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ENDLESS WALTZ: Episode 3

(In the Satellite of Love's control room, Mike and Crow are talking)

Crow: So, just to clarify...Gundam Wing wasn't about the ambiguity of war or the questionable morality of sacrificing human lives for grand schemes, it was all about this Dekim guy we never heard about before?
Mike: Yep, pretty much.
Crow: And Treize died for absolutely no good reason whatsoever?
Mike: Uh-huh.
Crow: Well, that kinda sucks.

(Before Mike can further respond--)

Voice: (off screen and rather high up) Prepare to die! (Two really long red cylinders precariously stalk onto the stage. Mike and Crow crowd to one side) I have brought my Gundam here to administer justice!
Mike: (looking up, casually) Oh, hi, Tom.
Tom: Hi-- Wait, I mean-- Quake in terror before the might of my Gundam, fools!
Crow (tapping his nose against one of the big legs taking up most of the screen) Tom, it's made of cardboard.
Tom: (beginning to be upset) C'mon, guys, I put a lot of work into this! Play along!
Mike: Well, Tom, it's like this. We're in a geo-synchronous orbit around Earth, which means we're sort of like a colony, right?
Tom: (Slowly, knowing he's being set up but not sure how) Riiight...
Mike: Well, the Gundams protect the colonies. So your little power play is being directed at the wrong people.
Tom: Oh, fer cryin' out--! I wanna be a threatening, imposing, all-powerful Gundam! C'mon, can't you play along just a little?
Mike: Nope

(But before Tom can further protest--sirens go off)

Mike: We have movie sign!

(He races out. Crow looks up as the big legs start staggering around the room trying to respond to movie sign)

Crow: TIMBER!

(A long, drawn-out descending scream is heard as the doors open)

(5-4-3-2-1)

(Once again, the camera pans to show the vastness of space as Mike and the 'bots enter the theatre and find their seats)

Mike: You okay, Tom? That was quite a fall.
Tom: (sniffling) It's all hot and hurts and stuff.
Crow: Crybaby.

(The camera centers on a shuttle. Inside, a beeping noise alerts the pilot.)

Heero: It's here.

Mike: My entry into the Clearinghouse Publisher's Sweepstakes. I may already be a winner!

(A really large package is heading for Heero's ship. Heero maneuvers next to the package, then bails out of his ship. Tumbling, he grabs the edge of a door and enters.)

(Next scene, a darkened room begins to light up. Heero is sitting at a control panel. The 'package' around him begins to break up. Wing Zero unfolds.)

Tom: Oh, it's so good to have my Gundam back...waitaminute, who's been mucking around with Wing Zero!? Duo!
Mike: Wing Zero has real wings now?!
Crow: 'In space, no one can hear you flap.'


"In space, no one can hear you flap"

(Meanwhile, Wing Zero has unfurled its wings and is flapping its way towards Earth.)

Tom: (doubtfully) Well, it's cool looking an' all, but won't those wings slow it up in a fight?
Mike: And when did it get modified? It was on ice, then it was shipped to the sun to be destroyed! Why bother?

(On Earth, the palace is still being guarded by mobile suits, although the snow has stopped. Relena stands in a lit window overlooking the mobile suits)

Mike: (as Relena) Am I ever going to get to change my clothes in this movie?

Relena: Heero...

(There's an explosion.)

Tom: (as answering machine) I'm sorry, but Heero is unavailable to take your call. Press '1' if this is an emergency regarding Duo and school cafeteria food. Press '2' if this is an emergency involving underage homicidal relatives of deceased antagonists. Press '3' if you need technical information on obscure sexual positions for a three X four challenge fic. If you are Relena Peacecraft, please hang up and dial 1-800-GET-BENT.

(The palace sinks into the hissing, melting snow as sirens go off. Relena watches the sides of a giant elevator slide by)

(The palace hits the bottom of the shaft. Lots of gears click into place as gates close behind it, sealing it off from the outside world.)

Crow: I had no idea Georgian architecture came equipped with modern hydraulics!

Tech: Brussels Presidential Palace, closure is complete.

Mike: (as Palace) Actually, I'm still a little stressed out over having my neutrality repeatedly violated...

Mariemeie: Now my castle is complete. Don't you think it's strange that you'd need a shelter like this in a peaceful world with no weapons?

(Relena looks at her)

Crow: (as Relena) Oh, it's not a bomb shelter. Heero built it to get away from me.

Mariemeia: (giggling) You could say history is like an endless waltz. The three measures of war, peace and revolution continue in an endless cycle. (Close-up of her big-eyed face) With my coronation, history will change. After colony year 196 ... By the end of this year, I will be the most prominent figure in the United World Nation. (Superimposed over her face is a wavy flag of a stylized bird of prey perching on a stylized "M") A new era will begin.

Mike: Mariemeia, uber alles.
Tom: (bored) Meet the new boss, same as the old boss.


"Same as the old boss."

(Over the Earth in his Gundam, Wufei dreams...)

(On his now-destroyed colony, Wufei confronts Master Li.)

Wufei: You're going to drop this colony on Earth?

