Post by Yellow on Jun 3, 2010 17:36:02 GMT -5
The FC Show
If you can’t say anything nice…
Welcome to the Club!
If you can’t say anything nice…
Welcome to the Club!
DISCLAIMER: I do not own the concept for this show, or a few charaters too, but most human characters I do own. Game Freak owns all pokemon characters.
NOTE: Unlike most Mangafox fics, this is not where everybody writes, this is an authored fic. Like on Fanfiction.net. Everybody understand?
Welcome, one and all, to The FC Show! In this spoof of The Muppet Show, my characters from the fanfics from Mangafox put on what they hope is a show to be remembered. I'm hoping for this to be a multi-episode fan-fic, but if I get too busy I might cut some episodes. Please, everybody, enjoy!
Episode List
Episode 1: The Pilot
Release Date - 06/3/10
Summary - Yellow, Rotom, and the rest of the gang attempt to film the pilot of their new TV show. However, things turn catastrophic when Mercury’s Porygon-Z gets cloned, Vulcan floods the theater, and Rotom tries to fly a jet.
Episode 2: Star Tours
Release Date-06/10/10
Summary - Neptune opens up a tour of The FC Show set. Also, Steven brings his new girlfriend, Prairie, who takes heckling to a whole new level. Plus, Yoshi Nakagawa guest stars.
Episode 3: Love Tastes Like Chicken
Release Date: 06/17/10
Summary - A new Pokemon, Torchic, joins the cast. Rotom instantly falls in love with her and, with help from Neptune and M.J., tries to woo her. Also, the entire cast joins together to sing Bohemian Rhapsody.
Episode 4: Birthday with a Side of Chaos
Release Date: 06/24/10
Summary – It’s cast member Rotom’s birthday and he gets to play director for a change! What will happen? The most chaotic episode of all time, that's what!
Episode 5: A FC's Life For Me, Part 1
Release Date: TBA
Summary - The cast sets sail as the one thing which nobody can deny having dreamed of being: Pirates! In Part 1, Captain Yellow sets sail with his crew of burly FC-ians, including Rotom, Lily, Neptune, Vulcan, Torchic, and Porygon. Joining them is the fearsome pirate Dude, who tells them of a treasure which he buried long ago. As they set off for Paradise Island, however, they must beware, for they are not the only pirates seeking the treasure...
Episode 6: A FC's Life For Me, Part 2
Release Date: TBA
Summary - The hunt for treasure continues as Captain Yellow and his crew finally arrives at their destination: Paradise Island. However, the legends of the terrifying Whitebeard continue to haunt the crew, and the hunt for treasure seems to be fruitless. It seems that perhaps Dude's memory of buried treasure may be faulty, but can the same be said about the tales of Whitebeard?
Episode 7: A FC's Life For Me, Part 3
Release Date: TBA
Summary - The final battle for the treasure begins and chaos erupts on Paradise Island. Who shall be victorious? Our heroes, Captain Yellow and his crew? The mysterious Pirate Queen and her gang? The legendary Whitebeard? Honchkrow of the Royal Navy? Or shall some new player arise to steal the scene...and the treasure?
Episode 8: Defective Detective
Release Date: TBA
Summary - Vulcan is accused of stealing from audience members and a trial is held in the theater. Yellow and Lily plan to be Vulcan’s lawyers, but they soon are incapacitated with other matters, leaving Mercury and Neptune to take their place. Meanwhile, Rotom investigates the case, determined to find the real thief.
Episode 9: Soothing the Savage Beast
Release Date: TBA
Summary - Ranitar's berserker antics finally become too much for the cast members, and they decide that it's finally time to civilize the crazed drummer. Many attempts end in failure, but eventually, they seem to find success. But is this for the better?
Episode 10: The Venus Show
Release Date: TBA
Summary - After feeling that she hasn't been featured enough, Venus decides to take over the show. However, people quickly begin getting tired of her egotistic behavior in all of the acts. When Yellow tries to stand up to her, he finds himself kicked out of the theater, leaving Vulcan, Rotom, Neptune, and the others to oust Venus from her spot, with some unexpected help from Mephie and Dusknoir.
