Gary CurtisBy
Powerpuff Girls created by Craig McCracken and all related chararcters owned by Cartoon Network
(Opening shot of the city skyline, daytime.)
NARRATOR: (normal voice) The city of Townsville...a city apart...
(Scene changes to a giant monster wrecking the city.)
NARRATOR: (excitably) Literally!
(The monster has a human-type head and has three eyes and eight arms. It is wearing coveralls with a ruler in one pocket and a carpenter's cap, and has a pencil behind one ear. One arm ends in a screwdriver blade, the others in a saw blade, a drill, a wrench, a hammer, and a spout, which reads 'six-in-one' just above it on the arm, and two that are more like hands. All of the tools are taking various buildings apart. The hammer smashes, the drill puts holes through things and the screwdriver is unscrewing and the buildings and towers just fall apart. It strains with the wrench at the top of a skyscraper, squirts a little green slime from the 'oil' spout and the top of the building comes right off. It stops sawing another building, frowns, takes out the ruler, measures, puts the ruler back, smiles, and finishes the building off with the hammer. People run screaming in the streets as pieces fall. A bus is upside down and spinning around on the end of the drill as people fly out of it and the monster laughs.)
(Pan to the POWERPUFF GIRLS zooming into the city. The monster looks up in surprise.)
BLOSSOM: All right, Mr. Badwrench!
BUBBLES: Tool time's over!
BUTTERCUP: Yeah! We'll teach you to mess up our town without a destruction permit!
(The montser's drill begins firing razor-sharp drill bits at them but they easily avoid them. They start landing kicks and punches to its face. Bubbles twists the saw-arm so it cuts off the hammer, Buttercup unscrews the oil-tip with the wrench arm and blasts it in the face like a fire hose with its own slime and Blossom melts the screwdriver with her laser beams. Then they all grab onto the drill and the monster begins spinning like mad, getting all twisted up. It can't go any farther and starts going the other direction. They let go and it flies off into space. The girls dust off their hands proudly.)
NARRATOR: Nice job, girls. Who needs a handyman with you three around?
(They fly off and the camera follows them.)
NARRATOR: And so, as Townsville assembles to put itself back together, our three girls are off to take part in something more important to building their future.
(Cut to Pokey Oaks Kindergarten. The girls' color trails follow them down to it and they disappear inside.)
NARRATOR: But little do they know that at this very moment, an evil plot is being constructed...
(Cut to an abandoned warehouse near the harbor, that says 'Parts Were Us'. Cut to inside, where MOJO JOJO, PRINCESS MORBUCKS and HIM are meeting.)
MOJO JOJO: And so by reassembling our evil partnership and using some of Townsville's other villains, this time we will be more than the sum of our parts, meaning that we will have more than the necessary components to...
PRINCESS: Oh, shut up, Mojo. All you need to remember is the Golden Rule. He with the most gold, rules!
HIM: (Sinister evil voice[EV]) Oh, be quiet! (Creepy, effeminate voice [FV]) You're all (EV) nothing (FV) without meeee.
MOJO: That is ridiculous!
(Mojo and Him start to argue. Princess stamps her foot.)
PRINCESS: Quiet! This is what got us in trouble the last time, you idiots! Together, we have everything we need, and those have-not Powerpuff Girls will have less than nothing after we finish taking them apart!
MOJO: Yes! I will provide my superior brain power and technology!
HIM: (FV) And I'll provide the (EV) motivation!
PRINCESS: And I'll provide the cheap labor!
(All three join hands (and claw) and laugh evilly.)
NARRATOR: Oh no! It sounds like this infernal partnership may be writing the final chapter to War and Pieces!
(Cut to the girls' house. The family is just getting through with supper and PROFESSOR UTONIUM stands up with his dishes.)
PROFESSOR: Well, Girls, after we finish the dishes, you can watch TV until it's time for bed. I've got work to do in the lab.
BUBBLES: (whiny) Aw, Professor, I thought maybe we could do something else tonight.
BLOSSOM: Professor, we're bored. There hasn't been any crime in a couple days and-
BUBBLES: (frowns) Yeah! It's like all the bad guys went into hiding!
BUTTERCUP: (frowns) I hate it when it's this quiet! They have to be up to something. I say we go find out what!