(Master Li nods)

Wufei: You can't be serious! I use Nataku to defeat the evil in this world!

Master Li: The Federation has notified us of this colony's disposal.

Crow: The warranty ran out last week, so...

Master Li: Rather than being silently disposed of, it would be of better use in Operation Meteor.

Wufei: (screaming) There won't be a problem if we defeat the enemy!

Mike: (as Wufei) I say we target the writers now!

(Wufei races from the meeting and fires up his Gundam)

Wufei: I'll defeat evil as an equal!

Tom: (as Dr. Evil) Oh, please. My equal? You'll make Mr. Bigglesworth laugh. And when Mr. Bigglesworth laughs ... people DIE!

(A shot showing the five Gundams arriving on Earth in a pinwheel of red streaking light)

(Back in the present, Wufei's Gundam has its arms folded and appears to be staring down at the planet)

(Close-up of Wufei's face. He slowly opens his eyes)

Wufei: He's here.

Mike: (rapturous) My Wesley has come for me!

(Over the Gundam's shoulder, in the distance, wings can be seen)

Crow: It's the vanguard of the four horsemen.
Tom: Newt?

(A series of fast cuts showing: Wing Zero from a distance, Wing Zero close up, Heero in the cockpit, Heero's grim face close up)

ALL: SHRIEK! (Hands wave frantically)
Mike: The movie's out of control!
Tom: It's crashing into us!
Crow: DUCK!

(Suddenly, the Endless Waltz title screen)

Crow: Can I look now?

(Followed by the episode title screen: "Return to Forever")

(Flapping ponderously, the Wing Gundam heads toward the planet. Close-up of the bright eye of Wufei's Gundam lighting up. Then Wufei spins and moves to intercept)

Wufei: I can't let you reach Earth!

Mike: It's out of bounds!

(His Dragon's claw snakes out. Flapping, Wing maneuvers out of its way.)

Tom: (mimicking Wufei) What a strong flap that Gundam has.

Heero: Is this your version of justice?

Wufei: I just want to know if peace built on sacrifice is really just!

(He fires up his lance and heads for Heero. Heero ignites his Gundam's beam saber. The two crash together)

Mike: (thoughtfully) I've seen something like this before...
Crow: Star Wars?
Tom: Blake Edwards' 'Skin Deep.' (Nervously) Not that I ever saw that turkey...heh, heh.

Wufei: For that, I will become evil!

(They break apart. Wufei is sounding angry and near-hysterical)

Wufei: Earth hasn't changed. Defeating the enemy didn't change Earth at all!

(Suddenly, a shot of a colony, then a shot of Duo laying in a bare cell)

Tom: Whoa! Well, I guess that was just too much action for the audience to take.

(The camera slowly pans up Duo's backside and body)

ALL: SAAAY!
Crow: Oops, that's Duo.
Mike: At this point, I've been in space so long I really don't care.


"SAAAY!"

Duo: Well, I suppose it's about time for Quatre to arrive.

(He reaches into the thick hair behind his ear and pulls something out)

Tom: (as Duo) Lunch!

(Outside, two red-shirted guards holding automatic weapons are on duty)

Mike: (as guard) I feel we forgot something during the body cavity search...
Crow: (as other guard) Body cavity?! You moron, it was supposed to be BRAID cavity!

(Having removed the hinges, Duo kicks down the metal door on top of the two guards and springs over them to freedom. Alarms go off. Duo sprints toward a shuttle as red-shirts send bullets blazing after him.)

Mike: (in despair) Sir, it's no good. He's just too cute to die

(Duo springs for the shuttle's open hatch)

Duo: Here I come!

Mike: (cutting across both Tom and Crow) Don't even go there!

(Shot of an impassive Trowa, finally out of his short-shorts, sitting in the cockpit with his arms folded)

Tom: (as Trowa) And I'm way too cute to care.

Duo: (leaning over Trowa's seat, sarcastically) That was way too kind of you.

Crow: (as really bored Trowa) Whatever

Duo: It wouldn't have hurt for you to come and help me.

Trowa: I wasn't waiting for you. I was waiting for the other one.

Duo: Huh?

Feminine voice off-screen: Thanks for waiting! All the colony's hostages have been rescued.

Tom: That also would've been way too exciting to actually show the audience.

(Sally comes into the cockpit)

Trowa: Then we'll leave.

(Duo smirks)

Duo: Okay, okay, I get the picture.

Crow: But I'm telling Quatre you waited for a girl!

Sally: (grins and puts a hand on Duo's shoulder) Thanks, Duo. You left some cake for us.

Mike: Some beef-cake!

Duo: (folding his arms and looking cross) If that was a joke, it sucked. If you were being sarcastic, it was even worse.

Mike: Hey!
Tom: (indignant) I hate it when movies zing us back.
Crow: Yeah, no one likes a smart-alek movie!

(The shuttle, unharmed despite the number of red-shirts firing at it, takes off for space)

(Back at Earth, fast-moving sparks that occasionally collide are seen from a distance as the battle between the two Gundams continue.)

Mike: A vacuum is the best place for viewing electric storms.