Episode 11: If Science Can't Fix It, Go With the Bazooka
Release Date: TBA
Summary – Porygon-Z finally becomes fed up with constantly being the guinea pig for Mercury's many experiments, and he quits the show. Yellow, Mercury, Lily, and Honchkrow head out to bring him back, leaving the others to entertain the crowd with their skits. Vulcan stars in Joker on Patrol and Muddy the Mudkip stars in Poke-Veterinarian Hospital, so it's not an adventure to be missed!
Episode 12: FC-ians in Space!
Release Date: TBA
Summary - Venus finally gets her big break when she stars in the full-length episode Pokemon in Space. Along with the newcomers Captain Infernape and Dr. Blade, this space adventure may be the best the show has ever seen! Eat your heart out, Luke Skywalker!
Episode 13: Yellow's Big Break (Season Finale)
Release Date: TBA
Summary - The season finale of the show has finally arrived, much to the relief of Mephie and Dusknoir. Yellow is completely determined to make sure that this show runs smoothly without any kind of mess-up. Yeah, like that could ever happen. When all else fails, Yellow himself steps forth to save the show. Can he succeed?
Main Cast
Yellow Kiironaga - The director and star of The FC Show. He is easily stressed out by the constant state of chaos on the show, but he is adapting to it. Which is strange since he usually creates chaos himself…
Vulcan Koorika – One of Yellow's best friends. He does his best to be a comedian, but he is constantly tormented by Skuntank and Dusknoir.
Venus Utsukushii – A sassy female who believes that the entire show revolves around her. She is actually a phenomenal actress and singer.
Rotom Kiironaga – Yellow's pokemon and one closest friends. He is renowned as a stuntman, though not because of his skill.
Neptune Kiironaga - Yellow's brother and Yellow and Rotom’s best friend. He is always looking for a way to make an easy buck, or to simply wreak havoc.
Lily Kiiroaikouka - One of Yellow's best friends. Lily is always there to help control the chaos as much as possible.
Wesley Krane - A rather rambunctious audience member who comes to every show, alongside Steven. The two have a balcony reserved specifically for them, which provides them the perfect position to heckle the performers on the stage below. Wesley is the cast member M.J.’s older brother.
Steven Russell - A rather rambunctious audience member who comes to every show, alongside Wesley. Wesley’s closest friend.
Dr. Mercury Denkimeka - A scientist who is constantly coming up with a new creation for every show, whether it is a cloning potion or a ghost detector. Also the star off the FC Labs sketch, though he doesn’t know it’s just a sketch…
Porygon-Z Denkimeka - Mercury's accident-prone assistant and pokemon. He doesn't speak very much, and is constantly the subject of Mercury's experiments.
Honchkrow Kiironaga - A no-nonsense Honchkrow who does everything he can to keep people within her rules and regulations, usually unsuccessfully.
Michael “M.J.” Krane Jr. - A good friend of Yellow and Neptune, with a good heart. He likes to think of himself as a romantic, and he occasionally will help Neptune in his money-making schemes.
Alakazam Kiironaga - A gibberish speaking chef who always has something cooking in his kitchen, whether it is food or cannon blasts.
Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos - A band led by Lucario Kiironaga. It also consists of Houndoom Kiironaga, Mightyena Kiironaga, Tyran Kiironaga, and Ranitar Kiironaga.
Lucario Kiironaga - A Lucario who leads the band Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos. He usually sings lead vocals.
Houndoom Kiironaga - A Houndoom who plays the saxophone in Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos.
Tyran Kiironaga - A Tyranitar musician who plays the guitar in Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos.
Mightyena Kiironaga - A Mightyena who plays tambourine in Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos.
Ranitar Kiironaga - The wild, Tyranitar drummer in No Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos; he is in a constant state of movement. He just can't stand still or stay quiet.
Ludicolo Kiiroaikouka - A large, but lovable lug. He is very gentle despite his size. Lily’s Ludicolo.