PROFESSOR: Now, Girls, you should learn to appreciate the quiet times. I can remember three little girls who were so tired they couldn't stay awake in school. And to be honest, I wish you didn't have to go every time the phone rings. I worry about you each time you go out that door.
BUTTERCUP: Aw, Professor!
BUBBLES: Well, he's right in a way, Buttercup. There's times when I wish we didn't have to go.
BLOSSOM: Yeah, maybe we should just enjoy it while it lasts. I think I'll finish that last chapter of War and Peace-
(The hotline goes off just then and Blossom flies to the small phone table.)
BLOSSOM: Yes, Mayor?
(She listens briefly and hangs up.)
BLOSSOM: Girls! Townsville's worst criminals have attacked the jail and released all the prisoners!
BUTTERCUP: Told ya' they were up to something!
(They fly off.)
NARRATOR: Indeed they are, Buttercup, and it looks like they're all taking part!
(Cut to Townsville Jail. The main criminals are standing while a mob looms behind them, holding blazing torches. Among them are a horde of burly construction workers holding pipes and pieces of lumber. They have wads of cash sticking out of their pockets, presumably given to them by Princess. There are many familiar faces among the mob of lesser bad guys (assorted crooks from various episodes). The main group, all standing in a semi-circle, are the GANGREEN GANG, SEDUSA (with a bandolier of grenades strapped across her chest), FUZZY LUMPKINS (holding his boomstick), Mojo Jojo (holding a big laser and with a whole arsenal on his back), Him, Princess (in her super-suit), and the AMOEBA BOYS. Mojo hands out laser guns and they are passed along to the Amoebas and Gangreens.)
MOJO: Try not to shoot yourselves with them. Hmm, on second thought...
(He turns to Fuzzy and takes his boomstick away and gives him a laser.)
FUZZY: Hey, git yore mitts offa my...
(He looks the thing over, then smiles and sends a blast into a nearby building and sees the hole it makes.)
FUZZY: Gollly! Now that there's a boomstick!
SEDUSA: So, how exactly are we gonna carve up this burg once those little brats are out of our hair?
HIM: (FV) Oh, we can fight over that later! (EV, under his breath) And I can assure you it won't be much of a fight!
MOJO: Yes. The important thing is to see that the Powerpuffs are destroyed, dismantled and put into many little pieces, so that they are-
MOB: WE KNOW!
(Mojo frowns. Princess points skyward.)
PRINCESS: There they are!
(Cut to Girls. They screech to a halt.)
BUTTERCUP: The mayor wasn't kidding! Every villain in Townsville's down there!
BUBBLES: Looks like the Beat-Alls are back together.
BLOSSOM: With a little help from their friends. But we can't turn back now, Girls. Here we go!
(Down they go and the fight starts. They get blasted by lasers from Mojo, Him and Princess but blast those three right back. The Amoeba Boys are holding the guns backwards and do shoot themselves with them. Sedusa slings grenades at the girls with strands of her hair. Fuzzy and the Gangreens also fire at the girls. It turns into a giant dust cloud with hands, feet and faces being seen occasionally and laser blasts coming out. One by one, the villains get tossed out of the pile until the smoke clears, leaving the girls standing with their backs to each other, breathing hard. A shadow looms behind them and they turn around to see the grinning mob.)
MOB: Remember us?
GIRLS: Uh, oh.
(They grin widely as if to say 'We really didn't mean it all those times we put you in jail.', but to no use. A second big dust cloud ensues and when it lifts, the girls lie beaten on the street as the mob steps back. From their point of view, they slowly open their eyes to see the evil grins of the main villains looking down at them. Cut to a shot of the Gangreen Gang, Fuzzy, Sedusa, Mojo, Princess and the Amoeba Boys blasting them with one combined beam while Him adds his own spit-laser. Finally they step back.)
HIM: (EV) Now, let's go take over Townsville!
(The camera slowly moves in from overhead on the unconscious Powerpuffs as shadows move away and the gleeful sounds of the villains fade. In the dusk under the glow of streetlights, the girls lie motionless. A screech of tires is heard. Pan to see Professor Utonium jumping out of his car. He runs up to them, gently picks them up and holds them. Their mouths are hanging open.)
PROFESSOR: (sadly as a tear runs from one eye) Oh, girls!
