explode harmlessly in flames against the Rowdybot.]

MOJO: I am not afraid of your COOTIES!!

CUT TO: GIRLS

BUBBLES: We don't have cooties!

BLOSSOM: We did, but they didn't work. We need to get outta here!

BUTTERCUP: Heck no! What about THIS!

[Her hand comes down on the button that Blossom told her not to touch until ordered.]

BLOSSOM (horrified): Buttercup! NO! NOT YET!!

DYNAMO (voice): WARNING! We are too close to desired target!

[Pull back to show DyNaMo lift its right hand to its mouth, held out flat; and appear to blow across it. Small ports open up on the hand and tiny arrows fly out directly at the Rowdybot. The arrows strike the hard surface and embed themselves in the metallic skin. When they do, a massive pink cloud forms instantly, engulfing both robots.]

DYNAMO (voice suddenly changing to a coy, girlish giggling one): Warning! We are not close ENOUGH to desired target!

CUT TO: GIRLS

BLOSSOM: Buttercup, you IDIOT! You just infected us with our own computer virus!

BUTTERCUP: Huh?

MOJO (off camera): WHAT?!!

BLOSSOM: That gas is supposed to attack a computer's logic center! Now I don't know WHAT'S gonna happen!

BUBBLES: Uh, oh. I think I know!

[Pull back to show the two robots. The DyNaMo takes on a large smile and begins to move toward the Rowdybot. It responds the same way, and the two move closer together.]

CUT TO: GIRLS

BLOSSOM: DyNaMo! Stop! Turn around!

CUT TO: MOJO

MOJO: What have you accursed Girls done to my computer system? It is not responding to my commands and thus will not listen to me!!!

[Cut back and forth between the two command centers as the robots get closer. Mojo and the Girls can see each other through the eyes, and their faces widen in shock. The robots' smiles get bigger and bigger.]

MOJO: CUURRSES!!

BUBBLES: We're gonna crash!

DYNAMO (voice): Estimated time to system interface, eight seconds...rrrowrrr!!!!

BUTTERCUP: I'm outta here!

[She hits her eject switch and her sisters do the same.]

MOJO: I am with you!

[Pull back to show both robots' heads popping open and the four are thrown high into the air. The heads close, the Girls fly up to Mojo and Bubbles grabs him and takes him to the ground, dragging his open parachute behind. All four land and turn to watch. The two robots have reached each other and stand with their faces touching. They raise their arms and put one each around the other's waist, and the other behind each other's heads. Dynamo lifts one leg off the ground. They seem to move even closer together. Everyones' backs are turned to the camera, watching.]

BUTTERCUP: What are they doing?

BUBBLES: They're kissing, silly!

MOJO: Ack! Disgusting! Stop that at once, meaning right now!

[He turns to the Girls and raises his arms, blocking their view.]

MOJO: Young children should not be watching such things because it is not good to be watching.

BUBBLES (trying to peek around him): Why not, Mojo?

MOJO: Because tonsil hockey is not a spectator sport!

[Buttercup covers her face, while Blossom tries to see.]

BUTTERCUP: Eeeeewwwwww!! They're swapping spit?

BLOSSOM: No, Buttercup! I THINK they're swapping DATA!

MOJO: Huh?!

BLOSSOM: I think they're exchanging information!

MOJO: That is not good, and I do not mean that in a good way because I like things that are not good. If the evil plans stored in my computer are corrupted by your infernal goodness, I shall become very angry!

BUTTERCUP: I'm already angry! Take that, Mojerk!

[She gives him two punches and a kick before Blossom can stop her.]

BLOSSOM: Yeah, Mojo, it's your stupid Rowdyruff Boy that's corrupting her!

MOJO: Do not blame me! It was YOUR plan that failed for once! Besides, she does not seem to be complaining at the moment. Perhaps now they will BOTH be evil, and together I can use them to destroy you!

[He pulls a remote device and pushes a button. The Rowdybot takes a step back, then another.]

MOJO: Ah, it is responding to my commands once again! Now, I will-

BLOSSOM: Look!

