Major Competition/Transcript

Narrator: (panicked) THE CITY OF TOWNSVILLE IS ON FIRE!!!
(Cut to the girls in flight, en route to the blaze, then pull back as they take a deep breath and prepare to blow it out. Before they can do so, though, a huge gust of air sweeps in from behind them, extinguishing the flames and sending them tumbling o.c.)
Narrator: The fire is out, and Townsville is saved - thanks to...
(Cut to the girls, who are now quite disheveled and confused at this turn of events.)
Narrator: Uh...uh, no. (Pan quickly across the city.) Thanks to...
(Stop on an empty patch of sky.)
Narrator: No...wait! (Another quick pan.) Maybe over here! (Stop on the park, empty.) No... where did... (Another quick pan.) ...wait a second!
(Stop on the more empty sky. A duck flaps into view.)
Narrator: Who did save Townsville...? (Cut to ground level; a crowd looks up.)
Man 1: Wait! Look up in the sky!
Man 2: Is it a man?
Woman 1: A gentleman?
Man 3: A fellow?
George Jetson: (English accent) A lad, perhaps?
Talking Dog: No, it's...
(Cut to an extreme close-up of a muscular, white-clad leg, its foot in a blue boot, and turn up. A red cape trails behind the figure, which also wears blue tights; at its waist is a belt with a large buckle labeled "MM." A huge blue M is emblazoned across the broad chest. The right arm, with a blue glove on the hand, is equally impressive in its musculature. As the crowd watches in awe, the figure's shadow falls across them and descends to the ground. He lands with his back to the camera; cut to his feet and turn up slowly again. Now we see all of this individual: boots, tights, belt, cape, big M across his chest, and his face. He has a prominent chin, a confident smile on his face, and blond hair swept forward in a pompadour. The crowd expresses its awe.)
Man 4: The Mysterious Maestro!
Man 1: Naw, it's the mailman.
Man 3: No, he's not. He's the Midnight Marauder! Man 4: Nah, it's obviously the Muscle Master.
(The onlookers begin to argue among themselves as to what "MM" stands for. After a few seconds, the girls land in front of him.)
Blossom: Excuse me, sir, but who exactly are you? (The blond fellow raises one eyebrow at this query. When he speaks, his voice booms out - a cross between the old Superman cartoons and the Douglas Fairbanks/Errol Flynn sort of action movie hero. He is seen from various angles.)
Blond hero: I am the crusher of crime! The demolisher of disorder! And the eliminator of evil! I am...
(He raises his left hand, the first two fingers extended, and snaps a military salute.)
Blond hero: ...MAJOR MAN!
(He releases the salute and grins, revealing a mouthful of brilliant white teeth. The girls seem rather less than awestruck by the entire display.)
Ash Ketchum: Major Man?
Major Man: That's right, sonny.
Blossom: What kind of name is that?
Misty: I don't know.
Tigger: He's kind of strong.
Pikachu: Pikachu.
Woman 2: (leaning into view) Wow! Now that's a superhero!
Man 2: (leaning into view) You said it!
(Another man pops up, camera in hand. The crowd turns its entire collective attention to this new arrival, completely forgetting that the girls are even present.)
Voice: All right
(The sound of a gun being cocked is heard, and the girls quickly turn around. The source of the voice is a mugger, holding an old woman at gunpoint.)
Mugger: Uh...everybody freeze or the old lady gets it! (The crowd gasps in terror.)
Blond hero (Major Man): Halt, vile villain, or taste the bitter flavor of justice that Major Man will serve you!
Heroes: (groan at Major Man's bad pun)
Pikachu: (disdainfully) Pikachu.
Buttercup: Corny! (The crowd shushes her.)
Mugger: I'm sorry, Major Man. My doctor told me to cut down on justice. (snickering) But he did say I can have all the greens I want!