NARRATOR: (mournfully) Oh, no. Can this really be the end of our heroes? I've always wanted to say these words, but not like this! The Powerpuff Girls have fallen, and they can't get up!
MONTAGE
('MONDAY' displayed on screen. Shot of outside of the girls' house with sun coming up. Shot of hotline ringing but no one answering. Shot of Mojo, Him and Princess with a map of the city divided into sectors. Princess has a long pointer and indicates large areas marked with Princess and MJ, and a tiny one marked 'Everybody else'. They are all smiling.)
[Author's note: Him doesn't care about material things so wanting a piece of the city wouldn't be important. Getting rid of the girls and seeing evil done would be enough to make him happy.]
(Shot of a bank being robbed. Shot of the mayor on the phone and Ms. Bellum shrugging. Shot of the girls' classroom with an empty desk and the other kids and Ms. Keane looking at it. Shot of a fire burning out of control. Shot of outside of girls' house with sun going down.)
('TUESDAY' opens and closes same as Monday. Shots of Mojo and Princess tossing the mayor and Ms. Bellum out on the street and setting up their own desks on either side of the office, with a big red line drawn on the walls to separate them. Many crimes taking place. Shot of a newspaper: 'Townsville in Pieces!', and TV reporter on screen with 'Where are Powerpuff Girls?'.)
('WEDNESDAY': Same open and close. More crimes. Mojo and Princess arguing over a globe with a zig-zag red line down the middle. Another shot of the empty desk at school and this time everyone's eyes are downcast in sorrow. Newspaper headline: 'Powerpuff Girls: Departed?')
('THURSDAY:' Same open and close. More crimes. Princess holding the map of Townsville and Mojo holding the globe and the two smiling and shaking hands. Him sitting in his lair watching the activities on his TV and enjoying himself. A shot of a newspaper's Sports section shows a picture of the girls beneath the headline, 'Today's Fights Cancelled'. Camera pulls back to show that the paper is the 'Monster Isle Mouth' and is being read by a sad-looking monster.)
(MONTAGE ends with the sun setting on the girls' house.)
NARRATOR: And so as the dismantling of Townsville continues apace without our heroes to stop it, it would appear that our hearts have been broken as well.
(Move in on house as scene turns to night and moon comes up.)
NARRATOR: I imagine the poor professor's gone all to pieces without his girls to brighten his days. Let's see how he's holding up.
(We hear the 'zip-zip-zip' of a speed wrench.)
PROFESSOR: (off camera) Ah, that should do it. Perfect!
NARRATOR: Huh? He doesn't sound very broken up over it.
(The girls' colored streaks suddenly burst forth from the house into the night sky.)
NARRATOR: What? The girls are back? Something tells me there's a few missing pieces to this puzzle.
(Cut to Townsville Hall, then to the mayor's office, where Princess is asleep with her head on the desk. She wakes up when the girls come through the ceiling.)
PRINCESS: P-p-powerpuff Girls?
(Close-up on the girls as they smile with their hands pulling back, ready to punch.)
BLOSSOM: Sorry to hafta shatter your dreams, Princess!
SCREEN: POW!
(Cut to girls looking at Princess behind bars.)
BUBBLES: But you'll have plenty of time to pick up the pieces!
(Cut to Mojo Jojo's lair. He looks up in surprise just as they break in.)
MOJO: Powerpuff Girls?! But-but-but-
BLOSSOM: Oh, our butts are fine!
BUTTERCUP: But yours won't be!
SCREEN: CRUNCH!
(Cut to Him's lair. The girls break in.)
BUBBLES: And this is for your part in this!
SCREEN: KAPOW!
MONTAGE
(The girls quickly round up the other remaining villains: Gangreen Gang and Fuzzy from their respective shacks, Sedusa while robbing a safe in the dark, and a whole bunch of other armed thugs while in the course of committing crimes.)
(MONTAGE ends with the girls flying home just as a sliver of the new day's sun starts to show.)
NARRATOR: And so after a night of setting things right, our weary girls return home. They won't get much shuteye now. But they've already missed school all week, so what's one more day?
(Shot remains on the house. The sun is higher now. The girls zip out of their bedroom windows.)
NARRATOR: Whoa. I can't believe he's sending them. Oh, well, maybe Ms. Keane will go easy on 'em...
(Cut to school, then classroom. The girls scoot into their desk and look awake and alert. MS. KEANE looks surprised.)