(The two Gundams fly into view. There is a confusing array of images as sparks fly. Wufei blocks a blow. The two Gundams strain against each other)

Heero: The more you fight, the more the sacrifices for peace are wasted. You know that!

(He shoves Wufei away. Wufei again releases his claw, but the gun ports on Wing's shoulders open fire. The claw breaks through; Heero spins away.)

Tom: (as Heero, thoughtfully) I'm sensing some pent-up anger here. Want to talk about it?

(The two again strike at each other with their beam weapons)

Heero: Our war is over!

Wufei: So that's why you don't need warriors? You're just going to disregard the soldiers who lived only to fight?

Crow: You Democrat!

(This seems to make Wufei very angry. He strikes close again, lighting up Wing with the near-miss)

Heero: Didn't the soldiers fight for peace? Try to believe in the world around us!

(He grabs Wufei by the shoulders and drags him toward Earth)

Tom: (as Wufei, chiding) Hey, we fight for the colonies. Now who's confused?

Wufei: I speak for all the soldiers who were used as weapons! I fight for all the soldiers, including you!

(Bright red streaks flare around them as they begin to enter the atmosphere)

Heero: Wufei...

Mike: (gently) Here, have some decaf.

Wufei: You and I are fighting! Aren't we fulfilled only when we fight?


"Here, have some decaf."

Crow: Well, personally, I find chocolate eclairs pretty fulfilling.
Mike and Tom: Uh-huh!

Wufei: You and I are the same! We can only find the meaning of our existence on the battlefield!

(Lots of struggling as the red sparks fly around them)

Heero: (urgently) Wufei, Treize is no longer here! You defeated him!

(Wufei closes his eyes and flinches)

Tom: (heavily sarcastic) Oh, you just had to bring Treize into this, didn't you?

Wufei: You're wrong. I'm still fighting him!

(The two Gundams spurt erratically all over the screen ...)

Tom: Oh-oh, someone let the air out of Wing's balloons.

(...and out of sight)

(Sudden close-up of a mobile suit getting its arm sliced off.)

ALL: GAH!

(The Tallgeese stands over it for a moment, then backs away under a barrage from other mobile suits. Overhead, a white Taurus suit takes out more mobile suits with precise head shots)

Noin: Zechs, the Presidential Palace has set up its shelter shield. It's impossible to break through.

(Close-up of Zechs)

Crow: (as Zechs) Gee, don't say 'hi'.

Zechs: I know it's impossible, but if we don't try no one will stand up to Mariemeia.


"Don't say 'hi.'"

(He slices a couple more opposing mobile suits and also takes to the air.)

Noin: (over the intercom) Who are you waiting for?

Tom: Jesse Ventura. His grudge match with Pat Buchanan is around here someplace...
Crow: I'm saving my money for the Al Gore/Ralph Nadar grudge match.

Zechs: The people who want peace. If Earth is going to Mariemeia, another Milliardo Peacecraft will be born!

(The Tallgeese swoops down, dodging blasts. It trips up several suits. Targeting sites are seen as Noin's Taurus disables the suits)

Zechs: (over intercom as Noin's face is seen) Noin, you don't have to put up with me.

Noin: No. I told you a year ago. I won't leave your side.

(Shot of the back of Zechs' head)

Mike: (as Zechs) And why do you think I stayed dead for a year...?

Noin: (shadowy close-up of her eyes) I've been waiting so long, I'm not going to wait anymore.

Zechs: (as his emotionless profile is shown) Very well.

Mike: (bored) Whatever.

(The other two Gundams fall through the atmosphere, Wufei briefly deploying a 'chute to slow himself down. Then they clash in a cloud-shrouded sky)

Wufei: I don't approve of Relena Peacecraft.

Mike (as Heero) Yeah, I get that from a lot of fangirls who totally ignore continuity to set me up with Duo.

Wufei: It's wrong to think you can achieve peace by throwing away the weapons and locking up the soldiers.

Crow: Oh, he's with the NRA!
Tom: Explains the Hitler's Youth uniform.

Heero: So we should allow Mariemeia to be a dictator?

Wufei: It will be something for soldiers to support!

Tom: And everyone will wear short-shorts!

(He takes a big swing at Heero's Gundam. Sparks fly from Heero's control panel; he ignores them)

Heero: That may be fine for now, but Mariemeia's only repeating history. The sad and miserable history of war.

(Shot from outside Heero's Gundam. Sparks are buzzing around the machine as Wufei's hovers in the distance.)

Heero: If we don't stop it now, they'll need soldiers like us again! The tragedy called history will just be repeated!

(Close-up of Wufei, who appears slightly concerned as he looks down at Heero's Gundam.)

Mike: (as Wufei) Do I need another application of Nair for my legs? Naw, I'm okay for another week...

(Close-up of Heero's blue eyes)

Mike: It's the bad man, the sad man, behind blue eyes.
Crow: Psst! Mike, no-one's supposed to know what that's like!

Heero: Wufei, tell me. How many more people do we have to kill?