Mudkip “Muddy the Mudkip” Kiironaga - A small Pokemon who always seems to get in the way. Venus finds him particularly annoying. Actually the cover for an esteemed secret agent who fights his arch nemesis, Dr. Ashensmirtz.
Torchic Achamo - A female Pokemon who clucks rather than talks, even with a translator collar. Despite this, Rotom still has an enormous crush on her.
Porygon Kiiroaikouka – Lily’s Porygon who has a crush on Rotom, and is constantly annoyed with his crush on Torchic.
Guest Stars – There are many guest stars on this show, such as Lolli Princessa, Opal Yukikage, Lunar Tormenta, Leonardo “Leo” Wolfe, Daylight Suniari, Yoshiko Nakagawa and others.
Props - Some Pokemon, while having roles in the show, are used more like props than actors. Among them are Magikarp and multiple Rattata.
Episode One: The Pilot
The murmurs of the audience could barely be heard behind the thick curtains. People and Pokemon were rushing all around, moving crates, mopping the floor; somehow every possible catastrophe had been adverted. It was a miracle, but one that wouldn’t last for long.
“Ok everybody! We’re looking good so far! We’re on in five!”
A short-ish guy was walking among the workers, admiring little undertaking. He took off his orange Rotom-styled hat, and hung it on the wall. On a night this big, everything would have to be perfect. So far, no mistakes had been made, but that could change in an instant.
“Yellow! Yellow!”
Yellow turned around to see one of his friends running toward him. A mischievous smile was spread across the person’s face; his red hair almost glowing.
“What is it, Vulcan?” Yellow asked, “Nothing wrong, I hope.”
"No, no, but look at this!" Vulcan beamed. He pulled out a small black remote from his pocket. It was covered in tiny red buttons.
Yellow sighed. "What is it this time? It had better not be like that slapstick-performing stick." He rubbed his cheek and winced as the painful memory of a rehearsal-gone-wrong came back to him.
"No, nothing like that," Vulcan shook his head. He pressed a few buttons and a pie suddenly floated down from the rafters. It hovered in the air, spinning like a flying saucer. It was covered in thick, yellow cream. Not a spot on the pie was bare of the frosting.
Yellow stepped back, both in surprise and caution. "Is that a remote-controlled pie?"
Vulcan's grin grew even wider. "Banana cream! And if you think that's something, watch this!" He pressed a few more buttons. There was a sudden crackling sound and sparks began flying out of the remote. "Uh oh."
"Hit the deck!" Yellow screamed. He dove to the floor and the small crowd of observers quickly ducked backstage. The pie began to spasm wildly in the air, and sparks continued flying from the remote.
Splat!
When Yellow looked up, he could hardly contain both a laugh and a groan. Vulcan's face was completely obscured in banana cream. The pie tin was still spinning on the floor where it had landed. "Oh, Vulcan, that's terrible!" Yellow exclaimed, rising to his feet.
"I know!" Vulcan nodded, sending small drops of cream flying off of his face. He smacked his lips. "It needs more salt." He turned away and began to walk off backstage. However, the cream still covered his eyes, and Vulcan found himself tripping, sending the pie tin flying. He flipped head-over-heels down the stairs and an enormous crash resounded up from above, accompanied by a screeching chicken a moment later. Yellow slapped his forehead. From the base of the stairs, a muffled cry was audible. "I'm okay!"
"Yikes!" another guy said, peeling the pie tin off his face. He managed to peel part of it off, only for it to go back and smack him again. A small, orange Pokemon appeared beside him and yanked it off his head with surprising strength.
"You alright, Neptune?" the new arrival inquired.
Neptune was still mumbling under his breath as he answered. "Yeah, I'm fine! I'm not entirely sure anymore that filming a TV show was the greatest idea we came up with."
"Sorry about Vulcan, Neptune," Yellow apologized to his brother. "He's been getting a little overzealous about his act lately. He's really hoping to leave a mark on the audience."
"Oh, he'll be fine with that!" Neptune scoffed. "A long as he's still got that flying pie!"
"And the slapstick stick, too," the pokemon added, rubbing his small stomach. "I swear, I couldn't eat right for a week after that blow!"