[The Rowdybot grabs a small grove of trees and pulls them out of the ground, then hands them to DyNaMo like a bouquet of flowers. She takes them and turns shyly away, then bats her eyes flirtatiously at the grinning Rowdybot.]

BUTTERCUP: So much for that idea, Mojo! They're in love! Ptuii!

BUBBLES: I think it's CUTE!

BLOSSOM: Well I don't! Come on, Girls, let's cool them off!

[Her sisters follow her as they fly up to DyNaMo. Both robots see them coming and begin to glare at them.]

BLOSSOM: DyNaMo! Bad girl! Go home, right now!

DYNAMO: Go find your own boyfriend!

[DyNaMo spins and whacks Blossom with the bouquet of trees, sending her crashing to the ground face first. She slides to a stop near Mojo's feet and comes up spitting dirt and grass. Bubbles and Buttercup fly over to help her up.]

BLOSSOM: Grrrrr! That's it, she's grounded!

[In the background, the two robots begin to dance. (From here on, I'll call them Rowdy and Dyna). Rowdy spins Dyna around, holding one of her hands with his, over their heads, then dips her. She repeats the move on him. All the while, they wear big smiles. While this goes on, when not speaking, Bubbles watches, enchanted by it. Buttercup looks disgusted and Blossom and Mojo appear more annoyed than anything.]

BUBBLES: Blossom, they aren't doing anything bad. Maybe they just wanna be together!

BUTTERCUP: I think I'm gonna be sick.

MOJO: Powerpuff Girl Bubbles, as much as I hate to agree with one of you accursed females, you may be correct. Together, they are much too powerful for us to stop them. I suggest we keep an eye on them to see what they do, and that will give us time to devise a plan to deactivate them.

BLOSSOM: Mojo, are you suggesting that we actually work together as a team?

MOJO: NO! I did not say that! Or...maybe I did. Hmmm, OK, but only until we solve this problem. Then, it will be business as usual!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah, we kick your butt, as usual.

BLOSSOM: Deal?

MOJO: Deal!

[Four hands touch to seal the pact.]

NARRATOR: What's this? The Powerpuff Girls teaming up with the evil Mojo Jojo? Now I've seen everything! This love bug must be contagious!

MONTAGE

[Of the robots' first 'date'. As Mojo, with his jetpack, and the Girls fly along keeping tabs on them, we see:

At Townsville Hall, Rowdy uses one of his flame-throwing hands to burn their names inside a heart into the roof.

Outside of Townsville Florist, he pulls a huge outdoor display of metal roses free from the concrete, pulls out one and places it lengthwise between his 'teeth', then presents the rest to Dyna.

A street party breaks up rapidly as Rowdy bends down to pick up the sound truck that is blasting rap music and sets it on one of his shoulders like a giant boombox. The two robots dance to the music while some of the fleeing partygoers stop and begin dancing along with them.

At the Townsville refinery, they are sharing a 'soda' from one of the huge oil tanks, through straws made out of pipes.

They walk hand in hand through a downtown street. Dyna points to a giant billboard advertising a jewelry store. On it is a woman's hand displaying a diamond ring. She looks at Rowdy and smiles. Then she looks at her hand, back at the billboard, back at her hand, and frowns. Rowdy just shrugs, and they walk away. While watching this, Bubbles looks at her own hand sadly and sheds a tear.

Except for some of the partygoers, everywhere the robots go, people run screaming; yet there isn't a tremendous amount of damage being done. The two robots seem interested only in each other.

The montage ends with the robots holding hands, walking in the park toward Mojo's ruined lair. It is now dusk and the moon is out , very big in the sky over the city. Dyna looks sad as Rowdy stands behind her, with one arm around her shoulders. The 'boombox' truck is still perched on his other shoulder, silent at the moment. They look up at the moon.]

PAN TO GIRLS AND MOJO

BUTTERCUP: I can't believe we just spent a whole day chaperoning two robots!

BUBBLES: I think it's beautiful. Except for that we can't wear rings. Maybe that's why she's sad.

BLOSSOM: It's like they're in their own little world. That's why she looks so sad. Our world's too small for them.

BUBBLES (sniff): An' they'll never be happy here!