MS. KEANE: Oh, girls! I didn't expect to see you here today after I heard you'd been out all night! If you'd like to take your naps now?
GIRLS: No!
BLOSSOM: No, Ms. Keane, we're wide awake!
BUTTERCUP: Yeah, let's get started!
BUBBLES: We've got a lot of catching up to do!
(The class gets busy doing arts and crafts and the girls go about it with gusto.)
NARRATOR: You aren't the only ones, girls...someone else is glad to see you back!
(Cut to downtown. A large green monster with a red horn and yellow polk-dots is attacking. Cut to classroom. The hotline rings.)
BLOSSOM: A monster? We'll be right there!
(They fly off and make short work of it.)
NARRATOR: (over the brief fight) And so things get back to normal...and that goes for Mojo, too.
(Cut to Mojo's lair. He is at his drawing board. Blueprints of assorted weapons are scattered all over it and on top of them is the Townsville Tribune. The headline reads 'Beat-alls Over-Again!'. He sweeps everything aside in anger.)
MOJO: I have had it with merely playing a part in someone else's scheme! From now on, Mojo Jojo will be the only super-villain to destroy those accursed Powerpuffs!
(He paces, trying to come up with a plan.)
MOJO: Now, how to go about it...I can devise the proper weapons. That is not a problem. The problem is always with the timing...Mojo Jojo never chooses the correct time to defeat them, for time and time again they defeat me...
(He stops and smiles as he gets a revelation.)
MOJO: Aha! That is it! While I am a full-time supervillain, they are only part-time superheroes, thereby leaving them time for things like school...and play...and sleeping! I will become a part-time supervillain and attack them only at night! Then, they will not get sufficient sleep, which will leave them tired and defenseless! (laughs evilly)
MONTAGE
(Each day the girls pursue assorted school activities, fight monsters and foil robberies while Mojo sleeps peacefully at home, and each night the hotline rings and they fly away from their house to stop one of Mojo's attacks with a robot or one of his other weapons. In spite of all the late-night heroics, the girls look as fresh as ever during the day.)
NARRATOR: (over montage) So the evil Mojo Jojo puts his scheme into place and gets a good day's sleep in the process...but it doesn't seem to be wearing them down any. In fact, if I didn't know any better, I'd swear the little tikes were robots.
(MONTAGE ends with the girls in class at their desk. Ms. Keane is at the blackboard and Blossom is raising her hand.)
NARRATOR: Oh no! That could explain their sudden disappearance and reappearance as if nothing had happened to them! What if these girls are no more than mechanical recreations of our beloved heroes, and the real Powerpuff Girls are no more, period?
(Cut to Mojo's lair. He looks pretty tired.)
MOJO: Curses. My plan has done nothing but cause me to lose sleep, while those Powerpuffs continue to defeat me. Yet they are able to function normally, which is not normal! I must find out what they are doing!
(He goes to his telescope and we see what he sees. The hotline rings and whatever question Blossom was going to ask is moot, but Ms. Keane answers her anyway.)
MS. KEANE: Yes, Blossom, you may be excused to save the...
(They blast off through the ceiling as always and Keane jumps back.)
MS.KEANE: ...dayyyy!
(Cut to close shot of the girls flying in formation.)
MOJO: (off camera) Ahhh! Now to see what they do.
BUTTERCUP: (scowling) No Mojo again, huh? I forgot what that stupid face looks like in daylight.
BUBBLES: Yeah. He's only bein' bad at night!
BLOSSOM: (one hand on her chin) Hmmm. I'll bet he's been causing trouble only at night so we can't get any sleep!
BUTTERCUP: Well, I'm tired of it!
BUBBLES: (yawns) Me, too.
BUTTERCUP: After we take care of this one, let's go break up his naptime!
BLOSSOM: (begins to smile as she gets an idea) Yeah. And I know just how we're gonna do it! As soon as we finish this job, we're going home to piece this plan together!
(Mojo backs away from the telescope.)
MOJO: (surprised) What? They will not be returning to school for their nap?
(Pan to the double-doors of his 'Arsenal'.)
MOJO: (off camera, the doors grow closer as he walks to it) Then I must prepare! And when I have finished with those preparations, Mojo will get a good night's sleep and the Powerpuffs will be sleeping...forever! (laughs evilly)
(Cut to close up of the girls flying.)