"Can Rotom’s even eat?" Yellow frowned. Then, suddenly, a startled look crossed his face. "Rotom, you're supposed to be on the sign!"
Rotom looked blankly at Yellow. "The what?"
"The sign!" Yellow screamed, waving his arms wildly. "You need to bring the sign down! The show starts in one minute!"
"Oh, the sign!" Rotom gasped. "I forgot! I'm going, I'm going!" He turned around rapidly and took off hovering...straight down the stairs. There was yet another crash, and a yelp of surprise.
"Hi Rotom!"
"Hi Vulcan!"
Yellow sighed. "Something tells me he's not going to make it up there in time."
"I'll say," Neptune agreed. "He ran the wrong way."
Yellow clutched his temples in anxiety. He could here the audience growing louder by the second. "We've got to do something!" he cried. He turned back to Neptune. "Quick, go get Lily and Honchkrow. We need someone to stall!"
"What should we do?" Neptune asked. "That crowd's not gonna fall for the culture of tap dancing with a flower pot on our heads."
"I don't know!" Yellow growled. "Have them give a safety statement to the audience, I don't know! Just get them and do something!"
"Ok, something it is!"
*****
The crowd of people and Pokemon was growing ravenous. Almost the entire population of FC Town had turned up for the debut of Yellow's new show. And now, they were being kept waiting. Lunar Tormenta was bellowing her outrage, much to the mortification of her friend Leonardo “Leo” Wolfe. Suddenly, a hush came over the crowd. The curtain was parting.
"Welcome, citizens of FC Town!"
Lily stepped out from the parted curtain, spreading her arms to address the entire theater. "We are sorry for the delay in the show. We have had a few technical difficulties."
Neptune's voice rung out from somewhere off-stage, "And by technical, he means Rotom." The entire crowd snickered at the comment.
Lily cleared her throat loudly, silencing the comedian. "Now, ladies and gentlemen, I will leave you to my friend Honchkrow, who has some safety guidelines to share with you."
A large majority of the viewers groaned as Honchkrow hopped onto the stage. As she came out, Lily stepped back in, hoping that this would be long enough time for Yellow to settle the problems backstage.
"Gripe all you want hoodlums!" Honchkrow shrieked at the crowd. "But try complaining when you don't have tongues!" At this, the theater grew silent. Honchkrow smiled. "Thank you!"
"You're welcome!"
She chose to ignore her challenger. "Ok, everybody, Safety Guideline Number One: When exiting the theater, be patient. No stampeding to the exit. Safety Guideline Number T-" Honchkrow stopped in mid-sentence. She leaned closer to the parting in the curtain, where she could hear hushed whispering. The crowd sighed contentedly, happy that someone had enough mercy to save them from Honchkrow's lecture.
"Really?" Honchkrow gasped suddenly. She turned back to the crowd, eyes wide. "It has been brought to my attention that there is a celebrity in our midst! Now, ladies and gentlemen, it is my honor to introduce to you...Mr. Pikachu!"
A large yellow figure danced out onto the stage, singing his own weird tune as he went. "Da da-da da da da-da da da!" The audience grew silent, bewildered looks crossing their faces. The newcomer was yellow like Pikachu, but something was strange about him. The lightning-bolt tail on his back flopped around apparently of its own accord, as did the pointed ears on the top of his head. They almost seemed to be taped down to his skin. Plus, his crimson red cheeks were noticeably uncircular. One almost looked like a square, crudely drawn in red marker.
"Hey, everybody!" Mr. "Pikachu" bowed to the crowd. "Welcome to my video game franchise! Are you all having fun here tonight?"
Honchkrow was aghast. She glared hard at "Pikachu", seeing a familiar face underneath. "Why, you are not Pikachu! You are Neptune!"
The poorly disguised Neptune glared right back at Honchkrow. "Neptune, Smeptune!" He gestured out at the crowd. "They're tourists! If they'll buy giant costumed dogs, they'll believe this!" As he spoke, he turned to fully face the crowd, trying to hide the fact that his tail was falling off.
"Why, you...you..." Honchkrow stuttered. "Fraud! Charlatan!"