(Really quick flashes back to the mission where Heero blew up the base: the girl giving him the flower, explosions, the dead puppy, a flower clenched in a fist)

Mike: Whoa! Whoa! Slow down!
Tom: Quick edits in lieu of a plot.
Crow: (as the puppy flashes on the screen) Avenge me!

(Heero bows his head)

Heero: How many more times do I have to kill that girl and her puppy...?

(This Wufei reacts to with surprise)

Mike: But puppy is really quite good if you prepare it properly.

(Heero pulls a lever on the control panel. Wing falls like a stone toward the ocean)


"Puppy is really quite good
if you prepare it properly."

Heero: Zero never gave me an answer.

Mike: (as Wufei) Well, Zero just didn't know how to cook puppy.
Tom: (as Heero) I'm not listening to you!

(Wufei watches in surprise as Zero heads for the ocean.)

Mike: (as Wufei) At least let me give you my mom's recipe for sweet and sour puppy before you self-destruct!
Tom: (as Heero) AAAHH!

(Wing hits the ocean and is swallowed up. Wufei hovers over the impact site.)

Mike: Well, that's more puppy for me!

(Someplace in space, something big and metallic is blowing up, followed by a lots of buildings blowing up. A suddenly-white-shirted Wufei reacts with a scream. Then the Wufei clothed in short-shorts is superimposed over the explosion of his old colony)

Wufei: (without much expression) Are you telling me that everything is going to be repeated?

Crow: I am mildly concerned over the cyclic nature of history.

(In space, a hunk of irregular-shaped debris is floating. On the debris, a cloaked Gundam can just be seen)

Quatre's voice: Are you both ready?

(Duo's face pops up on half the screen)

Duo: Yep, any time!

(Trowa's face pops up on half the screen)

Trowa: This is how Operation Meteor should have been carried out.

Tom: Yeah, plots are really over-rated

(Close-up of Quatre's face; he's wearing goggles)

Mike: 'Rat Patrol: In Color.'

Quatre: Let's go!

(The cloaked Gundam swings a pair of sickles. Outside, a door appears with a big "X" on it before the panels break away into space.)

Mike: Now that's product placement!
Tom: Must have cost the "X-Men" producers a bit of money.


"Now that's product placement!"

(The three Gundams spiral into space and down to Earth)

(On Earth, a large screen is showing diagrams of the city)

Tech: Tallgeese and the Taurus have passed defense line 3, point D!

Crow: They're dangerously close to sinking our battleship!

Dekim: (scornfully) What can those two do? Send a combat team to that area!

(At the back of the room, Relena stands with Mariemeia)

Mariemeia: What a shame. I don't think you'll get to meet your brother.

(There is little reaction from Relena)

Tom: 'I'm sorry, Relena is not at home right now. If you'd like to leave a message...'

(A shot of a large mansion in the night. Inside, a TV screen is showing Noin and Zechs' fight)

TV Announcer: There are fools who continue to resist our newly found law and order. You must all think of the true meaning of the blood that is going to be spilled.

(On a sofa, the President is watching the TV with a little girl)

Little Girl: Grandpa, I thought we weren't going to fight anymore.

President: That's right.

Little Girl: Then why are those people fighting?

Mike: (sincerely) Honey, I don't like it either, but the ratings were so good they had to do "Survivor II."

President: (patting her on the head) The world isn't made of good, understanding girls like you. (his face turns grim) But the public is too understanding. There are far too few people who will stand up to Mariemeia.

(Overhead shot of a bunch of red-shirts stretched out on a floor with Lady Une standing over them)

Une: This is Treize's ideal?

Tom: (as Une) What a crock!

Une: They don't even realize that Dekim in manipulating them.

(Suddenly, back to Noin's Taurus)

Crow: Um...where was Une and what was going on?

(Lots of flashes as Noin advances on more mobile suits.)

Crow: Buttercup is all grown up and still kicking bad-guy booty!

(Zechs' skewers one mobile suit from behind. Noin takes a hit to the shoulder and groans. Zechs dashes in to take fire and assumes a position next to her.)

(A plethora of suits converge on their position)

Zechs: Is this it?

Noin: I'm not saying goodbye, Zechs!

Tom: I'm saying 'bite me.'

(More mobile suits advance. There is a sudden flash of light. Zechs acts surprised. Several suits collapse)

Quatre: Looks like we arrived in time. (His Gundam sheds its cloak)

Crow: YIKES, a naked Gundam!
Tom: Where are the censors when you need 'em!
Mike: Um, the Gundams were always naked. The cloak was the new part.
Crow: Oh my god! And this is a kid's show!?
Mike: It's not like you two are wearing anything.
Tom and Crow: (looking at each other before recoiling) GAH!

Noin: Quatre

Quatre: (shoving his goggles to the top of his head) You two are amazing. All this fighting and not a single soldier killed.

(Brief shot of mobile suit pilots scrambling for safety)

Noin: I'm glad we can be an example for you.

(One of the opposing mobile suits pauses in its attack as it looks up at the full moon. Something with bat-like wings is silhouetted there)

Tom: (hysterically) A bat! A giant bat!


"A bat! A giant bat!"

(Deathscythe drops into the battle, taking out mobile suits as it lands)

Duo: Let's make it so the only thing we're sending to hell are weapons of war!