(On the end of this line, he reaches into the old woman's purse, coming up with a fistful of cash on the word "greens." He runs off, snickering, as the crowd gasps again. Major Man pushes them aside.)
Major Man: Stand back! (flies up into space)
Blossom: Where's he going?
Pooh Bear: We don't know, Blossom.
(Major Man zooms down to earth defeating the mugger. The citizens cheer for Major Man while the heroes are greatly dismayed.)
Narrator: Wow! Now, that's a hero!
(The girls fly sadly and the heroes shake their heads in disapproval as they leave.)
Narrator: Sorry, guys. Looks like Townsville's got a new protector, Major Man!
(Meanwhile at the girls' house he girls and the heroes sulk about Major Man being a new superhero in town.)
Blossom: Boy, the hotline hasn't rung in ages.
(Just then the hotline rang.)
Blossom: (answers it) Hello, Mayor! What can we do for you? Blow out a fire? Save a helpless child?
Mayor: Uh, no. Uh, you see, uh-
Blossom: Don't be scared, Mayor. We can handle it. Go ahead.
Mayor: (sadly) We, uh, just grown apart, you see. Well, there's somebody else, we can still be friends. Goodbye. (hangs up)
Buttercup: What? What is it? What happened?
Bubbles: Blossom?
Mayor: That was so hard to do. (Major Man placed his hand onto Mayor's shoulder) (pushes the hotline away) Anyway, time to move on, forget about the past. Gotta make room for the future. (gets the Major Man phone)
Pooh Bear: What did the Mayor say, Blossom?
Blossom: The Mayor says that we've grown apart between my sisters and I. So, Major Man is now taking our place.
Piglet: Oh, dear.
Bubbles: I-I can't believe this is happening.
Rabbit: This is unbelievable.
Professor: Girls, hurry! Come quick!
Piglet: Did you girls hear that?
Blossom: Yeah, the professor's in trouble!
(The girls and the heroes come downstairs.)
Bubbles: Professor?
Buttercup: Professor!
Professor: Hey!
(The heroes and the girls gasp upon seeing the professor wearing a Major Man mask.)
Brock: Professor, what are you doing?
Professor: (removes the mask) Hurry, guys. Major Man is on TV!
Pooh Bear: No, thank you, Professor.
Piglet: Mmm-mmm.
Tigger: We don't want to see him.
(The girls and the heroes peak as they feel suspicious while Professor on the other hand smiled with excitement.)
Mayor: Thank you, Major Man. Thank you for saving Townsville. (Major Man salutes and smiles proudly) Boy, what I wouldn't I be able to do to fight the forces of evil like you. Major Mayor, that's what I be called. Uh, but... I'd never be able to get to the crime scene as fast as you do.
Major Man: (chuckling) Of course not, Mayor. You'd have to know about it in advance like I do!
Mayor: (shocked) What?!
(The girls and the heroes felt shocked upon hearing this but Professor remains excited.)
Piglet: Pooh, what's he talking about.
Pooh Bear: I don't know, Piglet.
Tigger: Are you guys hearing this?
Rabbit: Yes, we did.
Misty: Whatever he's talking about. I don't like this one bit.
Major Man: Um... I mean...that's right, Mayor, you wouldn't stand a chance. Now, how about that theme song, huh?
Mayor: Oh, yes!
(The Major Man theme song plays on TV.)
Professor: I'm strong like Major Man! Major Professor to the rescue!
(He pretends to fly around like Major Man which annoyed the heroes.)
Blossom: Did you hear that?
Buttercup: Yeah.
Misty: (rolls her eyes) Oh, brother.
Tigger: Professor is completely out of his mind.
Pikachu: Pika.
Buttercup: No kidding, Professor loved Major Man just like the citizens.
Blossom: You know there's something major fishy about that Major Man.
Bubbles: Hey, did you guys know that Professor can fly.
Brock: (sighs) Good grief, the professor is stuck in his superhero fantasy.