BUTTERCUP (sniff): Cut it out, Bubbles!

[All three of them let out a few tears.]

MOJO: Silly romantic fools! They are robots! Robots do not fall in love! They are machines, which are meant to do what we tell them to do, and since they are not doing what I want them to do, namely, destroying you, they are USELESS!

BUBBLES (with a mean look): Why do you have to be such a meanie all the time? I oughta-

BLOSSOM: Girls, LOOK!

PAN TO ROBOTS

[Rowdy is carrying Dyna, supporting her with one arm while she has both of hers around his neck. He holds the 'boombox' to his shoulder with his other arm, and it begins to play Frank Sinatra's 'Fly Me To The Moon'. Rowdy's engines come to life and together they lift off the ground. We see the flames coming from the bottom of Rowdy's sneakers, then the 'warp' effect kicks in and they are gone.]

BUTTERCUP: Whoa, where'd they go?

BLOSSOM: To the moon, I bet!

MOJO (sarcastic): Oh, and what hidden clues led you to THAT conclusion?

[Blossom shoots him a dirty look.]

BUBBLES: You hurt their feelings, Mojo!

[She stares sadly at the moon.]

MOJO: Your stupid virus destroys months of my genius at work and turns my greatest achievement into a lovesick titanium puppy dog, and you are concerned with THEIR feelings?

BUTTERCUP: Oh, get over yourself. She's gone, too.

BLOSSOM: Yeah, so we're even!

MOJO: Fine! Our 'partnership' is over!

BUBBLES (points): Hey! The moon looks different all of a sudden!

BLOSSOM: Uh, oh. We better see what they're doing!

[She grabs Mojo by the neck and they fly up to the damaged observatory. Mojo looks through his telescope.]

MOJO: Hooray, it is still working! That means...CURSES!

[The Girls rush to look. We see what they see through the rounded lens. Carved on the moon's surface, inside a heart, is 'Rowdy + Dyna 4 ever'. Then, a burst of white light leaves the moon and grows closer to the earth.]

BUTTERCUP: Incoming!

[A missile of some kind streaks through the atmosphere and hits near the base of Volcano Mountain with a small explosion. They fly down to the crater and see a metal grenade-type object with fins.]

BLOSSOM: It looks like a probe of some kind!

BUBBLES: Or a message!

[She takes off to get it and brings it back. Blossom takes it from her and breaks the head off, inside is a note. They fly back up to where Mojo is.]

MOJO: Well, what does it say?

BLOSSOM: It says 'Powerpuff Girls: Humans are obsolete. We intend to create a race of intelligent beings like ourselves and take over the universe, starting with Earth.

MOJO: What?! No one will take over the universe but ME! (Buttercup slaps him) Ow!

BUTTERCUP: D'ya mind if she finishes?

BLOSSOM: Ahem! 'As our creators, Professor Utonium and Mojo Jojo will be spared, but only if they agree to help us. You will be spared, also. If you do not agree to help us or try to stop us in any way, we will destroy your planet! Love, Dyna. P.S. If you do not believe us, look into the constellation Orion. Ten minutes from the time this message was sent, we will direct a beam of our combined power to destroy a tiny, insignificant ice-planet which is ten times the size of Earth...

[Blossom's eyes are huge as she lowers the note. Her sisters' and Mojo's expressions are similar. At the same time, they all jump for the telescope. We again see what they see.]

MOJO (voice): Surely they are bluffing.

[A red beam comes into view and strikes something in the sky where the Orion star system would be. There is a brief flash, then everything appears normal once again.]

MOJO (voice): Surely they were not.

[Through the gaping hole in the observatory roof, The Powerpuff Signal is seen in the night sky. Blossom sees Mojo's phone, picks it up and dials.]

BLOSSOM: Good, it still works! Hello, Mayor? Yes, that giant beam everybody saw came from the moon. The robots did it to show us they mean business. But don't worry, Mayor, we'll take care of it!

[She hangs up. Bubbles frowns at her.]

BUBBLES: Blossom, you didn't tell him what's happening! He's the Mayor!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah, Bubbles, and he also gets upset over a hangnail. YOU go tell him the Earth's about to be destroyed!