Mike: (as Duo/surfer) Pacifism rules, man!
Tom: Let's go kick some non-pacifist butt!

(Trowa's Gundam makes an acrobatic entrance, taking out mobile suits with a barrage of bullets)

Crow: Oops, someone got the 'no killing' memo a little late.

Trowa: Two hundred and fifty left. Fifty each. If it's just mobile suits, we should be fine.

Mike: If it's disgruntled postal workers, we may have a problem

(On huge screens in city squares, people around the world are watching the battle)

Tom: So, should we find shelter, or not...

People: Gundams!

Dekim: (seeing the same thing on his big screen) Those brats! How long do they plan to resist?

(In the back of the room, Mariemeia and Relena are sitting on two thrones)

Mariemeia: Even if they destroy the mobile suits, they can't reach this shelter. Their resistance is futile.

(Relena sits quietly for a second, then stands up)

Crow: (as Relena) Yeah, you're right. So, is Real Life on?

Relena: I...

Tom: (squeaky) ...really have to go to the bathroom

Mariemeia: What is it?

Relena: I... (She stares at the battle)

Mike: ...just realized what a self-righteous prick Heero is!

Relena: I was running away.

(She runs to the front of the room, elbowing a tech hard, who looks at her in amazement)

Tom: And now I'm running here.
Crow: Relena Peacecraft, absolute pacifist and karate black-belt!
Mike: She learned that move in Nordstrom's once-a-year shoe sale.

(Relena's augmented voice goes out to the world)

Relena: People, you must not be afraid of what you see.

(Her image appears on the big screen in the city)

Crow: AHHH! A thirty-foot-tall image of Relena!

Relena: Peace is not something that someone gives to you. It is something--

(The screen goes to static)

People: Queen Relena! That was Queen Relena!

Tom: Now we are scared!

(In the bunker, Dekim has reached the control panel and cut her transmission off. Guards level guns at her.)

Dekim: (sternly) Your appearance is yet to come, Your Majesty.

(Relena gives a strange little smile)

Mariameia: Are you going to lead the people into war? Isn't that against your total peace policy?

Relena: I am not Peacecraft. It is not policy or assertion we need, but the desire for peace!

(Scene changes abruptly to tilting camerawork above the city that finally centers on the flashes of the battle. Sandrock kicks up snow as it slices through mobile suits with its sickles. Duo screams as Deathscythe does the same with its scythe. Zechs runs another suit through with his suit's energy sword)

Zechs: Gundam pilots, that's enough. Leave us and retreat.

Quatre: Retreat?

Crow: (a la Monty Python) Run away! Run away!

(Something whirls in and buries itself in the snow. Hard to see what it is or where it came from or what it has to do with anything)

Mike: I think someone just drop-kicked 'the machine that goes ping' into the mix.

Quatre: If this was a battle to take lives, it would have ended long ago. But that would have defeated the point of our coming.

Noin: If you stay, you'll die for nothing.

Crow: (loftily) Excuse us, we're Gundam pilots. We don't die!

Duo: (weirdly smug) If we were gonna retreat, we would've been on the run from the start. But it is a bit ridiculous, going on like this.

(Heavyarms lets fly with a barrage of bullets)

Trowa: They are the way we used to be. Dekim is manipulating their purpose in life.

Noin: But--!

Duo: Don't let it bother you. We're used to getting our butts kicked.

Tom: Heck, according to most fan-fics, that's what we like best.
Mike: Tom!

(Deathsycthe flies into the battle)

Quatre: And that's just why we can be who we are.

(In the bunker, Relena is facing off against Dekim and Mariameia)

Relena: I did not return to being Darlian for my father's revenge. Nothing comes from revenge. Hatred will only create more hatred.

Mariameia: That is because you lost. But I am different. I will be the victor.

Tech: (shouting from the front) The Gundams have ceased fire.

Mariameia: (shrugging) See?

Mike: (as Relena) You are so grounded, young lady!

(At the battle, Deathscythe's energy blade winks out)

Duo: We're outta ammo. We could clear out half of them if we self-destruct. Should we?

Trowa: If you self-destruct, don't take anyone with you.

Crow: (weakly) In fact, I think I'll go stand over here until you're done killing yourself

Trowa: We're the only ones who should die.

Tom: Trowa, the considerate terrorist.

Duo: (grinning insanely) You're right.

(Blips appear on the Gundams' screen. They all look up to see Wing Zero hovering over the battle)

(Close-up of Zechs)

Tom: David Bowie as Jareth is Zechs Marquise as Milliardo Peacecraft!

Zechs: Wing Zero!

(Wing Zero is aiming its gun at something below it)

Mike: 'I'm here to kick butt and eat sushi, and I'm all out of sushi.'
Crow: Nice Godzilla call-back.
Tom: (suspiciously) Especially considering you weren't around then!

Heero: Target, locked on.

Tech: Another Gundam has appeared over us!

Dekim: What?

Tom: (big sigh, then shouting with pauses) A-NO-THER GUN-DAM--

Tech: Sir, there's a transmission from the Gundam pilot!