NARRATOR: Oh Mojo, you don't know just how close to the truth you might be! For if I'm right about these tireless little titans, the Powerpuff Girls already are!
BUBBLES: Boy, I felt like I was on autopilot on that last one!
BUTTERCUP: Yeah, I never even broke a sweat!
BLOSSOM: No, just a few bad guys' heads!
(They giggle. Shot pulls back to show Mojo's lair in view. Blossom points.)
BLOSSOM: Now, let's go spoil Mojo's beauty rest!
(Their color trails zoom down toward it. Cut to inside. Mojo is sitting in his easy chair with his back turned. They crash in.)
BLOSSOM: All right, Mojo!
BUTTERCUP: We're sick and tired of you keepin' us up all night!
(He spins around in the chair, holding a big laser cannon.)
MOJO: Oh! Powerpuff Girls! You look like you could use a...Power nap! (laughs evilly)
(The beam blasts them into the walls with a crash. Small metal parts fall down from them as Mojo blinks in astonishment, but not for long. They knock him out of the chair. The laser goes flying and he gets punched and kicked and ends up on the floor dazed, looking up. Groaning, he pulls a remote device out and pushes the big red button. All sorts of weapons come out of nowhere and attack the girls.)
(Cut to outside shot. We see various robots and laser weapons come flying out, each one making its own hole in the wall before exploding in the sky. We hear the sounds of the fight from inside; of weapons firing and the grunts of the girls as they are hit, and also things they say.)
BLOSSOM: Take that!
BUTTERCUP: Ha! Missed!
BUBBLES: Bye bye, evil robot!
(Cut to inside. Mojo is still on the floor and the shot looks up at the girls standing over him. They look pretty beat up themselves.)
BLOSSOM: (adjusts her crooked hairbow and a spring flies away from her head) Whew! I think we got everything, girls!
BUTTERCUP: (holding her head) Good thing. My head feels like it's gonna come loose!
(She rubs her head and a washer falls away, bounces off the floor and lands on Mojo's nose.)
BUBBLES: Yeah. Mine too.
BLOSSOM: Well, let's shake a leg-
(Bubbles shakes her leg and a rattle is heard.)
BUBBLES: I think I broke something.
BLOSSOM: Well, let's try to hold it together 'till we get home! (She points down) And as for you, Mojo. I don't think you'll be keeping us up tonight!
(She starts to take off.)
BUBBLES: Sorry we had to be so rough!
(She lifts off.)
BUTTERCUP: Well, I'm not losing any sleep over it!
(They laugh as they disappear. A shower of small pieces, nuts, bolts, etc., comes down from their trail and lands on Mojo. He sits up, groaning, and the pieces fall to the floor. The washer stays hanging from his nose.)
MOJO: Curses. They have destroyed my entire arsenal. Mojo will not be sleeping for many nights.
(He notices the washer finally and takes it off. He sees the other parts around him and stands, and scoops them up. Close shot of his hand.)
MOJO: (off camera) But, what are all these little pieces? I do not recognize them!
(Shot of Mojo angrily throwing them down.)
MOJO: Mojo would not be caught dead using this cheap junk! I require only the finest components that illegally gotten money can purchase illegally!
(His eyes get huge and he blinks.)
MOJO: They came from the Powerpuff Girls? The Powerpuff Girls are nothing but robots made from cheap parts? (suddenly gleeful) That means that I, Mojo Jojo, have finally destroyed the Powerpuff Girls! I defeated the real Powerpuff Girls and Professor Utonium has been tricking Mojo and all of Townsville into believing that their precious little protectors are still protecting them!
(He scoops up some of the parts again.)
MOJO: It is to Professor Utonium's credit that he was able to build their robotic likenesses so effectively using this garbage. Even my most brilliantly designed creations could not finish them off. And he probably has dozens more where they came from. I must find another way...
(He thinks, hand on jaw.)
MOJO: Ah!
(We see Mojo standing in front of a huge computer. His hands are turning knobs and punching keys and he is watching a greenish-colored Blossom-shaped 3-D figure on the screen. It is criss-crossed with white lines and is turning around so that he can see it from all angles. Mathematical formulae zip by across the screen.)