BLOSSOM: Never mind that, we have to figure out some way to stop them!

MOJO: I cannot believe I am saying this, but perhaps we should renew our partnership. You have not seen my secret arsenal, which I do not want you to see because it is secret, but if the world is destroyed it is of no use to me since it is all intended to destroy you, and...

BUTTERCUP: Oh, shut up already and show it to us!

MOJO: Come with me. You will have to help me load it on my ship!

CUT TO: MOJO'S SECRET UNDERGROUND ARSENAL

[Bubbles crams what looks like a kitchen sink into a tall rocket's cargo hold, and she and her sisters struggle to close the hatch.]

BUTTERCUP: What do we need THAT thing for?

MOJO: Sight gag.

[Everyone laughs.]

BLOSSOM: Well, let's go, guys. We'll see you on the moon, Mojo!

[The Girls take off.]

MOJO: Oh, you are flying ahead to distract the robots so that they do not destroy the ship and all my weapons when I get there! Excellent thinking, Blossom!

BUBBLES: No, your rocket doesn't have a bathroom!

CUT TO: EXT-OBSERVATORY-NIGHT

[The camera looks down at the ground, showing the open doors to the secret chamber as the Girls fly out toward the camera. It pulls back along with them, in flight.]

BLOSSOM (peeved): Thanks a lot, Bubbles! For once Mojo said something nice about me and you hadda ruin it! There aren't any bathrooms on the moon, either!

BUBBLES (smiling, looks at Blossom): No, but I know where we can find a big vanity!

NARRATOR: Ouch! Save some of those shots for the battle, Girls!

CUT TO: MOON'S SURFACE-DAY

(Author's note: While it is still night back in Townsville, it IS daytime on at least half of the moon.)

[In a valley between some peaks, surrounded by craters, we see Rowdy and Dyna doing a slow dance to Glenn Miller's 'Moonlight Serenade' coming from the sound truck parked near them. (Hey, Professor programmed her taste in music, not Eminem.) We can hear the telltale sound of the incoming 'Puffs, and the robots look up. Their smiles turn to angry expressions.]

PAN TO GIRLS

BUTTERCUP: There they are! How are we going to distract them?

BLOSSOM: We aren't! We're gonna tell 'em that we'll help!

BUBBLES: But we're not, are we?

BLOSSOM: NO! But if they THINK we will, they won't blow up the rocket!

BUTTERCUP: At least not until we attack 'em.

BLOSSOM: And we won't do that until we get all of Mojo's stuff unloaded.

BUBBLES: I just hope it works!

[They float down to the robots. Rowdy's scowl deepens and he moves protectively to step in front of Dyna. She holds him back and smiles at him, then faces Blossom.]

DYNA: Where is Mojo Jojo?

BLOSSOM: He's coming.

BUBBLES: Yeah, with all his weapons!

[The robots react to that.]

DYNA: Weapons!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah, if we're gonna help you take over the universe, we ain't leaving Mojo's weapons behind for somebody else to use against us!

DYNA (smiles): So, you agree to our terms! Where's Professor Utonium?

BLOSSOM: He doesn't know! If he did, he would try to stop you for sure!

DYNA: That's good. I don't want him here now. He'll be useful, later.

BUBBLES: He still won't help you!

DYNA: Yes he will. He's smarter than you think he is.

[Buttercup eyes Rowdy.]

BUTTERCUP: Doesn't that thing talk?

DYNA (lowers her head to their level and whispers): Boys should be seen and not heard, right, Girls?

[They giggle and Dyna straightens up.]

BUTTERCUP (looking away): Hey, here comes Mojo!

PAN TO SKY

[Where the rocket is coming in. Small retro-rockets fire, making it pull up straight, then lower to the surface and land. The control hatch opens and Mojo steps out, wearing his suit and helmet. His jetpack allows him to fly down to the ground.]

BLOSSOM (whispers to Mojo): Mojo, I told them about the weapons. We have to make them think we're on their side.