Relena: Heero!

(Heero's image comes on to the big screen at the front of the bunker's command center)

Heero: Confirm that your shelter shields are up.

Dekim: What are you--?

Heero: Are your shields functioning?

Mike: (indignant) The condition of my panty shields is none of your business!

Mariameia: Of course! Now you shall learn how small you are!

Heero: Understood.

(Mariameia looks startled)

Crow: (thoughtfully) Perhaps I shouldn't have taunted the main focus of the story with being short?

(Heero fires. Explosions take out several of the mobile suits)

Mike: And we now have a few dozen casualties. Thank you , Heero.

(The bunker rocks, throwing the occupants around)

Dekim: Assemble the Serpent Unit! Bring Wing Zero down!

Mariameia: Wretched man! It's a waste of time doing such a thing.

Relena: (coldly) Are you scared, Mariameia?

Mariameia: (grimaces)

Tom: (a la Peewee Herman) I know you are, but what am I?

(Wing Zero fires at the ground again. Something blows on the Gundam as it shoots, blasting bits of the machine off. In the bunker, lights begin to flicker)

Dekim: Impossible! How could this be?

Tech: Shield defense is down by half! Wing Zero's aim is accurate by point 2 decimals! If he hits the same place again, the shelter will collapse!

Dekim: (shouting) Stop it! Relena Peacecraft is here, too!

(Close up of Heero, who looks even more grim as he levels his weapon again)

Crow: (a la Dirty Harry) You just made my day.

Relena: (clenching a fist against her chest) Heero. (She closes her eyes.)

Mike: (as Relena) I am secure enough in our relationship to know that sometimes 'I will kill you' is just a redundant endearment.
Tom: Why, when she thinks of Heero, she touches herself.

(Watching her, Mariemeia gasps)

Crow: (as Mariemeia, incredulously) These people are crazy! MOMMY!

(Mobile suits converge under Wing Zero, firing. Heero has a flash of the little girl at the military base again. He fires, overloading Wing Zero's system. The Gundam appears to explode)

Quatre: Heero!

Duo and Trowa: GASP!

(In the shelter, explosions and screams. Lady Une leaps out of no-where and tackles Mariameia. There is a huge explosion at ground level)

Tom: 'Lots of stuff blowed up real good.'

(The shelter is quiet and dark. Debris is shoved aside. Une sits up)

Une: Are you okay?

Mariameia: You're...?

Crow: ...the cheap hussy Dad left my Mom for?

Une: Even if you are wrong, I can't let Treize's daughter die.

Mike: Co-dependent even after death...

(Mariameia is wide-eyed and blinking in surprise)

Tom: (as Mariemeia) Okay, now the plot's even lost me

(Dekim staggers to his feet)

Tech: Lord Dekim! There's another Gundam on defense line 4, point E!

(Cut to above. Wufei has finally showed up. At his feet, citizens are shouting at the wreckage of the palace)

Tom: Why, look. It's a festive group of Republican children and babies off to pay a friendly visit to their local voting board
Mike: How was Baker able to say that with a straight face?
Tom: Oh, he knew all those guys were wearing diapers.
Crow: Explains the stinky cloud wafting up from Florida!

(Meanwhile, the citizens continue to shout) Citizen 1: We're not listening to you anymore!

Citizen 2: We don't want war!

Citizen 3: We will protect our peace.

(The president, holding his grand-daughter, can be seen in the background)

Crow: I am going to have such a talk with Mrs. Partridge...

(Scan up the Gundam to Wufei in the cockpit)

Wufei: Wars aren't fought by soldiers.

Crow: They're fought by pixies!

Wufei: At last I can leave the fighting behind me.

Tom: And be home in time for some of my mom's puppy stir-fry. Yum!

Wufei: (bowing his head and smirking, although his tone is harsh) Goodbye, Treize!

Noin: Zechs...

Zechs: (his eyes are closed, head down) This way--this way, I won't have to give up hope again.

(The three Gundam pilots are showed in a split screen)

Trowa: The self-destruct was wasted again.

Dekim: What are they--?

Une: Treize loved people with the will and determination to fight, even in bad times. That is why people will accept the Gundams.

(Mariameia looks up at her in wonder)

Crow: Well, that makes perfect...huh?

Une: It's not the victor that moves the people.

(The remains of Wing Zero crash to the snow-covered ground. The hatch pops open. Heero sprawls out)

Dekim: Ridiculous! We know no defeat! The Barton family is the conqueror of the world! Mariameia, now is the time to stand at the head of the nation!

Mariameia: (whispering) I am the victor.

(She marches toward the front, through the darkness)

Mariameia: I will fulfill my father's will

(Une pops in front of her)

Une: (grimly) Forgive me.

(She raises her hand for a blow, but Relena darts in front of Une--)

Mike: No, I get to do this!
Tom: No, me! That kid's put me through a lot!
Crow: Me! I've always wanted to smack Danny Partridge!

(...and slaps Mariameia. The little girl gasps and raises a hand to her reddened cheek.)

Relena: Pardon me, but it's time you understood, Mariameia.