MOJO: Once I have determined the proper attack points by taking into account the unique weaknesses of each of the girls, I will easily be able to destroy their mechanical doppelgangers!
(He steps away from the computer.)
MOJO: But even better, I will do so in front of all of Townsville! I will show them that their beloved heroes are no more, and that it is by me that they are departed! (laughs evilly)
NARRATOR: Heavens to Merga-droid! I was right! Sometimes I wish I wasn't such a smart guy! Oh, is there any way the professor can prevent this evil genius from exposing his secret to the world? Any way to prevent Townsville from discovering the terrible truth about their beloved heroes?
(Cut to outside of girls' house at dusk. Cut to living room. They are all on the couch watching TV. The professor stands up and turns the set off with a remote.)
PROFESSOR: Time for bed, girls. I'll be up to tuck you in.
NARRATOR: Hmmm. If he's worried, he's not showing it...
(Cut to girls' room. They are already dressed for bed. Blossom is brushing her hair at her little dressing table, Buttercup is floating nearby and Bubbles is in bed holding her doll, Octi.)
BUTTERCUP: Blossom, do you really think we can finally put this nonsense to bed?
BLOSSOM: Uh huh! The professor did his part.
BUBBLES: And if Mojo does his part, we're home free!
BLOSSOM: Yeah, I don't think he'll be causing us any more sleepless nights.
(Close up on the hotline as it goes off. Cut to outside the house. It's dark now.)
BLOSSOM: (off camera) What, Mayor? Mojo Jojo is attacking Townsville with a tiny laser, a cage full of rabbits and a CD of the Encyclopedia Brittanica? Ooooookay, we're on it!
(They fly out their windows. Cut to downtown. The sky is filled with the light of floodlights waving back and forth. In front of Townsville Hall, a huge crowd has gathered around Mojo Jojo, MAYOR and SARA BELLUM. Mojo is holding a small laser gun on the two and they have their hands raised. On the ground next to Mojo is a cage full of white rabbits. Clipped to his belt is a portable CD player.)
MAYOR: Gee, Mojo, if you wanted a permit for your educational act, you could've just asked for it.
MOJO: Oh, it will be educational, that I can assure you! After I have destroyed the Powerpuff Girls, it is I who will be handing out the permits around here!
BELLUM: (chuckling) If you ask me, Mayor, I think he's been pummeled one too many times.
(The Powerpuff Girls land in front of them.)
BUTTERCUP: You got that right!
BLOSSOM: (laughing) Gee, Mojo, how do you expect to cause any trouble with this?
(Bubbles crouches in front of the cage.)
BUBBLES: Bunnies! I love bunnies!
MOJO: Indeed, Bubbles, and these bunnies will love you!
(Mojo pushes a button on his chest and the cage opens. The bunnies leap out onto Bubbles and start chewing on her. Holes appear in her skin and wires and blinking lights can be seen. Everyone gasps.)
BUBBLES: Ahhhh!!! They're eating meeee!!
MOJO: Yeeesss! They are specially bred to eat little girls made of sugar, spice, and other manmade materials!! (laughs evilly)
(Blossom tries to shoo them away. Buttercup flies at Mojo and prepares to pound him.)
BUTTERCUP: Why, you! Try eating some of this manmade material!
(Mojo fires a thin, concentrated beam from the small gun. It traces across Buttercup's neck and cuts through. Her head falls off. Wires stick out from both the head and body and sparks fly. The headless body punches and kicks blindly for a few seconds, then falls next to the head. The crowd is horrified.)
MOJO: Ah, Buttercup! Always the first to lose her head in the heat of battle!
(Blossom flies away from Bubbles and shoots her lasers at the rabbits, who are now chewing on just the legs, all that's left. They run away. She pulls up in front of Mojo.)
BLOSSOM: (points) All right. So you found their design flaws! But I'm perfect! You can't stop me!
(She angrily winds up. Mojo pushes another button and this time a set of headphones with wires attached shoots out and clamps itself onto her head. She struggles to get it off but it's on too good. Mojo pulls out a CD and lifts it skyward. Light gleams off of it.)
MOJO: Yes, Blossom, you are constructed better than the others, but there is one thing you are not resistant to! Knowledge! I have here the complete Encyclopedia Brittanica compressed onto a single disk, and all that learning in such a short time even you cannot tolerate!
