Super Zeroes/Transcript

(Opening shot: a city skyline at night, framed within a comic strip panel. Pan across slowly. None of the speaking characters will appear on camera until indicated.)
Blossom: (ominously) The metropolis of Citysburg is in trouble.
(The next panel shows a bank. In the one following this, the front wall has been blown out, with the sound effect "BOOM!" written in, Batman-style.)
Blossom: Boom!
(A masked robber emerges, carrying sacks of cash. Blossom chuckles evilly. Now we see the man looking over his shoulder at a white car with red racing stripes, bearing down on him. Blossom's next lines match the word balloons on the page.)
Blossom: "Huh?" (Overhead view of him and the car, which also has wings on the back.) "The Morality Mobile? No! It can't be!"
(The robber is confronted by a blond woman in a red-white-and-blue outfit similar to that of Wonder Woman. Again Blossom's words match those of the characters.)
Blossom: "Freedom Gal?!" (Cut to a panel of the woman, twirling a glowing lasso over her head.) "With my Lasso of Regret, you will feel bad about your actions and give up!"
(The lasso catches the robber. Sound effect: "SNAG!" Next panel: close-up of him, hanging his head in defeat.)
Blossom: "You're right. I'm sorry." (Final panel: Freedom Gal standing atop the defeated criminal.) "Justice is served!"

Ash Ketchum: Hey, girls, what's going on?

Buttercup: Hey, Ash. We're reading comics.

Ash Ketchum: About superheroes?

Blossom: Yep, I've read Freedom Gal.

Buttercup: And, I've read Spore.

Bubbles: And, I've read Bunny Bunny.

Misty: Freedom Gal reminds us of Wonder Woman.

Blossom: Wonder Woman? Who's she?

Pooh Bear: She's one of our superhero friends.

Girls: Really?

Rabbit: Mmm-hmm.

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Professor: THE CITY OF TOWNSVILLE IS IN GRAVE DANGER! THEY COULD REALLY USE THE POWERPUFF GIRLS ABOUT NOW!
Blossom: (from inside bedroom) The Powerpuff Girls aren't here!
Ash Ketchum: (flabbergasted) Wh-what do you mean, "not here"?! Who are we speaking to?!
Rabbit: What's all this nonsense the girls are doing?! They shouldn't dawdle whenever there's an emergency!

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Misty: What's taking the girls so long? The mayor's been waiting for 45 minutes.
Tigger: I don't know it's not like for those girls to be late for crime fighting.
Blossom: Liberty Belle!
Buttercup: (raspy voice) Mange!
Bubbles: Harmony Bunny!
Blossom: And, we are...
Professor: Too late.
Rabbit: What took you girls so long? You've been up there in your room for 45 minutes!
Ash Ketchum: Better heroes, huh?
(The girls bowed their heads sadly as Ash and the heroes shake their heads with disappointment for keeping Townsville waiting.)

Blossom: Evil-doers, beware! For when the Liberty Belle tolls it tolls for the to the Freedom Mobile!

Heroes: "Freedom Mobile?"

(Blossom drives the mobile out of the garage then onto the bridge then she gasps upon seeing a traffic jam.)

Blossom: Oh.

(Back at home)

Bubbles: When trouble is near I am not slow! For it's hop, hop, hop and away I go! I am not slow for it's hop, hop, hop and away I...go. For it's hop, hop, oh, wait! For it's hop, hop, hold on! For it's hop, hop, hold it! Hop, hop, where is it? Hop, hop, ah-ha! For it's hop, hop and away I pogo!

Heroes: "Pogo stick?"

(Bubbles hops on a pogo stick and Professor opens the door for her.)

Professor: You're welcome. Hurry up now.

Misty: Yeah, Bubbles, you'd better skedaddle.

Bubbles: Don't worry, Misty. Harmony Bunny is not slow for it's hop, hop, hop and away I go.

Pooh Bear: (sighs) Bubbles is wasting time, Professor.

Professor: (sighs) Tell me about it.

(Professor and the heroes look at Buttercup suspiciously.)

Professor: Well, aren't you going?
Buttercup: Uh-uh, too bright. Mange only travels at night.
(Professor groans in disgust and slams the door.)
Pikachu: Pika Pika.
Ash Ketchum: (rolling his eyes) You've got to be kidding me.
Brock: (groans) Oh, good grief.
Pooh Bear: Oh bother.
Rabbit: (sighs in frustration) Again with dawdling!

Blossom: So you're back!

Bubbles: Well, we stayed here all night...

Buttercup: ...so we'd be ready.

(The monster towers over them.)

Blossom: Well, monster, prepare to face... (She appears against an American-flag background.) ...Liberty Belle... (Bubbles on a backdrop of stickers. She continues o.c.) ...Harmony Bunny... (Buttercup on a black ground, her eyes glowing.) ...and Mange!