The viewers were beginning to boo as Yellow ran onto the stage. He grabbed Honchkrow and Neptune by their ankles and threw them back through the curtain. A few daring theater patrons applauded at the action.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to announce that you are now about to witness the first ever episode of The FC Show!" Yellow panted, out of breath. The crowd cheered, and Yellow bowed. "Now, I proudly present to you...the beginning!" He ducked back through the curtains, and as he did, a platform began to rise up from the floor in front of the stage. A small group of Pokemon was perched on it, and with a trumpet burst, Lucario and the Pokemon Chaos began to play.
"One, two, three, four!" Lucario began calling the beats at the top of his lungs. As he did, the rest of the band erupted into action. Tyran the Tyranitar began wailing away at his guitar. The smooth alto sound of the saxophone filled the room as Houndoom held it to his lips. Mightyena rapped her tambourine against her side in time with the beat. It was a small role in the band, but one she was proud of. At the same time, both of Mightyena and Houndoom’s Poochyena Pups blared their trumpets. Lastly, Ranitar the Tyranitar began screaming like a maniac as he beat away at his drum set. The crowd burst into raucous cheers.
As the band kept playing, the multiple stage curtains began opening one by one. The last curtain fell open, revealing a large white structure behind it. Standing at its very top was none other than Yellow, with Vulcan on his left side and the elegant Venus on his right. Down below, a large group of Pokemon actors danced into sight from stage left. As they entered, they sang:
It's time to play the music! It's time to light the lights! It's time to meet the stars on The FC Show tonight!
Led by Honchkrow, another group of dancing Pokemon appeared from stage right, only these were actresses. They continued the song:
It's time to put on makeup! It's time to dress up right! It's time to raise the curtains on The FC Show tonight!
Now even Yellow was joining in the singing.
It's time to get things started on the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, FCsational... There was a brief pause as Yellow stopped singing.
Neptune’s voice could be heard from backstage. “Oh I can’t believe he actually said that…”
Then, as suddenly as it had stopped, it started again. This is what we call our FC Show!
There was a grinding of gears as an enormous sign began to lower down from the rafters. It read, quite predictably, "The FC Show". Yellow grinned. Things were actually going right. It was then, however, that he noticed Rotom sitting on top of the sign, yanking as hard as he could on the pulleys. Apparently, there were more troubles with the sign than previously thought.
"Rotom," Yellow called. "Stop!"
It was too late.
With an enormous splintering of wood, the sign ripped away from the ceiling. The dancing Pokemon and people ran for cover as it plummeted towards the stage. Yellow groaned, grabbed Vulcan and Venus, and dove off their podium, which was crushed moments later by the doom-from-above.
As Yellow regained his footing, he looked up to see if Rotom had survived the fall. To his relief, he saw him hanging from the edge of one of the balconies high above. He squinted; trying to make out what kindly Pokemon sitting in the box would help Rotom to safety. Then, he realized with fear who was sitting in the box. "Oh no, not them!"
Two hearty laughs rang out from the balcony. "Wesley, did you see that sign go down?"
"I didn't see a sign falling, Steven. Just the ratings!"
The laughter rang out again as Rotom pulled himself up enough to look over the railing. There, he found himself staring into the faces of Steven Russell and Wesley Krane, the brother and friend of one of the cast members, and a pain for most of the cast members. "Hey, what's your issue?" Rotom challenged the cackling people. "That was a spectacular song being sung down there!"
"Yeah!" Wesley scoffed. "And that was a spectacular dive you just took into our box!"
"I'd give it a ten," Steven commented.
"Why's that?" Wesley questioned.
Steven pounded the railing and Rotom's grip began to slip. "Because that's how many fingers, well, two electric arms are letting go of this rail!" With one more slam of Steven's fist, Rotom let go completely.
Yellow closed his eyes as Rotom hit the stage. After a moment of silence, the crowd began to applaud. Wesley and Steven leaned out of the balcony and bowed to their admirers. "Really, ladies and gentlemen, thank you!" Wesley grinned. "You're too kind!"
"And we have a low tolerance for that!" Steven added. "So be quiet! Can't you see we're trying to ignore the show?"