Rabbit: One moment, please? (to professor) I think we heard enough of this nonsense from you, Professor. (shuts off the TV)
Professor: What's wrong, guys? Don't you like Major Man?
Heroes: No.
Pikachu: (shaking his head) Pika.
Professor: But I do.
Misty: Well, we don't.
Professor: Why not?
Brock: Because Major Man has taken the girls' place and they're not happy about being replaced.
Pooh Bear: Come on, girls. We'd better go see what Major Man is up to.
Blossom: Right, come on, let's go.
(The girls pick up the heroes and take off. Major Man flies as the girls follow him while holding the heroes. Just then Major Man saw a dog below.)
Major Man: Hmm.
(Blossom, Buttercup and the heroes hide in the cloud and Bubbles gets pulled into the cloud by Blossom. The heroes among with Blossom and Buttercup peak to see what he's up to.)
Pooh Bear: What's he going to do, girls.
Buttercup: I don't know, Pooh Bear.
Blossom: Yeah, let's just wait and see.
Pooh Bear: Oh, right.
(Major Man goes around the city and then he purposely kicked the dog into the road then he stopped the cars saving the dog which caused the heroes and the girls to gasp in shock.)
Townspeople: Hey, look! Major Man saved a puppy!
(The townspeople are happy but the girls and the heroes on the other hand are outraged for what Major Man had done.)
Rabbit: This is an outrage!
Pooh Bear: Oh, this will never do.
Piglet: This is no accident.
Buttercup: Yeah, did you see that? What a creep! Major Man's been setting up his own disasters the whole time!
Pikachu: Pika, Pikachu!
Brock: That doesn't make Major Man a true hero.
Misty: That's disgusting!
Buttercup: I agree with you guys. This major jerk needs to be taught a lesson.
Pikachu: (angrily) Pika Pika!
Blossom: That's how he always know to be there before the crime happened.
Tigger: Officer Jenny won't be pleased with his actions he set up.
Piglet: What should we do?
Ash Ketchum: I say I'd give Major Man the shock treatment.
Pikachu: Pika!
Buttercup: Yeah, and let's beat the stuffing out of him.
Blossom: No. We have to expose him that the phony that is. But how?
Pikachu: Pikachu!
Pooh Bear: Hey, I know! Why not use a monster to scare him?
(Bubbles pops out roaring.)
Blossom: That's it! Come on!
(The girls fly off with the heroes then we cut to a monster named Fred attacking Townsville.)
Narrator: (bored) Oh, no. The city of Townsville is under attack.
Woman: Nothing to worry about. Major Man will save us.
Man: That's right. Leave it to Major Man.
Mayor:(picks up the Major Man phone) Oh, hello, Major Man. Say, did you know that there's a giant monster destroying Townsville?
Major Man: Impossible! I didn't set up for any-
(The monster smashed his hand through the window grabbing Major Man.)
Major Man: (cries) Help! Help me!
(The citizens scream and run as he struggles to keep the monster's mouth open.)
Narrator: (scared) Won't somebody please help this hero in distress?
Man: Look up in the sky!
Woman: It's some bugs!
Man 2: No, flying lollipops!
Talking Dog: No, it's the Supersockem Girls!
Narrator: No, that's not right.
(The girls fly while carrying the heroes.)
Narrator: It's the Powderpuff-(the girls and the heroes glare at the camera) I mean the Powerpuff Girls and their friends!
Citizens: Who?
Narrator: You know the Powerpuff girls and their friends, Pooh Bear, Piglet, Tigger, Rabbit, Ash Ketchum, Pikachu, Misty and Brock!
Citzens: Oh, yeah! Hooray!
(The girls and the heroes glare at Major Man.)
Major Man: Help! Please, help me!
Blossom: Why? You've been doing fine on your own.
Misty: Yeah, we saw you set up your disasters! I am absolutely disgusted by your phony heroic stuff!