MOJO (whispering): That is good thinking! They can look at whatever they want. I will explain that I need the power from my robot to make them useful. That will give me a chance to deactivate it.

MONTAGE

[Of the weapons being unloaded, Dyna picking them up and looking at them, a shot inside her command center showing schematic drawings of them turning at different angles on a monitor and computer code flashing across another screen. She is downloading information. We see Mojo with a smile on his face, inside Rowdy, pushing buttons. The montage ends with him and the Girls hovering between the two robots.]

BLOSSOM: Well, that's everything! (whispers to Mojo) Now, Mojo, shut that thing down!

[Mojo pushes the button on another remote. A tight shot on Rowdy's face as his grin fades and he begins to vibrate. A tight shot on Dyna's face showing concern. A shot on the others' faces, Mojo grinning gleefully and the 'Puffs wide-eyed, wondering what's going to happen. Back on Rowdy as his lights go out and his arms drop to his side. Back on Mojo and the Girls, a wider shot showing the out-of-commission Rowdy and an angry Dyna.]

GIRLS: YAY!!

MOJO: Yesss! I have done it! Now to-

[Suddenly, Rowdy's lights flicker on and his evil sneer returns, only worse. Mojo and the Girls are shocked.]

DYNA (pointing at them): So! You have shown your true colors! Your feeble plan has failed!

[Combined beams from hers and Rowdy's eyes blow up Mojo's rocket, and then move along the surface of the moon destroying all of Mojo's various ray guns.]

MOJO: My weapons!

BUTTERCUP: We don't need your stinking weapons! Time to FIGHT!

[The robots turn their lasers on the Girls as they climb into the dark, leaving Mojo behind, but they easily avoid them. They pull up and stop, the robots only tiny specks below them.]

BUBBLES: What do we fight them with?

BLOSSOM (grins): Girls, I say we give 'em a virus of our own!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah! How about a little... cat scratch fever!

[They smile and combine into that flaming cat-meteor first seen in 'Catastrophe'. Mojo's and the robot's faces turn upward to see it coming. It swoops directly toward Rowdy, but he pulls back both arms and swings them like a baseball bat and sends the Girls into the side of a tall crater, blowing half of it up. Dyna shoots Rowdy an angry look and a startled Mojo watches her give his creation a left uppercut that sends Rowdy flying into the distance and lands him on his back in a cloud of dust. She strides over to the Girls and scoops them into her arms out of the rubble, where they are just coming to. She looks down at them, concerned. Mojo flies over to watch, stunned himself.]

DYNA: Girls, are you all right?

BLOSSOM (rubbing her head): Yeah, I think so...

BUBBLES (pointing): But what about your boyfriend?

PAN TO ROWDY

[He is sitting up, looking confused, shaking his head.]

PAN TO DYNA

DYNA: MY boyfriend would NEVER hit a girl! We're through!

[She lets the Girls loose, then walks over to Rowdy and lifts the stunned robot up with her left hand by his 'collar'.]

DYNA: I'm sorry, Rowdy. We were never meant to be. Maybe another place, another time...

[She places her 'lips' against his. The Powerpuffs and Mojo watch, their mouths open.]

BUTTERCUP: Whoa! It's the kiss of death!

[Rowdy looks pleadingly into her eyes just before she knocks him flat with a right. She picks him up again and shoves her right hand through the titanium shell of Rowdy's chest and pulls it out with a fistful of electronics with wires hanging out. Sparks fly out of it and it looks almost in the shape of a heart. She drops it on the ground and crushes it with one foot. Rowdy's eyes go dark for the last time and he falls over backwards. Mojo falls to his knees, holding his chest.]

GIRLS: Whoooooaaa...

MOJO (in a higher-pitched, whiny kind of voice): Oh, no, not again! Oh, Moko...

BUBBLES (cries): Oh, it's so sad!

DYNA: Yes it is, Bubbles. It's very sad when things don't work out.

[Suddenly her voice changes from the girlish one back to the computer voice.]

DYNA: Love Bug program complete. Awaiting further instructions.

GIRLS: Huh?

MOJO (angry, jumps up): What? You mean to say that Professor Utonium programmed that thing to break the heart of my most brilliant creation and that she did not really love him? This is an outrage!