Yellow turned away and walked backstage. Something told him that this was going to be a long night.
*****
Yellow, Vulcan, Lily, and Rotom sat in a circle backstage. Each of them had an Oran Berry Smoothie sitting on the table in front of them. After a long moment of silence, Yellow finally spoke.
"Ok, who's going first?"
"..."
"..."
"..."
"Ok, let's draw straws."
*****
The curtains parted as Yellow stepped out onto the stage. He did the best he could to ignore the boos echoing down from Wesley and Steven's balcony. "Ladies and gentlemen, we apologize for the delay in our show. We had a few technical difficulties, as I'm sure you could see."
"And by technical difficulties, he means Rotom," Neptune's muffled voice floated out from backstage.
Yellow cleared his throat in an attempt to regain the crowd's attention. "Anyway, here is our first act. Everybody, clap your hands for Doctor Mercury and his assistant Porygon-Z in FC Labs!"
Everybody clapped, minus Wesley and Steven, as Yellow ducked backstage and Mercury walked forward to center-stage. Behind him, Porygon-Z pushed what appeared to be a tea cart towards where Mercury was waiting. The tray was covered with beakers and test tubes bubbling with solutions of every color. "Por Por Por," Porygon-Z chirped as he awaited Mercury's orders.
"Good evening, everybody!" Mercury addressed the crowd dramatically. "Are you ready for some science?" There was no answer.
"Ha!" Steven cackled from above. "Looks like they're fighting science with silence!"
Mercury cleared his throat as he turned to Porygon-Z. "Now now, everybody, this will truly amaze you! The potion, Porygon-Z."
"Por!" Porygon-Z nodded, picking up a beaker from the tray. The orange liquid inside frothed violently as he handed it to Mercury.
"Thank you, Porygon-Z." Mercury turned back to the crowd and held up the beaker like a prized trophy. "Behold, ladies and gentlemen! What I hold here in my hand is a cloning potion! If you drink even a single drop, a second you will sprout out from your head!" He had the attention of the viewers now. "Don't believe me? Allow me to demonstrate!" Mercury handed the beaker back to Porygon-Z. "Go ahead, Porygon-Z, demonstrate!"
Porygon-Z gulped loudly. "Por?" Hesitantly, he held the solution to his lips. As he did, Mercury leaned against the cart, which moved under his weight.
"Yikes!" Mercury yelped as he fell to the stage. The cart rolled forward until it was eventually stopped...by Porygon-Z's stomach. The impact knocked the beaker upside down, dumping all of its contents directly down Porygon-Z's throat. Lucario jumped back to his feet in time to see Porygon-Z's body glowing white and trembling. "Oh no! Porygon-Z!"
"Por!"
"Por?"
"Por por!"
"Por!"
Before anybody knew what was happening, there were dozens of Porygon-Zs running around the stage in a panic. The crowd applauded, though whether it was for the success of the cloning potion or the insuring chaos, Mercury couldn't tell.
"Hey, Steven, look at that!" Wesley yelled. "There's a hundred Porygon-Zs down there!"
"Too bad this show's a hundred times the worse for it!" Steven answered.
Yellow, Lily, and Rotom quickly rushed out from behind the curtain, ushering the many Porygon-Z backstage before they could do more damage. As they went, Mercury turned back to the audience. "Don't forget to tune in next week for more science!" Then, he was gone.
Yellow remained on stage as he gestured towards the center of the curtain. "And now, ladies and gentlemen, I give you Vulcan!" he introduced hurriedly. It was obviously a stressful night for him.
The curtain fell open again to reveal Vulcan standing alone at center-stage. "Wocka wocka wocka!" he whooped, waving to the audience for applause. He got none. "Geesh!" he growled. "Is this an audience or a cemetery?"
"It'll be a cemetery soon enough!" Steven called.
"Yeah!" Wesley agreed. "We're dying of boredom up here!" This got the crowd laughing.
Vulcan scowled up at his tormentors. "Oh yeah? We'll make sure you get buried somewhere nice! We wouldn't want your old corpses stinking up the joint!"