Ash Ketchum: All right, bub, you either confess to the citizens or we'll have you reported to Officer Jenny!
Pikachu: Pika!
Buttercup: Yeah, why don't you destroy the monster yourself?
Heroes and girls: Hmm?
Major Man: (softly.) I-I can't. Well, you see... (He trails off.)
Bubbles: (moving closer, cupping hand to ear) We can't hear you!
Major Man: I set up all of those other disasters so I could go in, save everyone, and get all the fame and glory. Now please help!
(The crowd gasps in shock at this revelation.)
Blossom: You mean the giant fire?
Major Man: I started it. (The crowd gasps.)
Buttercup: The robber and the old lady?
Major Man: My cousin and grandmother. (The crowd gasps.)
Bubbles: The train wreck?
Major Man: Bent the tracks. (The crowd gasps.)
Blossom: And the kids who beat up the old man?
Major Man: Paid them. (The crowd boos.) Please, help me!
Blossom: Do you promise to leave the heroics up to the real heroes?
Major Man: Yes, yes! (The monster's jaws snap shut.)
Girls: Well... (He forces the mouth open again.)
Major Man: Oh, please! Oh, please!
Girls: Okay.
(They move in on the creature and pound it from all sides as it tries to swat them away without success. Blossom hits it in the nose, Buttercup knocks the wind out of it with a flying kick, and Bubbles decks it with an uppercut. Next Buttercup grabs it by the tail, swings it over her head, and lets it fly; she pulls ahead of it, her sisters joining her, and all three do a U-turn to deliver a triple flying jab. The monster wobbles woozily for a bit before it collapses senseless to the pavement, the girls landing by its head. The mouth opens up, creaking like the hood of a rusty old car and revealing a very chastened Major Man.)
Buttercup: Now, get!
Misty: Yeah, and do not come back!
(Major Man leaves in shame as the heroes and the girls look after him with contempt.)
Tigger: Good riddance to that phony superhero.
Roo: And super-zero!
Rabbit: Hmph, I hope he learned his lesson.
Ash Ketchum: We sure taught him a lesson.
Buttercup: You got that right, Ash.
Mayor: (from o.c.) Powerpuff Girls... (Pull back; he and the crowd are next to them. Blossom and Bubbles' expressions have softened as they turn to look at them, but Buttercup remains locked in anger, possibly still upset over Townsville abandoning them for Major Man.) ...we want to apologize. We didn't realize how special you are to us. We didn't know how good we had it. We're all very sorry. Will you give us another chance?
Girls: (Now Buttercup's expression softens as she and her sisters ponder their decision over.) Well...okay. (The crowd cheers.)
Mayor: Come on, everybody! (walking o.c.) Let's go reinstall the hotline!
Crowd: (following him) Yeah!
(When they clear out, we see the monster once again - they were standing in front of it.)
Blossom: The coast is clear, Fred. We're sorry we had to rough you up so much.
Fred: That's okay. I was good wasn't I? Wasn't I?
Rabbit: Fred, you made an excellent actor.
Fred: Thanks for the compliment, Rabbit.
Rabbit: My pleasure.
Ash Ketchum: We really appreciate you backing us up. That's really nice of you to back us up.
Fred: Sure is, Ash.
Pikachu: Pika, pika.
Fred: I loved your Pikachu, Ash. He's pretty strong for a little fella.
Pikachu: (blushing) Pika.
Fred: Aw...anytime, girls. Oh, but next time, girls...not so rough?
(He and the girls laugh at this for a few moments.)
Bubbles: Oh, Fred. (She thumps him in the nose.)
Fred: Ow! (The girls laugh again and continue under the next line.)
Narrator: Oh, Powerpuff Girls. I knew he was a big fake all the time. Major Man! Why I betcha he wasn't even a real major. Hmm! (He clears his throat.)
(The standard end shot comes up.)
Narrator: So once again the day is saved - thanks to the Powerpuff Girls!
[The End]