(Buttercup is seen in the shadow of the tree.)

Buttercup: Um, it's a little bright, so, I'm just gonna sit this one out. Okay?

Tigger: What?!

Brock: Are you joking?!

(The monster roars. Blossom begins to twirl a golden lasso similar to Freedom Gal's.)

Blossom: Using my Lariat of Guilt, I will force the monster to admit his wrongdoing!

Ash Ketchum: A rope? Oh, come on, Blossom!

(The loop sails through the air and o.c., and the rope is pulled tight. Close-up of the monster's base - she has snagged a tiny corner. Pan toward her as she continues.)

Blossom: (from o.c.) Now, don't you feel bad about what you've done? (Stop on her.) Give in to those feelings and surrender!

(Bubbles dashes about its base, slapping her hand against it.)

Bubbles: Hyah! Hyah! Hyah!

(When she removes her hand after the last strike, she reveals a small bunny sticker on the mound of slime, seen in close-up.)

Bubbles: (from o.c.) There! (Pull back to show her and three stickers on the monster.) Now you're covered with happy stickers! (Close-up of the stickers; she leans into view.) Their good, sweet powers will take hold of you and make you smile!

(The monster roars again, unaffected by this offensive.)

Misty: (sighs in disgust) Stickers?! Seriously, Bubbles?! That's what you can come up with?!

Pooh Bear: Oh, bother. Their new abilities don't seem to be working.

Blossom: (pulling on rope) He's not giving in!

Bubbles: I'll use more stickers!

Blossom: Mange, help us!

Buttercup: Uh, maybe later.

Heroes: (groan in disgust at the girls' pathetic new superhero abilities)

Ash Ketchum: (facepalms himself and shakes his head in disgust) This is pathetic.

Bubbles: (slapping on more stickers) This'll...make you...happy!

Blossom: Succumb to the Lariat! Feel your guilt and admit defeat!

Steve: STOOOOOPPPPP!

Blossom: Huh?

Bubbles: Huh?

Buttercup: Huh?

Heroes: Huh?!

Steve: Better heroes, huh?

Ash Ketchum: He can talk?!

Pikachu: Pikachu?!

Steve: Of course, I can, kiddo. (To the girls) Now listen girls. My name is Steve. I'm a monster. I have been coming here for three causing all sorts of damage to your town. And what do I get? Two days of no shows. And now this: a flag girl who rope tricks, some rabbit and little miss darkness who's afraid of sun.

Buttercup: Hey! Do you have any idea who you're talking to?!

Bubbles: We're superheroes!

Blossom: Real ones!

Steve: Yeah, well, that's great and all, but-but, what am I supposed to tell the guys back on Monster Isle? (a flashback is shown with a monster from Bubblevicious) You see, when a monster visits Townsville... (It is pounded by the girls, one at a time.) ...he must fight the Powerpuff Girls. (The creature wades away from shore and waves.) And if he can hold his own... (An island is seen.) ...and make it back to Monster Isle alive... (Other beasts celebrate this one's return.) ...he's a hero! (goes back to reality) Now this new bit is just not gonna cut it. (Close-up of Buttercup. He continues o.c.) Sure, you didn't have a thirst for vengeance... (She hangs her head. Pan to Bubbles.) ...stickers with your face on them... (She looks sadly at a sticker. Pan to Blossom.) ...or souped-up vehicles... (She hangs her head. Back to him) ...'cause you didn't need 'em! See... (removes the girls' costumes, leaving them with their normal, everyday outfits) ...even if you take away the costumes, props, and angst, you still have all the bravery and courage it takes to save the day. (Head-on view of him.) So, what do you say? (knocks over a nearby building to prove his point) Powerpuff Girls?

Ash Ketchum: Well, girls?

Misty: What do you say?

Brock: Wanna go back to being the Powerpuff Girls again? (They trade a quick glance.)

Blossom: Let's get him, girls! (They take off.)

Steve: Now that's better...

(He trails off into a grunt as the girls slam into him and send him flying, finally giving him what he had come to Townsville to attain so he could return to Monster Isle in triumph.)

Ash Ketchum: Alright!

Tigger: Yahoo!!

Rabbit: Hooray!!

Piglet: Now, that's more like it! (laughs)

Pooh Bear: I say this is much better! (giggles)

Brock: Now, this is the Powerpuff Girls we know.

Misty: You said it. And the Powerpuff Girls are gonna stay just the way they are.

Ash Ketchum: And that's the way we like it.

(The background for the end shot comes up.)

Narrator: So once again the day is saved...

(The girls appear in their normal positions but wearing their new costumes and looking very sad.)

Narrator: ...with no thanks to Liberty Belle, Harmony Bunny, or Mange...

(They are replaced by their usual happy selves in their regular costumes.)

Narrator: ...but to the one and only Powerpuff Girls!

[The End!]