"Pah!" Wesley retorted. "I've gotten better come-backs from a can of beans!"
"Oh, now you're in for it!" Vulcan bellowed. He pulled out a bubble wand seemingly from thin air. "Everyone, behold, as I blow the world's largest bubble!"
With a huff and a puff, Vulcan blew into the bubble wand. Immediately, a shimmering soapy bubble began to expand outward. The viewers looked on in amazement as the shining sphere grew and grew until it even reached out over their heads.
"He's actually pulling it off!" Wesley gasped in amazement.
"That's why I'm pulling this off!" Steven grinned. He reached over and picked up a pin off the floor.
"Yeow! What was that for?"
Steven's smile grew. "For this!" He dropped the hair, which fell in a perfectly straight path. It's target: Vulcan's bubble. By now, it had expanded to fill almost the entire theater. The hair struck its target full on, and with the noise of cannons being fired, the bubble exploded. Soap flooded the theater immediately, raining down from its deflated container. The audience was doused, but was now squeaky clean.
The balcony filled up with soapy liquid as well. "He's trying to drown us!" Wesley wailed. "What kind of an act would that be?"
"An act of mercy!" Steven answered.
"You've been a wonderful audience!" Vulcan called as the flood picked him up and washed him backstage. "Vulcan is still in the building! Good night!"
*****
Yellow groaned as he watched Vulcan float by on a river of soap. Tonight wasn't even remotely following the plan. Lily walked up to her employer and best friend. "Well, Yellow? What's your call?"
"Well," Yellow pondered. "All of these incidents have taken up almost the entire show. We've got to do something in these last five minutes if we're going to have any hope of saving it."
Rotom stepped out of the shadow, wearing a pair of flight goggles. Yellow decided that he wasn't going to ask why. "I'll save the show!" Rotom declared.
"After you almost destroyed it before?" Yellow frowned. "I don't know."
"What other choice do we have?" Lily pointed out. "We're running out of options."
Honchkrow approached with Lily’s Pokemon Ludicolo in tow. "I've got plans for a finale everybody should love," Honchkrow declared. "It's a song I've planned. It's called A Tribute to All Countries but Mostly FC Town."
"I think Rotom should go," Ludicolo grinned. "Everybody loves a little destruction!"
"Alright, I'm convinced," Yellow sighed. "Rotom, go wow the crowd. After all, what more damage could you possibly do?"
*****
"And now, I present our grand finale!" Yellow called to the audience. Rotom stepped through the curtains and bowed. The flight goggles were still strapped across his eyes. "A stunt performed by Rotom the Great!" With that, Yellow ducked backstage. He was making sure to stay out of the range of any destruction this time.
"Hello!" Rotom greeted cheerily. "I realize that you all think tonight could have gone better."
"We don't!" Wesley shouted from the balcony.
"Yeah!" Steven agreed. "We realize it was a stretch for you to even make it this interesting!"
Rotom scowled. "Laugh while you can! For now, your socks are going to get blown right off!"
Yellow closed his eyes, hoping that the comment wasn't meant to be taken literally.
"Now, as you all know, this is the pilot of our show," Rotom explained. "That is why I decided to be a pilot as well!"
Yellow's eyes snapped back open. "What?!?"
"Ok, boys, bring her out!" Rotom ordered. The curtain behind him completely fell away, revealing an enormous jet parked on the stage. "Now, I will prove that this is a show worth watching by piloting this jet safely out of the theater!"
The audience grew silent, even Wesley and Steven. That's probably because they were all hiding beneath their seats.
Yellow sprinted onto the stage. "Rotom! Don't even think about-"
But it was too late. Rotom was already in the cockpit, readying for take-off. He began studying the dashboard closely as Yellow climbed inside. "Rotom!" Yellow gasped. "Do you even know what you're doing?"
"Yes, I do!" Rotom decreed. "I know perfectly well that the take-off button is right here!" With that, he pressed the biggest, reddest button he could see.
An automated voice rang out through the plane. "Armed missiles button activated. Firing all weapons in three, two, one..."