Mariameia: (holding her cheek) Miss Relena...

Mike: I am reporting you to social services!

Relena: Now you understand fear. You should be able to accept your own mistakes.

(Behind them, Dekim is fed up)

Dekim: (leveling a gun) That's enough, Relena Peacecraft. I wish you wouldn't put ideas into my Mariameia's head.

Relena: Shoot if you wish. I am resolved.

Tom: I'm also essential to any more sequels. So there!

Dekim: (snorts) I'll tell you the truth before you die.

Crow: 'Coz I'm a bad guy and there's a sub-clause in the bad-guy handbook that requires us to do things like that.

Dekim: People exist to follow the victor.

(He fires, but Mariameia throws herself in front of Relena and takes the bullet. She collapses to the floor in a spray of blood as red-shirts react in horror)

ALL: Hey!

Dekim: (snorts again) I can replace Mariameia easily enough.

(He lowers the gun at Relena again. Une pulls her weapon, but a bullet flies out of no-where and tears through Dekim's head.)

(A tech who has removed his red hat is standing behind Dekim)

Tech: I have executed the traitor. We wish to atone for our betrayal of His Excellency Treize by this. (He holsters the gun and salutes Dekim's body)

Tom: So the entire plot revolves around Bartons getting off'd by random anonymous guys with revolvers?

Relena: Mariameia, hold on.

Mariameia: I was wrong... I'm sorry...

Relena: Mariameia...

Voice: (from behind Relena) I'll put you to rest.

Relena: Heero!

(Heero has leveled a gun at Une, Relena and Mariameia)

Mariameia; (closing her eyes) Thank you.

Crow: ...but can I see your doe license?

(The camera pans down Heero's gun arm. He pulls the trigger. There is a hollow click. The gun is empty, but Mariameia's head falls to the side as if she had been shot again.)

Mike: Right when you think the movie can't get any more repulsive...

Heero: I've killed Mariameia... I won't kill anyone, anymore... I don't have to kill...

(He drops the gun and collapses forward. Relena promptly deserts the little girl --)

Tom: Kid, you are on your own!

(... and lunges forward to catch him.)

Relena: Heero!

(They collapse in a heap on the floor. She cradles his head on her shoulder)

Relena: Heero...

Tom: (as Heero, in irritation) The name's 'Roger.'
Mike: (as Relena) Heh, heh...I finally caught you
Crow: (as Heero, faintly) Help!

Une: (holding Mariameia) There's still hope! Get her to the medical room quickly!


"You smell just like a warm puppy..."

Relena: (stroking Heero's hair) It's finally over

(Heero nuzzles against her)

Crow: (as Heero) Mmm...you smell just like a warm puppy...

(Sunrise. In the distance, the city can be seen. The sun plays over the profiles of the Gundams)

Mike: (as Deathscythe) Hey, a new day!
Crow: (as Heavyarms) Y'know, it's so good to be re-united with the kids kicking bad guy butt again...
Tom: (as Sandrock, bitterly) You guys are so naive. Wake up and smell the napalm!

Duo: (smiling happily) This time, it is the end, partner.

(He holds up a detonator --)

Crow: (as Gundam) Wait, wait! Can we talk about this!?

(...and pushes the button. Deathscythe, flanked by Sandrock and Heavyarms, goes up in a dreamy star-patterned explosion)

Mike: (as Gundam) I'm melting, melting, oh, whatta world...

(Trowa, Duo and Quatre stand on a grass-covered outcrop, watching the explosion)


"Whatta world..."

Trowa: I'm back to being nameless.

Quatre: I don't think it makes a difference.

Mike: Since no-one is going to believe any of this.

Duo: (cheerfully) Names are what other people call you. It's no use trying to change that. Anyway, we've got someplace to go home to, right?

Trowa: Ah. You're right.

(Shot of a mist-shrouded lake surrounded by high mountains. A bird calls softly. The camera pans over the scenery.)

(Suddenly, a Gundam vaporizes)

(Wufei stands on a nearby cliff, watching.)

Wufei: Nataku, rest in peace.

Tom: ...pieces...

Voice: Wufei.

(The camera pans to show Sally standing behind Wufei)

Sally: Noin and Zechs have disappeared somewhere. (She laughs) How about it? You want to work with me?

Wufei: A Preventer, eh? Sounds good.

(In space, a shuttle is flying away from Earth)

Noin: Are you sure? Terraforming still isn't in the operational stage.

Zechs: It's something Relena wants. It's bound to be rash. That's why someone who is already dead has to do it. Noin, you don't have to--

Noin: Don't make me repeat myself, Zechs.

Tom: Is there anything we can say here that wasn't all ready done in Episode 605, Colossus and the Headhunters?
Crow: (looking down as if checking a script) Let's see: he says, you don't have to come, she says, I'm going to, he says, look, I don't even like you... Um, no. It's basically the same.
Tom: Well, let's not do it and say we did, okay?

(The shuttle heads off into space)

Announcer: After Colony year 197. The people have regained their peace. (A montage of mobile suits are flashed against the starry background) In the history that followed, weapons called mobile suits, including Gundams, were never used again.