(He shoves it into the player. Blossom grimaces and her face turns bright red. The crowd reacts in horror.)
MAN: Run for your lives! Her head's gonna-
(It does. Her head explodes. The smoke clears and Mojo holds his hands up in victory, laughing. What's left of the Powerpuff robots lies on the ground while everyone (presumably Bellum as well) looks down in sadness. We hear a screech of tires. Pan to see Professor Utonium getting out of his car, appearing shocked. He runs up and looks down at his creations.)
PROFESSOR: Girls...
MOJO: So, Professor Utonium! I have exposed you and your cheap knock-offs for the frauds that you are!
BELLUM: Professor, the girls were only robots?
PROFESSOR: (angry) Yes! But that's not important! Mojo Jojo, how did you find out? Nobody could have known, they were too well-made!
MOJO: (smiling) Indeed, Professor Utonium! Only an evil genius such as myself could do a superior job in constructing them, only I would not have used cheap junk like...
(He whips out a handful of the pieces he picked up in his lair and shows them off.)
MOJO: This! That was your only mistake, Professor Utonium!
(The professor grabs them away.)
PROFESSOR: Let me see that!
(He studies them and begins to frown.)
PROFESSOR: Hey, I didn't use this stuff to make them?! These look like the parts left over from putting together the girls' Christmas toys...
(He clenches his fists and his face turns purple. He blows his top. A quick shot looking down as he yells to the sky.)
PROFESSOR: Girrrls!!!!!!
(The Powerpuffs zoom into the scene, still wearing their nightgowns. Mojo and the crowd react with surprise.)
BELLUM: Girls?!
MOJO: The Powerpuff Girls?
BLOSSOM: The one and only!
PROFESSOR: (more disappointed than angry) Girls, why did you give away our secret?
BUTTERCUP: (angry) Because we're tired of bein' part-time heroes!
BUBBLES: Professor, we're the Powerpuff Girls!
BLOSSOM: We don't need robots to do our jobs for us! You see, everybody, Mojo and the Beat-alls and all the other convicted felons were too much for us...
BUTTERCUP: (to Mojo) But you all split up, and as soon as we came to we were gonna pick you off one by one...
BUBBLES: But the professor showed up first and he grounded us!
PROFESSOR: But girls, I did it for your own safety!
BUTTERCUP: Safety, schmafety! We're supposed to face danger!
BLOSSOM: He grounded us for the whole four days it took him to make (points at the robot remains) those.
BUTTERCUP: We couldn't leave the house!
BUBBLES: Not even to go to school!
BLOSSOM: Then, when they were finished, we could only fight crime during the day while the robots fought at night.
BUTTERCUP: And we got sick of it!!!
BUBBLES: So we tipped Mojo off.
BLOSSOM: We knew once he found out they were robots, he'd figure out some way to beat them!
PROFESSOR: I'm sorry, girls.
(They hurriedly sweep up what is left of the robots and dump it into a trash can, then go up to the professor.)
BLOSSOM: It's okay, Professor.
BUBBLES: Our robots were a good idea, Professor.
BUTTERCUP: You just went overboard.
BELLUM: (angry) And you left Townsville totally unprotected for four days!
MAYOR: Oh, that's okay! No harm done! We've got our girls back!
CROWD: Hooray!
(Bubbles floats up to Mojo and gives him a peck on the cheek. He jumps back in horror.)
BUBBLES: And we owe it all to you, Mojo!
BLOSSOM and BUTTERCUP: Thanks, Mojo!
MOJO: (grinning) And thank you, Powerpuff Girls! You have just given me the secret to your destruction! The Beat-alls will reunite with all of the other convicted felons, and this time we will not split up! (laughs evilly)
BLOSSOM: Oh, in that case, we'll just get a little help from our friends!
(Fast pan to one side to show ten sets of Powerpuff Robots hovering there, all with their arms crossed and grinning evilly. Mojo slumps dejectedly and everyone else laughs.)
NARRATOR: Hahahahahaha!!! With all those part-time heroes around, our girls, and Townsville, can rest easy from now on!
(The 'hearts and stars' closing shot. We see the trash can with three sets of legs sticking out.)
NARRATOR: And so, for the first and last time, the day is saved by the original Powerpuff robots! Rest in pieces, girls!
THE END
Story Written March 2002