BLOSSOM (laughs): Well, she DID say that he was smarter than we thought!

BUTTERCUP: Hey, she also said she could use him later!

BUBBLES (pointing): Girls! Look!

PAN TO SKY

[To a rocket landing on the moon's surface. Professor Utonium climbs out of the hatch wearing a space suit and jets over to where they are. The Girls hug him happily, then float a few feet away.]

BLOSSOM: Professor, you programmed this whole thing?

BUTTERCUP: Yeah, and did you really blow up a whole planet? That was COOL!

PROFESSOR: No, Buttercup, that's what you THOUGHT you saw. It was just another probe like the one the message came in, burning up in the earth's atmosphere. And yes, Blossom, I knew if the two robots fought in Townsville, they'd destroy it, so I wanted DyNaMo to lure Mojo's robot here. I left you in the dark on purpose, because I knew if Mojo believed she had taken control of his robot, he'd do anything to stop them, including joining forces with you. Girls, you've not only succeeded in destroying the robot and saving Townsville, but Mojo's entire arsenal is gone, too!

MOJO: So what! I will just make more!

PROFESSOR (pats DyNaMo's leg): And Dyna, here, has the blueprints for every one of them!

MOJO: Cuurrses! You do not fight fair!

PROFESSOR: All's fair in love and war, Mojo Jojo!

[He and the Girls chuckle.]

MOJO (points at Professor): So, what do you do, Professor Utonium, watch soap operas all day long in your laboratory?

PROFESSOR: Well, I did get the idea for some of my programming from 'The Young And The Witless'.

MOJO: I knew it! It was just like what that accursed Melanie did to poor Malcolm!

[The two begin to walk toward Professor's rocket. The Girls watch their backs, amazed.]

PROFESSOR: Yeah, but he's no good so he deserved it!

MOJO: Nonsense! No villain deserves to be treated in such a manner!

PROFESSOR (looking over his shoulder): See you later, Girls!

[He then resumes his argument with Mojo, as they gesture to make their points.]

PAN TO GIRLS

BLOSSOM: Oh, brother! Well, Dyna, let's go home!

[Dyna's head opens and the Girls fly into their seats. The hatch closes and they strap themselves in and pull their helmets off. Blossom starts working the controls.]

CUT TO: EXT-DYNAMO

[She lifts off with a smile on her face.]

BLOSSOM (voice): We've just got ONE MORE little thing to do.

[As DyNaMo rises into the sky, we can see where she and Rowdy had written their 'names' inside the heart, in the dust on the moon's surface. She turns and laser beams shoot from her eyes, erasing all of it.]

CUT TO: INT-DYNAMO

BLOSSOM: Well, I'm glad THAT'S over! But now I'm more confused than ever about romance!

BUBBLES: What's to be confused about, Blossom? We're only five! We aren't S'POSED to know anything about it!

BLOSSOM: That's the part that confuses me. Why do so many people think we do?

BUTTERCUP: Well, I'M not confused. I can't WAIT to start dating!

BLOSSOM and BUBBLES: HUH?!!

BUTTERCUP: Yeah! The best part is when I get to rip some guy's heart out and stomp on it!

CUT TO: EXT-DYNAMO

[She begins to fly away with a devilish grin on her face. The destroyed Rowdy can be seen below her on the moon, lying in the dust.]

BLOSSOM (voice): Buttercup!

BUTTERCUP (voice): Figuratively, of course!

NARRATOR: Oh, Buttercup, why do I think you'll be doing a LOT of that some day?

CLOSING HEARTS BACKDROP

[Over it is a winged cherub holding a bow, a quiver of arrows on its back.]

NARRATOR: So, once again, the day is saved...thanks to... CUUUPID!

 

THE END

 

Thanks go out to sjcobert and Detective Kemper for encouraging me to finish this idea when I got bogged down, and to Detective for some help with the visuals. Some of the ideas in the 'date' montage were his, and a comment led to me finishing the story on the moon rather than in Townsville. Special thanks to xeviousgt for moral support throughout.

Gary Curtis

May-June 2001