(The ending credits come up over a lot of fast-cut scenes as a sappy romance song that has nothing to do with the movie plays)


"Just sign here..."

(In a cemetery, Une stands behind Mariemeia's wheelchair as the little girl looks at the gravestones for Treize and Zechs Marquise. A breeze blows gently. Both have gentle smiles on their faces)

(On a mountain of scrap parts, Duo works. Hilde runs up to him. She hands him a clipboard and points something out on it. She runs off as Duo stares after her)

Tom: (as Duo) Hi, who are you?
Crow: (as Hilde) I'm Hilde, your girlfriend.
Tom: (as Duo) I have a girlfriend?
Crow: (as Hilde) I'm from the series. Look, just sign here. It absolves me of all responsibility for this movie even though I'm doing this cameo.
Tom: (as Duo) Okay. (As Hilde runs off) Hey, do we actually have sex and stuff?
Crow: (as Hilde) Paragraph sub-c two on page 3!
Tom: (as Duo looks at the clipboard) Whoa, cool.

(Trowa walks up to a circus tent. The camera pans up Catherine, who has a pensive look on her face. The two meet in front of the tent, then walk inside)


"Wufei's shooting us some cleavage!"

Mike: (high-pitched, as Catherine) Trowa, we have to discuss this Episode Zero thing.
Tom: (as Trowa) Episode who-its?
Mike: (as Catherine) It's a comic that implies that we're really brother and sister
Tom: (as Trowa) Geez, right when I thought the producers couldn't muck up my life any further! Well, forget it. I refuse to acknowledge any more surprise relatives in this series.
Mike: (as Catherine) Okay.
Tom: (as Trowa) Wanna go have some hot acrobatic sex before the show?
Mike: (as Catherine, casually) Yeah, sure.

(On a space ship, the Maganacs are cheering and pointing at something on a screen. Quatre, grinning, stands surrounded by Maganacs)

Crow: (as Quatre) Trowa and Catherine are going to be so surprised when they find out I bugged their trailer. Hee, hee!

(In her Preventer cruiser, Sally looks at her co-pilot, Wufei, who hasn't quite got the hang of his uniform jacket yet)

Tom: (suggestively) Well, Wufei's shooting us some cleavage!


"What's he doing...?"

(On a stage, Relena addresses a large audience. From behind a curtain in a balcony, Heero watches, his face wooden. There is a close-up of his face, then of Relena's as she continues to speak.)

Mike: (as Heero) This one-woman Hamlet just isn't working for me...

(When the camera gets back to the balcony, Heero is gone.)

(A close-up of Heero, then a long shot of him walking on a background of stars with a jacket slung over his shoulder and his hand stuck in the front of his jeans.)

Crow: Um...what's he doing with his hand?
Mike: (as Heero) I'm going to try to slooowly walk away from the movie and see if that works...

(Heero walks through the rest of the credits until a big music flourish. Then the camera pans up to a shooting star and the word "End" appears)

Tom: (as Mike picks him up) Heero Yuy: mass murderer and cosmic star child!

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(In the control room, Crow and Tom are looking over a large city made of Lego blocks that vaguely resembles New York.)

Crow: So you think we should take out the NYPD first?

Tom: They are the most knee-jerk, over-reactive force on the planet. Eliminate them, and we're home free!

(Mike comes in, munching a sandwich)

Mike: What are you guys doing?

Tom: We're just playing.

Crow: We're not planning on avenging the unjust deaths of our Gundam brothers by completely eradicating all human life on Earth or anything.

Mike: Okay. Long as you guys are having fun.

Tom: Oh, we will...heh, heh, heh...

Crow: Pearl's calling.

Mike: Mrs. F; what's up?

Mrs. F: (screaming) What's up? What's up?! (She takes a breath, and forces herself to speak with a semblance of calm.) Mike, I just don't know what to do with you sometimes. I try, and I try, and I try to completely break your spirit, yet, somehow, you just refuse to crack. (Almost in tears) Why is that, Mike? Don't you care about my experiments at all?

Mike: (abashed) Um... Sorry?

Mrs. F: (shaking a finger at the camera) Don't think I'm giving up, Nelson! Even as I scream at you, Brain-Guy and Professor Bobo are screening new anime terrors for you to view!

Observer: (off-screen) Incoming!

(There is a scream, followed by a flat-sounding explosion. Mrs. F is pelted with bits of black fur. The Observer rushes in and begins to delicately pick pieces of fur off of Mrs. F. They get into a bit of a slapping contest as Mrs. F tries to stop him and Brain-Guy insists)

Observer: Well. I think I have enough of Bobo to reconstitute him. Oh, the hugely re-edited version of Escaflowne that attempts to remove all elements of plot for sheer action? (He takes an especially large piece of Professor Bobo off of Pearl's shoulder) It's a definite go.

Mrs. F: (again shaking her finger at the camera) Quake in terror, Nelson!

(Shot of Mike and the 'bots. Mike has forgotten to chew his sandwich. The 'bots are staring into the camera in horror)

Mike. ...huh...

Crow: (flatly) We're dead.

(And the MST3K credits start rolling!)


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