Rotom looked up at Yellow. "Oops."
KABOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!
After a few long minutes, the smoke and plaster finally settled. Somehow, the theater appeared to be undamaged. All the people and Pokemon were unhurt and the stage was intact.
Then, with a cracking rumble, the stage collapsed, the ceiling fell in, the back wall fell outwards, and the jet disassembled back into its natural elements. The audience screamed in terror. Miraculously, they were still unharmed.
Yellow finally managed to stagger out from the wreckage of the jet, hauling a semi-conscious Rotom behind him. "I-is everybody alright?" Yellow inquired.
White flags were raised into the air from Wesley and Steven's balcony, which was currently resting on the ground floor. "We surrender, we surrender!"
As the audience members managed to rise to their feet again, Yellow walked backstage. He came back with an ecstatic Vulcan, a bitter Neptune, a raging Venus, a calm Lily, a shaken Honchkrow, and a smiling Ludicolo. "Ok, everyone's okay!" Lily proclaimed. "You may leave the theater!"
"Remember the proper exiting technique!" Honchkrow reminded. "No stampeding!" Her words were met with glares from the viewers.
"Come on back next week!" Vulcan called after the exiting crowd.
Yellow sighed. "Do you honestly think they'll come back after that?"
"Yes, we will."
Yellow looked to see the couple Lunar and Leo l standing before him. "You will?"
"Of course!" Lunar beamed.
"And everyone else will come too!" Leo nodded.
"But why?" Yellow inquired.
Ludicolo answered the question. "Because everyone loves destruction!"
"Yep, that's right!" Lunar smiled. "Everybody loved your show! You guys are really funny. Plus, hiding under our seats really gets our blood pumping!"
"See ya next week!" Leo declared as he and his, well, you get the picture, exited the theater. Yellow could merely gawk in disbelief.
Vulcan whooped loudly. "Yahoo! Looks like we're officially in show business!"
"I'm not sure how much more show business I can take," Yellow sighed. "Tonight was stressful enough."
"Don't worry!" Neptune assured. "You'll get used to it. We've had a lot of my family in show business before, and they took it fine." He paused. "Well, some of them turned out to be serial killers, but I'm sure that's just coincidence."
Yellow paled. "Yes, I'm sure."
As the actors all left the theater, Wesley and Steven managed to haul themselves out of the fallen box. "Wow!" Wesley mused. "I haven't gotten a rush like that in a long time!"
"Yes, I'll admit, that was quite a show," Steven smiled. "That is, if you've got a death wish."
Wesley grinned as well. "So are we coming back next week?"
"Only if my wife will let me."
"You have a wife?"
"No, but I'll be looking for one."
The two guys laughed hysterically as they exited the theater. The two hecklers were glad to know that this wasn't the end. This was only the beginning.
*****
Cast and Credits
Yellow Kiironaga
Vulcan Koorika
Neptune Kiironaga
Rotom Kiironaga
Lily Kiiroaikouka
Honchkrow Kiironaga
Lucario Kiironaga
Houndoom Kiironaga
Mightyena Kiironaga
Pooch Kiironaga
Peach Kiironaga
Tyran Kiironaga
Ranitar Kiironaga
Venus Utsukushii
Wesley Krane
Steven Russell
Dr. Mercury Denkimeka
Porygon-Z Denkimeka
Ludicolo Kiiroaikouka
Leonardo “Leo” Wolfe (Guest appearance)
Lunar Tormenta (Guest appearance)
Yellow Kiironaga
Vulcan Koorika
Neptune Kiironaga
Rotom Kiironaga
Lily Kiiroaikouka
Honchkrow Kiironaga
Lucario Kiironaga
Houndoom Kiironaga
Mightyena Kiironaga
Pooch Kiironaga
Peach Kiironaga
Tyran Kiironaga
Ranitar Kiironaga
Venus Utsukushii
Wesley Krane
Steven Russell
Dr. Mercury Denkimeka
Porygon-Z Denkimeka
Ludicolo Kiiroaikouka
Leonardo “Leo” Wolfe (Guest appearance)
Lunar Tormenta (Guest appearance)